Putnam County, Indiana - The whole text, 1887 (part 7 of 12)

.,-- Greencastle, was born on a farm in A. M., at Greencastle. He has held the posi- Washington Comity, this State, December S, I tion of treasurer of the lodge for nine consee- Is^.j. At the age of sixteen years he went ; utive years and still holds that office. His to "Walnut Ridge, same county, and, became father, Henry Ren ick, was born near Springapprenticed to i >. A A. Piatt, to learn the ; Held, Ohio, in 1797, of Welsh parentao-e. trade of carriage making, serving five and a lie came to [ndiami in IS 1.8, settling on a half years, lie received a limited education i farm in Washington County, thence to-Clay in the district schools, attending only dur- ' County in 1.852, where he died in lss.'5. He ing the winter months. In 184G he went to \ was a farmer by occupation, and followed it Salem, Washington County, where he worked ! through life. His mother. Catherine ('Clemat journey work two years with the exception | ens) Renick, was a native ^>x Virginia, born of a short time spent in Terre Haute. In ; in 1793. She married Mr. Uenick in Ohio, the fall of 1849 he went to Waveland, in 1817, and died in Clay County, Indiana, in Montgomery County, where he worked until I 1855. They were the parents of ten children, September, 1850, then came to Greencastle only six of whom are living - two in Greenland became associated with his brothers, ' castle and four in various places in Illinois. Robert and Henry, in the manufacture oi " Both are members of the Methodist Episcocarriages, under the firm name of G., II. & ! pal church. R. Renick. They erected a shop on "Wash- j dames A. Curtis succeeded Henry, changing j iff AMES II. HURST, present trustee of the name to Renick. Curtis & Co., and in '- %' > -Jefferson Township, resides on section 5. March, 1886, Robert retired, from the firm 4i He was born in Greencastle Township, and it was changed to Renick & Curtis. Dur- \ this county, December 0. 1853, son of Jeffering 1886-87 Mr. Curtis erected the exten- | son and Elsie (Vowel) Hurst, also natives of sive shop and ware-room they now occupy on Putnam County, lie was reared in his native Washington street, directly opposite the old i township and educated in the common schools shop in which they operated su long. Politi- i of his neighborhood. He remained at home until he reached his majority, an<i his father then gave him a farm. He commenced farming for himself, and after one year was married, February 7, 1875, to Delilah E. Dorsett, born in .Marion Township, Putnam County, April 11, 1357, a daughter of Abijah and Mary (Jones) Dorsett. Mis farm consists of 180 acres of well-cultivated land, lie gives some attention to stock-raising. In politics he is a Democrat, and was elected to his present office in the spring of 1886. Mr. and Mrs.Hurst are the parents of three children - Earl, horn October "Jo, 1875; ( >ra J., born December 1. 1878, died January 16,1885, and ( Horn E., born November 21, 1880. Mrs. Hurst is a member of the Baptist church.

: L\- Cioverdaie Township, was born in Fay- i ^.'~ .ette County, Indiana, December 7, 1831, ; son vi' William II. and Hannah R. (Worster) j Evens. His lathe!- was the youngest son of | John and Sarah (Andrews] Evens, of England. ! William II. was bom March 13, 1801, and remained in England until sixteen years of j age, then came to America, where he learned j the tanner's trade of an elder brother, Ed- j nion, who had preceded him to this country j and was engaged in this business at Boston. After completing his trade he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where lie followed his trade for a short time, then removed to Fayette County, Indiana, in 1821, where he followed his usual occupation. James and Nancy (Milliner) Worster, the former a native of ! Virginia and the latter of Kentucky, immigrated to Indiana in 1813 and entered Gov- j eminent land and remained on the same until their decease. Their oldest daughter, Hannah R. Worster, was burn July 31, 1806. William H.and Hannah R. (Worster) Evens were , married August 13, 1823, in Fayette County, this State, where they resided until they removed to Putnam County in October, 1851, locating in Greencastle for the purpose of educating their younger children. Amos W., the subject of this notice, grew to manhood in Fayette County and came to Putnam County with his parents. He attended the common schools and obtained sufficient education to enable him to teach school, teaching four terms. Mr. Evens was married February 22, 1866, to Miss Sarah A. Cox, who was born in Virginia May 18, 1839, a daughter of William M. and Hannah P. (Powers) Cox. She came to this county with her parents while an infant, and was reared in Jefferson Township, where she was married. Mr. and Mrs. Evens have had five children - James M. S., born March 13, 1867; William II., born November 5, 1869; Edgar E., born November 19, 1871; Irving !>., born September IS, 1873; Leontine, born March 11, 1877. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Evens located upon the farm where they have since resided, and own 213 acres of land. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

-ffOHiS; A. GIRTOJSf, farmer, resides on "M 1 section 17. Washington Township, * , i where lie owns 273 acres of land, lie was born in (day County, this State. September 12, 1811, son of Stephen audi Margaret (Mozart) Girton, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German ancestry. John A. came to this county in 1865. During that year he was married to .Miss Rachel R. Harris, who was born in this county January 26, 1^14. Their children are Elizabeth E.. born December 12, 1870: Andrew E., bom December 27, 1872; Sarah P., born August 11, 1S75; John E., horn March 17, 1878; Mamie A., born

August 10, 18S0: Florence !.. horn October 27, 18S3; Magpde D., born January 8,1^S<>. Clarinda R., born February 19. ISOs. died September 2, 1809. and an infant died November 15. I860. Mr. and Mrs, Girton are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They came to the county poor, and had to go in debt for their first housekeeping utensils, and Mr. Girton rented land the first three years. In politics lie is a Democrat. Postoffice, Reelsville.

by County, Kentucky, December 10, 1825, sun of James and Sarah Allen, the former a native of Virginia and the 'after of Kentucky. His maternal grandfather, William Conley, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and several of his maternal uncles served in the war of 1812. His father was twice married, and was the father of seven children - Zadoc; Harriet, wife of Thomas Evans, of Davis County, Iowa; Mahala, who married Joseph O'Neal, of this county: Zaruah, wife of John Runnyan, also of this county; Aaron Elizabeth, wife of John Leachneau, of Mercer Comity. Missouri, and William. In 1834 James Allen, with his family, removed to Putnam County from Kentucky, coming the entire distance with a four-horse wagon, camping out at night and occupying ten or twelve days in the trip. lie settled on section 3, Marion Town-hip, having purchased fifty-two acres of land, about five acres of which were cleared. There was also a cabin on the place. He subsequently entered eighty acres of land from the Government in Marion Township, where he lived until his death. He was a worthy member of the Missionary Baptist church, and much respected by all who knew him. In hi- demise Putnam < "ounty iosl one of la I citizens. In 1834 our subject accompanied his parents to this county, and this has sip.ee been his home. lie received a rudimentary education in the early subsciption schools, which war- all that the county then afforded. February 2, 1848, he was married to Miss Jemima Ellis, who 'was born in Kentucky, and daughter of Randolph and Rebecca Ellis, early settlers of Putnam County, who came here on pack-horses. Mr. Allen is the of fmr children Mary A., wife of David W.Campbell, has three children, viz. Lenna L.. Flora May and .Mien L.; Maria, wife of Samuel Campbell, has one daughter- Mary Alice; Francis M.. and Sarah A. wife of Arthur Ransom, the hitter having one daughter Eva \. Mr. Allen owns 151 acres of well-cultivated and well-improved

^JOSEPH S. MeVAY, farmer and stock- '^ i raiser, resides on section 22, -i Township, where he owns 1< excellent land. He was born in February 3, 1842, son of Madison ami Eliza both (Wright) MeYay, the former a native of Ohio and of Irish ancestry, the latter a native of Indiana. The parents removed to this county in an early day. the mother dying in 1854. The father now lives in Marion (/ounty. Iowa. In 1SC2 our subject enlisted in Company C, Fifty-fifth Indiana Infantry, serving three mouth.-: afterward re-enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Fifteenth Regiment, serving seven mouths. He was disabled on the retreat from Greenville. Tennessee, to Bull's Gap, in the leg. He again re-enlisted in Company E, First Indiana

