Randolph County, Indiana - Biographical sketches (3 of 3 so headed), 1882 (part 5 of 24)

Henry D. Huffman, White River, was born in 1803 in Virginia; came to Ohio and to Randolph County, Ind., in 1820; he married Eliza A. McNees, in 1831, and Mary J. West in 1866; he had thirteen children; was a farmer and teacher, and entered 160 acres of land just east of the Twelve-Mile boundary; he was prominent as a teacher in that early time, having had many of the children of the pioneers under his tuition. At one of the Old Settlers' re-unions, held at Winchester some years ago, when he was about seventy years old, a class was formed by him from among the members of the association, his old 'school boys," and had a "spelling bout," which excited much interest and considerable merriment. Mr. H. died in 1876 in his seventy-third

! Barnabas Hunt, White River, was born in North Carolina in 1798; came to Ohio in 1804. While there, his father had his property taken because he would not join the army in 1812. They came to Wayne County, Ind., in 1816. Barnabas married Hannah Lewis, daughter of Evan Lewis, in 1817; his wife was born in 1802; they moved to Farmland (three miles south of it) in 1847. He had three children. By occupation, he was a farmer; as to religion, a Friend; in politics, a Whig, an Antislavery man and a Republican. He died in 1874, being seyenty-five years two months and twenty days old.

Thomas Johnson, White River, born in Franklin County, Va., in 1792; married Mary Matthews; came to West River, three miles north of Huntsville, in 1833; entered eighty acres, White River, 1836; exchanged his eighty acres for 240 acres; rnoved to Kansas in 1867, died in 1872; had ten children, seven living; was a farmer; first a Democrat, then Free-Soiler and Republican; was a Methodist Episcopal for nearly sixty years: his wife died a year before him.

George Johnson, born in Virginia in 1818; came to Randolph County in 1833; married Charlotte Cook, 1845; no children; moved to Winchester in 1873; farmer till 1873; since that money-lender and gardener; Democrat; was a member of the Town Council two years.

Endsley Jones, White River, born in North Carolina in 1810; came to Wayne County, Ind., in 1816, and to Dunkirk, Randolph County, in 1831; married Lydia Wright, daughter of (Hominy) John Wright and sister of Solomon Wright (Cabin Créek) ini 1837; has had four children, three living and married; bought forty acres of second-hand land; has owned three forties; was brought up a Friend, but joined the ''New Lights" fifteen years ago; was an Abolitionist, and is a Republican; was an active stockholder in the: Underground Railroad; once had a narrow escape from being murdered by a slave-holder in search of slaves; is a hale, sprightly old man and a respected citizen.

Mrs. Endsley Jones - Lydia (Wright) Jones was the daughter of John (Hominy) Wright, and sister of Solomon Wright, now living on Cabin Creek. She was the youngest but one of fifteen children. Her father brought eight children with him to this county; four had come before, two married and two unmarried. Lydia was born October 5, 1817, three weeks after her father got here, September, 1817. Her father was born in 1775, and died in 1851, aged seventy-six years. Her mother was born in 1777, and died in 1867, ninety years old, being strong in mind and memory as long as she lived. Eight of the fifteen children are living still (1880). One is in

Nathaniel Kemp, born in Frederick County, Md., in 1813; came to Montgomery County, Ohio (near Germantown, Ohio), in 1824; married Margaret Byles, in 1835; came to White River, Randolph County (Kemp place) in 1841; bought 200 acres; has owned 690 acres, but it is now distributed among the children or otherwise disposed of. He has had seven children, all living and all married, as follows: One daughter in Chicago, husband a merchant; one daughter in Kansas, husband a farmer; one son in Winchester, dry goods; one daughter in Winchester, widow; one daughter in Winchester, husband owns block on the southwest corner, opposite Reinheimer's; one son west of homestead, farmer; one son east of homestead, farmer.

N. K. has been an extensive farmer, stock-dealer and business man. favorably known. He was Commissioner of the county six years; Sinking Fund Commissioner eight years, etc. In the latter capacity, he traveled extensively over the State, looking after forfeited land. The business of the fund was finally closed by the State's taking it, and paying the interest to the school fund. The amount transferred to the State at the closing up was about $500,000. Much land had been mortgaged tothe fund, forfeited and gold, and much of the land mortgaged to the fund proved to be worthless.

Gov. Willard borrowed $7,000, and 1,200 acres of land were forfeited and sold. Jesse D. Bright also had borrowed a large amount, and the fund mostly lost it.

Mr. Kemp is now in feeble health, and is no longer affluent; his first wife died, and his second marriage was ill-advised and unfortunate, and a divorce was obtained; his property has been scattered, and he now finds himself in his old age a poor man,

In his prosperity, he was energetic for the public good, and Randolph County will long have reason to remember Mr. Kemp as an enterprising, public-spirited citizen; he was a Whig, and has been and is a Republican.

Isaiah W. Kemp, White River, was born in 1839 in Montgomery County, Ohio; came to Randolph County in 1841; married Molly Wysong, and afterward, Ellen Hippenheimer, in 1875. He has but one child; is a farmer; owns 147 acres, and has lately built a beautiful residence, at a cost of $3,000 or more.

Mr. K. enlisted in Company H, Eighty-fourth Regiment; was appointed First Sergeant, promoted First Lieutenant and mustered out First Sergeant with the regiment. Mr. K. is an active, thoroughgoing farmer and business man, and standsjhigh among his fellow-citizens.

William Kennedy, White River, was born about 1797, and married Nancy Tharpe, in 1814; they had no children of their own, but raised, partly or wholly, fourteen children; they came to Wayne County, Ind., in 1816, and to Randolph in the spring of 1817; stayed there nine years and returned to Carolina in 1826 coming back to Randolph before long.

W. K. broke his thigh in his old age, and died from the effects of the wound in 1876, aged seventy-nine years. Mrs. Kennedy is very feeble (1880), being eighty-three yearsold. (She died in the spring of 1881.) They were active, warm-hearted Methodists, and their house was long a preaching place, and the " circuit rider's home."

Mr. Kennedy was aman of good judgment and sound discretion, and much respected as a citizen; he served at least one term as County Commissioner. The worthy couple used in early days to ride horsehack to Ritenour's, on Mississinewa, west of Deerfield, to attend class and circuit preaching.

Nore 1.- - Some think that William Kennedy came in 1815, which date will agree better with some statements made by Mrs. Kennedy, although she gave the date 1817.

Nore 2. - The tombstone gives his age seventy-seven years five months and seventeen days, which would make him born in 1798, and, according to her date, only sixteen years of age at their marriage. Her date of his birth is 1796, which would make him only eighteen at marriage, and seventy-nine or eighty at death. We cannot reconcile these dates nor tell which of them are accurate. They lie buried side by side in Mt. Zion Cemetery, near the place of their former residence.

Reminiscences - Nancy Tharpe Kennedy. 'My husband went to Cincinnati to enter land (160 acres), and I had to stay here in the woos, al] alone, miles and miles away from any white people, being only a girl of seventeen years. My husband was an orphan boy, but God kept his promise. The Indians were very thick in the vicinity. They were constantly passing to and fro. The principal trail was three-fourths of a mile south of us. I used to be afraid, for I was just a girl seventeen years old, and they were painted all up like fury. They were very kind, however, and we were kind to them. We would give them bread and meat, and they would be satisfied. One day one of the Indians asked my husband " What is your name?'' "Kennedy," "Well, Kennedy, No Indian ever kill you - you kind to Indian." I have seen great numbers of Indians. Sometimes squaws would ride along on their nice ponies. Squaws would never walk. I have known twenty or thirty Indians to pass at one time. There was one Indian who often stayed with us; he was very kind and civil, I never saw an Indian drunk in my life. Some of the Indians were white and fair.

Elisha Martin, White River, was born in 1812 in Butler County, Ohio; married Susan Kelly, in Cincinnati, in 1831; came to Randolph County, Ind., in 1832; settled first on Salt Creek, and in two years came to his present home, southwest of Winchester, forty-eight years ago. They have had nineteen children, twelve of whom are now living and married.

The children are as follows: Oliver, 1832, six children, Jay County, Ind., tilemaker,; Mary, 1834, died at thirteen months; John K., 1837, five children, brick and tile-maker; David, 1837, dead; Amy, 1839, eight children, White River; William, 1841, four children, Winchester Bank; Abby, 1843 (Macy-Ruble), three children, White River; Phebe (King), 1845, four children, Missouri; Frances, 1847, died at twelve days; Elisha, 1848, three children, Winchester, tile-maker; Susan (Ashville), 1849, three children, White River; Mary K., 1850, three children, lives at home; Catharine, 1852, died at eight days; Asahel, 1855, Jay County, tile-maker: Daniel, 1857, one child, White River, farmer; Charlotte, 1859 (Spangler), four children. There were three others, names not given.

Mr. M.. was a brick-molder in his early life, and has worked partly at that and also as a farmer; his wife and himself are hearty and sprightly; he was very strong and active in his youth, and retains his vigor and agility, notwithstanding old age is creeping surely on.

John Martin, father of Mrs. Mary A. Reeder, Winchester, was born in Allegheny County, Penn., in 1773; he came to Warren County, Ohio, before 1794; was a soldier in the United States Army in the Western Indian wars, being with St. Clair and Gen. Wayne in 1794 and 1795, and with Gen. Harrison at Tippecanoe and the Thames, in 1811 and 1813, and with Col. Croghan, at Fort Stephenson; he came to Randolph County, Ind., in 1822, settling one and a half miles southwest of Winchester on White River; he entered eighty acres (see entry list); he was a great hunter, a regular pioneer, and, when settlements became too thick, he left and went to Missouri (1833); he died in that State in 1839. He was an enthusiastic admfrer and supporter of Gen. Jackson. He married Sarah Updegraff, in 1796, and was the father of five children.

