Montgomery County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1911 (part 13 of 14)

He is a son of "Boney" and Narcissus (McCoIlins) Rice. The father was bom in Fountain county, Indiana, and there he spent his life engaged in farming, staying close to his work and taking little part in public affairs, although he was a stanch Democrat. His death occurred on February 11, 1876. His wife was born in Kentucky, and her death occurred in Fountain county. They were good, honest people. They were the parents of fourteen children, seven of whom are still living.

Isaac Jiice was married on December 31, 1876, to Florence Parrent, who was born in Fountain county, this state, on January i, 1856. She is a daughter of William and Ellen (Stephens) Parrent, a highly respected family.

Mr. Rice has always engaged in fanning, and his efforts have been crowned with success. He has made a specialty of raising spotted Poland- China hogs, also draft road horses, also raised Barred Plymouth Rock chickens for over thirty years. He has had great success with his fine poul- try and live stock. He is the owner of one hundred and sixty acres, nearly all of which is under a fine state of cultivation or at least is tillable, with the possible exception of about twenty acres. His fields are fairly well tiled. He has a good home well furnished. He is still very actively engaged in general farming and stock raising and is regarded as one of the leading men. of these honored vocations in the Brown's Valley country.

Mr. Rice is a member of the Anti-Horse Thief Association. He belongs to the Baptist church, and politically he is a Democrat, and has always been loyal in his support of the same, although he has never been an aspirant for public honors.

In the list of Montgomery county's progressive men of affairs must consistently be included the name of Jacob Edward Lidikay, one of the leading business men and best known citizens of Ladoga. In his career there is much that is commendable, and his career forcibly illustrates what a life of energy can accomplish when plans are judiciously laid and actions are go\- erned by right motives. ^He is of that type of men who, when once convinced that they are right, no suggestion of personal profit or, policy can swerve them from the course they have decided upon. Starting at the bottom of tlie ladder of industrial success he has, unaided, carried forward to successful cotnpletion whate\er he has undertaken, and his business methods have ever been in strict conformity with the standard and approved ethics of commercial life. He has permitted no ol^stacles to thwart him, and has forged ahead to the coveted goal in the face of all adversity. His is the record of a well balanced mental and moral constitution, strongly influenced by those traits of character which are ever of especial value in a progressive state of society. He is a man of public spirit and has done much for the town of Ladoga and vicinity, and for this, and his industry and integrity he is held in high e.steem by all.

Mr. Lidikay was born in Jefferson county. Kentucky, about ten miles south of Louisville, on October i6, 1852, but Iiis life has practically all been spent in Montgomery county, Indiana, he having been brought the following fall after his birth to Scott township by his parents, Jacob and Catherine (Yenawine) Lidikay, who located in Scott township. His paternal grandfather was George Lidikav, who came from Tenessee to five miles west of

New Albany, Indiana, in an early day. The family is of German origin. It is said that the spelling of the name has been changed in translating it from the German language, and tradition has it that a town in the Fatherland was named in honor of the family.

Catherine Yenavvine, mentioned above, was a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Evinger) Yenawine, natives of Pennsylvania, and came to Jeffersontown, Jefferson county, Kentucky, with her parents.

When Jacob Lidikay came to Montgomery county in 1853 he purchased two hundred and twenty acres from Joshua Harrison, for which he paid thirty dollars per acre, which was considered a very high price in those days. There the family home w'as established, the farm continuing the property of Jacob Lidikay until 1878, when he sold it to the subject of this sketch. The former lived there until old age, then retired and lived in Ladoga with his son, Jacob E., until his death. His wife, Catherine, died soon afterward. The father of our subject was a straightforward, hard-working, honest German, modest and unassuming, who cared more for the humble duties of life than for the glittering prizes of the ambitious. His family consisted of eight children, six sons and two daughters, namely: John Leonard, who died in 1864; George Emmanuel lives in Wellsville, Kansas; Martha Jane is the wife of Daniel Scholl, of Kansas City; Sarah Elizabeth, widow of Elias Scholl (deceased), lives in Connersville, Indiana; Melanethon Yenawine also lives in Wellsville, Kansas; William Frederick died in 1867; Ezra Keller died in Kentucky in childhood; and Jacob E., our subject, who was the youngest of the family.

Jacob E Lidikay, the immediate subject of this article, grew to manhood on the home farm in Scott township, and there assisted with the general work when he became of proper age, and during the winter months he attended the neighboring schools. He took up farming for himself in his native township when young in years and followed this vocation, getting an excellent start in life, until he was forty years old, in his native township, then, in 1878, he purchased his father's farm and in 1881 bought four hundred acres two miles farther north, and continued to carry on general farming and stock raising pursuits on a very large scale, ranking with the foremost and progressive farmers in the county, until in 1892 he moved to Ladoga, giving up active work on the farm. Since then he has been engaged very extensively in business in Ladoga and has been regarded as one of the town's most industrious and iiiHuentiai men. He lias l)ecn cni;a.i,a'd in the electric light business, hardware, Ijankins.;, real estate and loans, making; a pronounced success of each in turn, l-'or several years he also carried on business in the manufacture uf carriages at Ladoga, and huilt up a large trade, there being a great demand tor his products owing to tlicir superior quality and honest workmanship. He lias accumulated a handsome competency through his indi\idual efforts, and has an attractive and commodious residence in Ladoga. This beautiful home was presided over with rare grace by a lady of refinement and genial attributes, she having been known in her. maidenhood as Elizabeth Goodbar, who was united in marriage to Mr. Lidikay in 1877. She was a daughter of Henry and Mary (Foster) Goodbar, and a sister of C. L. Goodbar. A complete sketch of Mrs. Lidikay's parents and ancestry is found on another page of this volume, hence will not be repeated here, other than to say that the Goodbars ha\e been well and favorably known in Montgomery county for many years.

Five children graced the union of Mr. and Mrs. Lidikay, namely: Lillus is the wife of John A. Harshbarger, and lives two miles east of Ladoga, and has two children, Albert Edward and Elizabeth; Bertha, wife of John Hendricks, lives on a farm near Jamestown, Indiana, and has one son, John Lidikay Hendricks; Ernest is traveling salesman for a wholesale dry goods house and makes his headquarters in St. Louis; Anna died in her si.xteenth year ; Catherine, the youngest child, is at home with her father in Ladoga.

Fraternally, Mr. Lidikay is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is also a Mason, in which order he has taken all of both York Rite and the Scottish Rite to the highest degrees, with the exception of the thirty-third degree, which is conferred only in rare cases. He is also a tnember of the Ancient Arabic Order of Xobles of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to th'e lodges, the Crawfordsville Commandery, the Indiana Consistory and Murat Temple, the latter at Indianapolis. He is one of the active, honored and \\ell known Masons of the state. Those who know him best say that he carries the sublime precepts of this time-honored order into his every-day life, for he is an obliging, lenient, genial, charitable and hospitable gentleman who is held in high regard by all with whom he has come into contact, and is eminently deserving of the same.

Among the enterprising citizens of Goal Creek town'sttp, Montgomery county, who are deserving of a place in the pages of "th'is biographical and historical record is Charles Kirkpatrick, of New Richinbn<I,' not because he has done big things, either in an industrial Or public wiy, but because he has done well in the humbler walks of life and has lived honorably, his neig-hbbrs finding no fault with him, and he has sought to do his full share in the progress of the community of his choice, while laboring for his own advancement. Such a course always marks the good citizen in any country.'

Mr. Kirkpatrick was born on May '20, 1863, at Sugar Grove, Tippecanoe county, Indiana, a son of Jacob and Mandy Ann (Shewe) Kirkpatrick. The fether of our subject was born on December 4, 1831, in Illinois. He was a man of courage and unusual hardihood. He made two trips to the far West across the plains in the gold fever days, making one trip around Cape Horn, South America. He is still living at an advanced age. The mother of bur subject was born at Sugar Grove, Indiana, and her death occurred in 1886. They both received such educational advantages as the early schools afforded. The father devoted the major part of his active life to farming, and he became prominent in politics, being an ardenf Republican, but since the campaign of 1912 he has been a Progressive.

Seven children were born to Jacob Kirkpatrick and wife,' all of whom are living, namely: Laura, who has remained unmarried; Charles, of this review; Susan married Dr. Paul Barcus, of Crawf ordsvllle ; Anna married Boyd A. McMillan, and they live on the old home place at Sugar Grove, Tippecanoe county; William married Attie J. Hubbard, and they live at New Richmond, Montgomery county, where he is cashier of the bank ; Edwin is also living in New Richmond ; Fanny, who married Charles' B. Shepherd, is living near New Richmond on a farm.

Charles Kirkpatrick grew to manhood on the home farm and there did his share of the work about the place when a boy. He attended the common schools in his neighborhood, later entering DePauw University a;t Greencastle, from which he was graduated with the class of 1886.

The next important step in the life of Mr. Kirkpatrick took place on November 22, 1893, when he was married to Jessie L. Washburn, who was born in Tippecanoe county. She is a daughter of George W. and Lbuise (Whetstone) Washburn.

