Kosciusko County, Indiana - The whole text, 1919 (part 5 of 11)

Mr. Disher is a democrat in polities. Mrs. Disher was reared and educated in Scott Township of this county. Her father, Andrew J. Thomas, was born in North Carolina and was brought to Indiana when a boy by his parents. The Thomas family was identified with the early settlement of Kosciusko County. Andrew J. Thomas married Margaret Beckner, a native of Ohio. After their marriage they lived on a farm in Seott Township, where Mr. Thomas died in 1881. Mrs. Thomas died July 21. 1918. They had nine children, seven of whom are still living: William E., a retired farmer of Scott Township ; Jacob E., a carpenter in Scott Township ; Jennie, wife of Frank Binkley, of Bourbon, Indiana; Ida, wife of Charles Yager, of Scott Township; Lewis, principal of the Etna School; Margaret A., Mrs. Disher ; and Charles O., a retired farmer.

Harvey R. Recenos. Five and half miles southwest of Claypool on rural route No. 1 in Seward Township is a farm that has been under one management and in the possession of one family for three successive generations. Its present owner, Iarley R. Regenos, is a grandson of the man who cleared the land from the woods and instituted the arts and practices of agriculture. Harley R. Regencs is also a well known auctioneer and is one of the successful men of affairs in the township.

He was born on the farm where he now lives January 23, 1883, and his parents were Jefferson and Mary (Warren) Regenos, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Wabash County, Indiana. The pioneer grandfather was Martin Regenos, who came to Kosciusko County in 1860 and at that time located on the farm where his grandson now lives. Martin Regenos is remembered as a very excellent type of citizen and was especially devout as a church member and for forty years was class leader of the United Brethren church. His son Jefferson was hardly less active in church affairs, while the grandson Harley assumes as large a share of church activities as his responsibilities permit.

Harley Regenos spent part of his early life on the old homestead, and some years ago returned to it as owner and manager. He has a place of 100 acres, and it is gaining a wide reputation as the Yellow Creek View Farm, productive not only of all the staple crops of this region but of some very high grade livestock. Mr. Regenos has figured as a crier of public sales for a number of years and has much special talent in that direction. Tle is a leader of the republican party in his home community and has been nominated for trustee of Seward Township. He is also at present serving as president of Seward Township Farmers Institute.

November 5, 1904, Mr. Regenos married Miss Minnie Mattix. She was born in Franklin Township of this county. They have four young children: Frankie L., Allen Dale, Orlando Dean and IIo Elizabeth.

Jacos E. Dory is widely known over Kosciusko and adjoining counties as a successful and general contractor with home and headquarters at Milford. He has been in the contracting business for a quarter of a century and has developed an organization that lacks nothing in efficiency and equipment for handling the largest as well as the smallest contracts for building and general industrial work.

Mr. Doty was born on a farm 214 miles east of Milford April 12, 1868, a son of Alonzo and Elizabeth (Rush) Doty, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of Pennsylvania. Alonzo Doty grew up in Ohio and had a notable record as a soldier. being in the war with Mexico in the '40s and later serving as first lieutenant in the Civil war. He was wounded in the battle of Shiloh, but after recovering continued until the end of the struggle. He married for his first wife Elizabeth Moore, and they had four children: Elizabeth, wife of Louis Case; Jennie, wife of George Pentry; Richard L., who lives in Tennessee, and William, who died in childhood. For his second wife

Alonzo Doty married Elizabeth Rush. By that union there were two sons and two daughters, two of whom are still living: Alonzo Ulysses, a farmer and contractor in Van Buren Township of this county; and Jacob E.

Jacob E. Doty has lived in Milford since he was six years of age. He attended public schools here and at the age of fourteen began learning the stone mason's trade. He served a thorough apprenticeship in that line, and the large experience gained as a Journeyman brought him a complete and detailed knowledge of nearly every branch of the contracting business. He became a contractor at the age of twenty-five, and for a long period of years the business has been conducted as Doty Brothers.

Mr. Doty married Samantha Miller, daughter of D. W. Miller. She was reared in Jackson Township of Elkhart County. They have three daughters: Erma, wife of Charles Troster, of Milford; Maude, a graduate of high school and of the State University, wife of Frank Clover of Gary, Indiana; and Mary E., a graduate of the Milford High School and the wife of George Keller of Milford. The mother of these children is now deceased. In September, 1917, Mr. Doty married Lilah Seniour. He is affiliated with Kosciusko Lodge Noe 418, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is past master In politics he has been active as a republican. has served as town trustee, and for six years was county engineer of Kosciusko County. He has also served as a member of the City Council of Milford a number of years.

Isaac T. SmirH. The records of early settlement in Kosciusko County contain few earlier dates than the year when Jacob Smith, father of the prosperous and well known farmer of Prairie Township, Isaac T. Smith, arrived here and acquired his first land in Prairie Township. The family has had a long and honorable history in connection with agricultural and local affairs since that time, extending over eight decades.

The fine farm home of Isaac T. Smith is five miles northwest of Warsaw. He was born in Prairie Township August 1, 1843, son of Jacob and Jerusha (Thomas) Smith. His father was born in Erie County. Pennsylvania, in 1806 and his mother in Ross County, Ohio. Jacob Smith on starting west walked all the way from Erie, Pennsy)- vania, to Logansport, Indiana. He married in that town and lived there for a year, but in 1833 invaded the woods and prairies of Kosciusko County. He entered a tract of Government land in Prairie Township, and cleared away a place in the midst of the woods for his log cabin home. He was a quiet, unassuming man, always industrious and capable in his work, and gained the high esteem of all the citizens of his locality. He acquired 340 acres, and was one of the prosperous farmers. In polities he was a democrat. Jacob Smith died in August, 1891, and his wife in 1894. Of their eight children the following are named: Hiram Smith, who lived in Plain Township married Bettie Irwin and died in 1918: Alwilda. widow of Robert

Isaac T. Smith grew up in his native township and had a common school education. He made good use of his educational opportunities, and for fourteen years was a successful teacher. On November 26, 1868, he married Mary J. Rose. She was born in Elkhart County, Indiana, November 14, 1848, and lived there until her marriage. Mr. Smith has acquired a good farm of 260 acres and for aay years has conducted it with a high degree of efficiency and profit.

He and his wife have three children: Edward T., a graduate of the Fort Wayne High School and now lives in Indianapolis; Claude M., a graduate of the common schools and living with his parents: Goldie E., a graduate of the Warsaw High School, wife of Ralph Huffer, living in Prairie Township.

Mr. Smith has always been a democrat in politics. In 1884 he was elected trustee of Prairie Township by a majority of thirty-one, at a time when the township was considered safely republican by a margin of twenty-five. He was reelected by a majority of forty-one in 1880 and 1882. He has always been active in his party and has neglected no opportunities to cooperate with every worthy movement in his locality.

Epwarp H. Smirn. There are comparatively few families that have kept their residence continuously in Kosciusko County for a period of over eighty years. The present generation of such a family is represented by Edward H. Smith. one of the able citizens and good farmers of Prairie Township. Mr. Smith lived five miles northwest of Warsaw, and is now in practically the same locality where this branch of the Smiths established themselves at a time when Kosciusko County was filled with heavy woods, Indians and wild game.

The founder of the family here was his grandfather, Jacob Smith, who was born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, August 25, 1806, a son of Peter and Rachel (Reynolds) Smith. Peter and his wife were both natives of Pennsylvania and married about 1799 and had eight children. Peter spent his life in Pennsylvania and died there at the age of sixty-three and his wife passed away in Minnesota.

After reaching maturity Jacob Smith in the fall of 1829 came to Indiana and explored a considerable portion of the wilderness of the northern part of the state. For several years he lived at Logansport in Cass County, but in 1833 was one of the early arrivals in Prairie Township of Kosciusko County. At that time most of the land had been surveyed. but very little of it was occupied and a large part was not yet on the market. In 1834 Jacob Smith bought 320 acres of land from Edward McCartney, government agent and Indian interpreter. Later he had an opportunity to sell half of this land and was busied with the development and cultivation of a quarter section. As his prosperity increased he bought other land until he had more than a half section, and most of it under cultivation. He was one of the men to whom credit is due for laying the substantial foundation which the present generation of Kosciusko County people enjoy. Jacob Smith married November 16, 1832, the year before he came to Kosciusko County, Miss Jerusha Thomas, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Lumbeck) Thomas, natives of Kentucky. This pioneer couple had a family of eleven children: Edward, who died in infancy, was born August 31, 1834, and his was the first recorded birth of a white child on Turkey Creek prairie; Edward McC.. named for the government land agent. was born September 28, 1836, and was also one of the first white children born in this county; Alwilda' was born January 28, 1839; Hiram was born March 18, 1841; Isaac T. was born August 1, 1843; Oliver H. P., born August 1, 1846; Henry O., born July 9, 1848, and died at the age of seven years; Mary I., born November 9, 1850; Elizabeth A., born January 11, 1852, and died at the age of eight years; Dange. born Janu2rv 7, 1854, died at the age of six years, and the youngest born in 1866 died unnamed.

Edward McC. Smith grew up in Prairie Township, and was one of the well known residents of that locality until his death in 1914. He was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and a democrat in politics. He married Jennie Thomas, and they had four children, Charles, deceased ; Hiram J., a farmer of Prairie Township; Edward H. and Susan A., twins, the latter the wife of George Anglin of Warsaw.

