Madison County, Indiana - The whole text, 1914 (part 10 of 16)

The early education of Mr. Yule was secured in the public and high schools of Aurora, and subsequently this v^as supplemented by a course in a commercial college in the city of Toronto. Following his graduation therefrom, he adopted the professiou of educator, and for several years Avas engaged in teaching school in Canada, but in January, 1693, migrated to the L'nited States, and for three years was engaged iji railroading in Wisconsin. He nest iden Lined himself vritli the National Pank of Neenah, Wisconsin, but after four years went to Dallas, Texas, and was there connected with a publishing house until 1899, when he came to Alexandria, Indiana," to enter the employ of the -Alexandria Paper Company, of which his brother, Edwin Watsor. Yule, is secretary and treasurer. He at once, joined the selling force of this venture and his success in popularizing the company's products gained him steady .nilvancemeut until now he is capabl}" filling the responsible position of sales managt^r, being at the head of an able, well-trained corps of salesmen, v/ho under his direction ha\e made this one of the lead'ng concerns of its kind in the State. He is possessed of marked executive ability and to this has been added a progressive spirit and modern methods of attracting business that have caused him to be recognized as one of the leading men of his oallii'g in the [Middle West.

J\lr. Yule was married (fii'st) December 15, 1897, to IMIl-s Dora Rynei-son, who died February 2, 1899, leaving one child, Byron. His second marriage occurred ^fay 14, 1903, when he vvas united with ]\Iiss Grace J. Crouse, of Alexandria, daughter of Jacob S. Crouse. Thr<." children have been born to this union: George E., Mary E. a:id John C, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Yule are consistent members of the Christian church, and have been liberal in their support of religious and charitable movements. He enjoys the privileges of membership in th'- local lodge of the ^Masonic fraternity.

Edwin Watson Yule. One of the important factors in the business life of Alexandria, and an enterprise which has added materially to the prestige of this city as a manufacturing center, is that of tlr- Alexandria Paper Company, which was founded here in July, 1900. Much of the success of this enterprise may be accredited to the efforts of its capable and popular secretary and treasurer. Edwin Watson Yule, whose location here occurred simultaneously vrith that of tlie business and who has become widely known in manufacturing circlesjNIr. Yule is a Canadian, having been born in the Province of Ontario.

in 1874, and is a son of Andrew and ]Mary (AVatson) Yuie, the former still a resident of the Dominion and an emplo}'e of the British government. There were five cliildreu in the fandly : AVatson, John C, Edwin Watson, E. B. and Walter S.

Edwin Watson Yule received his preliminary educational training in the public schools of Ontario, following which he took a course in a commercial college in the city of Toronto. Being well trained in stenography, he secured a position with a manufacturing concern at Aurora, Ontario, in the employ of which he remained four years, and succeeding this he spent one year with a like business at ilount Forrest, Ontario. Mr. Yule came to the United States to enter the services of a paper manufacturing concern of Menaslui, Wisconsin, in connection with which, two years later, he came to Alexandria, and assisted in the establishment of the Alexandria Paper Company. He has continued to be identified with this business to the present time and through marked ability has risen to his present position, that of secretary and treasurer of this important enterprise. In the management of the affairs of this business, Mr. Yule has displayed the possession of those ciualities which make for success in any of the Vv'alks of life - shrewdness, versatility, perseverance and close application, and among his associates he is recognized as one to whom they may look for advice and leadership. He is essentially a business man and has never cared for the activities of the public arena, but has found diversion in fraternal circles as a valued member of the local lodge of Elks.

On July 17, 1902, ]\lr. Yule was married to Miss Georgina Lemon, who was also born in Canada, a daughter of George and Sophia (Meek) Lemon. They have no children. JNIr. Yule is a member of the Christian church and ^^-Irs. Yule of the Episcopal church, and they have numerous friends in their congregaiions. The family home is located at Alexandria.

Joseph Draper. In the eighty-fifth year of his life, Joseph Draper, whose home is in what is known as Scotts addition, and who is the owiier of a section of land in jMonroe township, is one of the venerable old men of ]\Iadison county, has been a farmer, has grown many thousands of bushels of corn and wheat and other grain crops during his career, and his record is one of wliich his family and fellow citizens may well be proud. Joseph Draper was born December 17, 182S, in South Hampton, Virginia, the old Dominion state, a son of Thomas and Mary (Turner) Draper. Thomas Draper was also born in that section of Virginia, but his father, Ephraim Draper, came from England in colonial days, and located in Virginia. Thomas Draper, after all his children had been born in Virginia, moved out to Ohio, settling near Canton, and later moved to Rush county, Indiana, which was his home until his death. His ten children are mentioned as follows: Loren E., Ephraim W., John E., Thomas J., deceased; Joseph; ^Martha, Edna, Mary and ]\Iarcella, deceased ; and jMargaret, who lives in Hancock county, Indiana.

In 1855 he married Nancy Ewing, now deceased and huried in Knightstown, Indiana. He came from Kentuclvy and lived in Rush county up to the time of his marriage. In 1858 Mr. Draper niarri^'d Elizabeth Stephens, who was born in Rush county and is buried in thr Baptist cemetery of that vicinit}-. She was tlie mother of one child, Isaac S. Draper, who died at the age of fourteen. On June 15, 18G2, Joseph Draper married for his tliird wife Annie Siler, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Reddick) Siler, and her parents were among the early settlers of Indiana. The four ch.ildren of Joseph Draper and his third wife, are as follows: Mary E., who married Grant Stephenson, and has four children whose names are Effie, the wife of Roy Ladd : Lela, wife of Walter Jackson; Edith; and ^Mattie. Mrs. Effie Ladd has a child, Aniia Ivathlene, who is a great-grandchild of Joseph Draper. ]Martha, the second of the children, married William Blake, and is the mother of six children, Estei, Earl, Ernest. Anna, Minnie and ''Little Joe.'' Peter T. married Elizabeth Thurston, and their two children are Arthur and Joe. John Wesley married ^^Liunie Fuller, and tliev have one child, Zoe. ^Jr. Draper and family worship in the Christian church. "Uncle Joe'' and his dear old v/ife live in a comfortable iv^idence in East Alexandria, enjoying the association of legions of frit-uds. They are a peaceful and happy couple and are honored I)y all who know thera.

Andrew Berg. One of the prosperous farmers of Monroe tovv'us'iip. a man who has been the architect of his ovv'n fortunes, and from a Legiuning without capital luis become the possessor of a good honie, Mr. Berc has spent most of the years of his active life in ^Icidison county, and is one of the liiglily respected citizens 'of his home township.

Andrew Berg was born November 1. 18G0, in Hamilton county. Indiana, a son of David and Elizabeth (Kauffman) Berg. The fatiier came from Lancaster county, Peniisylvania, locating in Wayne county, Indiana, where he spent his life as a farmer. The brothers and sisters of Mr. Berg are as follows: Christian; ^Vlary, deceased; John; Levi; Samuel; David; Benjamin, deceased; and Elizabeth, also deceased.

Mr. Andrew Berg attended school in Hamilton county, and whil going to school worked on the home farm, and was v.-ell equipped for his life v/ork by the time he had completed his education and attaln-'d his majority. At the age of twenty-one he began as a renter and co!itinued in that way until he bought the forty-acre farm on which !'--' now lives in ]\Ionroe township of ^ladison I'ounty. He raises good crops. and is especially interested in hogs, and he has some of the best exa'-iples of the Duroc swine in ]Madisou county, ilr. Berg is also a carpentt-r by trade and has built several houses ancl barns in iladison county, a;:'^; has erected his own buildings.

June 26, 1882, he nmrried ]Miss Maggie Stephenson, a daughter of William R. and Lucinda Stephenson. They are the parents of toi)r children, namely: Eva, deceased; Gj-aee, who married Bert Bertraia. and has one daughter, Geneva; Alvie, v/no married Jessie Ilamniomi; and Raymond, at home. All the children have been through S'-bo"'. and Mr. and ^Irs. Berg have taken pains to educate them and fit tb.--!' as well as possible for their individual careers. The familj' worsbip

William F. AVilsox. One of the largest land owners in Monroe township, AVilliam F. AYilson, has accumulated his vast holdings by steady industry and hard, unremitting labor, and his career furnishes an excellent example of the self-made manhood which has proved such an important factor in the development of this prosperous section of the Hoosier State. His farm at present consists of 426 acres, lying on the ]\tuncie and Alexandria pike, about two and one-half miles east of Alexandria, and this he devotes mainly to the raising of stock, with the dairy business as a side line. ^Ir. Wilson was born on his father's farm in Monroe township, [Madison county, Indiana, July 5, 1868, and is a son of James L. and Margaret (Busby) Wilson.

After attending the public schools of !}.lonroe township, i\Ir. Wilson took a course in an Iowa college, in v/hich his brother, a well-kiiow)i educator, was at that time one of the tutors.. As a lad he began his agricultural training, and during his eutii'e -School period spent his vacations and other spare time in v\'orking on the homestead, and wjien he had reached his majority became his father's partner in fanning ventures, continuing v.ith the elder man for fourteen years. In company with him h.e purchased forty acres in the vicinity in vvdiich he now lives, and ilr. AYilson subsequently bought his father's interest in tiiis property, and following that was engaged in various land transactions, constantly adding to his property. As his tlnances permitted, he erected buildings of a substantial character and boue'ht new machiner}'. and his stock raising operations assiimed large proi'Ortions. Untiring industry and close application to every detail of his have bet^u the price paid by ]Mr. AYilson for his success, and in the meantime h^ has firmly established himself in the confidence of the community as a man of strict integrity and honorable dealing.