Robison McIntyre, White River, was a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1786. He removed to Butler County, Ohio, in 1807, and came to Randolph County, Ind., in 1819. In 1813, he married Mary Taylor, who was born in 1787. They had eight children, seven grown and married, five living now. He came to Maxville in 1825, and laid out the town in 1832, which, however, was recorded in 1850. He was raised a Presbyterian, but in the West he joined the Methodists. He was an active and prominent man in the community. He died in 1871, in his eighty-sixth His wife died

Hiram Mendenhall, Unionsport, born in North Carolina in 1801, moved to Clinton County, Ohio, in 1806, and to Randolph County, Ind., in 1837, He married Martha Hale in 1820, and they had ten children, seven of whow are now living. He went to California in 1850, and died June 30, 1852, while on the way home from the Golden Land beneath the setting sun. He was a millwright and a miller. He built two mills, and his brother, Nathan Mendenhall, built one also, where one of Hiram's mills had burnt down. The whole family were ingenious, and seemed to be machinists by nature. Hiram Mendenhall always had two shops, a wood shop and a smith shop, and did his own repairing. He was led away by speculative notions at one time, and was persuaded to start a " community" at Unionsport, between 1842 and 1846. Eight or ten families joined in the movement. It parties engaged, especially to Hiram Mendenhall, who bore much, perhaps most, of the expense of the experiment. He was a strong and earnest Aholitionist, being the one who was selected to present the famous petition to Henry Clay at Richmond, Ind., asking him to emancipate his slaves. The design had been to make the request in a-quiet, unobtrusive manner; but, when asked when he would receive the petition, Mr. Clay told them to present it in public. They did so, and he employed the occasion to make what seemed to the Anti-slavery men present a cruel and causeless attack upon Mr. Mendenhall and the opinions he represented, though, doubtless, the pro-slavery partisans regarded Mr. Clay's address to Mr. Mendenhall as only a richly merited and well executed castigation for what they called his ill-timed impertinence. But nearly forty years have fled and joined the ages before the flood, and Henry Clay and Mr. Mendenhall were summoned on the self same day by the Judge of the living and the dead, before His dread tribunal, to give an account of their atewardship, and now there is at length, after so long a time, "no slave-hunt in our borders, no slave upon our land." The Abolitionists, and Mr. Mendenhall as their spokesman, were extensively condemned for their supposed impudence in making their presentation in public; whereas that was Mr. Clay's own work, and intended, doubtless, to enable him to make a more severe attack upon Mr. Mendenhall and the Abolitionists in general. Hiram Mendenhall was at one time an extensive landowner, being possessed of more than one thousand acres of real estate in Randolph County. The unfortunate, though brief, socialistic experiment greatly weakened his financial ability, and he went to the land of gold to renew his waning fortunes; but death claimed him for its own, and what availed gold, or houses, or lands? Afar from the spot of his nativity and the home of his manhood, on board ship in the Gulf of Mexico, Hiram Men.- denhall took the last look upon the scenes of earth, and plunged alone into the great unseen! His wife long survived him, dying, still a widow, August 5, 1880, aged seventy-nine years one month and twenty-four days, having outlived her unfortunate husband more than twenty-two years. His sons who are living - Joseph, Amos, Nathan, Jacob, Samuel and James- - excepting Nathan, now reside at Unionsport. They mostly incline to what is known as Spiritualism. Henry Clay and Hiram Mendenhall died on the same day - June 30, 1852 - the one at his home at Ashland, Ky., the other among strangers, on board a homeward bound ship, in the Gulf of Mexico, falling a victim to the dreadful cholera on his journey to hie home and his friends. It pleased the haughty politician, in the day of his power, to browbeat the despised Abolitionist in the time when the name was a by-word and a reproach; but the stern logic of fact has vindicated the obscure petitioner and removed the obloquy from his name, and proved that, though negro property had been sanctioned and sanctified by two hundred years of legislation, yet it could notstand the test of reason and truth, and was obliged to succumb to fate. The author of this biography was shown a bundle of letters written by Hiram Mendenhall on his journey to California (in an overland trip), and after his arrival there. They possess great interest, showing a most tender, sweet and loving Christian spirit, but are too long forinsertionhere. As has been stated, he died of cholera on board a steamer on his homeward voyage, in the Gulf of Mexico, near Key West, on the coast of Florida. Sixty had died already on the vessel of the dread malady. The ship tried to land at Key West, but the privilege was denied them, cannon being pointed at them with the threat (Oh, cruel threat!) that the ship should be fired into if the attempt to land there were not abandoned. The ship's company did land upon a barren island, but they could not endure the heat, and returned to the vessel. He died June 30, 1852, said to be the same day on which Henry Clay expired. A son who was with him on the ship at his death survived, and is thought to be living still. The letters mentioned above are preserved and cherished with peculiar affection by his sister, Mrs. Hannah (Mendenhall) Diggs, mother of Mrs. Isaiah P. Watts, and residing with her son-in-law at the present time.

Nathan Mendenhall, father of Mrs. Hannah (Mendenhall) Diggs (wife of Littleberry C. Diggs), as also of Hiram Mendenhall, and the son of Stephen and Elizabeth Mendenhall, was born February 10, 1774. Ann Harlan, who became his wife was born October 10, 1773. Their children were as follows:

Mr. Lewis and family emigrated to California in 1850, removed to Oregon in 1864, returned to Indiana ona visit in 1865, and still resides in Oregon. Mr. Lewis is transacting business for a railroad company in that distant State.

Morgan Mills, White River, born in Ohio in 1794, married Rebecca Driver, sister of Jacob and James Driver, in 1812. They emigrated to White River in 1821, two years after Mr. Sample came here.

Mr. Mills settled at first near Sampletown, but, s0 soon as the lands across the boundary were put into market, Mr. Mills, with hundreds of others, crossed the boundary into the new purchase, in 1823 He had twelve children, eight grown, six now living. He was a farmer and a Republican. He belonged to the Christian (New Light) Church sixty-four years. Falling from the platform of a railroad train at Farmland, and bursting his skull in the fall, he died of the injury six weeks afterward. His death took place April 3, 1878, aged eighty-four years four months and five days. His wife, Rebecca Mills. died in 1872, aged seventy-seven years seven months and sixteen days.

The Pucketts, White River. There were eight brothers of the Puckett family, and seven of them were Quaker preachers, all except Joseph. Their names were as follows: Joseph, Isom, Thomas, Zachary, Daniel, Benjamin, Richard, James.

The five first mentioned emigrated to Indiana, the first four coming to Randolph County, and Daniel settling in Wayne County, Fountain City. They are all dead many years ago. peas and Isom came in 1819, and Thomas and Zachary in 1820.

Joseph Puckett was born in 1784, in North Carolina. He married Mary Garrett. They came to Clinton County, Ohio, in 1817, and, two years afterward, to White River, Randolph Co., Ind. Heentered land after theycame. An interesting incident occurred in connection with the entry of his land, showing that officials are friendly and accommodating in some céées, at any rate. He went on foot to Cincinnati, and, when he got there, he found that the quarter-section of his choice overran so much that he lacked $10 or $15 of having money enough to make the entry. There he was, a poor stranger, on foot, alone in Cincinnati, knowing not a single person in that city, and utterly at a loss what todo. The clerk who was doing business in the Receiver's office, learning his dilemma, said to him, " You need not go back without your land; I will lend you the money myself; " and he did, and Mr. Puckett, got the certificate for his land, and went on his homeward way rejoicing. Of course he sent the money in payment of the loan as soon as he could raise it, which, however, was not a very easy task.

The Pucketts were all Friends, and those that lived to the time of the "Separation " went with the Anti-slavery Friends. They were originally Whigs, and became Republicans.

The Pucketts came first to Ohio, but preferred Congress title to military title, and came on to Randolph. They settled near Dunkirk, entering 160 acres apiece, paying each $80 down.

Joseph Puckett, Sr., brother of Isom and Daniel Puckett, died in 1886, and his wife in 1846. He was a Friend, auntislavery, and, in early times, a Whig. His son Benjamin was a physician of the Botanic school, and achieved a good reputation as a practitioner, being for many years a leading physician in Winchester.

Joseph . Puckett, Jr., Winchester, was born in 1825, in Randolph County, Ind., being the son of Joseph Puckett, Sr. He married Eliza Ann Muckey in 1851. They have only one child. Mr. Puckett was a farmer's son, anil was brought up on the farm. He learned the carpenter's trade, following that business for several years. He afterward became a merchant, and, still later, was appointed United States Revenue Officer, holding the position four years. "He adopted the fruit-growing business, and practiced it for ten years, after which he was appointed Cashier of the National Bank at Winchester, and served in that capacity for five years, leaving it in 1878. Since that time, he has been mostly at leisure, traveling. for pleasure and for the health of himself and family somewhat extensively. When young, he was an Abolitionist, and, since the rise of the Republican party, has belonged to that organization. Mr, Puckett is one of the somewhat numerous and constantly increasing body of citizens who believe that political parties are simply combinations for the general good, for the establishment of general morality, and the protection and security of public and private rights, and that party action should always be kept strictly subservient to this end; in other words, that parties are not an end, but simply a means, and that not for private, selfish advantage, but for substantial, permanent general good.

Mr. Puckett, though never holding a public office by popular election, is yet highly esteemed by his friends, and by the community in general.

James Pursley, White River, was born in 1807, in Virginia, and came to Indiana (Randolph County) in 1831. He was twice married, His first wife was the mother of seventeen children; his second, of five. His first wife was the mother of three children within the same year - first, of twins, that died at six weeks old; and then another in less than a year from the birth of the twins. Twelve of the children of James Pursley lived to be married. He died many years ago.