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Kicliiiionil. lliis county, and purcliased an clcNator, w liicli hv ran inr three years, then sold it and went to Anderson, Indiana, where lie was ass<jciated with William Combeck, who at that time was lieutenant-8;()\ernor. Aimut a year later our sul)ject went into the contracting business, buildin.i;- streets and for two years was very successful, then returned to New Richmond, in September, 1895, he assisted in founding the present bank of New Richmond. This sound and conservative institution is known as the Commercial Exchange Bank. With George W. Washburn as a partner, these gentlemen forged ahead until they had built up one of the popular Ijanks of the county. It was first organized with a capital stock of ten thousand dollars. Our subject at that time was cashier and Mr. Washburn was president. Upon the death of the latter, Air. Kirkpatrick purchased the interest of his partner and organized a bank with a paid up capital of twenty-five thousand dollars under the same name of the new concern, Mr. Kirkpatrick became president, William, assuming the duties of cashier, and the wife of our subject, Mrs. J. L. Kirkpatrick, became assistant cashier. The bank continued under this arrangement with ever increasing success until 1912, when the capital stock was raised to forty thousand dollars, and the surplus was fixed at ten thousand dollars. The most approved and safest methods of banking are employed, and every device for the safety and convenience of depositors has been installed, and its prestige has constantly grown.

Since 1902 Mr. Kirkpatrick has been a potent figure in local politics. In that year he was elected as representative from this county to the legislature, where he made a most commendable record, eminently satisfactory both to his constituents and to all concerned. He has done much for the general progress of his section of the state.

While in college Mr. Kirkpatrick belonged to the Sigma Chi fraternity, and he was editor in chief of the college monthly, filling this position in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to tJie praise of his college friends and acf|uaintances. He was also prominent in oratorical affairs, and was appointed by the facult}' as one of the first speakers on commencement days.

Fraternally, Mr. Kirkpatrick is a Mason, holding membership in the New Richmond lodge. He also belongs to the Knights of Pythias here, he having assisted in organizing Jjotli these lodges. He belongs to the Country Club at Crawfordsxille. Politically, he is now a Progressi\-e, and in religious

Mr. Kirkpatrick owns a fine and modernly appointed home in New Richmond, and he owns large farming interests in Montgomery countv. Personally, he is a pleasant gentleman to know, genial, obliging and a man of unswerving integrity.

Oath Long

No pioneer who braved the v.ilds of Montgomeiy county three-quarters of a century ago is deserving of remembrance by his descendants and those who came after to share the fruits of the strenuous labors of these selfdenying and self-sacrificing men more than Oath Long, who, although long a sleeper in "death's garden where we all shall meet," yet has an influence for good and whose life of industry and honesty is worthy of imitation by the youth who would succeed at his chosen life task and at the same time do some good while passing" through this so-called "mundane sphere."

Mr. Long was born in Pennsylvania on Deceml^er 13, 1794, and was a son of Gideon and Elizabeth Long, both nati\es of England, and as all records were long ago lost no data can be had of them, except that they emigrated to America in colonial days and spent some time in Pennsylvania. later invading the wilderness of Lidiana and establishing the family home in Union township, Montgomeiy county, where they spent the rest of their lives and died here.

Oath Long grew^ to manhood in Pennsylvania, and when thirty-six years old, in the year 1830, he came to Montgomery county, Indiana, and here determined to cast his lot permanently, for although the country was wild, he had the sagacity to foresee for it a great future and he set to work with a will clearing and improving his one hundred and sixty acres of land which he entered from the government near Crawfordsville and eventuallv became one of the leading general farmers of Union township, his fine farm being located about three miles from the present county seat. His were the usual pioneer hardships, privations and experiences of the first settlers in a heavily wooded country where settlers were indeed iew, where there were no roads, bridges, stores and where everybody was poor. His death occurred on September 16, 1877.

He was twice married, first to Alartiia \'ail. in Buller CdUiity. Oliio, where he li\ed for some time after he left Pennsyh'ania. I>efore cuminj;- to Indiana, and in tiiat county siie died in early life, leaving two children. Louisa and Abram, both of whom iia\e long since passed away. On June 17, 1823, while still living in Ohio, he married Sarah Titus, who was a native of Virginia, born there on August 29, 1801. She was a daughter of Samuel and Polly Titus, who left Virginia for Ohio in an early day, later coming on to Montgomery county, Indiana, where they established their home and died here. The death of Air. Long's second wife occurred on January (>. 1879. Six children were born to tiiis last union, namely : Wilson, born April 24, 1824, married Sarah Ann Newhouse in 1848, and he died (jn September 14, 1889; his wife died JMay 16, 1907. Lydia, born January 24, 1825, married \\'. T. jNIcCoy in 1849, ^^'^^^ they are both deceased; Samuel T., born November 23, 1838, died December 8. 191 i : Huet. born November 25, 1832, is now living in Darlington, Montgomery county; William, born October 16, 1835, lives on a farm east of Crawfordsville ; Pjenjaniin lives in Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Thomas D. Nicholson

That Thomas B. Nicholson, tlie photographer of Crawfordsville. possesses the artistic temperament to a marked degree goes without sri\ing among those who are familiar with his fine work. He has imagination, a love of the beautiful in nature and a delicate and skillful touch. He is a man who has been taught by his worthy father, before him, to take infinite pains with his work and deal honestly and courteously with those with whom he comes into contact. He is therefore, one of the popular and honored citizens of Montgomery county and his work is to be seen all o\er this part of the state, his patrons coming, many of them, fn)m remote distances.

Mr. Nicholson was born in P>anklin, Indiana, February 12, 1866, and he is a son of John and Mary L. ( Davidson) Nicholson. The father was born in Jefferson county, Indiana, on a farm, July 12, 1825. For many years he was a resident of Franklin, this state, where he engaged in painting, in connection with cultivating fruit, and later he learned the art of daguerreotyping. In 1872 he removed to Kokomo, Indiana, and from there, in 1879, to Crawfordsville, where he opened an art gallery. .\s an artist and photographer John Nicholson was a great success and found nuicli pleasure in tiie

Study of theology, poetry and physiology, being a man of decided aesthetic qualities. His was a useful life, and he was beloved by all who knew him, was highly respected. His death occurred in 1893.

John Nicholson was a member of the Christian church. He married Mary L. Davidson, of Franklin, Indiana, in 1861. She is still living, making her home in New York City.

Thomas B. Nicholson was educated in the Crawfordsville high school, and then learned the art of photography under his father, and this he has continued to make his life work, maintaining his studio at the old stand, and he has been exceptionally successful. He has remained a close student of his profession and has kept well abreast of the times in all phases of the same, the art of photography having made as pronounced strides as any other branch of science. His work is regarded by experts as equal to any of the present day in this country.

Mr. Nicholson was married on April 5, 1893, to Anne Kenyon, a daughter of Wylie and Mary (O'Neal) Kenyon, an excellent family of Crawfordsville, where she grew to maturity and received her education.

William K. Martin

True biography has a more noble purpose than mere fulsome eulogy. The historic spirit,. faithful to the record; the discerning judgment, unmoved by prejudice and uncolored by enthusiasm, are as essential in giving the life of the individual as in writing the history of a people. Indeed, the ingenuousness of the former picture is even more vital, because the individual is the national unit, and if the unit be justly estimated the complex organism will become correspondingly intelligible. The world today is what the leading men of the past generations have made it, and this rule must ever hold good. From the past comes the legacy of the present. Art, science, statesmanship and government are accumulations. They constitute an inheritance upon which the present generation have entered, and the advantages secured from so vast a bequeathment depend entirely upon the fidelity with which is conducted the study of the lives of the principle actors who have transmitted the legacy. One , of the men of Montgomery county who is entitled to a biographical record in a work of the province assigned to the one in hand is William K. .Martin, one dt the best known and most progressive ol Craufordsville's business men, ha\in,n loni; de\oied his energies to \arious lines of important endea\()r which he has carried to successful .issue here.

Mr. Martin was born in this cit_\' and county on Auj^ust 7, iS(r;. lie is a son of \\ illiam and Elizabeth (Grimes) Martin. The father was born on May 10, 1838, in Union township, Montgomery county, just south of Crawfordsville four miles. He is now living in Crawfordsville. The mother of our subject was born in 1843 in Union township, this county, and she grew to womanhood here and was educated in the local schools. Her death occurred in 1904.

William 2\Iartin was a farmer in early life. lie organized the first dairy business in Crawfordsville, and in 1S73 he went into the ice business, in which he has continued ever since, the firm being known as the Crawfordsville Ice & Cold Storage Company, and is now incorporated. A \ery large busmess is carried on. which has gradually grown with advancing years under the able management and wise foresight of Mr. Martin.

To William Martin and wife three children were born, namely : .Matie, born in 1864, has remained single: Eva, born in 1866, married .\. K. l\e\- nolds, and they are living in Crawfordsville; and William K.. subject of this sketch, is the youngest.

William K. Martin recei\'ed a common and high school education, later attending Wabash College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1887. In January, 1895, he married Julia Bromley, who was born in this county in 1870, a daughter of W'illiam and Angeline (Crane) ISromlev, a well known and highly respected family of this locality. These parents were born in Ohio, from which state they came here in an early day and became very comfortably established through their industry, and here Mrs. Martin grew to womanhood and was educated in the common and high schools. The union of our subject and wife has been without issue.