On ]\Iarch 16, 1893. ]Mr. Wilson was united in marriage with Miss Vienna Carver, daughter of AYilliam Carver, whose family came to Madison county from Fayette county, Indiana. Six children have ],een born to ^Ir. and j\Irs. Wilson: An infant, deceased: Everett/ Orval, ilorris, Angeline and Ca.ssie. The children have all been given good educational advantages and have wide social connections in Alexandria. With his wife and family, ^Ir. Wilson attends the Christian church, and has been liberal in his support of its movements. Essentially a farmer, with wide and varied interests, he has never found time to enter actively into public affairs, although he endeavors to support good men and movements and to advance the cause of education and good citizenship. Republican candidates and principles have always received his vote.

Homer B. Jones. On the Anderson road, just outside the village of Florida, in Lafayette township, there is situated a fine rural homestead of Homer B. Jones. This is a place of two hundred acres, of fine land, and with such improvements as are familiarly associated with modern high-class agriculture. The owner is a progi-essive young farmer citizen of ^Madison county, and a representative of the second generation of a family which had been identified with this county for many years.

November 6, 1882, a son of John L. and Sallie (Lowmaii) Jones. His father, John L. Jones, was a large laud owner and an extensive farmer of this county. His family of four children were as follows: Minnie Ragan; Bertha, deceased; Homer B. ; and Dale. The father moved from Ills farm to Anderson about seven years ago and died about three years ago. Since then the mother has returned to the country and now resides with her son Dale at Florida. Her son, Dale, who is also a student of Purdue University, has a little place of ten acres, adjoining Florida, and operates that as a small farm.

Homier B. Jones attended the country schools and was engaged in the activities of the farm throughout his school period. He was married November 21, 1905, to Nell Thornberg, of Anderson, a daughter of Richard and Arabelle (Thomas) Thornberg. Their two children are Richard L., age about six years, and Ralph, age about three. Mr. Jones is a public spirited citizen so far as local affairs are concerned, but otherwise takes little interest in politics. He and his wife are both young people and find their societj- in the city of Anderson. Both are members of the ^Methodist chureh, and activelv interested in churcli work.

Robert Oliver Perry Thurston. The wise and vigorous application of practical industry never fails of success. It is the medium through which an individual is cai-ried onward and upward, developing his personal chai-acter and acting as a powerful stimulus to the eiiorts of others. The exercise of the ordinary qualities of pcrseveran_ce and common sense may form the means through vdiich the greatest restilts in life are attained, the every-day life, with its necessities, cares and duties, affording ample opportunities for acquiring experience of the best kind, and its most beaten paths providing a true worker v/ith cbundant scope for effort and self-improvement. In the field of daily activity in his chosen vocation, Robert Oliver Perry Thurston has won success, an enviable reputation and a place am.ong the representative agriculturists of Madison county, whe^i'e he is the owner of a vv-ell-eultivated lariii of eighty acres on the township road between ]!\Ionroe and Richland. Mr. Thurston is a native of IMadison county, having been born near the town of Sunnuitville, ]\Iarch 19, 1861, a son of John F. and Margaret (Morris) Thurston. His father, a successful farmer, was the owner of several valuable farms, and spent his entire life in the cultivation of the soil. He was county commissioner of the count}- for two terms. Ho and his wife were the parents of six children: IMary E., who became the wife of James Woolen; Enoch P.; Nannie B., who is now Mrs. Joseph Howard, deceased; Robert Oliver Perry; George F. and Ora W.

Robert 0. P. Thurston received his education in Boone township, where he attended vdiat was known as the Dead Dog school during the winter terms, and, like other farmers' sons of his days and locality, spent the rest of the year in working on the homestead farm. His father gave him a thorough and comprehensive training in the various subjects desirable for the successful farmer to know, and by the time he had reached his majority he was prepared to enter upon a tareer of his own. Accordingly, he left the parental roof and rented a small property in Boone to^niship, and there, in addition to carrying on general farming he engaged in trading in stock of all kind.s. thus accamuhitirig the. means with which to btiy his present farm in IMonroe township. Here he has erected buildings of a modern and substantial character and has made numerous other improvements, his property being one of the most valuable of its size in this section. He is a firm believer in modern methods and machinery and keeps fully abreast of the inventions and discoveries of his calling, giving each innovation a thorough trial before its acceptance or dismissal. As one of his community's energetic and public-spirited citizens, he has joined others in their efforts to advance their locality's interests. Personally, Mr. Thurston is popular with his neighbors and acquaintances and has a wide circle of friends.

On March 8, 188-1, Mr. Thurston was married to ]Miss j\Iary L. Stanley, daughter of Isaac E. and Elizabeth (Fear) Stanley, and seven children have been boi-n to this union, as follows: Chester H., of ^lonroe township, who married ^liss ]Mary Ferguson ; Edgar F., also of this township, who married i\[iss jMay Stevenson; Samuel S. ; Clifford H. ; Cletis and Earl, all residing at home with their parents; and Nellie, who became the wife of Sanmcl AVashburn. Mr. Thurston's parents were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal chui-ch and ]\li's. Thurston is a member of the Christian church. In his political views, Mr. Thurston supports Democratic candidates and policies.

John H. Sigler. As a farmer and stock raiser, Mr. Sigler is one of the most promiuent in Boone township of ]\[adison county, and is a successful representative of a family which has been identified with similar interests in this county since the era of early settlement. In Pipe Creek township, and other sections of the county, the Siglers have been noted as skillful managers of the resources of the soil and have maintained high standards in the local society and citizenship'. John H. Sigler operates and is ov\aier of one hundred and sixty acres of land on the Shiloli road, about six and a half miles northeast of Elwood, and his daily mail facilities lie along that road from Elwood. his rural route being No. 28.

John H. Sigler was born in 1869 in Pipe Creek township near Frankton, a son of Andrew Jackson and ]Mina (Pierce) Sigler. Andrew Jackson Sigler, who is still living, was born in Pipe Creek tov/nship, and is one of the oldest living native sons of that township. Tlie two children in his family are : John H. and a daughter, Josic, who married Mr. Waymire. ]\Ir. and Airs. Waymire have five children named Verniee, Howard, Vesta, Mina and Louis.

John H. Sigler as a boy was reared in Pipe Creek township, attended the Salenr schools, and other local educational institutions. "WTiile a school boy he was also learning his practical lessons as a practical agriculturist, and when his school days were over he applied himself to the work of the home farm until he was twenty-three years of age. He then began his independent career by renting his uncle's farm. Later he moved to Boone township, where he bought his present estate. Air. Sigler raises most of the crops which can be profitably grown in this county, and concentrates his attention on hogs and hoi-ses, being most successful as a stock raiser. On October 20, 1892, Mr. Sigler married Miss Nelia Kimmerling, a daughter of Abe and Mary (Legg) Kimmerling. Mr. and Airs. Sigler are the parents of six children, namely: Russell, Lester, Roliff, Kenneth, Vernon and Mildred. The tv/o oldest sons have both finished their higli school courses in Elwood, while the others are still attending the various grades of school. The family worship in the Christian church, and Mr. Sigler is a Democrat in politics, as has been his family throughout their residence in Madison county.

WmLiAM Emmett Cart WRIGHT. Young men of character and ability are bound to he recognized in their community and to such a class William E. Cartv^right belongs. ^Ir. Cartwright comes from sterling parentage and ancestry in the county of Madison, as well as of the nation, for he dates his ancestry back to grandfather of tlie famous Peter Cartwright, well known in the history of our country. Mr. Cartwright is. the choice of the citizens of Summitville and vicinity as tlie coming postmaster of the thriving village, and his honesty of character has been a factor that entered largely into his appointment to this office under the Wilson administration.

William E. Cartwright, more generally known as Emmett. has been - a resident of ^Madison county, Indiana, all his life, for he was born here September 17, 1884, and he is a son of T. E. and Lily M. (Kaufman) Cartwright. The Kaufman family emigrated from M?son county, West Virginia, to Madison county, Indictna, in 1853, and here maintained their residence to the end of their days. Mr. Cartwright 's father, T. E. Cartwright, is one of the leading citizens and business men of Summitville. and is a gentleman of more than average intellect. He is one oi the best posted men in the county in the matter of Indian lore and in the history of pioneer da;'^s in Indiana.

Mr. Cartwright \\'as reared in his native county and had his education in the graded and high schools, after which he pursued a course in the Indiana Business College. On the home farm he had an especially good training under the tutelage of his father, and he not only was taught the business of farming, but he had inculcated in him principles of integrity and honor that fitted him for the worthy career of his life.

He v»-as in the employ of the Indiana Union Traction Co. for two years and was vvith the Muncie & Portland Traction Co. for one year, besides which he spent about one year as a commercial salesman in Indiana and Ohio. He h."s always been a great adraii-er of William J. Bryan, or since he was a boy of twelve, and he is an advocate of Democratic policies.

Fraternally he is an honored member of the B. P. 0. F.., licdge 1^0. 478, at Alexandria. He has taken great pleasure in the profound study of modern psychology, and his library includes the works of the most erudite writer on the subject. Mr. Cartwright is among the social leaders in Summitville, and he enjoys the high regard of ail,

Robert IvIcLain. The record of Robert JNIcLain, of Summitville, is one distinguished by progi'essive rise from small things to ever increasing responsibilities and success. A native son of ^Madison county, where he was reared, and where he has been known throughout his career, 'Sir. McLain has gone from one position to another, always forward, and formerly a teacher he graduated from that work into merchandising, has been a factor in local financial circles, and is well known in politics and in the law, being a member of the Madison county bar.

Robert McLain was born on a farm in IMadison county March 26. 1869. His parents were Harrison and Emeline (Thurston) IMcLain. His father, who was born in Bro^vTi county, Ohio, in 1837, cam.e to Madison county in 1865 at the close of the Civil war, and bought the old Peter Eaton farm, which for upwards of half a century has been kno',vn as the McLain homestead. Of the six children in the family, three are deceased - ^ATilliam, Charles and Ellen, and the three still living are: Mrs. Clara Swaim ; Walter, a resident of ^Missouri ; and Robert.

