Randolph County, Indiana - Biographical sketches (3 of 3 so headed), 1882 (part 10 of 24)

JAMES BARNES, tarmer, P. O. Lynn, was born in Wayne County, Indiana, May 24,1817. He is the son of John and Anna (Jones) Barnes, who were natives of North Carolina, the former born May 13, 1792. Mr. Barnes, like many of the pioneer youth, received but a limited education, but nature has compensated largely for the lack of early opportunities. The event of his marriage took place November 1, 1837, the chosen partner through life being Miss Harriet Mullen, who was born in North Carolina March 18, 1816. Her father, Thomas Mullen, and mother, Nancy (Roe) Mullen, were natives of North Caroliua. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have had born to them ten children, viz., Elizabeth, born August 23, 1838; Ruth A., March 31, 1844; Charles M., May 21, 1846; Eliza S., November 14, 1848; James R., December 16, 1852, and Benjamin F., February 2, 1855. The deceased ones are Nancy A., born October 5, 1839, and died May 31, 1863; Thomas M., born October 15, 1841, and died in Andersonville Prison September 2, 1864; Joseph M., born October 13, 1350, and died March 18,1861. Mr. Barnes settled in Greensfort Township, of this county, in 1838, where he remained for one year. He then moved to Hamilton County, Ohio, where he remained for about two years. He retusned to this county, and settled where he now resides, in 1841. He owns a well-improved farm of 139 acres, which is located in Section 23. A glance at his neat, substantial buildings and well-tilled fields are sufficient proof of his pride in the avocation he has chosen. Mr. Barnes is a member of Lynn A. F. & A. M., No. 223, and also of Lynn [. O. O. F., No. 294.

PAUL BEARD, farmer, P. 0. Lynn, was born in North Carolina December 7, 1812. His father, Paul Beard, was born on the Island of Nantucket October 19,1779. His mother, Hannah (Pierson) Beard, was born in North Carolina December 8, 1778. The subject of this sketch was educated in the Friends' schools. He came to this county in 1817 with his parents. He was married, March 20, 1833, to Mary Cox, who was born in Ohio August 20, 1813. Her parents were natives of North Carolina. This union has been blessed with eight children - Levi, born June 12, 1834; Ezra, May 20, 1857; Anna, May 10, 18659; Eunice, January 13, 1814; Louisa, September 7, 1845; Lindsey, December 20, 1847; Ruth, March 7, 1850, and Henry, born, December 1, 1852. Mr. Beard owns a fine farm of 115 acres. He is a member of the Society of Friends, and known by a large circle of acquaintances as an exemplary Christian gentleman.

LEVL BEARD, farmer, P. O, Lynn, was born in this county December 6 1834. He isthe son of Paul and Mary (Cox) Beard, the former was born in North Carolina December 7, 1812, and the latter in Ohio August 20, 1813. The event of his marriage took place in 1855, to Rebecca Benson, who was born in this county May 3, 1832. She isthe daughter of John and Jane (Hunt) Benson, the former born in Ohio, and the latter in North Carolina. Mr. Beard settled where he now resides in 1860; he owns a fine farm of eighty acres, and has done much toward improving and developing this county. He is a member of the Society of Friends, and is an exemplary gentleman, highly respected by all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Beard have been blessed with two children, viz., Alpheus F., born December 22, 1856, and Luella J., born June 30, 1862, and deceased December 24, 1878. Alpheus was married, September 14, 1877, to Jennie Nichols, who was born in this county December 3, 1860. She is the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Gray) Nichols, who were both natives of this county, the former born February 14, 1832, and the latter December 23, 1836.

EDWARD I. BROWN, farmer, P. O. Rural. The subject of this sketch, born in Darke County, Ohio, April 29, 1850, is the son of Elisha and Nancy (Thomas) Brown, the former born in Darke County, Ohio, November 17, 1819, and the latter in Wayne County, Ind., November 28, 1823. Hereceived a common-school education. In 1864, he went to Illinois, where he remained for two years. At the expiration of that time he came to this county, aad for several years was employed as teacher in the district schools. Mr. Brown was married, March 1, 1871, to Melsena Hinshaw, who was born in this county February 22, 1862. Her parents, Timothy and Sarah J. (Wright) Hinshaw, were natives of Highland County, Ohio, the former born November 38, 1814, and the latter August 17, 1821. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have been blessed with two children - Arley M., born January 24, 1872, aad Ernest W., February 8, 1878. Mr. Brown owns 140 acres of land in the county, and is engaged in farming and buying and shipping stock. He is a thorough gentleman, and has a large circle of warm friends and acquaintances.

William R. Coggeshall

William R. Coggeshall, farmer and County Commissioner, is the son of Caleb and Mary A. (Marica) Coggeshall, and was born in Wayne County, this State, September 18, 1830. He is the second of a family of seven children, all of whom are now living. His father was born in Lancaster County, Va., March 31, 1797, and his mother was born in South Carolina March 2, 1806. His father came to this State in the year 1815, and settled in Wayne County, and his mother came some years later. His parents are both living, and have made their homes with the subject of this sketch for the past sixteen years. William was raised ona farm in Wayne County, where he lived until he was nineteen years of age, when he entered a store at Bloomingsport, this county, in the capacity of a clerk ; he remained here until 1851, when he engaged in the carpenter's trade, which he followed for three years. His education was almost wholly neglected until he was twenty-one years of age, when he went to work to prepare himself for a teacher. Not having the means to defray the expenses of his education, he worked very industriously through the summer months at his trade for that purpose. By this meavs he was enabled to attend the graded school at Williamsburg two terms, and one term at the Manual Labor Institute in this county, under the supervision of Prof. Tucker. He began teaching in the winter of 1854, and continued to teach during the winter season until 1859. Simultaneous with his teaching, he began the study of medicine under Dr. L. P. Taylor, of Williamsburg, Wayne County; he continued the study of medicine for about five years, when he was united in marriage to

Amanda E. Cranor, daughter of Joshua and Susanah (Johnson) Cranor, May 22, 1859. His wife is a most amiable and worthy lady, and was born May 31, 1837. Her parents were natives ot North Carolina. In 1856, Mr. Coggeshall was elected Clerk of Greene Township, Wayne County; he commenced the practice of medicine in the year 1859, at Bloomingsport; he was a successful practitioner for twelve years, when he retired to private life, but having so many warm friends and patrons this was a difficult task. He is yet frequently called in counsel in important cases. He was elected to the office of County Commissioner in the year 1880, and was re-nominated for the same office last spring. As a Commissioner he has served the county with fidelity, and has given general satisfaction to his constituents, which is attested by his re-nomination. He is owner and proprietor of a fine farm of 216 acres, upon which he has been residing since 1873. The farm is beautifully located and of a good quality of soil, and has very comfortable farm buildings. Mr, and Mrs. Coggeshall are the parents of ten children, nine of whom are now living - Albinus T., born December 25, 1859 ; Corlistus B., April 10, 1861; Elmer E., December 15, 1862 ; Oris V., September 24, 1865; Caswell D., June 18, 1867; Hattie E., July 31, 1869 ; George R., Nevember 29, 1871; William E., April 5, 1876; Amanda L., December 27, 1877.

Mr. Coggeshall is an ancient member of the F. & A. M., and I. O. O. F. orders; he isa stanch Republican, and during his term of office of County Commissioner he has assisted in erecting a fine county jail, iron bridges, etc. He is an upright citizen, as well as a faithful county official. He and his excellent family are much beloved by the community in which they reside, and are known and honored throughout the county.

CHARLES CRAMMER, farmer, P. O. Bloomingsport, was born in New Jersey September 16, 1822. His father, Abraham, and his mother, Elizabeth (Bowker) Crammer were natives of New Jersey. Mr. C. was educated in the district schools. He was married, October 14, 1846, to Elizabeth Miller, who was born in Ohio May 21, 1825. They have two children living - Abraham, born July 11, 1847, and Margaret, born July 1, 1859. Abraham was married August 12, 1875, to Rebecca A. Littelle, who was born in Ohio. Mr. Crammer settled where he now resides in 1853. Owns a farm of forty acres. Is a gentleman highly respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

LEANDER E. CONNER, farmer and teacher, P. 0. Bloomingsport, was born in Grant County, Ind., October 24, 1860. His father, Louis Conner, yas born in South Carolina December 25, 1815. His mother, Mary (Jennings) Conner, was born in North Carolina August 10,1820. The subject of this sketch was educated in the district schools, and at the Germantown High School, in Wayne County, Ind. Has been reading medicine for the past eight years. He was married, January 18, 1879, to Louisa Ozbun, who was born in this county August 10, 1853. They have had born to them one child - Florence, December 4, 1879, who died September 4, 1880. Mr. Conner has been engaged in teaching for the past five years. Owns a farm of eighty acres. Is a member of Lynn Lodge, I. 0. O. F.. No. 294. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a sterling gentleman, who is highly respected by all who know him.

