Madison County, Indiana - The whole text, 1914 (part 6 of 16)

The Zerface family v.-^s founded in America by Philip Zerface. the paternal great-great-grandfather of Judge Zerfacr-. who came from England, although his people were originally from near Berlin. Gerjnany. Jacob Zerface-. the great-grandfather of Judge Zerface, was born in trie Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, and from that place enlisted for j^'Tvice in the Colordal army daring the War of the Revolution. Adam Zerface, son of Jacob Zerface. was born in Virginia, from whence he moved at an early day to Ohio, and in 1839 moved to Indiana and th^^re spent the remainder of his life in farming. His v.dfe, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth, died young, in 1810, having been the mother <jf the following children: George, Jacob, Macgaret. ^.lartiu. Philip. Silas. Sarah and Catherine. ?,Iartin Zerface. father of Judge Zerface, ^vas born in Ohio, and was ten years of age when he accompanied his parents to Indiana in 1839. He grew to manhood in Montgomery county, and became a carpenter'by trade, but subsequently turned hili attention to farming in Wayne township, where he accumulated 2i0 acres of land. There he reared his family, and his death occurred at Waynetown, in 1897, when he was sixty-nine years of age, while his widow survives him and resides at the old home pla^-e in town. Mr Zerface was married in Montgomery county, Indiana, to 2klarv Jane Larew, who was born in Indiana, daughter of Garrett and EUzabeth (Ricketts) Larew, the former a native of Scotland and the latter of this country. They were pioneers of Indiana and located Id AVa\-ne township, jMoutgomery county, where Mr. Larew became eiigaged" in farming and stock dealing. He died on the home place when just past middle life, while she died in advanced years. Their children were : Abraham. Nancy, Garrett, Esther and ^^Tary Jane. Mr. Larew served his country as a volunteer during the Blackha^v-k War. To Mr. and Mrs. Zerface there were born four children, namely: William G.; Jacob Andrew, who lives in ^Montgomery county ; John W., who is deceased ; and Rosa M., who became the wife of George Warfield, and resides in Montgomery county.

William G. Zerface vras reared on his father's farm in rvloiitgomery county, it being his parents' intention to make an agric-ultut-ist^out of the lad, but the latter had other views as to what should be his lite work. After attending the district schools of AVayne township, he went through Ladoga College and the Northern Indiana Normal school, at Valparaiso, and for several years thereafter was employed as an educator. He next became a clerk in a mercantile establishment, and while so employed found an opportunity to study law, and in 1884 was admitted to the bar at CrawfordsviUe, where he began his practice as deputy prosecuting attorney in AVayne township, under John H. Burford. who "afterwards became judge of the Oklahoma Supreme bench. His health failing, after several years Judge Zerface came to Elwood, where he was again engaged in clerking for a .:ime, but eventually resumed his law practice, and in 1904 was elected Judge of the Elwood City Court, a capacity in which he served until January 1, 1910. During this time he established a reputation as a wise, conscientious and impartial judge, and was known as one of the most popular officials Elwood has ever had. On his retirement from the bench. Judge Zerface entered the real estate business, in which he is engaged at the present time.

On October 9, ISSO, Judge Zerface was married to Miss Enun-i Lidster. who was born in ^NFontgomery county. Indii-.iia, daughter of William and Alelvina ( Goode) Lidster, the former a native of England and the latter of Ohio. There were eight children in the Lidster family, namely: Thomas, Mary, Henry. Anna. Cornelius, AramiuTa. Redden B and Emma. Judge and 'Mrs. Zerface became the parents of the following children: Princella, vvho married Johrt ^.lisner. of Elwood, and has four children, - Ruth. John, Lenora and Eugene ; Grover. a decorator of Elwood, who married Bessie Hawkins, and has one child, - Gertrude; James Lloyd, who married Dorothy Eckhoff, daughter of Clemens Eckhoff, a furniture manufacturer, who lives in St. Lords, Missouri; Martin F. is in the employ of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, and also v^.a-ites fire insurance as a side line: Allen Walter is in the emplo}- of the G. I. Sellers Alamifacturing Company, and resides at Elwood; and Nellie and Maurice Philip reside with their father. The mother of these childi*en died June 10, 1902, aged forty-three years, in the faith of the Christian church. On December 15, 1910, Judge Zerface was married to Mrs. ]\Iyrtle (Mitchell) Perkins, daughter of John and Catherine (Shane) ^Mitchell, natives of Kentucky. Of the children born to J\Ir. and Mrs. Mitchell the following are now living: Myrtle; Sylvester; Gertrude, who married Charles Horton; Fiona, who is single; and Ferol. Mrs. Zerface was born in Shelby county, Indiana, and was married to Arthur Perkins, by whom she had one son : Henry B. Perkins.

Judge Zerface is a valued member of the Improved Order of Red Men and the Independent Order of Foresters. Although a stalwart Democrat, he has never been an office seeker, and has served in public office only when he has been suggested, nominated and elected by his friends. Of these he has many throughout this part of the state, where he is known as an exemplary citizen, a loyal friend and a man upon whose record there is not the slightest stain or blemish.

Patrick S. Bradley, general manager of the Home Storage and 3Ia.nufacturiug Company, at Elwood, Indiana, an example of the selfmade manhood of which this country is so justifiably proud, has been a resident of this city for nearly twenty years, during vdiich time he has firmly established a reputation as a capable man of afTaivs. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, ]\Iay 14, 185-4, and is a son of Arthur and Aiin (]\Iurnin) Bradley, nati\es of County Down, Ireland.

The paternal grandparents of Mr. Bradley, Peter and Catherine (Burns) Bradley, were farming people of Ireland, who passed their entire lives on Erin's Isle, there attaining to ripe old age. They had a large family of children, among whom were Peter, Bernar.i^ Arthur, Felix and Catherine. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Bradley was Patrick ^Murnin, a farmer who was highly esteemed in his lioiue district in Ireland. He married Ann ]Murnin, and they both attained old age, being the parents of these children : Arthur, Bridget, Catherine, Ann, ]\Iary, Lawrence. Patrick and John. Arthur Bradley, father of Patrick S., was reared and married in Ireland, and there folluwcd the trade of weaver until his emigration to America in 1852. The family settled first in Brooklyn, New York, but subsequently moved to Tro}-, New York, where he became a boss maltster. Subsequently the faraily moved to Cattaraugus county, New York, where ^dr. Bradley engaged in farming and luraberiug, and there his death occurred in 1872, when he was fiftysix years of age, while his wife passed away in February, 1912. at the age of eighty-three years. Both were consistent members of the Catholic Church. . Their seven children were : Patrick S. ; Maiy A., who became the wife of Joseph Biederman, of "Warren, Pennsylvania ; John S., living at Kane, Pennsylvania; Felix R.. of "VVarren; ^Margaret, who became the wife of "William Fitzpatrick, of Lima, West Virginia : Peter R.. who also lives at Lima; and Thomas, whose home is at Sistersville, West Virginia.

Patrick S. Bradley was reared in Troy, Nev/ York, and the^? attended the parochial -schools. On completing his education he entered the employ of the Standard Oil Company, at Troy, and fol]ov»-ing fnis joined their forces at Bradford, Pennsylvania, whi^re he contin.ired to be employed for upwards of a quarter of a century. In 1S94 ^Ir. Bradley came to Elwood, and this has been his home until the present time. For seven years he was the proprietor of a saloon business, but sold out to become identified with the Home Storage and Manufacturing Company, of which he was president until January, 1913, and since that time has acted ill the capacity of general manager. This company, with which he has been identified since shortly after its inception, manufactur..'Sj ice and pop and does a coal and cold storage business, and a large force of men is kept busily occupied. Mr. Bradley has the executive ability necessary to the handling of the multitudinous affairs incident to sueli a j>osition, and has the thorough confidence of his associates and the respect and esteem of his men. He has been able to develop and extend the scope of the company's trade, and his dealings have been of a natui-e calculated to inspire confidence and good feeling.

In October, 1890, ]Mr. Bradley was married to Miss Elizabeth Dorau, who was born near Louisville, Kentucky, dauglitt-r of Bryan and ^Nlary (Kav^anaugh) Doran, natives of Ireland who are both now deceased. There were five childi-en in the Doran family as follows : Mary. Larry, Elizabeth, James and Bryan. Mr. said ]\Irs. Bradley have iiad eleven children: Thomas. Bernard, ^Marguerite, Viola. Arthur, Edna and Genevieve, and four who died in childhood. ^Ir, and Mrs. Bradley are members of the Catholic church. Thev' live in their own home, which Mr. Bradley built in 1899, at No. 1003 S. Anderson street, and have many friends in that vicinity. He is a Democrat in hii political views, but takes only a good citizen's interest in public matters and has never souglit preferment of an official nature.

Oharles H. Hlrrixg. The career of Charles H. Herring, of Elwood. furnishes an example of the truth of the fact that industry, perseverance and well-directed energj* invariably lead to success. Content to start business life in a humble capacity, and to work his "^va\- upward through merit, he finds himself today in an enviable position among the business men of this city, and his establishment, at No. 1528 Z\Iain street, where he carries a fall line of general house furnishings, receives its full share of patronage. ^Ir. Herring was born at New Albany. Floyd county. Indiana, June S. 1857, and is a son of John and ^lartha A. (Royse; Herring.

The Herring family originated in Germany, from vrhence the progenitor of the name came to the United States and settled in Pennsylvania, where the paternal grandparents of Charles H. Herring spent their lives. The maternal gi-andfather, Henry H. Royse. was a native of Indiana, and lived at New Albany, where for years he v/as engaged - in a tinware and hardware business. He died at that place in his sixtysixth year, the father of these children: John. AViiiiam, James T. Martha A., Louise, Mary and Roxanna. John Herring, tlie father of Charles H. 'Herring, was born at Chambersburg. Pennsylvania, and was there educated in the public schools and reared to manhood, learning tlif trade of tailor. As a journeyman, he removed lo New Albany, Indiana, at an early date, and subsequently removed to Illinois, about 1858. where his death occurred. Later she married again, her second husband being James 'SI. ^Moreland. of Rockville, and they had two children : James "^. and Chauncey R. Sir. and Sirs. Herring were failliful members of the Presbj'terian church. Charles H. Herring was their only child.

