Kosciusko County, Indiana - The whole text, 1887 (part 5 of 21)

One Hundred and Forty-second Indiana Infantry, and was assigned to duty in the army of the Cumberland. The battle at Nashville, Tennessee, was the most important engagement in which lie particijmted during his last year's service. After tlie war he returned to Fort Wayne, and in 1866 went to Coesse, Indiana, where he was engaged in the manufacture of wagons and carriages till the next year. In May, 1867, he engaged in the same business at ^Etna, Hecla Post Office, Indiana, remaining there till 1882. He was united in marriage in 18r)9 to Emma James, wlio left at her death one daughter - Iva Frances. Mr. Doane was again married in 1876 to Mary A. Miller, a native of Delaware County, Ohio, and daughter of William D. and Eliza Miller, who located in AVhitley County, Indiana, in 1n65. To this union have been born four children - Clarinont E., B. A. Leoiia and A'esta L. I., born in AVhitley County, and (Tleiina E., born in Mentone, January 9, 1886. In 1875 Mr. Doane engaged in the sale of agricultural implements at yF]tna, and also conducted a notion store for a number of years. In 1878 he was commissioned postmaster of that A'illage, holding that office till 1882. The village of Mentone, Kosciusko (!ounty, was surveyed in Jul}', 1882, and in October, in company with L. S. Clayton, Mr. Doane erected the second store building in tlie place, putting in a stock of hardware December 25, 1882. They carried on the hardware business for twelve months, when they sold out to Leonard et Wilkinson. Mr. Doane was appointed postmaster of Mentone in April, 1884, and served efficiently as such till September 15. 1885. During his residence in the village Mr. Doane has lieen one of the principal factors in building up and improving the place. He was one of the most active men in securing a printing office in the village, ami he gave the name to the paper, calling it the Mentone Gazette. He gives cheerfully of his time and means to aid any enterprise which he deems for the public welfare, or for the advancement of liis town or county. lie is erecting a residence in Mentone which, when completed, will be one of the handsomest in the village. Lately he has been engaged in the purchase and sale of real estate. July 9, 188G, he was appointed receiver of the Mentone Machine & Novelty Works, and under his skillful management the business is rapidly increasing, and becoming a paying enterprise for the proprietors, C. W. Jeffries, John Foulks and John McClellan. Mr. Doane is a charter member of AVilliam Eaber Post, No. 429, G. A. E., of Mentone, and was its first quartermaster.

§E. lEVIN J. BECKNELL, of Milford, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, De- '^ cember 8, 1846, son of Ananias and Catherine Becknell, who were early settlers of this county, and now reside at ]V[ilford. He lived with his parents until he reached his nineteenth year. They came to this county in 1853, and settled upon a farm about two miles west of Milford, in Jefferson Township, where our subject received his preliminary education in the public school. When in liis twentieth year he entered Notre Dame University, at South Bend, Indiana, and attended one year. The following year he graduated at the Commercial College of Spencer & Adams at that place. In the fell of 1808 he entered Hillsdale College, Michigan, attending about two years. In the spring of 1870 he began reading medicine with Drs. Jackson and Harding, of Goshen, remaining there three years. Within this time he attended two courses of lectures at Indianapolis, and graduated at the Indiana

Medical College in 1873. After his graduation he was assistant superintendent of the city hospital at Indianapolis six months. In March, 1875, he graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Indianapolis. In 1876-'77 he took a five months course at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, at New York City, graduating from that institution March, 1877. For a few years he was engaged, at alternate periods, in teaching school. He located at Milford in July, 1878, and has established a good practice at that place. He is also interested with Dr. A. C. Jackson, of Goshen, his former preceptor, in a drug store, the firm being Jackson & Becknell. October 26, 1876, he was married to Sarah Zook, of Goshen, and they have two children - Guy G., born April 16, 1878, and Ealph H., born October 12, 1882. In 1879 the doctor received an Addendum Degree from the medical department of Butler University of the State of Indiana. He is a member of the Kosciusko County Medical Society, and of the American Medical Association, having served as president of the former society. Politically he is a Eepublican.

jE|AVID H. LESSIG, of Plain Township, Tl|n) was born in Elkhart County, this State, September 4, 1852. His father, Joseph S. Lessig, was a native of Pennsylvania, where he was reared to manhood. In early life he went to Wayne County, Ohio, residing there several years; thence to La Grange County, Indiana, in 1848, remaining there several years; thence to Elkhart County, whence in the fall of 1856 he removed with his family to this county, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1868. In early life he learned the hatter's trade, which he followed many years. He was subse- qiiently engaged in farming, and later embai'ked in the niercnntile trade at Leesburg, and continued in that business twelve years prior to his decease. He had been twice married. His first wife was Julia (Wi-ight) Murphy, and to this union were born two children - Thomas C, who was one of the lirst to enlist from this county, he being in the first company that left the county with General Williams. He participated in many important battles, and at the close of the war took part in the grand review at Washington. The other child was an infant daughter; both are deceased. Mr. Lessig's second wife was Elizabeth Hart, a native of Pennsylvania and reared in Ohio. They had six children, two of whom survive - Hattie, now Mrs. William R. Ellis, of Goshen, Indiana, and David H., the subject of this notice. Mr. Lessig was of an unassuming disposition, and very much beloved by neighbors and friends. He belonged to the Masonic fraternity, and at his death was buried with the honors of that order. His wife still survives him, in her seventieth year, and resides in l^eesburg. David 11. was about four years of age when he came with his parents to this county. He was married March 29, 1877, to Fannie L. Richardson, of Rochester, New York. They have one child - Jennie, born February 16, 1878. His wife died March 27, 1878. In 1873 he was appointed assessor of Plain Township, and served one year. He then served on the Board of Village Trustees of Leesburg two years, and on the School Boiird three years. In 1880 he was ajipointed census enumerator of Prairie Township, and for two years he served as deputy county clerk under General Williams, in Warsaw, befoi'e reaching his majority. In April, 1884, he was elected trustee of Plain Township, and re-elected in 1886. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and belongs to Leesburgh Lodge, No. 181. In 1874 he engaged in the mercantile trade, and followed that calling about three years, and was subsequently engaged in the drug business for several years in the firm name of Lessig & Co. On account of ill health he sold out his interest in October, 1885, and is now actively engaged in buying stock. In politics he is a Republican. For so young a man he is very pt)pular, and has won many friends.

tYLVESTER BARBER, an active and ) enterprising farmer, is a native of Kos- ,^- ciusko County, Indiana, horn in Seward Township October 31, 1845, a son of Milo and Miranda (Butler) Barber, who are among the old and honored pioneers of the county. Sylvester was reared on the homestead farm where he now resides, and received a good common-school education in the schools of his native county. He was united in marriage June 13, 1870, to Miss Clarissa E. Stevens, and soon after his inai-riage he and his wife moved to Polk Count}-, Nebraska, remaining there eighteen months, when he returned to the home of his boyhood, and has since managed the home farm. He and five of his brothers were among the gallant soldiers who went in defense of their countiy's flag. He participated in some of the most severe battles of the war, and at the battle of Richmond, Kentucky', he was taken prisoner, but was soon after paroled and sent back. After he was exchanged he rejoined his regiment, and was with Grant's army at the siege of Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi, and from the latter place he was sent to Nashville, where he remained till his discharge. The privations and hardships he experienced while in the service so reduced him in flesh that when he retui-ned from

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Nasliville his weight was only eighty-five pounds. Full of patriotism, he had scarcely regained his strength until he re-enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Thirtyeighth Indiana Infantry, and at the expiration of his term of service he again enlisted in the Twenty-sixth Indiana Infantry, in which he remained till the close of the war. During the last campaign he participated in the engagements at Mohile, Alabama, Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely. Mrs. Barber died in 1878, leaving at her death three children - Abi, Walter and Arthur. Mr. Barber was again married March 24, 1880, to Miss Minerva J. Calahan, of Marshall County, Indiana.

five of Kosciusko County, Indiana, ^!^ born June 4, 1845. He was educated in the schools of his native county, attending in his boyhood the log-cabin school-iiouses of that early day. At the age of eighteen years he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Eighteenth Indiana Infantry, in which he served six months. He re-enlisted February 21, 1865, in Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-second Indiana Infantry, for one year, and was mustered out at Charleston, West Virginia, August 18, 1865, and returned home unharmed. He was on duty principally in Tennessee and Vii-ginia. He was with his regiment on several severe marches, and for five days at Cumberland Gap they subsisted on two ears of corn which had been "faked" from the troughs of army mules, and a half pound of beef. Mr. Robinson was married February 1, 1866, to Miss Mai'y J. Cufl'el, of Kosciusko County. Her parents, Jacob and Mahala Cufl'el, were formerly residents of Ohio. They first settled on Eel River, coming to this county about 1840, where Ijoth died, leaving six children, all of whom are residents of Lake Township, Kosciusko County. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have two daughters - Florence and Annie. In 1874 Mr. Robinson purcluxsed the drug stock of Worley & Stout, and has since done a business in drugs, notions, etc. This store was the first of its kind in Silver Lake, and is still the leading drug store of the village. His brick residence is among the best in the village, and the surroundings of both his store and residence give evidence of prosperity. He is one of the enterprising, public-spirited citizens of the village in which he lives, of which he has been treasurer two terms, and the same number of terms has been a member of the council. In politics lie is a Republican, and was chairman of the Republican Central Committee. He is a charter member of the Grand Army Post, No. 306, of which he is commander. The grandparents of our subject, William and Nancy (Miller) Robinson, were born, reared and married in the State of Kentucky, and were the parents of eleven children, nine being natives of the same State - Henry, William, i\.nn, Sarah, Robert, John, James, Samuel, George and Andrew. The grandparents came from near Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1829, to Indiana, when they located in Tippecanoe County, and in 1837 removed to Seward Township, Kosciusko County, and settled on the farm which is now owned and occupied by the widow and children of his youngest son, Andrew. John Robinson, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Kentucky, January 11, 1813, and was a mere lad when he came with his parents to Tippecanoe County, and in 1837 he moved to Kosciusko County. He was reared a farmer, which vocation he has followed the greater part of his life, although at times interested in mercantile pursuits. In 1837 he was married to Miss Martha A. Sharp, a native of New Bedford County, Virginia, but at the time of her marriage living in Tippecanoe County, her parents also being natives of Bedford County. Tliey were the parents of si.x children, and of this number only two survive - Eliza J. and Alvin, our subject. Mary, wife of Joseph Kemp, Elvira, Joseph and Alexander are deceased. The mother is now deceased.

