Madison County, Indiana - The whole text, 1914 (part 9 of 16)

Charles H. Allman. An enterprising and highly successful farmer of Van Buren township, Charles Allman is a fine representative of the native-born citizens of iMadison county, his birth having occurred. September 16, 1883, on a farm lying two miles west of his present place of residence, which is located four miles southeast of SuminitviUe^. His father, John Allman, for many years a prominent agriculturist of Madison county, was born and reared in Tipton (?ounty, Indiana, 1838.^ He married Leaner Perry, who bore him ten children, as follows : Asbury, Phoebe J., IMaggie, Edna, William, John, Cora, Lorenzo, Charles, and Myrtle.

Brought up ill his native township, Charles H. AUuiau acquired his education in the Allen school, and on the home fanu was well drilled in the agricultural arts. Choosing the independent occupation which his father so successfully followed, and satisfied that no better region for general farming could be found in Indiana than that in which he lived, Mr. Allman bought eighty acres of land that are now included in his present estate of three hundred and twenty acres, and began its iraprovemeiit. Successful in his undertakings, he has given his undivided attention to its management, and each year in the gathering of his bountiful crops is rewarded for his toil and trouble.

On December 21, ]90i, Mr. Allman was united in marriage with Miss Bertha M. Thurston, who is one of the six living children of the late Joseph and Mary E. (Welch) Thurston, who were the parents of seven children. jMrs. Allman was reared in county of Madison and educated in common scliools \\ith one term in the Summitville high school. She is vice president of her Sunday school class. No. 2, at Summitville. Indiana, Mr. and JMrs. AUraan have two children, namely: Estelle Lucile and Paul T. Politically llr. Allman is a Democrat, and religiously both he and his wife are active and valued members of the Christian church at Summitville.

Joseph E. Brajdlf.y. Industriously engaged in the prosecution of a calling upon which the wealth and prosperity of our nation largely depend, Joseph E. Bradley, a well-known farmer of Madison county, has owned and occupied his present farm since 1900, and in its m^a^nagement has met with signal success. He v/as born August 19, 1851,^ in Brown county, Ohio, a son of William Bradley, Jr. _He is of English ancestry on the paternal side, his grandfather, Williain Bi;adley, Sr., having 'immigrated from London, England, to the United States, set^ tling in Ohio. - .

William Bradley, Jr., was born and reared in Brown county, Onio. Early in life he migrated to Missouri, taking his family v:ith him, hoping there to find a more favorable opportunity for advancing his rinancial condition. Not satisfied with the change, he subsequently returned East, locating in Indiana, where both he and his faithful wife spent -the closing years of their lives. He married Susan Sells and to thein eleven children were born, as follows: Harvey, deceased; Joseph h., the subject of this brief sketch; Susan, deceased; Harzella ; John ; Addie ; Samuel ; Martha ; Lincoln ; and Cora, deceased. ^ ^

Obtaining the rudiments of his education in the district scnoo.s o: Ohio, Joseph E. Bradley subsequently attended school m ^-tissouri tor awhile, later completing his studies in Indiana. In March, 1901, u^? took up his residence in Madison county, and has since been niimberea amon^ its citizens of worth. A farmer from choice, he rented lauv. a number of years, but in 1900 bought from William Davis his present farm of eighty acres, located just at the edge of the cityof Summitvilie, on the Bradlev Gravel road, and as an agriculturist is meeting witti gratifying results, each year reaping abundant harvests of tue erop^ common to this part of the state. ^ ,- j - lana

Mr Bradlev married, in 1882, Martha Wilson, wno died m IJOJ. her body being buried in Eden Cemeter>% in Hancock ^County, Indiar.., Three children were bom of the union of Mr._ ana Mrs^ tsT^n^ William E who was graduated from the Sum.mit^nile High School, ana

The following- excerpt is taken from the eulogy dedicated to his son at the time of his demise : "Into the peace and happiness of a bright and sunny day burst the gathering storm. It passes quickly, but ere 'tis gone it scatters sorrow and gloom to its unhappy victims. Young Mr, Bradley departed this life at his home, aged nineteen years, just in the flower of young manliood with all the promises of tender and mature manhood. He graduated from the common schools of Center township in Madison county in 1S9S and at the Marion High Scliool, also at the Summitville High School in 1902. He would have entered Indiana University in the fall of 1902 had he lived. He united with the United Brethren church in 1S9S. In his school work he was ever faithful and was loved by both teachers and pupils. He spent most of bis life in Madison county. He came of the best of parentage and his young life was a model for other young men to pattern after. His loss is sadly felt in the community of Summitville, Indiana, and had he lived, no doubt he would have written his name higli in the scroll of honor. ' '

Margaret, wife of Dr. A. L. Thurston; and ^Minnie, living v/tih her father, are the living children of Mr. and 2vlrs. Bradley. Fraternally Mr. Bradley is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons, No. 691, and of the Knights of Pythias, Gas Belt Lodge, No. 361. Religiously he belongs to the United Brethren Church, while his daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

George W. Brown. A prominent and successful agriculturist and stock-raiser of Madison county, George AY. Brown is tlie owner of a wellappointed and vv'eli-mantiged farm in Van Buren township, his native place, where he holds a position of not^ amoug the substantial farmers of his community, his farms being oji the G. W. Brown road, about four miles from Summitville.

His father, the late John G. Brown, was born in Rush county, but as a boy came with his parents to Madison county, where he grew to man's estate. Subsequently purchasing land bi Van Buren tovv^nship, he carried on farming until his death, in 1871. He married Sarah Allen, and they became the parents of seven children, namely : Catherine J. ; Levi P., of whom a brief biographical sketch may be found on another page of this volume: Mary E., deceased; Nancy E.; Sanmel B. ; Ge-orge \V., the special subject of this sketch; and John H.

Completing his early education in the public schools of his native township, George AY". Brown turned his attention to agriculture, and at the age of twenty years rented' his mother's place, and began farming on his own account. Fortune smiled on his earnest efforts, and as his means increased he bought adjoining land, and is now the owner of a productive farm of one hundred and forty-eight acres, his estate in its appointments and improvements comparing favorably with any in the vicinity. A man of ability and integrity, Mr. Brown takes an intelligent interest in political affairs, and is a trustworthy member of the Baptist Church.

came from Virginia, their native state, to Plonry county, Indiana, in pioneer days, and having bought a tract of wild land cleared and improved a homestead, on which they spent tlieir remaining years. They were the parents of twelve children, as follows : Samuel D., deceased ; Silas P., father of Mrs. Brown; George A.; William B. and James A., deceased; Martin A.; Lewis; Mrs. Rosanna KeUey and Sarah Almarine, deceased; Noah; Peoria; and jMrs. Janie Kumberg.

Silas P. Painter attended first the district schools of Henry county, completing his early studies in Madison county. As a young man he rented the farm wbcre he now lives, and managed it so ably that he was enabled after a few years to buy the entire property, which he has plciced under a good state of cultivation, having cleared the greater part of it from its primitive vvildness. Energetic and enterprising as a young man, Mr. Painter not only carried on general farming with excellent pecuniary results, but for some time operated a saw mill, and for one year owned and operated a threshing machine. Among the valuable improvements he has made on his place is the building of his house, which is situated on the north side of the Silas P. Painter road, v.hich is the main thoroughfare to Gaston, Indiana.

Mr. Painter married, January 19, 1863. Dorcas Heritage, and of their union nine cliildren were born, as follows: Mary, Elizabeth, Lucinda, Eda J., George David Lot Leonidas, Perry, and three children that died in infancy. Mary, wife of Thomas Hunt, has had three children. Frank; a child that died in infancy and Talmage. Elizabeth married first Robert Atkinsoji, by Avhom she had three children, Lester; Birdie; and Lottie, deceased. Elizabeth married for her second husband Al Shields, and of that union three children have been born; a child that died in infancy ; Ina ; and Silas H. Lucinda Frances, wlio died in ^Madison county, mai-ried C. E. Brandon. Lot L. married Delia Webster, a daughter of Geo. W. and Olive (Vinson) AVebster, and they have one child, Pauline Josephine.

Mr. and ]\Irs. Brown are striving to give their children good educations, fitting them for the higher walks of life. Their eldest child. Cletis R., graduated from the public schools at the age of fourteen and also graduated from the Fairmount High School. He then took the norma! course at Marion, Indiana, and afterward successfully taught school one year in ]\Iadison county. He is now in his third year in Franklin College and wall graduate with the class of 1914. Agnes J. is also a graduate from the public schools and the Fairmount Academy, and is now a student in Franklin College. She has also taken musical instructions. The other two children are Dorcas arid George P. Mrs. Brown is a lady of cordiality and gentle manner, and her happy home is her paradise. She received a good con'imon school education and has always been her husband's counselor at all times. jMr. Brown comes from one of the old families of Madison county as does also his wife. He is a D.emocrat politically and has always upheld the principles of that party. He makes a specialty of "The Chester White swine and the farm is known as "The Chester AATiite Stock Farm."

Jajies C. Hull. On the Hull gravel road about five miles northwest of Summitville, is a farm which represents the sturdy industry and good management of one of the best known farmer citizens of Aladison county. Mr. Hull has lived in this county for more than forty years as a farmer and stock raiser, and beginning his career as a renter, and as a young mail coDiplt'tely dependent upon his own resources for advcincement lie has made a success that niight well be envied by his neighbors. At the present time he is the owner of one hundred acres of fine land in Boone township, and has \von all his prosperity as a result of his well directed efforts.

James C. Hull was born September 17, 1848, a son of Jesse and Susan (Evans) Hull. His father, a native of Pennsylvania, tirst moved to Ohio, first locating in Marion county, and afterwards went out to Macon county, Illinois, -where his death occurred. The mother also died in i\Iacon county. Their children were : Eliza, Joel, Mary and Roseila, all deceased ; James C.