Charles K. Herring resided in New Albany, Indiana, until he was seven years of age. at which time he moved with the family to Rockville. and there attended the public schools. On reaching the age of twenty years, he went to Indianapolis, where he secured employment in a furniture store, witji which he was connected for some twenty years, becoming thoroughly familiar with every detail of the business. He subse- quently came to Ehvoocl, where lie opened a house furnishing store for J. T. Royse, an establishment which he managed for five years, and then bought an interest in the business. Four years later he disposed of this interest to ]Mr. Royse, and with his brother, Chauncey R. Morlan, formed a partnership and opened a similar establishment. This association continued for three years and ten months, when ]\Ir. Herring bought out Mr. Morlan 's interest, and since that time has successfully conducted the business alone. Mr. Herring's business operations have ever been honorable and straightforward, and his close application, perseverance and unabating energy have enabled him to work his way steadily upward to a place of atifluenee. He is loyal as a citizen, faithful in his friendships, and enjoys the warm regard of all with whom he has been brought into contact.

On December 23, 1886, jNIr. Herring was united in mnrriage with ^[rs. ^lavy A. Sullivan, widow of "William Sullivan, and daughter of Valentine and ^Martha (Adams) Harlan. Mr. and ^Irs. Herring have had no children, but by her former marriage, ]\Irs. Herring had a daughter, Nellie Sullivan, who married Joseph ]\lahoney, and had two children, - Paul; and one who died at birth. Mrs^ Herring is a consistent member of the Christian church, where she has many friends. Her husband belongs to Quincv Lodge No. 230. F. & A. M., and Elwood Chapter No. 109, R. A. ^L, and Anderson Council No. 69, R. & S. ^I. ; to Elwood Lodge No. 368, B. P. 0. E., and to Seneca Tribe No. 113, I. 0. R. ^I. His political views make him a Republican, and he has been stanch in his support of the principles and candidates of his party, although he has never desired personal preferment. The pleasjuit family home is situated at No. 252S South A street.

George AY. Kooxs. It has been the privilege of 'Sir. Koons to witness practically all the developments and growth of the remarkable industrial city of ]\Iadison county, Elwood. since he has lived in this vicinity for nearly thirty years, and his family represent the early settlei"S in this portion of Indiana, ^.h'. Koons has been identiiied with the Elwood postal service for a number of years and is now assiscant postmaster, and during his official term has clone much to improve and facilitate the mail service in this city.

George W. Koons is a native of Grant county, where he was born February 19, 1S6S. His family were originally from North Carolina, the paternal grandparents, Alfred and IMary Koons, both being born there. Alfred Koons was a farmer by occupation, and his death occurred near Pendleton, Indiana. In his family were the follovviiig eliildren: Alfred. Samuel, Elijah, John, James. Rebecca, and Eli^a.

The parents of Mr. George W. Koons v/ere Margaret (Black) Koons. His father, a native of North Carolina, was reared in the mountains of Tennessee, came from that state to southern Indiana when a young man, settling at Brookville, following farm labor and tending stock. He subsequently moved into Rush county, Vv^here he was married and where he worked at the carpenter's trade. From there he brought his faiuily to Grant county, buying a small far?2i in the woods, and clearing and improving it, and thus reaching a high degree of material prosperity. His next home was in Tipton county on another farm, and in the fall of 1884 he came to Elwood and lived retired for some time. He then moved to a farm in Etuck Creek township, but after several years returned to Elwood, where his death occurred in 1009. at the venerable age of eighty- nine years. Ilis wife, who was a native of Indiana, was the dau-hter of . early settlers m Franklm county, and her father died in Mis'^ouri at a

. good old age. In the Black family were the followinc^ r-hildrpii - Ben t^''}]' J^"^^^' Iliichel, Margaret, Elizabeth, Mary, Sallie, Lucinda ai.d Wmitred. The mother died in 1911 at the age of sevent\--six Bo^i' parents were members of the Christian church. The early bovhood days of George W. Ivoons were spent in Grant and Tipton countips and he arrived at manhood in Madison county. The district scliools near the home farm gave hnn his early educational advautages. and as he was about sixteen years of age when the family located in Elwood he attended the public schools of this city and completed his preDaration for practical work by study in the Indiana State Normal Sehoof at Terre Haute. His first regular vocation in life was as teacher, and during nine years h'^ made a record of efficiency and success in that calling. He subsequently took a clerkship in the Elwood postoffice, was then made a carrier in the city dehvery service, continuing in that capacitv for four and a half years, ancl m 1909 was advanced to the position of assistant postmaster and has since had much of the practical direction and responsib'ility ofthis office.

On the nineteenth of August, 1891, Mr. Koons married Miss Alice Gray._ daugliter of David H. and Ellen (Nutt) Grav. Mrs. Koons was born m Union county, Indiana, and her parents were^ also natives of this state and spent most of their lives on a farm just north of the city of Elwood. Her mother died there in November. 1912, at the age of

seventy-six. Her father is still living. The three children in the°Gray family were Alice, Lorena and Dora. :Mr. and IMrs. Kocns have three children, whost- names are Howard S., Esther and Marcella. The family worship in the Presbyterian church at Elwood. and .Mr. Koons is aii elder in that society. He is affiliated with the Knie-hts of Pvthias and the Improved Order of Red Men and in politics is a Republican. A public spirited citizen, one who is ahvays ready to advance tlie best interests of his home community, :\Ir. Koons is dving further public service as a member of the board of education. His home is at 2119 South A street.

Charles L. Armington, M. D. Numbered among the able and honored representatives of the medical profession in iladison county is Dr. Charles Lee Armington, who is a scion of one of the sterling pioneer families of the Hoosier state and who has attained to marked distinction in the profession that was dignified and honored by his father. Dr. Armington has been established in the practice of medicine and surgc^rv at Anderson, the thriving capital of Madison county, for nearly a quarter of a centuiy, has served as county coroner and held other positions of trust, and his hold upon popular confidence and esteem is on a paritv with his high professional attainments and sterling w-ortli of character.

Of French and English lineage on the paternaf'side. Dr. Armington w-as born at Vevay, Switzerland county, Indiana, on the 23d of F^^bruarv. 1847. and he is a son of Dr. .John L. and Eliza B. Lee) Arrainoton. tlie former of whom v/as born at Ballston Springs, Nev.- York, and the latter of whom was born in Pennsylvania, as was also her father. Col. Charles W._ Lee, wiio was a distinguished officer in the United States army, in which he was for some time a line officer of the Fifteenth Infantrv: lie held the r^nk of colonel at the time of his death, whicluoecurred when he was but thirty-four years of age, and it is worthv of special note that

Dr. John L. Armingtou was a son of Benjamin Armingtou, who was born in the state of Rhode Island and who was a carpenter and contractor by vocation. For a period of years Benjamin Armington maintained his residence "at Ballston Springs, New York, whence he finally removed to Palmyra, that state, near which place he became the owner of a farm situated opposite to Bible Hill, a place so designated by reason of the fact that the hill was that on which Joseph Smith claimed to have found the Mormon bible, the "Book of Mormon." Upon this homestead farm, three miles distant from Palmyra, Benjamin Armington died at the venerable age of eighty years.

Dr. John L. Armington, a man of exalted integrity of character and' of fine intellectuality, admirably fortified himself for the profession in which he achieved unqualified success and prestige. In 1839 he was graduated in the Louisville ^vledical College, at Louisville, Kentucky, and after receiving from this institution his degree of Doctor of Medicine he was engaged in the practice of his profession at Vevay, Indiana. In 1848, he removed to Greensburg, the judicial center of Decatur county, where he continued in successful practice until 1&57, his wife, Mrs. Eliza B. (Lee) Armington, having there passed to the life eternal in the year 1849. Upon leaving Greensburg Dr. Armington removed with his family to ^linnesota and became one of the pioneer physicians and surgeons of that state. He remained for a time at Hastings a,nd then removed to Goodhue county, v.-here he purchased a farm, near Cannon Falls, and where he continued in the practice of his profession, in connection with the development and improvement of his farm, until he responded to the call of higher duty and entered the service of the Union, the integrity of which was jeopardized by armed rebellion on the part of the southern states. He enlisted in the Second iIJ.unesot.-i Volunteer Iiifantry, of which he became assistant surgeon, and with which he saw arduous and varied service. He was with his comraand in numerous engagements, including those of Perryville, Crah Orebard and Murfrecsboro, and finally lie was appointed a member of the board of examining ph}'sicia}is for the xVrmy of the Cumberland, with assignment to duty with General Steadiuan's brigade. His service in this capacity had to do with the granting of discharges to soldiers. Later ne was appointed physician al: Hospital No. 1 at Gallatin, Tennessee, and finally he was transferred to the Aiiiiy of the AVest, in which he served as surgeon of the Second Cavalry, under General Polk, until the close of the war. At the battle of Perryville his servant was killed and his horse was shot beneath him. He lived up to the full tension of the great conflict for the preservation of the Union and his record in this connection gives lasting honor to his name and memory. After the close of the war he returned to his home in Minnesota and in 1896 he removed from his farm to Northville, that state, where he was engaged in tlie practice of his profession, as was he later at ]Minneapolis and ^Earshall. He passed the closing years of his long and useful life at ^Minneapolis, where he was summoned to eternal rest at the venerable age of eightyseven years. He served as sia-geon of his post of the Grand Army of the Republic, was a Knights Templars ^Nlason and w^as prominently affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, as was he also with various professional associations. He was o)i.e of the founders of the State Medical Society of Indiaxia. Of the four children of Dr. John

