Madison County, Indiana - The whole text, 1914 (part 5 of 16)

old- when the family moved to Indiana, and he was reared amid the pioneer surroundings of Fayette county. That county continued to be his home until 1845, when he moved to ^ladison county and bought a tract of land in the timber, five miles west of the courthouse, a country now a smiling landscape of beautiful farjus, but at that time little more than a wilderness, although the railroad, known now as the Big Four,' already traversed that section of the county. In the midst of the woods he built a substantial house of hewed logs, and it wa's in that mansion that the DaWs family of the present generation had their first home. While he was in the midst of the heavy work of clearing the timber off his land, death came to him in 1855. Thomas Jefferson Davis married 31aria Ball, who was born in Fayette county, Indiana, a daughter of Doctor Bunnell and Eachael (Denman) Ball. Her grandfather, Aaron Ball, o\^-ued and operated a ferry across the Miami river in Ohio, and was drowned by operating his ferry over that stream. Doctor Bunnell Ball (the first name was not a title of profession) came to Indiana, and also was one of the pioneers of Fayette county. He bought government laud a few miles west of Connersville, and there gave his labor to the improvement of a farm, and continued its management until his death. After the death of Thomas Jefferson Davis, his wife w^as left with nine children, most of whom were still under the roof-tree, and the sons took up the work left by their father, and under the able supervision of the mother cleared the land, and tilled the soil, until they had made a productive and well improved homestead. Some years later the mother moved to Anderson, where her death occurred at the venerable age of eighty years. She was the m.other of iiine cliildren who grew to maturity, namel}': William, Jasper N., Eliza, James H., Doctor Ball, Sarah, Elizabeth, Rachel A., and John E.

The early circumstances of the life of John Davis have thus been sketched in connection with the family, and he was about five years old when he became a resident of county, and has a keen recollection of the old log house and many of the surroundings in which he spent his boyhood. While growing up he attended the rural schools, and was still ver^v' young when he took his share of the labor in clearing up the land and tilling the soil. For several years he had the management of the home place. He subsequently moved to Anderson, and spent four years in business in the sale of agricultural implements. Then he joined forces \\'ith his brother Doctor B. Davis, and manufactured drain tile for three years. After that he returned to Anderson and followed his trade as a carpenter for some time. About 1899, Mr. Davis engaged in his present business as dealer in feed and coal at> his present stand, 1015 Fifteenth Street.

In 1874 Mr. Davis married Elizabeth Stephens. She was born in Wayne county, Indiana, a daughter of Thomas and Lovina Stephens. The five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Davis are mentioned as follows : Thomas, Quincy, Edna, Clarence C, and Bertha May. Thomas died at the age of six, and Quincy at the age of five. Edna married Ed. Bardeene, and has one daughter, Marion. Clarence married Emma Kep- Hart, and their four daughters are named Jessie, IMary, Agnes, and Edna. The daughter Bertha first married Thomas Stanley, who died, Jfavincr one daughter named Helen. Mrs. Stanley is now the wife of Ed. Gerimmer. Fraternally ^Ir. Davis is affiliated with the Tribe of Ben Hur.

BusHROD W. Scott. For many years the name Scott was faiuilifirly associated with the mercantile enterprise of the city of Andersoa. Mr. Scott first became a resident of Madison county, about the beginning of the Civil war. 1860, arriving here a comparatively poor young man, and from one en)ployment to another gradually advanced until he became an independent business man, and was in the list of successful merchants until he finally retired from business and is now spending his later years in the enjoyment of a well won prosperity. He belongs to a prominent old family of colonial ancestors, and for several generations identified with the old colony and eommonv.ealth of Virginia.

Bushrod W. Scott was born in Monongahela county, in what was then Virginia, but is now West Virginia. The date of his birth was June 9, 1839. The family record during its residence in America goes back to his great-grandfather, Major David Scott, who was born in the land of hills and heather, immigrated to America during the colonial era, and settled in the colony of Virginia. He made the acquaintance of, and became a fast friend of George Washington, and when the Revolutionary war came on rose to the rank of major in the colordal troops. Later he secured a large tract of land in 'what was afcerwards Monongahelr. county, and operated his estate with slave labor. He continued a resident there until his death. Next in line of descent was Col. James Scott, the grandfather, who was born in western Virginia, inherited a large landed estate and many slaves, and became a very prominent citizen of Monongahela county. He served with the rank of colonel during the \Var of 1812, and v/as honored with the office of sheriff of -\IonorLgahela county. Before his death he freed all his slaves. His life was prolonged to the great age of ninety-four years. On a part of his estate he set aside some land for a cemetery, and his remain.s now rest there in the vicinity of the old Scott homestead. There were ten ciiiidren in his family, among whom was Sanford B. Scott, father of Bushrod. Sanford B. Scott was born in ^Monongahela county, was reared on a farm, and inherited a portion of the land which "Major Scott had seeur..-d many years before.

He continued to live there until several years after western Virginia had become the state of AVest Virginia, and in 1867 immigrated vv-est to Indiana, buying land in Henry cminty, which was his liunie until 1870 when he sold out and bought a place in Lafayette townsliip of Madison county. He was engaged in general farming and stock raising there until his death at the age of sixty-seven years. Francis B. Scoti married Hannah Tibbs, a native of Virginia, and a daughter of John and Mary (MeCay) Tibbs, who was born and spent all their lives in the old Virginia commonwealth. Mrs. Sanford B. Scott died at the age of 89, and reared nine children, named: James, Bushrod W., Louise. Mary, John, William, Virginia, Fannie, and Isabelle.

In the old ^Monongahela River country, Bushrod W. Scott spent his boyhood days, and lived there until he was about twenty-one years of age. In 18G0 he left the old home and came west to Indiana. His first w°ork and experience in this state were as a clerk in a general store at Alexandria, in ^Madison county. In the spring of 1861 he returned to Virginia, but found the country in which he had spent his boyhood rent with the distractions of Civil war. and he accordingly returned to "Madison county, and was employed as a clerk for the firm of Crin_i &. Haziet at Anderson. That firm then had the largest store in the county seat. Four vears later, the business was sold to Andrew Jaekson, and Mr.

St'ott continued vviili the new proprietor for one year. His experience and savings then enabled him to start in business on his own account, and he became a partner of E. C. Bliven, under the firm name of Srott & Bliven. These partners sold dry goods, and had a growing business. At the end of two years ]Mr. Siddall bought the interest of Bliven, ;iiid the firm for three years was Scott & Siddall. jMr. Scott then sold out to his partner, and soon formed a partnership with his fatlier-in-law, William AV. Williams, making the firm of Seott & Williams. They conducted a genera] store, and it was one of the popular trading centers of the time. After several years ilr. Scott became sole proprietor, and idutinued in active business at Anderson for about ten years, at which time he retired. In the meantime he had bought a farm, and still owns tliat place, operating it through renters. Soon after his marriage he Iijid bought the property at the northwest corner of ^Meridian and Twelfth Streets, and that is still in his possession. He occupied it as a place of n-sidenee until 1904, when he bought his present home at the northwest rorner of Central Avenue, and Fourteenth Street. On June 25, IS68, Mr. Scott mai'ried ]\Ia;ui.la Williams. She was born at Ogden in Henry I'ounty. Indiana. IIqv father AVilliam W. Williams, was born near Blount Victory in Hardin county, Ohio, a son of John Williams, who was a farnier near ]\Iou)it Victory. The father of ^Irs. Scott came to Indiana when a young man, and for several years operated a tannery at Knightstown in Henry county. Later he was a merchant at Ogden in the same county, afterwards moved to Kiehmond, Indiana, and a year later in August, 1865. established himself at Anderson, which was then a quiet rural village of about five thousand people. He is still remembered as -"-UP of the old merchants of Anderson, and was in business v.'ith his son Henry C. for some years, and afterwards with ^[r. Scott. ]\Ir. Williams lived in Anderson until his death at the age of seventy-five. He married Martha Raines, v.ho vras bom in Ohio, a daughter of Joab Raines, who came fr-^m Ohio to Indiana, lived in AYayne county, and then in Henry '-ounty bu>Tng a farm near Knightstown, where he spent the rest of his n^'tive life. His death occurred at the home of his daughter in Ogden. The mother of Mrs. Scott died at the age of sixty-two years, and reared five children, named : Henry, Lucien, ^Maanda, Adeline, and Edgar. Tile daughter named Caroline died in childhood.

To Mr. and ]Mrs. Scott have been born four children: Charles, Lena, Marshall, and Robert. Lena married Leonard AA'ild, and has one son natned Robert. Marshall married Nora Ellison, and their one son is named George. These are the only two gi-andchildren of Mr. and Airs. Scott. The family worship in the Methodist church.

Joseph H. Elliott. A business man of Anderson, where he has had his residence since 1904, Air. Elliott has had a career of varied activity, has gained a satisfying degree of material prosperity, and stands ^i?h in the public esteem of local citizenship in his adopted city.

Joseph H. Elliott was born in Adams county, Ohio. His father was James Elliott, who was born in the same county, and the grandfather 'vas William Elliott, a native of North Carolina. Great-grandfather KlHott, so far as known, vras also born in North Carolina, and from that '-fate took his family to Ohio, becoming a pioneer in Adams county. He ^""-ni^ht and improved a tract of land there, and on it passed his last -lays. Grandfather Elliott early in life learned the trade of carriage ''uilder. From Adams county he moved to Ross county, where he estab- lished himself iu business at Bainbridge, and manufactured and repaired wagons and carriages. TJuit was his home until his death. He married Mary AVest, who was born iu Loudoun county, Virginia, and both she and her husband lived to a good old age and reared eleven children.

