Putnam County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1910 (part 1 of 16)

Biographical sketches

Xo history of Putnam county would be complete without a resume of the intensely interesting and useful life record of Col. Alexander S. Farrow, who was, more than three decades ago, called to a higher plane of action. He is well remembered for his many good deeds and strong innate characteristics, having left behind him. among many other treasured inheritances, what is most to be desired - a good name.

Colonel Farrow was bom near Grassy Lick. Montgomen.- county, Kentucky, April 21, 1794. His father. William Farrow, a sterling representative of Scotch-Irish parentage, caught the spirit of the tide of emigration that poured through the Cumberland Gap and other passes of the Blue Ridge mountains in the early days, and left his Virginia homestead to try his fortunes anew in the then boundless undeveloped middle West. Those were days that tried men's souls and such tedious, hazardous journeys were no pleasure excursions, and for years after the advent of the first settlers, the stockaded village ami huge block-house were the only title proofs to the soil, but the reign of the savage here was forever ended by General Wayne's campaign of 1794. In the closing year of this Indian war, Mr. Farrow was born, and he grew to manhood before the countty around his home had been entirely reclaimed from primitive conditions. Thus familiarized from childhood with the simple customs and wants of the pioneer farmer, he became qualified for the part he afterward performed in the opening and settling of a new country.

In August following the declaration of war against Great Britain in 1812, three regiments of volunteer infantry and one of regulars left Georgetown, Kentucky, for the relief of Detroit. Alexander S. Farrow, then a lad of eighteen, could not repress his youthful patriotism and joined this detachment under Capt. Samuel L. Williams. At the crossing of the Ohio they received the news of the surrender of Detroit and Michigan Territory by General Hull to the British, but continued their march under General Harrison to

Ft. Wayne, on the Maiiniee. which was invested by the Indians, and young Farrow participated in the subsequent operations against the red men, undergoing the vicissitudes incident to a soldier, their sufferings from hard marches, cold and privations in general lieing ver\- tiying, and thev were frequently reduced to the point of starvation. '"At one time," Mr. Farrow related, "we went seventeen days without a mouthful of bread, subsisting on fat pork alone." It was interesting to hear him relate the trials of those davs, how the horses died of exhaustion or became useless from star\ation, so that the sleds carrying their baggage were drawn by the soldiers themselves, si.x men being harnessed in the place of one horse. At night they bivouacked in the frozen forest, sleeping on beds of bark and boughs upon which thev spread their blankets. The morning reveille woke many a poor fellow to the consciousness of frosted limbs and racking rheumatic pains. The first week in January a two- foot snow fell which rendered their marches slower and more painful. At this stage of the return march a runner brought news of the threatening of Frenchtown by the British and Indians and a detachment of five hundred soldiers was sent to the town's relief. In that detachment was young Farrow, who was destined shortly to more trying experiences than ever. He fought under General Winchester there iji a losing battle against General Proctor's forces and was taken prisoner to Maiden, escaping the famous massacre of the River Raisin. He with his comrades were confined for many days in open warehouses, where they suffered from lack of fire and food. From ^Maiden they were marched through southern Canada to Fort George on the Niagara river, a journey of two weeks, at which place they were parolled and sent across the line. From this point the\' crossed the country on foot to Pittsburg, and thence by water to Kentucky. Xotuithstanding the hardships of this adventure in the wild and frozen north, be.set with the gravest dangers, young Farrow never regretted his service to iiis countr)-.

Shortly after his return from his experience in tiie army. Colonel Farrow was married, being }et under age. and settled in the neighborhood of his old home, adopting the occupation of a fanner. On ^-fay 26, 1815, he was commissioned bv Gov. Lsaac Shelby adjutant of the Thirty-first Regiment of the Kentucky Militia, and on December 22. 1820. Governor Adair appointed him brigade inspector of the Fifth Brigade, -\bout this time he became a candidate for the Legislature, and canvassed his nati\-e county in a series of convincing sjjceches, being an enthusiastic supporter of Henr\- Cla\' and his doctrine. He was subsequently elected and \ery ably served one or more terms in the General .\s.semijly, being barely eligible at the time of his first election and perhaps the \oungest man in tlie .\ssembly.

Putxam Colntv, Ixdiaxa

In 1830 Colonel I'arrow tleteniiined to cast his lot in the new state of Indiana, where cheaper lands and better facilities were offered to the wants of a large and growing family. Accordingly he arrived in Putnam county in the antnmn i)f that year, and settled nine miles north of Greencastle. on lands purchased, in part, of the original preemptors. He immeiliately took an active and leading part in the opening and deselopment of the new country, and from the first assumed broad antl liberal \ieus in all his undertakings and in his intercourse and dealings with his neighbors. He was one of the first to introduce blue grass into the coimty. and was the first to sow it extensively, having brought a supply of the seed on his removal from Kentucky. He also made several trips to Ohio and his native state, bringing back valuable breeds of horses and cattle, which he used extensively for the improvement of the stock of the country. March 15, 183J. Governor Xoble commissioned him colonel of the Fifty-sixth Regiment of Militia and as such he regularly took part in the annual drills and musters.

Being a devoted member of the church. Colonel Farrow early felt the deprivation occasioned by the want of such an association in his new home. and. with characteristic promptitude, he organized in his own house, with the aid of a few of his neighbors, the first church association e\er held in that part of the country, the organization consisting of nine members. Colonel Farrow and wife. James Xelson and wife. Henr\- Foster and wife and a Mr. Blake, also John Leaton and wife.

In 185 1 Colonel Farrow was elected one of the representatives from Putnam county to the state constitutional convention, and the records of that assemblage will show that during the four months" session he was never absent from his seat or evaded a vote on any of the r|uestions that came before that body, for he never desired to conceal his views on any subject.

Early in life Colonel Farrow took a decided stand for the cause of temperance and the suppression of the litpior traffic. He was among the first to throw the whiskv jug from his house and announce to his neighbors that he would furnish no more liquor at log-rollings and husking-bees, let the consequences be what thev would. His example was later followed by many of his neighbors.

Colonel Farrow [xisses.sed remarkably strong qualities lx)th of head and heart, and he w as at all times manly and dignifiefl in character and honest and outspoken in the expression of his views and opinions. Hyp<icrisy and duplicity found no lodgment in his composition, and his inability to see such traits in others often led to his being imposed upon by designing and unscrupulous men. He was alike free from an envious and jealous disix)sition.

and it has been said of him, indeed, that, practically, he did not know the meaning of the terms. He possessed the virtue of patience in a remarkable degree, and whether in health or sickness, in prosperity or misfortune, his mind adapted itself with philosophic complaisance to the conditions of his lot. His natural bent of mind was toward politics, subject to a strong moral and religious supervision, and being an honest opponent and always remarkably conscientious, the later-day school of politics found no favor in his sight. He was a close and constant reader on all topics of the day, his mind being, seemingly, as clear at fourscore to percei\e and analyze the drift of events as in the prime and vigor of life. His religious convictions were the steady and gradual growth of a lifetime, and became at length remarkably strong and deep seated. He was moral from his childhood, and, as an instance of his moral rectitude of mind, it may be told, that on the occasion of his marriage, although not a member of the church, he announced to his wife that they would begin life with the daily practice of family prayer.

Colonel Farrow was twice married, and was the father of six sons and four daughters, all of them the children of his first wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Nelson. The total number of his descendants at the time of his death was ninety-six. Two of his children, William Simpson and Francis Marion, had died.

This venerable and, in many respects, remarkable patriarch was gathered in the fullness of his years to the reward of his merits on March 31, 1877, at the home of his eldest daughter in Greencastle, leaving behind him the rich remembrance of a blameless life to become the inheritance of his children and his children's children forever, while he sleeps the sleep of the just on the old homestead nine miles north of Greencastle, in the family cemeterj-. Here, in the soil he had reclaimed from the wilderness, by the highway he had traveled when it was but a blazed trail, and in sight of the church he had organized in his early manhood, he rests from his weary pilgrimage of four score years, but the light of his example is still shining brightly on the pathwavs of his numerous descendants.

Col. Courtlaxd Cushixg Matson

It is no easy task to describe adequately a man who has led an eminently active and busy 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 every statement, and yet with a feeling of satisfaction, that the writer essays the task of setting forth the details of such a record as has been that of Colonel Matson, who has won wide distinction as a lawyer, soldier, statesman and public-spirited citizen of Putnam county, where he has been too well-known for more than a half century to need a formal introduction to the readers of this work. In examining his life record we find much that is worthy of commendation and his varied and mteresting career could be profitably emulated in many ways by the youth whose destinies are yet matters for the future to determine. In early life he found it essential that he should conquer, and this could only be done by labor, study, resolute and heroic action. He obeyed the commands of industry from the beginning and his methods have always been those of persevering and indefatigable attention to business - truly the philosopher's stone which transmutes all things to gold. His energies lia\e always been concentrated on a fixed, steady, unalterable and honorable purpose, that of attaining success in his profession and dignifying it by obser\'ing the canons of morality, honestv and integrity, by which it can only be exalted.

