Putnam County, Indiana - The whole text, 1887 (part 5 of 12)

The west half of the old plat was given by John W. (lark, a son-in-law of Mr. Dukes. This grant was entered by Mr. Clark on the 17th day of September, 1822. The <1,^\ conveying this land to John Laird, agent for Putnam County, was not recorded until June 7, 1825.

No. VJ.\ and P>4. Four other lots were re- j square brought from §3 to $7 apiece, Each served as places for the erection of churches ' of these lots, both these lying adjacent to the of as in any different religious denominations j public square and those at a distance from - the Methodists, the Baptists, the Presby- j the same, constituted an entire quarter of a terians and the New Lights. The former ' square.

three denominations became firmly estab- j Business was begun almost immediately lished in the town and the county, and to the i upon the sale of lots. The first house built present day are influential bodies of Chris- j in town after it was laid out was put up by a tians. ! man called Jug John Wilson. The first

[t is a matter of interest to know the esti- j house erected on the square was built Uy mate placed by purchasers upon certain ! Pleasant Wilson,, it stood on or near She

>y me Thorn burg Block, ;\i \m\ who were the first owners of favorite \ the northwest corner of the public square. selections. At the first sale of lots, which i The first goods sold by a resident merchant took place on September 1, 1822. Lot No, iU, '. near Grecncastlc were sold by Joseph Thorn - the same being the south iiait* on the west ijuro, in the rear 1823. The first store opened for business in town was owned and managed by General Joseph Orr, who has recently died at La Porte, Indiana. Me eommeneed selling goods at Greencastle in the veai 1823, on the north side of thb square, north of the former, and now occupied with the Thornbnrg P>loek, sold to Joseph Thornburg for $b'0; Nt. 100, the west half on the north side of the pubiic square, sold to Juhal i near the northwest corner. The next mer- Deweese for AS?'; No. 1 1 :3, the next lot east, : chant in Greencastle was Lewis II. Sand-. sold to Joshua II. Lucas for *oi; No. 121, ! In the spring or summer of the year 1823 the north haif on the east side o! the public I Mr. Sands, then quite a young man, brought

122, lying immediately south of X<\ 121, | Louisville, Kentucky After his arrival at sold to Thomas Deweese for §100; No. 112, I Greencastle he erected a log store-house on the east half on the South side of the public I the lot east of that occupied by the store of square, sold to John Oat man for £0tf; No. Mr. Orr, In this house Mr. Sands continued 101, the next lot west, sold to Samuel M, \ to transact business for a number of yt-iu^, IJigu-s for §i0. and his store soon became recognized as one

At the second sale, Lot No. 90, the same of the prominent features of the town, and being outside of the southwest corner of the ; indeed of the county.

93, outside of the northwest corner, sold to j sions soon began to arrive. The first physi- Abraham Wooley for $158; No. 120, occupy- I cian who practiced medicine in the town and ing a similar position at the northeast cor- ; vicinity was Dr. Enos Lowe. The date of ner, sold to Samuel Hunter for $83.50; No. ' his arrival cannot now be stated with eer-

123, at the southeast corner of the square, ; tainty, but it was very soon after the estab - now occupied by D. L. Southard's Block, ! lishment of the town. In the fall of 1820 rival for the sent of county government. The location of the National Road through Putnamville was a strong but insufficient argument in favor of that village. The controversy led to bitter feuds between the erected on the lot recently owned by David | inhabitants of Greencastle and those of Put- Teage, deceased, and now occupied by his ! namville. The village grew by degrees and on the ground occupied by Edward flanne- j William II. Thornburg, a native of Washman's opera-house, and it was removed by j ington County, Virginia, brought up in him to make room for that building, being Tennessee, well educated and having a large the last of the old log houses to disappear | experience in steamboating. He came in 1824, from the borders of the public square. I at the age of twenty yea r= to Putnam County,

The first child born in Greencastle was j and engaged for awhile in teaching school Columbus D. Seller, son of John F. Seller, I for the neighborhood settled along Little on the 11th of October, 1824. Mary Ann j Walnut. After tho death of his wile, which Glidewell, daughter of Robert Glidewell, ' occurred in a few years, he returned again to was the first ^irl born in the town. She be- | the river. Coming a second time to the came the wife of Isaac Mark, and is still j county in 1830, lie settled in Greencastle, and, in 1835, erected on the present site of the National Bank building the first brick store in town. About the same time he erected a brick house on the corner of Xndi- The next who died there was Benjamin i ana ami Poplar streets. Captain Thornbun? Akers. lie was buried in the old cemetery, j owning the first money-safe in the county, and his grave was the first in that place of I his store became, in effect, a place of deposit, rest. j where spectators, merchants and tanners

The town is located near the geographical \ alike found a secure place of keeping their center of Putnam County, and is in latitude : surplus funds. The first sidewalk in Greenair 40' 43.2" X. and longitude 80° 51' 49.2" j castle was laid from Captain Thornburgs store west from Greenwich. It is situated upon j to the Methodist church, on the corner of very high ground, somewhat undulating, is ! Indiana and Poplar streets.

cultural country. Its founders mostly came ter of its improvements and the number of from the State of Kentucky, and they laid j its inhabitants; but it is impossible to follow out the town after the style of the towns of i these advancements step by step as they octhcir native State - with a court-house square \ eurred. This must be left to the biograin the center. The town of Putnaraville, ilvc j pliers of the noble few who still linger about miles south of Greencastle, was for a time its j the scenes of their early days.

The town not only improved in character i and population, but also grow in extent". The first addition made to its territory was a donation of live acres of land on the southeast, by Isaac Legg, who then owned what is known as the .Southern Enlargement of Greeneastle. j This land was entered hy him on April 11, 1823.

What is known as the Eastern Enlarge- ! incut was sold hy Dr. John Shivens, who had recently removed from Kentucky, to a com- j panv composed of the following-named gen- ! tlemen: Alexander ('. Stevenson, John V. \ Seller, John Thornhurg. Sam uel Taylor, Allen j B. Lyon, Lewis 11. Sands, Join. Standeford, I Daniel Siegler, Ueose llurdesty, William E. I Talbutt, IHram E. Tnlbott and William K. j Cooper. iJy them it was laid out in town j lots October 20, LS35.

entered by Masten Hunter, October .17, 1822, j and May 10. lS23,and sold hy him to James j Allen. This addition was laid out by John j Allen, administrator of the estate of .fames S Allen, cm February 28. 1838.

Other additions to the town of more or less importance have been made at various places and different times, but events of j another kind demand notice.

The history of Greeneastle for a period of j more than fifty years was one of uninter- j rnpted prosperity. During that time no great calamity of any kind befell the city to j mar the general prosperity or happiness of its citizens. No great epidemic or contagion j lias ever spread vt-itjj i/i its borders, and the !

The history of the city up to the memorable night of October 28, 1874, shows a remarkable exemption from tires, only four of any note having occurred previous to that date. These were the destruction of Mr. Sinclair's woolen-mill in 1865, Mr. Ifigert's brewery in 1871, Mr. Gage's flouriug-mil] in 1872, and the female college in the year following, ^n consequence of this immunity from anything like a general conflagration. the city was totally unprepared for such an emergency when the time of trial came.

On the night mentioned, about half-past 10 o'clock, the planing-mill of 0. J. Kimble Oe Son caught lire and was soon enveloped in names. A brisk gale from the southwest carried the horning embers in its course, and in the short, space of four or five hours nearly .>ix squares of the best business blocks and private residences were hud waste. In those few hours were consumed thirty-seven business houses, twelve dwellings, two liverystables, one hotel, one furniture-factory, one express office and the postofh'ce. Added to these, a large number of out-houses and a vast amount of personal property fell a prey to the devouring flames. Both in its suddenness and destructiveuess, the damage done to Greeneastle was greater in proportion to size, population and wealth than that done to Chicago hy the great fire in that city.

At the anniversary meeting held by the citizens one year after the tire, the committee on losses and insurance reported a loss of capital amounting to 8256,134, on which there was an insurance of $110,281. The same committee reported that there should be added to the above sum a considerable amount of unestimated loss, making the total much larger than that presented, and the

On the night of March 8, 1875, another fire broke out, originating in Sherfey's furniture store. The flames were soon communicated to the block of buildings fronting on the south side of the square, the best block remaining in the city. The reported losses by this fire were in the aggregate §4:3.077, on which there was an insurance of §37,627.

Never did the character of Greencastle's citizens show to better advantage than during the year succeeding the tire. Within that time there were made, or ;. early completed, brick and stone improvements to the value of 8252.500, and wooden buildings and repairs worth §98,305, making a total of §350,- 8(35. These works required the consumption of 4,805,000 brick, v\<\ stone valued as it came from the quarry at 830,000. Daring the same period there w«*re made by the city street improvements worth §0,000. Within the same time the s ity had provided two lire-engines, two engine-houses with alarm-bells, eleven cisterns and one pool, having a united capacity of nearly ten thousand barrels, and there was organized a lire department in two companies, already welldrilled and disciplined, to fight the fire-fiend wherever he might show his lurid front.

At the end of the year there were in the city seventy-five mercantile houses, employing a business capital, exclusive of cash and real estate necessary for their various operations, amounting in the aggregate to §355,- 000, doing a business of over §900,000 per annum, employing directly about one hundred and seventy-live persons, and supporting over four hundred and fifty.

There were, also, eighteen manufacturing establishments, having a combined capital of §'100,000, and employing three hundred and fifty-eight operatives. The weekly payments for labor in these were §4,515, and per annum §212.000. The annual products from these factories were worth at first sale §587,400. The value of raw material consumed cannot be given. These estimates for merchandising and manufacturing arc given exclusive of persons indirectly employed, stieli as railroaders, draymen and common laborers.

