Madison County, Indiana - The whole text, 1914 (part 3 of 16)

C. K. McCuIlough was an active Democrat, and was a meraber of the state senate at the time of his death. He had ])eeu elected a state senator m 190^, and served in the session beginning in 1909, but still had the second session before him. In 1907 he was elected a member of the House of Representatives. In 188S he had been the nominee of his party for senator from 3Iadison and Grant counties, but the district was then strongly Republican and he was accordingly defeated. He also gave local service as a school trustee and city councilman, and to the extent of his ability was always ready to assist and co-operate with local enterprises. He organized the first volunteer fire department of Anderson, and was secretary and treasurer of every fair association until his passing away. He organized and was the first exalted ruler of the Anderson Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, was a past commander of Anderson Commandery, Knights Templars, and wa3 also a past master and a past high priest of other bodies in the York Rite, and at the time of his death was treasurer of Mt. ^Moriah Lodge A. P. & A. M. and Grand Senior AYarden of the Grand Commandery of the state of Indiana. His other fraternal affiliations were with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Royal Arcanum and the National Union.

In 1877 ]\lr. McCuIlough married Miss Hattie Black, who was born in Union county, Indiana, a daughter of IMcL^arland Black, one of the pioneer farmers of Richland township. M^rs. ]McCaIlough received her education in the Anderson high school. Their three children are JMildred, Neel and jMarv.

Neel, M. McCullough. As cashier of the Citizens Bank of Anderson, as a member of the firm of Vinnedge-McCulloiigh Real Estate Agency and as president of the Pierce Speed Controller Company, Neel M. McCullough is a worthy successor of his late father, and though one of the youngest independent business men, is successfully supervising the many important interests entrusted to his management.

Neel M. McCullough was born in the city of Anderson, March 19, 1886, the only son of the late Carroll K. and Hattie B. (Black) McCullough. His early education was obtained in the grammar and high schools at Anderson, and after graduating from the latter ho entered Culver Military Academy at Lake Maxinkuckee, where he was graduated in 1904. In the fall of the same year he entered the University of ]\Iichigan, but left that institution after one year to enter the banking business. Entering the Citizens Bank in 1905, he went through the entire routine of banking, and in 1911 was promoted to the office of cashier, his present position. He is the secretary and treasurer of the Anderson Club, the city's leading social organization.

In 1907 occurred the marriage of ]\Ir. McCullough to Miss Charlotte Gedge, a daughter of Burton H. Gcdge, one of Anderson's well known business men. The two eliildren born to Mr. and ]Mrs. ilcCullough are Carroll Kay and Burton Gedge. Mr. ^IcCullough is a prominent ^lason, affiliated with Mt. !Moriah Lodge, No. 77. A. F. & A. M., of which he is the treasurer; with Anderson Chapter, No. 52, R. A. M. ; Anderson Council, No. 62, R. & S. ]\I. ; and Anderson Commandery. No. 32, K. of T. He also has fraternal relations with the Royal Arcanum and the order of Ben Hur. The ^IcCuUough home is a substantial brick residence at 424 AYest Tenth sti-eet.

James ^I. Larmoke. Born near Areola, Douglass county. Illinois, September 26, 1874, the youngest son of ^latthew T. and Mary (AYildridge) Larraoi'e. The father was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, August 15, 1832, the mother in Franklin county, Indiana, January 1, 1834.

The son attended the comnion schoors of Indiana and graduated in 1891, after which he spent some years on the farm, reading law in the winter, and one year in the office of Lovett & Holloway, Anderson, Indiana, up to 189S, when he engaged in the insurance business. lOeating in Pendleton, Indiana. He continued there for a period of about three years, after wliich time he moved to Anderson, Indiana, and engaged in the same business with the old firm of Jackson & Burr, it' being known after his connection therewith as The Jackson-Burr Company, which continued in the insurance business from the time of his connection to the first day of January, 1913, when the company v.-as consolidated with the Farmers Trust Company, of which ^Ir. Larmore is now a stockholder and on its Board of Directors. He is also State Agent for Indiana and Illinois for the Norwich Union Fire lusuranee Society, having held this position since 1904.

He was married to Laura A. Lewis, October 16, 1901. Laura A. I^wis was the daughter of James M, and Eli/a ^^l. Lewis of ^larkieville, Indiana. 31r. and ]Mrs. Larmore have three children, tv.o daughters and a son, Eliza Agnes, ^tary Louise and James Matthew. The father of Mr. Larmore is still living at the age of eighty-one. ':he mother baving died at the age of seventy-seven years. The home of the Larmore family is at 300 AA'est Thirteenth Street, Anderson, Ipdiana.

Sanford M. Keltner. Emineutly entitled to specific recognition in this history of Madison county is 'Mr. Keltner, who was one of the representative members of the bar of this section of the state for twenty -six years. He is president of the Anderson Tnist Company and vice-president of the Anderson Computing Scale Company, two of the important corporations of the county, and he is known and honored as a ciiLzen of substantial worth of character and marked loyalty and public spirit.

Mr. Keltner claims the Buckeye state as the place of his nativity and is a son of one of its sterling pioneer families. He was born in Preble county, Ohio, on the 10th of July, 1856, and is a son of Joseph and Eachel (Paulus) Keltner. He gained his rudimentary education in the schools of his native county and was about nine years of age when, in 1865, the family removed to Darke county, Ohio, where his mother's death occurred when he was eleven years of age. Shortly afterward Mr. Keltner came to Indiana and found a home with James F. Burgess, an old gentleman who. was then living two and one-half miles south of Richmond, ^Yayne county. ]\Ir. Keltner remained in this kindly home until he had attained to the age of fifteen years, and in the meanwhile he had duly availed himself of the advantages of the local schools. At the age noted he went lo Pierceton, Kosciusko county, this state, where his father liad established a home after contracting a second marriage. At Pierceton the subject of this review continued his educational discipline in the public schools and he soon proved himself eligible for pedagogic honors. For some time he served as an able and popular teacher in the scliools of Kosciusko county and in 1S75 he entered the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute, where he continued his higher academic studies for tv.-o }'ears. For several years thereafter he divided his time between teaching- and attending school, and in September, 1881, he came to Anderson and assumed the position of principal of the ptiblic schools. He was most earnest and successful in his work in this connection. Afte.- devoting three years to teaching and executive duties in the city schools ]Mr. Keltner initated the work of preparing himself for the exacting profession in which he has achieved m.uch of distinction and preoedcuce. In Jane, 1884, he began the study of law in the office and under the able preceptorship of the firm of Kobiason & Lovett, and he made rapid progress in his absorption and assimilation of the science of jurisprudence, with the result that he was admitted to the bar in 1886. After having been for three years identified with tiie activities of the ftrm mentioned, its mem^bers shovred their appreciation of his character and ability by admitting him to partnership, whereupon the title of the firm was changed to Robinson, Lovett & Keltner. This effective alliance continued until Colonel Robinson, the senior member of the firm, was called to the bench of the appellate court, after which the firm of Lovett &, Keltner continued the business. The firm of Chipman, Keltner & Hendee, of which 'Mv. Keltner subsequently became a member, w-as formed on the 1st of June, 1893, and gained prestige as one of the leading lav; firms in this part of the state. On the 1st of June, 1910, ]\Ir. Keltner severed his connection with the law firm of Chipman, Keltner & Hendee, of which he had been an honored and valued member for a period of seventeen years, and thereupon he assumed the active management of the Anderson Trust Company, of which 'he is now president and to the affairs of which he gives all of his time and attention. He is one of the alert and liberal men of ^^ladison county and has coatributed in generous measure to the civic and material progress and prosperity of his home city, where it may well be said that his circle of friends is coincident with that of his acquaiutauces. As a lawyer he has been concerned in much important litigation in the courts of this section of the state and his reputation in his chosen profession is on a parity with his recognized ability and success as one of its prominent representatives in Madison county.

In politics 'Mr. Keltner has been found a staunch and effective exponent of the cause of the Republican party, and while he has not been imbued with ambition for political office he has served in local positions of trust and in the same has shown himself animated by the utniost civic liberality and progressiveness. He was for seventeen years a valued member of the Anderson board of education and he has been most zealous and enthusiastic in advancing the standard of the schools of the county. During the administration of Mayor John H. Terhune Mr. Keltner served as president of the board of public works of Anderson, and in this position he made his labors inure greatly to the good of the city and its people. He is affiliated with the local organizations of the ^lasonic fraternity, the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, and the Knights of Pythias.

On October 20, 1886, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Keltner to Miss Alice ^lay Cockeiair, who was born in Union county, this state, and who- is a daughter of Sylvanus and ^lary A. Cockefair. The two children of this union are Ruth and ^.larj". The family are members of the Presbyterian church.

Daniel L. BoiiAisTD, Clerk of the Court of 3-Iadison county since January 1, 191], and for a number of years engaged in the insurance and loan business, is one of the more prominent and popular men of the city and county in which he has long been located. Bom in Ilenrv county, Indiana, Daniel L. Boland is the son of Patrick and Ellen (Tierney) Roland, the father a native of County Tipperary, Ireland, and the mother of the same place.