|^[AMUEL GALBIIEATH, an enterpris- H^ ing farmer of Washington Township, ^^ is a native of Ohio, born in Darke County, April 9, 1827, a son of John and Elizabeth (Aikman) Galbreath, who were both natives of Pennsylvania and of Scotch- Irish parentage. They were married in Preble County, Ohio, in 1811, and in 1820 removed from there to Darke County, Ohio, where the father died September 22, 1855, aged over seventy years. The mother died at the home of our subject January 6, 1869, aged over eighty years. Both were members of the Universalist church at Castine, Ohio, for a number of years, and at the time of her death Mrs. Galbreath was a member of the Universalist church at Pierceton. Samuel Galbreath, the subject of this sketch, was reared to agricultural pursuits in Darke County, Ohio, remaining there until 1852. He was united in marriage in 1845 in Preble County, Ohio, to Miss Sarah Keltner, by whom he had seven children - Milton, now of Noble County, Indiana; Catherine, who died in September, 1878, aged twenty-two years; Alice, wife of Henry Hays, of Pierceton; Oliver, now of Thomas County, Kansas; Jackson, now of Allegan County, Michigan; Jemima and Marion, now of Washington

Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana. In December, 1852, Mr. Galbreath came to Kosciusko County, Indiana, and located on 10() acres of heavily timbered land in Washington Township, which he cleared and improved, and is still residing on the same farm. Mrs. Sarah Galbreath died on the farm in Washington Township February 5, 1856, and in May, 1858, Mr. Galbreath married Mrs. Margaret (Black) Hibbets, of Kosciusko County. Seven children have been born to this union - Mary, wife of Franklin Yohn, now of Sumner County, Kansas; Martha, now of Smith County, Kansas; Elsworth, Grant, Stanton, Viola and Daisey, still living at home. Mr. and Mrs. Galbreath are Universalists in their religious belief, but are members of no church at present. In politics Mr. Galbreath affiliates with the Republican party. He is a meinlier of Pierceton Lodge, No. 377, A. F. & A. M., and has presided in all the stations of said lodge, and is now filling the station of senior deacon.

If^EWIS S. FOSTER, a member of the ftw firm of Foster & Brother, druggists of ^F^ Pierceton, is a native of Preble County, Ohio, born near Lewisburg, November 7, 1836, the fourth son of John G. and Sarah (Singer) Foster, both now deceased. He remained on the home farm with his parents till reaching the age of sixteen years, when he went to Lewisburg, and after serving an apprenticeship of over thi-ee years at wagon and carriage-making, he came to Indiana and worked at his trade at Liberty Mills, Wabash County, for two years. October 28, 1858, he was married at Wabash, Indiana, to Miss Mary A. James, a daughter of the late William James of Wabash. They are the parents of three children - William Horace, of

Peru, Indiana; John Bertram, of Nebraska, and Ada May, still at home. Mr. Foster went to Logansport in 1859, where he worked as a journeyman nntil 1873, and two years of that time was associated with William Krider in the manufacture of wagons. In 1873 he came to Pierceton, Kosciusko County, and became associated with his brother, Frank H., in the drug business, in which they are still engaged. He was also associated with him in the publication of a weekly newspaper at Pierceton, called the Pierceton Independent, from 1879 until 1885, when they sold out in January of the latter year. Mr. Foster is a Master Mason, and is a member of Pierceton Lodge, No. 377, A. F. & A. M. Mrs. Foster is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

1^^ F. HUMBLE, proprietor of steam, tSl saw and feed-mill at North Webster, ^^® was born in Noble County, Lidiana, June 9, 185fi, son of John W. V. and Fannie Humble, who removed to this county when our subject was a child. They tirst settled in Van Buren Township, on an improved farm, where they lived a few years, then removed to their present home, one mile and a quarter southwest of North Webster, where the father still resides. The mother died November 16, 1884. S. F. Humble was married in Tippecanoe Township July 31, 1879, to Miss Alice C. Warner, who was born and reared in North Webster, the date of hei" birth being February 7, 1860. They have three children - Edith O., Gracie E. and J. W. V. Mr. Humble and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics he is a Republican. He is conducting a successful business. He keeps flour to exchange for wheat, but does not

I^EORGE W. DEATON, deceased, was 'flfT born and reared in Clarke County, Ohio, ^W^ a son of William Deaton. His father was proprietor of a saw-mill, which was operated by himself and sons; our subject also learned the milling trade. George Deaton was united in marriage March 9, 1856, to Miss Frances C. Fortney, a daughter of Jacob and Ann (Knoops) Fortney, the Knoops being one of the oldest and most prosjierons families in Central Oliio, and many of the name are still living in Miami and adjoining counties. In March, 1863, Mr. Deaton came with his family to Kosciusko County, Indiana, and settled in Clay Township on the farm which is now occupied by his son Jacob. Twelve years later he purchased the farm where his widow and children still make their liome. To Mr. and Mrs. Deaton were born the following children - AVilliain Sabin, Jacob O., Mary B. and John E., natives of Ohio, and Samuel Sherman, Ulysses S. G., Cyrus B. and Charles G., born in Clay Township, Kosciusko County, all of whom have obtained good classical educations. Jacob married Miss Mealey Cauff"man, of Kosciusko, and, as above stated, lives on the old homestead. Sherman and Grant have attended the high school at Warsaw, and Sherman completed his classical course at Fort Wayne. Both of them are thinking of espousing the legal profession. In politics Mr. Deaton was a prominent local politician, and strongly advocated the Republican cause. Many persons will yet remember the eloquent speeches made when a political campaign was in progress. So great was his popularity tliat lie was elected trustee of Clay Township, although that township was largely Democratic, he being the only Republican ever elected to that otHce in Clay Township. lie took a prominent ]>art in tlie ailvaiict'incnt of all enterprises pertaining to the weltare ot' his township, county or State, and was a charter member of the Grange at Claypool. lie was a consistent Christian, an earnest membur of the Methodist Episcopal church. lie was very successful in his business life, and left, at his death, 275 acres of excellent land. Upon his last purchase there was some indebtedness, which has been paid off by his widow and sons, and i\\ey have since added another purchase of forty acres. The family is one of the most respected in Clay Township, where they have a most pleasant home, and are surrounded with all the necessary comforts of life.

§R. GEORGE KETCIIUM, postmaster ' at Claypool, is a native of Indiana, born ;5- in Iluntertown, Allen County, October 27, 1857, :i son of Andrew I. and Mary M. (Guernsey) Ketchum, who have been residents of that county since 1848. They have reared six children - James P., Willis, Joseph (postmaster at Hudson, Indiana), George, Gilbert and Clement Y., all of whom are married except Gilbert. Their only daughter died in infancy. Andrew I. Ketchum, the father of our subject, was born in Dover Plains, Dutchess County, New York, July 27, 1812. Dr. Ketchum received a practical education, and at the age of sixteen years began teaching school, lie commenced the study of medicine in 1877, under the preceptorship of Dr. Franklin Greenwell, of Iluntertown. He matriculated in September, 1878, at the Cleveland Medical College, Western Reserve

University, of Hudson, Ohio, and graduated March 3, 1880, being the youngest member of his class, and was chosen valedictorian. He was the only graduate who ever carried otf the hoii(ii-s of the class outside of Ohio or Pennsylvania since the organization of the college in 1843. After his graduation ho was appointed house surgeon to the Cleveland City Hospital, and afterward formed a partnership with his preceptor at Iluntertown, Indiana, llecameto Claypool in May, 1883, and commenced the practice of his chosen profession, where he has built up a good practice, and among the medical men of this section bids fair to rank with the highest. He is practically self educated and self made, having earned by teaching the money that carried him through college and iitted him for his present position. The doctor was married in May, 1883, to Mrs. Martha II. Ritter, a daughter of William and Elizabeth Jeans, of Mississippi, her father dying soon after the close of the late war. He was a large planter during his lifetime, and left a large estate. In politics Dr. Ketchum is an ardent Democrat, and was appointed postmaster of the village on that ticket November 1, 1885, he being the first Democratic postmaster appointed in Claypool.