James Elliott, the father of the Anderson business man, spent his early life in Adams and Ross counties of Ohio. Under his father's direction he learned the same mechanical trade, and was in busiiiess at Bainbridge, until 1S73. In that year he moved to Gibson City, Illinois, where he continued in the same line for several years. In 190S he took up his residence at Anderson, which continued to be his home until his death on November 9, 1911, at the age of eighty years. He married Sarah Palmer. She was bom in Loudoun county, Virginia, June 1, 1829. Her father Cornelius Palmer was a life long resident of Virginia. Benjamin Palmer, father of Cornelius Palmer, married Mary Berry, who survived her husband, and went 1o Ohio to live with her so;i, dying in the home of Cornelius Palmer. Cornelius Palmer was reared and married in Virginia, and in 1833 went to Ohio, accompanied by his family. With a wagon and six horses this long journey was accomplislied over the mountains and across the Ohio Valley, and in the wagon were the household goods and other possessiojis, and each night tlie family camped out by the roadside. For one year the Palmers lived on the banks of the Scioto River, and then Cornelius Palmer bought land in Adams county. On the land was a log house, and a few acres were cleaved, and he set himself to the task of making a homestead. All his labor went for nothing on account of a defective title, and after that misfortune, he moved to Highland couuty, Ohio, which was his home until 1864. From Ohio, he moved out to Ford county, Illinois, v.here he had four hundred <:..ofes. TVhen he first settled there that section of Illinois was sparsely populated, and onh' a little portion of his land had been improved. His labors he gave to the development of that place and after some years mO' ed to East Lynn, in Vermillion comity, which was his home until his death at the age of eighty-six years. Cornelius Palmer married Harriet -Reavers. She was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah Beavers. Samuel Beavers was a native of Maryland, moving from that state to Virginia, and he and his Tvife both died in Loudoun county. The wife of Cornelius Palmer died in her ninetieth year, and her denth was the result of an accident. Mrs. Sarah Elliott, the mother of Joseph H. Elliott, is now eighty-four years of age, a hale and hearty woman, and presides over the household of her son.

Joseph H. Elliott was an only child, was educated in the schools of Greenfield, Ohio, and after the family went to Gibson, Illinois, assisted his father in the shop and also clerked in local stores. It was in that way that he got his first lessons in business life. From Gibson Cit}- he moved to Rockford, Illinois, and became superintendent of a fence factory, and a sewing machine company agent and remained there for four and a half years. In 1893 ]Mr. Elliott came to Indiana, and was a commercial salesman in this state for a number of years. In 1904 he took up his permanent residence at Anderson, and since that time has conducted a provision and grocery business.

In 1878 Mr. Elliott married ]\rary A. McCracken. She was born near Lexington, iu McLean county, Illinois, a daughter of Milton McCracken. Uitrs. Elliott died in 1908, and she and her husband reared two sons, Harry and James C. Harry, who is associated with his faiher in business mar- ried Flossie Reed, and has one daughter, Maxine. James C. married Florence Brocknieyer, and has one son, Gerald. Mr. Elliott and also bis during her lifetime had membership in the ilethodist church, and his parents were likewise active in that denomination. Fraternally lie is affiliated with the ilodern Woodmen of America.

Clin'ton M. Cottermax. A resident of Anderson who for some years has made a substantial business of furnishing the people of this locality with the product of a market garden is Clinton ^r. Cotterman, who has his gardens well within the city limits, and who has also served the comniunity in official capacity, and has long taken an active interest in politics.

Clinton i\[. Cotterman was born on a farm three miles west of Dayton in ^Montgomery county, Ohio, September 1, 1849. His father was William Cotterman, born in Pennsylvania, and the grandparents moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio, and became early settlers of ^Montgomery county. William Cotterman in early youth learned the trade of cigarmaker, which he followed all his active career. WheE the war broke out between the states, he enlisted as an Ohio volunteer, and gave efficient and loyal service to the Union. His last years were spent at the soldiers home near Dayton. William Cotterman married Amanda J. McPherson. FTer father was a millwright by trade, and died at the age of thirty-seven. His widow managed to keep her eliildreu together until each had a home of his own. The mother of 'Mv. Cotterman died at the age of forty years and left seven children named : Clinton ?.!., Adam F., James B., William, Albertus, Clara B., and Catherine.

Clinton M. Cotterman was reared and educated in his native county. As a boy he worked under his father to learn the cigarumker's trade and afterwards acquired the trade of broom malcin^. When he had grown to manhood he chose the occupation of farming instead of his ^rade, and his first purchase of land was forty acres in ^Montgomery county on the line of Preble county. In 1893 he sold out his place in Ohio and moved to IMadisou county. He soon afterwards bought some land in Union township, farming there for one year^ after which he operated as a renter for five years and then came to Anderson. He has a pleasant home at the corner of Eighth atid Union Streets, and a tract of four acres near by where he is engaged in truck farming.

Mr. Cotterman has been twice married. At the age of twenty-four he married Sarah ]M. Tlouse, who was born in ^Eontgomery county, Ohio, a daughter of Andrew and ^lary (Reichard) House. ]MrSv. Cotterman died at the age of thirty-five. For the second marriage 'Mr, Cotterman married Rachel Ellen Loy, who was born in Preble county, Ohio, a daughter of Conrad Loy. ]Mr. Cotterman has one son by his first marriage, named George. Since casting his first presidential vote for General Grant, Mr. Cotterman has always consistently supported the Espublican ticket, has been active in the campaign, and has served in the ^office of township assessor.

Enoch E. Byrum. A distinguished and influentml member of the clergy of the Church of God, author of high-grade and valuable works and president of the Gospel Trumpet Company, virlicsG printing and publishing plant, located near the city of Anderson, is one of the finest in the state of Indiana, IMr. Byrum is numbered antong the prominent and honored citizens of Madison county, has been a power for good in the various relatioiis of life, is a man of high attainments and exalted ^ character and is eminently entitled to representation in this publication. <

Enoch E. Byiaini is a native son of Indiana and is a son of one of | the old and honored families of this commonwealth. He was born in I Randolph county, on the 13th of October, 1S61, and is a son of Eli and f Lucinda (Fields) Byrum, the former a native of North Carolina and the 1 latter of Tennessee. The father devoted the major part of his active ' career to the great basic industry of agriculture and both he and his \ wife passed the closing period of their lives in Raiidolph count v, \ Indiana. They were folk of devout Christian faith and their liv".4 \ signalized their practical observance of the faith which they thus pro- - fessed and by which they guided and governed themselves, s'o that they 1 ever held secure place in the confidence and high regard of all who 1 knew them. | lie whose name initiates this review gained his early education in the ' public schools of his native county. Thereafter he entered the Northern ' Indiana Normal School, at Valparaiso, and' in this institution, now \ kno^vii as Valparaiso University, he was graduated as a member of tlie ] class of 18SG, after the completion of thorough courses in elocution and oratory. _ Thereafter he attended in 18S7,^ Ctterbein University. ' at \ TVesterville, Ohio, in which admirable institution he specialized in\Snn- ; himself for the ministry, and in 1892 he was ordained as a clergvman of_ the Church of God. "At. Byrum has done most conseeratecf and faithful services as a worker in the vineyard of the Divine Master and has become one of the m^st inSuential factors hi the affairs of the church of which he is a representfitive. Since 1SS9 he has been editor or ihe ''Gospel^ Trumpet,'' published by the Gospel Trumpet Company, and this is one of the leading peiiodicals of the religious denomination with whii.-h he has been long and ^-rominently identified. In lOO-t Mr. Byrum made a tour ofthe world for the purpose of examining the ancient manuscripts of the Bible and otherwise expanding his wide k.nowledge of Christian literature and activities, and investigating the outlook of Foreign Missionary work and establishing missions in the foreign fields. In 1909-10 he made a most zealous and effective missionar}- tour through the southern states, Central and South America and the West Indies. Mr. Byrum has written voluminously on subjects pertaining to religion and human responsibilities and ideals. Among the most prominent of his published works are those bearing the following named titles: "The Bov's Companion," "Divine Healing of Soul and Bodv," -'The Secret of Salvation," "The Prayer of Faith," "The Great Physician." "Behind the Prison Bars," "Travels and Experiences in Other Lands." and "Tlie Secret of Prayer." Each of these volumes has been issued from the presses of the Gospel Trumpet Company, of> which he is president.

In the year 1880 the publication of the "Gospel Trumpet" was instituted at Indianapolis, and moved in 1906 to Anderson. Indiana, wh-i-re the plant was located on the corner of Ninth and ]\rain streets. There the business was most successfully conducted until 1910, when the company purchased fifty-seven acres of land ju>t outside the corporate limits of Andereon, adjoining the eastern part of the city, one mile from the court house, where they have erected large buildings of concrete construction, modern in every respect, for the accommodation of the extensive publishing business of which ^Iv. Byruni is the executive head, and in the upbuilding of which he has been the dominating force. On the same grounds have been erected by the company an excellent building for the accommodation and residence of employes and also an admirable home for old folk who are afiiiiated with the Church of God. The equipment of the printing and publishing plant is of the most modern and approved order, including the best cylinder and job presses and three linotype machines, so that the establishment is one of the best of the order in the entire Union. ]Mr. Byrum is president of the .companj' as has been stated previously, and the other members of the official board are as here designated: A. L. Byers, vice-president, and X. H. Bynim, secretary-treasurer.

In 1SS9 Mr. Byrum vv'as married to Rhoda B. Keagy. She bore him six children, named as follows: Ethel E., now ^Irs. Kimble of Anderson, Indiana; Birdie Ruth, E. Arlo, Mabel Grace, Bernice Mariva, and Nilah Virginia. The v/ife and mother died on September 14, 1907, and on October 1. 190S, Mr. Byrnui married ]vliss Lncena C. Beardslce, of Seattle, "Washingion.

Mr. Byrum is a man of broad culture, but has naught of intellectual bigotry or intolerance in his makeup. As a citizen he is essentially progressive and public-spirited and his genial personality has gaine<l t-o him the high regard of those with v.'hom he has come in contact in the varied relations of life. In his political activities, he votes for the principle and the man heliind it. not being one to make a fetich of adherence to any especial political party.