Patrick Boland was educated meagrely in th<i schools of his native land and passed his boyhood days on a farm. His m.arriage to Ellen, daughter of Daniel and Katherine (Kiley) Tierney, took place in January, 1S45, and some five years later Mr. Boland determined to try his fortunes in America. He left his wife and three small children in the care of his parents and hers and accordingly set forth, reaching New Orleans in 1850 and soon after coming to Dearborn eountv, Indiana. Two years later his wife left the Island home to .join- him here, accompanied on the long journey by her only surviving child, two others having died in the absence of the husband and father. In Dearborn county the little family, re-united after two years of separation, settled dovrn, there remaining until 1855, when they removed to ]Middletown in Henry county, Indiana. "While there Mr. Boland was employed as a section foreman o?i the railroad, and was a much trusted and faithful employe. In 1883 the family removed to Anderson where the father died on ^March 21, 1884, aged sixty-six yea"rs. He was a staunch Democrat, taking a true Irishman's interest in the politics of his community, and being ever the loyal supporter of his Democratic friends in their political aspirations. He was a Catholic, as was his faithful wife, a ad they reared their family of tv>-elve children in the faith of their fathers. At the time of the death of Mr. Boland seven of the children were living A man well known for his many excellent traits of character, he was

Daniel Boland received his primary education in the public schools of Middleto\sTi and afterward attended the high school at Anderson, Indiana. Leaving school in his teens, he entered the employ of his brother, who was a member of the firm of Boland & Burke, gas fitters, and for two years he continued with them. He then entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad as an operator, later came to be Supervisor's Court clerk holding the latter position for two years. He was then appointed deputy treasurer, serving under his brother, "William Boland, county treasurer, and for two years was thus employed. IV'Ir. Boland then formed a partnership on his own responsibility, engaging in the insurance business under the firm style of Cornelius & Boland. This firm lived for three years, during which time they built up a nice business, and it later came to be known as Heritage & Boland, and as such continued for five years. During the eight years he was thus connected he came to have a leading place in insurance circles of the city, and was reckoned among the substantial insurance men of the district. He afterwards became interested in the firm known as the Netterville, Boland & Dye Company, operating in insurance and loans, and for a space of two years was thus connected. During this latter period I\Ir. Boland had been acting as special agent for the German Insurance Company of Indiana and w^as rapidly gaining a position in insurance circles. In 1910 he was elected Clerk of the Court for a term of four years,, receiving his election at the hands of the Democratic party with a most liberal majority, and assuming the duties of the office on January 1, 1911. He has already demonstrated his splendid capability for the duties of the position, and will continue therein uniil Januarv' 1, 1915.

Mr. Boland is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He is socially a member of the Brovrnson Club and the Antler's Club._ Other business associations that he continues to raaintain are his position as a stockholder and director in the Columbian Insurance Company, of Indiana, and in the Farmers' Tiiist Company, with which he has long been connected. ITis acquaintance in Anderson and the county is a wide one, and his list of friends is one that is fairly coincident with that of his acquaintances. A man of splendid qurilities, he enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who k-now him, and lev: are more worthy of the high regard accorded than is he. Mr, Boland is unmarried.

Andrew Ellis. One of the oldest railroad men now living in ^ladison county, spending his declining years in restful retirement at his comfortable horae in Anderson, Andrew Ellis can look back over a faithful, honorable record of forty-one years and eleven months spent in the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He was born at Economy, "Wayne county ,'^ Indiana, September 17, 1841, and is a son of Samuel and Abigail (Key) Ellis. His father, born in Greenfield, Tennessee, in 1798, reraoved to Wayne county, Indiana, in 1830, and settled in the woods whr-re he purchased land, cieart^d it and made a home for his family. He was also a blacksmith, and later in life moved to Howard county, Indiana, locating on a farm of eighty acres, where he spent the remainder of his life in general farming and stock raising. "Mr. Ellis married Abigail Key, who was born in 1810, in Blount county, Tf^nnes- see, moved to Wajme county, Indiana, in 1833, and died in 1893, aged eighty-three years. They became the parents of three sons and three daughters, of whom but two children still survive : Andrew ; and Mahala, who is now Mrs. Barr and resides at Argos, Marshall county, Indiana.

Andrew Ellis secured his education in the primitive log schoolhouse in Howard county, Indiana, and subsequently went to the high school of New London, Indiana, the high school in Kokomo and Bryant and Stratton Commercial School at Indianapolis. In 1865 Mr. Ellis went to Missouri, and during that year and 1866 was engaged in teaching school, then reuming to "Windfall, Indiana, where he pursued the vocation of educator in the winter months and spent the summers in farming. In the summer of 1869 he studied telegraphy and did railroad office work, and in November of that year was appointed agent for the Pennsylvania Lines at "Windfall, Tipton county, Indiana. In December. 1881, he was transferred to Kokomo, where he was agent until 1885, then becoming agent for the same road at Anderson, a position which he continuec,^ to hold until July 1,1905. He was then appointed freight and passenger solicitor for the same road with offices at Anderson, and on September 30, 1911. reached the age of retirement, and was pensioned by the Ponnsyhania Railroad Company.

Mr. Ellis has been twice married. His first union was in 1863. when he was united with IMiss Arm.ina Jones, of Grant county. Indiana, and to this union there was bom one daughter, now Mrs. Belle Lewellen. of Kokomo, v/hose husband was for years a telegraph operator. Mr. Ellis was married January 21. 1891, to Miss Laberta E. Stebbing. of Anderson, a much accomplished lady and a native of iMaryland. They have had no children. ^Er. Ellis is a valued and popular member of Mt. IMoriah Lodge No. 77. Free and Accepted ^Masons. "\^Tiile well advanced in years, a long life of sobriety and probity has left him strong in body and intellect, and he continues to take a lively and intelligent interest in all matters pertaining to Anderson and its people. "Widely known in railroad circles, hp bears the reputation of an industrious, honest and conscientious gentleman, and the number of ?iis friends is only limited by the extent of his acquaintance.

Hon. Fraxk p. Foster, Anderson's present mayor, has been one oP the city's most progressive and loyal citizens since locating here in 1879. Neither as a citizen nor as a representative in the lower branch of the State Legislature, at home or abroad, has he. ever let a fitting opportunity pass to add his mite to the sum total of praise in favor of Anderson as a busy, enterprising city. A native of Orange county, Indiana, after receiving a common and high school education. h«^ took a four years' course at the Indiana State TJriiversity. from which he gi'aduated in 1879, and immediately afterward located and began the study of law in Anderson. Recognizing liis ability and integrity, the Democratic partv nominated and elected him as representative to the State Legislature from Madison county in 1887. honoring him also with a second term in 1889. Although a young man, he took an active part in the shaping of legislation at that time, and was instrumental in procuring what were then some of the pioneer lavvs of the state, but which have proven to be m.ost wholesome, for instance the Australian Ballot law and the School Book law.

hold contrary views as to men and measures of his party. This has incidental proof from the fact that in his race for the mayoralty he received the largest plurality ever given to any candidate for that olfice in the city of Anderson. He is thoroughly independent in every relation of life and follows the leadership of no men or set of men against his better judgment. This well-known charactej-istic, with his uuqu<'Stioned reputation for personal honor, has contributed largely to his success at the bar and in politics. Mr. Foster for many years has been, and now is, the president of the Madison County Bar Association. He was city attorney for six years, and discharged the duties of that office with rare ability. He became mayor of Anderson in January, 1910, and is noAv in the last year of his semce in this high position. It is, perhaps, a little early to sum up the work of his administration, and yet enough has already been done to warrant the statement that it is one which will loom, when completed, with distinct achievements.

When Mayor Foster took office, the city was full of "blind tigers," w^hile there were continual and repeated violations in the sale of liquors. Gambling, prostitution, open dance halb and prize fights were indulged to a degree offensive to all good citizens. These have been abated, while the saloons which operate under the laws are reciuired to strictly observe the laws. Yice and crime ha\e both been curbed to a minimum in Anderson.

The economical and efficient service of the several city departments cannot be enumerated within the confines assigned to this all too brief sketch. But the virtues of ]\[ayor Fester's administratioQ may be generally comprehended in the truthful aillnnation that while the price of eomiiioditles produced by the plants controlled by the citv have 'cheapened to the consumer, while taxes have been lowered, while great and valuable areas have been purchased for park lands, incliidiug the Anderson Fair Grounds, and public drinking fonntai as and other ^helps to the public good have been installed, the public debt, v.-ith its heavy burden of interest and embarrassment, lias constantly decreased, so that although that debt at the beginning of Zvlayor Foster's term v,'as $228,000.00. it is now but $50,000.00, and before he leaves the chief executive's chair will have been wiped absolutely off the account. Also the tax rate which at the beginning of his term was $1.10 on the hundred dollai-s of assessable property will at its close be but TO cents.

Mason V. Hunt, M. D. The roster of medical men of Madison county who have attained distinction in their profession would be decidedly incomplete did it not contain the name of Dr. IMason V. Hunt, one of the oldest practitioners of the city of Anderson, and a man widely kncvn and highly respected not alone in the ran'ss of his profession.^ but m business, social and fraternal circles. For nearly a quarter of a ( entury he has been ministering to the ills of the people of Anderson, and his 'unquestioned talent and sympathetic nature have drawn to him a large and representative practice. Dr. Hunt svas born in the city of Greenville, Darke county, Ohio. Jannaiw 27, iS48. and is a son of Dr. W. A. and Sarah (Wright) Hunt.