William A. W. Daly

William A. W. Daly, son of George W. and Catharine (Clayton) Daly, was born in Preble County, Ohio, October 24, 1833. He is the fourth of a family of nine children, of whom six are still living. His father was born in Cavan County, Ireland, March 2, 1794, and his mother was born in Kentucky December 8, 1801. His father came to the United States when he was twenty-one years of age, and located in New York City, where he remained for two years, completing his education in college, from which' he graduated with high honors. After graduating, he practiced law for several years, when he abandoned the profession on account of a dislike for it, and entered upon the profession of teaching. He continued the latter profession a greater portion of the time until he was sixty-eight years old. His teaching was principally confined to Preble County, Ohio, and this county. He married Catharine Clayton October, 1825, and settled near Dayton, Ohio. He and his family came to this county in 1848, and entered 120 acres of land in Washington Township, where he remained until his death, which occurred February, 1866, and where his widow still resides. She.came to this State with her parents from Kentucky in the year 1805, and settled in Franklin County, this State. Indiana, at this time, had but few settlers. They had no neighbors except the uncivilized Indian and howling wolves. Although she is now eighty-one years of age, she still enjoys comparatively good health. William came to this county in the year 1848, at ten years of age. He has spent the greater portion of his life upon the farm, and received his education from the common district schools. He was married to Mary Hinshaw, daughter of Abel and Nancy (Bookout) Hinshaw, January 7, 1857. His wife was born in this county March 6, 1837. Her father was born in North Carolina May 13, 1799, and her mother was born in the same State December 15, 1799. Mr. and Mrs. Daly are the parents of nine children, of whom eight are living - Catharine, born October 19, 1857; Minerva, July 28, 1859; Nancy. D., November 3, 1861, died April 1, 1870; Robert L., born January. 20, 1865; Frank, January 9, 1868; Charles, November 14, 1870; Ulysses G., June 10, 1872; Walter H., February 14, 1875; Bertha, December 4, 1879. Mr. Daly lived on a farm in Washington Township until the breaking-out of the war, when he volunteered, August 25, 1862, in Company B, Fifth Indiana Cavalry. His army life was full of hardships, dangers and suffering. His experience as a soldier was indeed a severe one, but his patriotism never faltered and he served his bleeding country nobly. He was one of a few soldiers who strictly maintained his moral integrity throughout the entire service. During the whole time, he never touched a drop of intoxicants. His first service was against the guerrillas of Kentucky during the spring of 1868. In September, he was transferred with his regiment to East Tennessee, and were among the first to enter Knoxville. They remained in that vicinity until December, when they returned to Kentucky, and remained until the spring of 1864. They were sent to Georgia, and from May 10 to July

William Engle

31 there was not a day but what they were under fire. William was taken prisoner near Macon by Wheeler's Cavalry July 31, 1864. He was placed in the prison pen at Andersonville August 2,and remained until November, when he was transferred to Charleston, S. C., where he remained for one month; from thence to Florence, S. C., where he remained until February, 1865. He was then taken to Wilmington, N. C., thence to Goldsboro, then back to Wilmington, where he was paroled at the close of the war. No pen can portray the horrible suffering of our brave boys in the Southern prison pens. Mr. Daly was one of a few who barely escaped with their lives. We cannot do tkis part of Mr. Daly's history justice, hence our pen must remain silent. The treatment of Union prisoners was so dastardly and uncivilized that if we could we would gladly draw a veil over the pages of this part of the American history. When the subject of this sketch was taken prisoner his weight was 216 pounds. When he was released, he was a mere skeleton, weighing only 145 pounds. At the close of the war, Mr. Daly returned home, and after returning health, he again pursued his usual ayocation of farming until October, 1874, when the people of the county called this brave soldier to the office of County Sheriff. He was again called to the same office in 1876. As a county official, he did his duty nobly and with general satisfaction to his constituents. He entered the army as a private, but was soon promoted. He was first promoted to Orderly Sergeant in the spring of 1864; then was commissioned as Second Lieutenant, then First Lieutenant. Mr. and Mrs. Daly and their two older daughters are honored members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. D. is an aceeptable member of Lynn Lodge, No. 223, F. & A. M., Winchester Chapter, No. 35, R. A. M., and Richmond Commandery, No. 8, K. T. He has always been a temperate, moral, upright citizen, and a public and uncompromising advocate of the temperance cause for years, and has done much to advance the cause in the county and State. He has been a brave and patriotic soldier. an efficient county officer and is a splendid type of a true and upright man. WILLIAM ENGLE.

William Engle, a farmer and dealer in real estate, was born in Burlington County, N. J., December 13, 1811. He is the son of Isaac and Sarah (Price) Engle, and is the ninth of a family of eleven children, only two of whom are now living - the subject of this sketch, and Mrs. Lydia A. Rogers, of Waynesville, Ohio, His father was the son of Robert and Jane Engle, and was born in New Jersey March 15, 1773. His mother was the daughter of Thomas and Hannah Price, and was born in New Jersey March 17,1774. His parents moved to Warren County, Ohio, in the year 1825, where they remained until their deaths,

The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, enduring all of the hardships and deprivations common to pioneer life, receiving a fair business education from the common schools. He was united in marriage to Letitia Cabe, February 18, 1834, who still survives. She is the daughter of Elias and Sarah Cabe, and was born in Pennsylvania November 29, 1813. Her parents were natives of Pennsylvania, and her father was born in 1768, and her mother in 1770. Her mother's maiden name was Sarah White. Her father died in Warren County, Ohio, in 1844, and her mother in Wayne County, Ind., in 1847. The subject of this sketch settled in Washington Township, this county, in the year 1842, when he purchased 240 acres of land with slight improvements; he is now owner and proprietor of 368 acres of excellent land with 260 acres under a high state of cultivation. This farm is well under-drained, and is supplied with commodious and convenient buildings. Mr.and Mrs. Engle are the parents of twelve children, ten of whom are living - Isaac, born December 11, 1834; Wesley H., April 21, 1836; Robert, September 21, 1837 ; Elias, December 9, 1838 ; Calvin S., September 9, 1844; James S., September 13, 1846 ; Daniel H., May 11, 184%; Albert, May 26, 1851; Price, October 5, 1852; Josiah, B., October 30, 1854, The deceased ones are William, born December 13, 1841, who was wounded at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and died in the hospital at St. Louis May 2, 1862. Samuel R., was born March 22, 1848, and died June 26, 1845.

Mr. Engle is a stanch Republican, and has been actively interested in the success of the party of his choice. His first vote was cast for Gen. Harrison for President of the United States. He has served as Township Trustee for a number of years. He and his amiable wife are acceptable members of the United Brethren Church at Bloomingsport. Mr. Engle has been a hard working man; has raised and educated a large family of children, all of whom are well situated in life, and honorable, upright citizens. His sons, William, Calvin and Robert, served in the war of the rebellion, in the regular service, and made honorable records as soldiers. His son James S., enlisted in'the hundred days' service, and Elias was engaged in the service during the Morgan raid. William enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Regiment Indiana Infantry, and was wounded at the battle of Pittsburg Landing April 6, 1862, and died as stated elsewhere in this sketch. Calvin enlisted in the Sixty-ninth Regiment, but being under age, and having an attack of measles, his father brought him home ; but, after returning health, he re-enlisled in the Fifth Indiana Cavalry. He was taken prisoner at Macon, Ga., and was confined in Southern prison pens, enduring all of the hardships of prison life for ten months, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. Robert was drafted into the service in the year 1864, and served his country faithfully until the close of the war. Mr. Engle, nobly assisted by his excellent wife, has been eminently successful asa farmer and business man. He has accumulated a large amount of property, and is surrounded by all of the comforts and many luxuries of life. He is an upright and honored citizen of the county, and he and his wife are useful and highly respected members of society.

DANIEL H. ENGLE was born in this county May 11, 1849. He is the son of William and Letitia (Cabe) Engle. He was raised on a farm, and educated inthe district schools of the county, and was engaged in teaching in the same for five years. Asa teacher, his success was marked. In 1870, he was was employed in a saw-mill, as head sawyer, adjoining his father's farm, where he remained for one year. The mill was then moved to Richmond, Wayne

County, and a sash and door factory attached. Mr. Engle continued to work in the mill, running it during the night, paying the owners a rental fee for the same. lt was by this means that he obtained a start in the world, his adventure being attended with success. He spent the year 1878 in California, Iowa and other Western States. He was married, April 15, 1880, to Martha B. Sharp. She is an estimable lady, and was born in this county June 27, 1860. Her father, Josiah Sharp, was born in New Jersey May 15, 1836, and her mother, Lydia (Neal) Sharp, was born in Wayne County, Ind., May 24, 1839. Mr. and Mrs. Engle are the parents of two interesting daughters. For the past four years, Mr. Engle has had charge of his father's farm, and has been very successful in its management, as well other enterprises in which he has been engaged. Although a young man, Mr. Engle has accumulated property rapidly, and has a bright future before him. He and his wife are highly respected citizens, and honored members of society.

HILLERY GREEN, farmer, P. O. Snow Hill, was born in Bracken County, Ky., August 14, 1803. Heisthe son of William Green, who was born in Maryland. His mother, Lydia (Marshall) Green, was a native of Virginia. Mr. Green was married, June 7, 1823, to Mary A. Blanchard, who was born in Pennsylvania January 6, 1800. Her father, David Blanchard, was born in New Jersey in 1773. Her mother, Sarah (Clark) Blanchard, was a native of Connecticut. They have had born to them ten children, eight of whom are living, viz.: Cintha A., born January 29, 1826; Julia A., December 24, 1827; David, March 1, 1831; William, July 28, 1833; Nancy M., March 26, 1835; Benjamin, April 17, 1840; Luticia J., April 15, 1842, and John W., born March 29, 1846. Mr. and Mrs. Green have forty-five grandchildren, twenty-four great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. They settled in this county in 1865. Mr. Green is his younger days was engaged in the tanning business, but after coming to this county he chose to be a farmer. He owns a well-improved farm of 120 acres. Mr. and Mrs. Green are members of the Christian Church, and have lived an exemplary Christian life. After they have passed from earth away, it may well be said of them that their life was one worthy of imitation.