Edward H. Smith was born in Prairie Township December 14, 1869. His early environment was the home farm and his education was supplied by the country schools. On June 12, 1901, he married Miss Gertrude Anglin, who was born in Etna Township February 8, 1875, daughter of William B. Anglin of this county. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs Smith located on a place a half mile west of where they now live. Their present farm comprises 368 acres, all in Prairie Township, is one of the high class estates of the county. devoted to general farming and stock raising. Mrs. Sm'th was educated in the common schools, and for several years before her marriage taught in Prairie and Scott townships. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have two children: Charles W., born July 4, 1905, and Arthur E.. born Februarv 13, 1911. Mrs. Smith is a member of the Millwood Chapel of the Christian Church. Mr. Smith is a democrat and is affiliated with Leesburg Lodge No. 192, Knights of Pythias.

FRANKLIN Byrer was brought to Kosciusko County over half a century ago, has lived in this and in surrounding counties of the state most of his life, and though formerly a shoemaker has gradually devoted more and more of his energies to farming and has one of the good places of Prairie Township, four miles northwest of Warsaw.

IIe was born in Stark County, Ohio, April 25, 1848, son of Jacoh and Barbara (Spiegel) Byrer. His father was born in Pennsvlvania in 1821, and his mother in Ohio, in which state they married. They had only one child, Franklin, who was nine months old when his mother died in 1849. His father came to Indiana in 1865 and le cated at Clunatt in Prairie Township. THe bought eighty-five acres at Stony Point, but made his home in Clunatt and followed the trade of shoemaker there until his death on July 12, 1885. For his second wife he married Lydia Myers, and they had three children, only one now living, Wilson Byrer, of Clunatt.

Franklin Byrer attended school at Clunatt and under the direction of his father learned the trade of shoemaker. He stayed at home working in his father's shop until 1880, when he moved to Marshall County and bought a farm. In 1890 he sold his place there and returned to Kosciusko County. On July 12, 1909, he came to his present place of ninety-five acres and by his long continued industry and good management has been prospered and has everything to satisfy the modest wants of himself and family.

December 24, 1871, Mr. Bvrer married Anna R. Reisch. She was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and was brought to this county when a girl. To their marriage were born six children, three of whom are now deceased. Ellery is unmarried and living at home. Warren married Iva Moore, who died leaving two children. Clarence O., who lives in Etna Township, married Erbie Dunick and has two children. The family are members of the United Brethren Church.

Wituiam G. Irwin. One of the families to be properly included in this record of Kosciusko County people is that of William G. Irwin, a farmer, 114 miles north of Atwood in Prairie Township.

The Irwins have been here since pioneer times, and Mr. Irwin was born on his parents' farm in Washington Township, northwest of Pierceton, May 10, 1862, son of Stewart and Sarah A. (Richie) Irwin. His parents were both natives of Ireland. His father was horn in 1812 and his mother in County Tyrone in 1831. Stewart Irwin came to the United States with his parents and located in Logan County, Ohio, while Sarah Richie's family first located at Greenfield in Hancock County, Indiana. They were married in Ohio and lived on a farm in that state for a time, and on coming to Kosciusko County they settled in Washington Township, but after a year moved to Tippecanoe Township, spent another twelve months there, and then bought their home in Prairie Township where they lived until death. Mrs. Sarah Irwin was a member of the United Brethren church. He was a republican. They had eight children, two of whom died in infancy. The others are: Robert C.; John R., a farmer north of Atwood; William G.; Sarah, wife of Frank W. Harman of Prairie Township; James §., a farmer in Wisconsin; and Sherman C., a carpenter at Chattanooga, Tennessee.

William G. Irwin was reared in this county, attended the common schools and was an industrious helper at home until the age of twentysix. He then married Miss Carrie A. Lutes, who died fifteen months later, leaving no children. For his second wife Mr. Irwin married Clara J. Miner. and they became the parents of four children: Joseph S., Justin D., Sherman R. and Carrie A. After the death of his second wife Mr. Irwin married, September 4, 1913, Mrs. S. C. Webb. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Atwood. Mr. Irwin is a past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias and is a republican, having served as local committeeman for twelve years. He is a man of quiet and unassuming citizenship, does his part in local affairs, and is industriously managing his home farm of forty acres.

Atonzo U. Dory. Practically every one in the northern part of Kosciusko County knows of the enterprise and vigor with which members of the Doty family manage all their affairs. Alonzo U. Doty is both a practical and thorough farmer and also a member of the firm Doty Brothers, general contractors, who handle general building. road making and other work all over this and surrounding counties.

Mr. Doty was born in Jefferson Township of Kosciusko County July 4, 1868, son of Alonzo and Elizabeth (Rush) Doty. His father was born in New York City and his mother in Ohio. Both families came to Indiana in early days. and Elizabeth Rush grew up in Kosciusko County. Alonzo Doty, Sr., was reared in New York State and learned the machinist's trade in Ohio. He had an interesting record as a soldier, going into the army at the time of the Mexican war. He was discharged as a lieutenant. When the Civil war broke out he organized a company and went in as lieutenant and was promoted to captain. After the war he came to Kosciusko County. His first wife was Miss Moore, and her children still living are Mary, Richard, Jennie and Elizabeth. By his marriage to Elizabeth Rush, Alonzo Doty, Sr., had four children: Alonzo U.; Rosa, deceased wife of Henry Newcomb; Matilda, deceased wife of Harry Tripp; and Jacob E.., who is a partner with his brother in the firm of Doty Brothers.

Alonzo U. Doty spent the first thirteen years of his 'life on his father's farm and in the meantime acquired a fair education in the district school. At the age of fourteen he went to work at the mason's trade, and that has been an important line of his work to the present time. He and his brother have handled some very large contracts in this part of the state. In October, 1896, Mr. Doty moved to his farm of eighty-three acres three quarters of a mile south and a quarter of a mile east of Milford and conducts his farm in the same thorough and efficient manner in which he does his contracting work.

Mr. Doty married Cora B. Huffman and they began housekeeping at Milford. She was born in Preble County, Ohio, and was educated in the local schools. They are the parents of eleven children: Lulu, wife of Lloyd Felkner; Ollie, wife of C. A.-Gawthrop; Harry, who married Nina Sharp; Pearl, Ray, Bessie, Dwight, George, Bernice, Dorothy and Henry. Mr. Doty is a past grand of Milford Lodge No. 478, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has sat in the Grand Lodge. He is a republican in politics. For twenty years he held the office of constable. =a

_ Martin V. McCuintic, a prosperous farmer of Turkey Creek Township, represents the third generation of a family that became identified with Kosciusko County about eighty years ago. The name has been associated with good citizenship, capable industry as farmers, and faithful performance of all community responsibilities.

1878, son of John and Lydia (Koher) McClintic. His father was born in 1837 and his mother in Adams County, Indiana, in 1845. The family was founded here by the grandfather, Esten McClintic, who when the country was all new acquired 563 acres in Turkey Creek Township, and there developed a large farm and enjoyed every degree of prosperity corresponding to his time and generation. He was the father of a large family, consisting of Abbie, Elizabeth, William, Mitchell, Margaret, Lucinda, Julia A, Mary, Aaron and John.

John McClintic grew up in Kosciusko County, and after his marriage settled on the land where his son Martin now lives. He and his wife spent the rest of their days in that home. He was a soldier of the Union Army, enlisting in Company I of the Thirty-Fifth Indiana, and saw much hard and active service. In politics he voted as a democrat. He and his wife had four children: Esten E., of Syracuse; Charles F., formerly an engineer with the Interstate Steel Corporation of Chicago; Martin V.; and John C., who was killed by a horse in 1894,

Martin V. McClintic grew up on the home farm and had a district school education. At the age of thirteen, when his mother died, he went to live in the home of his uncle, Mitchell MecClintie. Mr. McClintie also has an army record, gained during the brief war with Spain. He enlisted April 23, 1898, in Company H of the One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana Volunteers, and saw three months of active service on the Island of Cuba. He was mustered out April 26, 1899.

On January 11, 1898, Mr. McClintic married Miss Sarah V. Hall. Five children have heen horn to their marriage: Marie, Gerald, deceased, Donald. Mildred and Ethel.

Mr. McClintic owns a half interest in the 139 acres of the old homestead, and is busily engaged in general farming and stock raising. He is an independent voter and is affiliated with North Webster Lodge No. 367, Knights of Pythias.

SHermMaNn Hurrer. Among the men of Kosciusko County who have won success by industry, good management and hard and well directed efforts is Sherman Huffer, whose home and farm are in Monroe Township, 214 miles south and two miles west of Pierceton on rural route No. 6. Huffer is a name that has long been well and favorably known in the county. One of the members of the family is now sheriff, and the name has always been associated with honorable and straightforward living and good and useful citizenship.

Sherman Huffer was born in Prairie Township of this county, January 31, 1865, and is a son of the late Rudolph Huffer. Rudolph Huffer was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, February 6, 1831, son of Daniel and Sarah Huffer, natives of the same state. He is one of ten children and when he was four years of age his parents moved to Fairfield County, Ohio. In 1854 Rudolph Huffer came to Kosciusko County, living at Warsaw two years, and working at the trade of blacksmith, which he had learned in Ohio. From Warsaw he moved to Prairie Township, was a farmer there about eight years, and later settled upon a farm in section 28 of Harrison Township. He first acquired 160 acres, and gradually cleared away the heavy growth of timber and added to his farm until he had 200 acres and was regarded as one of the most prosperous men of his community. At the time he came to the county his wealth consisted of $530. He was also a man of affairs, serving as township trustee and as school director. In politics he was a republican and at one time took a very active part in the Koscjusko County Agricultural Society.

