Randolph County, Indiana - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1914 (part 9 of 20)

Five children were born to Benjamin Ramsey and wife, two of whom died in infancy; Agnes, who married John W. Love, is deceased; Hester, who was the wife of John T. Chenoweth, is also deceased; Simon, of this review, is the only one of his immediate family now living. He has a half sister, Clara Belle, now Mrs. Fentors, who lives in Miami county, Ohio.

Simon Ramsey was reared in Lebanon and Cincinnati, Ohio until he was seventeen years of age when he accompanied his parents to Randolph county, Indiana. He attended the public schools in Cincinnati, and he also went to the Spartanburg, Indiana, schools for a time. About 1853 the family moved to Winchester where the father worked at his trade. As a young man our subject worked at various things. On February 6, i860 he married Eliza Ellen Lister, a daughter of James and Sarah (Ellis) Lister. To our subject and wife two sons were born, namely: Charles Amos, who is married and living in Muncie; Nathan W. is married and lives with his parents on the home farm.

For a number of years both before and after his marriage Simon Ramsey was a deputy in the various county offices. In September, 1873 he was elected treasurer of Randolph county and served one term of two years. After leaving this office he lived in Winchester for some years and in 1878 he moved with his family to his farm one and one-half miles south of this city and here he has resided continuously to the present time. He has a valuable and well-kept farm on which he has carried on general farming and stock raising and on which stands a comfortable home. The active work of the farm is now done by the son, the elder Ramsey taking life easy in his old age, enjoying the fruits of his former years of labor.

Politically he has always been a Republican and active and influential in local party affairs. His first presidential vote was cast for John C. Fremont in 1856. He has done much to encourage better methods of farming in this locality and was for some time president of the Randolph County Agricultural Society. He is a member of the Masonic Order and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having joined both lodges in the year 1856, and has been in continuous good standing in each, thus for a period of over half a century. His wife and family are members of the Methodist church.

George A. Eastman

Among the most commendable attributes of human character is faithfulness to duty. No one contemplates for even a moment the life record of George A. Eastman, the genial, efficient and popular agent of the Big Four Railroad Company at Winchester, without noting his marked fidelity to duty. That has been the main reason of his success in railroad work, for, everyone knows that lack of interest in one's tasks is not conducive to reward. There is never a serious blot on his record of many decades in the railroad service, neither is there, so far as known to the public, a stain on his private record, so we are glad to give him mention in this work.

Mr. Eastman was born in Union City, on the Ohio side, February 19, 1867. He is a son of Henry O. and Harriet J. (Livingood) Eastman. The father was born in New Hampshire and the mother in Darke county, Ohio. The elder Eastman came to Cleveland, Ohio in March, 1861 after spending his boyhood in New England, and engaged in railroad construction work, later coming to what is now Union City, and engaged in the construction of the Bellefontaine & Indianapolis Railroad, now the Big Four, and while living at Union City he and Harriet J. Livingood were married. Her father, Jacob Livingood, had moved to that place from Darke county, Ohio, and built the first house in the new town. He was a great Abolitionist and was active in the workings of the "underground railroad." Henry O. Eastman became roadmaster of the Bellefontaine & Indianapolis road, and during its subsequent changes, until he was incapaciated for work and retired. He is still living at the advanced age of eighty-four years. His aged wife is also living. They are each of good sturdy New England stock.

To Henry O. Eastman and wife six sons and one daughter were born, namely : Major Nelson is engaged in electrical work at Cambridge, Massachusetts; Sherman met an accidental death by an electric car in Anderson, Indiana, in 1896; George A., subject of this sketch; Charles A., of Chicago, where he is engaged in structural work; Ruby G. is secretary and treasurer of the National Carpet Sweeper Association, of Marion, Indiana; Chester L. is a farmer in Darke county, Ohio; Dora L. is at home.

George A. Eastman was reared in Union City and there attended school until he was fifteen years of age, when, much to the regret of his parents he decided to leave school and seek employment, which he found in the Superintendent's office of the Big Four at Union City, where he learned telegraphy, remaining there one year, when he went to various points on the line, for a time as operator, and in 1885 as telegrapher, remaining with the Big Four in that capacity until March 8, 1888. He acted also as extra agent, and was operator at various towns on the line during this period. On the last named date he went to Ansonia, Ohio, as agent, where he remained until January i, 1898, then was appointed agent at Winchester, Indiana, and here he has remained to the present time, giving his company eminent satisfaction in every respect, just as he did in all his previous positions.