In the year 1800 the census showed i population of about 2,200, and in the year 1870 nearly 3,400. In 1880 there were 8,644 inhabitants, and there are in ISS7 certainly 4,000. This is exclusive of several hundred students who are here ten months of each year, in attendance on DePauw University.

The city, by reason of being high, has been inaccessible to railroads, and the three roads that have been built have of necessity been placed on lower ground on two opposite sides of it. The result of this has been to cause the dwellings to bo scattered over the intervening space between the depots, a distance of a mile and a half.

The early growth of the city was in extent of territory, causing it to become what is called a scattered place; but the more recent tendency is to fill up the intervening spaces, giving it much more the appearance of a city. Yet there is room within its borders for many more citizens, and by reason of the undulating surface, many elegant buildinglots may be found upon high, eligible sites, near to business and with ample room for all the comforts and conveniences of the most luxurious home.

Incorporation

The town of Greencastlc was incorporated under charter of the Legislature of the State of Indiana, on the 0th day of March, 1849. The charter was written by Delana I*. Eckels, who was chosen first town mayor. Henry

Daniels was the first clerk. The first common council were: For the First Ward, Russell L. Hathaway; for the Second Ward, Isaac Ash; for the Third Ward, Albert G. Preston; for the Fourth Ward, Hiram Marshall; for the Fifth Ward, Joseph F. Farley.

The following-named persons appear of record to have served as mayor under the town government: Delana K. Eckels, from March 9, 1849, to May 2, 1850; Russell L. Hathaway, from May 2, 1850, to March 13, 1851; John Hanna, from March 13, 1851, to March 7, 1^54; Hiram Marshall, from March 7, 1851, to October 2, 1850; Dillard C. Donnohue, from October 2, 1850, to March 5, 1857; Joseph F. Farley, from March 5, 1857, to October 0, 1859; Keuben S. Ragan, from October G, 1859, to March 15, i860; J.. S. Baehelder, from March 15, 1860, to January 3, 1861 ; from. January 3, 1801, to March 7, 1861, Henry J lough, recorder, filled the office of mayor pro tempore; Edward It. Kerchival, from March 7, 1861, to August 9, of the same year. This last-named date jnarks the close of the town government.

At the last named date the city charter superseded that of the town, and the city government went into operation under the following corps of officers: Mayor, Edward R. Kerchival; Clerk, Henry G. Hough; Treasurer, William Atherton; Marshal, Benjamin Prichard. Since that time the followingnamed persons have held the office of mayor: Edward R. Kerchival, from the date of organization to May 12, 1862: Marshall A. Moore, from May 12, 1862, to May 7, 1866; Milton A. Osborn, from May 7, 1866, to May 11, 1868. During this term, the name of Eli .1). Anderson frequently appears as mayor pro tempore. The next mayor was II. W. Daniels, who held the office from May 11, 1868, to May 5, 1870, and was succeeded by William A. Brown, from the last-named date to May 13, 1872, when he was followed in office by .Mayor William D. Allen, until May 8, 1876, and Lucius i\ Chapin, from May 8, 1876, to the 13th of May, 1880. Then John II. Miller was mayor until the 8th of May, 1884, when Joseph Wr. McClary, the present mayor, came into office. The other city officers in 1887 are: Clerk, Elislia Oowgill; Treasurer, James A. Jackson; Marshal, Emory Starr; Councilmen, First Ward, D. L. Peters and. Jacob Ratliff (deceased); Second Ward, F. P. Nelson and II. C. Darnall; Third Ward, Charles Callender and Patrick Martiii.

Cii Chores

The building of the first church in Greencastle by the Methodist;-^ and the early history of that denomination, as well as the account of the first organization of the Presbyterian church, has already been given as belonging to the early history of the county. The old log church continued in use as a, place of worship until the year 1833, when the congregation erected a square brick church on lot 126, at the corner of Indiana and Poplar streets. After the old log church ceased to be used as such, it was removed by John Hammond, and rebuilt near his residence for a wash-house, for which purpose it continued to serve until it was consumed in the great fire of October 28, 1871.

The church on the corner of Indiana and Poplar streets was the home of the congregation until the erection of Roberts Chapel, when it was remodeled and furnished as a parsonage, for which it was occupied until it fell a prey to the flames on the memorable 28th of October, 1874, at which time it was occupied by Rev. Samuel Beck and family.

Roberts Chapel, on lot 155, fronting on College avenue at the crossing of Poplar street, was built in the year 1847, and for thirty-one years has been a place of worship.

Upon the change of the first Sunday-school in Greencastle to the Presbyterian chnrch, the Methodists organized an independent Sunday-school in their church, on the corner of Indiana and Poplar streets, March 27, 1835. In 1847 it was removed to Roberts Chapel, where it has ever since continued its regular meetings.

The Second Charge Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1850, and Simpson Chapel, a commodious, well-constructed twostory brick edifice, was built at the corner of College avenue and Seminary street. This charge remained in the Northwest Indiana Conference until the year 1852, when it was transferred to the Indiana Conference, in which connection it continued until its retransfer in 1868. It remained a separate congregation until 1871, when it and Roberts Chapel congregation were consolidated. In the year 1875 Simpson Chanel was given to the Locust Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and the materia] was rebuilt into the edifice of that church.

The year 1872 marks the establishment of the Greencastle Mission, under the pastoral charge of Rev. William C. Davidson. For the next two years it was known as South Greencastle Charge, and under the ministry of Rev. IE. A. Rnchtel rapidly grew into an influential congregation, which, in the year 1875. was organized into Locust Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and its present house of worship, occupying the old site of the Female College at the corner of Locust :m<\ Anderson streets, was erected. This charge was transferred to the Indiana Conference in the fall of 1877.

After the dissolution of the First Presbyterian congregation in Greencastle, the Rev. James Shields, while a missionary in Putnam County, about the year 1831, labored a part of the time in Greencastle. A new organization was effected July 14, 1833, by .Rev. S. G. Lowery and Rev. W. W. Woods; but no elders were elected until 1834, when John S. Jennings and James S. llillis were chosen to that office. This congregation erected a brick church on lot 23, in the year 1830. This house is now occupied as a residence. The next house of worship of this church, a two-story brick edifice, was begun and put in a state to be occupied in the year 1853; but it was not completed and dedicated until 1864. This building was destroyed by lire, on the 16th of April, 1870. The congregation then worshiped in Brown's Hall until the erection of the present handsome brick church in 1879, at the corner of College a enue and Poplar street, The first resident minister of this church was Rev. James 11. Wheelock, who, in turn, was followed by ll-,-. James II. Shields, Rev. Ransom Ifawley, Rev. Thomas H. Milligan and Rev, T. M. Oviatt.

The Second Presbyterian Church was rganized in 1849, and a church, was built on. lot 171, at the corner of Washington street and College avenue. This building was occupied until about the year 1808, when a substantial two-story brick was erected at the corner of Locust and Anderson streets, on the site now occupied hy the Locust Street Methodist Episcopal Church. After the union of the two branches of Prosbyterianism, March 9, 1870, this building passed into the hands of the Female College of Indiana, hy which it was occupied until it was burned in the fall of 1873.

The lirst Sunday-school in Greencastle was organized April 13, 1834, hy Miss Myra Jewett, the present wife of John S. Jennings, Esq., in a private school-house on th.a lot where Dr. A. G. Preston now lives. It was afterward made a union school, and Esquire Jennings became, the first Sunday-school superintendent in Green castle. This school was finally transferred to the Presbyterian church, and has had a continuous existence of over fifty-three years.

The Baptist church was established in Greencastle at a very early day, and a brick church was built west of the square, which was occupied for a number of years. Another was then erected on lot 179, the site of their present building. It was blown down by a hurricane in the winter of 1867. The house now in use was built soon after the destruction of the former one. and stands at the corner of Poplar and Water streets.

For a number of years the Christian church of Greencastle worshiped in the courthouse- Their present church building dates from the year 1855.

There are three colored churches in Greencastle - the African Methodist Episcopal Church, on Locust street, the Ilanna Street African Methodist Episcopal Church and the African Baptist Church, at the south end of town.

The Catholic church (generally called the Mother Church) was the pioneer church of Indiana, missions having been established among the Indians long before the settlement of the country by tiie white race, by her missionaries, who traversed the country from the Ohio River to Jie great lakes preaching salvation to the red man, and teaching him the great truths contained in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Wherever a tribe was found, there the humble priest of the Catholic church erected the altar of God and celebrated the sacrifice of the mass, speaking words of love and peace to the poor, untutored sons of the forest. Many of those noble men yielded up their lives at the hands of those they came to save, but at last devotion to the cause of Christ conquered the barbarian, and love for the "black robe" (as the priest was called

The Catholic church was not established in Putnam County as early as in the other parts of the State. Father Larimer, a French priest located at Terre Haute, celebrated the j first mass, and preached the first sermon, in i a small private house near the Vandalia j depot, about the year 1850. After him came i Father William Doyle, a missionary, who ] established a church on Locust street in i 1853, and named it St. Benedict. This building was used until 1869 or 1870, when the Presbyterian church was purchased. The ! Catholics enlarged and improved this build- | ing, which was then dedicated by the Rt. j Rev. Maurice DePallias, Bishop of Vincennes, : in which diocese Greencastle is located, and | received the mime of St. Paul's Catholic i Church, in honor of that great apostle. After | Father Doyle came Father O'FIaherty, who | was located at Crawfordsville. The next was I Father Highland, who presided over the ' church in Putnam, Parke and Owen couni ties. Owing to the scarcity of priests, one J often had jurisdiction over several counties. j Father Mogin. also of Crawfordsville, and j officiating in Montgomery, Putnam, Parke, i Monroe, Lawrence and Fountain counties, ! was the next pastor of this church, and the | purchaser of their present house. He was followed by Fathers Clement, Bischof O'Don - ovan and Thomas II. Logan, the present incumbent, all located at Greencastle.

