Kosciusko County, Indiana - The whole text, 1887 (part 7 of 21)

- John T., Elizabeth, Edmund C., Harriet M., Nancy A. and William. All are living e.\ce])t Robert P. and William, the eldest and youngest. They removed trom Logan County with a two-horse team and the usual covered wagon, camping out a portion of the time, and occasionally sleeping in houses along the way. They brought an extra horse, a few head of cattle and several hogs, driving them along tlie horril)le roads. They frequently had to cut their roads for miles. They were fourteen days making the journey. The father had visited tiie county the previous May, and had cleared about an acre of land, planted some corn and sowed some turnips. He built a one-story round-log cabin with a puncheon floor, a puncheon door and a puncheon table. The cabin had one window with six lights, each light being (jxlO inches. The family lived in that cabin six years, when the father built a hewed-log house one and a half stories high with only one room, but they still utilized the old house. In 1805 the father built a good frame house. The mother was b(jrn in Franklin County, Ohio, August 12, 180!.). When she was five or six years old her parents removed to Logan County, where she was reared and educated. Daniel worked his father's farm for five years after his marriage, and in the meantime l>ought forty acres of land. The year following hebought another forty, upon which there was a hewed log house. They moved into this house, and lived in it about six years, when it burned tlown. He immediately built a part of the present frame house, and the following spring built the house as it nyw stands. Daniel Jjrown died January 26, 1874, and is buried in the Menzie cemetery. He died of typhoid fever, after a sickness of fifteen days. He was a Republican in politics, but cast his last vote for Horace Greele}'. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were the parents of seven children, five of whom are living - Josephine, born August 8, ISoG; Daniel D., born December 8, 1858; Thompson, born July 30, 1861; Mary O., born July 3, 1867; Myrtle B., born April 11, 1869. The deceased are - Frances Elizabeth, born July 22, 1854, died December 11, 1855; Hattie, born March 4, 1863, died February 14, 1865. Both are buried in Menzie cemetery. Mrs. Brown's grandfather, Alexander Doke, was born in Kentucky, and was Captain of a company in the war of 1812. Her grandmother. Elizabeth (Swing) Doke, was of Southern birth; both died in Logan County, Ohio. Her maternal grandfather, John Turner, was a native of Pennsylvania, as was also lier grandmother, Margaret Turner. Mrs. Brown states tliat when they were moving to this county they stopped seven miles from their farm to get fire, which they brought with them. It happened that they did not need it, as her uncle, Thomas Turner, who was a tanner, and was through tlie country buying tan bark, had ai'rived there before them, and had a fire already started by firing ofi' his gun. An Indian came the second night and wanted to stay over night. They allowed him to remain, and he roasted a turnip for himself by the fire, ate it, and lay down to sleep with his feet toward the fire. That same week the father had to go to Goshen for supjjlies. It took two days to make the trip. The first night during his absence the mother and cliildren received a terrible fright. Tlie Indians came around, and seeing a light they fired ofi" their guns and gave a few Indian grunts. Her father's cabin was the fourth cabin built in that township. N eighbors were very scarce, the nearest one on the south three and a half miles, aiid twelve miles on the east. Their first postoflice was at Leesbui-gh. Mrs. Brown had three brothers in the Union army - Thomp- native of Ohio, born in Miami County in 1839, a son of Preston and Almira (Truax) AVells, who came with their family to Kosciusko County in 1849. They settled on the quarter section of land on which Silver Lake is located, and, with Jacob Panlus and Andrew Ilomman, were the original founders of that village. They were the parents of seven children, the four eldest born in Ohio, and the three youngest natives of Kosciusko County. Of the children, the first born died in infancy; Ephraim is our subject; Martha J. is the wife of George Michael; Harriet E. married Peter Clemmer; Nancy E. is the wife of William Clemmer; Sarah A. is married to William Caldwell, and Esther is the wife of Henry Leifel. Ephraim Wells received good educational advantages in youth, attending the high school at Warsaw, and the Methodist Episcopal College at Fort AVayne, Indiana. In the winter of 1860 he taught his first terra in the " Deep Cut " school-house in Wayne Township, and with the exception of one winter, taught during the winter months until 1884, in all thirtyone terms. He was a popular and successful teacher, and many of his students have become prominent men, such as George Morley, John M. Miller, principal of the Silver Lake schools, Jacob Deaton, Daniel Stephens, trustee of Jackson Township, and many others. Mr. Wells was united in marriage March 29, 1876, to Mrs. Martha J. Widener, who was formerly a teacher in Kosciusko County, and at the time of her marriage was a teacher in the grammar department of the Pierceton schools. 11 er classical education was obtained at the University at Urbana, Ohio, her parents, Samuel P. and Rebecca (Allen) Funk, having formerly been residents of that place. Two children, named AYalter A. and Edna A., have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Wells, the former dying in infancy. In the fall of 1884 Mr. Wells was elected commissioner of Kosciusko County, his term of office expiring in 1888. He is well fitted for this position, proving himself to be the right man in the right place, and is giving entire satisfaction to his constituents. In 1882 he was elected president of the Farmers' Relief Association of Kosciusko County, holding that position since that date by re-election. Politically he is an active member of the Republican party, and belongs to the County Central Committee, and is chairman of the township committee. He has been a member of the United Brethren church since 1862, and for seven years has been superintendent of the Sabbath-school in Silver Lake. He takes an active interest in Sabbath-school work, and at various times has taught in other schools, and is at present acting as vice-president of the schools of Seward Township. As a son of one of the pioneers of this county, and one of her representative citizens, we take pleasure in placing the sketch of Ephraim Wells among the prominent men of Kosciusko County.

A. POOR, a thorough practical Cte farmer of Harrison Township, residing ^i^ I on section 26, is a native of Ohio, born in Jackson County, September 13, 1844, a son of John and Sabina E. Poor, of whom the mother is deceased, her death taking place January 31, 1886. They were the parents of ten cliildren, of whom seven are yet living - Mary, the wife of Eli Hayden, of Ellsworth County, Kansas; David, of yEtna Township; Joshua, living in Prairie Township; Calvin A., Susanna, Martha, wife of Kev. Charles Shackleford, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Beloit, Kansas; and Ellen, wife of Rudolph Huffer, Jr. The father is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in his political views is a Republican. Calvin A. Poor, the subject of this sketch, was about three years old when his parents came to Kosciusko County, the date of their coming being in 1847, when they settled south of the prairie land. Here he was reared to agricultural pursuits, and he has made that the principal avocation of his life, and by his own efforts has acquired a tine farm of eighty acres, located on section 26, Harrison Township. He was united in marriage February 17, 1875, to Miss Mary O. Stinson, a daughter of John and Minerva Stinson, residents of Pierceton, Indiana. They ai'e the parents of one child, a daughter named Edith B. In politics Mr. Poor casts his sufl'rage with the Republican party.

i^ENRY PAULUS, an active and enterl^jlj prising business man of Silver Lake, ^l| was born in Lake Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana, in 1844, a son of Daniel and Maria (Miller) Paulus, who were natives of Peimsylvania and Maryland, respectively. The parents came from Montgomery County, Ohio, to Kosciusko County, Indiana, in 1841, and settled in the wild woods, where they built their pioneer home, a log cabin, and cleared and cultivated a farm. Their children - Jacob M., Annie, David and Catherine, were born in Ohio, and Ilenry, Mary A., Susannah, Elizabeth, Lydia, Monroe and Sarah

E., were born on the home farm in Lake Township, Kosciusko County. All were reared to agricultural pursuits, except the youngest son. Some of the sons learned trades, our subject being among the number. He learned the shoemaker's and the harnessmaker's trades, learning the former with H. C. Rantz, of Silver Lake, and the latter with Robert R. Leas. He worked as an apprentice in a rather nnnsual manner, he having furnished the capital to put in the stock in both the shoe and harness departments, then hired his instructors. In July, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, Twelfth Indiana Infantry, his brother Jacob M., enlisting with him. They were in the engagement at Richmond, Kentucky, and both were taken prisoners. On that field our subject was severely wounded, and still carries the scars of three rebel bullets, received in that fight. For twenty-four hours he lay on the battlefield before being taken to the hospital, where he lay for twenty-five weeks incapacitated for duty. The wounded were under the care of their own physicians and officers who were captured at the same time, and as soon as they were able to be removed, were paroled and sent home. Mr. Paulus was united in marriage in February, 1867, to Miss Margaret Kessler. Their only daughter, Annie, is now the wife of C. W. Lad, of Silver Lake. In 1863 Mr. Paulus engaged in business for himself with a capital of $100, saved from his wages obtained from the Government while in the army, and since returning from the war has led an active business life. He began his present mercantile business at Silver Lake, in 1874, building the brick store he now occupies in 1880, where he carries a large stock of boots and shoes, clothing, hats, caps and harness, of which he is the only exclusive dealer in Silver Lake. From the moderate investment of $100 Mr. Paulus has become one of the prosperous meu of liis village, and lias by strict attention to business and good management, built up a good trade. He has served Silver Lake as councilman and treasurer, holding the latter office two terms. He is one of the charter members of Post No. 306, G. A. R., of which he is the present quartermaster. The father of our subject and his brother Jacob Paulus, Sr., were the tirst merchants in what is now the limits of Silver Lake. They were the oi'iginal founders of Silver Lake, the town being laid out by them on lands owned by Jacob. Their old store, a hewed log structure, was left standing till 1884, when it was removed. Our subject's parents both died in 1886, old and respected pioneers of Lake Township.

