Kosciusko County, Indiana - The whole text, 1919 (part 2 of 11)

Mr. Hibschman was born in Kosciusko County, Indiana, February 11, 1859, and is a son of Henry and Sarah J. (Bolin) Hibschman. His paternal grandfather was a native of Pennsylvania who moved to Indiana at a very early day and settled on a farm, where he passed the remainder of his life, while his maternal grandfather was Elisha Bolin, ° who passed the greater part of his active life in the country in Wabash County, Indiana, where his death occurred. Henry Hibschman was born in Ohio, and was still a youth when brought by his parents to Kosciusko County. In young manhood he had learned the trade of stone mason, and this trade he was following when the Civil war came on and his patriotism led him to enlist. In 1862 he became a member of the Seventy-Fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he served bravely and faithfully until the battle of Chickabid Py ae Pa as mauga, September 19, 1863, on which bloody field he lost his life. Mr. Hibschman was a republican in his political views, and a member of the United Brethren Church, to which Mrs. Hibschman also belongs. She was born in Wabash County, Indiana, and now makes her home at Warsaw, having reached the advanced age of eighty-one years. They were the parents of two children: Burlington D.; and Mrs. Edith Hollaway, who lives at Warsaw.

The educational advantages of Burlington D. Hibsehman were not numerous, as he was not five years of age when his father, who had accumulated only a small property, lost his life. However, the lad made the most of his opportunities as granted in the country schools, and early learned to be self reliant and independent. His early training was on the farm, and it was but natural that he should adopt an agricultural career. He was married in 1882 to Miss E. M. McKinsis, and to this union were born two children, Angie and Erba. They were industrious and thrifty and saved their earnings carefully, so that by 1900 they were able to realize their ambition to become landholders, in that year purchasing their present property, a tract of 100 acres, all paid for by their hard and persistent labor. Under modern methods he is making a success of his operations, and now grows all the small grains in addition to breeding and shipping cattle, hogs, sheep and horses. His buildings are commodious and attractive, his machinery modern, and everything about the place gives evidence of the presence of thrift and good management. Politically Mr. Hibschman is a republican, but he has been so busily engaged with his farm work that he has found no time to enter politics as a seeker for office, atlhough all good movements have received his hearty and generous support. With his family he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has held a number of offices.

Tuomas B. SarBer. Now spending his declining years on his farm in Seward Township, enjoying peace and comfort, Thomas B. Sarber is one of the older residents of Kosciusko County, and the years have dealt kindly with him, but only to the extent of his deserts and the value of his citizenship. His home is in section 22, four miles west of Claypool.

Mr. Sarber was born in Harrison Township of this county October-4, 1842, a son of Abraham and Louisa (Hendren) Sarber. His parents were married in Franklin County, Ohio, and two years later sold their farm in that county and moved to Putnam County in the same state, where for a time they lived with their nearest neighbors ten miles away. Abraham Sarber was not only a pioneer in reclaiming the wilderness of Putnam County, but also laid out and foupded the Town of Kalida, which has since grown and prospered and is the county seat. In 1836 he sold his Ohio interests and moved to Iroquois County, Illinois, and after four years in the Prairie State came in the fall of 1840 to Kosciusko County.

In 1841 he built a sawmill at Palestine, and in 1843 built a grist mill. His sawmill in 1843 supplied the lumber for the first frame courthouse of Kosciusko County. The Sarber mills were the first institutions of any importance in the south side of Kosciusko County. He sold those properties in the fall of 1843 and bought a farm on the north side of Harrison Township. In 1863, after the death of his first wife, he bought a farm near Atwood and property in that town, and lived there until his death, February 27, 1880. For his second wife he married Miss Eliza Crane. They had one son, David. Abraham and Louisa Sarber were the parents of eight children: William, Adam, Melissa, Amanda, Mary, Thomas B., Dorothy and John.

Thomas Benton Sarber grew up and spent most of his youth in Harrison Township on the old farm in section 4. The district schools furnished him his educational opportunities until he was sixteen, and during 1858-59 he was one of the first students in the public graded school at Warsaw, when that school was taught by D. T. Johnson and wife. Farming experience followed his education and on May 24, 1863, at the age of twenty-one, he married Miss Martha A. Timmons, daughter of William and Catherine Timmons, natives of Delaware and Maryland, respectively, who came from Fayette County, Ohio, in 1845 and settled in Wayne Township of Kosciusko County.

After his marriage Mr. Sarber spent a year in Eel River Township of Allen County, then lived for a year on a farm north of HelJlers Corners, and in the spring of 1866 acquired forty acres included in the Sarber farm of Seward Township. This land was covered with heavy woods, and it was his task, worthily fulfilled, to clear it up and develop its possibilities as a productive farm. The only improvement on the land when he took possession was an old log cabin. Subsequent years brought him increase of comforts and prosperity, represented by the accumulation of a hundred acres of land, but most of this he has since sold his sons, and now retains only twenty acres as his individual home.

Mr. Sarber's name is prominently identified with the history of the Village of Burket. He built the first store there in the spring of 1882. He was also a passenger on the first train of cars in Seward Township. He has been an active party man as a democrat, but only once accepted the honor of nomination for an important office, in 1884, when as candidate for sheriff he ran way ahead of his ticket. He has also served as a member of the democratic committees.

Mr. Sarber was happily married for over half a century, and in 1913 he and his good wife cclebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Their companionship was continued five years longer until Mrs. Sarber died June 16, 1918. She was a devout member of the United Brethren church. To their marriage were born three children: Edson B., born March 11, 1864, a graduate of Valparaiso University, formerly a teacher, for thirteen years county superintendent of schools. and now connected with the Leonard Supply

Company. Edson Sarber married Miss Ollie Rickel, daughter of George W. and Mary Rickel. Louisa C., the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sarber, died in infancy. Andrew E., a native of Seward Township, was for many years a teacher in the county and is now engaged in farming and teaching. He married Ettie E. Anglin, daughter of S. D. Anglin, a former superintendent of public schools of this county. Thomas B. Sarber also has two grandchildren, Earl F.. and Beulah May, son and daughter of Andrew E. and Etta E. Sarber. Earl F., born October 21, 1889, worked on the farm in the summer and attended school at Burket in the winter until the winter of 1908 and 1909, when he finished his course in the Warsaw high school. On September 9, 1916, he was married to Miss Edna, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. William Vernett, of Marshall County, Indiana. To them was born a daughter, March 4, 1918, named Ettiemae, and she is the delight of all her relations and always has a sweet smile for her great-grandfather. Beulah May, sister of Earl, was born on the 10th of January, 1898. She has always been a diligent student, ever at the head of her classes, and she graduated from the high school at Burket in 1914, after which she spent two terms in Winona College. It was while there that her health failed, and she went to Hinsdale Sanitarium, Hinsdale, Illinois, where she regained her health and was so favorably impressed with the institution that she is remaining there for a three years' training course in scientific nursing.

A bright future is predicted for Earl and Beulah Sarber. Earl is a successful young farmer and Beulah will make good at anything she undertakes. Thomas B. Sarber may well be proud of his posterity. In his religious views Mr. Sarber is a devout Seventh Day Adventist.

Ernest B. WILLIAMSON is the telegraph operator and railroad agent at Burkett, and also owner and manager of the Evergreen Stock Farm adjoining that village - all of which makes him one of the most useful and prominent men of that community. Mr. Williamson is a young man, of exceptional business enterprise and energy, and for a number of years has been engaged in the great essential industry of railroading.

He was born in Seward Township of this county January 19, 1882, a son of John H. and Sarah A. (Beyers) Williamson. He grew up on his father's farm with such advantages as the district schools afforded, together with high school. As a boy he took up telegraphy, and has been employed as an operator or as operator and agent with this road fifteen years. However, there was an interval of two years when he was out of the service engaged in operating an elevator in Raber. He has a record of faithful and efficient service as a telegrapher, and is particularly a business man and has done much to build up the volume of traffic for his road at Burket. He is one of the stockholders in the Burkett Grain Elevator. His stock farm comprises fifty acres, and it is the home of some of the finest Duroc Jersey hogs in Kosciusko County. His male is a registered pedigreed

He married Miss Minnie Mollenhour, who was born in Franklin Township of this county and is a graduate of the common schools. Their family of four children are Laura, Lena, Ward and Porter. Mr. and Mrs. Williamson are members of the Church of God and he is affiliated with the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, and is a republican voter.

CHaRLES C. Carrer started life with nothing but the strength of his hands and the ambition of his mind to make the best of circumstances, and has achieved a position of success and responsibilities in the community of Silver Lake, where he is a livestock dealer and an extensive farmer. :

Mr. Carter was born at Michigan City in LaPorte County, Indiana, January 14, 1850, son of John G. and Mary (Windle) Carter, both natives of Virginia. He is of old Virginia stock. His grandparents were Robert E. and Catherine (Gatewood) Carter. Robert E. Carter was at one time a principal in a leading military school in Virginia and volunteered his services with the United States Army in the war with Mexico and gave up his life during that struggle. John G. Carter grew up in Virginia and as a young man came to Indiana and located in LaPorte County. He was a practical printer by trade, and became interested in a newspaper at Michigan City. Later he removed to Newton County, Indiana, took up farming and spent the rest of his life in that section of the state. He was a democrat in politics. Of his six children three are living: Catherine, wife of Francis Yeager, of Newton County; Jerome A., a farmer in Seward Township of this county and Charles C.