The church here is in a flourishing condition, being composed of about one hundred families. In 1875 the congregation erected the priest's residence on the corner of Washington street and College avenue, adjoining the church. It is an elegant property, and together with the church, is worth about $8,000. A parochial school building is now in process of construction.

The public schools of the city are the growth of the last twenty-two years. Prior to ,1865 the city had no public-school buildings worthy the name. Her schools, such as they were, were taught in abandoned churches, dilapidated old buildings, curiously called forts, and in old dwellings unlit for human habitation. Since 18G5 the city has been awake to this most important interest. Late in that year two citizens of Greencastle procured the passage by the Legislature of the act authorizing cities to issue bonds to aid in building school-houses. Under the beneficent operations of this act, three commodious and costly school-houses have been erected, and an excellent system of graded schools established, offering to the children of the city as good an education as can be given in any city in the State.

The public-school property is worth not less than $75,000. The Second Ward building was completed and occupied in the fall of 1867, the one in the First Ward two years later, and the building in the Third AVard in the fall of 1877. The First Ward building is on the north side of Liberty street, the Second Ward building is on the south side of Anderson street, east of Bloomington, and the Third Ward building is on the south side of Elm street, east of Central avenue. Alvah Brockway is President of the School Board; William E. Stevenson, Secretary; A. T.

The town of Cloverdale is situated on the L., N. A. & C. Uailroad, twelve miles south of Greencastle, and is the largest town in the county, exclusive of the county seat, having a population of 500. It was laid out by Andrew T. McCoy and Moses Nelson, in 183;J, and stands on section 1, township 12, range 4, and section 6, township 12, range 3.

The first store was kept by a man named Fuller, in Nelson's old building. He was followed by Harrison and Richard Grooms and John and William Sandy.

Through the instrumentality of Dr. Dyer a seminary was erected in Cloverdale, in 1850, which was carried on for about three years. Professor William Bray was the first principal, and was followed by N. C. Woodward. The institution was chartered and was organized under promising circumstance.. Dr. Dyer, Andrew T. McCoy and John Sandy were the largest stockholders. The school finally failed, because a majority of the stockholders refused to be taxed for its support.

The schools of the township are good, and their wants are well attended to by the efficiei.t trustee, William Vestal. Cloverdale Seminary and Graded School is under the general management of a board of town trustees. The special object of the seminary is to train teachers for the common school. The course of study and work doue are thorough, and the facilities for gaining an education are good.

Bainbridge is a flourishing town on the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad, in the northeastern corner of Monroe Town ship, occupying a part of sections 1, 2, 11 and 12. It was laid out by Levi A. Pearcy, March 5,1831, on land owned by Allen Pearcy*

John Elrod, Thomas Gordon and Mason Catherwood. The town has since been considerably enlarged. The first and second additions were made by Mr, Cooper. J. E. and D. A. Quin made the next addition, and then came Corwinand Thornton's first, second and third additions.

Adam Feather was the first blacksmith in the place, Joshua Lucas the first tanner, John Cunningham the first merchant, James A. Carter the first saddler. William G. Darnall was also among the first merchants. D. 0. Donnohue put up the first carding machine in the town, and was also the first justice of the peace there.

The first church organization was effected by the Presbyterians. The Methodist church was established there in 1844, and a house of worship was built in the year 1840. The founding of the Christian church was a little later than that of the Methodist. The Catholics also have a place of worship.

;f1AMUEL DAIJXALL, deceased, was ! father in 1700. lie was there married to 1'^>^\ Unai in Montgomery County, Kentucky, : Miss Nancy [liggins, and they had one son

ASp December 9, 1S04. The first American and seven daughters, the son being the late representative of the Darnaii name was apart Dr. Lurk;;; Yeates. of \\ inchester. Kentucky.

of Lord Baltimore's colony that settled in The youngest of the daughters married Sam- Charles County, Maryland, in 1634. Daniel uel Darnall. After five year* of married life, Darnall, father of Samuel, was horn in Alary- Samuel and .Maria Darnall ti uve»l to the then land in 1775, and moved to Kentucky with new State of Indiana, in order to get cheaper liis father, Isaac Darnall, when he was ten land and thus benefit their children. In the years of age. Kentucky was at that time fall of 1835 they arrived in Putnam County an almost pathless wilderness. Daniel Darnall , and .-topped at the house of Johnson Darnall, married Nancy Turpi n, the daughter of an- who had moved there two years previous. other pioneer, also from Maryland. They Putnam was at thai time an immense forest, established a home in Montgomery County, The roads wen1 simply traces cut through and by unflagging industry and economy the woods. By long continued, persevering secured for themselves a competency. They toil, Mr. Darnaii opened up a large farm and had six children, live sons and one daughter was soon considered one of the most prom- - Mrs. Emilia Darnall (aunt Milly), late of inent and enterprising farmers in the county. Bainbridge, Indiana. Samuel, who was the At one time there' was great opposition fo fourth child, at the age of twenty-five years the introduction ft' blue grass into Putnam married Maria, the daughter of Joshua Yeates County. Samuel, Johnson, and Turpi n Darnand his first wife. Mr. Yeates was of the old all. Colonel A. S. Farron, and some others, English stock that settled in eastern Virginia were the first to advocate its use. Mr. in the early part of the eighteenth century. Darnall was eminently a man of peace, and ilr was born in Loudoun County, that Slate, lived on the best terms with Ids neighbors. in 1773, and emigrated to Kentucky with his He was domestic in his habits, and loved above everything else the quiet of his own home and fireside, in the besom of his family, where neighbors, friends or strangers, rich or poor, were welcome to a seat. No one ever asked in vain for a meal of victuals or a night's lodging. A bountiful hospitality was ever shown to rich and poor alike. The ancestors of both Samuel and Maria Darnall were for several generations zealous members of the old Calviiiistic or predestinarian Baptist church. In politics Mr. Darnall was originally a Henry Clay Whig, and when the lie publican party was organized, he heartily espoused its principles, for he had long been a free-soiler in belief, and when on the death of his father he inherited five slaves, he would have set them free at once, except for the law then in force in Kentucky forbidding the freeing of slaves. He did the best tiling he could do under the circumstances, which was to let them choose their own master, and hired them to him for one year, on trial. At the end of that time he sold them, at their request, to Dr. Hood, for whatever he was willing to give, which was less than half what a " nigger trader" offered for them. Mr. Darnall was no weak man in politics. lie was decided in bis opinions and always expressed himself firmly but respectfully. He was no office seeker. Away back in the forties, a committee of the leading Whigs of Putnam County waited upon him, urging him to accept the nomination and make the race for the Legislature, but he firmly declined the honor and suggested the name of David Scott, who accepted the nomination. In Kentucky he served as Lieutenant of the Militia, and filled that position until his removal to Indiana, Under the military law of the State, lie was Quartermaster on the staff of Colonel James Fisk. At the breaking out of the civil war lie gave his influence and support to the Government, and gave three sons to the army. The eldest son, Francis M., made up a splendid company in the fall of 1861, and led them to the field as Captain. Lafayette enlisted the same year in Colonel Lew. Wallace's regiment of Zouaves, for the three months service, and after a short rest, he joined his brother's company in the Forty-third Regiment, and was made Sergeant. Later he was promoted to Lieutenant. In 1803, when Morgan's army invaded the State, a third son, Joshua, a fairhaired, blue-eyed boy of sixteen summer.-, with patriotic zeal went to the front and laid j down his bright young life upon the altar of ! his country. He had joined the One Hundred j and Fifteenth Regiment, a. a recruit, and | took part in the arduous campaign to Cumberland Gap. On the retreat, from that j point through the mountains of Kentucky, he lost his life, by contracting a violent cold when recovering from an attack of measles. Samuel Darnall died January 13, 1879, and was buried at Brick Chapel, Indiana. He was a public-spirited, enterprising citizen, ready to assist in every good work, and ready to lend a helping hand to everything that gave reasonable, promise of being a benefit to the community. He was a kind and loving husband, an affectionate and indulgent father, and a calm, consistent Christian.

jg^OWARD BRIGGS was born in New- WJS ark, Ohio, December 23, 1833. His %Hf father, Benjamin Briggs, was one of the oldest newspaper men in the Buckeye State, having established the Newark (Ohio) Advocate in 1820, and published the same over forty years. He then retired from active pursuits. He had married Nancy English, and both are now deceased. They were i the parents of four daughters and two sons.