III the country schools of ^NEadison county, Robert :McLain received his first preparation for practical Ufe, and finally qualified hnnsclf for school teaching, a profession which he followed four years This .ave him a start in the world, and in 1893, with a limited capital of one hundred and fifty dollars, he bought a stock of hardware and eventually built up an excellent business in SummitviUe. Mi-^ McLain takes special pride in having- assisted at the merging of the Smnmitvi le bank, the Farmers and T^Ierchants bank and the SummitviUe Realty Company nito one institution. The new establishment is styled the, Summityii e Lank and Trust Company, and Mr. McLain was placed m charge of the rust department. A few years ago he was made_ a member of the Madismi Countv Bar Association, and this qualification particularly fitted him for this line of work in the Bank and Trust company. ^

On April 15, 1S96, Mr. McLain married ^liss ]\Iary Hannon, a dauguter of James Ilannon. They are the parents of two children. Harry and \Vin)er Mr. McLain has not only been successful in business but has taken an active part in public affairs. For four ^-ears he neld the oifice of townslnp trustee of Van Buren township, was chairman oftne Democratic Countv Central Committer in 1908, and in the campaign of that year had-the' honor of leading his party to a decisive victory after years of defeat He is affiliated with the Kniglits of Pythias, the luiproveu Order of Red ^len and the ^lodern AVoodmen of America. Mr McLaia has ever stood an advocate of improvement and advancement, always aliening himself with those working for a better moral comnumity, and he has had nuich influence in educational work and m the establishment of a better citizenship.

W-vLTER W. Vestal. On a finely improved estate of two hundred acres in Adams township, Walter AV.Vestal is most succes.sai ly engagea in diversified agriculture and the raising ot high P^^^^^,^'^^'^^^,, ?t n^^ born on a farm adjoining his present esta^te, has lived ^^^^^ <^^^^,^^i^^^, 1\^^ entire period of his life, and he commands the confidence and esttem of all who have known him from earliest youth. Mr. \estal is in tact a man of self-achievements. He began his career without capital, "^'^;".^'^- when he was still a young man and has not only established and mamrained a good home, but has gained his share of prosperity which makes him an enviable figure in the local citizenship. i s i crq

Walter W Vestal was born in Adams township February lb, ibbo, a son of L. C. and Sophia (Poke) Vestal. Both parents were ^^^^^^^ North Carolina, where they were reared, educated %^^^ ^l^^'^f^J^^^^ came to Indiana in 1866, locating in Adams township of J^f j.^'^;/^^^"^ ^ During the Civil war the father spent four_ years m the Confeaeiate army It was not from belief in the principles for which the South fought that he entered the army, since he was personally opposed to Secession, and his service was the result of a draft. He had one brother who fought on the Union side, so that the matter was equalized to a large degree Mr. L. C. Vestal is now retired from farming, and makes hisiome^in Anderson. In politics he is a Republican and -n^PO^^t^d tha^ party from its early organization up to the campaign of 1912 at ^ hich time he voted with the Progressives. The six children in aie family arTnamed as follows: Walter W. ; Edgar N. and I. L, both residents of Anderson township ; Forest, on the old home lann m Adan.. toNNTiship; Esther, who is unmarried and makes her home m Anderson, and

Walter AV. Vestal was reared on the home farm and in the meantime attended the district school in that neighborhood. When he was twentythree he began life for himself, and his valued possessions at that tiine were a horse and buggy. On February 24, 1891, he married ^liss Maggie Stanley, who was born in Anderson township of this county, and a daughter of Meridith Stanley. She attained her education in the district schools. After their marriage Mr. and Sirs. Vestal spent five years as renters and with the thrifty accumulations from their hard labor as tenant farmers, they got their first substantial start. Buying land and paying for it afterwards and then adding bit b}' bit in quantity and constantly improving the estate, they now have one of the finest homesteads in Adams township, two hundred acres, and with numerous handsome improvements. In 1908 they built a modern residence, wliicii is heated with a hot water plant and there is also an individual light plant which furnishes lighting for both the house and the outbuildings. The most profitable part of Mr. Vestal's farming enterprise has been in the raising of hogs and cattle, and his successful management in this branch of husbandry iias been responsible for his steady increase in prosperity.

Mr. and Mrs. Vestal have one daughter, Elsie, who is a graduate oi the Anderson high school, and is now the wife of Forest Ryan. ]klr. Ryan is also a graduate of the Anderson high school, and he and his wife now live on the estate of ^Ir. Vestal. They have one child, Mary Ryan, age one year. The family worship in the Christian church at Ovid, in Adams township. In politics Mr. Vestal is a Progressive, but during all the years previous to 1912 was a Republican.

James M. Donnelly. Prominent among those v,ho have wielded much intluence in connection with tbe iuiproving and advancing of the live stock industry in Madison county stands ]\Ir. Donnelly, who is one of the largest importers and breeders of high grade stock in this part -^of the state and who is known as a progressive, liberal and public spirited citizen, as well as one who is entitled to the unqualified popular esteem in which he is held in the community.

Mr. Donnelly takes just pride in tracing his lineage back to stauncli old Irish origin and also in claiming tliC fine old Bluegrass state as the place of his nativity. He was born at ilaysville, Kentucky, the judicial center of jfason county, on the 15th of September, 1860, a son of John and Julia (Karney) Donnelly, both of whom were born and reared in Ireland, where their marriage was solemnized. Upon his immigration to America John Donnelly settled near }.Iaysville, Kentucky, in whi(.'h state he contintied to reside until 1864, when he came to ]\radison county, Indiana, and ntimbered himself among its energetic and loyal pioneers. He purchased a tract of land in Fall Creek township, whence he later removed to Richland township, where he became the owner of a fine farm, and where he was a citizen known and honored for his sterling attributes of character. Tie continued to reside on his old homestead, comprising seventy-five acres, until his death, and his cherished and devoted vv'ife survived him several years. Of their two children, the younger, John, died at the age of thirty-five years.

of the local schools he supplemented this discipline by a course of study ill tlie State Normal School at Terre Haute. He applied himsflf earnestly and with marked ambition, the result being that he admirably qualified liimself for the responsibilities and duties of tlie pedagogic profession. After devoting eight years to successful teaching in the public schools Mr. Donnelly went to the city of Muncie, this state, where he read law under efit'ective preceptorship and where he was finally admitted to the bar. But such was the condition of his health that after engaging for a short period in the practice of his chosen profession he found it expedient to seek occupation that would enable him to lead a less sedentary life. He accordingly turned his attention to farming and stock growing, his independent operations in this line having l)een instituted on a farm of forty acres in ]Monroe township, ^Madison county. With characteristic circumspection, and energy he brought to bear his i)Owers in a most effective way, with the result that his success became cumulative and placed him among the representative agriculturists and stock growers of this favored section of the Hoosier state. Concrete evidence of the prosperity that has attended his well ordered endeavors is afforded in the fact that he is now the owner of a finely improved landed estate of about five hundred and fifty acres, situated principally in Union township. He has niade excellent imp»;ovements on his homestead, and has stood as a man of most liberal and progressive policies in connection with his private business affairs and also those of public or general order. For a number of years past ]Mr. Donnelly has given his attention principally to the breeding and raising of the best grades of live stock, and has been an extensive importer as well as one of the leading exponents of this important line of industry in ])Jadiso!i county. He is one of the largest dealers and importers in central Indiana of Belgian and Percheron stallions and mares. Pie has seventy-five head of horses, has two barns, three hundred by forty-two feet, and cariies one of the best stocks in the country. He is an authority in regard to live stock, and has shown the deepest interest in the furtherance of the industry. Ilis homestead farm is situated five miles from Anderson and one mile north of the village of Cheste-rfield, and is one of the valuable properties of the county. ]Mr. Donnelly platted the ^Madison county fair grounds, and for several years was engaged in the real estate business in Anderson. He is a member of the directorate of the Anderson Trust Company at Anderson, where he is likewise a director of the Anderson Building & Loan Association, another of the important corporations of ^dadison county. He is a stanch Democrat in his political proclivities, but has manifested no predilection for the honors or emoluments of public office. He and his family hold membership in the Christian church at Anderson, where he is also affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and other fraternal organizations.

On the 25th of February, 1882, ]Mr. Donnelly was married to Miss Lulu Pence, a daughter of John and Rhoda (Colvin) Pence, of Madison county, and the five children of this union are Wade, Ward, Walter, Fred and Dale. Wade, who wedded ]\Iiss Lillian ]\IcClintock, resides in Anderson. Ward, who wedded I\Iiss Florence Bassett, resides in Chesterfield. The three younger sons remain at the parental home. The family have long been one of prominence and popularity in the social activities of the community.

Chakles W. Daw.-^on. Among the business men of .Madison county who have from small beginnings made substantial places for themselves among the prosperous citizens of this place, a notable example is to bo found in the person of Charles W. Dawson, proprietor of the Da\vsou Machine AVorks, at 16th and B Streets in Ehvood. His success in the business world is well merited, in that it has come through the medium of well directed industry, while as a citizen he has ever shown a commendable inclination to assist in all movements pertaining to the pu)>lic welfare.

Mr. Dawson is a native of the Hoosier State, having been boi'n at Greenfield, I'ebruar} 12, 1871, and is a son of Henry L. and Mary (Yanlandingham) Dawson. The paternal grandparents of Mr. Dawson. George and Rebecca Dawson, were early pioneers of Indiana, vvhere both died in advanced years and were the parents of three children, Henry, Jesse and one other.

