Madison County, Indiana - The whole text, 1914 (part 11 of 16)

Edward Osborn as a boy was reared in his native county, where he attended the common sciiools, and he also attended Old Smithson College ill Cass county. On leaving school he skilled himself in the blacksmith trade, and worked at that for some years during his youth. When about twenty-four yeai's old he took up farming as his regular vocation, and by application of energy and good management has made a creditable record in this line. On May 31, ISS-i, he married ]\Iiss Emma Greenlee, daiighter of John and i^ngelina (Bartlow) Greenlee. Her father was originally from Pennsylvania, and first settled in Franklin county, Indiana, where j\Ir. Osborn was born. ]\Ii-s. Osborn was one in a family of eight children, the others being Leora, Clara, Cassius 31., Mollie, Flora, Mat tie, and Ida. Mrs. Osborn is a Methodist.

Fraternally Mr. Osborn is a Mason, a member of the Blue Lodge and Chapter at Elwood, Indiana. One daughter was born to the marriage of Mr. and ~\lrs. Osborn - Bessie, who wedded Clarence Legg, and they reside in ^Madison county. The pretty estate of Mr. and ]^Irs. Osborn is one of the beautiful homes in Pipe Creek tov.-nship, and they are citizens who take much pleasure in the entertainment of their many friends. Mr. Osborn is a popular man amongst his colleagues in. the halls of legislature, and reflects credit on his home county of Madison.

C. R. Wright, 31. D. For more than tv.enty years an active physician of Madison county, possessing the ability and skill which bring success in this profeiision, Dr. AVright has a splendid practice at Frankton and vicinity and is known among hundreds of families throughout this community, as both a kindly and able doct«'r and a friend and good counsellor. Dr. Wright began his career without Vv'ealtli or influence, earned his way through mediccil college, and since beginnirig practice has enjoyed all the features of success.

C. R. Wright was born November IS, loG2, in Burlington, Iowa, where his parents William T. and Ellen (Sumpter) Wright were residents for a few years. The father was a prosperous farmer, a native of Fayetto county, Indiana, and spent about two years in the west, after which he returned to Union county, and then came to Madison county, locating in Jackson township. He owed a valuable farm, and was recognized as a substantial and hoaorable citizen in all his relations with the community. There were tliree children in the family. Dr. C. R., Flora, and James H. Wright. Dr. Wright attended the common schools, and then attained a certificate and taught school in the districts of Jackson and ]Monroe township of 3Iadison county, and by this means he had earned enough money to see him through school, and took a preparatory course in the Central Normal College at Danville, and then entered the Indianapolis Medical school, where he was graduated M. D» in 1888. The first year of his practice was at Windfall, Indiana, in Tipton county, where he attended his fii*st regular patient. The following year was spent at Linwood, and from there he moved to Frankton, and established an office which he has maintained now for more than twenty years.

Dr. Wright was married in February, 1891, to Miss Anna ]Morningstar, whose father was a farmer originally from Morgan county. The two children of the doctor and wife are 3Iary and Julius. The family belong to the Presbyterian church, and take a very prominent part in all church affairs. The doctor is affiliated with the Blue Lodge of Masonery, and is connected with various medical organizations. Mis. Wright passed away in January, 190G, and is buried in Maplewood cemetery near Anderson.

Thomas J. Kixg. One of the successful farmers and a citizen alvsays held in high esteem was the late Thomas J. King, v/ho died at his home in Pipe Creek township, Mareli 10, 1912. The late ^.Ir. King v/as a man of thorough industry, knew how to apply his energies to tbe complicated tasljs of farming, with the best results, and in all his relations he stood honorably toward his connnunity.

The late Thonias J. King was born in a log cabin on the home farm which he occupied at the time of his death, on January- 30, 1858. He was a son of AVasliington and Elizabeth (Howard) King. The Howard family came to Indiana from North Carolina. Washington King, the father, was a son of William King, wiio came to Indiana from the state of Ohio. The parents had the following children: "William, Joseph, Rinda, Catherine, Barry, and P>ank, (who were twins), Thomas J., Margaret, Jonathan, Daniel, and Ozro.

Born in the old log house which before the war v,-as the home of the King family in Pipe Creek township, Thomas J. Kirig grew up in tins locality, and for his education attended what was known as the King school house. His attendance at school was alternated with work on the farm, and he was a farmer all his life. On the day he was uiarried he moved his residence to a portion of the old homestead farm., renting land, and thus beginning his career.

Mr. King married ^larcli 8, 1883, Miss Eliza J. Johnson, a daughter of Penn and Eliza (Wilborn) Johnson. The father came froiu North Carolina, and for many years was a farmer near Elwood. The seve:^ children in the Johnson fannly included Mrs. King, the oldest; AVilliam, Lewis, Harley, Rindy, Catherine and Eliza. The four cl'dldrc born to Mr. and Mrs. King are mentioned as f ollov.s : Rose, v,-hc ^'.oddrd W. R. Johnson, is the mother of four children, Hessel, Russell, Lucia and Helen, the last named being deceased; Floy, who is sirigle and lives at home; Willard;'and Arthur, who is a school boy. The .son, Willard, manages the home farm of one hundred and twenty-thrt^f^ acres, and has his home in a house located a short distance below that of his mother. He rents the place and is a very progressive and Indus trious agriculturist. Willard King wedded Miss Flossie Little April 5, 1913. She comes from one of the good families of ]Madison counry and received a good education, both in the public and high school. The King family is one whicli commands the respect and esteem of all who have the pleasure of their friendship. Their home is in a pretty cottage and is the abode of hospitality. The late IMr. King was aulliated with the Masonic Order and the Knights of Pythias, and the family all worship in. the Methodist church.

James W. Carlton. The owner of eighty acres of fine land on what is known as the East Coon Valley Road, and on rural route No. 33 out of Elwood, James AV. Carlton is one of the prosperous and progressiva farmers of Pipe Creek township, and has spent practically all his lif^' in Madison county.

Mr. Carlton has been twice married, first to Miss Dora Etehisou, (laughter of Richard and Amanda (Carter) Etchison and to this marriage were born two children - Mayne and Mayme L. Mr. Carlton's second marriage was to Mrs. Alice (Cunningham) Jeffries, a daughter of Samuel and Dorcas E. (Nance) CunniDgham. By her first marriage to Mr. Jeffries, there \vas born a daughter, Levada, and she is living in Pipe Creek township. Mrs. Carlton's father was a native of Xorth Carolina and was one of the prosperous agriculturists of iMonroe township. They also had one son, by name Andrew J., the brother of Mrs. Carlton. Mr. Carlton is a member of the United Brethren church, but his father was in sympathy with the Christian church. Politically he is a Progressive Republican and in a fraternal sense is an honored member of the Knights of Pythias, and the ^lodern "Woodmen of America, and Mrs. Carlton was a Pythian Sister. She is ai] affable lady and is an able factor in making her home one of the pleasant and peaceful abodes. Mr. and IMrs. Carlton have the good will and esteem of the people of Pipe Creek township.

Abraham R. Procter. Amor.g the successful Madison county farmers of the present day, probably none has won his prosperity by more thorough reliance upon his individual efforts and by a more complete process of industry, self-denial, and thrifty management than Abraham R. Procter. M'^r. Procter is nov7 regarded as one of the most substantial stock men and farmers in the northern part of the county and is owner of one hundred and sixty acres of good land in Pipe Creek and Duck Creek townships.

Mr. Procter was born xVpril 3, 18G3, in Franklin county, Indiana, a son of John and Eli/.abeth (Shockley) Procter. The paternal grandfather came to Indiana from Nevr Jersey, locating in I'ranklin county, where John Procter was born. The children of John Procter and wife numbered eight, the following four being now living: India, Thomas, Harvey and Abraham R.

Mr. Procter enjoyed his early schooling in Franklin county and was a worker on the home farm all the time he attended school. When he started out on his own account it was as a renter, and on a very small sciile at that, but with every year since his beginning his resources have increased, and he can say that every dollar he owns was made by his honest efforts. Mr. Procter moved to Madison county on i\Iareh 4, 1896, and rented a portion of his present farm. He later bought a part of the land, and has gradually increased it until he is now the owner of one hundred and sixty acres and has placed practically all the modern improvements upon the estate.

On February 9, 1888, Mr. Procter married Miss Anna Dare of Franklin cotmty, and a daughter of James and' Ruthana (DuBois) Dare. The four children born to their marriage are as follows : Roscoe, now bookkeeper for the Washburn-Crosby Company at Cleveland, Ohio; Blanch, the wife of Ed AtcCord; Harry and Elzie, both at home. Mr. Procter is independent in politics, and he and his family are attendants of the Methodist church.

aud North Carolina streets, Ehvood, belongs to that type of suocessl'u: business men who have risen to the top through hard work and conscientious application to the duties given them to perform. The abilit.-- to rise, meet and master situations spells success, and thus Mr. Seiicra has steadily fought his way to the front rank, overcoming obstacles by the sheer force of his own resource and capacity. He is a native of the Hoosier State, and was born at Kokomo, May 10, 188-1, a son of Geor'-e I. and Rebecca (Kellar) Sellers.

Alfred P. Sellers, the paternal grandfather of Wilfred Sellers, was a carpenter by trade and an early settler of Howard county, being the builder of the barracks at Kokomo. There he passed away advanced in years, as did also his wife, who had borne the maiden name of ^Im-y Cole. They were the parents of the following children : Lev.is, John, William, George Ira, Alice, Flora, Cora, Elizabeth and Mattie. ]Mr. Sellers' maternal grandfather was William H. Kellar, a native of Kentucky and an early settler of Howard county, Indiana, where lie conducted a sawmill aud was also engaged in farming. He died at the age of sixty-five years, wliile his wife, who had been formerly ^lis? Garr, of Kentucky, survived him a long time and passed to her find rest when eighty-six years old. They bad children as follows: Mary, Lewis, Hite, Edward, Kate, Charles, and Rebecca.