In Kosciusko County Rudolph Huffer married, October 11, 1855, Miss Sarah Staymates, daughter of Jacob Staymates, one of the pioneers of Harrison Township. Rudolph Huffer and wife had eleven children, nine of whom are still living: Jacob D., present sheriff of the county; Horton C., of Warsaw; Sarah C., wife of Charles Vandermark, of Burkett, Indiana; Gertrude, who married James Falley ; Charles D., who lives in Franklin Township ; Lawrence, now deceased ; Joseph and Edmond, both of Harrison Township; Jennie, wife of Tilden Milburn; Pearl, wife of Roll Anglin; and Sherman.

Sherman Huffer grew up on his father's farm in Harrison Township, and gained his education in the district schools there. At the age of twenty-one he entered into a formal agreement with his father to work on the farm, and remained there one year. He then took employment with the late Horace Tucker, and put in good and faithful service with that well known farmer for three years before his marriage and remained with him seven years longer. He then bought 131 acres where he now lives in Monroe Township, and has occupied this place continuously since the spring of 1898. The farm stands as a monument to his industry and good management. Mr. Huffer has always kept good grades of stock and his success is due to the same degree of efficiency that a merchant or manufacturer employs in his business.

Mr. Huffer married Phoebe Smith, a native of Kosciusko County and daughter of Samuel Smith. They have four children: Russell E., who is a graduate of the common schools and married Mary Cook; Monroe R., a graduate of the common schools, married Florence Dunkelberger; Vesta M. and Velma G., both of whom have finished their education and are now married. Vesta M. married Harry R. Taylor, of Chicago, but who is now on the firing line in France. Velma G. married Carl Snell, whose home is in Jackson Township. He is now in training at Camp Custer, Michigan. The family are members of the Christian Church and in politics Mr. Huffer 1s a republican.

Cuar.es M. Tucker, a son of Albert Tucker and grandson of the pioneer John Tucker, both of whom are referred to more at length on other pages, is recognized as the largest land owner and farmer, feeder and shipper of livestock in Franklin Township. He does business on a large scale, employs a number of men on his farms, and has made a success of agriculture and stock husbandry without indulging in any fads and fancies. Mr. Tucker has gone in for registered and

The farm where he lives today was the scene of his birth on July 10, 1870. As a boy he attended the public schools, part of his education being acquired at Mentone. He started out with an independent capital of about $2,500, and has since accumulated 1,500 acres. of land and has more of it in cultivation to grain crops than any other farmer in that part of the county. As a rule Mr. Tucker cultivates about 170 acres in wheat, 160 in oats and 160 acres in corn. On his pastures and feed lots he runs about 250 head of cattle, 275 head of hogs, a few sheep, and for a number of years has been a breeder, buyer and seller of horses. He has had as many as 100 horses at one time. Mr. Tucker is an unrivaled judge of livestock, and it was his keen judgment of stock that has brought him his chief success.

Mr. Tucker married Miss Susanna Eiler, daughter of Henry and Ellen Eiler. She was born in Franklin Township and finished her education at Warsaw. Her father, Henry Eiler, was both a farmer and lawyer. While living on his farm he was elected to the office of prosecuting attorney of Kosciusko County, and then moved to Warsaw, where he died. He was one of the prominent republicans of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker had nine children: Nellie, the eldest, a graduate of the Mentone High School, and is the wife of Professor Earl Blue, of the Warsaw Iligh School; Mars, the second child, graduated from the Mentone High School and married Faun Doran, and has two children ; Floyd, a graduate of the common schools, married Flo Igo; Cuba is a graduate of the high school at Beaver Dam ; Mary graduated from the high school at Beaver Dam; Chauncey, aged eleven, Edison, aged seven, and Curtis, aged four, are the younger children in the home circle. Lillian, seventh child in order of birth, died when six months old.

Mr. Tucker has always been a liberal supporter of churches and every worthy movement in his community. He is affiliated with Mentone Lodge of Masons and with the Royal Arch Chapter Council and | Knight Templar Commandery at Warsaw. Politically he is a republiean. Mr. Tucker is a stockholder in the Mentone Bank.

Georce W. Smiru has given about forty years of his career to the business of farming, and is still one of the useful men in Kosciusko County in keeping up the volume of production that constitutes the quota of this county and state to fill the needs of the Government and the allies. Mr. Smith's farm is two miles south of Mentone in Franklin Township.

In that township he has spent practically all the days of his life. He was born February 3, 1856, son of Leonard and Mary (Heise) Smith. His parents were both natives of Pennsylvania, married there, and in 1849 came to Franklin Township, when that district was still in the woods. Leonard Smith did a good deal toward making a farm, but died at an early age in 1864. His widow survived him until 1892. Both were active church members, and he was affiliated with the republican party from the time of its organization until his death. In the family were four daughters and six sons, four of whom are living: Daniel, a farmer in Fulton County, Indiana; A. J. Smith, of Franklin Township; Albert, a farmer in Michigan; and George W.

George W. Smith as a boy attended the district schools and made such good use of his educational opportunities that he himself taught for several terms in Franklin and Seward townships. August 23, 1884, he married Miss Rosa Jones. She was born in Seward Township of this county June 10, 1865, daughter of Samuel and Eliza J. Jones. Mrs. Smith was reared on a farm a mile south of Burkett, and was educated in the public schools at Pierceton and in the high school at Warsaw. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Smith located on the farm where they now reside. The home farm comprises 120 acres, and they also have eighty acres in Seward Township.

Their only child, Cora F., was born August 15, 1885, and died September 13, 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Mentone, and in politics he is a republican. For two terms he was honored by his fellow citizens for the office of trustee of Franklin Township, and made his administration a forceful and wise one, productive of much good to the local schools.

AuBERT L. TucKerR. Member of one of the oldest families of Kosciusko County, Albert L. Tucker, of Mentone, has displayed many of the characteristics of the family in his makeup and experience, and has become widely known through his success as a farmer and stock dealer.

He was born in Franklin Township of this county September 19, 1849, son of Horace and Eliza (Johnson) Tucker. Albert L. Tucker grew up on the home farm, attended the district schools in winter, and developed his strength by actual practice in the fields in summer.

At the age of nineteen he married Elizabeth Bechtelheimer on March 4, 1868. After his marriage he lived at home two years and his father then gave him $6,000 and with it he bought a farm of 208 acres, assuming a debt of $6,200. Later he bought another eighty acres and he still owns the original 208 acres. He has been a practical farmer, but more particularly has been successful in the buying and selling of cattle, sheep and hogs.

Mr. Tucker by his first wife had eight children: Elmore; Effie, wife of Leonard Summe; Ivan, a farmer in Franklin Township; Ida, widow of Lawrence Huffer; Roy, a farmer in the State of Washington; John, a railroad conductor living at Chicago; Millie, wife of Arthur Getty, living at Silver Lake; and Dr. Frank C., of Claypool.

After the death of his first wife Mr. Tucker married Emma Mabe, and they had two children, Una and Horace, but the last named is deceased. For his third wife he married Lulu (Tipton) Tucker, and their two children are Dearl A. and Rex Le Roy. Lulu Tucker by her first marriage to John Tucker, had three daughters, Ethel, Lena and Anna; Ethel and Lena are attending the Mentone High School and Anna is deceased.

Albert L. Tucker is a democrat in politics, and the only member of the numerous Tucker family in Kosciusko County to espouse that political allegiance. He lives in a township that is republican normally, but when he was nominated by the democrats as candidate for trustee his well known ability and personal popularity elected him, and he served four years very creditably.

WiuuiAM F. BavaHer. It has been the good fortune of William F. Baugher to spend his life in Kosciusko County, where he has been identified with the noble calling of agriculture, and has been consistently public spirited in his attitude toward all common and public duties. The farm from which he has long enjoyed the fruits and where he still lives is in Turkey Creek Township.

He was born in Tippecanoe Township of this county January 1, 1859. The old homestead that was his birthplace is now owned by his brother, John A. Baugher. He is a son of Charles and Henrietta (Gugeler) Baugher. His father, a native of Germany, came to the United States when a young man in order to avoid and escape the enforced military duty, and from New York City he came westward, first to Ohio and later arrived in Kosciusko County. He was a successful and prosperous farmer and lived on his farm for many years, but finally retired to North Webster, where both he and his wife died. They: were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. In their family were five sons and two daughters: Matilda and Jacob, both deceased ; John A., owner of the homestead in Tippecanoe Township; William F.; Louise, widow of William Gross; Christian, who lives in Kansas; and Henry, deceased.

William F. Baugher grew up on the old home farm and attended the district schools to the age of thirteen. Since that time he has been more than paying his own way in the world, and he remained at home and worked the farm till twenty-one, and then entered into a formal agreement with his father to run the homestead.

In 1891 he married Miss Alice Gross, a native of Turkey Creek Township. For two years after their marriage they continued to rent the old farm and Mr. Baugher then bought seventy-one acres included in his present farm.

Mr. Baugher is a democrat in politics and is affiliated with Milford Lodge No. 178 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He lost his wife March 20, 1896, after a married life of only five years. One child is still living, Zepha. She had a district school education and on February 22, 1911, married Clinton Cox. Mr. and Mrs. Cox have one child, Dallas, born March 15, 1916.