Henry L. Dawson was born in Indiana, and has spent his entire life in this state, with the exception of two and a half years, when he served as a private in the Union Army during the Civil war. For a nuinber of years lie was engaged in agricultural pursuits, but subsequently turned his attention to contracting, and is now one of tlie well known business men of Indianapolis. He first married ilary Yanlandingham of Indiana, who died in the faith of the Meihodist church in 1877, aged about twenty-six years, and they became the parents of five children, namely: Charles W., of Ebvvood, Indiana; Jesse G., whose home is in Cleveland, Ohio; Jolm C, who resides at Franklin Park, Illinois; Luna, who became the wire of J. R. Leab, of Marion, Indiana, and one child that died in infancy. Mr. Dav/son married for his second wife Miss Rhoda McFadden, and they became the parents of tvro children ; Cora and Fred.

Charles AV. Dawson was reared in Central Indiana, spending his boyhood and youth in Greenfield and Indianapolis, iii v.-hich cities he attended the public schools. In 1885 he first came to Ehvood, where he completed his education and subsequently accomX'imied his father to Kokomo. where he learned the trade of machinist, which vocation he has made his life work. AVhile a resident of this place he met Miss Myrtle L. Lewis, daughter of Francis and Almira (Tolbert) Lewis, who afterward became his wife, June 3, 1894. Soon after his marriagehe embarked upon his business career as the proprietor of an efita-ilishment at Alexandria. It was here their son Donald Yerne was born ]May 26, 1895. One year later 'Mr. Dav/son with his family returned to Elwood and has since made this place his home. The son attended the public schools here graduating with the class of 1913. The following year he entered Purdue University. Immediately on his return to Elwood Mr. Dawson opened a machine shop which he has continued to the present time. In 1908 he began the handling of automobiles, fitting up a well equipped garage, and has principally dealt in Buick cars, since that time. He has built up an excellent business, handlin.g a full line of accessories and parts, and having every facility for the repair of all makes of motor cars. His excellent workmanship has gained him nuich patronage, and mucli of his success is due to that fact that he personally inspects all work before it is turned out of his establishment. As one who has the interest of his community at heart, he has withheld his support from no movement of a progressive nature, while personally he has gained and retained niany friends in the city of his adoption. He is a Republican in political matters, but has taken piilv a good citizen's interest in affairs of a public nature. His fratoriial connection is with tlie local lodges of the Improved Order of Red Men and the Independent Order of Foresters. The pleasant fauiily iionie in located at 1023 South Anderson Street.

R. F. Etchison. a homestead of about sixty-five acres located in the vicinity of Frankton is the residence and the scene of the business activities of Mr. R. T. Etchison, one of the well known citizens of :\Iadison county, and representing an old and honored family in this part of the

Mr. R. F. Etchison was l)orn April 20, 1871, a son of Stephen and Charity Jane Etchison, both now deceased. Stephen Etchison was born in Wayne county, Indiana, and moved to Madison county, where he was a fanner and honored resident for many years. There were fourteen children in the family, and the four boys now living are William and Walter C, both of Oklahoma, and Albert, a resident of Saskatchewan, Canada, and R. F. F-tchison.

As a boy ^Ir. R. F. Et.-hison attended the common schools and his home throughout his career has been ori the farm of his present residence. After completing his education, he took up regular duties of farming, and on the death of his father he assumed entire management of the Tstate. He and Albert sulisequently bouglit out the interest of the other heirs in the farm, and Mr. R. F. Etchison has since then acquired individual ownership of the excellent farm, which is his present home. He married ]Miss Eldora Leeraan. Their tw^o children are Chandos Leone and Meredith. In politics Mr. Etchison is a Democrat. On his farm he raises stock and the usual agi'icultural crop of this section, aiid by his thrift and industry is winning a substantial place for himself and family.

Ou\ER H. Stoker. Situated on the Stoker Road about two and a half miles from Elwood is the well improved and prosperous rural home of Oliver H. Stoker, who has made an excellent account of his time and energy as a Madison county farmer, and has one of the best improved farm estates in Pipe Creek township. The farm, most of which belonged to his father, and has been in the possession of the Stoker family for a great many years, consists of one hundred and sixty acres of excellent soil, and ^Ir. Stoker devotes it to mixed farming, raising first class stock, and the various agricultural crops of this county.

Oliver H. Stoker was born on this same farm, February IS, 1870, a son of William R. and Mary (Canaday) Stoker. The late William R. Stoker, well remembered among the sterling citizenship of Madison 20unty for many years, was born in Montgomery county, Ohio,_ and was a boy when brought to Madison county. He had some schooling in his native state and finished in Indiana. He came to Madison county in company with his parents, James and Rebecca Stoker. James Stoker, the grandfather of the Pipe Creek farmer first named, was thus the founder of the family fortunes in this part of Indiana. William R. Stoker and wife v^'ere'^tl.ie parents of three children. Oliver H., Martha, married Richard ]\[cClure, and their two children were named Edna and Howard. The third was William Franklin Stoker, now deceased. Up to the time. of his death he owned and occupied the farm adjoining his

Oliver H. Stoker as a boy atu_-iided the old Cauaday school, whii.-h was a familiar institution of the neighborhood in which he was reaid, and completed his education in ihe Fraukton public school. "Whiltj going to school he had his share oi the farm duties, and after the deiiilL of his father he and his brother joined in the management and condu^:r, of the home estate, which was a phi-.e of two hundred acres but increased to three hundred and twenty acrcS. When his brother died the farm was divided and ^Ir. Oliver H. Stoker now owns one hundred and sixty acres, and is giving it his best efforts and is prospering probably as \\d\ as auv farmer in this section of tiiv county.

On September 19, 1901, ]Mr. Stoker married :Miss Jennie Antle, daughter of George W. and AYilhelniina (Euble) Antle. Her father was a farmer, and owned a good homestead near Elwood. Mr. and Mrs. Stoker were the parents of four children. Their names are: Mildred Naomi, Thelma Ilortense, Ilalden A. and Benjamin Franklin. Fraternally Mr. Stoker is a member of th-.- Knights of Pythias, and is a Kepublican voter.

J. L. Webster Peck, M. D. Practicing medicine at Fraukton since 1895, Dr. Peck has one of the best ..-ountry practices in Madison courity, and by his success and individual jliaracter and ability is a credit to the present medical fratt-rnity of V-::s county. He came here soon alter leaving medical college, and after proving his skill and gaming tue confidence of the community has f-lways enjoyed a liberal share of its patronage and stands high both as a doctor and citizen.

J L. Webster Peck wus born iu Hovv-ard county, Indiana, a son o/. Wiliiam' and Sarah (Foland) Peck. The father and motiier were both natives of Hamilton countv, and Y'iiliam Peck gave his life to the mm- - istry of the Methodist church. TLr five children in their famdy were named Maggie A.; Jennie, deceasrd; Ethleeu, deceased; Halsie, deceased; and Dr. Peck. - -, i? +

Owino- to the fact that his fiulier's ministry re^uuva irequent removal of residence, Dr. Peck spe.it his boyhood in a number of duferent localities in Indiana, and tenied various schools m the course uf his educational career. He was a student in the high school at Hager.stown, spent two vears in the DeP^.uw University, and was graduated in medicine at Indianapolis. In 1.- -.:-'> he located at Fraukton, ana nas since had his office in this town. i .

On Januai-v 10, 1900. Dr. Peck married :\Iary A. Prosser, daughter of Emanuel aAd Susan Prosser. The four children born to their marriao-e are Earl P., William L., Ali:e Beatrice and ^lary Yivian. ihe doctor belongs to the Madison county and the State Medical Societies, is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he and his family worship in the Methodist church.

The Hoosier Poet (By J. L. F.. . James Whitcomb Riley, born in Greenfield Hancock county, Indiana, where he was reared, educater., ana spent his boyhood days, is entitled to a place in the history or Aladison

His first production that gave him "a name'/ was ''Leoiiainie, " a supposed unpublished poem by Edgar Allen Poe, which had for years been lost, and found among his papers. Mr. Kiley had this poem publislied in the Kokoriio Dispatch. The editor of the Anderson Herald, wlio had on many occasions belittled Riley's pretensions as a poet, gave large space to its publication, and great praise to its sentiment, oblivious to the fact that it was from Riley's pen. When the secret was out and the world gave praise to the author, his old-time critic, joined in the procession and helped to make Riley a real poet.

Mr. Riley's genial disposition and plebian Vv'ays made him a favorite in Anderson. The "devil" in the printing office was as close to him as the editor. The man on the street was treated as cordially as the "nabob" of the city. A man possessed of such qualities could not be other than a favorite. His verses demonstrate that his heart-throbs are with the common folk.

iMadison county does not claim Riley as a native son, but glorifies in the fact that he once lived withiii its bounds. iMr. Riley has sung the songs that reach the heart. But few nien live to hear and see what esteem is placed upon them by their fellowmen. This distinction Riley has enjoyed. The writer believes that a flower placed in the hands of the living, or a good word spoken to a friend, is worth more than a mountain of bouquets placed upon his bier, and therefore gives place in this work to Mr. Riley's face and one of his dearest compositions.

Of youth - -when the Saturday's chores were through, And the '"Sunday's wood" in the kitchen, too, And we went visiting, "me and you," Out to old Aunt Mary's?

"Me and you" - and the morning fair. With the dewdrops twinkling everywhere; The scent of the cherry-blossoms blovrn . - -After us, in the roadway lone,

Out by the barn-lot, and down the lane We patter along in the dust again. As light as the tips of the drops of the rain, Out to old Aunt ]\Iary's.

Where the haniTuering "red-heads" hopped awry, And the buzzard "raised" in the "clearing" sky And lolled and circled, as we went by Out to old Aunt Mary's.

Or the glitter of song that the bluebird sings, All hushecl we feign to strike strange trails, As the "big braves" do in the Indian tales, Till again our real quest lags luid fails- Out to old Aunt Mary's. -

And the long highway, with sunshine spread As thick as butter on country bread, Our cares behind, and our hearfs ahead Out to old Aunt Mary's. -

For only, now. ai: the road's next bend To the right we could make oat the gable-end Of the fine old Huston honiest"ad - not Half a mile from the sacred spot ' Where dwelt our Saint in her simple cot - Out to old Aunt Ixlary's.