Jesse Pursley, White River, born in 1775, in Virginia, was in the war of 1812; came to Indiana about 1830; resided in Union and Franklin Counties several years; came to Randolph County in 1838. He was twice married. His first wife was Winny Yardley, and the second was Nancy May, the latter dying in 1877, seventy-six years old.

He was in the army in 1799, when trouble with France was in prospect; again in 1812, and he greatly wished to go in 1861, when he was eighty-six years old.

Jesse Reynard, White River, son of Solomon Reynard, was born in 1819, in Randolph County, Ind.; married Anna Diggs, daughter of William Diggs, of White River, and also a native of Randolph County, in 1842, and has had seven children. He was an Abolitionist, and is a farmer, a Wesleyan and a Republican. He owns 270 acres of land, and resides east of Buena Vista. He is an intelligent, substantial citizen.

Solomon Reynard, White River, was born in North Carolina in 1788; came to Clinton County, Ohio, with his parents, in 1805; married Rachel Green in 1816, who was born in 1799; emigrated to Randolph County, Ind., in 1817; settled on Hight- Mile Creek, four miles west of Winchester. "He had ten children, and died in 1861, about seventy-three years old. He was an Abolitionist and a Republican.

Mr. Reynard was one of the earliest pioneers of the county, coming the same year that the Ways and Diggses came, from South Carolina. He entered 160 acres of land.

His widow is still living with her son Jesse Reynard, about eighty-two years old. She is active and sprightly, retaining the possession of her bodily and mental faculties in an unusual de-

Jehu Robinson, White River, born in Virginia in 1784; Randolph County, Ind., 1822, one and a half miles east of Winchester; owned the Kemp farm, and then to Western Missouri; died 1858, seventy-four years old; married Mary Williams; came to Ohio in 1811, and to Washington County, Ind., in 1815; twelve children; farmér. His wife was a Friend, and he was a strong Democrat.

William Robinson, White River, born in Washington County, Ind., in 1816; Randolph County, Ind., 1822; married Mariam Hill, daughter of Benoni Hill, in 1838, and afterward Ruth (Test) Bundrant; ten children, nine living; none married but two. He resides four miles east of Winchester; farmer, Friend, Republican.

Walter Ruble, White River, was born in Tennessee in 1790; moved to Clinton County, Ohio, in 1802; married Sarah Wright in Clinton County in 1811, and was marred twice afterward. He had eleven children, four of them still living.

He emigrated to Randolph County, Ind., in 1824, and entered eighty acres of land on the north side of White River, near Israel Wright's, about four miles west of Winchester. He was a farmer and a Friend, and died in 1878, eighty-eight years old, and was buried in Maxville Cemetery.

Durant Smith, White River, was born in Jones County, N. C., in 1802; was taken by his parents to Stokes County, N. C., in 1808; married Elizabeth Keyes in 1825, who was born in 1806. They came to Randolph County, Ind., in 1829, and settled at first on the farm where he has lived ever since (fifty-one years). His wife died in the fall of 1879. They had been married fifty-four years.

Durant Smith has sixty-eight grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren. He is seventy-eight years old, and quite feeble, and resides with his daughter, Mrs. Simon Gray.

County, N. C., and he was born there. They came to Virginia in 1823, and to Randolph County, Ind., in 1831. He married Beulah Garrett; had nine children, six of whom are living, and died in 1850. His widow is still living, with her son, Welcome Starbuck, east of Buena Vista. She is eighty-six years old, being feeble and nearly disabled. _ Leroy Starbuck, White River, son of John Starbuck and brother of Walter and Welcome Starbuck, was born in 1817, in Stokes County, N. C., moved to Virginia in 1823, and to Randolph County, Ind., in 1831; married Mary Johnson in 1847, and has one child, born in 1850. He is a Republican; a farmer, owning 160 acres of land east of Buena Vista, in White River Township. He used to belong to the Wesleyans, and now to the Christians. -

Randolph Turner, White River, was born in Virginia about 1788; married Elizabeth Heaston, daughter of Abram Heaston and sister of David Heaston; moved to Tennessee in 1818; kept a hotel at the foot of Cumberland Mountains, on the west side, near Crab Orchard; went to Alabama in 1826, and died in 1828. In Alabama he was a farmer. They had seven children, three of whom came to Randolph County, Ind. Mrs. Turner, widow of Randolph Turner, came to Indiana in 1833, with her father, Abram Heaston, bringing three children. She lived with her father till he died, and then with her son, William Turner, until she died, in 1861, being at the time sixty-five years old.

Way family, White River. Paul W. Way, Henry H. Way, William Way, Robert Way (a lad of sixteen, and son of John Way, who was brother to Paul, Henry and William Way) and William Diggs left South Carolina in the spring of 1816 and came to Randolph County, Ind., prospecting for land in that new and wilderness country. They came to White River, west of where Winchester now stands. They located and entered several tracts of land, as follows: family and friends; the others stayed. Henry Way and William Diggs went to Greensfork, in Wayne County, during the winter of 1816-17; both got married, and settled in White River before March, 1817.

Paul Way's family, seven in number; John Way's family, seven in number; Armsbee Diggs and wife; John Moorman and family, six in number; and George Wilson and family, numbering five - -a company of twenty-seven persons in all, came to Indiana in 1817. The Ways started from South Carolina in the fall of 1816, and the company arrived in White River March, 1817, snow ten inches deep. [Note - John Moorman and George Wilson stopped on Greensfork, southwest of Lynn.] Snow fell on them at the top of the Blue Ridge, and there was snow all the way to White River, melting off in Apri]. They crossed the Ohio on the iee at the foot of Main street, Cincinnati. They came by Richmond, Newport, Williamsburg, Cherry Grove (Brocks and Frazier lived near Cherry Grove); from Cherry Grove the route was through the woods, with no track for fifteen miles. John Way, father of Jesse Way, streiched a tent, and the family lived in it all summer.

John Way, father of Jesse Way, Winchester, blacksmith, was born in North Carolina; married Patience Green in North Carolina, and they came to Randolph County, Ind., on White River, in the spring of 1817.

John Way was a blacksmith in South Carolina; a tarmer from 1817 to 1880, and a blacksmith from 1830 to the end of his life. He entered 160 acres five and a half miles west of Winchester, and lived there till 1830, then moved to Winchester, and died there in 1856; his wife dying also in 1858. He wasa Friend, Whig, Abolitionist, Republican.

Paul W. Way came to White River in 1816. He was a famous man, active and prominent. He was County Agent, County Surveyor, many years, etc., etc. He surveyed the town plat of Winchester, laid out the State and county roads, etc. He was Justice of the Peace, farmer, hotel-keeper in Winchester, etc. Many an old lawyer and Judge remembers the times at Paul Way's Tavern. Paul Way died in 1856, age 71 years. He was

Henry H. (Dr.), had ten children; was a Friend, Whig, Abolitionist; went with the "Separation;" Republican. He first came to White River, but moved early to Newport, and later to Nora, I1l., where he died, an old man.

William Way, Jr., brother of H. H. Way, emigrated to Randolph County, Ind., in 1817; moved to Newport (Fountain City), Ind., and, many years afterward, to Wisconsin. He was twice married; had several children, and died in Wisconsin in ripe old age. He was a Friend, a Whig, an Abolitionist, an Anti-slavery Friend and a Republican. He was throughout his life a farmer, and possessed the esteem of his fellow-citizens.

Jacob A. White, White River, was born in 1793, in Rockingham County, Va. He came to Prebie County, Ohio, marrying there Mary Neff, sister of Henry H. and John Neff. Mr. White emigrated to Randolph County, Ind., about 1822. He had ten children, all of whom were grown; seven huve been married, and all but two are now dead. Himself and eight children have died ofconsumption. He died in November, 1848, having been taken in a buggy, a few days before his death, to the polls to cast his vote for Gen. Taylor, and being in the fifty-fifth year of his age.

In politics, he was a Whig of the sternest sort, and almost the last words he said were, ' * Boys, never vote for the Democrats." And they, true to their father's injunction, have obeyed his dying request.

George T. Wilson, White River, was one of the earliest emigrants from Carolina to the Northwest. Hewas born in Virginia in 1780; emigrated to North Carolina; married Anna Moorman, daughter of John Moorman, who came to Randolph County with the Ways, ete.

Mr. Wilson had six children, one of whom, Judith, afterward became the wife of Robert Way, and who is now living, an aged widow, in Winchester, strong and healthy, and with sound mind and memory.

Mr. Wilson stopped awhile in Wayne County, cropping for old Francis Thomas, not far from Newport (Fountain City). He entered land (160 acres) several miles north of Newport, on Green's Fork, but in 1819 he moved to Randolph County, and died there in 1855, aged seventy-five years. He was a carpenter by vocation.

They came to Preble County, Ohio, in 1812. John Wolf and his wife both died in Preble County, Ohio, his age being ninety-six years, and hers seventy-six years.

William Wolf came to Randolph County in 1833, and settled in White River, five miles west of Winchester. He entered 144 acres southwest of Winchester, near Elisha Martin's, but never resided on theland heentered. He has been a farmer and carpenter.

He married Mary Magdalena Bower, in Randolph County, in 1837. -They have had nine children; eight of them lived to be grown and married, and seven are living still. His wife also is living, having been born in 1815.

He is a Republican in politics, and belongs to the Christian (New Light) Church. He was in early times a Whig. His father was a Jackson Democrat, but, during the civil war, although very old and blind, he was an enthusiastic war man. He declared, with much spirit, that the man who claimed to be a Democrat and would not sustain his Government claimed what was not true.