Charles C. Carter spent his boyhood in LaPorte and Newton counties. His education was supplied by the district schools. He was at home until twenty-six and left to begin life on his own account with no capital and with only the experience of a practical farm youth}

On December 31, 1884, he married Lillie M. Bull. She was born in Jasper County, Indiana, and grew up there, attending the district schools. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Carter were farm renters for nearly twenty years, and in that way they got their start in the world. In 1901 Mr. Carter bought 164 acres in Kosciusko County adjoining the Village of Silver Lake on the east, and has used that valuable farm as a basis for his extensive dealing in livestock. He has prospered, and throughout has relied on industry and good judgment to put him ahead in the world. He is also one of the directors of the Commercial State Bank of Silver Lake and is a stockholder in the Fort Wayne Rubber Company.

Mr. and Mrs. Carter have one daughter, Frances, wife of R. M. Fry of Silver Lake. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Mr. Carter is one of its trustees. He is affiliated with Silver Lake Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has served as a Noble Grand and has sat in the Grand Lodge. Politically his faith is that of a democrat.

Hon. Harry W. Kung, of Silver Lake, is a well known farmer and stock buyer in that section of Kosciusko County and is well known all over this part of the state as a leading man of affairs, influential in politics, and a former representative in the State Legislature.

Mr. Kline was born at Silver Lake June 29, 1873, a son of George W. and Mary (McClure) Kline. His father was born in Lake Township of this county in 1848, while his mother was born on the old McClure farm in Seward Township in 1852. Her parents were Elias and Mary A. (Freeman) McClure, McClure being one of the oldest and best esteemed names in the county. George W. Kline was reared on a farm and was for many years engaged as a teacher in the public schools.

Harry W. Kline acquired a good education in both the common and high schools of Silver Lake, and after graduating entered Valparaiso University. Mr. Kline, like his father, followed educational work for nine years in the local public schools. Some of his friends, admiring his many versatile qualities and his ability as a public speaker, induced him to enter politics in the campaign of 1902. He was placed in nomination for state representative and was elected in that year and re-elected in 1904, serving during the Sixty-Third and Sixty-Fourth General Assemblies. He was a member of several important committees and made a record highly creditable to himself and to his constituency. For four years Mr. Kline has served as vice chairman of the county central committee of the republican party.

Mr. Kline is a stockholder in the People's Telephone Company of Silver Lake, and his business energies are chiefly engaged in buying and shipping livestock. In that capacity he is known to nearly all the farmers in this and several adjoining counties.

Mr. Kline married Miss Iva Oldfather, daughter of H. L. Oldfather of Silver Lake. Mrs. Kline is a graduate of the common schools. They have two children: Marcus H., born March 26, 1902, is a graduate of the commen schools and a student in the Silver Lake High School. Fanchon, the second child, was born in 1905 and has completed the work of the common schools. Mrs. Kline is a member of the United Brethren Church at Silver Lake. Fraternally he is affiliated with Denning Lodge No. 88, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Lake View Lodge No. 164, Knights of Pythias, in which he has passed all the chairs and has sat in the Grand Lodge, and is affiliated with Warsaw Lodge No. 802 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Henry A. Moyer is a former Supervisor of Seward Township, and owner of one of the good farms in that locality. It goes without saying that he has lived with honor and with a satisfactory degree of material success.

When he was thirteen he chose to support himself and help himself to those things for which his talents and work fitted him. He was born in the township where he still lives November 26, 1865, son of Henry and Rachel (Bowman) Moyer. His father was born in Pleasant Township of Wayne County, Ohio, February 1, 1823. His mother was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, September 6, 1825. His parents were married November 28, 1847, and several years later they moved to Kosciusko County and settled in Seward Township. The father died here January 14, 1866, when his son Henry was only a few months old, and his widow subsequently married and moved to Texas. The record of the children of Henry and Rachel Moyer is as follows: Orlanda H., born March 17, 1850; Judson L., born May 3, 1852; Alonzo, born August 27, 1856; Andrew Y., born June 17, 1859; Oliver M., born April 24, 1861; Henry A., born November 26, 1865. It will be seen that Henry A. Moyer is the youngest of the children. After his father's death he lived on the home farm in Seward Township, and attended the district schools as opportunity offered during the winter terms. When he took upon himself the role of a self-supporting boy it was as a farm hand, at monthly wages, and he continued in that way until he was twentyone.

September 11, 1887, Mr. Moyer married Miss Mary Skinner. She was born in Clay Township of this county November 26, 1865, and is therefore of the same age as her husband. She was educated in the common schools. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Moyer lived in Seward Township, where they bought a farm, and since then have been steadily making their way toward better home conditions and that larger usefulness which is represented by a good farm, a growing family, and an attitude of helpfulness in neighborly affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Moyer have two living children: Pearl, born August 22, 1890, a graduate of the common and high schools, now the wife of Elza Heckman of Clay Township. Beatrice, the second daughter, was born October 22, 1892, is a graduate of the common schools and is the wife of Hershel Day of Seward Township.

The family are very active members of the United Brethren Church at Center, and Mr. Moyer is a class leader and for many years has been taking a large share of the responsibility in the Sunday school and other departments of the church. Mrs. Moyer is a teacher in the Sunday school. Mr. Moyer is affiliated with the Knights of the Maccabees, and it was on the republican ticket that he was elected supervisor of the township. His farm comprises 166 acres of land, and the farm, its improvements and his fine home and family constitute an enviable record for a man who started life on his own resources as a poor boy.

Mrs. Mary Forp has an interesting place in the history of Kosciusko County, due to her long residence here, and also to the fact that she is directly connected with some of the most notable pioneers. Her father was Jacob Weirick, long one of the most prominent citizens of Franklin Township, and her husband, the late Callender Ford, was a member of a family of similar pioneer connections with this county. Mrs. Ford has one of the fine farm homes in Franklin Township, located a mile south and two miles west of Burket.

transplanted to the American colonies before the Revolution. Four brothers served as patriot soldiers in the struggle for independence. One of them was George Ford of Virginia. Henry Ford, son of George, was born in Virginia, April 21, 1798, and married there June 20, 1822, Miss Phoebe Minear. She was born in Harrison County, in what is now West Virginia, November 3, 1802, daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Minear, who were of English and German ancestry. Henry and Phoebe Ford had eleven children, named Lanty, Franklin, Elizabeth, John, Isaac, Noah, Eliza, Jacob, Shadrach, Callender and Daniel, the two last named being the last survivors. Seven of these children taught school, and three of them read and practiced medicine.

It was in 1836 that Henry Ford brought his family to Kosciusko County, first locating on the southeast quarter of section 35 in Franklin Township. His nearest neighbors were members of the Cook family three miles away. Later some New England families came to that neighborhood and the road came to be designated Yankee Street. Henry Ford lived there until 1858, having secured his land direct from the government at the price of a dollar and a quarter an acre. In 1858 he removed to section 13 of Franklin Township, and died there September 10, 1872, at the age of seventy-four. His wife died September 4, 1875. He was a justice of the peace, and he and his wife were active Methodists. In politics he was a democrat.

Callender Ford, husband of Mrs. Mary Ford, was born in Barbour County, West Virginia, April 9, 1832, and was about four years old when brought to Kosciusko County. He grew up in the midst of frontier conditions, and achieved a place of distinction during his mature life as a farmer and citizen. He married for his first wife Susanna E. Weirick, who died leaving one son. After her death he married Mary Weirick Ford, widow of Isaac Ford and daughter of Jacob and Margaret Weirick. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Ford settled on a farm a mile north of Mount Pleasant in Clay Township, and in that locality spent eighteen or twenty years, then coming to Franklin Township and locating on the Jacob Weirick farm. Callender Ford died here in 1900.

Mrs. Ford's father, Jacob Weirick, was born in Union County, Pennsylvania, in 1811, a son of George and Elizabeth (Frederick) Weirick. George Weirick was born in Union County, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1773, and his wife was born January 24, 1780. They married in 1801. Elizabeth Weirick died in 1816, the mother of seven children, including Jacob. The latter's father married again and had twelve children. George Weirick died September 25, 1838.

Jacob Weirick grew up in Pennsylvania and in 1843 took his family to Richland County, Ohio, and in 1854 came to Franklin Township of Kosciusko County and bought 520 acres of land from Washington Bybee. That large farm he extensively improved and inereased its area until he had over 1,000 acres, and the Weirick place, now divided into several farms, has long been one of the landmarks of progressive agriculture and improvement in the south- west corner of the county. Jacob Weirick erected the second brick residence in the township in 1861. He was a man very much interested in educational and religious affairs, and from 1834 to 1864 he had taught school, pursuing that occupation in addition to his varied interests as a farmer and land owner. In Union County, Pennsylvania, September 2, 1841, Jacob Weirick married Margaret Smith, daughter of Leonard and Susannah (Brifogle) Smith. They were the parents of eight children: Susannah, Mary, Matilda, Amanda, Harriet, Emeline, Isabella and Florence. The first was born in Pennsylvania, the next four, including Mrs. Ford, were born in Ohio, and the last three in Indiana. They were all daughters, so that the male line of the Weirick family in this branch ended with Jacob Weirick. However, there are a number of grandsons and great-grandchildren of this honored pioneer and noble citizen of Kosciusko County.