Mr. Martin, after finishing school, went into tlie ice business with his father, in which he has remained to the present time. In 1904 he became connected with the Citizens National Bank of Crawfordsxille. was at first a director, then became vice-])resident in 190O, the duties of which position he is still discharging in a manner that reflects much credit upon his abilitv and honesty and to the satisfaction of patrons and .stockholders. He was one of the first trustees of the local electric light company when it went out of the hands of the city government and was placed in the hands of trustees, lie was trustee of this company for about four years, giving satisfaction to all concerned. In 1907 he purchased an interest in the Home Telephone Company. Mr. Martin was manager of this company for two years until the company was sold. In December, 1909, he was made general manager and director of the Crawfordsville Heating Company, and he has been secretary of the ice and cold storage company in which he and his father are interested since its incorporation in 1897. He is also connected with the Crawfordsville Trust Company, in which he is a stockholder. He was also for a time connected with the Ben-Hur Traction Company until it was sold in 1910. He has been very successfully in a financial way and is one of the substantial and influential business men of Crawfordsville, in which city he owns an attractive and modernly appointed home.

Mr. Martin is a member of the National District Heating Association, the Indiana Bankers Association, and the Indiana Ice Manufacturing Association, the Middle States Ice Manufacturing Association, and director in the Indiana Manufacturers and Shippers Association. Politically, he is a Republican. He is affiliated with the First Methodist Episcopal church. When in college he lielonged to the Sigma Chi fraternity. He is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, the Tribe of Ben-Hur, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Frank W. Harvey

Among the enterprising and progressive farmers of Wayne township, Montgomery county, is Frank W. Harvey, who has spent his life on the old home place and has kept it so well tilled that it has retained its original fertility and is one of the desirable farms in the western part of the county. He has not permitted anything to divert his attention from the care of the home place, taking a just pride in the same ever since he was a boy, and he has also striven to maintain the high standard of citizenship set by his worthy father before him, consequently he has ever enjoyed the good will of his neighbors and acquaintances.

Frank W. Harvey was born on the farm where he still resides, in Wayne township, Montgomery county, Indiana, January 19, 1872. He is a son of Joseph M. and Sarah (Dwiggins) Harvey, long a well known family of this locality.

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and for man}- years materially contributed to its growth and prosperity by his work as a practical farmer on section 22, Wayne township. He was born in Union county, Indiana, January 29. 1829, and was three years old when the family removed from there and settled near the town of Alamo, Montgomery county. His parents were Hudson and Sarah (Rinker) Harvey, the father also a native of Union county. Late in life they removed from the Hoosier state to Iowa, where they spent their last days, his death occurring in 1870, his widow surviving until 1876. They were the parents of four sons and one daughter, namely: Joseph M., father of our subject: Mary Ann, who was born in Union county in 1832, married John A. Fisher, of Iowa, by whom she had six children, and died in 1868: Martha Jane, born in this county in 1834, married Will Roe, of Iowa, and they l>ecame the parents of seven children: Lydia, born March 28, 1839, married Will Rayborn, of Iowa, and five children were born to them; George N.. who was born in 1836, was a soldier in the Civil war, serving in the Tenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and died while in the service in 1862, at Camp Davenport, leaving a wife (formerly Lucinda Roe) and three children, who grew up and continued to reside in Iowa.

Joseph M. Harvey's first independent work as a farmer when he l)egan life for himself was on a tract of wild land, partly prairie and partly timber, in Iowa, which he had taken up from the government. He resided on that some nine years, and then, returning to his native state and to Montgomery county, he bought the property on which his son, Frank W., of this sketch, still lives, and which was destined to be his home the remaining years of a busy and fruitful life. He engaged in mixed farming, raising considerable grain, and a good class of stock, with which his farm was well supplied. He left an estate of two hundred acres of valuable land in a good condition. He was a man of genuine worth, of inflexible honesty, and was revered and trusted by all with whom he associated, who deplored his loss when death removed him from their midst, on July 11, 1891. A Christian in every sense, he was deeply attached to the Christian church, of which he was a devoted member until he was called to his reward, and was an elder therein ten years, also an earnest teacher in the Sunday school. For many years a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Waynetown, his fellow associates conducted his funeral with all the ceremonies of the fraternity. Politically, he was allied with the Republicans, but was not an office seeker. While the War of the Rebellion was raging, however, he did noble service for his country for three years as a meml:)er of the Thirty-second Iowa Volunteer Infantry.

The wife wlio so ably assisted Joseph M. Harvey in his life work and to whom he was married in Iowa in 1853, bore the maiden name of Sarah Dwiggins, but she was known to her friends as "Sally." Their union was blessed with nine children, of whom we have the following record, seven of them still living: Mary E., hum in Iowa in 1853, was married in Indiana to Thomas D. Young, a carpenter, who established their home in East St. Louis; Sarah E., born in Iowa, October 17, 1856, married Alphonso Sumner, a barber of Waynetown, Indiana; Martha I., born in Iowa, November 28, 1858, married W. Zuck, of Waynetown; Albert H., born in Iowa in i860, died the following year; Houston L., born in Iowa in 1862, married Laura Small, and they began housekeeping on the paternal homestead ; Carrie, born in Montgomery county, Indiana, in 1866, married Charles Owen, of Waynetown; Carl B., born in 1868, married Lulu Small, also began housekeeping on the home farm; Maud, born in 1870, died in 1878; Frank W., subject of this sketch, was the }'oungest of the children. The above named children were well educated in the high school at Waynetown, from which Carrie and Burt were graduated in the year 1886, and, with the exception of Frank W. have all taught school. They ha\e nearly all -been teachers in the Sunday school connected with the Christian church, of which they are all active members, their mother ha\ing also belonged to that church. The father of these children was also a school teacher in his early life. The mother was born in June, 1833, and she was called to her eternal rest on April 29, 1897. She was a native of Indiana, where she grew to womanhood, and, like her husband, received a common school education.

Frank W. Harvey grew to manhood on the home farm and helped his father with the general work here, and in the winter months he attended the cofnmon schools in. his neighborhood. later the high scool at Waynetown. In March, 1893, he was united in marriage to Nellie Williamson, who also received a good common school education.

To our subject and wife five children have been born, namely: Maude Esther, born on December 26, 1893, is teaching school; Frank L., born September I, 1897, is attending school; Mary, born February 24, 1900, is also attending school; Doris, born August 11, 1903; and Alice May, born May 26, 1907.

Frank W. Harvey has always lived on the home farm, and has followed general farming and stock raising. He is the owner of eighty acres of well improved and valuable land, all tillalile. It lies well and no tile is, needed. Politically, he is a Republican, but is not active in public matters.

One of the most extensi\e fanner.s uf tlic southern part of M()iitj;;oinery count)', of a past generation was the late Henry H. Goodhar, a man who stood high in the estimation of those whose desire was the uplifting of the general civilization of the cunimunity. Xo move having tlie hetterment of his locality in view but found in Mr. (ioodbar a most ardent champion and contributor. His genial and gentlemanly bearing u]5on all occasions, that which made him so highly esteemed to all with whom he came into contact, became emphasized by the passing of years until no one in Scott township more fully exemplified the elements of the old-time country gentleman, whose courteous demeanor and genial presence added materially to the pleasure and comfort derived by the \isitor whenever he was a guest. It has been to such staid and substantial men, whose good common sense shaped the course of events, that tlie great prosperity of this section has been largely due. and our only regret is that more of the minute matters of the life of tlie sul)ject cannot be iiere more fully portrayed.

Mr. Goodbar was born on Octoljer 26, 181 5, near Mount Sterling, Kentucky. He was a son of John H. and Mary Goodbar, lx)th nati\es of \'irginia. where they spent their earlier years, and from which state they remoxed to Kentucky in the early days and they spent most of their lives engaged in farming.

Henry H. Goodbar grew to manhood on the home farm in the Blue Grass state, where he found plenty of hard work to do, and he recei\ed a limited education in the common schools of his vicinity. Wlien he readied manhood he married Mary J. booster, who was born in Montgomer\- county, Indiana, May 23, 1833, and here she grew to womanhood and recei\ed a limited education in the common schools. Siie was a woman of sterling character and took a great deal of interest in church work. Her death occurred in December, 1904.

Five children were born to Henry H. .Goodbar and wife, namely: Elizabeth, ix)rn January 15. 1858, married J. E. Lidikay. of Ladoga, Indiana, and her death occurred a number of years ago; J. Harvey was lx)rn February 1, 1859; Florence, who married a Mr. Fudge, was born July 14, 1863; William N., bom February 12, 1865: Charles L.. born in February, 1868.

Mr. Goodbar came to Scott township, Montgomery ctjunty, when a young man and here he spent most of his life, where he and his brother owned together eighteen hundred acres of land and farmed and raised live

Stock on an extensive scale, and there our subject devoted his attention to his work, never taking much interest in pohtical affairs other than to assist in anything that made for the betterment of his locahty and country. On this old homestead, which was settled in 1829, Mr. Goodbar reared his family. He was one of the best farmers in the township, working hard and managing well, and a large measure of material success attended his efforts. He kept the place well improved in every way and a good grade of live stock was always to be seen about the fields and large barns, for he took a delight in raising and preparing for market all kinds of stock.

Clifford Vance Peterson

No more comprehensive history of a community or even of a state can be written than that dealing with the life work of those who, by their own energy and endeavor have gained the honor of being known among their fellow-men as progressive and forward-looking citizens. One of Crawfordsville's young business men deserving of this honor is Clifford V. Peterson. While Mr. Peterson has been winning his way to the front in the business life of his home city, he has demonstrated that he is the possessor of many of the commendable qualities of the true gentleman. He is one of the worthy native sons of Montgomery county. Although he was actively engaged in newspaper work for a number of years, Mr. Peterson is now connected with the Central States Life Insurance Company, of Crawfordsville.