Dr. W. A. Hunt was born in North Carolina, and became an early settler of Darke countv, Ohio, where as a youth he began reading medicine. Subsequently, he entered the Starling Medical College, Columbus, and after his graduation therefrom was engaged in practice m Greenville for some time. Later, he came to Indiana and settled on a farm in ^[adison county, not fai" from Anderson, and while engaging in tilliiij? the soil continued to practice medicine and surgery. Dr. Hunt disposed of his farm in 1867 and came to Anderson, to devote his whole attention to his profession, and continued in active practice up to the time of his death, which occurred February 20, 1889. He was a Quaker by religion, as were his father and his grandfather, yet they came of a line of fighting men who participated in the various wars of this country down to the struggle between the North and South, and many of the name held high rank in the Union array during the last-named war. Dr. Hunt married Miss Sarah AV right, who was born in oVIaryland, and was taken to Ohio by her tathei-, AVilliam "VYright, an early settler of Darke county, who vv'as also of Quaker stock.

ilason V. Hunt received his early education in the pu1)lic and high s.'liools of Anderson, this being supplemented by an attendance of two years at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana. Early exhibiting a predilection for medicine, doubtless inherited from his father, he began his medical studies under tlie pr'eceptorship of the elder m.an, and after some preparation entered what is ]iow known a.s the Cincinnati ^Medical University, where he was graduated after a very creditable examination ill 1874. He at o;iee entered practice at JaJiesville. Alinnesota, where he remained one year, subsequently moving to "Waseca, Alinnesota, v.'here he passed some eighteen years in a successful practice, and in 1890 made his advent into x-Vuderson. wiiieli has since been his field of endeavor. He was not lon.g in attracting a clientele, those who had known his father being ready to trust their health in the hands of the younger man, but he soon demonstrated such ability that he was able to build lip a practice ei;tiiely apart from any influence that might be reflected apou him on account of the achievements of his sire. He is now known a.s aii able practitioner, a steady-handed surgeon, and a close and assiduous studeiit, and his standing among his professional brethren is deservedly nigh. In 1900. Dr. Hunt became medical director of the hiheral Life Assurance Company, with which he has been connected in the same capacity to the present time.

In 1SS7, Dr. Hunt wtis united in m^arriage (first) with Miss Adda Andrews, of Sherwood, IMinnesota, and to this union was born one son : Volney M., an plcctvical engineer. Dr. Hunt's first wife died in 1900, aiid he was later married to Mrs. Elizabeth J. Ross, a widou', daughter of O. W. Kidv.ell.

Dr. Hunt is a prominent Alason, being a member of Alt. ]\Ioriah Lodge Xo. 77,. F. & A. M.. Anderson Chapter No. 52, R. A. Al., Anderson Coramandery No. 22, K. T., 'Mnvat Teraple, A. A.' 0. N. M. S., Indianapolis, and has attained to the thirty-second degree. During his long residence in Anderson, he has formed a wide acquaintance, and in this he numbers many sincere friends. The Doctor's comfortable modern residence is situated at No. 1225 Jackson street.

"We:,lia.m C. Pettigijew. A former trustee of Green township, Mr. Pettigi-ew !« one of the leading farmers of the township where he has spent practically all his life and as the result of many years' industry and careful management now owns a splendid country home in section 35 of this township. William C. Pettigrew was born on a farm in his pre<:ent home to^vnship November 8, 1858. His parents were John and 'Sarah (Jones) Pettigrew. The father was a native of Virginia, from ^'hich state he came to Madison county when a young man and followed farming. His death occurred in August, 1913, wheu 85 years old. Sarah Jones, the mother, was born in Green township, belongs to one of the oldest families settled here, and is now deceased. The eight children in the family were named James, George W., William 0., Dora, Etta, Charles E., Lena, and Rachael.

William Cane Pettigrew was reared in Green township, and attended the district school near his home. He was a schoolboy, alternating his school work with employment on the farm until he was about eigh° teen years of age. He then continued at home with his father until twentv'-one. He married Miss Sarah 0. Edwards, who was bora in Green township, and also educated in the district schools. Her parents were Robert and Rebecca (Gibson) Edwards. and Mrs. Pettigrew had fi^e children, namely: Fred L., a graduate of the Pendleton high school, married, and a farmer in this county; Warren R.. who graduated from the Pendleton high school, and who married Hazel Crist; Elsie, wife of Forrest ]\Ioore, now living with his father and farming on shares; Ruth, wife of Ed. Thompson; and ^Mildred, a student in the public schools. The family arc members of tlie Zilethodist church at Ingalls-. Mr. Pettigrew is a Democrat, has been active in his party and was honored by his fellow citizens with the ofiice of trustee of Green township from 1904 to 1908. His home farm on section 35 comprises one hundred and fifty-four acres. This land he has improved according to the modern standards of Indiana agriculture, has a tine and comfortable home, and an excellent frame bam for the slielter of his stock and grain, and keeps high grade stock.

HOR-A-CE E. Jones, M. D. It is eminently fitting that the career of Dt. Horace E. Jones be presented in this volume, for he has been a practitioner of medicine for upv.-ards of forty years and his entire professional career has been passed within the borders of ]\Iadi3on county. During his long and honorable career in Anderson he has been successful not only in a material way, but has established himself firmly in the esteem and affection of a wide circle of sincere friends, and as a man who has alwHA's had the welfare of his eommuuity and its people at heart is accounted one of Anderson 's most valued citizens. He v.-as born in Henry county, Indiana, July 2, 1845, a son of Dr. Thomas and Mary C. (ConAvell) Jones.

Thomas Jones, 'SI. D., was born in Wayne county. Indiana, in 1823. and early in life decided upon the medical profession as the medium through which he should strive for success. Accordingly, after preparation, he entered the Ohio Medical College, and after his graduation therefrom settled in Henry county, where he continued in practice until 1846, when he came to Madison county and established his home and practice at Pendleton. In about the year of 1854 he came from there to Anderson, and this city thereafter continued his home and the field of his activities until his death, in October, 1875. He became widely and favorably known in his locality and had many friends both in and outside of the medical profession. He married ^Jary C. Conwell, whose father. Isasc Conwell, was one of the pioneer settlers of Union county, and her death occurred in November. 1911, at the advcinced age of eighty-eig]\t years. Her parents were formerly from Maryland.

It is not unusual for the men in a family to follow similar vocations, and especially is this true in the field of medicine, where son follows father, showing the same abilities and inclinations. At any rate such was the ease with Dr. Horace E. Jones, although he first had some military experience. When sixteen years of age he enlisted as chief bugler of the Second -Indiana Cavalry", and, with it, participated in numerous engagements, including tlie Battle of Shiloh and the Siege of Corinth. He was then appointed a midshipman at the U. S. Naval Academy in 1S63 from which he graduated in 1S67 and served in the navy till 1S71. Having rounded out nearly nine years of continuous military service, he resigned his commission in the navy, returned to his home, and took up the study of medicine in his father's office. After some time spent under the elder man's preceptorship he entered the Ohio jMedical College, his father's alma mater, at Cincinnati, Ohio, and w^as graduated from that institution in 1873. with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He at once returned to Anderson, and since then has been in the enjoyment of an excellent professional business. The Doctor has the ability, the ready sympathy and the natural inclination for all the branches of his profession, and may indeed be said to be one who has chosen well. He possesses a fine medical library, and with this and the leading medical periodicals, keeps himself abreast of the discoveries and advancements which so prominently characterize the science of medicine. He has made "a number of wise business investments, and is the owner of much valuable city and farm property, including his modern residence at 138 West Tenth street, one of the leading residence thoroughfares of Anderson. A Democrat in politics, for three years he was a member of the school board. His fraternal connections are with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in the latter of which he is a past grand master, and he also enjoys membership in Major ]\lay Post, No. 24ri, G. A. R.

In 1873 Dr. Jones was married to Miss ^lary C. Coekefair, of Cambridge City, Indiana, and a son and daughter have been born to this union. Thomas ^.1., the son, is a graduate of the Indiana State University and of the Johns Hopkins University, medical department, and is now engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at Anderson. The daughter, Nellie, is tlie wife of Ralph Clark, of Chicago.

Clement Warren When most men die the ranks close up, the community moves on without a break, but a wide circle of acquaintances will long continue to miss the splendid personality of Clement Warren Hooven, who was unexpectedly called from earthly cares and trials on the 28th of August", 1913. He was in all the word implies a man - a man honorable in business, just in his dealings and one who maintained the highest standard of citizenship. Local publications truthfully said of him that his life was not only gentle and pure, but that nature had so mixed its good elements in him that every one pronounced him a noble man. He was a leader in this community, and fcelped to build the city of Anderson. He was generous with his means, liberal witli his time, wise with his counsel - all for Anderson, and he left the impress on this community of a successful, progressive and honest man.

- Clement Warren Hooven w^as bom at Ansonia, Ohio, February 9, 1863, a son of the late Dr. Warren and Marrietta (Riley) Hooven, a Dayton, Oliio, where t>ie raother still resides. He received a common school training, and upon reaching man's estate began his business career as a traveling freight agent for the Big Four Railroad Company.

Indiana, and in about the year 1893 he came to xVnderson to represent the Big YoMV Railroad Company as general agent. But soon after locating in Anderson he became interested in gas and acquired the control of a gas plant in Hazelwood, while a few years later he etl^^ected the consolidations of all the gas plants in the city and sold them to a Cincinnati syndicate. AYJien the Cincinnati company failed and the plants were sold at receiver's sale Mr. Hooven became the purchaser, although he soon afterward sold to the Dawes syndicate of Chicago, represented in this city by the Central Indiana Gas Company.

Mr. Hooven also purchased and developed the Anderson Tool Company, which was one of the best known manufacturing concerns hi the city when it vras destroyed by fire in 1911. He was also interested in the Remy Electric Company and had other business interests, including the ownership of several valuable pieces of real estate. In the summer of 1913 he was one of the directors of the "Made in Anderson" exhibit* and was active in promoting and adveilising the novel exhibition of Anderson products. He was ever ready when Anderson called and was always first in her needed improvements.