^[TEPHEN COOK, a prominent farmer T^^ and pioneer of Harrison Townshiji, was '^jp born in Warren County, Ohio, November 24, 1818. When sixteen years of age he removed to this county with his parents, John and Ann Cook. From his early boyhood he has been engaged in farming. At the time of his arrival in the county there was a larger per cent, of Indians than white people in the vicinity where his father settled. His education is somewhat limited, although he lias good practical knowledge. In his day educati(_inal advantages were not so easily (ilitaint'd as at the present day. Mr. Cook has been twice married. Ilis tirst wife was Hannah Van Dyke, whom he married in June, 1841. Five of their nine children are living - James T., Stephen K., Elizabeth A., Louisa and Frances A. Mrs. Cook died in 1865, and iu January, 18GG, Mr. Cook mai'- ried Ellen 11. Gaiilt, daughter of George Gault, of Atwood, this county. They liave two children - Orr and George. Mr. Cook owns 240 acres of well-improved land. Politically he endorses the Prohibition party. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and for over thirty years has served as class leader. lie is a representative of one of the oldest as well as one of the most influential families of Kosciusko County.

y\ENKY M. STOKER, lumber and stock pjl dealer, was born in Wayne County, ^ ( Ohio, June 29, 1841. In 1846 the family removed to Franklin Township, thence to Butler Township, De Ivalb County, where he lived until he was twenty years of age. In September, 1861, he enlisted in Company II, Thirtieth Indiana Infantry, with Cyrus Ilawley as Captain. After the battle of Stone River Captain Ilawley resigned, and "W. W. Griswold became Captain, and in a few months was promoted to Colonel of the One Hundred and Fifty-second Indiana. Mr. Stoner participated in the battles of Shiloh, Stone River and Chickamauga. During this last battle he was wounded in the left shoulder. The Color Sergeant was wounded, and Mr. Stoner, being Sergeant, took the colors, and on Sunday, about 1 o'clock, he received his wound, the ball striking him in his left upper arm near the shoulder, passing the scapula and lodging near the spine on thf left side. He went to the hos])ital at ('liatt;inooga, then to Nashville, wdiere he remained two months, wdien he received a thirty days' furlough. He returned to his company and was ordered to report at the hospital. When he returned to his regiment he found that it had veteranized, but the doctor would not accept him, and wished him to go into the invalid service; but, instead, he asked for a discharge. He was discharged December 31, 1803, and returned to De Kalb County, and for four months went to public schools. In 1864 he was elected county surveyor. Resigning in 1865, he went to Cedarville, Allen County, where he engaged in the milling business, following it until 1876, not with very flattering success. He sold out and came to Syracuse, where he has been engaged in the hard-wood lumber business, with reasonable success. He was married October 17, 1871, to Miss Mary E. Knorr,who was born in Pennsylvania June 6, 1848. In 1868 she came to Allen County, this State, with her parents, Charles and Matilda (Wagner) Knorr. Iler father was born in Pennsylvania, and i-emoved to Syracuse in 1875. He is a physician. Her mother was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania. They are of German ancestry. Mr. Stoner's father, John Stoner, was born in York, Pennsylvania, October 30, 1796, and died August 12, 1881, at the home of iiis daughter in Cedarville. His mother was also born in Pennsylvania, in 1800, and died August 12, 1856, at her home in Butler Township, De Kalb County. Mr. Stoner does not remember much about his grandp;irents. II is wife's grandmother, Knorr, died in Kansas in 1881, aged eighty years. Mr. and Mrs. Stoner liave two children - Daisy M., born May 29, 1875, and Winifried, born February 5, 1878. Before he could vote Mr. Stoner was a radical Frec-soiler, but since that time he has voted the Republican ticket. ]Ic served as justice of the peace four years, lie is comraaiider of Lake view Post, No. 240; has held that position since its organization. Mr. Stoiier relates ;ni incident that occurred daring his arnij life, in the Hrst day's light at Chickanianga, that may be of interest to the surviving members of the Thirtieth Indiana. He was bearing the colors on that day. The regiment was in Oi)lonel J. B. Dodge's Brigade, Johnson's division, whicli occupied the left center of (icncral Thomas' corps. The Ijrigade, after tiring a few rounds, maile a charge, driving the rebels about a mile. Tiieir battalion was not more numerous than a skirmish line when they reached their advanced position. They withdrew a short distance, skirmishing and firing continuing more or less brisk until dusk, when the rebels, who had worked around to the right rear, gave them a few sharp and quick volleys of musketry, and raising a yell, assaulted them. Our troops supposed, until the charge was made, that a relief was coming to take their places. They soon heard the rebels calling upon the Union troops to surrender. Mr. Stoner now realized the situation, and the danger of the capture of the Cdlors. He shouted to the Thirtieth Indiana to " I'ally round the colors." Thirteen men answered tlie call, forming themselves around the colors with fixed bayonets. They retreated cautiously, so as to avoid falling in with any considerable number of rebels. They soon fell in with Colonel Buckner, of the Seventy-ninth Illinois, who had about the same number of men that he had. Colonel Buckner was very much disheartened at the condition of things. They put their forces together and continued their retreat, but soon came upon the right wing of the Eightj'- ninth Illinois, which formed the right of General Willich's Brigade. Here this squad

-r^TILLIAM HAYES, M. D., one of the \/\], oldest practitioners of Kosciusko r~tj:^i County, Indiana, was born on his father's farm in Coshocton County, Ohio, November 20, 1811, his parents being natives of Ireland, the mother being of AVelsh origin. The father, Jeremiah Hayes, immigrated with his parents to America in his boyhood, and with them settled in Virginia, where he was married. He left Virginia about 1811, and located in Coshocton County, Ohio, about the time that county was organized, and there his wife died about 183C. In politics lie was a Jackson ian Democrat. He was the lirst sheriff elected in Coshocton County. He died on his farm in that county in 1824, aged forty-live j'cars. William Hayes, our subject, is :i member of the same family of which ex-President IIa3'es is a descendant. He was reared to the avocation of a farmer, and in his boyhood received the rudiment? of an education in the subscription schools of that early day, but in after years he educated himself by private study. For his wife he married Miss Amelia McCoy, a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, and to this union were born six children - two children died in infancy; S. M. died January 18, 1876, aged thirty-six years, and at the time of his death was serving his second term as treasurer of Kosciusko County; George W., who died at Clayton, Michigan, February 27, 1879, was a grocer and druggist at Clayton; Henr}' W., carrying on a restaurant at Pierceton, and Jacob C. P., an inmate of the Insane Asylum at Indianapolis. In 1844 Dr. Hayes began the study of medicine privately, and in 184G he took a course of lectures at the medical college at Cleveland, Oliio, completing his course during the winter of 1859-'60 at the Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, from which institution he graduated as M. D. February 8, 1860. To defray his expenses while pnrsuing his medical studies he followed boating on the Ohio Canal until coming to Indiana in 1853. lie located at Pierceton, Kosciusko County, in March, 1854, where he has since practiced his profession with tiie exception of the time spent in attending medical lectures. "When he located at Pierceton it was a hamlet containing but live or six families, and with one exception their houses were built of hewed logs. At that time the prevailing sickness was of a malarial form, such as bilious, intermittent and chill fevers. In 1878 the doctor lost by lire a frame business block, consisting of five business houses, and his residence. He soon after built on the same site tlie brick block known as the Hayes Block. Dr. Hayes was bereaved by the death of his wife May 14, 1884, she being seventy years of age. From her girlhood she had been a member of the Christian church. In politics the doctor was formerly a Whig, but since the organization of the Pepubliean party he has voted that ticket. He is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows' orders, belonging to their respective lodges at Pierceton.

¥iM|f ILLIAM B. FUNK, president of the TuWll ^^^ ^^'-y I^'ii'l^) "J*^" Warsaw, Indiana, I'^^'iii^) and a prominent and public-spirited citizen, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, the date of his birth being June 4, 1838. He was reared from early childhood in Kosciusko County, his parents having come here in 1844, locating in that year at Warsaw. He received an excellent common-school education, whicli has well fitted him for the active business life he has pursued from his youth. In 1857 he accepted the position of deputy county auditor of Kosciusko County, tilling that position until 18G2, when he was elected county auditor, holding the latter ofiice by re-election until 1871. In 1880 he was elected to the office of county treasurer, and served in that position to tlie Ijest interests of the county until 1884. In 1872 he became associated with his brother, Joseph A. Funk, in the mercantile business at Warsaw, which is still conducted under the firm name of Funk Brothers. Mr. Funk has been twice married. June 18, 18G2, he married Miss Jennie Moon, youngest daugliter of Hon. George Moon, of Warsaw. She died December 25, 1872, leaving at her death one son - Charles. For his second wife Mr. Funk married Miss Florence F. Sapp, a daughter of S. C. Sapp, M. D., September 29, 1874, and to tliis union have been born three chihlren. Mr. Funk takes an active part in any enterprise wiiich has for its object the advancement of his town or county, or for the public welfare. For many years he has been connected with the Kosciusko County Agricultural Society, either as president or secretary. At the Republican State Convention, at Indianapolis, in 1872, his name was presented as a candidate for State Auditor, receiving a very complimentary vote. He has served for several years as chairman of the Kosciusko County Republican Central Committee, and his management has greatly contributed to the success of his party in the county. He takes a great interest in the afiairs of his church, he iiaving been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Warsaw for many years. He is i an Odd Fellow, being a charter member of Lake City Lodge, No. 430, and is a member of Hackleman Encampment, No. 37, and

T^,ELS()X R. GALBKEATII was born °J / near Dayton, Ohio, in May, 1845, re- ~ L inuining there till IVIay, 1852, when he removed witli his parents, Alexander and Eliza Galbreath, to Kosciusko County, Indiana. IJeing the eldest in his lather's family, he and his tather at once commenced the task of making a farm in what was then an almost unbroken forest. Tie worked on the farm for nine years, when on the breaking ont of the civil war he enlisted i!i the Twelfth Indiana Infantry, and afterward in the Fourth Indiana Cavalry, but being small of stature and under age, his father secured his release from both enlistments. He soon after, however, enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Indiami Volunteer Infantry, and served with that regiment until its discharge in October, 1864. (Jn his return from the war he worked through the summer months on the farm, attending school during the winter terms, for four years, when he was married to Miss Cynthia A. Roys, daughter of (4. W. A. and Nancy Roys, of Kosciusko County. Mr. Galbreath identified himself with the Republican party on its organization, notwithstanding the fact that his family were and always had been staunch Democrats. In 1874 he was elected constable of his township, which ofhce he filled so satisfactorily and efficiently that he was re-elected in 1876, and again in 1878. During these years he took a full law course under attorney J. II. Taylor, the present county clerk, but was never admitted to the bar, ]ireferring to return to farm life. He still takes an active interest in the politics of his county, being a hard and faithful worker for the Republican cause, and a member of the County Central Committee. In 1886 he represented his party in the Congressional, Senatorial, Judicial and County conventions. In their religious faith he and his wife are members of the Church of God of the Abi'ahamic faith, having been baptized into tliat church Ijy immersion in August, 1SS3. They are the parents of eight children, whose names are as follows - Cliarles Edward, Ida Alice, Nancy R., Eliza Belle, Minnie Grace, Augustus i\.le.\andei-, Clara Pearl and Ethel May, all but the eldest son living at home. The father of our subject was of Scotch ancestry, and his mother's family were Pennsjdvania Germans. Thej' had a family of ten children, three of whom are deceased - Perry died January, 1850. aged nearly two years; a daughter died in infancy in October, 1855, and Wilson S. died in December, 1874, aged twenty-si.x years. Those living are - Nelson R., the subject of this sketch; Martin L., principal of the schools of Collamer, Whitley County; Angle, wife of Mr. Deardorff, a farmer of Kosciusko County; Levi P., a farmer; Freeman K., a barber of Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana; Mrs. Ella Williams, of Pierceton, and Mrs. Maria Deardorff, a widow, living with her mother on the east third of the south half of section 26, township 32 north, range 7 east, in Kosciusko County, that being the old homestead, on which the family have resided for thirty-five years, and on which the father, Alexander Galbreath, died in September, 1874, at the age of fifty-two years. Mrs. Galbreath's father was a native of Canada, and her mother was born in the State of Vermont. They were married about 1834, and in the spring of 1835 came to Kosciusko County. Both were school teachers. Mr. Roys taught a term of school, in the summer of 1835, on the prairie west of the present site of Lee.sl)uri,''li. Tie wns prominently identitied witli tlie early history of this coiiiitv, having liekl sevei'al offices of trust. He was also a minister of the (lospel. Mi's. Roys is still living, making- her home with lier son, Leni. ^V. lioys, attorney at law, and the present mayor of tiie city of Warsaw, and although seventy-three years of age, is still enjoying good health.