The old veteran was a soldier in the war of 1812) and for nine years was wholly blind, but his bodily health was sound, and his mind was bright and clear to the close of life.

Valentine Wysong, White River, was born at Philadelphia; removed thence to Virginia, to Ohio, and at last to Randolph ee in Indiana. The last removal was made about 1817 or 1818.

He had nine children, as follows: Valentine, Jacob, Joseph, Henry, John, Lewis, David, Hlizabeth (Oyler) and Catharine (Oyler). They are now all dead.

Valentine Wysong was a brick mason, and he had, when he moved to Randolph County, considerable property for those times. He died many years ago, over eighty years old. He was of German descent.

David Wysong, White River, was the son of Valentine Wysong. He was born in Virginia in 1799, and came with his father to Randolph County in 1817 or 1818.

He followed principally farming, though he was also a brickmaker and a brick-mason. He built the first brick court house, making the bricks therefor. His first wife died in 1853, and he married as his second wife Rebecca (Morrison) Hill, and upon her death, he took for his third wife Mary (Edwards) Pugh. He died April 27, 1878, but his widow still resides on the old homestead, where her husband had lived for nearly sixty years. He was in politics a Democrat.

Besides the biographies already given under other heads, we present a large number of histories of persons connected with 'Winchester in the past, or in the present, or in both.

Michael jAker, son of John Aker, lived in the county seven or eight years; removed to Illinois, and remained a year; returned to Randolph and stayed two or three years, going then to Preble County, Ohio, where he still resides.

Thomas Brown, died May 20, 1877, aged eighty-four years six months and fourteen days, having Jived in the county fortythree years. Ho was a kind friend, a good citizen, an affectionate husband and father, and an exemplary member of society. He had belonged to the Christian Church for many years. His wife died five or six years before him. He leaves three sons and two daughters. The funeral services were held at the Methodist Church at Winchester, being conducted by Rev. John A. Moorman, of Farmland.

Edmund B. Carter, Winchester, was born in Maryland about 1794. He emigrated to Dayton, Ohio, 1818; moved to Madison County, Ind., 1832; to Delaware County, also, and afterward to Randolph County about 1840. He died in 1873, almost eighty years old.

Henry, produce and poultry, Winchester; no children. Levi D., wagon-maker, Winchester; three children. John D., woolen factory, Winchester; three children. George U., farmer; one child. Bennet D., died in infancy. Francis B., works with Henry; two children. Elizabeth J. (Comer) Anderson, Ind. ; husband a hand in a stave factory; has four children; she is dead. Edmund D., farmer; Nancy A. (Hoffman), Winchester; husband a marble worker; five children.

Mr. E. B. Carter was an enterprising business man, having owned two or three mills and a good farm, but he was broken down by being obliged to pay security money, and he became greatly discouraged, and lost measurably his spirit of enterprise. As stated, he died in 1873, but his widow is Jiving yet.

Henry Carter, Winchester, was born in 1824, at Dayton, Ohio. He moved with his father, Edmund B. Carter, to Madison, Delaware and Randolph Counties, Ind., coming to the latter in 1840.

Henry Carter moved to Troy, Ohio, in 1842; to Dayton, Ohio, ir 1845; to Camden, Preble County in 1845; to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1848, and to Winchester, Ind, in 1852, which place has been his residence up to this time. As a boy, he did general work; at Troy he drove a stage, etc.; at Dayton, he worked in a milk dairy; at Camden, he was apprenticed to cabinet-making three years; at Cincinnati, he worked as a journeyman at the carriage business; and at Winchester, he was engaged in the manufacture of carriages till 1862, and in that year he enlisted in the Fifty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, being made Captain of Company I. He was severely injured by a bomb-shell December 28, 1863; was taken care of by his comrades until February, 1863, and was discharged for disability in the fall of that year.

He was married February 22, 1849, to Abigail J. Hull (who was born at Elizabethtown, N. J., in 1823), at Cincinnati, Ohio. They have no children.

Mr. Carter is an active business man, and solid and substantial citizen. He is independent in politics, acting mostly, however with the Republican party. His wife belongs to the Christian Church. He has been a member of the F. & A. M. for about twenty-six years. His business is extensive and thriving, and he takes delight in a life of energetic activity, believing fully in the Scripture injunction: '' Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might," and dreading to be counted among that number who by the manner of their lives prove to be

Abigail (Way), wife of James Clayton, lived for many years west of Winchester, some years in Winchester, also at Newport (Fountain City), Ind. Her husband, James Clayton, died at Newport. His widow survived him for several years, and died at Winchester (while on a visit there) in the spring of 1880, and was buried at Fountain City, Ind. She was nearly eighty years of age. Mrs. Clayton was a woman of high intelligence, sterling integrity, and firm devotion to principles. She had no children, though she had been married more than fifty years.

John Conner, Winchester, was born near Atlanta, Ga., in 1801. He came to Cincinnati in 1814, and learned the tinner's trade; marrying in Greene County, Ohio, and moying to Rapndolph County, Ind., in 1831; kept store awhile with his brother, William Conner. John Conner rented forty acres of land near Lynn; moved to Winchester in 1835, and to Portland in 1840, living near the latter place on a farm south of the Big Salamonie River, and in 1857 returned to Winchester. He began in 1835 to earry the United States mail from Winchester to Fort Wayne, and continued that employment till 1861. Enlisting in the army in the fall of 1861, he died near Atlanta, Ga., in 1863, so that he died in sight of the place at which he was born.

His life was one of great and peculiar hardship; transporting the mail over the northern route, mostly on horseback, through mud and frost; fording and swimming creeks at times in the earliec period; sleeping in the woods one night each trip between Winchester and Fort Wayne. For a few years he carried loads of silver for the entries of land at the Fort Wayne Land Office. In some cases, thousands of dollars were taken at one trip. Ed- ward Edger, then Postmaster of Deerfield, states that at one trip in about 1837, Mr. Conner had $2,000 (in silver) stowed away 'in his mail bag.

Her father was Nathan Mendenhall. He was born in North Carolna (Randolph or Guilford County) in 1778; came to Highland County, Ohio, in 1806; moved to Clinton County, Obio, and remained in that county till 1837; came in that year to Randolph County, Ind., and settled near Unionsport. He was marred in North Carolina to Ann Harlan, who was born in 1772.

They had nine children, viz., Edith (Cowgill), 1799, lives in North Manchester, Ind., and is the mother of fifteen children; Hiram, 1801, had ten children, and died in 1852 June 30 - the same day that Henry Clay died; Olive (Hadley), 1803, had seven children, and died in 1840; Maria (Hartman), 1805, four children, died in 1872; Elizabeth (Ruble), 1806, one child, died in 1874; Nathan, 1809, ten children, died in 1861; Hannah (Diggs), 1811, three children, is now living (1881); Rebecca (Lewis), 1813, has one child, and resides in Oregon. She moved to California in 1854, and to Oregon in 1855, and that has been her home ever since that time.

Hannah (Mendenhall) Diggs was born in 1811; married Littleberry Diggs in 1841, and has had three children, viz., Francis, farmer in Kansas; Ann Eliza Watis, wife of Isaiah P. Watts, attorney in Winchester, and Circuit Clerk of Randolph County (1881-1886).

Rebecca (Harlan) Hampton, daughter of Enoch Harlan and aunt of Hannah Mendenhall, is now living in Lee County, lowa in her eighty-ninth year.

Hannah Mendenhall's great-grandfather (on her mother's side) was Nathaniel Carter, who was a ribbon weaver in Dublin, son of arich man in that city by the name of Nicholas Carter. Nathaniel came to America, away back in 1600 and odd, to see the country, and liked it so well that he stayed. He taught school all the rest of his days, living to be a very old man.

Her great-grandparents on her fathor's side were Mordecai Mendenhall and Charity (Beason) Mendenhall. Her grand. father's name was Stephen Mendenhall, and his wife's name was Elizabeth Rich, and her father and mother were John Rich and Sarah (Frasheur) Rich. Her great-grandparents on her mother's side were William Harlan and Margaret (Farlow) Harlan. Her grandparents were Enoch Harlan and Edith Carter, and Edith Carter's parents were Nathaniel Carter and Ann McPherson.

William Harlan, son of Ezekiel Harlan, was born on Sunday, September 1, 1702. His wife was born September 1, 1708, and died June 12, 1767, at 6 o'clock A. M.

The other children of Enoch Harlan were: William, born October 6, 1771, died 1844, aged seventy-three years; Ann, born October 19, 1773, mother of Hannah Mendenhall, died 1857, aged eighty-four years; Nathaniel, born October 9, 1775, died 1824, aged forty-nine years; Jonathan, September 7, 1777, died 1846, aged sixty-nine years; David, born January 2, 1780, died 1871, aged ninety-one years; Solomon, born February 13, 1782, died 1869, aged eighty-seven years; Hannah, born March 20, 1784, died 1842, aged fifty-eight years; Enoch, born February 26, 1786, died 1866, aged eighty years; John, born May 9, 1790, died 1876, aged eighty-six years; Rebecca, born August 3, 1792, living in Iowa, aged eighty-nine years.

Solomon Harlan, a son of Enuch Harlan, and uncle of Hannah Mendenhall, born February 13, 1782, had children as follows: Rebecca Ann, born August 12, 1816; John M., born February 18, 1818; David Faris, born December 25, 1819; William Foster, born December 25, 1821; Rachel Fallis, born February 19, 1824; Jonathan born March 26, 1826; Solomon Haynes born August 27, 1831; Jane Faris born April 22, 1840.

She is much troubled with rheumatism, but is otberwise lively and active. She delights greatly in reading, and spends her time largely in that way.

