Montgomery County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1911 (part 6 of 14)

Dr. Dickerson is a Democrat and is a loyal supporter of his party's principles. In religious matters he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and fraternally belongs to the Masonic Order at Wingate, the Knights of Pythias at Wingate, and the Tribe of Ben-Hur.

Franklin township, Montgomery count}-, has no more painstaking or skillful tiller of the soil than S. A. Hampton, who is deserving of rank among our best citizens, a statement in which all who have known him well during his life-long residence in this locality will readily acquiesce. For while laboring for his individual advancement, he has not been neglectful of his larger duties as a neighbor and citizen, always being willing to assist a brother toiler on the highway of life and to do his little part in keeping public affairs as pure as possible, not being of those, pessimistically inclined, who believe that the "purification of politics is an irridescent dream." On the other hand, he has faith in the future, believing that the right and harmony must eventually prevail, however great may be the obstacles.

Mr. Hampton was born in this county on February 8, 1868. He is a son of Samuel and Phoebe (Guntle) Hampton. The father was born in Tennessee on February 20, 1828, and his death occurred on April 12, 1907. The mother was born in Indiana on August 13, 1826, and her death occurred on August 28, 1889. These parents each grew up in their respective communities and received meager educational training in the old-fasiiioned schools. The father devoted his life to farnu'ng. Politically, he was a strong Democrat.

S. A. Hampton received a common school education. In August, 1887, he was married to Ida Walton, who was born in Montgomery county on October 8, 1870. She is a daughter of Ayre Walton and wife, the father

Two children have been Ixtrn to our subject and wife, namely: Cecil B., born September 25, 1888, married Flora Heffner, and they live on the Woody farm in Sugar Creek township; Ernest, born Novemljer 2y, iSyo, is living on the home farm, assisting his father with the work.

Mr. Hampton has devoted his life to general farming and stock raising; however, he was in business for awhile at Thorntown, later returning to Montgomery county and resumed farming, which he has carried on to the present da)', lie owns one place of eighty-five and twenty-four onehundredths acres. His land is well improved and all tillable, and on his place stands a comfortable dwelling and convenient outbuildings. In connection with general farming he handles a good grade of live stock.

Politically, he is a Democrat and is loyal to the colors wiiether in defeat or victory. In 1910 he was placed on the advisory board of I""ranklin township.

William Simpson Harding

We are glad to note in this series of biographical articles that so many of the progressive citizens of Montgomery county ha\e l)een born and reared here, for this is an indication of at least two things, namely, that they are men of keen discernment, being able to see and appreciate present-day conditions as tiiey are and that the county is indeed one of the favored sections of the great Hoosier commonwealth, else these people would have sought opportunities elsewhere. As it is, they did not need to heed the call of the wanderlust that is heard at some stage or other in the lives of all young men. It very frequently leads them to forsake the "land of milk and honey"- and go in search of a never-to-be-obtained oasis of a mirage, ultimately finding instead the barren, sand-swept waste of a Sahara, often, too, after it is too late to return and establish themselves in their own nati\e heath. William Simpson Harding, who is connected with the county surveyor's ofhce as field engineer, is one of the large number of boys of Montgomery county who have had the good judgment to remain right at home and devote their energies to the things with which they are most familiar, and labor among the people who know them and whom they know, hence they have had a l>etter opportunity of ultimately attaining the ever-sought- for guerdon - success.

ana, May 7, 1869. He is a son of John A. and Elizabeth W. (Farrow) Harding. The father was born in Shelby county, Kentucky, September 7, 1835, and came to Montgomery county with his parents when a lad and here grew to manhood and received his education. He was a son of Josiah Harding, who was born in Maryland in the year 1801. The latter resided in his native state until attaining his twentieth year, when with his father Nathan he removed to Shelby county, Kentucky. Josiah Harding married Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Ellis Miller, who was a farmer and stock raiser in Kentucky, to which state he removed from Virginia about the year 1821. In 1835 Josiah Harding came to Putnam county, Indiana, locating in Greene township, where he entered one hundred and sixty acres, and lived there for about two years when he settled in Putnam county, which was his home for twenty years. At the expiration of that time he moved to a farm two miles south of Crawfordsville, where he died in April, 1889. His wife, who was bom March 12, 1806, died. Josiah Harding was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was, politically a Republican. He owned two hundred and forty acres of land in Montgomery county at the time of his death. His family consisted of five children, four of whom grew to maturity, among them the following: Charles W., who became a merchant; John A., father of the subject of this sketch ; Henry W., who also became a farmer.

John A. Harding devoted most of his life to farming, but was for some time in the mercantile business in Crawfordsville, also in Leavenworth, Kansas. He is now living retired. He and Elizabeth W. Farrow were married in 1864. She was born in Putnam county, Indiana, March 10, 1844, and her death occurred in 1904.

William S. Harding received a common school education, and he spent three years in Wabash College, after \\hich he clerked in Crawfordsville, for a period of ten years, for Smith & Morgan, druggists, giving them eminent satisfaction. He then entered the county surveyor's office, and has since been connected with it as field engineer. He has filled this position in a manner entirely satisfactor}' to all concerned. He is familiar with every phase of this line of endeavor.

Fraternally, Mr. Harding is a member of the Masonic Order, belonging to the Blue Lodge, also belongs to the Knights of Pythias. In religious matters he is a member of the Methodist church, and politically is a Republican.

Mr. Harding was married on September 22, 1906 to Maude Mcintosh, who was born in Montgomery county, Indiana, June 5, 1877. Here she grew to woma,nhood and was educated.

In reading- o\-er the record of the lives of Mianv of the leachnt;- citizens of a county one becomes impressed with the fact that certain families show at the outset their strong inclinations toward books and learning generally, or in at least keeping up with the times on current topics. Among the fanning community it is the rule, and not the exception, to find ordinary educations, but occasionally a family is met with that rises above the others in the scale of education and the capacity to grasp the larger questions of mental improvement. Such families are numerous in Montgomery county, and it is a sign that this locality is equal to any in the state in point of citizenship. One such is that represented by the subject of this sketch. Dr. M. H. Lidikay, well known veterinary physician, of Darlington, a man who is in ever)' way deserving of the large material success and the high regard of his neighbors which he enjoys for his life has been one of industry and honor.

Dr. Lidikay was born on September 13, 1872, in Montgomery county, Indiana. He is a son of George E. and Mary (Grayville) Lidikay. The father was born in 1839 in Kentucky. For a full history of the Lidikay and Gravville families the reader is directed to the sketches of J. E. Lidi kay and Josephus Grayville, appearing elsewhere in this work. The father of our subject is still living, making his home in Kansas. The mother of the Doctor was born in Virginia and her death occurred in April, 1902. George E. Lidikay has always followed general farming, but is now leading a retired life. His family consisted of nine children, seven of whom are still living.

Dr. Lidikay grew to manhood on the home farm, where he made himself generally useful in his boyhood days, and he received a good common school education, later attending the Toronto Veterinary School at Toronto, Canada, where he made an excellent record and from which lie was graduated with the class of 1907.

He made his start on the farm, later engaged in business in Ladoga for awhile, then took up the study of veterinary surger\', and after proper preparation began the practice of his profession at Darlington, where he has since remained. He enjoys a large and rapidly growing patronage and has made a great success of his vocation, being regarded as one of the best in his line in the county, and he is kept very busy. He keeps well up with the times in all that pertains to his profession and is well equipped with instruments and apparatus for prompt and high grade service. He owns an attractive, modernly appointed nine-roomed dwelling in Darlington, and nearby, on the rear of his lot, is a substantial and convenient cement office and hospital.

On June 25, 1901, Dr. Lidikay married Mertie Lee Foster, who was born in Montgomery county, Indiana, July 24, 1875. She grew to womanhood here and received her education in the common and high schools, and later she attended college at Covington, Indiana. She is a daughter of Henry Allen and Mattie E. (Allen) Foster.

To our subject and wife three children have been born, two of whom are still living; they were named Mary Helen, the first born, is deceased; Henry A., born March 18, 1907: Harry Davis, born April 12, 1910.

Richard C. Harper

Few men of a past generation in Sugar Creek township, Montgomery county, sought any harder to advance the general good of his locality than the late Richard C. Harper, a man whom to know was to admire and respect, for he was the possessor of that peculiar combination of attributes which results in the attainment of much that is worth while in this world. He aimed to be progressive in what he did, was always in sympathy with enterprises having for their object the common good, and his influence was invariably exerted on the right side of ever}' moral issue. Like all men of positive character and independence of mind, he was outspoken in what he considered right, and his convictions were such that his neighlxjrs and fellow-citizens knew well his position on all questions of a political, moral, and religious nature. His private life was exemplary and his amiable character and many virtues made him popular with all who knew him, and his passing away was regretted by all.

Mr. Flarper was born on June 19, 1849, '" Hamilton county, Ohio, but most of Iiis life was spent in Montgomery county, Indiana, whither he was brought from the old Buckeye state, when six months old, by his parents, Silas and Maiy Jane (Allen) Harper. They were both natives of Ohio, the father having been born in Hamilton county, and there grew to manhood, and when the Civil war came on was a soldier for the Union, and died while in the service. He had (ievntcil hi.s life to tarnlinJ,^ The su1)ject'.s parents had four children, only one of whom is now living; they were I-llizabeth and Mary, both deceased: Angelina, living: and Richard C, suliject of this memoir.