Davip LEWELLEN is one of the oldest residents of Kosciusko County and was here when everything was in a pioneer condition. He has - witnessed the events and changes of seventy years in this locality and is one of the few men still surviving who cast a vote for Abraham Lincoln.

of William and Mary (Fore) Lewellen, the former a native of the vicinity of Philadelphia and the latter of Ohio. They married in Ohio and in 1844 brought their family to Kosciusko County and located in Tippecanoe Township. David Lewellen grew up in the old home in Tippecanoe Township, and his advantages in the way of education was confined to only a few days in the district schools. After his father's death he lived with his mother and later engaged in farming for himself. He has lived on his present home farm for thirty-four years. It comprises ninety-four acres in Turkey Creek Township and he also owns forty acres in another place. His success has been due to a combination of general farming and stock raising.

Mr. Lewellen married Lizzie Ritten, daughter of David Ritten. Their children are William, Daniel, Sallie, Aquilla, Etta and Simeon. Though Mr. Lewellen cast a vote in war times for Abraham Lincoln he has as a rule been a democrat.

Samvuet KeuLEy. Though one of the newer residents of Franklin Township, Samuel Kelley has been a welcome addition to the local citizenship, since he is a man of enterprise as a farmer and is owner of one of the best places in the northern part of the township. His home is in section 14, two miles south and a mile west of Mentone.

This branch of the Kelley family was identified with the pioneer settlement of Grant County, Indiana. The history of Grant County records that a Samuel Kelley located in Green Township as early as 1846, and when the township was organized a year or so later the first election was held in Samuel Kelley's home. It was in Green Township that Mr. Samuel Kelley was born May 5, 1864, a son of James and Susanna (McClain) Kelley. His father was a native of Henry County, Indiana, and his mother of Ohio. James Kelley was taken to Grant County when a boy, and grew up and married there. After his marriage he settled in Green Township and he and his wife spent the rest of their days there. Both were very active members of the Church of Christ, which he served as trustee, and as a republican he was honored with election as trustee of Green Township two terms. James Kelley and wife had eleven children: Elizabeth. deceased wife of David Thearlkill; John C., who lives at Swayzee; William H., of Greentown, Indiana; Abraham L., of Howard County; Mary A., wife of Stephen Martin; Samuel; Adelia, wife of Eph Allen; Maria, wife of Frank Downs; James, a farmer in Fulton County; David, a farmer in Van Buren Township of Grant County; and Cora, wife of George Horine.

Samuel Kelley grew up in his parents' home in Grant County, was educated in the district schools and lived at home until grown. While working a farm he also bought and operated for six years a tile mill, and manufactured great quantities of tile used in draining the fields of his community.

November 21, 1889, he married Rosa B. Morris. She was born in Carroll County, Missouri. January 25, 1870, but spent her girlhood largely in Miami and Grant counties of this state. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Kelley lived nine years in Green Township cf

Grant County, and in 1898 came to Kosciusko County. Their first home, for four years, was in Warsaw, later they moved to the Palestine community, and from there came to their present farm. The prosperity represented in their land and its improvements is almost entirely the result of their work, thrift and careful management since they were married.

Mr. and Mrs. Kelley had eight children: Belle B., a graduate of the Warsaw High School, for three terms a teacher and now wife of D. W. Henderson, of Atwood; Dale, who graduated from high school and from Muncie College with the degree A. B., was a successful teacher for four years, but when the war broke out with Germany he enrolled in an officer's training camp and is now serving with a commission as second lieutenant in France; Carol, a graduate of high school, was also a teacher three terms, and is now the wife of Francis McSherry, and lives in Seward Township; Vere, a graduate of high school, is a practical farmer at home, and on August 24, 1918, married Miss Vera Blue, daughter of A. W. Blue; the other three children still living, all at home are Blond, Blanche and Beulah L. The family are members and take an active part in the Church of Christ at Mentone. Mr. Kelley is an elder and trustee of the church. He is a republican, but has never sought nor held public office.

Wriiuiam M. Harrzeuu. It is the life of real performance and of quiet and effective work in all circumstances that offers the least material for description, and yet no life means more to the community in which it has been lived.

This is true of the career of William M. Hartzell, one of the leading farmers of Scott Township, who is now concluding his first term as trustee of that township, an office conferred upon him by the confidence of his fellow citizens, and which he has completely justified by his administration.

Mr. Hartzell was born in Etna Township of this county February 15, 1869, a son of John and Belinda (Messimore) Hartzell. His parents were both born in Ohio and were married in Kosciusko County. They lived on a farm, and John Hartzell was also a carpenter. They were members of the Christian Church and in politics he was a republican.

William M. Hartzell started his career as a wage earner and worker in the world at the age of thirteen. After that he was privileged to attend the local schools only two and a half months each year until he was eighteen. He got his start by working at monthly wages, and at the age of twenty-eight was able to boast the ownership of forty acres of land.

In the meantime, in January, 1887, he married Ida Jones, who was born in Marshall County, Indiana, but was reared in Kosciusko County. After their marriage they lived on their first farm of forty acres for nine years, and then bought their present place of 105 acres in Scott Township. Mrs. Hartzell is a member of the Christian Church. He is a democrat in politics and was elected on that ticket trustee of Scott Township. His present term expires January 1, 1919,

Smas Duncan. One of the best known citizens of Scott Township is Silas Duncan, who for many years has lived in Kosciusko County and is still vigorously and diligently attending to his duties as a farmer and stock raiser on his place four and three-quarter miles southeast of Nappanee.

Mr. Duncan was born in Putnam County, Missouri, June 7, 1855, a son of Silas and Isabelle (Cook) Duncan. He was the youngest of four children and his birth occurred after his father's death. He has a sister still living, Lucinda, widow of James Stackhouse of Bourbon, Indiana.

In April, 1863, Mrs. Silas Duncan, the widowed mother, came to Kosciusko County with her children and settled in Scott Township, where she lived until her death. She had married John M. Miller in Missouri, and they traveled overland from that state to Indiana in a wagon. The father of Silas Duncan, Sr., was an Englishman and his wife was an Irish woman. During the journey from Missouri to Indiana John M. Miller and family stayed all night with a farmer, and the next morning they were unable to find the proper change to settle the bill and it was agreed that Mr. Miller would leave the money with a merchant in the next town five miles away. On reaching that town Mr. Miller made the necessary inquiry and left the sum prescribed. The transaction was witnessed by a half drunken man, who came up to Mr. Miller and invited him to drink. Mr. Miller at first refused, but on being told by the bibulous individual that his father had often admonished him whenever he met an honest man to treat him, Mr. Miller conceded a point and accepted the treat. Mr. and Mrs. Miller had one daughter, Anna B., wife of William H. Clinger, of Warsaw.

Silas Duncan, Jr., was only eight years of age when he came with his mother to Scott Township. He lived at home until he was sixteen and then started out for himself, having some knowledge of farming and a fair district school education. On June 19, 1881. he married Mary A. Harlan, who was born in Prairie Township of this county August 24, 1854, daughter of William and Eliza (Boggess) Harlan. She was reared in Van Buren Township and attended the district schools there. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Duncan settled on her mother's farm and lived there for some years and then moved to Plain Township, and from there in 1906 came to their present place of fifty acres in Scott Township. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan are members of the Church of God and in politics he is a republican. Their children are: Morris, who is married and lives in Van Buren Township; William H., whose home is west of Warsaw; Charles L., deceased ; Nora I., wife of William Cain of Scott Township; Maude, wife of James McCubbin of Leesburg; and Caroline, unmarried and at home.

Mrs. Duncan is, as already noted, a daughter of William and Eliza Harlan. Her great-grandfather, George Harlan, was a native of Virginia, moved in pioneer times to Kentucky, and in 1806 left that state and went to Ohio, and died near Dayton. He had eleven children, seven sons and four daughters, James, Samuel, John M., George, William, Elijah, Jacob, Elizabeth, Sarah, Nancy and Mary Jane.

Samuel Harlan, grandfather of Mrs. Duncan, was born January 11, 1800, and died December 22, 1842. On coming to Indiana he first settled in Wayne County and afterwards in Henry County. His second wife was Eliza Adney, and they had five children.

William Harlan, father of Mrs. Duncan, was born in Henry County, Indiana, and in 1852 married Eliza Boggess. By that marriage there were four children: Jerome; Mary, Mrs. Duncan; Sophronia, wife of John Estep; and George. Mrs. Duncan's mother died in 1859 and her father then married Caroline Raker, who bore him four children.

Epson B. Sarper. For the past twelve years the county superintendent of schools in Kosciusko County has been Edson B. Sarber. Mr. Sarber has given nearly all his active lifetime to educational work, though for a considerable period he was trustee of his home township and looked after its educational interests more in a business and financial way than as an instructor. 1n his work as a schoolman, particularly in furnishing wholesome instruction to the younger generation concerning the activities and character of the pioneers who developed this county, Mr. Sarber has many fruitful lessons in his own family history. He represents one of the oldest names of Kosciusko County, - and his grandfather and father before him were very useful and influential citizens here in the early times.

Abraham Sarber, his grandfather, was especially identified with the pioneer annals. He married Louisa Hendren, and after their marriage they lived for two years in Franklin County, Ohio, sold their farm there and moved to Putnam County, Ohio, and settled in the midst of a wilderness where their nearest white neighbors were ten miles away. In that isolated community they lived and worked for six years. Abraham Sarber acquired several tracts of land in Putnam County, and on one of these he founded the town of Kalida. In 1836 he sold his interests in Ohio and moved to Iroquois County, Illinois.