Colonel ^latson is a native of Brookville. Indiana, where he first saw the light of dav April 2^. 1S41. the son of Hon. John A. ^latson, one of the distinguished attorneys and politicians of his day and generation in Indiana, a descendant of an excellent pioneer ancestry. He received a good education for tho.se early davs and equipped himself for his profession, beginning the practice of law in Brookville in 1833 and continued there until 1S51. becoming known as one of the leading lawyers of that section of the state, and from which place he moved to Greencastle, seeking a larger field for the exercise of his talents, successfully practicing here until his death. July 15. 1870. He was a strong man in the political affairs of the state for many years and had the distinction of being the Whig candidate for Congress in the old Brookville district, and he was a member of the Legislature in 1S41. He was a man of many sterling characteristics and wielded a very potent influence in his section of the state. He was married in 1833. while living at Brookville, to Margaretta M. Woelpper, a native of Philadelphia, who came to Brookville in 1832. She was of Welsh descent, while Mr. Matson's ancestors were Scotch-Irish.

Colonel Matson was ten years old when he accompam'ed his parents to Greencastle. in 185 1. When he reached the proper age he was placed in school, and, being an ambitious latl and desirous of following in the footsteps of his father in the legal profession, he was very studious and made an excel- lent record, both in public and private schools. Completing his preparatory work, he entered DePauw (then Asbury) University, from which institution he was graduated with honor in the class of 1862, having left the university at the breaking out of the Civil war for the purpose of enlisting. later graduating from this institution without further study.

As a law student. Colonel Matson had for his able preceptor none other than his worthy father, with whom and Hon. Solomon Claypool he formed a partnership after being admitted to the bar, the firm continuing as one of the strongest in the county until the death of the senior Matson, young JVIatson then forming a partnership with Judge Cla}-pool, which continued until the latter's removal to Indianapolis in 1873, after which he practiced his profession alone until 1880 with the e.xception of one year, when he had as a partner Henr\- H. Mathias, under the firm name of Matson & Mathias.

Having taken an active interest in politics from early youth, Colonel Matson was soon singled out by party leaders as a likely candidate for public offices of importance, and in the early eighties he was elected to Congress from the fifth district of Indiana and served with a most creditable and praiseworthy record through four consecutive Congresses, from the fortyseventh to the fiftieth, inclusive. In these he was one of the conspicuous Democratic figures in our national politics, winning, by his unusual tact, fidelity to the trusts reposed in him and his persistency in what he believed to be right, not only the admiration and respect of his colleagues but the hearty commendation of his constituents, irrespective of party affiliations. Having become so popular in Indiana as a result of his splendid record in Congress, his party selected him as their candidate for Governor in 1888, but he was defeated in a very spirited contest by Hon. Alvin P. Hovey, by two thousand one hundred and ninety-one votes. The Colonel then resumed his practice at Greencastle, and soon afterwards became attornev for the Louisville, Xew Albany & Chicago Railroad Company, for the state of Indiana, which position he held very satisfactorily for a period of four vears, at the end of which he again took up practice at Greencastle, and also formed a partnership with Hon. Joseph Giles at Bedford, Indiana, which was continued for several years, his son. Smith C. Matson, becoming his partner in the Greencastle office in the meantime. In 1872 Colonel Matson was elected prosecuting attorney of Putnam county and during his incumbencv of this office he successfully prosecuted the Vandalia Railroad Company to recover school fund money due from its earnings under the special charter. From 1868 to 1870 he was district attorney, the prosecuting office of the common pleas court. In 1878 he was chairman of the Democratic state committee and as such did a great work for the party in Indiana.

Colonel Matson. when twenty years of age and while a student in Greencastle, enlisted in a company of students, known as "'Asbury Guards." on April 14. i86r. the day after Fort Sumter was fired upon, and serving as such until June 5. 1862. in Company K, Sixteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. On the last mentioned date he was elected second lieutenant of his company and served very gallantly as such until the expiration of his term of enlistment. Soon after his discharge he was appointed adjutant of the post at Terre Haute. Hon. R. W. Thompson being the commandant, and upon the organization of the Seventy-first Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, he was made adjutant of the regiment, which lost all its field officers. August 30. 1862. they being killed at the battle of Richmond. Kentucky, and Mr. Matson was at once appointed to succeed Lieut.-Col. M. D. Topping. Early in 1863 the Seventy-first was changed to a cavalrv regiment, - the Sixth Indiana. - of which organization Mr. ^latson served as lieutenant-colonel until the close of the war. May. 1865 ; then the Fifth and Si.xth Indiana Cavalry were formed into one regiment and Mr. Matson was appointed its colonel, in which capacity he continued to serve until October, followino-, when he was mustered out of the service, having made a gallant soldier and a most creditable record, having participatetl in all the important battles in the \\'est up to Atlanta, in 1864. also took part in numerous skirmishes in Sherman's campaign. He has long been an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

On December 12. 1871, Colonel Matson was married to Mary X. Farrow, second daughter of Col. William L. Farrow, an old and highlv esteemed family of the county. The Colonel and wife are the parents of three children. Smith C. a prominent attorney at Ardmore. Oklahoma: Rees F.. and Mary Xelson. now the wife of Charles Walter Brown, living in Chicago.

Colonel Matson's record in the service of his fellow men is a lono- one and many instances could be cited of his fidelity to his country-men, especiallv while a member of Congress. In the forty-ninth session he introduced a bill . and had it passed under the suspension of the rules, known as the "Dependent Pension" bill, which President Cleveland vetoed. He was chairman of the committee on invalid pensions in the forty-eighth, forty-ninth and fiftieth Congresses. Fraternally he is well up in Masonr}', having attained the Royal Arch degree.

On August 24. 1909. Governor Marshall appointed Colonel Matson a member of the state board of tax commissioners, for four years, on his own motion, when there were seventy-three applicants.

Colonel Matson has tried many of the most important civil and criminal cases in Indiana, his record as a lawyer ranking- second to none in the state. He infuses his personality, courage and conscience into his work, is active among his books, is determined and has the strength of will for achievement. Habits of systematized thought, study and reflection have invigorated his mind and he has always had clear discernments of the law, comprehension of its principles, and, to points in contention, the genius of their application. He is a safe and competent adviser, being a man of firm and decided convictions, whether in the law, in politics as a Democrat or in any department of thought or action embodying his time and attention. Frank, bold, honest, aggressive, he or his position can not well be misunderstood, acting and thinking quickly, but never evading, always meeting a situation squarely. He is known as a man of energy, intellect, will; has self-purpose, resolution and determination, throwing his entire force of body and mind upon his work; but his self-reliance has not been wholly acquired; it was born in him. In his private and social relations he is enjoyable, genial, animated, entertaining and at all times the well bred, genteel gentleman. There is no pretense or display about him, caring little for the "lime light," merely desiring to do his duty as he sees and understands it and to be of the greatest service to his country.

Simpson Farrow Lockridge

The gentleman whose name forms the caption of this sketch belongs to that class of men who win in life's battles by sheer force of personality and determination, coupled with soundness of judgment and keen discernment, and in whatever he has undertaken he has shown himself to be a man of ability and honor, always ready to lend his aid in defending principles affecting the public good, having very ably and conscientiously served his country in the capacities of legislator and soldier and equally well in many roles during a career altogether commendable.

Simpson Farrow Lockridge was born on his father's farm, fifteen miles north of Greencastle, Indiana, January 23, 1846, the son of Andrew M. Lockridge. one of the early pioneers of Putnam county and a man remembered by a large circle of friends and acquaintances for his probity of character and habits of industry. He was of Scotch descent on his father's side and of Irish extraction on his mother's, both born in Montgomery county, Kentucky, where they grew to maturity, married and successfully engaged in farming, in fact the Lockridges for many generations have been well-known agriculturists and stock breeders and raisers in both Kentucky and Indiana, and Simpson F. seems to have inherited from his worthy progenitors his love for fine stock and well cultivated fields, thus making him one of the best known breeders of fine stock in this part of the state. In 1835 the family moved from Kentuclcy to Indiana, locating upon land in Putnam county, which was purchased by Grandfather Lockridge shortly before his death, and here, amid primitive conditions, like other pioneers of those early days, a home was established, a clearing made in the wilderness and in due course of time a good farm developed.

Andrew M. Lockridge married Elizabeth S. Farrow, daughter of Col. A. S. Farrow, a sterling pioneer of Indiana, having come to this state from Kentucky in 1830. He was a prominent man in political affairs and had the distinction of being a member of the convention that framed the constitution of the state. The names Lockridge and Farrow appear on the regimental rolls of the Revolutionary war and the war of 1S12. also the frontier Indian wars. Desiring to perpetuate the military records of these sterling families, Simpson F. Lockridge endeavored to enlist in the Union army early in the Civil war, but was not permitted to do so longer than a short period at a time ; however, he saw some service during the years 1862, 1863 and 1864, while a member of the Seventy-eighth and One Hundred and Thirty-third Indiana A'olunteer Regiments. He proved his mettle so well and was so faithful in the performance of every duty that when he received his last honorable discharge he wore the straps of a sergeant. This service made him eligible for membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, and he was honored by General Torrence of Minnesota, as aide-de-camp on his staff when the latter was commander-in-chief of the organization.