ATIIIAS IlARTEPt, deceased, in his life time a resident of this county, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1808, his parents being Christian and Elizabeth Harter. He moved from Pennsylvania to Maryland, and from there to Ohio, and then to Indiana. When a young man he worked at the blacksmith's trade for several years. In December, 1831, he was united in marriage with Mary Easterly, born November 27, 1812, in Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of Lawrence and Catherine Easterly, with whom, when sixteen years of age, she emigrated to Richland County, Ohio. To this union were born eight children, of whom the following survive - George W., Henry, Susan, Matliias, William and Catherine. Mr. Harter was a widely and favorably known pioneer of Harrison Township, was highly esteemed by his neighbors, and for a long time was prominent in the local interests of his community. He is especially remembered as an ardent supporter of the Union cause during the late civil war, and was an able and zealous defender of the Government. Four of liis sons were in the Union army. One, Jonathan, died in the service, at Chattanooga,Tennessee, July 4, 1864. Becoming an ardent member of tlie United Brethren church, in 1S.33, he was ever afterward an earnest worker, both by word and deed, in the cause of Christianity. For more than half a century he and his estimable wife shai'cd together the joys and trials of wedded life. On September 10, ISSCi, he, with his wife and one son, tented on the camp ground at Warsaw, where his zeal kept liis feeble frame at work late at night, resulting in the fatal illness which carried him away on the 17th. He was a devoted father and husband, and, above all, a conscientious Christian. The family, the church, and the community at large, in his demise, sustained a great loss. His residence was on section 15, west of Warsaw, where he has developed a splendid farm. George Harter, a son of the preceding, was born in Richland County, Ohio, September 5, 1832. He moved with his parents to Indiana in 1849. At the age of eighteen years he l)egan to leai'n the carpenter and joiner's tratle, which he followed for a number of years. In July, 18F)2, he enlisted in Com]>any A, Seventy-fourth Indiana Infantry, as a private, and upon the organization of the company he was elected Second Lieutenant, and was shortly afterward promoted to First Lieutenant; March 22, 1864, he was promoted to Captain. Being assigned to the Fourteenth Army Corps under General Thomas, he participated in the battles of Cliickamauga, Lookout Mountain, the siege of Atlanta and Jonesborough, Georgia. He was wounded at the battle of Cliickamauga, and his health so declined that soon after the siege of Atlanta he was compelled to resign November 8, 1864, at which date he returned to his home. Since the war he has been engaged in various enterprises, meeting with varied success. For the last twelve years he has been an invalid. He married Miss Miranda Baker, a sister of Joseph S. Baker, the present popular auditor of Kosciusko County. By this marriage there were two children, one only surviving - Law- renee E., bookkeeper for Beyer Bros., at AVarsaw. Mr. Ilarter is a member of Kosciusko Post, No. 114, G. A. R., and of the Methodist Episcopal cluirch, and in his political sentiments he is a Ilepublican.

jENJAMIN YOIIN, farmer, section 15, I'^A Tippecanoe Township, owns 220 acres ^v in the vicinity, all in a body with the exception of ten acres. lie was born in Cnmberland t'ounty, Pennsylvania, November 30, 1813. AVhen he was fifteen years of age his parents removed to Highland County, ()lii(i, and three years later he commenced to do for himself. He left home worth $3 and a very poor horse, the horse dying soon after he reached Indiana. He now has a competence. His father, Samuel Yohn, was born in Maryland December 1, 1787, and removed to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, when a Ijoy, where he was reared and married. He died at the age of eighty-four years and seven months. His mother was born in Cumberland County in 1787, and died in Highland County, Ohio, aged eighty-eight and a half years. The Yohns are of (Tcrman descent. His paternal grandfather, John Yohn, was born in Germany, and his grandmother, Vandena (Peterson) Yohn, was also a native of that countrj'. His maternal grandfather, James Anderson, was born in Ireland, near Cork, and died at the age of one hundred and four years. His maternal grandmother was Polly DeLancy, whose first husband, Mr. Lytle, was killed at Fort Wayne by the Indians, being a soldier under General Wayne. James Anderson was her second husband. Our subject came to what is now Noble County, this State, in April, 1833, with a Mr. Colwell, for the purpose of assisting liim in building a sawmill at Port Mitchell, situated on the Elkhart River. It was the first mill built in Noble County, and it was erected for a man named Washington Ilenshaw, a Virginian. After the mill was completed Benjamin returned to Highland County, Ohio, to visit his parents, making the journey on foot and shaking with the ague. The following spring he returned to Noble County on horseback, and during the winter of 1835 worked for Mr. Colwell. Mr. Yohn relates an interesting incident that occurred that j-ear. On the 17th day of April there came up a very severe thunder storm. In a short time it commenced to snow, and snow fell to the depth of seventeen inches. On the morning of the 18th the sun rose bright and fair, and by night the snow had all disappeared. From 1835 to 1847 Mr. Yohn worked at various things among the settlers, and boated it on the St. Joseph River, from St. Joseph to Constantine, Michigan. In 1847 he came to this county, and went to work for Mr. Thomas G. Boydston, in the old grist-mill, which was built by Ephraim Muirhead. In the spring of 1850 Mr. Boydston went to California, and rented the mill to Mr. Yohn, who ran it until it was burned in June, 1853. When the mill was first built it was quite small, but previous to the fire it had been enlarged. Mr. Boydston returned from California in 1853, and in 1856 rebuilt the mill, which is still standing, and is now owned by Henry Willis. Mr. Boydston came to this place in 1844, bringing with him his wife and children. The first winter he lived in Leesburgh, and the following spring removed to Webster, where he died March 17, 1861. He was a member of the Legislature and a leading man in Tippecanoe Township. He left a wife and four children to mourn his loss, besides a host of friends, being widely known throughout the county. Mr. Yohn was married .raniiary 9, 1851, to Miss Elizabeth J. Boydston, daughter of Thomas J. and Jane (Nichols) Boydston, natives of Pennsylvania. The mother was born in Mifflin County, and is now a resident of Albion, Noble County, Indiana, at the age of seventyfour years. Her father died March 17, 1861, aged fifty-five years, and is buried in a private burying-ground near the grist-mill. Mrs. Yohn was born in Wayne County, Ohio, in August, 1832, where she lived until she was brought by her parents to Indiana. She died September 5, 1865, and is buried in the family burying-ground. She left four children - Emma Jane, wife of William Mack; Lizzie, living in Marshalltown, Iowa; William B., of Tippecanoe Township, and Franklin, who is married and living at home. Mr. Yohn was a township trustee four years. In 1849 he was elected postmaster of Webster, and served nineteen years. Thomas Boydston was the first postmaster. In 1853 Mr. Yohn commenced selling a general stock of merchandise in a small house just north of his present home, and continued in that business sixteen years. During this time he became the owner of the mill property, after the death of Mr. Boydston, and ran the mill until 1868, then sold to Jacob Bishop, who in turn sold to his brother Levi, and the latter to Mr. Willis, the present owner. The mill site is one of the best in the country. Mr. Yohn relates many interesting anecdotes of pioneer life. In 1833 the few who were living within a radius of twelve or fifteen miles began to talk about a 4th of July celebration. After the question was decided in the affirmative, the next thing was to look about to see if young ladies, or " the girls," could be found. Mr. Yohn found his girl about eighteen miles from Mr. Joseph Bristol's, the place where the celebration was to be held, and two girls came from Fort Wayne, riding on Indian ponies, their saddles being wolf-skins. Mr. Yohn had the only carriage in the turn-out; all the others came on horseback or on foot. It took the greater part of one week for the young men to get their girls and take them home. When Mr. Yohn was taking his girl home the buggy broke down when about nine miles from home. He unharnessed the horse, leaving the buggy and harness together, and his girl rode the horse while he walked beside her. After he had seen her safe home he returned to his own home, procured an ox team and big wagon and brought the broken buggy home. In July, 1833, Mr. Yohn went to mill for Mr. Colwell. They heard that there was some wheat on Elkhart prairie, owned by old Mr. Weinbright. He took an ox team and started early Monday morning for Mr. Weinbriglit's. He found him threshing his wheat, treading it with horses. The threshing floor was the ground and in tiie open air. There were several others Jilso waiting for wheat, and Mr. Yohn had to await his turn. He bought ten bushels, paying $1.75 per bushel, and went to Brandywine mill, at Elkhart, to get it gi-ound. lie then returned to Mr. Colwell's, reaching there Saturday night at 10 o'clock, after a week's absence, having traveled sixty-two miles. This was the first milling done in that part of the county. The early settlers in that A&y had a very kindly feeling toward one another. Mr. Yohn has many times gone eight and nine miles to a house-raising or log-rolling. The settlers were very hospitable to new neighbors coming to settle among them, and would go many miles to welcome them. At one time Mr. Yohn and three others went to assist in raising three log cabins, one of which is still standing. The latch-string was always open to new settlers. In the fall of 1835 Mr. Colwell paid $1.25 per pound for rusty bacon, brought in by an ox team from Dayton, Ohio. He said he never ate any meat that tasted so good. Previous to that time he lived on venison, corn meal and potatoes. TJie corn was pounded in a mortar. Mr. Tohu relates an incident connected with the raising of the first saw-mill in Noble County. There were not enough white men to raise the mill, and a man named Joseph Bristol, who was acquainted with the Indian language, went and obtained the assistance of several Indians. These Indians were placed so as to help lift the beam. As soon as they heard tiie " heigh ho heave " they were so pleased they could not lift, and they came very near letting the beam fall; but they soon l)ecame accustomed to it and rendei-ed very efficient help. Before the advent of the railroads Mr. Yohn used to have his flour hauled to Fort Wayne, and paid 25 cents per barrel for the hauling. This was done with two pairs of oxen and a wagon, and ten barrels were taken at one load, the driver paying his own expenses. The flour was sold for ^3 per barrel. He sold wheat for 40 to 48 cents per bushel, at Fort Wayne, hauling it a distance of forty miles. It took tiiree days and half of the night to make the trip. He also had lumber hauled to Fort Wayne, and sold it for 85 per 1,000 feet, paying $2.50 for the hauling. When Mr. Yohn lived in Noble County wolves were very plenty, and every pioneer always carried his gun with him. There was a circuit rider who came through the county every five or six weeks, and preached at John Knight's log cabin. Every))ody for a long distance would attend the services, always coming early so as to have a social time before services commenced. They would enjoy themselves at card-playing, jumping, wrestling and pitching quoits. When it was about time for the preacher to come, John Knight would say: "Boys, you'd better adjourn; the preacher will be here soon." The sports were then laid aside, and each one was on his good behavior when the preacher arrived, and all listened attentively to the sermon. They all brought their guns Sundays as well as week days, thinking they might " sight a wolf" or a deer. John Knight kept a tavern on the road between Fort Wayne and Goshen.