Biographical Sketches

Of the latter, Murrivy Brings is the editor through all the hard marching and retreats, and proprietor of the Sullivan (Indiana) sometimes taking tiil midnight to catcli np Democrat, and Howard is the subject of this with the army. .Vt the close of the war the biographical notice. lie received a limited Captain took the pig, raised many pigs, givamount of schooling, and while of very ten- ing one to each member of the company. der years received his first introduction to j In this way father Long got his start in life newspaper work, to which he was reared un- ' as a hog-raiser. The grandfather of our der liis lather's care, and to which he has | subject was a soldier of the Revolutionary devoted his life since. At the age of twenty- i war. Mr. Long was reared a fanner, and four lie established the Press at Greencas tie, | educated in the subscription schools that and published the same until 1882. lie : were held in the primitive log cabin, furthen sold to fc\ A. Arnold, of the Star, en- j nished with split pole seats, puncheon floors tering into an engagement not to follow j and desk-, and greased paper for windows, journalism in this place for two years. He There was also a huge lire-place and a mudwas during this specified period the proprie- ; and-stick ciiimney in one end of the room. tor of the "City News Mart," and in 'April, i Mr. Long came to this countv in January, 1884, started the I)emoc/ut,'4is before stated. ' 1854,' settling in Jackson Township, which Mr.- Briggs has taken an active and influen- ! was his home until November, 1884, when tial part in politics, but not for his own | lie removed to Bainbridge. He owns [150 advancement. He at present holds the lion- ' acres of land on sections 31 ana 3.2, Jackson orable position of trustee of the State Insti- | Township. He was married November 21. tution for the Education of the Blind at i 1839, to Miss Martha Maddox, daughter of Indianapolis. Mr. Briggs is a member of j Nelson and Martha (Beach am) Maddox, and but one secret order, the Knights of Labor. ; to this union nine children have been horn, lie was united in marriage in May,"1866, | six of whom are living James P., Elizabeth with Mrs. Margaret A. Campbell, of Green- j R, Amanda L)., Christian A., Everett and castle, and they have two sons Edwin M. | Julia P. The deceased are Eliza A., Thomas and John P. P>y a former marriage Mrs. J V. and John W. Mrs. Long was born in Briggs has one son, James Noble Campbell. I Spencer County. Kentucky, July 11, 1822.

i he has three children Charles, Alice and JT^IIOMAS LONG, retired farmer, was J Oren. Elizabeth married James M. Iiailer, X li.v born in Shelby County, Kentucky, ; now deceased, and has had two children - - ^ October 12, 1816, son of Thomas I Chauncy, and Cora, who died at the age of Long, deceased, a native of Virginia, who ' eight years: Amanda married Wright Kay, came to Woodford County, Kentucky, when ! now deceased; Christiana is the wife of an infant, where he was reared, and married | Charles Meier, of Coal Bin ft', and Julia is Nancy Jackson, and removed to Shelby the wife, of Andrew Campbell, of Baiubridge. County. He was a soldier in the war of Mr. L

1^12, and participated in some of the hardest term, and has been deputy collector for the fought battles of that war. During that war past twenty-live years. Himself and wife a pig came to his company and followed it : are members of the Missionary Baptist fLISHA P. COWGILL, an early settler of Putnam County, and a resident of Greencastle Township, was born in Mason County, Kentucky, July 4, 1819, son of Elisha and Ann S. (Tarvin) Cowgill, who were natives of Virginia and settled in Ken- | tucky in 1794. lie traces his ancestry back to four brothel's who came from England and settled in Pennsylvania prior to the Revolutionary war. They were Quakers. In 1832 his parents came to Putnam County, settling on section 15, a short distance east of the present city of Greencastle. There the father purchased 160 acres of land, which was slightly improved. He lived there until 1854, when he removed to the farm now owned and occupied by our subject. He died in 1855, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. He was one of the representative men of the county, and greatly esteemed by all. In his demise Putnam County lost one of her best citizens. He was a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a liberal supporter of the same. He was originally a Jackson Democrat, but in 1844 was a strong supporter of Henry Clay. He reared a large family of children, three only surviving - Sarah, wife of Lucius R. Chapin, of Greencastle, Dr. Henry E., of Kansas, and Elisha P. The latter was reared to mauhood in this county, having come here with his parents when in his thirteenth year. He was educated in the schools of the early day, and has always been a farmer. He was a member of the first class formed in Asbnry University, and attended that institution about eighteen months. August 1, 1839, he was married to Mary F. Talbott, born August 19, 1820, in Shelby County, Kentucky. Her parents, William and Sarah Talbott, settled in Putnam County in 1824, and were among the early settlers of the county. Her mother was born in a fort in Kentucky, during the Indian war. Her father was born near Baltimore, Maryland. Her grandfather, Edward Talbott, was one of the first licensed Methodist preachers in the United States. Her pirents and grandparents are interred in the cemetery at Greencastle. Mr. and Mrs. Cowgill have had a large family, five of whom are living - William 11., Mary J., wife of John Ziner, of Kansas, Elizabeth M., wife Stacy R. Dicks, of Montgomery County, this State, and Susan C, wife of Fletcher H. Talbott, of Sangamon County, Illinois. In 1855 Mr. Cowgill was elected a commissioner of Putnam County, serving a term of three years, and was again elected in 1885, which office he still holds. Immediately after his election he was chosen president of the board of commissioners. He has served as assessor of both Putnam County and Greencastle Township. In 1847 he was deputy census enumerator of Marion and Jefferson townships. He owns 110 acres of good laud, in a high state of cultivation. ' In politics he is a Democrat, and himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which Mr. Cowgill has served as deacon and trustee. He has lived to see his children well settled in life, and he is reaping the fruits of a life of usefulness and well doing.

practicing physician of Cloverdale, was born in that township, January 4, 1860, eon of Lewis and Joanna (Ross) Prichard, also of this county. He was reared in his native township, and received his early education in the common schools, com- j county, where he worked a few years on a Dieting it at the Hendricks County Normal i farm. lie then came to Cambridge and School at Danville, lie studied medicine bought a small planing-mill oi' Fox weather under his father, and attended a cour.se of : Brothers, to which he built an addition and lectures in Virginia University, receiving the j operated until 1884, then purchased the sawdegree of Medical Jurisprudence. He after- i mill, of Mead Brothers. In 1885 he built his ward graduated at the Miami .Medical Col- ! present large establishment, and now carries lege, March 10, 1881, and then to^k a post j on a large business, employing thirty men graduate course at the Polytechnic College i the entire year. He was married November in New York City. Since that jtime he has ' 15, 187-1, to Miss Laura B. Brown, daughter been engaged in the practice of his chosen ' of James Brown, of Bainbridi^e. Their chilprofession. lie is secretary of the board of j dren are Paul J>.. Sarah E., Mary A., James pension examining surgeons at Greeneastle, \ lb and ;Annn. He is a member of the and has been physician of Cloverdale Town- | Methodist Episcopal church and superinship ever since his graduation. The doctor | tendent of the Sabbath-school, in politics he was married March 10, 1884, to Miss Yir- i is a Republican, ginia Remley, who was born in Cincinnati, j united with the Good Templars fraternity, i this county with his parents, his father hav- He is a man of superior ability, and has been ing previously entered land in Jefferson quite a traveler, having visited the West and l. Township, and the family settled in the wild Southwest, including New Mexico. Old Mex- - woods. The father erected a log cabin and ico and Arizona. lie is affable and pleasant, i began the work ^>i' clearing his land. James and a great favorite wherever he is known. ! was reared to manhood in this county, amid As a physician and surgeon he has been emi- j the scenes of pioneer life, and remained here nently successful, and by being a very close j until his decease, with the exception of a student, expects to stand at the head of his j short time spent in the West, lie died A.nprofession. i gust 14, 188-1. lie was married April 21, and a daughter of James and Elizabeth l^lflLLIAM A. McFADDEN, proprietor Ilobbs. who removed to Jeffersonville, Indi- :\\/\j.'jj of Bainbridge saw and planing mills, ; ana, in 1852, where the father was engaged i W&H was born in East Feliciana Parish, in the drug business for a short time and djd Louisiana, December 18, 1848, son of Alex- : business in Louisville. Kentucky; he is now ander McFadden, deceased, who was a native j deceased. Mr. and .Mrs. Iladdan had seven of Ireland. He was reared and educated in ; children, live of whom are living - "William Jackson, Louisiana, and in 1866 came to this ! "W., Henry C, John O., Margaret A. and

Jesse E. Elizabeth It. and James are deceased. Mr. Haddan left 294 acres of good land, lie was identified with the Cumberland Presbyterian church, and in politics was a Republican. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and at Ids death was buried with Masonic honors. His ancestors were Scotch-Irish, lie was a loving husband, a kind father and an obliging neighbor. Mis wife, who resides on the homestead, was formerly an Episcopalian, Her father was born in England and came to America when he was nearly thirty years of age. lie first located in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was engaged in the manufacture of starch. lie then removed to Louisville, where he conducted a drug store, thence to Jeli'ersonville, Indiana, where he died in December, 1862. His wife was formerly Elizabeth Howell, a native of Kentucky, and they had seven children, four of whom are living Orlando, Emily, William [>. and Anna. Doth parents were members of the Episcopal church. The father was & public-spirited man, and kind and generous to the poor, [lis wife resides at Jefferson ville.

i~~,--~..- in \\ no.wille, Tennessee, September 5, 1827, son of Simeon Harris, deceased, a native of the same place. He was reared on alarm and educated in Waveland High School. He attended lectures at Rush Medical College, in 1847 '48, graduating at the Central Medical College of Indianapolis, in March, 1881. lie first came to Fountain County and began practice in 1848, at Jacksonville. In 1850, he went to Butte City, California, where he practiced eight years, then came toCarpentersvilJe. where lie lias been in constant practice j ever since. He is frequently called for j counsel in various parts of the State. March j 23, 1861, he was married to Miss Jane*Dodd, j daughter of Woodson I\ Dodd, now deceased, | and they have two living children - Melvina, ! who married John L. Bridges, and has two j children - Hettie and Chasie, and Ida, who j married Dr. William F. Batman, of Roach- I dale. The doctor is a member of the Indiana : Medical Society, and. of Putnam County j Medical Association. He is a member of the j Masonic chapter at (Ireencastle, and also bei longs to the Odd Fellows fraternity, lie is I a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, i and has held the office of steward, trustee, ; and Sunday-school superintendent. lie lias i been school trustee of Carpentersvilie for ; twenty years, and is the present incumbent. i In politics he is a Republican.