She is mild and quiet in disposition, bearing the frailties of advancing age and the pains of her ufflictive complaint with a patient and cheerful spirit, and giving to the young and rising generation an example that they would do well to follow.

8. The memory of Hannah Diggs is marvelous for one so old (eighty years) holding almost the entire record given above, names, dates and all. She has, however, a written record containing the account in full. Few families could match the statistics furnished by Mrs. Diggs.

Elisha Garrett - father of the lady who furnished this sketch - graduated at Farmers' College, Ohio, with Lindley Ninde, Daniel Hough, etc. He became a lecturer on temperance and abolition; taught school at Williamsburg, Ind., Memphis, Tenn., etc., till he married Hannah Wright and gettled on a farm on Cabin Creek. He was elected County Auditor in 1858 or 1859, but died while in office, at Cleveland Water Cure, a few days before the breaking-out of the war. He was very active and enthusiastic in the work of temperance, education, politics, etc.; he was a Methodist, a Republican, a member of the I. O. O. F., etc.; his age was thirty-eight, and he was buried in the Friends' Cemetery, on Cabin Creek; his wife, also, is dead, and his orphan daughter, Miss Lillie A. Garrett, resides with her aged grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Solomon Wright, near the mouth of Cabin Creek, and makes it her business to care for the wants of their old age, and to smooth their pathway to the tomb.

Emily Jane Harris, Winchester, wife of Dr. J. M. Harris, died at Winchester January 15, 1881, aged fifty-two years; she was born in 1829, being the daughter of David and Jane Hampton, the latter still living at eighty-five years old. David Hampton came from Ohio (Warren County) to Randolph County,

Ind., in 1818. They had eleven children, eight sons and three daughters. Emily Jane was one of the students at the first opening of Earlham College, near Richmond, Ind. She had been for several years Clerk of Friends' Monthly and Quarterly Meetings, as also of Richmond Yearly Meeting; she was greatly beloved and deeply lamented.

Abram Heaston, near Winchester, was born in Germany about 1755; came to America and to Virginia before he was grown; married Matilda Short; emigrated to Randolph County, Ind., in 1838, settling three miles south of Winchester, and purchasing land second hand. He was nearly seventy years oid when he came to the West, and died in about a year (about 1834); his wife died in Virginia; he had seven children. Five of them came to Randolph County, viz., Evelina, David, Samuel, Elizabeth and Virginia; he was a farmer and a tanner, and followed the business of a tanner till he came to this county; he was a Presbyterian and a Democrat. Abram Heaston was the maternal grandfather of William Turner, formerly residing near Salem, now near Camden, Jay Co., Ind.

Anna Maria Baker (Butterworth, Moore), Winchester, was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1813; in 1832, she married James Butterworth, who was an Englishman, having been born in that country in 1810; he was a mechanic, and removed from Baltimore, successively to Pittsburgh, Dayton, Richmond, and finally, in 1836, to Winchester; they had four children, who are all living in Randolph County, three of the four being residents of Winchester. Mr. Butterworth was killed in 1845 by the bursting of acannon. It had been used, by one of the parties in the campaign of 1844, and had been taken and spiked and hid by the other party in a straw stack; and, upon being found several months afterward, in the efforts by Mr. B. to ''unspike" the gun, it exploded, and Mr. B. lost his life. His widow married Mr. James Moore (elsewhere mentioned) soon after, in 1846, with whom she lived till his death, in 1875, and she now resides in Winchester with her son-in-law, W. W. Canada, Esq., who married her youngest daughter, Carrie E. Moore.

Mr. Butterworth was an active business man, owning a sawmill, a grist-mill, a carding machine, a wagon shop, etc. Mrs. Moore seems in good health and spirits, and looks back upon the checkered scenes of her varied life with mingled satisfaction and sorrow - sorrow at the loss of two husbands, and satisfaction at seeing a large family grow up under her motherly hand to a life of activity, respectability and usefulness.

James Moore, Winchester, was born in North Carolina January 1, 1809; removed to Virginia, and then to Fayette County, Ind., when a child about 1815. He used, when a mere lad, to spend much time with the Indians, tramping through the woods in their company, visiting their traps, often spending the night in their wigwams.

He removed to Jay County when that region received its early emigration (in 1837 or 1838), and, in 1845, he moved to Winchester, residing in or near that town until his death, in 1875.

or ten children, his third wife having, also, before her anion with him, been the mother of four children by a previous marriage, forming in all a family of some fourteen children. Eleven of them are still living, as follows: Five in Randolph County, one in Jay County and one in Madison County, one in Fayette County, Ind., one in Kansas, one in Illinois and one in Texas. Mr. Moore was a genuine pioneer, and an active, successful hunter of the olden time, his exploits dating back, some of them, to his boyhood days. Before he was grown, he shot a huge bearin a high tree. The unwieldly creature fell through the branches to the ground, seeming to shake the earth as it struck. The weight of the giant monster was 600 pounds. His third wife was Ann Maria Baker (Butterworth), who is still living, some account of whom is given elsewhere.

Harvey Patty, late of Winchester, was born in Ohio; came to Randolph County, Ind., in 1835; married, first, Martha Jane Armfield, and then Malinda Maulsby; he had five children his first wife died in 1848, and he died in 1856. He kept store in Huntsville; afterward, he moved to Winchester and kept the Franklin House hotel; he finally went to Economy, and, while he was preparing to go to Kansas, he fell sick at Kconomy, and died there in 1856. He was an early Abolitionist; had been a Whig, was a strong temperance advocate, and every way an estimable and excellent man.

Ernestus Putman, father of Mrs. Edward Edger, was a resident of Virginia, working at Harper's Ferry, Va., during the war of 1812, and came to New Madison, Darke Co., Ohio, from Washington City, in 1819; he was the father of ten children, six boys and four girls, eight of whom are still living - David, resides at Palestine, Darke Co., Ohio; Ernestus, resides in Colorado; John, resides in Texas; James, resides in Ohio; Aaron, resides in Indiana; Jane (Edger), resides in Winchester; Nancy (Blount), resides in Kansas, wife of Gen. James Blount; Elizabeth (Kilpatrick), whose husband was an Abolitionist in Kansas during the early troubles in that State, being intimate with John Brown; he was killed by Indians, being shot by them from an ambush and pierced by nine bullets.

Ernestus Putman, the younger, was a merchant in Winchester in partnership with Charles Avery for several years. Mr. Putman wus active during the war in various ways, going South several times in charge of boats with sanitary supplies and for bringing home returning convalescent soldiers: he now resides in Colorado.

Mary (Martin) Reeder, Winchester, was born in 1798, April 16, in Hamilton County, Ohio; in 1798, she was married, in Warren County, Ohio, in 1815, to David Reeder, who died in 1821; she came to Randolph County, Ind., in 1822, and has resided here ever since that time, having been a widow for sixtyone years; she is the mother of three children, two of whom are now living; she early learned the tailoring business, working at it nearly all her life. Mrs. R. has resided in Winchester since 1822, or nearly sixty years.

Every house now standing in Winchester has been built since she came to the town. She lived for a long time (thirty-one years) in a log house; and for the last twenty years in her present residence, and all that time on the same lot, on South Main street, on the same premises with her son, Martin A. Reeder. building east of Riley Hiatt's hardware store was (part of it) built about the same time that Mrs. Reeder settled in the town.

She is still hale and strong, though more than eighty-four years old, having her sight and hearing good, but failing considerably in her memory. She has been an earnest and energetic pioneer, and retains the plain and sturdy simplicity of her early years. She spends much of her time with ber son, Martin A. Reéder, who has built a neat residence upon the same premises. They two have resided in the town longer by far than any others now living.

Poter Reinheimer, Winchester, was born in Schuylkill County, Penn., in 1815; came to Fairfield County, Obio, in 1837, and to Germantown, Ind., in 1838, and to New Paris, Ohio, in the same year; took a horseback trip to Philadelphia in November, 1839; returned to Centerville, Ind., in March, 1840; married Hlizabeth Irwin in 1841; went to New Paris. Ohio, in 1840, and moved to Winchester, Ind., in 1865, which has been his place of residence up to this time.

His business has been as follows: Chair shop. in New Baltimore, Ohio, one year, 1837; journeyman, in Germentown, Ind., and New Paris, Ohio, 1838 and 1839; chair shop, in Centerville, Ind., in 1840; chair shop, in New Paris, Obio, from 1840 to 1849; livery business, from 1849 to 1851; grocer, ete., from 1851 to 1865; hotel-keeper in Winchester, from 1865 to 1882.

Mr. R. is a Republican; his father and uncles were all Democrats; he gave his first vote for Van Buren, in 1836, but voted for Harrison in 1840, and has been a Whig and a Republican ever since. Mr. R. has a fine reputation as a landlord, and his business has been thriving and prosperous. eleven ch'ldren, eight sons and three daughters; seven are living, five sons and two daughters, and fow are married.

Gideon Shaw was born March 22, 1521, in Warren County, Ohio; he came with his father, Joseph Shaw, to Greensfork Township, Randolph County, Ind., in 1831, oceupying the southeasternmost tract in the township and county; he worked as a farmer till twenty-five years old, moving to Spartansburg in

1847, and ahteting the stock business with Ralph M. Pomeroy, Pomeroy furnishing the capital and Shaw doing the work. They also pub up a saw-mill and ran it for a time. In 1852, he long took the goods to Iowa, in 1855. In 1857, he returned to Spartansburg, and, in 1865, moved to Winchester, which has been his residence ever since. Since 1857, his sole business has been that of a loan broker.