From Illinois in the fall of 1840 Abraham Sarber brought his family to Kosciusko County, Indiana. Thenceforward for a period of full three quarters of a century the name has been one of wide reaching influence in this locality. In 1841 Abraham Sarber built a saw mill at Palestine, and in 1843 he added a grist mill to his plant. In 1843 his mill sawed the lumber for the first frame court house built in Kosciusko County. His were the first mills of any importance in the southern part of the county. In the fall of 1843 Abraham Sarber sold his milling plant and bought a farm in the north part of Harrison Township, where he lived until the death of his wife in 1863. He then bought a farm near Atwood, and lived in the Town of Atwood until his death. For his second wife he married Miss Eliza Crane, of Hamilton County, Ohio. The only son of this union was David, who became a newspaper man in California. The eight children of Abraham and Louisa Sarber were: William, Adam, Melissa, Amanda,

Thomas B. Sarber, father of the county superintendent of schools, was born in Harrison Township of Kosciusko County, October 4, 1842. He was reared on a farm, acquired an education in the local schools and also attended school in Warsaw in 1858-59. On May 24, 1863, he married Miss Martha A. Timmons, daughter of William and Catherine (Dunnuck) Timmons. The Timmons family settled in Wayne Township of Kosciusko County in 1845. After his marriage Thomas B. Sarber lived in Allen County, Indiana, one year, then returned to Harrison Township of Kosciusko County, and in 1866 bought his farm in Seward Township. The land which he acquired there was an unbroken wilderness. As his father had done before him, he undertook a pioneer task in its clearing and development. His first home there was an old log cabin that had been standing a number of years, and in 1868 he replaced that rude habitation with a comfortable residence, and in the course of time that became one of the best improved and most valuable farms in Seward Township. Thomas B. Sarber has figured in politics to a considerable extent, though as a democrat he was usually on the minority side. In 1884 he was an unsuccessful candidate for sheriff, but ran a hundred votes ahead of the state ticket. He has been a member of democratic committees and attended a number of conventions. He was a passenger on the first train of ears that passed through Seward Township. In the Spring of 1882 he built the first store in Burkett, Indiana. Thomas B. Sarber and wife became the parents of three children: Edson B.; Louisa C., deceased ; and Andrew E. Andrew was for several years a teacher.

Edson B. Sarber, who may well be proud of the sturdy stock from which he is descended, was born on a farm in Allen County, Indiana, March 11, 1864. As already stated, his parents after their marriage lived about a year in Allen County, but then returned to Kosciusko County. Edson B. Sarber grew up on the old homestead of his father in Kosciusko County, acquired a primary education in the neighboring schools, and for a time attended the two-room school building at Sevastopol. When only sixteen years of age he taught his first term of school, in a school house located two miles from home. For ten years his work as an educator was confined to the country schools, and for eight years he was principal of the cshools at Burkett, the little village where his father had built the first store. In the meantime he had been bending his efforts toward gaining a broader and more liberal education. He spent several summer terms in the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso, paying his own way from his own earnings as a teacher. He pursued an elective course, and is broadly educated without having acquired a college degree.

On September 16, 1883, Mr. Sarber married Miss Olive A. Rickel, daughter of George W. and Mary Rickel. Her parents are substantial farming people living near the Village of Sevastopol.

obliged during his term of office to give up his work as a teacher. As the township trustees employ the teachers it would hardly have been ethical for himself as trustee to have employed himself as teacher. He continued in the office of trustee until June, 1903, when he resigned to assume his duties as superintendent of schools for the entire county, an office to which he had been elected a short time before. By re-election he has been kept in the office of county superintendent to the present time, and it can be said to the credit of his administration that the schools have never shown greater progress during any one ten year period than under the direction of Mr. Sarber.

JAMES P. Focie has spent most of his life in Kosciusko County and his birth occurred in a house that stood on the interurban corner in Warsaw, June 30, 1860. Mr. Fogle is a baker by trade, was in the baking and confectionery business for many years, but about ten years ago retired to a farm and is making a notable success as a farmer and stock raiser in Plain Township.

Mr. Fogle is a son of Jacob J. and Christina (Perkey) Fogle. His parents were both born in Stark County, Ohio, his father at the City of Canton. Both the Fogle and Perkey families have long been identified with Kosciusko County, the mother coming here with her parents at the age of fourteen. Jacob J. Fogle came here in 1855, locating at Warsaw, where he followed his trade as a brass molder. He was also a farmer and general laborer. He was affiliated with Kosciusko Lodge No. 62, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, serving as Noble Grand and as chief patriarch of the Encampment. The mother died in 1902. They had three children: James P., Nancy, who died at the age of three years, and John D., who lives at Bourbon, Indiana.

James P. Fogle grew up at Warsaw and attended the public schools there. When fourteen years old he began learning the baker's trade, and after following it for a time established a shop of his own at Bourbon, Indiana, but lost everything in a fire. After that he became a real journeyman, traveling over the country and spending a short time in Florida. Returning to Warsaw he opened a bakery and confectionery store and was steadily in business there for thirty

In 1891 Mr. Fogle married Ida May Fletcher, of South Whitley. She was born in Whitley County, Indiana, and was educated in the common schools. Some years ago Mr. Fogle bought 115 acres in Plain Township, and he and his wife moved to the land and have occupied it as their home since 1907. Mrs. Fogle is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She is a past grand of Salome Lodge No. 27, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a past president of the Women's Relief Corps of Warsaw, and was secretary of the Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church for seven years. Mr. Fogle is past patriarch of the Encampment and for twelve years was trustee of his lodge. In polities he votes as a repubtican.

He was born near Laketon in Wabash County, September 30, 1857, son of John and Sarah (Fogerty) Cox. His mother was a native of New Jersey. Both came in early days to Wabash County, were married there, and from that county John Cox enlisted and served all through the Civil war in Company I of the Forty-Seventh Indiana Infantry. He was present in many battles, saw much hardship, but was never wounded. After the war he returned to Wabash County, also lived for a time in Marshall County, for some years was A resident of Franklin Township of this county, and finally moved to a place east of Warsaw, where he died at the age of fifty-seven. He and his wife were good, honest, Christian people and had a host of friends. He was affiliated as a charter member with the Odd Fellows Lodge at Sevastopol, serving as Noble Grand, and was also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and a republican voter. Of the ten children, seven are still living: James; Jennie, wife of Charles Bash, of Mishawaka; Lucinda. widow of Melvin Summe;: John, of Warsaw: Robert. of South Dakota; Dell, of Goshen, Indiana; and Elza of Warsaw.

Mr. James Cox has spent most of his life in Kosciusko County. After getting his education in the district schools he lived at home until he was twentv-one, and then for several vears worked out as a farm hand. In 1879 he married Miss Eva Hall. They began housekeeping on a farm in Franklin Township, and gradually progressed toward independence and prosperity. Mrs. Cox died in April, 1910, the mother of two children, one of whom died in infanev. The other, Delta M., was born October 6, 1881, is a graduate of the common schools, and is now the widow of Dr. S. J. Snodgrass. Doctor Snodgrass practiced medicine at Burkett, Indiana, for twentv-nine vears. Mrs. Snodgrass has two children, David J.. born in April. 1909. and Esther K.. born in October. 1913. In 1912 Mr. Cox married for his present wife Laura E. Rockhill Brinslev, widow of Arthur Brinsley. Mrs. Cox is a member of the Methodist Epis¢opal Church at Mentone. Mr. Cox has always manifested a commendable interest in the welfare of his community and has been quite active in the republican party.

JoHN W. AncLIN. The fruits and experiences of the life of John W. Anglin have been gathered in Kosciusko County, where since early manhood he has been an active farmer, and has made his efforts count in the direction of a steadily increasing prosperity, liberally dispensed in the rearing and training of his family and in effective all around good citizenship.

Mr. Anglin, whose farm is in Prairie Township, ten miles northwest of Warsaw, was born in Scott Township of this county, August 12, 1857, a son of Adrian and Rachel (Biggs) Anglin, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Indiana. The Anglins were among the pioneers of Kosciusko County and have lived here seventy-five or eighty years. His parents were married in Kosciusko County and spent the rest of their days on a farm in Scott Township. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Adrian Anglin was an independent republican in politics. Of their children six are still living: Adeline, wife of John McCann; John W.; William and Grant, both residents of Nappanee, Indiana; Mary, wife of William Smith, of Nappanee; and Abbie, wife of Ed Martin.

John W. Anglin grew up on his father's farm and was educated in the district schools. At the age of twenty he started out to make his own way in the world, and not long afterward he married Miss Elva Cleveland. To this marriage were born four children: Emil, a painter living at South Bend; Nellie, wife of Wake Wilt; Clara, wife of Charles Lynch; and Milo, who is now in war service. These children were all small when their mother died, and Mr. Anglin was left with the responsibilities of the farm and their care. He later married Mary Light, and they have five children: Ethel, of Leesburg; Fred, who married Nellie Roberts; Edith, Wilber, and Ida, born June 15, 1907. The children were all given good educational advantages and have been well prepared for their respective duties in life. Mr. Anglin is an active member of the Church of God in Scott Township. He is a republican in politics, and is the only member of the Anglin family in the county to vote that ticket. The farm which he diligently supervises and manages has 100 acres, and makes a splendid home for himself and family.

JEFFERSON GARBER, the present postmaster of North Webster, has long been identified with commercial affairs here and in other parts of the state, and is that type of man whose energy means something in the constructive administration of the community's affairs.