Dr. Charles L. Armington was reared to the age of ten years in Indiana, to whose public schools he is indebted for his early educationai discipline, and he then accompanied his honored father to Minnesota, where he finally supplemented his academic education by a select coarse in the Minnesota Central University, at Hastings, Minn. In 1865 he was matriculated in the literary department of the celebrated University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and after a year of study in this department he devoted a similar period to following the curriculum of the law department. He then comi^plied vdth the wishes of his father, who ^desired him to prepare for the medical profession. Accordingly in 1867, *he entered the medical department of the same univei-sity, where he continued his technical studies for two years. He then returned to Minnesota and was associated with his father iu the practice of medicine at Northville until 1871, Avhen he returned to his native state, having received appointment to the position of assistant pliysiciau in the Indiana Hospital for the Insane, at Indianapolis. After acceptably filling this position for three years he resigned and returned to ^vLinnesota. Tiiere he was engaged in general practice in the city of Minneapolis until 1876, when he came again to Indiana and established himself in practice in its capital city, Indianapolis, where he remained until 1879, when he can^e to ]\Iadison county and established his home and professional headquarters at Chesterfield, where he gained unequivocal precedence and definite success. To fortify himself more fully for the work of his chosen calling he finally entered the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons,

at iTidianapolis, and in this institution he was graduated in 1886, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine and as valedictorian of his class. Thereafter he continued in practice at Chesterfield until 1891, when he removed to the city of Anderson, where he has been engaged in successful general practice during the long intervening years and where h*^

- has gained precedence as one of the popular and essentially representative physicians and surgeons of this section of his lu-itive cominonv.'ealth. He has been indefatigable and self-abnegating in the work of relieving human suffering and distress and it may consistently be said that in his home county his circle of friends is coincident v.ith that of his acciuaiiitances. He v/as appointed county coroner to fill out the unexpired term of the late Dr. William Hunt and thereafter he was twice chosen the incumbent of this ofilee by popular election, as candiilate on the Deuioeratic ticket. He has also served vfith marked earnestness and effectiveness as city physician and as physician to the Madison County Orphans' Home. The Doctor is an appreciative member of the Indiana State jledical Society, besides vrhich he holds membership in the American ^Medical Association. In the Masonic fraternity he is affiliated with Roper Commandery. Knights Templar, in the city of Indianapolis, and he also holds membership in the Benevolent & Protective Ox-der of Elks, the K]3ights of Pythias, and the Improved Order of Red ^len. As a citizen he is distinctively loyal and public-spirited and in politics he accords staunch allegiance to the Democratic party. Both he and his wife hold membership in the Christian eh.urch. and their attractive home, at the corner of Prospect street and Central avenue, is known for its generous and refined hospitality.

bal Taffe, who was long a prominent and honored citizen of Indianapolis, Indiana. Of the three children of this union the eldest is Florence L., who is the wife of Dr. Samuel C. WiLsoii, a prominent physician of Anderson; Katherine E. is the wife of Wilbur C. Roush, of Anderson; and Dr. John C. is an able representative of the third generation of the family in the medical profession. He is engaged in successful practice in the city of Anderson and is well upholding the prestige of the honored name which he bears.

Frank M. Greathouse. The leading clothing merchant of Elwood, Mr. Greathouse, became a resident of what was then a small town more than twenty-six years ago, and began his career as clerk in one of the local stores. He has advanced himself through his own ability and by persistent application of industry and good judgment and now enjoys a prosperous position second to none among the larger business men oi this city.

P'rank M. Greathouse was born in Hillsboro, Ohio, August 16, 1859. a son of John and Carolina (Van AYinkle) Greathouse, both of whom were natives of Ohio. The paternal grandparents were Isaac and Catherine Greathouse, who were natives of Yirginia, and representatives of a pioneer family in the early days of the Ohio A'alley. The paternal grandparents became early settlers in Highland county, Ohio, where they died at a good old age, the foruier at the age of ninety-two. In their family were the following children: John, Thomas, Isaac, Addison, Mary J., Johanna and Julia. On the mother's side the grandparents of the Elwood business man were Daniel and Eve (Giddings) Van Winkle, who were early residents in Cincinnati, Ohio, and subsequently moved to Higliland county, Ohio. The grandfath'-'r was a farmer, and was also employed by the governiaent as a mail carrier. Ho died when well along in years, and in the large family of the Van Winkles were the following children: Alary A.j Lewis, William R. James aL, Carolina and Peter W.

John Greathouse. the father, v,-as reared in Highland county, Ohio, and became a merchant and farmer. In Highland county he improved a farm and partly reared his family on that place. Subsequently he moved to Hamilton county, Indiana, in 1865, settling at Noblesville. where he continued his occupation as a farmer until 1870, at ^vhich date he took his family out west to Lincoln, Nebraska, where his death occurred, in 1872, and where his remains now rest. He was fifty-nine years of age at the time of his death. His widow brought her family back to Ohio, and settled near Nevf Vienna, where her death occurred in 1878 at the age of seventy-one. She, as also her husband, was a m.ember of the ^lethodist faith. The father took an active part in politics and was an influential Republican. The four children in the family are named as follows: Lewis C, now deceased; Frank ]\[.. of Elwood: Mary S.. who died in parlv childhood: and John, who lives at Ncm- Yienna, Ohio.

^Ir. Frank ^I. Greathouse spent his early boyhood days in Ohio, where he attained his early schooling, and in 1865 came to Indiana, and then in 1870 to Lincoln. Nebraska, and at the return of the family to Ohio, grew to manhood in that state. He was reared on a farm, had district school edai;ation. and SLibsequentiy attended town, schools for a time. His occupation n\) to the age of twenty-five was farming, and in 1886 he came to Elwood a young man vathont capital, and began his career as a clerk iu one of the stores in this then small town. In Uj[)-'> he opened his own stock of clothing, and since then has conducted a very prosperous business and now has a beautiful store, with a lai''^e stock of goods and Avith a patronage which is drawn from the best clr^s of custom in this city and ''/icinity.

On May 9, 189] , he married ^liss Koxey Brown, daughter of Rudolph and Martha (Wiggins) Brown. ]\Irs. Greathouse was born in ^ladisoji county, and her father and mother were bolh natives of this state. Her father died in 1896 at the age of sixty-five and her mother died at the home of Mrs. Greathouse in Elwood. January 1, 1913, in the eifhtvthird year of her life. There was a large family of children, and the three now living are: Mrs. Frank Greathouse;' ]Mrs. George Dice of Tipton, and^ Frank Brown of Frankfort. Mr. Greathouse, among other evidences of his prosperity, owns some farming interests in Ohio. He is affiliated with Quincy Lodge No. 230, A. F. & A. :\I., and also with the order of Elks and the Maccabees. In politics he is a loyal Itepubiican.

Fred B. Forxshell. Now editor and manager of the Elwood Call- Leader, ]\Ir. Fornshell is a young and enterprising nevv-spaper man. and has proved himself a worthy successor of his father in the work of building up and conducting a first-class nev/spaper. He was born at Van Wert. Oliio, jlarch 14, 1885, and is the only son and child of Elmer E. and Emma (Conover) Fornshell.

His father, who was reared and educated at Camden, Ohio, first learned the tinner's trade under his father, and followed that occupation for twenty-five years. He then entered the field of journalism, being associated with the two leading Cincinnati papers for "a tirae, and also had experience in Toledo, as society and local editor for the Toledo Commercial. Thai: experieju^e as a newspaper man. in Toledo was en- . livened and made profitable by association vv-itli Brand Whitlock, the versatile journalist, writer, publicist ar^l present mayor of Toltfio.

When gas was discovered at Elwood and this town began advancing as an industrial center, ^Ir. E. E. Forn.sheil came here in October. 1890. ^while Daniel G. TJeid and Williani B. Leeds were organizing the American Tin Plate Company, the only plan* of its kind in the United States at that time. These gentlemen iriduced Mr. Fornshell to establish a Repubiiean. newspaper in the town, svid. that was the beginning of the Elwood Leader. In 1895 it was consolidated with the Call and has since been known as tlie Elwood Call-Leader. He was the active manager of this paper for a number of years, until his appointment to the E1-;\"0(h1 postofuce. and still retains a considerable share in the enterprise.

I\Ir. E. E. Fornshell is a com.niunicsnt of the I"^niversalist faith, while his wife is a Presbyterian. His parents, the grandparents of Mr. Fred B., were Benjamin and Amanda (Bennett) Fornshell, the former still living ard engaged in the hardware business at Camden, Ohio. The paternal grandfather was a soldier in the Civil war. Of tae three children Elmer E. was the oldest and the others are Glenn B. and Effie.

]Mr. Fred B. Fornshell was about six years of age when the family moved to Elwood. so that this city has been his home nearly all of his conscious experience. As a boy he attended the common schools, and after leaving the high school he entered the great plant of the American Tin Plate Company, this subsequently becoming a subsidiary of th-"^ - United States Steel Corporation. He Wiis a clerk in the tin plate plant for seven vears, and then entered the Call-Leader oixice at the time of his father's appointment as postmaster. He has since been connected with this paper, and as editor and manager and owner of a portion of the stock has given capable direction to the policy and the news value of the journal.

On the 16th of September, 1908, Mr. Fornshell married j\Iiss Lola B. Callaway, daughter of John W. and Elizabeth (Cochran) Callaway. Mrs. Fornshell is a native of Elwood, where her parents were also born. .Mr. John "VV. Callaway is a banker, farmer and stockman and one of the best known residents in this portion of Madison county. The three children now living in the Callaway family are Arthur B., Charles A., and Lola B. Mrs. Fornshell is a member of the Christian church, while her husband is a Presbvterian. He is affiliated with Quincv Lodge No. 230 A. F. & A. M. and with Elwood Lodge No. 368 of the Order of Elks. In politics he is a Republican.

