Randolph County, Indiana - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1914 (part 5 of 20)

Mr. Thomas Ward was reared in a pioneer settlement and his early life was passed like that of all boys who have' been similarly situated. His advantages were limited, but his father's house was the resort of travelers, many of whom were very intelligent men and took pleasure in imparting a portion of their knowledge to the boy, who always evinced an inquiring disposition and learned readily. At an early age, he began trading with his neighbors and nearly all his transactions redounded to his success, so that, when twenty-one years of age, he had accumulated six hundred acres of land. His first earnings were made by "deadening" timber for new purchasers. He would take the contract for "deadening" the timber on these lands and after sub-letting it, usually had a profit left for hir^elf. He never retrograded in his financial standing; the property which he had accumulated during the years of his minority stimulated him to greater achievements, and in the years which followed he found his prospects brightening and his prosperity increasing. In 1840, he was married, and in 1841 removed to a tract of land near Ridgeville, from which he developed a good farm. This farm was cleared and improved by himself, and after cultivating it for four years, he removed to Winchester and embarked in mercantile pursuits at this point. He was thus engaged until 1870, carrying a general stock for a part of the time, and later in the hardware trade exclusively, while at another time he was the proprietor of a harness shop. He was one of the first friends of the Cincinnati, Richmond & Fort Wayne railroad, and was one of the Board of Directors. He had invested $35,000 in stock, but it was found that the company would be unable to complete the road to Fort Wayne. Upon this discovery, the directors sold the road to another company and by the change he lost all he had invested, except about $3,100. In 1865, he became one of the company who organized the First National Bank of Winchester, and served as its president until 1868. In 1864, he was elected to the Indiana Senate and at once arose to a position of prominence and honor, serving on important committees. He voted for the ratification of the Thirteentfi and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States and introduced a bill to admit the testimony of colored witnesses in cases where white litigants were involved. He also introduced a bill to make the sale of liquor a penal offense and served as chairman of the Committee on Corporations. The bill to compel railroad corporations to furnish transportation and equalize freights was also introdviced by him. He served his constituency well and retired from his official position with the good will of all good people. By his industry and good management, Mr. M^ard accumulated a fortune and was regarded as one of the wealthiest citizens of Winchester. Yet his ample fortune did not change his kindly nature and among those who knew him best he was esteemed as a kind and amiable friend. He was married four times: first, in 1840, to Sarah Ellen Tharp, who died in i'852. He was married to Jane Swayne, of Richmond, Indiana, in

1854. She died in 1865, leaving three children. His third wife was Susan Lykins, who died in 1873, leaving two children. In April, 1876, he wds united in marriage with Laurinda, daughter of Isaiah Osborn, Esq. By this union, they were the parents of one child.

Other citizens who were factors in the making of Winchester and who are not mentioned in sketches of this book are : Jesse J. Bates, miller ; Edward Bates, miller; James S. Cottom, business; Levi D. Carter, woolen factory;

A. G. Campfield, contractor; Patrick H. Dean, photographer; W^m. Fitzmaurice, machinist ; David Fudge, furniture dealer ; Charles Gutheil, tanner ; Michael Gaffy, John H. Gill, manufacturers ; Jonathan S. Hiatt, hotel keeper ; Calvin Irvin, jeweler; Thomas Klinck, Jr., wagon maker; John K. Martin, brick and tile manufacturer; Elisha, Martin, brick manufacturer; John Neff, grocer; Phineas Pomeroy, surveyor; Alfred Rossman, saddler; Washington

B. Snedaker, photographer; John L. Stakebake, manufacturer; Ira Tripp, merchant; Richmond Thornburg, tailor; Charles W. Woolverton, boot and shoe dealer; John Dye Smith, merchant.

One of the most conspicuous figures in the recent history of Randolph county is William D. Kizer, who has long been actively identified with the business and industrial interests of Winchester and vicinity, widely known as one of the leading bankers and financiers of this section of Indiana. Equally noted as a citizen whose useful career has conferred credit upon the community and whose marked abilities and stirring qualities have won for him much more than local repute, he holds today distinctive precedence as one of the most progressive and successful men that ever inaugurated and carried to satisfactory termination large and important undertakings in this locality. Strong mental powers, keen discernment, invincible courage and a determined purpose that hesitate at no opposition have entered into his composition so as to render him a dominant factor in the business world and a leader of men in notable enterprises. He is essentially a man of affairs - sound of judgment and far-seeing in what he undertakes, and every enterprise to which he has addressed himself has resulted in liberal financial returns.

Mr. Kizer was born March 7, 1847, on a farm one mile north of Winchester, Indiana. He is a son of Thomas W. and Susanna (Way) Kizer. The father was born in Ward township, Randolph county, and the mother was a native of Winchester. Elias Kizer, the paternal grandfather, came from Botetourt county, Virginia, in the year 1821, reaching his destination in Ward township on May 6th, traveling the entire distance by wagon. He was thus among the very earliest settlers in Randolph county, when it was still the home of Indians and wild beasts. He settled in the dense woods, built a log cabin and began clearing the land, of which he made an excellent farm in due course of time, and he became prominent in the affairs of the community in its early history. He remained on his farm, which is now the site of Stone Station, until 1832, when he moved to White River township, locating just north of Winchester, and on this farm he spent most of his longand useful life, dying at his home, located at the north edge of town, now included in the city limits, in March, 1867. He died at the age of sixty-seven years, having been born in the year 1800. His wife, who was known in her maidenhood as Margery Ward, survived two years, dying in 1869. EHas Kizer, besides having engaged in farming, also operated a mill, kept a hotel, and for five years was superintendent of the poor asylum. He was a Republican in politics and his wife was a member of the Society of Friends, but subsequently became a member of the Methodist church.

Thomas W. Kizer devoted his life successfully to general farming and stock raising in his native county and was a highly respected citizen. About 1848 he moved from his farm into Winchester, where he established the family home, but continued to operate his farm. His death occurred November 28, 1901, at an advanced age. His wife preceded him to the grave over a quarter of a century, dying January 15, 1874. Their graves are in Fountain Park cemetery, Winchester. To Thomas W. Kizer credit should be given for the making of Fountain Park cemetery, one of the most beautiful burial grounds in the state. When he began his work it was a barren field, but through his untiring efforts was transformed into a cemetery, that for beauty of landscape architecture, is not surpassed.

William D. Kizer was about a year old when his parents removed from the farm to Winchester, and here he was reared to manhood and educated in the common schools. He assisted his father with the work on the farm during the summer months when he became of proper age. He started in life for himself when nineteen years old and he worked at various jobs about Winchester. In 1 866. he invested as a partner in a house moving outfit in which he made a little money, and in the spring of 1868 he engaged with Sol Yunker to sell nursery stock from Rochester, Xew York, nurseries, in southwestern Missouri. He followed this to the entire satisfaction of his employer for three and one-half years. In the fall of 1870 he rented the old home farm from his father and sowed a crop of wheat that fall. At the urgent request of ^Ir. Yunker he went to ^lissouri and helped with the spring sale and delivery of his nursery stock. Upon his return to Winchester, Mr. Kizer was offered a clerkship in the county treasurer's office which he accepted, but a little later he went into the county auditor's office as a deputy, and his farming enterprise was given up and his growing crop relinquished to his father. He served as deputy auditor three and one-half years. He was elected county auditor in the fall of 1874, in the last October election held in the state. He took office Xovember ist, of that year, serving four years with much credit and satisfaction to all concerned. He then engaged in the sequestered tax investigation business for two years. In 1882 he purchased the business of C. W Diggs for the collection of officers' foreign fees, and he followed this with gratifying results until 1906, in the meantime frequently traveling over every county in Indiana. Upon the organization of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Winchester in 1898 he was elected president which position he has held continuously to the present time, the pronounced success of this safe, sound and popular institution being due for the most part to his able management and wise foresight and his personal popularity throughout the county. Upon the death of Frank E. Vestal, September 30, 1909, who was cashier of this bank, our subject became actively connected with the every-day business of the bank. He is regarded as one of the rriost capable and successful bankers of the county, pnjoying the entire confidence of the public. He is a deep student of financial questions and modern banking methods and keeps fully abreast of the times in all that pertains to his business. Since 1908 he has been interested in farming lands and general agricultural pursuits in Randolph county. In 1904 he built the Kizer business block on Main street, Winchester, which is one of the most substantial, attractive and importaht blocks in the business portion of the city, a part of which is occupied by the post office. He was one of the promoters and organizers of the Peoples Loan & Trust Company, of Winchester. He is also a stockholder in the Randolph County Bank, the First National Bank of Farmland, and the National City Bank of Indianapolis, formerly the Columbia National Bank. He was one of the organizers and stockholders in the Continental National Bank of Indianapolis, and was one of the promoters and organizers of the Citizens Water and Light Company, of which he was one of the first directors and continued a director until he sold his stock. He has become one of the financially strong citizens of the county and is deserving of a great deal of credit for what he has accomplished through his own individual efforts, often in the face of obstacles. He has a beautiful and modernly appointed home on North Main street, Winchester, the presiding spirit of which was a lady of culture and refinement, known in her maidenhood as Louisa C. Dana, whom Mr. Kizer led to the hymeneal altar on October 24, 1872, and who proved to be a most efficient helpmeet, whose sympathy and encouragement was in no small degree a potent factor in her husband's large success in the .business world. She was a daughter of Dr. Marcus Dana, a prominent physician of Fostoria, Ohio. She was called to her eternal rest on February 17, 1910.. Two children who died in infancy were born to Mr. and Mrs. Kizer.

