Randolph County, Indiana - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1914 (part 16 of 20)

John W. Farabee was educated in the common schools of Darke county, Ohio, and Randolph county, Indiana, and early in life he began farming with his father in the former county, and when twenty-two years old commenced for himself and bought a farm in Ward township, Randolph county, Indiana, on which he remained a few years, getting a good start, then sold out and bought his present fine farm of two hundred acres. He continued to prosper through close application and hard work, good management and wise foresight, until he was enabled to buy another excellent farm of one hundred and twenty acres, which lies in Greensfork township, this county. Both farms are well improved and under a high state of cultivation and on them stand substantial and well arranged buildings. He carries on general farming and stock raising on an extensive scale. He spends his entire time looking after his farms. He lived one year in Union City, at which time he was a member of the city council. Politically he is a Democrat, and in religious matters belongs to the Baptist church.

Mr. Farabee was married September 21, 1889, to Lillie C. Warren, who was born in Randolph county on August 9, 1870. She is a daughter of Elihu Warren and wife. The father died in March, 191 1, at the age of sixty-two years. Mr. Warren devoted his life to farming, always highly respected and well known in Randolph county.

The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Farabee : Frederick E., born December i, 1893, was educated in the public schools of Randolph county, is living at home and assisting his father with the farm work ; Homer C, born January 25, 1897; William Ralph, born December 14, 1898.

James D. Money

The march of improvement is accelerated day by day, and each successive moment seems to demand of men a broader intelligence and a greater discernment than did the preceding, showing that successful men must be live men in this age, bristling with activity. The purpose of biography is to preserve the records of such men for the edification of succeeding generations ; thus the lesson of biography may be far-reaching to an extent not superficially evident. A man's reputation is the property of the world, for the laws of nature have forbidden isolation. One of the leading citizens of Jackson township, Randolph county whose reputation will bear the closest scrutiny is James D. Money, a progressive farmer and business man and a citizen who has done much to encourage the upbuilding of his community along all lines.

Mr. Money was born in Jay county, near Portland, Indiana, December 30, 1852. He is a son of Samuel Money, who was born in Virginia, in 1828, whose death occurred April 18, 1894. When only three years of age his parents brought him to Mercer county, Ohio, locating near the Wabash river, and there he grew to manhood and followed farming and preaching, first in the old Christian persuasion, later in the Disciple church. He married Susan Davis, who was born in Baltimore, Maryland, from which state she came to Indiana with her parents when young and settled in Jay county. She was born January lo, 1829, and died March 16, 1907. The paternal grandfather, William Money, was born in Virginia, and his death occurred in Mercer county, Ohio at the age of sixty-nine years. The grandmother was Martha Anderson, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Samuel Money, mentioned above, was a first cousin of General Fernando De Soto Money, of the Confederate army. During the Civil war, Samuel ]\Ioney served in Company K, Eighty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. William Money, the paternal great grandfather of our subject, was born in Ireland and in an early day he emigrated to America, locating in Virginia, near where were fought many years later the two battles of Bull Run. The maternal grandfather, James Davis, was born in Baltimore, Maryland. ?Ie was a tanner by trade and later followed farming. He came to Jay county, Indiana about 1833 with the early pioneers, and was a successful man of affairs. His wife was a Miss Zimmerman, of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry.

James D. Money of this sketch, grew to manhood on the home farm, and received his education in the common schools, graduating from the high school at Fort Recovery, later from Liber College, and also Lebanon College, in Ohio. He began life for himself by teaching in the public schools of Jav county.

which he followed for eight years. He taught in Noble township in 1873, then began farming in 1877, on the farm belonging to Henry Handschey. He cleared most of this place himself, the farm consisting of one hundred and twenty acres, and improved it in many ways. He has continued farming ever since with ever increasing success, now owning the above mentioned farm, which he has kept well improved and under a high state of cultivation, and he has an attractive dwelling and substantial outbuildings. He is a stockholder in the Atlas Bank of Union City, also vice-president and a stockholder in the Union Loan & Trust Company of Union City. He is vice-president and a stockholder in the Union City & Lightsville Telephone Company, the capital stock of which is fifty thousand dollars ; he is also a stockholder in the Pierce Elevator Company. He has been very successful in a business way, being a man of keen discernment, untiring energy and honorable ideals. Politically, he is independent, and back in the early eighties he was trustee of Jackson township for two terms. Fraternally, he belongs to the Masonic order and religiously is a member of the Christian church.

Mr. Money was married September 8, 1877 to Amanda J. Handschey, who was born in Randolph county, September 9, 1858, and here she grew to womanhood and was educated. She is a daughter of Henry and Sarah Handschey. Tier father was born in Perry township, Muskingum county, Ohio in 1820, and his death occurred March 15, 1913. He married Sarah Smith, who was born in 1819, and whose death occurred September 8, 1894. Mr. Handschey was a millwright by trade and erected one of the first mills in Randolph county, and dug a race for the mill when a boy of nineteen years, about three-fourths of a mile in length, a depth of fifteen feet and through the woods in some places. Mrs. Money's grandfather, Henry Handschey, was born in Switzerland, and there his father, also Henry Handschey, was born and spent his life. The grandmother was Mary Ann Walters, a native of Pennsylvania.

To Mr. and Mrs. Money the following children were born: Charles H., born May 10, 1880, was educated in the Danville Normal, later graduated from the State Normal at Terre Haute ; later entered the State University at Bloomington, from which he was graduated ; he has followed teaching for a vocation and is at this writing superintendent of schools at Frankfort, Indiana. He married in September, 1901, Zelma Moore, and they have one child, Leonadas Wayne, born on Thanksgiving day, 1903. Mary E., our subject's second child, was born July 15, 1884, was educated in the schools of Randolph county, married Ralph C. Flory, Augu.st 14, 1900, and to them two sons have been born, Wilbur, born April 7, 1903; and David Lowell, born August 18,

191 1 ; Mr. Flory is a farmer and resides in Jackson township, this county. Flora Alice, youngest of our subject's children, was born Xovember 25, 1893, was graduated from the high school in Jackson township, and on September 28, 1912 she married George Clayton DeBolt. a mechanic of Union City.

John W. Mangas

One of the careful agriculturists and respected citizens of Randolph county, is John W. Mangas, a m.an whose history furnishes a splendid example of what may be accomplished through determined purpose, laudable ambition and well directed efforts. Starting out in life a poor boy, he has steadily worked his way upward, winning success in his chosen field of endeavor and gaining the public confidence, which he has retained through careful "hewing to the line" in all the relations which he has sustained to his fellow men. He seems to have inherited some of the winning traits of his sterling father, one of the early settlers of this county, the name Alangas having been well known here for many decades, and it is a name of which any community might well be proud to include in its list of citizens.

Mr. Mangas was born in Jackson township, Randolph county, April 22, 1862. He is a grandson of Jacob Mangas, who was born in York county, Pennsylvania,. November 25, 1800. On October 25, 1825, Mr. Mangas married Elizabeth Hoke, sister of Seth Hoke, of Union City, Indiana, and lived with her happily and peacefully until his death in Jackson township, August 8, 1883 when lacking two months and a half of his fifty-eighth birthday. His family consisted of eleven children, ten sons and one daughter, two of whom died in infancy, twins; eight sons and one daughter survive. Jacob Mangas moved from Pennsylvania to Richland county, Ohio, in 1832 and from there to Jackson township, Randolph county, Indiana in 1837, when this region was a vast wilderness, with but few white settlers and no modern conveniences. He was endowed with habits of frugality and industry, integrity and economy, so he succeeded in becoming an influential and substantial citizen. When he came to this county he possessed a fortune which the young men of today might well envy, an iron constitution, a steady nerve, a solid muscle, a brave heart, an honest purpose, an unswerving will, and a faithful, loving, working wife. He had but fifty dollars in money, one horse and a one-horse wagon into which he packed all his earthly goods, and his wife and babies and came overland from his home in the East. Here he and his industrious wife fought forest, wild beasts, inconvenience and hardships until a large measure of success crowned their efforts. They began with forty acres in the woods, atid added to this until they possessed two hundred acres, and then divided and sub-divided with their children until they lived to see each child in possession of a home and in good circumstances and themselves a sufficiency for all probable needs while sojourning here. He joined the Christian church at Lisbon, October i, 1870, his wife having joined the same September 29, 1868. They lived a quiet life and set a good example for correct Christian conduct before the world arjd their family. They lived to see all of their children and companions, and nearly all their grandchildren who were old enough in the Christian church with them. The following are the children : Emanuel, born in 1827, died in 1899; ^rs. Sarah Smiley, born in 1829, died in ±910; Casper, born in 1831 ; John, born in 1833 ; Jacob, Jr., born in 1836, died in 1901 ; Eli, born in 1839; Abraham, bom in 1840; Absalom, born in 1843; Samuel, born in 1848; David and Saloma, twins died in infancy. At the time of Jacob Mangas' death there were thirty-five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and with his own children made a total of forty-nine. During his last illness he bore his suffering with great fortitude, never complaining.