George Ira Sellers was born iu Hovv^ard county, Indiana, and there received his education, following which he learned the trade of carpenter with his fatlier. He later turned his attention to specializing in stair-building, and while thus engaged formed the idea of manufacturing kitchen cabinets. This business he started in a small v/ay at Kokomo, in 1888, and the excellence of the prodact soon gained il a wide sale, the Vv'orking force of the plant growing rapidly from twenty-five to one hundred and thirty skilled mechanics. In 1905 the Kokomo plant was destroyed by fire, and in December of that year Mr. Sellers came to Elwood and purchased the plant of the Elwood Furniture Company, which he remodeled to suit his own business, and here he continued to be actively engaged until liis death, September 19, 1909, when his widow succeeded him as president of the concern. A business man of the old school, who believed that strict honesty and integrity . were the surest mediums through which to attain success, aud proved it, Mr. Sellers had the fullest confidence and respect of his business associates. He was possessed of a mind fertile in resources, means and expedients, and was never at a loss for a course to pursue. The Christian Church knew him as a liberal supporter, his adopted town as a public-spirited citizen, his acquaintances as a loyal friend, and his family as a kind husband and indulgent father, while the business worlcf lost in his death one who had been steadfast in maintaining high principles. He and his wife, who was also born in Howard county, Indiana, were the parents of six children, as follows: Ellena G., who is the widow of James Parsons, of Elwood; Ida B., who is the wife of Harry Hale, of Fairfield, Indiana; Wilfred; Mary E., who is the wife of Henry Striker, of Elwood; Charles E., residing at Fort Wayne. Indiana ; and George L., of Kokomo.

On completing his studies in the public schools of Kokomo, Wilfred Sellers entered his father's factory, thoroughly learnirig every detail of the extensive business, from the bottom rung of the ladder to the top. When the Elwood business was founded, he was admitted to partr-ership with his father, and became secretary, treasurer and manager of the finn, jiositions he has continued to occupy to the present time. _ He has inherited much of his father's mechanical genius and business ;,bilitj, and is known as one of the leading business men of the younger ireneration here, having sho^\^l himself eminently capable to handle the Farse interests of the manufacturing plant. In addition, he is the inventor of an ant-proof castor and is now acting in the capacity of manager of the Sanitary Castor Company, at Elwood. Tliese have met with a large sale, while the famous Sellers kitchen cabinets have established a market in almost every large city in the United States and

On October 21, 1909, Mr. Sellers was married to Miss Marjorie l . Shoemaker, daughter of William and :\lary E. (Young) Shoemaker, and to this union there has been born one daughter: ^lary Rebecca. Mrs. Sellers is a member of the Presbyterian church, and is popular in religious and social circles of Elwood. Mr. Sellers is a Democrat in political matters, but has not sought public office. His fraternal connections are with Quincy Lodge No. 230, V. & A. M., the Elks and tiie Knights of Pythias, in all of v/hieh he has numerous friends.

Alexander Wise. A large farm of four hundred acres partly iu Lafayette and partly in Pipe Creek township represents the business enterprise of Alexander Wise, one of the oldest native citizens of ]\Iadison countv, and one vdio has spent practically a lifetime of efforts m the cultivation of the soil. As a farmer he has won material^ prosperity, and at the same time has lived with honor in all his relations v/ith his communitv and fellov>- citizens.

Alexander' Wise was born August 2, 1838, in :\Iadison county, and was a son of John and Harriet (:\rcClintock) Wise. His father, Jolm Wise, was originally from the state of Virginia, and was only a boy himself when he accompanied his father, Martin Wise, grandfather of Alexander, to the middle West. John Wise grew up and took up the occupation of farmer, acquired a large estate, and finally passed away, enjoying the respect and esteem of a large circle of friends. The chudr'en in°his family are mentioned as follows : IVIartin, deceased ; IMary, deceased; Elizabeth, deceased; Alexander, Jennie, William, Samantha, wife of Noah Eine, and :\Iargaret, wife of George Schuyler. .

Alexander Wise as a boy attended the public schools in Perkinsville, and throughout the period of his school attendance he^was also engaged in the experiences and duties of the home farm. In 1850, on the 24th° of November, he married Hannah :\LOore, a daughter _ ot John Moore. The eight children of ^^Ir. Wise and wife are: William H who is married and has two children; Jennie, wife of Joseph Love; Sarah, who is the Avife of J. Swain, and has three children ; Rose wife of Albert Wilburn, and the mother of three children; Grace; Myrtle, who is married and has four children ; John, who is married and has three children; and Martin, who is married and has three children. Mr Wise is one of the old members of the IMethodist church m Pipe Creek township. On his farm he is engaged in the raising of stock, and has built up an estate which is an honor and credit to his township.

Mr. Wise is one of Indiana's grand old men and he has a double record - a record as an honest, and successfrd citizen and a soldier's record He enlisted in the 142nd I. V. I. and served his county as a -soldier under the grand old general, "Pap" Thoma.s, whom the boys in blue" would follow into the jaws of death. His term of service lasted nine months, when he received his honorable discharge and returu,:,] to his home, to again don the civilian's garb. ]\lr. Wise is quoted in \i\^ locality, among his many friends as one of the "Prince of the Pionoei.,'^ of old ^Madison county.

W.iLTER E. Werking has been connected with the Nicholson Fi!- Company for the past twenty years and during this time has worki.J his way steadily up from the position of shipping clerk to that of office manager of this progressive Anderson concern. Such a record i.s ample evidence of his steady perseverance and close application to tho details of the business, and his able management of this line of tljtbusiness stamps him as one of the alert and energetic business men ut the city. Mr. Werking is a native son of IMadison county, having be..ii born in the village of Pendleton, March 13, 1873, the ojdy living son of James H. and Elizabeth K. (Jackson) Werking.

James H. Werking was born in 1842, in Indiana, and was reareJ and educated in this state. At the outbreak of the Civil war h.- answered his country's call for volunteers by enlisting in Company I, Thirty-sixth Regiment, Indiaiia Volunteer Infantry, and served faitlifully and valiantly with that organization during four 3'ears and six months, receiving his honorable discharge witii an excellent record. At the close of his military career, he entered business life at Pendleton, and subsequently came to Anderson, and is still a resident of this city, although he is iiow living a retired life. Mr. Werking married ^Ii?s Elizabeth K. Jackson, who was born near Chillicoilie, Ohio, and shtdied in 1901.

Walter R. Werking was a small lad when brought to Anderson ])y his parents, and his education was secured in the public and high schools of this city. On graduating from the latter he secured employment with the Nicholson File Company, in 1893, in the capacity of shipping clerk, and has continued to remain Vv'ith this company to rhe present time, repeated promotions having advanced him to the position of office manager. He is thoroughly familiar with every detail of the business, and his good judgment, sagacity and executive ability have done nuich to extend the trade of his firm.

- On October 10, 1900, Mr. Werking was united in marriage with Miss Dinnie E. Palmer, of Anderson, a daughter of Clarkson Palmer, an old and highly esteemed resident of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Werking have one child. They have a neat modern residence at No. 182(j IVCeridiau street. Mr. Werking is a prominent Mason, belonging to Fellowship Lodge. No. 65, F. & A. M., to Anderson Royal Arch Cliapter, to xVnderson Commandery, and to Murat Temple of the iMystic Shrine, Indianapolis, and is also a Scottish Rite ]\Iason. He is als^ well known to the members of the Independent Order of Odd Ftdlows, holding membership in Anderson Lodge, No. 131, and Star Encampment, No. 84. During his long residence in Anderson he has -ever shown himself willing to co-operate with earnest public-spirited citizens in forwarding movements for the benefit of the city and its people, although his participation in politics has been confined to that of any good citizen interested in his community's growth and development. He has a wide acquaintance among business men and many v*T.rui friends throughout the city.

Fred T. BARBf:R. It is to a large degree to the self-made meu of Madison county that this section owes its present prosperity; to those men wlio, starting life without financial assistance or influential frieuds, have worked their own way to the front, placing themselves by the sheer force of their energy and perseverance among the successful men of their communities. An exampde of self-made manhood is found in tJie career of Fred T. Barber, president and general manager of the Barber Manufacturing Company, at Anderson. Embarking upon his struggle with life when a lad of sixteen years, he has steadily fought his way upward, overcoming such obstacles as have presented themselves, always with a well-defined course in view, until today he is recognized as one of the substantial and influential business men of his adopted city and a force to be reckoned with in matters of a commercial nature. AVhile he has been busily engrossed with the duties pertaining to the management of a rapidly-growing enterprise, ^Ir. Barber has found time also to discharge the responsibilities which every Inrge community places upon its influential men, and in positions of public trust has ably and conscientiously served his fellow-citizeiTS, tluis materially advancing the public welfare.

Fred T. Barber was born upon a farm in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, October 1, 1859, and is a son of George II and Jane (VanCamp) Barber. His father died when Fred T. was but eigliteen months of age, but the mother managed to keep her family together and to give her children good connuon school advantages. Fred T. Barber spent a part of his boyhood in v/orking on the farm, in the meantime attending the public schools, and when sixteen years of age found employment as a clerk in a general store located on the banks of the Delaware river. There he continued foui- years, thus earning the means whereby be could pursue a supplementary course in the Capitol City Commercial College, Trenton, New Jeisey, and so thoroughly did he master the details of the curriculum that after two years he was employed as a teacher in that institution. Following this, he re-entered busiiiess life as an employe of a wholesale grocery concern at Trenton, where he remained four years, and resigned to take a position with the Trenton Spring Mattress Co., as manager in their New York office, and from there was transferred to Chicago to take charge of their branch factory located there, where he gained experience that proved of great value to him in later years. In 1894 Ivlr. Barber made his advent in Anderson, where he became the organizer and promoter of a concern kiiown as the Barber Manufacturing Company, which was incorporated under the same name during the following year, with Mr. Barber as president and general manager. This company manufactures bed, davenport, chair and carriage springs, and all kinds of springs used in seats of any kind. The output of the factory is shipped to all points in the United States, and meets with a large sale in Australia, under special order. Mr. Barber has been the directing head of this large enterprise since its inception, and his management of its affairs places him in an acknowledged position among his adopted city's most able business men. He has so directed its policies that the concern has the highest commercial standing, while his own known integrity lias added to its prestige.