a^[AMUEL L. McDANIEL, an active and "|^^\ enterprising citizen of Harrison Town- ^^ ship, residing on section 10, is a native of Ohio, l)orn in Mori-ow County June 7, 1839, and is of Scotch descent. His parents, John and Elizabeth McDaniel, were natives respectively of Maryland and Ohio. They were the parents of eleven children, and of this number seven are yet living - Samuel L., our subject; Margaret A., wife of J. M. Humphreys, of "Washington Township; Jolin R., in Bourbon, Indiana; Sarah, "William H., Joseph L., of Washington Township, and James E., living in Bourbon, Indiana. "When our .subject was fourteen years of age his parents removed to Kosciusko County, Indiana, settling in "Washington Township, having been among the early settlers of that township. There they made their home till their death, the mother dying February, 1880, and the father in December, 1885. Samuel L. McDaniel was reared to manhood in Kosciusko County, and in his youth received a good common-school education by attending the public schools. He subsequently engaged in teaching school, and at the age of twentyfour years he entered the New Carlisle Collegiate Institute in St. Joseph County, Indiana, where he pursued his studies for two years. He here was noted for his ability as a speaker and debater, having been selected on various occasions to deliver public addresses. He again resumed teaching, which avocation he still follows, principally during the winter terms, and during the summer months he carries on farming. He has taught in St. Joseph and Kosciusko counties, and has always met with mai-ked success, becoming a popular teacher wherever he has followed that avocation. He stands at the head of his profession among the veteran teachers of the county, having been in the ranks for more than a quarter of a century. He settled on his present farm in Harrison Township in the fall of 1871, and has brought his land under good cultivation. Mr. Mc- Daniel was married October 12, 1871, to Miss Laverna Spangle, a daughter of John and Sobrina Spangle, Ijoth now deceased, who were among the early settlers of Kosciusko County. In his political views Mr. McDaniel affiliates with the Republican party. He is a member of the order of Odd Fellows, being an active worker in its ranks.

Wayne Township, was born in Seneca County, Ohio, January 11, 1855, son of AVilliam and Elizabeth Sellers. He came to this county with his parents in 1861. They settled in "Wayne Township, where the father died April 30, 1883, and the mother March 9, of the same year. The father was a native of "V^irginia. He had been three times married, and was the father of a large family of children, of whom the following survive - John, Samuel, George, Sarah, Nancy, Joanna and Alfred K. lie was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and respected by all who knew him. Our subject was reared to manhood and educated in the public schools. September 12, 1878, he was married to Mary It. Stickler, daughter of Andi'ew Stickler, and their children are - William V., born September 18, 1879; John H., born November 8, 1881, and Andrew E., born June 1, 1883. Mr. Sellers resides on his farm on section 14. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party.

.ir-r JESLEY PINKERTO]Sr,an old settler , \/\]| of Van Buren Township, is a native I ^T~i of Holmes County, Ohio, born January 21, 1836. His parents, James and Margaret Pinkerton, were natives of Pennsylvania, and in 1839 immigrated from Ohio to Kosciusko County, settling on section 30, Van Buren Township. The land was at that time in its primitive condition. He iirst cleared a space sufficient to erect a log cabin, so as to make a home for his family. He continued to clear his land, year by year, until he had a well-improved farm. Mr. and Mrs. James Pinkerton were the parents of eleven children, of whom tiie following survive - Nancy, John, Hiram, Elizabeth, Josiah, Margaret, Sarah A., Wesley and Eleanor J. The family, like other pioneers, endured many hardships and privations. The parents passed their last days on the old homestead farm, where they had spent so many years of toil. The father died March 11, 1871, at the age of seventy-seven years. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was highly respected by all who were so fortunate as to make his ac(piaintance. Tlie mother died July 7, 1872, aged seventj'-four years. Our subject was reared to manhood in this county, and educated in the early district schools. January 5, 1860, he was united in marriage with Miss Emeline Kinney, daughter of Abraham and Catherine Kinney. She was born January C, 1838, in Crawford County, Ohio. Her father resides in Jefierson Township, this county, and her mother is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Pinkerton have four children - Ashfoi'd; Jennie, wife of Daniel Carris; Ilattie, wife of Charles Gibson, and Mollie. Mr. Pinkerton is the owner of 168 acres of land in a good state of cultivation. Politically he is a Democrat, and has served as road supervisor and school director. Religiously he is a memlier of the English Evangelical church, and for a num- Ijer of years has officiated as a local minister.

THrTILLIAM MILLER, farmer, resides . W \7'j on the northwest quarter of sec- tion 32, Turkey Creek Townshij), where he owns 110 acres of land. He came to this county in the spring of 1856, with his parents, who rented for a few years, then settled in Turkey Creek Township, where the father bought forty acres of land that is now owned by Mrs. Bright. He was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, February 2, 1847, living there until he came to this county, and has lived here ever since. In the winter of 1864 he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry. His regiment joined General Sherman's army at Chattanooga, and their iirst battle was at Marietta, Georgia, and Mr. Miller took part in every battle in which his regiment was engaged until Atlanta was taken. The regiment was attached to the

Twenty-third Army Corps, General Schofield. lie started back with the regiment to look after Hood, but was taken sick and could not march. He was taken to Chattanooga, thence to Nashville; thence to Jeflersonville; thence to Madison, Indiana; thence to Washington, to join his regiment. While on the way to Washington he was taken worse and could go no farther. Two months later he was discharged by a surgeon's certificate, and returned to his home, and has since been engaged in farming. His lungs are somewhat affected and he has varicose veins. His father, John Miller, was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and is now past sixty-eight years of age. He lives in Anderson County, Kansas, having moved there in 1869 from this county. His mother, Mary A. (Grindle) Miller, is about two years younger than the father. They were the parents of five children - Elizabetli, William, Henry, who died at the age of nine years; Adam and Lorinda. Mr. Miller was married August 3, 1868, to Miss Millicent Guy, who was born in Turkey Creek Township August 26, 1848, where she passed her early life and where she was married. Her parents were Samuel and Mary (Bowers) Guy. Her father was born on February 12, 1817, and died in 1868. Her mother was born in 1824, and died in 1856, aged thirty-foi;r years, three months and twenty-five days. Mr. and Mi-s. Miller have six children - Maiy Axie, born February 11, 1870; Harley, born August 11, 1872; Idala,born March 14,1875; Jesse, born June 23, 1877; Andrew, born October 16, 1879; Bessie, born September 7, 1882. Mr. Miller's grandfather, Henry Grindle, was born in Pennsylvania, and died in Anderson County, Kansas, in 1883, aged eighty-eight years. His grandmother, Elizabeth Grindle, was also born in Pennsylvania, and died at the home of Mrs. Beffhtel. Mrs. Miller's maternal

^IpHAELES A. EIGDON, a dentist at "ife Warsaw, was born in that city Septem- '^W^ ber 16, 1857. His father, Elijah AV. Iligdon, was born at Mechanicsburgh, Champaign County, Ohio, February 18, 1827. His education was such as could be obtained in the common schools, but he improved his opportunities so well that he soon became a fine student in several languages. October 29, 1848, he was united in marriage with Virginia A. Rigdon, who was born in Jefferson County, Virginia, Januaiy 7, 1827, on General George Washington's homestead at Mount Vernon, at which place her father was overseer. In 1851 they removed to Warsaw, at which place she still resides. Her husband entered the army October 28, 1862, and continued in active service until he was honorably discharged July 22, 1865. He was a member of Company C, Second Indiana Cavalry. He was a member of Warsaw's first fire company, and of the Warsaw saxhorn band, the first organization of the kind in the city. By profession he was a photographer, which occupation he followed from 1865 until a few years previous to his death. April 25, 1875, he was attacked with neuralgia of the heart, which caused his death in three days. He was buried by Kosciusko Lodge, No. 62, I. O. 0. F., of which order he was an earnest member. Charles Rigdon, the subject of this sketch, was born at Warsaw September 16, 1857, and secured a good common-school education in the primary and high school of the city. In 1873, when only sixteen years of age, he began the study of dentistry under T. A. Goodwin, with whom he remained fourteen months. He then studied under the instruction of F. E. Olney ten months, then fitted up an office at Warsaw, and began the practice of his chosen profession. By reason of being too young he had to work his way to success, his competitors being older and more experienced; but by patience, good nature and constant effort he succeeded in gaining a foothold, and worked up a paying patronage. In 1878 he opened a dental depot for the sale of dental supplies and surgical instruments, employing two salesmen on the road. In 188-4 he began the publication of the Dental Student, a journal devoted to dental literature, which he still publishes with success. In 1884 he was appointed manager of the Central Union Telephone Company, of Kosciusko and Marshall counties, and during the same year he was elected secretary of the Warsaw Building, Loan and Savings Association. He still holds both positions. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Warsaw, and also belongs to Kosciusko Lodge, No. 62, and Hackelinan Encampment, No. 37, 1. O. O. F., at Warsaw. He is past grand master of his lodge, and is high priest of the encampment. He is also one of the lessees and managers of the Warsaw Opera House.