Eli Manga^ was the first born of the immediate generation in Randolph county, his birth occurring May 12, 1839. J-Iere he grew to manhood and first married Jemima Smith in the early sixties and to them these children were born: John W., the immediate subject of this sketch; Hannah Samantha died in 1864 when about nine months old; Mary Elizabeth died in 1865 and was also about nine months old; William O., born June 3, 1866, married Minnie Coby of this county, and they live on a farm here; Rufus S., born in October, 1868, who married Cora Brewer, is engaged in farming and they have one daughter; Jason died in infancy; Cora B., born October, 1876, died in 1893; Dora died in 1894; Carrie married a Mr. Brooks and died March 7, 1904; Clinton F., born June 30, 1888, married Ida Whitesell, and they have one child, Carl born in March, 19 12. The second marriage of Eli Mangas was to Ann Hawkins.

Eli Mangas had no educational advantages when a boy, but by the assistance of his good wife and by close home reading he became a well informed man. When nineteen years old he and his brother took a contract to cut one hundred cords of wood, for forty-five cents per cord, and he spent much time in the woods in his early life, getting out timber for many different purposes and making baskets. Immediately after his marriage he moved to his father's forty acre farm, which he cleared, and there set out an orchard.

and later bought the place, and added another forty to it. He bought the old homestead in 1870 and at once commenced to remodel the same, built fences, a fine farm and other outbuildings. He also bought a tract of land in 1882 (the Catholic cemetery tract of seven and one-half acres), just south of the old home place. On this land is a valuable gravel pit. He put buildings on same in 1883 and moved thereto the following year and there he still resides. He was one of the first to agitate, help organize and lay out the Lisbon cemetery and he was one of the first trustees of the same and is now serving as trustee. At the start there was no money but now there is three thousand dollars on interest. The success of the proposition has been due very largely to Mr. Mangas. He has been appointed inspector of highways and is performing his duties very acceptably. He united with the Disciple church December 14, i860, and has been an elder in the same for forty-three years. Since 1884 he has voted the Prohibition ticket, being one of the first to espouse the cause of temperance in this neighborhood.

John W. Magnas, of this sketch grew to manhood on the home farm and received his education in the common schools, and when only eighteen years old he commenced earning his own living, in different ways, and by industry and shrewdness he has accumulated a fine property, consisting of one hundred and eighty acres of choice, well improved and productive land, on which stand a substantial residence and good outbuildings. He carries on general farming and stock raising on an extensive scale. When a young man he did a good deal of contracting, such as ditching and wood cutting and other things and in this way got a good start. In January, 1890 he bought a tile factory which he operated successfully four years. In June, 1884 he took the first public contract in ditch work which he finished in a few months. In 1 89 1 he took a contract to build the sewer for Union City school building, also one square on North Plum street. His next contract was in 1895 when he excavated the cellar for the Kuntz building and in 1904 he finished the north end of Plum street. In 1905 he managed a gang of hands for another contractor. In 1906 he excavated the cellar for the Ross Carriage works, built East Carter street and built a square of High street, and in 1907 he commenced stone road contract work, building the Carson road in \\ avne and Jackson townships, also the Cox road in the latter township. In 1908 he built the Alexander road and the I. J. Hill road in Greenville township. In 1909 he built the Evans road in Green township, and in 191 1 built the Gittenger road in Jackson township. In 191 2 he built the D. Warn road in Jackson township, and in 19 13 constructed the Thornburg road in Wayne and

Greensfork townships and the Alexander road in Wayne and Jackson townships in 1 9 14. He has been most successful as a road contractor, being the best known man in this field of endeavor in the county, and no small part of his competency has been secured in this manner. All the while he was conducting his tile factory and his farm, being thus a very busy man with his three departments of labor, but a good manager, energetic and persistent man of affairs, he made a great success of all and is one of the men of wealth of his section of the county. He has always been regarded as being in the progressive list, and he is public-spirited, doing his full share of promoting any movement that has for its object the public good. He was one of the organizers of the Union Loan & Trust Company of 'Union City and one of its directors and stockholders.

John W. Mangas was married March 8, 1885 to Wilda Gittenger, who was born in Darke county, Ohio, June 4, 1865. She received a good education and is a lady of many praiseworthy traits. She is a daughter of William P Gittenger, who died in October, 191 1 at the advanced age of eighty-two years. He followed farming during his active years, and came to Randolph county when his daughter, Mrs. Mangas was young. His wife was known in her maidenhood as Catherine Berkheimer, who died February 12, 1900 at the age of sixty-five years. Mrs. Mangas has four sisters and one brother, namely : Louisa, who married Haskell Rush ; Malinda who married Dr. E. L. Welbourn; Minnie, a twin of Mrs. Mangas, married Daniel Lindley; Benjamin Gittenger married Mary Reynolds ; Dora married Carl Thornburg. Ruby M. Brooks, niece of Mr. Mangas, was born December 22, 1902, a daughter of Augustus and Carrie Brooks. Carrie Brooks was the only living sister of Mr. Mangas. Her death occurred March 7, 1904, and Mr. and Mrs. ^langas have cared for little Ruby ever since as their own child.

The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Mangas : Nova who married Harry L. Powers, has one child, Robert Wayne Powers, born September 20, 1909; Mrs. Powers was born December 23, 1885, was educated in the schools of Jackson township, from which she was graduated; she and her husband reside in Wa3'ne township on a farm. Jesse G. Mangas, second child of our subject, was born December 25, 1887, was educated in Jackson and Wayne townships, lives at home and is operating his father's farm. Clarence B. Mangas, the youngest child, was born November 18, 1895, lives at home and is a graduate of Union City high school, class of 1914.

Mr. and Mrs. Mangas are pleasant people to meet, hospitable, genial and neighborly and they have a wide circle of friends throughout the county.

Daniel Worth Osborn

"Agriculture is the oldest alchemy," says a distinguished writer, "for it turns earth and even refuses into gold and confers upon its cultivator the additional reward of health." The oldest human vocation and noblest of them all has been honored by the successful career of Daniel Worth Osborn, for years one of the enterprising farmers of Washington township, and worthy native sons of Randolph county. His record shows few mistakes and abounds in much*that is honorable and of good report, showing industrious habits and a character above reproach which is more to be desired according to the prophet of old, than great riches.

Mr. Osborn was born in West River township, this county, October 19, i860, the son of Charles W and Asenath (Wood) Osborn. The father who was born near Economy, Indiana, lived many years on a farm in West River township, this county.

Charles W. Osborn was born in Perry township, Wayne county, Indiana. February 8, 1833. He was a son of Isaiah and Lydia (Worth) Osborn, the former a native of England, whose great, great grandfather, Mathew Osborn, was the founder of the family in America. The great grandparents were Daniel and Margaret (Stout) Osborn, the former a native of Sussex county, Delaware, and the latter of York count)^ Pennsylvania, where their marriage was celebrated. The grandfather, Charles Osborn, was born in Guilford county. North Carolina, in 1775 and at the age of nineteen went to Tennessee. In 1798 he married Sarah Newman, daughter of John and Sarah (Fallowfield) Newman, natives of England. Charles was a farmer and a preacher of the Society of Friends. Removing to Mt. Pleasant. Ohio, in 1816, he there published The Philanthropist, the first abolition paper ever published in the United States. In 1819 he went to Wayne county, Indiana, and laid out and his son Isaiah named the town of Economy; the name being suggestive of his economical habits. In 1842 he moved to Cass county, Michigan, where he spent much of his later life, but his death occurred in Porter county, Indiana, in 1850. He was twice married and was the father of seventeen children, all of whom reached mature years. He traveled extensively as a minister of the gospel, visiting every state where there were meetings of his denomination, much of the time riding on horseback and preaching two and three times a day. He spent 1832 and 1833 i" Europe engaged in church work. He was a man of much more than ordinary ability, was prominent in abolition work and was a leading man in his church.