UDOLPIl IIUFFER, an old settler of this county, was born in Bei'ks County, Pennsylvania, February 6, 1S31. His parents, Daniel and Sarah Huffer, were also natives of Pennsylvania. They had ten children, of whom six survive - Daniel, a resident of Prairie Township; Rudolph; Mary, now Mrs. East; Sarah, wife of Amos Garrett, of Wells County, Indiana; Lydia, wife of Isaac Knobenshue; Maria, wife of Daniel Barkett, of Prairie Township. AVlien Rudolph was four years of age, he was brought by his parents to Fairfield County, Ohio, and was there reared to manhood. In 1854, he came to this county, first settling in Warsaw. Jle lived there two years, and carried on blacksmithing, a trade he learned in Circleville, Ohio. From Warsaw he removed to Prairie Township, where he was engaged in farming about eight years. After a few months' residence in Monroe Township, he settled upon his present farm on section 28, Harrison Township, where he found considerable timber. His first purchase was 160 acres. He has since added to it until now he owns 200 acres of as good land as can be found in the township. When he came to this county, $530 constituted his worldly possessions. For several months he served as township trustee, having been elected for two years, but resigned on account of ill health. He has also served as school director in bis district. Politically he is a Eepublican. lie was married in this county October 11, 1S55, to Miss Sarah Stayraates, daughter of Jacob Staymates, an old settler of Harrison Township, now deceased. To this union were born eleven children - Jacob D., Ilorton C, of Kansas; Sarah C, wife of Charles Vandermark, of Harrison Township; Gertrude, wife of James Fawley, of Seward Township; Sherman, Charles, Lawrence, Joseph, Jane, Edmund K. and Pearly. Mr. Huffer was formerly prominently identified witli the Kosciusko County Agricidtural Society.

C. MANWAPJNG, one of the earliest ]iioneers of Mentone, and an active ' and public-spirited citizen, is a native of Kosciusko County, Indiana, l)orn in Franklin Township, in 1857, a son of Elliott and Sarah (Dulaney) Manwaring, tlie father born in Oswego, New York, and the mother a native of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Elliott Manwaring came with his parents to Kosciusko County, his father, John Manwaring, entering the land upon whicli he now resides in 1844. John Manwaring built the first cabin on this tract when the entire county was almost an unbroken wilderness, the nearest neighbors to him in those pioneer days being John Dunnock, Christian Sarber, Benjamin Blue and William Blue. The parents of our subject were married in Kosciusko County, Indiana, in 1856, and to them were born the following children - Artemus C, our subject, Laran D., Mary A. (deceased), Susan A., John A. and Frank M., all born on the homestead farm in Kosciusko County, which is still in the possession of Elliott Manwaring. A. C. Manwaring, the subject of this sketch, received a good education in the schools of Warsaw, and after leaving school followed teaching in Kosciusko County for a number of years, commencing at the Benton Sarber school when seventeen years of age. July 10, 1879, he was united in marriage in Severance, Kansas, to Annie L. Plank, a daughter of E. Pryor and Katie Plank, who were both natives of Pennsylvania. Two children have been born to this union - Franklin and Nellie. Mr. Manwaring settled in Severance, Kansas, in 1877, where he engaged in the confectionery business on a small scale, his first bill of goods amounting to $54.35. He commenced on a borrowed capital of $50, and by his excellent business management he prospered even beyond his expectations, and the third year found him a partner in the best general store in the village. He returned with his family to Kosciusko County in 1882, locating at Warsaw, and September 4 of the same year began the erection of the first building in Mentone, and October 1 put in a stock of goods and engaged in the mercantile business in that village. Seeing the need of a flouring mill in the village, he, in company with Samuel S. Mentzer, began the erection of a large roller-process mill, which was ready for operations October 1, 1884, the cost of the mill being $14,000. The mill has a capacity of 100 barrels jjer day, and has been a successful enterprise from its commencement, and during the summer of 1886 was run night and day. Mr. Manwaring has made a decided success out of his I'etail store, his business since October 1, 1882, amounting to $150,000. Although a comparatively young man, Mr. Manwaring is one of the most successful citizens of tlie count}', and is now rated at $20,000, every dollar being made by fair and honorable dealing since 1879. In the building up and improvement of Mentone he has done as much as, if not more than any man in tlie village, erecting a num- ber of residences liimself, and aiding others Mith limited capital to build substantial liumes, having expended over $14,000 in improvements since making his liome in the villaee.

G. BURLEY, physician and MMif surgeon at Leesburgh, was born in ^W^ Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, November 9, 1849, son of David and Rachel Burley, who came to Indiana in 1861, and now reside in Huntington County, this State. Ilis youth was passed on the farm, his father being a tiller of the soil, and received his elementary education in the common schools of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, and Huntington, Indiana. He taught school ten years, and in the meantime took three years of the course of study in the scientific class of Hillsdale College, Michigan. He entered that institution in the spring of 1871, and remained until the close of 1873. In 1877- '78 lie attended the medical college of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and subsequently practiced his chosen profession, locating at Mount Zion, Indiana, where he remained two years. January 9, 1881, he was married to Mary E. Barsh, of Huntington County, Indiana, and to this union have been born two children - Ada B. and Bessie M. The doctor then engaged in the drug business with John Barsh at North Manchester. In 1883-'84 he attended a course of lectures in the Chicago Medical College, and soon after located at Columbia City, practicing there only a short time. He then removed to Syracuse, this State, thence to Leesburgh in 1885. The doctor is recognized as one of the best general practitioners in this county. He enjoys a lucrative practice, and as a citizen he is highly respected. His manner is retiring and unostentatious, always avoiding any unnecessary public display, and his disposition is kind and social. Politically he affiliates M'ith the Republican party.

l^iNOCH JOHN SMITH, a farmer of 1;\r'L Washington Township, was born in ^f '^ Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia, July 7, 1822. AVhen he was twelve years of age his parents moved to Maryland, and soon after to J'airtield County, Ohio, where he lived until coming of age. In 1843 he came to Indiana, and settled in Plain Township, Kosciusko County, where he engaged in farming until 1873, when he located on the farm where he now lives. Mr. Smith was married in 1843 to Susan Luttrell, daughter of John and Betsey Luttrell. She died in 1868, leaving two children - William and Otis, both in Nodaway County, Missouri. In 1870 he married Mrs. Mary Guy. In politics Mr. Smith is a Republican. His parents, William and Sarah (Morris) Smith, were natives of Virginia, his father of German and his mother of German and Irish descent. They came to Kosciusko County in 1844, and located in Plain Township. The mother died in 1876, and the father in 1884.

\W'A II^'Tison Township, was born in Perry bp^ County, Pennsylvania, May 27, 1816. His parents, Zilophia and Rebecca Owen, were also natives of Pennsylvania. When he was eleven years of age his parents removed to Bloom Township, Seneca County, Ohio, where he was reared to manhood, and received a limited education. His parents were poor, and the schools still poorer. They had eight children, four living - Davis, Eleazer, Mary and Edmund. Mr. Owen was married Angnst IG, 1836, tu Lucy Beagle, Ijorn in October, 1812, in Virginia, and dangliter of William and Mary A. Beagle. She came to Fairfield County when quite young. Her parents linally removed to Seneca County. Mr. and Mrs. Owen have four children - Elizabeth, wife of David Woodruff, of Crawford County, Iowa; Rebecca N., wife of John Hipschmau, of Harrison Township; John married Mary Gault in 1806; Sarah,\vife of Charles H. Triplett, of DeKalb County, Indiana. In 1818 Mr. Owen came from Ohio to Noble County, Indiana, remaining there until the sjiring of 1865, when he settled upon his present farm. A part of liis farm he has cleared since his location on it, and he now owns 198 acres of good land in excellent cultivation. His farm in Noble County he cleared and opened wholly himself. He has served three terms as township trustee; is a Democrat in his political views, and in his social relations is a member of the order of the Patrons of Husbandrv.

tENEY C. GRAY, farmei-. Plain Township, was born in Miami County, Ohio, "^(f February 26, 1835, son of Frederic and Ann Gray, natives of New Jersey, who were among the early settlers of Miami County. Four of their eiglit children are living - Sarah, Joseph W., Hannah J. and Henry C. The deceased are - Elizabeth, John L., Charles II., who died at Harper's Ferry during the late war, and Samuel C, formerly a prominent physician of Warsaw. Henry C. was reared in his native State, receiving a rudimentary education in the district schools of his time. October 9, 1862, he was married to Matilda J. Brecount, dangliter of Miles and Ann Brecount, of ]\[iami (bounty, Ohio.

