Putnam County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1910 (part 6 of 16)

Henrv Bicknell received a very' serviceable education in the common schools of Greencastle, graduating from the high school in 1884. He spent one year in DePauw University, then entered the hardware business with his father as a member of the firm and he has since continued this line of business with increasing success, he and his brother George E. succeeding their father at his death, and they have built up quite a lucrative patronage with the town and surrounding country, always keeping a full, up-to-date and carefully selected stock in a neat and well-kept building, and the courteous and fair treatment always accorded customers insures holding their patronage. In this they follow the examples set by their worthy father, who was one of the early business men of Greencastle. an active meml)er of the Christian church, being on the official I)oanI for a number of years, and he took a leading part in erecting the present church edifice.

Henrv Bicknell married, on May 10. 1S93. Willie \'aughn. of Lady Lake, Florida. She was the daughter of C. P. and Ellen Ora Vaughn, formerly of Georgia: she was born in Sanoy, that state, in 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Bicknell's beautiful home has been graced by the birth of the following children: George Henry, born February 19, 1894; Christine, born in February, 1896; Jessie Lillian, born in May, 1898: Margaret Wilella, born in October, 1900; Blanche Louise, born in October. 1905.

^Ir. and Mrs. Bicknell are members of the Christian church, in which their three oldest children also hold membership. Courteous, genial and easily of approach. Mr. Bicknell commands the respect of all with whom he comes into contact, and his friends are numerous wherever he is known.

One of Cloverdale township's progressive farmers is Matthias ^fasten, who was bora August 30. 1842. the son of Reuben Masten. a native of North Carolina. The latter's father was a native of England who came to America prior to the Revolutionary war. in which he served as a soldier. Reuben Masten was numbered in the early settlement of Hendricks county. Indiana, whither he came from the old Tar state: entering a tract of land and building a log cabin on the same, he began clearing and raising corn. He married Margaret Garrison, the daughter of John Garrison, and to this union ten children were Ijorn namely: Hesekiah. Darius. ?\latthias. Hariy, John. Jesse. Mahala. Marv. Anna and Emma. Four of these are still living. Tesse. Mrs.

:vlan- Roberts, Emma and Matthias. The father of these cliildren was a member of the Quaker church and was known for his sterhng quahties. bemg an outspoken advocate of morahty and honesty in every form and a devoted Christian. He was kind to his family and always looked to their interests. He reached the ver>- ripe age of ninety-three years. His wife died about 1 89; and thev are buried in the family cemetery in Hendricks county.

"[Matthias Masten spent his boyhood days on the home farm and attended the public schools of his day, his teachers being paid by subscription, holding their sessions in the proverbial log cabin, equipped with rude furnisliings. When a voung man he volunteered his services to the Union and entered the armv.' enlisting in Company H, Fifty-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantr)'. later serving in the One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, under Colonel Brady. After one year's service he was honorably discharged, Februan,' 15, 1864.

Mr. Masten was married on February 15. 1S65, to Xancy Elmore, a native of Putnam county, daughter of Willis Elmore, also a native of this count V. Thev began their married life in Hendricks county on a rented farm; he was assisted by his father, and in a short time removed to this county and bought a farm of eighty acres, which he disposed of in time and bought and sold a number of places, finally locating in Goverdale township, where he has since made his home and has been rewarded by a reasonable measure of success.

:\Ir. Masten is an ordained minister of the old-school Baptist church, and he has devoted a portion of his time to this calling for many years, doing a great deal of good in various ways. He is a quiet, unassuming man and he has the confidence and respect of all. Politically he is a Republican, but not necessarily a partisan, always desiring to see the best man .possible in public office.

To Mr. and Mrs. Masten eight children have been born, named as follows : Ida. now ^Irs. Scott Allee. was born March 30, 1866. and they are tlie parents of three children, Laura. Raymond and Nannie, the last named being deceased: this familv lives in Putnam county. Alfred Masten was born August 6. 1871. and died .\ugust 15. 1872. Oscar, born October 6. 1873. married Cora Sears, and they have one child. Mary Louise, and are living in this countv; Reuben W.. born March 26. 1880. married Minnie Butler, and thev have four children. Zella. Ruth. Reba and Walter Monroe; they reside in this countv. Emma, born December 14. 1881. married Thomas Tern-, and thev have two children. Gladys Marie and Ella V. ; they live m this count^-. Everett, born August 6. 1884. married Iva Lewis, who has borne him three children, Lee, Thelma Earnestine and Lucille, the latter being deceased. Ella, born August 19, 1889, received a common school education and is living at home. Fred B., born July 17, 1869, married Mollie Mathews, and they are the parents of seven children. Jewel, Mamie, Hallie, Frank T., Kenneth, Piercv and Robert \V.

This enterprising farmer and public spirited citizen is a native of Putnam countv, Indiana, and a representative of one of the oldest and best known families of south central Indiana. Ethelred Martin, his grandfather, the son of a Methodist minister, was bom in the eastern part of North Carolina, but in an early dav moved to Putnam county, Indiana, settling about 1826 near the present site of Cloverdale. where he spent the remainder of his life. He reared a family of ten children, of whom Benjamin, father of the subject of this review, was the ninth in order of birth.

Benjamin Martin first saw the light of day in North Carolina in 18 12, and was about fourteen years old when he accompanied his parents to the wilds of what is now one of the best developed and most prosperous districts of the Hoosier state. He assisted his father in clearing the home farm m Cloverdale township and on the 27th day of March, 1834, was united in marriage with Miranda A. Teal, eldest child of John and Rebecca (Helms) Teal. This union resulted in the birth of ten children, whose names are as follows: Rebecca Elizabeth, whose first husband was a 'Sir. Inge, by whom she had two sons and one daughter; after the death of ^Ir. Inge she became the wife of Vincent Dent and moved near Mill Grove, Owen county, where she afterwards died, leaving a son by the name of James Dent. Henry Martin, the second in order of birth, moved to Iowa a number of years ago and is still living near Bedford, that state. Mary Jane, the third of the family, married John Van Horn, who died while serving the country as color bearer in the late Civil war; some time afterwards she married Abraham Haddon, with whom she still lives near Mound City, Missouri ; Hancy N. Alartin, widow of Alonzo Sackett, lives southeast of Cloverdale, where her husband's death occurred in the year 1905; she has three daughters and one son, the latter, William Sackett. a well known business man of Greencastle. John R. Martin, the next in succession, served three years in the late war and was killed in battle only a short time before the expiration of his period of enlist- meat; he was a young man of high standing, a favorite with his comrades and friends and his untimely death was lamented by all who knew him. Emily, the sixth in order of birth, married John Mercer and lives in Defiance. Ohio. Aradena, wife of William H. Duncan, departed this life in Putnam county, leaving a husband and nine children to mourn her loss. Russell E., the subject of this sketch, is the ninth of the family, the youngest being Minerva, who died when but sixteen months old. Benjamin Martin, the father of this large and interesting family, died in the year 1855, and subsecjuently, March 7. 1867. his widow became the wife of Henry DeVore. Shortly after the latter year, Mr. and Mrs. Devore moved to Owen county, near ^lill Grove, where the husband departed this life on the i6th day of January, 1885. following which his widow returned to Cloverdale. where she still resides. Although ninety-four years old, Mrs. DeVore is still quite active and for one of such advanced age retains to a marked degree her mental faculties. She possessed a keen, retentive memory, recalls many scenes and incidents of her long and strenuous life and nothing afYords her greater pleasure than recounting her experiences during the early times in the settlement of Putnam county. Born on the site of Knoxville. Tennessee, in 18 1 5. she was brought to Indiana by her parents three years later and spent her childhood and youth at the Lower Falls in the northern part of Owen county, where her father, John Teal, entered land and improved a farm. The Teals were among the earliest families to settle on Eel river and they figured conspicuously in the development of the section of country in which they located. Two of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Teal were born in Tennessee, and after moving to Indiana they had two others, all of whom grew to maturity on the home farm in Owen county, the father dying there in the year 1824. Mrs. DeVore states that for a number of years their nearest neighbors were Indians, between whom and the family cordial relations alwavs prevailed. The dense forests near the cabin were infested with bear, wolves and panthers and other animals, while deer were so numerous that little difficulty was experienced in keeping the larder well supplied with the choicest meat. Settlers were few and far between, the nearest white neighbor at the time of Mr. Teal's death being seven miles distant.

When eleven years old Miranda Teal (Mrs. DeVore) started to school in Greencastle. between which place and her home, a distance of several miles, she passed but two cabins, the present flourishing city at that time being a mere backwoods hamlet of from twelve to fourteen small houses. The school which she attended was taught in a primitive structure made of round logs, containing a Iiuge fireplace, the windows being fitted with greased paper in lieu of glass, while the seats and desks were made of unplaned boards and were rough and uncomfortable in all the term implies. Mrs. Devore further states that while attending this school she assisted her mother of morning and evenings with the work of the household and studied lessons at night bv the light from the fireplace, there being no lamp in the home and the few tallow candles being reserved for more important occasions. Her teacher the first year was Hiram B. Slavin and during the other two years that she was enabled to attend school she was taught by one William Shields, whom she holds in grateful remembrance still. There being no churches in the countr\- at that time, public worship was held at intervals in the settlers' cabins by pioneer ministers of different churches who happened to be passing through the country. Among these early preachers of the gospel was the noted and eccentric Lorenzo Dow, whom Mrs. Devore remembers hearing preach and whom her father entertained at his home on more than one occasion. Airs. Devore has long been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, the teachings of which have in a large measure been the controlling motives in her long and useful Christian life.