In 1895 Mr. Barber was married to ]\Iiss Idn Wilson, of Trenton, New Jersey, a daughter of Capt. John A. Wilson, who has been a Delaware river captain for the past thirty-six years.- Onis son has been born to this union : Wilson, a student of the Anderson High school, aged sixteen years. IMr. Barber has ever shown a coniaiendable interest in all matters pertaining to the welfare of Anderson, and has not hesitated to perform the duties of citi^^enship. At different times a member of the Democratic Central Committee, he has been active in the success of his party in this city, and is now repi-esenting the Second "Ward in the city council, of which body he is president, and is a member of the board of public works. His influence has always been on the side of progress and improvement, and his services to his city have been untiring. Fraternally, he is connected with Anderson Lodge, No. 209, B. P. 0. E., of which he is exalted ruler.

Chestp:r H. Anderson. One of the young citizens of IMadisou county v/ho are exponents of the modern science of farming, and who have applied business methods and science to their industry is Chester H. Anderson of Fall Creek township. He is a young man of less tlian thirty years, but iri his ability and in the quality of his work ranli.s among the leaders of agriculture and live stock producers in his section of the county. Chester II. Anderson was born on a farm in Fall Creek township on November 2-5, I8S5, and is a son of A. C. and Caroline J. (Heacock) Anderson. There were two children in the family; his sister Stella is the wife of E. D. Allen, a resident of Pendleton. Mr. Anderson spent his boyhood on a farm, and graduated first from the district schools, and then from the Pendleton High School with the class of 1904, being then eighteen years of age. He became a student at Purdue University, where he was in the Agricultural Department, and thus well equipped, returned to his home county to begin his practical career as a farmer. On December 19, 1908, he married Uulu B. Clark, who was born in Pendleton, October 20, 13SG, a daughter of Albert and Mary (McKee) Clark, who received her education in the common schools, being a graduate from the higii school in the same class with Mr. Anderson. After their marriage he moved to a farm one mile west of Pendleton and with the aid of his thrifty and ambitious young wife he began his practical career. Two children have been l.'.jrn to their marriage, Mary E., on ^Nlay 4, 1910, and Paul C, on July 22, 1913. INIr. Anderson is a member of the Friends church, while his wife belongs to the Methodist denomination. He is affiliated ^vith Pendleton Lodge, No. 88, I. 0. 0. F., and in politics is an Independent. Mr. Anderson in his farming operations makes a specialty of Registered Duroc Jersey hogs and Jersey cattle and raises them for the market and also for breeding purposes. He also has some Percheron horses. He uses good judgment in all his work, and has made profit where many farmers have succeeded only in making a living. Mr. Anderson is one of the young energetic farmers of Madison county whose impress will be left behind him in the agricultural world.

Edwin Lukens. Beginning his career as a farmer, Edwin Lukens spent ten years as a prosperous street contractor in Anderson, from which he eventually reverted to the farm and has since continued in the successful operation of one of the attractive places in Anderson township. His place today shov/s the care and cultivation of a man who undtn-stands the business of farming in its every detail, and is undeniably one of the fine farm spots of the community. Three generations of Lukenses have farmed in jMadison county, the first of the family to establish his home hereabout being William Lukens, the father of Benjamin Lukens and the grandfather of Edwin Lukens. The name is thus in no wise an unfamiliar one to the old residents of the county, and is one that has long been honored and esteemed among the best citizenship of the district.

Edwin Lukens was born on October 15, 1864, on the old Shaul farm near the town of Pendleton, and he is the son of Benjamin and Susan (Haines) Lukens. The father was a native son of Madison county and was here reared and passed his life. Edv/in Lukens was his first born child, the others being as follows : William A., a resident of Fall Creek township; Mrs. Mattie Darlington, and Benjamin N. Lukens, of Indianapolis.

As a boy in his home community Edwin Lukens attended the district school in Stony Creek township, as well as the Boot Jack school, so called because of its unfortunate location in a swamp of so exceedingly hungry a nature that when the boys plunged into it upon whatever pretext the suction was great ejiough to pull their boots from their feet in their efforts to disentangle themselves. School conditions there were in common with those existing in other parts of the country in the early years following the war, and it ma}' readily be understood that his education was not of the highest order. However, ]Mr. Lukens as a boy was well versed in the matter of farm work, and was continuously employed upon the home farm until he reached the age of twentyone, when he established himself upon a forty acre tract in Fall Creek township. He spent three years there, and in 1892 came to Anderson where he became interested in the business of street contracting, cement work at that time just beginning to come into use. For ten years he continued successfully, but at the end of that time he decided to return to the farm. He accordingly bought his present place, consisting of one hundred acres of fertile soil on the Muneie road, about one mile distant from the limits of Anderson. Here Mr. I^ikens has occupied himself witli farming, and his place has reached a high degree of productiveness with the passing years. The place is one that is v/ell kept up, with suitable buildings of every kind, and a first class silo attests the progressive ideas of the proprietor at the same time. A practical farmer in the main, Mr. Lukens is one who is ever willing to embrace a new idea in farming, when the same is supported by reasonable arguments, and he is deeply interested in the Farmers' Institute. As a stock man, he is one who is quoted widely in Madison county, and his success in that branch is worthy of commendation.

On February 23, 1886, Mr. Lukens married ]\Iary Rogers, the daughter of Levi and Emily (Dobson) Rogers. Levi Rogers, it may be said at this point, was a native of Chester county, Pennsylvania, and was a farmer and carpenter. After he settled in Pendleton, Indiana, he devoted himself for the most part to the building business, and there ended his days. Three children were born to Mr. and INIrs. Rogers, - Mary, the wife of Mi-. Lukens; Fannie Boorman and Edwin, who is deceased.

Mr. and ]\Irs. Lukons became the parents of four children. Alice, the first born, married Frank Rodecap; ^fyron, the second, is unmarried; Herman married Eva Ray; and Hortense married Ellsworth Rodecap.

Washington B.' Knopp. It is the province of biography to tr..at with those busy toilers in the affairs of life who form thf true strength of communities and of nations, for it is the men who are successful and enterprising in agriculture and commerce that brmg advancement and prosperity °to their country. A large proportion of this class of men appreciate the value of their success the more in that it has been gamed by their own efforts. In .Madison county are found many citizens who have been the architects of their own fortunes, but it is doubtlul if there can be discovered many instances where this has been so strikiug.y true as in the career of Washington B. Knopp, who is now the owner of a valuable tract of 162 acres on the Wesley Chapel Eoad, about eight miles from Anderson in Eichland township. A brief rcviev; or his career will show that he has at all times been industrious and persevering, and that true success may be gained without the initial aavautages of wealth or influential friends. ^

Washington B. Knopp was born in 1SG2, m Roan county, A est Virginia, a son of Jesse and May J. (Wiblin) Knopp. He was but a child when his fatlier brought the family to :},iadison county, and nere the elder man continued to carry on operations near x eriiinsvnle, on a valuable farm, during the remainder of his career. He had a fan'i.^y of thirteen e'aildren, of whom eight are still living, as toliows : V ictoria, Josie, Matilda, William, Washington, Gideon, Je^se, and v^hartes. ^ \^ asuinc^to'i B Knopp secured his education in the district scnools ox Maciison county, and during his entire school period assisted his father iti the work of the home hwm. as he did also after compxetmg his Studies. On attaining manhood, he started to work on neighboring larms tor a salary of fifteen dollars ner month, but after about si.k months enterea a c^rocery store as clerk, a position which he filled but a short time. ^He also had some experience in railroad work, but eventualiy_ rfiurneu to the occupation of his forefathers, the tillii^g of the soil, satisfied that m ^ that line lay his best opportunity for success. During all this time ne had thriftily saved his earnings, and in 1SS5, with some monev borrowed from his father, he bought a tract of eighty acres oi land m Boone township. This property was in poor condition, but Mr. Knopp improved it in various ways, put it in a good state of cultivation ana eventually traded it for the property formerly- owned by James ^urKner Here he has added to his property from time to time, untn He at present is the owner of one of the best properties m the township, Doastino- of modern improvements of every kind and buildings ot hanasome architectual design and substantial character. In one piece he has put in 1 540 rods of tiling, in itself a task of no mean size, and his fane ne;>^ two-story home is a credit to his industry and to the community m which he lives. His general farming and stock raising operations have been successful, but that has been no more than was expected tor he has labored faithfully and assiduously and his labors have been intelli'^entlv directed. Among his neighbors and business associates, he is known as a man who is to be relied upon in business matters,^ wlio is loyal as a friend, and who is at all times ready to assist ms lexiov.- citizens in movements tending to advance his community. It is sucn men that form the bone and sinew of a township or a staie and uno are representative of the best type of American agriculturist.