Capt. Robert Washington Hamilton

Capt. Robert Washington Hamilton, physician and surgeon, was born in Monongahela County, W. Va., March 4, 1818. He is the son of James S. and Eliza (Courtney) Hamilton, and the third of a family of twelve children, of whom seven are now living, six in this State and one in Colorado. His father was born in Baltimore, Md., November 5, 1792. His mother was born in Castle Dawson, Ireland, in the year 1796. She came to the United States with her parents at the age of twelve years, and settled in Monongahela County, W. They continued to reside in West Virginia until the year 1832, when they moved to the State of Indiana, and purchased landand settled in Fayette Co. They remained here until their deaths. Mrs. Hamilton died in 1875,and Mr. Hamilton in 1879. Robert was tourteen years of age when he came with his parents to this State, and was adiligent laborer on the farm until he was eighteen. He obtained a liberal education from the common schools of Virginia and this State - the best the schools at that time afforded. In 1837, he moved to Richmond, Coles Co., Ill., where he engaged in the grocery business for a short time. While a resident of Richmond, he was united in a first marriage to Mrs. Melinda Mathews, of Coles County, February 13, 1889. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton settled in Waterloo, Ind., where they resided for about four years when they removed to Hillsboro, Wayne County, and remained until the death of Mrs. Hamilton, which occurred August 15, 1854. After a second marriage with Mrs. Sarah (Stetler) Bascom, Dr. Hamilton located in Lynn, this county, in the year 1855, where he has lived ever since, engaged in the practice of medicine. He was called to mourn the death of his second wife May 1, 1881. He was united in a third marriage, May 4, 1882, to Mre. Eliza A. Layson. He is the father of three sons, as fruits of his first marriage. Dr. Hamilton commenced the study of medicine at the age of seventeen, under Dr. Trimbley, of Brownsville, Union Co., Ind., and completed his studies under Dr. Amos Chapman, of Waterloo, Ind. He began the practice of his profession in 1846 at Hillsboro, and continued in a large and lucrative practice until 1854, when he located in Lynn, this county, where he has remained ever since, with the exception of an interval of eighteen months, in which he served his country in the late war, Asa physician, Dr. Hamilton has had an extensive practice, as much so as any other physician that has ever lived in this county, and with eminent success. He has.never lost a case in obstetrics, diphtheria or scarlet fever. In July, 1861, he recruited Company C of the Nineteenth Indiana Infantry, and was chosen Captain of the same, being the first commissioned officer from this county in the three years' service. Hon. W. E. Murry, of this county, was the first man enlisted in the company. Dr. Hamilton was a faithful and efficignt officer and soldier, and served for eighteen months, when he was compelled to resign on account of a stroke of paralysis which attacked him in September, 1861, and from the effects of which he has never recovered. In addition to the discharge of his duties as commanding officer, he was registered as acting Surgeon, and did much service in this capacity. After his resignation in the army, he returned to his home in this county, and resumed the practice of his profession. In addition to the practice of medicine, Dr. Hamilton has been successfully engaged in the mercantile and real estate business. He takes an active interest in politics, and has always been an ardent supporter of the Whig and Republican parties, while his father and all of his brothers were stanch Democrats. He is an honored and useful member of Lynn Lodge, No. 223, A., F. & A. M., and during the greater portion of the time, for over twenty years, he has been honored with the position of W. M. of the lodge: Dr. Hamilton is eminently a self-made man, a popular physician, and has given largely of his time and means to the development and improvement of this county. He is publicspirited and ever ready to assist in any and all public and philanthropic enterprises. He is an honored citizen and a faithful and devoted friend, and his name will ever be revered by all who know him.

Uriah A. Hinshaw

Uriah A. Hinshaw was born near Snow Hillin Randolph Co., Ind., on the 16th of January, 1852. His father, Jacob B. Hinshaw, was born in North Carolina, and came north when asmall boy with his parents, Abel and Nancy Hinshaw, stopping for one season in Ohio, and removing thence to Randoph County, Ind., where he grew to manhood, and where he has ever since continued to reside; he is the son of pioneer parents, and has witnessed the many changes and improvements that have taken place inthis county within a halfcentury, bearing well his own part in encouraging and advancing these improvements since reaching man's estate. A more extended sketch of his life will appear elsewhere in this volume, and we resume the narration of those incidents that go to make up the history of his son Uriah. He was reared in Washington Township, and his early life was not materially different from that of farmer boys in general; he attended the district schools, acquiring a good English education. Out of school hours, and during the summer months, his time was employed in the performance of various duties about the home farm, and by this daily routine he became familiar with the details of farming, and in his maturer years adopted that pursuit as his chosen vocation in life. At the age of twenty-one years he began teaching school, and one year later purchased fifty acres of land in Jay County, Ind. Before the close of that year, however, he traded his Jay County landfor the farm upon which he now resides, in Washington Township. This tract consists of eighty acres, of whichall but ten or twelve acres were totally unimproved when it came into his possession. The balance has been cleared and improved by him, and is now in a fine state of cultivation. In the pursuit of farming, Mr. Hinshaw has met with pronounced success, and although yet a young man, he occupies a place among the leading agriculturists of his township. By industry and close application to his work, he has gained at least an encouraging start on the road to fortune; and it is but due him to say that his possessions are the legitimate results of his energy, rather than of any peculiar good fortune; he has met with reverses, yet he has been cheerful in misfortune, working heroically to redeem his losses. In September, 1878, his residence was destroyed by fire, and all his present property, with the exception of a few articles, was consumed in the flames. But upon the foundation of his former home he immediately erected his present residence; less pretentious, it is true, but neverthless a cozy, comfortable home. He possesses the proper spirit and energy to insure a successful life, and with the past for a criterion we join in the hope that his life may be crowned with the good results his industry so well merits. On the 4th of April, 1874, Mr. Hinshaw was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Baldwin, who was born November 28, 1854, in Washington Township, Randolph Co., Ind. Mrs. Hinshaw is the daughter of Irvin and Hannah Baldwin, who were early settlers and prominent ciiizens of Washington Township. She is an estimable lady, and enjoys the good will of all who know her. Their wedding life has been blessed by three children, viz.: Leary A., Willimetta E. and Tully Ivanhoe. Both parents are consistent and active church members. Mr. Hinshaw united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in March, 1873, his wife uniting with the Christian Church in the same year; he has never been prominent in politics, but is stanch supporter of the principles of the Republican party. In private and social life he is highly esteemed for his genial good nature, and his honorable dealing has won for him the confidence of the community in which he resides.

SILAS HINSHAW, farmer, P. O. Rural, was born in North Carolina January 5, 1829; he is theson of Abel and Nancy (Bookout) Hinshaw, who were natives of North Carolina, the former born May 13, 1799, and the latter December 15, 1799. Mr. Hinshaw, like the pioneer youth generally, received but limited education, but nature has compensated largely for the lack of early opportunities ; he came to this county with his parents in 1834; was married March 8, 1851, to Sofronia Mullen, who was born in Wayne County, Ind., August 21,1830. She is the daughter of Thomas Mullen, who was born in South Carolina January 20,1791. Mr. and Mrs. Hinshaw have had born to them eleven children, seven of whom are living - Melissa A., born October 20, 1851; Lotitia A., September 2, 1853; Nancy E., August 26, 1856; Arnold B., August 18, 1858; Nettie M., March 18, 1866; Edward, July 5, 1872, and Addie F., born September 9, 1877. The deceased ones are Hattie, born September 27, 1860, died October 17, 1878; George, born October 19, 1862, died Noyember 8, 1862; Andrew, born October 5, 1864, died November 9, 1864, and Elsie D., who was born May 18, 1871, and died September 28, 1871. Mr. Hinshaw settled where he now resides in 1855 ;! he owns 160 acres of land; and is an enterprising farmer ; he is a kind husband and father, and is universally esteemed by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. _

ELKANAH HINSHAYW, farmer, P. 0. Lynn, was born in this county December 2, 1842; he isthe son of Abel and Nancy (Bookout) Hinshaw, who were natives of North Carolina, born in 1799, the former May 138, and the latter Deeember 15. Mr. Hinshaw was married December 24, 1863, to Mary E. Norton, who was born in this county December 28, 1840. She is the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Snead) Norton, who were natives of North Carolina. This union has been blessed with six children, viz.: Ida J., born November 21, 1864; William, July 26, 1867; Lillie M., August 14, 1869; Ica D., November 9, 1870; Nancy E., December 26, 1872, and Stephen, August 25,1877. Mr. and Mrs. Hinshaw are worthy citizens, and are highly respected by all who know them. Mr. Hinshaw owns 102 acres of land in the county. They reside in Section 27.

JONH HINSHAW, farmer, P.O. Snow Hill, was born in Highland County, Ohio, April 8, 1818. He is the son of John and Margaret (Ratcliff) Hinshaw, who were born in North Carolina, the former in 1781, and the latter in 1788. Mr. Hinshaw was educated in the district schools of Ohio; he came to this county in 1887. The event of his marriage took place September 11, 1841. The chosen companion through life being Teresa Wright, who was born in Clinton County, Ohio, August 28, 1824. She is the daughter of David and Teresa (Mitchell) Wright, the former a native of Virginia, born January 20, 1784, and the latter in Kentucky October 17,1791. From 1845 to 1860, Mr. Hinshaw was engaged in blacksmithing. He enlisted, in August, 1862, in Company KE, Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry; his first introduction to the battle-field was at Richmond, Ky., where he received a slight wound and was taken prisoner. After being in the hands of the enemy for a few days, he was paroled and sent home, going into camp at Richmond, Ind., where he remained for a few weeks, when an exchange was made, and he was again sent to the front, joining Gen. Sherman's command at Vicksburg. From Vicksburg he went to Arkansas Post ; from there to Milligan's Bend, where he was detailed to act as general nurse at Young's Point Hospital. Shortly after this he was taken sick, and remained at Memphis and other points for about four months, before he gained sufficient strength to be sent home. He has since been engaged in farming and stock-raising ; he owns 240 acres of land in the county ; he is a member of the Society of Friends. He isa thorough gentleman, commanding the respect of all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Hinshaw have been blessed with ten children, five of whom are living.: Teresa, born January 11, 1845 ; Sarah E., November 17, 1853 ; Lorinda, A. April 11, 1856 ; Delilah, June 5, 1859, and William, born May 10, 1865.

ARMINIOUS A. HINSHAW, farmer, P. O. Lynn, was born in this county August 11, 1847. He is the son of Timothy and Jayne (Wright) Hinshaw, who were natives of Ohio. Mr. Hinshaw was educated in the district schools of this county. The event of his marriage took place September 4, 1872, the chosen partner through life being Martha A. Baldwin, who was born in this county February 20, 1857. She is the daughter of Urbane and Hannah (Bales) Baldwin, the former born in North Carolina May 4, 1830, and the latter in this county September 26, 1833. Mr. Hinshaw owns a well-improved farm of eighty acres, and is an enterprising farmer; he and his worthy lady are consistent members of the Christian Church, and are highly respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. To brighten and cheer their home, they have been blessed with a daughter - Lulu V., born January 21, 1878. :

ELZA HINSHAW, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Snow Hill, was born in Randolph County, Ind., July 4, 1847. He is the son of Absalom and Eliza (Carter) Hinshaw, natives of North Carolina. The subject of this sketch was married, July 31, 1869, to Mary E. Robbins, who was born in this county September 22, 1852. She is the daughter of Ezekiel and Ann (Platt) Robbins, the former born in New Jersey, and the latter in Ohio. This union has been blessed with Llewelen, born September 2, 1870; Laura W., September 7, 1872; Eliza A., September 27, 1874; Viola, October 14, 1876 ; Lotitia M., November 5, 1878, and Josephine, December 16, 1880. Mr. Hinshaw owns a farm of 160 acres; is engaged in farming and buying and shipping stock. He is a thorough gentleman, highly respected by all who him.