After their marriage Mr. and iMrs. Martin set up their domestic establishment on eighty acres of wild land, three miles southeast of Cloverdale, purchased with mone}- inherited from her father. In due time the land was cleared and otherwise -improved and in the course of a few years the young couple had a comfortable home where they reared their family and lived a long and happy married life. The fann is still in the family name, being now owned and occupied by Russell E. Martin, the subject of this sketch.

Russell E. Martin, to a brief review of whose career the residue of this article is devoted, was born in Putnam county, Indiana, in the year 1851, having first seen the light of day on the family homestead in the southern part of Cloverdale township which his father redeemed from the wilderness when the country was new. Here he spent his childhood and at the proper age took his place in the fields where he became familiar with the rugged duties of farm life and learned to place a correct value upon the dignity of honest toil. His father dying when Russell was fourteen years old, and his mother subsequently remarn.nng, he moved with the family to Owen county where he grew to manhood near the village of Mill Grove, the meanwhile obtaining a fair education in the district schools. On leaving home, he accepted the position of brakeman on the railroad running from Indianapolis to Cincinnati, now a part of the Big Four or New York Central system, in which capacitv he continued for a period of three years, when he resigned m order to engage in agricultural pursuits. Before engaging with the road he had purchased forty-six acres of land which he paid for out of his wages as brakeman, in addition to which he also inherited a part of his father's estate, the two tracts combined making a fair sized farm and giving him ail he cared to do in looking after its cultivation. For a time he kept "bachelor's hall," but this not being to his taste he subsequently took a life partner in the person of ]\Iarv- F. Kinney, to whom he was united in marriage on the 14th day of January. 1878. Mrs. Martin's father, Lazarus Kinney, was a country merchant and her mother, Maria Kinney (nee Jackson), was closely related to the family from which Gen. Andrew Jackson, the hero of Xew Orleans and the seventh President of the United States, sprang. :\[rs. Martm's paternal great-grandfather, Abraham Kinney, a native of Ireland, came to America when a boy with his parents and settled in Xew Jersey, thence removed to Virginia, where he grew to manhood and married. He served with distinction in the war of the Revolution and lived to see his adopted country grow strong and prosperous, having reached the remarkable age of one hundred and four years when called to his reward. John Kinney, son of Abraham and grandfather of Mrs. Martin, was a soldier in the war of 1812 and also served against the Indians in Kentucky, Indiana, and elsewhere on the frontier, having been a bold and fearless fighter and a true type of the rugged pioneer of the early times. Mrs. ^ilartin's maternal ancestors, the Jacksons, were also from Ireland and settled originally in Xorth Carolina. Her immediate antecedents came to Indiana Territory- as early as 1800 and settled at Vincennes when the country from the Great lakes to the Ohio river was a dense wilderness, whose only inhabitants were a few predatory tribes of Indians. The Jacksons figured prominently in the history of Vincennes and the lower Wabash valley and for many years were actively identified with the varied interests of the state, doing much towards laying the foundation of its subsequent prosperity and greatness.

Mrs. Martin was born in Mooresville, :\rorgan county, where her parents had a verj- good home and stood high in the confidence and esteem of the people. Her brother, Horace Kinney, a prominent business man of Indianapolis, was for a number of years president of the Board of Trade of that citv and at one time was appointed by Goxernor Mount a member of the Trans- Mississippi Commission, in which capacity he rendered signallv useful and brilliant service to the state and nation.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Martin began life in a modest wav on the former's little fami, living for some years in a small loo- cabin and doing much of the hard work to get a start in the world. Later additional land was purchased and a much better house of four rooms answered the purposes of a dwelling. In this edifice they lived and prospered until about the year 1907, when Mr. Martin erected the present beautiful and comfort- . able residence which all who see it concede to be one of the most attractive and desirable rural homes in the count}' of Putnam. By industry and judicious management Mr. Martin succeeded in amassing a competency and with his good wife is now enjoying the reward of their many years of toil and self denial, owning at this time four hundred and eight acres in various parts of the county and nearly all under cultivation and highly improved. As a farmer he ranks among the most successful in his part of the state.

Mr. and Mrs. Martin have had three children, Julius Edgar, who died at the age of two and one-half years ; Guy Kinney and Bessie. Guy married Nellie Sandy, daughter of James Sandy, and lives near the home place, in the cultivation of which he has an interest. They have two children, Russell Sandv and Mary Catharine. Bessie, the youngest of the subject's children, is the wife of Forest Steel, living on a farm in Owen county.

Fraternally Mr. Martin is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Cloverdale. and Mrs. Martin belongs to the Christian church. Their home is the abode of a genuine hospitality which the host and hostess know how to dispense and all who cross their threshold are assured of an old-fashioned Hoosier welcome. Both husband and wife move in the best social circles of the community and are highly esteemed by all with whom thev come into contact.

The careers of such men as J. H. Hamilton may not necessarily be such as to gain them wide reputation or the admiring plaudits of men. but they are nevertheless influential and deserving of a place in their locality's history, because thev have been true to whatever trusts that have been reposed in them, and have shown such attributes of character as entitled them to the regard of all and have been useful in their respective spheres of action. Mr. Hamilton seems to have won and retained the universal esteem of all with whom he has come into contact as a result of his industrious and upright career, being well known throughout Putnam county. His birth occurred in Adams county, Ohio. March 19. 1849. His father was Christian C. Hamilton, who was also bom in Adams county, Ohio, where he grew to manhood and was educated. In the earlv fifties he migrated to Coles county, Illinois, stopping one year in Montgomery county, Indiana, and there his son J. H., of this review, attended his first school, at Sugar Grove, just over the Hne in Tippecanoe county. C. C. Hamihon devoted his Hfe to farming and he was successful wherever he went. In 1869 he moved to Kansas, where the family lived for about twenty years. In 1888 he and his son came to Greencastle, Indiana, locating soon afterwards on a farm northeast of town. There the father died in 1895. He was a highly respected man and always honest. He married Julia Wilson, of Adams county, Ohio, where her people still reside, the family being an old and well established one there. Mrs. Hamilton passed to her rest in 1S61. There were nine children in Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hamilton's family, five of them living at this writing, namely: Mrs. Sarah Jones lives in .\dams county, Ohio; Lewis, who now lives in Oklahoma, was a soldier in the Sixtieth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantr\- during the Civil war: J. H.. of this review; Mrs. Eliza Pine lives in Oklahoma, as does also the youngest child, Mrs. Nancy Little. J. W., the eldest, died in 1902. He was a soldier in the Fifteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

John H. Hamilton was educated in the common schools of Illinois and Kansas. When twenty years of age he went west with his parents and from 1S69 to 1882 herded cattle, living the life of a cowboy in the Indian Territon.-. where he laid up a good stock of health and strength, which has stood him in "good hand" during his later life. He had many thrilling experiences during that epoch in his history. In 1882 he moved to Hunnewell, Kansas, and successfully conducted a general store there until 1888. He was influential in all the afYairs of that place and very ably served as mayor for three terms, the last time having been elected unanimously, receiving every vote cast. This is certainly evidence of his high standing in that place and of his former record as a public servant - clean, praiseworthy and entirely satisfacton,-. In 1888 Mr. Hamilton returned to Greencastle. Indiana, soon afterwards locating on a farm near here, where he remained until four years ago, his fine farm lying about ten miles northeast of town. In 1905 he moved to Greencastle and engaged in the liardware business, buying the stock of Theodore Lane.

Mr. Hamilton was married in 1886 to Jessie Crow, who was bom and reared in Putnam county, three miles northeast of Greencastle. She was the daughter of Edward and Desiah (Waterhouse) Crow, early settlers of Putnam county. Her father was a native of Kentucky, from which state he came to Putnam county, Indiana, when a boy. ^Irs. Crow is a native of IMaine. being a descendant of a distinguished familv.

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V'erv little is known of the early history of the Hamilton family. Three brothers left South Carolina in the early days, one of them settling in Kentucky, one in Ohio and one in Indiana. The immediate family of which we now write descended from the gentleman who settled in Ohio. James Hamilton, a deceased brother of J. H., was at one time state treasurer of Kansas; he was in the Fifteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

To Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton three children have been born, named as follows: Desiah is a senior in DePauw University, and will graduate with the class of 1910; Robert is an employe of Belnap Hardware Company of Louisville. Kentucky ; Julia is attending the public schools.

Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton and their two oldest children are members of the College Avenue Methodist Episcopal church. Fraternally Mr. Hamilton is a Mason, holding membership in the blue lodge at Fillmore, Putnam county. He also belongs to the Easte'rn Star. Politically he is a Republican and never loses a chance to a.ssist in furthering the interest of his party.

Oscar Wesley Ellis

It is not onlv pleasant but profitable as well to study the life history of such a worthy gentleman as he whose name forms the heading of this review, for in it we find evidence of traits of character that can not help but make for success in the life of any one who directs his efforts, as he has done, along proper paths with persistency and untiring zeal, toward a worthy goal, and, having had as his close companion through life upright principles, these worthv traits of character have resulted, as we shall see. in ultimate triumph.