One of the grandsons of Jacob Weirick and of the pioneer Henry Ford is Henry Ford, who for a number of years has managed the home of his mother in Franklin Township. He was born in Clay Township, May 19. 1877, son of Callender and Mary (Weirick) Ford. He received a common school education and also attended the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso for thirty weeks. He had some idea of preparing for a profession, but came home instead and took charge of his mother's farm, and has successfully managed it ever since. He is an active member of Mentone Lodge No. 576, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, is a republican voter, but has cared little for the honors of politics. His mother is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is affiliated with the Order of the Eastern Star As a family they own 320 acres of rich and productive land in Franklin and Wayne Townships, and other property elsewhere. Mrs. Ford is a stockholder in the Lake City Bank at 'Warsaw, and also owns some of the bonds of the Goshen Division of the Interurban Railway.

FRANK Funk. One of the oldest farms in Prairie Township is that occupied by Mr. Frank Funk, who has spent most of his life in that township. His home is seven miles northwest of Warsaw, and besides the farm he is well known as a business man at Atwood.

Mr. Funk was born at Goshen, Indiana, March 3, 1852, son of Fred and Elizabeth (Bower) Funk. His grandparents were Frederick and Elizabeth (Darr) Funk. Fred Funk was born in Piqua County, Ohio, May 10, 1820, and was fourteen years of age when, in 1834, his parents pioneered to Northern Indiana and settled in Elkhart County. He grew up there, and on January 2, 1844, in Turkey Creek County of Kosciusko County, married Miss Elizabeth Bower. She was born in Richland County, Ohio, July 13, 1823. After their marriage they lived near Syracuse, and on selling their property there moved to Goshen, where Mr. Fred Funk was in the livery business a short time. Returning to Turkey Creek Township, he developed a good farm, and finally sold that property and moved to Leesburg. In 1861 he established his home in Prairie

Township, and in that locality both he and his wife lived out their years. He died September 4, 1904, and his wife September 14, 1905. _Their children were six in number, two of whom died in infancy. Clifford, who was born April 1, 1856, died April 21, 1877. Thomas, born February 13, 1858, died July 24, 1917, leaving a widow, Rebecea (Harshner) Funk, but no children. Eliza J. Funk, who was born February 6, 1849, and her brother Franklin are now the only surviving members of the family, and both reside on the old homestead. They were educated in the district schools and own some of the valuable property of Prairie Township. They have joint ownership of seventy acres, included in the old homestead, while Miss Funk owns in her own right 140 acres and Frank Funk has 120 acres near Atwood. Mr. Funk also operates a warehouse on his farm one mile from Atwood, and is an extensive buyer of hides, wool and junk.

Mrs. Mary C. Stout owns and occupies the old farm on which she spent her girlhood and also the years of her companionship with her late husband, William Stout. Mrs. Stout is mother of some noble sons and a daughter, and is one of the women properly considered in a work of this nature.

She was born on the farm where she now lives October 12, 1858, daughter of Moses and Jane A. (Sands) Loop. Her father was born jin Wooster, Ohio, and her mother in Pennsylvania. They were married in Ohio and were early settlers in Kosciusko County, where they took a tract of land in the woods, cleared it up and improved it, and made it the farm which it is today. Moses Loop died December 2, 1891, and his wife on April 24, 1888. :

Mary C. Loop grew up in the home of her parents, and on March 5, 1882, she became the wife of William Stout. He was just a year older than his bride, having been born in Paulding County, Ohio, June 13, 1857, son of Christian and Sarah (Haas) Stout. Christian Stout brought his family to Indiana in 1864, locating on a farm on Eel River, where his wife died the following year. Three years later Christian Stout came to Kosciusko County, married a second wife, and for many years lived in Seward Township. It was in the vicinity of Laketon in Wabash County that William Stout spent part of his boyhood, and came to manhood in Seward Township in this county. After his marriage he located on the old Loop farm and was its capable manager until his death April 7, 1903. He was one of the highly esteemed citizens of the county and a man of good business judgment and capable in all his relations with his fellow men. He voted as a democrat and at one time served as a member of the advisory board. 4

Mrs. Stout's four children are noted briefly as follows: Elsie, the only daughter, married Loren Yocum, and is living near Etna Green, Indiana. The son, Robert R., is a graduate of the common schools and lives in Seward Township. He married Hazel Wyncoop. Walter M., the second son, is a graduate of the local high school, of Indiana University with the degrees of A. B. and A. M. and also received the Doctor of Medicine degree from the State Uni- versity. He is now serving in the Medical Reserve Corps with the rank of captain at Fort Riley, Kansas. The youngest of the family, Wilbur C. Stout, is a graduate of the high school at Silver Lake and has assumed most of the responsibilities in managing the home farm for his mother. This farm comprises 300 acres, and is regarded as one of. the most valuable individual estates in Seward Township. Wilbur C. Stout married Pearl E. Minear. Mrs. Stout also has three grandchildren.

Horace G. THOMAS is a prosperous farmer in Franklin Township, and his home place, devoted to grain and stock raising, comprises 11514 acres in section 31, a mile or so west of Beaver Dam Lake.

Mr. Thomas was born near Pendleton in Madison County, Indiana, August 5, 1863, a son of Abner and Margaret (Cateran) Thomas, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Pennsylvania. The respective families came to Indiana and located in Madison County near the old town of Pendleton, where Abner and Margaret grew up and married. They settled on a farm near there, but in 1863, soon after the birth of their son Horace, moved to Franklin Township of Kosciusko County and established their home on a farm in section 6. The father died here in 1881 and the mother in 1880. They were members of the Church of the Winbernarian, and he was a Past Noble Grand of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was an active republican, and at one time filled the office of justice of the peace. He and his wife had five children: Edward E., of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Horace G.; William C., of Chicago; Mary, wife of Thad K. Martin, living in Ohio; while the fifth and youngest child died in infancy.

Horace G. Thomas grew up on a farm near Beaver Dam and attended the local schools. At the death of his parents he was thrown upon his own resources and was still under age. He worked for a time on the farm of John C. Meredith and later for Albert L. Tucker, and during a number of hard years of work for others gained the experience and the reputation for ability which constituted his best capital when he started for himself,

In December, 1890, Mr. Thomas married Miss Philana Petry. She was born on the farm where she is now living and was educated in the common schools. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have steadily gone ahead toward better circumstances, and have now equipped their farm until it ranks high in the productive scale, and constitutes one of the enviable country homes of the county. Both Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are active members of the United Brethren Church at Beaver Dam, and he serves as a church trustee. In politics he is a republican and has been a member of the township advisory board.

They have had three children. Charles H., died after reaching his majority and when a most promising career was open to him; Mary E., attended the Akron High School and is the wife of Merle Tucker; Olga M., is a graduate of the Beaver Dam High School, lives at home and is a teacher in the local schools.

CuarENcE A. Hetvey is a careful and enterprising farmer in Jackson Township four miles northeast of North Manchester, and represents an old and well-known name in that township and also over the Wabash County line in Chester Township.

He was born in the latter township of Wabash County February 24, 1881, a son of Champion S. and Lillian (Enyeart) Helvey. Both parents were born in Chester Township, Champion Helvey in 1854. The name Helvey occurs as frequently as that of any other family in connection with the pioneer settlement of Wabash County. There were several brothers of the name, Champion, Richard and others, who pioneered into that locality during the sixties.

Champion Helvey and wife still live on their farm in Chester Township. They are active members of the United Brethren Church and he is a republican. Of the nine children eight are still living: Mrs. Nora Perry; Clarence A.; Maude, wife of Clarence Hector, of Montana; Sarah, wife of Winfield Parker, living in North Dakota; John R., who is with the United States Army at Camp Taylor, Kentucky ; Laura; Cuba, at home with her parents; Russell in the United States Navy.

Clarence Helvey is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and a republican in politics. On his farm in Jackson Township he is breeding Shorthorn cattle, but divides his efforts among the general branches of farming.

Cuarutes E. Leepy, M. D. Representing one of the oldest and most honored names in Kosciusko County, Dr. Charles E. Leedy has spent his hfe here and for twenty years has served an increasing number of the community in and around Pierceton as a physician and surgeon.

Doctor Leedy was born on a farm a mile and a half north of Pierceton February 11, 1870, a son of Ephraim and Sarah (Devenny) Leedy. Both parents were natives of the State of Ohio and came to Kosciusko County when young with their respective families. After their marriage they settled on a farm southwest of Pierceton and Ephraim Leedy was for many years one of the men whose names were most intimately and familiarly associated with progressive things in agricultural achievements. He and his wife became the parents of five children: Dr. Charles E.; Edwin, who is general immigration agent for the Great Northern Railway ; Dela, wife of Arthur Munson ; Chester A., a fruit rancher in Washington; and Josie M., deceased.

Doctor Leedy spent his boyhood days on a farm near Pierceton, attended the local schools and high school, and prepared for work as a teacher by attending the normal school at Valparaiso. After four years of work as a teacher in his home county, he took up the study of medicine in the Detroit Medical College, from which he was graduated M. D. May 4, 1897. Since that date he has been one of the hard working physicians at Pierceton, and more and more his abilities have come to be appreciated and his service broadened over the surrounding country. Doctor Leedy has served as president of the

Besides the business of his profession he might also be classed as a practical farmer and stock raiser. He owns 120 acres of land and has given much attention to the breeding and raising of high grade Shorthorn cattle. Doctor Leedy married in 1897 Clara Moody, who was born in New York state, but has lived m Kosciusko County since early girlhood. Dr. and Mrs. Leedy are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In Masonry he is affiliated with the lodge at Pierceton, with the Chapter, Council and Commandery at Warsaw, and with 'the Scottish Rite at Fort Wayne. He is also a Past Grand in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a member of the Knights of Pythias, and in politics casts his vote as a democrat.