In fraternal circles 3Lr. Hooven v.as well known as a member of the jMasonie order and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and he was the owner of two stories of the building on Ynxm street in wliieli 1863, a son of the late Dr. AVan-en and ilarietta (Riley; Hooven, ol the Elks' home is located. He v/as a memlier of the Anderson Club and the Country Club, aiid at the time of his death was one of ihe directors of the latter. On the ISth of November, 1S96, he wfis man-ied to ]Mi.>s Anna Cox, daughter of Mr. and ]Mrs. L. 'SI. Cox, of Anderson. Mrs. Hooven is a native daughter of AVayne county, Indiana, and with her two childrei), Sarah and AYarren, survive the husliand and lather. She is a niece of N. A. and Charles Cox, merchants of Anderson, and she is the president of the Anderson Associated Charities, an instituiion in which her husband v\-as deeply interested. | ily and a few of his intimate friends that he was atllicti'd with heari trouble, but no fears were felt until on August 18, 1913, v.iien he -; hoped-for recovery did not materialize, and on Thursday nigiit, August 28, 1913, Clement W. Hooven laid down the burden of life and passed over to the silent majority. His body was brought to Anderson for burial, aiid the funeral on ]).Ionday, September 1, 1913, was attended by a large concourse of friends and acquaintances. "Columns of beautiful words," his community said, "could be written in memory of ; Clement Warren Hooven, but they are unnecessary. His life work, so I successful, is ended, and his gentle spirit is beyond their message - | enjoying immortality. And finally, in A'alhalla, where the spirits of * the blessed immortals assemble, wh'^n the roll-call of departed Ander- | sonians is sounded and the name of Clement AYarren Hooven is an- \ nounced it will be the dearest pleasure of the immortal souls of Colonel i Milton S. Robinson, Captain AV. R. Myers, James L. Kilgore, John R. \ Terhune, V. K. McCullough, Charles T. Doxey and others to pronounce i]i unison that highest eulogy known to mankind - Died on the field of duty and with the universal esteem, love and respect of his neighbors."

Martin L. Cromer. Probably there is no better' known citizen in Anderson than Martin L. Cromer, who for more than twelve years has served in the capacity of assistant postmaster here, and whose eificient, courteous and obliging services have not only been of great value to his adopted city, but have served to gain him widespread popularity. Mr. Cromer entered upon his career as a member of the legal profession, but since his appointment to his official position he has given the greater part of his attention to the discharge of its duties. He is a native of ihv Ploosier state, having been born at Nevvcastle in Henry county, March 9, 1854, a sun of Josiah and ^lary A. (Sehultz) Cromer, natives of Pennsylvania and early settlers of Henry county, Indiana. Josiah Cromer was born July 11, 1825, and was one of twin sons. His father was George Cromer, who was born on the 3d of June, 1788, and the maternal grandfather Avas born June 3, 1810, in Pennsylvania.

Martin L. Cromer received his early educational training in the public schools of ^liddletuwii, Indiana, and from there enrolled a^: a student at the State University at Bloomington, where he continued to assiduously pursue his studies for several years. Following tliis he spent two years at Butler University, Irvington, Indiaiia, and then, going to Springfield, Ohio, spent two years in AVittenberg College and graduated therefrom in 1879. For one year after leaving college Mr. Oomer was engaged in teaching school, and in ISSO he came to Anderson as an educator, but not long afterward went to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, where he pas.sed twelve months. Returning to Indiana, he located on a farm in Delaware coraity, v.-here he remained uutil 18SS, and then gave his attention to farming in Aladisoii county, in which he met with a satisfying degree of success, but in 1896 again came to Anderson and began to read law in the office of the well known legal firm of "^Vood & Ellis, being admitted to the bar in 1S9S. In 1901 he began his active practice alone, and in the same year received the appointment to the office of dejjuty postmaster under Robert Grimes, a position he has continued to hold under succeeding postmasters to the present time. Air. Crom.er manifests a commendable interest in all the live topics of the day and withholds his support from no measure which his judgment tells him will be oi benefit to his city or its people. His many admirable qualities have gained him a v/ide circle of friends, and Anderson numbers him among its dependable citizens. In political matters he has always supported Republican candidates and principles. His fraternal connection is with the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias.

In 1880 Mr. Cromer was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Bronn.-nberg, of Anderson, Indiana, a daughter of the late Carrol Bronnen- ^"?rg. Three children have been born to this union, namely: Mrs. Ethel E. Forse, whose husband, Harry Forse, Jr., is secretary of the Union Traction Company of Indiana : Maud D. became the "svife of Dr. J. D. Aliller, a physician at Indianapolis, Indiana ; and Grace, who married Di*. 0. B. Norman, who is engaged in the practice of medicine at Bedford, Indiana.

medical fraternity tlirouglioat the state, having served some years ago as the first president of the Indiana State Medical Association, after °ic was reorganized and changed from the old title of Medical Society, Dr. Stewart has been identified by residence and by busines-s and proiessioual activities in Anderson since 1870.

Jonas Stewart is a native of Indiana, having been born in Delaware county, January 26. 1843, a son of Lewis and Mary (Crarnpton) Stewart. The father, who was a son of William Stewart, a native of Kentucky, was born in Highland county, Ohio. The grandfather had first moved his home from Kentucky to Ohio, where he was numbered among the earlier settlers of Highland county, Lewis Stewart attained his education in an old log school house, peculiar to his time, and with such equipment as he could obtain from this primitive school he secured a teacher's certificate or license, and was engaged in teaching for some years during the early part of his career. He married Mary Crampton, who was born in jMaryland, and became a resident of Ohio during childhood, her parents also being among the early settlers of Ohio, in Miami county. She died in 1887 in the sixty-eighth year of her life.

Dr. Stewart spent his boyhood on a farm, and attended the public schools in Delaware county, Indiana. He later attended school at Troy, Ohio, and in 1862 he entered the Northv.'GStern Christian University ai Indianapolis. He enlisted as a private in the Union army, going into the service on August 28, 1862, in Company E of the Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the regiment being commanded by Col. Samuel A. Gilbert. The regiment was sent into Kentucky, and later to Tennessee, and he saw a good deal of service in the mountains of Kentuckj^ and Tennessee, after which he was transferred with his regiment to Virginia. After nearly three years of soldiering he received his honorable discharge on May 30, 1865, and then returned to college at Indianapolis. He spent one year in study there, then taught school for a while and in this way gradually prepared himself for a professional life. He finally matriculated in the University of iliehigan at Ann Arbor, where he pursued his studies for some lime, and later went to the Long Island Hospital Medical College at Brooklyn, New^ York, where he was graduated with the degree of 'M. D. on June 30. 1870. Dr. Stewart at once came to Anderson and opened his office, beginning -general practice in August of the same year. He has enjoyed success and distinction in his profession, and during the last two years has given up any attem.pt to extend his practice and now confines his attention to attendance in professional capacities upon his old patrons, many of whom he has cared for for more than a generation.

In business and financial circles at Anderson, Dr. Stewart is recognized as one of the verj' successful men. He has for a number of years held the position of vice-president of the Anderson Loan Association, and he is also a stockholder in the National Exchange Bank at ^Vnder- and of the Anderson Trust Company, The doctor owns an excellent farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Madison county.

Dr. Stewart is a member of the Madison County Medical Socieiy, the Indiana State Medical Association, of which he was the first president after its reorganization, serving in his official capacity in the year 1904, and he was vice-president of the State ]\Iedical Society, in 1897, prior to its reorganization under its present name, the Indiana State Medical Association.

i<oii county to the Medical History of Indiana, edited by Dr. G. W. H. Koniper, and he is also associate editor on the subject of the medical profession for this present history of ^Madison county. He retains his association with old army comrades through his membership in Major May Post No. 244, G. A.' R.

Dr. Stewart was married on September 4, 1870, to Miss Mahala Brandon of Middletown, Henr}^ county, Indiana, a daughter of Greenup Brandon, one of the first settlers of Delaware county, Indiana. He and his wife have been members of the Central Christian Church in Anderson for forty-three years, and are among the stanchest and most reliable members of that body. The handsome family residence is located at 1015 Delaware street.

James A. Y^ln" Osdol. The bar of ]\[adison county numbers Mr. \^an Osdol among its leading and representative members. He has practiced in the courts here for twenty years, and controls a large and important clientage. He is the general attorney for the Union Traction Company of Indiana, one of the substantial and important corporations controlling interurban electric lines in this state. Prior to entering upon the practice of law jh'. Yan Osdol gained distinctive success and prestige as a representative of the pedagogic profession, nnd he is known as a man of fine attainments and sterling character.

He was born in Ohio county, Indiana, August 4, 1860, and is a scion of sterling pioneer families of Indiana, within vvhose gracious borders were also born his parents, Boston AV. and Rachael (Jenkins) Yan Osdol. Like nuiny auotlier who has attained success in professional life JaTues A. Yan Osdol gained his initial experience in connection with tlitf sturdy and benignant influences of the farm, the while he availed himself of the advantages of the district school in the vicinity of his home. Proving himself eligible for pedagogic honors, he began teaching in the district schools in his native county at the age of seventeen years, and continued in the profession for six years. In the meanwhile he had pursued the study of law, and moving to the city of Yevay, in Switzerland county, in 1884, he entered upon the practice of lav/ there. The political situation in the cotinty at that time was such that in a short time it afforded him the opponunity of election to the office of county superintendent of schools, and after serving one terni in that office he returned to the practice of law.