ELWOOD HINSHAW, farmer, P. O. Rural, was born in Randolph County, Ind., June 20, 1849. He is the son of Absalom and Eliza (Carter) Hinshaw, natives of North Carolina. He was educated in the district schools of the county. The event of his marriage took place April 21, 1871, to Hannah E. Robbins, who is a native of this county, born March 12, 1850. She is the daughter of of Ezekiel and Ann (Platt) Robbins, the former born in New Jersey, and the latter in Ohio. Mr. Hinshaw owns a neat farm of fifty acres in Section 15, on which he has resided since 1872; he isan enterprising, industrious gentleman, and is highly respected by all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Ninshaw have been blessed with a son - Stephen E., who was born September 14, 1876.

WILLIAM JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Johnson, was born in this county January 1, 1823. His parents were natives of North Carolina. He was married, March 16, 1843, to Ruth Moody, who was born in Randolph County, Ind., March 4, 1824. Her father, Isaac Moody, was a native of Virginia, born in 1797; her mother, Mary (Heston) Moody, was born in Pennsylvania in 1796. Thia union has been blessed with twelve children, seven of whom are living - Luzena, born January 16, 1844; Calvin, January 16, 1846; Mary J., October 9, 1849; Isaac H., October 18, 1853; Elkanah, August 23, 1858; Silas W., July 18, 1863, and Rhodena, born August 27, 1865. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Friends Society ; he owns a fine farm of 319 acres. Mrs. Ruth Johnson is recorded minister in the Society of Friends, and is widely known as a lady who is ever ready and willing to encourage and support all enterprises that tend to enlighten and elevate the standing of society.

ISAAC V. D. R. JOHNSON, saw and grist mill, Bloomingsport, was born in this county December 3, 1843. I{eis the son of John Johnson, who was born in Ohio August 9, 1812. Mr. Johnson received his education in the district schools of this county. The event of his marriage to Martha A. Vandergriff, took place November 28, 1865. She is a native of this State, born March 10, 1845. Her parents were natives of New Jersey. Their children are - William G., born November 9, 1868; Sarah E., August 21, 1870; Effie, June 14, 1874; Ora S, July 26, 1876, and John A., December 12, 1879. In 1876, Mr. Johnson purchased the saw and grist mill at Bloomingsport. Since the purchase of this property, he has associated with him in the business, W. 8. Robinson, and they are now enjoying a large patronage. Mr. Johnson enlisted in 1862, and took part in numerous battles, among which may be mentioned Richmond, Ky.; Arkansas Post and Vicksburg. He belonged to Company E, Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry; was discharged in July, 1865. He is a minister in the Christian Church. As a soldier, he was brave and fearless. As a Christian, he is always found at his post of duty. Hospitable to friend and stranger, a kind husband and father, and ever willing to aidin any laudable undertaking that has for its aim the elevation and improvement of society.

JONATHAN O. LANE, station agent and Postmaster at Johnson, was born in Ohio June 16, 1826. His father, Julius Lane, was a native of North Carolina; his mother, Sarah (Gest) Lane, was born in Georgia. Mr. Lane was educated in the district schools of Ohio; was married January 4, 1849, to Lavina J. Simpson, who was born in Ohio May 2, 1828. They have had born to them - Winfield S., December 23, 1849; John H., June 4, 1851; Lauretta J., December 5, 1867; Charles H., September 11, 1859; William B., October 28, 1861; and Ulysses G., born October 16, 1865. Mr. Lane settled in Hancock County, Ind., in 1850, and was engaged for three years in the saw-milling business; he then moved to Noblesville, Ind., and opened a grocery, and after remaining in that business for one year he returned to Hancock County, and again engaged in the saw-milling business until 1865, when he went into the army, Company D, Fifty-third Indiana Infantry, but, on account of ill-health, was discharged July 10, 1865. He then purchased a saw-mill, and was thus engaged until July, 1876, when he settled where he now resides, and took charge of the station and post office. He is a member of the M. E. Church } and a thorough gentleman.

MOSES LASLEY, farmer, P. 0. Winchester, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, April 1, 1810. He is the son of Peter Lasley, who was born in Pennsylvania; his mother, Christina (Carnes) Lasley, was a native of Maryland. Mr. Lasley, with his parents, settled in this county in 1819. He was married March 28, 1838, to Margaret Johnson, who was born in Virginia August 12, 1812; her father, Henry, and mother, Agnes (Umphres) Johnson, were natives of Virginia. They have had born to them four children, three of whom are living - Andrew J., July 31, 1836; Levi J., August 16, 1845; and Henry H., September 9, 1849; Lavina, born March 4, 1842, is deceased. Mr. Lasley owns a farm of 735 acres; his house, barns and improvements show that he is an industrious, enterprising, prosperous farmer, and one worthy of imitation. He is a member of Winchester Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 56.

BENJAMIN MILLER, farmer, P. O. Snow Hill, was born in Ohio May 22, 1807. He is the son of John and Susanna (Wilkens) Miller. The subject of this sketch came to this county, entered land and settled where he now resides in 1831. He was married in 1833 to Phoebe Forecythe, and for five years they journeyed through life together, but, at the expiration of that time, Mrs. Miller was called from earth away. Mr. Miller was again married December 26, 1840, to Martha J. Calvert, who was born in Virginia August 15, 1816; she is the daughter of Francis Calvert. This union has been blessed with eight children, four of whom are living - Robert S., born January 23, 1843: Mary T., November 24, 1844; Catharine E. S., January 11, 1847; and Esther E., August 8, 1852. Mr. Miller may truly be termed one of the pioneers of the county, having been a resident for over fifty years; he has, by his untiring industry, made tor himself a very fine farm of 160 acres; he isa gentleman who has gained the confidence and respect of a large circle of acquaintances.

JOHN MILLER, farmer, P. 0. Trenton, was born in Ireland March 15, 1833. His father, William, and mother, Sarah (Clyde) Miller, were natives of Ireland. The subject of this sketch left his native land, and settled in this county in 1844; was educated in the district schools of the county. He was married June 6, 1861, to Margaret J. Porter, who was born in Ohio April 1, 1845; her father, John, and mother, Margaret (Neal) Porter, were natives of Ireland. They have had born to them - Sarah E., June 12, 1864; Minnie J., August 9, 1867; Letitia B., July 17,1869; Thomas P., December 7, 1871; and John, October 30,1874. Mr. M. ownsa fine farm of 140 acres, and is known by a large circle of friends and acquaintances as an enterprising, industrious gentleman.

WILLIAM TT. MILLER, farmer, P. O. Trenton, was born in this county March 22, 1845. His father, William, and mother, Sarah (Clyde) Miller, were born in Ireland, the former in January, 1804, and the latter August 15, 1803. Mr. Miller was educated in the district schools of this county. He was married April 15, 1868, to Eunice Dennis, who was born in North Carolina. In 1870, death entered the home circle, and took from it Mrs. Miller and an infant child. Mr. Miller then lived with his mother until June 3, 1871, when he was married to Viola Haynes, who was born in this county September 25, 1855; she is the daughter of Jesse Haynes, who was born in New York; her mother, Matilda (Cropper) Haynes, was born in Ohio. Their union has been blessed with - Eunice D., December 4, 1873; Jesse O., February 10, 1876; William W. C., March 16, 1878; and Aldes J. and Alden A., who were born January 3, 1880. Mr. Miller settled where he now resides in 1871; his entire farm was at that time a huge forest, but, by industry and hard work, he has made of it one among the neatest and best improved farms in the county. In 1877, Mr. M. erected on his farm, at a cost of $1,000, a barn, which is a model of beauty and convenience. Mr. M. is a consistent member of the Society of Friends, peaceable, temperate and kind to his family, and better by far would the improvements of the county be had we more such men as William T. Miller.

ISAAC A. MILLS, farmer, P. O. Trenton, is the son of Jesse Mills, who was born in North Carolina December 8, 1809. The subject of this sketch was born in this county February 13, 1843. He enlisted in 1861 in Company E, Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry; went to Louisville, Ky., where he was taken sick; after remaining in a field hospital for three weeks, he was sent home, where he remained until 1862, joining his regiment just before going into the battle of Pittsburg Landing. In May, while assisting to unload a boat, Mr. Mills met with a severe accident, which almost cost him his left hand, on account of which he was unfitted for active service; he then served as hospital cook and nurse until he was discharged. Mr, Mills was married in 1865 to Catherine L. Thornburg, daughter of Daniel Thornburg. This union was blessed with Daniel N., born April 12, 1866. In 1868, Mr. Mills was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife. Je then battled the hardships of life alone until September 15, 1869, when he was married to Jennie Pemberton. who was born in Indiana January 6, 1844; she is the daughter of Isaac Pemberton, who was a native of Ohio. The result of this union has been three children - Ollie A., April 6, 1873; Henry O., March 29, 1876; and George E., February 6, 1879. Mr. Mills owns a farm of fifty-seven acres in Section 25, and is a sterling gentleman, highly respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

JOEL MILI, farmer, P. O. Johnson, was born in Wayne County, Ind., January 6, 1833. His father, Aaron Mills, was born in Warren County, Ohio, December 7, 1X07, His mother, Rebecca (Small) Mills, was born in Ohio May, 1809. Mr. Mills was educated in the district schools of Wayne County, Ind. In 1854, Mr. M. associated himself with Anderson & Horn, in the saw-milling business at Lynn, this county. After being thus engaged for one year, he sold his interest in the mill and again resumed his former occupation, carpenter and joiner. He was married, November 10, 1855, to Cynthia Beard, who was born in this county May 19, 1840. Their union has been blessed with six children - Caroline E., born October 27, 1856; George W., March 24, 1859; Cassius C., September 24, 1861; Martin L, April 21, 1864; Rosa A., December 15, 1867, and Eva N., February 21, 1874. In 1878, Mr. Mills was elected Township Trustee, and was again elected to the same office in 1880. Heis a member of the Friends Church. Owns 4 fine farm of 308 acres in Sections 10 and 15. Is a thorough gentleman, highly respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

JOEL A. NEWMAN, farmer P. O. Bloomingsport, was born in Ohio June 80, 1888. His father, Joseph, and mother, Rebecca (Pugh) Newman, were natives of Ohio. Mr. Newman was educated in the district schools of Ohio. He settled in this county in 1855. Mr. N. was married, in 1865, to Sarah E. Cornelius, who was born in Wayne County, Ind. Mrs. N. departed this life in about ten months after their marriage. Mr. Newman was again married, July 14, 1858, to Margaret A. Ellis, who was born in this county June 20, 1841. This union has been blessed with four children - William W., born June 30, 1859; Sarah E., August 17, 1861; Emma, February 24, 1864, and James L., September 7, 1865. Mr. N. enlisted in 1861, Company C., Nineteenth Indiana Infantry ; was promoted to First Lieutenant. Took part in numerous battles and among them the one at Gainesville, where he was wounded, on account of which, he shortly afterward resigned. In 1864, Mr. N. was chosen by the people of this county to act as their Sheriff. He was again elected to the same office in 1866. Since he retired from office, he has been extensively engaged in farming. Owns 408 acres. of land in this county, and is a gentleman who is highly respected by a large circle of acquaintances.