He married Clarkey Corbitt, daughter of Richard Corbitt, before 1847: she died in 1848. In 1852, he married Minerva (Elison) Ireland, who is still living. He has had four children, all living. In polities, ho was a Whig till Know-Nothingism arose. Since then he has been a Democrat. At one time, he was 4 Methodist. but does not belong now; has been a member of the I. O. O. F. for twenty-six years. For twenty years past, he has done an average business of 900,000 a year, never having been sued in his life.

Mr. Shaw, when young, had only eighteen days' schooling (when 'about eighteen years old); when twenty-five years old, he could not write his name; his first wife was his teacher, and by her he obtained an education sufficient for business. Mr. Shaw says that forty-eight years ago, he first saw Thomas Ward, who came at that time, being only about fourteen years old, to Mr. Shaw's home, riding on a beautiful bay pony, buying coon-skins Mr. Shaw is now a prominent citizen, reputed wealthy, and a Jeader in the political party to which for twentyeight years he has belonged.

W. W. Smith was born in Tennessee in 1811; came to Ohio in 1819, and to Randolph County, Ind., in 1822, and has been a resident of the county for sixty years. He married Louisa Elzroth in 1840; they have had nine children, seven of whom are living, all grown andthree married. He was a farmer's son and is a farmer still: he traveled extensively while young; he held the position of Deputy Sheriff during the terms of Sheriffs Garrett, Irvin and Forkner, and has been Constable for twenty-three years; closing this part of his career in 1863. His life has been n active and varied one. and he still enjoys a good measure of health and strength.

Jesse Way, son of John Way, blacksmith, was born in South Oaroliua (Marlboro District) in 1808; he came to Randolph County in 1817, married Fanny Diges in 1829, and Lucinda Purner in 1833; be has had eleven children, three only living; he has been a farmer, a merchapt and a business man, a clerk and a boardine-house keeper. At one time, he was a promirent citizen, being for three years a member of the Board of Directors of the State Bank of Indiana. But he was unfortunate in pork speculations, the bane and ruin of so many dealers in those times, and lost his property. He has been all his life, however, estimable and upr ight and trustworthy and highly respected. He was for twelve years (1833 to 1845), a merchant in Winchester,

Mr. Way has been a resident of Randolph County for about sixty five years, and has witnessed, in the duration of his own life, whut strange and mighty transformations have taken place from a deep and hideons and far-away wilderness to the land of wondrous beaniy which our eyes now behold. The number who have dwelt for sixty-sive years in this - Randolph County - is small indeed, and growing rapidly less; and, erelong, the last pioneer will have bees: called home, and that noble and hardy band will live only in the memory of their posterity, or will, in many, alas! bow many cases. be utterly and forever forgotten.

Robert Way, son of fohn Way and brother of Jesse Way, was born in South Carolina in 1803, and eame to White River, Randolph Co. fnd.. in 1816, with Paul W., Henry H., William and moberi Wav and William Diggs, in his fourteenth year. Robert Way marcred Judith Wilson, daughter of George T. Wilson (see staicment: in i826, they bad five children, only two now living: he died in 1576,at the age of seventy-three years.

He was by oceipation a blacksmith; in religion, a Friend, end aiterward, a Methodist; in polities, a Whig, and then an Abalitionist. ant still efterward, a Republican; he was a man of steady, reliable habits, moral, upright, trustworthy and an honor to his business and to the community. His widow, Mrs. Judith Way, still resides in Winchester, where she has been living for forty-five years. She is a woman of active temperament, enjoys good health, and is highly esteemed by her neighbors and friends. (See Reminiscences, by Judith Way).

Sylvanus White was born in 1834 in Randolph County, Ind., being the son of Jacob A. White; he has been a plasterer by trade since he was sixteen years oJd. He was in the army four years five months and ten days, enlisting in the Highth Indiana Infantry for the three-months' service; then in the same regiment for three years, and veteranizing at Indianola, Texas. He was at home but twice during the whole war - once on veteran furlough and once at another time. Hewas never wounded and never lost a day's duty. was a Color-bearer. He married Jennie Seagraves in 1866, and they have four children, all living; in politics, he is a Republican.

John W. Williamson was born in 1804, in Frederick County, Md.; he removed to Pennsylvania about 1820, his father having died shortly before that time; in'1824, he went to Kentucky and became a dry goods clerk, continuing for three years; he studied law, but his health failed, and he was obliged to give up the profession; he kept for a time a hotel in Preble County, Ohio; taught school eighteen months near Dayton, Ohio, and shortly after that married his wife. They removed to Abington, and resided also at Dalton and at Hagerstown. At one time, he represented Wayne County in the Legislature. In 1851, Mr. W. removed to Buena Vista, Randolph County.

He received, in 1853, an appointment as railroad agent at Winchester for the Indianapolis & Bellefontaine Railroad. He kept this position for fourteen years, till 1867, about which time he was chosen Recorder of Randolph.County, and, after the expiration of his term, he continued in the office as Deputy with Recorder Brown, till his health failed. His disease was consumption, to which at length he was forced to yield, falling in death May 9, 1877.

He was active in business and faithful and trustworthy in every relation of life; he lived respected and died lamented. He joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, Preble County, Ohio, in 1830, and lived a member of that body forty-seven years. He was a Master Mason, joining Winchester Lodge, No. 56, March 18, 1854, and the Royal Arch Chapter, June 24, 1857. His remains were interred at the Maxville Cemetery; his age was seventy-two years, fivemonths and twenty-fivedays. In politics, he was an energetic and enthusiastic Republican.

Alexander Almonrode

Alexander Almonrode, a farmer, was born in Rockbridge County, Va., August 16, 1827. He is the son of George and Margaret Almonrode, and is the ninth of a family of ten children, of whom four are living. His parents were born in Germany, and came to the United States early in life and settled in Virginia, Rockbridge County. They moved to Preble County, Ohio, in the year 1834, where his father died the year following; his mother came to this county in 1838, and settled near where Alexander now lives, where she died in 1865. Alexander came to this county with his mother and younger brother at the age of eleven years. They settled in the woods upon an eighty-acre tract, and they three, assisted by a few of the older brothers, cleared up a very desirable farm. His educational advantages were very much limited, but he acquired a sufficiency to transact all business in his line. His schooling was confined to the subscription schools of his day, which were in a very primitive state. He was married to Miss Delilah Jane Pierce July 4, 1850. She is the daughter of Thomas and Lydia Pierce, and was born in this county September 21, 1831. She was raised in this county, and received a limited education from the common district schools. Mr. and Mrs. Almonrode settled on the farm where they now reside in 1850, soon after their marriage. At that time, there were eighty acres of land with no improvements with the exception of a deadening of six acres. They battled against poverty for a number of years, but finally through industry and frugality have secured a beautiful farm of 280 acres, with 140 under a high state of cultivation. This farm is well improved, being underdrained and cultivated scientifically. The farm buildings are both ornamental and convenient, of modern architecture, and beautifully located in a grove of forest trees, a sketch of which is given in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Almonrode are the parents of ten children. The lives of only four of them have been spared. The majority of their deceased children died in infancy. Their living children are as follows: Anthony R., born July 24, 1852; Thomas A., February 12, 1857; Luther F., February 20, 1865; Sarah E. B., September 9, 1869. Anthony and Thomas are married and comfortably situated in life, the former living in Iowa and the latter in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Almonrode have been honored and useful members of the United Brethren Church for twenty years. Mr. A. is a stanch Republican, and is ever active in the welfare of the party. Mr. and Mrs. A., with their two children, are surrounded by the comforts and some of the luxuries of life;. honored and respected neighbors and citizens, and valuable members of society. ;

DAVID ADDINGTON, farmer, P. 0. Farmland, is a native of Wayne County, Ind., and was born March 9, 1827. His parents were Joseph and Celia (Townsend) Addington, who were the parents of ten children, viz., Rachel, Celia, Thomas, Jonathan, Elvira, Elisha, Elihu, Stephen, Benjamin and David, our subject. His mother was left a widow when he was small, and the boys were obliged to work hard, and enjoyed but limited educational advantages. They worked in the field many nights until 9 or 10 o'clock. Mr. A. owns 160 acres of land in White River Township. He was married in 1849, to Miss Huldah R. Bolinger, by whom he has had four children, two living - Joseph L. and Mary E., now Mrs. James M. Pursley. His grandfather, John Townsend, was a soldier in the war of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Addington are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

IRA ADAMSON, farmer, P. O. Winchester, is a hative of West River Township, this county, and was born April 30, 1833. His parents were Abraham and Nancy (Botkins) Adamson. He served one year in the late war in Company F, One Hundred and Fortieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was married in December, 1855, to Miss Nancy A. Wilmore, daughter of W. C. Wilmore, of White River Township. They have ten children - Willis A., Mary R., Sarah N., Jesse W., Lucinda A. A., John M., James I., George W., Hannah F. and Theresa E. Mr. A. is a shoemaker by trade, but is also engaged in farming. They are members of the Predestinarian Baptist Church.

JAMES M. ADKINS is a resident of White River Township. He is an enterprising farmer, and was born in Darke County, Ohio, June 29, 1838. He is a son of George and Nancy (McClerkin) Adkins; the former is a native of Delaware, and the latter of South Carolina. Mr. James M. Adkins was reared on a farm, and obtained a common-school education. He came to Randolph County in February, 1861, and has since been a resident thereof. In 1860, he was married to Miss Mary C. Hart, who was a native of Darke County, Ohio, and a daughter of Dennis Hart. They have two children, named William O. and Minnie A. William O. was born August 10, 1861,and Minnie A. April 4, 1874. Mr. Adkins owns a valuable tract of land on Bear Creek, consisting of 216 acres. His farming land is under good cultivation and well improved. Mr. Adkins gives his time to overseeing his farm and stock-raising. He has been eminently successful in both these enterprises, and has about him some of the finest stock in the county.