Oscar Weslev Ellis hails from the Old Dominion, but the major part of his long, active and useful life has been spent within the borders of Putnam countv. He was born in Alexandria county. Virginia. June 16. 183 1. the son of John Wesley and Sarah E.' (Ching) Ellis, the father the son of John Wesley Ellis and he was born in Culpeper county. Virginia, of parents who emigrated from England, being English on his patemal side and Scotch on his maternal side. He devoted his life to farming and both he and his wife died about 1838. The father of the subject was born November 15. 1801, spent his earlv years on the home farm with his parents, receiving a meager education in the pioneer schools, and when he reached maturity he married Mary E. Ching, daughter of Thomas and Grace Ching. who came from England to America in 1828. settling in Virginia. Thomas Ching died in

The father of the subject married in 1828 and spent the first foui years of his married life in his native locality, coming, in 1832. to Carlisle, Hadden township, Sullivan county, Indiana, arriving there with practically nothing, only a few household goods and nine dollars in monev, having made the long, tiresome journey overland in an old-tashioned wagon, the wheels of which he was compelled to lock in crossing the declines of the mountains. But he was a hardy son of the soil and not being of a nature that gives in under hardships he set to work with a will and soon had a foothold sisting of thirteen children, nine of whom are still living, namely: Oscar \V., of this review; Mary, wife of Frank Jean, of Los Angeles, California: F. in the new country, developing a good farm and rearing a large family, con- Orlando, of Sullivan county; Anna ]\I., wife of George Riggs of Nebraska: Virginia, wife of Robert McCormick, of Missouri; Robert lives in California; Eldridge R. lives in Coatsville, Indiana: ^lelvin lives in Carlisle, Indiana; Olivia is the wife of George Warner, of Carlisle, Indiana.

The father of these children was a Democrat politically, and he took considerable interest in party affairs, having been one of the first county oft'icers of Sullivan county, having been overseer of the poor and township trustee for years. He was an influential man in his community and highly respected by all who knew him. His death occurred in 1870 and his was the largest funeral e\er held in Sullivan county, for all classes sought to reverence his memory and do him proper honor, for he had done much for his locality in many ways, hax'ing been a very liberal man and kind to all. Religiously he was a Methodist and faithful in his church duties. His estate was valued at twenty thousand dollars ; considering the fact that he started with nothing and also that the conditions in Sullivan county were none too encouraging for the accumulation of wealth during his life time, his success was remarkable. ^Irs. J. W. Ellis died November 15, 1852: she. too, was a most excellent character.

Oscar W. Ellis was reared on the home farm in Sullivan county, and received a fairlv good education in the common schools. He removed to Putnam county. January- 11. 1S61. and started a dairy east of Greencastle. which business he conducted successfully for a period of seven years: he then bought eightv acres of excellent land, in 186S. and has operated the same ever since, making it yieUl alnmdant crops from year to year, and here he has a cozy home.

;Mr. Ellis is a Democrat, but does not take any great interest in political matters. He was converted to the Christian religion at a camp meeting near Lebanon, this state, in 1844. and his lite has been an exemplary one.

On January 7. 1858. Air. Ellis married Sarah E. Buck, daughter of William and Pharzina Buck. Her father was born in England. February 4, 1S08. and he came to America early in lite and was married in 1831 to Pharzina Ruttman. They came to Vigo county, Indiana, in 1836. and later moved to Greene county. William Buck died October 3, 1899. his wife having preceded him to the grave on September 19. 1888. They were members of the Methodist church, and Mr. Buck was a Republican. Si.x children were born to them, all of whom grew to maturity, namely: Pharzina. wife of 0.scar \\". Ellis of this review; Mary, wife of Robert Crawford, of Nebraska; TdIui W. is a retired Methodist minister and lives at Linton. Indiana; Susan is the wife of Ephraim Herrald. of Wortliington. Indiana: the other two were Isaac \'.. deceased, who lived at Sullivan. Indiana, and Easter .Ann. decea.sed. who was the wife of David L. Osborn, of Linton. Indiana.

Mr. antl Mrs. Ellis reared five children to maturity, namely: Pharzina is the wife of lohn Kellar, of Greencastle; William is now living on a farm in Mill Creek township, this county; Mary is the wife of Albert Landes, of Greencastle; Edward is now in the West: the other child was Hattie, deceased, who married Weslev Oliver, a farmer, of Putnam county. Orlando and David died in childhood.

Johx H. Collixgs

Among the well-remembered citizens of Putnam count}- who have finished their labors and gone to their reward, the name of John H. Collings. late of Clinton township, is deserving of especial notice. He was one of those sterling veomen. whose labors and self-sacrifice made possible the advanced state of civilization and enlightenment for which this section of the great commonwealth of Indiana is noted. His birth occurred May 7. 1840. threefourths of a inile from his late home in Clinton township, this county, and after a useful and honorable career he was called to his reward Xo\-ember 15. 1903. He was the son of James and Sally (Newgent) Collings. the latter the daughter of Thomas Xewgent. whose sketch in full appears elsewhere in this book. The X'ewgents have long been a well-known family in this countv. lames Collings was born in Shelby county. Kentucky, and he and his bride were married in 1837 in the home of Edward Xewgent. who had built the home in 1830. and with whom she was hving. Edward lived for a time in Parke county. Indiana, remaining on the fann until he was about thirteen years old. James Collings. who built the present home of the Collingses. died SepteniJjer 2. 1S58. He was born Xovember 2. 18 15. He and his wife were the parents of four children.

In the Collings family there were the following children : John H.. of this re\iew ; William Thomas married and went to Illinois in the seventies and died in X'ermillion county, that state, at the age of thirty-eight years. Xancy married John M. Turner and lived in Parke county. Indiana; she was born December 25, 1845. ^^'^s married December 28. 1867. and died December 27, [889. Edna was the }-oungest child. She has passed her life on the place wliere she was born and in which vicinity she is well known and has a host of warm pers(inal friends.

John H. Collings spent his life on the home farm, which he began working when a mere lad. attending the common schools during the winter months. He was an excellent student and a great reader all his life, keeping well abreast of the times in every way. He was quick to adapt himself to anv line of work and was fairly successful at whatever he undertook. His views on religious matters were in accord with those promulgated by the "Hard Shell" Baptists. Politically he was a Democrat, but was no politician. He delighted in perusing the best literature of the world and was an instructive and entertaining conversationalist. He had a well selected and valuable library where he spent a great deal of his time. He was a pleasant man to meet, gentlemanly, forceful, kind and a man who at once impressed the stranger with his weight of character and his mental endowments, yet he was plain and unassuming.

Dr. George \\'ashingt(Mi Taylor, a homeopathic physician, his wife, Mary Jane Lynn Taylor, and their daughter. Minnetta Theodora Taylor, came to Greencastle from Crawfordsville, Indiana, September 5, 1879. They had Ijeen only a short time in Crawfordsville. having removed there from their home in Rosetta. Illinois, where they had resided since the close of the Civil war. The parents joined their sons, who were physicians at Crawfordsville: but thev found that Greencastle would be more satisfactory for the education of their daughter and they removed thither, intending to remain only a few years. They grew so much attached to the place that thev made it a permanent residence and built their home on West Walnut street in 1884. The family were all born in Virginia except the daughter, who was born in Illinois. They were residents of Lexington, in the valley of Virginia, noted for Washington and Lee University, which now contains the tomb of Robert E. Lee, and for the Virginia Militaiy Institute. At one time during their residence in Lexington, "Stonewall" Jackson was professor of military science in the institute, and taught in the Presbyterian Sunday school. White Sulphur Springs, the famous watering place, was not far away and attracted most of the eminent people of that and the preceding generation, among them Jerome Bonaparte, afterward King of Westphalia, who left many interesting souvenirs of Napoleon.

Dr. George W. Taylor was born in Lewisburg, Greenbrier county, Viro-inia, May ^. 1821. His family was English on both sides and had been in Virginia since 1635. The head of the English family was the Norman Baron Taillefer (meaning sharp sword), who came over with William the Conqueror and was one of the commanders at the battle of Hastings. The Saxons spelled the name Taelesfer, and some of the English relatives are now named Telfair instead of Taylor, following the spelling of the name rather than the sound. The family coat of arms is conspicuous for its stars ; the motto is "Consequitur quo petit," "He achieves because he strives." The crest was a mailed arm brandishing a sword. The founder of the Virginia family. James Taylor, left Kent in 1635, at the age of twenty, on account of the religious persecutions beginning under Charles I. He opposed his family, including the Earl of Pennington, in criticising the king; and he souo-ht a freer country, retaining, however, the low church form of the Episcopalian creed. He settled in Caroline county. Virginia. Here he married Frances Washington, of an English family of similar standing and religious belief to his own, ancestors of George Washington. Among the prominent descendants of the Taylors were: On the distaff side, President James ^ladison; George Tavlor, who had ten sons in the Revolutionary war, includino- the famous Col. Richard Taylor, who conquered and dispersed the Cherokees, who were hired by the British to kill and scalp the families along the Virginia highland frontier: Zachary Taylor, who married Elizabeth Lee. of Ditchley. daughter of Col. Richard Henry Lee, of Revolutionary fame, ancestor of most of the Virginia Lees and cousin of Light Horse Harn.-, the father of Robert E. Lee; Elizabeth Taylor, who married the uncle of the Duke of Argyll and was a noted philanthropist both in this country and Scotland, achieving many reforms in the housing and general condition of the Scotch crofters: Rear Admiral Samuel Taylor, of the war of 1812; Zachary

Taylor, famous Indian fighter, commander-in-chief in our war against Mexico and President of the United States; Gen. Richard Taylor, commanding tne army of the Department of Alabama during the Civil war; many other Confederate officers; Father Taylor, as he was called, the noted preacher in the Seamen's church in Boston. Dr. George Washington Taylor's parents were James Taylor and Susannah Burwell. His paternal grandparents were Augustine Taylor and Mary Martha Washington, another Washington intermarriage.