Heavy Artillery, serving two years and two married. Mr. Weesner was again married, months, and was mustered out at Baton i August 11, 1867, his second wife being Han- Rouge, Louisiana. He enlisted as a musi- j nah Wonnett, born in this county in 1839, eian. After the war he returned home and j and a daughter of Lawson and Jane (Colli ngs) went to farming. He was married in Floyd j Wonnett. Their one child is deceased. Her Township, November 20, lSf>7, to Miss Eliz- \ parents came to this county in 1826, where abeth Evans, daughter of G. and Eliza- \ the father died in 1879, aged seventy-three beth (Adar) Evans, who were pioneers of ! years. The mother is still living, aged Putnam County. Mrs. McVay was born in j seventy-three years. Mr. and Mrs. Weesner Floyd Township in 184:3. To this union have i are members of the Protestant Methodist been born four children - Nora P., Alma A., I church, of which Mr. Weesner has served us Leauder l'». and Bertie P.. Mr. McVay is a | trustee. lie is a self-made man, and has Republican in politics, and has held the office i made his property by his own exertions. of supervisor, lie was left an orphan at the | early age of eleven years, and had not a dollar to commence life with. lie got his first start by working twelve years by the month at from xlo to 8^5 a month. 11 is paternal grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1812, j ~<;\ County. Virginia, in the yi for which he received a pension. Postoffice, j When a small hoy his parents removed with Groveland, Indiana. ; him to Bryant's Station, Kentucky. Soon fACOH WEESNER, farmer and stock- j Reuben was taken into the family of Elisha raiser, Floyd Township, resides on section : Thomas, where he remained until, at his own , 15, where he owns ninety-five acres of request, he was apprenticed to a tanner by the fine land. His parents were Samuel and I court having jurisdiction of orphans. When Hester (Evans) Weesner, natives of North brought into court the first time, the judge Carolina, and of German descent. They asked kindly what calling he wished to folwere the parents of two children, and mem- : low, and received from the boy the answer, bersof the Methodist Episcopal church. They j " I wish to be a tanner." -' My sou," said the removed to Putnam County, this State, where J judge, "that is a very dirty business, but the father died in ls33, aged twenty-six I will make you fair money." The words of years, and the mother in 1875, aged sixtv- j the iudire were kindly remembered, even in eight years. Jacob Weesner was married, old age, by him lowborn they were addressed. January 2, 1853, to Melissa A. Goodwin, j Our subject remained in a tan-yard until he who was born in Parke County in 1838, and j reached his majority, and made himself corndied in 1866, leaving three children - Ruf- j plete master of the business. He did well fina, wife of Henry Smith, of this county, j whatever he undertook, and early formed has one child - William A.; Millard C., who \ close habits of observation. During his boymarried Catherine Robinson and has one I hood he was fond of, and frequently in the child - Josiah U.. and Cameron, who is nn- j company of Edward Darnaby and John Light- visited Indiana, spending the winter near Vincennes. The winter of 1818-'19 he spent in Putnam County, at the home of Joseph Thomas, below Webster .Mills. The only settlers then in this county in the valley of the Walnut were Benjamin Croy, James Athey, and David Thomas. During this winter he explored all of Putnam County, frequently visiting the dense woods then occupying the present site of Greencastle, and frequently met and camped with the red men of the forest. The following spring lie returned to Kentucky. Between this and 1824 he visited this State several times, and attended a sale of lots at Indianapolis. In 1824 he made a collection of fruit cions in Kentucky, and with them came to Indiana and settled in' Putnam County, lie first commenced a small nursery on the firm since owned by Andrew Pluck, west of Greencastle. lie soon afterward settled on the land where he died, in Marion Township. Here, in 1824, he propagated bluegrass. From this time until his death, which occurred August 19, 1869, he was a devotee of horticulture; and though he cleared and made for himself a fine farm, he was never so happy as when with his trees, fruits and flowers. His love of these he manifested till the close of his life. In his dying hour, being shown a dahlia, he handled it. exclaiming, "Oh, how beautiful.'-' To Reuben Ragan, more than all others, Western Indiana owes the quality j and character of its fruits, and these will, in i years to come, testify to and of his eminent and disinterested public services more eloquently than " stone or sculptured monument." Henry Ward Beecher once said, 4i Ragan is the most intelligent horticulturist in America." He was the first ['resident of the Indiana Horticultural Society, and was an honorary member thereof at his death. Of his character as a horticulturist, those who dealt with, confided in, or sought information from him, give most beautiful testimony. What he sold or gave was always the best, and his opinion was always reliable. He taught and practiced horticulture for the love of it, and obtained and distributed the best varieties without attempting individual profit. He was characteristically modest, and never sought a public office, nor held one above the grade of district school trustee. He was. indeed, in true, maid}- worth, a model; courageous, conscientious, true to principle, unselfish, loving and gentle as a woman, and generous almost to a fault. He was married in 1828 to Miss Jane Matthews, who made him an excellent, dutiful and confiding wife. Their children were twelve in number, eleven of whom survived the father. He was a kind husband, a loving father, a good neighbor - -an honest man. \\\ December, 1868, he wrote the following words, and a few days before his death handed them to William II. Ragan, his son:

My God doth call and I mast go And leave this world of tears below, And join that blessed happy number, Where joy and peace doth never cease, And wake in heaven from my slumber.

My so\d still lingers on the breeze. And loves its own sweet native trees; But freed from earth it goes to God, Along the road by angels trod.

This shows that after death he anticipated a "blessed immortality. He was buried near Fillmore, upon ground of his own selection. A large concourse of neighbors, relatives and friends accompanied his remains to their last resting place, and with loving though sad hearts returned his remains to earth on the 21st day of August, 1869. Mrs. Ragan came with her parents to Putnam County in

1827, whore the latter lived (luring the remainder of their lives. Ten of the twelve children of Mr. and Mrs. Ilagan survive - j Mary, wife of Robert Rosebro, of Crawfordsville, Indiana; William II., formerly a pro- ! lessor in De Pauw (Asbury) University, at Greencastle; Milton; Robert M.; Harriet I wife of Marshall A. Moore, an attorney of I Greencastle; dames S., a resident of Kansas; j Jennie, wife of Dr. John Welch, of Lena, j Indiana; Amy, who married Benjamin Nicholson, now deceased, and Howard 11., who is ! living in Oregon. Sally, the third daughter, j was the wife of Joseph Priest; she died September 29, I860; the eldest daughter, Nancy, married Mr. MeCord, of Genterville, Indiana; he died in L853, and the widow returned to the old homestead and remained until her death, March 29, 1862,

TJP&ANIEL PECK, a prominent farmer of i A J Warren Township, now deceased, was born near Bloom ington, Indiana, December 29, 1823, son of Isaac and Nancy (Moore) Peck, natives of Pennsylvania and Kentucky respectively. They were married in Kentucky, and came to Indiana about 1822, locating near Bloom ington, Monroe County. In 1824 they removed to this county and bought, land on section 13, Warren Township, where the mother died September 2, 1861, and the father, February 17, 1865. They were parents of twelve children, nine of whom were boys. Mr. Peek was a member of the Presbyterian church and Airs. Peck of the Methodist Episcopal church, although she was formerly a Presbyterian. Daniel was reared in Warren Township and received a common school education. lie remained at home until his marriage, which occurred October 12, 1844, with Sarah McCarty, who was born February 28, 1823, a daughter of William McCarty, of this county. After his marriage Mr. Peck went to Boone County, where he was engaged in farming one year, then sold his farm and returned to Putnam County, purchasing land in Warren Township, lie afterward located on section 11, where he lived until his death, October 28, 1850. Mrs. Peck still resides on the old homestead. Mr. Peck was a successful business man, and at the time of his death owned 200 acres of land, all the product of his own labor and management, assisted by his estimable wife, who is a very intelligent, amiable lady. Since her husband's death she has purchased some land, and has now of her own about 200 acres. She is a member of the Baptist church. They were the parents of four children -Theodore F., born August 8, 1846, died January 16, 1879; William M., born May 27, 1848; Nancy A., born July 21, 1850, and Isaac S., born August 2, 1852. William M.. an attorney at law, resides in Texas. Nancy A. married Albert Layman and resides in Warren Township. Isaac S. is unmarried and resides at home, managing the farm, lie owns over 200 acres of land. He was educated at Asbury College, and has always followed farming.

INFIELD S. COX, attorney at law ami dealer in real estate, Greencastle, C^p^i was born in Jefferson Township, this county, October 8, 1855. His parents, William M. and Hannah P. (Powers) Cox, were natives of Virginia, the former of English and the latter of Scotch-English ancestry. They came to Putnam County in 1837, locating in Jefferson Township, where they still reside. Winfield was reared on a farm and received only a common school education.

In 1879 lie left *"he farm and began the study of law in the office of Moore Bros., and was admitted to the bar at Greencastle in 1882. In 1883, in connection with the law practice, he engaged in the real estate business at Greencastle. In 188-1 lie was married to Miss Sadie E. Evans, daughter of William and Hannah R. (Worster) Evans, of Greencastle. She graduated at Asbury University, in the class of '83, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Cox is identified with the leading business men of Greencastle, and takes a great interest in the growth and prosperity of the city. He was one of the principal organizers of the Loan and Building Association and one of the stockholders. In the spring of 1887 J. T. Horn became associated with him in the real estate business, under the firm name of Cox & Horn, and they are doing an extensive business in both county and State.

rOEL HEAVIN, farmer, Marion Township, was born in Montgomery County, Virginia, September 16, 1833, son of John and Sarah Iieavin, natives of Virginia, who were the parents of eleven children. Five of these children are still living - James, Elijah, Howard, Joel and Elizabeth. His ancestors came from England and settled in Virginia prior to the Revolutionary war. Joel was reared to manhood in his native State, and when twenty-one years of age came with his mother and other members of his fam- j ily, his father being deceased, to Hendricks j County, this State. He was married March ; 25, 1866, to Miss Nancy C. Poe, daughter of Henry Poe, and to this union were born four ' children, three of whom are living - Thomas, j William R. and Charles. He removed to his present farm on section 2, Marion Township, j about the year 1876, and is the owner of 113 j acres of land. Mrs Heavin is a daughter of j Henry and Rhoda Poe, and was born in this county January 11, 1838. Her parents were early settlers of this county. They had eight children, only three of whom are living - Preston, Cynthia and Nancy C. They died in Arkansas, whither they had removed a few years previous to their death.