James C. Hull spent a part of his youth in Macon county, Illinois, where he attended the public schools, but finished his education in Boone township of ^ladison county. AVhen he was twelve years old be began his first practical experience as a farmer. He soon afterwards leased some timber land, and cleared the trees and brush from seventeen acres of it and raised two crops. With this ])cginiiing he went on from one step to the next higher, and has steadily prospered. He finally bought eighty acres of land, and after selling that moved out to Missouri, where he spent about two years. Then returning to Madison county, he bought his present farm in Boone township. He has eu gaged in general farming, and has improved the laud so that it is several times more valuable than when it first came into his possession.

On March 5, 1871, j\Ir. Hull married Elizabeth D. Ross, a daughter of John X. and Caroline (Douge) Ross. Her father was one of the first settlers of Madison county, having moved here from Rush county, Indiana. The five children in the Ross family were: Mart'na, deceased; James B. ; Mrs. Hull, Josephine, deceased, Anna, deceased ; and Mrs. Kate Hodson.

The family born to ^Ir. and ]Mrs. Hull are described as follows: Arthur V., who married ^label Bair, and lives in Washington state, has four children, named Mildred, Forrest, Louis and Kenneth ; John, who married Ida Clary, and their children are Edith C. ; Helen Feme; Joel H. ; and Cecil Harold; J. Carey, at home; Maude INL, deceased; Rosa Madge, who married Roy Higgins, and has children, Wayne, Wilma and Violet ; Emma D., who resides at home; Harvey E., at home ; and F. Ray at home. The family worship in the Church of God. Mr. Hull in polities is a Prohibitionist and a strong advocate of temperance.

Bert Mann. One of the young men of progressive enterprise whose energies are contributed to the w^elfare of the community as well as to the accumulation of a goodly share of material prosperity for themselves, is Bert Mann, of Boone to^^-nship. Mr. Mann is owner and occupies a fine place of one hundred and forty acres, located about 61/0 miles west of Summitville. There he carries on the solid industry which in Indiana brings good crops, and a satisfying degree of prosperity, and is not only providing well for his family, but is regarded as one of the men of influence in his community.

Bert ]Mann was born in Howard county, Indiana, January 17, 1877, a son of George and Ellen (Traitor) Mann. The father died when Bert was a child, and there were three children in the fairiily, the sister being Lilly Runyon. Tony died aged two years. Bert ]Mann as a boy attended school in his native county, and w^hen he had completed the course of study in the common schools, took up active work on the home farm. When he was twenty years old he had the courage to marry ilie girl of his choice, who was Miss Dora Bell Youug, daughter of Ellison and Laura Young. To their marriage have come four children, whose names are: Myrtle N., Trtssie E., Georgia E., and Zelpha. By their united efforts Mr. and Mrs. :\Ianu have been steadily prospering in the past fifteen years, and now have much to show for their efforls. Mr. Manu was formerly connected with the Gospel Workers Church, and he and his family now attend the Friends church. In politics he is a place amongst the successful and honorable men, who become the backbone of literature, commercialism, mechanics and agriculture, the latter the basis of the nation's prosperity, and to such a class of young Amei-icans belongs ^Ir. ^lann of this brief review.

He., aided by his estimable wife, has one of the Valuable farms in Boone township, Madisuji county, and they have acquired this competency by their united efforts and they merit the respect and esleeui of all their many friends in ^tladison county.

Richard H. Brunt. A life long resident of Madison county, Richard II. Brunt has in later years somewhat retired from the strenuous activities which brought him a largu degree of material prosperity, but stiH lives upon and enjoys his fino country estate iu Boone to\s^n£.hip. This farm consists of two hundred and forty acres of riue land, which is situated about five and a half miles from Suramitville, on vdiat is known as the Brunt gravel road, along the rural free delivery route No. 24 out of Summitvi'ile.

Richard H. Brunt v/as born in Boone tovrnship of Madison county about three miles west of Summitville, on the ilfth of October, 1S56. His parents were Thomas and Sarah Ann (Lee) Brunt, both of whom came from North Carclina. The mother was related to tlie same family which produced so many eminent men of tiie south. Thomas Brunt was a young man when he moved from North Carolina, and setcled in Madison county, about 1S33. The land on which he settled he attained from the government, and his patent was signed by Fresident Andrevr Jackson. As a pioneer he contributed his labors to the improvement and clearing of the land, and was a man of sturdy habits and wholesome influence in his community. In business he prosr>ered, and before his death had become one of the large land owners of Madison county. The ten children in his family were as follows: "William D.; James A. J.; Elizabeth Noble; Nnthan, Mrs. Lydia Swindle and Mrs. Sarah F. Black, deceased; John R. ; Samuel F., deceased; Mary F. Hudson, deceased: ami Richard H. Brunt.

Richard H. Brunt grew up in Boone township, and as soon as he had reached the proper age he became a pupil in the schoolhouse near the 3ld farm. He finished his education at Osceola, Indiana. Fariuing and stock raising has been the calling whichhe has pursued v.dth much diligence and success, and from boyhood to the present time has been familiar with all the details and processes of country life. During his earlier years he was associated vnth his brother in the managvm.p?;t oP the home farm. He got his start by renting a piece of land from his father, and gradually got ahead in the world and became independent.

and is buried in the xVlexander cemetery. The four children of their union are: Samuel E. j John C; Oscar H., who married Miss Blanch McDermitt, deceased; and A. J. Brunt, Jr., who married Zola Neal and has one child, Hazel Alice. The second marriage of Mr. Brunt united him with Miss Carrie J. Thomas. Their two children are Loessie Hazel, who wedded Wilbur E. Runyan, and Forrest Lee. Mrs. Brunt died August S, lf>12, and was l.iid to rest in the Alexander cemetery.

Mr. Brunt is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Sweetzers Lodge No. 475 ; with the Improved Order of Red Men, Neoskaleta Tribe No. 141); the Knights of Pythias, Gas Beit Lodge No. 3G1; and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Alexander, No. 274. The family have membership in the Christian church and all the male members of the Brunt household are Democrats. Mr. Brunt has a very attractive and comfortable home with excellent out-buildings and all the equipment necessary for the conduct of a twentieth century farm. The estate of Mr. Brunt is knowii as "'The Cherry Grove Stock Fariu. "

Joel M. JonEvS. In Boone township, located on the rural delivery route No. 22 out of Alexandria, jNIr. Jones is one of the prosperous young farmers, and is engaged in the operation of one hundred and twenty-five acres in his home place and owns considerable other land in this township. He started out udthout nuicu capital, did hard work as his preparation for his successful cai-eer, and in later years has come into a plane of quiet prosperity and the esteem of his community.

Joel M. Jones was born March 8, 1872, in 2\ionroe township of Madison county. His parents were John H. and ^lary 31. (Vinson) Jones. The father was also born in ^lonroe township, and the Jones family has been identified with this county since pioneer times. The father was a farmer, o\nied considerable land, and grew up and was educated in jNIonroe township. He is now deceased and his body was laid to rest in Mt. Pisgah cemetery. There were otdy two children and the older, "WiUiam E., -died in young manhooa. The mother now m.akes her home in Alexandria.

Joel M. Jones as a boy attended the iMount Pisgah school, and v/hile going to school also worked at home, and acquired a thorough knowledge of all the activities of farming. His schooling was completed in Boone township. At the age of twenty-two ho had come into possession of a farm of his own, formerly owned by his grandfather, Joel Jones, who had come to jMadison county from North Carolina.

Mr. Jones was married February 3, 1893, to i\Iiss Anna Greenlee. They are the parents of four children : Henry, deceased ; M. Belie ; Altha; and Harry. The family attend church at the Christian denomination and fraternally Mr. Jones is affiliated with the Improved Order of Red Men, Tribe No. 149 ; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 475; and the Knights of Pythias, Gas Belt Lodge No. 361. He is a Democrat in politics. His progressive industry has wrought many improvements in his rural home, and he and his family have a comfortable home and one of the features about the place is the large new barn.

James JI. Parsons. In the life history of the late James ^l. Parsons, one of Elwood's honored residents and substantial business men, is found exemplification of the truth that success is the result of labor - - and untiring labor. Starting out in life with no advantages save those of an energetic nature, an inherent ability and a commendable determination to gain a position for himself in the world, he worked ceasclessly and persoveringly, and became known as one of those bclongiJjg to the class which can lay claim to the American title of self-made man. Mr. Parsons was born in Butler county, Ohio, July 26, 1832, a son of James and Sarah Ann (Ward) Parsons.

The paternal grandfather of Mr. Parsons, John Parsons, was probably a native of Maryland. He was a ship carpenter by trade, but when he went to Butler county, Ohio, as a pioneer of that section, turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, in which he was engaged during the remainder of his life. The name of his wife is not remembered, but it is known that he had two sons, James and William, and four daughters, among whom was Ann. On the maternal side, the grandfather of Mr. Parsons was Joseph Ward, a native of New Jersey, who spent his life in the East. He had childrcii as follovv-s: Calvin, Luther, Amos, Jonathan, Sarah Ann, Phoebe and Malinda.

James Parsons, father of James ^I. Parsons, was born in Maryland, and there reared to manhood. As a youth he learned the trade of shoemaker, and for three years was a sailor, but eventually accompanied his father to Butler county, Ohio, and settled near the city of Oxford. There he engaged in farming until coming to [Madison county, Indiaiia, in 1835, and here he spent the remainder oi his life, passing away in 1883, when about eighty-three years old, while his wife died in 1S60, aged sixty-five years, and was buried at Comersville. They were Ivletliodists in. their religious belief. Zslr. and Mrs. Parsons had a family of seven children, as follows: Charlotte Ann, who married Stephen Bull and makes her home at xVrapahoe, Oklahoma; Jonathan W., who is deceased: Martha, also deceased, who v/as the wife of J. C. King, and later of Joan L. Milner ; James 'M., of this review ; John Vresiey, who met his death in the battle of Z^Iurfreesboro, during the Civil war; George W., living at Eigdon, Indiana; and Frances Marion, v»'ho died when six years of age.