Mr. Eastman was married February 19, 1889 to Laura Winbigler, a daughter of Uriah and Sarah W (Johnson) Winbigler, of Ansonia, Ohio. This union has been without issue.

William T. Roszell

The public eye is being turned more and more every day toward those thinning ranks of the "blue and the gray." At the rate of eleven thousand a year they are departing from this life, leaving imperishable records of their heroism and fortitude. The hardships of blistering marches, the death harvest of the battlefield and the hot, restless fever camps, the filth-laden prisons, cannot be appreciated in their horror by ones who have not experienced them, k)ut the brave boys who survived that awful struggle remember, and it is the universal desire among them that the fair country of the United States shall never feel the touch of the war demon again, nor shall their children know the terror and agony of service such as that, where brothers fought brothers, and civilization was forgotten in the lust of combat. William T. Roszell is the proud possessor of war record which is without superior in point of service and actual fighting. Some men went through the war without a smell of gunpowder, so to speak, and they are generally the loudest in their praises of themselves, but others, including our subject, were fated to be at the critical points at the crucial time, and suffered wounds and hardships.

William T. Roszell was born in Greensburg, Decatur county, Indiana, on December 3, 1843, ^^'^ was the son of John F. and Perlina (SuUinger) Roszell, being one of the following children, namely: Samuel, who died en route to California in the gold rush of 1849; Elsie, Nancy, Mary, Elvira B.. Mahala, James M., Terrell and Emma, all deceased; and Laura, of Georgia. Both of our subject's parents were from the state of Kentucky, where the father followed the trade of the blacksmith. They came overland to the fair Hoosier state in a very early day, settling in Greensburg, where the father and his brother did the first blacksmithing ever "done in the town.

Our subject's grandfather was a farmer of Indiana, and died at the age of ninety-five years. The Roszells trace their ancestry to an old Hugenot family.

On September, 26, 1872 William Roszell was married to Hannah C. Hiatt, a daughter of Amos Hiatt, a citizen of Randolph county, a farmer who entered land, which he lived upon, from the government. Mrs. Roszell was one of twelve children, the father being twice married. The children by the first wife were: Louisa, deceased, Lucinda E., Samuel M., and Malissa, both dead; John W., died while in the army; and the children by the second wife were: Mrs. Roszell; James C, of Winchester; Charles O., a Minnesota farmer; Mary E., deceased; Allen R., in charge of Orphan's Home; Rosa Almeda, of Albany, Indiana; and Ella, who is deceased.

Two children have been born to our subject and wife, and they are : Oolie Myrtle, married Arthur Dean, a Randolph county farmer, and they have seven children; Hattie, Bertha, Vernal, Charles, John F., Flora May, and Walter A. ; and the second child is Orpha May, married Austin Barnes, and has one child, Martha Catherine. They reside on the Roszell homestead.

Mrs. Roszell's father was from the state of North Carolina, near Raleigh, being of Welsh descent. He came to Winchester about 1829, at the age of 18, having been born April 20, 1811. He followed the trade of a blacksmith and farmer. He was reared a Quaker and his wife a Methodist. Religiously our subject's father was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and politically belonged to the Republican party.

William Roszell, our subject, when but eighteen years of age, on August 8, 1862, enlisted in Company E, Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Captain Clayton commanding. He was discharged June i, 1865, at Chester Hospital, Pennsylvania. Mr. Roszell's first engagement was at Thoroughfare Gap on August 27, 1862. Two days later he fought in the second battle of Bull Run, and in this conflict performed a brave act, that of rescuing the colors from the enemy from a fallen color bearer. On September 14, 1862 he participated in the battle of South Mountain. On the 17th he fought at Antietam, in October at Shepardstown, and on November 2nd, at Uniontown, Virginia. At this latter place he was wounded in the arm by an exploding shell which killed two and wounded eleven others. December 23rd found Mr. Roszell at Fredericksburg. On May 3, 1863 he engaged at the sanguinary clash at Chancellorsville. Mr. .Roszell was in action during the greatest battle of the war, the four days at Gettysburg. In December, '63, he was at Mine Run. He fought during the famous battle of the Wilderness from May 5th to 7th, '64, and at Spottsylvania, May 12th, the same year, and on May 23d, was at North Anna. Later he engaged at Coal Harbor, and in the battles around Petersburg. At Petersburg he was shot through the leg by a Minie ball. When Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, to Grant, Mr. Roszell was there. After his discharge from the army, he returned to private life as a farmer, and has continued ever since, although he has forsaken active work.