Richard C. Harper grew to manhood on the home place in this county and there he made himself generally useful during his boyhood days. He received a common school education. On October 21, 1875, 'i^ married Mahala Holloway. She was born in Clinton county, Indiana, on August 8, 1857. She is a daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Truett)' Holloway. Tlie father was born in this county, and he died in 1896. The mother was l)orn in Clinton county, Indiana, and her death occurred in Clinton county in 1855. Mrs. Haq)er grew to womanhood in her nati\e conmumity and received a common school eflucation.

Seven children, five of whom are still living, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Harper, namely: Charles, born Septemlter 10, 1876, died I'^ebruary 7, 1902: Florence, born August 28, 1878, married Charles Hall, and they live in Urbana, Illinois: Clifford, born Novemljer 21. 1881, died October 18, igoo: Clella, born April 20, 1883, married Francis Hutchings, and they live in Champaign, Illinois: Wallace, born December 19, 1885, married Edna Hunt, and they live in Indianapolis; Lester B., born on July 9, 1887, is attending Wabash College in Crawfordsville : Harr\-, born March 19, 1889, lives on the home farm.

Richard C. Harper began farming for himself early in life and that continued to be his vocation until his death, carrying on general farming and stock raising on feis finely improved and productixe farm of one hundred and forty acres, all tillable but about twenty acres of woods and pasture. Since his death, which occurred on October 29, 1905, Mrs. Harper has been operating the farm in a manner that has brought gratifying results, successfully carrying out tlie plans her husl>and had inaugurated .and keeping up the excellent impro\ements which he made.

Mr. Harper was contented to spend his life at home, looking after his family and his fann, and thus he never took much part in public affairs, merely being a consistent voter of the Republican ticket, b'raternally, he belonged to the Knights of Pythias at Darlington. He served the people of Sugar Creek township very faithfully as justice of the peace for a period of tweh-e years. His decisions were known for their fairness to all i)arties, and he ever sought to do the right as he saw and understood it in the light of dutv. He was an earnest church worker: in fact, was a pillar in the local Methodist Episcopal congregation, of which he was long a member, a trustee and class leader. Neither his sincerity nor his honesty were ever assailed, and he merited in every way the high esteem that was accorded him bv all who knew him.

William. Endicott

We rarely find two persons in everyday life who attribute their success in their different spheres to similar qualities. Hard work and plodding industry paved the way for one, good judgment and a keen sense of value for another, intuition and a well balanced mind for a third. An admixture of some of the qualities above named, emphasized by hard work, has been responsible for the success of William Endicott, the popular and widely known restaurant proprietor of Crawfordsville, in his battle for the spoils of victory, these winning attributes having descended from a sterling ancestry who played no inconspicuous part in the early history of Montgomery county, having done their share of the rough work necessary to redeem the fertile fields from the wild state in which the first settlers found them and it is to such as these that we of today are greatly indebted for the good farms,, the thriving towns and the good schools and churches to be found in every community.

William Endicott was born in Franklin township, Montgomery county, Indiana, and he is a son of George and Amanda A. Endicott, a highly respected family who lived on a farm in that locality, and there the subject grew to manhood, assisted with the general work about the place when a boy and received a common school education. At an early age it became necessary for him to shift for himself. This early responsibility proved to be the making of him, although at the time somewhat severe, but it fostered in him self-reliance, fortitude, courage and perseverance. He first started to learn the machinist's trade, and with this end in view began working in Lyle & Smith's Foundry in Crawfordsville, later securing employment at the City Bottling Works. He then became a waiter in a restaurant at Crawfordsville Junction. He was enthusiastic over the work and made rapid progress. He later worked at the Union depot in Terre Haute, then returned to Crawfordsville Junction in the same capacity, working for Charles Smith. He had by this time determined upon the restaurant business for his life work, and had not only mastered the ins and outs of the same but had saved his money and was thus enabled to purchase, on January i8, 1893 what was known as the Big Four restaurant, at the corner of Phim and Franklin streets, Crawfordsville. He and Mr. Smith buying the same in partnership, they continued to manage it successfully until 1904, when Mr. Endicott obtained charge of all dining cars between Columbus, Ohio, and Peoria, Illinois, taking active charge of the same on December 31, 1904, and he remained in that capacity until November 31, 1906, having made a financial success of the proposition and winning the hearty approbation of the traveling public. In January, 1906, he opened a restaurant on Main street, Crawfordsville, now known as the Northern Cafe. This is regarded as the principal and most popular restaurant in this city, Mr. Endicott having made a great success here where others failed. He makes a specialty of game and sea foods in season, and his motto is cleanliness and prompt service. Everything about the place is sanitary, inviting, systematic and up-to-date, in fact, this well patronized cafe would be a credit to cities much larger than Crawfordsville. He is deser\^ing of a great deal of credit for what he has accomplished in the face of obstacles, and he is well liked by all who know him.

Mr. Endicott, although a very busy man, takes an abiding interest in public afifairs, and during the recent national campaign was a prime factor, locally, in the Progressive movement, and he had the distinction of serving as a delegate to the national convention of that party in Chicago. Fraternally, he is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 493 ; also the Loyal Odrer of Moose, Tribe of Ben-Hur, the Eagles and Owls.

Mr. Endicott was married on March 21, 1893 ^o Minnie A. Doyle, a native of Montgomery county, her birth having occurred in L'nion township, where her parents were well and favorably known, and where she grew to womanhood and was educated. To this union two children were Ixjrn. Herman and Darrell, both in school.

Frank W. Waugh

One of the most enterprising of the younger generation of farmers of Sugar Creek township, Montgomer}- county, who has believed from the outset of his career that "the wisdom of yesterday is sometimes the folly of toda_\-," and that while the methods of our grandfathers in tilling the soil were all right in their da\-, _\et in the twentieth century we are compelled to adopt new methods and farm along different lines, in \icw of the fact that conditions of climate, soil, grains, etc., have changed since the days of the pioneers, is Frank W. Waugh. He has been a close observer of modern methods and is a student at all times of whatever pertains to his chosen life work, and he has therefore met with encouraging success all along the line, and, judging from his past record, he will undoubtedly achieve much in the future years and take his place among the leading agriculturists of a community noted for its fine farms and adroit husbandmen.

Mr. Waugh was born on March 13, 1872, in the township and county where he still resides. He is a son of Milton B. and Sarah E. (Saulsbury) Waugh. The father was born in Montgomery county, Indiana, and his death occurred on December 2D, 1904. The mother was born also in this county, and she was called to her rest on August 30, 1892. These parents grew to maturity in this locality, received common school educations and here they were married. They each represented old families, highly respected and well known in the pioneer epoch. Milton B. Waugh devoted his life to general farming in his native locality, and became well known as a raiser of well bred stock. Politically, he was a Republican and took an active interest in public affairs, being influential locally in his party. His family consisted of seven children, named as follows: James M., Emma O., John M., Mary L., Martha, Clara B., and Frank W., of this review, who is the youngest.

Frank W. Waugh grew to manhood on the home farm in Sugar Creek township, and there he attended the common schools, later was a pupil for some time in Valparaiso College, Valparaiso, Indiana. On December 26, 1895, he married Eleanor Stuckey, a representative of a well known family, an account of whose ancestry will be found on another page of this volume under the caption of Warren L. Stuckey. Mrs. Waugh grew to womanhood in her native county and received a good education in the common schools.

Two children have been born to our subject and wife, namely: Mary Marie, born October 7, 1896: and Sarah Myrl, born .August 26, 1908, are both attending school.

Mr. Waugh has always farmed in his native township, and he has met with a large measure of success as a general fanner and stock raiser. He makes a specialty of raising Hereford cattle and general bred live stock. He owns one hundred and sixty-four acres in this township and twenty-one and one-fourth acres in Clinton county. Of the home place.all is tillable but about ten acres. It is well tiled and otherwise well improved, and on it stands a good dwelling and outbuildings.

Politically. Mr. Waugh is a Republican, and ha,s been more or less acti\e in jjublic affairs. He was trustee of his township for one term, from 1905 to 1909. Fraternally, be Ijelongs to the Masonic Order of Colfax, and religiously, be attends the Methodist church at Colfax.

The life of the twentieth century farmer is (|uitc ilifTerent from that of the tiller of the soil during the century that has only recently passed. Improved farming machinery is very largely responsible for this change, this improvement of condition, and yet if the present-day agricultural implements had been known to our grandfathers they would not have had the money to purchase them, for everybody was poor in those days. Another thing, the soil was at that time being redeemed from the wild state and was unsuited to the use of modern machinery.

One of the successful young farmers of Sugar Creek township who is keeping abreast of the times is J. E. Dykes, who was born on December 9, 1878, in the township and county where he still resides. He is a son of James and Louisa (Smith) Dykes. The father was born on April 11, 1841, five miles from Atlanta, Georgia, and there he grew to manhood and received his education, removing from there in 1865 to Boone county, Indiana, and subsequently coming to Montgomery county, and here establishing the permanent home of the family. His death occurred on Deceml>er 29, 1910. He had been very successful as a general farmer. For a fuller mention of him the reader is directed to the sketch of Arthur Paddack. appearing elesewhere in this work.