After he returned from his army career Mr. Lockridge entered Asbury (now DePauw) University, where he made a splendid record and from which institution he was graduated in 1868. He had applied himself so assiduously to his text books that he impaired his health, and to recuperate he visited the Pacific coast, remaining there about a year, returning home greatly invigorated. He then gratified an ambition of long standing by beginning the study of law; but finding Blackstone more irksome than he had anticipated and having a natural longing for the out-of-doors, he abandoned the law and turned his attention to breeding fine cattle, having always been a lover of blooded stock, and he readily conceived the idea of greatly improving the breed of the cattle then in Putnam county, knowing that this would mean much in a financial way to not only himself but to the whole community, and lie accordingly set to work developing a plan with this end in view, with the result that he has accomplished an untold amount of good for his fellow men and has doubtless surpassed in this and in a financial way anything ht could have done had he continued in the law. His pure-bred stock soon became widely known and were the admiration of all, buyers coming to him from all parts of the county and adjoining counties soon after he began his work in 1872. In 1874 he visited Canada in quest of a bull as leader of the herd, finally selecting "Lord Strathallan," an unusually splendid specimen of the bovine tribe. He was bred in Scotland and Mr. Lockridge paid the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars for him and shipped him to his farm in Putnam county. Since that time great advancement has been made and Mr.' Lockridge has become widely known as one of the best authorities on Shorthorn cattle in the country, now keeping a large herd of pure-bred Shorthorn cattle on his excellent farm of several hundred acres, which is one of the model farms of Putnam county, being well improved in every respect, is well tilled and on it stands a modern and attractive residence and substantial and commodious barns and outbuildings.

Mr. Lockridge has the distinction of being one of the organizers of the American Shorthorn Breeders' .-\ssociation. and he has been an important factor in the affairs of the same from the first, having been a director in the association since its incorporation and he has held the office of president and secretary.

Mr. Lockridge formerly took considerable interest in politics and was often called into the councils of his party. As a result of his public-spirit, his genuine worth and his efforts in behalf of the Republican party, he was nominated and elected as state senator from Putnam and Hendricks counties, serving two tenns from 1880 to 1884, making a record that was entirely creditable to himself and to the satisfaction of his constituents, irrespective of party ties. Personally he is a good mi.xer, genial, genteel, well informed on all current topics and a man in whom the utmost confidence is reposed bv those who know him best.

Georhe Worth Bexce. M. D.

In presenting the record of this successful and representative member of the Bence familv. one of the best established and most highly honored of Putnam county during the i)ast half century, the reader will not only find much that will prove interesting, but may profit by those experiences which, when properl\- applied to those conditions that (juite generally fall to the lot (jt the a\erage man. invariably lead to success. For the past quarter of a century he has been one of the leading physicians in this community which has long been noted for the high order of its medical talent, his name having become a household w ord not only to the citizens of Greencastle but to those residing in remote parts of the county and in adjoining coimties. He is also regarded as one of the county's foremost citizens, being deepl\' concerned in all that pertains to its general uplift and. although a very busv man. he is always readv to do his full share in furthering any mo\ement looking to the general good.

Doctor Bence was born near Louisville, in Jefferson county, Kentucky, Xovember 1 1, 1846. His father, Philip Bence. was also a native of the Blue Grass state, where he grew to maturity, was educated and where he took up farming, which he made his life work. He moved to Indiana in 1853. locating in Washington township. Putnam county, where he lived until his death, in i88j, at the age of eighty-one years, having been born in 1801. He \\as a very industrious and honest man. respected by all who knew him, and he became inriuential in Washington township, although he led a rather quiet life on his farm. He was one of fifteen children bom to Pliilip Bence, Sr.. and wife. The Bence family comes of good old German stock on both the paternal and maternal sides. C^irandfather Philip Bence, Sr.. was a nati\"e of Pennsylvania, from which state he descended the Ohio rixer in a flatboat to Louisville. Kentuck}-. in a veiy early da\'. The Doctor's father first married L}-dia Doup. of Mar\land. In- w hich union four children were born, nameh- : Fountain R., Onesimus O.. Tabitha E. and Jeptha D. These children have long since passed to the great be\"ond. each ha\'ing li\'ed to be over se\'entv years of age, the psalmist's allotted span of }-ears to mankind. Philip Pence chose as his second wife Anna ^'enawine. by which union si.x children were Ijorn, named as folliiws : luhn A., who li\es on the old home farm in Washington township: Lydia. now deceased, was the wife of John Lydick, of Putnam count}- : Lcnn'sa J. is the wife of Philip Plutcheson. residing in Washington township; Genexa .\.. wIki nnrried G. C. Smith, is deceased; ]\[atikla M. married Levi Plepler and the\' are both deceased: Dr. G. W.. of this review, was the youngest in order of biith.

When se\en veai's of age. George W. Bence came to Putnam count v. Indiana, w ith his parents. He received a common school education and w orked nn the hduie farm until he was twenty-three years of age. In 1869 he gratified a desire of long standing by beginning the study of medicine with Dr. Jiihn Wilcox in Greencastle. with whoiu he remained one year, then entered the medical department of the L'niversity of \'irginia, where he made rapid strides in materia medica and from which institntion he was graduated with honor in June. 1S71. being one of thirteen who were graduated from a class of sixt}'-fi\'e.

Thus being well equipped to enter his chosen profession, the Doctor opened an office on August i, 1871, at Carbon. Clay county, Indiana, where he soon had a good foothold and where he practiced with increasing success for a period of eight years. On July 9, 1879. he came to Greencastle and he has maintained his office here ever since. While living at Carbon he took a post-graduate course on diseases of the eye, in New York, with the noted Doctors Noyes and Mittendorf. He also studied for three months with Dr. John Green of St. Louis. He has successfully engaged in continuous practice here since the date mentioned above.

Doctor Bence has long been interested in politics, finding time in the midst of his manifold duties to take an active part in party affairs, and while living in Clay count v in 1874. he was elected to the lower house of the state Legislature, and was a member of the regular and special sessions of 1875, in which he made his influence felt on the floor and in committee work, and he represented his locality in a very able and conscientious manner, reflecting credit upon himself and receiving the hearty commendation of his constituents. Doctor Bence was secretary of the Putnam county board of health for a period of twentv-two vears, beginning in 1882, when the law was first passed, and serving until 1904. During that long period the affairs pertaining to this branch of the countv's business were looked after with a fidelity that resulted in incalculable good and in winning for the Doctor the hearty praise of all classes.

The domestic chapter in the life of Doctor Bence dates from 1873, '^vhen he espoused Kizzie C. Pratt, a native of Clay county, who lived only three weeks after their wedding. In 1876 he married Sibbie Loftus. of Carbon, Indiana, who was a native of this county, and her death occurred in October, 1881. Two children resulted from this union, one dying before the mother passed awav and the other four years later. On January 16, 1884, Doctor Bence married Alinnie Brandon, of Greencastle, who was born on a boat on the Hudson river. New York. Three children were born to this union, namely; Era, born in 1890: Edna, bom in 1891 ; the other child died in infancy. Both the living children are at this writing attending DePauw Universitv, where they are making excellent records.

The Doctor is a Mason in his fraternal relations, belonging to Temple Lodo-e, No. 47. He has also taken the degrees of the Scottish rite up to and including the thirty-second. He has been very successful from a financial

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Standpoint, and he is at this writing president of the Owl Drug Company and the Red Cross Drug Company, both of Greencastle. He was one of the first breeders of Angora goats in Indiana and has shipped them all over the country, having recently shipped a consignment to Argentine Republic. He now maintains a goat farm and his fine goats are admired by all who see them. He owns some valuable farms and much city propertv. He endowed the German library of DePauw University with the sum of two thousand dollars. He is president of the Plezee Company, manufacturers of the celebrated soft drink known as "Plezee" all over the country. He is president of the Greencastle Commercial Club, the success of which has been very largely due to his wise counsel and active interest in promoting the city's various affairs. He is secretary of the Live Oak Plantation Company, which owns over twelve thousand acres of lands in Louisiana. The company raises hogs, cattle, rice, fruits, etc.. and it has proven to be a very successful venture.

Doctor Bence's methods are in keeping with the progressive spirit of the twentieth centur}- and the splendid condition of the propertv over which he has charge is a monument to his well directed efforts. He is a man of broad humanitarian principles, earnest purpose and upright life, and bv all is esteemed for his courteous manner, genial disposition and genuine worth.

Ouixtox Broadstreet

Among the best known and most highly respected families of Putnam county is found the one bearing the name that forms the caption of this article, members of which have figured conspicuously in the business and social life of the county since the pioneer days, assisting in the general development of the same whenever possible. Ouinton Broadstreet is regarded by all who know him as a man of strong mentality, invincible courage and determined individuality, and he has so entered into the historv of his section of the great Hoosier state as to make his presence felt as a factor in its industrial affairs, and in a large sense he may be classed as a director of thought in matters of business coming within his special province. Like many of the solid and substantial men of Greencastle. he has long endeavored to advance the interests of the community at large while laboring for his own advancement and he has therefore won the confidence and esteem of all classes. He is a native of Hendricks county, Indiana, having been born at Stilesville. August 14, 1837, the son of James and Alelvira A. (Gentry)

Broadstreet. the former a native of Jackson county. Indiana, and the latter of BuHitt county. Kentucky. The father was a plain, old-fashioned farmer, but a man of influence in his community, being scrupulously honest and kind to his neighbors and strangers as well. He spent practically all his life in Mill Creek township. Putnam county, where his death occurred in 1884, at the age of sixty-si.x years. His paternal ancestors were Irish and they came to America prior to the Revolutionary war. his father being Thomas Broadstreet, who was a pioneer of Washington county. Indiana, settling there very early in the nineteenth century. He removed to Marion township, this countv. in i8_'5, where he entered eighty acres which he worked in connection with church work, he having been an earnest Missionary Baptist minister and "he became well known in this locality in that connection and his services were greativ appreciated by the first settlers here. Melvira A. Gentry, the maiden name of the mother of Ouinton Broadstreet, was a woman of many admirable traits of character. She spent her early youth in Kentucky, coming to Hendricks county, Indiana, when fifteen years old, accompanying her parents, who located there. Her death occurred in 1894. To Mr. and Mrs. Tames Broadstreet ten children were born, namely : Ouinton, of this review ; Eliza J., now deceased, married Calvin Hurst; Isaac B. died when seventeen years of age; Rachael, who married David Haines, is deceased; Sarah Ann, who married Henderson Layne, is deceased; Xancy is the wife of John W. Stringer, residing in Mill Creek township. Putnam county; Thomas H. lives at Coatsville, Hendricks county ; Mary Ellen is deceased ; Jerusha died when eighteen vears of age ; John C. resides in Mill Creek township.