Elmer Ellsworth Fornshell. As postmaster of Elwood since 1905 Mr. Fornshell has pcrform^ed a large amount of useful public service for his home city, and has managed the affairs of his office to the best advantage and convenience of the citizens. But the accomplishments for which he is best known and by which his name is most closely identified with the city of Elwood were his enterprise in .establishing the Leader, and his subsequent connection with that and the combination paper now known as the Call-Leader. ^Mr. Fornshell has been in the newspaper business for many years and has a special record of success in establishing and putting newly organized papers upon a sound fiuyncial basis. He is also active in various business and financial organizations of Elwood.

Elmer Ellsworth J'ornsheil was born at Camden, Ohio, July 2, 1861, a son of Benjamin and Amanda (Bennett) Fornshell. The family were originally from Pennsylvania where the paternal grandparents, Benjamin and Cecelia (Frye) Fornshell were both born. The paternal grandfather was by occupation a tin and copper smith, and during the years before the war ^vas one of the strong abolitionists in his community. He died when ninety-two years of age. The children in his family v\-ere William. Thomas, Pomeroy, Benjamin, ^Matilda, and Belle. The maternal grandfather v^-as Fred Bennett, who married a Mis.s Sutton. The former v.-as a native of Indiana and the latter of Kentucky, and they were ariiong tlie early settlers of Lebanon, Indiana, '^vhere the maternal grandfather owned a large tract of land. He lived to be seventy and his wife sixty-two years of age. Their nine children were Nelson, Smith. John, Harvey, Amanda, Lucinda, Mary, Ann, and Eliza Bennett.

Benjamin Fornshell, the father, was born at Camden, Ohio, while his wife was a native of near Lebanon, Indiana. Of their five children three are now living, namely : Elmer E., and Miss Effie and Glen, both of Camden, Ohio. The father, who was reared at Camden, followed the same occupation as his father, that of tin and copper smith, and made that the source of his prosperity for sixty years, all of this time being spent at Camden. His wife died on Thanksgiving Day of 1901 at the age of sixty-two. During the Civil war, he entered the Union service, and was in the ranks for more than a year., being a corporal in his company. The parents were both Lmiversalists in religious faitli.

the tinning trade under the direction of his father. A mechanical trade, however, was not in the line of his best talents or inclinations, and in 1881 he went to Cincinnati and became a reporter on the Cincinnati Gazette, and later with the Enquirer for a short time! With this experience on a metropolitan journal, he went to Lima, where he establishtj a daily edition of the weekly Democrat, and soon afterwards to Vau "Wert, where he likewise brought out a daily edition for the Bulletin. His next enterprise in the field of journalism was at Toledo, where h.: spent a little more than a year on the staff of the Morning^ Commercial This brought him up to the days preceding the great tariff and sound money campaign of 1896, and for his thoroughly proved ability as a newspaper organizer he was sent into the Indiana Gas Belt to establish a paper for supporting the interests of Mr. McKinley. For that purpose he located at Elwood where the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Works and and the IMcBcth Lamp Chimney works had just been located. At that time also Daniel G. Keid and AV. B. Leeds were just beginning the erection of the tin plate factory. In this nascent industrial community, :\Ir. Fornshell established the Leader, a weekly nev.-ypaper with which the Call was afterwards consolidated, under the present name of the Cnll- Leoder. He has since been connected with this prosperous journal, .-n..^ of the most influential newspapers in ?Jadison county.

In politics I\'lr. Fornshell has been an influential Republican for_ a number of years. He rfpresented Madison county in the Indiana legislature in 18*^97. In 1905 he was elected to the office of mayor of Elwood. but after a short time in that office resigned in order to enterupon bi^ duties as postmaster, an office to which he had just been appointed aud which he has held now for eight years. Mr. Forn.shell is a stock holder in the First National Bank and the Citizens State Bank, and also in th"; Elwood Trust Company. Fraternally he is a popular member of the local lodge of Elks. His" wife belongs to the Presbyterian church.^

On the fifth of February, 1884, I\Ir. Fornshell married I^Iiss l:^!m'ia Conover at Yan Wert, Ohio, a daughter of David a;id Susan (Merrill) Conover. I^Irs. Fornshell was born at Greenville, Ohio, and her pi^.rents were natives of that state and for many years resided at GreenviUe, Yan AYert and at Dayton. Her father died in Yan Wert, and her mother in Tipton, Indiana. The three children in the Conover family v/ere Edwin, Charles and Emma. Mr. and .Mrs. FornslieU have one son. Fred B., associated in the newspaper business vcith his father.

Bertan E. Sxeed. Any city would do well to have more of suoji progressive and public spirited merchants and citizens as "Mr. Snee<l, the druggist and pharmacist of Elwood. Mr. Sneed began his care-^r with little except his brains and energies, and having once got a foolhold in the drug trade has continued his advantage from one position to another, until now for a number of years he has been an independeot and fairly successful business man. :Mr. Sneed rnprt-sentsthe young au*i aggressive element of Elwood's citizensirip, and the (Continued advancenTent of the city rests upon the spirit of energy manifested by the group of citizens amontr whom h? is a prominent member.

Bertan E. Sneed, thouch born in Breckenridge, Missouri, January 27, 1874, represents an oUffamily of Indiana, and presents a somewhat unusual case of a man retursiing eastward to what may be regarded as Ins aricestral home. His paternal grandfather was Evan Sneed, who^wita bis wife was a native of Pennsylvania, was a Baptist preacher and OTic of the pioneers of his Jenoiuinatio]\ in Indiana. It is related that during some of liis early service in the ministry in this state lie carried a musl>-et to protect hira from the Indians. He was one of the old-fashioned itinerant preachers who rode horse-hack over the country, carrying a little supply of clothing and sometimes food, and his bible in the saddleliaji's which were part of the inevitable equipment of the preacher and doctor in those days. He finally located at Xewbern, Indiana, in Bartholomew county, where his death occurred at the good old age of seventyseven, lie had a family of children who were named, "William, Shadrech, Samuel, Perry and CaUie.

The parents of the Elwood druggist were Perry and Catherine ( Wiley) Sneed, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Kentucky. The mother was a daughter of John AViley, who married a ^liss Wolf. He was a blacks.mith by trade and a preacher in the Tluiversalist faith. The Wiley family vvere among the first settlers of Bartholomew county, locatiiig theie about 1S35 or 1836, near Hartsvilie, where John Wiley died in 187G. He was three times married and had twenty-one children by his three wives. Tlie father of 'Sir. Sneed was reared at Hartsvilie, Indiana, became a blacksmith and wagon maker, and for many years follov/ed that honorable mechanical occupation. His death occurred at Cowgill, ^Missouri, in 1SS6, when about forty years of aire. His wife passed away in 1876 at the age of twenty-nine. Their three children were ElYIe. deceased, who was the wife of 0. B. La-vson; Elzie C, of Greensburg, Indiana : and Bertan E.

Mr. Sneed, who lost his parents when he v.^as a little more than a child, was j-eared chiefi>- hi Breekenridge, ^lissouri, Avhere he attended the public schools, and after graduating from the high school in 1800 --utered the I\Iissouri Wesieyan College at Cameron, where he v;as one of the popular students four years. Leaving college he began his practical career as a clerk in a drug store at Brov.-ning. ^Missouri, and followed the same occupation at Kirksviile and Greto City. In 1893 he came to Indiana, and was located at Burney and at Osgood, being m.arvied during his residonrc at the latter place. In 1902 he can.ie to Elwood, v.liere he worked as pharmacist for five years. He was then in the drug business for himself at Odon, this state, for three years, and in October. 1910. returned to Eh^ood, where he continued iiis work as pharmacist until 1912, at which time h^^ succeeded Dr. Saylor as proprietor of the leading drug establishment of Elwood. He keeps a fine store, placing special emphasis upon the con rpoun ding of pure drugs and careful presoriptiotis, and also m.aintains a large stock of druggists' sundries.

On April 11. 1900. :\Ir. Sneed married Miss Lottie ^.IcCallisttr, daughter of WTiliam and Adplaide ('Burroughs; McCallister. Mrs. i^need was born in Cincinnati. December 9. 1874. her paternal grandfather being William IMcCailis^er. -whose wife's maiden name was Yalhmdingham. boch of them being nntives of Ohio. ]Mrs. Sneed 's mother died in her native state of Ohio in 1375, and her father nor/ lives in Elwood. The three children in the Mc(^alli.ster family were Horace, I-ottie, and one now deceased. ^.Ir. and ^Mrs. Sneed have a household of three children. Charlotte, Marcia, and Puth. ^Jrs. Sneed is a member of the Presbyterian church, and he is affiliated with the Osgood Lodge f>f ^lasons and the Knights of Pythias. In politi'"s he is one of the stanch Kcnublicans of Elwood.

Elmer A. Guy. A prospering business man of Ehvood who has berii identified with this city for the past twenty years, Mr. Guy has two first class stores for the cigar, tobacco and confectionary trade, and hi.s business also includes a similar establishment in the town of Tipton. He carries on both wholesale and retail trade, and by progressive busine-i methods has placed himself in the front ranks of El\vood°busiuess leader^

Elmer A. Guy was born in Walton, Cass county, Indiana, July ij' 1875. The family settled in Cass county during the pioneer period' The founder of the family in that section of Indiana was Alfred Guy the paternal grandfatlier, the maiden name of whose wife was Quinu This grandfather had been a soldier in the War of 1S12. subsequenflv came to Cass county when it was a wilderness and while the Indians were still in possession of much of the country, and located in the country ten miles southeast of Logansport. He went out from Indiana as a soldier in the Mexican war, and was captain of his company, duringthat brief struggle with the southern Republic. His death occurred in Cass county, at the venerable age of eighty-seven years. His wife also attained old age.