Why, I see her now in the open door Where the little gourds grew up the sides and o'er The clapboard roof ! - and her face- - ah, me I Wasn't it good for a boy to see - And wasn't it good for a boy to be Out to old Aunt ^Mary's? -

And the cherry - and quince - "preserves" she made! And the sweet-sour pickles of peach and pear, With cinnamon in 'em, an all things rare ! - And the more we ate vvas the more to spare. Out to old Aunt Mary's.

And the coffee, fragrant and sweet, and ho! So hot that Ave o-joried to drink it so, "With spangles of tears in onr eyes, you know - Ont to old Aunt ^Mary's.

The talks on the back-porch, in the low Slanting sun and the evening glov/. With the voice of counsel that touched us so, Out to old Aunt Mary's.

And then, in the garden - near the side Where the bee-hives were and the path was wide, - The apple-house - like a fairy cell - With the little scpiare door we knew so well, And the wealth inside but our tongues could tell - Out, to old Aunt ^larv^'s.

This is to tell you - she waits to-day To welcomxc us : - Aunt Mary fell Asleep this morning, whispering - "Tell The boys to come." . . . And all is well Out to old Aunt IMarv's.

James 0. Lee. As cashier of the Frankton Bank since 1902, Mr. Lee has had the executive direction of an institution that plays a very important part in the local business activities of this section of :>Iadison county, possessing much influence both as a citizen and as a man of business. Mr. Lee has earned his place as a result of high ability and through steady attention to business since lea,ving college, and has accomplislied a great deal of worthy work since he entered upon hia active career.

James 0. Lee was born in 1870, on the nineteentJi day of September, in Hamilton county, Indiana, near Perkinsville. His parents were Luther and Ella (Dewitt) Lee. The father, also a native of Plamilton county, was a merchant by occupation and was also engaged in the canning business at Perkinsville. The three cliildren in his family comprised James 0., Frank and Claude. James 0. Lee first atterided the schools in Perkinsville, v/as then in the Normal College at Danville, spent the years 1800-91 at DePauw University, and was graduated vrith honors at_ Lexington. Kentucky. During elevt-n years' of his active life, both' during and subsequent to his college days, he was engaged in teaching school. Another honor that eame^to him in early Life was that of appointment as chief journal clerk in the Indianapolis* Legislature, a position which he held for one year. He became identified with the milling business at Frankton and was connected with the establishment until the plant was destroyed by fire. He entered the Frankton Bank in October, 1902, since which time he has been cashier, and practically the manager of the affairs of the bank.

On December 27, 1893, :\Ir. Lee was married to ^Jiss Luella Wise, daughter of William H. Wise of Perkinsville. They have two children, Mabel and Wilbur, both of whom are now attending school in Frankton.

Fraternally Mr. Lee is a member of the I\Iasonic order, 'the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He v,-as~ recently a candidate for ':he office of county clerk on the Kepubliean ticket, and is known for one of the young leaders of that party iu Madison county. He is a :\Iethodist in his "religious affiliation, and he and his family worship in that church.

- George AVashixgtox Baker. Since 1880 a resident of ?.Iadisou county, ^Ir. Baker has resided on his present farm for the past 13 years, and is one of the capable men whose industry and energies are each year adding to the substantial wealth and ' prosperity^ of Madison, county. _ 3Ir. Baker's homestead is situated six miles northeast of Elwood iu Pipe Creek township.

George W. Baker was born in 185-4 on the tenth of IMarch, in Dearborn county, near Lawrenceburg, Indiana, a son of John and Senor (Moore) Baker. The father was born in southern Indiana, and his death occurred in Ripley county, where he was buried. The children in the family were as follows : George AV. ; Rachael ; Harvey, also a resident of Madison county; James; and Ida, who is now the wido\v- of Chas. Baxter.

George Washington Baker as a boy attended school in Ohio and Ripley counties. _ Indiana, completing his education in the latter county. While going to school he worked. on a farm and has always known and experienced the value of industry and good honest work In 1880 be moved to ^Eadison county, and in 1892 had progressed so far as an independent farmer and business man that he bought his present estate.

On November 21, 1878, jMr. Baker married Miss Sarah Rigor, a daughter of Andrew and Harriet (Humphrey) Rigor. Her father was bom in Kentucky and came to Decatiu" county, Indiana, v/hen a young man, and brought up his family on a farm. There were eight children in the Rigor family, namely: Hannah, deceased; Sarah, Mrs. Baker; Joshua ; Wesley ; Permela ; Lula ; Amy, deceased ; and Leonard. Mr, and Mrs. Baker are the parents of four children, who are named as foUows: CIifl:ord, who is married and a resident of Canada, and has three children, George, Ruth and Lois; Floy, the wife of AViHiam Hoop; John, in high school at Elwood; and Vere, who graduated from the grade schools. ]Mr. Baker has given all his attention to general farming and stock raising and has each year put back a large share of his profits in improvements which in the course of time have made his estate one of the best and most valuable in this locality. He has a large and commodious barn for the shelter of his grain and stock, and all his implements and facilities are in keeping with modern agriculture. Mr. Baker is not only a progressive farmer, but also a progressive in politics, having adopted the new principles and policies first formulated in a campaign platform in 1912. He and his family are members of the Friends ehurcli located in Pipe Creek townships,

AsBURY M. Moore. A retired farmer novv making his home at 2020 E. i\Iain street in Elwood, Mr. Muore is one of the estiroab.le members of Madison county citizenship. He has had a career of industrious and profitable farming and early in life adopted the vocation of cukivating the soil as the most important labor of man. AVhile not actively engaged in producing the crops of the soil he still owns a fine farm of one hundred and eighty acres, situated on the county line road about three and a half miles soutli of Elwood.

Mr. i\Ioore is known among liis friends and associates as a gentleman of high standing. He was born in Tipton county, Indiana, April 21, 18G0, a son of Joseph and Angeline (Armfield) Moore. The father was a native of Wayne county, Indiana. He moved to Madison county in 1836 and was one of the old families which located in that section of the county. There were only two sons and the other is Azro F. Moore, now a druggist in Tipton. I\Ir. Moore as a boy attended the Darrow schools, and finished his education in the Tipton high school.

He began his career by working as a farm laborer, at monthly wages, and also worked for his father for several years. He finally bought out the interest of his brother in the home farm, and during the succeeding years gradually acquired an excellent property which has proved a competence. Besides his fine farm above mentioned he is the owner of considerable town property. Mr. Moore was married September 28, 1881, to Miss Eva Richardson, now deceased. She was the mother of two children, Fern, deceased, and Bertha L. now the wife of Jesse Rice. For his second wife Mr. Moore married ML^ Clara B. Hughel October 2, 1892, and their two children are Marie and Clarice.

Mrs. Moore is a native of old ^Madison county, born April 13, 1864, and was reared and educated in her native county. She Is a member . of the Eastern Star of Tipton, Indiana, and she and husband are members of the Presbyterian church at Tipton.

Fraternally ]VIr. Moore is an honored member of the Masonic Lodge, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Maccabees. He is a great friend of Indiana's excellent school system and while a resident ox.

Tipton, was a member of the board of education of the city schools. He is a Democrat in politics. He and his wife, take the good of their means, and spend part of it in travel. They spent six months on the Pacific slope, most of the time at Seattle, Washington. ;;

William H. Wise. An example of first class stock and general farming enterprise is found in l^ipe Creek township, along the Dundee and Frankton Roads, on the ninety acre homestead of ;Mr. Wm. H. Wise, a progressive farmer who has spent nearly all his life in this section of Indiana, and while getting his share of the world's goods, hu has also exercised the qualities of good citizenship, and is a man thoroughly esteemed throughout his township.

Mr. Wise was born in Jackson township of ^ladison county, near Perkinsville, on January 5, 1S61. His father is Alexander AVise, one of the old and honored residents of Madison county, a sketch of whom and his family vv'ill be found on other pages of tliis work. William H. Wise v/as reared in the home established by his father in Madison county, and was given unusual advantages both in education and in opportunities for getting properly started in life. As a boy he attended the country schools of the township, and slso became familiar with the duties of the home farm. His education v^-as finished in the De Pauw University at Greencastle, and after leaving college he taught. school for some time in Madison county. From the school room he turned his attentioji to farming, and having given mucli of his energies to this, occupation and having made it a real business, he has accomplished probably- more than most of his contemporaries in tin; same line of activities. ]Mr. Wise is a broad- mind'-d man. and pe^-forms his share of community public spirit and is highly honored in liis home locality. As a young nmn, in addition to the other school advantages just mentioned he attended for one term at the Danville Central Normal School.

On September 19, 1886, he married Florence KinmierHug Dipboy. Mrs. Wise was reared iji the family of her grandmother, and took the -latter 's name. The three children of Mr. and ]\Irs. AVise are Bessie, Blanche, and Carol. The family worship in the Alethodist church.

Hon. J. M. Farlow. A former state senator from Madison county, one of the most influential men in the Democratic party of this locality, Mr. Farlow has been a member of the bar for the last quarter of a century and has his home and office at Frarikton, from which vicinity he has a large clientage. The residents in that locality repose a great deal of confidence in IMr. Farlow 's judgment and ability as a lawyer, and he is usually retained in connection with most of the litigation from this portion of the county.