In 1893 Mr. Yan Osdol came to Madison county and established his home in the prosperous little city of Elwood, where he soon acquired a substantial practice and proved himself one of the resourceful and versatile members of the bar of the county. In 1895 he found it expedient to establish his home and professional headquarters at Anderson, the judicial center of the county, and here he entered into practice with Charles L. Henry and Bj^ron McMahan in the practice of laAv. Later be joined with Mr. Henry and his associates in the organization of the Union Traction Company, and early in the history of that organzation ^Tr. Yan Osdol Avas chosen its general attorney and has since continued as the head of its legal department. His official duties in this connection have demanded his interposition in many important affairs of the company, and he has represented the same in various cities along the interurban lines controlled by the corporation. He is a man of fine presence, is genial, sincere and direct, and though he has never manif(.*sted any desire to woo publicity he is known as a loyal and progres-

Mr Van Osdol was married in 1894 to Mrs. Mary F. Goodin fo>-- merly Mis^ Gould, then a wido-.v residing at Peru, Indiana, with her httle son, Donald boodm. Mr. Van Osdol also had a son, Robert, by a toriuer marriage, and these four constituted the Van Osdol household when they moved to the city of Andersoii, but in 1902 this little circle was mereased by the birth of Gould J. Van Osdol. At the prespi-t Robert IS residing at Pasadena, California, and Donald is at Yorktown Indiana. '

Fred D. Wright. Foremost among the younger business men of Anderson who liave made good in their undertakings and enterprises may be mentioned Fred D. Vivight, secretary and treasurer of the T\'eliington Milling Company for a number of years, and identified >vith the business m a lesser .-apacity since 1907. He is well versed in milling lore, for he began to take an active interest in the work as earlv as nis seventeenth year, and has maintained a continuous idf-u<-i?^>i*+;o" with the milli)ig business from that time until the present. His rise has been a steady and continuous one and altogethu/ pleasing- to Vaosl who have watched his career fror.i boyhood and are eonversan^ with th^ many excellent traits that have contributed to his success.

A native son of Randolph county. Fred D. "Wright was born in the town of ^lodoc on September 13, 1877. His parents were Willi's < '. and Molhe (^ ardaman) Wright. The father v.^as also a native of Randolph county, and was a farmer by occupation. He is novr living in the citv of Anderson, but the wife and mother has been called to the home bey on a.

Fred D. Wright attended the %-illage school of Modoc until his sixteenth year, and quitting his studies at that time he accepted a nosition in a flouring mill at Muncie. Indiana, the' firm with which he identiiied himself being the Wysor & Hibbets rdilliug Company. AYhile in the employ of that company he entered the service of the U. S. Army, enlisting with the Twentieth Infantry, U. S. Regiment, on the 12th of May, 1898. He served in all the engagements in Cuba, and returned home in the following August, receiving his discharge in November following. While with the Wysor & Hibbets Milling Company. Mr. Wright received a thorough trainijig in the milling business, and* he continued with the firm for about seven years, leaving their ser-vice in 1902, but acquiring in that time a complete knowledge of the business in ail its various departments. In that year he came to Anderson and entered the em.ploy of the Wellington & Son Flouring :Mill. remaining with them until 1905, when he went to Los Angeles. ^California, in an effort to better the condition of his health, which, while not incapacitating him for work, was sufficiently bad to cause him some concern. But aVnort time in the healthful climate of southern California restored him to abundant health and vigor, and he returned to Andei-son in 1906 and assumed charge of the Pioneer ?dilling Company at Linngrove. Adams county, Indiana. In January, 1913, he acquired'an interest in the Wellington & Son ^Milling Company, which, by the retirement of James Wellington, the father, came to be known as the Wellington Milling Company. Soon thereafter the son also retired f^m the concern, leaving Mr._ Wright in full charge of the activities of the business, under his regime the mills have taken on new strenarth and the business is being pushed forward to an exceptionally high plane. The plant is equipped with a complete roller system and separators, and every labor-saving device known to the milling business is found in operation in this thoroughly modern and well conducted plant. "With a capacity of one hundred and twenty-five barrels daily, the mill rur.s at capacity the year around. It has a large local trade, and is at the same time engaged in handling wheat, oats and all other grains peculiar tu this region, its principal markets being Baltimore, ^Maryland, and Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio. The care of the business could be in no better hands than Mr. Wright's, for an addition to his thorough knowledge of the business from its more practical side, he is also an accomplished office man. thoroughly qualified to oversee the clerical side of the business and to understand every detail of office management. He fitted himself for that phase of the work in the Anderson Business College, where he pursued a thorough course of training some years ago.

In 1901 Mr. AVright was married to Aliss Iva E. Longfellov.-. of Rush county, Indiana, a daughter of S. C. LongfelloAv, for many years a teacher in Rush county and one of the best known men of that district, and of Rosetta (Durham) Longfellow, a descendant of a pioneer family of Rush county. Two childrou have been born to ^'tr. and ^NErs. Wrigiit - Noland C. and Noline :\r. Wright.

Mr. AVright is a member of Anderson Lodge of the Knights of Pythias and also of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Anderson. The family home is at 203 East Fifteenth street.

Otiio W. Dougl.vs. The v/ork of the firm of Daniels, Lyst & Douglas in the construction of ma7\v of the mo'^t substi-ntial thoroughfares of Anderson and the surroundiiig cities and towns, lias l):,^eii of a character not only to leave its impress on the community for many years to come, but to bring the meml)ers of the concern promiuenth' before the public as business men of ability, whose a';-tivities are serving to advance their section in many ways. Otho W. Douglas, the junior member of this firm, a man of wide and varied experience and versatile talents, is numbered among those who have been the architects of their own fortunes. Although a man of scholarly attainments, he has worked with his hands and trodden the familiar but difficult self-made way to success, and his career has distinctly deiiionstrated that fierce, strength, character and resolution dwell within him. (jualities necessary to tliose Vv-ho v,-onld gain a full measure of prosperity. Mr. Douglas was born in Iroquois county, Illinois, October 25, 1874. He is the third son of James Hamilton Douglas, a native of Indiana, and a representative of an old and honored family of the Hoosier State. Air. Douglas came from A\''ashiiigton county, Indiana, to Illinois, \vhere he spent only a short time, when he came back to the State of his nativity. Subsequently he went to Kansas, where he has resided during the past thirty years. His wife passed away at the time of the birth of the subject of this review.

The early educational trainina- of Otho AY. Douglas was scnired in the graded and high schools of Salem. Indiana, and 07i leaving the latter entered the State Normal school at Terre Hauce. Indiana. Following his graduation therefrom, he became a student in the State Tniversity at Bloomington, Indiana, and then adopted the vocation of educator and after teaching for some time in the schools of Salem, became a teacher in the high school there. He also taught in the Anderson high school six vears, and then he turned his attention to business pursuits, and became a member of the firm of Daniels & Lyst, the style at that time being changed to Daniels, Lyst & Douglas, and as such it has continued to remain to the present time. This firm, from its extensive acquaintance, and the long period in which its members have been known to the business world, is recognized one of the leading concerns of street paving contractors in this part of the state. ]\Ir. Douglas has justly won the American title of self-made man. His career has been one of constant endeavor. A man of great energy and enterprise, of force of character and resolute purpose, at all times his business has been conducted along the lines of commercial honor and personal integrity. Although essentially a business man, he has not been indifferent to the pleasures of social association with his fellow-men, and is popular with his fellow members in the local lodges of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the ilodern AVoodmen of America.

In 1895, Mr. Douglas was united in marriage Miss Maude M. Zink, of Salem, Indiana, a daughter of Jacob D. and I^.Iartha (Crim) Zink. This union has been blessed with the birth of one daughter; Anna Katherine, who is attending school in Anderson. ?.Ir. Douglas and his wife azid daughter are members of the First Christian Church. The neat and substantial family residence is located on "West Eleventli street, ^tr. Douglas is rather independent in his political ^dews, believing it his right to cast his ballot for the candidate he deems best fitted for the office, irrespective of party lines. He has never aspired to public office nor entered the arena as a candidate, but takes a lively interest in all matters that affect the welfare of his adopted community', and may at all times be depended upon to support those movements which make for progi'ess and good citizenship,

J. C. Rodger, V. S. The veterinary doctor and surgeon of today recognizes the benefit of science as applied to his profession, and it is a noteworthy fact that, within the last several decades, the course in this line has been as strict as that of a regular doctor of medicine, wnile the scope of practice being wider, many of the progressive men of r.oday are taking up the veterinary line in preference. One of the successful veterinarians of Aladison county is found in the person of Dr. J. C. Rodger, a member of the firm of Rodger & Catey, of No. 715 Jackson street, Anderson. Dr. Rodger was born near the city of Toronto, Canada, August 24, 1865, and is a son of John and Helen (Cowan) Rodger, both natives of Scotland, the father being a farmer. He was a man of energy, became prosperous and much respected in his community, and owned a large farm in the vicinity of Toronto, where both he and his wife passed away in the year 1901.