Jesse W. Jackson

White River township, Randolph county, has an able exponent in twentieth century farming in Jesse W. Jackson, whose excellent farm, three miles west of the city of Winchester, is being rapidly brought to a state of perfection. Our subject has not long resided in this vicinity, but he has been here long enough to prove that he is a persistent and intelligent worker and a good citizen in every respect.

Mr. Jackson was born on October 27, 1870, on a farm in Stony Creek township, this county. He is a son of Isom and Susan J. (Moore) Jackson, a highly respected old couple of this locality. A complete sketch of them appears in another part of this work. These parents are still living in Stony Creek township.

Jesse W. Jackson grew to manhood on the home farm in his native township and county, and he attended the country district schools, and helped with the general farm work. He remained with his parents on the home farm until he was married, September 5, 1891, having selected for his life-companion Millie B. Pursley, a daughter of James M. and Mary E. (Addington) Pursley, a well-known family of Randolph county.

Four children have been born to the union of our subject and wife, named in order of birth as follows: Nerval W., born February 9, 1894; Rolland W., born April 22, 1898; Miltie O., born May 6, 1900; Edith Olive, born August 19, 1903.

Our subject first settled on a farm two and one-half miles southeast of Farmland, where he carried on general farming for a period of twenty years with ever increasing success. In the spring of 1912 he removed to his present place three miles west of the county-seat and here he is meeting with his usual success as a general agriculturist and stock raiser, ranking with the best in White River township. This move was made because he wanted a larger farm as his boys had grown to young manhood and he wanted to give them an opportunity at home, to teach them farming by his own methods. He devotes much attention to stock raismg and feeding, being regarded as one of the best hog raisers in Randolph county, and a goodly share of his annual income is derived in this manner. In both breeding and feeding he has been very successful.

Mr. Jackson has always been a Republican in politics and he has long been active and deeply interested in public affairs, however has never been an oifice seeker, not caring to neglect his farming. Pie and his family are members of the Friends church and are active supporters of the church and Sunday school. They stand well in this community as they did in their old one.

The early pioneers, having blazed the path of civilization to the section of Indiana of which Randolph county is a part, finished their labors, and many of them have passed from the scene, leaving the country to the possession of their descendants and to others who came at a later period and budded on the foundation which they laid so broad and deep. The Ruby family is of this class, and its members have played no inconspicuous part in the affairs of this locality, a very creditable representative of the present generation being Dr. Samuel B. Ruby, of Union City, very ably carrying forward the commendable work of ministering to the ills of our people, with that skill, sympathy and honesty that characterized his well remembered father, who was one of the leading early-day physicians of northeastern Indiana.

Dr. Ruby, of this review, was born in Darke county, Ohio, January 15, 1855. He is a son of Dr. James Ruby, who was born in Kentucky, in the year 1807, and there he grew to manhood and received his early education. He came to Wayne county, Indiana in 1828, and commenced the practice of medicine, which he continued to follow with great success the rest of his life, dying in Union City in December, 1876. During his years of practice he spent a portion of his time in Ohio, and in 1867 he located in Union City, Indiana where the last years of his life were spent and where he enjoyed a large and lucrative practice. He was a man of exceptional ability and broadminded in his views. He was a loyal member of the Methodist church, and was charitably inclined, always ready to minister to the poor and help those in need. He never neglected any one giving the poor the same care he gave the rich, although he knew he would never receive pecuniary reward. He married Hannah Hamilton, who was born in Virginia in 1827.

She was a worthy member of the Methodist church, and her death occurred in 1894. Eleven children were born to this union; those living are J. F., Dr. Samuel B., Mrs. Ella Bohn resides at Dayton, Ohio; A. B. lives at Moberly, Missouri; Lizzie B. lives at Union City, and is a teacher in the public schools there. Two of our subject's uncles were also practicing physicians and surgeons. They were brothers of Dr. James Ruby.

Dr. Samuel B. Ruby received his primary education in the public schools of his native community and Unibn City. He attended the medical college at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he made an excellent record and from which he was graduated with the class of 1876. The same year he began practice in Union City and has continued here to the present time, his name becoming a household word all over the county during these thirty-seven years of successful practice. He has remained a profound student of whatever pertains to his science and has from the first stood in the front rank of local medical men. When a young man, before entering upon his more serious life work, he engaged in different pursuits, saved his money and paid in part his own way through college, the ambition, independence and persistency he displayed then, remaining dominant factors in his every-day life, resulting, as one might naturally surmise, in ultimate success of a high order. Being the third child in a family of ten children, he was compelled to assist in rearing the younger.