Clifford Vance Peterson was born in Sugar Creek township, Montgomery county, November 20, 1879. He is the only son of John' Ouincy and May (Campbell) Peterson. His father and mother were both natives of Montgomery county and came from good parentage. His father was the eldest son of Silas and Lorinda (Dain) Peterson, and was bom October 29, 1850. Silas Peterson, for years one of the successful and influential farmers and stock raisers of Montgomery county, was a native of Greene county, Ohio, where he was born near Xenia, January 20, 1825. His father, Solomon Petersoia, who was born in Virginia in 1790, emigrated west to Ohio as a young man. Later he came to Indiana and with his family settled, in the fall of 1830, on what was known as the Potato Creek prairie in Sugar Creek townsliip. Montgomery county, thus l}econiing one of tlie earliest settlers and pioneers of that locality. He resided there until his death in 1851.

Silas Peterson spent his entire life as a resident of Sugar Creek township. He and his good wife resided at the old Peterson homestead continuously for more than fifty-lave years. Mrs. Peterson died in KJ04 and her husband survived her ten months, dying in March, 1905, at the age of eighty years. John O. Peterson, their son, was also a life-long farmer. He died in 1909. He was married in 1878 to May Campbell, daughter of Alexander and Sophia Campbell. Her father was a native of Ohio, who came to Montgomery county in an early day, and lived here until his death in 1906. Mrs. John Q. Peterson died in February, 1883, leaving two small children, Clifford and Georgia, who is now Mrs. Royal B. Cox, of Darlington.

CHfiford V. Peterson received his common school education in the district school near his boyhood home and later entered Wabash College, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1900. Shortly after his graduation he began newspaper work as a reporter on The Indianapolis Sentinel. He possessed a natural bent toward journalism and gave The Sentinel eminent satisfaction. He was filling the responsible position of Sunday editor when the publication of the paper was discontinued. Mr. Peterson then became connected with The Crazn'fordsz'illc Rn'iet^', of which he was the city editor for several years. Being energetic and conscientious in his work, Mr. Peterson did his part in maintaining high newspaper standards in Crawfordsville. Mr. Peterson became connected with the Central States Life Insurance Company in 1911 as assistant secretary and a member of the Company's Board of Directors. An incident showing Mr. Peterson's energy and ambition is seen in the fact that while busy in his newspaper work in Indianapolis he yet found time to study law, taking the night course in the Indianapolis College of Law, from which he was graduated in 1904.

Mr. Peterson is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Pythias. He is a member of Crawfordsville Commandery No. 25, Knights Templar, and also of Murat Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. While in Wabash, Mr. Peterson was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta college fraternity. He is a member of the board of trustees of Center Presbyterian church and also of the board of directors of the Crawfordsville Young Men's Christian Association.

Mr. Peterson was married October 31, 1905, to Miss Mary Alice Watson, daughter of \^'illiam W. and Mary Watson, highly respected citizens of Crawfordsville. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson arc tlic i)arents of one child, Eleanor Mary.

I240 Montgomery County, Indiana Samuel W. Gal-Ey

It is always pleasant and profitable to contemplate the career of a man who has won a definite goal in life, whose career has been such as to command the honor and respect of his fellow citizens. Such, in brief, is the record of the well known agriculturist whose name heads this sketch, than whom a more whole-souled or popular man it would be difficult to find among the farmers of Union township, where he has long maintained his home and where he has labored not only for his own individual advancement and that of his immediate family, but also for the improvements of the entire community whose interests he has ever Had at heart.

Mr. Galey was born on March 3, 1850, in the township and county where he still resides. He is a son of Samuel Smith Galey and Eliza Galey. The father was born in Kentucky in 1810, and the mother's birth occurred in that state in 181 1. There they grew to maturity, were educated and married, and in an earh' day left their native country and established their permanent home in Montgomery county, Indiana, and here developed a good farm. The death of the father occurred on February 16, 1893, ^^ the advanced age of eighty-three years, having survived his wife thirty-two years. her death liaving occurred in 1861, when she was in the prime of life.

To Samuel S. Galey and wife ten children were born, all now deceased but three. The father was not much of a public man, preferring to remain at home as much as possible. He was at first a Whig, later voting independently.

The subject of this sketch received a common school education, and when a boy he assisted his father with the general work about the home farm. On September 18, 1872, he married Mary C. Bennett, who was born in Kentucky on March 20, 185 1. She is a daughter of John and Sarah Bennett. Mrs. Galey received a common school education. Her death occurred on December 16, 1909. She was a strong character, a devout member of the Presbyterian church.

Four children were born to Samuel W. Galey and wife, namely: Eliza, born August 28, 1874, married John Harris, and they live in Union township; Warner B., born March 20, 1878, married Myrtle Galloway, and they are engaged in farming in Union township: John S., born April 28, 1882, married Clara B. Hall, and they make their home in Crawfordsville : William Otis, born December 24, 1892, is assisting his father with the work on the home farm.

Mr. Galey lias always toUowed general farniint; and slock raisin;;. ;uiil his efforts have heen successful all along the lino, lie is the nwucr nf a well improved and productive farm of one hundred and sixt\ acres n\ xaluaMe land in Tnion township, all of which is tillahle hut thirty acres, which is in timber, h'roni time to time he has added an improvement here and there as they were needed until the advancing years has found his place one of the most desirable from every standpoint in the locality. He carries on general farming and .stock raising, paying particular attention to the latter, and he formerly raised black cattle.

Politically, Mr. Galey is a Republican, but he has ne\er taken a \er)' active interest in public affairs. He is an influential member of the Presbyterian church, and a deacon in the same.

Abxer Dexmax Willis

Abner Denman Willis came of a line of pioneer stock whose Indiana history began with the \ery early settlement of the state. He was born January 14, 1834, near Alamo, in Montgomerx- county, Indiana, on the farm which his father secured by parchment deed from the national go\ernment. He was a son of Benjamin Willis and Susanna (Butts) Willis, to whose lot fell the task of rescuing a fertile farm from the primeval wilderness. The settlement of his father on government land, however, was not the beginning of the family history in Indiana. The first Benjamin Willis, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, came to Indiana in the early twenties from near Dayton, Ohio, where he had married Nancy Allison and raised a large family. He was buried near a favorite tree on his farm. Glowing reports of the fertility of the soil near Alamo brought the younger Benjamin to Montgomery county just after his marriage. There were born to them nine children, of whom eight grew to manhood and womanhood. There were Steven Decature, Abner Denman, Julia Ann, Amanda Jane, John Wesley. Benjamin Franklin, Sarah Elizabeth, Joseph Martin.

Abner Denman was apprenticed to a tinner in Craw fordsville until he was old enough to attend a school of higher learning, when he entered Barnabas Hobbs Quaker academy at Bloomingdale, Indiana. After graduation there, he taught a district school for several years and while teaching in Vermillion county in the winter of 1863- 1864 he met Frances Ellen Comegys, a pupil, to whom he was married on September 29, 1864, near Danville, Illinois.

He operated a traveling photograph gallery, having become especially proficient in the making of daguerreotypes. In 1866 he moved to Crawfordsville where he bought a photograph gallery, which he operated for twelve consecutive years. In 1878 he moved to Harrisonville, Missouri, where he operated a photograph gallery for three years, after which he returned to Crawfordsville, where he remained in the photograph business until 1898, when he died of pneumonia while on a business trip to Harrisonville, Missouri. He was the father of six children, of whom three died in infancy. Those who lived were Nathaniel Parker, Lucius Comegys, and Anibel Ellen.

For thirty years A. D. Willis was one of the most widely known citizens of Montgomery county. He took an active part in politics both national and local and was a stanch Democrat although he never held any political office. He was a student of more than ordinary diligence and depth. His affiliations were with the Christian church and the Masonic order, but he delved into many philosophies, being an especial admirer of the philosophy of Swedenbourg. He spent a great deal pi his leisure time reading and discussing these philosophies and became known all over the country side for his erudition and his love for literature of the better class. One of the tenets of his faith was a scrupulous honesty and forehandedness, which led to the accumulation of a comfortable competence, although he never had a large income. As a schoolteacher he was a strict disciplinarian and was known as one of the most successful in the county. As a photographer, in which profession he became best known, he earned a reputation for a conscientious work and the scrupulous care with which he kept faith with his clients. He was buried on December 9, 1898, in Oak Hill cemetery, the funeral being conducted by the Masonic order.

Nathaniel Parker Willis

Nathaniel Parker Willis, oldest son of Abner Denman Willis and Frances Ellen (Comegys) Willis, was born at Crawfordsville, Indiana, on August 21, 1868. From the time he entered upon young manhood until his tragic death in Little Rock, Arkansas, on July 27, 1909, at a time when he was making an efifort to see his little daughter, Mary Frances Willis, who had been ruthlessly taken from him, he held positions of peculiar esteem and some prominence in the communities in which he lived. As a boy he lived with his parents for a short time in Missouri, after which he was brought by them to Crawfordsville where he diligently pursued his studies in the public school. He graduated from the Crawtordsville high school in 1890, winning the tree scholarsliip to Wabash College, which was the prize for the most meritorious grade. He elected not to go to college, however, and began the printing trade, apprenticed in the office of Bayliss Hanna, who was then publishing the Crawfordsville Review. In time he came to have the reputation of l>eing the fastest compositor in the town. In 1892 he secured a position as go\ernnient mail carrier, but did not remain at this vocation very long.