Mr. Garber represents one of the old and well known families of Kosciusko County. He was born in Tippecanoe Township, December 22, 1863, son of Samuel and Polly (White) Garber. His father was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1830 and died in Kosciusko County on his farm in 1&88. The parents were married in Kosciusko County and were industrious and worthy farming people of that community the rest of their lives. They were members of the Christian Church at North Webster and Mrs. Samuel Garber was very active in its membership. They had eleven children.

The life of Jefferson Garber to the age of twenty-one was spent on the old farm near North Webster, and his education was supplied by the district schools. After reaching manhood he went ont to Missouri and was a farmer in Jasper County of that state for a couple of years. Returning to Kosciusko County, he laid the foundation of his mercantile career as clerk in a general store at Wilmot. A year later he and his brother Albert bought a general store at Noblesville, and for six years prosperously conducted it under the name of Garber Brothers. Selling out, they came to North Webster and in this old and substantial town of the county acquired the general store of John A. Ketring. The brothers continued their active relations as merchants eight years, when Albert Garber sold his interests to James Mock. For the next three years the store was continued as Garber & Mock, and Mr. Garber then acquired his partner's interest and in March, 1917, took in his son-in-law, Edward Phelps, as partner. The title is now Garber & Phelps. They keep a large and well selected stock of general merchandise and supply the demands of a territory some miles in every direction around North Webster.

Mr. Garber married Ella J. Weade, daughter of John Weade. Mrs. Garber was born in Noble County and was educated in the common schools. They have two daughters. Zelma, a graduate of the North Webster High School, is the wife of Edward Phelps, business partner of her father. Bessie, also a graduate of the North Webster High School, is married to Forest Croop, of Warsaw. Mr. Garber has three grandchildren, Devon and Donald Phelps, and Forest Croop, Jr.

Mr. Garber has carefully administered the office: of postmaster at North Webster for eight years. He owns his own store building and has two of the best dwelling houses in the town. Politically he is a republican and is past chancellor of North Webster Lodge No. 367, Knights of Pythias, and a member of the Grand Lodge.

Wiuuiam S. Stocker is an honored veteran of the Civil war, in which he sustained a wound that sent him home when the struggle was still at its height. He has been a resident of Kosciusko County for more than half a century and the productive labors of the earlier years have enabled him to enjoy a comfortable retirement for some time, though he still lives on his farm in the northeast corner of Tippecanoe Township.

He was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, May 1, 1842, son of Andrew and Margaret (Strieby) Stocker. His parents were both born in Stark County, Ohio. In the spring of 1863 the parents and eight children came to Indiana and settled just over the line in Noble County, opposite the farm of William S. Stocker. Andrew Stocker died near Webster, December 13, 1882, at the age of sixty-five.

William S. Stocker was reared in Ohio and in that state on August 17, 1862, enlisted in Company K of the Ninety-Eighth Ohio Infantry. He was sent into General Buell's army in the Kentucky campaign and only a few weeks after his enlistment took part in the Battle of Perryville, where he was wounded in the left side. He was sent to a field hospital at Perryville, was later removed to Lebanon and from there to Louisville, and after partial recovery was given an honorable discharge, December 28, 1862, and sent home. He accompanied his parents to Indiana.

On November 19, 1868, Mr. Stocker married Sarah C. Knepper, who was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, January 29, 1847, and was brought to Indiana when a year and a half old, her parents settling in Noble County, where she grew to womanhood and where she lived until her marriage. Her father was a native of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and her mother of Franklin County.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Stocker settled on a farm in Noble County and a few years later moved to section 1 in Tippecanoe Township, where they have had their home nearly half a century. Mr. Stocker has prospered in his general farm work and has given attention to some specialties, especially bee keeping. He has always

He and his wife had eight children, five of whom are still living: George E., of Spokane, Washington; Edward H., of Noble County, Indiana; Rosa B., wife of Elmore Kohen, of Kosciusko County ; Samuel, of Turkey Creek Township; and Myrtle, wife of Bert Earl, of Noble County.

WiiuiamM Suroyer is one of the men who are properly accounted successful and are numbered among the enterprising citizens and farmers of Plain Township. Mr. Shroyer has lived in this county all his life and for the past quarter of a century has directed his energies to farming and stock raising on his place consisting of 120 acres, one of the well arranged and productive homesteads of his locality.

Mr. Shroyer was born in Plain Township June 11, 1865, son of Daniel and Matilda (Huffman) Shroyer, the former a native of Stark County, Ohio, and the latter of Kosciusko County. Daniel Shroyer eame to Indiana with his parents, George and Sarah (Wolf) Shroyer. George Shroyer was born in Virginia, June 5, 1808, and married in Ohio. He and Sarah Shroyer had seven children. His first wife died August 28, 1861, and he was a second time married. George Shroyer on coming to Indiana settled in Elkhart County, but finally moved to Kosciusko County, and died here June 11, 1880. He was a member of the Lutheran Church and in politics a democrat. Daniel Shroyer after his marriage settled in Plain Township, and his wife died there, while he passed away in Elkhart County. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church and served as a trustee. In the family were nine children, four of whom are still living. William; Lewis E., of Plain Township; Luela, wife of Frank Wilcox, their home being the old home farm in Plain Township; and Charles A., who graduated from the pharmacy department of Purdue University and is now a druggist at Warsaw.

William Shroyer grew up on the old farm and had a common school education. He lived at home until his marriage, December 25, 1893, when Miss Catherine Brumbaugh became his wife. Mrs. Shroyer was born in Kosciusko County, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Brumbaugh. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Shroyer settled on the farm where they now live and where they have been prospered and have become objects of special esteem in that community. They are members of the Church of the Brethren, and Mr. Shoyer is affiliated with Warsaw Lodge of the Masons. In politics he is a republican. He and his wife have one daughter, Grace, who finished her education with two years in the Warsaw High School. She is now the wife of Ralph McDaniel, of Plain Township, and her three children, grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Shroyer, are named Charles, Lenore and Catherine.

Howarp L. Mauzy is a farmer located a mile east of Dutchtown in Tippecanoe Township, and is one of the young and enterprising men from whom a great deal can be expected in solid and substantial

Mr. Mauzy was born on the farm where he now lives October 23, 1885, son of N. W. and Harriet A. (Clark) Mauzy. His father was born in Pennsylvania in 1850. His mother died October 23, 1917. They were members of the Dunkard Church. Of their six children five are still living: John W.; Edward, who lives in Tippecanoe Township and married Alta Heron; Cardie, a traveling salesman living at Auburn, married Nellie Thorn; Ida is the wife of Harry Weaver, living in Whitley County, Indiana; and Howard L.

Howard L. Mauzy grew up on the old farm and had a district school education. He lived with his parents to the age of twenty-one and on December 22, 1907, married Miss Rilla May Crist. Mrs. Mauzy was born in Plain Township April 26, 1890, daughter of William and Mary J. (Ritter) Crist.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Mauzy began farming, and have been making much headway during the past ten years. In 1917 they moved to their present place, which comprises forty acres, and which is managed with good equipment and with plenty of livestock. Mr. and Mrs. Mauzy have one son, Leonard L., born September 24, 1909. Mr. Mauzy and family are very active members of the Progressive Brethren Church. He is secretary of his local church and superintendent of its Sunday School. In politics he votes as a republican.

JosePH P. WEIMER. One of the men whose name is spoken with special mark of respect in the North Webster community is Joseph P. Weimer, long identified with the agricultural affairs of that region and also a banker of North Webster. His country home is a mile north of the town.

Mr. Weimer was born in Stark County, Ohio, June 5, 1860, son of Joseph D. and Hanna (Hurraw) Weimer. The parents were both natives of Pennsylvania but were married in Ohio and from there came to Kosciusko County in 1865. From that time until their death they lived on a farm east of Webster Lake. Joseph D. Weimer was very active in the United Brethren Church and served as an exhorter. In the family were nine children, five of whom are still living: Cyrus, a retired farmer of North Webster, fought as a Union soldier in the Civil war aJl the way from 1861 to the close of hostilities ; Savilla, wife of Levi Fiddler, of Syracuse, Indiana; Mary, wife of Frank Kuhn, of Wisconsin ; Joseph P.; and Dessie, wife of Elias Fiddler, of North Webster.

Joseph P. Weimer was five years old when his parents came to Kosciusko County, and here he grew to manhood and has found opportunities for a busy and useful career. He was in school until about eighteen, and at the age of twenty-one began working his father's farm and after his father's death bought part of the old homestead.

November 25, 1888, Mr. Weimer married Lillie Singer, of Oswego, Indiana. She was born at Wolf Lake in Kosciusko County. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs, Weimer sold the farm and bought a place a mile and a half north of North Webster in Happy Corner community. This was their home and there they prospered for eighteen years. Moving from there, they bought their present place a mile north of North Webster, where Mr. Weimer has a highly eultivated farm of a hundred and forty acres. It is devoted to general farming and stock raising. Mr. Weimer was one of the organizers of the Farmers State Bank at North Webster and is a member of its board of directors.

He is a member of the official board of the Methodist Episcopal Church at North Webster and has served as superintendent of the Sunday School. Politically he votes as a republican. He and his wife have two children: Zermah and Dale R. Zermah is the wife of Robert Phelps, and they have one child, Charlon H. Phelps.

Mn.o H. Harmon. The most enviable class of people in the world today are the farmers, and those who have learned by experience to handle their affairs with more than ordinary capability and judgment are winning not only material prosperity, but are performing a service reckoned in value as hardly less than bearing arms in the great conflict of civilization.