Politically, Mr. Kizer is a Republican and has long been more or less active in party affairs, in fact, a local leader in public matters. Fraternally, he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Encampment. He is a straightforward, broad-minded, genteel gentleman whom it is a pleasure to know and he has no trouble in winning and retaining friends.

Judge John Winchester Macy

Tn the death of the late Judge John Winchester Macy, Randolph county lost one of its most remarkable men, a man who, although denied educational advantages in youth, yet by close application, studious habits and industry became more than a local leader in public affairs and a writer of fluency and perfect language; exhibiting a mind that for retentiveness, accuracy and volume was but Httle less than marvelous. Beginning life as a laborer, and amid humble conditions, his successful public career is an inspiration, tending as it does to prove the opportunities that await those who persevere. Many of the high public positions he filled were unsought by him, coming as they did as a recognition of his integrity, ability, untiring industry and loyalty to friends. Not only did he leave an honored public and professional career as a legacy to his family, but his record as a soldier during the Civil war, is a precious heritage. The love for him of his comrades in arms proves that he had the mettle of which true warriors are made - warriors who fight for right and principle, not gain or glory. No less than his public and military record is his private and domestic life, for he was devoted to his family and friends, and in this respect leaves a memory that will not be forgotten.

Judge Macy was born in Henry county, Indiana, June 12, 1843. He was a son of David and Priscilla (Lewellen) Macy, the father a native of Tennessee and the mother of Virginia. During the early boyhood of Judge Macy the family resided for a time in Howard county, Indiana, and unto his latest years he carried in his memory a vivid picture of the primitive conditions and hardships of social and industrial life in central Indiana at that early period. In 1854, with his parents, he removed to Randolph county, locating in the vicinity of Farmland. Here he grew to manhood, and nothing which concerned the prosperity of that neighborhood or the welfare of its people ever ceased to be of interest to him. Although a man of marked characteristics and strongly marked individuality, he had perhaps no trait of character more marked than his' undying love for the friends and scenes of his youth and early manhood.

On August 2, 1862, Mr. Macy proved his courage and patriotism by enlisting in Company A, Eighty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in which he served faithfully and gallantly until the close of the war, and was adjutant and acting lieutenant during a portion of his service. These years as a soldier may be said to have been the beginning of his active life and for almost fifty years that life was one of aggressive, cheerful, unremitting industry. For awhile he worked as a wagon maker and afterward engaged in business at Farmland as a tinner. He became deputy clerk in 1867, and served in that capacity under John B. Goodrich and also under Taylor Semans. In 1876 Mr. Macy was elected clerk of the Randolph Circuit Court and served in that capacity for four years. In 1884, he was elected joint senator for the senatorial district then consisting of Randolph, Delaware and Henry counties and served with usefulness and distinction in the turbulent sessions of 1885 and 1887. At the close of his term as clerk of the Circuit Court, Mr. Macy engaged actively in business, and in the practice of law. Early in the year 1902 he was appointed by Governor Durbin judge of the Randolph Circuit Court, vice-Judge Albert O. Marsh, who resigned that position to become United States pension agent for Indiana. Our subject was elected judge at the regular election in November, 1902, and served continually in that capacity for almost seven years in a manner that reflected much credit upon his ability, his profound knowledge of jurisprudence and his fidelity to public duty. He held his first session on January 15, 1902, and closed his term as regular judge on November 16, 1908. At the close of this service he entered with unabated interest into the practice of his profession, and continued with his usual large success and popularity until failing health compelled him to desist, though death alone ended his interest in the affairs of those who had been associates and friends for years.

In December, 1871, Judge Macy was married to Sarah Edger, a woman of fine mind and rare gentleness and christian character. This union was blessed by the birth of six children, namely: Ralph, James and Edward who preceded their father to the Silent Land; Shields S., who lives in Oklahoma; Kate, who is the wife of John D. Miller of Winchester, and John W., Jr., an attorney of Winchester, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume. Mrs. Macy also survives.

For four or five years immediately following their marriage Judge Macy and wife lived in Kentucky, where the Judge was engaged in lumbering and merchandising, but from that time until his death, which occurred on August 26, 19 1 2, when nearly seventy years of age, he had lived in Winchester, Indiana.

and extraordinary force of character. His ability as a business man and lawyer, his success as a jurist and his popularity as a trial judge are well known to the readers of this book. He was a most gifted and charming conversa-' tionalist, and was personally acquainted with almost everyone in Randolph county and had besides a wide range of acquaintances everywhere. No estimate of the man which fails to note his capacity to make and keep friends can do him justice. Open-handed, open-minded, delighting always, in being of service to others, he had almost unerring intuitions in immediately grasping the wants, needs and capabilities of those with whom his active life brought him in contact. He was a man of great natural strength of affection, and his love for the living, like his grief for the dead, was not demonstrative or selfish, but warm, constant and undying. He will long be missed in many spheres of action and by many friends everywhere, but no where so much as by those who knew and loved him best.

John W. Macy, Jr

John W. Macy, Jr., is the youngest living son of Judge John W. Macy and Sarah Edger Macy. He was born in Winchester on the twenty-fifth day of July, 1886, and with the exception of five years spent in college, has resided all of his life in the city of his birth. He attended the public schools of Winchester, completing the high school course in 1904. He then entered Wabash College at Crawfordsville, and graduated there in 1908 with the Degree of Bachelor of Arts. He there became a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity and was elected, in his senior year, to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, an honorary fraternity, the requirements of which are based upon scholarship. In the following year he entered the law department of Columbia University, at New York City, but was unable to return after his first year, on account of the failing health of his father. He worked for the law firm of Macy, Nichols & Bales, for a time, and was admitted to the practice of law in 1909. In 1910, he became a member of this firm in place

He has been successful from the first and has endeavored to fulfil, by close application and studious habits, the expectations entertained of him by his friends and clients. Whatever measure of- success has been his, he attributes to the inspiration of his father's career, which he has constantly kept before him.

Samuel S. Banta

Samuel S. Banta, A. B., D. C, graduated with honors from York College, York, Nebraska, June 9, 1909, and from the Universal Chiropractic College at Davenport, Iowa, June 30, 191 1, and is conducting a successful practice in Winchester, making a specialty of disease of the spine. In this special line of work he ranks with the finest and most noted experts of the west. His treatment of cases, considered hopeless or incurable, approaches the miraculous.

Dr. Banta was born at Oquawka, Illinois, and is the son of John C. and Elizabeth (Anderson) Banta. He is one of three children, Norman Banta, a brother died several years ago and left a widow and one child. He lived at Great Falls, Montana, and was a road master for the Great Northern. Bertha married Charles Sebur, a farmer of Oquawka, Illinois, and has two children.

The ancestors of Dr. Banta came from Holland to this country in 1858 and settled in New Amsterdam. These were on his father's side. His mother is of Irish descent, her father being a Missourian. She, however, was born in Pennsylvania and went to Missouri when a child. She still survives. Dr. Banta's father died in York, Nebraska, March 11, 1901. The doctor is a member of the Odd Fellows and of the United Brethren church, and' in both lodge and church work is an earnest participant. Not only as a physician does he take high rank, but as a citizen, all things pertaining to the advancement of Winchester and Randolph county receiving his heartiest indorsement and support. He is one of those well-balanced and progressive men who believe in the development of whatever enterprise they are associated with.

James S. Engle

For a long lapse of years James S. Engle, of Winchester has stood in the front rank of the Randolph county bar, and for the past five years has been a judge of the 25th judicial circuit court, being still incumbent of the office, and as judge he has more than met the expectations of his friends and the public, and has so discharged the duties of the office as to receive the hearty approval and warm commendation of the bar, without regard to party. He brought to the bench a dignity becoming the high position, and in the line of duty, is industrious, careful and singularly painstaking, which combined with his sterling honesty and fearlessness of purpose, makes him one of the most popular and efficient men ever called to preside over the courts of this district. It is but just to say and greatly to his credit, that no political prejudice, bias or zeal is ever allowed to deflect his mind from its honest convictions, and while discharging his official functions, personal ties and friendships, as well as his own interests and opinions are lost sight of in his conscientious efforts to render equal and exact justice to those whose affairs are adjudicated in his court. His opinions and decisions attest his eminent fitness for judicial positions, being always lucid, unstrained and vigorous, his statements full and comprehensive, and his analysis and interpretations of the law, conspicuous and complete.