[US F. SHANNON, a merchant at was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, September 3, 1834, son of David A. and Nancy (Alexander) Shannon, who emigrated to Montgomery County, Indiana, in 1835, settling in the wilderness. He was reared on a farm and educated in the subscription schools which were kept in log cabins with slab seats, boards on pins in the wall for desks, a huge fireplace in one end of the room, a stick chimney, a log cut out and one row of window lights inserted for a window, puncheon floor, and clapboard roof with knees and weight poles. At the age of eighteen years he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed most of the time until 1871, when he established a drug and grocery store in Parkersburg, Montgomery County, and continued it until 1S75 or 1876. He then removed to Shannondale, same county, and engaged in general merchandising, which he continued about eight years, then came to Raccoon and opened a general store. He carries a capital stock of $3,000, and does an annual business of $6,000. He keeps dry goods, boots and shoes, hats and caps, groceries and provisions, glass and queensware, crockery, notions, etc. He was married December 22, 1862, to Martha Carter, daughter of John Carter, deceased, and they have had seven children - Mary Alice, Walter B.,

John W, David (deceased), Thomas E.. j father on the homestead. She has six chil- Joseph F. and George 15., all living at home, j dren - Orlando, Cordelia, Sally Ann, Maggie, Mr. Shannon is a member of the Odd j Homer E. and Oscar L. Mr. Reeves was b'ellows fraternity, and in 1885 was made i horn in this county June 17, 1834, is a farmpostmaster, an office he still holds. Mrs. er and owns 14(5 acres of land. Joseph S. Shannon is a member of the Universalist j was horn January 28, 1840, and now lives at church, at Fineastle. Although there are two j Greencastle; is unmarried. Of those deceased other stores at Raccoon, Mr. Shannon has John Edgar was horn January 29, 1831, the largest trade. served a year in the late war and died in

Reuben Thornly October 12, 1855, and died ^fAMES MeOLARY, farmer, section 25, j Juue I, 1850; James R, born December 26, 7 ! Monroe Township, was born in Fleming 1841, served four months in the late war; M County, Kentucky, October 20, 1804, a | was married February 27, 1867, to Emma son of John and Margaret McClary. His Reeves, who bore him two children - Edgar father was born in Augusta County, Virginia, Land Albert L.; was killed by lightning, of Irish ancestry. He was reared in his na- August 25, 1869, while threshing wheat; tive county and educated in the subscription i Ann E., born October 12, 1844, married schools of the early day. These schools were : Columbus C; Coffman February 27, 1867, and taught in the primitive log house, where split died April 27, 1884, leaving four childrenlogs- were u>v<{ for seats, hoards on wooden j Clara C, Iiiilery L., Effa 1'. arid Elijah F. ; pins for desks, clapboard roof, puncheon floor, William L., born March 3,1847, died March clay chimney and a huge fireplace in one end j 6, 1871, and two died in infancy. They have of the room. The exercises were very often twelve grandchildren ;im\ four great-grandinterspersed with the use of the primitive children. Their two eldest children were '- gad.v Mr. McClary came to this county in born in Fleming County, Kentucky, and the 1833. settling on the same section he now ; rest in Putnam County. Mrs. McClary died occupies. His iirst house was a log cabin, j September 20, 18G3, a consistent Christian which is still standing. He used to go to | and a member of the Presbyterian church, tenor twelve log-rollings every year and as Mr. McClary is also a member of that church, many house-raisings, as neighbors were en- I ville and at Torre Haute. He was married ; v \ \r~, farmer of Warren Township, now de- October 1, 1829, to Sal 1 i e Ann Morrison, a Ir^n ceased, was born in Shenandoah native of Fleming County, Kentucky, and ! County, Virginia, in 1788, son of John and daughter of Joseph Morrison, deceased. Of j Ellen (Jones) McCarty, the former of Engtheir nine children only two are living -Mar- ; lisii birth and the latter of Irish. They imtha E. and Joseph S. Martha was born Feb- j migrated to America about the time of the ruary 22, 1836, and married William A. j Revolutionary war, settling in Virginia, Reeves, May 1, 1856, and now lives with her j where they passed thv remainder of their days. They had nine children, six daughters and three sons. The father followed fishing in his younger days, but in later life was a farmer. William was reared in Virginia, and when twenty-one years old went to Tennessee, where he was married December 8, 1817, to Miss Anna Lanham, born in that State January 22, 179C. Soon after their marriage they came to Clark County, this State, and in the fall of 1818 came to Putnam County, locating on land on section 12 which he had previously entered from the Government, it being the first land entered in the vicinity. They resided in Warren Township until their decease, Mr. McCarty's death occurring September 22. 1848, and Mrs. McCarty's in October. 1878. Both were members of the Old School Baptist church. They were the parents of eleven children, eight daughters and three suns. One son, Elijah, was one term in the Legislature from this county and afterward removed to Douglas County, Illinois, Avhere he became a Colonel in the army, and was nominated for Congress from his district on the Republican ticket, about 18(51-, but was defeated. In politics Mr. McCarty was a Democrat, and held the office of justice of the peace several years, He owned about 31)0 acres of land.

1IOMAS WALSH, farmer, section 17. f Franklin Township, was born in County ^ Kerry, Ireland, February 1, 1831, son of Thomas Walsh, also a native of Ireland, and now deceased. The father came to the United States in 1849, and his son in 1850, when he worked on public works for some time, lie worked in the coal mines in Pennsylvania and on railroads, lie helped to grade the Kentucky Central Railroad, and in 1854 came <lo\vn h\>m Cincinnati Jo Lawi renceburg, in this State, and worked on the self, renting land until 1870, then purchased 110 acres where lie now resides. May 30, 1857, he was married to Miss Bridget Kirby, daughter of Thomas Kirby, deceased. They have had ten children- - Thomas, John W., William B., Ella, Kate, Mary, Maggie, Nora, Lizzie and George E. Mr. Walsh now owns 151-A acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising.

fHOMAS S. VERMILLION, proprietor of the Half- Way House at Mount tPj Meridian, Jefferson Township, was horn in Mercer County, Kentucky, September 23, 1827, son of Joel and Martha (Shaw) VermillioM. He came to this county with his parents, where he grew to manhood, passing his early life on a farm. lie remained at home until twenty years of age, then commenced working by the month on neighboring farms. He continued in this manner until lie had accumulated enough money to buy a stock of goods, and in 1809 opened a store, in which he continued until 1879, at which time he bought a farm, and has since followed farming. He owns 275 acres in a good state of cultivation. lie makes stock-raising a specialty. Politically lie was formerly a Whig, but is now a Democrat. Mr. Vermillion united with the Masonic fraternity about 1850, joining Larrabee Lodge, No. 131, at Stilesville, Hendricks County. Mr. Vermillion was married September 5, 1867, to Martha Jane Bourne, horn in Kentucky December 20, 18-46, daughter of Ambrose Bourne, a resident of Mount Meridian. To this union have been born two children - Mary Etta, born June 25, 1808, wife of Lafayette McCoy, and Sylvan us, born April 8. 1872. Mr. Vermillion is a member of the Old School Baptist church, and Mrs. Vermillion of the Missionary Baptist church. Both are greatly respected in their community.

jfl^UGII II. PARKER, a pioneer of Mill ffiOl Creek Township, was born in Putnam jSIg County August 26, 1852, son of William and Bethena P. Parker. His father came I to the county with his parents in 1827, set- | tling in Mill Creek Township, where he en- ! tered eighty acres of land. The country was then a dense wilderness. He first erected a i log cabin, and then began the work of cleari ing up his farm. To the parents of our subject were born eleven children - Martin, of Morgan County; Candae, wife of James Parish, of Cass County, Missouri; Sarah, | wife of D. W. Shirrell, of Hendricks County; i Martha, wife of Solomon Dorsett, of Morgan I County; Mary, wife of Richard Stringer, of Morgan County; Joel D., of Cass County, ! Missouri: Benjamin A., of this county: Ma- I tilda, wife of M. M. Hnrst, of Jefferson j Township; Hugh II. ; Lucy, wife of Thomas I Surber, of Morgan County. The father was i an active member of the Regular Baptist ! church, and in politics a Democrat. He was an honest man and highly respected by all I who knew him. Our subject has always been | a resident of Mill Creek Township, and farming has been his occupation. He was married Febrnary 28, 1875, to Miss Sorilda Wood, a daughter of Elisha Wood, of this county, and they have had four children, two of whom are living - Bertha D. and Victory. He owns 230 acres of good land, and resides on section 17. In politics he is a Democrat, and his wife is a member of the Missionary I Baptist church. His paternal ancestors were i English, and his maternal, German. His i grandfather, John Parker*, immigrated from

England to the United States previous to the Revolutionary war, locating in South Carolina. William Parker, grandfather of our subject, was a soldier in the war of 1812. He located in Tennessee, where the father of Hugh was born. The latter came to this county, settling in Mill Creek Township in 1827. He kept a store on his farm, and was postmaster several years, keeping the office in his store. lie was the first merchant in the township, and the third settler.