1803. He went from there to Jefferson county with his father, and thence to Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, in 1816, where he was apprenticed to learn the printer's trade. In 1819 he went with his parents to Wayne county, Indiana, where he worked on a farm until 1822, when he went to Greenville, Tennessee, and worked there as a printer. Returning to Indiana in 1825 he continued his trade at Centerville and Indianapolis until 1828, when he went to Economy and taught school, served ^s Justice of the Peace and was married to Lydia Worth, June 24, 1829. He entered eighty acres of land about this time, built a log cabin in the midst of the forest, and began the development of a farm, upon which he lived until his death which occurred June 16, 1846. His wife, the daughter of Job and Rhoda (Macy) Worth, was born November I, 1805, and came to this state at the age of eighteen, residing with her mother in West River township, Randolph county, teaching school up lo the time of her marriage. She lived to an exceptionally advanced age. Both were members of the Friends church and were elders in the same, also both served as clerks of the monthly meetings. Eight children were born to them, named as follows : Caroline, married William Edgerton and they established their home on a farm in Plenry county ; she became a woman of ability, was president of the Organizer Publishing Company, of Indianapolis, the state organ of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She was also a member of the board of managers of the Hadley Industrial School for Girls, was state superintendent of temperance literature for the union and for many years was actively engaged in temperance and philanthropic work. Rhoda who received a high education and was a successful teacher, died in 1859 at the age of twenty-four; Edmund remained on the old homestead in Wayne county; Laurinda was a successful teacher for more than twenty years, and in 1876 she married Thomas Ward, a banker of Winchester; Charles W., farmer; Narcissa was also a teacher, married Henry Charles, a farmer of Wayne county, and she died in 1878, at the age of thirty-seven years; Martha and Eunice died in 1848, aged five and two years respectively. Charles W. Osborn, father of the immediate subject of this sketch, was taught to read by his mother as he sat near her spinning-wheel while she worked to clothe her family. Until large enough to work on the farm he attended the denominational or Friends school. His father died when he was thirteen years old, and the work of the farm devolved on him, so that he seldom got more than two months schooling out of the year till he was twenty years old. In 1S53 he attended the Union Literary Institute, a manual labor school in the eastern part of Randolph county, where students could work out a part of their board and tuition. He was in the school twelve months under Professor Ebenezer Tucker, meeting his own expenses and a part of his sister Rhoda's by his own labor and keeping up his studies. In later years he assisted the professor in the preparation of a history of Randolph county. For some time Mr. Osborn had the entire, superintendency on the farm, the providing for forty boarderg, attending to the correspondence, keeping the books and doing a number of other things, in connection with keeping up five studies and hearing a class recite each day. Seven years' experience and training at home had made it possible to attend to such business, and it vv'as any way to get an education so it was honest and honorable. After leaving the institute he taught two terms of school in Wayne county ; one in Henry county, and then raised a crop on the farm, and entered Antioch College in the fall of 1856. Here he supported himself in part by sweeping the floors of the college and dormitory. A portion of his earnings heretofore was given to his mother for the support of the family. He was at Antioch six months, then removed to Wayne county and farmed in the summer and taught school in the winter. In the spring of 1858 he married Asenath W. Wood, a daughter of Jacob and Phoebe (Pickering) Wood, of Henry county, and continued the operation of the old homestead, teaching in the winter until 1870, when he removed to a farm in West River township, Randolph county, his place consisting of sixty acres.

To Charles W. Osborn and wife six children were born, named as follows: Arthur W. was the eldest; Daniel W., of this sketch; Laura Cordelia died at the age of eleven years; Edgar C. died when two years old; Carrie died in infancy ; William E. was the youngest of the family.

Charles W. Osborn and wife were always active members in the Friends church and he was a local preacher in the same. For eighteen years he served his monthly meeting as clerk and presiding officer. He was long prominent in Sunday school and temperance work, and did everything in his power to advance the cause of Christianity. He was an Abolitionist from boyhood, as were his parents before him. His father cast the only vote for James G. Birney in 1840 that was cast at Economy. As the Republican party was pledged to the non-extension of slavery, Charles W. Osborn was identified with it from the first, and got leave of absence from. Antioch College to go home to vote, casting his first presidential ballot for John C. Fremont. Upon the abolition of slavery he turned his attention to temprance work. On becoming convinced that the question of intemperance could not be settled by the Republican party, he assisted, in 1884, in the organization of the Prohibition party in Indiana, and continued to vote with that party and labor for its success, \^'hen old age came on, he retired from active life and moved to Economy where his death occurred May 22, 1905. His widow IS still living in that town, being now advanced in years, but she is in full possession of her faculties.

Daniel W. Osborn was reared in his native community and when growing to manhood assisted with the general work on the farm. He received his education in the common schools. He began life for himself as a farmer and this continued to be his vocation through life. He moved on his present well-kept and productive farm in Washington township in 1885. In connection with general farming he raised and fed stock for the market. He was a Prohibitionist and a member of the Friends church.

Mr. Osborn was married, first, March 25, 1887 to Magnolia Hammer, who was born October 17, 1865, at Milton, Wayne county, Indiana. She was a daughter of Jesse and Mary (Farquhar) Hammer. To this union three children were born, namely : Alma L., whose birth occurred January 31, 1888; Mary A., born August 7, 1889, and Edgar L., born February 27, 1 89 1. They are all living at home. The wife and mother was summoned CO her rest on March 6, 1891. On October 19, 1893 our subject married Alma L. Hammer, a sister of his first wife; she was born August 6, 1867. To this union one child was born. Magnolia E., whose birth occurred May 22, 1909, died three days later. Jesse Hammer, father of Mrs. Osborn, was born April 9, 1838 in Wayne county, Indiana. He was a son of Joseph and Alatilda (Macy) Hammer. Joseph Hammer was born in Tennessee, from which state he came to Wayne county, Indiana, when seventeen years old. His death occurred in 1889. The following is from the home paper prepared by a friend.

"On January 24, 1914, Mr. Osborn died at the Home Hospital at La- Fayette, Indiana. He was buried at Economy. Mr. Osborn had spent his entire life in Randolph county where he was well and most favorably known.

Mr. Osborn enjoyed a birthright membership in the society of Friends. He came of a long line of illustrious Quaker ancestry, reaching back for at least five generations in the past. The life of Mr. Osborn has reflected credit on the religious training of his predecessors in the fact that the quiet forms of worship which were peculiar to the Friends in the years that are past were reproduced in this manner of worship through his life. Although never making as much of an outward demonstration as some he aimed for his life to show for itself, and while he frequently expressed himself as not fully understanding some things, he said that nothing more come than the fact that he was accepted of God. At the time of the surgical operation on his body when he recovered sufficiently from the anesthetic and they thought it best

He referred during his sickness to some of his brightest experiences in the old Lebanon church and later in the Jackson school house before the church at Martindale was built and later in this church. For many years he was an efficient Sabbath school worker and teacher and always faithful to the church of Christ.

Mr. Osborn coming from staunch abolition stock, it was natural that he should ally himself with the great reform movements on the anti-slavery and temperance questions and before he was a legal voter he worked ardently for the overthrow of the liquor traffic and when he reached his majority he cast his first vote for John P. St. John in 1884 and he has always voted with the reform party through life. Although he was- chosen by the temperance committee of the Cherry Grove Monthly Meeting to obtain speakers for their meetings he declined to do so rather than wound the feelings of those who did not see things as he did. He also gave of his time and means and was a frequent visitor at our great national conventions as well as in state and county. His earthly life has come to an end but his influence will live a tireless force for good in all the coming years."

William Harris

Through an active and interesting career duty has ever been the motive of action of William Harris, the present popular and capable ex-mayor of Union City, and one of the progressive business men of Randolph county, and usefulness to his fellow-men has not been by any means a secondary consideration. He has performed well his part in life, and it is a compliment worthily bestowed to say that this locality is honored by his citizenship, for he has achieved definite success through his own efforts and is thoroughly deserving of the proud American title of self-made man, the term being one that, in its better sense, can not but appeal to the loyal admiration of all who are appreciative of our national institutions and the privileges afforded for individual accomplishment, and it is a privilege, ever gratifying, in this day and age, to meet a man who has the courage to face the battles of life with a strong heart and steady hand and to win in the stern conflict by bringing to bear only those forces with which Nature has equipped him, - self-reliance, self-respect, energy, foresight and integrity.

1845. He is a son of William and Amanda (Osborn) Harris, natives of Seneca county, New York. The former died there at the age of twenty-eight years, and the latter made her home with our subject at Union City, dying at the age of eighty-four years. William, our subject, was the only child.

William Harris spent his boyhood in his native state and there received a meager education in the public schools, but being ambitious he has studied at home and by this means and by actual contact with the world has become a well-informed man. He commenced life without capital, a poor boy without assistance or influential friends, but he persevered in the face of obstacles until success abundantly crowned his life work. He earned his first money when only eight years of age by dropping corn, receiving five dollars in all for his work. With that he purchased a pair of fine boots for himself. He assisted his maternal grandfather on the farm, working out among the neighbors when he could find spare time from his grandfather's farm. When sixteen years old he had earned and saved sufficient money to buy a horse and buggy, also a cutter or sleigh, and was as well equipped in that respect as any of the neighbor boys whose fathers had purchased for them. Immediately afterwards he got severely injured, his foot being crushed in the cog wheels of a cider mill, and he was on crutches for nearly a year. Upon his recovery he hired out on a farm for twenty dollars per month, and worked eight months, during which he spent only twenty dollars of his entire wages, that sum being spent for a suit of clothes. He had a large doctor bill to pay which he paid by selling his horse, buggy and cutter. In October, 1865, when twenty years old, he went to Findlay, Ohio, and clerked in a store and produce house, remaining there five months. At that time the firm for which he was working bought a produce house in Union City, Indiana, in 1866, and Mr. Harris was sent back home where he remained six weeks, then, came to Union City and commenced work for the same people at a salary of twenty-five dollars per month and board, and he worked at the new place six months, then the firm sent him out on the road at a salary of one thousand dollars a year and expenses. He worked thus for one year; then in 1867, he organized the firm of Turpen & Harris and they launched out in the grocery and produce business, wholesale and retail, and continued with ever-increasing success until 1894, building up a large trade which extended over a vast territory, in fact, the business rapidly grew to proportions that far exceeded their most sanguine dreams at the beginning, and at three dififerent times the firm was worth a half million dollars, but they were completely wiped out during the panic of 1894 and dissolved business. Afterwards Mr. Harris took a position with a firm in New York City to travel and he remained with the concern for a period of six years, giving eminent satisfaction as he had with all his former employers, his efforts being very largely responsible for an increase in the business from five hundred thousand dollars to eight and a half million dollars annually. He then took a position with another firm in New York City, subsequently working for a company in Boston, being connected with the two latter for a period of six years also with equal success, thus making twelve years of consecutive work as a commercial traveler, during which he covered a vast territory and became widely known and was very popular with the trade. In 1908 he opened up a brokerage business of his own in Union City and is continuing in the same business with gratifying results.