Judge Engle was born in Washington township, Randolph county, Indiana, September 13, 1846. He is a son of William and Letitia (Cabe) Engle. The father came from New Jersey in 1825, and located in Warren county, Ohio, where he was engaged in farming until 1840, when he came to Randolph county, Indiana, and purchased two hundred and forty acres of wild land in Washington township, which he cleared, developed and added to until he became owner of four hundred acres and was one of the leading agriculturists of that township at the time of his death, December i, 1884. He was a man of sterling attributes of head and heart and influential in his community, highly esteemed for his industry and honesty. His family consisted of twelve children, named as follows : Isaac, who established his home in Wells county, Indiana; Wesley H. remained in Randolph county; as did Robert; Elias C. moved to Jefflerson county, Kansas; William, who was a soldier in Company F, Thirty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, died, from a gun shot wound, at Pittsburg Landing; Samuel is deceased; Calvin S. remained on the homestead; James S., of this review; Daniel H. remained in Randolph coimty; Albert H., also stayed on the home farm; Price removed to what is now eastern Oklahoma in an enrly day ; Josiah B. was the youngest. This remarkable family of sons were given every advantage of education and early training possible by their pioneer parents. The death of the mother occurred, on the homestead, April 6, 1900, many years after her husband had passed to the .Silent Land. He had perhaps the finest farm, and was the first to do any ditching in the county. He was a loyal Republican and was township trustee, when, by law, there were three on the board, and also held the same office, when the board was constituted of only one. He was a worthy member of the United Brethern church, and a true Christian gentlemaiL

Judge Engle grew to manhood on the home farm where he assisted witli the general work during the crop seasons when he became of proper age, and in the winter time he attended the district schools, of which was supplemented by attending the schools of his nearest town, then he attended Hartsville University for nearly three years. In the meantime he taught school and sold books to keep himself supplied with funds, and in 1871 he began the study of law with Cheney & Watson, reading. with them until the firm dissolved, early in 1872 he then studied with Watson & Monks until the latter part of T872 when he was admitted to the bar. He at once formed a partnership for practice with J. E. Neff, now deceased, which partnership continued until Mr. Neff was elected secretary of state, when he formed a partnership with Levi W. Study, also now deceased, which lasted until 1880, and then joined his old preceptor, E. L. Watson, who died a number of years ago. He remained with Mr. Watson until 1885, when their partnership was dissolved and Mr. Engle engaged in practice alone. In all these years he met with a large measure of success, building up an extensive and lucrative clientage, being one of the best known and most popular lawyers in the county.

Politically, Judge Engle has been an active Republican since reaching Kis majority. He was elected justice of the peace in 1874, filling the office acceptably for four years. In 1885 he was elected to the state legislature, where he made his presence felt for the good of both his county and the state. For a time he utterly ignored public office, his extensive practice requiring his entire attention. In 1891 he formed a law partnership with W. G. Parry, as Engle & Parry, which continued for some time, and was succeeded by Engle, Caldwell & Parry; F S. Caldwell becoming a member of the firm. This continued until November 16, 1908 when our subject became a judge of the circuit court. He came to the bench well qualified for its exacting duties and responsibilities and from the beginning his judicial career was characterized by such a profound knowlege of the law and an earnest and conscientious desire to apply it impartially that he was not long in gaining the respect and confidence of the attorneys and litigants and earning for himself (67) ah honorable reputation among the leading jurists of northern Indiana. From the first his labors were very ardous and many important cases were tried in his court, large interests being involved. So far as known his rulings in all cases have been satisfactory to all concerned, fair and impartial, and his decisions so in accord with the principles of law and practice that everybody interested has been throughly satisfied with his course.

The Judge is one of the hojiored veterans of the Civil war, having in Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving the time of his enlistment, one hundred days, with credit and fidelity to the Union, and was honorably discharged. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Encampment, also the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men.

Judge Engle was married September 2^, 1875, in \\'^inchester to Alice Monks, whowas born in Randolph county, August 27, 1856 and here she grew to womanhood and received a good education. She is a lady of talent and culture, long a favorite with a wide circle of friends from the best families of the city and county. She is a daughter of John W. and Mary (Hobbick) Monks, both natives of Randolph county, each representing sterling pioneer families, and are both now deceased. Mrs. Engle is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church in which the Judge is an active worker and liberal supporter. He has long been a member of this denomination, and is on the official board of the church in Winchester, having filled this position for over twenty-five years. He has also been a Sunday school teacher for many years.

Judge Engle is the owner of a fine farm, well improved, highly cultivated and very productive, which lies in W^ajne township, this county, and he has a commodious and modernly appointed home on South Main street in the best residence section of the city, and this cozy home is known to the many friends of himself and wife as a place of old-time hospitality and good cheer.

Charles F. Pierce

Perhaps no man in Randolph county has the artistic temperament to a more marked degree than Charles F. Pierce, a photographer of Winchester whose fame has gone throughout the country. Although Nature, of course, implanted the esthetic attribute in him, yet it had to be cultivated, developed, and Mr. Pierce has worked most assiduously and ardently in order to advance himself along his chosen field of endeavor, and, judging from his past

Mr. Pierce was born March 14, 1863, on a farm three miles east of Winchester. He is a son of Joab W. and Elizabeth (Summers) Pierce, one of our excellent pioneer families, a complete sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume. Suffice it to add here that the Pierces have always been known as public-spirited, high-minded and exemplary citizens.

Charles F. Pierce was reared on the farm and there did the usual chores assigned to farm boys, until he was about seventeen years of age. He received his primary education in the country district schools. In the year 1881 he went with his parents to Florida where he remained four and one-half years, returning to Winchester, Indiana, in 1886, and worked on a farm and at various occupations. In the fall of 1886 he began the study of photography with E. R. Hiatt, of Winchester, and, having a natural aptitude in this line, he made rapid progress, and was prepared to open a studio of his own, which he did at Saratoga, this county, and met with success from the first.

On December 3, 1887 Mr. Pierce married Mrs. Dora Almonrode, a daughter of Josiah and Margaret (Cox) Almonrode, of Saratoga, where her family was highly respected and where Mrs. Pierce grew to womanhood and was educated. The union of our subject and wife resulted in the birth of two children ; Benjamin Harrison, of Winchester, and Goldie, now the wife of Chauncey Waters, of Farmland.

In January. 1888, Mr. Pierce, seeking a wider field for the exercise of his talents, removed to Winchester and opened a studio. His reputation as a fine photographer had preceded him and he soon built up a large and ever-grow'ng business, and here he has remained to the present time, with the exception of several winters spent in Florida, where he did special photographic work. He has one of the neatest and most up-to-date studios in the state and is a very busy man. He has kept fully abreast of modern photographic art and is quick to adopt new designs in his work. He is regarded by all who are familiar with his work as an artist of very pronounced ability and has a wide reputation. He has done special work for "Collier's Weekly" and other leading magazines of the East.

Politically, Mr. Pierce was formerly a Republican, but since the organization of the Progressive party has allied himself with it. He is a member of the State Photographers Association and the National Photographers Association. Fraternally he belongs to the Knights -of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Owls.

Mr. Pierce keeps a supply of cameras and art supplies of all kinds and also maintains a picture framing department. His studio is located at 209 South Main street. Here his many customers, some of whom come from remote towns, always receive prompt and courteous treatment.

William L. Hawkins

Inheriting the thrifty and frugal habits of a sturdy pioneer father who, before the days of railroads left his native hills in. the old Tar state under Southern skies and threaded the wilderness to the land of the Hoosiers to seek his fortune in the new country, it is little wonder that William L. Hawkins, erstwhile farmer and merchant, but for a score of years past successful real estate dealer in Winchester has won a definite goal in life, and won his spurs en the field of the industrial strife. The people of Randolph county have known him for many years, and they extend to him every good wish, for his dealings with his fellow men have ever been honorable and they repose in him the most implicit confidence.

Mr. Hawkins was born in Randolph county, Indiana, July 29, 1854. He is a son of William and Agatha (Teagle) Hawkins, whose family consisted of ten children, seven daughters and three sons.

William Hawkins, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in North Carolina in 1808 and his death occurred in 1879. He spent his boyhood in his native state, and when twenty-two years old, in 1830, he made the long overland journey from his native state to Wayne county, Indiana, on horseback, carrying an old flint-lock rifle which is now in the possession of the subject of this sketch. William Hawkin's mother died when he was six weeks old, and his father, John Hawkins, bound him out to a distiller of peach brandy and apple-jack, and he remained with the distiller until reaching his majority, then received for his services five dollars, a jeans suit of clothes, horse, bridle and saddle. He then worked a year for fifty dollars. He married after coming to Wayne county, where he lived about a year, and then removed to Randolph county becoming well situated through his industry and close application. His father and brothers all remained in North Carolina and he lost track of them upon the outbreak of the war of the Rebellion. His wife, our subject's mother, was' born in 1809, in Virginia, and she died in 1897. at the advanced age of eighty-eight years.