JLLIAM H. UPSON was born in W\| Delaware County, New York, May ^^^4^ 5, 1818. His father, Andrew B. Upson, was born in 1793, and died in 1872. His mother, Betsey (Barnes) Upson, was born July 28, 1790. The Upsons are supposed to be originally from England. The grandfather, Ezekiel Upson, was a soldier in the Kevolutionary war, and Andrew B. Upson in the war of 1812. When our subject was nineteen years of age he came to Noble

County, this State, which was in November, 1837, where he purchased a farm and lived upon it until 1855, when he went to Dane County, Wisconsin, and bought an improved farm, living upon it until November, 1859, then returned to Noble County and rented a farm two years. He then came to Tippecanoe Township and lived until 1876, then removed to Leesburgh, where he lived till February, 1877. He then removed to his farm near Warsaw, M'here he died January 3, 1884, and was buried in Warsaw cemetery. Mrs. Upson was formerly Lucy Eagles, daughter of Leander B. and Zillah (Starkweather) Eagles, and she was born in Genesee County, New York, April 14, 1818. In the spring of 1888 she came with her parents to Noble County, this State, where she was married. Her father was born in New York City, and died in Noble County. Her mother died in Genesee County, where she spent all of her married life. Mrs. Upson is living on the farm where the father died. Mr. and Mrs. Upson had si.x children - William Wallace, Edwin H., Arthur H. and Zillah A., who lives with her mother. Leander B. died in infancy, and a child unnamed died when a few hours old. Edwin H. was born in Noble County, May 1, 1851, and was educated in the common schools. In 1869 he commenced teaching, and taught seven terms during the winter and worked on the farm during the summer. He was married December 23, 1871, to Miss Sarah E. Bull, daughter of Eobert H. and Maria (Greider) Bull. She was born in Noble County, this State, March 26, 1853. Mr. Upson is a Eepublican in politics, and himself and wife are members of the Christian church. He was elected justice of the peace, but did not qualify. E. H. Upson and brother formed a partnership in 1885, to breed fine sheep and poultry and to grow seeds and plants. They now have on hand thirty head of pure bred and graded Sonthdown sheep, and are raising the Light Brahma fowl exdusively. They are raising all kinds of garden seeds, and intend to furnish the best at reasonable prices. They publish a catalogue of their seeds on the 15th of January, and their stock catalogue in the fall of each year. Any person desiring a catalogue will be furnished one by sending their address to E. H. Upson & Brother, Wilmot, Indiana.

J'l^ILLIAM L. KINTZEL, the pioneer '|| settlerof Meotone, is a nativeof Penn- L^^sij^^-i syl vania, born in Millersburg,Dauphin County, the date of his birth being August 25, 1829. He is of German ancesti-y, his great-grandfather, Christian Kintzel, coming from that country to Pennsylvania in an early day. His son. Christian Kintzel, Jr., was reared in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and during his lifetime was one of the most noted carpenters and cabinet-makers in that part of the country. His grandson has now in his possession an elegantly finished table, a souvenir of his artistic skill. He was a private during the war of 1812, and often subsisted on the most scanty rations, mule steak occasionally furnishing their table. He was united in marriage to Miss Polly Fourtney, and to this union were born two children - David, the father of our subject, and Charlotte. David Kintzel was a tanner by trade, and owned and operated two large tanneries in Millersburg, Pennsylvania, he having built the first tannery in that town. He married Mary Kathfang, her father, Frederick liathfang, having been a tanner at Millersburg. They were tlie parents of ten children, of whom nine are still living - William L., our subject; Charlotte,

Henry, David, Fredei-ick, Christian, Harriet, Mary and Emma, all married except Henry, and with the exception of Frederick all are residents of Kosciusko County, Indiana. In 1865 the father came with his family to Kosciusko County, and located at Stony Point. William L. Kintzel, whose name heads this sketch, was married in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1852, to Miss Mary McNeil, a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Mason) McNeil. Mr. McNeil was a miller by occupation, following his trade in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois. He died in Ogle County, Illinois, in 1883, aged eightyfive years. His wife, who was twelve years his junior, died in the same county. Of their eleven children, six grew to maturity, all of whom came West. Mrs. Kintzel and her sister, Mrs. A. Tucker, are the only members of that family living in Kosciusko County. To Mr. and Mrs. Kintzel have been born the following children - Charles, Emma, Ella and Clara. Emma married David Dillingham, and has five children - Ada, Tudor, Mollie, Charles and Odessa M. Ella has been twice married, her first husband being Franklin Shatter, by whom she has two children - William B. and Francis. She was married a second time to Elijah Stansbury, and to this union have been born two children - Bert and Susie. Mr. Kintzel was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting at Mansfield, Ohio, in Company L, Tenth Ohio Cavalry, his residence at that time being in Crawford County, Ohio. His regiment was assigned to duty in the Fourteenth Corps, under Generals Eosecrans and Kilpatrick. He was detailed as Major's Orderly, and saw active service until he met with an accident which disabled him, causing his discharge at the end of twelve months. His brother Frederick remained in the service, of his country till the war closed, and was actively engaged in sixteen great battles, besides many minor engagements. Our subject has been a resident of the State of Indiana since 1865, in which year he located iu Sevastopol, Kosciusko County, and opened a meat market. One year later he moved to Atwood, remaining there till 1875, going thence to Stark County. lie purchased a farm in Stark County, but the loss of a large amount of valuable stock caused his removal to Marshall County in 1878. In 1882, when the new town of Meutone was surveyed, he came to this place and erected its hrst residence, which he used as a boarding-house, in which businesshehas since been engaged. Thefamily of Mr. Kintzel, consisting of his wife and two children, Charles and Clara, and a grandson, William B. Shaft'er, was the first to locate iu Mentone, and at that time the prospect was very forlorn and uninviting, but they have witnessed the many changes M'hich have occurred in the past few years, changing the wilderness into a thriving village of wonderful growth. A grandson of Mr. Kintzel, Charles Dillingham, son of David and Emma Dillingham, was the first cliild born in the village.

'^K. las and Catharine (Steel) Sigler, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, and of German origin. Jacob was reared to agricultural pursuits, receiving a common-school education in the schools of his neighborhood, and the careful instruction received both at school and under the paternal roof formed the character of one who during his business life was one of the best and most respected of men. Octoljer 11, 1859, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Hilton, a daughter of

Robert and Hannah (McCool) Hilton, the father a native of Sheffield, England, and the mother of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The parents of Mrs. Sigler haxl a family of ten children, Mrs. Sigler being the only member of her family living in the State of Indiana. On coming to Silver Lake, in 1873, Mr. Sigler engaged in the lumber business with Robert Fisher, and for three years conducted a saw-mill and lumber-yard. He subsequently disposed of his interest in the sawmi!), but still continued dealing in lumber, and also managed his farm, which he had purchased in 1872. He afterward sold his farm, and bought another near tlie village of Silver Lake, which is now owned by his widow. He died at the early age of thirtyeight years, September 7, 1877, his death causing universal regret. He was one of the most-respected men of Silver Lake, and was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him. As a husband and father he was kind and affectionate, a generous neighbor, and in business he was energetic, prompt and courteous, and in all his dealings he was strictly honorable. To Mr. and Mrs. Sigler was born one sou - Gilbert A., who died in his seventeenth year, February 11, 1883, his remains being interred beside the body of his father in Lake View cemetery. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sigler and their son were members of the Evangelical Lutheran church, of which Mrs. Sigler is still an earnest and worthy member.

ilLLIAM S. STOCKER resides on (3) section 1, in Tippecanoe Township, .^^"If^i where he owns sixty-three acres of land. He came to this county in the spring of 1863, with his parents and seven other children, who settled across the road in Noble County, opposite to where he now lives. The father died near Webster, on a farm he then owned, the 13th of December, 18S2. He was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and was sixty-iive years of age when he died. The niotlier, formerly JMargaret Strieby, is living on the old farm where the family first settled when they came to Indiana. She is two years younger than her husband. Both parents were born in Stark County, Ohio. The brothers and sisters of our subject were the following - Nathaniel, who died in 1878, near ^Etna, Noble County; Eliza Jane married Alexander Miksch, and died in 18C5, while her husband was in the army. William S. was born May 1, 1842, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he was reared to manhood. August 17, 1802, he enlisted in the United States service, and was honorably discharged the 2Sth of December, 18()2. lie was a member of Company K, Ninety-eighth Ohio Infantry, and served under General Bnell, in Kentucky. lie was discharged on account of a wound received at the battle of Perryville. He was wounded by a minie ball in his left thigh, and was taken to a hospital at Perryville; thence to Lebanon; thence to Louisville. He was married November 19, 1868, to Miss Sarah C. Knepper, who was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, January 29, 18-17. When she was a year old her parents brought her to Noble County, where she was reared to womanhood. Her father was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and is now sixty-seven years old. The mother was born in Franklin County, same State, and is now sixty-ti\e years old. They are living on the farm where they tirst settled. Both parents are of German origin. Mr. Stocker's grandfather died when William was five or six years old. He has given considerable attention to bee-raising. In the spring of 1885 he had three swarms of bees, and they have now increased to twelve swarms and produced 300 pounds of honey. In the fall of 1885 he sold two swarms, and in the following spring commenced with ten swarms. He now has thirty-three swarms, and they have produced five or six hundred pounds of honey. The comb honey sells for 15 cents per pound. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party.

fAMES C. ROGERS, farmer, resides on section 2, Monroe Township, where he owns 120 acres of land. lie came to Whitley County, this State, with his parents June 10, 1852, living there until the following August, then removed to this county, settling in what was then Jackson, now Monroe, Township. The family located on the farm now owned by ilr. Rogers, on the opposite side of the road. There was a log cabin where the barn now stands, which was torn down only four years ago. There was a small clearing of about five acres, and in this the larger timber was standing. The father died in Pierceton September 18, 1882, and is buried in Ryerson cemetery. He was born in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, August 2, 1798, M'here he spent his early life. He afterward removed to Franklin County, Ohio, where he was married. The mother, Sarah (Boyd) Rogers, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, March 27, 1809, and when she was eleven years of age went with her parents to Franklin County, Ohio. There were eight children born to -lacob and Sarah Rogers, of whom four are living - Zephaniah, born April 1(), 1835, lives in Monroe Township; Fidelia, born in August, 1839, is the wife of Ambrose Hamlin, her first husband having died in the army; James C, born March 28, 1841; Henrietta, born in July, 1845, is the wife of Wesley Hay, and living in North Manchester.