George AY. Pettigrevv. From an inheritance of five and a half acres of land. George AY. Pettigrew has increased his holdings in ^^radisoii county in recent years until today he has a goodly acreage of two hundred and sixty-two and a half acres of the finest land to be found in this section of the state, all of which is under cultivation and which yields its owner an excellent inr-ome. ]\Ir. Pettigrew has been a resident of this towjiship all his life, and was born here on January 8, 1858, the son of Samuel J. and ^lary J. (Tingley) Pettigrew.

Samuel J. Pettigrew was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, February 15, 1827, and his wife M'as a native of the state of Ohio, born in Greene county, in 1832. Both are now deceased. The father came to Greene county, Ohio, in his young manhood, and there met aiid married Mary Tingley, after which they came to county, Indiana. From 1852 until 1862 they lived in this county, then returned to Ohio and settled in Greene county. The year 1870 saw their return to these parts, \vhere they passed the remaining years of their lives. The father died August id, 1874, but the mother survived until March 15, 1803. They became the parents of ten children, of which number eight are yet li-ving. Those who survive are named as follows: Ylary E., the -widow of Jacob Newfarmer; William H., of Whitely county, Indiana; David M.. of ifissouri; James J., of Hancock county, Indiana; Samuel A., of Anderson, Indiana; Francis AI., in the regular army of the Philippines, with the rank of lieutenant: Charles E.. of Madison county. Indiana: George ^ .. of this review.

George TY. Pettigrew was reared in Green township, and all s;ive eight years of his life have been passed here. He was trained in the common schools of the community and until he reached his legal majority remained on the home place. He then took up farming on his ov.-n re- sponsibility, and his life since then has been devoted to that industry As was mentioned m another paragraph, he inherited five and a haF acres of land, but he was not content with an acreage of that size and today a fine farm of two hundred and sixty acres yields generously to his skill in husbandry. General fanning and stock raising constitute his business, and as a breeder of Shorthorn cattle, part of which are registered stock, he is well known tliroughout the count v. as the result of liis twelve years of activity in that line. He feeds and ships more than a carload of cattle yearly, while his thoroughbred stock finds market ir Indianapolis. Mr. Pettigrew in 1907 erected one of the finest eountry homes m the county. It is a commodious place of thirteen rooms, witl' ample basement, and is built on modern lines, calculated to produce a comfortable and homelike place. AVhen completed, the home cost him something like $5300. The place is equipped ^nth a hot water heatin?- plant and is furnished throughout in quartered oak and black walnur^

On November 20, 1S79, .^Ir. Pettigrew married 3,Iiss Lavina Whelchel" wdio was born in Fall Creek town.ship, Hamilton county, Indiana, oi- September 20, 1862, and is a daughter of Abraham and Eliza Alleu^ the fornier born in Hamilton county, Indiana, on :May 28, 1836, and the latter in the same county, on August 31, 1835. She died on August 4, 1907, but the father is still living, and makes his home in Hamilton county, where they passed their lives. They became the parents of eight children, as follows : Alva, who has a family of five children , Fairv B. the wife of Frank Bixler; Koy; Delia, the wife of Jesse Partaiii ; Wayne i Lulu; Grover C; Irene.

The fajuily are members of the German Baptist church and hold their membership at Beach Grove, Mr. Pettigrew being one of the directors of the church, and a leading member. He is a Progressive Democrat, and one of the best kno^^Ti men in his community, where he is esteemed and respected for the many excellent traits that characterize him.

Gaeland Hancock. As superintendent of the north Anderson Schools, Mr. Hancock is a young educator who has proven his value an-I ability, and is now performing a very capable service in one of the largest schools in the county.

Garland Hancock was born in 1887 in Richland township, Madison -county, and belongs to one of the old families of this section of the state. His parents were James and Jennie (Brouneberg) Hancock, and the father was for a number of years engaged in the livery business at Versailles in Ripley county, and previous to that time was a farmer. The four children in the family were Garland, Fern, Flora and Ernest.

The early years of Garland Hancock's life were spent on a farm, for the most part, and he was educated in the common schools of Linwood, and Chesterfield, and in the high school of Anderson, from which he was graduated. He later attended the University of Indiana, and after he came home in 1909, he took up the vocation for which he had prepared himself. He has been engaged in educational work for some years, has held various positions and as principal of the north Andersoii school he ranks as one of the leading educators of ^ladison county. His two sisters, Fern and Flora, are also engaged in teaching in Madison county.

^Ir. Hancock married ]\Iiss Cora Groundyke, daughter of Thomas Groundyke, of whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this work. To Mr. and Mrs. Hancock has been born one child - Donald. The family occupy and enjoy a comfortable residence in the vicinity of Linwood, and ar.^ the recipients of the kindly regard and sincere esteem of all who share iu their acquaintance. Mr. Hancock is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in a fraternal way, and though not a member of any especial church, he is generously inclined toward ail. In addition to his teaching work, Mr. Hancock finds time to give to the cultivation of bl farm- of 140 acres and which yields a bountiful crop, as well as affording him a genuine pleasure, derived from its cultivation.

Samuel Douglas Montgomery. Among the officials of Madison county who are rendering the community signal in the discharge of their duties, none have attained a greater degree of popularity -than that which has come to Samuel Douglas Montgomery, who has served efticieutly since January 1, 1911, in the office of county assessor. A resident of this county since early boyhood, he was for years identified with i the agricultural and stock raising interests of this section, and the success with which he met in his own affairs made his fellow citizens confident that he would have no trouble in successfully handling the affairs of the county in the office which they tendered to him. That this confidence was not misplaced is at once evident when Mr. ^Montgomery's record in office is seen. He is a native of Butler county, Ohio, and was born April 18, 1859, a son of Samuel and INIary (Thurston) Montgomery^ both American born.

Mr. Montgomery's grandparents were natives of England, and shortly after their marriage in that country emigrated to the United States and became early settlers of Butler county, Ohio, where the grandfather purchased a tract of land and spent the best years of his life thereon. He was a man of iutegrity, industiy and enterprise, strong in his convictions of right and wrong, and public spirited in matters pertaining to his community. He gained and held the esteem and regard of his fellow citizens through a long life of honorable dealing, and his influence was sought in all matters of public importance.

In 1865 Samuel ^lontgomery cam^e to Madison county, Indiana, purchasing a farm in Lafayette township, but later in life he moved to southern Kansas, where he spent several years. He returned to Alexander, ^Madison county, in 1892. and there spent the remaining years of his life, his death coming on February 27, 1899. Mrs. Montgomery bad died many years before, when still in comparatively young womanhood.

Samuel Douglas Montgomery attended one term in a primitive log school house in Butler county, Ohio, the rest of the years being passed in assisting his father in the work of the homestead. He also attended the school in Lafayette township at indefinite periods, and he remained under the parental roof until he was about twenty years of age, at which time he married Miss Mary C. Thomas, of Lafayette township, Madison county, the daughter of Edwin Thomas, an elderly settler and a prosperous citizen of that township. After their marriage IVIr. and Mrs. Montgomery settled on a farm in Lafayette township, and he has since been engaged in diversified farming. He subsequently moved to a farm in ^lonroe township, where he lived for some years. He was successful ill his farming operations, and he gave a great deal of attention to the breeding of Short Horn Cattle. He was also a contractor in general road I'uilding and engaged in the draining of farms and roads, each of his ventures proving uniformly satisfactory in its results.

tlie County Council. In 1910 he became the candidate of his party for the office of county assessor, and when he was elected to the office for a four year term, moved with his family to Anderson, where he purchased a modern residence at No. 1618 Fletcher street. He placed his farm h, the hands of his son, Samuel Ward Montgomery, who is sucGe?.sfully carrying on its activities in a manner worthy of his father. This tract consists of ninety-seven and o]ie-half acres, and is in a high state of cultivation, testifying to Mr. jMontgomery's ability as a farmer. His eminently acceptable method of handling the affairs of the assessor's office has not ojily won for him the confidence and approbation of his fellow citizens, but has gained him many friends among all classes.

On March 2, 1879, Mr. Montgomery was united in marriage with :\Iiss Mary C. Thomas, and to tins union there have been bom rive children, as follows: Edward, who is engaged in farming in Madison county; Nellie, who became the wife of Charles D. Way mire, also an agriculturist of this section; Samuel AVard, who is carrying on operations on the homestead; Josephine, who married Hugh E. Kobinson, a prosperous farmer of Monroe tovv'uship, and Harvey I.., also a farmer.

Dr. Lot Edward Aluxandek has practiced medicine and has performed the varied responsibilities and duties of good citizenship at Pendleton, since 1879, and is one of the best known citizens of Madison county. His name is spoken v/ith respect on the north and east sides of the county, but it is with his home community of Pendleton that he has been most closely identified.

Dr. Alexander is descended from old American stock, originally of Scotch ancestry on both father's and mother's side. The family Vv^as founded in America by Hugh Alexander, who emigrated from Scotland in 1736 and settled in Chester county, Pennsylvania. Farming wss his occupation and that he was a man of more than ordinary standing and influence in his community is evidenced by the fact that he was chosen a delegate from Cumberland county, to which he subsequently renioved to the conference of deputies called in Carpenter Hall aL Philadelphia on July 15, 1776. It was at that meeting that the first free constitution of Pennsylvania was adopted. Hugh Alexander was married in 1854, to Martha Edmiston, who was also of Scotch descent. The great-grandfather Alexander, of Dr. Alexander was in the Commissary Department in Washington's army during the Revolution, and for his fc'ithfui services to the cause of the colony w^as given fifteen hundred acres of land, which he subsequently located in North Thumberland county, Pennsylvania. Another fact concerning the ancestors might be added. Dr. Alexander's maternal great-grandfather Brown, when a child, was stolen temporarily from his home by the famous ilingo chief Logan, and kept two days. during which time Logan made and placed on the child's feet a pair of moccasins, and after paying these evidences of his regard and showing the best possible entertainment returned the child unharmed to his parents.