Their large family of children were named Andrew, William, Joseph, Milton, Lavina, Hattie, Charles, Edward, Emma. The patents of the Ehvood business man weie Jostrj)h "M. and Martlia (Fitzer) Guv both of whoju were born in Indiana. The father of Martha Fitzer was William Fitzer, he and his wife being natives of Ohio, and earlv settlers in Cass county, where they died at a good old ase. In their family were the following children: Mary, Sarah, Mefcina, Laura. Martha, Levi, Joshua, Henry, John, George and Jane Fitzer. Joseph M. Guy was reared about Logansport and was a farmer near that citv an.l spent nearly all his life there and reared his children. His home is new near Lewisburg, Ohio, on a farm, and he and bis wife are both members of the Christian church. The seven children in the family are named as follows: Elmer A. of Elwood; Lavora, wafe of Frank Itnight of Walton, Indiana; Harry, of Walton; Jessie, of Lewisburg, Ohio: Bertha, wife of Claude Hammond of Logansport; Elta, wife of W. J. Beckner of Logansport; and AYiida, v.'ho is married and lives at Eaton. Ohio.

Reared on his father's farm in Cass county, Elmer A. Guy durin? his boyhood attended the district schools, and completed his education in the Logansport High School and the Logansport business college. In 1803 he cam.e to Elwood, and became connected with Lhe retail cig'ar and tobacco trade. He subsequently enlarged his store to handle cigars, tobacco and confectionery as a jobbing business, and still combines thtse two departments of his business. He has two well stocked and well patronized stores in Elwood and one in Tipton.

On September 13. 1898, Mr. Guy married Miss ^Maude E. Venard. daughter of Stephen and Mary (Phillips) Venard. Their one son is named Cecil S. Mrs. Guy was born at Walton and her parents were natives of Cass county. Her mother died when about thirty-five years of age. She was one of two children, her brother beijig named y\"arren. Mrs. Guy's maternal grandfather was James Phillips. Mrs. Guy is a member of the Presbyterian church of Elwood, and her husband is popular in the fraternal orders of the citv. He has affiliations with Quincy Lodge No. 230 F. & A. I\I. : Elwood Chapter, No. 109, R. A. :\r.. and is a member of ^.lurat Shrine, Indianapolis. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, with Quincy Lodge No. 200. and has membership in Elwood Castle No. 166, Knights of Pythias, witli the

Ehvood Lodge No. 368 of the Order of Elks, a)id with the Improved Order of Ked Men. In politics he is a Democrat and is a citizen who is always ready to use his influence and efforts to advance the welfare of Elwood.

Baetlett H. Campbell. A senior member of the law firm of Campbell & Kidwell in Elwood, Mr. Campbell is head of the best known combination of legal talent in this city, and has been an active member of the Madison county bar for more than twenty years. During this long practice as a lawyer, he has become one of the conspicuous leaders in political affairs and has been prominent in the councils of his party in many capacities. Bartlett M. Campbell is a native of Madison county, born in Richland township, April 14,. 1862, and represents the best of citizenship and family stock through his forebears. The paternal grandparents were of Scotch stock, as the name Campbell would indicate, and they spent all their lives in England, where they died well advanced in years. There were four children in their family. The parents of the Elwood lawyer were John A. and ]\Iiriam B. (Troubridge) Campbell, the father a native of Huddersfield, England, and the mother of Ohio. The four children in their family are named as follows: Alfred E., of El Centro, California; Joseph B., of AVinona, Indiana: Bartlett H., of Elwood; and Imogene, wife of Charles Solomon of Anderson, where IMrs. Solomon is principal of the Washington school.

John A. Campbell, the father, came to America when about seventeen years of age and finally located in Biountsville, Henry county, Indiana, where he was married. While in that county he enltsted in Company K of the Thirty-Sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and though an adopted son of America gave three years of faithful and efficient service as a soldier for the preservation of the Union. He was Vv'ounded at the battle of Shiloh. After the war he began v-ork as a stationary engineer, being located first at Chesterfield and later at Anderson where he resided durin.g the rest of his years. He was killed in an accident at the Paston Planing Mill at Anderson on the first of September, 1S31. At that time he was about fifty-three years of age. He served as Justice of the peace of Anderson township for one terra and he and his wife were members of the Christian faith. His widow, who is now eighty-Sve years of age was a daughter of Joseph B. and Ruharaa Trowbridge, the former a native of Virginia. Joseph B. Trowbridge was a character %vhoso life «iud achievements have a proper place in Madioon eoiDiiy hisi<;ry. He w-as a preacher and disciple of Alexander Campbell, the founder of what is kno^vn as the Christian church, and himself became the founder of the church of this denomination at Anderson. He lived to be years of age, while his wife attained the great age of ninety-six. Joseph B. Trowbridge was twice married. By his first wife he had three children, namely, John, Lorenzo, and Daniel. By his second wife tliere were the following nine children: Ann Maria; Miriam B.; David; Bartlett H., who died in the Civil war; Hannah Sparks of Muncie, Indiana; Laura; Joseph, of ^luncie ; Jasper, and James, twins.

Bartlett H. Campbell was reared from early ehildliood m Anderson, which city remained his home up to 1907, at which time be came to Elwood. As a boy he attended the grammar schools and was ^aduated from the Anderson high sr-hoo] in 1879. He then spent two yeai-s as a teacher in the district school, and followed the same vocation for three years in the Anderson Cifcv Schools. From the educational branch of public service lie was appointed iu 1885 as assistant postmaster of -\n dersou, under John W. Pence. During his work as assistant postinasU-r" he pursued the study of law. He was iu the postoffice until NovemljL-r' 1888, at which time he was appointed deputy sheriff under James Eteb! ison, and remained as deputy until 1892. Another early public servli^o was his election as a member of the school board during the period h.' was with the postoffice, and he continued a member of the board v/hil^ the first high school building was being erected iu Anderson.

Early in 1892 Mr. Campbell v,'as admitted to the bar and in tJie same year was elected to the office of prosecuting attorney, serving' out term in that ofdce which has since been considered a prize among youn'" attorneys as the best possible training ground for later successful prac° tice. He continued after leaving the office of prosecuting attorney in private practice of lav/ at Anderson, and became a partner with Mr. Mark B. Turner, under the firm name of Turner & Campbell. This partnership continued until 1897 at which time Mr. Campl:ell entered the firm of Goody koontz and Ballard, his name being placed as the last partner in the nev.- title. After the death of Judge Goodykoontz in 1902 the firm continued as Ballard & Campbell until 1901 at 'which time the partnership was dissolved.

Mr. Campbt-ll then continued in practice alone. TVhen Mr. John L. Forkner was elected mayor of Anderson iti 1902, he appointed Mr. Campbell as city attorney, and he held that office for four years.

In 1907 Mr. Campbell established his office iu Elwood, and has sinco enjoyed a splendid practice, from this city and vicinity. Since January

1, 1910, he has served as city attorney. One of the Democratic leaders, he served as chairman of the Democratic county committee from 189S to 1900, vras a member of the Democratic State Central Committee from the eighth congressional district of 1900 to 1902, and was on the presidential electoral ticket iu the campaign of 1896. In 1912 Governor Marshall appointed him marshal for the eighth congressional district to collect and canv2ss the /otes for presidential elector.

Mr. Campbell on July 7, 1SS3, married Miss Luella Wright, daughter .of James and Sarah (Hamilton) AVright. The seven children of their marriage are named Dale J., Lena, Edith, Colin. Ralph, James, and Marian. The son Dale J., is in the shoe business at Portland. Oregon, and by his marriage to Edith Dowling has two children, Maxine and James. Lena married George 0. Kennedy and they reside on a ranch near Anderson, California. ]^Ii5s Edith is a teacher in the Elwood public schools; Colin died in infancy; Ralph lives in Elwood, and by his wife Hazel Smith has one son Jack. The son James was killed in a railroad accident at Anderson, December 31, 1906, his death following on January

2, 1907. [Marian is now ten years of age and attending school. Mi's. Campbell was born at Lawrenceburg. Indiana. Her parents, the fat?ier a native of Indiana, and the mother of Philad^dphia, died in Philadelphia when she was a small child and she was reared in the family of a ]Mr3. Fobes, best known in her community as Grandma Fobes. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are both members of the Christian church and his fraternal affiliations connect him v.dth Mount Moriah Lodge No. 77 A. F. & A. Yi. at Anderson, with Elwood Lodge No. 368 of Benevolent and Protective; Order of Elks, and with Madison Council No. 334 of tlie Royal Arcanum at Anderson.

Mark E. "Winings. The proprietor of the undertaking parlors at 1610 Main Street in Elwood, jMr. Winnings is a young business man whose conscientious work in his profession has been much appreciated hi Elwood, where he has been a resident for the past ten years, and has enjoyed a progressive success in his business. He was born, reared and spent most of his life in Indiana, and iNIr. Winnings has enjoyed probably a larger share of world travel than any of his contemporaries in business at Elwood, and his career has had many diversified and interesting experiences.

He was born in Millville, Henry county, Indiana, April 22, 1S7S, a sou of Samuel and Mary A. Winings. The grandparents on his father's side were Joseph and Jane (Muliin) Winings, the former a native of Ohio and of Scotch stock, and the latter a native of Ireland. They became early settlers in Henry county, Indiana, where the grandfather was a farmer and where he lived to the age of sixty-five, while his wife was seveiitj'-two years of age at tlie time of her death. Their sLx children Avere Samuel, AVilliam, AYilson, Thomas, Lemuel, Alonzo, and Pearl. On the mother's side the grandfather was ?Iicajah Forkner, who married an Allen. He was born in North Carolina, while his wife u'as a native of Wayne county, Indiana. Mieajah Forkner v/as a long established merchant at ^nUville, and for many years in partnership with his son-in-law, Samuel Winings. His death occurred at j^.Iillvilie in 1880, when he was well advanced in life. The children in this branch of the Forkner family were Granville, William, ]\Iary A., Mark E., Benton and John L.