Her grandfather, John Brecount, participated in the war of 1N12. Iler ancestors are from New Jersey. They ha\'e five cliildren - Ella M., Etta A., Edward II., Anna J. and Mary E. In 1875 Mr. Gray came with his family to this county, settling on his present farm in the southern portion of Plain Tt)wnship, which he has greatly improved. He owns 281 acres of land, largely under cultivation. He has served as school director and road super\isor. During the late war he enlisted in the 100-day service, and was stationed principally in various parts of Virginia, although he was not conspicuously engaged in active service. Politically he is a Republican. Although he started in life a poor boy, he has been very successful.

TT NANIAS BECKNELL, an old settler of v\ Kosciusko County, was born in Cum- "" ~~ berland County, Pennsylvania, March lo, 1819, son of Charles and Anna M. Becknell, the former a native of Germany, and tlie latter of Pennsylvania. When aliout four years of age his parents removed to Adams County, and seven years later removed to Stark County, Ohio, where he was i-eared to manhood. His early life was spent in assisting in the labors of the farm, and in attending the common schools. He was married in Ohio November 22, 1838, to Catherine Weimer, a native of Pennsylvania, and to this union were born eleven children, of whom six survive - Edward, of Van Buren Township; Dr. Irvin J., David, Rachel, wife of Thomas Self, of Milford; Caroline, wife of Charles Hunter, also of Milford, and Mattie. In 1853 he came to this county and settled on section 13, of Jefferson Township, and lived thereuntil 1872; then removed to Milford. He owns 201 acres of well-im]iroved land in Jefferson Townsliip. lie served live years as a trustee of tliat to-\vnsliip. Politically he is a Rej)ulilicaii, and i-eligiously is a member of the (Terman Baptist church.

-*TILLIAM CLAllK IIARVUOT, pro- Mi jirietor of lliirvuot's livery stable, at I'ierceton, was born in Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, May 8, 1843, a son of Josejih and Margaret (Gi-eer) Ilarvuot, natives of (_)hio, the father being of French and the mother of Irish descent. The fatlier died a short time before the birth of our sul.iject, the date of his death being April 26, 1843. He was an extensive farmer of Ashlan<l County, Ohio, lie was a member of the Christian church. Twelve years after the death of Mr. Ilarvuot his widow married John Encill, when they settled in Osceola, Crawford County, Ohio. They subsequently removed to Fairfield, Huron County, Ohio, where the mother died September 20, 1885, aged sixty-nine years. Wheji our subject was twelve years old he accompanied his mother to Crawford County, Ohio, and there he grew to manhood. When twenty-tvro years of age, in lSt;5, he went to West Mill Grove, Wood County, Ohio, where he carried on a genei'al store, removing thence to Kosciusko County, Indiana, in 1807, when he engaged in the grocery and provision trade at Pierccton till 1869. He then sold out his business at Pierceton, and traveled as a salesman for a crockery and glass house of Cleveland, Indiana, until 1878, when he engaged in the hotel business, keeping the Central House at Pierceton, and in 1880 he established his present livery stable. In 1881 he discontinued hotel-keeping, and has since devoted his entire time to his stable, and b^' his strict attention to his business, and genial anil obliging disposition, he has succeeded well in this enterprise, and has gained the coniitlence and respect of all who know him. Mr. Ilarvuot was united in marriage March 1, 1865, in Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana, to Miss Isa M. Best, daughter of William W. and Sarah (Warren) Best, and a native of Kentucky. Of the eight children born to this union six are living - Charles, i\Iyrtle, Grace, Harry, Lewis and one unnamed. Two children died in infancy. In politics Mr. Ilarvuot is a Republican, casting his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. He belongs to the Odd Fellows' order, a member of the lodge and encam])ment of Pierceton, and has passed all the cliairs of the former, and for one year served as secretary of the sul.)ordinate lodge.

vpLDER DAVID FAWLEY, of Harrii H. son Township, was born in Rocking- '.--t'l- ham County, Virginia, August 9, 1824. AVhen ten years of age he went with his parents, Jacob and Margaret Fawley, to what was tlien Crawford County, Ohio, where lie was reared to manhood. In 1844, the family came to this C(_innty, settling on section 14, Harrison Township, where the father died in 1876 and the mother in 1877. They were the parents of twelve children - David, John, George, Wilson S., Susan, Amanda, Joseph, Aaron, Samuel, Anthony, Jacob and Mary A. Tlie last six are deceased. After a residence in this county of a little more than a year, Mr. David Fawley returned to Ohio, where he was married March 4, 1846, to Rachel Saul, born September 29, 1827, in Fairfield County, that State. She was i-eared and educated in Seneca County. Her parents were Samuel and Ann Saul, the former a native of Pennsvlvania, and tiie latter of A'irginia.

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Mr. and Mrs. Fawley liave liucl twelve children - Mary C, L*eul)en A., Martha, Annie E., James A., William J., David 8., Marga- I'et C, Samuel J., Minerva J., Saloma R. and Rosa E. The live last named are deceased. In 1848, with his wife and one child, our subject returned to this county, coming with a team and wagon, which required eight days to make the journey. They were obliged to camp out at night, and follow the trails and Government roads. In 1873 he located UJ101I his present farm in Harrison Township, and has been a successful farmer. In 1860 he was ordained to preach, having united with the Old School Baptists, since which time he has been a zealous laborer in the Master's vineyard. He is the present pastor of a church located upon his own farm. Bcinc of an unassuming and retiring nature, he has always refused ofHce, althougli frequently solicited to be a candidate. He owns 191 acres of good land, with modern buildings, and it is considered one of the best farms in the township. Politically he atiiliates with the Democratic party.

fOSEPH SCHOONOVER BAKER, auditor of Kosciusko County, is a native of Ohio, born in Hancock County September 8, 1838, a son of Isaac and Rebecca (Schoonover) Baker, the father born in Virginia of German ancestry, and the mother a native of New Jersey. The father left liis native State with his parents in his youth, they settling on a farm near Colundtus, Ohio. After his marriage he removed to Hancock County, Ohio, being among the pioneers of that county, and there followed farming near Findlay. In 1852 he brought his family to Kosciusko County, Indiana, and settled on a farm in Wayne Township, near Warsaw, where he made his home until his death in ISGO. He was reared a Methodist, and was a member of that church the greater part of his life. In his political views he was an "Old Line Whig" of the abolition school, but later attiliated with the Republican party. The mother of our subject was a Methodist from early life. She died on the old homestead, near Warsaw, in 1855. They were the parents of six children, of whom four are yet living - Rev. E. M. Baker, a ilethodist minister, residing at Pendleton, Indiana; Mary, wife of Rev. AVilliam Lash, of Elkhart, Indiana; Sarah E., wife of Captain George Crouse, of Joplin, Missouri, and Joseph S., the subject of this sketch. Joseph S. Baker was fourteen years of age when he came with his parents to Kosciusko County. His education was obtained in the district schools of his native county, and at the schools of Warsaw. At the age of eighteen years he was employed as a salesman in the retail dry goods store of N. D. Heller, of Warsaw, and later entered the employ of the tirm of Ciiipman Bros, ct Co., where he remained until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, when he enlisted in Company E, Twelfth Regiment, Indiana Infantry A^olunteers, and served with the Army of the Potomac until the expiration of his term of service. After being mustered out of the service at AVashington, D. C, in May, 1862, he returned to Warsaw and resumed his position with Chipman Bros. & Co. November 23, 1862, he was married to Miss Angle Run^'an, a daughter of Peter L. and Mary (Ervin) Runyan, pioneers of Kosciusko Count3\ Mrs. Baker was born in Warsaw, Indiana, where she was reared, receiving her education in the schools of that city. In 1863 Mr. Baker engaged in the boot and shoe trade at Warsaw, in partnership with John II. Rousseau, in wdiich he continued until 1865. From that date unti

Nuveiuher 1, iST'.t, lie was aliiKist coiitinnously engaged as a coimntM'eial salesinaii. Jn 1878 Mr. Baker received the iioininatioii from tlie Republican party for auditor of Kosciusko County, and was elected to that position at the ensuing election, and was renominated and elected by a largely increased majority in 1882. His second term expires November 1, 1887. Mr. Baker has proven a very efficient ottieial, having' iilled the office to the satisfaction of all ])ai'ties. Huring his term of office as auditor the new cnurtdiouse of Kosciusko County \\'as beirun and completed, Mr. liaker devoting a large portion of his time in looking after the interests of the county during its erection. Ilis administration of the office will be remembered as one of the most successful in the history of the county. Mr. Baker is the father of three children, the eldest of whom, Blanche, is the wife of George A. Mackelvey, of Toledo, Ohio. The only son, (leorge B., will graduate from I)e Panw University in June, 1887, while Ethel, the youngest of the family, is a little miss of six years. Much of interest to these children will lie found elsewhere in this volume regarding their grandsire, Peter L. Uunyan, Sr., who was one of the earliest settlers of the county and foremost in advocating its interests. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have from early life been mendjers of the Methodist Episcojial church, to which faith their ancestry also adhered. Mr. Baker has for many years been an official in the church of his choice, lie is also a member of Warsaw Lodge, No. 73, V. i)c A. i\I. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, being a member of the Indiana Consistory of Ancient, Acccjited Scottish llite. lie is also a miMubcr of Warsaw Chajiter, Koyal Arch Masons, and AVarsaw ('ommandery. Knights Templar, of wliich he is at the present time eminent commander, lie has been an active Odd Fellow for more