J. M. Farlow was born on the twenty-first of July, 1839, in Tipton county, a son of Reuben and Elizabeth (O'Dell) Farlow. The grandparents moved from the old homestead of North Carolina to Tipton county, in the early years of the last century, and about 1833 located in Pipe Creek township of Aladison county. Reuben Farlow was a young man v/hen the family came to Indiana, and made a very successful farmer in Madison county. He and his wife were the parents of nine children, and the three now liWng are Lafa^'ette, Lucinda, and Senator Farlow. Hon. J. M. Farlow attained his early schooling in Tipton county and his last school days were spent in the old Picker- iiig schools. He early applied himself to farming as an occupation, has occupied himself with various enterprises and taught school for ten terms. In the meantime he took up the study of law at leisure intervals and under such iijstruction as he could obtain, and was finally admitted to the bar and engaged in practice, which he has now continued successfully for twenty-five years or more.

In 1861 he married ]\Iiss Malinda Haskett. Six children were born of that marriage. One of these is Viola, wife of John Foland, and their three children are Earl, J. M, and Ellen. A younger daughter than Viola is Kate, wife of Charles Whitehead, and'theii- four children are Cecil S., Vii-gil, Grant and lone. On March 12, 1904, Mr. Farlow married Miss Margaret Peck, a daughter of William and Sarah (Foland) Peck, and a sister of Dr. Peck of Frankton. There are no children by the second marriage.

Mr. Farlow was honored b}' his fellow citizens in Madison county by election for two terms to the House of Kepresenratives, and later was sent to the State Senate for two years. In politics he is a Democrat, and fraterniiliv is a Ko^-al ^rch Mason and a member of the Blue Lodge at Frankton and is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, and the Improved Order of Red Men. His family are members of the ]\Iethodist church.

Martin Gavin. As manager of his father's farm of one hundred and forty acres, located on the Elwood Pike about five miles north of Elwood, Mart Gavin, as he is familiarly known, is one of the progressive young farmers of IMadison county, and has laid a substantial foundation for a successful career.

Mart Gavin was born where he now resides, July 1, 1891, a sou of Martin and Elizabeth (xMc^^Ianamnn) Gavin. His father \vas born in Ireland, was twelve years old when he came to America, and after landing in New York City, the family came west and Anally located in Rex county, Indiana, where he was reared to manhood. He later came to jMadison county, and from modest beginnings has acquired a generous estate and prosperity, and is one of the influential men of this section. The eight children in the family are named as follows: Marae, Michael, Nora, Nellie, Mart, ^Maggie, Ruth and John.

Martin Gavin as a boy attended the country schools and finished his education in the Catholic school at Elwood. All his early associations were with farm life, and when he arrived at manhood he was well prepared to take up the management of the old estate, which he now conducts in a progressive and up-to-date manner, and is one of the men who are proving the profitableness of agriculture in Madison county. He is well kno^\Ti socially in Elwood and vicinity, and is a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic church. In politics he is a Democrat.

WiLLL^M Etchison. A resident of Madison county during the greater part of his life, and an honored and respected farmer of Pipe Creek township, w'nere he is the owner of one hundred and seven acres, Mr. Etchison has applied business methods to his vrork, has won a good material degree of prosperity, and has provided well for his family.

William Etchison was born in Jackson township, Madison county, September 18, 1855, a son of Jackson and Mary (Wise) Etchison. The father was a native of Wayne county, Indiana, and the paternal grand- parents came to Indiana, originally from North Carolina. Amonjj ih« children of Jackson Etchison were William, Airs. Nancy Worley, Jehu "W., Margaret A., and Mary Olive. J

William Etchison as a boy spent part of his time in Hamilton, and part in Madison county. He grew up on the farm, became convtrsant with all its duties, and activities, and principally during the '.viuter term attended the school of his neighborhood.

Mr. Etchison wedded Miss Margaret J. Worley, March 2, 1876, aiid to this marriage have been born the following children: Cyrus Jack- | son, Raymond and Nellie Alice, all deceased. The living children are, I Cora M., wife of Minor McClead and they have three children, Guy, Forest and Margaret; Ora Austin wedded Miss Bertha Duncan aiid they have four children, Edna E., Ernest L., John M., and Glen D.; Mary K. is wife of Irviue Robbins and they have six children, Nellie B., Kenneth, Harry W., William II., Leonard R. and Mabel M. ; Willard C, married Miss Jessie Waymire and they have one child, Orville D.; Virgil A., married Miss Mary Major; Lenna Fay is the youngest and resides at home.

Mrs. Etchison, wife of the subject is a native of Madison couiity, Indiana, and was born March 27, 1853, the second child in a family of twelve children, seven sons and five daughters, born to Elijah and Rachel K. (Fifer) Worley. There are nine of this family living at present, 1914.

Father "Worley was a native of Virginia and was an agriculturist. Politically he was a strong advocate of the Republican principles. He died in Pipe Creek township. Alother Worley was also a native of Virginia. Both of Mrs. Etchison 's parents are deceased. She was reared and educated in Madison county, Indiana, and has nobly done her part as wife and mother.

When Mr. and Mrs. Worley began their married life they had little cash capital, but by dint of hard toil, frugality and being honest, they have reared a large family and have one of the best farms of one hundred and seven acres in Pipe Creek township. A beautifuJ. frame residence, pretty grounds and fine outbuildings further enhance its value, and their farm is called "The ]Maple Grove Stock Farin."

"^William A. Rybolt. Now occupying and engaged in the improvement of a nice farm of eighty acres of land lying on the Elv/ood Pike near Leisure postoffice, about six and a half, miles north of Elvv'ood, in Duck Creek township, William A. Rybolt is best known and has made his most successful record not as a farmer, but as a driller of wells in the oil and gas regions, and has been connected with the oil and gas fields in Indiana and elsewhere for a number of years.

William A. Rybolt was born September 24., 1867, in Highland county, Ohio, a son of William and Emma C. (Brown) Rybolt. William Rybolt, the father, came to Indiana, when his son William was one year old, and settled in Grant county. There were only two children in the family, and the sister is Glycera.

William A. Rybolt has the early training and experience of the farmer boy, and attended the public schools of Duck Creek township. He wa-5 made thoroughly familiar with the activities of a farm, and was well trained in habits of industry and thrift, but when he took up farming independently he encountered difficulties which were discouraging and which caused him to abandon the occupation for a time. After- wards he started a second time, but was again iinsnocessful through, bad luck and sickness. These two somewhat disastrous experiments caused him to leave farming and go to the gas and oil fields, where he operated as a skillful driller for a number of years. In that work he has been unusually successful, and has made a good deal of money. At his mother's death the home farm of eighty acres was left to his management, and Mr. Rybolt is now engaged in building it up and improving it into a model estate. He purposes as soon as he has hii? laud in a satisfactory condition to return to the gas and oil business.

On December 15, 1897, Mr. Kybolt married Miss Cora Steele, a daughter of H. S. Steele, of Ehvood, a retired farmer. Mr. and Mrs, Rybolt are members of the Christian churcli, and in politics he is a Republican, and largely interested in public affairs.

Harvey A. WAYiiiRE. As a breeder and raiser of fine Percheron horses, ^Ir. Waymire has a reputation throughout Madison county. The "Shade Land" stock farm, consisting of one hundred and twenty acres of fine land in Duck Creek townbhip, and on the rural free delivery route No. 28, out of Elwood, is a model place of its kind, and its improvements and adaptations to the uses of modern stock raising are the results of an exceptional degree of enterprise on the part of Mr. "Waymire. He began his career in this county some years ago, with a small amount of capital and b}' thrifty management has become one of the most popular citizens of this community.

Harvey A. Wai'mire was born on the farm .v.-hich he now occupies in Duck Creek township, a son of Jacob and Julia (Greenlee) AY aymire. His father was born in AYarren comity, near Independence, Indiana, in 1853. His parents were Henry and Hulda Waymire. Jacob Waymire attended the common schools, worked on the home farm during his school period, and v.'as reared and has spent his career in ^ladison county, to which county he came with his parents when he wa.s a boy. As a farmer he was successful and was long known as one of the substantial men of the vicinity. The children of Jacob and Julia AY aymire were: Oris H., William C, Harvey A., and Lula M., the wife of E. L. Wiggins, M. D.

Harvey A. Waymire as a boy first attended what was known as the Old Wa^Tnire school, and finished his schooling in the new Waymire school in Duck Creek to^\^lship. Y.'hile spending five days in the week at school he worked in the morning and evening on the home place, and most of his Saturdays and summer vacations were spent in the activities of the home farm. When he got his independent start in life, it was on eighty acres of land, and since then he has prospered and added to his land holdings, until he now has one of the best improved and most profitable estates in Duck Creek township.

On August 14, 1896, ]\Ir. W^aymire married Miss Pearl jNI. Fox, a daughter of John and Mary (Ring) Fox. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Waymire are the parents of three children -, Jacob L., Mary F., and John H., all of whom are attending the local schools. Fraternally Mr. Waymire is affiliated v,"ith the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, is an elder in the Christian church, and votes the Democratic ticket.

I. W. Carr. a resident of Madison county since 1884, Mr. Carr is a prosperous farmer of Duck Creek township, residing on rural free delivery route No. 31, and getting his daily mail from Elwood. His neighbors regard liim as one of the prosperous and substantial mcr. of the toAv-nship, and he is owner and operator of a fine estate of cue hundred and fifteen aeres. He began life without money, worked hard to get his start, and all his success may be credited to his individuc^i eflorts and enterprise.

I. W. CaiT was born December 27, 1858, in Rush coimty, Indiana and belongs to a family which became identified with Rush county durnig the pioneer days. His parents were James R. and Sarah J (Miller) Carr. The father was born in Rush county, and Grandfatlier Isaac Carr settled there from the state of Kentucky. James Carr and wife were the parents of four children, of whom L W. was the oldf^st The others are Roy, Charles V., and Ora, the last named being deceased."

I. \\. Carr as a boy attended the common schools in Rush county. and not only learned the lessons taught in books, but also acquired the more valuable instruction of honest industry and thrift as inciilcated at home. He worked diligently on the home farm, and wheii about twenty-two years of age started out for himself by renting a tract of land in Rush county. Later he bought a small farm and has steadily prospered from early manhood to the present time.