Samuel Winings, the father, v;as born in Ohio, while his vnJe was a native of Henry county, this state. The former was brought to Henry county at an early age, was reared on r. farm five miles east of Newcastle, attended school at Dublin, and had taken up the study oi medicine when the war came on, and he then enlisted in Company C. of the Thirty- Sixth Indiana Infantry, under General Wm. Gross. That regiment was a purely Henry county organization. He was in seiwioe for tiiree years and at the close of the war engaged, in the mercantile business at ilillville, where he continued for a number of years. He was also for a time in the grain business at Ashland, and was still active in that line of trade at the time of his death. He died December 11, 1886, at the age of forty-nine years. During several years he had been in the Federal service as an internal revenue collector. The widow still survives and now makes her home at New Castle. Both were active members of the Christian church and for a number of years were members of the old Flat Rock cougrt-gation of this church. Tlie children in the fsu^ily were six in number and named as foUoAvs: Arletha, wife of John A. Geisler, of Hagerstown, Indiana; Josie, wife of Harry Kos of Columbus, Ohio; Horace Greeley of Indianapolis,; Walter A., of Newcastle; Arthur M., of Montpelier, Indiana, and Mark E., of Elwood.

Mr. Mark E. Yv^inings spent his early boyhood at Ashland and Newcastle, Indiana, attaining most of his education in the grammar and high schools of Nev/castle. His first practical experience in business life was in the employ of IMr. AY. A. T^^x in the undertakijig business. This period of preparation was interrupted by the outbi-eak of the Spanish- American war in 1898, at which time he enlisted in Company G of the One Hundred and Sixty-First Indiana Volunteers, and during his ten months service spent three raoiiths in Cuba. He was a private throughout his service. After the war he returned to Newcastle, and again resumed his work with Mr. Fox. On June 1, 1900, he was appointed government embalmer of the United States Transport McClellan. The McClellan v/as the boat which carried the senatorial investigating party to the * news was given them of the assassination of President McKinley, their information coming from Governor-General Taft. who was then at the head of the Philippine government. The party spent some three or four months in the Philippine islands, visiting and inspecting all the islands and the principal centers. The McClellan then returned to Nev\- York \ where it arrived on December 23, 1901, and remained until February 22, 1902. Mr. AYinings continued with the service u^hen this boat again started for the Philippines, this time carrying a passenger list chiefly made up of two hundred aiid fifty school teachers bourid for the Philippine service. The McClellan reached Manila after a voyage of sixtyfive days, and was for some time engaged in transportation between the Islands. It was finally sent to Hong-Kong, China, \\'hefe the ship was dry-docked and overhauled, and during that time ^vFr. Winings visited all the important cities of China by rail. With his ship he returned to Manila and thence to New York v/ith a number of soldiers, arriving there in December, 1902. I

Returning to New Castle in the spring of 1903, he remained there a few months, and on October 11, 1903, located at El wood. Here he was in the employ of ]\Ir. F. E. Kramer in the undertaking business, and the following year bought a half interest in the establishment. Then in 1905 he became sole proprietor, and has conducted the business on substantial and successful lines ever since. He ovrns the building in which his business is conducted and makes that iiis residence. | county, Indiana, where her parents were also natives, and where they still reside. She has one ])rother, Carl. The two children of Mx. and Mrs. Winings are Carl and Miles. Fraternallv he is aftiiliatcd with Quincy Lodge No. 230 A. F. & A. M. Eiwood Chapter,. R. A. M. ; Tipton Comaiandery K. T. ; and also has membership relations with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Order of Elks, the Improved Order of Red ]Men, the Knights of Pythias, and the Sous of Veterans. In politics he is Republican.

Honorable John LaRue Forkner. As a volume of biography on Madison county A\'ould hardly be complete without the name of John L. Forkner, who as supervising editor of the present history is nattirally modest concerning his own life record, the publishers take upon themselves the responsibility for the preparation and publication of the following sketch of a man who has been knoivn in ^Madison county for nearly fifty years, and in many important relations with the business and civic life of his home city of Anderson and the county of ^Niadison.

John LaRue Forkner was born near the village of ]MiUvillo, in Liberty township, Henry county, Indiana, January 20, 1814. His grandfather, Isaac Forkner, born in North Carolina in 1775, settled during the early twenties in Indiana, at Center ville, Wa,yne county, from there moving to Henry county. Previous to coming to Indiana, he had been a soldier in the War of 1812, having entered the service from his native state. ilieajali Forkner, father of the Anderson citizen, was born in Virginia, in 1812, and was a young boy when the family moved to Indiana. Micajah Forkner married Elizabeth Allen, a daughter of Hugh and j\Iary (Brooks) Allen, natives of Kentucky. She was born in 1811 and died in 1849. Micajah Forkner, who for many years was a merchant and farmer, died August 11, 1879, at the age of sixty-seven.

John L. Forkner was reared on a farm, attended the district schools until 1856, when his parents went to ^Millville he alternated between \'illage school and clerking in his father's store. In 1862, at the age of eighteen, he started out to light the battle of life for himself. In the general store of Lontz Brother.^ at Hagerstown, Indiana, he was employed as a clerk until the spring of 1863, when he found a similar employment in the store of Honorable Lafe Develin in Cambridge City. In December, 1861, he went to Tipton, Indiana, to represent the interest of an older brotlier in the mercantile establishment of Forkner & Allen, and remained there until Febi'uary, 1866. The latter date marked his location at Anderson, where he has had his home and chief interests ever since.

Mr. Forkner soon after locating at Anderson, where he first worked as a salesman in different stores, became interested in local politics, and in 1868, was the successful candidate on the Democratic ticket for the office of city clerk. He was re-elected in 1870, and served three years. During the same time he w as also deputy clerk of the Madison county courts, under Hon. A\"illiam C. Fleming, and under T. J. Fleming, until the fall of 1872. When, in the latter year, AD-ert J. Ross, was elected sheriff, John L. Forkner became his offi.ee deputy, and tilled that place for two years. In 1872 he was local editor and busine^^s manager of the Anderson Democrat in addition to his duties as deputy stieriff and has been more or less connected with the Madison county press for the pist forty years as a contributor to the newspapers. In 1871 he was nominated on the Democratic ticket, and elected county auditor, and as his popularity showed n(j signs of abatejnent, he was re-elected in 1878,

During his last ttrm as auditor, ]Mr. Forkner purchased a tliird interest in the Exchange Bank of Anderson, and wlien he left oflice in 1883 he took up the duties of presideiit of the bunk. In 1892 the bank was reorganized and made a nation.-d institution under the name of the National ^Exchange Bank, in which he became cashier and remained in that position until 1912 ^vlien he retired, a period of twenty 3'oars, and accepted the position of secretary and treasurer of the Pennsylvania Glass Conipanv, having been a stockholder in that company since 1891.

The early political honors already nientioned by no means exhaust the services of l^lv. Forkner in a public capacity. In 1881 he was chairman of the County Democratic Central Committee, and his local leadership largelj' contributed to the signal victory- gained by his party for Grover Cleveland, and for the state and county tickets in the campaign of that year. In 1891 he was elected to the city council as a Democrat from the Second Ward, overcoming a large normal majority on the othor side. While a city councilman he took an active part in securing for Anderson an electric light and sewerage system, and also the construction of many miles of ])rick-paved streets. He was elected mayor of the city of Anderson in 1902, and again in 1904. serving two terms.

Light plant and the waterworks systems were rebuilt and enlarged and a filtering plant built that gives Anderson pure water and ample fir.; protection. These utilities are not only the pride of Anderson, but art; patterns for other cities to follow and are large money earners for the city. I

Credit must also be extended to Mt. Forkner for his liberal assistance in co-operation with other men of enterprise in taking advantage of the situation created by the discovery of natural gas and directing these resources to the upbuilding of a great industrial and commercial center at Anderson. He was a member of the board of trade at the time of the discovery of natural gas, and contributed liberally of both time and money in locating industries and otherwise improving the city, which up to that time had been only a small country and county seat metropolis. JMr, Forkner was one of the incorporators of the Citizens Natural Gas Company, and for five years was its president. He was among the original organi/ers of the Anderson [ron & Bolt Company, an important local industry which long held the distinction of being the only manufacturing plant in Andersoj], wliose stockholders were entirely home capitalists. This plant was sold to L. S. Taylor ajid otheis, and removed to Louisville, Kentucky.

In the formative days of the Union Traction Company of IndiaTia, j\Ir. Forkner was one of the men vvho helped to lay the foundation for the present system. He v;as associated iu 1897 vvith Hon.' Charles Henry; J. A. Van Nosdal and Ellis C. Carpenter of Anderson, and Phillip iMatter of Marion, Indiana, in the organi/ation of the Union Traction Company, and the construction of its electric line between Anderson and Sumniitville, and also in the constraction of other links in the system. ]Mr. Forkner was treasurer of the company from its organization until it consolidated with ]\Ianon and 2duneie lines.

In 1892 Governor Matthews appointed John L. Forkner a trustee of the Northern Asylum for the Insane at Logansport, and during the three years of his service he was president of the board for two years. From the time he east his first vote, Mr. Forkner has ahvays been a Democrat, and in his home county and district has probably done as much as any other man to promote the success of the party.

In March, 1S73, ilr. Forkner married itiss Anna B. Hernly of New Castle, Indiana. At her death in 1S76 she left one child, Emma Neff Forkner. She married Lee C. Newsom, -who during the Spanish- Americari war was sergeant of Company L in the One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana regiment. In 1S7S Mr. Forkner married ]\liss ^Mary Carson IVatson, of ATiderson, whose father, David H. TVatson, was a soldier in the I\[exican war and at one time sherifT of the county. The two childreri of his second marriage were: Wade Hampton Forkner. who died in lbS2 at the age of four years: and Nellie Grant Forkner. who married ^Ir. Frank I. Eemy of Anderson, who yet resides in the city of her birth.