William L. Hawkins, of this sketch, grew to manhood on the home farm in Randolph county and he received his early education in an old log school house in his neighborhood, in fact was located on the farm he now owns. Two of his neighbors and his own family, contributed thirty-one children to the school. He remained on the home place until he was twenty-one years of age. For the past twenty years he has been engaged in the real estate business in Winchester, and he has built up a large and lucrative business. Perhaps no man in Randolph county is a better judge of real estate values, both city and farm, than he. He has dealt promptly, courteously and honestly with his fellow men and he therefore has the good will and respect of all. He has been very successful in a business way.

Politically, Mr. Hawkins is a Republican. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Encampment. He attends the Friends church.

Mr. Hawkins was married May 4, 1883 to Etta Moore, a daughter of James Moore, a farmer of Randolph county. She is one of two children, having a sister, Minnie E.

Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins, named as follows: Minnie, born in 1885, married Harry IHff, who is in the employ of the National Cash Register Company, of Dayton, Ohio, and they have one child, Henrietta; Winnie died in infancy; Lionel M., born May 2, 1888, is secretary and treasurer of the East Arkansas Lumber Company; he lives at Paragould, Arkansas, and married Willie Walters, of Springville, Tennessee; they have one child, William Moore. Charles J., the youngest child of our subject, was born November 3, 1891, and is now working in Chicago for Carson, Pine, Scott & Company.

William H. Bales

Since coming to Randolph county three-quarters of a century ago the Bales family has witnessed wide-sweeping and very important changes in this locality, in many of which they have taken a conspicuous part. But change is constant and general, generations rise and pass unmarked away, and it is the duty of posterity as well as a present gratification to place upon the printed page a true record of the lives of those who have preceded us on the stage of action and left to their descendants the memory of their struggles and achievements. The history of this honored family is a part of an indissoluble chain, which links the annals of the past to those of the latter-day progress and prosperity and the history of Randolph county would be incomplete without due reference to them, the various members of the family hav- ing lived useful and successful lives, among the best known of the present generation being William H. Bales, long a leading business man of Winchester. Like his father before him, generous and big-hearted, kindly in disposition, he has never lacked for friends, and many of them will pursue his life record, as written here, with deep interest although brief and fragmentary.

William H. Bales was born in Randolph county, September 11, 1857. He is a son of Isaac X. and Martha J. (Piatt) Bales, and is one of a family of three children, the eldest, Mary E., dying in infancy; and the youngest. Magnolia M. married W O. Bales, a farmer living south of Winchester, and they have two children, Stella M. and Burley N.

Isaac X. Bales was born also in this county, and here he grew to manhood, received his education in the old-time schools and devoted his life to general farming. He lived on- a farm adjoining the land which our subject's paternal grandfather took up from the government, cleared and developed. Isaac X. Bales was a soldier in the Sixty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry for three years, seeing much hard service and proving to be a gallant soldier for the Union. He was in the last charge of the war, which took place at Mobile, Alabama. He was in the battles at Richmond, Kentucky, in the siege of Vicksburg and was with General Banks on the Red River Expedition, and other general actions. He enlisted August 5, 1862, and was honorably discharged in July 1865. He was never wounded but bullets pierced his hat and clothing.

William H. Bales grew to manhood on the home farm and there worked hard when a boy. He received a common school education. At the age of thirty-seven he moved to Winchester where he has conducted a paint and wall paper store during the past ten years, building up a large and rapidly growing business and carrying at all times a large and carefully selected stock of modern paints and wall paper. His store is one of the best of its kind in this section of the state and would do credit to a city much larger than Winchester. His prices are always right, and, dealing uniformly with his hundreds of customers in an honest and courteous manner, he has become one of our most popular and substantial business men.

Mr. Bales was first married on February 9, 1878, to Mary A. Fisher, whose death occurred ^larch 5, 1905. To this union three children were born, namely: Xewton A., who died in early life; Charles E. C, a farmer, lives at IMuncie; he married Pearl Powell and they have two children; Russell H. is bookeeper for the \\'estern Drop Forge Company of Marion; he has remained single. William H. Bales was married again, espousing on October 29, 1908, ]\Iinnie Burnside, of Albany, Indiana, a daughter of James F. Burnside, and she is one of a family of eight children, an equal number

PoHtically Mr. Bales is a Progressive. He has been a member of the Christian church for a period of thirty-eight years, and is faithful in his support of the same. Fraternally he belongs to the Knights of the Golden Eagle, and is a member of the Sons of Veterans.

Hosea F. Hobbick

One of the enterprising and successful business men of Winchester, Randolph county, is Hosea F. Hobbick, who conducts one of the largest and best equipped hardware and tinware stores in the county, his large and successful business having been built up through his own thrift, perseverance and honest dealings, for he began life in a business way at the bottom of the ladder and worked up gradually, often in the face of obstacles which he has removed one by one, obstacles which would have discouraged others of less sterling mettle, so he is eminently deserving of the position he has won in the industrial world and of the high esteem in which he is universally held.

Mr. Hobbick was born in Winchester, Indiana, May 21, 1859, and here he has been content to spend his life, being reared and educated here. He is a son of David and Sarah (Shaw) Hobbick, the mother having come to this county from Caddington, Ohio, being a daughter of Aaron Shaw, a merchant of that i>lace. Our subject is one of three children, he being the eldest; the others are Emma, who married Edward Ginn, a carriage painter, of Winchester, has one child, Hubert ; Grant died when eighteen years of age.

David Hobbick, the father, was born in Randolph county, and here he grew to manhood and received his education in the old-time schools of his community. When a young man he learned the trade of a machinist, in which he became quite expert. The paternal grandfather of our subject was a native of Germany, where he spent his early life and was married. Soon after this event he emigrated to the United States.

Hosea F. Hobbick was apprenticed to the tinner's trade when a boy, which he mastered in due course of time, learning its every phase, and becoming one of the most skilful in this vocation in this section of the state. As he prospered he saved his money and finally opened a hardware store in his native city on a small scale. This has continued to grow with advancing years, until now, after twenty years, our subject's store is one of the largest, most modern and best managed in Winchester, and he enjoys an extensive and rapidly growing trade which extends over a wide territory. He handles all kinds of hardware and tinware, always carrying a large, up-to-date and well-selected stock, and, according to his many customers, his prices are always right, and he has dealt with his thousands of customers in a uniformly honest and courteous manner, so that he has won and retained their good will and esteeem. He is deserving of a great deal of credit for what he has accomplished in a business way.

Mr. Hobbick was married June 22, 1887, to Mary Mclntire, of Winchester, where she grew to womanhood and was educated. She is a daughter of John Mclntire, a well-known carpenter and contractor, whose family consists of four children, namely: Mary, wife of our subject; Albert, who is employed at the National Cash Register Company in Dayton, Ohio ; James is employed at Kechman's Wire Works in Muncie; and Ulysses. To Mr. and Mrs. Hobbick five children have been born, namely: Chester, born in 1888, is with his father in the store; he married Gertrude Wilcox, and they have one child, Mary Virginia; Eola died when six years old; Helen died in infancy; Robert died when seven years years old; Clifford was born August 5, 1900. Mrs. Hobbick is a Quaker in her religious belief. Fraternally, our subject is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and politically he is a Progressive.

David Hobbick, father of our subject, was a gallant soldier for the Union during the Civil war, having enhsted in the Sixty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in which he served most faithfully for a period of three years, during which he was in many of the great battles. His death occurred in January, 1883. His widow survives at this writing, being now seventy-four years old.

Dennis Kelley

Ceaselessly to and fro flies the deft shuttle which weaves the web of human destiny, and into the vast mosaic fabric enter the individuality, the effort, the accomplishment of each man, be his station that most lowly or one of majesty, pomp and power. Within the textile folds may be traced the line of each individuality, be it the one that lends the beautiful sheen of honest worth and honest endeavor, or one that, dark and zigzag, finds its way through warp and woof, marring the composite beauty by its blackened threads, ever in evidence of the shadowed and unprolific life. Into the great aggregate each individuality is merged, and yet the essence of each is never lost, be the angle of its influence v^ride-spreading and grateful, or narrow and baneful. In his efforts he who essays biographical memoirs finds much of profit and much of alluring fascination when he would follow out, in even a cursory way, the tracings of a life history, seeking to find the keynote of each respective personality. These efforts and their resulting transmission cannot fail of value in an objective way, for in each case may the lesson of life he conned, line after line, precept after precept. One could not contemplate the life record of the late Dennis Kelley, for many years one of the leading business men and public-spirited citizens of Winchester, Randolph county, without gaining therefrom many helpful hints and forming at the same time a very high opinion of the man, for his benevolent and charitable work, extending over a period of many years, resulting in much good and stamping him as a whole-souled and genuine lover of his kind, would alone excite the admiration and reverence of all, especially of the contemplative turn of mind, for his gifts and his deeds for the general betterment of his fellow-men came not from a desire to win the plaudits of the public or" for any ulterior motive, but merely out of an altruistic nature and a spirit of profound human sympathy.