Dr. Alexander's father was Cyrus Alexander, who was born in Mifflin county. Pennsylvania, September 30, 1807, and followed farming at his regular vocation. He had a common school education, was a Presbyterian in religion, and a stanch Republican, throughout his adult life. His death occurred September 7, 1889. Cjtus marned Mary Brown, who was born also in Mifflin county, February 20, 1814. and died Augnist 12, 1894.

cation was acquired at Washington and Jefferson College in the city of Washington in western Pennsylvania. On March 12, 1874, he was graduated Al D from the University of Pennsylvania, and thereafter spent one year in the AYestern Pennsylvania Hospital at Pittsburg, m 1875 was en"-a<^pd in the Philadelphia Dispen.sary, and in 1876 entered the niedif-af d'epartnient of the United States Navy. He served as assistant suro-eon in the United States Navy, and was for six months m the quarantine'service on the west coast of Florida. Later he was assigned to duty on the receiving ship Potomac at the Port of Philadelphia. Dr. Alexander moved west and located in Indiana, in 1877, first in Fayette county and in 1879 established his home and residence at Pendleton, where' he has lived and practiced medicine for almost thirty-five years.

Dr. Alexander ser^-ed one year as president of the Aladison County Medicjil Societv, and has m.embership in the Indiana State, tiie Mississippi Valley, and the American Medical Association. He has always been a Republican, and for the past fifteen years has served as a trustee of the Pendleton Consolidated School District. Reared m a Presbyterian family, he was affiliated with that church for some time, but now is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Pendleton. ^ raternallv the doctor belongs to thp Independent Order oi Odd -^^ <=t^crvyf , ttie Kni'o-hts of Pytliias, and the Benevolent and Protective Order ot Elks.

On November 5, 1879, Dr. Alexander married AIiss Carno _x>oyd Huc^hes at Cambridge City, Indiana. She received her education m Ue schools of Cambridge City, and is a daughter of Evan and^Samantha Hughes, her father having been of Pennsylvania Dutch Stociv.

Charle^^ L Oldham. One of the well known prosperous farming men of Fall Creek township of whom it is but reasonable that mention be made- in this historir-sl and biographical work devoted to the representative men of the county, Charles L. Oldham takes a leading place m the representative activities of Pendleton and tae township. _ He was born in Champaign county, Illinois, m December, 1866, and is the son of A W. and Barbara A. (Stephens) Oldham, the latter being now deceased and the former a resident of Pendleton, Indiana. Both were native^ of Hamilton county, Ohio. The father came to Madison coiinty when he was about eighteen years of age, and m 1854 married AIis. Stephens He was a veteran of the Civil war, serving three years m the Union army, and seeing much of the activities of the long siege. Three children were born to these parents: Charles L Frank F unmarried and a resident of Pendleton, Indiana; and Delia May, al.o unmarried, and living at home. vTo^;^A,.

Charles L Oldham was four years old when he came to ^^adi^ou county with his parents, and as a boy in the home community he attended the district schools. He later was graduated from the schools of Spnn^ Valley after which he turned his attention to farming. la October, 1888 Mr Oldham married ATiss Fannie J. Tyson, who was born m Madison countv, Indiana, in September, 1866, and was educated m Ae common schools of her native county. They have one child, Orville W., born Auonst 21 1889, who is now married to Lola Smith

M? Oldham and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Pendleton, in which they are active and energetic with reterence to the work of the various departments a iid fraternally .,L0^ ham has membership in the Independent Order of Odd ^^'^^''^^jf^ll the Kni-hts of Pythias. In the former order he is a Past Graiid and has held vaHous offices in both lodges. He is a Republican and has ta^en an active part in the party ranks.' In 1912 he was the nominee for the oflBce of commissioner of the South District of Madison county. He has a fine farjn of one hundred and twenty acres about a mile and a half distant from Pendleton, oji Lick Creek Pike, and is recognized as oue of the successful and enterprising- farmers of the township.

Arthur Wolfe Brady. The president of the Union Traction Company of Indiana, whose home for a number of years had been in Anderson, was born at IMuncie, Januaiy 13, 1865, a son of General Thomas J. and Emeline (AYolfe) Brady. On his father's side there is a combina- f tion of both Irish and English stock, while the maternal forbears were some of them German and others French. On both sides the earliest mera- bers of the family came to the United States during the eighteenth centuiy. His father, the late Thomas J. Brady was born at Muncie in 1839, and he died at Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1904. A lawj^er by | served throughouc the Civil war, with the rank of Captain and :\Iajor in the Eighth Indiana Infantry, and was colonel of the one hundred and seventeenth and the one hundred and fortieth Indiana regiments, and was brevetted brigadier general towards the close of the war. For a number of years he was editor and publisher of the Zvluneie Times, served as consul at St. Thomas, West Indies, was supervisor of internal revenue, and still later held the post of second assistant postmaster general at AVashington. Emeline AYolfe Brady was born at WesttiekC Ohio in 1842, and died at I\Iuncie in 1SS4.

Arthur W. Brady attended the public schools of Muncie, prepared for college at a private school in Connecticut, graduated fro)u' Yale University A. B. in the class of 1887, during- tlie following year read iavr in the ofBee of an uncle at Fort \Yayne and was graduated from the law department of the University of Jlichigan in June. 1889, with the degree of LL. B. Mr. Brady practiced law at IMuncie from 1889 to 1902, and maintained an office at Indianapolis from 1902 until 19C4. He was elected mayor of JIuncie on the Democratic ticket in 1902, and his service in that office continued until September, 1905. He became general coun- ^sel for the Union Traction Company of Indiana, and in 1904 was elected president of this the largest interurban transportation company in thf^ state. It was at that time kiiown as the Indiana Union Traction Company, and is now the Union Traction Company of Indiana. The main offices of the company were moved to Anderson in the fall of 1904, and his home has been in that city since that date.

Mr. Brady is a Democrat, and during the time of the free-silver issue of 1896 belonged to the Gold Wing of that party. In June, 1893, he married Jane Ninde, daughter of Lindley M. and Beulah C. Ninde, of Fort Wayne, Indiana. She died in the same year, and in 1901 he married Caroline H. IMcCulloch, daughter of Dr. James IMcCulloch and Caroline J. McCuUoch of :\Iuncie. Ur. Brady has two sons : George Wolfe Brady, born at Indianapolis, August 22, 1903 and Arthur Adam Brady, born at Ander.son, February 23, 1905. I

Wallace B. Campbell has been closely identified with the business life of Anderson since coming to the city in 1895. He is well and favorably remembered as editor and owner of the Anderson Herald, which he built up to be one of the best equipped printing establish- l very successful newspaper work be turned his attention to real estate, developing- one of the largest flat, apartment and business properties in the city. In addition to looking after his own property interests during the past eight years, he has been secretaiy of the Anderson Commercial Club, which has been a most efficient organization in the promotion of the city's industrial development.

Mr. Campbell was born on a farm in DeAVitt county, Illinois, June S, 1857. His father was Joseph Wallace Campbell, who was born near Paris, Bourbon county, Kentucky, on April 1, 1820, and who came to Indiana about 1840, settling on a farm near Bloomiugton. ]Mr. Campbell's mother, ]\Iary Ann (Blakely) Campbell, was born near May's Lick, Mason county, Kentucky, on February 5, 1824, and moved to a farm near Bloomiugton in 1834. She married Joseph W. Campbell on October 19, 1843, and in 1849 they entered eighty acres of land in De- Witt county, Illinois. There were eight children born of this union. William 0., the first born, served three years in the Union army before he came of age. The others were Louise J., Alice, Sarah E., Laura, AVallace B., Hilary J., and Lawrence E., all living today with the single exception of Louise J. The mother died on ]\Iarcli 5, 1894, and the father followed her on Noveifiber 18, 189G, at Roberts, Illinois. Both were almost lifelong members of the Christian church and lived exemplary lives for simplicity, integrity, gentleness aud neighborly kindness.

Wallace B. Campbell lived on a farm until he was twenty-two years of age. His early education w^as obtained in the district schools, with the exception of two short terms in a village school. He taught school near his father's farm in Ford county. Illinois, for two years and during that time assisted at home on the farm an.d did one year's work in preparation for college, without an instructor. He entered the fresh.- man class in Indiana University in 1880 and was graduated vvith the class of 1886. During ids last year he had charge of the laboratory work in Botany with W. S. Blatehley who graduated the following year and who was afterward State Geologist for many years. He taught school in Montgomery county two years before graduating from the university, it being necessary to earn his college expenses in that manner. He entered the university on less than $50 and boarded himself for two years. He was elected principal of the Paxton (Ills.) high school in the fall of 1886, and the next year he read law with Messrs. Paul, White and Humplu'eys of Crawfordsville, Indiana, and was admitted to the bar in that city. He opened a law, real estate and loan office at Roberts, Ford county, Illinois, but it proved a poor location, as Ford county was largely agricultural, without saloons and with very little crime to be contended «vith, so that the "pickings" for a young lawyer were disagreeably sparse. However, during his residence there, he tried about a dozen cases, winning each of them.

Mr. Campbell had acquired some taste for newspaper work while in college and as waiting for "cases" made no strong appeal to a man of his native energy and activity, he decided to accept the invitation of Hon. N. E. Stevens, of Paxton, Illinois, to become associated with i\Ir. Stevens' son, Arthur H. Stevens, in newspaper work at Auburn, Indiana. There the two young men bought the Auburn Dispatch, June 1, 1889. This proved to be a successful venture in a business way, and five years later ]\Ir. Campbell bought Mr. Stevens' interest in the paper and ran it alone for a year, selling it in June, 1895, to buy the Anderson Herald.

as equipment was concerned, the plant was a veritable junk sIkj}), barring the presence of some good type and one small job press. It was manned, however, with a number of good employes, among whom was Charles H. Neffj'one of the present owners, ilr. Campbell brought ]Mr. Edward C. Toner, of Martinsville, now another of the owners of the paper, to the Herald as city editor in October, 1S95, and about the same time Harry T. Hallara, of Auburn, came as foreman of the mechanical department, a position he still holds. i\Ir. Campbell's next step was to eciuip the plant with the best machinery money could buy. In this equipment was a Cox angle-bar web perfecting press, the first one installed in Indiana, and a ]\Iergenthaler linotype jnachine, the second or third to be installed in the smaller cities of the state. The first paper published from typeset on this machine was issued on July 4, 1897.