On Idarch 31, ISSl, Mr. Carr married Sarah A. Lines, a daughter of xVaroji N. Lines and Jennie (Wain) Lines. Both her parents are now deceased. The one child born to :Jr. Carr and wife is Omer, who married Ora Haines and has one child, Gladys. IMr. Carr is a Demosrat in politics and has served as trustee of Duck- Creek township. Mr. and Mrs. Carrs pretty country home is known as ''Locust Grove Sto-k Farm."

THO^rAS E. Palmer. The business interests of Elwood, Indiana, have grown so rapidly within the last decade that today it is knov/n as one of _the_ leading manufacturing centers of Indiana, 'and its present industrial importance may be accredited to a class of progressive! enterprising and energetic men of business, whose modern methods and earnest efforts have made the name of the city kno^\-n all over the coutitry. As manager of the Ames Shovel & Tool Company, Thomas E. Palmer holds an acknowledged position of prestige among Elwood 's leading business citizens. He has resided here only since 1902. but during this time has shown himself capable of discharging. every trust given him. and at the same time has manifested a commendable pul)licspiritedness that has made him a leader in movements for the generjil welfare of his adopted community. He was born in Trenton, Nev/ Jersey, December 8, 1862, and is a son of Thomas and Margaret (Reid) Palmer.

George Palmer, the paternal grandfather of Thomas E. Palmer, was born in England, was there married, and subsequently removed to Scotland, where he passed away at the age of eighty years, his wife dying when eighty-six years old. They had only one child, Thomas. The maternal grandfather of ^Ir. Palmer was William Reid, who was married in his native Scotland to Elizabeth Heron, and some time thereafter emigi-ated to the United States and settled at Trenton, New Jersey, where he died at the age of seventy years, after spending his life in inventing and at tlie carpenter's trade. His widow subsequenily moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where she passed away at the age of eiglity-six years. But two of their children grew to maturity: Margaret; and Jane, who became the wife of James Horton, of Cleveland, Ohio.

Thomas Palmer was born in England, and as a child was taken by his parents to Scotland, where he was educated and grew to manhood in the city of Glasgow, there learning the iron industry in all of its branches. He came to the United States about the year 1S50, and located first at Troy, New York, and later became superintendent of the Trenton Iron "Works, at Trenton, New Jersey. Some years later he removed to the city of Cleveland, Ohio, where he became connected with the Cleveland Rolling Mills, and was identitied therewith until his death in 1908, aged eighty years and some months. He was a tliorough iron master, as were also his father and grandfather before him, the latter having built the first rolling mills in Scotland, and during the Civil war Thomas Palmer was engaged extensively in the manufacture of gun-barrel steel. His wife died two years after her husband, aged about eighty years, and in the faith of the Presbyterian church, of which he was also a member. They were the parents of seven children: George, who resides at Joliet, Illiriois; Elizabeth, who is the wife of AVilliam R. Fairlie, of Giasgo^\^ Scotland : William R., residing at Bridgeport. Connecticut; Thomas E.; ^Maria. who became the wife of AV. E. AV right, of Cleveland, Ohio; and Sarah, who is deceased.

Thomas E. Palmer was but s child when taken to Cleveland, Ohio, by his parents, and in that city he grew to manhood, attendirjg the public and high schools. It was not unnatural that he adopt the iron business as his life ^\-ork, and as a young man he showed he had inherited the inclinations and tendencies of his forefathers by entering the employ of the Cleveland Roller Mill Company. As the years pa.ssed his abilities won him steady promotion, and at ditferent times he v/as employed with the Carnegie Steel Company, and the American Steel and Wire Company, at Beaver Falls and Braddock, Pennsylvanin, In 1902 he came to Elwood as local manager for the Ames Shovel and Tool Company, the other officers of the concern be:'ng as follows : Hobart Ames, president ; Oliver W. Mink, treasurer ; Charles H. Myers. W. J. Alford and Julius C. Birge, vice-presidents; William H. Ames, secretary; and H. P. Cormerais, assistant secretary. The original plant of this company was established at North Eastou, ^Massachusetts, in 1774, and the company was not incorporated until more than one hundred years later, in 1875, but the concern now owns a number of plants, the production of that at Elwood being shovel plate, which is shipped to the factories in other cities and manufactured into shovels. It is the largest shovel producing company in the world, and has factories at the following points: North Easton. !Massachusetts: T. Rowland's Sons, Incorporated, at Cheltenham, Pennsylvania: George Griffiths Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the H. M. ]Myers Company, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; the Wright Shovel Company, at Anderson, Indiana ; the St. Louis Shovel Company, at St. Louis, Missouri; and handle plants in New England and the Southwest. The Elwood plant employs about 150 people, the production being 700 tons of shovel plate per month, and the building being a steel structure, the heaviest contracted building in the state. The pay-roll is between $8,000 and $10,000 per month, and the plant is operated continuously, twenty-four hours per day, with three shifts of men, the product meeting with a ready sale in the leading markets all ovt^r the world.

Mr. Palmer has gained the full confidence of his business associates. who have come to rely upon his sound judgment, his keen perception and his business acumen. He is a member of Beaver Valley Lodge No. 47S, F. & A. ^L, and Harmony Chapter No. 256, R. A. M., both of Beaver Falls. His support is given to Republican candidates and principles, but he is not a politician, his large business interests occupying his entire attention, and he has had no inclination to hold public office. His religious connection is with the Presbyterian church, of which Mrs. Palmer is also a member.

On October 4^ 1894, ]Mr. Palmer was married to ^liss Lillian ]\Iay Dean, who was born at Harlansburg, Pennsylvania, daughter of Enoch and Sarah (Hall) Dean, both of whom died at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. There wt-re four children in the Dean family: Minnie, Lillian ]May, Edith Clare and Helen. To Mr. and Mrs. Palmer there have been born three children : Dorothy Dean and Margaret Reid. both of whom died in early childhood; and Thomas Dean.

Patrick Shay. From 1S53 until his death in 1907, Patrick Shay was one of the sterling citizens and hard-working and substantial men of Duck Creek township in Madison county. Coming to America when a young man, he began life in a strange country, iind among a strange people and by exercise of the qualities inherent in his character, and by a steadfast industry and devotion to the principles of honest living, he gained independence, provided liberally for his family, and left an honored name, which is cherished by his descendants.

Patrick Shay was born in Ireland, 1816, a son of Kenneth Shay. Kenneth Shay never left his native land, and was a shoemaker by trade in the old country. He had three children, two sons, Michael aud Patrick, and a daughter. The daughter died in the old country, and Patrick and Michael both immigrated to America, and spent most of their years in Madison county, where they died.

Patrick Shay was a young man when he came to America, and spent the first five years of his residence in Bostoij, Massachusetts, the old "Bay State." From there he moved to Rush coiinty, Indiana, and in 1853 came to Madison county, where he settled on a farm. He lived quietly but indu.striously, and gained for himseK a place in community affairs.

The children in his family were named as follows : Thomas; ^Michael ; John; Kenneth; Matthew; Mrs. Mary White; Mrs. Emma Smith; and Julia and Andrew, deceased. The sons Thomas and r^Iichael with their mother, Bridget (Scanlan) Shay, nou- manage the home farm oi one hundred and forty acres on the Windfall Pike, about five and onehalf miles northwest of Elwood and also eighteen acres lying east of the homestead. The sons are prosperous farmers and stockmen, and are worthy successors of their honored father. The father during his lifetime built the comfortable residence in which the family now live, and the Shay place is regarded as one of the best improved farms in Duck Creek township. The family worship in Elwood at St. Joseph's church, and all are active members of that congregation.

Richard A. McClure. Madison county is noted for its fine farmsteads, many of which have been under cultivation since pioneer days. In Duck Creek township, about four miles northeast of Elvvood, is located one of the most attractive and valuable, the home place of Richard A. McClure. Its chief industry is cattle raising, and Mr. McClure aims to develop a high grade of stock and to make his place profitable from ev^ery point of view. The farm contains two hundred acres, is worth considerably more than one hundred dollars an acre, and its fields give evidence of a high state of improvement. Like many other prosperous men of the present time JNIr. McClure began without any capital to speak of, and in less than twenty-five years had accumulated a fine estate entirely through his own initiative and industry.

Richard A. ]\IcClure was born February 20, 1857, in Brook^,'ille, Indiana, a son of James and Anna (McCaw) McClure. His father was born in County Sligo, Ireland, and came to America with his parents, James and Katherine McClure, who moved to Indiana, and located at Brookville, where thej^ became farmers and stock raisers. James McClure followed farming as his regular occupation, and he and his wife were the parents of nine children, namely: John F. ; Katherine, deceased; Richard A.; Eliza J.; James Coburu, deceased; Margaret A.; Henry F. ; Scott, deceased; and one that died in infancy.

Richard A. ^IcClure as a boy attended the country schools near Rrookville, Indiana, and finished his education in the Brookville high school. He learned the lessons of tlirift and industry at an early age and remained on the home farm, contributing his labors to the family until he was thirty years old. In 1S87 he came to Madison county, where he began his independent career, as a tenant. As a tenant he farmed the very estate which he now occupies as owner, receiving a part by inheritance and paying for the remainder from the proceeds of his hardy toil and successful management. At this WTiting ]Mr. ]\IcClure has just finished one of the most attractive rural residences to be found anywhere in Madison county. The house contains fourteen rooms and is built on modern lines, and with the facilities and conveniences which make country life attractive, and in ccriiparison place a residence in the city at a low discount. The McClure homestead stands off the road, about tvrenty yards, and with its attractive surroundings of trees and outbuildings, easily ranks as one of the finest places in the county. All the out buildings are also new, and since coming to this place Mr. ]\IcClure has increased its value by many thousand dollars.