>J| and pioneer of Putnam County, resides j L4g? on section 2, Washington Township, | where he owns 200 acres of laud. He was j born in Harrison County, this State, April 12, i 1814, son of Moses and Hannah Boone. His ! father was a son of Squire Boone, of Kenj tueky, a brother of the celebrated woodman, ' Daniel Boone. Moses Boone emigrated to ' this State in 1805, and to this county in 1834, where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1853, at the age of eighty-four years, three months and six days. He was a farmer by occupation, and reared thirteen children, only two of whom are now living. Our subject was reared to the occupation of farming. He was married in this county in 1831), to Melinda Miller, daughter of John and Nancy Miller, who was horn in Sullivan County, this State, in 1828, and brought to this county by her parents when eight months married Lather Pollom, of Clay County, In- i William married Melissa Paris, and they diana, and has five children; Hannah, wife of ! have had eleven children - Charles E., Laura George Busbey, has live children: Lennox, J E., Mary E., Serelda J., John A., Frank E., Moses, John M., George, Nancy, wife of John j Stella A., Minnie, an infant, deceased, Besliisk, has four children; Laura, wife of J. W. j sie and Susie. Emily married George Paris, Landes, has one child; Julia, wife of Daniel and has two children - Flora 15. and Hannah Goodrich, has six children, and Alice, wife of E.; Joseph's daughter, Elza F., mar: led J. M. Oliver. The sons are all married and i William O'Conner, and has two children - - have families. Lennox has seven children, Moses has three children, John has live and George has three, making a total of forty-five grandchildren, and they have a great-grandchild. Politically Mr. Boone isa Republican.

i, and earned jhis property by the '-sweat of his brow." lie never sued any person and has never been sued in his life, lie is of a retiring disposition and respected by ail who know him.

Evert C. and Noah. Emily's daughter Hannah married -Joseph S. Albee, and has three children - Leota M.. Thomas F. and Edgar L. At his death Mr. Butler left his family a valuable farm of 100 acres, which was the accumulation of a life of industry and perseverance, lie was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and had officiated as a class-leader, lie was a soldier in

Virginia, January 25. 1791, a son of i homestead and is a member of the Methodist Charles and Frances Butler, lie came to ! Episcopal church. We quote the following this county in 1820, locating in the wild woods on Big Walnut Creek, where he lived until 1813, then removed to section 3ft, Greeneastle Township, where he passed the remainder of his life. His death occurred October 9, 1851. lie was married in Flemfrom the Greeneastle Star-Press: -The relatives and friends o\' Mrs. Hannah Butler, who has resided in Greeneastle Township more than sixty years, celebrated her eightyfourth birthday on May 23, by calling and spending the day with her. Notwithstanding Count}*, Kentucky, May 17, 1825, to I ing her great age, Mrs. Butler was in quite Miss Hannah Smith, daughter of John and | excellent health and spirits, and happy to re- nine children, of whom six are living - Marceive her friends and neighbors, and pass with them a pleasant day, of which she and hers were the objects of peculiar interest.

Charles and Frances C. Margaret married | son and his family were unavoidably absent. Pleasant F. Johnson; Joseph married Ange- I At noon an excellent table was spread, which eighty-six guests who tested it can testify, added materially to the pleasures of the day. The afternoon was spent in social converse, tin; singing of hymns and songs, such as the In stess in youth and age lias ever loved, and reminiscences of the ' long, long ago.' Dr. Stevenson, himself eighty-three years old, and a friend of Mrs. Butler for more than sixty years, and other friends of fifty and forty years, were there, as well as others who had enjoyed her friendship their entire lives. Of all these none had other than pleasant memories of their kind hostess. Her faults, if any she ever had, were all forgotten, but each one present could recall her kind and motherly <\^vd?, as friend, neighbor and associate. Mrs. Butler was herself, with her pleasant smiles and kind greetings to every one, and when, at evening, the guests took their homeward way, the only regret thev con Id feel was that so innocent and useful a life could ever grow old. But how pleasant to Mrs. Butler it must be in her age to know thac her long life has not only merited, but secured to her the love and esteem of so many and so long tried neighbors and associates."

1 j J stock-raiser, resides on section 28, Floyd ;- Township, where he owns 125 acres of well cultivated land. He was born in Wayne County, this State, September 22, 1880, son of dames and Elizabeth Shoemaker, who came to this county in 1840, and are now living at 1 Jainbridge. The father is seventy-four years of age and the mother seventy-three. Daniel E. was reared a farmer and lias always followed that occupation, lie was married in this county, October 10, I860, to Louisa Stobaugh, daughter of Jacob arid Ursula Stobaugb, born in this county in 1841. Their children arc - Lillie D., born October 18, 1861; Jacob II., born April S, 1803; Arminda \ B., born March 12, 1865, now deceased; i Josephine, born August 13, 1876, and Worley | V., born December 14, 1880. Mr. Shoe- I maker is a self- made man, having started in life poor, but by economy and good management has made a good, comfortable home. 1 lie rented land twenty years, living on one i farm eight years. In politics he is Repnbj liean. His parents are members of the : Christian church.

p^ENRY DICKERSON, retired farmer, resides on section 27, Jackson Township, d where he owns 160 acres of land. lie I was born in Monroe County, Kentucky, Au- : gust 8, 1816, a son of John R. and Mary i (Grider) Dickerson, who were born near j Harper's Ferry, in Maryland, of Welsh an- I cestry. The father moved to Putnam Coun- I ty in 1828 and settled on Raccoon Creek, subsequently moving to Franklin Township, where he died August 22, 1869, aged eightyi nine years, two months and seventeen flays. i The mother died July 17, 1861, aged seventy - 1 four years. They were the parents of eleven : children, ten of whom lived till maturity and ! three still survive, lie entered 160 acres of j Government land, and went to work to clear - it and built a log cabin, lie experienced all j the hardships and privations incident to pio- I neer life. Wolves, deer and wild turkeys i were in abundance, and there were some ! bears and plenty of Indians, but he had ! but one white neighbor nearer than four miles. Henry was reared on a farm, and ; has always followed the occupation of a { fanner, lie was married February 10, 1841, j to Emily D. Case, who was born in Monti gomery County, Kentucky, March 25, 1824, daughter of Moore and Mary (Keith) Case, pioneers of this county. The father died December 12, 1852, and the mother now lives with Mrs. Dickerson, and although eightyfonr years of age, is still active, attending to her bees, of which she has thirteen stands. Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson have had eleven children, all of whom lived till maturity except one. and six are still living - -Moore C, the present assessor of the township, married Martha Lee, and has one child - Anna M.; Mary died unmarried September 8, 1871; Rebecca married James K. Sheckles and has four children- -Henry L., Charles !>., Blanche, and Ona; Eliza J. married John "W. Lee, and died June 13, 1873, leaving two children - Atametus J. and Emma F. ; John 11. lives in Jackson Township; Emily -(. died June 15, 1876, unmarried; William L. is also a resident of Jackson Township; Martha E. married James F. Watkins, and has two children; and Erne I. Hiram C. died in the army May 24, 1S63, and one died in infancy. Mr. Dickerson has served as justice of the peace three years and has also been school director, inspector of elections and supervisor. In politics he is a Democrat. lie is a member of the Baptist and his wife of the Methodist church.

-f^FIIRAIM TUCKER, treasurer of Pnt- " r; nam County, was born in Randolph \r~ County, North Carolina, May 10, 1826. In the fall of 1835, he was brought by his parents to this county, locating on a farm in Madison Township. He remained with his parents until he readied manhood, and afterward became the owner of the homestead. In the fall of 1868 he rented his farm and went to Orange County, to take charge -:-{ French Lake Springs, a watering place, and remained there until the fall of 1872, then returned to j his farm in Putnam County, in 1874 he j sold the farm and rented until the fall of 1884, ! when he was elected, on the Democratic j ticket, to the office of treasurer of Putnam County. In 1886 he was re-elected, and is the present incumbent of that office. Mr. Tucker has been twice married. His iirst wife, Sarah Jane JBritton, whom he married in 1849, died in 1879. They had seven children - John Thomas is a merchant at Clinton Falls, this county; Barney is a farmer of Russell Township, this county; James A. resides at home; Cluistie married E. T. Frank, a farmer of Russell Township; McKenzie, Nannie and Sarah Elizabeth are at home. .Mrs. Tucker was a member of the Predestinarian Baptist church, of Little Walnut, Putnam County, of which Mr. Tucker is still a member. In 1881 .Mr. Tucker married Mrs. Charlotte Pool, who is a member of the ! Christian church.

B. CROSS, retired physician and surgeon, Bainbridge, was born in Wayne I W® County, Indiana, February 12, 1^23, son of John J. and Ruth (Poe) Cross, natives of Ohio, and of German ancestry. They were the parents of five children, four oi whom lived to be grown, and two are yet living. In 1836 they removed to Montgomery County, where they lived until 1854, thence to Iowa for two years, thence to Putnam County, where the father died in April. 1872, and the mother in 1876. The doctor was reared on a farm in Wayne and Montgomery counties, Indiana, receiving his early education in the common schools: then taught school and commenced reading medicine in the office of Dr. A. Kelly, of Ladoga, and took first course of lectures at the Louisville University, Louisville, Kentucky, in 1847 and 1848. He graduated at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, in the winter of 1852 - '53, and commenced practice in Ladoga, Indiana. Later he removed to Carpenters vi lie, where lie lived sixteen years, aad in 1805 came to Bainbridge, this comity, where he practiced until 1880, then retired to private life, being afflicted with inflammatory rheumatism. In September, 1850, he was married in this county to Sallie Call, who was born in Kentucky < )ctober 31, 1831, daughter of Squire and Mary (Moore) Call. Mr. and Mrs. -Cross have two children -Emma F., wife of J. A. Looman, of this county, and they have two children -Ida M. and J. I>. ; and Ann.i, wife of Harry G. Brown. The doctor owns 280 acres of land in Monroe Township, and one acre where he resides. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, ]\o. 75, at Bainbridge, and of the Odd Fellows Lodge, ]Sfo. 311. lie is also a member of the Christian church. His mother was first cousin to General Foe, the great Indian tighter. John Call, a brother of Mrs. Cross, was a soldier i rs the late war, and died at Young's Point, on the way to Yicksburg.

l~^ii and business of U. V. O* Daniels, August 21, 1886. He was born in Ringgold County, Iowa, March 30, 1801, a son of Thomas B. Farmer, who resides in Marion Township, this county. When four years of age he came to this county with his parents, where he was reared on a farm and received a good common-school education. He followed farming until he engaged in his present business. He was married August 17, 1882, to Miss Florence I. Shaw, who was born in Jefferson Township, January 22,

180-1, daughter* of Oliver J. Shaw, a prominent fanner of that township. He is a member of Cloverdale Lodge, No. 132, A. F. & A. M., having joined December 1, 1885; he is senior deacon of the lodge, lie is a successful business man, keeps a first-class stable, and socially a gentleman.