The early education of Dr. Rodger was secured in the public and high schools of Toronto, and he spent some little time on the farm. There he showed a decided inclination for the veterinary profession, this having been developed through his love and understanding of animals, and he accordingly decided to enter. upon a professional career. He entered the Toronto Veterinary College, one of the oldest and best instilntious of its kind in America, and was graduated in 1SS7, coming to the United States in the same year and locating at Anderson. Here he opened an oflEice and established himself as a veterinary surgeon, and as he became ac(iuainted and known as a graduate of a college, his practice exteiided and he was soon in the possession of an excellent professional business. It now extends not onl}- all over Anderson, but to various points in

Madison and adjoining counties. He devotes his practice to all domestic animals, of which he has made a careful study, and his success in cases of a complicated nature has placed him well up among the leaders of his calling. In 190-1: Dr. Rodger formed a partnership with Oscar M. Catey, under the firm naiae of Rodger & Catey, and this association has continued to the present time. Dr. Rodger's skill has caused him to be called upon to lecture on various occasions, and for ten years he was an instructor on Bovine Pathology' in the Indianapolis Veterinary College, Indianapolis. He is a member of the Indiana Yeterinary Medical Association and the American Yeterinary ^Medical Association. He is a prominent 3Iason. belonging to ^Mount IMoriah Lodge No. 77, F. & A. M., to Anderson Chapter No. 52, R. A. IM., and to Anderson Commandery No. 32. K. T. He is connected likewise with ]Murat Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., and has attained to the thirty-second degree in Indiana Consistory.

The stables of the firm of Rodgers & Catey, at No. 715 Jackson street, are substantially constnicted in modem manner, are 32x144 feet, and include all modern equipment, box stalls and exercising yard in the rear.

Isaac E. May. A successful business man and public spirited citizen, ^[r. !May has been identified by residence with ;i\[adison county practically all his life. He began his career as a worker for others, and by industry and ability became master of his own circumstances, and since Ifaving the office of county clerk a few years ago has been engaged in the .jobbing business at Anderson.

Isaac E. ^^lay was born July 7. 1861, at xVnderson, Indiana, a son of Isaac ^I. and Samatitha (Kindle) ^lay. His father was. one of Indiana's soldiers who were sacrificed during- the Civil war. Isaac M. Maj w^as born in Shenandoah county, Yirginia, in 1830. came north and settled in Indiana, at the beginning of the war enlisted in Compay A of the Nineteenth Indiana Infantry, was promoted to major, and the business of war lea him back to his native state, and at the battle of Gainesville, Yirginia, in August, 1862. he was among the slain. His wife, Samantha (Kindle) May, was born at Anderson, Indiana, January 6, 1836, representing an old family of Madison county, and her death occurred February 26, 1896.

Isaac E. May, who was but one year old when his father died, grew up in Anderson, received a common school education, and has long been active in public and business affairs. In 1898 came his election to the office of county clerk of ^Madison county on the Democratic ticket, and his service continued until 1902, being marked by a most capable administration of the duties connected with that important county office. At the present time Mr. May is engaged in the jobbing of plumbing, gas and mill supplies. Besides his public service as just mentioned, he has served as councilman from the Third Y'ard of Anderson. His fraternal affiliations are with the ^Masonic Order and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

On February 24, 1892, at Anderson. ]Mr. 'Slay married ^liss Anna L. Sansberry. Mrs. ^lay is a daughter of James AV. and Naacy (Jones) Sansberry, the father an attorney. ]\[rs. ^May was educated at St. Mary of the Woods at Terre Haute. To their marriage was born on June 6, ISi-jy, one son, James S. ]\Iay.

Jonathan A. r.[-SBY. On section nineteen of Stony Creek township is located the valuable and attractive homestead of Jonathan A. Basby. His farm of two hundred and twenty-three acres represents the life work and achievements of a citizen who was born in the townsliip and hns lived all his life here a quiet industrious farmer, and man of thorough integTity in all his busines.s and personal relations.

Jonathan A. Busby was born in Stony Creek township, November 3, 1858, a son of Isaac and Sarah A. (Conrad) Busby. The father was a native of Greenbriar county, "^Vest Virginia, and the mother, of New Jersey, and each came to Madison county when young, grew up to'^ether, and were married. They spent all their lives in this county, d^ath -joniing to the father in 1879 and the mother in 1912. They were the parents of three sons and three daus-hters, nam^^ly: Jane, the widow of Ceorge Rarabo; Missouri, widovr of Frank E. Woodward; Jonathan, and Wade, of Lapel: iMilton, postmaster at Lapel; Ida, \dfe of H. R. Jones, of Stony Creek township.

Jonathan A. Busby was reared, on the home farm in this township, and PS a boy attended the public schools at Fishersburg. When he v/ari seventeen years of age he had a good common school training and then began his practieal career as a farmer, taking eharge of the hom.e estate after his father's death. On November 14, ISSl, he married ?Jary J. Huntzinger. Their married life was continued for nineteen .years until her de.^th in 1900. The three children born of their marriaore were: Roxie, a graduate of the Lapel high school, and the wife of Jesse Fislier of Lapel; Edna, graduate of the common schools and a student in the high school; Arthur, who is a graduate of the common schools and lives at home with his father. Mr. Busby mai-ried on the sixth of j\T"arch, 1910, Ethel Taylor, who was born in Madison county, a daughtei' of Leroy C. Taylor, a retired farmer and a native of this county. Sh<^ received her education in the district sehooTs cf this counts". ^Iv. and !^.Irs. Busby are members of 'the ^lethodist church at Lane], and he is one of the trustees of that church. Fraternally he is affiliated with Lapel Lodge No. 386. Knights of P.-ythias. and is a past chancellor a'ld member of the Grand Lods^e. In politics he ha:< always been a Republican ut) to the campaign of 1912. but the issues in politics were sueli that year that he save his vote for the Proo-ressive partv and its principles. He is secretary of the township advisory board.

Arthuk DA\qs. A well known success as a farmer and live stock dealer has heen that of Arthur Davis in Stonj- Creek towriship. He is a native of this part of ^Madison county, has spent most of his life within the limits of the county, and when he besran his independent career it" was with a capital of self-reliance and well-trained body and industrious habits rather than with money or influence. He and his wife have prospered since their marriage and their first attempt to make a home. and they now enjoy not only material prosperity but the esteem of all the community in which they reside.

Arthur Davis was bora in Stony Creek' township July 3, 1870. a son of D. B. Davis, bein.g the second in a family of six children. When he was old enousrh he attended the district s.:-hool and was a student during the ^vinter term, up to the time he was eighteen years of asre. He then took QD farming as a regular occupation and continued in that line until February 28. 1893. at which datp his marn;^.ge occurred to Mis.^ Hattie Wertz. She was born in Ander53on township and received her education in the public schools near that city. .After their marriage, ^Ir. aiul ^Mrs. Davis spent a time on the old home farm, and then moved to Ki'.ndolph county, this state, ^vhere he spent a short time in farming, was tlieu again on the old homestead, and several years later by the thrifty managemont of himself and wife. V'as able to buy sixty-three acres o*f laud. Since then he has done a large business in breeding cattle and shipping b}- the ear-load lots. Among his other enterprises he owns and operates a threshing outfit, and hy the combination of his enterprise lias prospered very well during the last seventeen years.

Tlie family of eight children of ^Ir. and ^Irs. Davis are as follows : Clara A., age nineteen a graduate of "the common schools and of the Anderson high school; Alonzo. age eighteen, also a graduate of the common and high scliool, and of the Commercial College at Anderson ; Ruth, a student in the high school at Anderson, and a graduate of the common schools near the old home; Doctor D.. fourteen j'ears of age; Paul, age eleven; Theodore, age ten; Virginia, age seven; and Birr.^^. age five years. ^Ir; Davis is affiliated with Lodge Xo. 1 of tiie Loyal Order of 2kIoose at Anderson. In his politics he was always a regular Republican up to the campaign of 1012 at which time he voted the Progressive ticket. lie is a man of pleasing manner, and by reason of his success enjoys th*^ esteem of the entire community about his home in Stony Creek towjiship.

William A. ]Morris. Among the prosperous farming estates of Stony Creek township that of which '^"illiam A. ^lorris is proprietor is by all means one of the, most attractive viewed in its superficial aspects and also one of the most profitable as a business enterprise. Mr. Morris is a general farmer and stock raiser, owns one hundred and four acres in his own homestead, and is engaged in the opera'don of more than t^vo hundred acres of land in this coujity.

William A. Morris was born in ^[iami county, Indiana, October 19, 1860, a son of Isaac and Xancy (Haney) ]\Iorris. The paternal grandfather was William ^Morris, one of the old settlers of Rush county. Indiana, where Isaac ]\torris was born. Xancy ]\Iorris was born in Kentucky, and came to ]\Iadison county, Indiana, with her parents, being married in ^ladison county, and she and 'Mv. ^Morris making their home here until near the outbreak of the Civil war. They then moved to Miami county where Mrs. ]\Ioi'ris died. Some years later the father returned to Madison county a.nd spent his last days in Anderson touTjship. There were fi-ve children in tlie family, three of whom are living in lf)18. namely: T. J. Morris, of Anderson township, a farmer: Maria, wife of Henrv' Warren of Anderson township : and William A.

Mr. William A. ^lorris was reared on a farm and attained his education in the district schools at ]\Iiami county. Wlicn sixteen years of age he was sent to the Amboy Academy, one of the b'-^st schools of intermediate grade in this section of the state, and he continued a student in that institution until he was nineteen years of age. He continued on the farm with his father until he was twenty-one and then came with the family to Madison county. He v\-as married in Lafayette township of this county in February', 18S3, to ]Miss Hester Rogers, who was born in ^dadison county and received a common school education. They became the parents of two children, one of whom is nov.- living, namely : X^oiidas, aged seven. Mr. Morris and family worship in the !Metliodist Protestant church of Bethal, and ho is one of the trustees of that society. In politics he is a Democrat, and his abilitv as a business man and liis integrity as a citizen have been lionored by his fellow citizens in his election to the office of township assessor of Stony Creek, in which he served for two years. Mr. ]Morris is a man of quiet and unassuming manner, and yet his life work as a farmer shows a noteworthy degree of practical aehiyvement and a most honorable success.