Illiam Wright Boardmax

ILLIAM WRIGHT BOARDMAX, Ik farmer, section 2-4, Monroe Towni^rrj ship, was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky. May 20, 1834. His father, James R. Boardman, deceased, was also a native of Kentucky, and a son of Benjamin Boardman, who emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky in an early day. lie was of English ances- | try, and followed farming and school-teaching, having a superior education for those times. William's mother was Sally (Hazelrigg) Boardman. He was reared a farmer, and educated in the common schools of his native county. He came to Boone County, ! Indiana, in November, 1854, where he lived until September, 1855, then removed to Daviess County, tliis State. He came to this county in the spring of 1857, which has since been his home. He removed to his present home in February, 1859. He was married January 28, 1858, to Susan Ann Blackwell, daughter of Thomas Blackwell, now deceased. Their three children are all deceased. They were Annie E., Thomas R. and William W. Mrs. Boardman died June 15, 1863, and June 17, ls72. Mr. Boardman Avas married to Annie E. Blackwell, a sister of his former wife. He owns ninety-seven acres vf excellent land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising, lie has served as road supervisor four years, and assessor two years. lie is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the Anti-Horse Thief Association, and of the Christian Union church. His mother's brother, Harvey G. Hazelrigg, was a prominent Mason of Indiana, having held offices in the State Grand Lodge. He was president of the Indianapolis & Lafayette Railroad, was prominent as a banker, and as a politician. Mrs. Boardman's father was born in Kentucky, February 25, 1804. He married Artemecy Huffman, and came to this county in the fall of 1829. They had eleven children, three of whom are living- Mrs. Tabitha Gofer, Mrs. Eveline Wain and Mrs. Annie E. Boardman. Mr. Blackwell died December 18, 1856, and Mrs. Blackwell, October 30, 1882.

|mRTHUR A. SMITH is a native of ,.\\ Boone County, Indiana, where he was tip* born February 11, 1861, the son of ( ). II. Smith and Elvisa A. (Allen) Smith. The former was a native of Fayette County. Indiana, and resided in this State until 1883, devoting a part of the time to the Methodist Episcopal ministry, but mostly to public school work, and in that year went to Little Rock, Arkansas. He preached there for three years, then one year at Cameron, Missouri, and is now at Trenton, Missouri. Mrs. Smith is a native of Putnam County, Indiana. They have been given live children -Willis Barker, a druggist of Hot Springs, Arkansas; Arthur A., Henry M., in the Times office, as assistant editor; Edith and Mabel, at home. The second of the family, Arthur, received a thorough English education, and graduated at the Rockport High School in 1X77. He was for two years in a book store at Dan- ville, and then for two years was employed in the-office of the Hendricks County Union, under his lather. In 1882 he came to Greencastle, where he worked on the Times for Mr. Neff for six months. I Lis next service was as city editor of the Columbus Daily Republican. h\ 1*84 he returned to Greencastle and bought the Times, to which he has since devoted his time. Mr. Smith is a Republican in political sentiment, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

WILLIAM II. McVAY, farmer and stock-raiser, resides on section 22, , Floyd Township, where he owns 175 acres of land. He was born in that township, February 6, 1839, a son of Jacob and Mary (Reese) McVay, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and of Irish ancestry. The parents came to Putnam County in 1832, and here both died. William II. was reared a farmer, and has pursued that occupation through life. On the (3th of October, 18(32, he enlisted in Company B, Fifty-fourth Indiana Infantry, and served twelve months. He participated in the battles of Chickasaw I> lull's, Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, in the first day's tight at Major Shaffer's plantation, all through the siege of Vicksburg- and the battle of Jackson. He was mustered out December 8, 1803, at New Orleans. He re-enlisted in Company II, Eleventh Indiana Infantry, February 28, 1865, and served six months, being mustered out at the close of the war at Baltimore, after which he returned home. April 27, 18(34, he was married in the house where he now lives to Miss Maggie A. Timmons, daughter of "William and Sarah J. Timmons, pioneers of this county. Mrs. McVay was born in Ohio, April 12, 184-.7. They have had six children

--Aden A., born May 13,1805: Eva, E., born May 3, 1808: Jacob R., born December 20, ; 180D; Cliffle M., born October 0, 1874; Ova I L., born May 2, 1881; Emma (J., born March 1 4, 1872. died October 25, 1873. Mr. McVay | is a member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 542, i at Groveland, Indiana. In polities he is a - Republican. He is a member of the Methodj ist Protestant church. II is father was a sol- | dier in the war of 1S12; he was born I January 8, 1790, and died December 28, j 1878. His mother was born December 27, i 1794, and died December 24, 18G2. They i were married September 14, 1814, and were ! the parents of fifteen children.

EV. JOEL VERMILLION, one of the pioneers of Putnam County, was born "*;.\ in Pi ttsylvania County, Virginia,in 1802, a son of Birch and Nancy Vermillion, also natives of Virginia. He went with his parents to Kentucky when he was sixteen years old, and after living there several years, removed to Missouri, where the parents remained until their decease. They were of Welsh origin, the families coming to America before the Revolutionary war. They reared eleven sons. Joel was reared in Kentucky, and was married in that State in 1820. In 1830 he came to Putnam County, locating in Clinton Township, where he entered eighty acres of land from the Government. He erected a log cabin with clapboard roof and puncheon floor, and . remained there until 1840, when he sold his farm and purchased 100 acres in Jefferson Township, where he lived until his decease, in 1871. His wife, formerly Martha Shaw, was born and reared in Adair County, Kentucky, and died July 4, 1871. She was the mother of eleven children, eight of whom were sons. Mr. Ver- million was reared a farmer, and experienced religion while living in Kentucky. He united with the Old School Baptist church, and was ordained a minister at Bethel, Little Walnut .Baptist Church, in Clinton Township, about 1837. lie followed this calling for many years, or until his infirmities prevented. lie Mas a very large man. weighing 240 pounds. He obtained the most of his early education by the light of the fireplace, lie took no j interest in politics, seldom attending elections, I but he was strong in the faith he taught, j He was formerly a Whig, but left that party j when the Know-nothing party sprung into j existence. In later life he was a Democrat, j

ing in Marion Township, was born in ""vg^i Bartholomew County, Indiana, August G, 1835, son of .John -and Phoebe (Preston) Adams, natives of Kentucky, and of English ancestry. II is grandparents were natives of Virginia. Two of his great uncles were soldiers in tlie Revolutionary war. 1 1 is father died, leaving a wife and four children to care for themselves. They removed to Pulaski County. Kentucky, where they resided a short time; also lived in Rock Castle County for a time, then went to Garrett County, where Ephraim remained until he was eighteen years old. lie then commenced to learn the trade of turner and machinist, which he followed until about nine years ago. For several years he was foreman in an establishment at Greencastle, and for a time had the supervision of the chair manufacturing department. Being thrown upon his own resources so early in life, his education was necessarily limited. .March 19, 1857, he was married to Miss Serelda J. Youngman, born in Mason County, Kentucky, and daughter of Jesse and Amy (Dix) Youngman, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania, respectively. Her parents came from Kentucky to this county in 1832, settling in Greencastle Township upon a farm about one mile east of Greencastle. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Adams, of whom five are living - Ella C, M. Etta, Myrtie E., Ida A. and Sallie Amy. Mr. Adams settled upon his present farm on section 5, Marion Township, in 1878, and is the owner of sixty-eight acres of well cultivated land. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party, and he is also a member of the Masonic fraternity at Fillmore, Indiana. Himself and wife are worthy members of the Locust Street Methodist Episcopal Church at Greencastle. The parents of Mrs. Adams had twelve children, of whom four survive Dr. Stacey Youngman, of Jasper County, Illinois; Elizabeth, widow of Allen G. Paris; Mary P.. wife of Dr. Milo Wood, of Grinned, Iowa, and Serelda J., wife of our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Adams are rearing a boy named Wilbur C. Kendall, a son of John and Emma Kendall, both of whom are deceased.

AMES M. SUA PP. fanner and stock- 0 [ raiser, resides on section 7, Washington -,^ Township, where he owns 120 acres oi land. He was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, November 22, l>>83. son of George and Julia (Darnalf) Sharp. The mother died in Kentucky, and in 1851 the father removed to this county. James M.was reared a farmer and has always followed that occupation. lie was married in this county March 10, 1858, to Mary M. Wright, who was bom in this county in 1881'. Their children are - Penton; Julia, wife of Millard F. Ham. has one child - Minnie; Pauline, Dora, Eddie and

Essie M. The deceased are - Clarence L., Alonzo, Franklin and Ettio. Politic-ally Mr. Sharp is a Democrat. lie is a self-made man, having earned all of his property by industry and good management.

ipLEMIXG MoCRAY, farmer, section 21. ' f~l Monroe Township, was born in Bourbon ^- County. Kentucky, February 8, 1813, son of Samuel and Rebecca (Hedges) McCray, the tunuer a native of Pennsylvania and now deceased, the latter born near Frederickstown, Maryland, and a daughter of Joseph Hedges. His early life was passed (in a farm, and his educational advantages were very limited. ilis parents were poor and lie necessarily had it* work very hard, lie came to Putnam County in the spring of 1840, settling in Monroe Township, where he was married September 1, 1S42. to Miss Mary A. Hewlett, daughter of George W. and Elizabeth (Thompkins) Hewlett, the former a native of North Carolina, and the latter of Montgomery County, Kentucky. Mrs. McCray was born in Monroe Township July 27, 1824, and is the oldest living native of the county that is now living in the county. Her parents came to the county in 1822, settling on section 21, Monroe Township. They had three children - Mrs. Nancy Reeves, Mrs. McCray and Mrs. Elizabeth Bundrum. The father died in August. 1873, and the mother in July, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. McCray have had eleven children, nine of whom are living - -James M., Frances, George W., Garrett D., William, Rebecca, Emma, Charles and Jennie. John died at the age of twenty years. Mr. Mc- Cray owns 356 acre; of land and devotes his attention to farming and stock-raising. Mrs. McCray remembers, in an early day, of seeing the militia muster. The roads were blazed through the wood-, and her father !md to go a great distance to trade and to do his milliner. He had to carry his grain on his horse with pack saddles. Mr. Hewlett was the first settler north of Greencastle, and helped to clear away the brush from the place where the town now stands, and where wild animals roamed in large numbers. The Indians helped him raise his log cabin, which was built of round logs with puncheon floor and clapboard roof. They u^'d a puncheon table and stools The first Methodist Episcopal class was organized in this cabin, when the door consisted of a quilt.