Nancy, the oldest of the family, died in 1865, and is buried in the Ryerson cemetery; David M., the second child, died at the age of one and a half years; Hester Ann, born in 1837, died in October, 1883; Egbert M., born in February, 1843, died May^25, 1864; he had the measles while in the army, and died in less than a year afterward. The mother is still living, and resides at Pierceton. James C. was married December 6, 1870, to Miss Elizabeth Kistler, who was born in Hancock County, Ohio, January 8, 1844. When she was ten years old the family removed to this county and settled in Harrison Township, where she lived until her marriage. Her father, Solomon Kistler, was born in Pennsylvania, and when quite young removed to Franklin County, Ohio, where he lived until he was married. He died December 30, 1870, and tlie mother, Elizabeth (Dove*) Kistler, died January 6, 1871, just one week after her husband. Both are buried at Pleasant View cemetery. They reared a family of eleven children, six boys and five girls. The oldest and youngest are Methodist Episcopal ministers. Not one of them used tobacco in any form, or alcoholic drinks, or used profane language. The names of the children are as follows - William R., a missionary at Las Vegas, New Mexico; Susan, wife of Isaac Hosman, and living at Oakdale, Nebraska; Reuben, wlio died in Franklin County, Ohio, aged six months; Aaron B., who died at the ago of thirty years, and is buried beside his parents; Mary A., wife of Jacob Coons, who died of lung disease; Sarah J. also died of lung disease, at the age of twenty-two years; George W., who lives on a farm near Palestine; Henry D., who was married and died in Nemaha County, Kansas, leaving one little girl, also died of lung disease; Elizabeth, wife of James C. Rogers; Ada B., wife of Cyrus Gault, of Atwood, Harrison Townsliip;

Amos H., a Methodist Episcopal minister in Illinois. All are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. The father was a large, strong man, six feet in height, and was quite an athlete. Mrs. Rogers' maternal grandfather, Henry Dove, was born in Virginia, and died in Fairfield County, Ohio, aged nearly 100 years. He was blind, and confined to his bed nine years previous to his death. Her grandfather Dove was twice married. Mr. Rogers' grandfather, Zephaniah Rogers, died in Appanoose County, Iowa, aged ninety-eight years. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have had two children - the first one died in early infancy; Addie Biondie was born May 7, 1879. Mrs. Rogers is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Rogers served as assessor for eight years, and in the spring of 1886 he was elected township trustee. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party.

^^ citizens of Kosciusko Count}', and a history of the count}"-, however brief, would be incomplete did it not contain some mention of him. He was a native of the State of New York, born March 7, 1830, a son of Amariah and Polly Holbrook. When he was seven years old, in 1837, his parents moved to Indiana and settled in Kosciusko County, being among its first settlers, and here he grew to manhood. Reared in a new country, he had but limited advantages for obtaining an education, but when the opportunity oflfered he made the best use of his time and acquired a fair education. In his youth he learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he followed at intervals the most of his life. He was an energetic and industrious man, and this, added to his desire to procure a good home for his fainil_y, made him persistent, and he was successful, and at his death left his widow with enough means to provide for her family. The homestead contains ninety-six acres of valuahle land, and Mrs. Holbrook owns fifty-four acres in another tract. In politics Mr. Holbrook was a Democrat. He was an honored member of the Masonic fraternity, an organization in which he was much interested. He was an upright, honest man, and was respected by all wlio knew him. He was a kind, considerate husband, and an indulgent father. He was twice married. First to Miss Jane Orr, who lived but a short time after their marriage. His second marriage took place April 3, 1S59, when Miss Margaret Dunham became his wife. She was a daughter of Jehu and Margaret Dunham, early settlers of Kosciusko County, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of Pennsylvania. She is the oldest surviving member of her father's family, which consisted of thirteen children, only seven of whom are living - Henry, Celinda, Mary,' Cynthia, Harriet, Elizabeth and Margaret A. Mr. Holbrook died Sejitember 5, 1878. His widow still lives on the homestead, on section 24, Wayne Township. As a representative citizen of the county, we are glad to insert in the history of Kosciusko County a portrait of Mr. Holbrook.

jg,HARLES FREMONT MORRIS, of the ite firm of I. J. Morris & Son, dealers in %?'t agricultural implements at Warsaw, is the youngest of three sons of Isaiah and Rachel (Barnes) Morris, who are among the early settlers of this county. He was born at Warsaw September 22, 1857, and was educated in the Warsaw schools. When eighteen years of age he became associated with his father in the agricultural implement business at Warsaw, in the firm name of I. J. Morris & Son. The firm is doing an extensive business. January 4, 1882, he was married at Wabash, Indiana, to Miss Nellie L. Hanna, daughter of Hugh W. and Sue (Beavei') Hanna, of that city. They have one child - Marie. Mr. Morris is a member of the Knights of Maccabees of the Tent at Warsaw, of which he is finance keeper.

|ANIEL BENNETT, farmer, section 14, 'M' Washington Township, came to Whit- "W^ ley County, this State, with his parents, John and Susan Bennett, in 1839, where they remained two years. The father bought 160 acres of land of Ggoa^ge-Gtiodin, commencing in the woods where there had not been a stick cut except what had been cut by the Indians. He had built a log cabin and cleared 'tl small piece, when the father sold out and bought 120 acres where the widow Brown now lives, on section 12, Washington Township. He purchased it of James Lytle. This was also a new farm. They built a round-log house, one story high and one room. About two years later the father built a hewed-log house. After awhile the father sold forty acres of his land and moved to the farm now owned by John Orr, where he died in September, 18G3. He was born in Pennsylvania July 10, 1797, and when a young man he removed with his parents to Delaware County, Ohio, where he was married to Miss Susan Decker. She was born in Pennsylvania, May 16, 1805, and when quite young her parents bi'ought her to Delaware County. She died March 16, 1864, and is buried in the McNeal cemetery. Daniel Bennett was born in Delaware

County February 18, 1829, and was about ten years old when his parents brought liiin to Wliitley County. January 16, 1851, lie was married to Miss liacliel Wilber, who was born in Woodbur\' Township, Caledonia County, Vermont, December 1, 1828. When she was about nine years old her family removed to Delaware County, Ohio, where she was reared and married. Her father, Philanthropy Wilber, was born February 7, 180G, in Calais," AVashington County, Vermont, where he grew to manhood. January 5, 182(5, he was married to Olive Kenaston. In 1837 they removed to Delaware County, (!)hio. The father died in Mercer County, Illinois, April 19, 1879. The parents came to this county in 1853, and tlie following ]\Iarch removed to Mercer County, where he bouiijht a farm. The motlier was born October 22, 1805, in Cabot, Washington County, Vermont, where she was reared and educated. She is living with her daughter IMartha, in Phillips County, Kansas, at the ripe old age of eighty years. Both parents experienced religion when young, and always lived Christian lives. Mrs. Bennett's grandfather, Holdeu Wilber, was born in Maine, but in his later life he lived with liis son Philanthropy. Her grandmother, Polly (Gary) Wilber, died at the home of her daughter in Taunton, Massachusetts, aged about eighty-eight years. Her husband died at the age of seventy-five years. Her maternal grandmother, Betsey (Daniels) Kenaston, was born in Nottingham County, March 19, 1783, and died in La Salle County, Illinois, in 1803. Her maternal grandfather, Samuel Kenaston, was also born in Nottingham, New Hampshire, May 23, 1775, and died in Delaware County, Ohio. Tliey wore bulh Cliristian people. The grandfather jjad ipiite a remarkable memory, and could repeat whole books of the Bible. After his vision became impaired, he could repeat chapter after chapter, and conducted family worship, reading the chapters as readily as though his sight had not failed. In her grandfather Kenaston's family were thirteen children, and three of them were preachers. Mr. Bennett's grandfather, Oliver Bennett, was born in Scotland, and died in Ohio in 1836. He was a young man when he came to America, and entered the army for independence. He was wounded, and afterward drew a pension. He had two sons in the war of 1812. His grandmother Bennett drew a pension while she lived, and died in Delaware County, Ohio. His maternal grandfather, John Decker, died in Coles County, Illinois. His grandmother Decker, formerly Rachel Courtright, also died in Coles County, about the same time her husband did. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have three children - Caroline L., born May 20, 1852, was twice married; first husband was Samuel Ridinger, who died November 8, 1883; second husband was A. R. Bergman; Lorenzo Augustus and Louisa Augusta, twins, were born February 28, 1851. Lorenzo was married in June, 1880, to Emma Clemens, and Louisa married Freeman Daniels for her first husband, and Thomas Carter for her second husband. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have the care of the children their daughter Caroline had by her first husband. Their names are Nellie R. and AVilson R. Mrs. Bennett is a member of the Free-will Baptist church, and Mr. Bennett is politically a Democrat. He has in his possession a powder horn which his father carried while he lived, and he himself has carried it for many years. The first time Daniel attempted to kill deer he shot one, the ball passing tlii'ough it and lodging in another deer, killing them both. When his father arrived in this county he had only 25 cents left after paying ofl" the men that brought him here. He went on the prairie to work to support his wife and nine children, the oldest boy being about twelve years old. Daniel and his older brother cleared away a few acres in the fall and winter, with the assistance of the mother, who piled the brush to encourage the boys. There was one week they had nothing in the house to eat but turnips. This was owing to a heavy snow storm that prevented the father from coming home with provisions. Isaac, the oldest boy, died in the army, but it is not known where. He was last heard from at llmitsville, Alabama, where he was put on the cars with other sick soldiers and started for Nashville. It is supjjosed that he died on the way, and was put oil" at a small station. Our subject enlisted in February, 1805, in Company D, One Hundred and Fii"ty-second liegiment, and was discharged in July following. His company did guard and police duty. He received a sunstroke while on general review at Summit Point, in the Shenandoah Valley, which so disabled him that he was discharfjed.