As a boy. Doctor Taylor was veiy fond of hearing of Indian fights, particularly of the exploits of a relative, Louis Wetzel. At the age of nine he resolved to fight Indians too, and set out along the road west of his father's house. When two or three miles away, he met with unexpected success in discovering his antagonists. A party of Indians going to interview the Great Father at Washington were riding along under the command of a most terrible looking chief. They stopped the child, the chief remarking, "Boy make good Indian." The chief asked his name and where he lived. On hearing the name, he scowled and said "Louis Wetzel ?*" The boy nodded and the chief made a motion as if he would scalp him, but finally had him put on a pony which was led until they came in sight of his father's house. Here after consiflerable argument among themsehes they put him down in the road and left him, George resoh'ing to consult his father before he went out to fight Indians again.

After attending the common schools of the time and studying with a tutor. ^Ir. Taylor studied medicine in the University of Virginia and put in his spare time reading the works of Thomas Jefferson. Debating clubs were popular, but it was \ery hard to get any one to take the side of the English party on any political question, the French party commanding the gratitude of the American patriots and the exercises generally began with the Marseillaise. Many of the students were descendants of the French Huguenots, and these, too, added to the enthusiasm for France. The science of medicine, though very imperfect at that time, interested the student deeply and he made many experiments in chemistry. He left the university just before obtaining his degree, in order to be married. On a visit to Staunton, some three months before, he heard a particularly sweet voice singing from the back of a long pink silk poke bonnet. This made him curious to see the face : and he presently decided to settle in Lexington without waiting to complete the universitv course, a thing which a physician could do under the medical laws of the time. He married ^lary Jane Lynn, April 7, 1842, and their married life lasted sixtv-four vears.

At Lexington, his three sons, Henry William Taylor, Howard Singleton Taylor and John Newton Taylor were born. The approach of the Civil war began greatly to disturb the South and after a while the tempest broke. Doctor Taylor was for a time a surgeon with the army of Northern Virginia, but following an attack of gastritis from the bad food, he was completely invalided and unable to return to the field. When able to sit up. he followed his profession as best he could; but much of the time he was an entirely helpless sick man. Sheridan's troops burned the valley and completelv devastated it. and after the surrender of the Southern army hope was gone and there remained only the sadness of homes destroyed anfl relatives killed on the battle fields or dying of broken hearts. Doctor and Mrs. Taylor decided to go West. Traveling was difficult. They were in two steamer accidents during their journey on the Mississippi river. One steamer struck a snag at night and went down, leaving them barely time to save themselves. Another was in a race and piling on great cpiantities of resinous pines in order to beat the other boat, when the boilers exploded, killing and maiming many persons. Finally the family reached Rosetta, Illinois, and in a year or so Doctor Taylor recovered his health and resumed the practice of medicine, in which he was very successful. He Iniilt a house in Rosetta, and his daughter. Minnetta, was born there.

Two sons settled as physicians in Crawfordsville. Indiana, and a third became a lawver in Chicago. Doctor Taylor came to Indiana to be nearer them and chose Greencastle for a home. His practice grew and extended over Putnam and neighboring counties. He had preferred the homeopathic practice for some time and was an ardent reader oi its books and follower of its practice. He proved rumex crispus and added it to the list of remedies. He never lost a case of typhoid fever, though it has always been a prevalent disease in this state. He had a large charity list of patients and a still larger list of honest poor who paid such fees as the\- could easily spare. He never refused to go 'to .see the sick because they were poor. He was much interested in temperance work and was for five years president of the blue ribbon movement in Greencastle, securing .several hundred memliers. He did not become a church member in Greencastle. partly because the Episcopal church had no regular services and partly because Sunday was generally as busv a day with him as any other. In Lexington he was a member of the Episcopal church, though he frecpiently attended the Presbyterian church with his wife. His principal characteristics were kindness, dignity, absolute truthfulness and honesty. He was greatly beloved by his family and friends. He was a tall, large man, l)uilt much like George Washington. Doctor

Putxam Couxty. Ixdiana

Mary Jane L\'nn was born in Staunton. Augusta county, Virginia, June 23, 1S28. Her family was English i:)n the father's side and Scotch and French on the mother's. Her paternal grandparents came from Yorkshire in 1740. her grandfather being a Lynn of Lynncourt, and her grandmother a Leigh. Her maternal ancestors had been in Virginia since 1637, the Mc- Cunes coming direct from Edinburgh to Augusta county during the persecution of the Covenanters and the DeCourcys and D'.Aubignes coming after the revocation of the Etiict oi Xantes tolerating the Huguenots in France. Many Scotch were still coming to .\merica in Mary Lynn's childhood and her first remembrances were of clan tartans, the pipes, the harper, in his plaid and cairngorm brooch, the arms of the Manjuis of Montrose and the Presbvterian church and Sunilay. Seven McCunes were in the Lee Legion in the Revolutionary war and their uniforms and equipments were also a source of interest. She was educated in the same ladies' school afterward conducted by Mrs. J. E. E. Stuart, widow of the Confederate cavaln- general; and on completing the course there, had a tutor in Latin and French on the home plantation. She married Dr. (jeorge W. Taylor, a physician, and thev residetl in Lexington, \'irginia, where their sons were b(3rn. Mrs. Taylor's powerful mind was always full of keen interest in all sorts of knowledge and readily tO(jk hold of medicine. She studied it with her husband and reached out l;ey(jnd the medical Ixjoks of the day into foreign essays and theories of her (;w n. Most of the last were afterwards confirmed, for her judgment was as sound as her perception was keen. .\t this time she was chiefiv known for her loxely lyric S(.>prano voice, full, clear and ringing, of high range and natural as well as cidtixated phrasing. She was first soprano in the Presbyterian clurrches uf se'.eral Southern towns and sang solos on great occasions in Richmond. She retained much of the splendor of her \'oice up to old age and her patients wnuld l;eg her to sing. sa_\'ing that soothetl the pain as well as n;edicine. She was a fine converser. ahva\-s interesting her audience and using almost perfect English.

After the Civil war. the fanuly remi»\ed from the desolated South to Rosetta, Illinois. Mrs. Taylor had written poems of acknowledged merit, became a successful author and wrote in (|uick succession nine of the most popular no\els of the time besides stories and poems. The no\e!s were: "Casey Drane," "Dixided Life." "Looking Out Into the Xight." "The A'ital Principle." "Xiverette," "Ochus the Idumaean." "Hole in the Day." "The Master oi the Ri\er." and "The .\ns\ver." 1 he first appeared as serials in the X'ew York Herald . the Xew \'ork Lcdijcr. Leslie's Chiiuiiev Corner, the

Philadelphia Da\-Book. what is now the Chicago Intcr-Ocean, and the St. Louis Republic. One of the novels was reprinted in London in 1882. Some of the stories were of the war, not a popular subject at the time, but the dramatic strength, power of depicting character, originality and poetic quality of the books carried them over all obstacles. The JVesteni Magazine offered two prizes, one for the best story and the other for the best poem. Mrs. Taylor won both prizes. She had letters of praise from Edgar Allan Poe, J. G. Holland, the elder James Gordon Bennett, Robert Bonner, Frank Leslie. Dr. Van Evrie and Horace Greeley, 'Sir. Greeley's letters in his famous nearly undecipherable handwriting. Mr. Bonner was her most generous patron, alwavs paving more than she asked for her stories, in one instance, twice as much.

The sons settled in Indiana and Doctor and Mrs. Taylor and their little daughter followed. From Crawfordsville, Doctor and Sirs. Taylor went to Greencastle to educate their daughter. Mrs. Taylor, who had practiced medicine with her husband for many years, was graduated from Pulte Homeopathic College at Cincinnati, and entered actively into the life of a physician. She had a \erv large practice, extending from Putnam into Parke, Hendricks. Vigo, Morgan and Owen counties, besides calls to Indianapolis, Cincinnati and St. Louis. She kept up all her work actively and with great success for twenty-five vears riding at any time of the day or night alone any distance. Much of the country was comparatively wild at first. Sometimes a fox pattered across her road or a wolf slunk off in the brush. More often the thick woods reeled around her from a storm and wind and lightning piled the road with giants of the forest ; or she had a farmer ride horseback to find the ford for her in a swollen stream filled with floating drift and running over with quicksand: or she went up and down the corduroy steps of the highest hills of Owen : or she laid down fences and drove through fields to avoid being mired in wholly impassai^le roads. She ne\'er turned back and never had a serious accident, though once she was obliged to fish for an hour in a spring flood for her medicine case before she could go to the rescue of a patient. Her svmpathy with the sick, her cheerful disposition and love of nature helped her to endure the monotony of life among the ailing of town and the hardships of country practice. She rememl^ered faces and names wonderfullv and knew the count}- genealogies through and through, including the familv characteristics. For this reason she had much influence in choosing persons for public service. Her information about them was known to l)e full and accurate, her judgment good and her public spirit without allov: so her candidates were often indor.sed by parties and people. Her couraw was absolute and rather scornful. Sometimes her friends would beg her to carry a weapon on her long night trips. "For an ordinary criminal?" she would answer, "I should be ashamed of myself if I could not outwit three or four of them." In personal appearance the Doctor was a little woman, with fine, white skin, little hands, clean-cut features and eyes of a most unusual clear light green, brilliant with decision. She was an earnest Christian, rather in deeds than in \vords. though seldom an hour alone without praying. Her people had always been Scottish Covenanters and she had held her fir.st membership in the Tinkling Spring Presbyterian church in the Shenandoah valley. In Greencastle she was a mem])er of the Presbyterian church till the exactions of her profession made it impossible for her to attend.