Xine children were born to James D}'kes and wife, namely: Samuel A., born October J3, 1869: Mrs. Joanna Roots, born July 4. 1871 : Robert Martin, born December C>. 1873: Abner, l)orn July 2^,. T875, died August 9, 1900; Olive May, who married a Mr. Paddack. was born April 6. 1877; James E., subject of this sketch: Donnie Belle, l)orn October 9, 18S0. died August 21, 1882: Mary Catherine, born May 21. 1882: Stella Flossie, born Februaiy 17, 1885, died September 23, 1910.

J. E. Dykes received a common school education. He has been twice married, first, on March 23, 1899, to Stella Ollinger, who was born in Brown's Valley, this county, on November 4, 1873. and died July 10. 1902. Subsequently, Mr. Dykes married Carrie Johnson, on March 5, 1903. She

Two children were born of the subject's first union, namely : Gladys M.. born December 2y, 1899, ^""^ Clarence M., born November 13, 1900, are both in school. There has been no issue of the second union.

Mr. Dykes has always farmed in Sugar Creek township, carrying on general farming and stock raising, making a specialty of good breeds of live stock, which finds a very ready market owing to their superior quality. He moved to his present farm in the fall of 1879. I* 's the old home place, and consists of one hundred and eighteen acres, all but six acres of which is under cultivation and it can all be tilled. It is well tiled, well fenced and otherwise well improved.

Politically, Mr. Dykes is a Republican, and he belongs to the Christian church. He is a trustee of the church, and is superintendent of the Sunday school.

John Arthur Paddack

John Arthur Paddack, a representative citizen of Sugar Creek township, Montgomery county, belongs to the number who are today among its most enlightened and enterprising farmers. Beginning at the lowest round of the ladder, he has aimed high in his chosen vocation, and by ever looking upward, relying on his own responsibility, he has gradually worked his way through life until now he can begin to see the dawn of the time when he can be free from the daily cares and responsibilities that "fret and wear the soul," according to the poet, for life's work, while in a measure pleasurable, is to most, irksome and monotonous, and that man is, or should be, happy, who, when the autumn of life comes, can take things easy, looking backward on his career of industry and accomplishment.

Mr. Paddack was born on March 24, 1871, in Madison township, Montgomery county. He is a son of Josiah and Caroline (Husted) Paddack. The father was born in Union county, Indiana, October 18, 1845, ^"d his death occurred on January 2, 1877. The mother was born in Union county, this state, in 1845, ^"d is still living in Darlington, Indiana. Their parents grew up in their native community and received common school educations, and they spent their lives on the farm. Mr. Paddack having been a large farmer and stock raiser, and he was the first to bring fine short-horn cattle to this county, and he was one of the best known and most successful

Stock men liere in his day. He was a loyal Republican. Init nut a public man, preferring to stay pretty close to his farm and home. His family consisted of five children, namely: Clyde, John Arthur, Cora L., I-'rank B., and Josie.

John A. Paddack was reared on the home farm and there assisted with the general work when a boy. He received a good education in the common schools, and on March 20, 1895, he was united in marriage to Olive M. Dykes, who was born in Montgomery county, April 6, 1877. She is a daughter of James A. and Louisa A. (Smith) Dykes. The father was born April II, 1841, and his death occurred on December 29. 1910. He was a native of Georgia. We quote the following from a local paper, printed at the time of the death of Mrs. Paddack's mother:

"Louisa A. Smith was born in Mississippi, November 17, 1844. and died at her home, two miles west of Calfax, Indiana, August 27, 1901, aged fifty-six years, nine months and ten days. She was married to James Dykes January 16, 1869. To them were born nine children, seven of whom, with the husband, survive her, a son dying a little more than a year ago and a daughter in infancy. For several years Mrs. Dykes had been a great sufiferer, and her death had been apprehended for some time.

"Although in pain almost beyond human endurance, when not under the influence of medicine, she was conscious and greeted her friends with a smile and kind word, and when asked how she was would say, 'I am resting, or did rest easy,' which ever it might be. never complaining but always patient and often thinking and suggesting things to be done for other sufferers.

"She united with the Christian church at Colfax in June, 1900. and it was a great pleasure to her to worship there when her health permitted. On the afternoon of the last meeting day her pastor and the choir came to her home and prayed and sang. She listened with tears rolling down her cheeks and looking into the face of one of the watchers after her eyes had been raised hea\'enward, said, 'I am all right.'

"She was ready to go and often w ished for death to relieve her of her misery. She is not dead but sleepeth, and if we could raise the veil and look into eternity a frail hand would beckon us on. Some day we'll cross the dark waters and meet mother with arms outstretched to welcome us to our Saviour's home."

Mr. Paddack has always engaged in farming and stock raising. He owns one hundred and twenty acres in Sugar Creek township, which is all tillable but three or four acres. It is fairly well tiled and otherwise improved and he has a comfortable home. He is making a specialty of Barred Plymouth Rock chickens and Poland China hogs.

Fraternally, he belongs to the Masonic Order at Darlington, and is a member of the Horse Thief Detective Association. He is a member of the Potato Creek Methodist Episcopal church, and is superintendent of the Sunday school there. Politically, he is a Progressive.

David Myer

David Myer, one of the enterprising farmers of Wayne township, Montgomery county, is one about whom it is a pleasure to write. He is modest in his opinion of himself, not claiming the worth and importance that others are ready and anxious to ascribe to him. He is cjuiet and unassuming in manner, as such characters always are, and holds the high place which has been given him in the public favor by right of what he is, and not of what he claims. It is a grateful task to write of such an one, and the only danger is, that sufHcient merit will not be ascribed; yet the hearts of his friends, and they are very many, will supply any lack of words on the part of the writer, or any failure to express happily the true thought.

Mr. Myer was born in Ohio on October 13, 1845. He is a son of William and Hannah (Kimball) Myer. The father was a native of Ohio, where he grew to manhood, was educated and spent his earlier years, coming to Fountain county, Indiana, in 1853, where he lived nine years, then removed to Jones county, Iowa, where he spent the rest of his life, dyingthere many years ago. He spent his entire life on a farm, was a hard worker and an honest man. His family consisted of ten children, named as follows : Benton, who lives in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma ; David, of this review ; Jane. William, Evelyn, and John are all deceased ; Julia and Emma are living; Mary is deceased; Albert lives in Oklahoma City.

David Myer grew to manhood on the home fami and assisted with the general work on the same when a boy. He received a good common school education in the schools of Cain township, Fountain county. Early in life he took up farming, and has remained active in the same to the present time. He is the owner of a well improved and productive farm of one hundred ami sixty acres in Wayne townsliip. where he carries on general fanning and stuck raising. He has a comfortable home and convenient outbuildings.

Mr. Myer was married on February i. 1866, to Maria Bever, daughter of Henery and Mary (Heiston) Bever. They were early settlers of Fountain county, the family having been well known there since the pioneer days.

Mr. Myer is a member of the advisory board of his township. While living in Fountain county he was one of the county commissioners for a period of three years, and was also justice of the peace for a period of twelve years. As a public servant, he has ever been most faithful in the discharge of his duty and has given eminent satisfaction to all concerned. He is a member of the New Light Cliristian church.

William Snow

William Snow, wideh' known and highly respectetl as one of the most energetic, self-reliant and enterprising citizens of Madison township, Montgomery county, has for several years been intimately associated with the best interests and upward progress of his neigh Ixjrhood, and to his assistance is due many of the valuable and permanent improvements of the locality, for he has taken much interest in the affairs of his adopted community and has made many wann friends since coming here.

Mr. Snow was born in Vermillion county, Illinois. April 17, 1866. He is a son of Abner and Ellen (Ashmore) Snow, both natives of Illinois, where they grew to maturity, were educated and married. The paternal grandfather of our subject came from Vermont to Vermillion county, Illinois, in a very early day, being among the pioneer settlers there. The Snow family has been one of the Ijest known in that county from the days of the first settlers to the present.

Five children were lx)rn to Abner Snow and wife, namely: Albert, Jessie, William (our sul)ject), Lucias, and Bertha. They are all living at this writing.

there he received his education in the common schools. Early in life he took up farming and soon had a good start in life, and he continued to follow general agricultural pursuits with much success until 1910, when he moved to Montgomery county, locating in Madison township, where he still resides, owning a well improved and productive farm of one hundred and eighty-one acres, with a good dwelling and good outbuildings.

Mr. Snow was married on February 27, 1889, to Julia Chandler, daughter of James and Zerelda (Bennett) Chandler. They were natives of Kentucky, where they grew to maturity, were educated and married, and from there they came to Vermillion county, Illinois, in an early day and became well established through their industry.

Politically, Mr. Snow is a Republican. l)ut he has never sought or held public office. Fraternally, he belongs to the Free and Accepted Masons at Linden; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Fairmount, Illinois; and the Modern Woodmen of America at Jamaica, Illinois.