Milo H. Harmon is proprietor of Maple View Farm, 434 miles north of Etna Green in Scott Township. Mr. Harmon has been a farmer most of his life, is a native of Kosciusko County, and his place has a more than local reputation as the home of some of the finest stock of Duroc strain of hogs in Northeastern Ilinois. His hog herd is headed by French Royal No. 192015, and this high grade stock Mr. Harmon has found satisfactory from every point of view. He also handles much other livestock, and devotes practically all the resources of his farm to meat production.

He was born January 13, 1866, a son of David S. and Susan (Bordner) Harmon. His father was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and in youth moved to Henry County, Ohio. He married Miss Bordner, a native of Wood County, Ohio, and five years later they moved to the Stoney Point community in Prairie Township of Kosciusko County. David S. Harmon was one of the popular men of that community until his death in 1906. His widow is still living on the old farm. Both were members of the Dunkard Church and he was a republican. Of their nine children, five are still living. John H., Albert, Milo H., Sarah, wife of John Q. McFarren, and Emma, wife of Peter Bowen.

Milo H. Harmon grew up on the farm near Stoney Point, and besides the advantages derived from the district schools took a course in the Valparaiso University in 1886. At the end of twenty-eight weeks he was graduated in the commercial course and then returned home and went to farming.

Mr. Harmon married Cora J. Bowman. After their marriage they farmed one summer on his father's farm, another year on the farm of his wife's father, and then bought eighty acres of land in Marshall County. That county was their home for five years, at the end of which time they returned to Kosciusko County and bought the Maple

Mr. and Mrs. Harmon have one son, Loyal V., born January 21, 1894, and a graduate of the common schools and the Etna Green High School. He married Goldie Johnson, and they are farmers living in Etna Green. Mr. Harmon is affiliated with Leesburg Lodge of Masons and is a very active republican. He is also a stockholder in the Mutual Telephone Company.

Arcus B. WHITEHEAD. One of the names that is well known to the people of Kosciusko County as standing for expert agricultural ability and sound citizenship is that of Whitehead, represented by Mr. Argus B. Whitehead, who is known among his neighbors of Tippecanoe Township as a very practical and at the same time progressive farmer. Mr. Whitehead's home is 814 miles northeast of Warsaw.

He has spent most of his life in this county, but was born in Elkhart County, March 22, 1875, son of Emanuel and Elizabeth (Ulery) Whitehead. His father and mother were born and grew up and married in Elkhart County. They were farmers there, and about 1888 moved to Kosciusko county and located where their son Argus now lives, acquiring a hundred acres. At that time land in Indiana was comparatively cheap, and they paid only forty dollars an acre for this homestead. Emanuel Whitehead made his home on the farm until after the death of his wife and has since lived in Warsaw. There were six children, four of whom are stil] living: Argus B.; Jesse, assistant postmaster of Warsaw; Dr. C. S. Whitehead, of Naperville, Illinois; and Calvin, a railwav mail clerk with a run on the Pennsyl- ' vania between Chicago and Pittsburg.

Argus B. Whitehead spent most of his life on the farm and has lived on his present place since he was thirteen vears old. Ile had a district school education and on November 22, 1896, married Miss Myrtle Sparklin. Mrs. Whitehead was born in Kosciusko County July 1, 1876, and was educated in the common schools. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Whitehead located on a farm in the northeast corner of Wayne Township, but a vear later returned to the old Whitehead farm, which they rented until March 10, 1912. They now own 200 acres, and it furnishes constant demands upon their united energies. Mr. and Mrs. Whitehead have four children: C. G. Whitehead, a graduate of the North Webster High School and now a student in North Manchester College; Laurie, who has had three years in the North Webster High School ; Earl, a graduate of the common schools; and Dale, still in the district school.

This is one of the prominent families of the Church of the Brethren in their part of the county. Mr. Whitehead is a deacon in the church, has always been one of its active workers, and has served as church clerk and is present church treasurer. For the past seven years he has been superintendent of the Sunday School. In matters of politics he supports the republican party.

JAMES A. STONERURNER. One of the valuable men of Kosciusko County from the point of view of service rendered the public is James A. Stoneburner, fish and game warden, who for thirteen years has occupied this office under the state government, and has used his influence and his official capacity to protect and conserve the game resources of the country and enforce the laws and regulations pertaining thereto. Mr. Stoneburner is also a farmer, and has lived at his present place in Plain Township since 1911. One of the features of his farm is Stoneburner Beach, a very popular resort in the county.

Mr. Stoneburner was born in Warsaw, February 19, 1883, son of John and Angeline (Shaddow) Stoneburner, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Indiana. His parents married in Kosciusko County and spent the rest of their days in Warsaw. They were the parents of five children: Samuel, Mary, Rose, Ruth and James A., all now deceased except the last.

James A. Stoneburner grew to manhood in the city of Warsaw and attended the public schools there. His first vocation was as a stationary engineer and for about eighteen months he was connected with the Warsaw waterworks. He was then appointed deputy commissioner of fish and game for the state of Indiana, and has given his services in that capacity since 1905.

March 31, 1905, Mr. Stoneburner married Bertha E. Wirieck, who was born in Kosciusko County, daughter of Napoleon and Sadie Wirieck. She is a graduate of the common schools. They have two children, Paul and Cleta May, beth in the publie schools.

Mr. Stoneburner takes an active part in Masonry and other fraternities, and is affiliated with Warsaw Lodge No. 73, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Royal Arch Chapter, and is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason at Fort Wayne. He is also affiliated with Warsaw Lodge of the Knights of Pythias and is a charter member of the Loval Order of Moose at the county seat. In politics he is a republican, but has held no office except as fish and game warden.

JoHN W. Mauzy. A large part of the population of Plain Township is familiar with and patronizes the store of John W. Mauzy of Dutchtown, finding that a reliable place for their general supplies and appreciating Mr. Mauzy's enterprise and personal qualifications as a merchant and good citizen.

Mr. Mauzy is a native of Kosciusko County, born in Tippecanoe Township, April 2, 1879, son of N. W. and Harriet A. (Cunningham) Mauzy. His father was a native of Virginia and his mother of Ohio, and both came to Kosciusko County when young and after their marriage here settled on a farm in Tippecanoe Township, where they spent the rest of their days. The mother died October 25, 1917. They were members of the German Baptist Church at Oak Grove and the father was a republican in politics. Of the six children five are still living, John W.; Edward, a farmer in Tippecanoe Township ; Cirdie, a salesman at Auburn, Indiana; Howard, a Tippecanoe Township farmer; and Ida. wife of Harry Weaver, of Richland Township, Whitley County, Indiana.

John W. Mauzy grew up on the farm in Tippecanoe Township and had a common school education. He lived at home until September 29, 1907, when he married Miss Nellie Van Curen, daughter of B. F. and Cora (Howard) Van Curen. Her people are well known and substantial farmers of Wayne Township of this county. Her father was born in Washington Township, this county, February 14, 1857, and her mother was born in Noble County, May 12, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Van Curen have six children: Nellie, a graduate of the common schools; Bessie, a graduate of the common schools and wife of E. G. Pletcher; Forest, who married Elizabeth Shoda; Wayne, Irene and Ruth.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Mauzy lived for a time in Warsaw, then on a farm in Plain Township, spent a year in Tippecanoe Township, and for three years Mr. Mauzy had his home in © Goshen, Indiana, where he was connected with the Curtis and Carmine Hardware Company. This was followed by six months with a hardware store at Syracuse, Indiana, after which he utilized his experience and training by opening a stock of general merchandise at Dutchtown. Mr. Mauzy is a member of Warsaw Lodge No. 73 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and in politics is a republican.

Joun E. Hatu. One of the families longest represented in Kosciusko County's citizenship is that of John E. Hall. The Halls have been here over fourscore years, and the name through all these decades has been synonymous with good citizenship, industry and business success.

The family was established here by his grandparents, Samuel and Catherine (Anglin) Hall, both of whom were born in Virginia of English and Irish ancestry. They married in 1822. Catherine Anglin was a daughter of Adrian and Mary (McClung) Anglin. In the fall of 1834 Samuel Hall left Virginia and came west and penetrated the wilderness of Eastern Indiana to a tract of Government land in Plain Township of Kosciusko County. He acquired 320 acres of land from the Government in 1835, not being permitted to register for land until that date. So he experienced many of the trials and hardships of the pioneer. lived for several years with as many Indians as white neighbors, but finally brought his land under cultivation and was not only a successful farmer but conspicuous as a man of affairs. He held the office of justice of the peace, was also associate judge for a number of years, and for one term was state senator. He died in 1857, at the age of fifty-five. and at the time was candidate for state representative. In politics he was a democrat. His widow survived him until 1882 and passed away at the age of eighty-three. They were parents of eight children: Melinda, born April 26, 1823; Elam, born January 10. 1825; Hiram: Tucinda, born March 1, 1829; David, born January 18, 1832: Elizabeth. born March 5. 1837; Joel, born October 18. 1839.; Matilda, born February 22, 1846.