AARON OREN, farmer, P. O. Lynn, was born in this county September 18, 1842. He isthe son of Jacob L: Oren, who was born in Ohio April 3, 1813. His mother, Mary (Frazer) Oren, was born in Ohio May 10, 18138. Mr. Oren was educated in the district schools of the county. He was married, November 30, 1865, to Martha Thornburgh, who was born in Delaware County, Ind , April 11, 1840. Her father, Edward W. Thornburg, was born in North Carolina. Her mother, Susanna Thornburg, was born in Ohio. They have had born to them Albert E., October 25, 1866; Charley J., August 5, 1868; Edward D., June 28, 1870; Mary L., August 25, 1874; Ira S., January 30, 1877, and Lindley I., June 18, 1879. Mr. Oren enlisted in 1864, Company C, Thirteenth Indiana Infantry. He spent most of his time in Georgia and Tennessee until June, of 1865, when he was discharged. He owns a farm of 122 acres, and is an enterprising farmer.

JOHN F. OREN, farmer, P. O. Trenton, was born in Randolph County, Ind. October 16, 1848. His father, Jacob L., and mother, Mary (Frazer) Oren, were born in Clinton County, Ohio, the former April 3, 1813, and the latter May 10, 1818. Mr. Oren was educated in the district schools of this county. He was married, October 10, 1869, to Mary E. Kennedy, who was born in this county March 12, 1852. Her father, Jesse, and mother, Jane (Hodson) Kennedy, were born in Randolph County, Ind, Mr. Oren owns a well-improved farm of 120 acres in Section 36, and is classed among the enterprising farmers of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Oren have had born to them Elizabeth A., March 2, 1877, and Leslie J., March 25, 1879.

HENRY OYLER, farmer, P. O. Rural, was born in Randolph County, Ind., July 10, 1821. He is the son of Valentine and Catharine (Wysong) Oyler. The subject of this sketch was married, March 1, 1857, to Mary A. Heaston, who was born in Montgomery Connty, Ohio, August 21,1827. Her father, Christian Heaston, was a native of Virginia, born October 19, 180¢. Her mother, Sarah (Jessup) Heaston, was born in Kentucky December 5, 1802. Mr. Oyler owns 812 acres of land, and is an extensive farmer. He is a sterling gentleman and is highly respected by all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Oyler have had born to them five children, four of whom are living - John C., January 25, 1858; William H., June 26, 1859; Arnta A., August 10, 1852, and Henrietta, November 24, 1869. The deceased one, Sarah C., was born November 19, 1865, and died January 8, 1866.

JOHN OYLER, farmer, P. O. Rural, was born in Randolph County, Ind., January 22, 1831. He is the son of Valentine Oyler, born in Pennsylvania January 12, 1783. His mother, Catharine (Wysong) Oyler, was also a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Oyler was educated in the district schools of the county. He was married, February 13, 1868, to Sarah C. Locke, who was born in Preble County, Ohio, March 30. 1850. Her father, William Locke, was a native of North Carolina, born September 1, 1820. Her mother, Mary J. (Robbins) Locke, was born in New Jersey October 15, 1827. Mr. Oyler owns a fine farm of 120 acres in Section 10, in which he resides. His house and barn are both models of neatness and convenience. He is a kind husband, father and an accommodating neighbor. He has by his integrity and uprightness gained a large circle of warm friends. To brighten their home, Mr. and Mrs. Oyler have been blessed with four children - Thirza, born November 21, 1868; John, December 15, 1871; Ota, August 22, 1873, and Lettie, May 31, 1878.

JABEZ OZBUN, farmer and minister, P. 0. Bloomingsport, was born in this county April 11, 1824. His father, John, and mother, Rebecca (Sargent) Ozbun, were natives of North Carolina. He was educated in the Friends schools of Wayne County, Ind. He was married, October 9, 1853, to Cynthia Holloway, who was born in Indiana February 22,1837. Her father, Isaac, and mother, Tillie (Thornburg) Holloway, were natives of this county. They have had born to them Isaac H., July 25, 1862; Matilda J., April 11, 1865; Orus E., July 3, 1869, and Elisha J., August 30, 1871. Mr. Ozbun settled where he now resides in 1853. Was employed as teacher in the district schools of this and Wayne County for over ten years. He owns a farm of fifty-two acres; is @ licentiate minister in the New Light Church, and is known as a gentleman whose aim and desire is to encourage and teach his fellow-man to live an exemplary Christian life.

L. F. PEIRSON, carpenter and miller, Lynn, is a son of William and Anna Peirson. His father was born and raised in North Carolina, and moved to this county about 1828, and died in September, 1861. His mother was born in

North Carolina, and emigrated to Wayne County, Ind., with her mother while in childhood, and then, a few years later, came tothis county, and in the spring of 1831 married William Peirson, father of the subject of this sketch. Mother is still living in Washington Township, this county. L. F. married Elizabeth M. Kinder March 27, 1857. The fruits of this union were two boys, viz.: Edvardo and Christian, and are now living in the vicinity of Arcadia, Hamilton Co., Ind. .He was raised a miller, his father being a miller. He enlisted in Company E, Eleventh Cavalry One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Indiana Volunteers, December 19, 1863; mustered out June 19, 1865. In September of same year, he went to railroading as brakeman on what is known as the Pan Handle Road, and gradually worked his way to the positien of conductor on first-class passeoger trains. Was in several bad smash-ups. Last one was between Dayton, Ohio, and Michigan Crossing, when the engine and baggage-car rolled into the Miami River. Resigned June 10, 1869. Since that time has been engaged in carpentering and various occupations. In politics, he isa Republican.

JOHN PRICE, farmer, P. O. Lynn, was born in Warren County, Ohio, September 30, 1818. His father, Thomas Price, was bora in North Carolina in 1796. 1799. In 1819, Mr. Price was brought by his parents to Wayne County, Ind., where he remained until 1844, when he came to this county. He was married in 1842 to Jane Whicker, who was born in North Carolina in 1823. This union was blessed with one child - Mary E. - who was born in 1847. Mrs. Price died in 1861. Mr. Price was again married, September 26, 1863, to Martha A. Pierson, who was born in Kentucky July 24, 1835, This union has been blessed with one child - Harriet A., born March 30, 1865. Mr. Price owns a neat farm of seventy-nine acres, one mile north of Lynn, on which he has been residing since 1872. He is a thorough gentleman, and is highly respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

JAMES PRICE. farmer, P. O. Lynn, was born in Wayne County, Ind., August 23, 1828. He is the son of Thomas and Mary (Detrow) Price, the former born in Chatham County, N. C.,in 1796, and the latter in Pennsylvania in 1799. Mr. Price was married, October 18, 1850, to Lydia Woofter, who was born in Wayne County, Ind., October 9, 1832. She is the daughter of John and Frances (Budge) Woofter, the former born in Virginia in 1800, end the latter in North Carolina in 1804. Mr. Price became a resident of this county in 1858, and has since made many substantial and lasting improvements. He is a gentleman who believes in advancement. He settled where he now resides in 1870. He owns 240 acres of land in the county, and isan exemplary farmer and stock-raiser. Mr. and Mrs. Price have eight children, viz,: Armilda J., born July 22, 1851; Philip O., December 24, 1853; Thomas J., February 2, 1859; Edward R., April 12, 1863; Frederick G., October 12, 1865; Albert H. and Alpheus H., November 9, 1867, and Evy E., born December 28, 1870.

Abraham Sheely

Abraham Sheely, the subject of this sketch, has been a long known and honored citizen of this county. He was born in Greene County, Ohio, August 6, 1888, and is the son of William and Permelia (Hanby) Sheely. Of six children, Abraham is. the third, three of whom are now living. His father and mother were both born in Greene County, Ohio, the former in 1811, and the latter in 1813. They were never residents of this State, but lived and died in Ohio. Abraham was raised on a farm, and received a limited education from the common district schools of Ohio. His youthful days were uneventful, save that his lot as a farmer boy was beset with many privations and hard labor. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Tenth Ohio Infantry, and served his country with fidelity for three years. He took an active part in the battles of Winchester, Locust Grove, Mine Run and the terrible and bloody battles of the '"' Wilderness." In the last-named battles, he was severely wounded in the left limb, above the knee, from the effects of which he has never entirely recovered, and on account of which is drawing a small Government pension. After being wounded, he was placed in the hospitals of Fredericksburg and Washington city, where he remained until the close of the war. He was discharged July 10, 1865. He entered the army as a private ; was a gallant and faithful soldier, never sought promotion and was always ready for duty. At the close of the war, he came to this State, and settled on a farm in Delaware County, where he remained for four years. He then came to Randolph, and settled on the farm where he now resides.

proprietor of a well-improved farm of eighty-four acres. His farm buildings are of modern architecture, convenient and handsomely situated, an exact sketch of which is given in this work. He was married, March 7, 1864, to Caroline A. Palmer, of Alexandria, Va. His wife is an estimable lady, and was born at. Athens, Me., August 26, 1836. Her father, Col. David Palmer, was a native of New Hampshire, and was born April 10, 1795. Her mother, Mary (Wentworth) Palmer, was born in the State of Maine March 30, 1794. Mr. and Mrs. Sheely are the parents of one child, a very interesting daughter - Mary Louisa, born December 10, 1865. Mr. Sheely has been a very industrious and frugal man. All that he possesses, he owes to his industry and enterprise. He is a useful and honored member of the Christian Church, He is also an active member of the Randolph County Agricultural Society, and has filled several important offices in this society. He gives especial attention to the raising of hogs and cattle, in addition to the cultivation of all kinds of grain. Mr. and Mrs. Sheely and their daughter are honored and useful members of society.