Ou August 26, 1886, Mr. Knopp was married to Miss Angeline l)yson, daughter of Richard and Martha (Gaither) Dyson, natives of Xurtb Carolina, the former of whom is deceased, while the latter makes her home with her daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Knopp have juid eight children : Estella, who married Orlift'e Hunt, and has tvv'o children, - Lester and Otis ; Frank, educated in Richland and Boone townships, and now manager of the home farm, who married Rose Ilirschel and has one son, - Marvin; John, who is deceased; and Walter, Mattie, William, Edna and Ruth, all of whom reside at home with their j.arents. The family attends the Church of God.

Oliver Broadbent, ]\I. D. In the death of Dr. Oliver Broadbeut, which occurred at his home, six and one-half miles northeast of the city of Anderson, Indiana, June 3, 1910, the Anderson townsLip medical fraternity lost one of its pioneer members, a man who for fortytive years had been a worthy representative of all that was best in his uoble calling. His was a life full of usefulness to his fello«'-meu, a career which covered more than four decades of administeriisg to the ills of mankind, and although his labors have ceased the memory of his deeds reniains, for numerous residents of his former scene of t-ndeavor have ample reason to keep him in grateful remembrance. Dr. Broadbent was born in Union county, In.diana, July 23, 1811, a son of Robert and Lucy (Preston) Broadbent. His father came to the United States from England as a boy and was for yea,rs engaged in the woolen mill business. There were seven children in the family : Robert, Stephen, Elizabeth, John, Cyrus, Charles and Oliver, all now being deceased. Of these Stephen Broadbent was the operator of a wool factory at Broadbent's ford about a C[uarter of a century ago.

Oliver Broadbent received his early education in the comm-au schools, and early manifested a desire to enter the medical profession. As a means to this end he became an employe in his father's woolen mill, and after carefully saving his earnings for several years wss able to enter IMianii University, at Oxford, where he was duly graduated. Followang this he studied medicine for some time at Cincinnati,, and then entered upon the practice of his profession at Marion, Indiana, later removing to Chesterfield, where for some years he was engaged in practice in partnership with Dr. Dunham. About the year 1805, Doctor Broadbent located in Richland township, and in connection v/ith his medical practice commenced farming, adding to his land from time to time until he had accumulated two hundred acres of valuable property and developed one of the finest country homes in this section.

Doctor Broadbent was married to iliss Sarah I. Nelson, daughter of I. and Leah (Wigner) Nelson, prominent people of Madison county, and to this union there were born seven children : Clara, who is deceased, also one who died in infancy ; Hattie, who married Will Vermillion ; Merta, who became the wife of Homer Eshelman; Effie, who is the wife of John Walters; iVIary, who married Gideon Johns; and Chester, who married Miss AVhelchel, and resides on his farm in Richland township. ]\Irs. Broadbent survives her riusband and resides cu the homestead, on Anderson Rural Route" No. 1.

Doctor Broadbent was a Republican in his political views, but his interest therein was only that taken by every good citizen. With his family, he attended the Methodist Episcopal church, while his fraternal connections were limited to the organizations of his profession, in the work of which he took an active and intelligent interest. Until j by the illness that eventually brought about his death, Do^;tor bent was ever ready to answer the call of suifering mankind. . was too late or too early; no weather was too inclement; all tho self or personal interests was at once thrust aside when his i were needed. Doubtless tlie strain incurred by this abandon hastened his final sickness. As a business man he was as succe; in his profession. He evidenced his versatility by becoming s perous in agriculture as in medicine, while as a citizen none 1 welfare of the connuunity more thoroughly at heart. He left children not only material wealth, but the priceless heritage of ; orable and honored name.

The following extract is copied from an Anderson newspapei the day following his death: "Dr. Oliver Broadbent, one of tlie physicians of this county, and a resident of Richland township past forty-five years, died yesterday afternoon at two o'clock home, six and one-half miles northeast of this city. Deatli was heart disease, from which he has been a sufferer for the past five years. He was sitting in his chair yesterday when he rec severe and final attack. He was found in the chair in a sort oi by Mrs. Broadbent some minutes later, the v;ife having just r from a trip to this city. Dr. Lee Hunt was summoned but before arrived Dr. Broadbent had breathed his last. He had been prt bedfast for the past year but his death came as a surprise to his and relatives. The funeral will be held Monday at ten o'elo^; services in the Bethany church. Burial will occur in the cemetery. "

Georgk Hartzell. Madison county is largely agricultural, thriving towns, its numerous manufactories, its schools and c! prove that a vigorous life underlies any activity, although heri^ where, dependence is necessarily placed upon tlie products of t and the labors of those who develop it. No matter how men maj how much they may achieve in any direction, they must all be i it is the farmer, in the backgrouuil, who turns the wheels, who s seas, who fights the battles, and who provides for the survival in "the passing of the torch." Happily, there are in JMadison contented owners of land who intelligeiitly and Vv-illingly carry peaceful pursuits of agriculture and, although they do not seek term of approbation, are, nevertheless, benefactors of mankind are often men of wide information on many subjects, usually <. qualified for offices of public service, for the proper cultivatioi soil and a realization of its utmost yield, require knowledge o subjects. It is in this class of public-spirited and intelligent that is found George Hartzell, of Anderson township, the owl finely-cultivated tract of sixty acres located on the Main strei about two miles from the city of Anderson, and a resident of . county for upwards of sixty years. Mr. Hartzell was born i; gomery county, Ohio, in 1S4G, and is the oldest of the children of and Plarriet (Wertz) Hartzell.

Joseph Hartzell was born, reared, educated a ad married i and there followed farming until 1352, in which year he broi, family to Madison county, locating in Anderson township, n city, where he passed the remaining years of his active career in ' suits of agriculture. George Hartzell was a child of but six years when he accompanied his parents to Anderson township, and here he received his education in the district schools during the winter terms, which were usually about three months in duration, and with the commencement of spring again took up his duties on the home farm, which he continued until the following winter. Thus he passed his whole school period, and on completing his studies he took up the work of an agriculturist, which he has followed to the p>resent time, with the exception of twelve years when he was engaged in conducting a tile factory. He now has a finely cultivated property, with excellent buildings and modern improvements of all kinds, and his farm shows what honest, persistent effort can accomplish, for it is due to his own industry and good management that his operations have met with such success.

In 1871 Mr. Hartzell was united in marriage with Miss Sarah E. Brown, and to this union there have been born four children, namely: Laura, Joseph, Carrie, who married a Mr. Huetzinger, and Sarah, who became the wife of Mr. Jarrett. Mr. Hai'tzcll's second marriage occui-red March 12, 1881, when he was united with !Miss Eliza A. Perkins, and they have two sons: Hurston and Howard. Mr. Hartzell is a Democrat in his political views, although he has never cared for public office. He has taken some interest in fraternal work, and at this time is a popular member of the Improved Order of Red ^len, the Knights of the Golden Eagle, the Wise Guys and the Haymakers. With the members of his family, he attends the Methodist Episcopal Church at Anderson, the movements of which he iias liberally supported.

John Luther Hancock. Another of the well-to-do retired farmers of Madison county whose accomplishments justly entitle them to mention in this histoj-ical and biographical work is John Luther Hancock, now residing on an eleven acre tract near the city of Anderson. . Here he built him a fine seven room house, suited in every detail to the demands of his family, and he is passing his r3maining years caring for his property interests and enjoyiiig the frtiits of his years of toil. Success attended ^Ir. Hancock in his efforts, and he today owns a number of farms in Madison county, all of which combine to yield him a sufficient income and place him among the ranks of the independent farming men of the county.

Born in Delaware cotmty, on December 3, 1851, John Luther Hancock is the son of Joseph. T. and Plester (Fountain) Hancock. The father was born in Wayne county. Indiana, in 1831, and as a young man taught school in Deleware county, in the schools of ^^lount Pleasant township. He was the son of John Hancock, who came from Virginia. He was the father of six children, of whom more complete mention is made in the sketch of W. W. Hancock, to be found on other pages of this work.

The boyhood days of John Luther Hancock were passed much in common with those of the other youth of that period. He attended the Delaware county schools and diversified his school Avork with a diligent training upon the farm, received at the hands of his industrious father. When he was twenty years old Mr. Hancock came to iladison county and settled in Richland township on the old Hancock farm, as it was long called. Two years later, or in 1876, he married INIary E. Lav/ler, and soon after rented a farm from his father-in-law, where he settled down and began to apply himself with all consistency to the acquiring of a place of his own and a position among the more prominent men of the eominunity. So well did he succeed that today he owns a number of productive farms and has been able to retire from the industry himself and live comfortably and quietly upon the labors of former years. Befoi-e he retired he had reached a place of no incousiderabit pi-oioinence in agricultural circles of the county, and was known for the success of his farming ventures and the extent of his operations.

His marriage to Mary Lawler occurred on December 7, 1876. She was born on August 28, 1859, in Richland town-^hip on the old James Lawler place, and is the daughter of James and Lydia (Chambers) Lawler. James Lawler was a native Virginian and came to Indiana when a boy, in company with his parents, James and Nancy (Curtis) Lawler. It was the father of ^Irs. Hancock who established the Lav.ier family in Madison county, and .she was one of his four children.

To Mr. and Mrs. Hancock have come five children. Ida, the eldest, is the wife of D. Luce, and they have two children, - Lawson B., and Crystal M. ; Alta, married "William Bronnenberg, and is the mother of two children, - -Roy and Viva; Cora is the v.ife of Arthur Short, and their children are Thelma G. and Darrell E.: Hazel married Kmcrson Clanger, and has two children, - Harold L. and Ralph; the fifth child is Scluiyi.er Hancock, v.iio married Ethel Denny. All have come to fill useful niches in their various spheres in li^'e and reflect no little honor upon the parents who launched them upon their various careers of home-making and business.

Mr. Hancock, though not a man to interest himself beyond the demands of good eitizeiiship in the politics of hJs eouiity, still bears allegiance to the I\epu])lican party, and has given aid to its causes on many occasions. He has done all one man could do in the interests of the peoi:>le whenever the rights and wishes of the people have been in contest, and has borne full well his shave in the burdens of civic responsibility. He and his family have membership in tlie Christian church of their community and are regular attendants and supporters of that denomination.