Mr. Kelley was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, October 9, 1844, and with his parents he moved to Montezuma, Ohio, in i860, being then sixteen years of age. He received a somewhat meager common school education, which was greatly supplemented in after years by much home reading and by actual contact with the business world. Although but a boy when the Civil war came on he proved his courage by enlisting in August, 1862, in Company C, One Hundred and Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served most faithfully and gallantly until the close of the war, participating in all of the battles of the famous Atlanta campaign, a series of the most strenuous handto-hand battles recorded in history. He was seriously wounded at the battle of Resaca, Georgia, May 14, 1864. After being honorably discharged he returned home and engaged in the mercantile business with his father, Dennis Kelley, Sr., and soon mastered the ins and outs of the business.

In the year 1867 Mr. Kelley was united in marriage with Margaret Houser. In February, 1872 they removed to Winchester, Indiana, where they established the permanent home of the family, and embarked in the mercantile business. On January i, 1881 he disposed of his mercantile interests and accepted the cashiership of the Randolph County Bank, which position he filled with eminent satisfaction to both the stockholders and patrons for a period of five years when he again engaged in business for himself. In 1886 he built the Kelley block, one of Winchester's most substantial and attractive mercantile structures, on the northwest corner of the public square, and here he conducted a prosperous business until 1905 whea he was compelled to retire on account of declining health.

As a merchant he became one of the leading citizens of Randolph, county, but his talents and energy were not all devoted to money-making; he found time to improve society hy mingling with his fellow men in religious and fraternal circles ; his devotion thereto was noted and in a financial way none were more generous than he. As a member and official of the Methodist Episcopal church he was punctual in attendance and participated in all its efforts to better mankind. His love for his comrades was exemplified by his becoming a charter member of the Grand Army. of the Republic; not only was he a paying member thereof, but by his presence at all its public appearances gave proof of his loyalty to its teachings. He was an active member of Winchester Lodge, No. 56, Free and Accepted Masons. His high regard for that organization led him to become a member of its higher branches, the Council, Chapter, Knights Templar and thirty-second degree. In these he was honored by selection to many of the exacting offices, all of which he filled with his usual fidelity.

As a member for several years of the board of control of the Fountain Park cemetery he exhibited a devotion to civic duty that is worthy of emulation.

However with all the praise he merits for his loyalty to his country during the great- war of the states, his honorable career as a merchant, his fidelity to duty in all the positions creditably filled by him in civic, church and fraternal societies, his dominant trait and the one for which his memory should long be revered, was his devotion to his family. He was a husband and father in the most complete sense of those words. His devotion to and his pride in his family and home was a marked characteristic. His home was his castle and there the guest was always welcome, like the wayworn traveler to the tent of the Arab. His happiness consisted of making others happy. He was passionately fond of music, and took pride in giving his children every opportunity to perfect themselves in that art, with a result that they are among our most accomplished musicians. Xor was this filial devotion selfish, as he was advisor and benefactor to many whom the grim Reaper and misfortune had deprived of various kindred that comprise the home. His family consisted of Charles A. Kelley, of Searc}', Arkansas; Dennis H., of Vv'hitefish, Alontana; Asahel Stone, Grace ]\I., Frances E.,

Dennis Kelley was summoned to his eternal rest on April 9, 191 1, after a short illness, at the attractive family residence on South Meridian street, Winchester.

"Mr. Kelley was one of the leading and most highly respected citizens of this city, and as a merchant he had more than a county-wide acquaintance, all of whom will sincerely mourn his death and sympathize with his family in their affliction.

His life was spent in a period that tested the man, and in no detail did he shirk or prove that he was not a manly man. It was given to him to participate in the struggle that saved this country; as a business man, to transform crude methods into a system; to elevate society from uncouthness to culture. In the period in which these transformations were made, he was a leader, a leader that will be missed and mourned by the community."

Albert F. Sala

One of Winchester's enterprising business men is Albert F. Sala, a wellknown and successful druggist, who won a wide circle of friends in Randolph county since taking up his residence here as a result of his industry, public spirit and genial manners, and he has the good will of all who know him. He has succeeded because he has worked persistently along legitimate lines of endeavor, never letting the grass grow under his feet and never waiting for some freak of Fate to cast fcrtune in his way ; for he knew at the outset that he who would win in this world of fierce competition must be a man of indomitable energy, courage and self-reliance. Many of these attributes which have won for him a place in the world's affairs have descended from his sterling ancestors, whose records show them to have been people worth while.

Mr. Sala was born at Liberty Mills, Wabash county, Indiana, January 9, 1863. He is a son of Daniel and Ruanna (Hay) Sala, the mother having been a daughter of Jacob and Sarah Hay, both long since deceased.

The Sala family is of Italian origin and very old. They were exiled from Italy when Pope Clement III was in power. From that country they went to Germany and took up their abode. Daniel Sala, father of our sub- ject, was a cooper by trade and he was born in Ohio, from which state he came to Indiana, locating in Wabash county, where he established a good home through his industry.

The origin of the Sala family in America is traced back to the sixteenth century, when three brothers emigrated to the United States, one locating in Pennsylvania, one in Massachusetts and one in North Carolina, and from them the present members of the family are descended. The record shows that from that remote day to this the family have made good, honorable, thrifty citizens, many of them prominent in their respective communities. The Salas of the fourth generation were close to the branch in which we find the kinship of the great George Augustus Sala, of England.

The mother of the subject of this sketch was of German ancestry and her family lived in Maryland before coming to the Middle West. Mrs. Ruanna Sala's mother died when the former was only sixteen years old, leaving eleven children for her to rear, but she did remarkably well.

Five children were born to Daniel Sala and wife, namely: The first died in infancy, as did also the second; David died in youth; Albert F., of this sketch ; Charles A., who is employed by the Rumely Engine Company, lives in Chicago and is single.

Albert F. Sala received a good education in the public schools of North Manchester, from which he was graduated. When a boy he turned his attention to the drug business, which he has made his life work, having thus been engaged since 1883 with the exception of five years, when he taught in the high school at North Manchester, Wabash county. He taught for the purpose of obtaining funds to finish his education. He worked in a drug store for a number of years in North Manchester, where he acquired a knowledge of the drug business. *He came to Winchester some ten years ago, where he has owned and conducted one of the most modern, extensive and popular drug stores in the county, enjoying a large and ever-growing trade. He carries an extensive and well-selected stock of standard drugs, patent medicines, drug sundries; in fact, everything to be found in an upto-date drug store in a progressive, modem city, and by his honest and courteous dealings with his many customers he has won the confidence and good will of all who know him.

Mr. Sala was married March 20, 1883, to Clara W. McFann, a daughter of Asa B. McFann, whose family consisted of twelve children. They lived in North Manchester, Indiana, where Mrs. Sala grew to womanhood and received her education.

Politically, Mr. Sala is a Republican. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He attends the Presbyterian church. He is one of the most widely known druggists in northern Indiana and ranks high among his professional brethren in the state. In March, 1902, he was appointed a member of the Indiana Board of Pharmacy, which position he held until May i, 191 1, discharging his duties in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to the eminent satisfaction of all concerned. In August, 1907, he was elected secretary and treasurer of the National Board of Pharmacy, which high position he is holding with his usual fidelity, ability and general satisfaction. Personally, he is an obliging, broad-minded, intelligent and courteous gentleman whom it is a pleasure to meet.

John William Carter

Each man who strives to fulfill his part in connection with human life and human activities is deserving of recognition, whatever may be his field of endeavor, and it is the function of works of this nature to prepare for future generations an authentic record concerning those represented in its pages, and the value of such publications is certain to be cumulative for all time to come, showing forth the individual and specific accomplishments of which generic history is ever engendered. The record of John William Carter, one of the enterprising citizens of Lynn, Randolph county is worthy of perpetuation on the pages of history as we will readily discern by a study of the same in the following paragraphs.

Mr. Carter was born in Clinton county, Ohio, March 17, 1857. He is a son of Elihu and Esther B. (Mendenhall) Carter. The father was born in Clinton county, Ohio, March 9, 1833. He was a son of John and Hannah (Milliken) Carter. John Carter was also born in Clinton county, Ohio, early in the nineteenth century, and he devoted his entire life to farming, and his death occurred in 1878. He was a Quaker. Elihu Carter grew to manhood in his native county and he had good educational advantages for that early period. He worked on a farm in his boyhood days. In 1867 he moved to Miami county, Indiana, where he engaged in farming until 1873 when he moved to Stoney Creek township, Randolph county, Indiana, where he engaged in farming. He was a local minister in the Friends church, preaching either at home or at a neighboring church. He remained in that neighbor- hood until 1883 when he moved to Henry county Indiana, where he continued farming and preaching until his death, March 8, 1908. He was a successful farmer and a good and useful man, a minister of the gospel of no mean ability and did a great amount of good in this manner. He and Esther B. Mendenhall were married either in 1855 or 1856. She was bom in Wayne county, Indiana, about 1835 and died in 1863. Their children numbered four, and were named as follows : John William, subject of this sketch; Suda is the wife of J. L. Hewitt, of Stoney Creek township, this county; Hannah B. is the wife of Albert Oren, of Parker, Indiana; Rufus M. is deceased.