Mr. Campbell was a close student of newspaper and job printing. He frequently consulted a number of the most successful newspaps.'r men in the state and profited by their experience. He served at dilterent times as secretary and president of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association, and was several times sent as a delegate to the National Editorial Association meetings. He was frequently to be found on the progTani in state and national meetings. He attributes his success in newspaper work, which is recognized tliroughout the state, to three things - good equipment of his plant, surrounding hioiself with loyal and competent workmen, and conscientious and faithful service to the community served.

The ilcrald was sold to Edward C. Toner and Charles H. Neff on June 1, 1901, since which time 'Slv. Campbell has given his attention to the buying and developing of the Campbell, x\.nnex, Jefferson and Lincoln flat, apartm.ent and business properties.

When the Anderson Commercial Club was organized in Deceinber, 1905, the first board of directors selected Mr. Campbell as Club Secretary. He was reelected each succeeding year up to the present time. During the entire time he has served in the office at a personal sacrifice, but always with the highest regard for whatever vvould promote the best interests of the city. The city has enjoyed marked industrial development during the eight years of ]Mr. Campbell's service, m.ueh of which has been directly due to the work of the Commercial Club. The nev/ industries l)rought to the city, or the old ones retained, through work of the Commercial Club, have during that period paid out more thaii $3,500,000 in wages. Of this sum from ten to fifteen per cent is net profit to the city.

Mr. Campbell has always been greatly interested in the public schools. In June, 1909, he w^as unanimously elected a member of the School Board, serving as secretary' two years and as president one year. He was president of the Board when the present new high school building was completed in 1912. During his service he stood for the most rigid economy in the expenditure of the public funds, but _ he especially favored an increased wage for the grade teachers, with a view of holding more of the best teachers where the greatest number of pupils might_ be benefited. He urged the largest development of the manual training and vocational cotirses and the establishment of a business course in the high school T^dth the hope of making all of the school work more practical and useful to the great body of pupils who must depend upon the public schools for their entire education. His work on the board was carried on in a direct line with the ideas and plans of the advocates of

On October 19, 1892, Mr. Campbell married Miss Sarah E. Taruey, daughter of Samuel J. and Nancy Tarney, of Auburn, Indiana. Mrs. Campbell was graduated fntm the State Normal at Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1884, and after serving as principal of the Bourbon (Indiana) high school for one year, was elected a member of the State Normal Faculty, which position she held up to the time she was married. In the fall of 1895 she was elected supervisor of instruction in the Anderson schools, serving in that capacity for three years, and declining reelection for a fourth year, because of her wish to retire from the teaching profession. Probably no woman in. ]Madison county has done more practical work for the cause of education than has ^Irs. Campbell. For years she was instructor in many county institutes throughout the state, and she has revised several school readers for the xVmerican School Book Company. In addition to Mrs. Campbell's enthusiastic interest in education, which she still retains, she is o'reatly interested in public charity and in the work of the correctional institutions of the state. She was appointed by Governor Hanly as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Indiana Girls' School, was reappointed by Governor ^larshall and for the past three years has been president of the board. She is president of the Madison County Children's Home Association, and has been since the organization of the association thirteen years ago.

Mr. Campbell, also, has a keen interest in all of these matters, and is a director and treasurer of this board of his wife is president. Both are membei's of the Tourist Club and ^^Irs. Campbell is a member of the Clio Club, both being literary organizations - of representative order.

Spencer G. BEviLHiiiER. For more than sixty years a resident of Madison county, Mr. Bevilhimer is one of the citizens whose name and a brief lecord of whose career should be permanently recorded in any history of the community. He represents a family, which had its part in the early development of the county, he was himself one of the Madison county's soldiers for the war of the Rebellion, and since his return to the county as a veteran soldier he has had his full share in the responsibilities of making a living and providing for home and family, and has also discharged his duties to the general coraraunity, v.ith an efficiency which brings him honor.

Spencer Gorland Bevilhimer whose farm of one hundred and fifteen acres is situated in Lafayette township was born September 12, 1845, in Franklin county, Indiana. His parents were Charles and Sarah (Gorland) Bevilhimer. The father, a native of Pennsylvania, had the following family of children : Susan, deceased ; George, who w'as a soldier of the Civil war, and now deceased; Edmund, deceased, also a soldier of the war ; Spencer G. ; Sarah, Elmer, and Anna, deceased ; Charles M. ; and Lewis.

The father brought his family to Madison county in October, 1849, and located his home in Lafayette township. It was in this vicinity therefore that Spencer G. Bevilhimer spent his early career and when he was a boy he went to school in an old log school house, which stood in the neighborhood. He is probably one of the few citizens still li\ing in this county whose early schooldays were passed in one of the old-time structures, with its slab basis, its fireplace, and its generally rough and primi- tive accoinmodciiions aud facilities. Duririo- his solinnl r1«.-c i.. i worked on the lioine farm, and in this way^aLL^his y^T^^ftilh' was eighteen Then i.a 1863 at Anderson 1.1 enhs'ed n'cCpan; B o? the One Hundred and Thirtietli Indiana Infantry under CaDtain F ' R Do^vne and AV. H. Mays. The One Hundred and TMi-t eth Indlanf w^-^ assigned to the First Brigade, second division, of the Tu^^^^^^^^^^^ Corps, under General Scofield. The brigade eontainl^d h foU;^n^^ regiments, the Tiurd and Sixth Tennessee; the Fourteenth KentucW" the Twenty-Fifth Michigan; the Ninety-Ninth Ohio, and TlLsSfh Michigan Bat er>, comprising about 3,500 men in a 1. The en-a^e ments m which Mr. Bevilhimer and his regiment participated were°as" I vine Creek, New Hope Church, Pine Mountain, Lost Mountain CuTnl Farm, Renesaw Mountain, Marietta, Chattahoochee River Peach Tree Creek, Decatur, Atlanta Rough and Ready, Jonesboro, Lovejoy Rome Nashville, Kingston, and the final surrender of Johnson the Confederate leader at Greensboro, North Carolina. ' ^-ontederate

After the war Mr. Bevilhimer returned to this county and he-^n his practical career as a farmer. He rented land from Stephen Kerr and It was as a tenant and by hard labor and good manageniput that h^ linaxly secured enough to provide for a home and to buy land for his career as an independent fai-mer. . ^

James W Griffin. An able representative of the business interests of Elwood, James ^. Griffin is widely known in insurance circles of the Hoosier .^tate as the assistant superintendent of the Prudential Life Insurance Company. Mr. Griffin was born IMarch 6, 1868, at Pittsboro^ North Carolina, and is a son of James D. and Sarah A. (Harman)

""f/i'l - Ireland whence he came directly to the United States and settled ill Ohio. There also settled Henry Harman, the maternal greatgrandfather of Mr. Griffin, who had been born in the Fatherland Wesley Gnffin, the grandfather of James W. Griffin, was born in Yirc^inia (now West Virginia), was a farmer, and became an early settle^r of Chatham county, North Carolina, near Pittsboro, where he spent the remainder of his life. He reached advanced years, as did also his ^ife Malsey (Bland) Griffin, a native of North Carolina, and they became the parents or a large family of children, arnong whom were- Sidney !

"W. Griffin, was born in North Carolina, and there married Kebecea Chadwick. He was a wagon maker, and also engaged in general repair work, and at one time enlisted for service in the War of 1812-14, but saw no active fighting. He died on the old home place at Pittsboro, North Carolina, when eighty-nine years of age, while his wile was seventy-eight years old at the time of her demise. They had the follov/ing children : Joseph, Elizabeth, Sarah A. and Mary, twins, and John Thomas.

James D. Griffin was reared on his father's farm in North Carolina, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits at the time of the outbreak of the struggle between the North and the South. Enlisting in the Confederate army, for four years he fought valiantly for the cause he believed just, and when the war was closed he had a record as a brave and faithful soldier. On his return to the pursuits of peace, he resumed his agricultural operations, and was so engaged until his retirement, some ten years ago. At this time he is acting in the capacity of doorkeeper of the North Carolina Legislature. His v\-ife died February 3, 1883, at the age of forty-four years. She was a member of the ^Methodist Episcopal Church, South, while he is connected with the Christian Church. They were the parents of nine children, as follows: James W., residing at Elwood: Isaac N., of Raleigh, North Carolina; Mary J.. deceased, who was the wife of Isaac Clark; Ida L., the wife of Robert A. Glenn, of Pittsboro, North Carolina; Emily, single, and a resident of Southern Pines, North Carolina; John T., of Pittsboro; Robert Ij., residing at Durham, North Carolina; and William T. and Walker, of Pittsboro, North Carolina.

James W. Griffin received his education in the district schools of his native locality, and continued to reside under the parental roof until attaining his majority, in the meantime being thoroughly trained iu agricultural work. Following this he rented a farm near the. homestead for four years, but eventually decided that farming was not his forte, and on April 14, 1893, came to Elwood and secured employment in the plate glass works. A short tinie thereafter, he went to work for the tin plate works, where he continued for thirteen years. During this time, Mr. Griffin had been soliciting life insurance as a side line, and by 1908 his business had grown to such an extent that he decided to give his whole attention to this work, and accordingly identified himself with the Prudential Life Insurance Company of America. He is now assistant superintendent at Elwood, and maintains offices in the Hene Block. The peculiar talents necessary to the successful soliciting of life insurance are possessed in a remarkable degree by Mr. Griffin, and he is known as one of his company's most valuable men. He has made numerous friends both in and outside of business circles, and a pleasing, genial personality has had much to do with the building up of a substantial business.