T-^TILLIAM MILLER, a prominent -\/\/ farmer of Harrison Township, resid- I. "_ ing on section 4, is a native of Virginia, born in Loudoun County, January 15, 1818. His parents, David and Nancy Miller, had a family of eleven children, and of this number only four survive - William, Kachel, Eliza and Catherine. Our subject was about thirteen years old when his parents removed to Preble County, Ohio, and in that county he was reared to manhood. He was iirst married in Ohio, January 29, 1838, to Miss Hannah Spach, and of the seven children born to this union four are living - John, William, Oliver and Noah. James, Milton and Francis are deceased. In 1841 Mr. Miller left Ohio for Indiana, and settled with his family in Miami County, on Eel River. His wife died there August 4, 1857, and he was again married in Miami County, Indiana, April 1, 1858, to Miss Catherine Palmer, a daughter of Daniel and Catherine Palmer, natives of Virginia, with whom she came to Miami County when a girl. By his second marriage Mr. Miller has had ten children, seven still living - Samuel, Charles, Grant, Eliza J., Dora B., Bertha and Emma G. The names of those deceased are - Abraham, Alpharetta and Marietta. Mr. Miller made his home in Miami County until about 1864, and in the spring ot that year he became a resident of Kosciusko County. Starting life with $5, he has from this small beginning acquired a competency, owning at present about 370 acres of valuable land, the result of habits of industry and good management. He is classed among the active and publicspirited citizens of Harrison Township, and has served efficiently and acceptably as road supervisor and school director. Both he and his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist chui-ch. In politics he is a Prohibitionist. Four of his sons, John, William, James and Milton, served in the defense of the Union during the war of the Rebellion. Milton lost a limb at the battle of Stone River, which cost him his life, and James died after his return from the army.

§AVID MOCK, farmer, section 3, Tip- I pecanoe Township, owns 116 acres of -^s" land. He and his father, John Mock, and family, came to the township in 1848, and settled upon this farm. There were four acres cleared, and a log cabin had been built. In two weeks after their arrival all were taken sick with the ague except David's wife. Jacob Mock, u Itrotlier of David, came to Tippecanoe Township six or seven years previous to tliat time; (-reorge came three years before, and Joim came one year before, aTid all had families. David had three cliildren. All settled in Tippecanoe Township. Jacob and George are still living. John died several years ago. David has three sisters in Tippecanoe Township - Susan is the widow of ,lohn Kuhn; Catherine is the widow of Jacob Fashbaugh, and lives in Piercetoii, and Barbara is the widow of Jacob (Tcrber. Three sisters are living in Ohio - Sarah Ilender, Julia Durham and Nancy Tomer. David was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, February 18, 1824, where he was reared to manhood. He was married to Catherine Gibler, who was born in Columbiana County, Pennsylvania. She never knew the exact day of her birtli, as the records were lost. She died in February, 1SS4, and is buried in Mock's cemetery. She left eight children, as follows - Hiram D., Jacob, Alnion, Noah J., AVilliam A., Mary E., Hose Ann, Polly Ann. Kichard Winfield died at the age of one year and nine months. August 3, 1884, Mr. Mock was married to Mrs. Hermina Popenfoss, widow of John Popenfoss. Her maiden name was Nemetz, and she was born in Prussia September 7, 1836. She came to America April 2(>, 1881, with her husband, and settled in Turkey Creek Tow-nship. Her husliand was killed by a runaway horse, or so injured that he died in five days. Three children had preceded them to America, and four came with theiu. Their names are as follows - llulda, who was born December 11, 1851; Alweima, born December 31, 1853; Reinhaldt, born July 21, 1802; Rudolph, born February 13, 1864; I'aul, born February 12, 1872; Harmena, born June 18, 1874; Hattie, born September 18, 1877. Mr. Mock is a member of the Christian church, and his wife is a Dunk-ard. Politically he is a Republican, lie has held the oilice of school director and su]>ervisor. His father was born in Pennsylvania, near Little York, and died while living with his son David, at the age of eighty-three years; he is buried in Mock's cemetery. The mother, Elizabeth (Smith) Mock, was also a native of Pennsylvania, and moved to Tuscarawas County when it was a wilderness, thei'e being only fourteen families in the township. Both parents were first members of the Lutheran church, and afterward of the (Tcrman Baptist church.

1^,EV. PETER IIAMMAN, pastor of the [ ^ German Baptist church, is a native of ~^ \ Ohio, born in Tuscarawas County September 11, 1818, his parents, Jacob and Maiy (Himes) Hamman, being natives of the State of Pennsylvania. He grew to manhood in his native county, being reared to the avocation of a farmer. He was married in Ohio, December 7, 1837, to Miss Catherine Ritter, of Stark County, Ohio, she being a native of Pennsylvania. Of the eleven children born to this union three only are living - Maria, wife of Abraham Ritter, of Plain Township; Abraham, in Tippecanoe Township, and David at home. Mrs. Hamman died February 11, 1874, and November 19, 1874, Mr. Hamman married Mrs. Sarah (Lutes) Lucas, a native of Wayne County, Ohio, and a daughter of Adam and Anna Lutes. By her first husband, James Lucas, Mrs. Hamman had eight children, and of this number two are living - Adam, and Ella, wife of William Burt of yEtna Township. Mr. Hamman left Ohio for Kosciusko County, Lidiana, in the fall of 1842, spending the following winter I in Washington Township. He then lived one year in Tippecanoe Townsliip, when lie removed to Turkey Creek Township, remaining there seven or eight years. He subsequently spent some two years in Minnesota, and in April, 1875, he settled on his present farm in Harrison Township. Mr. Ilamman is one of the self-made men of Kosciusko County, he iiaving commenced life a poor man, but being a man of industrious habits and persevering energy, he has become, through his own eftbrts, one of the well-to-do citizens of Harrison Township. He is always ready and willing to aid in all enterprises for the advancement of his township or county, or in any undertaking that will be of benefit to liis church. He joined the German Baptist church at tlie age of thirty-three years, and was ordained in that denomination, beginning his ministerial duties at the age of forty years. Mrs. Hamman is a member of the same church as her husband. In politics Mr. Hamman is a Republican. He is of German ancestry, his great-grandfather coming from that country in an early day, ami settling in the State of Pennsylvania.

|^[AMUEL J. LINE, farmer, section 10, t®l ^^^® born in Wayne County, Ohio, June 12, 1848. When he was five years of age he was brought by his parents to Noble County, where he lived until 1869, when he came with his parents to the present farm. There were no improvements on the land except an old frame house and a few acres of clearing. It was all grown u]) to underbrush and briars. He now has a tine farm with ftiir improvements. He lias eighty acres on the north half of the northeast quarter of section 10, Washington Township, also an intei'est in 160 acres in his mother's estate in Washington Township, Noble County.

He was married January 16, 1873, to Miss Fidelia Erdley, who was born in Yates County, New York, May 2G, 1849, and when six years of age came to Noble County, this State, with her parents. At the age of sixteen she removed with her parents to Walworth County, Wisconsin, where she lived eight years, then removed to this county with her husband. Ilev father, Samuel Erdley, was born in Pennsylvania, and is living ill Oceana County, Michigan. He is seventythree years of age. Her mother, Hester (Plate) Erdley, was born near Waterloo, New York, and is about sixty-eiglit years of age. Her maternal grandparents were born in Holland. They came to America, married and settled in New York State. Mr. Line's father, Thomas Line, was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, March 11, 1818, and when quite young was brought by his parents to Wayne County, Ohio, where he was reared and educated. He was married April 19, 1838, and a few years later removed to Noble County, bringing with them tiieir three children - AVilliam, who was born September 16, 1839; Mary E., born May 27, 1844, and the subject of this sketch. The father died June 12, 1881, and is buried in Menzie cemetery. He was a great reader of the Bible, and had read it tiirough many times. His mother was born in Wayne County, Ohio, August 20, 1820. She died in Noble County in March, 1882, and is buried in Trimbull cemetery. His paternal grandfather, Samuel Line, was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and died in AYayne County, Ohio. His great-grandfather, Samuel Line, was born in Scotland, going thence to Germany, and thence to America, where he was married, and settled in Beaver County, near Beaver Falls. His grandmother Line, whose name was Mary, was probably born in Pennsylvania, and was married and died there. His maternal grandfather, John McConnell, came from Ireland, settled in Wayne County, and died there. Ills grandmother, Eussia McConnell, was also born in Ireland, and died in Wayne County. Mrs. Line's parents had eleven children, as follows - William, Eliza A., Angevine, Henry, Charles F., Fidelia, Amanda M.. Alice S., Sarah C, Augusta A. and Wilbert W. The children are all living. Mr. and Mrs. Line have had two children - Alphcus G., born March 7, 1874, and Clarence E., born July 2, 1879. Alpheus died January 1, 1887, and Clarence died January 3, 1887. Both children died with diphtiieria, after a short illness, and are buried in tlie Menzie cemetery. Politically Mr. Line is a Democrat, and he belongs to Lodge No. 257, I. O. O. F., at Pierceton.

EKT H. WATTLES is a native of Chau- 1|)1 tauqua County, New York, the second son of E. C. and W. A. (Tennant) Wattles, the mother being a native of New Jersey. The father is a lineal descendant of one of four brothers who immigrated from Scotland in an early day and settled in New England. The name was originally McWattles, but was by the first generation abbreviated to Wattles, the name by which the descendants are known. Bert H. Wattles, the subject of this sketch, received his education in the schools of Buffalo, New York, and before coming to Indiana he was employed in the wholesale commission house of his brother, G. M. Wattles, at that city, where he obtained a practical business education. In 1882 he was offered a position in a wholesale house in Kansas City, and desirous of trying life in the AYest, started for that city. While en route he stopped at Packerton, Indiana, to visit acquaintances, and becoming favorably impressed with the business outlook, he purchased a half interest in the drug store of L. C. Wiltshire, the pioneer store of the village. To this was added a stock of groceries, and in July, 1885, Mr. Wattles purchased his partner's interest, and has since continued tlie business alone, and being a man of good business qualifications and obliging manners, he has established a good trade, and gained the respect and confidence of the whole community. In November, 1885, he was appointed postmaster of Packerton u]ion the recommendation of the people, who had recognized in him strict business integrity. The postofiice is located in his store, to which he attends besides attending to his business. November 25, 1883, Mr. Wattles married Miss Mabelle Hall, a native of Wallingford, Vermont, but at the time of her marriage a resident of Packerton. Her parents, Cornelius and Armenia (Eddy) Hall, were also natives of the State of Vermont, and were the parents of three children, of whom two are living - a son, Mosely, and Mrs. Wattles; the former residing near Braidwood, Illinois, a farmer by occupation. Mrs. Wattles lost her mother when a child, and slie was reared by an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Bryant, who came to Kosciusko County, Indiana, in 1883.