James ]\I. Parsons was about two years of age when brought to Indiana by his parents, the family settling in Decatur county, where he resided until he was twelve years of age, there attending the public schools. They next located on a farm in Fayette county, and there he made his home until ilay 3, 1853, when he joined the old circtis company of Spalding & Rogers, with v/hich he traveled all over the United States during the next five years, starting as property boy and later becoming a performer. At the end of that time he had accumulated a fund of experience that decided him against circus life, this experience including being bitten on the head by an enraged lion. Accordingly he returned to his home and adopted the vocation of shoemaking, a calling which he followed for the greater part of his life. Mr. Parsons came to Elwood in 1860, and here followed his trade until 1885, at which time he was appointed postmaster, and after the expiration of his four-year term was made deputy sheriff for two years and city marshal for four years. After leaving the latter office he was engaged in shoemaking, and at the time of his death had a modern establishment in the Adams Block, No. 1515 [Main street, and was enjoying an excellent trade. He was ever honorable in his methods and painstakin.g in his work, and his reputation was that of a thoroughly reliable man of business, and one who was to be trusted to live up to his obligations. During his long residence^ here he formed a -udde acquaintance, and in this he numbered scores of personal friends. The pleasant home is situated at No. 1353 South B. street.

On April 14, 1860, ^Ir. Parsons was married to Miss Caroline A. Shafer, daughter of James and Frances (Wardwell) Shafer, and to this union there were born children as follows: Ella, Jonathan C, Charles M., Frank, James Edward, Joseph, AYilliam E., Y.'ard, iMaude and Bessie. Of these, Pjlla lives in Indianapolis. She married Charles Mount, by whom she had two children, both now deceased, as is Mr. Mount. For her second husband she married AYilliam Clark. Jonathan C., now superintendent of police at Elwood, Indiana, was a painter and paper hanger in Elwood, where he married Lilly Long, and they have one daughter, Beulah. Charles ^M., who is his father's partner in the shoemaking business, married ^Nletta P. Riley. Frank is a clothing salesman of AValla Walla, Washington, and is the husband of Yessie ]\Iount, by whom he has two children - Elizabeth and, Frances. James Edward died when five and one-half years old. Joseph, a traveling salesman living in Tacoma, Washington, married Ida Cheever, and they have one daughter, Karline. William E., a tailor, who died in 1906, married Caroline Bentley, and they had four children, of whom two are now living - Charline and Thomas. AYard. Maude and Bessie all died in infancy. The first wife of Mr. Parsons, who was born in Butler county, Ohio, died in 1878, aged thirty-four years, in the faith of the IlJethodist church. Her father passed away in Elwood about 1893, while her mother is still living, aged eighty-seven years.

On May 25, 1881, Mr. Parsons was married to Airs. Nellie Smith, who was born in Clernion.t county, Ohio, January 29, 1848, a daughter of George and Mary Yan Trump, natives of Oliio, w^ho died when Mrs. Parsons was still a child. They had seven children: John, George, Ann, Benjamin, Nellie, Alollie and Lula. Airs. Parsons married Irvin Smith, who is hom' deceased. By her marriage with Air. Parsons there have been four children: Raymond K., vrho is in the telephone and telegraph business at Phoenix, Arizona, married Alary Steele, and has one daughter, Rosaline; Chase J., a mail clei'k-in the Elwood postofiice, who married Hazel Creagmile, and has one' child, Alartha Nell ; Leo, who is proprietor of a cigar store, Elwood, married Gladys Yelvington ; and one child who died in infancy.

Airs. Parsons is a member of the Alethodist Church. Air. Parsons belonged to Quincy Lodge No. 200, I. 0. O. F., and to the Knights of Pythias. A Democrat in politics, he was stanch in his support of his party's candidates and policies, and served four years as a member of the city council and one term as a member of the board of township trustees. James AI. Parsons passed to his final reward Alay 19, 1913, aged eighty years, nine months, twenty-three days. He lies buried beside his children in Elwood cemetery.

Doctor Ball Davis, who resides on a fine farm in Stony Creek township is an honored pioneer of this locality, having, been identified with its interests for nearly sixty years. He has, therefore witnessed the many changes which have transformed it from a wild and uncultivated region into fine farms and comfortable homes, with here and there a thriving town in which the various industrial and commercial interests are represented. He is a Civil war veteran and belongs to that class of enterprising energetic men to vs'hom are due the progress and improvement of the Hoosier State, and his finely cultivated farm indicates in a measure the industrious and useful life he has led. Air. Davis was born on a farm three miles west of Connorsville, iu Favette county, Indiana, November 13, 1840, and is a son of Thomas J. and :\lariali (liallj Davis, the fonnev of Virginia and tlie latter of Ohio. ^Ir. Davis's parents came to Fayette county as young pcophj and wcrt; there married and in November, 1851, came to Madison county, here spending the remainder of their lives. Thomas J. Davis passed to his final reward November 5, 1855, while his v>'ido\v survived liim for many years, her demise occurring February 16, 1891. They were the parents of nine children, of whom seven are living at this time: William of Clarion, Grant county, Indiana; James H., who lives at Anderson; D. B.; Sarah, the wife of Guthrie Morris; Elizabeth, single, and residing at Anderson; Eachel A., of An.derson, the widow of Jolui F. Whitiiiger; and John E., also a resident of xVnderson.

D. B. Davis accompanied his parents to ^[adison county in 1851, and as his father died during the next year, when he was a lad^ of but tifteeu years, his early education was somewhat neglected. However, in later years, by study, observation and much reading, he has made up tVir his lack of early chances, and now has a better education than many who were granted much better opportunities. On settling on the new land, the family found it covered with a dense growth of timber, and it became the duty of the sons to clear, gTub and prepare the land for planting, and at this hard, manual labor, 31r. Davis spent his youth and young manhood. He was so engaged at the time of the outbreak of the v\-ar between the northern and southern States, and with a number of other patriotic you'ig men of his neighborhood he enlisted in September, 1861, in Company G, Forty-seventh Regiment, Indiaria Volunteer Difantry, which was assigr^ed to the Army of the Mississippi. Although his service covered more than four years, during which he participated in some of the most bitterly-contested battles of the war, including the siege of Vieksburg, ]Mf. Davis was never taken prisoner, wounded or sick hi tJie hospital, and when he received his honorable discharge, in November, 1865, he had a record for bravery, faithfulness and devotion to duty that was surpassed by no man of his command. The men. of his coaipany admired him for his bravery and his officers respected him for the -reason that he could be absolutely depended upon to perform whatever duty devolved upon him. It has been these characteristics, in large measure, which have made liim so successful in his subseouent career. His military career entitles him to membership in Major May Post No. 141, Grand Army of the Republic, with which he is now connected, and ill which he and his comrades are wont to discuss and live over the incidents and experiences of the days when secession reared its gorj- head and the youth of the land were called upon to save their country's honor. On October 6, 1867, Mr. Davis was married to ^liss Matilda E. Eads, who was born in ^Madison county, Indiana, September 12, 1848, and who died February 4, 1909. They became the parents of six children as follows: Brittle M., who became the wife of Josiah Moi-rison : Arthur C, who married Harriet Werts ; Joslin E., who is single, and is engaged as a bookkeeper in Dwiggins wire factory; Bessie, who is the wife of V\'ilson Ne^vton and resides with her father; Roscoe C. who married Julia linger; and Weaver B., who married Nancy ]\Iarice. Tlh^ menibers of this family are connected with the ^lethodist Episcopal ehurch. where they have beer, active in the work of the Epworth League and large contributors to its various movements. Mr. Davis always vras a Repubhcau until the campaign of 1912, at which time he transferred his allegiance to the new Progressive party. He has never been an office seeker, how-

Since returning from the army, Mr. Davis has been almost continuously engaged in agricultural pursuits, and his operations have been attended by the utmost measure of success. At one time he was the owner of 300 acres of land, but much of this has been distributed among his children, and he now has but 160 acres. He was also the builder of tlie Davis tile factory in Stony Creek township, and continued to conduct that business from 18S1: until 1904, when he disposed of his interests. At all times he has manifested a comuiendable desire to be of benefit to his township and his fello^v-citizens, and few men in the township have a wider circle of friends or stand higher in general public esteem.

John Georgk 1Iixi>lrkr. Since 1889 a resident of Anderson, ^fr. Hinderer has contributed in no small measure to the creative industry of this city. Though he has spent many years and is known to many local people chiefly as a market gardener, who supplies tables in hundreds of homes v/ith choicest of vegetables, he has a special genius in mechanics, is an inventor of no mean ability, has manufactured musical instruments in Aiulerson ajid elsewhere, and at his plant in che suburbs is now makiiig and distributing over a large territory some of the most practical devices used in poultry and general farming.

John George Hinderer is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Clarion county, xVpril 25, 1858. His father was G. Hinderer, a native of Germany. John Hinderer, a brother of G. Hinderer, came to America and settled at Troy, Ohio. He is deceased. Other relatives of these two brothers came to America, one named Chris, settling at Goshen, Indiana, while Robert settled in Lafayette, Indiana, and Gottlieb was in Kankakee, Illinois, and Frederick in Columbus, Ohio. G. Hinder-r was reared and educated in his native land, and while there served an apprenticeship in learning the trade of weaver. "When his apprenticeship was finished, he immigrated to America, settled in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, and for some time was employed there in an iron ore smelter. After that he bought a farm one mile southeast of Lickingville, and became identified with general farming. He also put in a loom and wove woolens and linen goods for the local trade. Combining those industries until 1870, he then sold his farm and moved to. Ohio, buying another farm at Troy, in I\liarai county. That was his home for five years, at the end of w^hich time he sold out and bought a place thi*ee miles north of Greenville, in Darke county, and continued as a substantial farmer until his death on September 3, 1891, at the age of sixty-six \-ears. The maiden name of his wife was ^lary Anna Emminger. She v,-as born in Pennsylvania, a daughter of John George and ^laria (Slater) Emminger, and a granddaughter of Chris Emminger, a native of Pennsylvania, but of German parentage. The wdfe of G. Hinderer died IMay 5, 1900, at the age of sixty-four. She reared ten children named as follows: John G., Herman B., Lizzie, Jennie, Daniel, ^Matilda, Jacob S., Henry, Christie, and ^.linnie.