On November 25, 1897, ^Nlr. Griffin was married to Miss Stella A. Luse, daughter of William H. and Lucinda (Beeler) Luse, and to this tmion there have been born five children : William J. ; Robert Paul, who died in infancy; Yelma L. ; Emereth E. and Helen Lucille. Mr. and Mi's. Griffin are members of the Christian Church, and Mr. Griffni is one of the elders of the Elwood congregation. He belongs to Quincy Lodge No. 200, I. 0. 0. F., and to the Encampment of that order. He was reared a Democrat, but has strong Prohibition tendencies. While he has not sought public office, he has shown an interest in matters which have affected his community, and his support has been given to progres-

Mre. Grifiin was born _ in Madison county, Indiana, near Elwood while her father was a native of Preble county, Ohio, and her moth.-r of Indiana. They still reside on the old home place near Elwood a.id are farming people. They have four children: Emereth E Stella V Charles and Cassius C. Mr. Luse was a soldier during the Civil war' 1 he paternal grandparents of Mrs. Griffin were Robert and Abigail (TVheldon) Luse, natives of Ohio, while her maternal grandparents were James and Carolina (Jackson; Beeler, who came from the Old Dominion

^ Lewis Heffner. A substantial business citizen whose historv h?s been commensurate with that of Elwood from the time thi. flou>-ishiiu^ and prosperous city was but a small, struggling village, Lewi^ Heffnp" has played no small part in the great growth and development here during the past forty years, during ^^-hich time he lias been intimateh- identified with some 01 the city's largest business interests. His life has been oneot industry and perseverance, and the systematic and ^onorablbusiness methods which he has follo\\ed have won him the support a-d confidence of h^s fellow-citizens. :Mr. Hefiner was bo-n ir- Be-ks coun^v Pennsylvania October 5, 1839, and is a son of Daniel and Marv (Schmeck) Heffner.

The history of the paternal grandparents of 7^Iv. HeiTn-r has l-^en lost, but on the maternal side his grandparents were Jolm and Miss (Heckniann) Schmeck, natives of an old Berks countv famiiv whicli ^?tt ed m Pennsylvania long before the Indians had left that'se-tion Both reached advanced years. IMrs. Schmeck being past ninny at t'-c time of her death, and they had a large family, amono- whom were Cat'^- erine, Mary, Lena, Hannah, Elizabeth, Lydia and Daniel. Datiiel Hettner was born m Berks county. Pennsvlvania, anrl for manv v-iP'^ resided about seven miles from Reading, wliere hp was the p>-Apru--t'o'- of a blacksnnth shop. His death occurred there when he was seveutv-nine years of age. and he was widely known and highly esteemed in hi^ community. He married Mary Schmeck, also a^uadve of Berks <-oui.tv who survived him for some time, and was about seyentv-nine years of age at the time of her demise. He was a Lutheriin in his relio-^or.s V-liV.f while she adhei-ed to the faith of the German Reformed Church.

Lewis Heffner was reared in Berks county, Pennsylvania, where he obtained a common school education, and as a lad was engaged in assisting his father in his blacksmith shop. TVhen twenty y'ears of ao-e hp began learning the mill-wright's trade, which he followed for four or five years at Lewiston, Pennsylvania, and while living there cast his first vote, which he gave in support of Abraham Lincobi. In 1860 ^Ir. Heffner came to Indiana by way of Chicago, stopping off at Logansport for a timeand going thence to Lincoln, where he erected a sawmill for a Mr. Wright. He remained at that place for seven years, and then purchased a piece of land in Tipton county, on which he erected a sawmill, continunig to operate that busine.ss during the next seven vears. Subsequently, he came to Elwood. then but a small village. Briiiging his sawmill here, he continued to operate it successfully until 190S. in addition to which he conducted a small planing mill. In the meantime, m 1865, he had engaged in the lumber manufacturing business, and in 1908 he embarked in dealing in coal, and now employs a large force of men in handling coal, lumber and all kinds of building material. He has seen Ehvood grow and develop, and has not been a mere spectator, for he has done a great deal of building, and has in many ways assisted, to forward the progress of the city of his adoption. In 1911 he erected a garage, which is occupied by an automobile concern.

On ^fay 15. 1867, Mr. Heffner was married to Miss Sophia Emeline Ferguson, vv-ho ^vas born at Shelbyville, Indiar.a. daughter of James and Esther (Gibson) Fergaison. the former a native of Little York, Pennsylvania. JNFr. and r^Irs. Ferguson had children : ^lary, Jane, Lafayette, Emeline, Retta. William, ^Margaret, Rebecca, TVilkison, Louise and Amelia. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. HefTner: James Daniel, who married Miss "Bert" Lewis, and died in 1906; Winnie, who became the wife of Lewis AY. Whipple, of p]lwood ; Abby, who married C. L. Bruce, of Elwood, and has children, - Winnetta, Lewis. Glen, ]\Iargaret. James, Esther. Roberta and Dorothy; Robert- Lee Lewis, who lost his life in a railroad accident at the age of seventeen years; Charles, who died in infancy; Benjamin, who died when aged about eigliteen months; and Odeta, who also died young.

]\Irs. Heffner is a me)uber of the ^Methodist Protestant Church, ^iv. Heffner supports the principles of the Prohibition part}". For a short time he was a member of the city council of Ehvood, but resigned before the expiration of his term. A man of upright life ajid honorable dealing, he has gained and retained the respect and esteem of Ins fellow-citizens, and his career is worthy of emulation by those of the younger generation.

John II. Lail, M. D. It is widely recognized, in a comparison of the relative value to mankind of the various professions and pursuits to which men devote their time and energies, that none is more important than the science of medicine. Human destiny is largely in the hands of the physicia?! from the cradle to the grave, not alone on account of the effect of his ministrations may have upon the physical system, but upon men's moral and mental nature as well. A cheerful presence, a sympathetic disposition and a kindly nature often contribute to a patient's recovery in as great a measure as the medicines administered, and therefore form essential qualifications to be possessed by the successful practitioner. In none of these has Dr. John H. Lail, of Anderson, been found lacking. A resident of Anderson since 1905, he has steadily advanced in his profession, gaining marked distinction by reason of his broad knowledge, his skill, and his devotion to the highest ideals of his honored calling.

John H. Lail was born April 21, 1865, in Washington township. Rush county, Indiana, and is a son of George H. and Mary (Shawhan) Lail. His father, a native of Kentuck}', removed from that State to Rush county in young manhood, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits for some years, and upon his retirement went to Indianapolis, where he continued to live in retirement. True to the characteristics of Kentuckians, he was a great lover of horses, and was known during his day as a noted breeder of and dealer in fine stock. Among his animals were "Elsie Good," 2:18,

After attending the public schools of Rush county, Indiana, Dr. John H. Lail received instructions in select school and subsequently, becoming a student of medicine, took up his studies in the Physio-Medical College, at Indianapolis, from which institution he was graduated m 1893. Following this he entered upon the practice of his profession at Ingalls, where he was successful in building up a larcr^ clientele but in 190d, desiring a wider field for his activities, came to Anderson, opened .well-appointed offices m the Union Building, and here has continued in the enjoyment of a steadily-increasing practice. Keen discernment in the diagnosis of a case, sound judgment in prescribing medicines and methods of treatment, thorough understanding of anatomy, and marked skiU m the operatmg room, have won him rank among the abh-st physicians and surgeons of Anderson. He is a member of the Madison cJuntv Medical Society His fraternal connections are with the Camels of the World and the Modern Woodmen of America, in both of which he has numerous friends. He is a man of public-spirit and a broad-minded citizen, thoroughly awake to all enterprises tending to the publir- welfare In 1892, Dr. Lail was married to iliss Effie Newsora, who was born at W orthmgton, Greene county. Indiana, daughter of TV'iUiam J New som, an honored citizen of Warrington. Hancock comity, Indiana "vv-here tor some years he served in the capacity of postmaster. Dr and Mrs Lail have had three children: Yerne N., and Gladys and Bernice Uvim Verne i\. is m business m Seattle, Washington; Grladys is the wife of Merrill F. Gustin, of Anderson, and Bernice is living at home.

Ivan C Dunlap. Eveiy line of business is being successful! v prosecuted at Lh\ood, for it is a community of sufficient importance "to command a large trade from the surrounding country, and the people u ho make it their market demand the best of goods and service. One of the leading business men of this place is Ivan C. Dunlap, proprietor of the handsome jewelry establishment located in the :\rilligan Block. :\Ir Dunlap was born at Arrowsmith, :\IcLean countv, Ilfinois, September 20, 1881, and is a son of Theodore F. and PJliza E. (Green) Dunlap _ The paternal grandfather of :\Ir. Dunlap, Calvin Dunlap, was born in Ohio, and was there married to Catherine A. Jones, a native of the Keystone State. At an early day they migrated to McLean county, Illinois, there dying when some years past middle ago. Thes- were +he parents of six children: Theodore P., Byron, Lilly. Belle,' Jane and Charles. ^Iv. Dunlap 's maternal grandparents were Gilbert and [Marv (Finch) Green, natives of New York, and carlv settlers of jIcLean county,^I]linois, where he passed away, Mrs. Green being nearlv nii.etv ..years of age at the time of her demise in Indiana, her husband civirig when some years younger. They had one child: Eliza E. :\rr. Green had contracted a former marriage, by which he had four children: Marshall, Benoni S., Lydia and Eunice. Theodore F. Dunlap was born in Ohio, and was about nine years of age when he accompanied his parents to :\IcLean county, Illinois, settling south of the town of Ellsworth, where he grew to manhood. Ilis first emplovment was as a country school teacher, but later he turned his attention to the hardware business and for some years worked in a store at Arrowsmith. Returning to the homestead south of Ellsworth, he was engaged in farming there for a number of years, and then purchased a large^farm in Jasper county which he still owns, but he and his wife are now living retired. and make their home in Elwood. 'During his residence in McLean county, Mr. Duidap took some interest in matters of a political nature. and served his township as road commissioner for a period of twelve years. Both he and liis wife have long been faithful members of the Methodist Church, in the faith of which they have raised their family. They have had four children, namely: Charles B.. who is a resident of

Ivan C. Dunlap was reared on his father's farm in McLean county, Illinois, and like other farmers' sons of his day received his education in the district schools, which he attended during the winter terms, his summers being spent in the work of the home farm. Later, he attended the Illinois Wesleyan University, at Bloomington, and after leaving that institution took a trip through the West, looking for a suitable place in which to settle. Eventually he settled in Attica, Indiana, where he began to learn watchmaking, and on thoroughly mastering this delicate science located in Bedford, Indiana, where for tv.o and one-half years he acted in the capacity of head watchmaker for R. E. Dale. He first came to Elwood as manager for Fred W. Green, jeweler, whose stock he subsequently purchased, and moved it to his present quarters on South Anderson street, in the ^Miliigan Block. Here he has a beautiful show room, arranged to tastefully and advantageously display his elegant stock of watches, rings and other fine jewelry. His trade has shown a healthy and gratifying increase, and amoiig the business men of the city he is recognized as a substantial man of affairs.