..^fOHN B. STRIEBY, farmer, resides on J Jlfi section 28, Turkey Creek Township, JtC where he owns 116 acres of land. He was born in that township February 23, 1844, where his father, William Strieby, now lives. In 1864 he enlisted in Company G, Thirtyeighth Indiana Infantry, joining his regiment at Goldsboro, North Carolina; hut before he reached it he was in detail service in Alabama and Georgia, and was si.x weeks at a block-house between Chattanooga and Atlanta. From there he went to Nashville; thence to the regiment. There was a detachment of the Fourteentli Army Corps that was in a skirmish fire on the first day of the Nashville fight. He was discharged July 15, 1865, and came home, where he has since been engaged in farming. He was married October 14, 18G6, to Miss Delilah Cable, who was born in Turkey Creek Township June 19, 1847. She was a daughter of Cornelius and Margaret (Mock) Cable. Mr. and Mrs. Strieby have four children - Ida, born November 9, 1867; Alfaretta, September 15, 1869; Floyd, October 10, 1871, and John Franklin, August 4, 1877. Politically Mr. Strieby alfiliates with the Republican party.

§ANIEL MILLER, a farmer, sections 16 and 17, Monroe Township, came to this '43? county in March, 1854, the family following the next month. They came together as far as Forest, Ohio, on the railroad, and the canal not being open, Mr. Miller came on foot to this county, and the family followed as soon as the canal was open. The occasion of his hurrying on was to meet a payment becoming due. He bought land of J. L. Reason, on which was a hewed-log house and about ten acres partly cleared, and had been partly jilanted with corn and potatoes. In this house he lived until 1861, when he built and occupied his present residence; the house, liowever, was not finished until 1864. He was born near Paris, Stark County, Ohio, December 13, 1819. His father, Jacob Miller, was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, December 2, 1795, and when he was fifteen years of age he moved with his parents to Stark County, where he grew to manhood and was married to Elizabeth Marsh, January 19, 1817. In their family were eleven children, as follows - Mary, who became the wife of Joseph Ream, and died near Dunkirk, Ohio, at the age of about fifty-five years; Daniel, the subject of this biography; Susanna, wife of S. D. Bowman, and living in North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana; Ezekiel, who lives in Monroe Township; Samuel, in Springfield, Ohio; Amos, a carriage manufacturer at Bellefontaine, Oliio; David J. and Jacob N., partners of Amos; Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Helms; Levi F., a resident of Allen County, Kansas; and William, who died when about twenty-one years of age, at Bellefontaine, Ohio. Mr. Miller, our subject, received his education at the district school; was married August 13, 1840, to Miss Nancy Freed, who was born in the same township that he was, and was brought up within three miles of his boyhood's home. During the spring following they removed to Hancock County, that State, where he bought eighty acres of land, and began to make it their jjermanent home, but it proving to be an unhealthful locality, and he sufiTei-ing from milk sickness, they returned to Stark County, after having built a log cabin and cleared a few acres. He sold his Hancock County homestead and purchased fifty-three acres in Stark County, which was partially improved, and there he lived until he came with his wife and two children. Eve and Adam, and an adopted child named Maria Feaser, to this connty. Mr. Miller's mother was born in Rockingham County, Virginia, in 1797, and died December 30, 1884, at the age of eighty-seven years and five months, at the residence of her son Amos, and is buried at Bellefontaine. His grandfather, Micliael Miller, a Pennsylvanian by birth, died August 22, 1817, at the age of fifty-eiglit years and six months. His greatgrandfather, William Miller, was also a Penn- sylvaniaii, but his (the latter's) father was a native of Germany. Ilis grandmother, Mary (Flory) Miller, was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and died Ajiril 1, 1856, aged ninety-two years. His maternal grandfather, Ezekiel Marsh, was born in England, and came to this country when young, settling in Virginia, where he was married. He was among the tirst settlers of that country. He was killed by a tenant, who was living on his farm, October 21, 1837, aged sixty-two years, seven months and eighteen days. His maternal grandmother, Susana Marsh, who was born in Germany, came to America when quite young, and settled in Rockingham County, Virginia. She died April 7, 1886, in Stark County, Ohio, aged seventy-one years. Mrs. Miller's father, Henry Freed, was born in Virginia, and died in 1853, in Stark County, at the age of sixty-two years. He removed to that county in an early day. Her mother, Margaret (Crowl) Freed, was born near Economy, Pennsylvania. She was a bound girl, her father having died when she was quite young. She died in Stark County in 1842, aged forty-eight years. Her grandfather Freed died in Columbiana County, Ohio. Her grandmother, Elizabeth Freed, was born in Switzerland, and came to America when a young woman. Mrs. Miller's parents were Mennonites, and Mr. Miller's father was a Dunkard preacher. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have had seven children - Margaret, born May 28, 1842, died January 6, 1843; Clara I., born December 24, 1843, died March 8, 1845; Eve, born July 6,1846, died November 8, 1866; Adam, born May 11, 1850, married Alice McConnell; Benton, born June 8, 1854, married S. E. Funk, June 8, 1879; Delia, born November 16, 1862, married Clarence F. Sellers, March 19, 1881; and Emmett, born December 2, 1868. Mrs. Miller's parents had eleven children, as follows -

John, Paul, Peter, Nancy, Eliza, Elizabeth, Malinda, Maria, Lucinda, Polly and Barbara, who died at the age of four years, and is buried in Stark County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Miller had a grandson, named Willie Stafford, son of Eve (Miller) Stafford, boru January 31, 1865. He died May 31, 1880, by the accidental discharge of a gun. Mr. Miller is a Republican in politics, and May 4, 1886, was nominated by that party for member of the Legislature. He served two years as township trustee, and was a candidate for county commissioner last year, but withdrew. In May, 1864, he went out as a citizen clerk in the Commissary Department with Captain Douglas, who was Commissary Captain. He and the Captain went together and joined General Sherman's army at Ackworth, Georgia, and there took charge of 2,800 head of Sherman's cattle. He remained with the army two weeks, when he was attacked with camp diarrhoea. He went to the hospital at Chattanooga, thence to Nashville, thence to Indianapolis, where his wife went to him and brought him home. He was sick a year, and will probably never entirely recover from it. He is now serving (winter of 1886-'87) a term in the Legislature at Indianapolis, and is tied up in the famous deadlock for United States Senator.

;jAENRY A. GOSIIERT, farmer and stockiTi) raiser, Harrison Township, is a native "^-^i of Pennsylvania, born September 22, 1847, a son of Henry and Dakely Goshert. His parents came to Kosciusko County in 1857, and settled in Prairie Township, where they still live. They have a family of ten children - Jemima, Elizabeth, George, David, Henry, Ellen, John, William, Harvey and Jeremiah. Mr. Goshert was reared in Kos- ciusko County, receiving liis education in the common schools. He was in his youth inured to the duties of farm life, and there learned lessons that have been of benefit to him since starting in life for himself. He has a pleasant home and seventy-two acres of land under a good state of cultivation. He is one of the prominent men in his township. In politics he is a Democrat.

j^5[LI MABIE, farmer, owns 103 acres of W'/i "'^""^^ *^" section 21, Tippecanoe Town- ship, also fourteen acres on section 20 and eighty acres on section 28, making a total of 197 acres. He came to this county with his parents and five other children, who settled upon the farm owned by A. Goble. It was then in a wild state. There was an old log cabin on the place, in which they lived for eighteen months. The father then purchased land in Whitley County, Troy Township, where he and his family commenced to make a home in the wilderness, being four miles away from any neighbor on the east. lie made all the improvements on the land, built his log cabin, split the rails and chopped the timber. In 1853 he sold out and removed to Marshall County, Iowa, where he lived about eight years. He entered his land there from the Government. In 1868 he went to Buena Vista County, Iowa, where he died June 20, 1885. He was born in 1807, on Long Island, where he grew to manhood. He removed to Huron County, Ohio, where he was married to Elizabeth McConkey. They lived in Ohio until 1837, where all their children were born. Tiie mother was born in Holmes County, Ohio, in 1808; she died October 14, 1851, in Whitley County, this State, and was buried at AVebster. After reaching his majority,