Hon. Nathan T. Butts

Perhaps among the many eminent and influential men of Randolph County, none are more truly "' self-made'' than he of whom we write. His position in the world has been attained under difficulties, and in despite of circumstances that, in other cases, have led to results very dissimilar to those which have marked his as a noble life. He was born on the 25th of July, 1838, in Randolph County, Ind. His parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Butts, formerly residents of Ohio, came to Indiana in 1834, and for a few brief years subsequently, bore their share in the pioneer history of an infant community, until death removed them from their sphere of activity, and changed the current of their son's life. When the latter was but four years of age, his mother died, and five years later, he and his two sisters were made orphans by the death of their father. Soon the son began to know the bitterness of a cruel world, and the hardships awaiting a boy whose natural protectors were dead. His guardians - John M. Lucas and William Kennedy - ' bound him out"' to 2 citizen of this county to serve until he should attain his majority. In the compact, it was stipulated that the boy should receive three months' schooling each year, and at the end of his period of service should receive, in addition, a suit of clothes and a horse, saddle and bridle. Scarcely had he reached his new home, when he was made aware that a terrible life was in store for him. His master was cruel, and kicked and abused him unmercifully upon the slightest pretext, and more often without any pretext whatever. But the boy was only nine years old, and not equal to the resentment of the abuses heaped upon him. He endured them until fourteen years of age, when one morning, after an unusually severe outburst from the old man, he determined to escape from such a life, and turned his back upon the place where the past five years of his life had been made wretched. In memory of his master's brutality, he carried with: him a bruised, aching knot over his eye, as large as a hen'segg. Pursued by the old man, who started after him, with his henchmen, on horse-back, he finally made his way to his guardians, who released him from*the bondage in which he had been enthralled. It is a noble trait of his character, that in the years of his manhood, he cherishes no resentment, and has never sought to be revenged upon the man who made his youth so unhappy.

After his escape, he was hired out to work by the month during the summer, and attended school in the winter, working for his board. He developed an aptness for learning, and a thirst for knowledge, using all his leisure time to the best advantage in its acquisition. In the spring of 1856, he became a student in the Union Literary Institution, at Spartansburg, Randolph Co., Ind., and by diligent study qualified himself for teaching. On the 30th of November, 1857, he received his first license to teach school from Hon. John J. Cheney, afterward Judge of the Randolph Probate Court. Entering zealously into tne duties of his profession, he soon rose to the first rank as a teacher, and became popular with pupils and parents alike. He subsequently removed to Wayne County, Ind., and there, on the 19th of August, 1859, was united in marriage with Miss Louisa Macy. In 1861, he returned to Randolph County, and purchased a small farm, to the cultivation of which he devoted his time. During with Prof. Cooper, at the same time reciting in some of the higher branches. He labored two or three ySars as a teacher, with the most marked success, until compelled by impaired health to abandon that profession, and retire to his farm, where he resumed agricultural pursuits. Since then, his principal occupation has been that of the agriculturist, and he has devoted himself to his work with the same zeal and energy that has characterized all his life. By his industry and good management, he has accumulated a comfortable store of worldly wealth, and has a fine farm and & cozy home, surrounded with the comforts of life, and blessed by the presence of wife and loving children. His wife, an estimable lady, is the daughter of Henry L. and Rachel Macy, and is a lady of rare intelligence and wifely qualities. Her father, who is a native of South Carolina, came to Wayne County, Ind., with his parents in 1816, being then ten years of age. He is still living near Williamsburg, in that county, at the age of seventy-six years. Mr. Butts and wife are the parents of eleven children, eight of whom are now living, viz.: Ida F., Mary V., Anna L., Clarence E., Rachel E., Mary E., Viola M. and Alice E. Clara S., Julia E. and an infant are deceased.

Though in early life, Mr. Butts experienced much that had a natural tendency to sour and embitter his nature, he grew up with the principles of religion firmly implanted, and as he grew older, they developed and strengthened. In the spring of 1867, he united with Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Church, during the pastorate of Rev. G. 8. Jenkins, and before the close of his period of probation, was appointed Class Leader, a position which he held for several years. On the 30th of May, 1868, he was licensed to exhort by Rev. G. S. Jenkins, and was licensed to preach at the Quarterly Conference held at Mount Zion by Rey. Mahin, Presiding Elder, in July, 1870. Atthe annual conference held at Union City, in April, 1880, he was ordained a Deacon by Bishop Foster.

Several years ago, his services began to be sought in the settlement of estates, his well-known honesty and integrity making him very desirable as an administrator or executor. In 1870, he was appointed administrator of the estate of James H. Johnson; of the estate of Thomas Marshall in 1871; of the estate of William Kennedy in the same year, and of the estates of Nancy Kennedy and Henry Edwards respectively in 1881. In 1872, he was nominated by the Republicans of this county as their Representative in the General Assembly of Indiana, and in the fall of that year was elected by a majority of 1,768. He served faithfully through the regular and extra sessions of that year, taking an active part in all the work of the House. He was, in @ sense, the author of what is known as the '' Baxter Liquor Law.' The original draft of this bill was prepared by himself and William Baxter, Representative from Wayne County. When the bill was brought before the House, a multitude of amendments were proposed, which, to secure the support of the members proposing them, would necessarily have to be adopted. These amendments so loaded the bill down, crippled its operation and destroyed its effect, that it became evident to its projectors that it could ndt be passed witHout revision. It was accordingly revised by Gov. Baker, Judge Mellett, of Henry County, and others, and in its new form was passed and became a law. The bill as reconstructed contained many of clauses that were a part of the original bill formulated by Mr. Butts. The local option clause was exclusively the work of , Mr. Baxter, and this being incorporated verbatim in the revised bill, gave to the measure the name of the Baxter bill. The Indianapolis papers printed a statement of the facts as here presented, and gave it the name of the Butts- Baxter bill, by which it was long known. Perhaps in all the legislation of that session, there was none into which Mr. Butts entered with so much zest and enthusiasm as that which affected the temperance cause. He is, and has always been, radically and uncompromisingly an advocate and friend of that cause, and has been identified with it for years as an active worker in the ranks. A correspondent of the Winchester Journal was in the House when when Mr. Butts, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, made the closing speech in favor of the bill. Says this correspondent: '' At 2 o'clock, Mr. Butts took the floor, and as I was representing Randolph County in the lobby, I felt a natural county pride that the representative from Randolph should succeed in putting the cap-stone in the temperance arch. The speech was very effective; the compactness of its logic, the irresistible force of the facts he adduced, the terseness of his language, and withal the deliberate and impressive style of his delivery, combined to render his speech overwhelmingly convincing. A few minutes before he arose to speak, the House was all confusion ; weak-kneed members sat uneasily in their seats. Mr. Butts had not pronounced more than two or three sentences, before he commanded the attention of all, and before he had got half way through, a deathly stillness pervaded the whole assemblage. From the earnest attention manifested, it was evident the speech was producing the desired effect. Members who before seemed entirely indifferent to the passage of the bill, became intensely interested.

'«Mr. Butts, by his unwavering and earnest zeal in the temperance cause, has won for himself the highest compliments, not only from members of the Legislature, but a large portion of the people of the State. It has been asserted by several of the most prominent members of the House, that his was the best speech made during the present session."

He has always had the courage to maintain his convictions, at whatever cost; and by his firmness and manly independence, he has won many friends, by whom he is held in the highest esteem. Of him, the Western Life Boat says; «He is a man who is calculated to take the world as it comes, and make the most of it. He has a prevailing moral and religious sentiment, and under its control always desires to do right. He is inclined to be true and honest and loyal to mankind as he understands it." He is a large, well-built man, full of vitality and vigor, earnest, conscientious and intellectual - a man whose intercourse with his fellow-men is entertaining and elevating.

Lewis Bolander

the second of a fumily of five children, two of vhom are living. Of these children, three were born in Germany and two in the United States. His only living sister, Malinda Strohm, resides in St. Louis County, Mo. His parents were native Germans, and came to the United States in the year 1833 and settled in Franklin County, Penn., where they lived for fifteen months, when they moved and settled in Richmond, Wayne County, this State. They remained here for nine months, when they came to this county and entered land in White River Township, and remained here until their deaths. His father died in 1865 and his mother in 1874. Lewis was seven years old when he came, with his parents, to this country. He obtained a meager education from the district schools of this county. His occupation has always been that of a farmer, working very hard in his earlier days assisting his father to clear a farm from the forests. He cultivated his father's farm until his death, when it came into Lewis' possession by will. His father was in the French Army under Bonaparte, and was actively engaged in the battle of Waterloo. He also made the celebrated passage across the Alps with the French Army. Lewis was married to Rosina Fraze, daughter of John and Abbie Fraze, of Preble County, Ohio, May 20, 1854. His wife was born in Darke County, Ohio, in the year 1834, but was raised principally in Preble County. Her parents came to this county about the year 1859, and settled in White River Township, where they both died. Mr. and Mrs. Bolander are the parents of eight children, five of whom are living - Francis N., born August 14, 1855; Mary L., January 16, 1856 ; Charles A., April 14, 1868; William C. and John A., July 1,1870. Mr. Bolander had two great uncles who took part in the Revolutionary war and surrender with Cornwallis at Yorktown. Mr. B. is owner and proprietor of eighty-seven acres of good land, with sixty-five acres under a high state of cultivation, and his whole attention is given to farming and stock-raising. He has been &n active and uncompromising Republican all his life, and has done much work for the party. His farm buildings are beautifully located and convenient, a sketch of which is given in this work. He is one of Randolph County's substantial and honored citizens, an industrious, prudent man, moral, upright and a valuable member of society.