Charles Poindexter. Farming in ^fadison county has always been a most profitable general occupation, and though within recent years manufacturing has become so important a part of the productive activities, agriculture is likely to remain through all the years as the most substantial pursuit to which mail's attention can be given here or elsewhere. In Stony Creek Township Mr. Poindexter is a farmer who for a number of years had experience in the industry, ajid finally retired to an estate in the country where his enterprise has been put to excellent use, so that he now owns one of the most attractive and valuable rural homes in Stony Creek.

Charles Poindexter is a native of the state of Illinois, born in Vermillion county, November 6, 1S6S, a sou of James and Emily (^McCallister) Poindexter. The father was born in Virginia, aud the mother in Adams township of Ttladison county, Indiana, and she now lives in Anderson at her home on Fletcher Street. The father passed away in 1879. He had been a soldier in the Civil war, serving throughout the period of hostilities from 1861 to 1865, and while a soldier came home on a furlough and mar tied. He enlisted as a private, was promoted to lieutenant, and at his discharge was captain of his company. For souie years after the war he lived in Illinois, but finally returned to Madison county, and his death occurred in Adams township. There were four children ir the famil}', named as follov.s: Cora, wife of Eb Parrish, of Anderson; Charles; Nettie, wife of H. Scott of Fall Creek township; Maud, wife of Martin Wiseheart of Anderson, Indiana.

Charles Poindexter was reared on a farm and also spent part of his youth in Indianapolis. His education was attained in the pablic schools and he continued to live on the homestead ^viLh his mother until hi? marriage. He married ]Mis3 Florence M. Stanley, of Anderson tovrnship, this county. Mrs. Poindexter was educated in the public scliools. Afier their marriage they moved to Indianapolis where Mr. Poindexter was employed as a tool maker with one of the large industrial establishments of that city for six years, from the fall of 1891 to the spring of 1896. In the latter year he came to the farm where he lived until September, 1905, at which time he moved to the estate of eighty-five acres in Stony Creek township, which is his present home. He has displayed ail the ability of a progressive farmer, and among the numerous improvements placed upon his estate is the ten-room modern house in which he and his family reside. Mr. and Mrs. Poindexter have two daughters, namely : Gretchen, wife of Lawrence "White, and Vera, a student in the seventh grade of the common schools. Mr. Poindexter and family worship in the Central Christian church at Anderson. He was formerly affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and' in polities is a Progressive Democrat.

0\VEN Huffman. Farming, with all its branches, has been considered a good line of business since the beginning of the world, but witliin the last quarter of a century it has been developed in a remarkable degree and at this time offers exceptional field for the man of energj^ perse- veranee and ability. Oue of the excellent representatives of this modern progressive class of yoimg farmers in ^Madison county is Owen Hiiifraan, of Stony Creek township, who has spent all his life in this county, and as the fruit of his own industry and good management has acquired an excellent homestead.

He was born in Stony Creek township, Januaiy 26, 1875, a son of Jasper and Celistia (Teeters) Huffman, both of whom have been long residents of this township. The third in a family of six children he was reared on tlie home farm in Stony Creek, and attained his education in one of the district schools of that vicinity. He completed his education when he was about sixteen years of age, and tlien took up 'the active work of farming on the home place where he remained until he was twenty-one years of age. -

On October 11, 1895, he married Miss Sarah Caster, a daughter of Marion and Sarah (^McDonald) Caster. She attained her education in the common schools. After his marriage ^Ir. HutlVnan rented land from his father for three years, and then bought the farm where he now lives, a place of seventy-nine and a half acres. He and his capable v:ife as his assistant directed all their energies to the improvement of this estate, and by clearing and draining, by planting of trees and by careful management in every direction have made it a splendid home and its fields have been responsive in profitable crops each year. Mr. and Mrs. Huffman are the parents of one cliild. Edith, who was born March 20, 1895, and is a graduate of ihe comraoa schools and Lapel high school. Mr. Huffman is affiliated with Lapel Lodge Xo. 386, Knights of Pylliias, and with Lapel Lodge Xo. 326, A. F. & A. M. In politics he has been Republican, but in the campaign of 1912 supported the Progressive ticket.

Archie C. Anderson. In farming and stock raising and the general business activities of Fall Creek township, 3Ir. Anderson is one of the leaders, and has occupied a prominent place for many years. He is a native of Madison count}', has spent practically all his life here, and by persistent and honorable industry has been successful far beyond the average.

Archie Clifton Anderson was born in Fall Creek township, Madison county, September 7, 1855, a son of John A. and Elda (Hiatt) Anderson. The founder of the family in Indiana was grandfather Wright Anderson, who came to this state in 1828 and located in Fayette county.. John A. Anderson Was born in ^Maryland, X^vember 10, 1826, and was about two years of age when the family moved to Indiana, where, he grew up and was married and soon after came to jMadison county, locating in Fall Creek. The father has been a resident of this to\^Tiship and county for nearly sixty years, and now makes his home retired at a good old age with his son Archie. There were two children in the family and the other was named Rollin, who died at the age of twentythree, "When Archie C. Anderson was six months of age, his mother died and he was then taken to the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Hiatt, in Fayette county. He was reared on a farm there and obtained his education in the district schools, with one 3/ear in the high school. When only a boy he made up his mind that farming v/as his favorite vocation and though in later years his interests have increased and brought him into banking and other affairs, he has always retained his affection for the farm and is first and last a farmer. Mr,

Andersou was married December 2S, 1876, to Miss Caroline J. Heacoek of Wayne county, Indiana, where she was born May 7, 1856, a dau;,'hter of Daniel Ileaeock. She was reared on a farm in ^Yavne 'countv,° and educated in the district and high schools. Her death occur-ed November 23, 1908.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Anderson located east of Pendleton, where they lived for seven years and in the spring of 1884 took up their residence on the homestead they now occupy, this having been their home and ejideared to them by many associations of family life for nearly thirty years. Their two children are named as follows: Stella, a graduate of the Pendleton High School and with one vear in Earlham College, is now the wife of Professor E. D. Allen of Pendleton. Their children are Esther Allen and John Allen. Chester H. is a graduate of the Pendleton high school, and engaged in farnimg. He married Lulu Clark, and they are the parents of two children, Mary Elizabeth and Paul Clark. The Anderson family are coinmunicHnts of the Friends church.

Mr. Anderson in business circles in Pendleton is best known as the presider.t of the Pendleton Trust Company of v/hieh he \'.-as one of the organizers. The ofiicers of this institution are A. C. Anderson, president; G. R. Mhigie, vice president; R. F. Thomas, secretary and treasurer, while the other directors are E. E. Brattain, Dr. L.'ll. Thomas. and E. C. Reid. The Pendleton Trust Company was organized in 1909 with a capital stock of $20,000.00. Among his other interests Mr. Anderson owns four hundred and eight acres of laud in Fall Creek township and is regarded as one of the largest farmers and stook raisers in Southwestern Madison county. In politics he is ludependent and he is a memlier of the Grange.

_ Thoma.- E. Day. Soaie thirty years ago Thomas E. Day tuok bis bride into Stony Creek township while the wilderness conditions still prevailed and vdth a strong arm and courageous heart l)egan the work of clearing out a home for himself and family. l>y dim of hard ia)>or and thrifty management he has prospered, untVi today he is not only one of the most substantial, but also one of the most iuduential men in ivis section of the county.

--^ Thomas E. Day is a native nf tlie state of North Carolina where he was born April lo, 1858, an.d from an early age hatl to make his owu -way in the vrorld. His parenis were Alva' and Sarah (, Harris' Dc:y, neither of the parents ever leaving North Carolina which wks the state of -their birth and their life and death. There were eight childrei: in the family and Thomas E. was the sixth, and one of his sisters also lived in Indiana. The father died when Thomas E. was eight years of age. and he had little chance after that to get an education. He remained with an uncle for some years, and learned more of hard physical work ihau the lessons which are given in sciiools and in books. In compan\- with an aunt he arrived in ]\Iadison county. Noveeaber 22, 1874, and srH-)n afterward began his career on his own account.

Thirty-two years ago Mr. Day married ^Fiss Sarah J. Shaul. and he then went into the woods and with his axe cleared up a tract of one hundred and ten acres, which has been the basis of his home. The six living children in the family are named as follows: "William H.. who is at home; Vado P., wife of Hugh Elinor; Luther P... who is married and a resident in Stony Creek township; James ?].. who is nmrned and lives in Stony Creek to^v^nsllip; Iva M., who is uuinavi'ied and still iu ihe home circle, ajid Lorenzci, a student in the high sehool at Lapel. [Mr. Day and family are meuihers of the Christian ehiireh, and in [)olitics he is a Repiihlican, without any participation in party affairs or without ever having- held any public oflioe. ]Mr. Day is the owner of one hundred and eleven acres of land in Stony Creek township and has a prosperous ami well improved farm.

John L. Givexs. A resident of ]iladison county for sixty-fi\'e years. Mr. riivens represents the progiessive rural citizenship of Stony Creek township, where he lias ;i fine farm of sixty-two acres, with exceUent improvements and a comfortable Imme for himself and family.