One often hears the assertion, "This is an age of specialists." And the familiar sentence is certainly a true and incontrovertable one. It has not been so very long ago when "jack of all trades" was as common as the first quoted line, now one seldom hears it. The professional man, especially, the same as the mechanic, that does not specialize wins no more than mediocre success, if that, for competition is relentlessly fierce everywhere and he who covets pronounced success in anything must be able to do whatever he undertakes not only better but with greater despatch than his competitors. A few decades ago when a person received from some of the comparatively few medical colleges of the land his degree of Doctor of Medicine he was supposed to be able to correct most all kinds of the ills of which flesh is heir and he was called upon for everything. He did the best he could, according to his limited knowledge, and as might have been expected that "best" was miserable failure in many cases. But science, one of the most potent of modern gods to which humanity of the twentieth century bows, arose from his lethargic repose of centuries and cried, "Onward," and today we note a wonderful transformation. In no one branch of science, perhaps, has there been greater develupnient and specialization than in medicine. 'I'lie old family doctor no longer treats all ills. We go to many ditYerent specialists, and. of course, get quick and, as a rule, satisfactory results.

One of the most successful and widely known specialists in Montgomery county is Dr. Frank Stackhouse, of Crawfordsville, who maintains a splendidly equipped and popular sanitarium here, to which hundreds of patients annually come, and they are all unstinted in their praise of the Doctor and his rapidly growing institution.

Dr. Stackhouse was born on May 2, 1865, in Orange count}, Indiana. He is a son of Sanford and Lydia (Harris) Stackhouse. The father was born in Breckinridge countx'. Kentucky, in 1828, and the mother's birth occurred in Orange county, Indiana, in 1830. She ,grew to womanhood in her native county, was educated antl married there. Sanford Stackhouse was a well educated man, and he followed school teaching as a life work, in which he was very successful, his services being in great demand wherever he was known. His death occurred at Decatur, Illinois, at which city his wife also died.

Dr. Stackhouse received excellent educational advantages. After passing through the common schools and spending one year in the normal at Terre Haute he began life for himself by teaching school, which he followed with much success and satisfaction to all concerned for a period of seven years. Finally, tiring of the school room and believing that his true bent lay in another direction, he began the study of medicine, in which he made rapid progress. In 1893 he entered a medical school in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he made a splendid record, and was graduated in 1896. He first began practice at Gates, Indiana, remaining there for a period of thirteen years, during which he enjoyed a wide and ever growing patronage. Then he took a special course of one year in chronic diseases, after which he located in Crawfordsville, where he has since remained and has gradually built up one of the most satisfactory practices of any of the local medical men and now has an eighteen-room sanitarium, well arranged, sanitary, convenient and equipped with every modern and approved device and apparatus for the successful carrying on of his special line of practice. He now does only office practice, confining himself to the treatment of catarrhal and chronic diseases. He is meeting with pronounced success, and hundreds of patients who emerge annually from his now noted sanitarium are unstinted in their praise of this Ijenefactor of the human race.

Isjiights Templar. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Modern Woodmen of America. He belongs to the United Brethren church.

Dr. Stackhouse was married to Lula A. Marshall, of Fountain county, Indiana, in February, 1900. She grew to womanhood in this locality and received a good education here. To this union one child has been born, Doris B.. who is in school.

George Mahoy

We are glad to write of a man who has lived for something more than the mere hoarding of dollars, although it would seem that necessity makes this the first requirement, but in supplying our natural wants it is not necessary to neglect all other of life's good things, such as helping one's neighbors, cultivating the mind, making better the moral and spiritual attributes and, in short, living as the Creator intended for us to live. One of the highly respected families of Montgomery county, whose members have tried to do their full duty in the affairs of the locality since they came here in the pioneer epoch is the Mahoy famil^^ who are certainly deserving of our attention at this time, one of the best known of the present generation being George Mahoy, successful farmer of Sugar Creek township, whose name forms the caption of this sketch.

Mr. Mahoy was born in this township and county on April 5, 1856, and here he has been content to spend him life. He is a son of George and Lydia (Daugherty) Mahoy. These parents were both born in the state of Ohio, the father in 1820. There they grew to maturity, received meager educations, and were married, and they spent their lives engaged in farming, coming to Montgomery county in an early day and establishing the permanent home of the family in Sugar Creek township. The death of the father occurred on April 5, 1875. They were the parents of twelve children, six of whom are living, namely: Mrs. Margaret Hulvey, Mrs. Alice Cook, Mrs. Vena Gray, Mrs. Iva Boots, Joe, and George, of this review.

Mr. Mahoy was married on August 22, 1889, to Margaret Baer, who was born on- February 28, i860, in Tippecanoe county, Indiana. She is a daughter of Joseph and Ada (Summers) Baer. The father's death occurred in 1884. The mother was born on January i, 1830, and died in 1904.

Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Mahoy, nanicl)- : Wiliartl, born Februarv i, 1890, is at home: Harry O., born Decemlier 14, i8()i. died March 18, 1894: Zola F., liorn December 20, 1894, is at liome : Mary IC, born June 30, 1897, is attending scho(-il : Haven, born August 11, 1901, is also attending school.

Mr. Mahoy has always followed farming, mo\ing on his present jilace in the spring of 1901. prior to that he had lived for two years on a farm near Garfield, Indiana, and before that in Tippecanoe county. He is the owner of eighty acres, all tillable, well fenced and well tiled and otherwise properly improved, and he carries on general farming and breeding, keeping an excellent grade of live stock, and no small part of his annual income is derived from this source. He understands well the care and handling of stock and takes a delight in this kind of work, and his fine stock is much admired by all. He has a good home, which he liuilt himself.

Politically, Mr. Mahoy is a Republican; fraternally, a member of the Knights of Pythias at Darlington, and he is a member of the Potato Creek Methodist Episcopal church, being a trustee of the same.

Nathax C. Turxipseed

Examples that impress force of character on all who study them are worthy of record in the annals of history wherever they are found. B}- a few general observations the biographer hopes to convey in the following paragraphs, succinctly, and yet without fulsome encomium, some idea of the high standing of the late Nathan C. Turnipseed, for many years one of the well knowm and successful farmers and stock men of Sugar Creek township, Montgomery county. Those who remember him best w'ill readily acquiesce in the statement that many elements of a solid and ])ractical nature were united in his composition and which during a series of years brought him material success and the high regard of his fellow men in the locality of which this volume deals, his life and his achievements earning for him a conspicuous place among his compeers. He was a man of kind impulses, neighborly, indulgent to his family- and sought to carry into his every-day life the precepts of the Golden Rule, and was therefore a fit man to pattern after if we would be both successful and honored.

Mr. Turnipseed was born on October 15, 1855, '" ^Highland county, Ohio. He was a son of Thomas and Mary (Chaney) Turnipseed. The father was born on May 19, 1830. in Ohio, and died on April 22, 1869. The mother was born on February 8, 1831, and died on March 30, 1875. The father of our subject was a mason by trade, which he followed in connection with farming. His family consisted of seven children, only one of whom is living at this writing.

Nathan C. Turnipseed received a common school education. When about twenty-one years old he removed from his native state to Montgomery county, Indiana, and here he spent the rest of his life, engaged in general farming and raising and breeding live stock. On December 2, 1879, he was united in marriage to Martha Boots, who was born June 24, 1859, in Montgomery county, and she grew to womanhood in Sugar Creek township. She is a daughter of Asa and Elizabeth (Rice) Boots. The father was born on May 10, 1820, in Ohio, and his death occurred on December 29, 1902. The mother was also born in Ohio, in 1824, and her death occurred in April, 1861. To these parents five children were born, two of whom are still living. They were named : Anna is deceased ; Ella is deceased ; Charlotte is deceased : George is living ; and Martha, widow of the subject of this memoir.

Mrs. Turnipseed receeived a good common school education. She has five children, named as follows: Clarice, born July 6, 1880, married William Jobe, and they live in Kansas; Eleanor, born February 8, 1882, married Frank Custer, a fanner of Sugar Creek township; Marie, born Angus?' 19, 1884, is living at home with her mother; Asahal, born May 13. 1893, is also at home; and Thomas B., born on March 2. 1896, is still a member of the family circle.

Mrs. Turnipseed is the owner of a valuable and productive farm of two hundred and fifty-three acres in Sugar Creek township, which is well improved and on which stand a good set of buildings. She is a woman of more than ordinary business ability and is carrying on general farming and stock raising on an extensive scale.

The death of Nathan C. Turnipseed occurred on February 17, 1913. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He held membership at the Potato Creek Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was a trustee for many years. He was a Republican in politics, was active' in party affairs, and held several offices in the county. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him and was a good and praiseworthy citizen in every respect.

Anotlicr of tlie llirifly and dcser\ iiiy tillers uf ihe snjl in Sns^ar Creek township, ]\lontgomerv county, whom the biographer deems worthy of an extended notice in this work, for reasons which are too apparent to need comment, is John L. (iraliam, a man who has never permitted discouragements and obstacles to thwart him in his race for material success, which is rightly one of the chief aims of all normal, right-minded men, and, because of his honesty in his general dealings with the world, he has been deserving of whatever of good has come his way.

]\Ir. Graham was born on November 3, 1869, in Shelby county. Indiana, where his early boyhood was spent, he having been about thirteen years old when, in 1882, he accompanied his parents to JNIontgomery county, in which place he has since resided. He is a son of Richard and Ruth (Parrish) Graham. The father was Ixirn near Dublin, Ireland, but when a boy he emigrated to the United States, where he spent the rest of his life, dying on November 24, 191 1, at the age of seventy-four years, his birth having occurred in 1836. The mother of our subject was born on March i, 1834, in Marion county, Indiana, and her death occurred on May 28, 1899, when sixty-five years old. The education of Richard Graham was very limited, he having attended school about three wrecks out of each year when a bov. His family consisted of only two children, lx)th still living, namely: James O., born July 11, 1866, married a Miss Musgrave, and they live in Indianapolis, and John L., of this review.