Oliver P. Widexeb. A citizen and farmer of Fall Creek towrish.ip who began his career some twenty-five years ago without capital and with only the strength of his hands to aid him in his struggle with life, Mr. Widener has since becomic possessed of a fine farm, has reared a family who are a credit to his name, and during all the years of his residence in the community has been known as a man of honest and good report.

Oliver P. Widener was born in Jackson township this county, December 4, 1864, a son of William and Amanda J. (Sisson) Widener. Both parents are now deceased. The father and five brothers were soldif^rs in the Civil war, and all in Indiana regiments. The family were among the early settlers of ^Madison county, and the name has ahvays been associated in this section of the state with industry and integrity. The parents had ten children, seven of v/hom are living in 1913, namely : Robei't, Charles, William, Oliver P., Sarah, wife of Sherman Stephenson ; Aman.da J., wife of John Hoffman ; and Hattie, who is married and lives in Texas.

Oliver P. Widener was reared on a farm in ]\Iadison county and all the education he attained was b}- attendance during the winter seasons in the neighboring district schools. The summers were spent in th.e labor of the homestead and when he was fourteen vears of age his father

(lied, leaving him as the r.hiuf suppurt of the family. For this reason he reinained at home as praetieal manager of the farm until he was about twenty-four years of age. lie then on September 12, 1SS8, married Sarah K. Graham, who was born in -Madison county, received her education in the district schools and represents an old family name in this sectioji. After their nuirriage ]\Ir. and Mrs. Wide]ier located upon a farm, and by dint of industry, thrifty management, tinaliy aciiuired their present handsome estate of one hundred and twenty acres in Fall Creek township, this repi-eseriting and being in the nature of a monument to their career of pereistent labor in this county.

Mr. and i\lrs. Widener became tlie parents of five children, four of whom are living in 1913 as follows: Ruby, who graduated from the common schools and is now the wife of Robert MeCleary of Anderson; Dessie F., who also attended the common schools and is now the wife of Harry Webb, of Ilauulton county, this state; Vernie, who is a farmer and resides on the homestead with his parents; Jennie, who is a student ill the district schools. .Mr. Widener and his family worship in the Methodist faith, and he is one of the trustees, a stevrard and also a district steward of his chuieli, being one of the most active Vb-orkers for the church and the Sunday school of this denomination. In politics he is a Prohibitionist. On his farm he raises tiie general crops and considerable stock, and everyThing about the place is indicative of good management and thorouglmess.

Alfred D. Hurst. In the recent death of Alfred Dickson Ilurst, which occurred at his home in Anderson en September 14, 1912, there passei! awa}' a v^vU known citizen, one who had been identified with Madison county for thirty years, and v/ithin his career v.ere embraced important activities in education, manufacturing, banking, politics, religion, and civic affairs. At his horue city of Anderson he was held in universal esteem, and was for many years om of the most substantial factors in business, a man who through energetic, straightforward business methods gained a comfortable fortune. He had hosts of ftiends all over the state of Indiana.

Though a great meed of praise must always be due to the pioneers and first settlers for their efforts in behalf of progress and civilization, at least equal if not greater honor is due the men whose enterprise, genius and untiring industry during the latter years of the old century, contributed so largely to the general advancement and development of the county. It was in this latter class that Alfred D. Hurst belonged. He was born in Wayne county, Indiana, on a farm near Centerville, April 8, 1856. His parents were William and IMerab Foster Hurst, both highly connected and greatly respected in the community in which they lived. They were identified with agricultural pursuits and in consequence Alfred's early boyhood was passed upon the farm and in the performance of such labors as were common to boys similarly situated in life. During the fall and winter months, he attended the district schools, and being ambitious to acquire an education applied himself to his studies with such assuidity that he was not long in mastering the elementary branches. Having an ambition to tit himself for the profession of teaching, he subsequently attended DePauw University, where he took a classical course. He remained in that University four years, during which time his standing as a student and orator and debater

After leaving University he was employed as a teacher in the public schools at Brazil, Indiana, and afterwards in the capacity of superintendent, the duties of which position he discharged with eminent satisfaction to the school board and the patrons of the schools. His services as an edueator were sought in other cities and in 1884 he accepted a proposition from the school board of Frankton in Madison county to' superintend the schools. For seven years he ably and faithfully looked after the educational interests of Frankton, and it can be truthfully said that no superintendent before or since came more nearly to satisfying _ the public expectations. His methods were approved, and his efficienc}' v/as never ciuestioned. Mr. Hurst left his profession about the time that the development of the natural gas fields of eastern Indiana wrought such a complete change in the industrial and economic situation in this section of the state. He was ciuick to see the possibilities for manufacturing enterprise and he resigned his position to engage in affairs that promised greater financial returns for his labor than the profession of teaching. Through his efforts the Hoosier Fence Company was organized in 1802. No enterprise in the county perhaps has been more successful than this, due largely to the industry and able management of the late Mr. Hurst. He was also one of the principal promoters of the Frankton Land Improvement Company, assisted in organizing the Quick City Glass Company, and was connected financially, if not in tlie management with the Drislier Coil Company and the Frankton Furniture Company. The late 2dr. Hurst vv^as a hard worker, and it was his constant and concentrated application to business which brought about ill health and in 1901 obliged hitn to retire from business affairs. Relinquishing the active supervision and management of the industries which have been mentioned, he purchased in November, 1901, a large farm in Richland township, to which he removed his family with the expectation of finding that rest and recreatioii so essential to one in his condition of health. However, his residence there continued only a few months, when he bought a home at 311 West 12th St., Anderson, and moved to that city. During his later years he had relations with several enterprises in Anderson and elsewhere. He was one of the organizers of the People's State Bank of Anderson, and a director in the Sterling Fire Insurance Company of Indianapolis. Besides looldng after his various realty interests at Anderson, he took a great deal of pleasure in supervising and improving the three farnns owned by him and located in ^Madison county. Agi'icidtare was always a great hobby with Mr. Hurst, and it was a constant pleasure for him to be on his farms and so far as possible to look after the details of their management. He enjoyed watching things grow, and was with all a practical business man and made his land produce a generous income.

The late Mr. Hurst was twice married. On December 24, ISSO, at Brazil, he married ]\Iiss Iva Bridges. Four children were born to that marriage: Helen, Lucia, Joseph E., and Charles. Joseph is now deceased; ]\Irs. Hurst died in 1888. As indicating the character of the man and his solicitude for the Avelfarc and usefulness of Lis children, it may be stated that ISlr. Hurst afforded his children every possib^"^ opportunity for acquiring a finished education. The daughter Helen is now Mrs. Charles Preston of ^Monticello; Lueia is Mrs. Geo. Forrey

On July 10, 1895, at Frankton, ]Mr. Hurst married IMiss Jessie M. Jaekley. The one child n.ow living of this union is Alfred D. Hurst, Jr. Mr. Hurst was sai^'ived by four brothers and two sisters, namely: William, now dec-eased; Oscar and Joseph Hurst of Centervillc, in Wayne county ; Frank Hurst of Frankton ; ]\Irs. Robert AYilson of College Corner, Ohio ; and I\Irs. Florence Triplett, of Bloomington, Indiana.

In church affairs, the late i\Ir. Hurst was a devout member of the First Methodist church of Anderson, having served as a member of its ofiioial board for some time. Though a loyal ^Methodist, he believed in the good of all religion, and for himself endeavored to practice the -rolden rule.

His birthday was the date of the formal organization of the Republican party as a national party, and though he always had sound reason for all his political actions, he was attached to the Republican interests throughout his voting career, and one of the prominent Republicans of Madison county. In 1892 he ^v"as a candidate for the office of state representative on the Republic? ii ticket, and during the campaign of 1910 served as chairman of the Republican county committee. In 1892 .Madison county was safely Den>oeratic, and he willingly sacriReed himself for the good of his party without expectation of election. During his speaking tour about the county in that year, though his follow citizens were not aware that he had won the oratorical contest among the teachers of the county in 1888, discovered the fact that he was not only a logical reasoner but a graceful orator. He also had the satisfaction at the close of the campaign of knowing that through his efrorts the regular majority of the opposition was largely reduced.

Honest, honorable and just, in the late Alfred Dickson Hurst were combined all the elements that make for progress and good citizenship. Always a patriot, he loved his country, was devoted to his home, and in the love of Deity stood without fear or favor for every good vrork. A man of education, he was a patron of books, and had a splendid knowledge of standard literature and a fine acciuaintance with current history. He had the practical idealism of the true Christion, loved flowers, music and children, "and was in his opinions and in his practical relations an optimist. He was regarded as a genial companion and a true friend, and measured by the actual results his life was more than ordinarily successful. His integi'ity was never cjuestioned, and he left a heritage of a good name which his children and his children's children vnll always cherish.

Andrew J. Whetsel. No more notable example of what may be accomplished by energy', industry and perseverance could be found than that exemplified in the career of Andrew J. Whetsel, one of the highly esteemed farmers of Adams township. Handicapped in his youth by the lack of even ordinaiy educational advantages, he embarked upon his career without means or influential friends, and in spite of the numerous obstacles which have sought to impede his progress has sturdily and steadily forged his way to the top, until today he is the owner of a fine property of 110 acres iti section 18, and is recognized as a man of substantial worth and influence in his community. 'Sir. "Whetsel was ^m on a farm near Mechanicsburg, Henry county, Indiana, ^lay 31, 1S65, and is a son of Noah and ]\lary (Corbin) YVhetsel.

ft-Iiicli he is engaged in general farming and stock raising, has been a resident of this townsliip all of his life and is well kno\v'n to the ,;itizens of his couitiniuity. His entire life has been devoted to the tilling of the soil, and his success has been aecomplisht'd through the iiu'diuin of his own etforts. Leroy Davis was born on a farm in Adams township, Madison county, Indiana, January 7, 1S78, and is a son of Klwood.and Mary (Wiiidall) Davis, also natives of Adams township.