John L. Givens was liorn in Green township, iJadison county, November 30, 1848, a son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Shawl) Givens. Andrew Givens, the father ^\'as born in the stiitc of .}.Iichigan', came to Indiana and was married in ^^ladison county, his wife being a native of this state. lie continued to reside in Madison county until his death in 1854. He and his v.'ife were the parents of three children, the otheitvv-o being N. D. Givens, oi Iudi;iuapolis; and Julius Givejis, who is eomiected with the street railway system in St. Louis.

]\Ir. John L. Givens was reared in Green township until he reached his majority, and as a boy attended the district scliool near his home. Green township, while he was growing up, stiil presented almost an expanse of wilderness, and the residents were still engaged in tlie hard l;^bor of clearing nnd grubbing and planting the first crops iu the hard won fields. That Avas the training ground for his early life. lie was married in Green tov,uship to Amanda Heshberger. and their happy married life continued until 1909 when !Mrs. G'-.'ens died. .She was reared in Green and Stony Creek townships and received her education in the public schools. The four sons born to their marriage are all living in 1913, namely: Horace, who is married and a rcoident of Stony Creek township ; Elmer, who graduated from the comr'ion schools and is married and lives in Hamilton county: "Willard. who graduated fi-o'u the Lapel high school and in 1913 from the Univer.sity of Indiana, and is now a principal of a graded school in Noblesville. this state; Asa, who finished the course in the common schools, and at the present time is in Indianapolis. ^Mr. Givens and family are members of the 'Progressive Dunkard Church. In polities he has ahvays been a regiilar supporter of the Republican party up to the cam.paign of 1912 in which he voted the Progressive ticket.

Terlixg Stanley. A man who is well known to the citizens of his community by reason of his former connection with work of a .journalistic nature, Vei'iing Stanley has for a long period been prominently identified with the farming and stock raising interests of Stony Creek township, where he is the owner of a well-cultivated farm of 260 acres. ^fr. Staidey was born in Hamilton county, Indiana. June 16, 1857, and 'S a son of Isaac and Hannah (Nuby) Stanley.

Isaac Stanley was born in Clinton county, Ohio, and was about sixteen years of age when brought t<> Hamilton ('ounty. Indiana, by his l^arents. Here he engaged in agricultural pursuits and was reasonably successful in his operations, and at the time of his death, in 1893, hir, community lost one of its best citizens. His wife, a native of North Carolina, was about three vears of age when brouglit to Hamilton countv.

and here her death occurred iu 1911. Thej^ were members of the Friends' Church, in the faith of which they were married, and were the parents of five children, as follows: Yerling; ^lelissa, who became the wile of Prof. Fellows, vras a graduate of the high school and a former teacher; Edgar A., who is engaged in farming in Hamilton county, Indiana; Melvina, residing at Anderson, Iiidiana, the widow of Junius Knight; and Lydia, the wife of H. W. Ramsey, who is engaged in farming in Boone county, Indiana.

Yerling Stanley received his primaiy education in the district schools adjacent to his father's farm, and supplemented this by attendance at the Union High school, at Vrestfield and by a course in the Indianapolis Business College. Succeeding this, he accepted a position on the Newcastle (Indiana) Mercury, where he learned the printer's trade, and later, in company with Prof. Fellows, bought the Grant County Republican, of ]\Iarion. One year later they sold this publication and ^Ir. Stanley went to Ohio, where he was editor and publisher of the New Holland News, which he conducted for one year, then becoming interested in several other newspapers in Ohio. After a short period spent at his trade, on a Kansas Cit}- newspaper he recei^.ed a government appointment to a position in the government printing office at AVashington, D. C, in which he remained four years. In 1895 Ylr. Stanley came to Lapel and purchased the News, of which he vvas editor and publisher for four years, and at the end of that period retired from newspaper life to engage in farming and stockraising. He is now the owner of a handsome tract of 260 acres, all in a high state of cultivation, which has been rendered more valuable by the erection of a set of buildings of substantisl character and architectural beauty. 3Ir. Stanley has proved as good a farmer as he ""as newspaper man as evidenced by the gi-atifying success which has rewarded his etTorts,

On August 14, 189S, Yiv. Stanley was married to Mrs. Isabella Y. (ilcCiintock) Ward, ""ho was born in Jackson township, -Madison county. She was edi'';ated in the district schools of her native township, and was there married, November 4, 1883. to AYalker Y'ard, who is now deceased. One child wasborn to this union, Grace L., born August 22, 1889, who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley have had one daughter: Yerlina ^L, born May 24, 1900, who is now in the seventli -grade in the public school at Lapel.

Mr. and ^Irs. Stanley are members of the ]Metliodist Episcopal church at Lapel, in the work of which she has been verj' popular, numbering many friends in the wide acquamtance they have formed since locating in their present home. In political matters, Mr. Stanley became an adherent of Progressive principles in 1912, but he has never sought public office, being content to confine his activities to his fani;. of which he has every reason to be proud. He is a m.ember of the I. 0. 0. F., the K. of P. and the Red :\Ien.

Oliver E. ]\IcClintock. . The roster of agriculturists of Madison county who have participated prominently in the movements which have served to bring about the great progress and advancement of this section of the State during the past half a century would be incomplete indeed did it not contain the name of Oliver E. ^MeClintock, of Stony Creek township, who, although now a resident of the town of Lapel, has for many years been interested in farming and stock raising in. Stony Creek and Jackson townships, where he is the ou'ner of large properties.

.\rr. ]\rcClintock belongs to that class of enterprising, energetic men to %\\\oin are due the progress and improvement of the "West, while as a juiMic servant he has and is contributing materially to the welfare of his fellow men. Mr. McClintock was born on a farm in Jackson township, ^ladison county. Indiana. June 21, 1858, and is a son of Daniel ;,i!.l Elizabeth (Bristol) McClintock.

The McClintock family is one of the old and honored ones of this section, and was founded in Indiana by Alexander ]\rcClintock, who t-ame as a pioneer from North Carolina. A son of this progenitor, George McClintock, settled in Anderson when there were but three houses in thnt place, his journey thence having been made by wagon, and subse- .]ueiitly he located on a tract of land along the river in Jackson town- >hip, where he passed the remainder of his life. Daniel McClintock. son of George, and father of our subject, was born in Jackson township, .May 19, 1832, and died May 4, 1910. He was reared ou his father's farm, received his education in the district schools and continued to reside on tiie homestead until within eight years of his death.' when he came to Stony Creek township and located in Lapel. For forty years he was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and his politics v/ere those of the Republican party, whose candidates and principles" he supported stanchly. A successful farmer, ISlv. ilcClintock developed an excellent property, and he was also a large breeder of pure-bred Short Horn cattle, which he served to introduce in Jackson township. He and liis wife were the parents of three children: George K. ; Oliver E.; .-md Belle y., a graduate of the Jackson public sebools, and now the wife of Verling Stanley, former editor of the Lapel Nncs, a sketch of whose fareer will be found on another page of this work.

Oliver E. ^McClintock was reared on his father's farm and after a district school education and a term at high school, secured a teacher's license. He continued to farm, liowever, and remained on his father's property until he was twenty-one years of age. at which time he embarked in operations on his own account. Mr. oMcClintock was married November 28, 1886, to >Mis5 Leora Wise, who was reared in Jackson tovaiship and educated in the common schools, and to this unioji there v/ere born five children : Hershel G.. a graduate of the Lapel High school, who was a public school teacher for one year and is now a Rural Free Delivery mail carrier out of Lapel ; Daniel, also a graduate of the Lapel High school, and now a teacher in the public schools of that place ; Vv'alter, a high scliool graduate, who is assisting his father in the operation of his farms; Cecil, who graduated from the high school, and like his brother is engaged as an educator; and IMyrtle, who is still a student. at Lapel. The family has long been connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which ]Mr. McClintock serves as steward. His fraternal connection is with Lapel Lodge No. 386, Knights of Pythias, and the local lodges of the Improved Order of Red Tvlen and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Politically a Republican, he was elected a member of the board of trustees of Stony Creek township, and is now serving his fifth year as incumbent of that office, w^here he has given the utmost satisfaction.

In 1903 Mr. McClintock transferred his home from the country- to Lapel, in order that his children might receive better educational opportunities. He is the owner of 500 acres of land, of which 200 acres are located in Stony Creek township and 300 in Jackson township, and all are under a high state of cultivation. General farming has occupied the grtv.ter part of his attention, but he has also met M'ith a n-ratifvi,,, success m tne breeding of standard Short Horn cattle and Ai-aV'an horses, and few men of tne county are more widely known as stock buv;;' and dealers. Mr. McCnntock has been interested in other business Ve, tures, and is at present a stockholder in the Lapel State Bank In th, conduct ot his commercial interests and in the discharge of his otlici.l duties his reputation is unassailable and among the citizens of Lapel he IS held m the highest regard. ^

John B. Cragen. Every branch of commercial and industrial ar-tiv-' ity is represented at Lapel, for this locality is not only a flourishir.^ community, but furnishes a large contiguous territory that looks to if as a base ot supply. For this reason many progressive men uho se^k the best locality for the prosecution of their lines of endeavor have settled here, confident m the future of the place and in their ablHtv to make then; mark upon its advancement. The men who succeed here as elsewhere, m forging their way to the front ranks have to possess m'or^^ than the average aoility, as well as sound judgment and unswerving mt.^-nty or purpose ^ One of the men who has brought himself to an enviable position in his line of work, and at the same time secured and maintained a reputation for good citizenship among his associates is John B Cragen, notary public and dealer in real estate,- loans and insurance, who has been resident of Lapel since 3900. He was born in Loudon county, ^ irginia, March 15. 1S34, and is a son of Samuel and Harriet (1 run die) Cragen.