BENJAMIN SMITH, farmer, P. O. Bloomingsport. August 16, 1828. His father, Temple Smith, was born in Kentucky July 26, 1805. His mother, Priscilla (Crosby) Smith, was a native of Alabama, born May 5, 1810. Mr. Smith was married, April 12, 1849, to Ellen Engle, who was born in New Jersey October 3, 1828. Her father and mother, Job and Louisa C. (Foreman) Engle, were natives of New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had born to them - Isaac, June 23, 1850; Wesley O., September 15, 1857; John, March 12, 1860; Mary, August 12, 1865; Priscilla, March 12, 1868, and Rosella, born March 26, 1871. Mr. Smith owns a well improved farm of 160 acres in Section 13, on which he resides. He is always frank and always hospitable to friend and stranger; a kind husband and father, and genial as a companion and associate.*

OBEDIAH STILWELL, farmer, P. O. Lynn. This estimable gentleman, born in Preble County, Ohio, March 25, 1832, is the son of Obediah and Margaret (Francis) Stilwell, who were natives of New Jersey, the former born April 18, 1789, and the latter September 27, 1790. The subject of this sketch has been - with the exception of one year during 1857-58, which was spent in Joe Daviess County, Ill. - a resident of this county since 1839. The event of his marriage took place September 23, 1852. The chosen companion through life, Miss Achsah Hill, was born in Randolph County, Ind., January 22, 1830; she is the daughter of Henry and Achsah (Peacock) Hill, who were natives of Randolph County, N.C. Mr. and Mrs. Stilwell have been blessed with two children - George A., born June 28, 1853, and deceased August 14, 1854, and Henry C., born August 11, 1858. Mr. S. isa member of Lynn F. & A. M., No. 223; he owns a well improved farm of eighty acres in Section 4, on which he resides; he and his worthy lady enjoy the respect and confidence of a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

JESSE THORNBURGH, farmer, P. 0. Bloomingsport, was born in this county January 17, 1836; he is the son of N. Thornburgh. Mr. Thornburgh was educated in the district schools of the county; he was married, December 9, 1855, to Elizabeth Bales, who was born in Wayne County, Ind. They have born to them, Melinda E., June 15, 1860.. In 1862, Mr. Thornburgh was called upon to mourn the loss of his beloved wife; he then battled with the hardships of life alone until June 9, 1864, when he married Sarah J. Hiatt, who was a native of Ireland, born October 10, 1837. She is the daughter of William and Sarah (Clyde) Miller, who were born in Ireland, the former January, 1804, and the latter August 16, 1803. They have had born to them - Martha W., November 1, 1867, and Jesse E, January 18, 1877. Mrs. Thornburgh had by her first husband, Mr. Hiatt, Rebecca E., born October 20, 1858, and William L., April 17, 1860. Mr. Thornburgh owns a farm of eighty acres in Section 1, and is a genial gentleman.

DAVID W. WILMORE, teacher, P. O. Johnson; he js the son of John L. and Mary (Lasley) Wilmore, who are natives of this State, the former born in Wayne County September 19, 1831, and the latter in Randolph County May 23, 1833. The subject of this sketch was born in Adams County, Ind., June 22, 1854; he was educated at Union City and at the high school of Winchester; began teaching in 1872, and since then has spent the larger part of his time in the school-room as teacher. The event of his marriage took place November 1, 1879, the chosen partner for life being Miss Alice Lasley, who was born in this county March 1, 1855. Mr. Wilmore is a genial gentleman, and is universally esteemed by all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmore have had born to them a son - Jay C., August 20, 1880.

General Description

TS boundaries at present are as follows: North by White River and Stony Creek, east by Washington, south by Wayne County, west by Nettle Creek and Stony Creek.

West River Township was laid off in May, 1831, then comprising all west of Huntsville and eight miles north and south, taking the whole southwestern portion of the county, and by several changes became whatit now is. Its extent is forty square miles, eight miles north and south, and five miles east and west. It embraces the north half of Township 18 and the south half of Township 19 (except a strip of one mile wide on the east side), and is wholly in Range 18 east. The sections in the township are as follows: Township 18, Range 13 east: Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18; Township 19, Range 13: Sections 7, 8,°9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 38, 34, 36.

The township takes in West River Valley (so far as it lies in Randolph County), as also the head-waters of Martindale Creek, running southward into White Water, and of Cabin Creek, flowing northward into White River.

The region is rich and beautiful, the surface is rolling and the scenery picturesque; the country is capable of a high cultivation, and much of it is already brought to that condition; the farms are fertile and well tilled. The: muddy roads of the past have largely given place to the smooth, leveled, graveled pikes of the present era, which extend in several directions along and across the surface. It was settled as early as 1816, and perhaps even sooner than that. Hugh Botkin entered the township in 1816, settling southeast of Huntsville, near where now rises to view the stately, hospitable mansion of his worthy and enterprising son, William M. Botkin, Esq. When he came he found already here several settlers, the exact date of whose arrival, however, is not now known. Among them were these: Mr. Odle, one mile south of Botkin's; Joshua Wright, one-half mile south of Botkin's; Jesse Cox, east of Mr. Wright's; Jonah Heaton, three miles northwest of Huntsville. Seven entries had been made:in 1815, and three were made in 1816. Mr. Botkin effected his entry of land September 29, 1817, W. N. E. 3, 18, 13, 80.26 acres, and before his had been sixteen entries. Joshua Wright (probably with his brother James) purchased his tract nine days before, and Jesse Cox seventeen days after Mr. Botkin. The other names (except Jonah Heaton's) do not appear at all as patentees. They were either "squatters" or lived on land entered by some one else. Jonah Heaton "entered" in 1819. William M. Botkin says that in 1817 there came to the region several settlers, viz., Joshua Ballinger, Samuel Jackson, Valentine Gibson, William Gibson, Joseph Hollingsworth (bought out Mr. Odle), William Peacock (afterward Associate Judge). Most of these names stand among the list of entries, some of them, however, not till the lapse of several years. William Smith came upon West River somewhere west of Botkin's, near the "boundary," August, 1817, and Jeremiah Smith says that the following were in tbe neighborhood when his father settled where they moved into the county:

William Blount and his two sons-in-law, John Proctor, Evan Shoemaker, John Jordan, Arny Hall, Thomas Brown, John Gwynn, James Malcom, Samuel Sales, David Jones, Isaac Barnes, came in 1818, as did also John E. Hodges, William Hunt and Frederick Zimmerman. Few of them appear as patentees. Evan Shoemaker lived on the tract east of the "boundary," and just across from the Mount Pleasant Methodist Meeting-House. Mr. Zimmerman bought out the Blount place, and resided there till he died, and his daughter Anna (widow of John Retz) occupies the place now. All of these except two were located on Sections 7, 8, 17 and 18, Township 18, Range 13, in West River Valley. Those near Hugh Botkin's were farther east. William Blount made the first entry in the township, in Section $, now the Retz homestead farm, April 10, 1815. Hodge and Barnes made their entry in July, 1815. They did not move to their land till 1818. Mr. Smith states that they came out from Pennsylvania and made their purchases, and returned to the Kast, coming back to settle in 1818. Moses Martindale was unquestionably a very early settler, among the first if not the very first in the region. He made his first entry September 2, 1817, H.4.N. E. 414, 18, 13, the extreme southeastern corner of what is now West River Township. In two weeks" time, he took up another tract, E. 4S. W. 4 11, 18, 18, on the head-waters of the stream which gained the name (doubtless from him as the first settler upon its banks) of Martindale Creek. These entries of Martindale's were south and southeast of Botkin's, and near the other settlers in that vicinity. Of course, others also had found their way into the wild woods, but we have not been able to trace them.

The Congressional townships with the sections have already been named. The number of acres in West River Township is about twenty-five thousand six hundred.

briefly touched upon above. The pigeon roost has been forsaken probably for full fifty years, and the fallen timber has been cleared away by natural decay, by human toil and by fire, that terrible destroyer of the works both of nature and of man, for nearly as long a time; and now no visible token, no trace is left to tell of the unspeakable havoc which on that sultry July afternoon in the summer of 1824 was made by that rumbling, crashing, thundering tempest as during those hours of mortal terror it lay in most terrific power, whirling and tearing and twisting those giant tree trunks as though they had been but chaff and stubble beneath its might. Nothing is left, in fact, except the memory of the terrible storm in the minds of a very few elderly persons, and a name - Fallen Timber- - a petty country post office at a lone farmhouse miles away from even the pretense or semblance of atown. It oaght to be said, perhaps, that this post office finds it habitat not in West River, but in Nettle Creek Township, which lies adjoining the former on the west.

First School

Ira Swain, whose father came in 1815 to Wayne County near Randolph line, says that the first school in that neigboorhood was held in a little cabin, 14x18 feet, near David Moore's, probably in 1816 or 1817. The floor was puncheons and so was the door, and the benches were split poles with legs put in with an auger hole. The older pupils got wood enough at noon. That could be done without much trouble, though it took a large quantity of wood. But the trees were close at hand, and all that was needed was to take care that in felling they did not hit the house nor the children.

Tannery

Hugh Botkin was a tanner, and he had a tanyard in'operation only a short time after making a settlement in the county; and some of the old troughs that were made and put into the earth more than sixty years ago are there in the ground yet, and firm and sound and solid still.

Buena Vista

Proprietors, William Gillam, John Heaston, Benjamin Peacock; twenty-five lots, two streets - Washington, east and west; Main, north and south. Location, Sections 3, 4, 9 and 10, 19, 13, in West River and White River Townships. Recorded July 1, 1851. The first store was built in 1854; Benjamin Peacock set up a hotel; Ezekiel Kirk and Benjamin Heaston were origina] residents; Dr. Keen lived there awhile, as also did Dr. Blumenbach. There has been a Presbyterian Chugch, but it has gone down, and the house has been used as a barn for many years.