'Mr. Forkner is a Knight Templar ]Mason and a member of the Elks. and has other fraternal affdiatiojis. In religion he holds to no particular creed, and bestows charity, without ostentation.

While few citizens of Madison county have been more actively immersed in the current activities, Mr. Forkner has also taken great pleasure and interest in the things of the past. In connection with honorable Byron H. Dyson, in 1S97, he published "Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of Madison County," a book of one thousand pages, devoted to local history and events from the organization of the county to the present time. Tliis book has since been one of the standard sources of information concerning Madison county, and has received many tributes and compliments from the citizens of the county, and also many flattering press notices over the state. ^Ir. Forkner has always had a high regard and admiration for the and it was this admiration which prompted him to engage in the task of writing his book. He delights in the old songs, the old stories of long ago, and has for a number of years held the post of president of the Olcl Settlers Association in ^Madison county. In his private collection he probably has more essential data concerning the history of Madison county than any other resident. For a long time he has kept a faithful record of the important events of the county, particularly of the death of the old settlers, and his chronological tables have from time to time been pubdished in the local press. Mr. Forkner on every hand is justly regarded as the county historian of ^Madison count\-. Thougli he had )iot held an editor's chair for a number of years he lias done much vrriting for the local press on a great variety of subjects. John L. Forkner stands at the present time in ^Madison county as one of its ablest and most honorable business men, is a citizen of eminent public spirit, and v.dth personal success has also given many ret'irns in the form of public service to the city and county with which he has bee}i identitied by residence for so many years.

George W. Showeks. Now filling the office of justice of the peace in Anderson, j\Ir. Showei's has been identified by residerice and business with Anderson and with ^ladisou county for more than twenty years. In business affairs he is best known as a building contcactor, and has done much substantial work as evidence of his ability in this line.

George "\Y. Showers was born in Lebanon countv', Pennsylvania, December 25, 1847, a son of John H. and Maria (Ilicks^ Showers. In 1856, when George was nine years old, the family moved from Pennsylvania to Henry county, Indiana, locating at a little place known as Mechanicsburg, Henry county, Indiana. The father was by trade a brick moulder and shoe maker and, besides his work for his family and immediate community, deserves an honored memory as a soldier of the Union. In 1862 he enlisted in Company E of the Eighth Indiana Infantry, and served under General Grisnt in th.e siege of Vicksburg. He died oh August 16. 1863. He was taken sick at Vicksburg and died at Jefferson Barracks Hospital, in St. Louis.

George W. Showers was reared and educated in Henry county, attending the grammar and high schools. During boyhood days he assisted his father. At the age of nineteen he became a worker for wages on a farm, but in the following year began learning the carpenter's trade. He followed his vocation with success in other parts of the state, and in 1890 located in Anderson. From an individual carpenter he developed a business as a contractor, and since that time man\' of the stores, shops, churches and school houses in Anderson and vicinity have been erected under his management and contracting. He has a reputation for reliable performance of all his contracts, and is a very skillful and thoroughly versed m<^^chanie.

On June 8, 1871, Zslc. Showers married I\riss Lucinda A. Harter. a daughter of David ITarter. Their marriage has been blessed vvith eight children, three surviving, Ealph >V., John D. and Fred, all residents of

Ransom Broxxxenbeeg. After a long period spent in agripultu-al pursuits, Rcinsom Bronnenberg, of Anderson township, is now activplv engaged m farming, enjoying the fruits of his years of industrious toif He has spent his entire life within the limits of Madison county, where he has borne no small part m the wonderful development that has msdl t^!T f ^?-^'';^'^ '?"'? °^^ ^^\' ^'''^''' state, and the success tha has attended his cftorts is sliown in the ownership of a handsome farm ot .70 acres located on the oid State road. Mr. IBronnenber- was born on a farm, Augiust 1, 1818, and is a son of Frederick and HuTda (Free? i^rounenberg. His lather was one of the earliest settlers of this Dar.^ of the county, coming here from Preble county, Ohio, iu 1821 and lipr- hspent his entire suDsequent career, being engaged in fanning amfth^ raiding of stock Mr. Bronnenberg was a well educated man, rose to a high place in the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and made a Watifvinsucj3ess or all ot iiis ventures. He and his wife ha<l a famih° of s^ven children, of whom tnree are now living, namely: Ransom, Susan and \_'ai\ m.

Ransom Bronnenberg received his education in the Chestaut Grovschoolliouse, this oeing supplemented by study under the tutoraoe of ms tatlier. As was tne custom with farmers' sons of his dav, he divided ms boyhooQ between the school room in iLe winter montiis and the farm during the remaiiuler of the year, thus improving ids mind at the same time that ne was thoroughly trained in ?he principles of farming. He continued to remain on the homestead up to two years ago, and from time to time nas added to its acreage, uatil it is now one of the most valuable m Union township. .Air. Bronsenberg continues "to direct the operations on his land, contributing his long experience to the enthusiasm and energy of his sons, who are carrying on the work. In busin-^s circles he is Known as a man of shrewdness, fortsiglit and acumen, one who IS capable of recognizing an opportunity and readv to grasp it and to follow It up to successful termination, but he has been strictlv honor, able m all iiis dealings and has never taken advantage of the misfortunps others. For some years he was engaged in the raising of stock, and he has never lost his fondnes. for fast horses, being at the present time tile owner Ol a numoer of valuable animals i who is assisting his father; Minnie, who loarriod a Mv. Isonagel and has four children, - \elma, Helen, Robert and Evelvu: Frederick who m?- neu a .Atiss Steward, and hns two children, - Melville and Arnold; \,esley, wno lives with his parents; Sherman, in Kansas; and Ernest, who also lives at home with his parents. The famil.v stands high in the

of the commimity and its members are widely kno^vn iu the vicinity where they have resided for so many years. Mr. Bronnenberg is a Spiritualist. He is a Republican in politics and was elected trustee of his township in 18S4 for two years. He is also a member of the I. O. 0. F. at Chesterfield.

Joseph R. Cain was long numbered among the honored merchants of Anderson and as one who saw service in all the gi-ades of its industrial activity. He began his business connection here during the Civil war, and at the close of his long and useful life he enjoyed the quiet fruits of his previous industrj*- and good management.

Joseph R. Cain, who for more than half a century was a resident of Anderson, was born in Clinton county, Ohio, near the Butler county line, August 12, 1831. He belonged to an old family with a distinctive military record. His grandfather was John Cain, vv'ho was born in one of the Carolinas in 1760, and when seventeen years of age he enlisted in the Patriot army of the colonists as a soldier against the aggressions of the mother county. His son, John H. Cain, the father of Joseph R., was born in South Carolina, became a tanner by trade, vv'hich business he followed for many years, and later in life moved to Indiana and located in AVayne county. The maiden name of his wife was Katherine Richards, and they had two children, Joseph R. and AYilliam.

Joseph R. Cain obtained his early education in the village schools and afterward attended the Wayne county academy, also spending- one term as a student in the Newcastle Academy of Henry county, Indiana. His career from the time he left school until his retirement a lew years before his death was almost entirely devoted to his mercantile enterprise. He earned his first money as a clerk in a dry ;30ods store in the town of Economy, in "Wajaie county, and during his three years there laid a solid foundation for his subsequent busin.ess career. Going to IndiaTiapolis, he became a clerk for the "W. S. T. ]\Lorton & Coffin Dry Goods Company, and while in their store was engaged to go to Anderson and take charge of the new branch of the establisli?nent opened iu this city. It was in this way that he became a resident of Anderson, and he never left the city during the subsec^uent fifty years of his life. In partnership with T. N. Stillwell, he engaged in busines under the name of the New York Store, its stock consisting of dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes. This store was continued until 1870, and dui-ing that time tlie partners built a business block on T^lain street, at a cost of .$15,000, one of the conspicuous landmarks in the business district of the time. The stock of the old store was then moved into the new building, and the business was conducted with ever increasing prosperity for a number of years. But finally ]\Ir. Cain sold his interest to "W. S. T. Morton Sc Company, and then for some time was connected wdth the establishment of Murphy- Johnston & Company, in what was known as the Indianapolis Wholesale Dry Goods Store. After retiring from his active careei' as a merchant Mr. Cain invested in two excellent farms, comprising iu all two hundred and thirty-seven acres of land, and both are well improved and situated in ]Madison county. The passing away of this honored and well known citizen of Andei-son occurred in April, 1913. at his home at 917 West Sixth street, where his family have their residence.

In 1867 he was m.arried to !\Iiss Anna Nye, of Richmond, Indiana. She died four years later, leaving tv/o children, one of whom is also deceased and the other, Winifred, is at home. In January, 1876, Mr.

Cain niarried ^Mrs. Cassandra ^Mitchell, who was bom in Indiana, a daugUter of William Lou'es. Mr. Cain had fraternal relations with Andf^rsoii Lodge, No. 131, I. 0. 0. F.

George W. Hupp. Now retired after a long and successful career, Mr. Hupp represents the earlier business activities of what is now tlie city of Elwood. He became a merchant in the center of ^Madison county fifty years ago, when the place was known as Quincy and was only a small rural trading point. Twenty-five years passed before the discovery of natural gas and the consequent boom which raised this town to the rank of one of the leading industrial centers of eastern Indiana. Through all this time Mr. Hupp was actively identified with the mercantile enterprise and continued a business man for some ten or fifteen years afterwards. His has been an honorable, active and prosperous career, and few citizens of ^ladison county so well deserve recognition for their achievements as ]\Ir. George AV. Hupp.