JEI1U CASSIUS JONES, justice of the peace at G reencastle, was born in Belr£ mont County, Ohio, April 19, 1818. When he was a year old his father removed to Zanesville, where he was reared a farmer, and educated in the public schools and at the Zanesville Academiv, where he attended two years. Upon reaching his majority he besran teaching school in Muskingum County, and at the same time studied medicine. He then practiced until 1842. when he again took up the study of medicine under Dr. John Watkins, at Uniontown, Muskingum County, Ohio, remaining with him two years. In 1844 he took a course of lectures at the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati. In 1840 he came to Indiana, locating at Paw Faw, where he practiced medicine until 1800. lie then removed to Peru, where, in 1802, he was commissioned Captain by Governor Morton, and raised a company for the Union service, which was assigned to the Sixteenth Regiment, Indiana Infantry, as Company F. lie commanded this company nearly a year and resigned his commission on account of serious throat difficulty. He was on duty in Kentucky and participated in the battle of Richmond, where he was taken prisoner by Kirby Smith, and released on parole. After being exchanged, he with his regiment took part in Sherman's advance on Yicksburg, and was also in the battle of Little Rock. In that battle he took back the guns that were taken from them at the battle of Richmond, lie was discharged at Indianapolis in February, 1863, and returned to Tern. The following April he came to Greencastle, where he was engaged in the drug and grocer}7 business until the fall of 1872. In the spring of 1882 Ise was elected justice of the peace, and re-elected in the spring of 1886. January 10, 1850, Mr. Jones was married at Peru, Indiana, to Miss Lucy O'Brine, and their three children are - Claudius 0. and Homer, who reside in Indianapolis, and Howard, of Greencastle. Ella, wife of Dr. J. L. Preston, of Cloverdale, died in 1880, at the age of twenty-eight years, and three children died in infancy. Both are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of Greencastle. Mr. Jones is a Master, Royal Arch, and Council Mason, ami member of the lodge, chapter and council at Greencastle, having tilled nearly all the stations in each.

TT^TOKTllIXCTOX 15. WILLIAMS, a ^'l/\/; prominent farmer of Warren Towni~ *>F?S ship, was born in New York City in 1815, sou of Josiah and Martha (Loomis) "Williams, natives of Connecticut. The father was born Windham County, December 31, 1788, the mother was born June 9, 1784. They were married at Lebanon, December 9, 1807, and the hither followed the mercantile trade in Virginia and New York for many years, lie was an intimate friend of Governor Henry A, Wise, of Virginia, and an influential citizen. He was a successful business man, and died at Poughkeepsie, New York. October 7, 1864; the mother died April 13, 1851. They were the parents ot eight children - six daughters and two sons. Mr. Williams was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. W P. Williams received a collegiate education and in early life followed clerking. He located upon his present farm in 1830, his father having purchased several hundred acres, and has resided in the township ever since. In politics ho was formerly a Whig and now a Republican, casting his first presidential vote for General Harrison. He was a staunch Union man during the late Rebellion, and furnished from his home a brother-in-law and two sons to assist in suppressing treason. One was Lieutenant Whitfred Reed, killed at Cedar Mountain. Mr. Williams owns 500 acres of land in this State and Missouri. He was married -inly 13, 1837, to Lydia A. L. lleed, born in Owen County, Indiana, May '25, 1823, and a daughter of Rev. Isaac Reed, a prominent minister in the Presbyterian church, who was born in the State of New York, August 27, L788, and died in Illinois, January 11, 1858. Her mother, Elinor Young, was born in Philadelphia, September 22. 1799, and died May 9, 1869. They reared eight childrensix daughters and tun sons. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have had eleven children - iosiah Clinton, Julia Edistina, Ann G., Edwin M., Worthington A., Mary E., Flora W, Martha L., Frances R.. Carrie Rowe. Oliver Morton is deceased. Mrs. Williams and children are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Williams is a very social man and the "latch string" is always out. His son-in-law, John II. G. Weaver, now a resident of Eureka, California, was a soldier in the late war. He is a graduate of Hillsdale College, Michigan, and of the law department of Michigan State University, at Ann Arbor. Ho has served two terms in the California Legislature, and is now practicing law. He is Commander of Colonel Whipple Post, No. 49, G. A. R. Edwin T. Williamson, another son-inlaw, is a member of the Chicago Lumber Company, and is now traveling in Europe and makes his home in Kansas. He was a soldier in the late war, a member of the Sixteenth Indiana Infantry. One son lives in Kansas and two in Missouri. The two latter were soldiers in the late war. Captain Josiah C. Williams was with Company C, Twentyseventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and was wounded at the battle of Chancellors ville. Edwin M. was a member of the One Hundred and Fifteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteers.

owns 356 acres of good land, 221 being in his home farm. lie is a Democrat in politics. lie has held the office of town-hip trustee. Mrs. Ilouck is a member of the Predestinarian Baptist church.

^%AVID HOUCR, tanner and stoek- |jj raiser. Washington Township, was born "^^ in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, July 12, ls.31. son of Jonathan and Nancy (White) Ilouck. natives of Pennsylvania. In 1837 he went with his parents to Ohio, and in the spring of 1839 came to Putnam County, liis father locating in Clinton Township, where he still resides. Three of his father's family are living - -David, Thomas and Elijah. His father is in his seventy-seventh year, and is widely and favorably known. 1 1 is mother is in her seventy-sixth year, and is well preserved. They are enjoying the fruits of a life spent in usefulness. His father was formerly a member of the Methodist Episcopal church: his mother is a member of the Predestinarian Baptist church. David has been reared to manhood in this county, and received a limited education in the common schools. I lis occupation has always been fanning. He was married August 10, 1851, to Miss Rachel Talley, and to this union have been born seven children, six of whom are living - Jonathan, Nancy E., wife of Lennox L. Boone, James E., Henry, Oliver, and William, j Anthony, Jr., died in 1863, aged one year, j For his second wife Mr. Ilouck married j Martha (Ilouck) Penney. He settled upon j his present farm in September, 1867. He | rlORNELlFSO. RAINES, of Greeneas- . tie Township, is one of the honored *§Pi pioneers of Putnam County, and was born in Montgomery County, Kentucky, September 26, 1816, son of Walker and Tabitha Raines, who were natives of Virginiaahd removed to Kentucky in an early day. hi the fall of 1829 the family removed to this county, locating in Monroe Township, where the father died soon after his arrival. The mother remained in this county until her decease, which occurred in August, 1861. Of their seven children, four are living Cornelius G., James M., Matilda, wife of Hugh Siddens, and Armilda, now Mrs. Monet. The father was a shoemaker bv trade, being one of the first mechanics to settle here. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church., and was honored and respected by all. Our subject was reared to manhood in this county, and received a common-school education. In February, 1843, he was married to Miss Penelope Dale, and they were the parents of five children, three of whom are living - Sarah, wife of Caleb Reeves, of Kansas; James W. and Robert W. R. The deceased are - Selena and Elizabeth. Mrs. Raines died, and Mr. Raines was a second time married in 1859, to Lutecia Heath, widow of Christopher Heath, and daughter of Ennis and Polly Hardin, pioneers of Putnam Count}'. To this union have been born nine children, six of whom are living - Ella, wife of Frank Alice, George, Albert, Artemus, Minnie, and Emma J., wife of James

Farmer. The deceased are - John D., Cornelius and Mary. Mr. Haines settled upon his present farm on section 13, Greencastle Township, in 1855, where he owns 500 acres of valuable land. Although not a church member, Mr. Raines is a good man aud contributes liberally to all worthy enterprises.