Eli worked by the month on a farm until his marriage, which took place April 14, 1852, to Miss Eliza Ann Beezley. She was born January 3, 1836, in Ohio, and when she was nine months old her parents brought her to Kosciusko County, where she has lived ever since, with the exception of three years' residence in Whitley County. Eli and Lott Mabie bought out their father, and in less than two years Eli sold out and bought eighty acres south of Webster, where he lived seven years. He had cleared forty acres, when he sold out and bought land in the northwest corner of Whitley County, keeping it only a few months, then sold, and in 1863 purchased his present farm, which was mostly cleared, but the buildings were of little or no consequence. Mrs. Mabie was the daughter of Isaac and Sarepta (McMillan) Beezley. Her fiither was born in Stark County, Ohio, June 13, 1814, and died in 1862. Her mother was born January 27, 1813, and lived in Pierceton. Mr. Mabie's family suifered extremely with the ague for two years, and an eighteen months old sister died with it. His grandparents, Levi and Sarah Mabie, came to this county in 1837, the same year but a little later than Eli's father. They settled in Webster. The grandfather was a shoemaker, and carried on that trade until his death. Both grandparents died in 1839, about one year after they reached here. They were suffering with the fever and ague, and sent to Leesburgh for a physician. He gave them calomel, which killed them, they dying within twentj'-four hours after they had taken the medicine. They were buried in one grave in Wel)Ster cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Mabie have four living children - John B., William A., Rose and Jessie O. An infant uniuvmed is deceased. The names of the children of the parents of Mr. Mabie are as follows - Eli, born December 1, 1829, iu Huron County, Ohio; Lott died at AVarsaw in 1866; Eliza J., died in Hardin County, Iowa, in 1884, aged fifty-one years, was the wife of David Ingrahain; Angelia, wife of John Conklin, died at Millersbiirg, Elkhart County, Indiana, in 1862; Esther died in Whitley County in 1853, aged twenty-one years; Ellen died at the age of ten months. The preceding were born in Henry County. Those born in Wliitley County are as follows - Jemima, who died at the age of nine years; Samuel, now living near Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas; Austin, also living in Clay County. The father was a second time married, his wife being Jemima Taylor, who is deceased. His third wife was Jemima Stough. Mrs. Mabie's parents had five children, four of whom are living - Mary E., wife of John Warner, who died in 1854; she afterward married Koss Beatty, who died April 14, 1886; Eliza A., wife of our subject; William, living in Chicago; Jane died at the age of seven years and nine months; Eachel, wife of Eliza Fashbaugh, is living in Pierceton.

irSAAC KODIBAUGH, deceased, was born In in Montgomery County, Ohio, June 28, -=§? 1828, son of David and Saloma Rodibaugh. In 1832 he came to Elkhart County with his parents, who were among the first settlers of that county. He was there reared to manhood, and his early life was spent on a farm. November 22, 1849, he married Catherine Ilaney, who was born November 24, 1829, in Montgomery County, Ohio. Her father, Michael Haney, was a native of Pennsylvania, and when he was in his sixteenth year he emigrated to Montgomery County, where he was one of the early pioneers. He removed with his family to Elkhart County, this State, in 1833, and lived there many years. He is now deceased. The mother, Elizabeth Haney, was a native of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Kodibaugh have four ciiildren - Lewis, Matilda, wife of Franklin Grover, of Milford; George, and Alphonso, telegraph operator at Benton Harbor, Michigan. Mr. Kodibaugh settled upon the farm now occupied by his wife in 1850. He died March 22, 1886, leaving an estate of 571 aci-es of valuable land. He was a Democrat in politics, and had served as road supervisor. He was a very hard-working man, and very highly esteemed in the community. He was a kind and loving husband and father, and in his death the county met with a great loss.

fAMES COOK, an old settler of Harrison Township, is a native of New Jersey, born December 18, 1816, son of John and Ann Cook. While yet a babe he was taken by his parents to Ohio, and in 1834 came with them to this county. His occupation has always been that of a farmer. August 5, 1841, he was married to Miss Pettinger, daughter of John and Ann Pettinger, who settled in this county in 1835, having removed from Wayne County, Ohio. Of their children the following are living - Ann, wife of Dr. Calvin Swihart; Sarah J., Mary, wife of Melvin A. Wilcox; John, James W., the present prosecuting attorney of Kosciusko County; Eev. Joseph B., of Adams County, this State; Minerva, wife of Henry H. Graham, attorney at Etna Green; Bert J., an artist at Bourbon, Indiana; Howard, Belle E., Alma, Charles C. and Frank. Mr. Cook settled upon his present farm in 1842, and it is one of the best-improved farms in the county. He own 193 acres of land on sec- tions 23 and 14, Harrison Township. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal cliurch, and has served as trustee, steward and classleader, and has also served as trustee of Harrison Township. In politics he is a Prohbitionist, and ranks among the most prominent farmers and stock-raisers of Kosciusko County.

|P^,lCTrOLAS p. COOK, a prominent and 'it§ inriuential citizen of Kosciusko County, '^M residing on section 14, Harrison Township, is a son of John W. and Ann Cook, early settlers of the county, the father being now deceased. Nicholas P. was born in Kosciusko County, Indiana, the date of his birth being June 4, 1842, and here he grew to manhood, his education being obtained in the common schools of the county. After completing his education he followed teaching school for some time during the winter terms. He enlisted as a private in the war of the Rebellion in July, 1862, in Company A, Seventy-fourth Indiana Infantry, and was assigned to the Fourteenth Corps, Army of the Cumberland. He participated in the battles of Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, Buzzard's Roost, Kingston, the fight near Dallas, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, Chattahoochee River, Peach Tree Creek, Jonesboro and many others, and was also through the Atlanta campaign, and with Sherman on his march to the sea. He was promoted to Sergeant sixteen months before his discharge, and was mustered out as such June 22, 1865, having served his country faithfully and gallantly for nearly three years. May 10, 1868, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Lehman, a daughter of John and Rachel Lehman, who came to Kosciusko County in 1850, where the mother subsequently died. They are the parents of two children - Erwin N., who was born January 14, 1875, and Blanche, wlio was born March 30, 1883. Mr. Cook is a farmer by occupation, which pursuit he has followed successfully, and is now the owner of a beautiful home, surrounded by eighty acres of valuable land, on section 14 of Harrison Township. In his political views he affiliates with the Republican party. In 1884 he was a candidate for county treasurer, but failed to be elected. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal cliurch, and for the past nine years he has labored as a local minister. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic, being a comrade of Kosciusko Post, No. 114, at Warsaw, and chaplain for the third term, and delegate to the State Encampment.

'AMES STEPHENSON SMITH, M. D., of Warsaw, was born in Burlington, r^iltou County, Ohio, October 12, 1845. His father, Joel R. Smith, was a native of Pennsylvania and of German ancestry. He was a hatter by trade, and followed that business several years, but in after life followed farming. He came to this county in 1859, and located on a farm in Harrison Township, where lie still resides. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has for many years been a local preacher. His mother, Hannah (Adams) Smith, was also born in Pennsylvania, and of German descent. She came to this county with her husband and family in 1859. She died at the homestead in Harrison Township January 22, 1875, aged nearly sixty-two years. AVhen in her sixteenth year she united with the Methodist Episcopal church in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, and all during the remainder of her life she M'as a zealous Chi'istian, retaining her ineniliership in that denorainatitin until her death. ISlie had four children, of whom James was the youngest. i)r. Smith remained with his parents until his sixteenth year, wlien he enlisted in the Union army in August, 18(j2, as a private in Company K, Seventy-fourth Indiana Infantry, and served three years or during the war. He was discharged June 9, 1865, at Washington, D. C. After his discharge he returned to this county, and after attending school two years he began the study of medicine under Dr. II. M. Cowgill, of Warsaw, and was under Ids preceptorship two years. In 1869 he began to ])ractice at Atwood, this county. In the winter of 1879-'80 he attended a course of lectures at the Physio-Medical Institute at Cincinnati, graduating as an M. D. March 20, 1880. He established his practice at Warsaw in July, 1879. Politically he is a liepublican. Marcli 25, 1866, he was married in Harrison Township to Miss Mary A. Lutes, daughter of William and Catherine Lutes, pioneers of this county. They have two children - Rosa May and Clarence William. The doctor is a member of Kosciusko Post, No. 114, G. A. R., of which he is surgeon.

^^EV. A. G. McCARTEE, a retired MethfM^ odist Episcopal miinster, now living on '"=({^ section 17, Washington Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana, was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1827. When he was eight years old he went to Montgomery County, Ohio, where he lived until he reached his majority. He learned the cabinet-maker's trade in Dayton, Ohio, which he followed eight years, working in several of the Western cities. In the fall of 1852, in the city of

Logansport, Indiana, he was licensed a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in 1853 was received into the North Indiana Conference. He commenced his itinerant labor on the Mexico circuit in the fall of 1853, and in 1854 was sent to Bourbon, where he organized the first Methodist Episcopal church. Since that time he has had charges in nearly every county of Northeastern Indiana, and is well known throughout this ]}ortion of the State. He still belongs to the North Indiana Conference, and is still subject to its orders, holding a supernumerary relation since 1880. His labors in Kosciusko County liave been as follows: In 1854 he was pastor of the churches west of Warsaw; in 1856 he was on the Pierceton circuit; in 1858 on the Leesburgh circuit; in 1872 on the Silver Lake circuit, and in 1S73 on the Webster circuit. In 1880 he retired from the active work, and is now living on a farm on the northwest quarter of section 17, Washington Township. The farm, which belongs to Mrs. McCarter, contains ninetyfive acres of choice land. Mr. JMcCarter was married June 17, 1858, to Miss Sarah A. Stinson, a native of Pike County, Ohio, born February 26, 1838. To them have been born five children - George W., Jacob E. E., Luella S., William A. and Ilattie M. In politics Mr. McCarter was originally a Free- Soil Democrat, casting his first vote for General Lewis Cass. Since its organization he has affiliated with the Republican party, but has always held himself free to vote for principle rather than party, and at present is an anti-saloon Republican. Mr. McCarter's parents, William and Harriet (McCord) Mc- Carter, were natives of Pennsylvania, tiie father born in Carlisle January 1, 1800, and the mother in Philadelphia November 27, 1800. His father was by trade a l)ricklayer. His parents had a family of twelve children, six sons and six daughters. The eldest son, George, is a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal church, and lives on a farm near Topeka, Kansas. Three sons, Arthur, Alexander and John, were soldiers in the war of the Rebellion. Alexander and John gave their lives for their country. The former was wounded at Chattanooga, and died in the hospital at Nashville; and tlie latter was pierced through the heart by a sharpshooter's bullet while in the skirmish line near the foot of Allatoona Mountain. Arthur was a member of the Twelfth Indiana Infantry, and was with Sherman in his march to the sea. He came home at the close of the war, and is now a justice of the peace at Warsaw, and a local minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. William died in Muscatine, Iowa. The remaining son is A. G., the subject of our sketch. The oldest daughter, Elizabeth, died at Muscatine, Iowa. Barbara is a widow living at Union City, Indiana. Harriet is the wife of James K. Smith, an attorney at Dayton, Ohio. Susan is the wife of Oscar Yannard, also of Dayton. Mai-garet is the wife of Dr. Pearman, of Palestine, Indiana, and Caroline is the wife of Charles Johnson, of Dayton, Ohio. The fatlier died in December, 1863, and the mother in October, 1871, and both are buried in Montgomery County, Ohio, at Concord church, seven miles north of Dayton. The motto of the whole McCarter family is " God and our Country."