John George Hinderer while a boy had the advantages of the rural schools of Washington townsliip in Clarion county. Pennsylvania. In 1867 he was enabled to go to Europe, where he entered the Eslingeu Univei-sity, at Eslingen, and took a course of three years in languages and other studies. At the end of that time he returned to Ameri:-a, and hav- ing a taste for nieelianical work of the finer sort he located at Brattleboro, Vermont, wliere he served an apprenticeship in the Jacob Estey Organ' factory. He was there five years, and became an expert workman, in organ manufacture. From there he went to Ohio, and for a tiuie was employed in farming with his father until his marriage. He began domestic life on a farm in Darke county, lived there two years, and selling out began the manufacture and trading in organs and pianos at Greenville, Ohio. That business he continued with fair success until 1899, and then moved to Anderson. On the upper floor of the Hancock and Ellison Building on Ninth Street, he established his organ factory, and contiiuied in the musical business until 1894. He put out a very high grade of organs, and gave an individual touch to instruments such as those made in the immense factory never received. In 189-1 ]\Ir. Hinderer rented a tract of land in the southeastern part of the city, and began truck farming. On that place he also set up a little shop and began making a rotary slavr and vegetable cutter, a machnie which was a great improvement over similar devices then in use. Fi^'e years later he v/as able to buy the tract of land which he had previously leased, and has since continued market gardening. In 1901 Mr. Hiiiderer began the manufacture of the incubator known as the Excellent Incubator, and since that time has made and distributed thousands of these articles. To breeders and raisers of poultry, the Excellent Incubator is known as one of the best of many on. the market. In 1912, ]\Ir. Hinderer has added to his local industry by establishing a mill for the grinding of corn and feed. His machinery is all operated by gasoline posver.

On January 19, 1881, ^Ir. Hinderer married ^Nlary Elizabeth Vornholt. She was born in New Bremen, Auglaize county, Ohio. Her fatlier. John Vornholt, v/as a native of Hesse Cassel, C4ermany, and a son of John Vornholt, who brouglit his family to America, coming in a sail vessel that was six weeks between Europe and America. Grandfather Vornholt was one of the pioneers of Auglaize county, Ohio, bought a tract of land in the woods, hev/ed a farm from the wilderness and made it his home until his death. John Vornholt, tiie father of I\Irs. Hinderer,. was six years old when the family migrated to America. He was reared in Auglaize county, amid pioneer surroundings, and after attaining manhood secured a tract of eighty acres, three miles from New Bremen. There he built a log house, and that was the liome to which he to<'k his bride, and where all his children were born. In the course ot years he improved an excellent farm, and continued to live there until his death in 1893.- He married Dorothy Bidemier. She was born in Amsterdam, Holland. Her father was a soldier in the Dutch army, and died while in service. After his death his widow and five children started for America, taking passage in a sail vt-ssel which had a long and tedious voyage of nine weeks. The little family settled in Auglaize county, Ohio. and the five Bidemier children were Ilettie, William. August. Carrie and Dorothy. The mother of Mrs. Hinderer died in 1903.

To the marriage of IMr. and ^Irs. Hinderer were born four children. named John G., Mary M., Lizzie D., and ]Martin L., and all are married. iVIary jM. is the wife of Robert Langley, and has one son Clinton. Liz/ie married Samuel Farmer, and their three children are Bonita, Evelyn, and Albert. Martin married Artie Greene, and has three eli^ildren named Jeanette, Paul, and Vivian. INFr. and ^Irs. Hinderer are of the Spiritualist faith, and worship in the Spiritualist church in And<^rsi>n. Mr. Hinderer has membership in the Knights of the Orient.

Cassius C. Jacobs was born on a farm in West Vincent township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, on September 1, 1845. At the age of five years he uioved with his parents and older sister to Madison county, Indiana. He is the son of Charles P. and Esther A. Jacobs. The former is a sou of Thomas and Sarah Jacobs.

Charles P. Jacobs was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, on October 6, 1816, and died on October 6, 1901. He married Esther Ann Fussell, daughter of AYilliam and Jane Foulk Fussell in Chester county on October 27, 18-42, and they came to Madison county, Indiana, on November 28, 1850, locating near Pendleton, Indiana; takiiig eight days to make the trip, first by stage over the Allegheny mountains, then by steam boat down the Ohio river, then by train to Indianapolis from there taking farm wagon' to Pendleton, Indiana, where they continued to reside through the remainder of their lives. They became the parents of two children: Elmira, born September 17, 1843, and who died on March 27, 18G5, unmarried; and Cassius C. Jacobs of this sketch.

Cassius C. Jacobs came to Madison county at an earl}' age and here has passed his life from an early period. He attended the public scbool lasting from two to three montlis in the year and working on the farm and in his teens was able to attend the Normal school at Lebanon, Ohio. He was twenty-eight years old when in 1873 he married Sarah A. Yernon and settled down to farm life. She is a daughter of Edord B. and Hannah (Rogers) Vernon, and she was born on January 23, 1850, and educated in the common, sdiools of Madison county, Indiana. Her father, Edward B. Vernon, was born in 1816, in Chester eoarity, Pennsylvania, and was married in 1843 in ^Madison county, having come here about 1837. He made this count}' his home until his death on October 7, 1912. He was the father of tv/elve children, five of whom are living at the present time.

As a member of the Republican party and an active worker in its ranks, Mr. Jacobs as in past years on many occasions has given valued service to the community in which he has lived. He was a mem.ber of the board of supervisors for six years and proved himself a most efficient member of that body. The one instance when ]\Ir. Jacobs was separated from the communal life of this tov;nship and from his farming activities was when he located in Anderson and New Castle, Indiana, and had charge of a general agency for the Singer Sewing Machine Com.pany. He eventually reverted to his farming interests, however, and has since been thus occupied in sawmilliug, buying and selling logs and lumber in connection with his farming, and he has enjoyed much success in the industries. IMr. Jacobs has seen many changes in the life of the township in the years of his association with the community, and of those who lived at Spring Valley and this part of Fall Creek w^hen he first came here, not one is living today in his. school district.

Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs have two sons, Arthur, bom IMarch 15, 1874, who was married to Anna Williams; they have two children, Eva M. and Edward W. Jacobs; and Charles Jacobs, born October 5, 1875. He married Fannie D. Budgurs, and they have two children, also: Audra M. and Horace Jacobs.

Rev. Robert Sellers, pastor of the East Main Street Chi-istiaa Church, at Elwood, Indiana^ was born near Franklin, Johnson couutv Indiana, February 10, 185/, and is a son of Nelson and Sarah t' (Pritchard) Sellers. His paternal gTandfather, Samuel Sellers was a soldier during the War of 1S12, and subsequently became a pioneer of Johnson county, Indiana, where he was for many years engaged in farming, and where liis death occurred in advanced years, buriaf beih<^ made near Nineveh. He and his v/ife were the parents of six children" Martin, Cynthia, Pollie, Sallie, Betsey and Nelson. On the maternal side, the grandparents of Rev. Sellers were Lewis and'Susan (Martin) Pritchard, natives of Kentucky, and early settlers and farmers of Johnson county, where both passt'd away. Their children were: Curti> James, John, Robert, Nancy, Sarah T. and Jane.

Nelson Sellers was born in Indiana, and was reared in Scott cotaity, but subseciuently went to Johnson county, where he secured a farm aiid spent the rest of his life in making a home for his farnily. a faithful member of the Christian Church, and a loyal and public-spirited citizen, he was widely known, and well merited the esteem in which h-- v.-as universally held. Born July 8, 1825, his death occurred Januarv 6, 1901, while his wife, also a native of Indiana, was born February lb\ 1830, and passed to her final rest November 1, 1905. They ^vere the parents of eight sons and three daughters, as follows: AVilliam T., a resident of Indianapolis; :\Iary Elizabeth,' who became the wife of II. A. Green, of Jacksonville, Florida; John, who is now deceased; Martin! residing at Franklin, Indiana; Rev. Robert, of this revieu-; Lewis X., living at Franklin ; Susan Jane, who became the v.'ife of S. H. Broughton! of Indianapolis; Rev. Elmer, who li^es in Loganspoit. inaiaaa: Emma! who is the wife of William Pangburn, of Franklin; Dr. Blaine H., a dentist of Indianapolis; and Dr. Samuel N., engaged in the practice' of dentistry at Clinton, Indiana.

Robert Sellers was reared on his father's farm in Jolmson e'.)uutv, and there received his early education in the district schools. Subsequently he attended Franklin College, and Butler College, at Irvingtou. Indiana, and graduated from the latter institution in 18SL Foilowin? this he read medicine for a short time, but iji 1885 began preaching, being first an Evangelist in Johnson county. Tipton became his fii5t pastorate, but two years later he returned to Johnson county, and from there went to South Bend, where he was pastor of the Christian Church for eight years. He subsequently spent two years at Ashtiibula, Ohio. and then returned to Irvington, where he became field secreta^-y for Butler College. Rev. Sellers' next charge was Greeneasle, Indiana, where he continued for three years, and in 100-i he came to Elwood, w^here he is now^ serving his ninth year as pastor of the East Main Street Christian Church, the congregation of which now numbers over a thousand souls. Rev. Sellers is still in the prime of life, is active and alert, and never tires of doing good for his beloved fiock. He ha5 endeared himself to all classes, regardless of denomination or nationality, and his influence, always for good, is found in every walk of city life.