Ouinton Broadstreet removed with his parents from Stilesville. Indiana, to a farm when he was but a child, and when of proper age he began working on the farm and continued agricultural pursuits until 1888. when he mo\ed to Greencastle and engaged in the real estate, loan and insurance business with W. B. Vestal. He has succeeded in building up a large and lucrative business in this line owing to his close application to his individual affairs, his minute knowledge i)f real estate values in this locality and his fair and conscientious treatment of all with whom he has dealings. He was very successful as a farmer and stockman, and he still retains his farming interests, which are e.\tensi\e and waluable.

Mr. Broadstreet was first married on ]^Iarch 22. 1864, to Sarah Ellen Euis. who was born in this county, her people being highly respected here in the latter half of the nineteenth century. This marriage resulted in the birth of the following children : Melvira Ann is the wife of C. Elmer Wallace, of Mill Creek township: Ida E. died when eighteen years of age: Francis

Marion died at tlie age of t\\ent\': Leander died at the age of eighteen years; Charles P. was a leading grocer of Greencastle and one of the most popular young business men of the city, but is now farming; James Virgil died at the age of eighteen years; Delia May is the wife of William B. Peck, of Greencastle; Ernest died in childhooc.l. The mother of these children was called to her rest in 1887 and Mr. Broadstreet was marriefl in 1900 to Margaret J. Walters, of Greencastle. where she has a wide circle of friends. This union is without issue.

Mr. Broadstreet was trustee (^f Mill Creek township for several vears and was also assessor of that township, filling each office with credit to himself and satisfaction to all concerned. Politically he is a Democrat, but is not active in the party. Owing to his well-known business ability he acts as administrator of numerous estates, and d(ies much similar work in connection with his own office work. Personally he is a man of imposing presence, portly, energetic, jolly, courteous and always generous and hospitable, hence his easy manner of making and retaining friends. He has been very successful in life in a financial way. and now that the shadows of the evening of life have begun to lengthen he can look backward over a career that is satisfactorv in the main, one o\er which no shadow of evil rests, conscii^us of the fact that he has done the best he could with his opportunities and enxironment and that he has benefited man\- who ha\-e been associated with him in all the relatiiins n\ life.

Alexander H. Lockridge

A worthy representati\ e of one of the leading families of Putnam county is .Me.xander H. Lockridge. well kn<n\n farmer and stock dealer. Throughout tlie country he eiijo}'s distinctive prestige among the enterprising business men. having earned the right to be called one of the progressive men of this locality, having fought Ins way onward and upward to a prominent position in industrial circles and in e\ery relation of life his \'oice and influence are on the side of right as he sees and understands the right. He is a native of this county and has spent his life here, his birth having occurred June 10. 1848. the son of Andrew M. and Elizabeth (Farrow) Lockridge. His ancestors i:)n both sides of the house were pioneers of Putnam countv, and owing to the fact that much space is devoted to them elsewdiere in this work, their life records will not be repeated here; suffice it to say in passing that no more worth v rir influential people ever honored the Hoosier state with their j^resence.

Alexander H. Lockridge was educated in the public schools, later attended DePauw University, which in those early days was known as Asbury University, receiving an excellent education. He began working on the home place early in his youth and he has devoted his life to farming and stock raising with splendid success attending his efforts. He is a typical twentiethcentury agriculturist, broad minded, alert, promoting new lines and phases of the same in a manner that stamps him as fully abreast of the times, and only a cursory glance at his model and very desirable farm is sufficient to indicate that a gentleman of thrift and good taste has its management in hand, and, being one of the best and most extensive stock feeders in the county, he has become widely known to stock men locally and at distant markets where high-grade stock, such as he always offers for sale, are duly appreciated and sought after.

Mr. Lockridge is the owner of fifteen hundred acres of valuable land in Putnam county, which is kept well improved and tilled, bounteous crops being harvested therefrom annually under his able supervision ; however, much of the minor detail work of his fields are left to others and a great deal of Mr. Lockridge's attention is directed to his large herds of cattle, with which he has been very successful. At one time he sold eighty-six head of cattle on the Chicago market which brought eight dollars and forty-five cents per hundred pounds, which is on record as one of the highest prices ever paid for any one herd of cattle.

The Lockridge residence is beautifully located, commodious, attractive and elegantly furnished, having all modern conveniences and surrounded by substantial barns and outbuildings.

On January 23. 1S79. Mr. Lockridge was united in marriage with Laura Pickrell. of Springfield, Illinois, daughter of William and Amanda (Robinson) Pickrell. an old and highly respected family. Mrs. Lockridge was well educated and is known to a large circle of friends as a woman of excellent attributes. This union has resulted in the birth of two children. Andrew M., born October 16, 1879, who is living in California, and William P.. born April I J, 1 88 1, who is living at home and is ably assisting his father in the management of his large interests. He is one of the most popular young men of the community and is evincing splendid business qualifications. He is a member of Lodge No. 1077. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Mr. Lockridge showed his patriotism during the great war l^etueen the states, although a mere lad, by enlisting in the One Hundred and Thirtvthird Regiment. Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in 1864. for the one-hundreddav service, during which time he had some interesting experiences. After the war he returned liome ami resumed farming'. He is a member of the Grand Army of the RepubHc. Post ii. at Greencastle. PoHtically he is a RepubHcan, but has never aspired to party honors, preferring to devote his exclusive attention to his private business affairs. He is a quiet, unassuming man whom evePv'body likes because of his straightforward, honest dealings w ith liis fellow men and his genial disposition.

Thomas Gillespie

Xo name is more familiar in Putnam county than that of Gillespie; The first settlers of this name came in as early or before the organization of the countv and their descendants have ramified until, by increase and intermarriage, thev are connected with a large part of the population. Members of the family have been engaged in many kinds of business, have developed good business men and achieved unusual success in their various callings. It would take several volumes to give a history of the Gillespies, who have enriched the citizens of Putnam county by their energy, industry and law-abiding character. They have done much individually and collectively for the development of Putnam county and take credit for a good deal of the progress which has marked the last half century. James Gillespie, who was born in Virginia in 1810, came west when still young and settled in Clinton county, Ohio, where he died. He worked for a while at a tanner. Thomas Gillespie came to Putnam county in 18:28. when this region was still in almost primitive condition, with onlv a sparse population. log cabins, scattered here and there, wide apart and the woods still full of game. He followed his occupation as a tanner until 1S50. wdien he changed to farming. He hail but a limited education, as in his day schools were poor and scarce, but he made up for this deficiencv in after life by much reading an<I study. Though a Democrat in a mild wav, he never sought office, being a quiet unobtrusive man. who attended industriouslv to his own business and did not interfere with that of others. He had the reputation of being the strongest man physically in the county and many stories are told of his feats in lifting and throwing. He died August 21. 1890. and was laid away in Forest Hill cemeten,-. James G. married Katherine Peck, and Thomas Gillespie was a son of this union. He married Elizabeth Shore Farrow, who was born December 28. 1S21. her parents being Richarrl and !\lary fXelson) Farrow, one of the old pioneer families of the county. The children are as follrnvs : Mary Jcjsephine.

born June 30, 1840. and married Isaac H. Meekins and lives in Iowa; Katherine Howard, born January i, 1842, now ]^Irs. Arthur \Vood, is a resident of Champaign, Illinois; James M., born June 15, 1843, lives in \ igo county: Martha, born March 2^, 1845, "'^''^' ^frs. J. W. Fletcher, lives in Shenandoah, Iowa; Elizabeth F.. born February 21, 1847. ''"'^^' ^Irs- \\ illiani Hathawav. resides in Clinton township, Putnam county; Sarah Evelyn, born September 29, 1849, died September 29, 185S; William F., born October 9, 1850, is a resident of Inilianapolis ; Margaret, born December 30. 1851, is a resident of Greencastle ; Richard A., born September 25, 1853, lives in Greencastle and is a farmer by occupation; Thomas P., born March 26, 1855, is a resident oi Log-anspc irt : Susan F., Ijorn January 3, 1857, died November 2j. 1857; Emma Clay, born January 10, 185S, is now Mrs. P. \\'. McXary ; Anna D., Ixirn January 14. i860, is now Mrs. D. C. Stairwalt. and resides in Greencastle; Daniel A., born March 8. 1862. is a resident of Logansport: Joseph F. is a physician of Greencastle; Be\'erly is a dentist in the same city. The mother of this family died .\ugust 9, 1896, at the age of seventv-four vears.