OlIX Q. CROMWELL, a resident of J Pleasant Garden, Washington Township, i was born in Clay Comity, this State, August "27, 1S30, a son of Nicholas D. and | Amelia (Marshall) Cromwell, his father be- | ing the first sheriff and first treasurer of Clay i (ountv, and was judge of the Circuit Court \ seventeen years. Me was reared on a farm j and has dealt more extensively than any other i man in the county in stock. Two years of | his life were spent in selling goods. He is ' a Democrat in politics; has held the office of justice of the peace twelve years, trustee four I years and is at present a notary public. Duri ing the war he sent a substitute, for which | he paid §850. Mr. Cromwell was married ! in Putnam County in 1851, to Miss Diana I E. Harnett, a daughter of John and Rachel | (Ellis) Barnett, who was born April 2, 1832. i She is a lady of fine qualities and refinement. Mr. and Mrs. Barnett were pioneer settlers, having immigrated to this county in 1827. The father died in August, 1875, at the advanced age of seventy-eight years, and the mother in the same year, at the age of seventy-five years. The children of Mr.

and Mrs. Cromwell are - Charles N., John E., | as a private in Company A, Seventy-eighth Granville T., Joseph W., Dewitt P., Rella, Indiana Infantry, and served three months. Josie and Florence. John E. is deceased, j lie was on duty in Kentucky and participated having been killed in a wreck near Indianap- ; in the engagement at Uuiontown, where he, olis on the Belt Road in November, 1882. ; with his company, was taken prisoner, but Being the engineer, he gave his life that he j was soon paroled and sent to Indianapolis to might be true to Ids cause, and thus died an ! remain until exchanged. June 13, 1800, he indescribable death. lie was a man of up- | was married at Greencastle to Miss Louisa right purposes and sterling integrity; no | Shildmyer, daughter of Henry Shildmyer, of purer type of goodness and manhood could j Greencastle, and they have six children - be found. The other four sons are also en- Anna, Emma. George Edward, Henry, Mary gineers by profession. Rella and Josie, two i and Agnes. All are at homo except George, of the daughters, arc teachers in the public ; who is engaged in orange culture in Florida. schools of Clay and Putnam counties. j Mr. and Airs. Bicknell are members of the

; our subject, was born in Philadelphia in JBJEORGE BICKNELL, dealer in hard-! 1790, and by avocation a farmer and black- '.Wj- ware and agricultural implements and j smith. lie came to this county in the fall «J£*l. manufacturer of wagons and buggies, j of 1S39, locating at Brunerstown, Madison at Greencastle, was born in Germantown, ' Township, where he carried on farming and Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Febru- ; blacksinithing until 1854; then removed to ary is. ls2s. He was reared a farmer, and j Stark County, Illinois, where he died in educated in the common schools. When j 1858. His mother, Susannah (Moore) Bickeleven years of age he was brought to this ' nell, was born at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia county by his parents, who located in a small ! County, Pennsylvania, in 1794, and came to place called Brunerstown. His father being: Putnam County with her family in 1839, a blacksmith as well as a fanner, he taught ' She died on the homestead in Madison Townthe trade to his >on George, who acquired ship in 1849. Both parents were members it by working at night. Upon reaching his of the Baptist church. They had six chiimajority he engaged in blacksinithing at dren - George, our subject; Jacob, of Green- Brnnerstown, remaining there two years. In castle; Rachel, deceased, who married John 1852 he came to Greencastle arid associated Morgan; Mary, wife of S. ( >. Irwin, of this himself with James AUspaugh, in \}n' firm county; Susannah, wife of John .Morgan, name of Bicknell & AUspaugh, which part- now of Knox County. Illinois, and Robert, of nership continued until 1854, since which Pleasanton, Iowa. Robert P. Bicknell, M. P., time he has been alone. He carried on grandfather of George, was born at Curry blacksmithinir and manufacturing carriages, , Mellett, England, in 17(>5, and immigrated plows, etc., until 1^7-5. when lie discontinued to the United States in 17^8. lie was a plow making ami commenced dealing in farm member of a stage company that ran a line implements. In 1886 he added a hardware of stages between New York City and Baltidepartment, and now keeps a good stock of more. He died of yellow fever in Ph'iladelevery thing in his line. In 1802 he enlisted . phia in 1800. The grandmother, Rachel

Peppers, was a native of Germany, her male ancestors being1 seamen. She died in Philadelphia about 1832. They had two children - George, and Elizabeth, who married Jacob Green, of Philadelphia; both are deceased.

11, Madison Township, was born in this "~-I county in 1855, son of William and Thankful (Swinefurd) Wright. The father is one of the oldest living settlers now in Putnam County, having settled herein 1826, and still resides here. He reared a family of six children, of whom four are living -Jesse M., George W., Bailie Ann and Perry W. ZSFr. Wright owns 105 acres of land in Colorado, and has always been a farmer. lie was married in 1881, to Miss Lucy Brown, daughter of W. W. Brown, who was at one rime the wealthiest man in Putnam County. Her mother was formerly Margaret Siegler. Mrs. Wright was born in that county, September 13, 18G0.

ggS QUIRE J. HURST, member of the firm nn of Hurst Brothers, general merchants at. Mount Meridian, was born in Greencastle Township ,}\u\c 4, 1851, a son of Jefferson Hurst, also of this county. He was reared and educated at home, and was married December 2, 1877, to Miss Alice Detro, born in Putnam County in 1857. They had one child - Thomas J., born March 17, 1879. Mrs. Hurst died November 10, 1880, and March 10, 1887, Mr. Hurst was married to Alpha McAninch, who was born in Mill Creek Township in 1S07. After his first marriage he was engaged in farming in Greencastle and Warren townships. November 20, 1885, he came to Mount Meridian and embarked in the mercantile trade with his brother, which business he still follows. Mr. Hurst owns a fine farm of 115 acres in Greencastle Township, and is one oi' the leading business men of the county. He also owns a good comfortable residence in Mount Meridian.

EXJAMIN G. WYSONG, a retired J farmer of Marion Township, was born ~~^ in Virginia, March 5, lS'H, son of Henry and Catherine Wysong, natives of Virginia, and probably of English ancestry, lie was reared to manhood in his native State, and was first married December 18, 1844, to Miss Prances Spinkes, who wa.s born in Yirj ginia, August 30, 1828, daughter of Jabez j and Cynthia Spinkes. Their children numbered nine, of whom six survive -William IE, George, Benjamin F., Joseph W., Mary, I wife of Eber Lloyd, and Martha, wife of I Alonzo Smedley. superintendent of the Putnam County public schools. The deceased are--- Sarah C, Amanda and Charles M., the latter having been a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church, and a graduate of As- ; bury University at Greencastle. Mrs. Wysong j died October 10, 18G9, and December 14, \ 1870, Mr. Wysong was married to Rebecca ; Dicks, born July 4, 1823, in Mason County, j Kentucky, and daughter of John and Mary I (Patterson) Dicks, with whom she came to j this county when she was nine years of age. j Her parents located near Greencastle, where I they remained until their decease. They j were among the first settlers of that locality. I Mrs. Wysong was a teacher in tiie public I schools fourteen years, being one of the early i teachers of the county, Mr. Wysong came i to Putnam County with wife and one child in 1340, and lived in various portions of the county until he settled in his present home on section 4, Marion Township, where he owns ninety-four acres of land. Politically he is a Republican, and himself and wife are gained the rudiments of learning, and the rest was left to the rougher school and the actual discipline of life, lie had, however, a vast fund of information, and was well versed in the topics of the day. He was and write his thoughts with fluency and corgjjf 0. BRIDGES, fanner and stock-raiser, *M\ ' resides on section 8, Monroe Township, -Vi 0) where he owns 120 acres of land. He was born in Putnam County April 26, I860, son of Milton A. and Rebecca E. Brid'sres.

i rectness, and to discuss with force and ability ; those great themes in which men find the \ greatest interest, in his youth he was a j merchant, serving his lather as clerk in the i store of the latter at Fincastle. Upon ar- ! riving at manhood he chose the pursuit of a j farmer and trader. March 2:2, 1855, he His father was reared in this county, his j married Miss Elizabeth Mclvee, and to this grandfather having removed here in 1824, ' union were born three children - Eftie, now where he remained until death. The father Mrs. Corwin; Cora, now Mrs. Lee, and is living in Franklin Township. Our subject Frank. Mrs. Bridges died December 10, passed his youthful days on a farm, and has; 18(H), and December 31, L801, Mr. Bridges followed the occupation farming so far j married Miss Nannie F. Darnall, and they during life. lie was married in Parke two shared the joys and sorrows of almost County, this .State, September 24, 1.885, to j one quarter of a century. To this union were Miss Lucy Elder, daughter of James and j born four children - -Charles S., Nellie 1)., Sarah Elder. He is a member of the Uni- ; Samuel and Flossie. After residing several versalist church, and also belongs to the j years near Morton, this county, Mr. [fridges Anti Horse Thief Association. Postoffice, ! purchased, in 18G5, a large farm about two Bainbridge. j miles east of Greencastle, and was there es-