John L. Graham grew to manhood on the home farm and was a \cry busy boy. He received a common school education. He was first married on March 22, 1892, to Mary King, whose death occurred on June 4, 1906, when in the prime of life, she having been born on November i, 1872, near where our subject is now living in Montgomery county. She was a daughter of John W. and Maria (Pedrick) King, the former still living, the mother being deceased.

To the first union of our subject and wife four children were l)orn. one of whom is deceased; they were named: Belva, born January 22, 1895, is living at home; Mabel, born May 2, 1898, is in high school; Ruth, born August 16, 1900, is attending graded school. Mr. Graham later married on April 12, 191 1, his second wife being Armenta Patton, a widow, whose first husband was James Harriman, who died when comparatively young. Our subject's second wife was born on May 26. iS^S, in this county, and here she grew to womanhood and recei\'ed a common school education. She is a daughter of John and Nancy (Coons) Patton, both parents being deceased.

Mr. Graham began farming for himself early in life and he has continued in this field of endeavor ever since; in connection with general farming he has devoted a great deal of attention to the raising of good live stock of various kinds. He formerly lived about a half mile east of his present place on a farm of one hundred and thirteen acres. He sold out in 1912 and purchased the place where he now lives, consisting of one hundred and twenty-two acres in Sugar Creek township. It is all in excellent condition, well tiled and otherwise well improved. It is a well located place and productive and on it stand good buildings.

Politically, Mr. Graham is a Democrat, but he has never been very active in political affairs. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and is steward in the local congregation.

David C. Campbell

One of the large land owners and progressive citizens of Sugar Creek township, jMontgomery county, is David C. Campbell, a man who is a believer in modern methods of agriculture so far as they are applicable to local conditions, for he believes in getting out of the old ruts and forging ahead with the times. But it is to be expected that a man who has traveled and observed and read as much as he would be an advocate of whatever is new and at the same time utilitarian. Such men make for the general advancement of any community.

Mr. Campbell was born on June 4, 1855, in Buchanan county, Iowa. He is a son of Martin and Emiline (Cameron) Campbell. The father was born on January 22, 1830, having enjoyed the distinction of being the first white child born in Sugar Creek township, Montgomery county, Indiana, his parents having moved here on October 30, 1829, and established their home in the wilderness, beginning life here in true pioneer fashion, and here amid the rugged scenes of the first settlers the father of our subject grew to manhood, working hard in assisting his parents to establish the family home in the wilderness, and here he received a meager schooling in the early log cabin school houses of his day. He has de\'oted his life to general farming and has been successful. He is now living quietly at his home at Clark's

Hill, liaving attained the advanced age of eighty-three years. His wife was born in 1835 in Chntt>n cminty. Indiana, ant! her tleath occurred on Xo\eniber 8. 1903.

Ten children, seven of whom are still living, were born to Martin Campbell and wife, namely: John is deceased; David C, of this review; W. S., physician in California; Abner B., Mrs. Rose B. Harter. Nancy J. is deceased; Mrs. Susan Dell, R. N., a physician and chairman of the board of health, and Minerva.

David C. Campbell grew to manhood on the home farm and there he assistetl with the general work when a boy, and he recei\ed a common school education. On February 14, 1876, he was married to Alargaret Oglebay, who was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, March 17, 1856, and is a daughter of James and Rebecca (Conrow) Oglebay. The father was from Maryland and the mother hailed from Ohio. Mrs. Campbell received a common school education.

Eleven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, namely : Eva Belle, born December 28, 1877; Jessie, born February 10, 1879; John W., born August i, 1881 ; James M., born December 31, 1883; Edith Eleanor, born March 8, 1886; Bessie E., born January 12, 1888; Letha Rose, born February 5, 1891 ; Ester Fay, born September 4, 1896; Benjamin Floyd, born March 24, 1900, is in school; the other two children are deceased.

Mr. Campbell began farming early in life and this has continued to be his chief line of endeavor; however, he has been a minister in the Brethren church for the past thirty-two years, during which time he has traveled extensively and appeared in many pulpits, doing a great work in this denomination, being regarded everywhere as an earnest worker and forceful and pursuasive as well as an entertaining speaker and he is popular with a \ast acquaintance. He also traveled for several railroad companies for seven or eight years, giving entire satisfaction in this connection, and he is at this writing in the employ of the Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line.

The finely improved place on which Mr. Campbell lives consists of ninety-seven and one-half acres, which is well tiled and all tillable, all the excellent improvements having been made by our sutjject himself. He is also owner of a fine and productive farm of four hundred and fifty-six acres southwest of Crawfordsville.

Personally, Mr. Campbell is a man of scru])ul(ius honesty and charitably inclined. He is neighborly, genial and kind, and numbers his friends only by the limits of his acquaintance.

It is the progressive, wide-awake men of affairs who make the true history of a community, and their iniiuence as potential factors of the body politic is diificult to estimate. The examples such men furnish of patient purpose and steadfast integrity strongly illustrate what is in the power of each to accomplish, and there is always full measure of satisfaction in adverting even in a casual manner to their achievements in advancing the interests of their fellow men and in giving strength and solidity to the institutions which tell so much for the prosperity of the community. In every life of honor and usefulness there is no dearth of incident and yet in summing up the career of any man the biographer needs touch only those salient points which give the keynote to his character. Thus in setting forth the life record of Omer Dorris Nash, an enterprising young man of Crawfordsville, Indiana, sufficient will be said to show what all who know him will freely accjuiesce in, that he is one of the deserving, capable and honorable citizens of Montgomery county. Such a life as his is an inspiration to others who are less courageous and more prone to give up the fight when obstacles thwart their way, or their ideals have been reached or definite success has been obtained in any chosen field. In the brief life history of Mr. Nash are found evidences of characteristics that always make for advancement, achievement and success - persistency coupled with fortitude and lofty traits, and as the result of such a life he has won a host of friends since taking up his residence here, and is achieving material success.

Mr. Nash was born in Brownsburg, Indiana, October 18, 1882, and he is a son of George and Amanda (Herring) Nash. The father who is also a native of Brownsburg, born there in the year, 1858, is now living retired, having spent his active life successfully engaged in farming. He is well known in his native county and is highly respected there. His wife, Amanda Herring, was born near Brownsburg in i860. There they both grew to maturity, received their educational training and were married.

Omer D. Nash grew to manhood in Brownsburg, and there he received his early education in the public schools, working on the home farm during the summer months. He learned telegraphy at which he worked for about eighteen months, then attended the Clark Embalming School at Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he was graduated, having inade a splendid record there. Desiring to further his knowledge of this science, to learn every phase of the same and to render liis work superior lo that of liis contemporaries he went to Chicago where he took the course in the Barnes Eml)alming SchooL

Thus well equipped for his life work he returned to Brownsl)urg and engaged in the undertaking and furniture l>usiness for a period of three years, building up a good business. Seeking a wider field for the exercise of his talents he went to Indianapolis and took a position as enibalmer and funeral director with the large establishment of Finn Brothers, where he remained for a period of five years, giving his employers entire satisfaction and furthering his knowledge of the ins and out of his chosen vocation. He then came to Crawfordsville and engaged in business for himself at uo North Green street, where he is still located. He enjoys a large and growing business, and promptness and high grade service are his watch words.

Fraternally, Mr. Nash is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the ]Modern Woodmen of America, and the Patriotic Order Sons of America. Politically, he is a Democrat, and is a member of the Christian church.

Mr. Nash was married on April ii, 1905, to Grace Hughes, of Brownsburg, her birth having occurred there on April i, 1883. She is a daughter of Everett T. and Alice (Ohaver) Hughes, a highly respected family there.

Lucien D. Coyxer

Nearly three-quarters of a century has dissolved in the mists of the irrevocable past since Lucien D. Coyner, venerable farmer of Sugar Creek township, first saw the light of day, being a wortliy son of a i)ioneer family, who braved the wilds of Montgomery county when settlers were few and little improvement had taken place. He has lived through one of the most remarkable, and in many respects the most wonderful, epoch in the world's history. There will never be another like it. for it embraced the period when the strong-armed home-seekers from tlie Eastern states invaded the great Middle West, the Coyners being among the number, and redeemed this fertile section of our hemisphere from the wilds, bringing it up through various stages to its present high state of cultivation and civilization. To all these changes in Montgomerj' county, Mr. Coyner has been a most interested spectator, never by any means sitting passively by and watching others do the work, he having at all times sought to do his full share in the work of progress in the locality which his father selected as the spot on whicli to build the family's future home. He talks most interestingl}' of the early days when customs and manners were different, men and women were different, everything, in fact, unlike what our civilization is today. He and others of our patriarchal citizens are of the opinion that those were better, at least happier, times than now, and this is, in the main, true.