Saprmy V. Rospison. One of the most capable farmers and citizens of Tippecance Township is Sabin V. Robison, who has earned the respect and esteem of his fellow men.

He was born in the township May 16, 1863, son of Vincent and Joanna (Gordon) Robison. Both parents were natives of Perry County, Pennsylvania, the father born in 1800 and the mother on June 29, 1825. The Gordons were a prominent family of pioneers in Northeastern Indiana. Joanna Gordon was a daughter of Thomas D. and Elizabeth (Bull) Gordon, the former born October 6, 1788. and the latter on March 31, 1788. They came west and settled in Sugar Creek Township of Wayne County, Indiana, where her father was a cabinet maker. In 1833 he moved to Kosciusko County and spent the rest of his days here.

Sabin V. Robison is the only living child of his parents. He attended public schools and also took a commercial course. Mr. Robison married Lulu E. Brenneman, who was born in Whitley County, Indiana, May 2, 1864. After his marriage he lived on a farm a couple of years, then conducted a store at North Webster four years, and in 1893 went on the road as a traveling salesman and general agent for the Plano Harvester Works. He was with that firm until 1897, when he joined the Deering Harvester Company, and in 1902 was appointed manager of that company at Elmira, New York, where he remained three years. He was then with the Eastern Rock Island Plow Company until January, 1913, and was two years in the hardware business at Leesburg, Indiana. He has since settled down to farming.

Mrs. Robison is a daughter of Abraham and Jane (North) Brenneman. Her father was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and her mother in Champaign County, Ohio. After their marriage in _ Ohio they moved to Whitley County, Indiana, and settled near South Whitley, and about 1873 located near Oswego in Kosciusko County, where they died. Mr. and Mrs. Robison are 'the parents of four children, two of whom are deceased. The living are Rolland. who is in the hardware business at Leesburg, and Garland, who is married and resides at home, but is now in a training camp of the United States army.

_ Aucust C. Cain is one of the prospering and progressive far citizens of Etna Township, and his sntehsivels nltivated tarnisot forty acres 514 miles northeast of Etna Green is known as the Clover Mok Farm.

r. Cain was born at Tippecanoe County, Indiana, January 1 1881, a son of William and Mary (Miller) eain His parents Zot a born at Michigan City, Indiana, his father June 22, 1856, and his mother in September, 1860. Both are still living, and their family of children are as follows: Christ Cain of Scott Township; August C.; 'William of Kosciusko County; Lydia, deceased; Edward; Benjamin H.; Martha, deceased ; Sylvia, wife of T. Growcock; James, who lives in Denver, Indiana, and Anna, unmarried and at home with her parents.

August C. Cain grew up on a farm and had a common school education, supplemented by one year in the high school. March 2, 1907, he married Miss Maude Huffman. For the past ten years they have been working steadily to the improvement of their conditions, acquired the nucleus of a good farm, and have a long vista of prosperous and useful years ahead of them. Mr. and Mrs. Cain live in a new modern home and are highly esteemed in their community. They are members of the Church of God, and Mr. Cain is a republican and a member of the Horse Thief Detective Association. For three years he served in the National Guard at Monticello, Indiana, Company A, Third Indiana Regiment.

GrorcE A. WALTERS has that degree of material prosperity represented by the ownership of a good farm of 120 acres, and this proprietorship is the more significant of his thrift and industry when it is stated that he made the farm altogether as the result of his efforts, and taking the land in the woods cleared away year after year an additional space for cultivation and has put every improvement upon the land which enhances its value.

The Walters family reside at the farm three and a half miles west and half a mile south of Claypool on Rural Route No. 1, in Seward Township. Mr. Walters was born in Knox County, Ohio, January 29, 1864, a son of Edward and Hannah (Dean) Walters. The family came to Kosciusko County in 1874 and located on a farm in Seward Township. The parents died here. They had seven sons: Abe, Levi, Joseph, William, Isaac, George and Albert.

George A. Walters was ten years old when he came to Kosciusko County. His early education begun in Ohio, was continued in the local schools here, and he was at home up to the age of nineteen.

When Mr. Walters left home his material possessions consisted of a single dollar and some clothing wrapped up in a newspaper. Further than that he had his experience in various kinds of farm work, and he put this experience to test by hiring out to other farmers at wages of $14 or $15 a month. For seven years he labored for others, and the savings from his work he invested in twenty-three acres of land. That was his first purchase, and about that time he married, and thirty years have sufficed to give him his present farm and all its

August 18, 1888, Mr. Walters married Miss Susanna Adams, Their children are: Mertie M., wife of Harry Taylor; Harley G., who married Nerley Hinsey; Artie, who married Ella Engle; and Roy, who is still at home. Mr. Walters is a republican voter.

FREEMAN E. Crire is an Indiana man by birth and training, grew up on a farm, and has found increasing scope for his usefulness and service with the passing years. He is the leading doctor of veterinary surgery in Jackson Township, and combines his large practice with the operation of a farm where he resides two miles east of Sidney.

Doctor Cripe was born in Carroll County, Indiana, September 4, 1885, a son of Chris and Barbara (Wagoner) Cripe. His father was born in Carroll County on the same farm where he now lives. The mother was a native of Tippecanoe County. They have spent their married lives in Carroll County and are active members of the Church of the Brethren, and in politics the father is a republican. They had five children: Dr. Earl J., who is now in training camp in the medical service of the United States Army ; Curtis E., a farmer in Wabash County; Dr. Freeman E.; Claude, a farmer in Carroll County ; and Floyd, who is in the army at Camp Taylor, Kentucky.

Freeman E. Cripe grew up on a farm, and early evinced that fondness for animals and their care which was the basis of his professional interests. He was educated in the common schools, also in . the North Manchester College, and from there entered the Veterinary

College at Indianapolis, from which he graduated in 1911 with the degree D. V. M. He practiced about a year at Nappanee, Indiana, but in August, 1912, came to Sidney, and in connection with his profession operates a large stock farm of 160 acres two miles east of that town.

August 4, 1912, Doctor Cripe married Miss Nora Ross, member of one of the oldest and most prominent families in this part of Kosciusko County. She was educated in the common schools and took musical instruction at the North Manchester College. They have one daughter, Helen, born June 5, 1915. Dr. and Mrs. Cripe are members of the Church of the Brethren.

Robert Ross, father of Mrs, Cripe, is now living retired at Kinsey in Jackson Township. Ie was born in Clarke County, Ohio, December 17, 1843, a son of George and Hannah (Heckman) Ross. His father was born in Virginia in April, 1815, in early manhood moved to Clarke County, Ohio, where he married, and after his marriage settled in Clarke County, then spent two years in Shelby County, Ohio, then again rented a farm two years in Clarke County, and in September, 1849, brought his family to Kosciusko County. He had come to Jackson Township in the fall of 1848, secured land and erected a hewed log cabin in the woods. To this little home he introduced his family, and on that farm he spent the rest of his life. He was a man of very sturdy mold, active, energetic, acquired about 560 acres of land, and was also a force in the moral uplift of that part of the county. He always voted as a republican after the organization of that party. In his family were two sons and four Seuphters the daughters being now deceased, while the sons, Robert and John Ross, are both residents of Jackson Township.

Robert Ross was about six years old when brought to Jackson Township, and he spent part of his early life in the log cabin home of his father and attended the nearby district schools at Sidney. On December 31, 1868, he married Susan Snell. The name Snell is also associated in the pioneer settlement of this section of Kosciusko County. Susan Snell was born in Jackson Township June 6, 1848, daughter of John and Magdalena (Brower) Snell. Her father was born in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1809, and her mother in Rockingham County in the same state in 1812. After their marriage in Virginia they moved to Ohio in 1830, settling in Preble County, and while there six children were born to them. In 1844 the Snell family came to Kosciusko County, and here John and Magdalene spent their last years. Of their family of eleven children four are still living: Susan Ross; John, of Wabash County; Samuel, who lives in Ohio; and Catherine, wife of Reuben Frantz, of North Manchester.

Robert Ross after his marriage located on his farm, and that was his home and the scene of his activities as a prosperous farmer for forty-four years, operating 289 acres. When he retired he moved to the Village of Kinsey. He is a republican. He and his wife had four children: Alonzo, a farmer in Jackson township; Amos W., a graduate of North Manchester College and of Mount Morris College in Illinois, now serving as a missionary in India; Elmer C., a farmer in Jackson Township; and Nora, Mrs. Cripe. Robert Ross is a member of the Church of the Brethren and one of its deacons.

Cavin O. Ketrow, of Jacksgn Township, has had a most interesting range of experience during his life. He had to shift for himself from an early age, but in spite of handicaps and disadvantages secured a liberal education, and has been a farmer, a public official, a salesman, and has satisfactorily solved practically all the problems of life as they have presented themselves. He now owns and occupies one of the good farms in Jackson Township, south of Sidney, and is carrying his share of public responsibilities in the office of township trustee. :

Mr. Ketrow was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, January 20, 1865, son of Allen and Susanna (Ramsey) Ketrow. His parents were natives of the same county and state. The father died in 1868, when Calvin was only three years old. In 1869 he was sent to live with a family named Bond, and their home was near Mexico in Miami County, Indiana. It was in that vicinity that he first attended school, and he grew up practically among strangers. His ambition led him to acquire a better education than could be furnished by the common schools, and he attended the State Normal and passed a successful examination for a teacher's license in Whitley County. Instead of taking up teaching, he went to work on a farm in Whitley County, and in 1885 married Miss Nellie M. Warner, of Kosciusko County.