James Laf.Vyette Raxdel

The family of this name originated in Xew York, from which state representatives removed to South Carolina, where Thomas Randel was born during the latter part of the eighteenth century, coming in early life to Indiana and finding a last resting place near Bainbridge. Putnam county. His son, William Randel. was born in Union cijunty. South Carolina, August 26, 1793, lived in Franklin county, Georgia, from [801 to 1807. anrl went through the Cherokee Indian nation to Barren county, Kentucky, where he grew to manhood, married, and in 1824 came to Putnam county, settling on a farm in Monroe township, where several generations of the family were born and developed. He married, first. Xancy McReynolds, by whom he had a numl)er of children, including Gibson Randel. Mrs. Malinda Sharp. Mrs. ^[aria ]\[cCov, Mrs. Man- Daniels. John \\'., and Mrs. Emma Summers, all of whom are dead. Harrison M. Randel was the youngest of the children and is the onl\- one li\ing. The mother died about 1845 and a second marriage was contracted with Xanc}' (Siddons) Stevens, who died about 1881, without issue. The father died in 18S5, when ninety-two }-ears old, longevity being a characteristic of this hard\- race. Harrison M. Randel was born in

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Putnam county. Indiana. December j;. 1838. and after reaching manhootl engaged in faniung, which has been his hte work. In 1862 he was elected county sur\eyoi- and served eight years. In 1S70 he was elected countv treasurer and re-elected in 1873 on the Democratic ticket. In 1874 he was elected county auditor, in which otfice he served four rears, after which he retired to his farm and subsequently remnveii to Greencastle. where he has resitled for some ten or eleven years. He first married Xancy A. Stevens, a native of PYitnam county from near Rainbridge. and bv this union there were seven children, five of whom are living: \\'illiam M.. of Greencastle: James L.. the subject : Thomas F.. of Hendricks county. Indiana : Daniel \'.. of Alibevdle. Louisiana: and Harry Clay, a druggist at Terre Haute. The mother died in 1892, when about fifty-one years old. she and F. :M.. the oldest child, and .Mrs. Carrie Hirt, the only daughter, dying of typhoid fever within a month of each other. The father's second wife was Ella King, who died one year later without issue. A third marriage occurred with Amanda, daughter of Elsephus Thomas, one of the early and wealthy pioneers of the count}-.

James L. Randel. seccjud of his father's sur\iving children, was born near Bainbridge, Putnam county, Indiana. December to. i86j. He remained on the farm until his father's election as county treasurer and went with the latter to Greencastle when nine years old. He attended school at the county seat and assisted his father in the office. After his father's election as auditor, he was appointed deputy and retained this place for four vears. attending school a part of the time. He afterwards was appointed deputv treasurer under W. R. Gnigan and later deputy auditor under J. U. Edwards. He also ser\ed as deput\- treasurer under Ephraim Tucker and in 1886 was elected county audit(-ir, in which position he served from 1887 to November i, 189 1. January i. 189J. he accepted employment with the First Xational Bank as collection clerk: in .\pril, 1893, 'i^ appointed assistant cashier of the Central Xational Bank and served until 1904. when he was elected cashier. In May. 1900, he was one of the organizers of the Central Trust Companv, of which he was elected secretar\- and has since retained that positi(in. In 1893 he was elected a meml)er of the city council from the first ward and served four years. He ranks high in financial circles, as is evidenced by the honors bestowed u[)on him by various organizations. He is president of the Fifth District Bankers' Association, was a member of the executive council of the Indiana Bankers' As.sociation for 1909-10. president of the trust company section of the Indiana Bankers' Association, vice-president for Indiana of the trust com]iany section of the American Bankers' Association, and member of the building committee of Putnam county's new court house, being appointed to act with the board of county commissioners by the judge of the circuit court.

'Sir. Randel's fraternal connections are numerous and indicative of his standing and popularity. He is trustee of Temple Lodge, Xo. 47, Free and Accepted Masons, past high priest and trustee of Greencastle Chapter. Xo. 22, Royal Arch Masons, past eminent commander of Greencastle Commandery. X'o. 11. Knights Templar, and grand warder of the grand commandery Knights Templar of Indiana. He is also a member of Indiana consistory, Scottish rite, and Murat Temple, Ancient Arabic Order X'obles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, and treasurer of Greencastle Lodge, Xo. 1077, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He has always been active and influential as a Democrat and holds the position of chairman of the city committee of his party.

On October 9. 1883, Mr. Randel married Martha E.. daughter of John \V. A. Llall, who lives in the vicinity of Roachdale, where she was born April II, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Randel have had four children: Frank H., who died in infancy; Walter C., who died when three years old ; Clyde R., who was born Julv 14, 1888, is a senior at DePauw University; Xaomi, who was born November 30, 1893, is a student at DePauw University. Mr. Randel is a deacon and trustee of the Christian church and a citizen of the highest standing and regarded as an unusually able business man by the people of Putnam county, who have so often exhibited their regard and respect for him.

Williaai B. Vestal

The Vestals have been conspicuous in the affairs of Putnam county since the days of the first settler, the several members playing well their parts in all the relations of life and establishing reputations for both industry and integritv as well as public spirit and hospitalit}'. and no member of this familv is better known or has been of greater service to his fellow men than William B. Vestal, who was born in Warren township, Putnam countv, Februarv i, 1843, and whose home is now in Greencastle.

The Vestal familv comes of Scotch-Irish stock on the paternal side, William Vestal being the first of the name to come to the United States. having emigrated here in 1683 with the famous William Penn cr.ldnists. Meeting a Miss INlercer, a \\'elsh lady, on the vessel which brnuglit them to

America, they were married and upon arriving on our shores located in Lancaster countv, Pennsylvania. One of their children. Thomas, moved to Xortli Carolina, where he married a Miss Davis. Their son, William, married into the Wheeler family, who lived near Rock River, that state, in which vicinity Mr. Vestal had settled. Thomas, one of their children, married a Miss Brower and these were the great-grandparents of William B. X'estal. of this review. Thomas Vestal, brother of William, of North Carolina, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war.

Samuel \'estal. father of William B., was a native of Kentucky, who came to Indiana in 1S22. settling in Warren township, Putnam county. Indiana. His father. \\'illiam \"estal. also came here at that time. They were both farmers and hardy pioneers. The latter, grandfather of the subject, was born in Rock River, North Carolina, in 1790, and he died in 1863 at the age of seventy-three years, spending his last days in Iowa, where he had moved in 184S. He was twice married, first to Sarah Moore, a native of Kentucky, and lastly to her sister, Esther. Samuel, father of William B., of this review, was born of the first union, another child born to them dying in infancy. Ten children were born of the second union.

Samuel \'estal was born in 18 17 and he died in Warren township. Putnam county. Indiana. January 20. 1891, at the age of seventy-four years. He married Tillitha Erinton, who was born near Lebanon, Kentucky, 1819, and who died on Februar\' 15. 1904. Seven children were born to this union, namely: ]\Iary Jane, wife of John Branhan, of Limedale, Putnam county; William B-., of this review; Margaret A. died in 1880; James A\'. lives one mile north of Cloverdale ; Ellen died in 1866. at the age of twelve years; Emilv F. is the wife of ^Manford Chamberlin, living near Goverdale, this county; Elizabeth P. is the wife of Havila Jones, living near Cloverdale.

William B. Vestal remained on the old home farm until 1870, where he alternated farming with schooling in the district sch(Mls. He studied hard and recei\'ed a good education, and taught school in a very acceptable manner for a period of fifteen years in Putnam county, in the country schools, principally at Cloverdale and Manhattan. From 1875 to 1880 he engaged in the li\-ery business at Cloverdale. after \\hich he farmed for a few years near that town. From 1887 to 1888 he was mail clerk on the Vandalia railroad. In 1888 he was elected sheriiif of Putnam county on the Democratic ticket and so faith fullv and well did he perform the duties of this important office that he was re-elected in 1890. making one of the best officials the county has e\-er had, according to manv of his constituents, .\fter leaving this office, y\r. Vestal engaged in the real estate business, abstracts and loans, forming the firm of X'estal & Broatlstreet in 1894. which has C(nitinue<l until the present time, a very satisfactory Ixisiness lia\'ing l)een hiiilt up. From 1S72 to 1878 lie was trustee of CIo\erclale township.

Mr. \'estal was one of the loyal supporters of the Union cruise during the (lark days of the sixties, having enlisted in Company T. Fifty-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in 1862. and in 1864 he re-enlisted in Company E. Fifty-first Indiana Regiment. He saw much active service in general warfare in Kentucky, and he f<night at Columbia and Xa.shville and at the many and almcist continuous skirmishes between those battle grounds. At the close of hostilities he received an honorable discharge and returned home.

In September. 1869. Mr. Vestal married Isis M. East, daughter of Baily East, of Heltonville. Lawrence county. Indiana, where JVIrs. Vestal was bom. reared and educated. This union resulted in the birth of five children, namely: Clarence A., now engaged in the livery business in Greencastle ; Capt. Samuel Curtis, who is now on the general military staff at ^Manila. Philippine Islands, is a graduate of the Annapolis Military Academy; Xellie M. was born in 1876 and died in 1880: Edith is the wife o£ Tilden McNeff, Ii\-ing near Putnamville. this count}': the youngest child died in infancv unnamed.

Mr. Vestal is a ^klason, belonging to the blue lodge, chapter and commandery, and he also holds membership in the local post of the Grand Armv of the Republic. Personally he is a good mixer, genial, public-spirited and honest, as were his ancestors before him. hence he enjoys the confidence and friendship of all who know him.