Born in Shenandoah county, Virginia, near Newmarket, Decemi:;er 3, 1834, jNIr. PIupp is novv^ approaching his eightieth year, and in his own long life is typical of the hardy and long-lived stock wJii<-h has been characteristic of h.is family on both sides for generations. The family belong to the thrifty German stock which settled in Virginia during the eighteenth century. The paternal grandfather of George W. Hupp was Balsar Hupp, who was a farmer by occupation and spent his lite in Shenandoah county. On the mother's side the graii'l father ^\'as Jc'cob Kipps, the original spelling of which name vras Gipps. The day of his funeral was the day set apart for him to make out his pension papers as a Mexican war veteran. His wife was Elizabeth (Virkle) Kipps. Both were of German descent and natives of Virginia, and he followed the occupation of farmer. The youngest sister of George "W. Hupp now resides on the old Kipps farm in Shenandoah county, Virginia. Jacob Kipps and his oldest son were soldiers in the war of 1812. All his brothers and sisters, except two, preceded him to the grave, a.nd he attained the age of more tlian four-score years. There were nine children in the Kipps family.

Samuel D. and ^Mary (Kipps) Happ, the parents of George W.. were born in Virginia, and their eleven children were as follows: Sallie, who died at the age of eighty-eight, and was the wife of Mr. Knupp ; Joseph, who lives near Newmarket at the age of eighty-four; Aadrew, deceased; Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of Mr. Schaefer; George V". of Elwood ; Harry, whose death Vv as the first to break the home circle ; Samuel, deceased; Catherine, who is single and resides near ^Mouut Jackson, Virginia; ^Michael, who also lives near Mount Jackson; Jacob, who lives on the old home farm near Newmarket, and ilary. v/ife of William dinger, a resident near Newmarket. The father of this family was reared in Shenandoah county, where he was born Zvlay 16. 1304, spent his active years as a farmer and died there May 22, 1884, at the age of eighty years and six days. At the time of his death, he had thirtythree grandchildren. His wife died four years later at the age of seventy-eight. Buth were n'.embers of tlie Lutheran church.

George W. Hupp was reared on the old home fartn in .Shenaridoah county, up to the age of eighteen years, and as a boy he attended the old field school, as the comiaon sf-hools were popitlarly called in Virginia. At the age of eighteen he began learning the tinsmith's trade at Newmarket, where he was employed by Jacob Summers, and served a full

In 1895 Mr. Hupp came west and located at I\Iiddletown, Indiana, and on May 26, 1862, came to Elwood, which has been his place of residence now for more than half a century. He followed his trade at Elwood for a number of years, and fiualh' engaged in business for himself. For thirty years he was one of the prospering and enterprising merchants, and from a beginning in which he had a small stock, he added stoves, building material, and general hardware, and built up an establishment which was a credit to the entire section of the county. On retiring from the hardware business, Mr. Hupp opened an insurance office, and did business in that line for eleven years. Since then he has lived retired. During his long and successful career he has accumulated much property, invested chiefly in residence property, numbering some twenty-two in Elwood. and his time and attention are now engaged in looking after this estate. He was in debt when he first came to Elwood, the result of a worthless partner.

On 'May 10, 1867, 3[r. Hupp married Miss Isabel Stokes, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Stokes. ]Mrs. Stokes ""Aas born in Butler county, Ohio, where her parents Avcre natives, and came in 1862 to Indiana, locating at Elwood, where they both died. The eight children comprising the family of ^Ir. Hupp and wife are named: Charles C, William A., Lola, Samuel S.. Joab, Frederick, Alley and Maude. Charles, Joab and Frederick died in infancy, and AYilliam, who m.arried a iliss Shaw and had two children, Fred and Drula, died in 1906. Sanmel died unnuirried. October 27, 1911. ]\Ir. and ]\lrs. Hupp are active members of the ^Fethodist church, in which he has many positions officially, and he is aifiliated with Quincy Lodge No. 200, I. 0. 0. F. He was one of the first councilmen of the corporation of Elwood, Indiana, holding that office for two terms, and he v/as the fir.st landlord of R. L. Leeson & Sons, the old merchants of Ehvood. Mr. Hupp is a Democrat in politics and cas^ his first vote for President Buchanan.

"Wade H. Free. Among the young Indiana men who in recent years have been gaining recognition and have been making their influence effective in business and political circles of the state, one whose name has now become well known far beyond the boundaries of his home county of ^ladison. is Wade H. Free, the present secretary of the state senate. He is a popular young lawyer of Anderson, where he has spent five or six years in general practice, and he is a native son of the county.

Wade H. Free was born in Lafayette township, Madison county, on a farm, February 16. 1878. His father is Nathaniel A. Free, a native of Ross county, Ohio, and one of the most prosperous farmers in I\Iadison county. The farm vrhich represents his life work comprises about four hundred and fifty acres, located in Richland and Lafayette townships, and it is a splendid estate, both from an agricultural point of view and as a center for fine stock, its proprietor having spent many years in study and diligent efforts to improve his live stock - cattle, hogs and hors-^s. In his township community he is a man of political iufiiience, but has never sought office. He married ]Miss Lavina Kirk, whose father. William Kirk, was one of the pioneer stock buyers and farmers of tliis county, and a most respected citizen on account of his sterling C[ualiti8S.

perhaps the best equipment for a man either in business or professional life. As a boy he attended the country scliools of his neighborhood, and subsequently entered the public schools of Anderson, finisliing at the high school. He then became a student in the Indiana University at Bloomington, where he was graduated in 1903, and he subsequently took his law degree from the law department of the University of Indiana at Indianapolis, in 1905. In the same year he v>as admitted to the bar, and he opened his office for practice, obtaining his first fee at Lapel in this county. Two years later he removed to ^^iderson, and has since built up an excellent general practice.

Wade H. Free is a Democrat in polities, and for a number of years has taken a lively interest in the success of his party and in the election of his friends. He served first as secretary and later as chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Anderson, and has held other positions of minor importance. In 1913 he was appointed secretary of the state senate, and that position gives him opportunities for extended acquaintance among all the prominent Democrats of this state, so that his political career is likely to be watched with much interest in the following years.

In 1911 Mr. Free was married to Miss Jane L. Armstrong, whose former home was in Baltimore, Maryland. Fraternally Mr. Free is affiliated with Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 77, A. F. & A. M.. and heis also a prominent member of the Phi Kappa Phi college fraternity. His office is at 903 Meridian street, and the family iiome is maintained at 331 West Tenth street, Anderson.

Wii>LAED H. Tho:ias, now residing on a forty acre homestead in Stony Creek township, has given the best years_ of his career to the most useful occupation that ap.ii employ the energies of man or woaian, that of teaching. He has made an exc<^llent record as an educator, and was for a number of years identified with the schools of ^^ladison county, until he recently retired and went upon a farm.

Willard H. Thomas, w^ho represents one of the oldest Indiana families, was born in Floyd coraity, ]March 2o. 1872. a son of William and Sarah (Boley) Thomas. The^ Thomas family originated in Virginia, where it was settled during the colonial period. John Thomas, the founder of the f^imily name and fortunes in Indiana, came out to u'hat was then regarded the west and located in southern India na. and^ spent the rest of his lifetime in Harrison county. At his death he was buried upon the old homestead, which he had entered from the government^and to which he and his children had given many years of labor in the clearing and cultivation. He had a large family of children, and one ofthr-m was William, who in turi] had a son named William, the latter William being the fnthcr of the educator above named. William Thomas, the father, is still a resident of Harrison county. He served in Company C of the Eighty-first Indiana Infantry, and was a soldier until incapacitated from further service by ill health. He was tlie father of three children, named as follows: Willard H. ; Yernette A., who graduated from the common schools and studied in the State Normal, after which she was a teacher for some time until her marriage to Mr. Harry Markwell ; Edwin :\[., principal of the Hamilton school in Jackson toAvnship of ]\Iadison countv.

in which he attained his early training and was finally graduated from the common schools. He secured a license to teach at the age of seventeen, and at intervals between his work as teacher he attended the Central Normal College at Danville, Indiana, and in 1896 entered the State Normal School, where he was graduated in 1899. Mr. Thomas possesses a life certificate, granted by the state. He served as principal of the Georgetown school, resigning there and after a year spent at Iluntingburg°came to ]\Iadison county in the fall of 1901. He became principal of the Perkinsvnie school, and in all the schools where he has taught the cause of education has prospered, and he has left his impress for good upon hundreds of young men and women. He continued actively in educational work until the fall of 1912, at which time he retired and took up his residence on the farm in Stoney Creek township.

On Christmas Day of 1895 Mr. Thomas married iSIiss Nellie Gresham. She was reared and 'educated in southern Indiana, and attained a high school education. The three children of their marriage are named Harold G., age thirteen; Roscoe E., age eleven; and Jessie Veruette, age eio"ht. The family worship in the Methodist church at Lapel, and Mr, Thomas is secretary of Lapel Lodge No. 625, A. F. & A. I\L He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellov/s and he and his wife have membership with the Eastern Star and with the Rebekahs. Ho belongs to the Camp of the :\Iodern AVoodmen of America. In politics he is a Democrat, though he has never taken much part in party affairs.

Lafe J. BuKR. Among the substantial business firms of Anderson, Indiana, that of the Jackson-Burr Company, dealers in insurance and real estate, holds prominent place. Established over a ciuarter of a century ago, the career of the concern has been one of constant development in size°and prominence, and its members are widely known in the commercial circles of the city. Lafe J. Burr, president of the Jackson-Burr Companv, has been a resident of Anderson for more than forty years, and during this time has so closely icTentified himself with its interests as to make^himself a place among the men to whom the city owes its prestige. He was born at :\Iiddletown, Henry county, Indiana, December 15, 1845, of Oi by trade, and a manufacturer of leatlier, lines of bushiess that he followed extensively for a number of years at ]Midirietowu, Indiana. He died in his eighty-eighth year, having been identified with the commercial and industrial interests of :Middletov/n since 1829, and as justice of the peace his service covered a continuous period of fifty years. His wife died on November 18, 1869. In politics Islr. Burr was an old line Whig, and upon the organization of the Republican party he transferred his support to that faction, of which he continued an active and interested worker and member up to the time of his death.