John S. Davis, the paternal grandfather of Leroy Davis, was born in the Carolinas, and w^as afterwards married to Nancy Scott, a native of tlie Old North State. They migi-ated to Indiana at an early date and settled first in Fall Creek township, but subsequently moved to Adams township and there established the family home. In 1S8S the}' retired froui active life and removed to the city of Anderson, where both passed away. Both Ehvood Davis and his wife were born, reared and educated in Adams tov.nsliip, in the same neighborhood, and after their marriage settled down to farming on their own account, being engaged therein until 1908, when they retired and moved to Anderson, where they still make their home. Elwood Davis v/as very successful in his operations, and at one time v/as tlie owner of 352 acres of land, but since that time has divided a good deal of this property among his children. He had ^'aiious other interests, took a keen arid intelligent interest in tlie affairs of his conmiunity, and is highly regarded by all who know him isi country life, as he is in his new home. To Mr. and Mrs. Davis there were born three children, as follows: Leroy; Harry, a graduate of the common schools of Adams townsliip, and now engaged in the wholesale butchering business at Andersoii, married Peai'l "Wilson; and Carrie, who is the wife of John Hayes, a resident of Adams township.

Leroy Davis was reared on the old homestead farm in xVdarus township, on wliicli he worked for his father during the summer rnontlis, in the meantime acc|uiring his educational '"raining in the district schools during the winter term. When he had completed his sehooliug, he turned his attention entirely to farming, and in this he has continued to be engaged to the present time. ]\[r. Davis has been successful in his general farming veiitures, using the most modern machinery and methods, and his products find a ready market, his associates knowing him as a man of the highest integrity and business honor. He has also had satisfactory results in his stock raising ventures, and keeps a high grade of cattle and standard Duroc hogs. His land is under a high state of cultivation, and has been made more valuable by the erection of substantial buildings and other improvements, and altogetlier compares favorably with any of its size in this section.

Mr. Davis was married January 24, 1900, in Anderson township, to iliss Ethel Hoppes, who was born January 17, 1882, in Anderson township, Madison county, Indiana, and educated in the public schools there. To Mr. and Mrs. Davis there has come one son : Howard, who was born February 12, 1903, and is now a student in the district schools. iMrs. Davis is a member of the Church of God and has been active in its work. ]\Ir. Davis is essentially an agriculturist, and has never cared for public life, but gives his support to Democratic principles and candidates and supports also those movements whicli he believes will make for good government and better citizenship. He is widely known in Adams township, where the family has resided for so many years, and there are few who have more friends.

the agricultural interests of ^ladison county for three generations Robert 11. Clark is one of the highly respected fanner-citizens of Adam:! f

Mr. Clark, for he was born on the farm which he now occupi^-s, and fruia earliest childhood has watched its growth and development, keepini,' fully abreast of the changes and advancements that have made this oi>L ^ by the great-grandfather of Robert H. Clark, who emigrated to this country at an early day and located in North Carolina. From that state his son, Barney Clark, the grandfather of Robert H. Clark, migrated to Madison county, Indiana, settled in Adams township, and here spent the remainder of his life in clearing a farm and making a home for his family. Selbia Clark was born in ISOL', in Pasquotanl: county, North Carolina, and sosne tim.e after his marriage came tu Indiana, about a year before the arrival of his father. Like the eldtr man, he devoted his energies to the tilling of the soil and succeeded in establishing a home for his large family. He ^vas married in iNladison county, Indiana, in 1829 or 1830, to Sarah A. Davis, who was born iv. 1812, in Pasquotank county, and wliose parents 'were also early settler:^ of jMadison county, Indiana. This union resulted in the birth of fourteen children, of whom seven are still li\ing in 1913, Robert H. being tiie youngest member of this family. ' -.

The education of Robert H. Clark vras secuied in the district schools of Adams towjisliip, which he attended during the v/inter terms until he was about twenty-one years of age. He continued to remaia under the parental roof and assist his father until his fatlier's dcatl; in February, 1879. at which time he rented the old homestead, and this has continued to be his home. The mother, Sarah A. Clark, survived until the 18th of August, 1885. Robert PI. Clark has a wellcultiVated tract of forty-seven and one-sixth acres, and his x'entures iii farming have proved uniformly successful by reason of his good management and thorough knowledge of his vocation. In his politiea! views, Mr. Clark has been a Democrat, but at times has cast his vote with the Socialist party. He and ^Irs. Clark are consistent members of the Christian church.

On August 25, 1897, Mr. Clark was married to Mrs. Josephine- (Miller) Brown, who was born on a farm in Jackson township, ]Mailisoii county, Indiana, November 23, 1865, a daughter of Solomon ]\Iillor. who came to this county in 1831 and is still living at the age of eighty-fl-.'e years. Mrs. Clark was married (first) to Francis Brov.Ti, of Adams township, and they had one son: Omer Brown, a graduate of the common schools, who is nov.' nineteen years of age. 'Sir. and Mrs. Clark have had one daughter: Sarah xV., born June 26, 1899, v/ho is a student in tlie public schools of Adams tovv-nsliip.

proprietor of the Kentucky Hotel, where he has been the ruling spirit for a number of years past. His identity with the Ames Shovel and Tool Works in an important position has contiiiuecl for the last seven M-ars, as well, and altogether there are few men in the community better known than he. He has been a resident of this city since 1901, and \vith his family fills a leadi)ig place in the social and business interests ,i!* the town.

Born in Boone county, 2^Iissouri, on the first day of August, 1865, Mr. Winn is the son of Jonathan and Sarah Elizabeth (Schooling) Wiun, natives of Missouri, and he was one of their four children, the others being as follows : Lucy, wlio married Robert Ballard and is now deceased; Ida L., who died as the wife of W. P. Stice; William Kobert, of this brief review, and Charles G., a resident of Shreveport, Louisiana.

Jonathan Winn was reared in Boone coimty, Missottri, v.'here he was born, and he was trained in the trade of a carpenter and cabinet maker in the vicinity of Stui-geon, Missouri. His birth occurred in 1S29, and he died in 18G7, as a result of illness co]itracted citirmg his service in the Civil war, thruagh which ho served from beginning to end as a soldier of the Confedercicy. In addition to his business as a carpenter a)id calunet maker he v/as the owner of a farm in Boone county, which he improved to a high state of etiltivation, and there he settled when he married and reared his family in the atmosphere of a rural hoine. He was the son of William Winn, a KentiK-kian by birth and training, and a planter of that state. He brought his wife to Boone county, ^Missouri, in early life and there he died, after rearing a fine family of ten children. He and his good wife were the parents of sixteen children, bitt of that number only eleven reached years of maturity. They were named Thoiuas, James, John, Sidney, Jane, Cordelia, Jackson, Eliza, ^lelinda, Catherine and George. Both parents reached a fi.ne old age, but the father lived to be ninety-four years old.

The v.'oman who became the wife of Jonathan Winn and the mother of the subject, was Sarah, a datighter of Yrilliam Robert and Elizaheth (Pollard) Schooling, natives of Boone cottnty, Missouri. William Robert Schooling was a physician and with his wife passed his life in the county wherein they were born. They were the parents of three children, Sarah Elizabeth. Robert and Clarissa, the first named becoming the v.-ife of Jonathan Winn.

Following the death of Jonathan Winn when he was but thirtyeight years of age, his widow married A. G. Ballard, and they are living today on a fruit farm near Marshall, in Saline county, ^Missouri. To her second marriage seven children were born, six of whom are living, and named as follows: Ada E., James, Edward, Mary, Kathleen, and Grover, who died young. It may be mentioned here that Dr. Schooling, the father of Mrs. Ballard, died in California, and that his widow was three times Avedded. No children came of her second union, ^'Ut of her marriage with Thomas Hulen, two sons were' born, Oscar and ^^'alter L. Hulen. These bi-ief facts concerniTig the parentage of Mr. ^yiun are all that is available at this writing, and will sufiiee to estab- J'sh the undeniable American ancestry of the subject.

The farm home of the Winn family in Boone county saw the rearing of William Robert Winn during his first nine years of life, but the prt;niature death of his father. Jonathan Winn, in 1S67, caused him to be taken into the home of his grandfather, William Wiuu and froii> the age of nine until he reached young manliood he continued to m-'> thai place his home. Yv^hile yet in his teens he started to lean, th" trade of a wagon-maker and he worked at it for three vears then weii'i back to the farm for something Kke eight years. He came to Ehu>.jd Indiana, m 1901, and soon after identified himself vdth the Tin Plati^ Uorks, and so continued for four years, after which he becani'^ assu ciated m a leading capacity with the Ames Shovel and Tool \York> with which firm he has since continued. His connection with the Keiitucky Hotel as its proprietor has been in effect since November 23 1911, when he turned his attention to that business, and he has proven . hjmselfa capable and genial host bringing to the Kentucky Ho^e^ a reputation for comfort and accommodation that it upver before eaualed On the 13th day of October, 1899. Mr. ^Vinn was uniied in n^ah-imony with Miss Mary Idella Greene, the daugliter of Charlps and Eliza (Morris)^ Greene. Concerning Mrs. Winn, it may be said tliat she \va;; born m the v^crnity of Le^dngton, Kentuckv, on Februa-y 4 18^1 Her parents were natives of Kentucky and Missouri, the father claim^n- Kentucky bir'li. He was a farmer, and when he was a lad of n\e or SIX years accompanied his parents to Missouri, which was ever af+-rward his home. He was married in that state, but later iji life rettUurd to Kentucky and died at Napoleon, that state, in 1900, when he ^vas sixty-two years old. His marriage to Eliza Sweeney took place on December 17, ISoG, and seven children were born to 'them six of tliP number reaching years of maturity. They were nrraed as follows : William L., Mary Idella, Beulah, Celia, Geneva and Frederick. Celia died at the age of fourteen. Charles Greene was a soldier in the Confederate arjuy, and served in the conflict from tiie first da'>- of the Rebellion to the last. In those strenuous years of armv life and hard.^hu; he lost the sturdy vigor and strength that had characterized his youngeV years, and was a serni-in/alid the rest of his life. His vx'idow still survives him, and in later years married Jonathan Gustin. tbeir home today bemg in Elwood. She was a daughter of James and' Jane (Sims' Sweeney, both Virginians by birth and ancestry. They became earlv settlers in Kentucky, and the father, James Svreeney, v/as a soldier .)f the Confederacy, like so many of the males of this family on both sides of tne house. They had two children, Sarah Elizabeth and Eliza.