In 1909 the people of Union City insisted on him becoming their mayor which he consented to do and was accordingly elected on a Democratic ticket against a heavy Republican majority, and the entire council was also elected on the Democratic ticket. He did a most commendable work as mayor, doing much for the permanent good of the town. Union City being conceded by all to be in better condition financially, morally and cleaner from a sanitary standpoint than ever before as a result of his efforts. More important improvements were made within a shorter time than in the history of the place, and all was so skilfully managed that at the close of his administration the city was no deeper in debt than before. He was regarded as one of the best financiers in Randolph county, conservative, certain, farseeing, making few mistakes. He has always practiced following the Golden Rule in all relations of life and everyone reposes implicit confidence in him. To his efforts the first gas well of Union City is due. In fact, he put down the first gas well in the state. The well reached a depth of eighteen hundred feet. A flash of gas was found at eleven hundred and fifty-five feet, enough to ignite. Ten other wells were put down in this vicinity but none were successful. Mr. Harris was also interested in the development and growth of Muncie, Marion and many other cities and towns of Indiana.

Mr. Harris was married in Union City in 1867 to Anna Eliza Turpen, who was born in New Madison, Ohio, March 20, 1847. She was a woman of many praiseworthy characteristics and a favorite with a wide circle of friends. Her death occurred on September 17, 191 1. To this union the following children were born: Stella A., who died in 1894, was the wife of Elmer E. McRay, of Kendalville, Indiana, where he was a large manufacturer of refrigerators ; Carrie May died at the age of five and one-half years ; Jeanette T. died unmarried at the age of twenty-five years; Juliette, also remained single, and is living at home ; Grace A. married Harry C. Piatt, who has a store in Union City, handling groceries and electrical supplies, and to them one child was born, Anna C. Piatt, born August 20, 1909, died in early life; Crissa Anna died at the age of two and one-half years. The five deceased daughters came to their deaths by the same cause, appendicitis, according to the statement of skilled physicians, which is undoubtedly a hereditary disease in the Harris family. The father of our subject died from the same cause at the early age of twenty-eight years, passing away five months prior to the birth of our subject.

Politically Mr. Harris is a Democrat. He was a member of Governor Gray's staff for a period of four years. He maintains liberal views on the question of religion. He was made honorary member of the Hoosier Club of Union City by a unanimous vote of its members which comprise one hundred of the best young men of Union City. This action came as a surprise to Mr. Harris, but he is very proud of the honor. At the expiration of his term of office as mayor Mr. Harris was presented with a beautiful solid gold watch by the citizens of Union City, as a slight appreciation of the service he had rendered. The following is engraved on it, "From Citizens Union City, Indiana, to William Harris, Their Mayor, 1910-1914." Mr. Harris is one of the first and foremost citizens of Union City, always a leader in promoting the city's advancement in every way. He has assisted many a worthy young man to a.position, when starting out in life in a business way, and many a man today in this and other localities will tell you that they have worked their ways to positions of prosperity and influence through the early assistance of Mr. Harris. He is a gentleman whom it is a pleasure to meet, being genial, obliging and courteous.

Miles J. Furnas

Miles J. Furnas, well-known business man and politician of Winchester, was born November 10, 1866, in Bridgeport, Marion county, Indiana. He is a son of Isaac H. and Jane M. (Coffin) Furnas. The father was born in Bridgeport, Indiana, and the mother was a natixe of Winchester. The family lived in Bridgeport until 1883, then moved to Clayton, Indiana, and in 1888 took up their residence in Winchester. Isaac H. Furnas devoted his active life to farming and stock raising, but is now living retired in this city. Politically, he is a Republican, and while deeply interested in the success of the party,- has never been an office seeker. He and his wife are members of the Friends church. Only two children were born to them, our subject and Joseph L., of Westfield, Indiana.

Miles J. Furnas was reared on the home farm and received his early education in the district schools of his neighborhood. On November 24, 1887, ^^ was married to Ozella E. Hadley, a daughter of Matthias and Matilda (Bringle) Hadley, of Hendricks county, Indiana. In March, 1888, he located on a farm near Lynn and later moved to Winchester. To our subject and wife one son has been born, I. Lester Furnas, whose birth occurred September 13, 1888. He was educated in the public schools of Winchester and Indianapolis and graduated from the Indiana Dental College in 1910, since which time he has been connected with the faculty of the abovenamed institution. He was married October 2, 1909, to Agnds M. Revels, a daughter of P. J. and Beatrice (Loftus) Revels, of Scranton, Pennsylvania. To this union one child has been born, Eleanor.

Mr. Filrnas is a stanch Republican and has long beeti an influential leader in his party. In the fall of 1906 he was elected representative from Randolph county to the state Legislature, and he was twice re-elected, in 1908 and 1910. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men. He is a member of the Friends church and teacher of the young men's class in the Sunday school.

John Lawrence Smith

John Lawrence Smith, a native of New England, was born November 30, i860. His father was a native American and his mother a daughter of Erin. At the outbreak of the Civil war, the father enlisted and was in the Union army a year or more when he was transferred to the navy. He was , killed by an explosion on the flag-ship of the fleet sometime in the latter part of the war. The widow, then left with three small children - the subject of this sketch aged five, Kate three, and Minnie one - found herself penniless and homeless in the streets of New York City. Sickness and exhaustion had overtaken her, and she was lifted to an ambulance in Bleeker street one autumn day and taken to Bellevue Hospital to die. Her three fatherless children were transported up the Hudson to Randall's Island, and consigned to the House of Refuge. Here, after a few months, Minnie sickened and died. In May, 1867, John and Kate were given over along with thirty other children from Randall's Island, to Charles Loring Brace, at the head of the Children's Aid Society at that time, §nd when taken across the river, found themselves a portion of two passenger coach loads of orphan children and waifs gathered up in the city, preparatory to finding homes for them in the West.

John L. Smith

On account of Mr. Brace's ill health, he was on the Pacific coast, and these children were assigned to the charge of Mr. Roosevelt, father of former President, Theodore Roosevelt. After two days and two nights journey, the train made its first stop at Williamsport, Indiana, and the children were marched two successive days to the court house for inspection by those who might desire to furnish homes for the fatherless little ones. John and Kate Smith were taken by a young lawyer of Williamsport. After two or three weeks the lad was turned over to a local baker and after a few months given to a farmer ten miles down the Wabash.

Here the boy's life was one of hardship and often of torture. He was beaten brutally by the man and nagged constantly by the peevish wife. After six years on the farm the family moved to Williamsport, and the head of the house opened up a saloon. The young lad, now thirteen years of age, was put behind the bar to wait upon customers and bade to drink every time one proffered to treat. Three times a week he was required to drive a team to Attica for wagon loads of beer. Every inducement was presented the boy to make him a debauchee but by Providential grace and an inherent will to turn from evil, he escaped. Two years later, when the saloon keeper had broken up and was closed out by the sheriff, in the middle of February, barefooted, the boy ran away from his brutal taskmaster, traveling ten miles over the frozen ground that day. Up to this time he had no schooling worthy of mention, but now he arranged to have a home for his labor on a farm and the privilege of attending school in the winter months. Four winters he thus managed to attend the district schools. In 1878 he went to Newport, Vermilion county, and worked on a farm for wages. In the school year of 1 88 1 and '82 he attended the State Normal school at Terre Haute, qualifying himself to teach. For six consecutive years he then taught in the district schools.

In the spring of 1887 he bought the Dana News, a Democratic weekly, as it was about to suspend, and built it up into a successful journal. In 1891 Mr. Smith became superintendent of the Dana schools, also continuing as editor of the paper. In January, 1893, he was candidate before the Legislature for State Librarian at the suggestion of Governor Claude Matthews. For this position, however, he was defeated, but in July of the same year he was appointed postmaster of Dana by President Cleveland. After a year he sold the newspaper, and within the next year resigned the post-office to get back into newspaper work. In September, 1895, he bought the Winchester Democrat and moved to Randolph county the same month. Through the memorable campaign of 1896 he conducted a red-hot WilHam Jennings Bryan paper, having been a delegate to the convention that nominated the Nebraskan.

In May, 1897, Mr. Smith retired from the Winchester Democrat and bought a half interest in the Richmond Daily Sun and removed to Richmond. After a few months he withdrew from this partnership and engaged in the insurance business. In June, 1899, he again removed to Winchester and was associated for something more than two years with A. C. Hindsley in the publication of the Winchester Demgcrat. In November 1901 he engaged in the insurance work again and during the past ten years has been manager of the Insurance department of the Peoples Loan & Trust Company.

In November, 1887, Mr. Smith was married to Kate Jordan, a native of Vermilion county, Indiana. Two children have been born to the union, Marian Bernece, now a teacher in the public schools of Randolph county, and Lawrence J., who died when five and a half years of age.