On February 24, 1886, Rev. Sellers was married to :Miss Lauretta E. Morgan, who was born in John.son county, Indiana, daughter of Madison and ^Mary Ann (McCaslin) Morgan,"^ natives of the Hoosier

State who are both now deceased. Three children have been boru to Eev. and Mrs. Sellers: Paul 'M., of Elwood, who married Lola Euders, and has three children - Dorothy, Richard and Donald; Lucille, who married J. I. Spingler, and lives in Frajiklin, and Robert, who is a student in the Elwood High School.

Purl Dean. In the personnel of the live business men of the thriving town of Summitville, Indiana, Mr. Dean, of the weU kno\vn firm of Dean & TouJison, stands for progress, aggressiveness and honesty in the execution of his business interests. He is known in Madison county as possessed of rare business acumen, which is a requisit^e that is a direct aid in tlie advancement of any village, town or city.

Mr. Dean is a native of Madison county, Indiana, and was born March 29, 1873, the only child born to his parents, Calvin and Dee (Reed) Dean, both residents of Grant county, Indiana. The father is a native of the Blue Grass state of Kentucky, and his life has been spent as an agriculturist, althor.gh much of his time has been devoted to the work of an auctioneer.

Mr. Dean of this review has been reared in Madison and Grant counties and received a good practical education in the public schools, and the town schools. ]\Iost of his boyhood days were spent on one of the pretty Indiana farms of North Central Indiana, and he well knows the value of that training which the farmer lad receives, if he wishes to luy the proper foundation stones of life. In business he has been eminently successful. As an agriculturist he has met with success, and in the buying and selling of horses he ranks with any buyer in Madison county. Besides this he has followed in the footsteps of his father as an auctioneer, and his services' are constantly in demand. He has a splendid farm in Van Buren township, containing excellent improvements, and for some years has been a member of the firm of Dean & Tomlison, of Summitville, dealers in all the best makes of buggies, wagons, plows and harness. In 1913 the firm erected .one of the best business houses in Summitville for the display of their goods, containing light work rooms and offices, and the building is the pride of the town of Summitville. ^Ir. Dean is an affable, genial, cordial gentleman, and by his cordifility of manner wins many customers. He is always ready to greet the stranger with a word of cheer and good will, which is not thrown away.

He wedded Miss Maude North, September 19, 1881, a most estimable lady, and to this union there has been boru one son, Rail, now a student in the graded schools of Summitville. Fraternally Mr. Dean is an honored member of the Modern Woodmen of America ; the Improved Order of Red Men, Neoskaleta Tribe, No. 149 ; the Orioles, Nest No. 8, and the Order of the Eagles, Eyrie No. 1755. Mr. Dean and his family are in sympathy with the teachings and doctrines of the United Brethren church, and politically he is a Democrat. They are citizens who are highly esteemed in the business and social circles of Summitville.

William E. TiiOjIPSON. Since the pionee days of ^ladison county this section of Indiana has known and has been influenced by four generations of the Thompson family, and representatives of three generations are now living and are active workers in the business enterprises of Anderson. The four generations of the family have alike been distinguished for exceptional business talent, enterprise and large public

? spirit, and as individuals they have contributed many important services to the life and activities of the county. William E. Thompson & Son are prondnent in Anderson as contractors and builders,, and many of the fine business structures and other works are credited to their industry and skill.

William E. Thompson, the head of the firm of W^illiam E. Thompson & Son, of Anderson, was born in ^ladison county, in the viilagt; knovrh as Prosperity, five miles north of Anderson, ]March 19, 1S5S. His father, James A. Thompson, was born October 12, 1834, at ^liltou, Wayne county, Indiana. The grandfather was the Rev. William A. Thompson, one of the remarkable characters in the early history of Indiana. His regular occupation was farming, but for many years he was devoted to the ministry of the Baptist church, one of the old-time preachers who performed his work without salary, ministering for the good of the souls and tlie welfare of his community.

An interesting sketch of Rev. William A. Thompson, the pioneer mijiister, is found in a work previously published of the history of Madison couuty, and for its intrinsic value it is reproduced almost verbatim in this sketch. "AYilliam A. Thomi>sou was born in the state of Virginia, October 12, ISOo. He was married on September 26, 1819, to Mary E. Berger, by which union a fauiily of thirteen children were born, eight sons and five daughters, of whom eleven grew to be men and women and eight were living in 1874. He removed from the state of Virginia to Henry county, Indiana, in the spring of 1832, and lived there until the spring of 1839. He then moved to Madison county, which continued to be his home until 186G. He then went to Sullivan county, on the western border of Indiana, and spent his final years in that vicinity. His early 1.-ade was that of shoemaking, but when he came to Madison county he abandoned that vocation and chose farming as his occupation, a vocation more cong-nial to him and one in which he prospered. In 1828 he joined the :\Ierhodist Episcopal church, and eontiimed a member until 1830. He then allied himself with the oldschool Baptist denomination. On the first Saturday in August, 3830, he preached his first sermon, and continued to preach without intermission until the end of his life. He seldom passed a Saturday or Sunday without delivering a religious discourse. He was always remarkable for his good health an.d fine physical constitution, and, above all. for his good temper. During his long life he was scarcely ever knOAvn to be angiy, especially -with any member of his family. He stood five feet, eight inches high, was heavy set and had a full, ruddy complexion, blue eyes, black hair. He was a very fluent speaker, and his eloquence was forceful and impressive, as well as fluent. In politics he was a Democrat. His wife died on ^lay ^3, 1864, and he later married Mrs. Sarah Richards, widow of John Richards, who had been a Baptist minister in Grant county, Indiana. Rev. Thompson was elected a member of the Indiana legislature in 1856, and in that capacity served^ one term with great honor to himself and the people. He was one of the committee who voted against the state paying the Wabash & Erie craial bonds. In 1865 he was elected a county commissioner for IMadisoa county, and during his one term in that office v^-as mainly instnimentain having Madison county issue bonds to pay bounties to the sold'ers who had volunteered for th-r cause of ihe Union."

as a contractor and builder. He lias contributed a brief and somewhat original sketch of himself, which is here reproduced: "I came to ]\radison county in the spring of 1839, and have lived in the county ever since (written in 1913). "Was married February 12, 1S57, in this county. I am a house carpenter and have worked at the trade for fifty-three years. I joined the 2lIasonic order November 22, 1860, and have been an active v/orker ever since. The niglit has never been too hot, too wet or cold for me to attend a Masonic Lodge, and in late years vvhen the family have prevailed on me to remain at home and not expose myself to the cold and disagreeable weather, I have always answered them that 'No man ever sutfei-ed by attending the Masonic Lodge.' I am a Thirty-second degree member at ludiaiuipolis. I belong to no church but attend the service of all denominations. - James A. Thompson." He married ]\Iiss Tabitha Mustard, a first cousin of Daniel jMustard, a banker of Anderson. She ^vas born in Madison county, August 30, 1838, and her father. Enos Mustard, was formerly from Ohio.

"William E. Thompson, a son of James A. Thompson and wife, accpired his early education in the public schools at Anderson, and after leaving the high school he wejit to Ottawa, Illinois, where he was eraployed as a clerk iji the retail shoe store of Phipps & Company. He was subsequently put in charge of a shoe store at Streator, Illinois, and from thei'e went to Chicago, where he spent a little more than a year as a clerk in a shoe store. "With that experience he returned to Anderson and followed the same line of work for four years. At the end of that time he went to work at the carpenter trade under his father's supervision, and worked with him in the contracting and building business for two years, at the end of which time he took up contracting on his owTi account. He was later again engaged vrith his fath.er for three years, and then joined P. P. ^fillspaugVi in the firm of Tliompson & ^lillspaugh, the partnership continuing for three years. During that time the firm built some of the large residences, school houses and churches in Anderson. They erected the city library building here and at Hartford City and Carthage, Indiana. After the dissolution of the above firm W^illiam E. Thompson continued alone until 1913, at which time his son was taken into partnership, and the firm is now known as "William E. Thompson & Son. During the busy season Mr. Thompson employs ciuite a force of men, and his services have been utilized in much of the building construction not only in the city and county but elsewhere in the state. His strict rules of business are well known, and he is a contractor whose undertakings are carried out uith most scrupulous pains and with the utmost reliability, both as to workmanship and as to time.

On the 18th of January, 1881, ]\Ir. Thompson was married to ]\ris3 Mary C. Latfan, of Chicago. She died in 1890, leaving the following children: Rome H., Fred E. and Joe F. For his second wife Mr. Thompson married ^Irs. Ida Beall McDowell, of Marion, a member of one of the old families of Grant county. Her father, George AV. Beall, is a well knov.-n citizen. Air. Thompson is prominent in AEasonry, having taken all the degrees in the York Rite, and his affiliations are with Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 77, A. F. & A. M. ; Anderson Chapter, No. 52, R. A. M. ; Anderson Commandery, No. 32, K. T.; and Murat Temple, N. M. S., at Indianapolis. He also has affiliations with the Benevolent

George T. Beebe. In the fall elections of 1912. when the voters of Madison county elected George T. Beebe to tlie office of county trea.surer, they voiced the expression of their confidence in his integrity, his ahsolute reliability and his ability to handle the affairs of one of Indiana's leading counties. It is generally found that the people of a community are not slow in recognizing true worth in an individual, and the man selected to handle the financial resources of a section is invariably one who has made a success in his private ati'airs. In the case of j\Ir. Beebe there has been no exception to this rule, for his career has been one of earnest effort, concluding in v/ell nientt-d success, a success all the more commendable in that it has been entirely self gained. r\lr. Beebe was born at Draw Bridge, Sussex cou!ity, Delaware. January 23, 1856. Plis father, John S. Beebe, was a native of Virginia and an early settler of Delaware, where for many years he v.'as a prosperous farmer. He married Miss Elizabeth Carey, a native of Delaware, and both are no\^- deceased. They became the parents of ei^jiit children, ail of whom lived to years of maturity.