The paternal grandfather of :\Iary Idella (Greene) Winn, wife of tiic subject, vras Abraham Greene, and his wife was Jane (Calvert) Greene, natives of Kentucky. Abraham Greene was a man of Irish ancestrv. and he was a wagon maker by trade. He gave valiant service in tiie Mexican war, and died in New^ Mexico, his widow passing away earli'-r than he, and dying in Missouri at the age of sixty-six" years. Th^^- had a tine family, among which may be mentioned George, Frank. Abraham, William, Elizabeth, Frances and Andrew, who wa°s killed in action in the Civil war. Other of their children died young, and are not mentioned here.

being one of the oldest native citizens of the city now living. Length of residence has also been aceoinpanied by value of attainment and services to his connmaiity, and he has long ranked high in his profession as a lawyer, as a nev/spaper man, and public leader.

He was reared ir^ the city of his nativity and attended the common schools until he was sixteen years old, wlien he entered a classical school at Augusta, Kentucky, where he remained for three years, subsequently finishing his school days at the University of Kentucky. On his return to his home he took up the study of law in the ofiice of the late Hon. Winburn E. Pierse, former judge of the J\Iadison Circuit Court. Judge Pierse, recognizing the ability of liis student, retained him in his office at the end of his studies. Mr. Dyson had hardly comnienced on his career as an attorney, when he was, in 187G, placed in nomination by the Democratic party as a candidate for mayor of Anderson. He was elected by a handsome majority over his opponent, an old and influential Republican. Mr. Dys-ju has ihe honor of being the youngest man ever elected mayor of Anderson.

During his term as mayor lie was strongly advocated by his friends as a candidate for congressional honors, but ov/ing to the candidacj' of a near friend he declined lo have his name go before the convention. Mr. Dyson is a fluent speaker, a fine writer, and has ofte.ii been called upon the rostrum, where he has invariably proved an affective orator, with a strong appeal both to the convictions and the emotions of his audience. He has also hecn connected with the local press for years, as well as a correspondent of the Metropolitan papers. A thorough scholar it is said he has but few, if any superiors, as a speller. Only fe\\ people of this county can boast of his attainments. He was a co-laborer with the Honorable John L. Forkncr i^i the production of "Historical Sketches and Eeminisceni^es of Madison County" in 1897, a work which will remain a monument to his mxcmory. While the "Historical Sketches" perhaps contain many crudities, it will lose nothing in comparison with siuular work wherever published. No history of ]\Iadison county can be truthfully written without consulting its pages.

iMr. Dyson has two interesting children : Samuel S. Dyson, a worthy young business man ; and Alice E., a bright and charming young lady who inherits her father's intellectuality and who will no doubt make herself useful in any sphere in which her lot may be cast.

Mr. Dyson's political atFiliations have always been with the Democratic party. He is a man who has always believed that citizenship is a responsibility as well as a privilege, and his name and efforts have frequently been associated with those more important m.ovements for community welfare. His administration of the affairs of the city of Anderson as mayor was in every respect satisfactory, and he has always done everything within his power to promote the larger and better city of Anderson.

W. E. C. Spade. With the largest and finest drug store in Alexandria at 202 North Harrison street, Mr. Spade is one of the old-time merchants of this city and beean.e identined with mercantile enterprises here before the era of natural gj^s. Along with success in business he has combined an excellent public spirit which has caused him to take an interest in every movertent for the welfare and developmen.t of the community and he is the :ype of citizen who gives to his community as much or more than he takes away.

W. E. C. Spade was born in Jay county, Indiana, September 2'i 1853. His grandfather was John Spade, who married ]).Iis.s Elizab-tL P'arber. He was a native of Germany and she of Indiana. ^Vh...^ a boy he caine to America, first locating in Ohio and then in Iudiai;:_, where he was an early settler of Jay county, and for many yoar.s i. substantial farmer. He and his wife both died when well aloii;^' years. Their five children were named YTilliam, Daniel F., Geor-v, Jacob, and Sarah, who married a Mr. Jordan. The maternal grandfather was Jacob Miller, who was a Pennsylvauian by birth and an early settler of Jay county, Indiana, where he died at a good old aj^v. The six children in the Miller fam.ily v/ere Daniel, John, Jacob, Margaret, Jane and Mary.

Daniel F. and Mary E. (Miller) Spade, the parents of the Alexandria druggist were both bom in Ohio. The father was a carpenter and a farmer, and spent many years of activity at and near Portland, Indiana. He was also a minister of the Christian church and serve! as pastor of chui'ches in different cities. He died at the home of lii^ son in Alexandria, in 1909 at the age of eighty-one years. His '.ni'.,- had passed av,^ay three years before at tlie ago of seveniy-five. Out of their seven children, three reached maturity, the first being AMlliain E. C. the second being Horace M., of Portland; and the third Jacu;; M., of Portland.

Mr. Spade was reared on his father's farm in Jay coanty^^^ whciv he attended the district schools, vv-as also a student at Liber Colle.ii'-. and later in the Union Christiai^ College at :Merom, Indiana. DuriniJ his early career he taught several terms of school, and then i)i 187'.; began his business career as c^erk in Portland with the firm of Car:- wrlght & Heddington in a general store. Some years later, he and iil--. employers formed a partnership, and established at Alexandria, the Boston store. This partnership continued until 1908 at which tiiu-^ Mr. Spade sold his interests, and in the fall of that year bouglit his present drug establishment which he has since conducted and made >i model store of its kind.

On May 5, 1880, Mr.' Spade married aiiss Sarah F. Brown, daugla^:-.- of Clark and Priscilla (Lorantz) Brown. Mrs. Spade was born lu Clinton county, Ohio, in 1855, her parents being natives of Ohio, ano spending their years chiefly in Clinton county. Her f cither died ther-.- about 1864, and her mother is nov/ living at the home of Mrs. Spade u' Alexandria. There were two children in the Bro\N^n family,^ Sarah F., being the first and Aurilla the second. ]Mr. and Mrs. Spade iiave r,i\ adopted son Walter Bray Spade. Mr. Spade is affiliated with Alexandria Lodge No. 222, I. 0. 0. F. and with Canton Lodge No. 53, and witr. Encampment No. 212 of the higher degrees of Odd Fellowship.^ Halso belongs to the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, being - charter me°mber of the Alexandria Lodge No. 478. In politics he is a Republican.

Robert Ewing Ball. Few residents of Boone township have performed a more important and varied service to their community tf;;i!j Robert Ewing Ball, who for thirty years was one of the success tJ^. teachers in this vicinity, and throughout tlds time and at the P^^'^'-';'; ias been also prosperously engaged in farming and stock raising, i"^^'

Robert Ewing Ball was born April 1, 1858, in Boone township. His pnrents were Vrilliani and Mary (MeCrory) Ball. His father came to Madison county from Fayette county, near Connersville, and settled iu a cabin on the old Smith farm. He also took up government land, and the patent to that land was sigJied by President Andrew Jackson. He was a young man when he came to Madison county, but was already married, having found his wife in Fayette county. Their three children were: Caroline Call; Prudence Greenlee and Robert Ewing.

Mv. Ball as a boy grew up in ]\Iadison county, and for his education attended the old Smith Chapel, and later attended school in the old Harmony Baptist church. For his higher education and training for teaching he attended the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, and also the University at Valparaiso, Indiana. He holds a record as a teacher which is probably surpassed ])y few, if any, in this section of the state, having been actively identitied vdth school work for thirty years. Two years of this time were spent in Summitville, two years in Van Buren township, one year in Monroe township, and then for twenty-five j'ears he directed a school in Boone township near his farm. From practically the beginning of his educational career, he did farming in the summer months, and after acquiring a place of his ovm he contrived to carry on his school work and his farm at the same time. He has done very well as a farmer, and has made not only a profitable business, but has also improved his land making it an attractive and comfortable place for his family to live on.

In 1881 in July, ]\Ir. Bail married Miss Edith A. Ruiiyan, a daughter of Ira and Emeliue : Slinger) Runyan. Tiie two children of their marriage are Cecil AV., a graduate of the University of Indiana, and Irwin, who married Verne Spitsmessmer. Mr. Ball has filled all the chairs and is a past n.oble gi/and in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is also affiliated the Knights of Pythias, the Masonic Order, the ^Modern T\"oodmen of America, and the Improved Order of Red ]Men. He is a man of good judgment and stands high in the esieem of his home community, and has been honored with places of trust and responsibility. He has served as tnistee of Boone township, and has done much to improve education in this township.