As a boy he had done much work in the photograph gallery conducted by his father and he left the government service to take charge of this business, in which he was singularly successful, both from a business and artistic standpoint. He was a prominent exhibitor at the exhibitions, winning the first prize in Class B at the exhibit of the Indiana photographers association in 1897. In 1898 and 1899 he again exhibited in the association and took second prize in the same class. He took third prize in the Milwaukee exhibit of 1899 and in 1897 he secured a medal from the Photographers Association of America.

Leaving this business he engaged in the same business at Chicago from whence he launched into the sale of a cure for the liquor habit, in which, after a few months of hard struggle, he was successful up to the time of his death.

While in Chicago he was married, his wife dying a few weeks after the wedding ceremony. Several years later he again married Hattie Bell, of Ladoga, but the union was not a happy one. He took his Hquor cure business to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he lived for three years, there his daughter, Mary Frances, was born, after which he removed to Indianapolis, which remained his place of residence.

Shortly after his return to Indianapolis, his wife ran away, taking with her their little girl, Mary Frances. The remainder of his life was devoted largely to attempts to see the child who was secreted in various parts of the country. The child was eventually taken to Arkansas and in the courts of Little Rock he obtained permission to visit his child at stated intervals. In 1909 he made his customary visit to Little Rock to see Mary, and was securing an order of the court to have her with him at his hotel for a period of two weeks, when the man W. Y. Ellis, whom his divorced wife had married, shot him without warning while in the court room.

In the subsequent trial many letters that the subject of this sketch had written to his daughter were read and they showed such a tender regard for the child that the spectators in the court room were moved to tears. For the last few years of his life a desire to see his child was his abiding passion.

Nathaniel Parker Willis was a man among men. He had a strong personality, unquestioned probity and honor were ever his chief considerations. In the world at large he will probably best be known for his work in founding the Crawfordsville Camp, Patriotic Order Sons of America. As a charter member, he remained one of its chief supporters, helping it over the rough roads when it was in its infancy and taking a prominent place in its councils when it became strong. He held many offices in the Crawfordsville Camp and at one time was honored with election as the head of the organization in Indiana. He was buried under the auspices of this lodge in the cemetery at Crawfordsville, Indiana.

John H. Rusk

Another of the enterprising and thorough-going farmers and stock raisers of the favored Brown's Valley country in Montgomery who is deserving of special notice among the industrious workers and honored citizens of the locality of which this volume treats is John H. Rusk. This is true for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that the Rusk family has been one of the best known in this county from the days when settlers were few and little of the rich land had been redeemed freg: the wilderness, they being among the earliest to note the natural advantages here and to cast their lot permanently in this locality of the far-famed Wabash Valley. And it is also true partly because the several members of this old family have borne reproachless reputations, having lived upright lives and have aided in such general public impro\'ements as made for the good of all.

John H. Rusk was born on October 24, 1854, in Montgomery county. He is a son of William and Lucy (Harrell) Rusk. The father was born on the day of the battle of New Orleans during the war of 181 2; his birth having occurred in Maryland, from which state he removed to Indiana when a boy. He was thrice married, his second wife being the mother of our subject. The death of William Rusk occurred in September, 1882. The mother of our subject died in 1855.

The parents of our subject received \'ery meager educations, since opportunities for book learning were limited when they were young. William Rusk de\'oted his life to general farming. Politically, he was a Democrat in his earlier years, but after the Civil war he turned Republican. He was the father of sixteen children by his three wives. Eleven of the children are still living.

JdIiu Jl. Rusk i^rcw to manlioiMl on tlio Ikuir' f;irni and he rcccixcil a comninn sclmol educatinii. On June 7, iSS,v lie was married td I'anlina Ramsey, who was hurii in this cijunty. (in Deeemher 1, 1N51). and liere she grew to WDinanhood antl recei\etl her education in the common scliools. She is a daugliter of Da\id and Mary A. ((ialey) Ivanisey. I)a\id Ramsey was a soldier and died while in the ser\ice of his country.

Paulina Ramsey was Ixjrn on the same farm on which she now lives. which was entered by her great-grandfather. James Clale\-. on Octolier 8. 1823. Four generations of this family have been lx3rn on this place.

The union of our subject and wife has resulted in the birth of one child, Carl A., who was Ijorn on Xo\ember ly . 1887. He married Amy Pope. He is a farmer and lives near his father.

John H. Rusk has devoted his life to agricultiu'al [lursuils. carrying on stock raising. He is the owner of one hundred and se\enl\-t\\i) acres, about thirty acres of which is not tillal)le; however, it is level and could be plowed. His fields are well tiled and the jilace is otherwise well imjjroved. He has an attractix^e, substantial residence, which he built himself, and he has lived continuously on this place for a period of twent\-eight }-ears. Pie is still acti\-ely engaged in diversified farming.

Politically, he is a Republican, and in religious matters is a Paptist, being a trustee in the local congregation. He has long been regarded a pillarain this church, and is one of the leaders in the work of the denomination in the southern part of the count}-.

Fred Browx Robinson

The popular city clerk of Craw fordsville, l''red Brown Robinson, is a young man who deser\-es mention within these ])ages and who has in e\ery way proved himself wurth)- of the trust rejjosed in him by his fellow citizens, for he has the interest of his home city at heart, is energetic and the exponent of correct personal habits. He comes of one of our worthy families and seems to have inherited many of the attrilnites of his forebears which are distinguishable in the gentleman of courtesy and obliging nature which is generally recognized in our subject.

Mr. Robinson was born in Craw tords\ illc. Indiana, December 3. 1S7S. He is a son of Samuel M. and Kalherine 1 Snuth ) Robinson. The father was born on Main street. Crawfordsville, XyxW 4, 1N47, and in this city also occurred the birth of the mother, on March 26, 1850. Her death occurred on August 3, igST'. John R. Robinson, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was born near Springfield, Ohio, and he came to Crawfordsville in an early day and engaged in the mercantile business, becoming prominent in business circles, and' later in politics. He serVed for mahy years as trustee of Union township. He was a Republican. He married Lydia Robinson King. Her death occurred in 1865. He died in 1884.

Samuel M. Robinson was educated in the common schols. When the Civil war broke out he tried to enlist for service in the Union army, but was rejected on account of his youth. Upon reaching maturity he became manager of the general store of John B. Brown, continuing in that position for a period of eighteen years, his long retention being evidence of his ability and trustworthiness. He resigned in 1880. This store was located at the corner of East Main and North Green streets, Crawfordsville. He then went into the clothing store of Eli Kahn on East Main street, as manager, giving his usual satisfaction. In February, 1882, he was appointed postmaster under President Arthur, in which office he served for four years in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to the eminent satisfaction of the people and the department. In 1886 he entered the vehicle business, being associated with the late J. P. Walter and D. J. Wodward, in the Harter block on East Main street. In 1889 he and Mr. Walter engaged in the horse and mule business, and he has continued this line of endeavor most successfully to the present time. Politically, Samuel M. Robinson is a Republican. He is a member of the Tribe of Ben-Hur. He and Katherine Smith were married on December 23, 1869, and to them four children were born, namely: Charlotte, who died October 21, 1905; a son died in infancy; Fred Brown, of this review; and Mabel, who lives at home.

Fred B. Robinson was educated in the Crawfordsville schools, and when a young man he learned photography under Willis, completing the same in 1889, having become ah expert in this line, which he followed with much success in Crawfordsville and Veedersburg, Indiana, and Champaign and Galesburg, Illinois. Returning to Crawfordsville in 1905, he took a position with the Crawfordsville Water & Gas Company, which he filled with credit and satisfaction until 1909, when he was elected city clerk, taking office on January I, 1910, and is now serving a four-year term, giving the utmost satisfaction to all concerned. During the Presidential campaign of 1912 he was the Republican county chairman. He belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, being secretary of the local lodge, is also a member of the

Masonic Order, ami the Craw fordsville Chapter, Xo. 40, Royal Arch Masons. Hs is treasurer of the Municipal League of Indiana, fillins^- both these responsitjle positions witli much satisfaction.

Francis W. Kritz

Everywhere in our favored land are found men who have worked their way from comparatively humble beginnings to leadership in diverse avenues of endeavor and to positions of trust as custodians of the people's interest. Such an one is the well known gentleman whose name is the caption of this article, Francis W. Kritz, successful merchant at Waveland and the present able and popular postmaster there. Not only has he been signally successful in the prosecution and management of his own afifairs, but as a public official his name is deserving to rank with the capable and conscientious men of Montgomery county who have been entrusted with public offices here. He is widely and favorably known throughout the Wabash Valley district of which this history treats, while in the discharge of every duty of citizenship he lends his active support and hearty cooperation to e\ery movement ha\ing for its object the public good.

Mr. Kritz was born in Montgomery county on December 22. 1861. He is a son of Prof. Henry Seymour Kritz, who for many years was principal of the preparatory department of Wabash College, Crawfcrdsville, and in view of his eminence as an educator in western Indiana for more than half a century and his popularity as a man and citizen a record of his life and labors will be given before resuming that of our immediate subject.

Professor Kritz was born in Jefiferson county, Indiana, February 14, 1825, the son of Henry and Sarah (Sherman) Kritz, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of New York. The parents came to Indiana in 1820, locating among the early pioneers in Jefiferson county, and there spent the rest ol their lives. The father learned cabinet making when young and followed that for some years. He eventually became a man of wealth and retired from active life a number of years before his death. He had one child, Henry S.