! family home in Greencastle. During the Jgi|||ILLIAM BRIDGES, deceased, son of | last few years of his life His attention was ,.\/\|'l Charles 0. and Rachel (Lockridge) j turned to large purchases and sales of stock. I'-^^n Bridges, was horn in Montgomery j lie and his partner, Kobert Lockridge, in a County, Kentucky, September 28, 1838, and I single year, shipped from this county to was the second of nine children. At the the Eastern markets more than 4,000 head of time of his birth his family were- preparing j fatted cattle. In 1882 Mr. Bridges became to remove to the new State of Indiana, and ' one of the organizers of he Central National subsequently carried out their intentions.! Bank of Greencastle, in which he was direct- They first settled in Montgomery County, i or and principal stockholder. In 1885 he and soon after removed to Putnam County, j was made vice-president of the bank, and The only education William received was | was re-elected a short time previous to his gathered from the country schools such as i death. In 1884 he was elected school trustee could be found in his day. In these he I for Greencastle Township. His constitution was vigorous and robust, and the hard labor he performed had developed his frame until lie was the picture of sturdy manhood. At the early age of fifty-two, in an unexpected day and hour, wjtli the full load of life and burden of society on his shoulders, he was suddenly summoned by that pale messenger that knocks with impartial call at the door of every man, and takes no denial at Lis entrance. On Saturday, the 22d of January, 1886, Mr. Bridges attended a meeting of the bank officers, in their building on the souihwest corner of the square. lie participated in what was said and done, speaking with even more force and clearness than was usual. At noon, when the meeting adjourn* I, he was walking up the street with Mr. Love it and his son Charles, and when about opposite Mr. -Darnall's store something unusual drew the attention of his companions, and they saw that he was sick. A few moments afterward lie sank: down in the street, '1; spoke no word. lie was assisted by those who were with him, and other friends, as far as the house of II. S. Eenick, where he was taken in, unconscious ot what was done. On the following day he was brought to his home, but was past the reach of help. Consciousness never returned, and in just one week he quietly breathed his last and entered into rest. The funeral, one of the largest that ever honored the memory of a private citizen of the county, was held in College Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church the following Monday, Dr. J. C. liidpath officiating. Mr. Bridges possessed great strength and persistency of purpose, and whatever he determined to accomplish he set himself to with a steadiness and resolution rarely surpassed or equaled. He was not unduly elated by success, but was- one to whom failure was extremely repugnant and humiliating. Not only had he great force of will, but he Mas also possessed of a broad and profound understanding. He was able to see the bottom of large questions, and to offer the best explanation and the beet remedy striking feature of hie character was his independence. He thought and acted, for the most part, on his own responsibility. lie was strongly disposed to con^nd for what he considered the truth, and was little concerned as to whether hit lews were or were not accepted by the majority. None the less he had no disposition to enforce his principles of belief upon others by appeals to prejudice, to interest, or to odium.

ff?|R. WALLACE M. PURCELL, residing X\ 'i\ on section 5, "Washington Township, \~v was born at Pleasant Garden, February 24, 1839. He was the son oi John M. and Adaline D. (Freeman) Furcell, both natives of Indiana. They resided at Pleasant Garden during their entire marrie lather died in 1850, aged tort; the mother in 1857, aged thirt reared four children - W all see Helen M. and Dove A. Brace in 1861, as a member of Cc u?pa

Iowa Infantry, and re He was wounded in th las, Georgia, May 28, 1 864, and died from the effects of the injury,July 12, 1864. Jesse Purcell, grandfather of our subject, came to Putnam County in the fall of 1822. locating east ofGreencastle. He removed to Harrison County, Iowa, in 1856, where he died in 1867, at the age of eighty years. Thompson Freeman, the maternal grandfather, came to Pleasant Garden in 1830, where he resided thirty-two years, highly esteemed in ail the relations of life. In 1862 he removed to

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Illinois, where he died in 1882, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. Dr. Puree]! commenced the study of medicine at Pleasant Gar len in 1854, under Dr. R. 11. Stevenson. He took his first course of lectures at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1826-'57, and began practice at Crescent City, Iowa, June, 1857, where he remained two years. In 1860 he returned to Indiana, and 1360-'61- '62 attended lectures in Philadelphia, graduating at Jefferson Medical College in 18G2. He immediately entered the military service as Acting Assistant Surgeon, and remained there two years. In 1864 he returned to his old home in Washington Township, and engaged in private practice until 1871, when he removed to Terre Haute, where he remained until 1878, after which he returned to his farm near Reelsville, in this county, where he now resides (1887). He has the finest medical library, in the county, and perhaps as good as any in the State. The doctor is not a specialist in any sense of the term, but considers that the title of "Doctor" is the highest and most honorable to which the medical man may aspire. Like many masters of his profession, however, he has achieved his greatest success in surgical practice. Among his many operations worthy of notice may be mentioned one tor extrophy of the bladder, drobably the only operation of the kind performed in the West. Also operations for stone in the bladder, cataract, abscess of the brain, strangulated hernia, and extirpation of ! the uterus. His greatest reputation, however, j has been made as an ovariotoinist, being ex- j tensively known in that connection, not only j in Indiana, but throughout the West. lie has performed fifteen operations for the re- j moval of ovarian tumors, twelve of them : being successful. November 8, 1871, he removed an ovarian tumor weighing thirty-two I pounds from Hiss Rachel E. Wigginton, near Terre Haute. This young lady became his wife January 1, 1873. She was born near Louisville, Kentucky, September 28, 1S45, and was the daughter of William and Nancy Wigginton, natives of Virginia. To this union there have beer, born six children Pocahontas, Nellie D., Charles F., Mary P., Leta R. and Bertha E.

1&»$3i| er °* I^lhi. .re, was born in Rocking- H#r| ham County, North Carolina, May 5, 1819, son of Edward and Anne Newnam, the former a native of Delaware and the hitter of North Carolina. His lather was a volunteer in the war of 1812, and as he was readyto take the field peace was declared. When he was ten years of age lie removed with his parents to Pulaski County, Kentucky, where he was reared to manhood on a farm, and received a rudimentary education in the early log cabin school-house. To his parents were born eight children, of whom four are supposed to be living - Melinda, Louisa, William and James. William was married in Kentucky, June 6, 1844, to Miss Rachel Gastineau, who was born in Pulaski County, that State, August 26, 1827, a daughter of Joab and Sarah (Hayes) Gastineau, natives of Virginia. Her maternal grandfather, William Hayes, was a Revolutionary soldier. Mr. and Mrs. Newnam have had seven children, five of whom are living -Elizabeth, wife of James A. Hope; Mary E., wife of Drew W. Allspaugh; John James II., and Fannie, wife of William P. Ledbetter. The deceased are Sarah A. and Martha. John M. is a oassenger conductor on the Vandalia Railroad, and James 11. is traveling salesman for Murphy, llibben & Co., wholesale dry goods merchants of [ndianapolis. Mr. Newnam j 1827. Mr. and Mrs. Wright have had nine came to this county with his wife and three ! children - Josephine ]'>., wife of II. W. children in 1851, locating in Marion Town- Minter, lias two children - El ma and Roy; s"iiip.;ii)'! has been a resident here ever since, | Franklin P. married Bediel Hunt, and their with tiie exception of eight years spent in children are - "William W., Essie M. and Hendricks County. He began life a poor j Franklin ().; Edgar A. married Lavina man, having made his household furniture j Blakeslee and has one child- -Fred; Omar C. himself to begin housekeeping with. He i married Annie Griflman; Robert is teaching now owns 281 acres of land, and it is con- I school near Terre Haute, this State; flattie coded to be one of the best farms in the ; I>. married II. C. Ilidpath and has one child county. Himself and wife are members of - Evert G; Julia A., attending the normal as trustee, and both are respected members I deceased. Mr. Wright has held the office of society. Politically Mr. Xewnam atHli- ; of justice of the peace, assessor, and enrolling ates with the Democratic party. | officer during the late war. In politics he is vA- stock-raiser, resides on section 22, Floyd railroads in the county. His grandfather - Township, where he owns 130 acres of j was drafted in the war of 1812 and served land. He was born in Union County, fndi- . three months. ana, October IS, 1824, son of Enoch and j diana, in 1810, where they remained until I T^FhEEY ROGERS, M. I)., of Green- 1834, when they removed to Putnam County, I *'' Nil castle, was born in tiie vicinity of Indiana, and lived, thereuntil their decease, Bloomington, this State, September 29, the father 'lying in January, 1859, and the j 1825. He was educated at the Indiana State mother in August, 1878. They reared a ; University, at Bloomington, but a full course family of nine children. Our subject came I was interrupted by his volunteering as a solto this county in 1834, and is now on the j dier during the Mexican war. lie became a farm the lather had previously entered from j member of Company A, Third Indiana Inthe Government. From 1844 until 1802 he ! fun try, under Captain John M. Sluss, and followed the carpenter's trade. In February, j served as Corporal. His regiment was com- 1805, he enlisted in Company 0, One Hun- j manded by General Taylor thirteen months, dred and Forty-eighth Indiana Infantry, and -. and participated in the battle of Buena Vista, served until September of the same year, j After being discharged from the service at then returned home. October 14, 1849, he i New Orleans he returned to Bloomington, was married to Mary Chatham, daughter of where lie was employed on the Louisville, »!. W. and Sarah (Jones) Chatham, who came j New Albany & Chicago Railroad as civil to this county in January, 1841. She was | engineer. One year later he began the study born in Decatur County, this State. June 24, | of medicine, \u)der Drs. Maxwell and Mc-

Pheeters, at Bioomington, remaining with I furniture house of Bubb & Ripp, of Milwanthein one year. He then went to Charleston, j kee, Wisconsin, and Erastus Wilbur, a clerk Indiana, and studied under James S. Athon, I in the Commercial Hotel at Greencastle, graduating at Rush Medical College,Chicago, I Horace A. died in 1863, aged six years, and in the spring of 1852, after taking the pre- j two children died in infancy. Mr. Rogers is scribed course of lectures. In May, 1852, j a Master and Royal Arch Mason, and a he located at Martinsville, this State, where ' member of the lodge and chapter at Greenhe practiced two years, then removed to j castle, lie is also a comrade of Greencastle Spencer, remaining until 1861. During that | Post, No. 11, G. A. U. Mrs. Rogers is a year he volunteered in Company II, Fourteenth Indiana Infantry, and when the company was organized he was chosen First Lieutenant, and commissioned by Governor Morton. The following December he was commissioned Surgeon of the Fifty-ninth Indiana Infantry, with the rank of Major. He served as such until 1864, then resigned.