WILLIAM 11. BEADLE, farmer, Mill Creek Township, was born in this county April 23, 1840, a son of Samuel and Sarah Beadle, the former a native of Connecticut and the latter of Tennessee. The Beadle family descended from three brothers who came from England, probably before the Revolutionary war. One of these brothers was William's great-grandfather. His father went with his parents to Chenango County, New York, when four years of age, where he was reared to manhood. He removed to Putnam County about 1838, and entered 155 acres of land from the Government, in Mill Creek Township, locating on the farm now owned by our subject, which was then a wilderness. He first built a log cabin and then began the work of clearing the land. He raised pork and delivered it for 1^ cents a pound. In 1839 he married Sarah C. Jones. Three of their ten children are now living - Maria E., wife of J. R. Hopkins, of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Lovisa and William R. The deceased are - John W., Louisa, Frances E., Mariett, Margaret J., Caudiz and Lucretia. The father was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was I very active in promoting the welfare of the church. In politics he was a Democrat. He died May 28, 1887, in the eightieth year of his age. His life was one of usefulness and well-doing, and in his death Putnam County lost one of its best and most intelligent citizens. His wife survives him and is living in Kansas. William II. Beadle has been reared and educated in this county. He was married April 3, 1862, to Merinda Hurst, daughter of Jackson Hurst, a pioneer of Jefferson Township. To this union ten children have been born - Samuel, Hester, Charles, Laura, Ida, James, Ernest, Efrie and Roxie M.; John is deceased. Mr. Beadle owns 154^^ acres of land in Mill Creek Township, and it is all in a good state of cultivation. In February, 1865, he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Fortyninth Indiana Infantry, as a private, and was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. He was in the service about three months, was taken sick at Nashville, and discharged in May, 1865, and returned home. He is a member of the Regular Baptist church, and lias served as clerk two years. He is a Democrat in politics, and has served as school director, supervisor and assessor of Mill Creek Township two terms. He has also been justice of the peace.

rf^AMUEL L. KELLER, a prominent l|l|jjl farmer and stock-raiser of Jefferson *^p Township, residing on section 17, was born in Putnam County, August 4, 1839, son of Lewis and Susanna Keller, natives of Virginia. In 1838 his parents and three children came to the county, coming the entire distance with two horses aud a wagon, occupying about six weeks of time. They were obliged to camp out wherever night overtook them. They first located in Greencastle, and his father being a blacksmith, followed his trade in that place until 1851, when he removed to Cloverdale Township and bought a farm east of the village. He subsequently bought a farm one-half mile east of Belle

Union, where he lived until his death, Sep- : Keller owi tember L, 1875. [lis wife survived until land, lie March, 1887. They were the parents of . a member twelve, children - Frances E., wife of Martin where he see all of their twelve children married and having families of their own. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, the father having served as class-leader. Lewis Keller was a Republican in polities. and a strong advocate of the temperance cause. He came here in limited circumstances, but has been very successful in his business. Samuel L. Keller has been reared to manhood in this county, and was edu-

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LORENZO jv .was horn in Berkley, ^-:.\ Massachusetts, in th father died when he was but two years of age. After receiving such an education as the schools and. academies of the State afforded, under the tuition of Dr. Thomas Andros, a celebrated divine of that State, he fitted for college, but want of pecuniary fifth Indiana Infantry, and was assigned to i widowed mother. For one year he was printhe Army of the Cumberland. After serv- J eipal of the Millbury Academy, and occupied ing four months he re-enlisted in the Twenty- ! the some position at Marblehead Academy in his native State. At the same time he employed his spare moments in acquainting at Nashville, and in several skirmishes; was j himself with law, and at the age of twentywith General Hood in his retreat to Alabama, j five commenced devoting his whole time to He served one year and was honorably dis- J its study. He read first in the ofiiee of C. charged July 16, 1865. He then returned j li. Mills, at Millbury, but afterward went to home and has since resided in this county, j Boston and road under the tutorship of the He was married in September, 1864, to celebrated legal light, Rufus Choate, and Frances E. McGinnis, also a native of Put- finished with Zachariah Eddy, of Middleman Comity, a daughter of Joshua and Eliz- borough, each of whom gave him certificates abeth McGinnis, early settlers of Putnam ; as to his proficiency. He was admitted to County. To this union one child has been j the Plymouth County bar in 1840, under a born - Lewis J., born April 9, 1869. Mr. I rigid examination, not having completed the fall three years' course of study required by j the laws of the State, lie then went to Nantucket and remained a little more than a year, acquiring a reputation as a good lawyer. He then concluded to come West, which ho did in November, 1841, settling at once and opening an office at Greencastle when the place was yet a small town. He immediately entered upon a good practice, and at the time of his death enjoyed the distinction of being the oldest practitioner at the iJutnam County bar. At the time of coming to Greencastle he met with much opposition, the people here being Southerners and disliking the Yankees, of which lie was a true Puritan type, but he lived to see those who opposed him his warmest friends. In August, 1843, he married Miss Mary T. Wood, of Middleborough, Massachusetts, daughter of Judge Wilkes Wood, lie was never an active politician, but always had pronounced views on all questions of importance. He was a Whig until the formation of the Republican party, when he allied himself with that party and continued one of its warmest supporters. He was not an office seeker, but held several trusts by reason of their being thrust upon him. He was a member of the first common council of Greencastle in 1849, and was the second mayor in 1850, which office he resigned because of his distaste for the duties of his position. In 1848 he was a delegate to the National Convention at Philadelphia which renominated Taylor for President. He had a warm affection for Henry Clay, and made a very active canvass during the year of that race. For a time he acted as circuit judge in this district. More recently he was a member of the city 6chool board, during which time the first and third ward buildings were erected. He was always interested in the schools of the city and county. He was the father of six children - Lucy W., C. Wilkes, Charles It.. Helen R., George and Ida. These are all living except Charles It., who died in 1879.

IglLLIAM AF. COX, a pioneer of Jef- |~ ferson Township, was born in Virl**p^ ginia, May 1, 1818, a son of John and Polly Cox. 11 is father was a native of New Jersey and his mother of Yirginia. His paternal great-grandfather, of English descent, was a soldier of the Revolutionary Avar. Mr. Cox was reared to manhood in this State, receiving an education only in the pioneer subscription schools. September 11, 1838, is the date of his marriage to Miss Hannah Powers, who was born January 22, 1810, in Lewis County, Yirginia. Her father, a native of the same State, was a soldier in the war of 1812; her mother was a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Cox have had eleven children, seven of wh6m are living - Sarah A., wife of Amos Evans; Adeliza, wife of Newton Reed; Melville B., Louisa, wife of Thomas Hockett; Albert, Alvin and Winfield. The deceased are - Nancy, John, Candace and Ellen. Mr. Cox came to Putnam County with wife and one child in 1839, traveling with a one-hor6e wagon. Mrs. Cox rode 550 miles on horseback, and they were about three weeks making the trip. Mr. Cox bought eighty acres of land in Jefferson Township, on which was a cabin, but no clearing. After several years of hard labor he succeeded in clearing his farm and producing good crops. They endured many hardships, and worked hard. Mr. Cox split and laid up rails for 75 cents per hundred. At one time he cut and split 200 rails for a bushel of salt, carrying the same about two miles. He now owns 375 acres of laud in Jefferson Township. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and has served as steward several years. Mrs. Cox is also a member of that church. Their *on Melville served in the late war four : years. Mrs. Cox's maternal grandfather was : a native of Wales, immigrated to America and j settled in .New Jersey, near Cooper's Ferry, j Her great-grandfather Was a Huguenot and j fled to Wales to avoid persecution, lie sub- i sequently went to Ireland, thence to Amer- j ica. To her parents were born four j children, Mrs. Cox being the only one now j living. They came to Putnam County in j 1850, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Politically Mr. Cox is a Repub- ] lican.

JOSEPH A. McMURTRY, farmer, secjM tion 10, Franklin Township, was born in * ;:. Barren County, Kentucky, June 1, 1838, son of Samuel 1>. and Louisa (Perkins) Mc- Mnrtry, the former a native of the same place and now deceased; the latter is living in Parkersburg, Montgomery County, this State, and is sixty-eight years of age. Joseph passed his early life on a farm, and was educated at Mt. Vernon, Kentucky. He came to this county in 1859, where he worked by the month for two and a half years in Franklin Township. November 21, 1861, he was married to Miss Nancy Howard, daughter of William and Susanna (Rogers) Howard, both of whom are deceased. To this union have been born ten children - Ella, Gladys (deceased), Susannah, George, Harvey, Robert, .Mary, Eva, Orian and Donald, twins. Gladys was nineteen years old at the time of her decease. Mr. McMurtry served as assessor four years, and as assistant assessor one yeai'. He owns seventy acres of good land, all obtained by his own industry and economy, and his time is devoted to fanning and stock-raising. When he arrived in Franklin Township in 185!) he had just 10 cents.

t HOMAS JOB, pioneer of Floyd Townm\M ship, resides on section 21, where he owns eighty acres of land upon winch he settled lifty years ago. He was born in Wayne County, Indiana, in 1812, and was a son of Samuel and Rachel (Call) Job, natives of North Carolina and of English-German ancestry. They came to this comity in 1827, settling in Monroe Township, where they lived several years, then moved to Missouri. They started back to their former home, the mother dying on the road. It was the father's intention to return to Indiana, but he died one year later. They reared teu children, live of whom are now living. Thomas was the third child, lie was married in Floyd Township, in 1831, to Miss Alary Gibson, who died in 1834 leaving one child, Louis. now living in Missouri, who has three children - William, Mary E. and Charles. In 1835 Mr. Job married Nancy M. Ellis, a native of Tennessee and daughter of Thomas and Sarah Ellis, also natives of Tennessee and of English ancestry. They have eight children - William L., now serving as trustee of the township, it being his third term. He is one of the most prominent young men of his township. Sarah E., wife of Joel Shinn, of Floyd Township, has seven children - Rosella M.j Alma, Lee, Ollie, Otis, Dessie and Carl. Leroy is unmarried; Jefferson married Louisa Turner and their three children are - Bessie, Zelma and Elbert E.i Allen married Nettie MeVay and lias three children - Ida, Mattie and Daisy; Mary married Joseph Underwood and has three children - Roma, (diaries and Ernest: Martha married Wallace Day, mitted to practice in thi.- superior courts, he and their children arc Roy, Grace, Amy and \ had become extensively known throuo-hont Ethel. Mr. do', has held the office of trus- nil the adjoining counties. Fn July, 1859, tee under both old and new law. lie has he formed a partnership with Mr. A. \)&<riry also served as constable. In politics he affil- j under the (inn name of Williamson &Dao-gy, iates with the Democratic party. He started | which partnership stilt exists. They have an in life poor and endured hardships and pri- j extensive and lucrative, practice. In 1860 vations. All he has has been obtained by the Mr. Williamson took an active part in the sweat of his brow. Both himself and wife are j presidential contest, and was a devoted adgreatly respected in their community. j herent of Stephen A. Douglas, for whom he