George Thomas Beebe received his early education in the public schools of his native state, and in 1877 came to Madison county, Indiana, v/here for a time he was engaged in teaching school. Subsequently he became a student in a private preparatory school at Ehvood, and after leaving there taugiit in the Eiwood schools, but gave up his career as a teacher to become a telegraph operator in the emploj- of the Lake Erie & AVestern. Eailroad. Ke continued in that office and as agent for the road for one year, anu then became a bookkeeper for George Harting, of Eiwood, continuing with that gentleman for a short period. Coming then to Anderson, he vas eppointed deputy sheriti of Madison county, an ofnce in which ne continued to serve for two years. At th-iit time Mr. Beebe piu'chasiid his present abstract and title bu.siuess from E. E. Hendcoe and Albert Small, and has since maintained his oJiice in the Masonic Temple, where he has the most complete set of abstract books since the first settlement of JMadison county. For a time Mr. Beebe served in the capacity of president of the Citizens Gas Company. He has interested himself actively and intelligently in Vv'hatever lias affected his adopted city, and has steadily advanced to a place in public confidence. A Democrat in politics, in 1912 he was the candidate of his party for the office of county treasurer, to which he was elected, and from his past record there is no doubt that he will be able to satisfactorily discharge the duties of his high position when he takes the reins of office on January 1, 1914. With his family he is an attendar.: of the iMethodist Episcopal church, of which he has been a member and liberal supporter for the past thirty-five years. His popularit}- among all classes is general, and among the members of the Knights of Pythias in Andersou he has numerous warm friends.

In January, 1887, Mr. Beebe was married to ]\Iiss Florence Wright. born near Frankton, and to this ttnion there have been born two daugiiters. Helen E. and Rachel E. The elder daughter is a graduate of the Anderson high school and completed her education in the State University at Bloomington, Indiana. The younger dangliter is attending the Anderson high school. The pleasant family residence, at No. 830

Elijah Posey jMc^.Iaiian. JMonroe township in iladison county is noted for its finely improved and productive homesteads, and one of these is occupied by Elijah Posey McMahan, who has lived in this county all his life, and has acquired exceptional energy and good business ability through his farming operations, and is one of the most prosperous country residents of the county. He owns in his home place cue hundred and sixty acres and has eighty acres in Boone township. ]Mr. McMahan has served as county coriuuissionor of Madison county, and has for many years been an influential factor in his community.

Elijah Posey McMahan was born September 7, 1855, in Boone township of Madison county, a son of Jesse and Lilly (Williamson) ]Me- Mahan. The paternal grandparents came from North Carolina in the early days, and in their family was Jesse iMcIMahan, then a small boy. The latter was reared and spent all his active life in iMadiso)! county, and is well remembered among the old residents of this vicinity. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, namely: Elijali P.; Enoch AV. ; ^Irs. Louisa I\Ioore; James; Mrs. Martha Bear, who died leaving ten children; Carolina, deceased; and Sam'l who died in infancy.

^Ir. Elijah P. ^Ic^Iahan was born on the ^IclMahan farm. He grew up there, in the environments of I\Iadison county, during the decade of the v.-ar, and as a boy v/as educated first in the Brunt schools, and later at the Union school. Wlien twenty-one years of age he began his independent career as a renter, and subsequently bought his present farm. He has been successful from tlie start and has never lacked in means to provide for himself and fandly. Mv. ]Me]\[ahan married Sarah A. Montgomery daughter of Samuel and ^lary (Thurston) Montgomery. Their nine children are mentioned as follows: Orville, who married Sarah Kirkpatrick and has two cliildren, Wayne and Mildred; IMyrtle, who married Hayes Webster, and their children, are Cecil, Irene, Robert, Mabel and Jane; Lula, is the wife of J. C. Frazier, and their children are Lester, Jesse, Ruby, Victor, Opal, Fred and Grace; Emma, married James Crouse, and is the mother of Leo, William, Donald and Howard; Winnie, is the wife of Ran Allman; John, married i\Iiss Olive Gwinn and has a daugliter Isabelle; Grover is raanager of the home farm; and the tsvo youngest children were Marjorie, and Jessie, but the last named is now deceased.

As a farmer Mr. Mc]\Iahan raises a large quantity of stock and also maint-ains a dairy, selling a great deal of milk to the dealers. For three terms he was elected count}' commissioner and during that time was instrumental in forwarding many improvements for the county. Mr. McMahan is a member of the Methodist church and his wife worships ^^'ith the Baptist denomination.

WiLi.iAM L. Savage. The manager of a well-improved farm of 120 acres, lying in ilonroe township, William Savage is an able and worthy representative of the agricultural interests of ]\Iadison county, where he has spent his entire career. A member of the younger generation of farmers, he has the hard-headed practicality inherited from a long line of agricultural ancestors, with which he combines the enthusiasm of youth and the use of modem scientific methods and machinery. Mr. Savage was born on the old famil}' homestead in Pipe Creek town-

The Savage family is known as one of the old and honored ont.'S of Madisgn county, having been fomided here by the great-grandparents of Williani Savage, who came to Indiana from Vermont, tlie Green IMountain State, and here took up land from the government. Scipia Savage, the grandfather of AYilliam Savage, was born in the Green Mountain State, and was a child when brought to the newly opened section of Indiana. Here he married Nancy Beason, and settled down to agricultural pursuits, in which he was engaged during the remainder of his life. Columbus Savage was born in I'ipe Creek township, :\Iadison county, and followed in the foot-steps of his father and grandfather, adopting the tilling of the soil as a vocation. He has continued to follow this occupation throughout his career, and is now a well-known and substantial farmer of Boone tovrnship, where he owns a large tract of land. Columbus Savage was twice married, first to Miss Maggie Peck, and they ^vere the parents of two children. The daughter. Nor a - the eider, is deceased, and William L. is the subject of this review. The second marriage was with ]Miss Josina Benedict, and thore_ v/ere four children born of this union: Herman, Mary, Bernice, Veruice, but the youngest is deceased.

The early education of AYilliam Savage was secured in the public schools of Elwood, following which he became a pupil in the Duck Creek township schools, but subsequently returned to Elwood, v. here he completed his training. During this time he had been engaged ni assisting his father in the work of the home place, and received a thorough training in all matters of an agricultui-al nature. At the time ot his^marriagej he embarked upon a career of his own, locating on a property on Alexandria Rural Free Delivery Route No. 1, in Monroe township, and here he has continued to carry on general farming and stock raising operations with uniform success. He has kept fully abreast ot the various changes and advancements made in his vocation, and has never been backward in adopting measures which have shown themselves -to be of a beneficial nature. His intelligent management of his affairs has gained him prosperity, and a position of leadership among the younger farmers of his community.

On Februarv 15, 1913, Mr. Savage was united in marriage with Miss Blanche ^lerrill, daughter of High and ^lary Merrill. High :\Ierrill was a machinist of Dayton, Ohio, who subsequent!}- moved to Tr.)y Ohio, and thence to Hartford City, Indiana, where the last years of his life w^ere passed. He was the father of three children: Blanche, Bessie and one who is nov/ deceased.

Mr. Savage is a Republican in his political belief, buthis connection with matters of a public nature has been somewhat limited, as he iias been too busy with his agricultural operations to actively enter the political arena. However, good men and measures receive his hearty support, and he shows an active and intelligent interest in all that affects the welfare of his community. Fraternally, he is connected with the local lodge of the Improved Order of Red :\ren, m which he has many friends. With his wife, he attends the Christian ciiurch.

Weldon B. Gorden. Since 1894, Weldon B. Gorden has been a resident of section 3, ]\Ionroe township, where he is the owner of an excellent property of tw^o hundred acres, lying on the Gorden Grove road.

about five miles nortli of Alexandria. Daring this time he has been connected Avith various enterprises of an agricultural nature, and has fairly earned the leading position which he occupies among the farmers of his locality. ]Mr. Gorden was born half a mile east of Ids present farm, October IS, 1859, and is a son of James and Susan (LaRue) Gorden.

Anderson Gorden, the paternal grandfather of Weldon B. Gorden, was born in North Carolina, from whence he removed to Wayne county, thence came to Putnam county and subsequently came to ^ladison county, where he became the first settler in section 10, Moui'oe township. Settling in the woods, he took up laud from the government, cleared and developed a farm, and eventually became one of the substantial men of his community. James Gorden was also born in Wayne county and accompanied his parents to J.Iadison county, here assisting his father in clearing his land, and, like him, becoming well known as a farmer and public-spirited citizen. lie and his wife were the parents of nine children: ilary A., who is now ]Mrs. Leslie; liydia E., who is deceased; Norman: Louis; Plari-iet, who is now Mrs. Osborn; Albert and Columbus, who are deceased; AVcIdon; and Catherine, who is now Mrs. ^Forris.