On February 26, 1903, Mr. Dunlap was married to Miss Ora V. Kenton, who was born near Rensselaer, Indiana, daughter of William and Serepha (Hemphill) Kenton, natives of the Hoosier State, the former of whom resides at ]\[itchell, South Dakota, where jMrs. Kenton died at the age of fifty-five years. There were thirteen children in the Kenton family: ]\Iason, Frank, El, Fannie, I<aura, Clara, Evelyn, Blanche, Ora, Simon, Elizabeth a^id two others. Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap have had four cliildren : Kenton, Helen, IMax and Janice. They are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and liberally support its movements, and ^Ir. Dunlap holds membership in the Elks and the college fraternity of Sigm.a Chi. His political faith is that of the new Progressive party.

John A. Moon, the proprietor of a picture-framing establishment at No. 141S ]\Iain street, has been a resident of Elwood for more than twenty years, and during this time has gained a substantial position among the business men of the city and a place in the confidence of those ^dth whom he has been associated. He has witnessed the marvelous growth and development which has made this city one of the principal commercial and industrial centers of this part of the state, and has been an active participant in many of the movements which ha,ve brought this great progress about. Mr. Moon was born November 16, 1S48, in Clinton county, Ohio, and is a son of George and Elizabeth (Smith) Moon.

Samuel ]\Ioon, the paternal grandfather of John A. Moon, was born in Tennessee, and was a farmer all of his life, his death occurring in Clinton county, Ohio, when he was well along in years. He and his wife were the parents of a large family of children, among them Simeon, Isaac, Joshua, Asa, William, Alva, George, Da,vid, Susie. Nancy and Martha. John Smith and his vdfe, the mateimal grandparents of John A. Jloon were natives of Vi7-ginia, were farming people, and attained to ripe old age. They had a faraily of eight children, namely: Elizabeth, Margaret, Sarah, Rachel, Hannah, Lena, John and William. George Moon, father of John A. Moon, was reared in Clinton county, Ohio,

There he reared his family, spent the balance of his career, and died in 1905, at the age of eighty-four years. ^Mr. :\Ioon passed away in Febiu ary, and his wife survived only until the following September, when she followed him to the grave. She was a meniber of the Society of Friends, while he vvas a Universalist. They had a family of nine children: Amanda, the wife of William Kester, of Clinton coujity, Ohio; Emma, the widow^ of Peace Wallace, of that county; John A.' of this review; Columbus, still living in Clinton count}-, Ohio; Maggie, the wife of Daniel West, of the same county; IMarion, deceased; Asa, of Clinton -

John A. Moon was reax-ed on his father's farm in Clinton county, Ohio, and received his education in the public schools of ^lartinsvilie. He remained under the parental roof until he reached his majority, at which time he began his own career as a farmer on his father's place, subsequently purchasing a tract of thirty-seven acres, which he continued to farm until 1890. At that time Mr. Moon left the farm, and in the spring of 1893, after being variously employed, came to Elwood. which has since been his home. He was employed for three years at the carpenter trade and then entered the employ of R. L. Leeson, in whose department store he remained for eighteen years. Since 1911 he has been engaged in the picture frami)ig busine.ss on his own account, a venture which has proven decidedly successful. Mr. ]\Ioon is proficient in the artistic framing of pictures, and his skillful v.ork lias enabled him to build up a large business, and many samples of his dexterity and excel- ;

On jNIay 18, 1872, Mr. ^Moon was married to ]Miss rvEaggie Pag", who was born in Ohio, daughter of Lewis and TJai-garet Melvina (Leonard) Page, n.atives of southern Ohio, who became early- settlers of Grant county, Indiana, and died there in middle life. 'Mv. and ]\[rs. Pa^^e had five children: 3Iaggie, Kate, John, Jamt-s and Elsie. xVfter the ileaiii j ried K. 0. Chandler, of Elwood, and has two chiklren,^ - Mandron and Otella; Orlan, who died on his sixth birthday; and Lora, who married Charles Osting, of Elwood, and has a daughter, - Irene. Mr. and ^Irs. Moon belong to the Christian Church, and he is serving as deacon. of the Elwood congregation. The pleasant family home, at No. 1301 South ;

Orlando D. Hixshaw. It has been found that the better class of druggists, everywhere, are men of scientific attainments and high integrity, whose lives are devoted to the welfare of their fellow-men in supplying the best of remedies and purest medicinal agents of known value, in accordance with physicians' prescriptions and scientific formula. Usually the greatest reward for long years of study and many hours of daily toil in their vocation is the earning of a fair living, with the satisfaction which arises from the knowledge of the benefits conferred upon their patrons and the assistance rendered the medical profession. Among the men of iMadison county who have assisted in making th«' drug business one of the most honorable of callings, Orlando D. Hin- | aiid during this time he has firmly established himself iu the confidence and good will of his towns-people. Mr. Hinshaw was born at Sheridan, Hamilton county, Indiana, October 21, 1875, and is a son of Isaac N. and Anna (Furnace) Hinshaw.

John Hinshaw, the paternal gi-andfather of Orlando D. Hinshaw, was born in North Carolina and there married Sallie Conuuons, who was also a native of the Old Nortli State. About 1842 they settled on a farm in Hamilton county, Indiana, and there both passed away in the faith of the Friends' Church. Their children were as follows: Isaac, Thomas, Andi'ew, Dugan C, WiLliara E., Martha, Sena, Lydia, and three who died in infancy. On the maternal side, iir. Hinshaw is descended from Joseph and Patty (Conipton) Furnace, natives of Ohio and early settlers of Hamilton county, Indiana, where they carried on agricultural pursuits until their deaths when advanced in ;/ears.

Isaac N. Hinshaw was born iu North Carolina, and was five years of age when he accompanied his parents to Indiana, his education being secured in the public schools of Hamilton county. Following the vocation of his father, he adopted farming in cai-ly life, and for some time has resided at Sheridan, India nn, where he reared his family. He married xVnna Furnace, who was born in Ohio, and they became the parents of four children, namely : Ella J., who became the wife of T. C. Owen, of Carmel, Indiana; Lua B., who is the wife of John H. Glaze, of Chamberland. South Dakota; Orlando D. ; and Eula, vv-ho married Archie Seward, of Tyrone, Oklahoma.

Orlando D. Hinshav,- was reared iu Hamilton county, Indiana, where he attended the public schools, and subsequently went to Ridge Fai-m, Illinois, where during the next four years he studied pharmacy. Returning to Sheridan, he purchased a store, in which he continued for a few years, and then went to Darlington, Indiana, where he was the proprietor of an establishment for two years. At that time he decided to try his ahility as an agriculturist, and accordingly traded his store for a small I;arm in Montgomery county, but this he afterwards sold. Since 1902 he has made his home in Ehvood, and here, in 1905, he bought his present pharmacy. He has been successful in this venture, has built up a steadily-increasing trade, and is known as one of his locality's influential and substantial citizens. With his family, he takes a prominent part in the work of the Methodist Episcopal Church, where he is treasurer of the board of trustees. He has likewise been prominent in fraternal circles, being master of Quincy Lodge No. 230, F. & A. M. ; and a member of Elwood Chapter No. 109, R. A. U. ; Sheridan Lodge No. 176, Knights of Pythias; and the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America. He is not a politician, but has rendered valuable service to his community in assisting to advance movements for the general welfare, and everywhere he is recognized as a public-spirited, earnest and progi'essive citizen.

On October 23, 1897, Mr. Hinshaw was united in marriage with ]\[iss Cora Perry, who was born in Sheridan, Indiana, daughter of James L. and Josephine (Lindley) Perry. One child has been born to this union: Eugene.

Frederick ^Mosiman*. Into two classes may ronghly be divided men who achieve success. The first of these are the dashing geniuses who engineer brilliant coups and march to victory ^^ith good fortune waiting on their talents; the second class consists of the patient, solid men, wdio forge more slowly but more surely forward, and whose accomplislimeuts are as a rule more stable and permanent. In the second class of business men of Elwood may be mentioned Frederick Mosiman, a resident of this city for more than twenty-two years, during which time he has steadily advanced as a factor in the business life of the place, until now "Moaiman's," at No. 114 S. Anderson street, is one of the best known es'tab- Kshments in Elwood handling shoes, men's furnishings and millinery. Mr. Mosiman is a native of Indiana, having been born September ll' 1858, in Wells county, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Eichel- - occurred in advanced age. He married Caroline Mosiman, and they became the parents of six children, as follows: John, Jacob, Frederick, Andrew, ]Mary and Anna. The record of the maternal grandparents of Mr. Mosiman has been lost. Jacob Mosiman was born in Switzerland, and in the city of Summitville was reared and learned the trade of cooper. He was still a young man when he accompaui-d the fam.ily to the United States, and on settling in Wells county," Indiana, among the early settlers, started to work at his trade. In later years he engaged in thehardware business, at New-ville, now- called Vera Cruz, and in his declining years retired from business a successful man, and m.oved to BlufTton, Indiana, where he died in ISOS, at the age of eighty-four years. His wife, who was also a native of Switzerland, passed away in young womanhood, many years ago. They were members of the Evangelical Church, but in his later years Mr. Mosiman became a member of the Methodist faith. For one year he served as a soldier in the Union army during the Civil war. Six children were born to ]Mr. and Mrs. Mosim.an, namely: John, Ferdinand, Frederick, Samuel, Mary and Caroline.