Our subject has been an ardent lover of books, particularly the standard American and English authors. He is reputed to have the largest private library now in the state, his collection amounting to nearly six thousand volumes. He is an untiring reader, and is well abreast of all the advanced thinking of the day.

Likewise, Mr. Smith is devoted to nature, a lover of flowers and birds and trees. To his city lot he has transplanted forty-three varieties of wild flowers, and bird song is life among the trees because he has furnished homes for them, houses for purple martins and house wrens, leafy trees for others.

Mr. Smith is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Odd Fellows. When seventeen years of age he united with the Christian church at West Lebanon, Indiana, but at present is a member of the First Presbyterian church of Winchester.

Mr. Smith has been quite active with his pen, writing both in verse and prose. He has contributed to "The Forum," "The Arena," "The Christian Register," and the "National Magazine," as well as to the state and local papers. In 1892 he contributed two monographs to the State Board for the Columbian Exposition for which he received an honorarium of one hundred dollars each. In preparation of a literary history of Indiana he has collected more than six hundred volumes of the works of Indiana writers. In 1896 and '97 he was secretary of the Western Association of Writers, and formed lasting friendships with the genial souls that assembled at the annual meetings for many years.

Henry E. Butterworth

In examining the life records of self-made men, it will invariably be found that indefatigable industry has constituted the basis of their success. True there are other elements which enter in and conserve the advancement of personal interests, - perseverance, discrimination and mastering of expedients - but the foundation of all achievement is earnest, persistent labor. At the outset of his career Henry E. Butterworth, well-known business man of Winchester, Randolph county, recognized this fact and he did not seek any royal road to the goal of prosperity and independence, but began to work earnestly and diligently to advance himself and the result is that he is now numbered among the progressive, successful and influential citizens of this locality where he has always made his home and whose interests he has ever had at heart and sought to promote in every legitimate way.

Mr. Butterworth was born in Winchester, near where he is now living. He is a son of Thomas and Susan (Edwards) Butterworth. The father was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and the mother in Wayne county, Indiana. Grandfather Thomas Butterworth emigrated to America from Europe in 1819, locating in Baltimore, where he spent the rest of his life, engaged in his trade as weaver. His son, Thomas, came west in 1843, ^^'^ ^^^^ settled in what is now Fountain City, Wayne county, Indiana. He had learned the wagon maker's trade at which he worked after coming west. All vehicles were made by hand in those days. The Edwards family came from North Carolina in the early thirties. They entered one hundred and sixty acres of land which is now a part of the county farm, two miles south of Winchester. Thomas Butterworth, father of our subject, came to Winchester about 1844 and opened a wagon shop on what is now East Washington street. He and Susan Edwards were married in Winchester in 1845, and two children were born to them, Henry E., of this sketch, and Annetta, now the wife of David Hippenheimer, a farmer in White River township, living one mile east of Winchester. Politically, Mr. Butterworth was a Republican and active in political matters but never held office. His death occurred July 25, 1885, his widow surviving until March 17, 1896. They are both buried in White River Cemetery.

Henry E. Butterworth was reared in Winchester and there was educated in the public schools. He was born July 10, 1846 and when he was eleven years old, in 1857, the family moved to their farm, two and one-half miles south of Winchester where the father spent the rest of his life and where our subject grew to manhood, continuing to farm on the home place until 1886 when he moved to the county-seat and engaged in buying and shipping livestock, also the hay business for about four years, when he turned his attention to the ice business in which he has been continuously engaged to the present time. He has a large and rapidly growing business, one of the most extensive of its kind in this section of the state. He cuts and packs his own ice from Funks lake and has controlled the local ice trade ever since he started in business. Promptness and honesty are his watchwords. He is well equipped in every way for the successful handling of his large trade.

Mr. Butterworth was married on October 10, 1871, to Sarah Alice Irvin, daughter of George and Eliza (Quinn) Irvin, of Randolph county, of which Mr. Irvin is a native, but his wife was born in Preble county, Ohio.

Politically, Mr. Butterworth is a Republican, but has never been an office seeker, although interested in whatever promoted the affairs of his city and county.

Isaac Routh Gilmore

One of the well remembered men of a past generation in Randolph county was the late Isaac Routh Gilmore, who devoted his life successfulUy to agricultural pursuits and proved to be a good neighbor and citizen. He was one of the honored veterans of the great a\ ar between the states. Such men are worthy of both material success and the esteem of their acquaintances, for it has been by such men as Mr. Gilmore that this locality has been reclaimed from a wild state and brought up to one of the foremost agricultural sections of Indiana. He left his descendants an inheritance of which they may well be proud, a good example and an untarnished family name.

Mr. Gilmore was born near Pendleton, Madison county, Indiana, November II, 1839. He was a son of Samuel and Nancy (Roberts) Gilmore, the father a native of Virginia and the mother of Tennessee. To them the following children were born: John R., Eleanor Jane, Isaac R. (subject of this memoir), Nancy, James, Malinda Susan, Thomas E., Joseph W., Adaliza Marie, Martha, Emily, Samuel, Henry, William, Rachael, Robert C. and Sarah Ann. This exceptionally large family is now all deceased except Robert C, Adaliza Maria and Rachael.

Isaac R. Gilmore was reared on the home farm and he received a common school education. He assisted his father to clear the home farm and later cleared and developed a farm of his own, erecting thereon good buildings and became a substantial farmer. When quite young he removed with his parents to Illinois, where he lived until the beginning of the Civil War, when he enlisted in Company I, Thirtieth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in which he served faithfully until the close of the struggle, seeing much hard service and taking part in many of the important engagements. A f ter the war he resumed farming, eventually moving to Randolph county, Indiana where the rest of his life was spent. At his death he owned a finely improved and productive farm of one hundred acres in Nettle Creek township, which his widow still owns. He previously owned much more land which he divided among his children and gave them a good start in life.

Mr. Gilmore married Elizabeth Thornburg, March 24, 1864. She is a daughter of Edward and Susannah (Thornburg) Thornburg, the father a native of Ohio and the mother a native of Indiana. They were the parents of twelve children, namely: Eliza Jane and Peggie are both deceased; Mrs. Mary Ann Terrell, lives in Delaware county, Indiana ; Martha is deceased ; Isaac Henry, Joseph Morris and Sarah Ellen, all died in infancy ; Mrs. Rebecca Gilmore, lives in Iowa ; Elizabeth, who married Mr. Gilmore, of this sketch; John, lives at Economy, this state; Mrs. Carolina Dudley, lives in Marion, Indiana; George is a resident of Delaware county.

To Mr. and Mrs. Isaac R. Gilmore the following children were born : Mary Luella, the oldest died at the age of nine months, ten days ; Mrs. Venora Ann Chamness, of Henry county; Mrs. Addie Udora Campbell, of Muncie, who has two children, Frank and Ina. They are both married and FranE has four children, Edith, Lois, Jonathan and Joseph William. Ina has three children, Marcile Luella, Thelma Ruth and Cletis Cornelus Geneviene; Wellrose Douglass, third child of the subject of this sketch, lives in Randolph county and has one child, Revillo ; Andrew Clayton died leaving three children, Valetta Carrel, Carcie Harold, and Lois, all except the last named now making their home with their grandmother, Gilmore; Joseph Henry, also died and left two children, Arline and Richard Harold; Mrs. Ora Estella Jones, who lives in Parker and has two children, Survetus and Lelia; Arthur Edward, of this county, has three children, Oletta Blanche, Raymond Leo, and Cleo Lavon; Lee Dennis, youngest of our subject's children, lives in North Dakota and has one child, Lucille Estella.

The first home built by Mr. Gilmore was destroyed by fire, but, nothing daunted, he at once set about to build another and left his family in good circumstances and the widow occupies the old home and the place is operated by his son, Arthur E.

For forty years Mr. Gilmore was a worthy member of the Christian church, devoting a great amount of his time, labor and money for the benefit of the church and the betterment of his community in every way; At the organization of the Grand Army of the Republic he became a member of that order and was ahvays devoted to its work. On September 23, 1871, he was made a master Mason by the Blountsville lodge, and in all ways tried to practice the teachings of this great order.

The death of Mr. Gilmore occurred October 30, 1909 at the age of sixtynine years, eleven months and nineteen days, leaving a widow, seven children, twelve grandchildren, five great grandchildren, a brother and two sisters and a host of devoted friends.

Columbus R. Carter

One of the most enterprising and substantial citizens of Lynn, Randolph county, is Columbus R. Carter, who has been engaged in a number of things in all of which he has shown himself a capable man of affairs, and, having accumulated a handsome competency he is now living practically retired, although still in the full vigor of manhood. He was well prepared for life's serious work, being given a good education and excellent training by an able and worthy father. Another thing, he selected a splendid woman to share his triumphs and defeats, his joys and sorrows, which come in the course of the years to everyone. And thus ecjuipped he began the battle of life on his own account, and so it is not surprising that success has attended his efforts all along the line.

Mr. Carter was born in the northeastern corner of Howard county, Indiana. He is a son of Thomas Wesley Carter and Lydia (Rhoades) Carter. The father was born October 11, 1836, near Mt. Zion neighborhood. White River township, Randolph county. He was a son of Thomas and Mariam (Cartwright) Carter. Thomas Carter, Sr., was born in Randolph county, North Carolina and he came to Randolph county, Indiana, in , the latter twenties, entering eighty acres of land in White River township, and was thus one of our earliest settlers. He began, clearing and improving his land here, but death overtook him about three years later, and he passed away in early manhood, leaving a wife and several children. He and- Mariam Cartwright were married in North Carolina, of which state she was a native, and she spent the rest of her life in this locality.