John W. Carter grew to manhood on the home farm where he worked when a boy and he received a common school education. He began farming for himself when a young man and continued in this line of endeavor until 1903, getting a good start in life. He then moved to the town of Lynn, and was appointed rural mail carrier of route No. 30. This position he held for a period of seven years to the eminent satisfaction of the people and the department, retiring in 19 10. He now devotes his attention to the management of his finely improved and productive farm southwest of Lynn. However, he maintains an office in Lynn, being engaged in the real estate and automobile btisiness in partnership with Frank E. Wright, under the firm name of Wright & Carter. They have built up a large and lucrative business which is rapidly growing.

Mr. Carter was married September 21, 1877, to Caroline E. Mills, a daughter of Joel and Cynthia (Beard) Mills. She was born October 27, 1856, in Randolph county, Indiana, and here she grew to womanhood and received a common school education. She was the oldest of a family of six children, three sons and three daughters.

To Mr. and Mrs. Carter three children were bom, namely : Rev. Fred E., born August 22, 1878, now has charge of the Jonesboro Friends church; Luther E., born October i, 1882, is proprietor of a general store in Geneva, Indiana; Maude, born February 16, 1885, married Wayne Smock, who is farming in Washington township, this county. These children grew to maturity in Randolph county and were given excellent educational advantages.

On May 9. 19 13, the wife and mother was called to her eternal rest. She was a woman of beautiful Christian character and fortitude, and hev Hfe of fifty-six years, six months and twelve days was fraught with much good to those who came in contact with her. Besides her husband and three children there survive five grandchildren, a mother, three brothers and two sisters.

Benjamin F. Denlinger

In looking over the life records of the citizens of Randolph county one is struck by the immense number who have come from Darke county, Ohio, and have cast their lots among the Hoosiers. That county has, beyond question, furnished more settlers to Randolph than any other in the Union. These people have, in nearly every instance, proven to be industrious, public and of honorable impulses and therefore we owe much to this sterling band of Buckeyes, of which Benjamin F. Denlinger, proprietor of the Union City Hardware Company, of Union City, is one deserving of special mention in the pages of this history.

Mr. Denlinger was born in Darke county, Ohio, August 15, 1865. He is a son of Jacob and Mary (Barr) Denlinger, who spent their lives on a farm in Darke county, Ohio, the father's death occurring in 1904, and the mother died in 1902. They were the parents of the following children: Mary Lovina, who married W. W. Parent, lives in Paulding county, Ohio; Anna married Robert Rich, and they reside in Union City, on the Ohio side ; John B. lives in Jackson township; and Benjamin F., of this sketch. Benjamin Barr, the maternal grandfather, was a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and his death occurred there many years ago. Jacob Denlinger was a native of the above named county also and there he resided until about 1850, when he removed to Darke County, Ohio, and bought timbered land, which he cleared and made into a farm. He was one of the pioneers of Darke county. He was a scion of an old Pennsylvania German family.

' Benjamin F. Denlinger was educated at Hill Grove, Ohio, but he is what might properly be called a self-made man, for he left school when only sixteen years of age and began life for himself. For many years he followed farming and threshing grain. He is still owner of a valuable and well-improved farm of ninety-four acres in Darke county, Ohio, where he carried on general farming and stock raising until 1908, when he moved to Union City, Indiana, and bought the business of the Union City Hardware Company, which he has since conducted fnost successfully, enjoying a large and rapidly, growing busintess which extends over a wide territory. He. keeps a large and carefully selected stock of general hardware and farming implements, and his store would be a creBit to a town much larger than Union City. By his uniform courtesy and honest dealings with his hundreds of customers they invariably remain his friends. In five years he has succeeded in building up a mercantile business second to none in Randolph county and adjoining country. He is a man of great energy, wise foresight and progressive ideas.

Politically, Mr. Denlinger is a Republican. He was township trustee of Washington township, Darke county, Ohio, for one term. Fraternally, he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a member of Camp Eagle, Junior Order United American Mechanics, Union Council, No. 30.

Mr. Denlinger was married December 18, 1887, to Ella L. Anspaugh, who was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, January 5, 1862. She is a daughter of Daniel Anspaugh, who is deceased, as is also his wife.

To Mr. and Mrs. Denlinger have been born the following children : Earl F., born April 18, 1889, married Louise Sutton, a daughter of Thomas H. Sutton, on Easter Sunday, 1910, and to this union one child has been born, Erma Louise, whose birth occurred October 28, 1912; Mary ]\Iargaret, born ;\Iay 2, 1898, is now attending school and making an excellent record; she is a talented musician and every advantage will be given her along this line. The son was also given excellent educational advantages, and is a young business man of much promise.

Joseph C. Hirsh

In the death of the late Joseph C. Hirsh the city of Winchester lost one of its most energetic men of affairs, who, through a long lapse of years, was prominent in the various circles in which he moved and whose potent influence for good will continue to pervade the lives of those with whom he came in contact for many years to come. He was one of the sterling, thrifty citizens of Randolph county who came from the great German empire and did so much for the general upbuilding of this locality. He began life at the bottom of the ladder and gradually ascended the same to the topmost rung unaided and without anyone having paved the way for him, but he was ambitious, honest and possessed untiring energy so he became a leading business man and citizen in the county-seat and when he passed to his eternal rest his loss was keenly felt by the entire community.

from the Fatherland when a lad with his parents, who settled in Syracuse, New York, subsequently removing to Dayton, Ohio, where young Hirsh learned to be a pharmacist after having received a good common school education. From there the family moved to Cincinnati, and finally our subject came to Winchester, Indiana, where he spent the rest of his life, conducting one of the largest and most up-to-date drug stores in this section of the state. He was- in this line of business for a period of forty years, and was regarded as an excellent business man. His courtesy, honesty and obliging disposition won him thousands of customers and friends wherever he was known. He remained in the drug business up to his death, February 17, 1909.

Mr. Hirsh was twice married, first, in Dayton, where his wife died without issue. His second wife was Anna D. Thomas, who had been previously married to John Durst. The date of our subject's last marriage was March 10, 1897. Mrs. Hirsh is a daughter of John C. Thomas and wife, of Darke county, Ohio, and is one of five children, namely: Catherine, a widow, lives in Darke county and has two children; Charles, who is farming in Darke county, has been married twice and has six children; Sophia is deceased; Anna Dorothy, widow of Mr. Hirsh, and Mary M.

Mrs. Anna D. Flirsh was educated in the common schools of New York and Dayton. She conducted an extensive dressmaking establishment in Dayton for some time, enjoying a large patronage among the best class of people. She is a lady of many commendable attributes and her modernly appointed and beautiful home in the heart of the city of Winchester is often the gathering place for her many friends who find here true hospitality of an old-time flavor and never-failing good cheer.

Mr. Hirsh was noted for his probity of character, his word being regarded as good, if not better than the bond of most men, and his rare foresight and sound judgment was admired by all who knew him, as well as his exemplary character.

Edwin S. Jaoua

Prominently connected with the business and legal history of Randolph county, the career of Edwin S. Jaqua, of Winchester, is eminently worthy of permanent record. Great fortunes have been accumulated by others through various methods, but few lives in this section of Indiana furnish a better example of the wise application of sound business principles and safe conservatism as does his. The story of his success is not long nor does it con- (68) tain any exciting chapters, but in it lies a valuable secret of the prosperity which it records. His business, public and private life are replete with interest and incentive, no matter how lacking in dramatic incident; the record of an industrious life whose every action has been actuated by a laudable ambition and controlled by proper ideas, consistent with itself and its possibilities in every particular. In fact, it would be hard to find a better example of what may be accomplished by duty fully performed or what obstacles may be surmounted thrt)ugh energy and tact than that afforded by the life history of this progressive man of affairs.

;\Ir. Jaqua was born at Xew Madison, Darke county, Ohio, May 8, 1853. He is a son of Charles and Mary (Putman) Jaqua. The father was born, reared and educated in Darke county, Ohio, studied medicine and was a practicing physician in his earlier life in his native state, but he subsequently removed to Indiana, located in Randolph county and thereupon gave up his profession and established himself as a land surveyor. His death occurred in 1903. The mother of our subject died many years ago. Judson Jaqua, the paternal grandfather, was one of the pioneer settlers of Darke county, Ohio. He was a native of Connecticut, from which state he removed to Pennsylvania when a boy, making the long journey by wagon and on flat boats on the rivers. He devoted his life to farming, and died in the early nineties at an advanced age. The father and grandfather of our subject were Republicans in politics.