On February 7, 1894, Mr. :McClure married Martha E. Stoker. Their two children are Edna A., and Howard S., both attending school. Fraternally Mr. McClure is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, he and his family worship in the Christian church, and in politics he is a Republican.

Michael Meyer. One of the attractive and valuable farms of Duck Creek township, located on the township lines between Boone and Duck Creek townships, is the JMichael IMeyer place. Its proprietor, 'Sir. Meyer, bought the land a number of years ago when it was almost entirely a landscape of trees and stumps. He went in debt to acquire possession of this first property and toiled both early and late in order to make his regular payment and finally to reach independence. Since early life he has been accustomed to hard work, has learned the lessons of successful agriculture, and has made his farm a homestead which measures well up to the best standards of ]\Iadison county rural homes. His farm has been largely shaped out by his own labors and plans, and represents both a comfortable home and a gratifying success. He raises most of the crops familiar to INIadison county, and makes a specialty of live stock.

Michael Meyer was born June 5, iS58, in Franklin county, Indiana a son of Martin and Maggie (Fierston) ]\Ieyer. Both the parents v.-ert' natives of Germany, where they were married and then came to America first locating in Cincinnati, Ohio. The father had a career in which hard work and progressive industry finally brought him to a comfortable prosperity. In Cincinnati he worked at any honorable occupation which he could find and finally moved to Franklin county, Indiana, where he began as a farmer, later he raised truck, and was a huckster for some twenty years. After that he lived a retired life enjoying the fruits of many well spent years. His last days were spent in Ehvood, where he died at the age of eighty-two years. The children in his familv are mentioned as follows: Barbara, deceased; Kate; Joseph, deceased; Michael; Mary; Lizzie, deceased, and Margaret.

Michael Meyer was reared on a farm, assisted his father in growing the vegetable and fruit crop which were their specialty on the home place, and in the intervals of this occupation he attended the common schools\ When ready to begin life on his own account, he rented a small farm in Franklin county, and was afterwards employed at monthly wages for four years. Finally his- capital reached a p^oint where he possessed a couple of cows and two horses. He then "borrowed four huudred dollars and coming to Madison county rented a portion of the old Koberts farm for seven years. During this time he was gradually getting ahead in the world, and finally was able to purch.nse the land, which comprises his present place. 'iMo.st of that land vras in timber, and he had already contracted to clear off the woods and sell the timber before conckiding his purchase of the land. Witli the proceeds of his timber he made his first payment, and from thai time to the presenthas steadily prospered until he is now owner of the one hundred and sixty acres comprising the original farm. Since then he has also added one hundred and twenty acres and is now owner of two hundred and eighty acres in Madison coujity. His success has been most honorably won and he deserves to stand in the front ranks cf Madison county farmers.

In March, 1878, Mr. :\Ieyer married IMiss Mary Scnefeld. They have _ become the parents of ten children, namely' Joseph, who is married and has two children, Sylvanus and IMarie l Mary, who married Martin Goans and has five children named Blanch, Cecil, :Mervel William, and Helen; William M., at home;. George, August, Carrie, Anna. Michael, Jr., Tillie, and Claire.

Mr. Meyer is afGliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Rigdon, Indiana, and the family are church members and rake an active pa,rt in the Catholic church at Elwood, Indiana, and in benevolent aifairs. In politics he is a Democrat. As a farmer ha devotes much of his time and has made a great success in the raising of Hampshire hogs and Belgian horses. His stock raising is really his diversion, as well as his vocation, and he finds both profit and pleasure in managing the farm estate, which he has won as a result of his ovai hard work and intelligent management.

Wakd K. Canaday. Born in the township of his present residence and on the farm which he now occupies and cultivates. Ward Canaday is one of the progressive young agriculturists of I\Iadison county, and at an early age has established himself solidly in the industrious and

]\Ir. Ward K. Canaday was born on July 20, 18SG. on the farm of eighty acres, located on the south Douglas road, about throe and a half miles southeast of Ehvood. On this same place was born his father, the late Nathan Canaday. Nathan Canaday, who ^^'as one ci Madison county's prominent farmers, until his death a fev\' years Cigo, married Anna Connor, and their two children are Jessie and Ward. Nathan Canaday was first married to Elizabeth Ferguso)!, and the two children by that marriage were Vernon arid Roweua, the latter the wife of Otis Heck and the mother of one child, Maurice.

- Ward Canaday was reared on the home farm, and as a boy attended the Canaday school in this vicinity. That school having taken its name from the family and representing the local proTninence of the family iu this vicinity. After leaving the common school he fini-hed his education at Elwood, and then for about six terms was engaged in teaching in this county. He then turned his energies to farming, and on the death of his father took the management of the honit estate. On August 14, 1907, he married Miss Dovie Waymire, daughier of David and Cynthia (Ring) Waymire. Her father David Wayuiiie came from Wayne county, Indiana, and was a son of John S. AVaynire, who was the founder of that family in Madison coimty. David Waymite spent his active career as a farmer, and was the father of four cl.ildren, whose names follow: John E., v.-ho married Carrie Jones and had one son named ITarland; Ernest, who nuiri'ied Lottie Bagley, ai^d their children are Okla and Arnold; Maud, the wife of Ed. Adair, a::d the mother of Lowell and Russell, and Mrs. Canaday. ^[r. and Mrs. Canada^' are the parents of two children, Helena and I-oral. The fan^ily worship in the Christian chureli, aiid ]\lr. Canaday is in politics a Democrat.

Joseph R. Canaday. Madison county ha? many ni,;' farms and they are owned to a largo extent by membe'^'s of old ft-.-iiiii-oS of this section, in a number of cases the land having been acquire T b}- heritage. A wide stretch of 457 acres of fertile soil in one body lying about tv.'o miles from Anderson, is owned by Joseph R. Canaday and his father, Harrison Canaday. The latter also owns 400 acres in Lafa}"-tte township. Joseph R. Canaday, although now retired from active life, continues to be one of the influential citizens of his community and a man whose good management, natural ability and persevering industry have placed him in the front rank of this section's substantial residents. ^Ir. Canaday has resided in this section since his sixth year, and during his long residence here has formed a wide acquaintance in agricultural circles, fairly earning the regard and esteem in which he is universally ueld. He was born August 24, 1859, between Richmond and Milton, in Wayne county, Indiana, and is a son of Harrison and Elizabeth (Howi\rd) Canaday. A review of his father's life appears on another page of this work.

Joseph R. Canaday accompanied his parents to Madi-on county in 1865, and his boyhood home was a small frame house situated not far from Anderson, although in later years the family ac'"£uired a more commodious and comfortable residence. As a lad he attended the old Dillon schoolhouse, and later supplemented this by atteiidanee at the school at College Corners, and in the meantime, like other farmers' sons of his day and locality, spent the spring, summer and fall months in the work of the homestead. He was thoroughly trained in all matters con- sidered necessary for the successful agriculturist to know, proved an industrious workman and apt scholar, and when twenty-one years of age his father rewarded his persevering efforts by giving him charge of the homestead, where he embarked upon a career of his own. He is now the only representative of the family here, his one sister, Mrs. George Quick, being at present a resident of Indianapolis. ]\Ir. Canaday has been successful in his general fanning and stock raising operations, having brought his property to a high state of cultivation and always finding a ready market and top-notch prices for his cattle. He has been a firm believer in the use of modern machinery and methods, combiniog the practicality and sturdy industry of former years with the use of improved equipment and scientific treatment of this time, with exceedingly satisfactory results. His career has been one of steady advancement, marked by the strictest integrity, and as a reliable man of affairs his reputation is firmly established among his neighbors and business associates.

Mr. Canaday was first married to ]\Iiss Lavina Coburn, daughter of Amos and Elizabeth (Stover) Coburn, and to this union there vrere born two children: Cora, v.ho marrieil Richard Powell, and is a resident of Anderson; and Lovina, who married Claude lioney, and has one son, - Joseph. Mr. Canaday 's second marriage occurred October 3, 1895, when he was united with iliss Dora Belle Cooper, daughter of Isaac and Mary E. (Hoel) Cooper, early settlers of Ixladison county, and well known agriculturists of Adams township. There were seven children in the Cooper family : Harry, who is deceased ; Dora Belle, who married Mr. Canaday; Cora, now Mrs. '^A^alker; Fannie, who married Mr. Fattick; ATalter; Ruby, now ^Mrs. Mitchell; and Frank. ^Nfr. and Mrs. Canaday have one son: George Harrison, a bright and interesting lad who is attending the public schools of Anderson.

In addition to his farming operations, ^h\ Canada.y has bee", interested in breeding Shetland ponies and has built up a large trade in this line. He has taken an active interest in political raatters, although not as an aspirant for public honors. With his family, he attends the Christian church, and at all times has given his support to its move- ^ments.

Edward Osborn. A member of the present Indiana legislature from Madison county, ]Mr. Edward Osboni represents the progressive farming element and the substantial rural citizenship of iiis section of Indiana. He is himself a practical and successful farmer, has a large acquaintance and is very popular in his home county, and by experience and native ability is well fitted to represent the interest of his constituency in the legislature.

Edward Osborn makes his home on 80 acres of fine land on the range line road in Pipe Creek township. He was born in Franklin count3% Indiana, May 6, 1859, a son of Thomas and Mary (Claypool) Osborn. Both parents are deceased and buried at Elwood, and the family has long been prominently known in this state. Mr. Osborn 's grandfather, Eedin Osborn was a pioneer of this state and one of the early members of the legislature. Mr. Osborn 's father was a California forty-niner, and came back home with a greater degree of wealth won on the gold coast than most of the adventurers who went out from this state during those days. Thomas Osborn, the father, was born at Brookville, Indiana, and with the exception of his California experience devoted practically all his