For a time he was engaged in the live stock and butcher business -at South Whitley, spent one year in Pierceton, rented a farm and employed himself in different ways as a means of making a living and getting a real start in life. Finally he bought a farm, and for a number of years has given close and skillful cultivation to his land.

Mr. and Mrs. Ketrow have one son, Ernest E., born in 1886. He is a graduate of the common schools and is now a machinist in the foundry shop of the American Can Company at Detroit, Michigan.

Mr. Ketrow was a deacon in the Church of the Brethren, in affiliated with Sidney Lodge No. 579, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, also with the Royal Arch Chapter at North Manchester, and is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. Since early manhood he has given his enthusiastic support to the republican party and its principles. He has worked for the good of the community and has received several important honors at the hands of his fellow citizens. During the legislative session of 1901 he served as journal clerk in the House. When the office of trustee in Jackson Township became vacant through the resignation of James Thompson, Mr. Ketrow was appointed his successor in November, 1914, and filled out the unexpired term ending in January, 1919. He has used this opportunity to render some effective service in looking after the best interests of the local schools, and is one of the best qualified men who ever occupied the trusteeship in that township.

Loyau W. Dome is upholding his end of farm enterprise in Jackson Township, is a citizen whose public spirit is appreciated in that community, and at the request of his friends he recently became a candidate for township trustee on the democratic ticket. Mr. Dome's farm is three-quarters of a mile north of Sidney.

The Dome family has been in Kosciusko County for over sixtyfive years. His grandfather, Isaac C. Dome, was born in Elkhart County, Indiana, April 10, 1832. Isaac's grandfather died in Indiana, so that this state has had at least five generations of the Dome family among its residents. Isaac Dome went to California in 1850 with his father, traveling overland, and they had many adventures and experienced, much of the excitement and hardship of California life. Isaac Dome returned home in the spring of 1852, bringing with him less than a thousand dollars, representing the profit of his experience in the west. A few weeks later he bought forty acres of land in Wayne Township of Kosciusko County, built a log cabin, and on December 18, 1853, married Mary J. Huff, who was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, July 18, 1835. Isaac Dome moved out to Missouri in 1865, but remained there only a short time and then returned to Kosciusko County and settled in Monroe Township. His first wife died in this county, and her only son was George W. Dome.

George W. Dome was born in this county February 19, 1856, grew up here, and married Miss Ada Messmore. She was born in Kosciusko County December 17, 1856, and died in October, 1896. After their marriage they settled on a farm in Jackson Township, but later removed to Warsaw, where George W. Dome is Serving as street commissioner. He is an active member of the Christian Church. He and his wife had two children, Chalmer R., a resident of Warsaw, and Loyal W.

Loyal W. Dome was born in Jackson Township December 30, 1882, and has spent most of his life in that community. He was educated in the common schools, also attended high school, and for five years did splendid work as a teacher.

August 9, 1908, he married Miss Frances Palmer, daughter of Mr. O. Palmer of Sidney. Mrs. Dome is a graduate of the Warsaw High School. They have three children: Geneva, born in 1912; Irene, born in 1914; and Harold, born in 1916. Mr. and Mrs. Dome are active members of the Christian Church of Sidney. He is a democrat in politics. His farm near Sidney comprises sixty-one acres, and is used both as a grain and a stock farm.

Henry L. OLpFaATHER. In the thirty odd years Henry L. Oldfather has had his home in Kosciusko County the people have come to esteem and appreciate his sterling type of citizenship, the quality of his business enterprise and the kindly and helpful attitude he has taken toward all matters of community welfare. Mr. Oldfather considers himself a retired farmer, but still lives in his fine country home a mile west of Silver Lake, and in many ways is as keenly energetic and active in affairs today as he was twenty years ago.

He was born in Wabash County, Indiana, May 24, 1852, son of Adam and Caroline (Borgher) Oldfather. Mr. Oldfather takes appropriate pride in the fact that his family has been in America for more than a century and a half. It was in 1769, six years before the outbreak of the American Revolution, that several of their family left their native city of Berlin, and after six months on the ocean, landed at Baltimore They made settlement in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, where they laid out a town named Berlin, in honor of their home city. One of the family, Frederick Oldfather, was the first elder of the First Reformed Church in that part of Pennsylvania. The grandfather of Henry L. Oldfather was Henry Oldfather. a son of this Frederick. This accounts for four generations of the family in this country. Henry Oldfather emigrated with his family to Montgomery County, Ohio, in the year 1811, and was for many years identified with sawmilling and also operated flour mills.

Adam Oldfather was born near Farmersville, Ohio, and coming to Indiana in 1841, located in Wabash County. He and his wife, Caroline Borgher, were the parents of eight children, namely; Susan, widow of Andrew Knoop, lives in Claypool, Indiana; Sarah C., who is the only one of the children not now living; Samuel T., a retired poultry dealer, who lives at North Manchester; Mary E., wife of George Leffel, of North Manchester; Henry L.; Melissa J., wife of Thomas A. Joutz, of Seward Township, this county; John F., a resident of Silver Lake; Irene B., wife of J. E. Byer, of Rochester, Indiana.

trict schools. At the age of seventeen he began teaching, and for five years was identified with school work in Kosciusko County. He then took up farming, and has been a prominent resident of Kosciusko County since 1878. Mr. Oldfather married Flotilla Loop, of Kosciusko County, where she was born and reared. Her father was Moses C. Loop. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Oldfather located on a farm, and since 1900 have lived at his pleasant country place near Silver Lake, where he has a fine improved farm of 200 acres. For five years he was also engaged in the livestock business, and for nineteen years he was secretary of the County Insurance Company and was general manager of the People's Mutual Telephone Company of Silver Lake until he sold his interest April 1, 1915. Every undertaking which he has touched has prospered, and he has the deserved reputation in the county of being one of its most able business men. Mr. Oldfather has also been a strong party man in the republican faith, and is a past chancellor of Lake View Lodge of Knights of Pythias at Silver Lake. Many of his friends know Mr. Oldfather as a clever writer of verse, and he has celebrated many of his experiences and many local incidents in verse forms that have been published and widely read.

Mr. and Mrs. Oldfather are the parents of one daughter, Iva, who was born February 14, 1879. She is now the wife of former state representative Harry W. Kline of Silver Lake. Mr. Kline is one of the leading farmers of that community. Mr. and Mrs. Kline have two children: Marcus H., a student in high school, and F'anchon, still in the grade schools.

JoHn F. Mrrreruine. One of the good homes and one of the productive farms of Kosciusko County lies a half mile east of Dutchtown in Tippecanoe Township, the home and scene of activities of the Mitterling family, including Mr. John F. Mitterling.

The latter was born in Noble County February 25, 1867, son of 'John and Susanna (Shadow) Mitterling. Both parents were natives of Pennsylvania. His father was born in Juniata County September 16, 1831, and died March 16, 1902. The mother was born December 17, 1830. They grew up in their native state and were married January 20, 1852, and in 1854 came west and settled in .Noble County, Indiana. Their home was near Savilla until 1874, when they bought the farm where John F. Mitterling now lives in Kosciusko County. The parents were members of the German Baptist Church and were very active and liberal in their support. Of their seven children five are still living: Jane, wife of John Stoneburner of Plain Township; Michael, deceased, who married Sarah Moerzy; Joseph, who married Julia A. Hays and lives at Warsaw; Samuel, who married Elizabeth J. Plew and lives in Wayne Townnats of this county; John F., and Emeline C. O., wife of Isaac Ranall.

John F. Mitterling was seven years old when brought to the farm where he has since lived, where he was trained to industrious habits, and where he has made a successful career as a farmer. His education was acquired in the district schools, limited to attendance during the winter terms, while the summer was spent in the work of the fields. Harry S. Randall, a nephew of Mr. Mitterling, married Grace L. Tenny, and they have two children, John and Audry.

Mr. Mitterling is affiliated with Warsaw Lodge of the Improved Order of Red Men, and is a past sachem of that order. He is also a member of the Moose lodge, and Harry Randall is affiliated with the same order. In politics Mr. Mitterling is a republican. One hundred twenty acres constitute the Mitterling homestead, and it is the home of some of the good livestock raised in this township.

_JouN S. Jupp. Five miles northwest of Akron in Franklin Township is a farm that has been under the ownership of the Judd family more than forty years, and is now the home and scene of the progressive activities of John S. Judd, who was born in the same locality and has lived there practically all his life.

He was born March 6, 1879, a son of T. R. and Lucinda (Mickey) Judd. T. R. Judd was brought by his parents to Franklin Township when a boy, grew to maturity there, and after his marriage settled on the place now owned by his son John. Later he moved to Akron, where his first wife died in 1904. He married again, and his second wife is also deceased. He is now living in Franklin Township. There were eight children, five still living: Etta, wife of Elmer Bybee, of Fulton County ; Eliza, wife of J. J. Smith, of Elkhart, Indiana; John S.; Lola, wife of C. C. Betters, of Elkhart; Howard, who is serving with the colors in France; Emma, Charles and another child died in infancy.