Edwin S. Jaqua was a child when he removed with his parents from Ohio to Winchester, Indiana, and here he grew to manhood and received his education in the public schools, which has been greatly supplemented in later years by profound home study and wide miscellaneous reading and by contact with the business world. He commenced learning telegraphy when a boy of thirteen, and worked at the same for three years, then went to Iowa and secured employment as book-keeper in a bank, which marked the beginning of his successful banking career. This was in the city of Burlington, and he remained in the same position there about five years, then engaged in the mercantile business for about four years in that state. Bv this time he had a good start in business and he returned to Winchester, Indiana, and began reading law with Thompson & Marsh, the latter an ex-judge, and in the year 1890 he entered into partnership with B. F. Marsh and they continued together until 1910. enjoying a large and lucrative practice and becoming widely known as leading attorneys of Randolph county, figuring conspicuously in the important trials in the local courts. As a result of the death of John W. Clayton, father of Mrs. Jaqua, our subject was obliged to devote the major portion of his time to lookijig after the property interests of his own and those left by Mr. Clayton, which consisted of about eight hundred acres of farming land and the Farmland State Bank. Mr. Jaqua became vice-president of this institution, which position he still holds; in fact, he had assisted in the organization of the same in 1887. He was a stockholder in this bank from the first and for many years was a director, and has been its attorney since its organization; in fact, its large and ever-increasing success has been due very largely to his wise counsel and able management. Mr. Jac[ua also assisted in organizing the Saratoga State Bank, at Saratoga, Randolph county, in 1907, has been its attorney ever since, also a stockholder and director. He and his wife are heavy stockholders in the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Winchester. He is also owner of many other valuable properties of different kinds, all of which have been obtained by good management, wise foresight and honest dealings. He is thus deserving of a great deal of credit for what he has accomplished alone and in the face of obstacles that would have discouraged many a man of less courage and fortitude. He has a commodious, attractive and modernly appointed brick home in Winchester, which is the frequent gathering place for the many friends of the family. He erected this fine residence in 1907.

Mr. Jaqua was married in May, 189 1, to Lulu B. Clayton, who was born in Randolph county in 1870. She received a good education and is a lady of culture and refinement. She is a daughter of John W. Clayton, mentioned above, whose death occurred in 1910. He was one of the leading citizens and most influential financiers in the county for many years. He was one of the founders of the Farmland State Bank and was its first president, continuing in that position for a period of twenty-one years in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to the eminent satisfaction of the stockholders and patrons of this sound and popular institution. He resigned from the presidency two years prior to his death on account of the infirmities of old age. He was also a stockholder in other banks. He was one of the substantial men of this section of the state. He accumulated a handsome competency during the Civil war buying and shipping cattle, hogs and sheep. He was the owner of large landed interests. The death of his wife occurred in 1909. Mrs. Jaqua was their only child.

the Winchester high school in 191 1, and is now a student in Cornell University; George W., born February 22, 1896, was graduated from the Winchester high school with the class of 1913 ; Mary was born in 1903 ; and Ruth was born November 26, 191 1.

Politically, Mr. Jaqua is a Republican. Personally he is a man whose word is regarded as good as a bond, and he is public spirited, obliging, a courteous, high-minded gentleman in all the relations of life, yet plain and unassuming.

Among those who know George McDowell Bascom best he bears a reputation of a man who exercises sound judgment and who has pronounced views and has always kept himself well informed upon all matters pertaining to the public weal or woe and always exercises the duties of citizenship in a conscientious manner. He formerly engaged in farming in Randolph county and has held several offices of trust in the same, including that of deputy sheriff and postmaster at Lynn, but is now living retired, spending his autumn years in c]uiet. He is one of our honored veterans of the great Civil War and is a descendant of a sterling old family.

Mr. Bascom was born at Richmond, Indiana, December 3, 1846. He is a son of Erastus K. and Sarah J. (Steltler) Bascom. The father of our subject was born August 13, 1825, in Darke county, Ohio. He was the son of Linus and ;\Irs. Jane (Gray) Bascom. He was a lawyer at Bluffton, Indiana. In 1850 he was elected delegate, from Wells and Adams counties, to assist in revising the state constitution. During one session of the legislature he was assistant clerk, later was prosecuting attorney of Wells county. He married Jane Stettler August 14, 1845. She was a native of Richmond, Indiana. His death occurred at Bluflfton October 23, 1852. Linus Bascom was born April 4, 1785, in Western, Massachusetts. From 1812 to 181 5 he lived in Montgomery county, Indiana. He went to Darke county, Ohio, as a trader in 1816, and in 1818 helped organize that county, and was first clerk of the court there, was also prominent in the Presbyterian church. He -married Mrs. Jane (Devor) Gray April 10, 181 7, at Greenville, and there his death occurred July 16, 1861. She died September 17, 1829. Moses Bascom, father of Linus Bascom, was born in \A'estern, Massachusetts, April 5, 1745 and he lived there until 1790 when he moved to Brimfield and then Milton, Vermont. He died at Stillwater, New York, March 31, 1812. He married Eunice Reed May 4, 1769, and her death occurred at Milton.

Vermont. Lieut. Samuel Bascom, Jr., father of Moses Bascom, was born at Northampton, Massachusetts, June 13, 1723. He purchased one hundred and ten acres at Western, Massachusetts, and was farmer, tanner and currier, and there his death occurred September 11, 1779. Samuel Bascom was born at Northampton, January 27, 1692, was an etxensive farmer on the Connecticut river. He died November 22, 1765. He married Experience Parsons May 10, 1722. She was born in Northampton and died November 20, 1740, at the age of fifty-seven years. Thomas Bascom, the third, father of Samuel Bascom, mentioned above, was born in Northampton, in 1668 and there his death occurred February 3, 1714. He married Hannah Catlin, whose death occurred January, 1747. They became the parents of eleven children. Thomas Bascom, Jr., father of Thomas Bascom, the third, was born at Windsor, Connecticut, February 20, either 1641 or 1642. He married Mary Newell, and his death occurred September 11, 1689. Thomas Bascom, the first, was the emigrant, coming to America in 1634 and settling at Dorchester, Massachusetts, removing in 1639 to Windsor, Connecticut, later to Northampton, Massachusetts. In 1666, he was elected town constable of Northampton, was made a freeman in May, 1670, and took the oath of allegiance February 8, 1678. His death occurred there May 9, 1682. His wife, Avis Bascom, died February 3, 1676. He was one of the first settlers in Northampton. The family is of French origin and in earlier times held high positions under the French government.

George M. Bascom, our subject, received a common school education, and he lived with his grandfather Stettler during his boyhood, the grandfather having conducted a hotel where Fowler's restaurant is now located in Lynn. On August 21, 1863 Mr. Bascom enlisted in Company K, Seventh Indiana Cavalry under Col. J. P. C. Shanks. He saw service along the Mississippi and in Texas, taking part in a number of engagements. He was with the troops that pursued General Price in Missouri. He fought guerillas almost constantly, much of the time along the Missouri Pacific Railway, and he did considerable service in Tennessee and Mississippi. He was honorably discharged February 28, 1866, after which he returned to Lynn, Indiana, and started to school. Learning the painter's trade he followed that for a number of years, then worked in a general store. He was appointed deputy sherifif in 1884 and served two years, and was appointed to the same office in 1890, serving until 1894, giving eminent satisfaction as a public servant. He then moved to a farm in Washington township which he operated six years, was then appointed postmaster at Lynn and held that position for four years, discharging his duties in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to the satisfaction of the people and the department. Since then he has lived in retirement. Politically he is a Republican, and in religious matters is a member of the Methodist church. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and to the Grand Army of the Republic. He is a member of the township advisory board.

Mr. Bascom was married April 4, 1868 to Arminda J. Price, who was born in Wayne county, Indiana, July 22, 1851. To this union six children were born, two of whom died in infancy; the others were named as follows: Charles E., who lives in Topeka, Kansas, is passenger agent for the Rock Island Railroad Company; Oliver M. is at home; Herbert F., who lives in Wichita, Kansas, is city agent for the Frisco Railroad; James E., of Lynn, this county, is a rural mail carrier. The wife and mother passed away February 22, 1904. Mr. Bascom was again married on April 25, 1906, to Clara B. Woods, who was born near Cincinnati, Ohio.

Henry Taylor Addington

Among the successful farmers and stock men of Randolph county is Henry Taylor Addington. Having grown up on a farm and handled stock all his life, he is familiar with that class of husbandry. It requires something more than carefulness to select the best animals in any herd or drove and to rear them in such a manner that the best points will be brought out and emphasized, and it requires a still greater talent to be a successful breeder. As the best stock brings the best price, the best farmers make it an object to raise the higher grades, knowing that the market will be the better for a given effort and outlay. These important points and others equally vital are borne in mind by Mr. Addington who has long been known as one of our most enterprising breeders of horses and hogs, the Norman and Poland-China breeds being his specialty. He has done much towards improving the breeds of these particular brands of livestock in this section of the state and his name has been carried to many remote localities through his fine stock, for he has been a close observer and a wide reader, in order that he might adopt the best and most advanced methods in this, this chosen avenue of endeavor.