Senator Francis Calvix Tildex

The life of the scholarly or professional man seldom exhibits anv of those striking incidents that seize upon public feeling and attract attention to himself. Hi.s character is generally made up of the aggregate qualities and qualifications he may possess, as these may be elicited b\- the exercise of the duties of his vocation or the particular profession to which he belongs. But when such a man has so impressed his individuality upon his fellow men as to gain their confidence, and through that confidence rises to high and important public trust, he at once becomes a conspicuous figure in the boflv politic of the communit}' and the state. Such a man is Senator Francis Calvin Tilden. who. not content to hide his talents amid life's sequestered

^\'a^-s, lias hv the force of will and a laudable ambition forged to the front in a responsible and exacting calling and while yet young in years earned an honorable reputation in one of the most important branches of public service. His life has been one of hard study and research from his youth and. since maturity, of laliorious professional duty in the several relations in which lie has been placed: and the hi.gh public position to which he has attained is evidence that the qualities he possesses afford the means of distinction under a system of government in which places of honor and usefulness are open to all who may be found worthy of them.

Senator Tilden. who is one of the l)est known men in Putnam county, or, in fact, this portion of the state, is fortunate in a long line of distinguisheil ancestr\-. man\- of whom figured pronn'nently in ever\- walk of life. Me was born in Grundy county. Illinois. September 20, 1872, the son of -\llen Sherwood Tilden, a native of \'ermont who joined the tide of emigration setting in stronglv from the Xew England states to the West in 1S52 and located in Crrundy county, Illinois, where he successfully (Operated a farm ; he was also a skilled machinist. He remaineil in Illinois until his death. in 1887. which occurred in a runaway accident. He was a highly respected and influential man in his ciMnmunity. although he led his life along quiet paths and did not seek official preferment; however, he was appointed by President Lincoln on the Illinois bounty board during the Civil war period, and he rendered very efficient service as treasurer of the same, w hich was a verv responsible position, it having come to him unsought soon after his enlistment as a soldier in the Union army.

The Tilden family is of English extraction and may be traced back to Sir Richard Tilden. who was knighted under Queen Elizabeth. Under King Tames II he came to America and surveyed the colony of Massachusetts, in which state he located and reared a family, some members of which went to \'emiont. and some to Connecticut. Samuel J. Tilden being of the latter branch. The branch of which Senator Tilden is a descendant lived in \'ermont. This is one of the thirty-one families in America really entitled to a coat of arms. Crandfather Isaac Tilden w-as a native of Vermont, from which state he came to Illinois, bringing his son, Allen Sherwood, father of the Senator. He was a typical pioneer of sterling qualities and remained in Illinois until his death.

.Mien Sherwood Tilden married Elvira Elizabeth a woman of manv beautiful characteristics, the daughter of a highly honored family of Vermont, where she was born, reared and educated. To this union three children were l>orn. named as follows: Eva E. Tilden is living in Alarvville.

Francis C. Tilden was reared on the parental farm in Grundy county, Illinois, and received his primary education in the district schools. He assisted with the lighter work about the place during the summer months, and amid the bracing airs and wholesome rural surroundings of the prairies grew to vigorous manhood. Coming to Greencastle, Indiana, he entered DePauw Academy, then took the university course, which he finished in a most creditable manner in 1897. Desiring still higher mental discipline, he entered Harvard University, which institution conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts in 1899, after he had spent two years there. He was very active during his college days, finding time aside from his regular work to de\'0te his attention to literature and athletics. He was editor of the college annual, Mirage, also the college paper, The Palladium, filling these positions in a very creditable manner, as he did also that of secretary of the athletic association, during which time the loan was negotiated by which they secured the McKeen field. He was elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa - the scholarship society - only those students who make exceptionally high grades being elected.

In 1900 Senator Tilden was honored by being elected professor of English language and literature at Dakota University, located at Vermillion, South Dakota, and during the same year he was elected professor of English literature at De?auw University, where he remained until 1904, giving the utmost satisfaction, as he had done at his former post, being naturally gifted along these lines and profoundly versed in his chosen subjects, besides possessing the rare trait of being both an entertainer and an instructor in the school room. Desiring to more fully equip himself for this line of endeavor, he spent the summer of 1904 in study at Oxford and London, England, then returned to America for the purpose of taking the English work in the Winona schools, then being organized. He continued in the Winona school until May, 1907, when he resigned to take up journalistic work in Greencastle, having then become associated with the Star-Democrat Publishing Company, to which he has given his attention and talent up to the present time, greatly enhancing the prestige of this influential organ and rendering it a power for good in this vicinity, the Senator being an interesting and polished writer, always wielding a true and trenchant pen in championing the rights of his constituents and whatever would tend to the general good of Putnam county.

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in which he made his influence felt from the first, and his public spirit and talents attracted the attention of local political leaders and in 1908 the Democrats nominated him for state senator for the district comprising Putnam, ^lorgan and Marion counties and he was subsequently elected. In this important trust he has shown himself to be eminently well qualified and has discharged his duties in such an able and conscientious manner as to excite the admiration of his constituents, irrespective of party alignment. His influence among his colleagues was potent from the first, they at once recognizing his earnestness and his fidelity to the right. He was closely connected with the local option legislation, being one of the two Democrats who prevented the repealing of the law. His term expires in 1912, and he will doubtless accomplish much for this locality ere that date.

In 1907 the Senator began lecture work, since which time he has frequently appeared at Chautauquas and before teachers' institutes, where he is always accorded hearty welcome, being a forceful and at times a truly eloquent speaker, and always has a helpful and uplitting message. In January, 19 10, he was further honored by being appointed special lecturer in literature at DePauw University.

Senator Tilden's ideal domestic life began September 13. 1900, when he married Ethel Nash Arnold, the accomplished and cultured daughter of F, A. Arnold, a prominent citizen of Greencastle, in which city Mrs. Tilden born, reared and educated, being a graduate of DePauw University. This union has been graced by the birth of three children, named as follows : Francis Allen, born July 19, 1901 ; Elizabeth, born April 10, 1905; Richard Arnold, born December 30, 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Tilden are faithful members of the College Avenue Methodist Episcopal church. They are popular in all circles in this citv and highlv esteemed bv all classes.

Arthur L. Evens

The gentleman whose name heads this review is one of the leading contractors and builders of the southern part of Putnam county and he is also extensively engaged in fanning, owning a valuable piece of property near Putnamville, and the history of this township would be incomplete were there failure to make mention of him and the enterprise with which he is identified. Tireless energy and honesty of purpose are the chief characteristics of the man.

Arthur I. E\ens was born in CloN'erdale township, this county, .\ugust 23. 1S62. and is a son of John W. and Margaret ( Calhihan) E\ens. He received a common sciiool e<hication and when very young, fourteen years of age. he began working out by the montii in .jrder to get a start, and. lieing an energetic lad. he soon had a good foothold. He married Louisa E. Lewis, daughter of Israel G. and Susan J. Lewis, her father being a well-known minister in the Methodist Episcopal church of Putnam county, and regarded bv everyone as a good and useful man. Mr. and Mrs. Evens began their married life on the farm belonging to the latter's mother. It is located in section 15, consisting of two hundred and sixty acres, in Warren township. This splendid farm is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Evens, they having bought out the other heirs, except that of Susan Jane Lewis. Mrs. Evens' sister.

Mr. Evens carries on general farming very successfully, but he finds time to do a great deal of general contracting and building. He is also interested in stock raising and. although a very busy man the year round, he manifests an interest in the afifairs of his county, serving very creditably as trustee of his township for a term of four years, from 1904 to 1908: he also served iiis township as assessor from 1890 to 1896. He is a Republican.

Mr. and Mrs. Evens are the parents of one child. Roy Lewis, born June ^, 1890. He attended the common schools, after which he took a -course in DePauw University. He is assisting his father in the management of the home farm and is a voung man of much business ability and promise.

Tlie able and po])ular cashier of the Eirst Xational Bank of Creencastle. William L. Denman. is most consistently accorded recognition in a work of the province assigned to the one at hand, since it has to do with the representati\e citizens of Putnam county, of whicli numlier he is unquestionaljly a worthv member and has long played well his part in the development of the interests of this locality, indorsing eveiy movement which he believes will prove beneficial to the general public. ?Ie has sought to maintain tlie high standing of his ancestors, who were prominent and highly respected citizens of Montgomery county in the early days, and he has therefore won and retained the confidence and good will of all classes.

William L. Desman Putnam Couxtv, Ixdiaxa

county, his birth occurring in iSjj. He was a prosperous farmer and operated the first steam threshing machine ever seen in his vicinity. He was summoned to close his earthly accounts on October 39, 1868, as the result of injuries received to his arm, which was caught in the machinery of his thresher. William L. Denman's mother was known in her maidenhood as Jemima Lee. She was born in 1823, in Vigo county. Indiana, the daughter of John Lee, a pioneer Baptist minister, living four miles east of Crawfordsville at a hamlet known as Smartsberg. Her parents came to Montgomen*' county as earlv as 1824 and here the father became widely known and accomplished a great deal of good among the early settlers. John Lee, brother of Jemima, was the first white male child born in Montgomery county. He became a noted contractor and built the Logansport division of the \'andalia railroad. Mrs. Moses H. Denman, a w.oman of many praiseworthy traits of character, passed to her rest in 1896, at the age of seventy-two years. She was the mother of twehe children, si.x of whom are li\-ing in 1910, namely: John \\'., Elizabeth A.. James \V., Mary, Sarah J. and Joel M. are all deceased; Cynthia L. is the widow of Thomas F. \'an Cleave; ^lartha R. is the wife of James A. Mvers, of Alamo. Indiana; Alice M. is the wife of William Payton, of Judson, Indiana ; Susan M. is the wife of Thomas Foster, of Waveland, Indiana ; William L., of this review; Ida F. is the wife of Addison Van Clea\e. li\ing near Alamo, this state.