Hiram Hall. father of John E. Hall, was born in Harrison County, Virginia, October 26, 1826, and was eight years old when the familv came west to Indiana. Most of his education therefore was acquired in subscription schools. For four months he attended Franklin College, and after that did some teaching. In 1850 he bought 166 acres of sparsely improved land in Prairie Township, and with the industry that characterized him as a farmer and by his commendable business enterprise he added to his possessions until he had over 660 acres, practically all highly improved. He was also active in local affairs, a loyal democrat, and in 1851, when only twenty-five years old, was elected township trustee. He was also one of the first directors of the Lake City Bank at Warsaw. December 21, 1851, Hiram Hall married Carrie A. Powell, a daughter of John and Dorothy (Morris) Powell, natives of Ohio. Eight children were born to their marriage: Lemon, born October 2, 1853; Electa, born December 18, 1854, and died March 7, 1881; Olive, born March 3, 1856, died January 10, 1872; Albert, born October 17, 1858. a resident of Leesburg; Nettie, born November 30, 1861, a resident of Leesburg; Ella, born September 18, 1868, now deceased ; John E.; and Rose, born September 1, 1875.

Mr. John E. Hall was born at the old homestead in Prairie Township, a mile and three quarters west of Leesburg, May 3, 1871. He grew up on the home farm and was educated in the common schools. On January 1, 1892, at the age of twenty-one, he married Miss Phoebe M. Cormaney. She was born in Marshall County, Indiana, February 5, 1870, daughter of S. T. and Eliza (Hite) Cormaney, the former a native of Elkhart County and the latter of Ohio. Her parents now live near Kosciusko Station in Washington Township. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have two children: George L., born March 29, 1896, a graduate of the Warsaw High School, now a farmer in South Dakota; and Iva M., born May 3, 1900, a graduate of the Warsaw High School with the class of 1918. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Chureh at Warsaw and Mr. Hall is a Past Noble Grand of Leesburg Lodge, No. 432, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he votes for the man regardless of his political views.

Mr. Hall is proprietor of the Oak Grove Farm, a splendid place comprising 152 acres located three miles north of Warsaw on rural route No. 5 and eligibly situated on the Hoosier Dixie Highway. Mr. Hall is especially prominent as a breeder of Holstein cattle. He has at the head of his herd a fine bull called Jess, which is eligible to register among the thoroughbreds of that strain in America.

Wiuuiam H. Brxuer has been successfully identified with the farming enterprise of Kosciusko County for a number of years. His home is in Tippecanoe Township, nine miles northeast of Warsaw, on rural route No. 1 out of Leesburg. Mr. Bixler's present prosperity is the result of long years of honest toil and good management. He began life with small capital, having been left an orphan when a small boy, and the prosperity he now enjoys is to be credited to the earnest and faithful work and cooperation on the part of himself and his: good wife.

Mr. Bixler was born in LaGrange County, Indiana, October 14, 1868, son of Henry and Hattie (Hair) Bixler, both of whom were natives of Ohio. They were married in Ohio, and soon afterwards came to Indiana and settled on a farm near Howe in LaGrange County. The mother died there and the father afterwards came to Kosciusko County and spent the last three years of his life in Tippecanoe Township. They were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and in politics the father was a republican. Of the seven children, only two are now living, William H. and Emma, the latter the wife of Charles Sidner of Covington, Kentucky

William H. Bixler was six years old when he was left an orphan, and he grew up in the home of a cousin in LaGrange. He had the advantages of the district schools there, and lived in his adopted home to the age of twenty-one. He then came to Kosciusko County and on October 4, 1892, married Miss May Tenney. Mrs. Bixler was born in Tennessee and was a girl when brought to Kosciusko County by her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Bixler have two children, Fred and Mildred. Fred, who completed his education in the high schools at North Webster and Oswego, is a farmer in Tippecanoe Township, and by his marriage to Miss Biltz has two children, named Delight and Winton. The daughter, Mildred, is a graduate of the North Webster High School and is the wife of Isaac Kline. Isaac Kline is now serving in the United States Army. He and his wife have one daughter, June.

Mr. and Mrs, Bixler are active members of the Brethren church. He is affiliated with Lodge No. 192 of the Knights of Pythias at Leesburg and in politics is a republican. The good farm and home which represents the best efforts of himself and wife through many months Gye 100 acres and is situated in section 19 of Tippecanoe Township.

FraNK O. Ricocreek. A successful agriculturist, like the man who makes a success in any other line of endeavor, must not only possess the knowledge to keep abreast of the advancement of the times but also the ability to apply this knowledge so that it will be productive of satisfying results. In Kosciusko County, where the average of intelligence and ability in farming' and stock raising is more than ordinarily high, one who is contributing to this prestige is Krank OU. Richcreek, proprietor of the Eden Stock Farm of 100 acres, situated in Tippecanoe Township, a mile west of North Webster. This is a property that is paying valuable returns for the labor bestowed upon it. Mr. Richereek has a more than local reputation as a breeder of Norman horses, imported Jersey cattle and Duroc hogs. IIis hog sales annually attract a large number of buyers from this and other counties.

Though Mr. Richereek has spent most of his life in Kosciusko County, he was born in Barton County, Missouri, February 8, 1872, a son of Thomas and Rebecca (Hart) Richereek. Both- parents were natives of Ohio but were married in Kosciusko County. They went out to Missouri and lived on a farm in Barton County for eleven years, returning to Kosciusko County January 13, 1879. The father, a substantial farmer, died in 1891 and his widow in 1901. He was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and a republican voter without office holding aspirations. In the family were twelve children, nine of whom are still living, three of them in Indiana: James E., a farmer at Pierceton, Indiana; Anna I., wife of Albert Menzel ; Josie, wife of Thomas R. Boydston, of Chicago; Effie, wife of Michael Donavan, of Chicago; Lulu, wife of Emanuel Manier, of Detroit, Michigan; Joseph, of Argo, Illinois; Charles, of New Orleans; and Harry, of Hudson, New Jersey.

Frank Q. Richcreek was seven years old when his parents returned to Kosciusko County, and here he grew up in rural environment and acquired his education in the common schools. He was also a student at North Manchester and at Winona College, and for seventeen years was one of the successful educators, having charge of several schools in Tippecanoe Township. ;

In 1896 he married Miss Julia A. Miller, a native of Kosciusko County and daughter of Emanuel and Nancy Miller. They are the parents of three children: Florence, born March 12, 1898, is a graduate of the North Webster High School and is now a teacher; Ruby R., born February 20, 1902, is a graduate of the common schools and of the North Webster High School with the class of 1918; and Dale O., a student in the common schools.

Mr. Richereck is widely known as Elder Richcreek, being an elder in the Syracuse and Tippecanoe Congregation of the Church of the Brethren. He was ordained an elder in that church at the age of thirty years, and has carried many of the responsibilities of church leadership and maintenance. In politics he is a republican. Mr. Richereek is one of the stockholders in the Farmers Bank at North Webster and for one year was vice president of the institution.

ANDREW J. SMITH has spent his days almost entirely in Franklin Township, and from early manhood has borne the reputation of being a successful farmer, an industrious and capable business man, and as a citizen whose loyalty and public spirit could always be relied upon. Mr. Smith is proprietor of the Burdock farm, comprising 340 acres, located 214 miles southwest of Mentone in Franklin Township.

Mr. Smith was born in that township April 4, 1850, a son of Leonard and Mary (Heise) Smith. The parents were both born in Pennsylvania, were married there, and in 1849 located in Kosciusko County, where they spent the rest of their days. The mother was a member of the Lutheran Church. Of the family of eleven children those still living are Andrew J., George, Daniel, and Albert, the last named a resident of Michigan. ;

Andrew J. Smith grew up on the home farm and his early privileges in the educational line were those of the common schools. The school he attended was known as the Jaybird School. He was eleven years of age when his father died and from that time forward bore an increasing share of the responsibilities of work and management on the home farm. He lived at home until twenty-one and on October 1, 1871, married Miss Melinda C. Hipshen. Mrs. Smith was born near Palestine in this county February 25, 1851. ; married and lives in Clayton, New Mexico. Mr. Smith and family are members of the Baptist Church and keep up their interest in all current and local affairs. He is a republican voter.

ALLEN Rupte. An honored veteran of the Civil war and a lifelong resident of Kosciusko County, Allen Ruple has made his influence and actions count for benefit to himself and his community. He represents one of the older names of Turkey Creek Township, and is owner of one of the good farms in that locality, located five miles south of Syracuse.

He was born in the township of his present residence September 16, 1844, a son of Jacob and Catherine (Funk) Ruple, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio. They came to Kosciusko County in pioneer days, were married here, and spent the rest of their days as farmers. Both died on the farm now owned and occupied by their son Allen. They were very active members of the United Brethren Church, which was one of the oldest church organii zations in the township, and the father followed the democratic party ' in his political allegiance. Of their five children only two are now living, Allen and Fred, the latter a resident of Van Buren County, Michigan.

Allen Ruple grew up on the home farm and attended some of the early district schools here. About the time he reached his majority he enlisted, in 1865, in Company B of the One Hundred and Fifty- Second Indiana Infantry and saw some active service during the closing campaigns of the war. When the war was over he returned home and for half a century has been assiduously identified with the work of agriculture in this county.

In 1870 he married Orline Starner, who was born in Ohio but lived in Kosciusko County from early girlhood. Mrs. Ruple died November 23, 1916. All their married lives they spent on the farm where Mr. Ruple owns 110 acres, all in one body and devoted it to general farming and stock raising.

He and his wife had three children: Laura, deceased; Alice, wife of Jessie Shock, of Syracuse; and Ada, who married William Mallon, and they live with Mr. Ruple. Mr. Ruple is affiliated with the Grand Army Post at Syracuse and in politics is a republican.