Mr. Addington was born February 3, 1863, in White River township, eight miles west of Winchester. He is a son of Henry and Sophia (Bollinger) Addington. The father was born in Randolph county, was reared and educated and when the Civil War broke out, he enlisted for service in the Union Army and died while at the front, leaving a widow and four children, Henry Taylor of this review being the youngest. The others are: Anna, who married Benjamin T. Harris, lives in Missouri; Hannah married William Herron, and they live near Farmland; Ella is the wife of Albert Colliers, of Muncie, Indiana. The mother of these children passed away in 1871 when our subject was eight years old.

Henry T. Addington was reared on a farm in White River township, near where he was born, and when of proper age he attended the public schools in this district. When he was twenty-one years of age he went to Audrain county, Missouri, but after working on a farm three months he returned to Randolph county, which he believed to be a more satisfactoryplace to live and here he has since remained. He at once resumed farm work and here he was married on November i, 1885 to Christine Green, daughter of Levi and Elizabeth (Bowers) Green, a well-known family of White River - township. She is a sister of Levi W. Green, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. Mrs. Addington grew to womanhood in this county and received a good education in the public schools. One daughter has been born to our subject and wife, whom they named Clara May, now the wife of Milton Rineard, who is farming on our subject's land in White River township.

Mr. Addington began farming for himself after his marriage and has continued in this vocation, together with stock raising in the same vicinity ever since, each year finding him further advanced than the preceding, as a result of his excellent management and persistency. He is owner of one hundred and eighty acres of well-improved and valuable land which is under a high state of cultivation. For many years he has been a breeder o£ Poland-China hogs and is an extensive feeder, being regarded as one of the most successful stock men in Randolph county, a leading breeder and general farmer. He has also for a number of years been a successful breeder of Norman horses, which, owing to their superior qualities have always brought the highest prices and there is a great demand for them. He was formerly an extensive exhibitor at various fairs and stock shows and always was a prize winner. He has been very successful in a business way, has a beautiful home, large and substantial outbuildings and is a stockholder in the First National Bank of Farmland. He is also a stockholder in the Goodrich Brothers Grain Company.

Politically Mr. Addington is a Republican, but has never been active in public affairs or a seeker of office. He and his wife are affiliated with and are liberal supporters of the Methodist church at Maxville. They are pleasant people and leaders in the community, in the circles, in which they move.

William E. Miller

The student interested in the history of Randolph county does not have to carry his investigations far into its annals before learning that William E. Miller has long been an active and leading representative of its business interests and that his labors have proven a potent force in keeping this county abreast of her sister counties of the great Hoosier commonwealth. During a. period of forty-two years he. has carried on a mercantile business in this county, the major portion of which has been spent in Winchester where he is now the head of one of the largest stores in this section of the state, and while he has prospered in this, he has also found ample opportunity to assist in the material, civic and moral development of the county, and his co-operation has been of value for the general good. He is one of the honored veterans of the Union army who, when the tocsin of war sounded in the nation's greatest crisis, uncomplainingly went forth to defend with his life, if need be, the honor of the old flag. His career in every respect has been one of commendation and is well worth study and emulation by the young man just starting on his life work.

Mr. Miller was born June 2, 1846 in Germantown, Montgomery county, Ohio. He is a son of Samuel and Nancy (Troup) Miller, both of whom were born in the vicinity of Germantown where they grew up and were married. Daniel Miller, the paternal grandfather, came from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania with his family in an early day and settled at Germantown and there engaged in the tailoring business, spending the remainder of his life there. There his son Samuel learned the blacksmith's trade.

William E. Miller was educated in the public schools. Leaving school when thirteen years of age, he began working in a bakery, and when his employer enlisted in the army he went to Dayton, Ohio and worked in a bakery there, returning to Germantown at the age of fifteen and purchased the bakery which had been formerly operated by his first employer. Young Miller had only eighteen dollars to pay down on his property, going in debt for the balance. He operated the bakery about a year and had it all paid for when the oven fell in and thf party owning the building would not reconstruct it, so Mr. Miller quit the bakery business and began clerking in a grocery store. Thus we see how a seemingly minor accident changed completely a business career for he remained a merchant instead of a baker. In 1864, he became a clerk in a dry goods store, but remained there only a, short time when he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in which he served faithfully until in September, 1865.

After being honorably discharged from the army he attended Commercial College at Dayton for three months, after which he resumed clerking in Germantown in the dry goods store. In 1867 he went to Dayton and clerked in the large dry goods store of A. B. Darst, eventually becoming the general buyer for that store and made frequent trips to New York City. Having mastered the various ins and outs of the dry goods business, in the fall of 1871, Mr. Miller went to Ridgeville, Randolph county, Indiana as manager of the firm of W. E. Miller & Company, a branch of the Dayton store, and he remained in Ridgeville nine years, building up a large business. In 1872 Henry T. Kitselman, of that town became owner of one-half of the business, the firm name then becoming Miller & Kitselman, which partnership continued successfully until 1880, when Mr. Miller sold his interest to Kitselman, Seeney & Company, who continued the business. In the fall of 1880 Mr. Miller came to Winchester and began business alone handling dry goods, clothing and carpets, being successful from the first, his trade increasing with advancing years through his persistency, able management and uniform honesty and courtesy to his customers. In 1898 he organized the stock company under the firm name of The W. E. Miller Company, of which he became president.

When he opened his store at Ridgeville in 1871, Mr. Miller introduced the one price business for this part of the state, a system now in use in all first-class stores over the country. The wonderful growth of hi^ business he attributes to his plan of fair dealing to one and all alike.

It was in the year 1883 that Mr. Miller built his present substantial business block, and in 1898 when he organized the stock company the building was remodeled, being greatly enlarged, having now a sixty-one foot frontage and being one hundred and sixty feet deep, with three stories and a basement, all occupied by The W. E. Miller Company, one of the largest department stores outside of the large cities in the state and an extensive and lucrative business is carried on with the city and surrounding country. The store is modern in all its appointments, with electric elevators, cash carriers, etc. Everything is under a superb system and a very large and well-selected stock of goods, commonly found in all up-to-date department stores, is carried at all seasons. The store is a favorite gathering place for the country people when in the county-seat and everyone is here made to feel at home and accorded uniform courtesy and fairness.

Mr. Miller is deserving of a great deal of credit for what he has accomplished alone and in the face of obstacles that would have discouraged men of less sterling fiber. From the humblest beginning he has forged to the front and is one of the substantial and influential citizens of one of the leading counties of the state. He is a heavy stockholder in the Randolph County- Bank, the Farmers and Merchants Bank and the Loan and Trust Company. He is a director in the Citizens Water & Light Company, of which he was a promoter, and he is a stockholder of the Eastern Indiana Telephone Company. He is vice-president of the Woodbury Glass Company. He also has valuable and extensive farming interests in Randolph county, owning in all over six hundred and sixty acres of fine agricultural land under a high state of improvement and cultivation.

Mr. Miller was married in October, 1871 to Mary Mosier, of Dayton, Ohio, where she was reared and educated. To this union one son and two daughters have been born, namely : Vora, now the wife of Thomas L. Ward, assistant cashier of the Randolph County Bank ; Olive, now the wife of John P. Clark with The W. E. Miller Company, and John D. Miller who is associated with his father in the store. These children were all given excellent educational advantages and are all highly respected by a wide circle of friends.

William E. Miller has been a staunch Republican since attaining his majority, but has never been active in public affairs other than to encourage such movements as made for the general progress of his city and county. He is a member of the Masonic Order and also the Grand Army of the Republic, Nelson Trusler Post. His family belong to the Presbyterian church, he being a liberal supporter of the same and of all benevolent work.

Levi W. Green

The true measure of individual success is determined by what one has accomplished, and, as taken in contradistinction to the old adage that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country, there is particular interest attached to the career of Levi W. Green, since he is a native son of Randolph county, where his entire life has been passed; and he has so directed his efforts and ability as to gain recognition as one of the representative citizens of the locality, being one of our leading agriculturists, stock men and bankers, and a worthy scion of a sterling pioneer family.

Mr. Green was born February 6, 1861, on a farm six miles west of Winchester in White River township, Randolph county. He is a son of Levi and Elizabeth (Bowers) Green, both now deceased and sleeping the sleep of the just in Maxville cemetery.

Levi W. Green was reared on the home farm in his native community and there assisted with the general work during the crop seasons when he became of proper age, and he received his early education in the district schools there. He began life for himself as a teacher, which vocation he followed several years in the common schools of his native county during which time his services were in great demand. Between terms he worked on the home farm, remaining under his parental roof tree until his marriage, December 7, 1897 to Ida Main, a daughter of Henry and Mag'dalena (Collinsworth) Main, a highly esteemed family of Henry county. The father is deceased, having spent his life successfully engaged in general farming. His widow survives.