Some years ago Dr. George \\'. Taylor and she attended a number of patients through an epidemic of typhoid fever which attacked a country neighborhood. Both physicians had the distinction of having never lost a typhoid fever case: and though analyses of water, milk and food failed to show the cause of the fever, which was uncommonly virulent, they labored faithfully with it and cured all the patients. Then both took the fever at the same time and on account of their age it was thought they could not recover. After some weeks both were up again, but they were never strong afterward. They kept up their othce practice, however, and were busy sending away medicine until shortly before their death. Dr. Mary Taylor died December i8, 1909. She is survived by two sons and a daughter: Hon. Howard S. Taylor, of Chicago; Dr. John X. Taylor, of Crawfordsville ; Miss Minnetta T. Taylor, of Greencastle. Dr. George W. Taylor, her husband, died June 29, 1906. Dr. H. A\'. Taylor died January 7, 1902.

>.Iiss :\[innetta Taylor is the joint author of six Spanish-English text books, her associate being Senor \'iragua. of Xew York. She is also a regular contributor to the McClure syndicate. She spent seven years on the lecture platform, on literary and sociological subjects. She speaks forty-five languages and is either an active or honorary member of thirty clubs, several of these being foreign clubs. She has been president of the State Federation of Clubs and a member of the literary committee i-^f the General Federation of Clubs.

George B. Coffmax

The familv which the subject of this sketch has the honor to represent is an old and esteemed one and since the pioneer period has been closely identified with the historv of Putnam county. According to the most reliable data olnainable. William Coffman. the subject's grandfather, a nati-.e of western Tennessee, appears to have migrated to Indiana prior to 1830 and entered land in Clay county. His son. David, accompanied him and shortly after his arrival married Charlotte Coltharp, who, with her widowed mother, two brothers and one sister, also from eastern Tennessee, came ab.ont the same time or perhaps a little earlier and settled in northern Owen county, the husband and father having died while serving his country in the war of 1S12. He entered the army at the beginning of that struggle, was with General Jackson at the battle of Xew Orleans and his death a little later occurred shortly before the birth of his youngest daughter, who became the wife of David Coffman.

David Coffman was born near the present site of Knoxville, Tennessee, on the 2 1 St of March, 1809. and was about twenty-one years old when he accompanied his parents to Indiana. Mrs. Coffman, whose birth occurred on Octoi)er 31, 1814, came from the same neighborhood in which her husband was reared and was a young lady in her teens when the family sought a new home in the wilds of Owen county, .\fter their marriage ]\Ir. and Mrs. Coffman settled on a tract of land in Owen county, which the former purchased from the government, but after a brief residence and finding that the localitv was inimical to his heahh Mr. Coffman sold the land and entered two hundred and forty acres in the western part of what is now Cloverdale township in the county of Putnam. Moving to the latter, he at once addressed himself to the task of its impro\-ement and in due time his labors were re\\'arded, the farm Avhich he cleared and developed being among the best and most valuable in that locality. David Coft'man was not only a man of great industry and energy, but possessed more than ordinary intelligence and business abilitv. Bv well directerl and judicious management he succeeded in adding to his holdings until at one time he was among the largest land owners of his township as well as one of the most enterprising farmers and highly esteemed citizens.

When David Coffman mo\ed to Putnam county there was but one family living between his place and Putnamville, while the population of Cloverdale and the imme<liate vicinity consisted of only four householders. He assisted in the contraction of the old National road through this part of the state and with the money thus earned was enabled to meet the payments on his land when thev became due. He always manifested a lively interest in the settlement of the county and the development of its resources and used his influence to further all laudable means for the material and moral advancement of the community. His religious belief, which was one of the controlling influences of his long and useful life, was based upon the creed of the Primitive Baptist church, to which both himself and wife belonged, and in the faith of which they passed to the unseen world, the former Februan.- i6. 1888, the latter on ^^larch 4. 1SS3. The children of this worthy couple were eight in number. e([ually divided between the sexes, the oldest. John W. Coffman. dying in 1905. leaving ten children, namely: Sarah C, ^lary ].. Irene. Elizabeth. Eliza A.. Margaret Ellen. Andrew ].. Albert E., Ada B.. Ida Belle and Lilv A. Zilpha C. the second in order of birth, with Mary A. and Elizabeth, the third and fifth respectively, live on the old homestead, with their brother George, who is the youngest member of the family. James S.. the fourth, is a leading agriculturist and representative citizen, owns a beautiful farm about two miles southeast of Clox^erdale and is one of the popular men of his community. He married ^Martha E. ^lorrison and is the father of two sons and four daugliters. Henry X.. Lee Otis. Minnie F.. Effie M. and Gilbert C. Joseph L.. the next in succession, departed tliis life August 7. 1908. leaving a widow. Ann E. (nee Swartz). and one child. Ollie M.. to mourn their loss. Xanc\- M.. who married Evan Cline and lives near the family homestead is the fourth in order of birth. ( See sketch of Evan Cline.)

George B. Cotfman. the eigluh and youngest of the above children, was born October jo. i8;6. in the western part of Cloverdale township, Putnam county. Indiana, and grew to maturity in cluse touch with nature on the farm of his father redeemed from the wilderness. He was reared to habits of industrv and earlv bore his share in the planting and cultivating i^f the crops, in the meantime attending school during the fall and winter months until acquiring a practical education. Selecting the honorable vocation of agriculture for his life work, he became familiar with the same while still with his parents and since reaching the years of manhood has devoted himself \\ith gratif\ing results to his chosen calling.

Emma .\. Turner, to whom Mr. Coffman was united in the bonds of wedlock i-jn Octoljer 7. 1876, was b(jrn in Owen county. Indiana, where her parents. Abram ami Eliza ( Hubbard ) Turner, natives of Kentucky, settled a number of years agu. In the fall of 1893 Mr, Coffman went to Kansas, where he followed farming for one year, but a disastrous fire in which he lost much of his property, together with ill health, induced him to dispose of his interests in that state, at the expiration of which period he returned to Indiana, from which time until 190J he lived in his native township, near the family homestead. In the early part ot the above mentioned year he moved to Sullivan countv. tlu's state, where he remained until the death of

'Mv. Coffman devotes considerable attention to agriculture and stock raising and, being a man of progressive ideas and employing advanced methods in his labors, he is fully up-to-date and, as already indicated, ranks among the successful men of his vocation in the township honored by his citizenship. In the spring of 1909 he was elected assessor of Cloverdale township for a term of four years, a position for which his sound judgment and knowledge of values especially fit him, although he has never aspired to official honors nor sought any kind of public distinction. In his relations with his fellows he has always been governed by a high sense of justice and as a consistent member of the Primitive Baptist church he exemplifies in his dailv walk the sincerity of his religious profession and the beauty and worth of Christianity as practically applied to the affairs of men.

Nine children blessed the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Coffman, three of whom died in infancy, those living being as follows: Homer D., Otto E., Wilbur R., William W., Jesse I. and Lola M. Homer is homesteading in Oklahoma, and has before him a bright and promising future. Otto has a claim in North Dakota and is doing well, likewise Wilbur, who has taken land in South Dakota, the other children being still under the parental roof.

Samuel Darxall

In any comprehensive history of Putnam county, the biographical memoir of Samuel Darnall, one of the best remembered of her pioneers, should not be omitted. He was born in Montgomen,^ county, Kentucky, December 9, 1S04. a descendant of a long line of sterling ancestry in America, the representative of this family in America being a member of Lord Baltimore's colony which settled in Charles county, Maryland, in 1634. Daniel Darnall, father of Samuel, was born in Maryland, in 1775, from which state he moved with his father, Isaac Darnall, when he was ten years of age, the Blue Grass state being at that time covered with primeval woods. Daniel Darnall married Nancy Turpin, the daughter of another pioneer, also from Maryland. They established a home in Montgomery county, where, after the usual hard struggle, they became well established, rearing a family of five sons and one daughter, the latter named Emilia, late of Bainbridge. Samuel, of this re\-iew, was the fourth child in order of birth. When twenty-five years of age he married Maria, daughter of Joshua Yeates, her father being of English descent, his people settling in eastern Virginia early in the eighteenth century, and in Loudoun county, that state, he was born in 1773, and emigrated to Kentucky with his father in 1790. He was there married to Nancy Higgins, and to this union seven daughters and one son were born, the latter being the late Dr. Larkin Yeates, of Winchester, Kentucky. The youngest of the daughters married Samuel Darnall. They lived in Kentucky five years after their marriage, and then in order to get cheaper land, moved to the then new state of Indiana. In the fall of 1S35 ^'""^X came to Putnam county, stopping at the home of Johnson Darnall. who had preceded them b}- two years. They established their rude home in the woods here and began life in true pioneer fashion, and in time were the operators of a large farm, 'Sir. Darnall becoming one of the leading farmers of the county.- He was one of the first to introduce blue grass into Putnam county.