Frederick Mosiman was reared in AYells county, where he attended the public schools of Vera Cruz until he was nine years of age, at which time he accompanied his parents to BlufCtou, and there grew to manhood. On completing his attendance in the public schools, he became a clerk in a dry goods store, receiving his first introduction to business when fifteen years of age. He continued to foUovv- the same emplov-ment for the next twenty years, eighteen of v/hich vvere spent in BluiTton and the other two at Pleasant Lake, and during this time he thoroughly ninstered every detail of the business. Mr. Mosiman came to Elwood in 1892 and here became manager of the Wiley Department Store, a position he held for five years, at the end of which time he embarked in the shoe business, in partnership with W. S. James, an association whieh continued for seven years. On ]Mr. James' retirement from the firm, Mr. Mosiman continued the business alone until 1906, and in that year admitted his son, Ralph K. Mosiman, to partnership, and the establishment has since been known under the simple style of "]\Iosiman's. " Since the store was founded, Mr. Mosiman has added millinery and gentlemen's furnishings to his stock, in addition to carrying a full and up-to-date line of the finest shoes. Mr. Mosiman has possessed something besides application and integrity. In practically every walk of life there is a certain well-defined path to success that has been followed by scores of others, but there are so many following it that progress is difficult. To get ahead of the procession, one must strike out for himself, and it has been this initiative, this courage to seize opportunity or to make it for himself, that has led ^h\ Mosiman to his present enviable business prominence. His success has been his own, and none who know him will hesitate in saying that it has been well deserved.

On February S, 1SS2, JNIr. ]Mosiman was married to Miss Mary Ellen Keller, who was born in Faribault, ^Minnesota, daughter of Capt. Samuel J. and ^Melviiia (AVolleat) Keller. Three children have been born to this union : Ralph K., who married Alabel ]\ranford, and has tv.'o children, - Frederick 0. and Lois ^'^label; Hugh F., who married Corinne Poole, and has two children, - Robert H. and AVilbur C; and Howard Arthur.

The paternal great-grandfather of Mrs. Mosiman was one of those who assisted in building the old fort at Fort Wayne, and there in the early days engaged in a number of battles against the Indians. One of his sisters, captured by the Indians as a child, was not found until she had become an old woman, having spent her whole life with her savage captors. John Keller, the paternal grandfather of Mrs. ^Mosiman, married Rachel Keller, while the maternal grandfather, AVolleat. married Adeline Beckler. Capt. Samuel J. Keller, father of Mrs. Mosiman, was born in Ohio, and after traveling around to a number of states, secilecl in Bluffton, Indiana. From that point he enlisted for service in the Union army, during the Civil war, and fought bravely for four years, advancing to the rank of captain. He died in his eighty-sixth year, in July, 1911, while his wife, a nati\e of Pennsylvania, passed away when forty years of age. They were the parents of nine children, iiameiy: AVilliam 11., Sarauel F., Mary Ellen. Catherine Ann, Emnia A., Jennie R.. Lydia AI., JohU; and one who died in infancy.

Afr. and Airs. Alosiman are consistent members of the Alelhodist Episcopal Church. He beloiigs to Quincy Lodge No. 200, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, to the Encampment of that body, and to Elwood Canton Xo. 33, in all of which he has numerous friends. In 1912 he exhibited his progressive principles by giving liis support to the newborn party of the name. He has not sought public preferment, but at aU times has manifested a willingness to perform the duties of good citizenship, and among his fellovr-townsmen is known as a. man of civic pride and public spirit.

AViLL G. Evans. Among the younger generation of business men of Elwood, one who has made a place for himself in commercial circles is AVill G. Evans, the energetic proprietor of tlie pharmacy at Alain and Sixteenth streets. Air. Evans was born in Irondale, Ohio, September 5, 1887, and is a son of John R. and Alatilda (Alayberry) Evans.

The paternal grandparents of Air. Evans spent their entire lives in South AV'ales. They were the parents of a large family of children. John R. Evans was born in South AVales, and as a young married man emigrated to the United States, settling first at Irondale, Ohio, where he secured employment in the tin plate works, and in that city his children ^'ere reared. In 1897 he came to Elwood, where he was employed for several years in the tin plate works, and since that time has worked for the Ames Shovel and Tool Company. He is a skilled mechanic, a thoroughly reliable workman, and possesses the confidence of his employers and the respect of his follows. He and his wile are faithful tnembers of .the Baptist Church. Air. and Airs. Evans have four children: Richard John, residing in Elwood; May, who married a Air,

_ Will G. Evans has been a resident of Elwood since his tenth year His early education was secured in the public schools, and he early decided upon the druggist's business as his life work. Accordingly he served his apprenticeship to this calling in Elwood, and foUowinc/" this entered the Indianapolis College of Pharmacy, from which he was graduated m 1910. Returning to Elwood, he entered the employ of°0. D ; Hinshaw, and later was with Fred W. Green, and in September, 1912* ? embarked in business on his own account as the proprietor of his present ^ establishment, at Sixteenth and Main streets. Here he has an excellent ^ stock of drugs and druggists' sundries, toilet articles and such other * stock as IS carried in first-class pharmacies. He has built up a good busniess by applying himself assiduously to his work, and is now kn°own as one of the substantial business men of the city. : On October 12, 1910. Mr. Evans was married" to :\Iiss Vivian Sjgler ' daughter of Dr. D. and ilinerva (Pierce) Sigler. One daughter°has been born tothis union : IVIintrva Jane. :\Irs. Evans was born in Elwood, and has resided here all of her life, being a graduate of the Elwood High School. She is possessed of much artistic talent, and for a time was a student in the Art Institutt-. Chicago. Her parents have lived here for many years, and her fatiier is now the oldest physician in Elwood. ;Mr. and ^hs. Evans are members of the Baptist Church. He belongs to Quincy Lodge No. 230, F. & A. ^L, and Elwood Chapter, No. 109, R. A. M. His politics are those of the Republican party, but he has never cared for the struggles of the public arena. The pleasant family houie is located at No. 1126 S. Anderson St. I

William P. Meyer. The modern pharmacist is a man of many callings, for his is a vocation that calls for knowledge of various other lines of endeavor. His is a learned profession, necessitating years of studv - in the sciences of pharmacy and chemistry, and his care and skill in preparing prescriptions are of the most vital importance, while it is doubtful if there are many other callings that ask such long hours of labor. For these and other reasons the druggist is generally numbered among the substantial men of his neighborhood, and to be the proprietor of a successful pharmacy is to have a position of prestige and one that can only be gained tlirough the medium of faithful endeavor and more than usual ability. One of the modern, up-to-date drug business-js of Madison county, is that of Green & Meyer, at Elwood, the junior partner being William P. :\Ieyer, who, although siill a young man. has made a place for himself in Elwood 's business circles. ^He was boi-n in Tarentum, PeMnsyivania, July 6. 1890. and is a .son of Frank and Theresa ^Wolf) Meyer.

Tlie paternal grandfather of Mr. Meyer. Frank Meyer, was a native vt Germany, where he followed the tailor's trade, and there both he avd his wife, Theresa, died at advanced ages. They were the parents of three children : Frank, x\.nthoxny and Joseph. On the maternal side, ]\[r. Meyer's grandfather was Joseph Wolf, who married Elizabeth Schmierheim, and both spent their entire lives in the Fatherland, where Mr. Wolf carried on agricultural pursuits. They had the following children: John. Fred, Elizabeth, .Mary and Theresa. . j worker by trade, althougli he subsequently followed various other oeeupations. In 1887 he emigrated to the tJnited States, and first settled at Tarentum, Pennsylvania, where he followed his trade, but in 1898 came to Elwood, where he has since been employed as a steel worker. AVhile still a resident of Germany, he served in the regular army of his country. lie and his wife are consistent members of the Catholic church. They have had five children : John, residing at Jeanette, Pennsylvania ; Frank, who lives at Elwood: ^VilIiam P. ; -Mary, who makes her home at Elwood, titid one child who died in infancy.

William P. ]Meyer attended the parochial school in Tarentuiii, Pennsylvania, until he was eight years of age, at which time he accompanied his parents to Elwood, Indiana, where he finished his primary schooling and took a high school course. For a short time thereafter he was engaged in keeping books, but eventually became connected with the drug business as a clerk in Green's pliarmaey, where he remained three years. During this time he studied assiduously, and eventually entered the Indiauapolis College of Pharmacy, from which he was graduated a registered pharmacist. On October 5, 1911. he formed a partnership with his former employer, Mr. Green, and since that time ch.e firm style has Iteen Green & ]\Ieyer, with Mr. !Meyer as manager. The business of the store has shown a gratifying increase and much of this is due to the progressive ideas, improved methods and personal popularity of the junior member of the firm, who has been able to attract to the establishment a new liue of trade. He is courteous and obliging, is thoroughly conversant with every detail of the business and with every piece of stock ill the store, and is familiar with his customers' needs and caters to them. The stock is new. fresh and well selected, and Mr. }>Ieyer lias been able to display it in a most advantageous manner.

Mr. Meyer is a member of the Catholic church. His fraternal conueetions are with thi- Knights of Coliunbus and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His political procilivities make him a Democrat, but he has been too busy with the manag^jment of his ])usines5 affairs to think of entering the public arena.

Hon. WiLiJAii G. Zerface. whost^ career as legist, jurist, business man and citizen ha> reflected honor upon himself and his com.munity, is v.-idely known to the legal profession throughout -dadison county, as v/ell as to realty men in this part of the state, where he has made his home for many years. He is a native of Indiana, having been born in Montgomery county. September 13. 1857, and is a sou of Martin and ^lary Jat'e (Larew) Zerface.