Thomas W. Carter was left an orphan at the age of eleven years. He made his home with an elder sister and worked on a farm, and suffered the privations and hardships incident »to a parentless boy in the pioneer days.

He secured a colt for some of his services and with that for a start he gradually worked his way up. When twenty years old he married Lydia Rhoades and soon after located on a farm east of Snow Hill, this county and in i860 moved to Howard county where he continued farming until the fall of 1875, then moved back into the same house he had before occupied near Snow Hill, and farmed there one year then moved to the farm where he spent the rest of his life, dying November 26, 1906, when a little past seventy years of age. He and Lydia Rhoades were married October 19, 1856. She was born in Randolph county, Indiana, October 22, 1839. She was a daughter of Miles and Margaret Rhoades. Miles Rhoades was a native of North Carolina. The death of Mrs. Carter occurred July 16, 1876. Mr. Carter subse-i quently married Hannah Baldwin. Nine children were born to this first union, two of the daughters preceding him to the Silent Land. He was a worthy member of the Christian church. He was regarded by all as being a good and useful man in every respect.

Columbus R. Carter received a common school education, and attended Roanoke Academy one term, also attended the Converse high school. He' began life for himself by teaching school, after one term he began farming and alternated the two for a period of years, being very successful in both. He then engaged in merchandising at Snow Hill, also was a grain dealer there for a period of fourteen years, building up a large trade in the meantime. He then went to Lynn and engaged in the real estate, loan and insurance business, and also became secretary and manager of the Lynn Tile & Brick Company, which he conducted for four years building it up to large proportions, also had a splendid real estate and insurance business. In 1912 he traveled extensively throughout the West. He is now living practically retired. He owns one-third interest in the splendid cement block building on Main street in Lynn, also other valuable properties, including a handsome residence. Politically he is a Prohibitionist, and religiously belongs to the Church of Christ.

Mr. Carter was married September 12, 1885, to Mary Jane Buroker, who was born in Grant county, Indiana, November 22, 1863. She is a daughter of William and Julia Buroker. The father was born October 18, 1834, in Grant county, Indiana, and his death occurred March 22, 1871 ; his wife died April 6, 1876.

To Mr. and Mrs. Carter two children have been born, a son dying in infancy and Thelma lona who is now attending the Lynn high school and will graduate with the class of 1916.

The descendants of Thomas Carter, Sr., hold their family reunion annually near Snow Hill Station and the descendants of INIiles Rhoades, Sr., hold their family reunion annually at the old homestead near Converse, Indiana. The subject of this sketch is the president of both these reunions, thus shpwing that he is an honored member of both families.

Rober'J G. Hunt

Such a life as that of Robert G. Hunt, successful farmer and stock man, of Union City, for a long lapse of years one of the leading citizens of Randolph county and a veteran of the Ci^il ^Var, is an inspiration to others who are less courageous and more prone to giving up the fight when obstacles thwart their way, or their ideals have been reached or definite success has been obtained in any field of endeavor. In the life history of Mr. Hunt are found evidences of a peculiar characteristic that always makes for achievement, persistency coupled with fortitude and honest traits,, and as the result of such a life he has acquired not only material success but also an honored place in the community.

Mr. Hunt was born in Kentucky, September 20, 1843. ^^ is a son of Hugh ^I. Hunt, a native of Union county, South Carolina where he spent his boyhood years, removing to Kentucky when twenty-three j^ears old, where he remained until 1848 when he moved with his family to Indiana, locating on a farm two miles west of Huntsville, Randolph county, where he spent the rest of his life, dying January 24, 1888. He married Maranda Hunt, a daughter of Rev. Bazel Hunt, (no relation). Her death occurred May 29, 1 89 1. Grandfather Elisha Hunt died in South Carolina many years ago. He was of Scotch ancestry. The Hunts are an old southern family.

Robert G. Hunt grew to manhood on the home farm and was educated in the common schools of Randolph county, and when only eighteen years of age he enlisted in Company E, Thirty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under Col. Grose, of New Castle, and Capt. Kerney. He saw considerable hard service and proved to be a gallant and faithful soldier for the union. He fought in the battle of Shiloh where he was wounded and discharged for disability not long thereafter ; but as soon as he was able he re-enlisted, this time in Company B, Seventh Indiana Cavalry, and was made quarter-master sergeant, the duties of which position he discharged in a highly commendable manner until he was honorably discharged at Austin, Texas, February 18. 1866. After his military career he remained in the Lone Star state until the spring of 1867 when he returned to Randolph county, Indiana, removing to Ringgold county, Iowa two years later, where he remained nearly a year, then returned to this county and bought a small farm in West River township, and in connection with farming he began buying and shipping livestock on an extensive scale, his business growing to large proportions. In 1885 he moved to a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Nettle Creek township, he having purchased this place in 1883. He sold out in 1889 and bought a farm immediately across the road from his last place, in West River township, the latter farm consisting of two hundred and thirteen acres, which was poorly improved, and he improved same and sold it in two years and moved to Indianapolis. About 1895 he bought a farm in West River township to which he removed soon thereafter and lived on it two and one-half years when he sold out and moved to Modoc. After remaining there a few months he moved back to Indianapolis, and in 1909 bought a farm in Jay county on which he lived until 1912 when he sold out and moved to lUnion City, buying a fine home on the Ohio side of the city where he now resides, surrounded by every convenience and comfort and here he expects to spend his old age in quiet. He has been very successful in his life work, always made good trades in his various farms and is now in very comfortable circumstances financially. Politically, he is a Republican.

Mr. Hunt was married May 12, 1878 to Elvira H. Hunt, (no relation). She was born in Randolph county, October 19, 1856, and here she grew to womanhood and was educated. She is a daughter of John W. Hunt, for many years a well-known and highly respected citizen of Randolph county. His death occurred March 22, 1870. He was of English ancestry. His wife, Rachael Andrews, was a daughter of Barton Andrews, and her death occurred April 17, 1873. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Hunt has been without issue.

Benjamin Worth Daggett

Notwithstanding opinions to the contrary, much depends upon being well born, and the old adage that "blood will tell" is not only true, but, profoundly philosophical. In a large measure we are what our ancestors were, their characteristics and their attributes as a rule constituting a heritage which has had a powerful influence in moulding our lives for good or evil. "Like produces like," a recognized law of the physical world, also obtains in matters of mind and morals, as the experience of the human race abundantly attests. That parents have a wonderful influence upon the minds and hearts of their offspring cannot for a moment be gainsaid, hence, the necessity of measuring up to the high standard which both Nature and the Creator require of fatherhood and motherhood. In matter of birth Benjamin Worth Daggett, of the vicinity of Union City, Randolph county, has been fortunate, inheriting as he does the sterhng characteristics of his ancestors.

Mr. Daggett was born in Adams county, Ohio, May 2;^, 1852. He is a son of George Daggett, who was born near Fredericksburg, Virginia where he spent his boyhood and was educated in the common schools. When twenty-one years of age he left his native state and came to Ohio where he bought a small farm. He learned the cooper's trade when young and worked at the same, maintaining a shop of his own for many years. His family consisted of ten children, namely: Andrew Jackson died in infancy; Martin Van Buren, Richard Johnson, Camora H., Martha E., Thomas K., Virginia A., Mary I., Sarah E., and Benjamin Worth. Benjamin F. Daggett, paternal grandfather of the above named children, was born in Virginia, August 4, (790. He was a soldier in the war of 181 2, in which war his father was a captain.

Benjamin W. Daggett grew up on his father's farm in Ohio where he worked when a boy and he received his education in the country schools in his neighborhood in Adams county, at the old Foster school-house, which was three miles distant from his home. When eighteen years of age he began auctioneering which he followed successfully for a number of years, later in life turning his attention to farming. He came to Randolph county, Indiana in 1900 and here he has been engaged in farming, principally, ever since. During the past four years he has been running the school wagon in vicinity of Union City and has never had an accident. He purchased his present home farm of forty-four acres on January 5, 1901. He has improved it and has a comfortable home. He is a self-made man, for he received little assistance from his parents who had a large family to rear, educate and provide for.

Mr. Daggett was married July 18, 1883 to Julia Ann Wilson, who was born in Clinton county, Ohio, November 27, 1861, and there she grew to womanhood and was educated in the public schools. She is a daughter of James AVilson, a farmer, who was born on a farm January i, 1810, and died May 3, 1880. He was a shoemaker by trade, and he reared a family of nine children. He married Margaret Plymire. Mrs. Daggett was the youngest of their family. Her father, James Wilson was twice married, his first wife having been Katherine Childers, and to this union three children were born, namely: Mary Elizabeth, John A., and Thomas C. The following children were born to his union with Margaret Plymire : Susanna, Katherine, Martin A., James B., Margaret Ellen, Samuel P., Lovina. Lewis and Julia Ann. The paternal grandfather of the above named children was Joshua Wilson, who was born April ii, 1763, and died June 2, 1831, at the age of sixty-eight years, one month and three days. James Wilson was owner of a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, at the time of his death. He reared four boys who never drank, chewed or smoked.