| Union, and zealously devoted himself to pro- P^ON. DELANO E. WILLIAMSON, o{ j moting the war spirit in Putnam and adjoin- ;j;j Greencastle, was born in Florence, ! ing counties. This created a lend between ~.b Boone County, Kentucky, August 19, him and the Democratic party which ex- 1822. In 1830 his parents, Robert and ! eluded him from its counsels. In 1802 he Lydia (Madden) Williamson, removed to j was nominated for the office of Attorney Covington, same State, thence, in 1833, to j General of the Stale by a union convention of Vermillion Comity. Illinois, where .Delano j Republicans ami Union Democrats: but party remained until his nineteenth year, and at- j feeling ran high and was intensified by Presitended the common schools. In 1841 he j dent Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, came to Greencastle with the intention of en- j and the whole State ticket was defeated. In tering college, but abandoned the plan alter j 1861 Mr. Williamson was nominated for the two weeks sojourn, and accepted the position i same office by the Republican party, by acof deputy county clerk at Rowling Green, j clamation, and was elected, holding the office In March, the following year, he was married j three consecutive terms of two years each. to Miss Elizabeth Elliott, and the next year In 1870 he declined a fifth nomination for returned to Greencastle and entered the law j the same office, and has since taken but little office of Eccles & Llanna to complete his law ! interest in politics, devoting himself entirely studies, having previously devoted his time to his profession and to improvements calcuto that study while residing in Bowlim-' Green. After being admitted to the bar he located in Clay County, Indiana, where he Williamson was a second time married, Janpracticed, until 1852, and was then elected on j uary 3, 1861, to Miss Carrie Badger, daughthe Democratic ticket to the Lower J louse of i ter of the Rev. O. P. Badger, the Indiana Legislature, to represent Clay i

Greencastle, and five years later was nominated for Representative to the State Legislature, but owing to a division in the Democratic party he was defeated by five

DUDLEY HUTCHISON, firmer and 1 stock-raiser, resides on section 3, Wash- ?' ington Township, where he owns votes. Tu the meantime, having been ad- I ninety-eight acres of land. lie was born in this county, July 21, 1845, son of Henry, deceased, and Mary A. (Albaugh) Hutchison. The mother resides on the home farm. In 1864 Dudley enlisted in Company E, First Indiana Heavy Artillery, (serving fifteen months. He was discharged at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and mustered out at New Orleans, lie was married March 23, 1871, to Miss Sarah Ilooten, daughter of James 13. and Naomi Ilooten, pioneers oi' Putnam County. The mother is deceased and the father is living in this county. Mrs. Hutchison was horn in this county, March 4, 1854. Their children are- - Phillip O., Henry A., Peter S.? Naomi P., James L. and Otto. Mr. Hutchison is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

JffSAAC BROWNING, an early settler of U Putnam County, was horn in Mason -^ County, Kentucky, December 11, 1823, son of Edmund and Hannah Browning, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of New Jersey. His father's ancestors were English and his mother's German. The lather was a soldier in the war of 1812. His parents had nine children, of whom three survive -Thompson, George and Isaac. The father died in Kentucky, and in 1836 he and his mother came to this county, settling in Greencastle Township, where the mother died in li>52. Since 1836 our subject has been a resident of this county. He was married August 31, 1848, to Miss Amanda Steers, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Steers, of this county, and they had seven children, four of whom are living - William, a resident of Kansas, John G., George and Scott. Mrs. Browning died November 29, 1878. She was a kind and loving wife and mother, and was greatly missed in the family circle.

She was a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and esteemed by all who knew her. Mr. .Browning owns 255 acres of ( good land, and is a successful farmer. lie is a Republican in politics, and has served creditably as school director.

fOSEPIl B. P.OWEN, farmer and stockraiser, resides on section 34, Jackson -,v, Township, where he owns 154 acres of land. He also owns 340 acres in other parts of the township. He was born in this county, July 15, 1832, son of Anthony and Amanda (Vansant) Bowen, natives of Kentucky and of Scotch-Irish descent. They came to this county in 1831, settling near Russellviile, where they remained until the year 1833, removing thence to Jackson Township and residing there until the death of the lather, which occurred in 1883, at the age of seventythree years. The mother is still living and resides in New Maysville. She is seventyfour years of age. The parents reared three sons, two of whom are living - A. J., who resides in Danville, Hendricks County, and our subject. The latter was reared a farmer and has followed that occupation thus far through life. Ilis father taught school several years, in an early day. Joseph was married in this county, in 1S55, to Nancy A. Vansandt, a ; daughter of John Vansandt, born in I land 1- ! ton County, Ohio, in 1^37, and their children i are - Clara A., wife of John T. Jones, of Bath j County, Kentucky, lias one child - Stanley; Millard A. married Catherine Miller, and has one child - Pearle; William H. married Antha Cassity, and has one child - Raymond A.; Oscar II., Frank II., Eva J., Joseph B., Jr., Minnie E. and Arthur. Air. Bowen has served as trustee of New Maysville for several years, and in politics is a Republican.

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Himself and wife are members of the Chris- Kansas; Jennie V\; Horatio, of Wichita, tian church. He had about 8500 to start j Kansas, Samuel \\r., William T. and with, and the rest of his property he has ' < -harles L., also of Wichita, and Emmade himself. j ma, wife of Edward Brown, of Montj gomcry County, Illinois. Air. Rambo set- -,*-*4*^M**5'*^0' ! tied upon his present farm on section 29,

| Greencastle Township, in 1870. and has since SteAVID II. RAMBO, an early settler of resided there. He owns a good farm of forty -j Putnam County, and a resident of i acres in Clinton Township, and nine acres - Greencastle Township, was born in the ' where he resides. Lie is a member of the State of Delaware. December 14, 1812, eon j Methodist Episcopal church, and has served of Richard and Sarah Rambo, also natives of as steward and trustee. His wife is also a that State. His father's ancestors were j member of the same church. Politically ho Swedes and his mother's Irish. In 1838 he , affiliates with the Republican party, came to Putnam County with his parents, i ated what was so well known throughout the ' vfl A MITEL OAT1IERWOOD, Esq., was northern part of Putnam County as Rambo's tv^l; Ul Harrison County, Kentucky, saw and grist mill, stationed at Raccoon! ~r^ October l>, 1.817. His father died Creek, and run by water power, lie was the when he was very young and he was reared father of ten children, of whom the follow- j by a brother in Lexington. He was educated ing survive - Margaret, widow of Samuel j at Georgetown College and at Transylvania Lloyd, of this county; Sarah, wife of William j University at Lexington. Upon reaching Glenn, of Missouri; Ellen, widow of Elza : manhood he engaged in civil engineering. Butcher, of this county; French, of Kansas; In 1839 he came to Putnam County, locating and Eveline, widow of Walter Sewell, -A' in Franklin Township, where he taught Putnam County. He was a member of the school nearly two years. He was then nit- Masonic fraternity, and was esteemed by all ; pointed county surveyor and located in Greeuwho knew him. He was twice married. Oar | castle, serving in that capacity seven years. subject was first married December 14,1837, j In 181G he embarked in the mercantile trade his wife being Catherine Brazier, of Cler- ; in connection with surveying, which he eonmont County, Ohio, and they had nine chil- tinned until LS48, and was then variously dren, only two of whom survive- - Henry and (engaged until 1852, alien he accepted the Samuel. His second wife was formerly Miss ! position of station agent for the Terre Haute Elizabeth Turner. His third and present & Indianapolis Railway, at. Greencastle. Afwife was Martha (Wiley) Ford, daughter of j tor serving thirty -one years he retired from Samuel and Lydia Wiley, of Philadelphia, | the office on account of failing health. In Pennsylvania. She had previously been mar- ' 1881 he was appointed justice of the peace ried, October 10, 1839, to Horatio N. Ford, of Greencastle Township, lie also served oi Chester County. Pennsylvania, and they i three years as school trustee of that township, had nine children, sewn living - Cornelia, I January 3, 1848, Mr. Catherwood was marwife of Lewis Martin, of Wilson County, ! ried to Miss Elizabeth Strong, at Bowling

Green, Indiana, daughter of Mrs. Robert Uanna, of Indianapolis. I lor father, John W. Strong, died when she was very young. To this union were horn tour children - Ellen, wife of William IT. Peck, a fanner of Warren Township; John S., who died in infancy; Albert S., a conductor on the JUoium Ilailroad, and Fred I)., a telegraph operator and clerk in office of general Southern agent of the Dee Line at Cincinnati. Mr. Gatherwood is a thirty-second-dogree Mason, and has served his lodge as worshipful master two years, and served several terms as secretary and treasurer in his lodge, chapter and eominanderv.

^fOSEPil LEE, farmer, section 1, Monroe M\ Township, was born in Barren County, ^C Kentucky, February 4, 1823. His father, Henry Lee. now deceased, was a native of Virginia, lie was reared on a farm and educated in the subscription schools which were taught in the primitive log cabin of pioneer times. These school-houses had split logs for seats, boards on wooden pins for desks, puncheon floors, clapboard roofs, mud-ami-stick chimneys, and huge fireplaces in one end of the room. One log was left out for light, and sometimes greased paper was used in the aperture thus made. Mr. Lee came to this county in the fall of 1845, settling in Monroe Township, where lie has since resided. The home farm consists of 100 acres of land, which is devoted to farming and stock-raising. He was married May 2, 1847, to Mrs. Catherine Cassity, daughter of David Badger, now deceased. She was born in Montgomery County, Kentucky, and had been married twice. By her first marriage was one child, Uriah W . Chambers, and to the second marriage, also one child -

I Oliver A. Cassity. Mr. and Mrs. Lee have I spent ten or twelve winters in Lawrence County, Middle Tennessee. They are members of the Christian church..

HOMAS A. MOORE, deceased, late of : Greencastle Township, son of Thomas ?ip' and Nancy (Walker) Moore, was a Virginian bv birth and hv occupation a