Mr. Coyner was born on October .13, 1839, in Montgomery county, Indiana, and here he has been content to spend his long and industrious life. He is a son of John D. and Delila (Peterson) Coyner. The father of our subject was torn on August 3, 1810, in Virginia, from which state he removed to Indiana when a young man, locating in Montgomery county, where he married and here spent the rest of his life, and died on his farm hear on October 17, 1895. The mother of our subject was born in 1818 in Ohio, from which state she came to Indiana when a young girl and here her death occurred in 1844. John D. Coyner was a tanner by trade, which he followed in connection with farming; however, toward the latter part of his life he turned his attention exclusively to general- farming. His family consisted of eleven children, nine of whom are stiU living, namely: George W., who was a soldier in the Union army, died while in the service at New Orleans, Louisiana; Lucien D., subject of this sketch, was second in order of birth; M. P. was the third; and Delila is deceased; William was next in order; Jacob is deceased; Jesse, Seymour, David, Mary and Joseph are the younger children.

Lucien D. Coyner grew to manhood on the old homestead and, being a pioneer child, he found plenty of hard work to do in assisting his father develop the farm from the wilderness. He received such education as the pioneer schools of his time afforded. On October 6, 1861, he married Martha A. Bowers, who was born in this county on May 20, 1841, her family also being early settlers, she being a daughter of Edmond and C. (Drowlinger) Bowers, who came here from Ohio. Mrs. Coyner grew to womanhood and was educated in her native community.

Six children have been born to \lr. and Mrs. Coyner, namely : George died March 24, 1901 ; Violet, who married W. O. Armsby, died in 191 1; Charlotte; W. T. and Stella, twins; Lei is at home.

Mr. Coyner began farming for himself when a young man and he has lived on his present farm in Sugar Creek township since 1871, which place consists of fifty-seven and one-half acres, all tillable, well fenced and well tiled. He cleared this land and built his own residence and outbuildings.

ferent Presidents. Me lias taken considerable interest in local public attairs, and for a period of sixteen years was justice of the peace of Sugar Creektownship, discharging tiie duties of the office in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to the eminent satisfaction of all concerned, and his decisions were always characterized liy a soundness of judugment. fairness and faithfulness to dut\-.

William H. Bundy

Endow-ed with a liberal share of good common sense and possessing sound judgment, backed by a well founded purpose to succeed, William H. Bundy, well known merchant at Bowers Station, and trustee of Sugar Creek township, Montgomery county, has labored with the object primarily in view of making a good home for himself and family and acquiring a competency for his declining years. This laudable desire is being realized, and he is in what we sometimes call "easy circumstances," with a sufficient surplus for the proverbial "rainy day," which sooner or later comes to e\eiy individual, and also, when not provided for, results in at least much inconvenience and unhappiness if not downright suffering. It is perhaps possible for everv able bodied young man to prepare against such a time, but some, instead of doing so, trust to luck, which is an elusive and capricious thing, and so, believing in the optimism of the future, they spend all on the present. Mr. Bundy, it seems, has been wiser and his prudence has urged him to pursue a different course, which, all contemplative minds will agree, is the wiser, and therefore his example and that of his worthy father before him as well, are to be commended to the younger readers of this work whose destinies are yet matters for the future to determine and who are hesitating at the parting of the ways.

Mr. Bundy was born on January 17, 1869, near Thorntown. Boone county, Indiana. He is a son of A. D. and Rosa A. (Tetrow) Bundy. The father was born on January 3, 1848. also in Boone county. He was married in Clinton county after which he nioxed to Montgomery county, and is now living at Smartsburg, Indiana. The mother of our suliject was born in Pennsylvania on No\enilier 2~, 1847. in Summerset county, and she removed to western Indiana with her parents when she was five years old. Her death occurred on No\-ember 5. 1885.

to manhood on his father's farm, the elder Bund)- ha\'ing always engaged in general farming, but a few years ago he retired from active work on the farm and went into the merchandise business. Besides our subject he has one other child, George, who was born in 1871 and owns a grocery store in Crawfordsville.

William H. Bundy came to Montgomery county in 1890. He was married in 1891, on March 15, to Laura A. Gordon, who was born in Howard county, Indiana, in 1872. She is a daughter of W. R. and Hester (Coy) Gordon, a well known Howard county family. Mrs. Bundy received a common school education.

Eight children have been born to our subject and wife, four of whom are still living, namely: Marie, born March 19, 1899: Gladys, born October 23, 1903; Leoda and Leo, twins, born July 2, 1910.

Upon moving to this county, Mr. Bundy took up the saw mill business and later entered the mercantile field at Bowers Station in 1899,' and here he has continued to the present time, enjoying an extensive trade with the surrounding country, his being the only store in this village. He was appointed postmaster here on June 11, 1907, and he is also railroad agent here for the Vandalia line. He owns his store, forty by fifty feet, also owns his home and a small farm near here, also a blacksmith shop, store buildings, three dwellings, a coal yard and a scale yard. He is one of the energetic and successful business men of the county.

Fraternally, he belongs to the Masonic Order at Colfax, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Darlington, the Improved Order of Red Men at Bowers Station, and he is a member of the Horse Thief Detective Association, and the United Brethren church. Politically, he is a Democrat. He was elected trustee of Sugar Creek township in 1908. He at one time had a half interest in the Bowers elevator, known then as Jordan & Bundy, but he sold out his interest in 191 1 to his partner. He also runs a huckster wagon on the road, and it is considered one of the best and most popular in the county. It makes all the eastern part of the county and parts of Tippecanoe county. He is known to insist on his driver or buyer paying the highest prices possible under the market for produce and dealing honestly and courteously with all his hundreds of regular customers.

The following article appeared in the Cramfordsziille Reviczv under date of January 9, 1913, and is self explanatory, and we deem well worthy of reproduGtion here. It was under the caption "Bundy Makes Good Showing in Sugar Creek."

Moxtgomf.Rv Coln'Tv, Indiana

"TriKstec W. H. lUiiuly, of Sugar Creek tnu iisliip, is llie first oi tlie township trustees to tile his annual report for i<;ij. Trustee Hundv coinpleted four }-ears in otiiee January 8th and durin.t^- this time he has inatle an excellent record, his wise and judicious administration of the attairs of his office putting Sugar Creek township in the best financial condition.

"Trustee Bundy was elected on the Democratic ticket and is the first of that party to hold the office in Sugar Creek in many years. Pessimistic predictions were made regarding his ability, and he has shown the utter absurdity of these by making the best trustee the township has ever had.

"When he went into office Trustee Bundy's predecessor turned over to him a balance of $4,^44.90. His report for 191 2 filed yesterday shows a balance in all funds of $12,072.79. Mr. Bundy has increased the balances in the various funds by approximately $7,828, in the four years he has held the office. The tax levy in Sugar Creek has not been increased during Trustee Bundy's term and the substantial showing made is due entirely to his able handling of the finances of the township. Below is given a summary of Mr. Bundy's report for 1912:

Among the enterprising and successful business men of Darlington, Montgomery county, who have made a success of their life work and are deserving of the title "progressive" is G. O. Godard, a well known and popular merchant, a man who has never depended upon others to do what he knew to be his own tasks, and he has always endeavored to carry into his business and social life the principles based on the old Golden Rule, consequently his large success in a material way has been deserving and he is worthy of the trust and confidence that has been reposed in him by all who know him.

Mr. Godard was born in Mercer count}-. Illinois, on August 19. 1872. He is a son of Samuel and Mary (Dean) Godard. The father was born on July 3, 1S35, and his death occurred in March iS. 1901. The mother was born in 1847 and is still living, making her home in Arkansas. She received a good education and attended college; taught school sometime before her marriage. Samuel Godard spent his life successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits, specializing on raising horses, principally Clydesdale horses, which, owing to their superior quality, found a very ready market. He was regarded as an exceptionally good judge of a horse. He was a quiet man, preferring to remain close to his farm and home, and took little interest in public matters. Politically, he was a Republican, and during the Civil war he sei'ved gallantly as a soldier for the Union, having enlisted in October, 1861, in Company G, One Hundred Twenty-fourth Illinois \'olunteer Infantry. He served three and one-half years, then was honiira1)Iy discharged on account of bad health.

Si.x children were born to Samuel Godard and wife, five of whom are still living, namely: Myrtle, G. O., of this sketch: Ray. Dana, Stella and Banner, the latter being deceased.

G. O. Godard received a good common school education in his native community in Illinois and there he grew to manhood on the home farm, remaining under the parental roof-tree until he was nineteen years of age when he went into the dr}' goods business. His start was humble, having been made in an old huckster wagon, he having gathered up produce around Francisville, Indiana, making that town his headquarters. He soon, however, had a start, and, seeking a better field he came to Lafayette. Indiana. where he remained awhile engaged in the same line of endeavor. Subsequently, he followed this line of endeavor in a number of other places, always with growing success, becoming one of the best known men in his line of business in this part of the state. In igoo he moved to Indianapolis and went into the dry goods business, being with se\'eral large dry goods merchants, including \Vm. Laurie Co. and W. H. Block, and for a short time he was in business for himself there. In 19 10 he moved to Darlington and entered the dry goods business under the firm name of Godard & Peters. Mr. Peters retired June' 10, 191 1 and Mr. Godard continued the business under the name of G. O., Godard. He has met with a large degree of success, enjoying an extensive and lucrative trade with the surrounding country. He carries a large and carefully selected stock of up-to-date goods at all seasons and his hundreds of customers always receive honest and courteous treatment. He has the largest stock of dry goods in this part of the county.