Six children were born to our subject and wife, namely: Olin, born in Grant county, Indiana, March 7, 1884 and was married January 18, 191 1 to Nettie Kaufman. They have one child Florence ; Anna Pearl, born in Grant county, Indiana, October 10, 1887 and married Melvin Douge, agent for the traction company hl Eaton, Indiana ; Minnie Margaret born in Adams county, Ohio; February 12, 1890 and is a stenographer at Eaton, Indiana; Leila L., was born in Adams county, Ohio, December 29, 1892 and is a stenographer at Muncie, Indiana; May Thelma born in Union City, Indiana, May 2, 1902; and Leo Worth born in Union City, Indiana, March 15, 1908.

William King

One of the enterprising farmers and public-spirited citizens of Jackson township, Randolph county, who is deserving of specific mention in this volume, is William King, a man who has never been inclined to depend upon others to do his work or lay his plans, and, as a result of his habits of selfreliance, foresight, close application and integrity he now finds himself very comfortably situated and one of the highly respected men of his township.

Mr. King was born in the above-named township and county August i, 1855. He is a son of Dr. James V. King, one of the prominent pioneer physicians of Jackson township, who died here about 1890. The mother of our subject was known jn her maidenhood as Mary Jane Devor, who survived her husband, the Doctor, some" sixteen years, dying in 1906. The paternal grandfather of our subject was William King, a farmer in Brown county, Ohio, in the early days, who eventually moved to Randolph county, Indiana, and located in Jackson township, of which he became trustee, holding the office many years. He is long since deceased, as has also his wife, Mary (Bowd) King.

William King, of this review, was reared in his native community and he received his education in the common schools of Jackson township and Ridgeville College, finishing his education by home study. He began life for himself as a teacher, which profession he followed with very gratifying results for a period of sixteen years, during which time he became one of our most popular and efficient teachers. Most of his teaching was in Randolph county. He finally gave up teaching and turned his attention to general farming, which he has followed. ever since. He owns fifty acres, on which he makes a very comfortable living, and he has a cozy home. He is contented to lead the simple life, not caring to put forth the strenuous efforts necessary to horde up a large fortun?, knowing that happiness is not gained in such a course.

Politically, Mr. King is a Progressive, and while he is deeply interested in public matters, he is not a seeker after the emoluments of office. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

Mr. King was married September i. 1881, to Sadie Johnson, who was born in Jackson township, Randolph county, November 3, 1858, and here she was reared and educated. She is a daughter of Edward Johnson, whose death occurred in 1894. The mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, died in 1900. They were highly respected by all who knew them, having lived a life above reproach.

To William King and wife the following children were born : Lota, born August 14, 1882, who was educated in the common schools and Union City High School, finishing at Marion College, from which institution she was graduated. She has been a successful teacher for the past eleven years, and has been superintendent of the Spartanburg schools for the past three years; Vesta, second daughter of our subject, was born March 22, 1884, was educated in the Jackson township schools, passing through the Union City high school and Marion College, having specialized in the scientific course, later graduating at the University of Indiana. She is now a student at Chicago University. She has been teaching with most gratifying results for the past eight years; Hazel, third child of our subject, was bom August 28, 1886, passed through the Jocal public schools, was graduated from the Union City high school, also Marion College, and Indiana University in 1909. She did work later on an advanced degree, and has been one of our popular teachers for the past six years. She married A. J. Thompson on September i, 19 12, and they reside in Ellettsville, Monroe county, Indiana. Mollie King, born July 7, 1888, passed through the home public schools, was graduated from the Union City high school and Indiana University, and is at present attending the Indiana Medical College in Indianapolis, preparatory to a career as a physician. Elsie King, born May 22, 1890, received her education in the local public schools, the high school at Union City, and is now a student at Indiana University. Ethel King, born May 9, 1892, was educated in the same manner as her elder sisters, graduating from Indiana University with honors in 191 3. She is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. Cecil King, born December 22, 1899, is at this writing a student in the Jackson township high school. Our subject and wife are very proud of their children, and not without just cause, for they are the possessors of fine minds, cultured and ambitious to accomplish something worth while.

John H. Bickel

Darke county, Ohio has sent a large number of her enterprising citizens to Randolph count)^ Indiana and they have, almost invariably, proved to be industrious and public-spirited, and excellent farmers, for nearly all of them have chosen husbandry for their vocations. Of this number John H. Bickel, of near Union City is deserving of special mention. He has made a success as a general farmer and has proven to be a valuable man in public matters.

Mr. Bickel was born in Darke county, Ohio, October 29, 1863. He is a son of Daniel W^. and Rebecca (Chenoweth) Bickel. The father was born in Miami county, Ohio, in November, 1838. He devoted his life to farming, laying by a competency sufficient to insure his old age free from want, and he is now living retired. His wife died in 1900. Tobias Bickel, paternal grandfather of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, but spent most of his life on a farm in Ohio where he died a number of years ago. This is an old Pennsylvania family and has always been noted for Its sterling honesty and unwavering industry.

John H. Bickel grew to manhood on the home farm and he worked there with his father during the crop seasons when he became of proper age. In the meantime he attended the district schools of his neighborhood in the wintertime. He subsequently attended the Normal school at Ada, Ohio, now known as the Northwestern Ohio Normal. He thus acquired a good practical education.

Mr. Bickel began life for himself as a farmer upon reaching manhood and this line has continued to claim his attention to the present time with everincreasing success. While working his fathers land as a boy he used his observing powerfe and thereby acquired a definite knowledge of the various phases of husbandry. He worked the homestead for some time on the shares, and when he married he purchased his present home near Union City, Indiana where he came when a young man from Darke county, Ohio. He now owns eighty acres of well improved and valuable land where he carries on di\'ersified farming and stock raising, and on v>'hich stand a cozy dwelling and good buildings in general. He operates one hundred and twenty acres. He keeps large numbers of live stock, making a specialty of raising and fattening one hundred or more annually, hogs for. the market, and no small portion of his income is derived from this source.

Mr. Bickel was married October 5, 1887 to Florence A. Cole, a daughter of Edmund and Eliza Cole, of Darke county, Ohio. IMr. Cole died about 1889, after a successful life as a farmer. Mrs. Cole survives and is now advanced in years. The union of ~Sir. and Mrs. Bickel has been without issue.

Politically, Mr. Bickel is a Republican. In 1910 he was appointed ditch commissioner of Randolph county which office he still holds, discharging its duties in a manner entirely acceptable to all concerned. In religious matters he is a member of the Christian church.

Francis Frazier

The history of Randolph county reveals the handiwork of many a great and noble soul who wrought heroically and unselfishly. Her smiling fields and splendid homes, her high-grade institutions, her happy, prosperous people speak volumes of someone's steadfastness of puri^ose, of someone's strength of arm, courage of heart, activity of brain - of someone's sacrifice. But timcy that grim obliterator, before whose destroying fingers the stubborn granite must, in the end succumb, is ever at his work of disintegration. Beneath his blighting touch even memory fails, and too often a life of glorious achievement is forgotten in a day. Lest we forget, then, this tribute to the.Fraziers, one of our very earliest pioneer families, is paid. It is the desire of the biographer, as it must be of all who know the family, that their deeds and characters be recorded for the benefit of those who follow. One of the wellknown members is Francis Frazier, for a long lapse of years a popular blacksmith of Wayne township. By no means rich, as mere worldly possessions are estimated, he is rich in a thousand thronging memories of the rugged days of his boyhood, which were spent in a pioneer environment in this locality.

Mr. Frazier was born in Randolph county ]\Iarch 7, 1842. He is a son of Francis Frazier, Sr., who was born February 16, 1802, in Guilford county, Xorth Carolina, and there he spent his boyhood, removing with his father to Clinton county, Ohio, in 181 1. They remained there until 1817, when they removed to Randolph county, Indiana, finding here a vast wilder- ness where settlers were very few. They settled east of the present village of Lynn on one hundred and sixty acres which was entered from the government. The land was cleared and improved by our subject's father, and here he farmed and engaged in blacksmithing, maintaining a shop on his farm. He did all kinds of blacksmithing, but made a specialty of bell making, also made pocket knives and razors, some of the latter being still in use. His first home was a hut in the woods. He had a pile of logs ready to erect a more substantial log house when a band of Indians camped near them one night, built a camp-fire near them, and when the smoke and fire was seen by Mr. Frazier he began to investigate, and explained to the Indians, who understood English, that the logs were for the purpose of building a house, the red men moved further away and established their camp, and he observed that they prepared their suppers by cooking wild turkey and sc^uirrels without dressing them. Mr. Frazier prospered on his farm here and spent the rest of his life engaged in farming and blacksmithing, dying in 1883. He married Letitia Clearwater, a daughter of Jacob Clearwater. Her death occurred in August, 1891. Our subject's grandfather, James Frazier, was born in 1772 in North Carolina. He married Susanna Stanley, who was born in North Carolina in 1767. His death occurred in 1822. He was also a blacksmith and bell maker by trade. His father was also a blacksmith.