Tke business now is as follows: Two stores, ons saw-mill, one smith shop, one tile factory, one wagon shop, one church, a post office. The principal men are: Robert Starbuck, farmer, land-

'lord, merchant; Joshua Johnson, blacksmith; Isaac Vaughn, sawmil] man; David Gray, tile maker; Simeon Gray, tile maker. Robert Starbuck owns 900 acres of land; Joshua Johnson owns two or three hundred acres. Buena Vista contains fifteen houses and seventy-five people. The town is much decayed. It is six miles from Winchester, three and one-half miles from Huntsville, eight miles from Farmland. The name of the post office is Cerro Gordo, and the Postmaster is Joshua Johnson. The country around Buena Vista is very gvod. Residents near Buena Vista are John Jenkins, Leroy Starbuck, Welcome Starbuck, Walter Starbuck, Jesse Rynard, Tyre Puckett, William Demory, etc.

Buena Vista is joined by pikes with Winchester, Unionspori, Aluntsville, Economy, etc. Ithasnorailroad. Its most convenient railroad point was at Winchester, but the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western road, built in 1881-82, lies not very far from the town. The region is well settled, and filled with thriving and prosperous farmers. Unionsport is quite near Buena Vista, only two miles distant. A meeting-house connected with a burying ground is about half a mile west of the town on the pike between the two villages. The church was built a short time ago by a union effort, and was. given into the care of the Friends, who occupied it for a time, but their occupancy has measurably ceased, and it stands nearly or quite vacant, at least for the present.

There used to be a Wesleyan Church in the vicinity, but it has ceased its activity, the members having died or moved away or, as in some cases, joined other branches of the Christian body.

Twenty-eight lots, Miles and William Hunt, proprietors. Location, Sections 27 and 28, 19, 18, near the head of Cabin Creek. Recorded March 6, 1834.

Distances - Arba, fifteen miles; Spartansburg, fifteen miles; Bloomingsport, seven miles; Lynn, eight and one-half miles; Winchester, nine miles: Losantville, eight and one-half miles; Unionsport, three miles; Macksville, nine miles,

James Pugh had a tanyard in 1834; Miles Hunt kept store; Parker Jewett hada smith shop. Huntsville stands in a fine and fruitful region far enough from other and larger towns to have some room to flourish. It has become quite atariving country village, and seems likely to grow somewhat in time to come. Merchants in the town have been: Absalom Hunt, J. W. Keener, Andrews Bros., S. Hollister, Richard Jobes, Harvey Patty, Stephen Coffin, Rufus K. Mills, James N. Cropper, Levi Johnson, Cropper & Bro., R. C. Miller & Son, C. S. Hunt (druggist), Edward Cox (druggist). Physicians: Drs. Hunt, Chenoweth, Miller, Jordan Jobes, EKikenbery, Smith, Harvey, Parsons.

J. ©. Pascal established a wagon shop thirty years ago. J. C. Harvey has a wagon shop now, and so has C. Pastor. The business of the town is as stated below: Two carpenters, three dry goods stores, one drug store, three smith shops, two wagon shops, one milliner store, one green house, one church (Methodist Episcopal), one schoolhouse, one shoe shop, one grist mill, two saw-mills, one harness shop, one post office (Trenton), one butcher shop, two hotels, two tile factories, one. cabinet shop, one picture shop, three physicians, one lodge F. A. M., one lodge I. O. O. F., one Porter's Temperance League, one attorney.

Peyton Johnson, farmer and millman; Daniel Cropper, hotel keeper; Fremont Garrett, attorney; Jeremiah Hiatt, lumberman and millman: James B. Robertson, physician; H.C. Hunt, physician; T. W. Jordan, physician; R. C. Miller, merchant; E. T. Cropper, merchant; Levi Johnson, merchant; Kepler, Lamm & Co., flour mill - two run; John Harvey, blacksmith; Charles Pastor, wagon shop; James C. Harvey, blacksmith and wagon shop;

James Harris, smith; Jacobs & Gwynn, carpenters; John S. Harvey, shoemaker; Joseph C. Iuttle, cabinet shop; L. H. Graham, butcher; Sylvania Garrett, milliner; Eikenberry Bros., picture shop; Gordon & Willis, tile factory; Jerry Bly, tile factory; Peck, Methodist Episcopal Pastor; William Gunn, harness shop; Edward Cox, druggist.

Residents In Vicinity

W. M. Botkin, ex-Commissioner and farmer, two and one-half miles southeast; W. S. Hunt, farmer, etc., one mile northwest; J. J. and W. T. Farquhar, sheep growers; Joshua J. Shepherd, farmer and hog-raiser; Jesse Haines, farmer and hog-raiser; John H. Lewis, farmer; Robert B. Hunt, farmer; A. J. Christopher, cattle-raiser: Ira Swain, farmer and Postmaster, Swain's Hill; A. S. Cropper, farmer and carpenter; Charles W. Osborn, farmer; John Jenkins, farmer; John T. Hunnicutt, farmer; Joseph Cox, farmer; Stephen Keener, farmer and cheese-maker; Jacob Farquhar, farmer and stock-raiser. There are in Huntsville forty dwellings, twenty-one business houses, fifty families, forty-two voters and 163 inhabitants. Distances: Economy, seven miles; Lynn, seven miles; Bloomingsport, seven miles; Winchester, eight and one-half miles; Unionsport, three miles.

Huntsville is connected by pike with Winchester. The town is incorporated for school purposes, though why it is hard to see. The village is so small and the people so few that one is at a loss for any good reason for such a movement, yet if they are suited we do not know as other people have any right to complain.

The post office at Huntsville is called Trenton. It would be better to call the place so, too. To have the town differ in name from the post office is a needless trouble, and brings much confusion. The Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Railroad is near the town.

Swain's Hill is simply a post office. Mr. Swain is a prominent settler, and an influential partisan, and desired a post office to be located in the vicinity for the convenience of his neighbors and himself; and his dwelling being on a sightly and beautiful hill, the name of Swain's Hill was conferred on the office, and Ira Swain himself was made Postmaster.

Location, 3, 4, 8 and 9, 19, 18, in White River and in West River Townships, two miles west of Buena Vista; Hiram Mendenhall, proprietor; thirty-two lots; S. D. Woodworth, surveyor. Recorded March 30,1837. Streets: north and south, East, Summit, Meridian; east and west, North, Franklin, Main. The town seems to have been well supplied with streets.

Bloomingsport, six miles: Maxville, three and one-half miles; Huntsville, three miles; Winchester, seven miles; Lynn, nine miles; Buena Vista, two miles.

John O. Wattles lectured in this region some forty years ago, and induced a company to form a community in about 1840. It went on for a short time, but before long " winked out." A woolen factory was established in 1856. The mill was burned and another built in its place in 1866. It is now owned by Amos Mendenhall. A grist mill once stood where the factory now is.

Ithamar and John Pegg lived one and one-half mile north of the town; John and William Hollingsworth lived east of the village, near Friends' Meeting-House; Samuel Spray settled southeust of Unionsport. There are now in the town one church (Methodist Episcopal), one smith shop, two stores, one schoolhouse, one carriage shop, one post office, twenty-five houses, one woolen factory, one physician, 100 people (estimated), one tollgate. Principal citizens: Stephen Haynes, Samuel Briggs, Rufus K. Mills, Thomas W. Botkin, physician; Foster, Mendonhalls (sens of Hiram Mendenhall), George Slack, merchant. Unionsport is on Cabin Creek. A pike connects the town with Winchester, Buena Vista and Huntsville. The village is beautifully

Hugh Botkin, born Virginia 1775; Tennessee, 1786; married Rachel Keener 1801; Wayne County, Ind., 1815; Randolph Vounty 1816; thirteen children, seven boys and six girls. All thirteen lived to be grown, ad all but one were married; seven are living now. He died in 1836 and his wife in 1837. He was a farmer and a tanner, as also an active Methodist, and a prominent and respected citizen. He lost his dwelling by fire, and did not succeed in amassing a fortune, but his children rank among the thriving and substantial citizens of the region.

William M. Botkin, son of Hugh Botkin, born in Randolph County, Ind., 1823; married Martha A. Hiatt in 1849, and Dosha Butler in 1868; ten children. He has 300 acres of land, and has a fine brick residence, one of the best in the township. He is an enterpising, wide-awake, prosperous farmer and business man, and has been County Commissioner one term (three years). He is an active Methodist, a thorough Republican, and an earnest temperance man, and is altogether an honor to the community in which he dwells, having been a resident of the neighborhood during his whole life, fifty-nine years.

Wm. Chamness was born in North Carolina in 1793, and came to Randolph County in 1816, settling west of Bloomingsport on a farm now owned by Elijah Bales, where old Billy Rish once lived, the land having been entered by Ben}. Jones. He married Charity Moore, and afterward Margaret Hinshaw. He has had eleven children, ten of them coming to be grown and married, and seven now living, one in Howard County, one in Winchester, two in Wayne County, one near Bloomingsport, two in Wisconsin. He was brought up a Friend, but about twenty-five years ago he joined the United Brethren, to which he now belongs. He resides in West River Township near Wayne County line, and has done so for twenty-eight years past. Hischildren are as follows: Abigail, Howard County, ten children; Sarah, Winchester, twelve children; Patsy (Hardwick), Wayne County, thirteen childrer; Isaac, Monroe, Wis., four children; Martin, dead, four children; Mary (Hockett), dead, ten children; Ruth (Love), Wayne County, nineteen children, fifteen grown; Margaret (Davis), dead, four children; Joshua, Bloomingsport, ten children; William, Sauk County, Wis., seven children; Rachel, died an infant. There have been eighty-six grandchildren; number of great-grandchildren unknown. Nathaniel Case, Isaiah Rogers, Benjamin Jones lived near Bloomingsport when he came in 1816. Joseph Jay, Samuel Smith, William Peacock, James Smith came he thinks in 1818. Mr. Chamness is eighty-nine years old, and feeble in health, but is cheerful and patient, waiting the hour of release from earthly cares, and happy notwithstanding all his hardships and trials in the soul-cheering presence of his Savior. He is an excellent specimen of the citizen of the middling class, with which our county and our State also abounds, and which are the strength and the glory of our beloved native land.