*^srj Township, is a native of that township, born March IT, 1839, a son of dames The last two years of his army service, by ; and Eliza C. Burnside, the former born in virtue of his rank and acting commission, he Kentucky, in 1799, and the latter in South served as Brigadier Division Surgeon. In j Carolina, July 13, 1803. Theyjiad eight chil- December, 1864, he located at Greencastle, dren, all of whom are living, one in Illinois but in January, 1865, by the solicitation of | and ^cxen in Indiana. Two daughters and Colonel Thompson, he was called to the pro- ' our subject are unmarried vost office at Terre Haute, this State, to I homestead with the father. examine drafted men," and served until the j was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, war closed. In June, 1865, he returned to serving seven years, and his grandmother Greencastle. and engaged in the practice of was a prisoner with the Indians during the his profession. From the fall of 1865 until ! same period. His paternal grandfather crave the summer of 1868 he was deputy revenue j efficient aid in the war of 1812, but did not collector for Putnam County. In politics he ; enlist. His uncle. Robert Burnside, enlisted is a Democrat. In 1866 he was one of the | in the war of 1812, but his lather, thinking incorporators of the Greencastle Street Rail- \ him too young to serve, hired a substitute to way, of which he became sole proprietor in J take his place. Three brothers of our suh- 1872. In 1880 Mr. Rogers was elected cor- Meet, John, Samuel and Daniel, enlisted in oner of Putnam County, serving two years, [ the war of the Rebellion; John and Samuel and in 1882 he secured the appointment of | enlisted in the sixty days' service, and both president of the examining board of pensions j were captured at Iniontown, Kentucky, for Putnam County, and still holds that posi- [ Samuel again enlisted for three years and tion. February 13, 1855, he was married, served until the close of the war. Daniel near Connersville, Indiana, to Miss Harriet i served three months, participating in the bat- Barwick, daughter of Seth and Eliza J. | tie at Richmond, Kentucky, where he was (Darnall) Barwick. They have two living I slightly wounded in the right arm. The children - Ralph, a traveling salesman for the lather of our subject, dames Burnside, has been a member of the Associate, now United ! - Evert M., October 26, 1875. Mrs. Hurst Presbyterian, church over sixty years, one ( died April 26, 1877, and March 2, 1884, Mr. daughter and one son being members of the Hurst was married to Alice N. Albin, born in same church. i Jefferson Township, this county, October 22,

' stock, following that occupation until 1880, ir^AMCKi. T. JONES, farmer, section 4, i when he engaged in his present business. VJvS\ Jefferson Township, was born in Green- j Mr. Ilnrst is the present postmaster of Mount ^f'" castle Township, November 7, 1820, a j Meridian, having held that office several times son of Benjamin Junes, now deceased, lie previous to his present appointment in 1884. came to this townshin in 1837 with his par- ; lie owns 121 acres of land lying; in Greenents, where he was reared and educated. July j castle and Warren townships. In the fall of 28, 1802, he enlisted in Company A, Seventy- j 1886 Mr. Hurst sustained a severe loss in eighth Indiana. Infantry, serving until the the burning; of his residence, only partly following September, when he was taken covered by insurance. In the spring of 1887 prisoner at Cniontown, Kentucky. After j he built a fine residence. In 1878 he united being paroled he returned to his home in with Temple Lodge. No. 17, A. F. <fe A. M., Putnam County, where he has since resided, j at Greencastle, and is still a member. Mr. Jones is a staunch Itepubliean, and has ', two year.-. He received the nomination of ;ffi EOEGE W. SIJTIIEREIN. farmer and real-estate appraiser, but he was defeated, ].\ f* stock-dealer, resides on section 6, Jackowing to the county being largely Demo- j '"?- son Township, where lie owns 870 acres cratic. lie is a member of the Methodist of land, tie was born In this county Sep- Episcopai church and is now serving as trns- tember 2, 1833, son of George and Elizabeth tee. He is a strong believer in prohibition. : (Miller) Sutherlin, natives of North Carol inn, lie has never manned, never having found j the former of Scoth-Irish descent and the the lady of his choice. , latter of English ancestry. They came to

1848, a son of Jefferson Hurst, also of Put- reared a farmer and has always followed that nam County, lie was reared on a farm and occupation. lie was married, in this county educated in the common schools. He re- September 17, 1857, to Harriet J. Jeffries, mained at home until his marriage, which I who was born in this county June 2,1839, occurred February 5, LS74, to Martha A. and died October is, 1873. They had four Dorsett. To this union one child was born children- -William II.. Mary E., Mattie M.

and Laura (). Mary E. married James M. 'associated with the Renick brothers they Oouslev and has one child Alma M. Mattie i were all vouna: men just starting out in life.

child - Alda L. Mr. Sutherlin had limited ; ously, and in their partnership of thirty years advantages for education, tlie school being not a l'ar has occurred to mar their longconfour miles away. lie was drafted during the ' tinued friendship or affect their confidence in war and paid $1,000 for a substitute. In j each other. The Ronicks commenced their politics he is a Democrat. He is a self-made J business in Greencastle in 1851 on a site man and highly esteemed in his community, j that is now occupied by St. Paul's Catholic j They have been very successful. Mr. Curtis ^fAMES ANTHONY CURTIS, of the j has been three times married. Mis first wife J$fl firm of Renick A: Curtis, carriage manu- I whom lie married at St. Louis, Missouri, Sep- ^ facturers at Greencastle, was born in j tember 15, 1857, was Miss Susan Lewds, who Hamilton, JJutler County, Ohio, January 15, [ died at Greencastle April 24. I860. His 1834, sun of Andrew and Mary (Stilhvell) ! second wife, Eliza Jane O'llair, whom lie Curtis. His father was bom at Wallingford, \ married at the brick chapel in Putnam Coun- Connecticuf, in 1*02, of English ancestry. | ty, September 22, 1863, died at Greencastle He was a carriage-maker by tra.de, and in ; March -4, 1869. leaving two children -Alfred early life settled in New York Ciiy. In 1831 ! S., superintendent of the brick works at Oak he removed to Cincinnati, thence to Hamil- j Alley, this county, and Jennie E., still at ton, where he worked at his trade until 1852, home. April 4, 1n72, he was married to then removed to Indianapolis, where he ! Miss Selina G. O'llair, a sister of his former worked at carriage-making nearly thirty wife, and daughter of Captain James E. M. years. He died in I8S1 at the age of seven- ! O'llair, of this county. They have no children, ty-nino years. Politically lie was a Republi- ! They are members of the College Avenue can, and while living in Indianapolis held the \ Methodist Episcopal Church at Greencastle, office of justice of the peace twelve or fifteen ' and Mr. Curtis is a member of Temple Lodge, years. His mother was born in Steubenville. j No. 17, A. P. & A. M., of Greencastle. Ohio, in 1&18, of German ancestry. She i at Indianapolis. James passed his boyhood Iff ELI X O. ALP>IN, farmer aid stockunder the parental roof and learned the trade | T> raiser, resides on section 8, Monroe of carriage-maker with his lather. In 1^55 i ~~> Township, where he owns ninety-six he came to Greencastle and worked as a j acres of land, lie was born in this counjourneyman for the firm of G., 11. A: R. j ty December 4. 1845. son of Joseph and to the youngest. His early life was passed at farm work. In 1802 he enlisted in Company 0, Sixth Indiana Cavalry, and served until the close of the war. lie participated in the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, was all through the Atlanta campaign, the Stoneman raid, the battle of .Nashville, and many others of less importance. August 24, 1S75, lie was married to Miss Joann Farrow, daughter of James R. and Catherine (Kelson) Farrow, who was born in this county, April 24, .1850. Her parents are natives of Kentucky and are living near Mr. nnd Mrs. Albin. To this union have been born two children- - Deloss F., born May 30, 1876, and James S., born May 3, iss2. IJoth are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, nnd in politics Mr. Albin is a Republican. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812, for which the mother received a pension. The father died in 1863, aged sixty-three years. Postoffice,. Brick Chapel.

and then began the work of clearing a farm, lie had only $100 when he came to Indiana, but at his death he was worth quite a large property. He died July 12, 1884, lamented j and dealt justice to all. His wife removed to Mill Creek Township after his death, where she has since made her home She belongs to the Society of Friends.

Tennessee, son of David and Elizabeth Wallace, lie was reared to manhood in his native State, and was married there in March, 1834, to Melvina Mauley, born October 6, 1813, in Tennessee. Her parents were Wilson and Louisa Mauley, of the same State. They have had eleven children, of whom ten are living -Amanda, wife of Leonard Shaw; John, James, David, Elizabeth; Louisa, wife of Homer W. Sandy; Nancy, wife of Samuel McCollum; William; Ellen, wife of Richard Brown, and Serelda. Mr. Wallace and family came to Indiana, locating first in Morgan County, where he lived a short time, then moved to what is now Hendricks County. He settled in the woods, built a log cabin

J owns loS acres in another locality. He was born in tin's county August 25, 1835, son of John W. and Elizabeth (Crowder) Smith, na- ' tives of North Carolina and of German - j English ancestry. They came to Putnam I County in 1835, where the parents remained j until their decease, the father dying in 1885, i aged seventy-two years, and the mother in ! 1876, aged sixty-three years. They reared ; four children, two of whom are living - Amj brose 11., of Parke County, this State, and | L. R. John W. was a soldier in the late I war, having enlisted in 1S01 as a member of I Company A, Twenty-seventh Indiana Inj fan try, serving three years. lie was with I General Ranks through all his hard-fought | battles, and was never injured except by fall- I insf from a horse. He was over forty-live ' years old when he enlisted. Our subject ! was married in Clay County, to Miss Louisa | Murphy, who was born in Clay County in I 1842. They had eight children - John M., ! Florence, wife of D. F. Reel; Jennie, wife of | A. I), Lucy, now Mrs. John A. Huff- - man: Charles S., Annie L.. Alice M. and

Smith died in 1878, and in 1881 Mr. Smith was married at Greencastle to Marilda, daughter of Dr. II. P. and Mary Allen, of Bowling Green, who was born in this connty in 1850. To this union two children have been born - Harry J. and Frank O. Mr. Smith's education was limited to the subscription schools of his time. lie is a member of Temple Lodge, No. 47, A. F. & A. M., at Greencastle, and in politics is a Republican. When he started in life for himself he went in debt §350 for a house and lot. He worked for one man, buying timber, handling from $20,000 to §50,000 each year, for seventeen years, commencing with a salary of $600 a year, and the last ; year he received $1,200 and all expenses j paid. Postoitiee, lieelsville.