Weldon B. Gorden attended the public schools of Monroe tovv'uship and Danville, and during the greater part of his boyhood and youth assisted his father in cultivating tlie homestead place. As a young man he went to Jefferson county, Nebraska, where he pursued a course of study in a German school for some tim.c, and there embarked in. business as the jjroprietor of a general store. In 1885 Mr. Gorden was engaged in a partnership in the conducting and editing of The Casey Banner, a weekly edition, of Casey, Illinois, and sold out in 1SS6 and went to Jetmore, Kansas, where he was engaged in the drug business, but in 1887, moved the stock of goods to Rocky Ford, Colorado. In 1894 he returned to ]Monroe tovrnsliip and resumed operations on the old home place, on which he has resided to the present time, his property being one of the best to be found in this section. The greater part of his attention has been devoted to general farming, but he has also met with success in stock raising ventures, and through honorable dealing has gained the reputation of being a man of the highest principles and strictest integrity. His connection vdth large enterprises has placed him upon a substantial footing in the commercial world, he having the distinction of being (as far as is knoAvn) the only man in Indiana v\dio has ever purchased an entire town. During the survey of the Cleveland & St. Louis Railroad, there sprang into being the town of Osceola, which grew rapidly as prosperity was promised by the advent of the railroad, until five hundred people were living at that point. Substantial buildings and residences were erected, and a postoffice located, this later being known by several other names, one of which was ^Mercury. The town was not considered of enough importance by the railroad, however, land values decreased, and the population dimini.shed as rapidly as it had grown. Mr. Gorden, realizing his opportunity for an advantageous transaction, succeeded in buying the entire town. He converted the land into valuable farming property, while the lumber of the structures here has been sold in small lots from time to time, and he is still the owner of a number of houses, which he is disposing of to neighboring farmers to be used as outbuildings.

there have been born two sous: Irl AV. and Kenneth P. Politically Mr. Gorden is a Eepublican and has always supported the policies of the party. Fraternally he is a member of the Linton Lodge of the K. of P., No. 146, located at Steele City, Nebraska.

Paul Armstrong, ]M. D. Among the members of the medical profession in i\Iadison county who have won merited distinction in their calling, Dr. Paul Armstrong, of Oilman, holds a prominent position. During his career he has been engaged in varied occupations in different parts of this and other countries, being known in Chicago, in California and in the gold fields of Alaska, and since his advent in Gilmau has identified himself actively with the various interests of this prosperous and g^*owing community. Dr. Armstrong was born in 1876, in Butler county, Ohio, and is a son of Dr. Alioiizo and Sarah (Anderson) Armstrong.

Dr. Alonzo Armstrong was boin in Indiana, and for forty years was engaged in the practice of medicine, until failing health caused his removal to California. Subsequently he came to Kewanna, Fulton county, Indiana, and here the remainder of his active career was passed. He and his wife were the parents of two cliildren : Mv.x, a graduate of the graded and high schools, Avho also took a course in the University of Chicago, and is now a practicing chemist of Gary, Indiana ; and Paul. Dr. Armstrong first attended the public schools of his native state, following which he v/as engaged as an office boy with a large New York concern for three years, and at the end of that period accompanied his parents to California, where he compleTed his common school education. Returning to the middle West, he located in Chicago, v.here for three years he was engaged in the bicycle business, and then again went TO California. During the geld rush that accompanied the discovery of that metal in Alaska, he became one of the courageous adventurers who fought tiieir way over obstacles in search of fortune, aud after one year returned to this country, having succeeded in accumulating the means with which to pursue his medical studies. He had no doubt inherited his inclination for this profession from liis father, and from boyhood it had been his ambition to become a piiysieian, but circumstances had been such that he was unable to realize his desire. After one year spent in the Louisville (_ Kentucky) ^Medical College, he became a student at Barnes Medical College. St. Louis. ^Missouri, and was graduated with his degree from that institution with the class of 1904. Following this, for a short period he was engaged in practi'-e with his father at Kewanna, Indiana, and then came to Oilman, which place has since been the scene of his professional labors. He has been successful in building up a large and lucrative practice, his inherent skill, close application and sympathetic nature having dra^vn to him a representative professional busine-;s from all over this section. A careful student, he has kept abreast of the advancements of his honored calling b}^ subscription to the leading medical journals of the day, by membership iri the various organizations of his vocation, and by exterisive personal research.

In 1903 occurred the marriage of Dr. Paul Armstrong and iliss Nettie Comer, the latter a native of Jasper county. Indiana. One child has been born to this union: John R., a bright and interesting lad nov.' in his school period. Doctor and ^Irs. Armstrong are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically he is a progressive, but his connection with matters of a public nature has been confined to supporting those men and measures that he has believed have stood for the best interests of his community.

Willia:\i Fountain. In a history of the prominent and influential citizens of Madison county, William Fountain is eminently deserving- of extended mention, for his well spent life, his agricultural ability, his loyalty to public duty and his fidelity in private life have all gained him a place among the leading residents of the community. Although he has passed the seventy-fifth milestone in life's journey, an age when most men would consider it their privilege to retire from activities, he still continues to discharge the daily routine of duties and to show a commendable interest in all that affects liis towiisliip or its people. Mr. F'ountain was born March 3, 1838, near old jMoss Island, just vv'est of Anderson, Indiana, and is a son of George E. and Mary (Dodcls) Fountain. His parents, natives of Queen Anne county, ^laryland, came to Madison county and entered land in 1835, and here spent the remainder of their lives in making a home. They were the parents of eight children : Hester, Elizabeth and Edvrard, who are deceased; AVilliam; James; Washington and ^latthew, vvho are deceased; and John, who was a Union Soldier in an Indiana volunteer infantry regiment and lost his life at Vicksburg during the Civil war.

William Fountain acquired his educational training in the schools of Anderson, dividing his boyhood between the school room and the home farm. He continued to assist his father until he attained his majority, at which time he embarked upon a career of his own, and in 1875 bought 140 acres of land in Andersoji tov/nship, to \v'hich he has since added, now being the owner of 16-1 acres. He has made this one of the most valuable farms in the township, has erected substantial buildings, and is justly considered one of the representative men of his community.

On October 3, 1862, ]Mr. Fountain was married to ]\liss Su.san Thompson, daughter of Lorenzo Thompson, and she died December 19, 1886, and was laid to rest at the Mooresville Cemetery. Five children were born to this union, as follows: Alonzo, educated in the old Pence schoolhouse, and formerly engaged in farming, but for the past twenty years engaged in bridge contracting, lives in Petersburg, III. ; Florence, who married Ira Ball, a Nebraska farmer, and has three children - Ora, Lottie and Fairy; Sylvia, deceased, who was the wife of ]\[ellin Harrison, and had one child; Lutha, who married Fred Noble and has one child, Nancy V. ; Omie, who became the wife of Dolph Fuller, and has three children - Laura, Helena and Gordon ; Walter, who was educated in Anderson township, and here married ^March 20, 1901, Nancy Odessie Noble, daughter of Andrew J. and Adeline (Nelise) Noble, and has three children - Leslie, Ethel and Effie.

With his family, Mr. Fountain attends the Christian church, in the work of which he has ever taken a prominent part. A life-long Democrat, he has served as supervisor of his township, and continues to manifest an interest in the success of his party. His life has been a long and useful one, and no citizen of his township stands higher in public esteem and confidence.

RuFUS Albert Hoovek, ]M. D. A rising young physician of Madison county, Rufus Albert Hoovlu-, M. D., is busily engaged in the practice of his profession in Orestes, where he is also 'serving most accept- ably as principal of the public school. He was born in North Carolina, but was brought up in Indiana, coming with his parents, to this state when he was a small child.

The Doctor's father, Thomas Hoover, was born, reared and married in .North Carolina. Coming with his fauiily to Indiana, he settled in Hamilton county, where he spent his closing years of life, pass ing away in June, 190-1. His wife, whose maiden name was Catherine Briles, died several years before he did, her death occurring in 1871. They were the parents of six ehildrt- n, namely : 2Irs. Nancy Bolander ^ Mrs. Eaehael Hoover; Andrew S. ; ^Irs. ^Margaret Halderman, who died December 15, 1901; Joseph L. ; and Rufus A., with whom this britT sketch is chiefly concerned.

After his graduation from the high school in Sheridan, Hamilton county, Rufus A. Hoover ta,ught school for awhile, and later continued his studies at the Indiana University, in Bloomington. Having then decided to enter the medical profession, he went to Chicago, where he took up the study of medicirje and surgery at the Loyola University, also known as Bennett's ^Medical College, and was there graduated v/ith the class of 1911. Dr. Hoover subsequently spent a year in a Chicago hospital, where he gained practical knowledge and experience in his profession. In 1912 he located in Orestes, where he has since been actively engaged in his chosen work, and has likewise had charge of the Orestes School. He has been successful from the start, and deserves great credit for the position he has won as a teacher, a physician, a man, and a citizen.

Dr. Hoover married July 14, 1911, Josephine Ramb't, a native ol; Lapel, Indiana, and they have one child, I" ranees. Politically the Doctor is a Democrat ; fraternally he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Sheridan, Indiana; and religiously he is a member of the ^Fethodist Episcopal church.

Robert W. Thukstox. One of Madison county's youngest .stockmen, Robert W. Thurston has gro\vn up in this county, and from his boyhood days was familiar with the town and the stock industry. He ^believes in farming as one of the greatest industries to which man can apply his energies, and his success is almost a ma.tter of course, since "^he was trained to the business in the same way that other young raen are trained to enter professions or commercial lines. ]\Ir. Thurston h;:s the management of his father's large farm of three hundred and sixty seven acres in ]\Ionroe towiiship.

Robert Thurston was born July 27, 1892, near Summitville, in Van Buren to\niship, a son of Joseph Elmer and Anna (Whitely) Thurston. Mr. J. E. Thurston, the father, is one of the best known citizens of Madison county, has lived here practically all his life, and has been a farmer, a road contractor and stock buyer. He and his wife are the parents of three children, namely: Robert, ^Marie and Walter.

Robert Thurston was born and reared in Madison county, attended the Summitville schools, and took a preparatory course in Alexandria, and tlien finished in the Fairmount Academy. On July 30, 1912,^ he married Miss Eva Davis. They have one child, Lois. ]\Ir. Thurston is a member of the Christian church and his wife belongs to the Quaker denomination. Her parents were Joseph and Ellen (Dougherty) Davis.