;(|^l AMUEL SNOKE, one of the ])rosperous '<^1' ''^"'' e"te'"pi''si'ig farmers of Clay Town- ,- shiji. is a native of Indiana, born in AVabash County in the year 1842, a son of Jacob and Hetty (Shadow) Snoke. AVhen but nineteen years of age he eidisted in the service of his country in Company 1, Twelfth Indiana Infantry, and served throughout the entire campaign. He participated in twentytwo engagements, including the battles of Mission Ridge, Atlanta, Dalton, Buzzard Roost and Savannah, lie was taken pi-isoner at Richmond, Kentucky, but was soon after paroled. After the close of the war he returned home somewhat shattered in health. lie was united in marriage June 6, 1867, to Miss Ann E. llinkson, of Clay Township, whose parents, Thomas and Ellinor (Frazee) llinkson, came from Rush County, Indiana. To Ml', and Mrs. Snoke have been born two children - Jennie and James AV., both of whom are natives of Kosciusko Comity, Indiana. After his marriage Mr. Snoke settled on the farm wliich is now owned by Newton Lucas, at that time the property of our subject. In 1870 he purchased a part of his present farm, which was also a part of his wife's inheritance. Air. Snoke came to Indiana without capital, but by persevering industry and good management he has been prosperous in his agricultural pursuits, and is now classed among the wealthy and influential citizens of his township. Since coming to Clay Township he has served a number of terms as school director, and also held the office of supervisor. In his political views he is a Republican, but his family ai'c; prini»ii»^»ii»a»-»-»-»»»-»--Wi«»_»_«i^ cipally Deinocratic. Cliristiaii Snoke, the paternal yraiulfatlier of onr subject, was a soldier in tlu^ war of 1812, enlisting in a Pennsylvania reirinicnt. lie was a resident of tiiat State till his death.

arSAACi T. WHITNEY was Ijorn in Jetlerson County, New York, February 11, 1812. His |)arents were George W. and Deborah Wiiitney, both of English ancestry. Only two of their nine children survive - Isaac T. and Sarah. Isaac spent his early years in his native State, receiving a limited education in the district schools, having to travel two and a half miles through the winter snows. At eighteen years of age, he engaged in saw-milling, which he subsequently followed thirty-three years. He has worked by the day for others, been sole proprietoi', and has run the mill with partners. He was quite successful in the milling business, but owing to a severe wound which he received in his hand in 1867, he was obliged to retire from that business. September 21, 1832, Mr. AVhitney was married in New York, to Rachel Heed, hy whom he had ten children, eight of wliotn are living - Edward N., of Wolcottville, Indiana; Harriet, wife of John Allen, of Warsaw; George W., of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Julia A., now Mrs. Orsamus Booth, of Clay Township, this county; William H., of Pierceton; Addaline L., wife of George Ridley, of Van Buren County, Michigan; Franklin P., of Wayne Township; Alice O., wife of S. S. Pidgeon, now living in White County, Indiana. The deceased are Mary L. and Elvira. Mrs. AYliitney died August 23, 1885, and I. T. Whitney was married March 18, 1886, to Mrs. Mary A. Jenkins, widow of the late Benjamin F. Jenkins, of tliis county, and daughter of Jacob and Julia Judy, of Page County, Virginia, ilr. Wiiitney has served as constable of AVayne Township for several years, and also as school director. In politics he is independent of parties, always voting for whtmi lie believes to be the best inon. He had two sons who were soldiers in the Union army, during the late civil war, and both were wounded. He has passed the years of three score and ten, and may yet survive many winters, being hale and hearty. He is well knowMi throughout his township, and resides on section 34. Mrs. AYhitney was married to Mr. Jenkins in November, 1851. lie served in the Mexican war, and lived in this county many years. They had eleven children - Albert J., of Warsaw; Sarah E., now Mrs. Dallas Ilolbrook, of AVayne Township; A^rginia C, wife of Daniel N. Gallentine, of AVarsaw; Adella, Charles A. and Lula. The deceased are - Balfour A\^., Mary S., John F., George AY. and Clarinda. Mr. Jenkins died in 1883.

fOIIN KEITH SMITH, an active and enterprising agriculturist of AVashington -^K Township, is a native of the same township, the date of his birth being Septemljer 10, 1854. His parents, John S. and Rose Ann (Keith) Smith, were among the early pioneers of AVashington Township, coming here in the year 1838. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom our subject was the third son. His youth was spent on the home farm, where he was reared to agricultural pursuits, receiving his education in the district schools. In 1876 he went to Iowa, where he followed farming in AVayne and Montgomer}' counties, remaining in that State till the spring of 1878, when he returned to Kosciusko County, Indiana. September 23, 1880, he was united in marriage to Miss

Mary E. yiioi'ly, she being a daughter of William and Ellen (Van Ness) Slieely, of Wayne Townsliip, Kosciusko County. Since his marriage Mr. Smith has farmed tlie liomestead f:ii-iii in Washington 'I'owiishi]) lor his motiicr, his father heinu;- (U'eeascd, this being the sanu^ lan<l on whit'li his parcnits located on coniin;;' to the townsliij) in 1S;58. In polities Mr. Smith casts his suffrage with the Democratic party lie is a memher of the Odd 1<\'1 lows' order, and belongs to I'ierceton Lodge, No. 257, i. O. (). F.

I ,, ,in section 29, Turkey Creek Townshi]>, wliei'e he owns 240 acres of land. Tie was horn in Pennsylvania March 28, iSj 1, and the following dune his parents moved to l,a\vr(Mu-e Township, Tuscarawas County, <*hio, wIhm'c he resided until his marriage. lie was the son of ,l(din and Maria (Kicdud) Striehy, both being horn, I't'arcd and inai'riccl in rennsjlvania. The father died in Tuscarawas Comity, Ohio, in 18-11, aged about si.xty-eight years. The mother died in 1839, aged 8i.\ty-five years. William never saw his grand|iarents; they died before his I'emendirance. They are sup- ])oscd to have si'ttleil in Pennsylvania. Mr. Striehy was mai'ried December 28, 1830, in Tuscai'awas County, to Elizabeth Stiffler, wlio was boi'u in liedford County, Pennsylvania, March 17, isll, and when three weeks old her parents removed to Stark County, Ohio, settling in Pike Township, where she was reared and educated. I\lr. and Mrs. Strieby lived in Tuscarawas County until their three oldest children were boi'ii Henry, Anna and Andi'ew. The two st)ns are living in Turkey Creek Townshij). Anna died at the age of twenty-four years. She married John Keiser, and at her death left one child. I'he family came to this <'onnty in duly, 1S3('). Mr. Strieby iirst bought eighty acres of land in Van Buren Township, and lived there until the following ,\|iril, when he sold and ])urchased the lliO acres whert' he now lives. lie has since added many acres to his oi'iginal ]iur(diase. ^V'hen they removed to this county, they came with two yoke of oxen and covered wagon, two milch cows, two yearling heifers, and enough nnmey to pay for liis first ])urchase. lie bought one barrel of salt for which he paid ifilO. He built a round-log cabin, whiidi burned down soon after. lie i)onght his ])resent farm of his father, going to Ohio, anil returning, on foot, to make his ])nr(diase. AVhile he was gone, a boy naineil ( 'hristoiiher Saunders, who came to the county witli thrm, hewed the logs for a new house. This hoy li\ed with Iheni seven yc>ars, then married. I'heii' neighbors were scarce, and \'enison was plenty. lie bought iiis Iirst, corn of Oliver Wright, for which he ]iaid (10 cents per bushel. l'"or the next he paid 7o cents. He used to liunt deer and sell for 3 cents a jiound. His family once lived four days on potatoes, venison and pumpkins. Mrs. Strieby was of great assistance to her hnsbaiid in these pioneer times. She hel])ed to clear numy an acre (d' land, cutting tlu' saplings and smaller trees, piling the brush and burning it, while her husband cut the larger trees. In this way they have worked until they have acquired a competence for themsehes an<l their children. When her son Andrew was a babe, Mrs. Strieby was out in tlu^ clearing, and feeling very poorly. She took up an old rotten sapling and found a cpuirt of wild peas. She and lier son Henry gathered them in a tin pan and carried them to the house. Mrs. Strieby coidieil them, and says she never relished a me:d better than she did those boiled peiis. She I'requcTitly wont with her liusl)aiid to hunt deer. One evening after they liad retired for the night, they arose at lier suggestion and went out and cangiit two coons. During llic lii-st ;uh1 s(H'.oiid suinnicrs they all had the lever and ag;ue. In tht^ fall of 18)57 they became gi'c^atly discouragc^d, and concluded to sell their cows and return to Ohio. Ml'. Sirieby went to the |ii-airi(^ to find a ])urehaser, and saw a nuiii who pi-nuiised to come in a day or two and buy them. During his absence Mrs. Strieby meditated u])on the subject, and finally concluded that they liad better i-enuuii where tliey were. She ti>ld her husband that tliey would not sell their cows. lie demurred somewhat, I)ut his wife trinm])hed, and they did not nud';!^ tht^ change. Mrs. Strieby sjiun and wove woolen yarn and llax, ami for many years they made their own clothincr. They used to dig ginseng and lady-slipjier roots when not overcrowded with work, as it was idways a cash article. Owv day IVFrs. Strieby and her liired girl v.'ent out and dug ladyslipper roots which they sold to Sam. Chipman for $4fi. The first wheat Mr. Strieby sold in this county he hauled with an o.\ team to Michigan (Mty in 1840, and sold for 624 cents a bushel. The next year he took a load of wheat, and with it 2G() pounds of butter, which he sold for 12A cents a pound. Mrs. Strieby says she has walked to Milford, a distance of eight miles, and carri(;d from twenty-five to thirty-five pounds of butter and sold it for sup]>lies. The; following children of Mr. and Mrs. Strieby have been born in this county - William, .Foel, Elizabetii, John, Conrad, Sarah, Alfred, Minerva and J)arbara. William died in January, 1879; was married and the father of 8i.K cliildren. lie was a soldier in the late war, enlisting in 1861, and was one of the last ones to come home. His exposures in the army caused the disease with which he died. Sarah married (leorge tionterman, and died leaA-iiig seven children. Mrs. Strieby's father, C!onrad StilHer, was born in Huntingdon County, i*ennsyl\-ania, in 17'J2, and died in tins county in IS72, ])a.st <'ighty yeaj's of age. \lrv motlu'i- iiachel ( l'\;tters) Stifller, was also b(irn in Huntingdon (!ounty, in 1789, and also dieil in this county. They were the parents ni' thirteen children, of whom Mrs. Sti-ieby was the tliiril. i''ive of them are now living-Daniel and Anna live in this county; Jacob lives in Michigan; ('atluu'iiui lives in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Strieby have fifty-ai.x grandchildren and tliirty-two greatgrandchildren. They celebrated their golden w(Hlding the 2Stii day of Dccendier, 1880. It was one of tlu; cohh^st. days of the season. There were seventy-foui- persons ])resent, old and young, including several of their neiglibors. Her grandfather, Henry Stiffler, and her grandinotlier, I'llizabcth (Nipps) Stilllei-, died in Pennsylvania. 1 ler maternal grandfather, Oeorge Fetters, and her grandmother, Elizabeth (Switzey) i'^etters, died in i'ike. Township, Sta,rk County, Ohio. Mr. Strieby lias given his children over !f!ll,000 besides tlieir outfit when they were married.