Professor Kritz was educated in the common schools of his native county and in a seminary at Madison, Indiana, and while there was apprenticed to a paper mill manufacturer, and learned the trade. While working at the same in Indianapolis, in 1845, he was caught in the machinery and so disabled in his right hand as to be disqualified for working longer at this employment. Finding a change of occupation necessary, he decided upon a career as teacher, thus what was seemingly a very untoward circumstance proved to be a great blessing in disguise, for had the accident not have occurred he probably would have spent his life in a vocation that would have resulted in little if any good to humanity, and education would have lost a most worthy exponent. In order to prepare himself for a professional teacher, Mr. Kritz entered Hanover College in 1847. Here he applied himself with such diligence that although he was working his way through college by tutoring the preparatory classes two hours a day, he completed the full classical course in a year's less time than that usually required and was graduated second in a class of twenty. Previous to entering college he had taught in a public school two years. In 1852 he took charge of the Presbyterian Academy at Waveland, Montgomery county, and remained there more than twenty years, or until 1873, his long retention in this most trying and responsible position being evidence of his ability as an instructor and of the confidence and esteem reposed in him by the pupils and patrons of the school, which in those days was widely known of its type, being of high school grade, preparing students also for college. At that time it employed a corps of four teachers, and had from one hundred and fifty to two hundred and fifty students. Under the administration of Professor Kritz the school became widely popular, known all over this section of the Middle West, receiving students from ten different states, many of whom liave since become distinguished in the professions, and in the various pursuits of business life. The school also made a splendid record during the ^Var of the Rebellion, furnishing not only a large number who ser\'ed in the ranks, but also many who attained distinction as colonels, majors and captains in the Union armies.

In 1873 Professor Kritz came to Crawfordsville as principal of the high school, and three years later was made superintendent of the city schools. While serving in this capacity, he was, at the earnest request of Professor Bassett, then principal of the preparatory department of Wabash College, made his associate. Entering Wabash College in 1877 "'ith the rank of full professor he taught the preparatory Greek and English until r88i. On the resignation of Professor Bassett in that year he was made principal of the department, and continued to ha\-e charge of the preparatory Greek and Latin classes until several years later. He was aided by various assistants. The department has always had froiii seveiUy-h\c to one hundred students annually and has acquired a reputation tor efhciencx' and thoroui;hness enjoxed 1)\- very few preparatory schools, and this prestit,'e has heen due in no small measure to the efficient work of Professor Kritz. However, this department has heen practically abandoned at Wabash, for several reasons not inii)licating: the quality of the department. Professor Kritz retired from this work in 1896.

While engaged in the public school work Professor Kritz was a frequent and very acceptable institute worker and teacher, and was long and widely known as an enthusiastic, progressive eilucator. He was one of the nmst valuable men of Wabash College, for his task was that of laying the foundation for later instructors to build upon. Personally', he is a \ery pleasant genial gentleman, and by his earnest, conscientious de\'otion to dut\- wcjn the confidence and good will alike of professors, students and citizens. He always took a great interest in ])ul)lic affairs, and although he never sought or desired ofifice, he was a constant and intelligent reader of political journals and always voted the Republican ticket. He also has very decided religious convictions, and is a worthy member of the Presbyterian church, ha\ing been a ruling elder in the same for forty years. But few professional teachers in western Indiana made so long and so successful a record, and still fewer have so impressed their personality on their pupils. Hundreds of men and women, now in middle life, widely scattered in many states, who had the o])portunity of studying under him, rexerence his name.

Professor Kritz was married in 1855 to Mary A. Brush, of Waveland. Fourteen children were born to this union, eight sons and six daughters, three sons passing beyond in infancy. Those remaining constituted a happy household in the pleasant family home at Wa\eland, where they have an attracti\e dwelling and surroundings.

Mrs. Kritz was a daughter of Blakely and Rebecca (Glenn) Brush. This family was among the first settlers in Montgomery county and became well known and very well established here. They had five children, only one of whom, the eldest, John C, is still living, his home being in Xew \'ork City; the others were David, William, who are deceased: Mary Ann, the wife of Professor Kritz, who passed away in i8(/j; and Sarah, the youngest, also deceased.

The following children constituted the family of the Professor and wife: Stella married and living in Bnfifalo, New ^'ork ; her husband, Rev. Rice Hunter, died in March, 191 1 : Alice, wife of James Rol>ertson of Waveland: Charles S., merchant in Waveland: Harry \\'.. farmer in llrown townslii]):

Frank W., the immediate subject of this sketch; Jessie, wife of George W. Coman, of Waveland ; Herbert S. is a merchant in Waveland ; Victoria is the wife of Albert Kleiser, a farmer of Brown township! this county; \\'illiam B., NelHe and Laila, twins, who Hve in Waveland, the former the wife of Dr. Straugham and the latter the wife of Dr. Harbeson.

Professor Kritz has been spending his old age in retirement, and although he is now in his eighty-ninth year he is remarkably well preserved and continues his studies, keeping well abreast of the times. He is a writer of no mean ability and is the author of Greek and Latin text-books of great merit. He has had three degrees bestowed upon him - Bachelor of Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts, and Master of Arts. Politically, he was first a Whig, later a Republican, and is now a Progressive. He has been a Bible class teacher for many years and is an authority on Biblical subjects.

Francis W. Kritz, whose name heads this article, grew to manhood in Waveland and he had the advantages of an excellent education. After passing through the Waveland Academy he entered Wabash College where he remained two years, later studied medicine two years, but has never practiced. After leaving college he devoted himslf to many trades, finally entering the mercantile field in which he has continued active and successful. In 1890 he formed a partnership with J. D. Fisher, which continued until 1896 when Mr. Kritz succeeded to the sole proprietorship, subsequently taking in his brother, William B. Kritz, and their partnership lasted from 1898 until 1902, since which time our subject has continued the business alone as a general merchant, house furnisher and undertaker, owning a large and modernly equipped and well stocked place of business which draws hundreds of customers from all parts of the country.

Francis W. Kritz was appointed postmaster at Waveland on July 2, 1897, under McKinley's first administration, and he has been incumbent of this office continuously to the present time, giving eminent satisfaction to the department and the people. He is a member of the executive committee of the National League of Post Masters, and was re-appointed in 1912 for two years.

Mr. Kritz was married in 1895 to Isadora E. Thomas, daughter of Richard A. and Mary A. ( Ewing) Shadrach the father a native of Pennsylvania and the mother of Ohio. When young they went to Tennessee where they remained until 1887 when they removed to Indiana.

Mr. Kritz was a nienil>er of the city council at Waveland for a period of thirteen years during which lie did much for the general ujibuilding of the place. He is treasurer of the Building and Loan Association, holding that position for a period of fifteen years. He has also been treasurer of the local Knights of Pythias lodge for a period of fourteen years, being an active member of the Order; he also belongs to the Tribe of Ben-Hur, and has been treasurer of the local lodge for a period of six years or more. These positions '"ndicate the high standing of our subject in the community and the trust reposed in him. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and was venerable counsel of the §ame for many years. Politically, lie is a Repulilican and has been active in local affairs. Religiously, he is a Presbyterian.

Terome B. Martz

Such a life as has been led by Jerome B. Martz, highly respected retired farmer of Darlington, Montgomery county, merits a record of its good deeds, that the debt due it may be acknowledged and that it may serve as a stimulus to others to endeavor to emulate it. But his record is too familiar to the people of the locality of which this history deals to require any fulsome encomium here, his life-work speaking for itself in stronger terms than the biographer could employ in polished periods. There is no doubt but that his long-continued strength of body and mind has been due to his conservative habits, wholesome living and pure thinking. He is known as a man who likes to see others succeed as well as himself, is hospitable and charitable, his many acts of kindness springing from his largeness of heart rather than from any desire to gain the plaudits of his fellow men. He has spent the latter part of his life in our midst and every year since coming here has not only found him further advanced in a material way, but has added to his list of friends, his relations with his fellow men having ever been of the highest.

Mr. Martz w^as born on September 22. 1844, in Pickaway county, Ohio, and he was two years of age when, in 1846, in the month of September, he was brought by his parents to Montgomery county, Indiana, settling on what has since been called the old Martz homestead, and thus our subject has spent practically all his life, of nearly three score and ten years in this locality, and has n.it only witnessed, but has taken an active part, in the great development frf>m that remote period to the present day. He is a son of Samuel and Mary

(Baker) Alartz. They were both natives of Ohio, the father born on June 19, 1821, and his death occurred on November 3, 1894. The birth of the mother occurred on February 14. 1824 and she was called to her rest on March 28, 1890. These parents grew to maturity, were educated and married in the old Buckeye state, and they devoted their lives successfully to agricultural pursuits. The father was a Democrat, and he served at one time as county commissioner. After the Civil war he was a Republican.

Ten children were born to Samuel Martz and wife, five of whom are still living, the other five having died in infancy; those who reached maturity are Jerome B., of this review; ^^'illiam H., Chauncey M., Otis B., and Mrs. Mary Killan.