The Denman family is of English stock. William Denman. the paternal grandfather of the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch, was a native of Georgia. He was a sterling pioneer, a Southerner of such a combination of initiati\'e. courage and gentleman!}' attrilnites that he could claim scores of friends \\here\er he was kn(n\n and he was \-er}' successful in his life work. He and his wife rode on horseback from (jeorgia to Indiana, a long and somewhat hazardous jcjurney. in the early days, packing all their w orldly pcissessions on their horse and while one rode the other walked. They located in ^lontgomery count}-. He had the distinction of serxing in the war of i8[j. His death occurred about 1870 at the age of eighty-fi\'e years. He married Polly Ann Hicks, of Georgia, and they reared a large family.

William L. Denman remained in the town of Alamo until he was thirty years of age. and there received his primar}- education, later attending the State Xormal School at Terre Haute. He liegan life as a teacher, which line of endeavor he followed with gratifying results for a period of four years, and had he elected to continue teaching he would doubtless have become one of the noted educators of the state, but the business world attracted him and he entered the general mercantile business at Alamo and built up an excellent (18) trade during the four years he maintained his store. During this period he was trustee of Ripley township, being the youngest trustee ever elected in the county up to that time. He performed his duties so faithfully that he was reelected to the office by a greater majority than formerly, in fact, it was the largest majority ever given in that township. This was certainly evidence that, althougli then finite a young man, the people of his community regarded him as the possessor of unusual acumen and business ability. He has always been loyal to the Democratic cause.

Mr. Denman then moved to Craw fords ville and went into the insurance business, which he followed for one year. He attracted the attention of various insurance companies by his judicious management of his affairs in this line, and he was delegated by the Ohio Farmers' Insurance Company to come to Greencastle and take charge of their a'gency here, where the company had maintained an office for twelve years and had at that time four hundred and fiftv risks. Mr. Denman prosecuted his work so vigorously that within three vears there were twenty-two hundred policy holders and the office was doing a thriving business.

After two years' residence here Mr. Denman was elected secretary of the Democratic central committee, and two years later he was nominated for countv auditor and in 1894 he was elected to this office for a period of four years. He took office in 1S95 and after serving out his allotted time he served two years in the same office as deputy for his successor. He gave the utmost satisfaction in this capacity to all concerned.

After severing his connection with the auditor's office he purchased a half interest in the furniture and undertaking establishment of W. P. Ledbetter, in which he remained one year. On February 9. 1903, he became cashier of the First National Bank of Greencastle. He came to this position well qualified in everv respect, being a man of rare innate business ability and experience and he was popular throughout the county and a man of known reputable standing. Since that time this institution has doubled its total assets and added the sum of thirty thousand dollars to its surplus fund. In Januaiy, 1910, Mr. Denman assumed the position of auditor of the Marg ^Mining Company, whose mining property is at Ano Nuevo, Old Mexico, a gold and silver property in which he is a heavy stockholder. He expects to be gone for two years.

The chapter in the life of 'Sir. Denman relating to his domestic affairs dates from lune 29, 1S89. when he married Ella Sparks, daughter of a highly respected family of Alamo. Montgomer}- county. She was called to her reward in March. 1898. Four children were born to this union, named as fol- lows: Mary L. is tlie wife of Paul S. Dee. of Cairo. Illinois; Darnall S.. Richard \Y. and Joel J. On February 14, 1900, ^[r. Denham married Louise A. Abrams. wh(3 was bc^rn in Mt. Sterling. Kentucky, the daughter of an excellent famil}'. This union is without issue.

Mr. Denman is a member of the Christian church, of which he has been deacon for a number of years and a liberal supporter, being interested in all phases of church work. Fraternally he belongs to the Masons, in which he has attained to the degree of a Knight Templar, and the Knights of Pythias. Personally ^Mr. Denman is a man whom everybody likes - genial, jovial, honorable in all his dealings with his fellow men, and he is always readv to do his part in furthering the interests of Putnam county.

Bex7Amin F. Corwin

Praise is always due to merit and especially where merit is the product of unassisted energv- anrl perseverance. The self-made man commands our highest respect. Those struggles by means of which he has risen from obscurity to honorable distinction can not fail to enlist sympathy and call forth our warmest applause. Benjamin F. Corwin, popularly regarded as one of the ablest and busiest attorneys of Putnam county, is a notable example of the successful self-made man. and as such has made his influence felt among his fellow citizens in private and public life and by his exemplary life, which has been spent in his home county, he is eminently deserving of the high esteem in which he is held.

Mr. Corwin was born in Putnam county. Indiana. December 4, 1859, the son of Benjamin F. Corwin. a native of Mason county, Kentucky, having been born there on February 26, 1811. He was of English descent, being of the sixth generation from Mathias Corwin. His father, George Corwin, was a native of Kentucky, from which state he came to Indiana, locating in Henry county, but remained there only a short time when he came on to Putnam county, where he farmed successfully and died here in the late forties. He married Xancy Thornton and six children were born to them. Thus the Corwin family has been among the history makers in this locality since the pioneer da_\s. and. without invidious comparison, suffice it to say that each member of the same has played his part in all relations of life as well as any of the county's foremost citizens. Benjamin F. Corwin. Sr., father of the gentleman \\hose name initiates this review, devoted his life to farming and merchandising, mai<ing a snccess of both. He first launched in the mercantile business soon after he came to this county, about 1835, selecting the village of Bainbridge for his store, which he maintained there for a period of aI)out fifteen vears. doing a very satisfactorv- business with the surrounding country, manv of his customers coming from long distances, for in those days of the first settlers, stores and trading points were not numerous. He acquired considerable land west of Bainbridge. which he operated on an extensive scale until his death, May 2, 187 J. He was always ready to assist in the development of the county in any way, and was especially interested in promoting education, and the schools of Bainbridge bore his name on account of his work in their behalf and his liberal support. He was also interested in good roads, and was probably the first man to make an effort to secure macadamized roads for Putnam county. He was identified with the Christian church, but he held independent views on religion,

Benjamin F. Corwin, Sr., married Juliet St. Clair Whitsett, who was born in Montgomery county, Kentucky, June 8, 1825, and when eleven years old, in 1836, she came to Putnam county, Indiana, with her parents. She was a woman of many sterling traits of character and beloved by all who knew her; she reached an advanced age, dying August 13, 1908, at Indianapolis. To this union seven children were bom, five of whom are living at this writing, namely: Henry C. died in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1864, while a soldier in the Union army; William R. is a teacher at Fulton, ;\Iissouri ; Mrs. Margaret Dunnington lives in Indianapolis; George \V. died in June, 1905; Mary Corwin lives in Indianapolis, an instructor in the art department of the school for the deaf; Benjamin F.. Jr.. of this review; ]\[ilton T. lives in Cincinnati.

Benjamin F. Corwin was b(5rn on the home farm in Monroe township, where he assisted with the general work on the place during the summer months, receiving his primaiy schooling in the common schools. When thirteen vears of age, in 1872, he came to Greencastle and spent one year in the public schools, then entered the preparatory school of DePauw University and there diligentlv pursued his studies for a period of two years, then entered the universitv proper, taking a four-year course, doing very creditable and satisfactorv work, graduating in June. 1S79, f^^en being only nineteen vears of age. He had decided to devote his talents to the law. and he scon thereafter became a law student in the office of Williamson & Daggey, in Greencastle, with whom he remained for a pericxl of two years, when he was admitted to the bar and at once opened an office and began practicing in this citv. He was located in the Williamson block until 1892. when he re- moved to his- present quarters over the First National Bank. In 18S3 '^"^ formed a partnership with Henry C. Lewis, which continued until the latter's death, in February. 1901. since which time Mr. Corwin has been practicing alone, having built up a large clientele and being one of the most active and powerful members of the local bar.

As a lawyer Mr. Corwin is the emanation of his own first inclination, as the echo is of the sounding board that produced it. In forensic disputation his strong weapon is pure reason, by both comparative and deducti\'e processes, without marshaling the aids of rhetoric or eloquence, accessories, it may be added, which, when occasion suggests, are in available resen,-e. He proceeds firmly and strongly on and along direct lines to his objective, deflecting neither to the right nor to the left. Fluent in expression, with purity and elegance of style, precise and faultless in language and the orderly and symmetrical arrangement of w'ords and ideas, the stream of calm, subtle, sinewy, unbroken logic, disdaining unnecessary ornament and declining the ordinary resources of the orator, is fascinating to hear and often almost irresistible in his persuasion. He possesses the elements of determination, courage, and his mental organism is broad, solid and disciplined to the last degree by thought and study: is singularly free from any narrowness of professional badinage and sport, and the prejudice and partialities of the mere attorney.

Mr. Corwin is a Republican and very active in local and state politics, but he has never held public office. He has never assumed the responsibilities of the married state. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen and the Sigma Phi fraternity, taking an especial interest in the latter.

Charles Howard Barxaby

The record of Charles H. Barnaby is that of an enterprising gentleman who worthily upholds an honored family name and whose life has been very intimately associated with the material prosperity of Putnam county during the most progressive period of its history. He has always been found on the right side of questions looking to the development of bis community in anv wav. and while he has been prominent in the industrial affairs of the county, he has at the same time won an enviable reputation for honesty anfl wholesome Hving. He is widely known as a luml>er dealer - one of the largest, in fact, in this locality, maintaining at Greencastle an extensive yard. and his office is always a busy place.