fOIIN Sid'lKPKii SMITH, deceased, who was one of tlu^ old and honored pioneers of Kosciusko County, was born near llagerstown, Maryland, in 1806, and was of German ancestry, lie remained in his native county until nine years of age, when he was taken by his parents to liedford County, Penns^dvania, and there he was reared to the avocation of a farmer. At the age of eighteen years he began to ilo for himsell', and to care for his parents, lie was married in Bedford County, Pennsylvaina, March 9,

1830, to Miss liose Ann Keith, who was a native of Pennsylvania, and of German and Irish parentage. She is a sister of Lewis Keith, who was the original owner of tiie land on which Pierceton is situated. Of the eleven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith, eight still survive - Mrs. Mary JMcLonghan, of Livingston County, Missouri; Mrs. Martha A. A\^orknian, of Sumner County, Kansas; Mrs. Lucy Baker, of Mercer County, Missouri; Mrs. Catherine Ringer, of Kosciusko County, Indiana; Daniel J., a fanner of Wayne County, Iowa; Mrs. Pose Ann Perry, of Pierceton; Jolm K., of "Washington Township, and Godfrey J., also living in AVashington Township. Lewis Henry died March 12, 1835, aged fourteen months; Mrs. Hannah Elder died May 10, 18G0, aged twenty-eight years, and Mrs. Rachel Baker died at the age of twenty years, July 7, 1866. In 1838 Mr. Smith came with his young family to Kosciusko County, Indiana, and settled in an unbroken wilderness in Washington Township, and there they experienced many of the hardships and privations incident to a life in a new country. Indians were the principal inhabitants, few white people having settled in the county at that time. Hannah Wai-sing, Margaret and Nancy Rhodes, and Lewis Elder came with the Smith family from Pennsylvania, all making the journey partly on foot and partly by team, being on the M'ay for several weeks. After crossing the Ohio line they had to cut their own road and construct bridges to cross streams. On coming to Washington Township IVIr. Smith entered land from the Government, which he improved and cultivated, the land being still owned by his heirs. His death occurred in October, 1869, in his sixty-fourth year. In his religious views he was a Presbyterian, and was one of the first members of the church at Pierceton. His widow is still a member of the same church. She still makes her home on the old homestead in Washington Township, being now seventy-seven years old.

l^AVII) ROUDEBUSII, an old settler of y'l'ij' tliis county, was born in Montgomery v}^^ County, Ohio, March 14, 1815, S(jn of George and Susanna Roudebush, the former a native of ]\raryland and the latter of Virginia. In 1830 he came with his fatlier to Indiana, settling in what is now known as Elkhart County, near the site of the present city of Goshen. The father died near Bristol, Indiana. David was educated in the common schools of that day, and was thrown upon his own resources at a very early age, being obliged to work his way as best he could. He has been twice married. His tirst wife was Irena C. Shelby, of this county. They had three children, all of whom are deceased. His second wife was Mrs. Elizabeth (Farrington) Watts. For about three years after coming to this county he lived with a relative, west of Leesburgh, since which time he has been identified with the development and business interests of Leesburgh. He followed carpentering several years after coming to the county, and afterward conducted a cabinet and furniture store about fifteen years. He bviilt the first grist-mill in Leesburgh, near the site of the present mill, and had it furnished throughout with the old system of machinery. The dimensions of the mill were 40 X 52 feet, containing three stories, with three run of burrs, and did custom work principally. The mill was a great convenience to the early pioneer, being centrally located and convenient to all in the county. Mr. Roudebush was connected with this mill about three years, tlien sold to Albert Hawks, of this county. It subsequently changed hands several times, and was finally burned, when Stickney & Card were proprietors. Mr. Tloudebusli retired from active business several years ago, the management of his estate aftbrding him sufficient employment for his declining years. It can be truly said that he is a self-made man. He came to the county a poor boy, but by his industry, economy and good management he lias accumulated a good property. He served as treasurer of Plain Township several years, and has been a member of the village Board of Trustees. lie is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Lodge No. 181, at Leesburgh, and in politics is a Hepublican. Besides his village property he owns a well-improved farm of 140 acres. He claims to have establisiied the first grist-mill in Northern Indiana.

rOSEFII HAINES, a farmer of Harrison Township, was born in Muskingum Coun- ty, Ohio, October 8, 1828, and was a son of John and Susan Haines, natives of Pennsylvania. Of his father's children, William, Ilobert, Jacob, Samuel, Joseph, Adaline and Julia A. survive. He was reared to manhood in Franklin County, Ohio, where he moved with his pai-ents when a boy, receiving a common-school education. He was married December 9, 1850, in Ohio, to Isabella Gladmen, and they had eleven children, nine of whom are living - Ilobert, Joseph M., John, Franklin, Jane, wife of George B. Gochenour, of Harrison Township; Amanda, Mary A., Isabella and Susan. In the spring of 1868 Mr. Haines settled upon his present farm on section 22, where he owns eighty acres of good land. He is a member of the Christian church, in which denomination he has for several years officiated as an elder.

He is also a member of the Masonic order, is a Democrat in his political views, and has served as school director. He is a liberal contribiitor to church, and to all other enterprises of a beneficent character.

Y^OAZ n. WALTON, a pioneer of Wayne ~ Township, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Northampton County, July 7, 1807. His parents, Thomas and Rebecca Walton, were also natives of Pennsylvania, and of English ancestry. Of their eight children five survive - Boaz P., Jacob, Delilah, Matilda and Joseph. Our subject was reared on a farm until he reached his eighteenth year, when he was employed on the public works of Maucli Chunk, and continued there twenty-eight years. Subsequently, for several years, he superintended the shipping of coal by the train-loari fr(jni tlie mines. His early advantages for obtaining an education were very lim-ited. He married Miss Mary Musselman, daughter of Peter and Magdalena Musselman, of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. Of their children the following survive - Thomas, Wilson, Alfred, Peter, Joseph S. and Alice, the latter being the wife of Judge E. V. Long, the present Chief Justice of New Mexico. Mr. Walton came to Kosciusko County in the fall of 1851, coming the entire distance by team and wagon over very unpleasant roads. He settled upon section 29, of Waj'ue Township, and has done much pioneer work in the way of clearing and improving his land. He has been a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal churcli for more than thirty years, and for many years has officiated as steward. Four of his sons, Wilson, George, Justus and Peter participated in the late civil war, George having served as Captain. They all returned home safe, although Peter was slightly wounded. Mr. Walton was at one time a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and politically affiliates with the Democratic party.

I 'u^^i Ilanes homestead, in Seward Township, March 19, 1819, a son of John A. and Catherine (Good) Ilaiu's, who were among the early settlers of the above-mentioned township. The father came from Ohio in 1844, when a young man, and January (i, 1846, was married to Catherine Good, who had come to this county with her parents, Jacob and Hannah Good, several years before. To this union were born the following children - Emeline, wife of Emanuel Smith; William, the subject of this sketch; George, married three times, his third wife being Sophia Dodd, of Michigan; Mary E., deceased; Leander, married Martha White; and Catiierine, deceased. After the death of his first wife Mr. Hanes married Mary Moore, of Fulton County, Indiana, by whom he had six children, of whom Elizabeth, John D. and Silas C. are living. John A. Ilanes, although one of the most prominent farmers of his township, would not allow his name to be used for any official position, the oidy office for which he ever qualified being constable. He is still living on the homestead, where he has made his home since 1846, and is classed among the old and honored pioneers who are fast passing away. Prior to his marriage Mr. Hanes boarded with the family of William Anderson, who wei-e among the earliest settlers of Seward Townshij), coming from AVajnie County, Ohio. Colonel Anderson, 1)rotlier of William, was a soldiei' in the war of 1812, serving under General Harrison. The Anderson famil^^are not residents of this county at the present time, but while living in Seward Township they made their home on a jiart of the present homestead of John A. Ilanes. William Ilanes, whose name heads this sketch, was reared on the homestead of his father, receiving a good education in the schools of his native county. When but sixteen years of age he enlisted in the defense of his country's flag, but was rejected on account of his age. When a young man he engaged in teaching school, which he followed for ten consecutive years in Kosciusko t'ounty, and with the exception of one term taught in Seward Township, he being a successful and popular instructor. He, however, prefers agricultural pursuits to a professional life, and has since devoted his attention to the duties of his farm, which is well improved and under fine cultivation, and is )iumbered with the active and enterprising farmers and ])ublic-spirited men of Seward Township. He was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Stout, in 1874, and of the tiiree children born to them two are living. Luella, the eldest daughter, is deceased.