John S. Judd grew up on the old farm, was educated in the district schools, and gave his time and labor to the home farm until twenty-one. On July 25, 1901, he married Miss Myrtle Clifton. She was born in Fulton County and is a graduate of the common schools. They have two sons: Thomas C, born September 4, 1903, who has eompleted the work of the district schools; and Charles W., born January 12, 1906, still a student.

The family are members of the United Brethren Church at Beaver Dam, and Mr. Judd is superintendent of its Sunday school. In politics he is a republican.

CHARLEs W. Ross. The Crown Hill Stock Farm, a mile east of Sidney in Jackson Township, of which Charles W. Ross is proprietor, is one of the centers of animal husbandry in Kosciusko County that attracts favorable notice and attention from many outside communities. The stock farm has as its chief asset a fine herd of Shorthorn cattle, the herd being headed by Sultan's Defender. Mr. Ross is also handling some Percheron horses, and has the well known Gazin, son of Jury, son of Carnot No. 66666. Other high grade live stock on the farm are some Dorset sheep and Duroc hogs.

Mr. Ross was born in section 35 of Jackson Township April 1, 1884. He is a son of John and Jane (Stout) Ross, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Whitley County, Indiana. They have

Charles W. Ross grew up on a farm in Jackson Township, and from the age of sixteen has looked after his own welfare. He secured a better than ordinary education, attending the common schools and also the college at North Manchester, where he pursued a commercial course and later was a student in a commercial college at Indianapolis. For a time he was employed in an insurance office and wholesale house at Indianapolis, and finally secured the equipment and the land for independent farming. The Crown Hill Farm comprises 121.62 acres. '

December 10, 1904, Mr. Ross married Miss Minnie M. Priser. She was born in Monroe Township of this county May 31, 1883, daughter of John Priser. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Ross lived in Monroe Township a year and a half, and in 1906 came to their present home in Jackson Township. Mr. Ross is a republican and is one of the sterling and public spirited citizens of his community.

Cyrus B. Deaton is one of the fortunate men who own good farms in Kosciusko County. and his place, representing all the modern improvements and comforts, is in section 9 of Lake Township, two miles east and one mile south of Silver Lake.

Mr. Deaton has achieved a worthy success in his career and his family name is of social interest in Kosciusko County. His father was George W. Deaton, a native of Clarke County, Ohio, son of William Deaton. William Deaton owned a sawmill in Ohio and George W. learned the milling trade there. March 9, 1856, George W. Deaton married Miss Frances C. Fortney, daughter of Jacob and Ann (Knoops) Fortney. In March, 1863, the Deaton family came to Kosciusko County, settling in Clay Township. George W. Deaton was a successful farmer and was also well known because of his political and civic activities. He was a stanch republican and was an eloquent speaker in advocating his position and principles. He had the distinction of being the first republican elected to the office of trustee in Clay Township. He was also a charter member of the Grange at Claypool and an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. George W. Deaton and wife had the following children: William S., Jacob O.. Mary B., John E., Samuel S., Ulysses S., Cyrus B. and Charles G. The first four children were born in Ohio and the others in Clay Township of Kosciusko County.

Cyrus B. Deaton was born on his father's farm a mile and a quarter east of Claypool in Clay Township, July 29, 1869, and was the fifth son of the family. He grew up with his widowed mother, assisted in the work of the farm, and graduated from the common schools. He continued at home, a factor in the management of the old place, until the age of twenty-four. September 30, 1893, he ponte Miss May. A. Ball. She was born in Kosciusko County July yegrs at the Deaton home, and farmed in Clay Township until 1903, when he came to his present place. Besides the activities of the farm Mr. Deaton is a director in the Commercial Bank at Silver Lake. He 23 much interested in local affairs, is a republican, as was his father, and for a number of years has served as a member of the County Central Committee. He has a well improved farm of seventy-eight acres. Mr. and Mrs. Deaton have two children: Ross M., born December 12, 1895, a graduate of the common schools and still at home; and Hazel W., born June 9, 1900, a student in the Silver Lake High School. The family are members of the United Brethren Church at Silver Lake, and Mr. Deaton is one of the church trustees, and for a number of years has given strong support to both church and Sunday school activities. He is Past Noble Grand of Silver Lake Lodge No. 576, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member of the Grand Lodge.

C. F. Wuire has spent a busy and industrious life in the southwest corner of Kosciusko County or over the line in Fulton County, has made what he has by his enterprise and resourcefulness, and is owner of a splendid farm of 120 acres in Franklin Township.

He was born in Fulton County April 17, 1867, a son of Peter and Sarah A. (Prill) White. His father was a native of Summit County, Ohio, and his mother of Carroll County, Indiana. They married in Fulton County, and then settled on a farm. Their first place was twenty-one acres, and that tract of land was in the family ownership for fifty-one years. Peter White and wife had seven children, and the six still living are: Alfretta, wife of John Whaley; Margaret, wife of William McEntire; C. F.; John and William, twins; and George, who also lives in Franklin Township.

C. F. White grew up in Fulton County and lived at home until he was twenty-one years of age, when he started out to make his own way in the world. July 20, 1893, he married Florence Ballenger. She was born in Franklin Township December 26, 1869, and grew up on a farm and was educated in the local schools.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. White settled on a farm in Franklin Township, and they have made their present prosperity during the past twenty-five years. Mr. and Mrs. White are members of the Church of God and in politics he is a republican. They have three manly and enterprising young sons: Andrew, born November 27, 1895, who married Mertie Wilcox on November 20, 1917; Charles E., born September 4, 1897; and Fletcher E., born September 18, 1899.

Rev. Amos FREED is a well known minister of the Church of the Brethren, and performs his duties as a minister in addition to looking after one of the good farms of Jackson Township. His farm home is two miles south and a half mile east of Packerton.

Mr. Freed was born in Hancock County, Ohio, May 22, 1861, a son of Peter and Polly (Ream) Freed. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, while his mother was born in Stark County, Ohio.

They married and spent their lives in Ohio. Peter Freed was a farmer and also a minister of the Brethren Church. He was twice married and had three children by his first wife, one of whom is living, Elizabeth, better known as ''Betsy.'' He had twelve by the second wife, and those still living are: Ami, of Monticello, Indiana; Amos; Henry, of Hancock County, Ohio; Neri, of Hancock County ; and Ella, also of Hancock County.

Amos Freed grew up in Ohio and lived in that state until 1890, when he moved to Indiana and established his home in White County. He was a farmer there twelve years, and in 1902 came to his present home in Jackson Township.

Mr. Freed married Miss Esther Bowers, of Ohio. Their oldest child died, and the three children now living are: Marvin, who is married and is a farmer; Mary, wife of Charles Montel, of Lake Township; and Osnola, wife of Ralph Montel, of Lake Township.

Mr. Freed was elected to the ministry December 9, 1911, and was ordained January 1, 1916, as an elder of ''The Church of the Brethren.'' Since January 1, 1918, he has had charge of the church congregation at Eel River. He is a republican in politics. Mr. Freed owns a farm of 100 acres, while his son has sixty acres, all of it in one body and constituting in improvements and arrangements one of the best country places in Jackson Township.

AARON ByreEr is one of the solid, industrial men of Kosciusko County who have elected to remain largely in one locality all their lives and have bit by bit progressed and prospered to the achievement of a fine farm, good home and all the esteem that is paid a useful member of a community. The Byrer farm is in Prairie Township, eight miles northwest of Warsaw.

Mr. Byrer was born in Lancaster County, Ohio, April 14, 1857, and was brought to Kosciusko County when about a year old. His parents were Frederick and Christine (Hutt) Byrer, both natives of Ohio. After their marriage they lived in Ohio about seven years before coming to Kosciusko County. Frederick Byrer located at Stony Point in Prairie Township, and he and his wife spent the rest of their days in that vicinity. He was very active in religious affairs as a member of the United Brethren Church and was a republican voter. He and his wife had seven children: William, a resident of Los Angeles, California; Z. T., a retired farmer of Leesburg; Aaron; Samuel M., a retired resident of Leesburg; Hudson, of Fort Wayne; John C., a farmer in Prairie Township; and George F., a minister of the United Brethren Church at Warsaw.

Aaron Byrer has spent practically all his life in Prairie Township. He had the advantages of the district schools, and from the time he attained the age of twenty-one has been steadily working as a farmer. On April 7, 1888, he married Alma Hall, member of one of the oldest and most prominent families of Kosciusko County. She is a daughter of Joel and Mary (Roberts) Hall. Her father was born on the old homestead, a son of Samuel D. and Catherine (Anglin) Hall. Samuel D. Hall was born and married in

West. Virginia, and in pioneer times made a trip on horseback to Kosciusko County. He was one of the very first to take up land in Prairie Township. He acquired large tracts of land which were developed under his supervision. He was also a man of prominence in local affairs, was the first justice of the peace of Prairie Township, and was one of the first associate judges of the county. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a democrat. His children were David, Hiram, Malinda, Lucinda, Elizabeth, Matilda and William. Joel Hall and wife had the following children: Alma, Samuel O., Eva, Ida, Flora, William R., and C. A. Hall. Mrs. Byrer was reared on her father's farm and had a district school education. She is the mother of three children: Lois E., unmarried and living at home; Avis, a graduate of the Warsaw High School; and Ernest E., a student in the Warsaw High School. The family are members of the United Brethren Church and Mr. Byrer is one of its trustees. He also belongs to the Horse Thief Detective Association and is a republican in politics. The land he has accumulated by his efforts and which he devotes to penetra! farming comprises 157 of the good acres of Prairie Township.