Mr. Barnaby was born at Bourbon, Marshall county. Indiana, December 21, 1870. His father, long a well known and influential man of this county, was Howard Barnaby, a native of Salem, Ohio, who came to Indiana in the early sixties, locating in Bourbon. He engaged in the lumber and sawmill business, having been associated with a company owning several mills, and in the late seventies, owing to the scarcity of timber, this company located one of its mills in Owen county, and in the spring of 1S82 Mr. Barnaby moved his family to Greencastle that they might be close to him. In 1883 he moved the mill from Owen to Putnam county and he continued to operate the same here until his death in July. 1887. at the age of fifty-five years, having been born in 1832. He was a successful business man and honoraljle in his dealings, provided his family with all the comforts of a good home and leaving them a competency. After his death, Charles H. and Elmer E. Barnaby, his sons, took up the milling business. In the spring of 1898, Charles H. purchased the other's interest and carried on the work in a very successful manner, having mastered all the details of the lumber and milling business under his father, who was during his career here one of the best known men in this line in Putnam and adjoining counties.

The mother of Charles H. Barnaby was known in her maidenhood as Rachael Votaw, born and reared near Salem, Ohio, the Votaw family having been prominent there for many years. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Barnaby. named as follows : Dr. Emma is living at Greencastle ; Elmer E. is engaged in the lumber business at Charleston, Missouri ; Lorena died in 1888: Cora is the wife of G. W. DeLanoy, of Xew York City: Louie married E. Parsons and is living in Philadelpliia: Charles H.. of this re\'iew : Mary married W. F. VanLoan. of Dayton. Ohio: Darwin S. lives in Greencastle. The first child born to these parents died in infancy. The mother passed to her rest in 1897. at the age of fifty-eight years, liaving been bom in 1839. Tlie Barnaby family goes back to an English ancestry on the paternal side and to French ancestr\- on the maternal side. Stephen Barnaby. grandfather of Charles H. Barnaby. was a native of Pennsylvania who settled in Salem, Ohio, where he followed his trade of wagon making.

Charles H. Barnaby was eleven years old when his parents brought him from Marshall county, Indiana, to Greencastle. He was educated in the public schools at Bourbon and Greencastle and he began his commercial career when only sixteen years of age on account of his father's death. In Julv. 1887. he formed a partnership with his brother, as already indicated, and he has continued to deal in lumber ever since. The plant was destroyed

1)}- hre ten years ago. but it was replaced, better and more extensive tiian e\"er, the entire plant now covering about twenty-tive acres, and is known as one of the largest manufacturers of hardwood lumber in this part of the state; the plant also turns out high grade veneer work, operating a band sawmill which saws from fifteen thousand to twenty thousand feet of lumber daih-. To supply this large quantity logs are drawn from a radius of fiftv miles of Greencastle. Lumber is marketed in Germany and as far west as San Francisco; a hirge export trade is carried on in both Germany and England.

;Mr. Earnaby was for three years president of the Indiana Hardwood Lnml:ermen"s Association, tluring which the association thrived and accomplished many important things. He is a member of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, being a member of the executive committee, and is a member of the executive committee of the Xational Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association, the National Veneer and Panel Association, the Indiana Retail Lumber Association, anil he takes a very acti\'e part in all association work and is prominent in lumljer circles throughout the United States.

The domestic chapter in 'Sir. Barnaby's life began on October 30. 1895, when he married Bess Robbins. a lady of culture and refinement, of Louisville, Kentucky, the representative of an excellent old Southern family. She was born, reared and educated in that city. Three interesting chiklren have graced this union, namely; Dorothea, aged twelve; Howard, age nine, and Charles H.. Jr.. age three.

Airs. Barnaby is a member of the Episcopal church. Fraternallv Mr. Earnaby is a Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias. He is a Republican in politics, but he does not find time to take a very active part ; however, he is ileeply interested in whate\er tends to the general uplift of his community. Personally he is genial, jolly, a good mixer, gentlemanlv and straightforward in all his dealings with his fellow men. He occupies a cons])icuous place among the leading men of Putnam county and enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. His record demonstrates that w here there is a will there is a way and that obstacles to success mav be overcome by courage and self-reliance. His career, though strenuous, has been fraught with good to his fellow men. and his example is cordially commended to the youth of the land whose life works are yet matters for the future to determine.

'Sir. and Mrs. Barnaby have an attractive and modern home which is frequently the gathering place for the many warm friends of the family wdio ne\er fail to find here genuine hospitality and good cheer.

Success in what are popularly termed the learned professipns is tlie legitimate result of merit and painstaking endeavor. In commercial life one mav come into possession of a lucrative business through inheritance or gift, but professional atlvancement is gained only by critical study and consecntixe research long continued. Proper intellectual discipline, thorough professional knowledge and the possession and utilization of the ([ualities and attributes essential to success ha\e made Dr. Ezra B. Evans eminent in his chosen calling, and he stands today amo ng the scholarly and enterprising physicians and surgeons in a community long distinguished for the high order of its medical talent.

Doctor Evans was born in Morgan township, Owen county, Indiana, August 5, 1846. He comes from an excellent ancestry. His father, Samuel P. Evans, was born in Bath county, Kentucky, June 3, 1821, and when four years old he came with his parents to Indiana, locating among the pioneers in Cloverdale township, Putnam count}-. The Doctor's grandfather. Rev. Thomas Evans, was born May 27, 1799. in Bath county, Kentucky. He was a noted minister in his day and did a great deal of good among the early settlers. He married Amanda (Dolney) Martin and they became the parents of ten children. He came to Putnam county. Indiana, in 1S25, and, in connection with his ministry in the Methodist church, he carried on farming. Prior to the breaking out of the Civil war he moved to \\'inter.set, Iowa, and later to Mt. Pleasant, that state, where his death occurred in August. 1870.

The Evans family originated in Wales, and in tracing the genealogv of this interesting tamil\" we find that Lot E\ans was born there in 1643, ^''"'1 that he and his three sons started on a voyage to America with the famous William Penn, but before completing the long, tedious trip, the father died and was buried at sea. Of his three boys, Charles was born in 1664. Thomas in 1662 and Lot, Jr., in 1666. Thomas Evans, the first, married Alartha Elizabeth Roberts, in 1730. She reached the almost incredible age of one hundred and eleven years, dying in 1803. One of their se\'en children. Thomas Evans, [r.. born in 1739. ran away from home, joined the army and was in the Erench and Indian war and later fought in the Revolution under Washington. He died in Kentucky in 1825. Llis wife Sarah died at Russellville. Indiana, June 5. 1S34, at the advanced age of ninety -one years. They became the parents of two children. John and Francis, the former being the great-grandfather of OiX'tor Evans of this review. He was born October 25, 1763, and died July

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2. 1 84 1, at Russelhille, Indiana, having devoted his Hfe to the ministrv. He married Sarah Prather. who was Ixirn in [76*1 and who died in 1831 at Russellviile. Indiana. They were tlie parents of seven children, one of wiiom, Thomas Evans, was the grantlfather of Doctor E\ans.

Samuel Parker Evans, the Doctor's father, was born June 3. i8ji, and at an earl_\- da\- entered land in Morgan township. Owen county, Indiana. This lie farmed, later removing to Spencer, this state, where he remained until the fall of 1902. when he moved to Greencastle. He married Mary^ Swift, who was born near Bloomington, Indiana, where her people were well known and influential for many years. This union resulted in the birth of four children, namel_\' : Louis Benson, who died at the age of eighteen years, while a soldier, March 20, 1862; Dr. Ezra B., subject of this review; Catherine married Roi)ert Speers. now deceased: he was principal of the high school of Evansville for a period of twenty years. Thomas Evans died January 10, 1870. at the age of twenty-one years. The mother of these children was called to her rest on July 29. 1903. at the age of eighty-two years, having been born March 8. 182 [.

Doctor E\-ans spent his boyhood days on the home farm. He -^xas an ambitious lad and studied hard, early forming the ambition to become a practitioner of medicine. With this end in \'iew he took a course in Asbur)- ( now DePauw) L'nixersity, beginning his stuilies there in 1865. He began reading medicine in 1868 under Dr. John Wilcox of Greencastle. and after spending eighteen months in his office he entered the University of Virginia, at Charlottesville, from which he was graduated with a very creditable record in 1871. In the fall of that year he began practice in Greencastle. Indiana, and he has remained here e\"er since. He soon had a ver}- satisfactory patronage with the towns and surrounding country, w hich has continued to increase until he has won and retained a reputation second to none, his name being familiar in every household in the county and to many in adjoining counties; however, he is not at present in active practice.

Doctor Evans was married on September 2. 1873. to Mary A. Golding, who was born in Greencastle, the acci:implished daughter of an influential family, her parents being \A'illiam O. and Charlotte Adeline ( Day) Golding. Xo children ha\e Iieen born to this union.

Mrs. Evans is a member of the Presbyterian church. Eraternally the Doctor belongs to the Masonic Itjdge Xo. 47, the Knights Templar, Commandery Xo. 11. being past eminent commander; he belongs to the Knights of Pythias, having passed through all the chairs in the same, and he is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Politically he is a Republican, and while be has never iouml much time to interest himself in po- litical matters, he is known to be an advocate of whatever tends to promote the county's interests, pohtically or otherwise. He was a member of the board of education for three years, and he also served very creditably on the county council. Xo man in tlie cuunty is better or more fa\orably known than he, for he has not only been very successful as a physician, but he is admired for his public spirit and his efforts to bear aloft the honor that has attended the familv name since the earliest pioneer days.