.f^ff F. CULLY, physician and surgeon at "Mjl Bainbridge, was born in Newark, New 35 * Jersey, July 4, 1S52. a sun of Mathew and Mary A. Gully, the former a native of Ireland. His father was killed in the late war, and bis mother died when he was six years old. The doctor came to this county from New York at the age of eight years, finding a home in the family of John and Eliza Allen, who proved true friends to him, and to whom he attributes in a great measure his success in life, as they well performed the part of parents toward him. The doctor was married in 1885 to Miss Ella F. Darnall, of this county, daughter of Samuel and Maria Darnall, pioneers of Putnam County; her father is deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Cully have one child - Lily. The doctor is a member (^' the Christian church, and in politics a Democrat. He began reading medicine under li. F. Stone in 1876; in 1878-'79 attended lectures at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, graduating from there it;

1880, and immediately began the practice of medicine in Bainbridge. He has a large and lucrative practice, and keeps on hand a well selected stock of medicine. He also has an excellent medical library and is a close student.

ATHAN1EL S. STKAUGHAN, a pioneer of Putnam County, and a resi- Tl,^, dent of Marion Township, was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, April 12, 1810, son of John and Obedience (Scott) Stranghan, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Kentucky. His paternal ancestors were German, and his maternal ancestors were Scotch-English. The paternal grandfather, John Stranghan, was a Revolutionary soldier, and his son John, the father of our subject, was a soldier in the war of 1812. In 1831 the parents and eight children removed to this connty, where he died in 1>.'}S. Our subject came to the county one year after his parents' arrival, and located in Marion Township, having entered eighty acres of land from the Government, on section 12. He first built a good hewed-log cabin, which was a little better than the average log cabin, for which he was called somewhat proud by his neighbors, lie afterward sold this land, and then made several removals. October 11, 1>30, he was married to Miss Polly Brewer, of Kentucky, and of their six children, three are living - John W, Nancy J., wife of John W. Dunlavy, and Margaret A., wife of Thomas Phillips. .Mrs. Stranghan died March 25, 1873, and January ID. 1874, Mr. Stranghan was united in marriage with Mrs. Mary Barnard, whose first husband was the late Thomas Barnard, of this county. Her parents were Morris and Charity Woods, natives of Kcntuckv, who came to Putnam

County in the fa.!! of 1851, settling in Floyd Township, whore they lived until their decease. They had a large family of children, of whom seven are living - Nancy, wife of Peter K. Duncan; Mary; Julia A., widow of John Peret, of Missouri; Jane, wife of Howard Jleavin; Philip; Melvina, who married George 0. Nichols, and Ellen, wife of William Leap. Mr. and .Mrs. Straughan are members of the Baptist church. Mr. Straughan helped t<> build the first Baptist church in. Marion Township, and has served as deacon in that church for nearly half a century. Upon his arrival in this county he had just §4 in money. A!! that he has he has earned by hard labor and good management: and he is now enjojdng the fruits of a well spent life. In politics he is a Democrat, and served as township trustee five years, lie has twice been elected justice of the peace, but refused to serve.

medicine until i860, then began to practice : at Fillmore, this county. The doctor has had ! no pecuniary assistance, having defrayed the I expenses of his education by teaching. In I August, 1862, he was commissioned Assist- 1 ant Surgeon of the Third Indiana Infantry, ; and in June, 1863, was promoted to Surgeon of the same regiment, serving until the close j of the war. lie was with his regiment at I the battle of Helena, Arkansas, the capture j of Little Rock, the expedition with General ! Steele, on lied River, and the engagement at j Jenkins Ferry and Mark's Mill. Arkansas. | At the last engagement the regiment was 1 captured by the Confederate forces, and were held as prisoners at ("amp Tyler. Texas, until the close of the war. He then returned [ to Putnam County, and in 1865 located at Greencastle, after having attended a full course of lectures at Rush Medical College, Chicago. lie received the adeundem de- | gree of M. I >. from the Long Island Hospi- : foil Medical College at Brooklyn, New York.

JONZALVA CORDOVA SMYTH, M. \ 7 D., of Greencastle. was born in the "S-H vicinity of that city, October 31, 1836, tlir youngest son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Sill i Smyth, natives of Kentucky, the former of Irish-Scotch ancestry, and the latter probably of Welsh origin. They were farmers and came to Putnam County in 1826, locating on land they purchased near Greencastle, where the father died in 1861, aged sixty-three years, and the mother in 1856, aged fifty- two years. The father was a member of the Presbyterian church, and the mother of the Baptist. They were the parents of nine children. The doctor was reared a farmer until his eighteenth year, when he began to attend the Asbury (now DePanw) University, at Greencastle, where he graduated with the class of 1858. He then studied ciples and practice of medicine by the trus- ; tees of the Central College of Physicians and : Surgeons, at Indianapolis, and he filled that place six years, and during the last year was ! dean of the faculty. lie resigned his posi- I tion on account of his increasing practice I at Greencastle. He has beer, three times | marriedt. His first wife. Miss Maggie Allen, whom he married at Greencastle in Februi ary, 1860, died in February, 1870. She was a daughter of Joseph Alien. In January, i 1872, he married Miss Janie Frances Black, ; daughter of Andrew Black, living near I Greencastle, who died in November, 1874:. | His third and present wife, whom he married in February, 1876, was Miss Jennie Hartley, daughter of M. Hartley, of Greencastle. Their three children are - Winona, Arta and Roxana. Airs. Smyth is a member

James, now owned by John Dix, and was; with the intention of making him the first living there with his wife and live children. ! victim, for he had previously declared that In that early day every article of clothing j there were several persons in the neighborworn by the settler.-; -was spun, woven and hood that he meant to destroy, referring to manufactured at home. Flax and tow linen j Bandy and his friends before mentioned, and furnished the summer wear, and it was con- j the wives of some of them. Bandy saw corning a trifling quantity id' flax that the him approaching, and hid behind a tree until quarrel arose which terminated so fatally. It : he went away. Robinson then turned his appears that .Robinson's wife had employed attention to Macy. whose cabin stood on the Mrs. Eunice Bandy, wife of Ambrose Bandy, ; present site of Alexander Curry's residence to spin some flax. The calculating anal eco- | in Cloverdale. When Robinson approached nominal housewives of that time knew just ; Mr. Macy and his son James were together how much thread a pound of the raw mate- ; in a clearing in front of their humble dweilrial would make, and after Mrs. Bandy re- ing. and the blood-thirsty assassin's heart, turned with the sium flax Mrs. Robinson . failed him. lie could not strike down the father in the presence of his little son, and he walked swiftly by without raising his head or speaking, and wended his way to the house of Mr. James, .lames was alone in the forest, hewing puncheons to floor the house he was preparing to build on his own land. He had felled a tree by mistake a little south of the boundary of his land, near its southeast corner, and was consequently a few feet south of the present Mount Meridian road. The leaves were peeping from the bursting buds, birds were twittering above him in the branches of the tali trees, while rank vegetation was springing from the rich soil at his feet. He was bowed over his work, and happy in building plans for the future, when the ringing report of a rifle ended his dream. The ball passed through the left arm of Mr. dames and through his body, lodging against the skin. .lames straightened up, contemplated his assassin for a moment, and then ran with the speed of a deer to his cabin, about 200 yards distant. A messenger was dispatched to Greencastle, and in due time returned with Dr. Low. The young and inexperienced physician removed the ball, and then directed his efforts to healing the external wounds. James lingered twenty-eight days, and died of blood poisoning, which no doubt could have been obviated by skillful treatment. After firing the fatal shot Robinson returned home. His oldest child, a daughter, was at the house, caring for the baby, and his wife and other children were at work in the clearing, some distance from the cabin, fie reloaded his rifle, and attached on.; end of a string to the trigger and the other to the end of a peg sticking in the wall an the outside of the house, cocked the piece and placed the muzzle against his left breast, ove:- his heart, and by drawing it toward him discharged it. The ball passed through his heart, causing instant death. Robinson was

; buried on his own land, and for many years J afterward an ignus fatuus was occasionally I seen of dark nights in the vicinity of his i grave, which gave rise to a superstitious | fancy among the ignorant that the spot was haunted. His children grew to maturity in the vicinity of Oloverdale, but all have removed. His widow remarried and reared a large family of children, some of whom and their descendants are living in Putnam County. The children of Mr. James were named - Stanfield P., William and Arthur. Arthur died when about twenty years of age, and William died September 7, 188(3. Mr. James was a representative type of the early Kentucky immigrant in Putnam County, lie was tall, straight and well proportioned. As a neighbor he was kind, hospitable and generous, and his untimely and tragic end cast a pall of gloom, sorrow and dread over the isolated settlement in the wilderness, of which the effects of like occurrences at the present day give no adequate conception.