Jerome B. ]\lartz grew to manhood on the old home place here and he found plenty of hard work to do when a boy, assisting his father with the general work of improving the same. He received a meager education in the log school house of his vicinity, which was typical of its day, clapboard roof, puncheon seats, greased paper for window panes and open fire-place in one end. However, this early deficiency has been more than met in later life by actual contact w ith the world and by wide reading at home of periodicals and books

]Mr. Martz was married on March 7, 1867 to Eliza Conrad, who was born in this county on November 13, 1846. She was a daughter of Thompson and Elizabeth (Wyant) Conrad, both of whom came to this locality from Ohio in an early day, and here Mrs. Martz grew to womanhood and received a common school education. Her death occurred on March 2, 1912 after a happy married life. She was a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in the work of which she was active, helping build the local church. She has a host of warm friends here, and was a woman of fine Christian character.

Two children were born to our subject and wife, namely : Mary, born January 8, 1868, married Edward Little, and they live on the farm owned by our subject; Perry E., died in early life.

Mr. Martz has followed farming all his life with a very satisfactory degree of success, having been regarded as one of the leading general farmers in Franklin township. Having accumulated a competency through his long years of close application and good management, he left his fine farm in 1910 and moved to his pleasant home in the town of Darlington where he now resides, spending his old age in quiet. He placed his son-in-law on the home farm and Mr. Little is managing the same very satisfactorily. The place consists of one huiulred and sixty acres, productive, well inipru\ed, and under a high state of cultivation, the land beino- all tillable with the exception of a very little where the creek cuts through. It is well tiled. lie alsd owns three acres where he lives in Darlington.

Mr, Martz atteiuls the Methodist church, anil ])olitically he is a Ivcpubhcan, but has nexer Ijeen an as])irant for public office, preferring to lead a iiuiet life.

George H. Hughes

The well known piano ilealer of Cra\vfords\ille, George H. Hughes, is a native of \'igo county, Indiana, having been born there on March 8, 1853, He is a son of Weslex- H. and Xancy E. (Da\-is) Hughes. The father was born in Sulli\an county, Indiana, May 22, 1828. and there also occurred the birth of the mother of our subject on Octoljer 17, 183 1. They grew to maturity and were educated in their native community and there they have continued to reside to the present time, having established a good home by their industry. Five children were born to them, namely: Josephine, born in Sulliva/i county, is the wife of Theodore Hutchinson; George H., subject of this sketch; T. E., wIk) is lix'ing in St. Louis, Missouri; Catherine married W. W. Gliver, of Terre Haute, Indiana; Olne married H. P>. \'an Buskirk, of Rocky Ford, Colorado.

For many years the father of the above named children engaged in farming in Siiliixan county and later went into the tombstone business at the town of Sullivan building up a good business there, following the same until his retirement from the active duties of life. With the exception of two years, Wesley H. Hughes and wife ha\'e alwaxs lived in Sullivan count)'. They belong to the Methodist Episcopal church, and politicall)', Mr. Hughes is a Republican.

Gco.-ge F. Hughes of this review, attended the common schools until he w^as thirteen }'ears of a.ge, when he began working at the saddlery trade which he followed for a ])eriod of eleven vears, but finally al-)andoned that line of endeavor and went into the piano business, going on the road for the Baldwin Piano Company, his territory being Indiana and Illinois which he worked from 1833 until 1898. during which time he familiarized himself with the various phases of the piano business, anrl. leaving the road in 1898, he opened a piano business of his own in the city nf Crawfordsville, where he continued to represent his firm. He was successful in this venture, and has built up a large and growing patronage, drawing customers from all over this and adjoining counties. He always carries an excellent stock of modern pianos, handling the Ellington-Hamilton, Howard-Valley Gem, Jesse French & Son, the Star, Remington - all standard and well known makes. He also carries a full line of other musical instruments and Victrolas.

Mr. Hughes was married in 1880 to Laura E. Robbins, daughter of Thomas J. and Margaret (Maxwell) Robbins, old settlers of Sullivan county, where Mr. Robbins followed the blacksmith's trade, and he is still living there, being now advanced in years. His wife passed away in 1890.

One child has been born to George F. Hughes and wife, Byron E. Hughes, who is in partnership with his father in the piano business. He is a graduate of the high school in Crawfordsville, and later spent a year in Wabash College. He took a four years' course and graduated with high honors from the Metropolitan School of Music in Indianapolis. He began his business career with the Baldwin Piano Company, and for a period of three years was manager of that firm's house in Boston, Massachusetts. After that he returned to Crawfordsville and became the junior member of the firm with his father.

Standing out distinctly as one of the central figures of the judiciary of Indiana of the generations that are past is the name of the late Judge James McCabe. of Williamsport. Prominent in legal circles and equally so in public matters beyond the confines of Warren county, with a reputation in one of the most exacting of professions that won him a name for distinguished services second to that of none of his contemporaries, there was for many years no more prominent or honored man in western Indiana, which he long dignified with his citizenship. Achieving success in the courts at an age when most young men are just entering upon the formative period of their lives, wearing the judicial ermine with becoming dignity and bringing to every case submitted to him a clearness of perception and ready power of analysis characteristic of the learned jurist, his name and work for decades were allied with the legal institutions, public enterprises and political interests of the state in such a way as to earn him recoi^nitinn as (inc (if the (hstinguished citizens in a community noted for the hij:;h (irder of its lalcnl. A iii.t^ii purpose and an unconquerahle will, \ii;orous niciital jiowcrs. (UH,L;ent study and devotion to duty were some of tlie means hy which he made himself eminently useful, and e\er)- ambitious youth who fights the battle of life with the prospect of ultimate success may pursue with profit the biography herewith presented, for therein are embodied many lessons as well as incentive, and, although he "serenely sleeps in the windowless palaces of rest," his influence is still a part of many lives, making them better and happier; thus Shakespere wrote, "The good tliat men do lives after them."

Judge McCabe was born in Darke county, Ohio, Jul\' 4, 1834. His father, James McCabe, Sr. was a native of Middletown, south of Terre Haute, Indiana, and his mother was. Jane Lee, a daughter of an old Virginia family. After tlieir marriage the senior McCabe and his young wife went to Ohio, and tliere the subject of this memoir was born, being one of five sons. While an infant his parents moved to Kosciusko county, Indiana. From there they went to Illinois and the boy that afterward became one of the supreme judges of Indiana plowed prairie sod with an ox team on the ground where W'atseka now stands. Three of the sons of the stern W'iiig father left home, coming to Indiana, and James was one of the three. He went to Cravvfordsville, attracted there by the presence of relatives of his mother, the Lees. At this time he was seventeen years old, and here it was that he first went to school, having had no learning whatever up to this time. His first schooling was at a night school taught by Judge Naylor, one of tiie well known members of the bar. He made his living while in school by working on the Monon railroad as a section hand, and he boarded wherever it was handy. At the age of eighteen years he married Serena, tiie daughter of M. M. VanCleve, with whom he boarded a part of the time. Tiie marriage occurred on March 24, 1853. when the bride was but sixteen years old. The couple Ijegan housekeeping on a farm seven miles from Crawfordsville.

One day, when work on the farm had grown slack, he rode to Crawfordsville and, impelled mainly by curiosity, attended a murder trial in which tlie prosecutor was the great criminal lawyer. Daniel W. X'oorhecs, and the defendant's attorney was Edw'ard Hannegan. The splendid elocjuence of these two distinguished lawyers was enough; then and there Mr. McCaI)e conceived the ambition to be a lawyer. He never parted from that ideal.

In the winter. Judge McCabe taught school, and in the summer he followed anv vocation which was convenient, ahvavs with the hope of succeed- ing in his chosen profession. He hved at Oxford and Pine Village in succession and, finally being admitted to the bar, he became a resident of Williamsport in 1861. Here success was slow in coming; he passed through the "starvation period" which is legion with the legal profession. He knew what it was to walk to Walnut Grove to argue a cause before the squire, but his labors were lightened usually by his success.

In politics Judge McCabe was a Democrat, the reason of which is characteristic. He, and his wife's people, were Hard Shell Baptists, and believed absolutely in the literal interpretation of the Bible, and considered that it sanctioned slavery. Therefore he allied himself with the Democratic party, although his father was a Whig of uncompromising type. Twice was he nominated for Congress, and in a strong Republican district defeated by only narrow margins. In 1892 he was elected to the state supreme court for a term of six years. Although nominated for a second term, he was defeated with the rest of the ticket.

Three \-ery important opinions were handed down by Judge McCabe while he w as on the bench. The most noted was that of Haggart vs. Stehlin, 137 Indiana, 43. This was one of the noted supreme court decisions that have for many years been cutting down the privileges of the saloon, the most infamous institution that society sanctions. He took advanced ground in this decision, going far beyond any ideas that had ever been presented in any court in the world. The gist of the decision, which was rendered in i8g8, was that a saloon may become a nuisance, may be enjoined and may have judgment for damages rendered against it. So far-reaching was this decision that it was widely commented upon, not only in America, but in Europe. The Literary Digest gave it considerable space. An interesting fact is that John W. Kern, the present United States senator from Indiana, was the saloon man's attorney. Another famous case was that in which the decision of the lower court sentencing Hinshaw, the preacher who murdered his wife, to the state prison for life, was confirmed. The e\idence was purely circumstantial, but the opinion of Judge McCabe reads like a fascinating detective story. And one more famous opinion was that in which he repelled an attack on Indiana law- that might have reduced the state to anarchy. Some man had tried to enjoin the holding of an election on the grounds that a legislati\'e apportionment had been illegal. Judge McCabe showed that if possibly such could be the case, then the very argument of the petitioner would be illegal for the same reason and he denied the right of the plaintiffs to be heard on the question.