William H. Gossett. One of the best known dealers in live stock in Madison county is William II. Gossett, who has his hoine in Boone township, where he is the owner of a fine farm of one hundred and forty acres. He has spent practically all his career in ^ladisou county, has been known as a hard worker and good business man, and while accumulating a goodly share of material prosperity has likewise enjoyed and increased the esteem of the community for his excellent qualities of character and personalities.

William H. Gossett was born in 1853 in Highland count}', Ohio, a son of William E. and Hannah Gossett. His father was also born in Highland county, was educated in the commorx schools, v.'as a mechanic and carpenter, and in 185-1 established his home in Madison county, Indiana. In this county, he worked at his trade of carpenter for a number of years, and lived both in Anderson and Alexandria. In later years he moved out to ^lissouri. and died at Odessa, in that state. His \\-ife was born in West A'irginia. and her death occurred in Odessa, Missouri. Their ten children are mentioned as follows : William H. ; Eliza; David; Liddie ; Emma; Alice; Charles; Clarion; Oscar; Dora.

AVilliam PI. Gossett was about one year of age when the family came to Madison county, and he was therefore reared and trained for his life work in this county. As a boy he attended the Smith Chapel School in Boone township, and finished his education in Alexandria, in the meantime having gone to school for one term in the Anderson city schools. When a boy he took up under his father's direction work as painter and carpenter, and up to the time he was eighteen years old was working as a contracting painter. He soon afterwards gave up his trade and began raising stock of all kinds, a vocation wliich he has made the basis of his active career. He has ex'jeptioual ability in this Kne, and is regarded as one of the best judges of live stock in 2\Iadison county. He conducts his fine farm in Boone township for the purpose of raising feed and providing quarters for his stock.

In 1877 Mr. Gossett married Emma Jones, a daughter of Elliott J\I. Jones. Their three children are: Walter, who married Gay Pox; Harry, who married Delia Purdue, and their three children are Arthur, Donald and Fred; Blanch, who married Herman ^larkle, and has one child - Lola. ]\Ir. Gossett is affiliated with the Improved Order of Red Men and the family worship in the -Methodist church.

George W. Judd. Left an orphan at the age of fourteen years, the boyhood and youth of George W^. Judd, now a substantial farmer of Monroe township and the owner of 160 acres of land on the Ehvood and Alexandria road, about three miles west of Alexandria, were anything but periods of inactivity. From the beginning of his career he has known the necessity of hard, industrious toil, and although he is now in comfortable circumstances because of this persevering toil, he continues to be one of the active and energetic men of his locality, alert not only in his personal affairs but in those of his community as well. George W. Judd was born on a farm in Adams township. >\Iadison county, Indiana, ^larch LS, 1852, and is a son of James and Margaret (Young) Judd. His father was a native of North Carolin.a and came to Madison county as a young man, locating first in Adams tov/uship, where he o^\Tied a propei-ty. Here he continued to till the soil during the remainder of his career, and passed away when still in the prime of life. He married ]Margaret Young and they became the par- ents of two children : Enuna, wlio became the wife of Williuiu G. Fesler, of Monroe township and she is now deceased; and George W. The Young family originated in Scotland, and was founded in Madison county by the father of Mrs. Judd, who located first in Ohio, later removed to Fayette county, Indiana, and came from there to Madison county, locating on a Monroe township property, where he died. ^Ir. Young married Jane ]\IeLueas, and they became the parents of ten children, as follows: Malinda, Nancy, Mary, one who is deceased, Robert, John, George, William, Leroy and Margaret. .

George AV. Judd was three years of age when brought to ]Monroe township, and here received his education in the Orestes and Davis schools. He vras fourteen years of age when his motlier died, and at that time he went to live at the home of an uncle, on whose farm he worked until becoming of age. He then engaged in farming with an uncle renting a small property imtil he had saved the means to purchase a forty-acre tract of land in Boone township, but two years later disposed of his interests there and returned to ^louroe township, where he located On his present farm, formerh' a part of the Nathan Lowry property. Here from time to time he has made valuable and substantial improvements to his land, machinery and buildings, and his residence is a fine and modern one, having been erected but a few years ago. The excellent condition of his land testifies eloquently to his ability as an agriculturist, and he has met success also in his stock raisljig ventures, his cattle commanding good prices. As a business man he is known to be possessed of the strictest integrity, and his conneciio]) with various large transactions has given him a fii'uily-established reputation in the confidence of his fellow-citi/.ens.

On February 8, 1880, ^Ir. Judd vras married (first) to I\iiss Ella Black, who died February 10, 1SS2, and was buried in the Lily Creek cemetery. On July 9, 1892, occurred Mr. Judd's second nian-iage, when he was united with ]Miss Etta 31. ^Moyer. To this union tiiere have been born two children: Everett and Mary, both graduares of the Orestes High school and now living at liome. }.Ir. and Mrs. Judd are faithful members of the Disciples of Christ, and have been liberal in their support of movements inaugurated by the Christian church. 3Ir. Judd holds membership in the ]Madison Count}' Horse Thief Assoe^atioi:.

Homer E. Howard. A substantial and prosperous citizen of ]Madison county, Homer E. Howard, now engaged in farming in Van Burcu township, was for many years identified with the mercantile interests of this part of the county, having been one of the leading druggists of Summitville. He was born September 16, 1872, in Ross count}', Ohio, which was likewise the birthplace of his father, Robert C. Howard.

At the age of twenty-five years Robert C. Howard migrated fro^n his Ohio home to Indiana, locating first in Delaware county, where for five years he was engaged in business as a general merchant. Coming to Madison county in 1879, he changed his occupation, and for several years was a large and successful stock buyer and lumber dealer. He now ov/ns one half of the farm on vrliich his son, Homer, is living, but has nothing to do with its management. He married while a resident. of Ohio PJrnestine Thomas and into the houseliold thus established tv,'0 children were born, namely : Homer E., the suljject of this sk^rch ; and Edward R., Avho married Nora DufT, and has two children, Dufi and Vaughn. ]\lr. Howard's mother, Mrs. Ernestine (Thoraas) PToward, died July 2, 1876, and the father wedded Miss Dora E. Padeii and to tliat marriage were born five children of whom three are living at present: Emmett L., a resident of Brownsvillu, Texas; Ralph P., residing in the same city; and Charles W., a resident of Los Angeles, California. .Airs. Howard, the mother of these children, died January 10, 1914, and we hei'ewith quote from a local publication concerning her life and noble deeds :

"A brief bit of history concerning the life of Sister Howard, quite inadequate, to be sure. Time and space will not permit but a few brief words but eternity will reveal it all, and in a more perfect way.

"The one thing we know - she has been a great sufferer, but bore it all patiently, and gave evidence, time after time, that her trust and confidence was in God.

"Dora E. Howard, daughter of Elijah and Catherine Paden, was born near Hillsborough, Illinois, Montgomery county, on the 8th day of February, 1851, and went home on the lOth day of January at 4:30 in the afternoon, 1914. She was married to Robert C. Ilov/ard at the age of 27, and came to Indiana, and has made this home since that time. To Brother and Sister Howard God gave five children, two Vv'ent home before their mother. Three sons and two step-sons are left to think of and grieve for mothor. She leaves one brother, v/ho lives at Hillsborough, Illinois, and a sister, Mrs. Alfred Su'indell, who lives at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, but is now here with her husband.

"Sister Howard was converted when a child and united with the Presbyterian church. After coming to Indiana she united with the ]^.Iethodist Episcopal church, and was a cliarter member of the Walnut Street M. E. church, of Summitville. She was a faithful member and worker in the church fo]' many years, and until her health was so impaired that she could not. Her heart was in the work - she loved the church. To sum it all up: She has lived a life, her battles are fought, her victories are won, a character finished, a judgmeiit awarded, a conflict ended. She is gone. She has left a tender, kind-hearted, loving, sympathetic hus])and, one who did all a husband could do for a sick wife, and whose tender hands were administering to her when she slipped away. Her memoi-y will stay close, and her spirit will administer until we join her in the paradise of God."

Acquiring his elementary education in the Zion School, of Delaware county, Indiana, Homer E. Howard completed his studies at Summitville, Indiana. In 1895, in partnership with his brother, Edward R., Mr. Howard established himself in the drug business in Summitville, and continued it successfully for a period of sixteen years. While there he took an active interest in everything pertaining to the public welfare, and had the distinction of putting in the Summitville Electric Light and Water Works, and of installing the first telephone line in that place. About five years ago >\Ir. Howard assumed possession of the 185-acre farm owned by his father and himself, and has since carried on general farming in a most satisfactory manner.

On April 26, 1905, 'Sir. Howard was united in marriage with ]\Iary Paulin, daughter of Jesse J. and Frederica (lirunni) Paulin. Their union has been blessed by the birth of three children, namely: Paul E., Frederick B. and Robert, deceased. Politically ^Mr. Howard is a Democrat; fraternally he belonged to the Knights of Pythias, Gas Belt No. 361. His wife is a member of the ^Methodist Episcopal Church.

John C. Yule. A resident of Alexandria since 1899, when lie came to this city to enter the employ of the Alexandria Paper Company, John C. Yule has been closely identified with the business interests of this flourishing commercial center during the past fifteen years and has fairly won the right to be named among those who have aided in this locality's advancement. As sales manager for these mills, j\[r. Yule has greatly extended the scope of the company's business and as a citizen his adopted community has found in him one who has had its best interests at heart. He was bojni at Holland Landing, Province of Ontario, Canada, on ]May 4. 1872, and is a son of Andrew and Mary (Watson) Yule. Plis father, who still resides in Canada, is an employe of the English government and a well-known official of his community. Five children were borne to Andrew and ^lary (AVatson) Yule, namely: Watson, John C, Edwin Watson, E. P. and Walter S.