Mr. Darnall and his wife followed in the footsteps of their ancestors in religious matters, being adherents to the Calvinistic or predestinarian Baptist church. Politically Mr. Darnall was first a Whig and an admirer of Henry Clay, but when the Republican party was organized he joined its ranks, and when, on the death of his father, he inherited five slaves, he desired to free them at once, l)ut was forbidden ; he allowed them to choose their own master and finally sold them at a very low figure. He was no office seeker, but always outspoken in his political views. He was at one time, back in the forties, solicited by a special committee to make the race for the Legislature as a Whig, but declined the honor. In Kentucky he served as lieutenant of militia, filling that position until his removal to Indiana. Under the military law of the state he was quartermaster on the staft' of Col. James Fisk. He gave his influence to the national Union, sending three of his sons into the Federal ranks. The eldest. Francis }vl., made a splendid company in the fall of 1861 and led it to the field as captain. Lafayette enlisted the same year in Col. Lew Wallace's regiment of Zouaves, for the. threemonths service, and later joined his brother's company in the Forty-third Regiment and was made sergeant, later being promoted to lieutenant. In 1863, when Morgan, the raider, invaded Indiana, a third son. Joshua, a fine boy of sixteen years, went to the front and laid down his young life for his country, as a recruit in the One Hundred and Fifteenth Regiment, in which he took part in the hard campaign to Cumberland Gap. \\'hile retreating from that country he contracted a cold while passing through the mountains of Kentucky, which, after a recent attack of measles, proved fatal.

Samuel Darnall's death occurred January 13, 1879, and in the shade of the old Brick Chapel he is sleeping the sleep of the just. He was a peaceable, home-loving, kind, public-spirited, noble-hearted man whom every one held in the hi'^hest esteem, for he was always ready to serve friend and stranger alike with a lavish hospitality, and had a word of cheer and encouragement for all.

Fraxk M. Stroube

It is not an easy task to describe adequatel_\- a man who has led an eminentlv active and busv life and who has attained a position of relative distinction in the community with which his interests are allied. But biography finds its most perfect justification, nevertheless, in the tracing and recording of such a life history. It is, then, with a full appreciation of all that is demanded and of the painstaking scrutiny that must be accorded each statement, and vet with a feeling of satisfaction, that the writer essays the task of touching briefly upon the details of such a record as has been that of Frank M. Stroul^e, the well-known sheriff of Putnam county.

]\Ir. Stroube was born at Augusta, Kentucky, July 19. 1863, the son of Oliver Stroube, a native of the Blue Grass state, this family having been prominent for several generations in Bracken county. There Oliver Stroube was reared and educated. In 1S65 he came to Putnam county, Indiana, locating on a farm in Madison township, where he soon had a comfortable home and where he lived until his death, April 3. 1901. at the age of sixtythree years, having been born July 19, 1S38. He was a man whom everybody respected owing to his steady habits and his genial disposition. He married Eliza Blackerby. a native of Bracken county, Kentucky. She is a woman of such kind and generous instincts that she is greatly admired by her friends and neighbors in Greencastle, where she now resides.

Eio-ht children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Stroube, named as follows : Frank M., of this review ; J. W. is trustee of Madison township, where he resides : Anna died when one year old ; Dr. Charles N. lives at Roachdale ; Earl is a farmer in Madison township; Clifford E. died when one year old; Ida is tlie wife of Dr. Reginald Pollon, Cayuga, Indiana; Minnie is the wife of E. R. Bartley, of Greencastle.

The patemal grandfather of these children, John Stroube, was a native of Virginia, removing from that state to Kentucky at an early date, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying at Augusta. Kentucky. He married a

Frank M. Stroube was brought to Putnam county, Indiana, by his parents when he was but an infant. He spent his youth on the home farm, which he assisted in developing, attending the district schools in the meantime. He remained at home until he was twenty-ti\e years of age, when he took up the livestock business, buying and shipping. He was very successful at this and built u|) an e.\tensi\'e business, becoming known throughout the countv as one of the leading stock men of this locality.

Mr. Stroube always took considerable interest in political matters and as a reward fur his public spirit and his genuine worth he was elected sheriff of Putnam county on the Democratic ticket in 1908, and, according to the statement of man_\- of his constituents, he has so far proven to be one of the best sheriffs the county has ever had, always faithful in the performance of his duty and going about the same in a conscientious and business-like manner,

Mr. Stroube was married on September 19, 188S, to Belle Roberts, daughter of John Roberts, of Manhattan, Putnam county, where she was born and reared, attending the public schools. Three children ha\-e been born to this union, nametl as follows : Jean Lucille, Ruth Marie and Gail Blackerby ; the\ are all members of the family circle, constituting, with their parents a nuuuall}- hai)i)y household, their home being a cozy and pleasant one.

Mr. and Mrs. Stroube are members of the Christian church. Fraternally Mr. Stroube is a Mason, and he carries into his daily life its sublime teaching's.

Cl.Arexce Arthur Shake

The well known florist and honored citizen, Clarence Arthur Shake, who is an honored resident of Greencastle, in the progress of which he has ever been deeply concerned, is a native of Stoddard county, Missouri, where he was born April i, 1886. He is the son of Spencer J. and Marv R. (Brooks) Shake, the father born in low-a, in 1838, on a farm on which his parents settled when the country was comparatively new. Spencer J. Shake was educated in the common schools of his native community. Moving to Carlisle. Indiana, he entered the schools of that place and was graduated therefrom. He was ambitious to become a minister of the gospel and in order to properly fit himself for this eminent calling he worked his way through Borden College, Borden, Indiana, He was duly ordained a minister in the ^lethodist Episcopal church, his first charge being in Xew Providence, in 1890. He was popular with his congregation and developed into a preacher of power, doing a great deal of good wherever he went. On Thanksgiving day, 1S78, he was married to Mary Rebecca Brooks, daughter of Thomas Brooks, of Missouri. This union resulted in the birth of eight children, of which number, Clarence A., of this review, was the third in order of birth. Rev. Spencer J. Shake is now pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Farmersburg, Indiana.

Clarence A. Shake obtained a good primary education and in 1905 he was graduated from the high school at Evans ville. In 1906 he entered DePauw University, at Greencastle, Indiana, taking a general course, but before graduating he left the university in order to form a partnership with A. M. Troxell, in 1908. He has taken readily to this line of work and together thev are building up a very satisfactory business.

Mr. Shake was married on June 16, 1909, to Clara J. Yunker, a popular young ladv, the daughter of Conrad and Susan (Skiels) Yunker, of Evansville, Indiana, where she w^as a favorite in the best social circles of the city, being a woman of culture and education.

Politically Mr. Shake is a Republican, and he is an earnest worker in the ^Methodist Episcopal church. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Knights of Pvthias. Considering the fact that he is yet quite a young man and has made such a promising start in the business world, the future needs must ausTur lars^e success for him.

Fealtv to facts in the analyzation of a citizen of the type of William Milford Houck is all that is required to make a biographical sketch interesting to those who have at heart the good name of the community, because it is the honorable reputation of the man of standing and affairs, more than any other consideration, that gives character and stability to the body politic and makes the true worth of a county or state revered at home and respected abroad. In the broad light which things of good report ever invite, the name and character of the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch stand re- vealed and secure and though with modest demeanor, with no ambition to distinguish himself in pubhc position or as a leader of men, his career has been signally honorable and it may be studied with profit by the youth entering upon life's work, for it shows that the man who persists along right lines of endeavor will eventually accomplish what he sets out to do despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Mr. Houck is too well known to the readers of this book to need any lengthy chronicle of his life histor}-. for he has been interested in large affairs here for many years and has spent the major part of his life in the community of his birth, being one of the worthiest representatives of the Houck family, which is one of the old and influential families of Putnam county.

Mr. Houck was born April 5, i860, on the home farm in ^iladison township, the son of David and Rachael Houck, a complete sketch of whom appears on another page of this work. He was educated in the country schools of Washington township and assisted with the work on the farm, becoming well accpiainted with general and scientific agriculture and stock raising early in life and he has continued to make this his principal life work. Howe\'er, he began life as a school teacher, having applied himself very assiduouslv to his text-books and received a good education, verv^ largely by his individual ettorts, teaching two very successful terms of school, in 1878 and 1S79, in Washington township. But this line of endeavor did not appeal to him as a life vocation and he returned to the freer life of the husbandman and stock man. and an evidence of his large success in this line is shown bv the fact that when eighteen years of age he purchased forty acres; hv hard work and ffood management this small place has grown to one of the model farms of the county, comprising four hundred acres, which is well improved in everv resjject. ver\' carefully tilled and under a high state of cultivation. He has a modern, commodious and beautiful residence and all the substantial outbuildings that his needs require. He handles large numbers of live stock of various kinds and usually of a verv^ high quality, being considered a good judge of stock, especially cattle and hogs.

Mr. Houck is also a stockholder in the Live Oak Plantation Company, which has twelve thousand acres in Louisiana, which is a very paving investment, yielding its stockholders excellent returns. He is a stockholder and director in the Plezee Company, of Greencastle, a firm manufacturing the famous soda fountain rlrink from which the company deri\ed its name, and which for se\eral years has had an immense sale in the Middle A\'est.

On October 20, rSSo, Mr. Houck married Emma Myra Bence, the representative of an influential and highlv respected familv, her parents, Tohn and (29)

Annie E. (Kidd) Bence, being represented on another page of this work. Mrs. Houck was born June 23, 1864. She is a member of the Wasliburn Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, the Twentieth Century Chib and the Crescent Chib of Greencastle. Mr. and Mrs. Houck have one foster daughter. Ethel Houck Sheppard. wife of Will M. Slieppard. who make their home with Mr. and Mrs. Houck. She is a graduate of the city high school.