As a public speaker, Judge McCalie liad few e(|uals, his (iratury heius; ut a style that entranced those who heard him. I lis (hclicin was ])erfect. his logic irresistible, his illustrations well chosen, while his well niddulaled voice, graceful gestures, and charm ot manner all contributed to ;i most remarkal)le success in the legal anil i)olitical forum. Some of his most jileasing and efifective speeches were made extemporaneously, for his general knowledge was so broad and comprehensive, his grasp of a subject in all its aspects so quick, and his talent as a si)eaker so natural, that he could easily, without preparation, make addresses that would have been creditable to most men after careful preparation.

After his retirement from the bench Judge McCabe practiced law with his son, under the firm name of McCabe & McCabe. He enjoyed a lucrative practice and man\' times served as special judge. The death of Jutlge Mc- Cabe occurretl on March 23, lyii, at his home in Williamsport, Indiana, after an illness of long duration.

Judge McCabe left, besides the faithful wife, three children, namely; Nancy Ellen, the wife of J. B, Gwin, of Indianapolis; Edwin F.. a well known and successful attorney at Williamsport; and Charles M., a successful lawyer of Crawfordsville. of the firm name of Crane & McCabe. There are twelve grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mrs. McCalje is the daughter of Mathias and Nancy (Nicholson) VanCleve and she was born in Ross county, Ohio. Mathias VanCleve was born near Shelbyville, Kentucky, in 1810, and he was educated mostly in his native state. He was a Baptist minister of considerable reputation, and he finally came to Iniliana and established the family home near Crawfor(ls\ille. where they continued to reside for nearly a half century. He was primarily a self-made man, and mo.st of his higher learning was obtained by home study. His family consisted of six children. Mrs. Serena McCabe having been the third in order of birth

The bar of the Warren Circuit Court held a memorial service at William.sport on May 7, 191 1, when the last tribute of respect and honor to bis memory was paid by an immense crowd of neighl)ors and friends. Man\ prominent and distinguished jurists and state officers were present: former Appellate Judge Joseph M. Rabb presided. Addresses were made by others, the \n\ncipal speaker being William Jennings Bryan, the Nebraska Commoner having been a close personal friend (tf Judge McCabe and bis active associate in national politics. Mr. Bryan paid a splendid tribute to Judge McCal>e, detailing the characteristics that controlled his actions, and nanu'ng the four cornerstones upon which the judge's life was built a-^ (".,,(1. Imine. societv. and

The following memorial was prepared by the local bar association, the committee drafting the resolutions being William H. Durborow, H. D. Billings, Victor H. Ringer and Chester G. Rossiter; part of the memorial, bearing on the life of the deceased, is omitted, to avoid repetition from foregoing paragraphs in this sketch :

"From 1861 until his elevation to the supreme bench of the state, Judge McCabe's career as a lawyer was one of unremitting labor, crowned with remarkable success. By his power of oratory, he could sway a jury as few lawyers could. When espousing a client's cause he never rested from his efforts in his behalf. He had a large, varied and widely extended practice, and could and did meet the most distinguished lawyers on equal terms. During his term of six years on the bench, the opinions prepare by him have become masterpieces of profound learning, many of them on public questions of lasting benefit to the people of the state at large. But his life work is finished. It was well and ably done. In summing up the professional career of this honored and honorable gentleman, it can be truthfully said, that :

"As an advocate he possessed a remarkable power of clear statement and convincing logic. As a counselor he was exact, careful and carried his researches into the remotest sources of the law. As a public orator, he swayed men with force of argument, and molded their ideas to coincide with his own. As a judge, he was upright, masterful and added luster to the bench of a mighty state; therefore be it

"Resolved by the bar of Warren Circuit Court that in the death of Judge James McCabe our bar has lost the guidance of its oldest and wisest member; with reverence we will be guided by his precept and example. That his family has lost a devoted and loving husband and father and they have the sympathy of our bar. That the state has lost a wise and able jurist, the community a popular and distinguished citizen. Be it further

"Resolved, that the memorial and these resolutions be spread on record in the order book of the Warren Circuit Court, a copy thereof be furnished by the plerk, under his hand and seal of the court, to the family of our deceased member, and that a copy be published in the county papers."

As a further insight into the character of Judge McCabe. the following letter from United States Senator John W. Kern, of Indianaoplis, written to the son of the subject of this memoir, will be of interest :

"I had known James McCabe since the days of my early manliood, and my admiration for him increased as the years rolled by until it amounteil to genuine affection. He was a man of sterling qualities. His con\'ictions were positive and always expressed fearlessly, "though he always manifested a rare spirit of charity towards those who honestly differed from him in opinion.

"He was a just judge, whose first aim was the security (if justice to the litigant, and to maintain at the same time the dignity of the high judicial office which he so long honored.

"As a lawyer, he threw his whole soul into his work and to his great legal knowledge 'he added the saving grace of common sense' in such a degree as to make him a most formidable adversary.

"As a citizen, he stood for the highest ideals and his voice was always to be heard in behalf of temperance and morality. But it was as a friend, true, loyal, and devoted, that he won my personal affection, so that I now mourn with you as a kinsman."

Walter Schoen

One of the most panstaking and successful farmers of Franklin township, Montgomery county, is Walter Schoen. He is a scion of a thrifty and hard working old German family and while his life has been spent here in Montgomery county he gives much evidence of being the possessor of many of the characteristic traits of the people of the Fatherland, traits which are ever commendable and which lead to material success and to honored positions in the community.

Mr. Schoen was born on November 28, 1868 in Franklin township, this county. He is a son of Charles and Lizzie A. (Heuber) Schoen. The father was born on January 22, 1844, in Germany, in which country he spent his boyhood and received his education, being eighteen years old when he emigrated to the United States, making the long voyage in an old-fashioned sailing vessel. He came on west, stopping in Ohio, where he remained until 1864 when he removed to Montgomery county, Indiana, where he has since remained, successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising on a large scale. He is making his home in the village of Darlington, and owns a large fine farm in Franklin township which he acquired through his own close and persistent efforts. Before leaving his native land he learned the shoemaker's trade, but he has stuck to farming since coming to this county. The mother of our subject was born in Fountain county, Indiana, on March 17. 1847, and her death occurred on March 6, 1913. She grew up and was educated in her native community. She was an excellent helpmeet to her husband and was a kind, good woman.

Walter Schoen grew to manhood on the home farm and there found "plenty of hard work to do when growing up. He received a good common school education. On December 11, 1890 he married Hattie Cook who was born on January 4, 1869 in Sugar Creek township, this county, and there she grew^ to womanhood and received her education. She is a daughter of Henry and Nancy (Wyatt) Cook, who came from Ohio, in which state the father was born on January 17, 1833, and there the mother first saw the light of day on September 17, 1833. They grew to maturity in their native state and were married there after receiving the usual public school training. The mother of Mrs. Schoen was called to her rest in the Silent Land on December ij, uji^.v These parents came to Indiana after their marriage and located in Alontgomery count)' wliere they established the future home of the family, in Sugar Creek township, and there Mr. Cook is still living, running a good farm.

Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Schoen, one of whom is deceased: they were named Efiie, born September 26, 1891, is living at home; Martha, born June 4, 1883, died September 24, 1839; Bertha, born October 29, 1894, married Oscar Wirick, a farmer of Walnut township, this county; Charles, born October 24, 1900, is attending school.

Mr. Schoen has always engaged in farming in a general way and raising live stock of various grades and qualities, preparing large numbers of cattle and hogs for the market annually, being one of the largest and most successful feeders in this part of the county. He owns a well improved and carefully kept farm of eighty acres in Walnut township, all tillable but about five acres. He also has an interest in the farm where he lives, the place of two hundred and forty-three acres, owned by his father. It is all well improved and is one of the choice farms of the township. The excellent improvements on the place were made by our subject's father.

C. M. Cook

One of tlie nietliodical tanners of I'Vanklin township. .Mont.i^nmery county, wlio has been content to spend his hfe in his nati\e ciminiunity is C. M. Cook, and, judging from the cnntinunus success tiiat has attended his efforts as a general tiller of the soil and stock raiser he was wise in remaining where he was familiar w ith the conditions of soil, climate and many other things which one has to learn in going to a new country. This has unquestionably given him an advantage and he did not have to wait a number of years before he could master these necessary features befogs gratifying returns could be realized. He comes of one of the old families of this township, the name Cook ha\ing been a familiar one in this locality and the several members of the same ha\-e done much toward its de\"elopment in many ways, being regarded by all who know tiiem as good citizens in the Ijest sense of the term.

C. M. Cook was born in tliis township and county on November 28, 1862. He is a son of Charles and Rachel (Rice) Cook. The birth of the father occurred in 1835, and he died February 28, 1868, when in the prime of life. He had engaged in farming. The mother of our subject was born in 1843 and her death occurred in July, 1901. She was one of a family of the follow-ing children: John W., born March 7, 1796: Rachel, who married a Mr. Simpsons, was born on Ajiril 2^, 1800: Andrew J.. l)orn July <;. 1818; Margaret, born November 2, 1820; .\nannias. born Januarv 22. 1823; John, bom September 19, 1825; Rachel, born July 30, 1832; Mary Ann, Septemiier 17, 1839; William, born July 2j, 1847.

C. M. Cook grew to manhood on the home farm and there assisted w ith the general work when a boy, and during the winter months he attended the schools of his district.