Among the most enterprising citizens of Ripley township, Montgomery county, is \\'illiam S. Ham, of the village of Alamo, a man of known skill as a painter and of modern methods as an agriculturist. Thus he keeps very busy, for his fine farm claims a great deal of attention, and, being one of the most careful and skilled painters in this part of the county his services are in great demand. The reason he has the confidfience of the people of this locality- is because he has ever dealt honestly with them and has done his work well and conscientiously.

Mr. Ham was born in Fountain county. Indiana, on August 7. 1S70. He is a son of Rhoden and Mandy J. (Willis) Ham. The father was born on January i"6, 1839. in Montgomery county. Indiana, and he sjjcnt his life in his native state, devoting his manhood years to agricultural pursuits. Mis death occurred in July, 1907. His wife, Mandy J. Willis, was born on Jul\- 15, 1843. in Montgomery county, Indiana, and there she grew to womanhood and received her education in the old-time district schools. She is still living. making her home with her son, William S., of this review.

To Rhoden Ham and wife were born four children, two of whom are still living, namely: Albert is deceased; William S., sul)ject of this sketch; Fred is deceased; Lewis is the youngest of the family.

William S. Ham grew- to manhood on the home farm and there assisted with the general work when a boy. He received a common school education. He began life's serious w^ork as a farmer and this he has continued to follow with success. He also learned the painter's trade when a young man and this he has followed in connection with farming for many years, but general farming and stock raising has claimed the major portion of his attention. He owns a finely improved and well cultivated farm of one hundred and thirty acres in Ripley township, nearly all tillable, but about ten or twelve acres, and his fields are well tiled, fenced and free from rock. Mr. Ham

Mr. .Ham has remained unmarried. Politically, he is a Progressive and is much interested in the new movement for better government. In religious affairs he is a member of the Christian church, and, fraternally, he belongs to the Masonic lodge at Alamo.

Caleb Thayer

The name of Caleb Thayer is too well known to the people of Madison township, Montgomery county, to need any formal introduction here, for his life has been spent practically in this locality where, for' a number of decades he followed general farming and stock raising on an extensive scale. He is now living retired from active farming and is spending his declining years in quiet at his pleasant home in the attractive little village of Linden. He is the efficient and popular justice of the peace, and he is a man who has in every way deserved the large degree of success that the Fates have decreed for him, for he has not only worked hard but has lived uprightly and has been neighborly and charitable. He is one of our honored veterans of the L^nion army.

Mr. Thayer was born on March 12, 1844,, in Greene county, Pennsylvania, and when a child he moved with his parents to Indiana and here he has been content to spend the rest of his life. He is a son of Joseph and Margaret (Stoops) Thayer. The father was born in Pennsylvania. His death occurred in 1849. The mother was also born in Pennsylvania, and her death occurred soon after that of her husband, in 1850. They grew to maturity in their native state and there received limited educations, and they devoted their lives to general farming. Politically, Joseph Thayer was a Whig, but he was never an active public man. His family consisted of four children, two of whom are still living; they were, Joseph is deceased; Henry was the second in order of birth; Caleb, of this review; Nathan, the youngest, is deceased.

When the Civil war came on Mr. Thayer went forth amidst its dangers and hardships to do what he could toward suppressing the rebellion, having enlisted in the Fortieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Kirk-

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Patrick, in Conipanv G. in Aui^ust, 1861. at Sugar (lru\e, Tippecanoe county. He served in that conipan\- about two and one-half years. His first engagement was at Perryville, Kentucky. Later he fought in the great battle of Stone's River, near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, then in the two days' battle at Nashville, also at Corinth and Lookout Mountain. , Li the summer of 1864 he enlisted in Company E, Seventy-second Mounted Infantnv, under Captain Mann, at Sugar Grove, Indiana. While in this regiment he participated in the sanguinary conflict at Franklin and a number of skirmishes, and he was within a milcof JefYerson Davis, the Confederate President, when he was captured. Later on our subject was transferred to the Forty-fourth Indiana \'olunteer Infantry, but he never went to his regiment, and was honorably discharged in September, 1865. at Edgefield, Tennessee, after a \'ery faithful and gallant military career of which his family and descendants may well be proud.

After the war Mr. Tha\-er returned to Sugar Grove, Tippecanoe county, where he had located before hostilities began, and there he soon had a good start as a general farmer and stock raiser and these lines he continued to give his attention to with gratifying results as the years advanced until 1909 at which time he, having accumulated a comfortable competency through his able management and close application on his fine farm in Tippecanoe county, removed to Linden, Montgomer}' county, selling his farm, and here he still resides.

]\Ir. Thayer was married on December 10, 1874, to Eveline Miller, who was born in Tippecanoe county on February 23, 1855. She was a daughter of Alexander and Martha A. (Lane) Miller. The father was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1835, and his death occurred on June 26, 1899. The mother of Mrs. Thayer was born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1833, and her death occurred on June 26, 1886.

Mrs. Eveline Thayer received a good common school education, notwithstanding the fact that she had to walk about four miles to and from school, yet she applied herself carefully to her text-books.

Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Thayer, six of whom are still living, namely: Mattie AI.. born August 5. 1875. married Leroy Haynes, and they live in Tippecanoe county: Wilbert. born September 5. 1880, married Mary Hendricks and they li\-e in White count)': Dayton O., born November 25, 1883 has remained single: George C.. born June 20, 1886; Otis L., born (63)

Mr. Thayer is the owner of one of the most commodious homes in Linden. Fraternally, he belongs to the Masonic Order, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, both at Romney. Religiously, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he has ever been a staunch Republican, and he was appointed justice of the peace at Linden to fill an unexpired term, and this office he is still holding to the satisfaction of all concerned, his decisions being always fair and unbiased.

James A. Peterson

One of the most conspicuous figures in the present-day history of Montgomery county, in the industrial world, is James A. Peterson, banker and business man of Darlington. Equally noted as a citizen whose useful career has conferred credit upon the community and whose marked abilities and progressive qualities have won for him much more than local repute, he holds today distinctive precedence as one of the most successful men that ever inaugurated and carried to successful termination large and important undertakings. Strong mental endowment, invincible courage and a determined will, coupled with an honesty of purpose that hesitates at no opposition, have so entered into his composition as to render him a dominant factor in the financial and business world and a leader of men in important enterprises. He is essentially a man of afifairs, sound of judgment and far-seeing in what he undertakes ; and every enterprise to which he has addressed himself has resulted in liberal financial returns, while at the same time he has won and retained the confidence and good will of all classes, and is eminently entitled to conspicuous mention in a volume of the province assigned to the one in hand.

Mr. Peterson was born on January 10, 1872 in Montgomery county, Indiana. He is a son of John and Hannah (Dain) Peterson. The father was born in Ohio, July 25, 1829, from which state he came to Indiana when a small child with his parents and here he spent the rest of his life, dying on January 27, 1897. The mother of our subject was born in Indiana, and she is still living, making her home in Darlington. John Peterson devoted his life to general farming and stock raising. He was a quiet, home man. taking little part in public affairs, lie was a Repulilican, and fur a nuniher n\ years was county commissioner. His family consisted of five cliiUlren.

James A. Peterson of this sketch grew to manhood on the ImuK' farni and there he assisted with the general work when a boy. He received his education in the local public and high schools, later attending a business college in New Albany, Indiana. On June 8, 1892, he married Nora Hunt, who was born in Montgomery county. May 3. 1873, and she received a similar education to that of Mr. Peterson.

Five children have been born to our subject and wife, four sons and one daughter, namely: Herbert W'., born Alarch 11, 1893, is attending the Chicago Technical University, taking the course in architecture; J. Harold, born December 10, 1896 is attending high school; Charles Husted, born April 19, 1899; Henrv Hunt, born November 2^. 1905: and Mary Hannah, born July 22, 190;.

]Mr. Peterson made his start on the farm where he remained until he was about eighteen of age. In 1891 he entered the first bank that was organized in Darlington as bookkeeper, known as the Peoples' Bank. There he remained until 1902, meanwhile mastering the various phases of the banking business, and in March of the last named year the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Darlington was organized, being a private bank with a capital stock of fifteen thousand dollars. In November, 1906, this bank was made a state bank, retaining the old name, the new capital stock being twenty-five thousand dollars, and a surplus of six thousand dollars. Its development has been rapid, but substantial, and its popularity has grown with the years, until it is todav one of the most popular, safest and conservative institutions of its kind in the county and the largest tax paying bank in Franklin township. Its officers are: President, Albert Cox; Vice-President, William Hampton; Cashier, James A. Peterson ; Assistant Cashier, Joseph E. LaFollette.

Mr. Peterson was one of the organizers of a private bank at Kirkpatrick, Indiana, March 2, 1909, under the name of The Bank of Kirkpatrick. Officials: President, L. C. Grimes; Vice-President, M. .\. Dix; Cashier, Harry Wright. Mr. Peterson is a director of this bank, and he was president of the same until January i, 1913. Its large success and favorable prestige has been gained very largely through the able management and wise counsel of our subject.