MELVILLE C. CUTLER is one of the prominent farmers in southeastern Kosciusko County. He has made all he has by hard work and intelligent management. He spent most of his early life in White County, Indiana, and while there laid the basis of his prosperity. He is owner and proprietor of the Sunny Brook Farm, comprising 179 acres, situated a mile west and a half mile south of Sidney. Mr. Cutler grows and handles a large number of stock of all kinds, and has made a success of his business, and while prospering individually has contributed something of value to the community and to the world.

Mr. Cutler was born in White County, Indiana, October 29, 1867, a son of John D. and Josephine (Kions) Cutler. His parents were both natives of Pickaway County, Ohio, the father born in 1834 and the mother in 1844. They came with their respective parents to White County, Indiana, the Kions family locating near Brookston, while the Cutlers established their home near Monticello. John D. Cutler was eight years old when he went to White County, and though a small boy he walked all the way from Ohio and led a steer. He was educated in the common schools and also in the University of Michigan. After his marriage he settled near Brookston, rented a farm there until about 1893, and then purchased the place upon which he is still living. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. John D. Cutler is a republican. Of their seven children three are still living: David L., who is farming a place a mile west of Warsaw; Louise, wife of L. S. Hart, of White County; and Melville C.

Melville C. Cutler was educated in the district schools of White County and remained at home until twenty-one. In starting for himself he was employed by his father for some years. In June, 1894,

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Cutler rented a farm in White County for nine years and they got their start as renters. With what modest means they had been able to accumulate in that time they came to Kosciusko County in 1903 and bought the present farm of 179 acres, and since then Mr. Cutler has also acquired another place of fifty-eight and one-half acres in Jackson Township. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church and in politics he is a republican.

_ James A. REep has cultivated and has been the owner of several farms over Kosciusko County, and his present home and the scene of his agricultural enterprise are at Yellow Creek Lake in Seward Township.

His parents, Robert and Margaret (Burns) Reed, were living in Fulton County, Indiana, when James A. Reed was born September 13, 1852. His parents were both natives of Wayne County, Ohio, and were brought by their respective families to Indiana, where they grew up and married. They first settled on a farm in Seward Township, a farm now owned by J. A. Carter, and after selling out they bought a place at the southeast corner of Yellow Creek Lake. They continued to live in that well known community the rest of their days. Both parents were members of the United Brethren Church, and in politics the father was a republican. There were ten children, and six of them are still living: Miletus Reed, of Warsaw; Robert L., of Battle Creek, Michigan; Elmira. wife of James Riley; James A.; Louise, wife of Thad McClue, of Silver Lake; and Ella, wife of Rob ert Connor.

James A. Reed spent his boyhood days on a farm, attended the common schools, and lives at home and gave his labor to the family until he was twenty-one. Not long after arriving at man's estate he assumed a man's obligations to support a family, and at the age of twenty-three, on July 11, 1875, married Miss Viola Hatfield. Mrs. Reed was born three miles north of the Fairview Church December 22, 1858, daughter of William and Mary (Rose) Hatfield. Her father was born in Pennsylvania, May 6, 1822, and died in Claypool, Indiana, June 2, 1895. Her parents were married January 9, 1845, and they had twelve children. eight daughters and four sons: Emeline, wife of John Anderson; Rebecca J., wife of Jonathan Creery; George, deceased, who married Hannah Delane; Isabelle, wife of Thomas Linn; Thomas, deceased; Mary C.; Edward, deceased; Viola, Mrs. Reed; Ida, deceased; Willard; Florence and Rosetta, both deceased. Mrs. Reed grew up in Seward township and attended school there.

: Since his marriage Mr. Reed has been a practical farmer, giving his undivided attention to his business, and has been abundantly prospered. He and his wife first lived on the Elmer Yocum farm for two years, spent two years in Fulton County, were also in Grant and Madison Counties for a time, and on returning to Kosciusko County located in Monroe Township. Later they bought a place of forty acres, in Lake Township, sold that and bought eighty-one acres, which they occupied only six months, and from there came to their place of sixty acres east of Yellow Creek Lake. They own nine acres at their home west of Yellow Creek Lake.

Mr. and Mrs. Reed have an interesting family of boys: Frank, Dallas, Clyde, Carl, Ed and Freddie, twins, and Irwin. Freddie and Irwin are deceased. Mrs. Reed is a member of the Church of God, and in politics Mr. Reed is a republican. He has never had any. aspiration to hold public office.

Cyrus MussELMAN is a well-to-do farmer whose home is a mile and a half west of Sidney in Jackson Township. Mr. Musselman has spent half a century in this county, has lived close to the soil and to agricultural activities, and has always been a man of the highest standing in his community.

He was born in Paulding County, Ohio, August 20, 1842, a son of John and Eliza (Clemmer) Musselman. His father was born in Virginia, and in early manhood went to Ohio, where he married his wife, a native of that state. They were pioneers in Paulding County, where they spent their lives. They made a farm from the woods, it being necessary to clear a spot in which to erect their log cabin. They were kindly, good-hearted neighbors and honest, hard-working people who well deserved the esteem in which they were held. Of their fourteen children two died in infancy, and all the others reached mature age. Those still living are: Amos, of Missouri; Cyrus; Ira, of Paulding County; Eliza, widow of William Merchant, of Ohio; Minerva, widow of Orlando Coffin; and Ida, a widow living in California.

Cyrus Musselman spent his boyhood days on the old farm in Paulding County and was educated in the public schools. During his youth he learned the trade of tanner and shoemaker. After coming to Indiana in 1863 and locating in Kosciusko County he was in the saw mill business for seven years. For over forty years he has given his time and energy to farming, and he still owns and supervises the management of 184 acres in the northwest corner of Jackson Township.

Mr. Musselman married for his first wife Maria Clemmer. Of their four children three are living: Albert, of California; Ida, living in Oklahoma; and Laban, also in California. On June 27, 1897, Mr. Musselman married Adella Lenwell, a widow. She was born in Monroe Township of this county January 25, 1864, and was reared in the home of Mrs. S. R. Wince near Pierceton. Her first husband was Chester Beason, and by that marriage she had two children, Frederick and Charles. Mr. and Mrs. Musselman are members of the Church of God and he is a democratic voter.

JeroME A. CARTER. There are several counties and communities in Northern Indiana that have known Jerome A. Carter as a resident, and in every one he has enjoyed the: reputation of being a hustling, enterprising farmer and good citizen and has succeeded beyond the average in all his undertakings. Mr. Carter now owns a well improved and valuable farm of 225 acres situated partly in Seward and partly in Franklin Townships. His place measures up to the best standards of farm improvement and management in this section of Indiana. ;

Mr. Carter was born in LaPorte County, Indiana, January 10, 1852, son of John and Mary (Windle) Carter. His parents were both natives of Shenandoah County, Virginia, the father born in 1820 and the mother in 1827. When the Windle family migrated from the famous valley of Virginia and settled in LaPorte County, Indiana, John Carter went along with them and he and Mary Windle were subsequently married. John Carter was a printer by trade, and for several years was employed on newspapers at LaPorte and in Michigan City. He gave up his trade to become a farmer and in 1862 moved to Jasper County, Indiana, and in 1871 to Newton County, and in that locality he lived until his death. He was a democrat in polities. Of his family of five children three are still living: Charles, of Silver Lake; Jerome A.; and Catherine, wife of Francis Yeager, of Newton County, Indiana.

Jerome A. Carter spent his boyhood days on his father's farm, received an education in the district schools and remained at home until he was twenty-one. Since then he has been making his own way in the world, and he had a most capable helpmate in the person of his good wife, whom he married in 1880. Her maiden name was Sarah A. Crisler. Mrs. Carter was born in Bartholomew County, Indiana, but her people moved to Newton County when she was five years of age. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Carter rented land for a time, then bought a place in Newton County, and he has rather followed the policy of taking unimproved or partly run down farms, building them up, and then selling and moving to a new location. In the course of his operations he has been a farm owner and manager in Newton, Jasper, LaGrange and Elkhart counties, and it was from the last named county that he moved to Kosciusko County in 1905 and bought his present place. Mr. Carter is a democrat.

He and his wife had five children: Lulu, at home; Charles, a hardware merchant at Mentone, Indiana; John H., a farmer; Glenn, who is married and lives on a farm in Newton County; and Emmet, of Elkhart, Indiana.

Grorce M. ALEXANDER. The interests of the business and agricultural community that center at Burkett have a prominent factor in George M. Alexander, who has been a farmer in that locality for forty years, for a similar time has been engaged in the threshing business, and has also been officially and otherwise identified with several of those institutions which involve the business and domestic welfare of the community. Mr. Alexander is president of the Equity Union Elevator Company at Burkett. He is also one of the directors of the Bank of Seward. He is a director of the Farmers Mutual Relief Association, and is also president of the Farmers Co-operative Telephone Company.