Dale J. Crittexberger. A resident of Madison county, since September 1, 1878, Dale J. Crittenberger was at one time a school teacher in this county, served as county superintendent of schools from 1883 to 1887, and since that time has been best known as a newspaper man and publisher. Mr. Crittenberger is the editor of the Madison County Weekly Democrat, and also a stockholder and editor of the Anderson Daily Bulletin. He is one of the best known among Indiana's newspaper men, and has long been prominent m the councils of the Demo- C-T-atic party in this state.

Dale J. Crittenberger was born in Harrisonburg. Va., on December 31, 1855, of German ancestry. He was one of five children of Isaac and Sarah (luthns) Crittenberger. His mother died in 1859. and the death of his father occun-ed in 1904. ^Mr. Crittenberger had tliree sisters, Esta, Lydia and Jennie, and one brother, Hensel. Of these the former two are living. They are Mrs. Lydia Gillespie of Elwood and ]Mrs. Esta Ringo of Middletown.

Together with his parents, Mr. Crittenberger left Virginia in 185G and came to Jetlerson township, Henry county, settling about five miles east of Middletown. In the year 1874, Mr. Crittenberger entered Indiana University, from which institution he became a graduate in 1876 Hreceived a degree of Bachelor of Arts for his work in the state institution. Upon completing his work at Indiana, Mr. Crittenbertrer came to Anderson to make his home. On' September 1, 1878, he passed the bar examination and for five years practiced law with Charles L Henry now of Indianapolis.

From 1883 to 1887, Mr. Crittenberger served as the county superintendent of schools. At the close of his terui of office, he bought the Anderson Democrat, then being printed with headquarters "in the Bronneubcrg block. Since that time he has been actively en^'-aged in newspaper work -with exception of a few years. After several vears, in 1889, Mr. Crittenberger established the Dailt/ Neios, a Democratic evening paper. Starting in the following year, he acted as a trustee of the Indiana State Normal at Terre Haute for two years. In 1893 he was elected to the postmastership, and he served in that capacity for one term. In the year 1904, Mr. Crittenberger went to Indianapolis where he managed the Indianapolis Sentinel for a year. After returning to this city, he spent several years with his ncAvspaper, and on Stpteiuber 1, 1908, the Dailtj Neivs was consolidated v.-ith the Anderson BulUtin also an evening publication. During the 1911 session of the senate. Mr. Crittenberger acted as secretary and spent a large portion of his time in Indianapolis.

On June 2, 1884, Dale J. Crittenberger and ^liss Effie A. Danitls were married. Mrs. Crittenberger was the daughter of VlT. and Mrs. H. J. Daniels, then residing at 413 "West Eighth street. Bv this union, four children were born: Dale John, Juliet Virginia. Y;ifiis Dale and George.

Mr. Crittenberger is afQliated with Mt. ISIcriah Lodge No. 77 F. and A. M., and Anderson Commandery No. 32, F^nights Templar. He has been a Mason for the last thirty years. Vyliile attending Indi^ina university, he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, and at present i.^ a member of the Sigma. Chi Alumni Association of Anderson.

Ei.BEUT E. KiDWELL. The junior member of the firm of Campbell & Kidwell, lawyers at Elwood, Mr. Kidwell represents the fourth generation of a family whicji has been residents in ^ladison county siiice'tbe earliest pioneer times, his great-grandfather having entered "hind from the governnient and having begun and performed an important share in the strenuous labors involved in the preparation of this coimtry for permanent civilization. This is the oldest or one of the very oldest families in the northwestern portion of Madison county near the present pity of Elwood, where the residence of the different members of the family have been for nearly eighty years.

Elbert E. Kidwell vvas born in Elwood, December 28, 1884, a son of Ira A. and Anna (Lorah) Kidwell. The founder of the family name and fortunes in ]i[rU.lison county, v/as the great-grandfather Starling G. Kidwell, who was born in Wayne county, Indiana, and came to Madison county in 1835. Among the first settlers here took up laud from the government and the great plant of the Ameriean Sheet & Tin Plate Company now occupies a portion of that old homestead. He cleared out a farm from the woods and swamp in this section, made a valuable and profitable homestead and spent the rest of his life in this vicinity. Kepresenting the next generation was Jackson Kidwell, grandfather of the Elwood lawyer. He married Mahala Quick. He was by occupation a school teacher and farmer, and was reared on the place one mile south of Elwood whifh.has been mcTitioned as the home of his father. Ke died there in middle life in 1S61, while his wife passed away in 1860. Their five children were named William F., Ira A., Margaret E., Louisa, who was the wife of Thomas Reid and Jennie^ who was the wife of Isaac T. Boyden. The maternal grandparents of Mr. E. E. Kidwell v.ere Andy and Jane (Burns) Lorah, who were natives of Peniisylvania and early settlers in iMadison county, applying their industiy to the making of a farm on land that in the early day was a practical swamp. They di'ained and cleared a fii-st class farm, reared their family there, and then moved to Elwood, where they passed away, he in 1893 and she in 1910. Their children were Anna, Ella and Grant.

Ira A. Kidwell, the fatJier, y\^as born in Madison county, while his wife was a native of Brookville, Franklin county, this state. They had only two children, Albert E. and Edna, twins. The father was born and reared in the little corianuTiity center which at that time wa.? known as Quiney, but has since become the site oi the flourishing city of Elwood. For thirty-two years he was engaged in the milling business, bnt has since retired, and now lives quietly in Elwood. For some time he served as a member of the city council, a)id was also on the board of public vrorks. He is a member of the Christian church, while his wife is a ^Methodist.

Elbert E. Kidwell vvas reared in Elwood. which has been his lifelong liome, attained his education in the pubiic school, and after graduating from the high school in the class of 1901: entered the law department of tlie state univ'ersity of Bloomington, where he uas graduated LL. B. in 1908. After his admission to the bar on November 26, 1906, he was more or less active in his profession at Elwood, and in January, 1909. began bis regular practice in this city. In August or the same year, he became associated with ]sh\ B. H. Campbell, and they have enjoyed a generous share of the legal business in this section.

On October 26, 1910, :\lr. Kidwell married :Miss Dorothy Armfield, daughter of Dr. T. 0. and Ella (Cook) Armfield. Mrs. Kidwell was born in New Lancaster, her parents being natives of this state and nonresidents in Elwood. She was the third of the following four children : Iva ; Jesse T. ; Dorothy and Clarence. Mrs. Kidwell is an active member of the ^Methodist church in Ehvood. Fraternally Mr. Kidwell is affiliated with the Quiney Lodge No. 230, A. F. & A. M., with the Loyal Order of ]\Ioose, and belongs to the Phi Gamma Delta College fraternity. In politics he is one of the young Progressives of this part of Madison county, and during the campaign of 1912 was candidate of his party for the office of state representative. His residence in Ehvood is at 115 South Eighteenth street.

Charles Russell Quinn. One of the valuable farms of ^dadison county which has been brought to a state of high cultivation through modern methods and intelligeut treatment is that occupied by Cha'-les R. Quinn. Mr. Quinn belongs to the younger generation of progressive farmers, is thoroughly familiar with every detail of his vocation, having been trained therein since early boyhood. He was born October

The family was founded in the United States by Charles Quiuu, the grandfather of Charles R. Quinn, who emigrated to this couiiii-,' from. Ireland. He became a resident of Indiana at an early day, and here reared his family of six children, Avho were as follows: Daiiifl, James, Alexander, John, Mrs. Mary ]\lighunller, and I\Irs. Ella ReoTni^ Alexandei- Quinn was born in Irelaiid, and was still an infant whuu brought to this country by his parents. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, which he has follovved throughout life, and the greater pari of his career has been spent in Indiana. For some \ ears he was the owner of a property in Delaware county, from wliich he subsequently moved to the farm in ^Madison county, on which his son now resides, and which he injproved by the erection of a number of handsome structures, ineiuding the present d^velJing. He and his wife were the parents of three children: Earl and Marie, who are both deceased; and Charles Russell.

Charles R. Quinn rectived his educatioii in the country schools of Moonville, which he attended during the ranter terms, his suiam.'r moji.ths being sx^ent in assisting his i'e.ther with the work of the homestead. Pie was still a lad when he came to Madison county, and here he has continued to follow the calling of a general fcirmer. He is al^c mucli interested in blooded horses, a great admirer of racing stock, and his futisre career will no doubt be directed along that line. He has continued to add to the improvements of the ninety-acre horaesteail, which is now considered one of the most valuable of its size in this section of the country, and has become kno'.vn as a good, practical agriculturist, v>ho is ever ready to test nev/ methods and iystenis. In business atfairs, he Is a man of keen diseriminaxiou and fine judgment of energA' and perseverance, and the prosperity which has atiended his efforts is the merited re^vard of his own intelligent labor. His residence is pleasantlv situated on Anderson Rural Free Deliverv Rout'-' No. 1. '

On July 19, 190S, Mr. Quinn ^\^^iS united in maiiiage with MLss Lena Click, who was born near Crawfordsville, Indiana, daughter of Isaa>- and Teresa (Utterbock) Click, the former of whom is deceased. Mr. Click v,"a3 a native of Germany, from whence he emigrated to the United States and settled near Crawfordsville, Indiana, but later came to jMadison county, and here spent his last years in farming. He and his wife were the parents of eight children: Eugene, Edgar, Earl, Elmer, Lottie, Lulu, Ijetha and Lena. Mr, and Mrs. Quinn have had one son, Carl, a bright lad of three years. They attend the Christian church, iu the work of which they have been active, and have many friends in the younger social circle of Anderson.

John L. Thomas. One of the most substantial and prosperous farmers of Fall Creek township, likewise one of the men who enjoy the most profound and sincere esteem and friendship of his fellow citizens in the community is John Lewis ThcraaN. His entire life has been passed in Madison county. The family was established here by his v.-ortliy parejits, and the name has been honored by his consistent and meritorious career.