Politically ^Ir. Houck is a Democrat and fimi in advocating his party's principles, taking considerable interest in local affairs during elections. He has attained to the thirty-second degree in Masonry, being also a member of ]\[urat Temple. Ancient Arabic Order of Xobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Indianapolis. Blue Lodge No. 47. Greencastle Chapter, Xo. 22, Royal Arch Masons, and the Greencastle Commandery. Xo. 11. Knights Templar. Mr. Houck stands high in the circles of this great fraternity in this state. He is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Although Mr. Houck has a beautiful country home, he resides in Greencastle. owning one of the attractive residences of this city, at No. ~2,t, East Washington street, which is equipped with all up-to-date appliances and tastily arranged, and here the many friends of the family frequently gather, always finding an old-time hospitality and good cheer unstintingly dispensed.

John Francis Cl'Lly. M. D.

The medical practitioner who would succceed at his profession must possess manv qualities not to be gained from te.xt and medical books. In analyzing the career of the successful physician it will invariably be found to be true that a broad-minded sympathy with the suffering and an honest, earnest desire to aid his afflicted fellow men have gone hand in hand with skill and able judgment. Dr. John Francis Cully, of Bainbridge. one of the best known phvsicians of Putnam county, fortunately embodies the necessary qualifications mentioned above, and these, too. in a marked degree, and by energ}- and app!icati(5n to his professional duties is building up an enviable reputation and drawing to himself a large and remunerative practice.

Doctor Cullv was born in Xewark. Xew Jersey. July 4, 1S52. the son of ^lathew and Marv A. Cully, the father a native of Ireland, who came to this countrv in an earlv dav and became well established. He was loyal to his adopted country, joined the Union army and gallantly fought during the war between the states, meeting death on the field of battle. The Doctor's mother died when he was six years old. and when he was eight years of age he came to Putnam county, Indiana, from New York, and has since resided here, having found a home in the family of John and Eliza Allen, who treated him as if he had been their own child, and to whom, in a large measure, he attributes much of his success in life, since they gave him every opportunity looking to his education and success.

After completing the prescribed course of study in the common schools, he began the study of medicine under Dr. R. F. Stone, in 1876; in 1878 and 1879 he attended lectures at the Rush Medical College. Chicago, Illinois, from which institution he was graduated in 1880. Returning to Bainbridge. he immediately began practice and has since continued here, having been very successful both as a general practitioner and as a surgeon, enjoving a laro-e and lucrative practice and keeping on hand a carefully selected stock of medicine. He has kept abreast of the latest discoveries in the medical profession in every respect, and he has a large and valuable medical library, and his rank among the medical men of the county and state is high.

Doctor Cully was married in 1885 to Ella F. Darnall. who was born, reared and educated in Putnam county: she is the daughter of Samuel and Maria Darnall. a highly honored old pioneer family of this countv. her father having long been deceased. Tid Doctor Cully and wife three children have been bom. Lily. Don and Max.

The Doctor is a member of the Christian church, and in his fraternal relations he belongs to the Free and Accepted Masons, holding membership in Commandery Xo. 1 1, at Greencastle; also the Knights of Pythias, No. ^2^. He belongs to the Putnam County Medical Society and the Indiana Medical Society, taking much interest in both. He is a member of the board of pension examiners. At one time he served as president of the Putnam County Medical Society. He has also served on the school board and the town board of trustees. On January 8. 1910, Doctor Cully suffered the loss bv fire of his fine library, instruments and drug stock, which, though a serious handicap, temporarily, has not deterred him from practicing his profession with his usual vigor and skill. The Doctor is a lover of fine horses, and is the owner of a 2 :i :; trotter.

David Kxoll

Holding worthy prestige among the enterprising farmers and publicspirited citizens of Putnam county is David Knoll, of Cloverdale township, a gentleman of high standing and marked influence in the communitv of which he has long been an honored resident. As the name implies, he is of German Hneap-e. his father. John Knoll, having been boni in the upper Rhine valley al)out the vear 1813. John Knoll was the son of a soldier who served in the army of Napoleon and considered the great Emperor as something more than a mere mortal. Long after the wars in which he took part had closed and the star of the man of destiny had set forever, any reference to the Emperor would arouse the patriotism of the Rhennish soldier, and when an old man to hear the music to which he had marched while wearing the cockade was sufificient to cause the tears to flow down his furrowed cheeks.

John Knoll left his home in the Fatherland when nineteen years old and came to the United States, locating at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he worked for a number of years at tailoring, which trade he had learned in his native country. Later he went to Union county, Indiana, where in due time he married Susannah Knipe, who was born at Dublin, Wayne county, of which part of the state her father, Thomas Knipe, was an early pioneer. Mr. and Mrs. Knipe were natives of England, but came to America many years ago and spent the remainder of their lives on the farm in the county of Wayne which the husband and father redeemed from the wilderness. On changing his residence to Union county, John Knoll turned his attention to farming, which he carried on for some years in connection with his trade. He proved a valuable accession to the community in which he settled, doing much of the tailoring required by the neighbors, \yho remunerated him by assisting with his farm work. The nearest trading points at that time were Lawrenceburg and Cincinnati and in marketing his produce at those places, where he also purchased the few groceries and other necessities for the family, required a trip of several days. About the year 1847 Mr. Knoll disposed of his interests in Uniim countv and moved to what is now Jennings township in northwestern part of Owen county, where he bought land and developed a good farm on which he made his home the remainder of his days, dying at a ripe old age in about 1885.

David Knoll was born January 9, 1842, in Union county, Indiana, but spent the greater part of his youth and early manhood in the county of Owen, to \vhich he was taken by his parents when about five years old. He well remembers the iourne^' to the new home in what was then the wilds of Jennings township, as a part of the way had to be cut through a dense forest, no roads having yet been made. As soon as his services could be utilized, he assisted his father with the labors of the farm, attending at intervals such schools as the countrv afforded and until his twenty-second year remained at home and contributed to the interests and comfort of his parents. In 1864 he went to Nebraska, where he engaged with a government wagon train to transport supplies to various mihtary posts and other points in the far West. The train consisted of twenty-six wagons, each drawn by six yoke of oxen, JMr. Knoll taking charge of one of the wagons, which he drove as far as Salt Lake City. The trip across the plains was fraught with many difificulties and hardships and it is estimated that it cost the government the sum of thirtytwo dollars and hfty cents for every hundred weight of goods thus freighted.

Mr. Knoll passed through not a few thrilling experiences on the trip, both going and coming, being obliged to walk much of the way, which with the labor of attending to his six yoke of oxen and other incidental duties proved not only exceedingly tiresome, but at times exasperating. Of the twenty-six wagons with which the company started all but one were left in Utah and on the return trip these were brought farther than Fort Halleck, making their way from the latter place to Leavenworth, Kansas. Mr. Knoll decided to leave the West and accordingly in the winter of 1866 he returned to Indiana, arriving at his home in Owen county on Christmas day.

Later Mr. Knoll and a Mr. Routh took a contract to make one hundred and fifty thousand brick, for the preparation of which they devoted the latter part of the winter of the above year and during the summer following the work was completed as per agreement. In the ensuing fall the subject, in partnership with John Job. started a general store at what is now the village of Cunot. for two vears. when Mr. Knoll's father purchased Mr. Job's interest and became a partner. L'nder the style of Knoll & Son. the store was conducted with encouraging success during the five years ensuing, at the expiration of which time the subject traded his interest in the business for one hundred and twenty acres of land, forty in Owen county and eighty on the south line of Cloverdale township in the county of Putnam. Moving to this land. Mr. Knoll addressed himself to the task of its improvement and in due time had one of the finest farms and among the most beautiful and desirable homes in the community. There he lived and prospered until about 1890. when he purchased one hundred and fifty-two acres, one mile southwest of Cloverdale. where he has since resided. In the meantime he turned his attention to the manufacture of drain tile, for which there was a growing demand, constructing a factorv- about two miles south of the above town, which, after operating for some time, he exchanged for a tract of land in the vicinity. A few months afterwards he and his sons bought the factory, which they operated with profitable results until 1910. when the business was sold to other parties.

Air. Knoll has been quite successful in his various business and farming interests and is now in independent circumstances, owning the fine farm of one hundred and fifty-two acres on which he lives, a fifty-acre tract in Owen county and fifty-two acres on the line between the counties of Owen and Putnam. In 1898 he engaged in general merchandising at Cloverdale. where he conducted a thriving business until the latter part of 1904, when he disposed of the establishment, since which time he has devoted his attention to agriculture and the manufacturing of drain tile, in both of which his success has been commensurate with the ability, energy and excellent management displayed in all of his undertakings.