Mr. Alexander, whose home place is 21% miles south of Burket, was born in Seward Township May 7, 1867, son of Mathew M. and Editha (Darling) Alexander. His parents were both natives of Richland County, Ohio, and after their marriage in that state they came to Kosciusko County and settled on a farm near Yellow Creek Lake. In that locality they were residents the rest of their lives. They were members of the Church of God at Lake Bethel. There is an interesting diversity in the politics of the three generations of the Alexander family. Mathew Alexander was the only republican among his father's children, while George M. is the only democrat in his father's family. Mathew Alexander had eleven children, six of whom are still living: Peter, of Warsaw; Jonathan, of Seward Township; Ida. wife of Elias Parker, of Claypool; Nettie, wife of H. C. Tucker, of Akron, Indiana; George M.; and Frank, a farmer in Seward Township.

George M. Alexander grew up on the old farm and had to be satisfied with such advantages as were afforded by the district schools. He lived at home till the age of twenty-four, and then established a home of his own by his marriage to Inez Blue, daughter of that prominent old pioneer Peter A. Blue. Mrs. Alexander at her death was survived by five children: Elvin V., Russell F., Erbie V., Lulu L., and Retia. All the daughters were educated in the local schools and two of them were high school graduates. Mr. Alexander married for his present wife Bertha Crall, a native of Harrison Township. They have one son, Edwin.

Along with farming Mr. Alexander early took up the business of threshing, and has worn out a number of outfits in that business and could tell many interesting facts concerning the development of threshing machinery. He had some of the old time machines, even those operated by horse power, and in the early days practically every mechanical feature of the threshing outfit had to be operated by one or two men, while the most modern machines he has had are largely automatic and result in a large elimination and saving of man power. Mr. Alexander is a member of the Ancient Order of Gleaners and of the Loyal Order of Moose at Warsaw.

JoHN FeErRverDA is a merchant of successful experience, and has been identified with the hardware trade at Silver Lake for a number of years, being one of the live and enterprising business men and citizens of that locality.

He was born in Plain Township of this county December 26, 1882, a son of Hiram B. and Eveline (Miller) Ferverda, both of whom now reside at Leesburg. John Ferverda grew up on his father's farm in Plain Township and was liberally educated. He attended both the common and high schools of Oswego, being a graduate of both, and also was a student in the Tri-State Normal at Angola. For his scholarship he was granted a license to teach, but never used it in that profession. His life was spent largely at. home until the age of twenty-two. Having mastered the art of telegraphy, he entered the service of the Big Four Railway as an operator, and was assigned at different stations along that system and remained in that service about ten years. In 1916 Mr. Ferverda left the railroad to take up business, and is now a member of the F. and F. Hardware Company of Silver Lake. :

In 1907 he married Miss Edith B. Lore, a native of Rush County, Indiana, and a high school graduate. They have one son, Harold L., born November 24, 1915. Mr. and Mrs. Ferverda are members 'of the Lutheran Church, and he is affiliated with Denning Lodge No. 88, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at North Manchester, and of the Knights of Pythias Lodge. In politics he is a republican.

Joun F. CiyMer, who is now busying himself with the management of his farm a quarter of a mile west of Silver Lake, has had an unusual scope of experience and activity, having been a teacher, newspaper man, traveling salesman, and is a former postmaster of the Village of Silver Lake.

Mr. Clymer was born near Mansfield in Richland County, Ohio, March 18, 1855, a son of Henry and Mary (Landis) Clymer. His father was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and his mother in Montgomery County, Ohio. They married in the latter county and soon located in Richland County, were farmers there until 1858, when they went out to Bond County, Illinois. They had their home there four years and in 1862, on coming to Indiana, located in Randolph County for two years, and in 1864 moved to Kosciusko County, and in this county they spent their declining years. They were active members of the Dunkard Church and the father was a republican. Of the nine children seven reached maturity: Samuel, of North Manchester; Elizabeth, wife of Peter Tredle, of California; John F.; Mary, wife of Clay M. Wise; Nancy, widow of Joshua Denser, living near Claypool; Sarah C., wife of Christian Dought; and D. H. Clymer, who is a newspaper writer at Logansport.

John F. Clymer grew up in Kosciusko County from 1864, when he was nine years of age, and acquired his education in the local schools. He was a good student and at the age of twenty-one applied for a license as teacher. He taught and also attended the Methodist College at Fort Wayne. His record as a teacher covered sixteen terms. When Benjamin Harrison was elected president Mr. Clymer was appointed postmaster at Silver Lake and filled that office several years. For nine years he was on the road as traveling representative for the Deering Harvester Company, and for eighteen months he was connected with the South Bend Times. Otherwise his experience has been that of a farmer, and his home place comprises forty acres of well cultivated and highly improved land.

In 1880 Mr. Clymer married Miss Lodelle Kerlin, who was born near Silver Lake in 1862 and was educated in the common schools. Their four children are: Oma G., wife of Perey Perry, of Lake Township; M. T., who is married and an operator with the Grand Trunk Railway, living at Granger, Indiana; Noble Ray, who is married and is connected with the Big Four Railway at Berrien Center,

Mr. Clymer is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Masonic Order, and is a past chancellor of the former. He has always been interested in the success of the republican party, and through it has given his chief public service. He is the present nominee for the office of trustee of Lake Township.

THomaAS E. Batt. Many of the best farmers in Kosciusko County are located in Seward Township, where local pride is shown in the substantial and attractive buildings and richly cultivated fields which stand as substantial evidence of the industry and intelligence of their owners. One of these capable men around Silver Lake is Thomas E. Ball, whose farm is four miles west of that village. :

In this township he was born June 25, 1858, a son of Henderson W. and Freela (Lumpkin) Ball. His father was a native of Randolph County, Indiana, and his mother of Putnam County. They married in the latter county and after some years came to Kosciusko County and were well known residents of Seward Township for many years. The father had a farm of 120 acres. Both father and mother were active in the Baptist Church, and the former was a well known local minister who did work here and in many other communities. He was also active in the republican party, and for a number of years held a commission as notary public. The death of this honored old time citizen occurred in January, 1910, while his widow passed away April 22, 1914. They earned the gratitude of coming generations by establishing a large posterity. Of their children two died in infancy and one after reaching maturity. Those still living are: Martha, wife of William Williams; Lewis C., a farmer in Fulton County, Indiana; Charity, wife of Calvin. Moyer, of Warsaw; John M., a farmer in Franklin Township; Freela, wife of George Swick, living in Texas; Thomas E.; Laura A., wife of Monda Gast; Viola, wife of Henry Meredith, of Akron, Indiana; Jennie, unmarried; and Robert N., a Baptist minister living at Indianapolis.

Thomas E. Ball grew up on the old farm in Seward Township. The scene of his boyhood is only a mile and a half from his present home. He went back and forth to the district schools, especially during the winter terms, and was a factor in the home circle until twenty-five. He then married Miss Laura Roberson. She died April 18, 1891, the mother of two children, Angus G., a farmer in Seward Township, and Iva F., wife of Percy Helser, of Lake Township. For his present wife Mr. Ball married Mrs. Sarah A. (Friend) Utter, of Miami County, Indiana, where she was born. Her first husband was John Utter. Mr. Ball takes an active interest in various organizations and movements, is a member of the Horse Thief Detective Association, is a republican, and filled the office of justice of the peace four years.

of country as a former grain and stock buyer, but is now concentrating his attention upon the management of the Highland Orchard, and is one of the largest and most successful fruit growers in the county. His entire farm comprises 100 acres, situated in Jackson Township, a mile south and a mile and a half west of Sidney. Mr. Mort has sixty4five acres in fruit trees and is a producer of fruit on a commercial seale, and has acquired all the facilities for the expert handling of his crop.

Mr. Mort was born in Allen County, Ohio, October 18, 1863, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Harpster) Mort. Joseph Mort was born in Harrison County, Ohio, son of George and Mary Mort, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of Pennsylvania. Joseph Mort at the age of three years accompanied his parents to Tuscarawas County and at the age of fifteen he left home to live with an uncle. In his twentieth year he entered upon an apprenticeship to learn the trade of tanner and currier at Tiffin, Ohio, and followed that business for many years. In Allen County, Ohio, November 4, 1849, he married Miss Elizabeth Harpster, who was born February 15, 1831, in Fairfield County, Ohio, a daughter of Anthony and Sophia Harpster. Joseph Mort brought his family to Kosciusko County in 1871, and for some years operated a tannery at Warsaw. In July, 1882, he located upon a farm a mile and a half northwest of Warsaw, later farmed in Jackson Township and died in advanced years at Silver Lake. While living in Ohio he served as trustee, was a democrat in politics and a member of the Grange. He and his wife had children named Anthony, Mary, George, Emanuel, Lydia, Nancy, John M., Jacob H., and Emma.

Jacob H. Mort grew up in and from the age of seven to sixteen attended the public schools of Warsaw. Later he graduated from a business college in Chicago. He entered upon his business career as.a hay and grain buyer and shipper, and owned an elevator for about a dozen years. Hé then came to his present farm in Jackson Township and is busy from one year's end to the other in looking after his trees and handling his enormous crops of fruit.

Mr. Mort married Miss Ora Hinkson, a native of Kosciusko County. They have five children, Ruth, Russell, Bernice, Louis and Louise, twins, the last being seven years of age. The two older children are graduates of the common schools. Mr. and Mrs. Mort are members of the Christian Church. He is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias Lodge at North Manchester, and votes as a democrat. While he has never taken much part in politics or sought office, he has accepted the nomination for assessor in his township.