In 1894 Mr. Peterson was one of the organizers of the Building and Loan Association, becoming secretar}- of the same. It has Ix'en one of the most successful organizations of its kind in Montgomery county. In 1896 the Darlington Telephone Company of Darlington was organized, of which Mr. Peterson has been manager for the last fifteen years and he has built it up to one of the best equipped and most satisfactory systems in this part of the state. In 1895 Mr. Peterson was one of the organizers of the water works system of Darlington, known as the Darlington Water Works Company, which installed the present splendid system in this thriving little city. This company has four good wells from which an abundance of the finest water is obtained. It also affords excellent fire protection for the city. Mr. Peterson is now manager of this company, which, like everything else with which he has been affiliated is a pronounced success. Thus we see that he is a very busy man and an important factor in the affairs of this section of Montgomery county. He is by nature an organizer and promoter, seldom making a mistake, and his promotions are always along safe and legitimate lines.

Politically, he is a Republican, but has never been especially active in public life, preferring his happy modern home and his large business affairs. He is a member of the IMethodist Episcopal church, and is a trustee in the same.

Theodore Hankins

Among the enterprising citizens of New Ross, Montgomery county, who have forged to the front through sheer persistency and the application of sound business principles is Theodore Hankins, one of the best known undertakers of Walnut and surrounding townships. He is a man who believes in assisting in furthering the general interests of his vicinity while laboring for his own advancement and, having dealt honorably with his' fellow men he has won their good will and respect.

Mr. Hankins was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, March 8, 1858. He is a son of John L. and Orpha (Hancock) Hankins, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Kentucky. John L. Hankins came to Montgomery county on August 16, 1865, and settled in Ripley township, established a good home and there he and his wife spent the rest of the earthly days and reared their family of eight children, who were named as follows : Angeline, Sarah Jane, Caroline, Albert, Theodore (our subject), Alexander, Victoria and Ada Austin are both deceased.

John L. Hankins became an influential man in his township and he filled the office of justice of the peace for a period of twenty-five years, his long retention in the sauK being sufticient evidence of his higli standing in the conimunit}- and of the universal trust reposed in him, of his sane and fair decisions and impartiality. He had also been a justice of the peace in Oliio before he came here, and was also a constalile in his native state. His death occurred on January g, 1899 at the age of eighty years. His widow survived until 1905, dying at the age of seventy-three years.

Theodore Hankins grew to nianliood on the lionie farm and tlicre he assisted with the genera! work when a hoy. He leceixed his education in the common schools of Montgomery county, then worked at the barber business for a period of twenty-five years, becoming one of the most skillful and popular tonsorial artists in this part of the county. During twelve years of that i>eriod he also did some business as an undertaker, and he farmed for six years. He spent three years in Pittsburg and \\'aynetown, and also spent some time in several other places. He started a barljer shop at New Ross, Walnut township, in 1888 and remained there until 1890. On September 1st of that year, he turned his attention exclusively to the undertaking business in which he is still active, having thus l^een continuously engaged at the town of New Ross for nearly twenty-tlirec years. He is well equipped in every respect for insuring high grade and ])rom])t service and he understands every phase of the undertaking business. He has been very successful and has built up quite an extensive and satisfactory business.

^Mr. Hankins was married on September 8, 1889, to Rose E. Morrison, who was Ixjrn on January 12, 1863. She is a daughter of Thomas E. and Nancy (Routh) Morrison, the father a native of Tennessee and the mother of Butler county, Ohio. They were early settlers in Montgomery county, Indiana, and here Mrs. Hankins was born, reared and educated in the common schools. She is one of a family of six children, four sons and two daughters.

Three children have been born to our subject and wife, namely : Harold, died December 25, 1891 ; Hazel, born October 14, 1893; Everitt, born December 19, 1903 is at home.

Fraternally, Mr. Hankins is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at New Ross. He is a Democrat and religiously belongs to the Christian Disciples church.

Nancy Routh, mentioned above, was born in Butler county, Ohio, April 29, 1823. Thomas Morrison was bom on January 6, 1821. They were married on October 30, 1844. The death of Mr. Morrison occurred on August 21, 1887; and that of his wife on January 6, 1910. Marion Morrison died on October 15, 1888. The ^lorrison children were all born in Montgomery county.

The life of the scholarly or professional man seldom exhibits an}' of those striking incidents that seize upon public feeling and attract attention to himself. His character is generally made up of the aggregate qualities and qualifications he may possess as these may be elicited b}- the exercise of the duties of his vocation or the particular profession to which he belongs. But when such a man has so impressed his individuality upon his fellow men, as to gain their confidence and through that confidence and his individual merit rises to an important place in the locality in which he resides his name is worthy of mention on the pages of history. Dr. Samuel K. Peacock, of Ladoga, is one of the men of Montgomery county, who, not content to hide his talents amid life's sequestered ways, has by the force of his will and a laudable ambition forged to the front in a responsible and exacting calling, and earned an honorable reputation in one of the most useful of professions. His life has been one of hard study and research from his youth and since maturity of laborious professional duty, and he is eminently deserving of the success he has achieved and the high esteem in which he is universally held.

The father was of English ancestry, and was a son of William Peacock and wife, of Suffolk, England. The mother's parents were from the north of Ireland.

Dr. Peacock grew to manhood in the Pro\-ince of Ontario and attended the schools in his native locality, graduating from the high school at Oakville. He entered the medical department of the University of Buffalo in the fall of 1888 and was graduated from the same in 1892. He began practicing medicine in Chicago, where he remained until in January, 1894, when he located in Ladoga, Indiana, where he has ever since been engaged in the practice and where he has IniiU up a hirgc and hicrative patronage. His hrother. also a physician, came here later and is now practicing in Darlington, They Ixith belong to the county and state medical societies, and our suhject is a nienilier of the Masonic order, and politically he is a Democrat.

Dr. Peacock was married on June 6, 1900 to Lois B. Walterhouse, of Indianapolis. She was a graduate nurse. Her father. Major Thomas Walterhouse, was a well know-n attorney in Muncie, Indiana. He served with distinction in the Union army during the Civil war, and for meritorious conduct was promoted through the various grades to that of major. He helped organize the Sixty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry in which he was successively second lieutenant and captain in Company B, and in August, 1862 was commissioned major of his regiment. He was wounded at the battle of Richmond, but, by reason of superior officers being shot down, he took command. He was taken prisoner, but was paroled. He was again sent to the front and was in the service until 1863 when, after a brilliant career, he resigned on account of ill health and was honorably discharged. After the war he practiced law in Muncie the remainder of his life, and was regarded as one of the leaders uf the liar i>t that section of the state. He was born in 1832 in Genesee count}-. New York. In earh- life he was in turn a teacher, jeweler and watch maker. He and Zerelda B. Kemper were married in 1857. She was a sister of Dr. G. W. H. Kemper. He was a member of the Masonic Order, belonged to the Baptist church and was a Republican. His wife was the youngest child of Arthur Smith Kemper and Patience Bryant Kemper. Her brother, the noted Dr. G. W. Kemper, widely known for his writing of the medical history of Indiana as well as for his eminence as a physician. The Kemper genealogy is, in part, as follows: Arthur Smith Kemper, son of John, son of Henry, son of John, born in 1692, son of John George, of Germany, son of Johann, also of Germany. Johann lived in Musen in Westphalia, Germany, in 1649. His son John (Jeorge was an elder in the Lutheran church there, and his sun John came to \'irginia as early as T714 and subsecjuently settled in Germantown. I'ennsylxania. His son Henry, moved to Kentucky. John, son of the latter, lived in ( iarrard county, Kentucky, where his death occurred in 1833. John, son of Arthur S.. married Patience Bryant, and they lived in Decatur county, Indiana. Patience Bryant was a daughter of John Bryant, of \^irginia. whose father, John, Jr., of \'irginia, was a son of James, Sr.. of England. James Br\ant. Sr., came to \'irginia about 1700. John Bryant was born in Cumberland county, \'irginia. in 1760, and although a mere hoy he served fifteen months as a private soldier in the American arni)' during" tlie Revolutionar)' war, later becoming sergeant in the Virginia troops, and he participated in the battle of Guilford court house and after the war he drew a pension. There is good ground for believing that his father was also a soldier in the War for Independence.

The Doctor has a nice home in Ladoga, which is built on the site of the old Baptist church, across the street from the present high school. He also has a brother in Chicago who is a physician. His father was a contractor and farmer. The motiier is a relative of President James Buchanan. Grandmother Peacock was known in her maidenhood as Harriett Ashbey. Grandmother Buchanan was Isabella Moore before her marriage. Grandfather Buchanan and wife came from County Armagh, Ireland, and was a distant cousin of President Buchanan, and were scholarly people.

Othel L. Osburn

Although }-oung in years Othel L. Osburn. of \\'ayne township, Montgomery county, well known contractor and at this writing trustee of his township, has succeeded admirably at his life work and at the same time his record and reputation are first class for integrity and reliability in all matters entrusted to him. His success thus far has been achieved by improved opportunities, by untiring diligence and by close study and correct judgment of men and motives. In every walk of life his career has been upright and honorable, and he is well Hked by all who know him ; but this is not to be wondered at, rather to be expected, when one learns that he is a representative of one of the best and most honorable old families of this county, the reputation of which he has ever sought to keep untarnished.

Othel L. Osburn was born on February 29, 1872 in Wayne township, this county. He is a son of R. S. and Mary (Grenard) Osburn. The father was born on February 21, 1849, ^"<i the mother was born on February 19, 1852. The father is still living, making his home in Rogersville, Missouri, where he is engaged in the newspaper business. The death of the mother occurred in 1877.