]\Ir. Knoll, on February 5, 1867. contracted a marriage with Livonia Hendricks, daughter of William and Mary Ann (Routt) Hendricks, who moved to Putnam county, Indiana, from their native state of Kentucky when Mrs. Knoll was about five years of age. The offsprings of this union are as follows : Ida AL. who first married ]\Iack Asher. by whom she had three children. Forest. Xora Ellen and Marian. After the death of Mr. .Asher she married William Xanns. with whom she now lives near Cataract in Owen county, their marriage resulting in the birth of four children. Alma, Doris, George and Floy Genevie. Hannah, the second of the family, married John Vice, to whom she bore a son. Roy. and two daughters. Florence and Dorothy. Mr. Vice dying, she subsequently entered the marriage relation with her present husband. Thomas Paris, of Cloverdale township, the union being blessed with three offsprings. Glory, Roxey and Harold. James, the third child, died in infancy. William Knoll, the fourth in order of birth, lives in Prairie county. Arkansas, where he is engaged in the growing of rice. His wife, formerly Lovina Cook, has presented him with four children. Orville. Grace. Everett and Gamett. Emma, the next in succession, married Nicholas Mace and lives in Clay county. Indiana, their family consisting of a son, David, and a daughter who answers to the name of Hattie Ila. Xellie, who married John Canada, with whom she moved to Arkansas some years ago, died in that state the month following her arrival, leaving four children. Ruth. James. Charles and Ann. all bom in Indiana. George Knoll, the sixth in order of birth, married Mettie McMains and lives in Arkansas, two children having been born to them. Willard and Mar\- Livonia McMains. Susie, the seventh of the family, is unmarried and still a member of the home circle. Arley is head bookkeeper and cashier of the X'ational Biscuit Company at Indianapolis. Grover. Hattie and Marie, the youngest of the family, are still under the parental roof.

Joseph B. Cross. M. D.

Few of the early physicians of Putnam county succeeded in winning the reputation that Dr. Joseph B. Cross enjoyed through a long span of years in which he engaged in practice here. He was one of those whole-souled, large-hearted, kindly men who delighted in his practice more because he could do humanity the most gocnl in this than by any other medium, and it was not from sordid mercenary motives that he followed his profession. And because of his clean, honorable and praiseworthy life he was always held in the very highest regard by his fellow men. He won a worthy place in the estimation of medical men of this section of the state as both a general practitioner and surgeon, having long maintained his office at Bainbridge.

Doctor Cross was born in Wayne county, Indiana, February 12, 1823, son of John J. and Ruth (Poe) Cross, natives of Ohio and of German ancestry. They were the parents of five children, four of whom grew to maturity. In 1836 they removed to Montgomery county, Indiana, where they remained until 1854, thence to Iowa for two years, then returned 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, and received a good primary education in the public schools. He began life as a school teacher, but having been ambitious from boyhood to enter the medical profession, he gave up teaching and earnestly applied himself to the .study of medicine in the office of Dr. .\. Kelly, of Ladoga, and he took his first course of lectures at the Louisville L'niversity, Louisville, Kentucky, in 1847 'infl 1848. He graduated from the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, in the winter of 1832 and 1853. He returned to Indiana and opened an office in Ladoga. .Although he was gaining prestige here, he moved to Carpentersville. where he believed there existed a better opening, and he continued successfully in the latter place for a ])eriod of sixteen vears. and in 1865 he moved to Bainbridge, Putnam county, where he continued until 1880, building up a very extensive and lucrative practice, retiring from active work on the last mentioned date. His retirement to private life was due principally to- inflammatory- rheumatism, contracted, no doubt, from his too assiduous attention to his many patients, riding through all kinds of weather, often long distances.

Call. Six children were born to Doctor Cross and wife, only two of whom are living. Emma F., wife of J. A. Lewman. a well known farmer and stock man of Putnam county, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in these pages, and Anna Cross, who married Harry G. Brown and they live near Greencastle.

Doctor Cross became well fixed financially and owned two hundred and eightv acres of good land in this township, besides his property in Bainbridge, where he had a large residence and one acre of ground. He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 75, at Bainbridgei and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge Xo. 311. He was also a member of the Christian church and a liberal supporter of the same.

The Doctor took an interest in his distinguished ancestry. His mother was a first cousin of General Poe. the famous Indian fighter, and the family was also related to Edgar Allen Poe, the great poet. John Call, a brother of Mrs. Cross, died while in the Union anny.

John F. Cannon

This utilitarian age has been especially prolific in men of action, clearbrained men of high resolves and noble purposes, who gi\e character and stability to the communities honored by their citizenship, and whose influence and leadership are easily discernible in the various enterprises that have added so greatly to the high reputation which Putnam county enjoys among her sister counties of this great commonwealth. Conspicuous among this class of men whose place of residence is in Greencastle is the progressive citizen under whose name this article is written, for, while yet young in years. 'Slv. Cannon has reaped the rewards that never fail to come as the result of rightly applied energy.

John F. Cannon is a native of the city where he now resides, having been born here on July 2. 1S72. His father, Frank Cannon, was born in county Donegal, Ireland, in 1842, grew to maturity and was educated there. He early in life formed a desire to come to America and in 1864 he gratified that am])ition. He located in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, remaining there for a period of two years. From there he went to Indianapolis and in 1870 came to Greencastle, Indiana, where he has since remained, with the e.xception of one year spent at his old home in Ireland, making the trip in 1899. He has always followed the trade of tailor and he is re- garded as \'en- skillful in tliis line of work, having long enjoyed a very liberal patronage. He married in 1870. at Indianapolis, Catherine Carr, who was born in Ireland, not far from the birthplace of Frank Cannon. She came to America when a young woman, and she is still living, being, like her husband, highly esteemed among a wide circle of friends. Thev are the parents of ten children, si.x of whom are li\ing at this writing, namely: John F.. of Greencastle; Bridget lives in the Community of St. ]\rary"s-of-the-Woods ; James and Frank live in Greencastle: George is a senior in DePauw University and will graduate with the class of 1910; Anna is also a student in that university. The parents of these children are members of the Catholic church.

John F. Cannon was educated in the public schools of Greencastle, and when but a boy he decided to follow the footsteps of his father bv entering the tailoring business, which he accordingly did with his father, w ith whom he remained for about six v'ears, during which time he mastered all the details of the same: but. desiring a larger field for the exercise of his talents, he. in 1891, engaged in the clothing business with D. W". Alspaugh under the finn name of Alspaugh & Company, with which finn he continued verv successfully until four years ago, when ^Ir. Alspaugh died. Frank Cannon also had an interest in the finn. which, at the time indicated abo\e, became J. F. Cannon & Company, advertising as the Bell Clothing Company, which has continued to grow steadily until a large and lucrative patronage is enjoved with the town anrl surrounding country. A large, up-to-date and carefully selected stock of clothing, gents' furnishings and men's outfittings in general are carried. Customers are accorded such fair and courteous treatment here that the\' are invariably pleased and never care to change their favorite place of trading, according to the statement of many of them.

John F. Cannon was married on Xovember 26, 1901. to Rose Gainer, a native of Greencastle, the daughter of John Gainer and wife, highly honored citizens here. [Mrs. Cannon is a woman of refinement and is a fa\'orite A\ith a large coterie of friends. This union has resulted in the birth of one daughter, bearing the good old name Mary Katherine.

!Nfr. Cannon is a director in the Indiana Retail Merchants Fire Insurance Company, also a director of Plezee Company of Greencastle. a company organized to manufacture the well known popular .soft drink "Plezee." Fraternally he is the present exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Xo. 1077. Ke also belongs to the Improved Order of Red ]\ren. He and his wife are members of the Catholic church, and liberal supporters of the same. No family in Greencastle is more highly esteemed than the Cannons, this being the result of upright and proper living and the manifestation of right principles in furthering the city's interests.

Joseph A. Lewmax

It is proper to judge of the success of a man's life by the estimation in which he is held by his fellow citizens. They see him at his work, in his family circle, in church, hear his views on public questions, observe his code of morals, witness how he conducts himself in all the relations of society and civilization, and are therefore competent to judge of his merits and his demerits. After a long course of years of such daily observation, it would be out of the question for his neighbors not to know of his worth, for. as has been often said, "Actions speak louder than words." In this connection it is not too much to say that Joseph A. Lewman has lived a life of honor; that he is industrious and has the confidence of all who know him and have the pleasure of his friendship, being one of Monroe township's well known stockmen and fanners, having owned some the best horses that Putnam county ever produced.

Mr. Lewman was born January 4. 1853. the son of Jesse and Purcella (Laforge) Lewman. natives of Fleming county. Kentucky. In 1857. while on a trip to Iowa, the father w-as drowned by falling off the deck of the steamboat that was carrying him. The mother and children then abandoned the trip and came to Indiana.

Joseph A. Lewman received an ordinary common school ethication. On January 15. 1879. he married Emma F. Cross, daughter of a well known local physician of the past generation, a sketch of whom is to be found elsewhere in these pages. Mrs. Lewman's father's mother was related to Edgar Allen Poe, the great American author.

This union resulted in the birth of the following children: Ida May. born January 18. 1880. married Harry L. Grider. a merchant of Fincastle. this county; thev have one child, Howard L.. born [March 25. 1909: James B. Lewman was born October 5. 1882; Frederick A., l^orn Feliruarv' 24. 1887: Frank C. born January 2. 1890. is a bookkeeper in the employ of the Bell Telephone Company; Ruth, born June 24. 1895. is a student in the Bainbridare schools.

Mr. Lewman is the owner of one hundred and forty acres of well cultivated and highly improved land where he has carried on general farming very successfully for many years; but stock raising has been his principal source of income and has claimed his close attention. It is as the owner of fine horses that he has become widely known, having been a very successful horse raiser, among the well known horses he has owned being the following: "Brinoda," with a record of 2:11^4; "Major Ham." 2:24; "Major Ham. Jr.," 2:19; "Coon Hollow Jack." 2:i^':i: "Trixie." 2:i9'4; "Major L.." 2:09'4; "Alice Miller," 2:15. He still owns some valuable stock for which he finds a ready market whenever he cares to dispose of them.

Mr. Lewman is a member of Masonic Lodge Xo. 75, at Bainbridge : in politics he is a Democrat, and while he is interested in the county's welfare in every way he is no office seeker, but spends all his time looking after his individual affairs.