John Charles was born in Wayne County, Ind., in 1828. He is the son of Daniel Charles, who came from North Carolina to Wayne County in 1812, and who is still living in his eightythird year, having been born in 1799. John Charles came to Randoiph County in 1845. He married Eunice Swain if the same year, and Nancy Clark in 1862. He has had six children, and is at present a farmer, though he carried on a drug store also in Economy during several years. He was elected Justice of the Peace for White River Township, but the burden of labor or of honor proved too great, and he resigned the position before his time was half out. He was Township Trustee three years. He is an Elder among the Friends; was an old Abolitionist, and is a Republican. He is an intelligent and enterprising citizen, has a good and somewhat select library, and keeps himself well informed as to the progress of events in the country and in the world. The Underground Railroad had one of its prominent stations in the vicinity, the Worths, the Osborns, the Hunnicutts, the Swains, the Botkins, etc., being residents not far away, and

William Cox, born in 1773 in South Carolina, came to Stillwater, Ohio, early, and to Randolph County, Ind., in 1823, and settled west of where William Chamness now lives, in West River. He died in 1857, aged eighty-four years. ite had been married three times. The names of his wives were Elizabeth Thomas, Nancy Mills and Laura Owens. The first wife died in 1849, the second in 1855, and the third is living still. She had been his wife only about two weeks, and she is now seventy-five years old, though at her marriage she was only a little above fifty. She was a maiden of fifty, and a wife of two weeks, and for twenty-four years she has been a widow.

Daniel Cropper, son of Bela W. Cropper, was born in Kentucky in 1825; went to Warren County, Ohio, in 1828, and moved to Randolph County, Ind., in 1833. He married Elizabeth Thornburg in 1849, and has five children. He resides in Huntsville, and is a farmer and hotel keeper. Mr. Cropper has a powder horn which belonged to his grandfather in Maryland before he emigrated from Maryland to Kentucky. His uncle carried it for years in the war of 1812. After that, Mr. Cropper's father had it, and gave it to him. His father entered 160 acres of land, and after paying for that, and paying also the man who moyed them from Ohio to Randolph County, he had just $25 left. A rich man he was, farm all paid for and money to spend. His father was a worthy member of the Baptist Church, and a preacher among them.

Daniel Hunnicutt was born in 1770 in Virginia, and married Jane Walthal, who was born there in 1780. They moved to Fayette County, Ind., in 1827, and to Randolph County in

1832. They had seven children, all of whom were born in Virginia. Five of them are living, one in Indiana and four in Wisconsin. Mr, Hunnicutt was a farmer, and belonged to the Friends. He died many years ago. His son, John T., resides

John T. Hunnicutt, born 1816 near Petersburg, Va.; Fayette County, Ind., 1827; Wayne County, 1828; West River, 1832; married Jane T. Charles, 1851, and Deborah (Hollingsworth) Arnett, 1872; five children; prosperous farmer; owns the place that used to be Daniel Worth's. He is a Friend, an old Abolitionist, a Republican, an active and radical temperance worker, and an excellent man.

Stephen Haynes, Unionsport; born Dutchess County, N. Y., 1800; Highland County, Ohio, 1808; Clinton County, Ohio, 1809; Dutchess County, N. Y., 1818; Herkimer County, N. Y., 1821; married Laura Gaines, Randolph County, Ind., 1834; Unionsport, 1873; first wife died 1877; married Eleanor Allison, 1879; nine children; carpenter and farmer and cabinet maker; an old Abolitionist, a Methodist, a Republican, somewhat eccentric, but a genial, enthusiastic and wide-awake worker in every good cause. Although eighty-two years old, he is still hale and sprightly, almost as active as a boy in his teens.

Samuel Jackson was born in North Carolina in 1796. He came to Ohio from his native State, and in 1820 to West River, Randolph Co., Ind., settling near Hugh Botkin's, one-half mile north of John F. Hunnicutt's on Martindale Creek. He married in Ohio Jemima Cox, daughter of William Cox, and they had eleven children, all grown and married, and nine living now, the youngest that is alive being forty years old, and the oldest sixty-four. One is in Missouri, four in Randolph, two in Towa, one in Wayne County and one in Wisconsin. In polities he was a Whig. He died in 1848, aged fifty-two years. His wife was a Friend, and she died in 1861 aged sixty-seven. Mrs. Ballinger, daughter of Samuel Jackson, says that she can remember the storm of the fallen timber, and thinks that she was six or eight years old. She was born in 1820, and that would make the date of the storm be in 1826 or 1828. Jere Smith puts the time in 1824. She would then be four years old or more. Probably Mr. Smith is correct, and she was younger than shethinks. Mrs. Retz's memory also would seem to make the storm later than 1824. (See reminiscences of Anna Retz.) Mrs. Ballinger says that Carey Smith, brother of Jere Smith, was a Disciple preacher in those early times, and that Methodists held preaching at Hugh Botkin's and Jesse Cox's, and also at Mr. Lank's. Mr. Jackson's children were: William, dead, had seven children; Hannah (Hutchens, Chamness) six children; Betsey (Ballinger), Randolph County, eigbt children; Sarah (Hutchens), Iowa, twelve children; John, near Winchester, twelve children; Anna (Hutchens), Wisconsin, seven children; Jemima (Cox), lives in Randolph County, and has three children; Rebecca (Owens), resides in Kansas, and has seven children; Jacob, dead, had seven children. Jacob Jackson was Captain in the Sixty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteers in the war of 1561, and he was wounded in the army; Melinda (Condi) lives in Iowa, and has four children; Mary (Hutchens) lives in Wayne County, has nine children. There are or have been in all cighty-two grandchildren.

Peyton Johnson was born in 1809 in Campbell County, Ky. ; married Elizabeth T. Butler; came to Randolph County, Ind., in 1834; has five children, all living, all grown and all married; owns a saw-mill and a farm also; is an enterprising citizen, and an active business man.

Robert Lumpkin was born in 1756; married Elizabeth Forrest in 1785, who was born in 1766; moved to Tennessee; then to Randolph County, 1831. He was a wagoner in the Revolutionary war. He had twelve children, and raised eleven of the twelve. He died in 1842, eighty-six years old, and his wife died in 1846, eighty years old. His children were as given below: John, 1786, lives in Tennessee,and has twelve children; Mary, 1788 (Howard, Massey, Reek), Indiana, three children; James, 1791, lives in Indiana, has seven children; Robert, 1798, lives in Tennessee, has six children; Sarah, 176 (Bookout), lives in Indiana, and has had twelve children; Richard. 17/8, lives in Indiana, has ten children; William, 1800, lives in Indiana, has six children; Elizabeth (Weaver), 1803, lives in Tennessee, has eight children; Washington, 1806, lives in Tennessee, has six children; Nancy, 1809, lives in Indiana, has thirteen children; Anderson, 1812, lives in Iowa, has six children; grandchildren, eighty-three.

Albert Macy was born in North ©arolina in 1774; married Nancy Hall; came to Randolph County, Ind., in 1819, and settled near Huntsville. They had eight children, seven of them having been born in North Carolina, and one in Randolph County. His daughter Phebe is the wife of Ira Swain, of Swain's Hill, West River Township. Mr. Macy died many years ago.

William Macy was born in 1786 in Guilford County, N. C.; came to Randolph County Ind., in 1821; married Hannah Hinshaw in 1809, and died after 1867; had fifteen children, seven in North Carolina and eight in Randolph County, Ind., all of them born between 1809 and 1836. Six of his daughters married Hadleys (two families). William Macy moved to Morgan County, Ind., about 1860. He was a Friend, active, prominent and trustworthy.

Rufus K. Mills was born in Wayne County, Ind., in 1823. He married Elizabeth McPherson in 1844, and came to Randolph County in 1857. They have three children. He is a farmer, merchant and trader, and resides at Unionsport. He has been Township Trustee five years, and Assessor several years. He is reckoned an upright and reliable man, and a worthy and substantial citizen. He is one of the old line Abolitionists and early Wesleyans

Anna (Zimmerman) Retz is the daughter of Frederick Zimmerman, and was born in Randolph County, Ind., in 1821. She married John Retz in 1837. They have had thirteen children, and seven of them are now living. Her husband, John Retz, died in 1876, being sixty-six years old, and having been born in 1810. She is still a widow, and resides,on what was her father's farm, on which he settled in 1818. One of her sons was killed when coon hunting by the falling of a tree. She is an Hpiscopal Methodist, as also was her husband. He was a farmer and a worthy citizen. She has resided in the county sixty-one years.

Evan Shoemaker is said by some to have come from Tennessee to Randolph County, Ind., in 1809, settling in West River Township, a little southeast of Mount Pleasant Meeting-House, and directly on the east side of the twelve-mile boundary. His brother Henry, who was unmarried, came with him. Evan died shortly afterward, but Henry is still living, in either Miami or Fulton County, Ind., ninety-six years old (4881). Shortly after their coming, the Indians stole four head of horses from them. Evan's son John was four years old at the time when his futher came to Randolph, and he died in 1868, being sixty-three years old. John took care of his mother's family while they were growing up, his father having died while he was a halfgrown boy. His mother married a man named Cartwright, and moved to Union County, Ind., but John continued to reside in Randolph, and, having lost his first wife about 1835, married Martha Kerr, who was living with his mother, then Mrs. Cartwright, in Union County, Ind. . Nore. - This relation is given by Mrs. Nancy (Shoemaker) Pierce, now residing near Thomas Marshall's, northeast of Economy, Ind. She says that her father, John Shoemaker, came with his father, Evan Shoemaker, in 1809, when he was four years old to Randolph County, Ind.; that he died in 1868, at sixty-three years old. If this statement is true, Mr. Shoemaker settled in Randolph five years earlier than the one who has been heretofore reckoned the first settler. We have at present no other means of testing the correctness of the lady's statement. Later researches seem to indicate that the lady is mistaken; that he did not come to Randolph before 1816 or thereabouts.

Robert Starbuck, Buena Vista, is a native of North Carolina, having been born in Stokes County in that State in 1814. He came to Virginia in 1823, and to Randolph County, Ind., in 1833, settling near Buena Vista. He married late in life, being fifty-six yearsold at the time. His wife was Lucy Ann (Green) Gillam. They have one child. He has been a famer, merchant trader, hotel keeper, ete. He is a large land owner, having 900 acres in the vicinity of Buena Vista. His residence has been for many years at that town. He is a prominent and energetic citizen and business man.