"[c\ o" section 10, Turkey Creek Town- [-^^J ship, and is the owner of 700 aci-es of land. He came to tiiis county with his parents, two lirothers and one sister, in 1837, his brother John having preceded them one year. Tlie family settled upon the farm now known as the Hender farm, where the lather bought eighty acres from the Government. It was located opposite Odell's cemetery in Elkhart County. They lived on this farm only a few years. Neighbors were scarce, the neai'est one being one mile away. Upon this farm the father died in 1849, and his heirs sold it to Martin Waybright. The father, whose name was Joseph, was born near Philadelphia, where he passed his early life. A few montlis after his marriage he removed to Darke County, Ohio. He was an educated man, and taught school during his early life, and also taught in Ohio and in this county. William's mother, Patience (Dean) Moore, was born in New Jersey, and died in 1851, aged about sixty-six years. AVilliam was born May 1, 1825, in Ohio, and when twelve years of age he came with his parents to Elkhart County, and has lived within two miles of his present home ever since, and has always been a farmer. His father left a small estate, which gave to each of Ins five cliildren a small amount. His oldest brother, Milton, died unmarried, and also left a small estate, which AVilliam and Joseph received for tlie maintenance of their mother her lifetime, and from this, with his small estate from his father, he has made his present large estate. He was married March 4, 1852, to Miss Catherine Weaver, who was born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, February 27, 1831. When she was a few months old her parents removed to Darke County, Ohio, and when she was six years old they returned to Tippecanoe County, where she lived until she was eighteen years old. They then removed to Turkey Creek Township, Kosciusko County, where she has since resided. Her father, Isaac AVeaver, died in Syracuse in 1881, aged seventy-one years. Her mother, Elizabeth (Akers) AVeaver, died in Rush County, aged about seventy years. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have had eight children - Isaac W., born January 7, 1853, died at the age of nineteen months; Joseph P., born May 15, 1854; John F., born May 14, 1856; Mary E., wife of John Kiddle, born June 9, 1858; William E., born September 22, 1861; Martha Jane, wife of Francis Ott, born IMarch 14, 1864; a pair of twins, unnamed, died in infancy. Mrs. Moore's grandfather, Jacob "Weaver, and her grandmother, Elizabeth (Miller) Weaver, died in Tippecanoe County, this State, at an advanced age. The Moores are of Irish ancestry. Mr. Moore sold five acres of land, situated on the Nine-mile Lake, to a company who has built a fine large hotel, and cultivated the grounds. He bought the land in the spring of 1879, and it is one of the finest watering places in the country; also a tine place for fishing and duck-hunting. He sold six acres this present season to Eli Lilly, a chemist of Indianapolis, who has built a nice residence and beautified the grounds, intending to spend six months of each year at this place with his family. Mr. Moore has also sold five acres, more or less, to A. H. Norduke, a manufacturer of mill machinery at Indianapolis, who will build a fine residence during the coming season. The property is beautiful, and M'ell adapted for summer homes for people living in the city who wish to avoid the heat and dust of the summer. Mr. Moore is a Republican in politics, and he and his wife are members of the Church of God.

|W^miLTON JEFFRIES, an early settler ^Iwim °^' ^^^^" Township, was born in "^^^^^ Clark County, this State, January 8, 1814, son of Francis and Margaret JeflFries, natives of Kentucky. His parents had thirteen children, six of whom survive - William, Milton, Mary, Elizabeth, Salem and Nancy.

The deceased are - Robert, Malinda, Benoni, Sarah, James, Allen and Rebecca. Ilis father came to this State while it was yet a Territory', and settled in Clark County. In 1835 he came with his parents to this county, settling in Van Bureu Township on the prairie. The parents both died in this county. Milton was reared on a farm, and educated in the common schools. He has been three times married. He first married Elizabeth Catey, by whom he had six children, two of whom survive - Francis M. and Allen. His second wife was Nancy Blue. Two of their four children are living - Orlando and Nannie E. His third wife was Ann Edmund, widow of C. Edmund, of this county. He owns 144 acres of land in this county. He has served creditably as school director, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically he is a Republican. Four of his sons were soldiers in the late war - Henry C, Francis M., Allen and James, the latter dying in the service. Francis served fourteen months. Henry C. served over three years, was wounded and taken prisoner at Chickamauga, and spent over seven months in Richmond prison. Allen served three years, and participated in many battles. Mr. Jeffries is now enjoying the fruits of a wellspent life.

fEREMIAH VANDEMARK, one of the representative pioneers of Kosciusko -^ County,lateof secti(m 32, Harrison Township, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, April 16, 1815, a son of Daniel and Sarah Vandemark, and is of Holland descent. He grew to manhood in his native State, receiving such education as the early subscription schools aftbrded. In the fall of 1836 he with several friends started west with an ox team, and after several weeks of tiresome traveling arrived at Terre Haute, Indiana, where he remained ahout one year. He was first married March 1, 1838, to Miss Mary Hanson, and of the five children born to tliis union four are living - John, Nancy A., Sarah E. and Mary J. The second son, Daniel, died April 29, 1854. After leaving Terre Haute Mr. Yandemark spent several years in Fulton County, Hlinois, when he returned to Ohio. He subsequently returned to Indiana, locating in Kosciusko County, in the spring of 1847. Mrs. Vandemark died September 23, 1850, and March 20, 1852, Mr. Vandemark married Mrs. Diana (Dunnick) Lloyd, widow of Abel Lloyd. Seven children have been born to this union - William A., Cornelius (died September 17, 1856), Elvira A., Levi M., Margaret R., Linneous E. and Kosa A. After making his home in Franklin Township for more than twenty years Mr. Yandemark, in 1872, removed with his family to Harrison Township, and since coming here resided on the farm where he died January 18, 1887, and where his family still live. The homestead contains eighty acres of choice land. He was classed among the self-made men of his county, he having commenced life after his arrival in Kosciusko County with the small sum of $4, and by his strict integrity and honorable dealings with his fellow-citizens he gained the confidence and respect of all who knew him.

^UliLAYIN GILLIAM, proprietor of C4illiffe am's livery stable at Warsaw, was born ^-i in Fayette County, Ohio, May 9, 1845. His father, William Gilliam, was a native of Yirginia. Upon reaching his majority he went to Ohio and settled in Fayette County, thence to Kosciusko County in the fall of 1845, and soon after settled on a farm in Tippecanoe Township, where he remained until his death, which occurred September 5, 1882, aged nearly sixty-seven years. He was for several years a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His mother, Mary Elizabeth (Morris) Gilliam, was a native of Ohio, coming to this county with her husband and family in 1845. She is still living, and resides on the old homestead in Tippecanoe Township. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Gilliam is the second of twelve children. He was but six months old when his parents removed to this county. He was reared a farmer in Tippecanoe Township, and when he was of age he at once engaged in logging and farming generally. In August of that year he was drafted into the United States service, and assigned to Company A, Fifty-ninth Indiana Infantry, and served about seven months, when he was discharged, the war being closed. He then resumed his occupation of farming and lumbering for twelve years in Tippecanoe Township, and in 1878 came to Warsaw, and was engaged in buying and shipping live stock for five years. In 1883, in connection with his other business, he embarked in the livery business at Warsaw. December 10, 1867, he was married in Tippecanoe Township to Miss Frances Menzie of that township, a daughter of John Menzie. They have two children - Mrs. Bertha Kingery, wife of Hugh Kingery, of Chicago, Illinois, and Myrtie. Mrs. Gilliam is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Gilliam is a comrade of Kosciusko Post, G. A. It., at Warsaw.

ceptioii of six luoiitlis spent in South Bend, Iiidiaiui. lie was born in Richland County, Ohio, November 27, 1845, where lie lived until he was six years old, when the family removed to Whitley County, Indiana. At the age of eighteen years he commenced to get his education. His father was a well-todo farmer, but was unwilling to render him tlie needed assistance. He first worked for his brother-in-law on a farm for nine months, then went to Roanoke Academy, in Huntington County, this State. Being a good penman he was able to pay his board and tuition. He also taught day-school and writing classes during the evenings in the county. In this school he pursued the elementaiy branches - philosophy, chemistry, algebra and Latin. After completing his academic studies he read medicine with Dr. John Ecker, of West Union, Iowa, remaining with him a year, then came back to Whitley County and finished his studies at Huntington, Indiana. He attended his first course of lectures at Cincinnati in 1868, gi-aduating at the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, June 1, 1880. In the meantime he practiced in Coesse, Whitley County, and in Syracuse, his present location. He also lectured in those places occasionally. He was married April 1(), 1868, to Minerva Brandenburg, daughter of Eliphalet and Susan (Stapleton) Brandenburg. Slie was born March 23, 1846, in Jay County, Indiana, and when she was four years of age the family removed to Whitley County, where she passed her early life. They have two children - Orland L. and Lewis E. The doctor and his wife are of German ancestry. The doctcr has as fine a collection of surgical instruments as there is in the county. Nervous and functional diseases are treated Ijy electricity and medicine. He gives special attention to chronic diseases generally, tint i)articnlarly to female diseases.