GEORGE W. BOWSMAN, farmer, P. O. Saratoga, was born in Preble County, Ohio, February 24, 1817, and is a son of Adam and Susan Bowsman, natives of Virginia, and of German descent. Adam Bowsman moved to Ohio in 1812, where he reared his family. Our subject was reared ona farm, and educated in the common school. He was married in 1838to Miss Sarah Almonrode, a native of Virginia, and daughter of George Almonrode, deceased. They have had eight children, five living - Susannah, Mary, Cyrus, John H. and Jane. Mr. Bowsman moved to this county in 1839, and settled in the woods, and struggled hard with nothing to start on, and has been very successful. He owns 820 acres of valuable land.

ETHAN A. BROWN is 4 farmer and resides in White River Township; he was born in Stony Creek Township, Randolph Co., Ind., March 26, 1841; he is a son of Washington Brown, who is a native of Highland County, Ohio. The Brown family came from Virginia, and are of English descent. Ethan A. Brown's mother isa daughter of Henry Kline, who is of German descent. When Ethan was a boy, his parents moved to Grant County, Ind., where they resided till December, 1873, when Ethan came to Randolph. He was a soldier in the late war, and a member of Company B, Eighty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served nearly three years. He participated in the following battles, viz.: Rezaca, Rocky Face Ridge, Lookout Mountain, siege of Atlanta and others. He was married, March 25, 1867, to Miss Mahala Brooks, daughter of Enos Brooks. They had one child - Anna J., when Mrs. Brown died. Mr. Brown married again September 30, 1875, to Miss Ruth E. Hinshaw, daughter of Solomon Hinshaw. Mrs. Brown's mother, Rachel Hinshaw, was a daughter of Joseph Hedgen. They emigrated from North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have had four children, of whom three are now living - Otio O., Orah L. and William F.

George Cox

George Cox, farmer, was born in White River Township, Randolph Co., Ind., June 6, 1820. He is is the son of Simon and Tamar (Sugart) Cox, and is the eldest of a family of four children, and the only one who is now living. His father and mother were natives of North Carolina, and the former was born February 15, 1798, and the latter March 14,1801. They moved from North Carolina to Ross County, Ohio, nnd from there to this county in the fall of 1819, and settled on a farm in White River Township. They lived on this farm until the year 1842, when they moved to Wayne Township, this county, where his mother died November 11, 1857. His father was subsequently twice married, first to Mrs. Hannah Weisner, second to Mrs. Abigail Paxton, who lived seven years. A remarkable fact connected with the death of his three wives is, they all died in the same month and on the same day of the month, viz., the 11th day of November. After the death of his third wife he made his home with the subject of this sketch, until his death, which occurred November 8, 1881, at the age of eighty-three years, eight months and twentythree days. George was raised on a farm, and has followed the occupation of farming very successfully all his life. He received a very limited education from the subscription schools of this county. At that time the schools were almost worthless, and opened but a very brief period during the winter. Mr. Cox being a man possessed of more than ordinary intelligence, is well informed in the current literature of the day. He was united in a first marriage to Zeruiah Tomlinson, at the age of twenty years. His worthy wife was the daughter of William and Nancy Tomlinson, and was a native of this county. This union was blessed with the birth of nine children, six of whom are living, as follows: Nancy, born August 30, 1839, she was married, to Isom Harris, in 1861, and died October 13, 1862; Lavinia, born October 23, 1840;. William L., born September 16, 1842; Angeline T., born October 2, 1844; Olinthus, born August 22, 1846; Tamar, born December 18, 1848; Henry, born November 138, 1850; Gilbert, born August 15, 1852; Cyrus, born December 6, 1853. Henry

November 12, 1826. He is the son of John and Mary (Slamer) Bolander, and is died in infancy, and Tamar in maturer years. His faithful wife died Septem- | ber 8, 1858. She was a devoted wife, a loving mother and a zealous Christian. Mr. Cox was united in a second marriage, to Sarah Sanders, November 22, 1862, who still survives. She is a most estimable Christian lady. She is the daughter of William and Tabitha Sanders, and was born in Johnson County, Ind., July 17, 1822. Her parents were natives of North Carolina. After his first marriage, Mr. Cox settled on 120 acres of land in White River Township, with about twenty acres cleared. He subsequently sold this and bought a quarter section adjoining the farm upon which he now resides. He subsequently added his home farm to this purchase, and is now owner and proprietor of 400 acres of excellent land, with 200 acres under a high state of cultivation. As a farmer, Mr. Cox has been eminently successful, and has accumulated a competence of worldly effects. He gives special attention to the improvement and raising of stock of all kinds. His farm buildings are beautiful in architecture and are situated on a commanding knoll on the Union City pike, about three miles east of Winchester. A sketch of his buildings is given in this work. Mr. Cox has been a member of the Society of Friends all his life, and his wife for about twenty-two years. Mr. C. has always acted and voted with the Republican party since its organization, was strongly anti slavery during the existence of that institution, and has taken an active interest in all moral reforms, especially the temperance reform. He is a strong advocate of prohibition. Mr. and Mrs. Cox are useful members of the church, highly respected citizens and honored members of society, and surrounded by all of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life.

WILLIAM RILEY COX, farmer, P. O. Winchester, more commonly known as Riley Cox, was born in Randolph County December 8, 1839, and is a son of Benjamin and Alice Cox. He received a common school education, and has always been a farmer. He served in the war, during the 100 day's service, in Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Was married, April 7, 1866, to Miss Martha Parsons, a native of Ohio, and daughter of James Parsons, of Monroe Township, this county. They have seven children - Alice, David E., Edgar G., Jennie M., Cora, Willard R. and Ossa G. Mr, Cox is engaged in farming and stock-raising and owns 163 acres of valuable land. They are members of the Society of Friends. :

ANDREW COX, farmer, P. O. Winchester, is a native of White River Township, and was born April 7, 1831. His parents were Joshua and Margaret Cox, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of Ohio. They were early settlers of this county. Our subject received most of his education in the Friends' Church on White River. He was married, November 27, 1852, to Miss Mary A. Hickman, a native of this county, and daughter of Jacob Hickman, an early settler of this county. They have had twelve children, eight living - Martha E., Berrilla J., Sylvester H., Nancy A., Minnie O., Albert R., Andrew H. and Elta G. Martha is married to Isom Pickett. Mr. and Mrs. Cox are members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Cox has in his possession & powder-horn, beautifully engraved with Indian hieroglyphics, which was purchased of a squaw, by his father, for a basket of turnips.

JAMES J. CLAYTON, farmer, P. O. Farmland, was born in Kenj County, Md., August 8, 1819, and is a son of Stephen and Mary Clayton, who located in Randolph County in 1820. The former died in 1834 and the latter in 1858. Mr. Clayton's mother was left a widow with a large family of small children, and she therefore had much hard work to do. His educational advantages were very limited. The schools were taught wholly by subscription, and for a very short term inthe winter only. Their schoolhouse was a round-log cabin, with a ten-foot fire-place in one end, split logs for seats, and a log removed from one side of the house fora window. Our subject's uncle, James Clayton, settled close to his brother Stephen, with an eighty-acre between them. This they finally procured, by keeping others off until they could obtain the money with which to pay for it. James Clayton died in Wayne County, Ind., in 1878. In those early days, the pioneers made log-rolling a special work in the spring of the year. in succession, leaving blood marks on his hand spike. Burning brush at nights was a pastime. He was married, in 1844, to Miss Jemima, daughter of Peter Hester, who came to this county in 1832. They have had two children - Willard F., living, and Stephen L., who died at the age of ten. Mr. Clayton owns 473 acres of valuable land in the White River Valley, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Clayton had the Indian boys for his playmates, and their playground was the present site of the Macksville Cemetery. He has been engaged in shipping stock, more or less, for the past twenty years.

JOHN M. CLAYYON,farmer, P. O. Farmland, was born in this county, where he now resides, October 29, 1831, and is a son of Stephen and Mary (Cheffins) Clayton, natives of Maryland. In the early days, his father had to go thirty miles to mill. Mr. C. was married, in 1859, to Miss Mary Wright, daughter of Solomon Wright, of Stony Creek Township. She was born in Stony Creek Township January 4, 1830. Mr. Clayton obtained most of his education at home by the fireside. He owns 516 acres of land. He rents out his land and deals in stock.

DAVIDSON CHEESMAN, farmer, P. 0. Winchester, was born in Wayne County, Ind., December 18, 1836, and is a son of Ebenezer and Jane (Culbertson) Cheesman, the former a native of New Jersey, and the latter of Bourbon County, Ky.~ Mr. Cheesman was brought up on a farm, and educated in alog cabin, and sat on slab seats, and wrote on a board, supported by pins in the wall; he was married in 1856, to Miss Ann Taylor, by whom he has had nine children, seven living - John, Elmey, Minnie A., Cora M., Taylor, Eddie and Susan. Mr. Cheesman owned and ran a saw-mill and machine shop for about two years while in Wayne County.. He came to this county in February, 1867, where he now resides, on Section 27, White River Township, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. and Mrs, Cheesman are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

GILBERT COATS, farmer, P. O. Winchester, was born in Randolph County October 4,1839, and isa son of Thomas W. and Sarah Coats (deceased), the former a native of Ohio, and the latter of Jay County, Ind. Mr. Coats was raised on a farm, and educated in the common school. He helped his father make a farm in the woods. October 5, 1867, he married Miss Lydia Pickett, 2 native also of this county, and daughter of William Pickett, an early settler of this county. They have seven children - Leroy, Sylvester, Loly B., Iowa L., William T., Nellie and Mary E. Mr. Coats owns 120 acres of land in Section 23.