Francis Frazier, our subject, was reared in his native community and received a common school education, his first school being in an old log house. He began life as a farmer, later learning the blacksmith's trade, an adaptation for which was inherited through several generations before him, and in a short time he became expert, and he continued to ply the forge with much success for a period of twenty-five years. He had four brothers, who also followed the blacksmith's trade, and his son, Hugh, is a blacksmith, with a finely equipped country shop and is doing an excellent business. Our subject was always regarded as one of the most skilful workmen in the county and always had all the work he could do, many of his regular customers coming from remote distances.

Mr. Frazier was married in 1861 to Sarah Whitson, whose death occurred December 17, 1862, leaving one daughter, Sarah L., and on March 3, 1864, he married Jane C. Shockney, who was born in Wayne township, Randolph county, who proved to be a true and worthy helpmeet, a fond and loving mother, living a most exemplary life. Mr. Frazier's first marriage was blessed with one child, viz. : Sarah L., who married Addison Hockett, lives at New Madison, Ohio, and they have five children, Clarence, who married Kate Miller; Carrie F. married Clarence Flater, of New Madison, Ohio;

Frank is deceased; Earl is single. Dorothy is the youngest. The following children were of our subject's second marriage : John, who married Rosa Jenkins, lives in Blackford county, Indiana, near Hartford City, and they have eight children, Edith, Raymond, Gould Frazier, who married Maud Robins, has two children, Francis and Elizabeth; Homer, George, Ruth, Esther, Mary; Neomi, Eunice, Hannah is deceased; Jesse married Lizzie Hassher, and they have five children, Cecil, Mary M., Catherine and Martha E. Hugh Frazier married Cora Johnston, and they have four children, Francis Leroy, Charles H., Ralph and Harry James. Martha married Charles Welch, of near Spartanburg, and they have eight children, Florence V., Paul, Esther, Ruth C, Edna, Bertha A., Myrtle and Donald E. ; Mary J. married John Hinshaw, and they have two children, Miriam C. and Everett F. James A. Frazier being the youngest of the family. The children of the subject of this sketch received good educational advantages in the schools of Wayne township and the Winchester- high school. James later attended the Normal at Muncie, also Valparaiso University, and has followed teaching for seven years, being at this writing principal of No. 10 school, near .Union City.

The Warren family has long been one of the best known and classed among the most industrious in Jackson township, Randolph county, a very creditable representative of the present generation being William H. Warren, who was born and reared here and who has spent his life at home, and he has done what he could to develop and advertise to the world the wonderful resources of a county that now occupies a proud position among the most progressive and enlightened sections of Indiana.

The date of Mr. Warren's birth was January i, 1857. He is a son of Dolphin Warren, who was born in North Carolina and there he spent his boyhood years, removing, when a young man, with his parents to Hollinsburg, Ohio, where he commenced the trade of brick mason at which he worked for two 3'ears. At twenty years of age he owned a horse and cow and had eighty dollars in money. He purchased some land at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the farm where his son, William H. Warren of this review, now lives, having decided to take up his permanent abode in Randolph county, Indiana, and he eventually became one of the leading farmers of Jackson township. This land was all timbered. Here he erected a primiti'^'e log cabin, with rude furnishings, the cabin having no floor and the cracks between the logs served for windows, and openings for doors, over which blankets were hung to keep out the cold. Here he worked and struggled, his good wife assisting in clearing and getting the land seeded for crops, and here they reared their eleven children and eventually prospered. All the children are still living but three. Dolphin Warren lived to be nearly eightynine years of age. He was always robust and appeared much younger than he really was. He owned at one time nine hundred and sixty acres of good land, all in one body. He managed well and was far-seeing, and eventually became one of the substantial men of his township. He took great pleasure in his home and his family. He was constantly at work, always delighting in being busy. Politically, he was a Republican, and the only one of this party's adherents in the family. He was a faithful member of the Christian church. His death occurred in 1904. His wife, Nancy L. Taylor, died in 1902. The paternal grandfather, James Madison Warren, spent his earlier years in North Carolina and the latter part of his life in Ohio, he too, reaching the advanced age of eighty-nine years. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He and his wife both died when the subject of this sketch was young.

William H. Warren grew to manhood on the home farm and there he did his share of the work when a boy. He received his education in the rural schools of his community, and when but a boy took up general farming which he has continued to follow to the present time, with very gratifying results. When twenty-one years of age he began renting land of his father, working thus for five years when he bought seventy acres, and in 1905 he purchased the old homestead where he now lives, his place consisting of one hundred and forty-nine acres, in which he takes a great pride and has brought it up to a high state of improvement and cultivation. The house was built in 1859 and, having been kept well repaired is yet in splendid condition. He carries on general farming and stock raising, keeping a good grade of livestock. He has served his locality as road supervisor for more than twenty years. Politically, he is a Republican, and he belongs to the Methodist church. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Mr. Warren was married in 1878 to Elizabeth J. Girton, who was born in Wayne township, Randolph county, June 27, 1861, and here she grew to womanhood and was educated. She is a daughter of Levi P. Girton, a soldier in the Civil war, who served under Gen. Sherman and was on the memorable march to the sea. He was a private in Company B, One Hundred and

Twenty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was honorably discharged August 31, 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina. He was born in Wayne township, Randolph county, Indiana in 1835, and was of one of our pioneer families. His death occurred in 1890.

To Mr. and Mrs. Warren the following children were born : Daisy, born December 12, 1879, married Eli Puterbaugh, a farmer of Jay county, and this union has been without issue ; Dora, born December 6, 1881, married Wesley Miller, a farmer, also of Jay county, and to them five children have been born, Tressie, Vera Myrtle, Ralph, Dale, deceased, and Iva Elizabeth ; Edward, born July 3, 1884, married Retta Fowler; he is engaged in farming in Jackson township, and they have two children, Bessie and Arthur. William Warren was born September 6, 1889, married Mamie Whitesell, and to them two children have been born, Kenneth William and Elva Elizabeth; Myrtle, born January 31, 1893, married Willie Lewis, of Jackson township and they have one child, Hanly Berlin; Wesley A., born January i, 1898, was recently graduated from the local high school and he is at home with his parents.

Mr. Warren, of this sketch, has been a delegate to the state political conventions of his party a number of times and has always made his influence felt for the good of his party and the locality where he lives, also a delegate to the county conventions for the past twenty years and is one of the Republican leaders in Randolph county.

Leroy Emrick

This is often called the age of electricity and it could be no better named, for all contemplative minds will agree that this subtle, inscrutable, indefinable substance, or force, or whatever it is, (not even the great Edison or Tesla knows) has done more toward changing our present modes of life than anything else during the past half century, and it is not within any seer's horoscope to predict what will yet be accomplished in this fascinating field. It is a vocation rich in possibilities, surprises and wonders, a field wherein its devotees may keep on going without ever gaining so much as a glimpse of the goal. The young man who takes up the study of electricity and is persistent will always be insured of a good livelihood, his services will be in great and constant demand wherever he may care to work. It is about the only vocation that is not overcrowded. Many enter it, true enough, but only a few make anything more than a mediocre success, the others drifting along or falling out of the ranks entirely. LeRoy Emrick, who is engaged in the electrical business in the town of Lynn, Randolph county, is a young man who will doubtless be heard from in this great field, for he seems to have inherited the attributes necessary to succeed in this line, besides being greatly enamored of his work, a close observer and a deep student in all that pertains to the same.

Mr. Emrick was born in Darke county, Ohio, April 3, 1892. He is a son of Orphus and Isaphene (Sarver) Emrick. The father is also a native of Darke county, Ohio, his birth having occurred there on September 9, 1868. He is a son of William and Susanna Emrick. Orphus Emrick grew to manhood in his native county in the Buckeye state and there received a common school education. He remained there engaged in carpentering and farming until 1906 when he removed to Randolph county, Indiana and located in Washington township where he continued general farming until 1912 when he moved just west of Lynn on a seven acre tract where he is engaged in gardening at this writing, also follows carpentering, being regarded as an exceptionally skilled workman. Politically, he is a Democrat, and in religious matters he belongs to the German Lutheran church. He also belongs to the Jr. O. U. A. M. He and Isaphene Sarver were married in Darke county, Ohio, in 1891. She was born in that county March 6, 1872, and there grew to womanhood and received her education. To Orphus Emrick and wife four children have been born, namely: LeRoy, of this sketch; Carl is at home with his parents ; Fern is deceased ; Hazel is at home.

LeRoy Emrick received a good common school education, and between terms he worked with his father on the farm. Having a bent toward electricity he took the electrical course provided by the International Correspondence School, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and made rapid progress with it, graduating from the same in 191 1. He at once began working in Winchester for a Lighting Company located in Winchester. The work was between Winchester and Lynn, Indiana, and in Lynn, remaining there a year and getting much practical experience the meanwhile. In 1912 he came to Lynn and opened an electrical shop which he has disposed of and is now working as a substation operator for the Commonwealth Edison Company of Chicago, Illinois, one of the largest central stations in the United States, having fifty-six substations and four generating plants. This company supplies electricity for light and power to nearly all of Chicago.

Mr. Emrick is a Democrat, a member of the Christian church, and fraternally belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Encampment. He is unmarried.