Politically Dr. Ruby is independent. He is a member of the Methodist church, and fraternally belongs to the Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the Randolph County Medical Society and the Indiana State Medical Association.

Dr. Ruby was married September 5, 1878 to Delia Haise, who was born in Illinois, January 16, 1858. She is a daughter of Dr. John Haise, a practicing physician in Ohio in the early days, dying in that state when his daughter, Delia, was very young.

To Dr. Ruby and wife these children were born : Dr. Fred M., born September 19, 1881, married Estrelin Butcher; he was educated in the public schools of Union City, later attended high school at Ann Arbor, Michigan, then entered the University of Michigan, from which he obtained a degree of Bachelor of Arts, also a degree of Doctor of Medicine from that institution, making an excellent record in the same. He has been practicing medicine since 1908, making a specialty of the eye, ear, nose and throat and has been very successful, enjoying a large practice at Union City. Clem G. Ruby, our subject's second son, was born August 17, 1884. He has re- mained single, and is engaged in Young Men's Christian Association work at Canton, Ohio. Florence, only daughter of our subject, was born December 25, 1885, received a degree of Bachelor of 'Arts from'the University of Michigan, and is engaged in teaching in Indianapolis ; she is unmarried. James, the youngest of the children, was born January 7, 1887.

Clarence S. Pierce

The biographies of the representative men of a county bring to light many hidden treasures of mind, character and courage, well calculated to arouse the pride of their family and of the community, and it is a source of regret that people are not more familiar with the personal history of such men in the ranks of whom may be found tillers of the soil, mechanics, teachers, professional and business men of various lines. Clarence S. Pierce is one of the creditable representative business men of Union City, Randolph county and as such has made his influence felt in this locality and earned a name for enterprise, integrity and honor.

Mr. Pierce who is engaged in the grain business, was born in Wayne township, Randolph county, December 9, 1870. He is a son of Charles W. and Emma (Haddock) Pierce. The father was born in the state of New York, January 12, 1835. He received a limited education, and when a young man came to Randolph county, and engaged in farming, also followed other pursuits. About thirty years ago he went into the grain business in Union City and this has since claimed his attention, the Pierce Elevator Company which he established and built up being one of the best known of its kind in this section of the state, and for many years its operations have covered a wide territory. The company deals in grains, seeds, hay, fertilizer and coal. Although now advanced in years the elder Pierce is still successfully attending to business and is hale and hearty as a result of careful living and right thinking. He has been influential in the affairs of the community and has always been highly esteemed for his industry, public-spiritedness and honesty. Plis wife, who was a native of Columbus, Ohio, died in 1873. To these parents eight children were born, but only these three survive: Mary C, Frank W. and Clarence S., of this sketch.

Clarence S. Pierce grew up in his native community, and he received a common school education, graduating from the high school at Union City in 1887, soon afterward entering DePauw University in which he spent two years, then returned to Union City, later taking a commercial course m Dayton, Ohio. Thus exceptionally well equipped for life's serious duties, he entered the business world with his father in the elevator at Union City and has remained with the same ever since, its rapidly increasing success and prestige being due in no small measure to his industry and sound counsel. The Pierce Elevator Company is a corporation, with a capital stock of eighty thousand dollars, and is well equipped in every respect to render prompt and high grade service and a very large annual business is carried on. Clarence S. Pierce is president of the company; C. C. Fisher is vice-president; C. L. Northlane is secretary and treasurer.

Mr. Pierce was married March 27, 1894 to Bertha Smith, who was born in Union City, Ohio, October 27, 1873. Mrs. Pierce received an excellent education in Oxford, Ohio, in the public schools and college. She is a lady of many estimable characteristics and is popular with the best circles wherever she is known.

Two children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Pierce, namely: Charles Stuart, born February 6. 1895, is at this writing a student in the University of Michigan; Mary Alameda, born July 27, 1897, is attending high school.

Politically, Mr. Pierce has followed the example of his father and supports the Democratic party in which he is active and influential. In 1898 he was elected mayor of Union City, serving until 1902 in a very faithful and creditable manner, doing much for the general upbuilding of the town. In the campaign of 191 2 he made the race for representative to the state legislature and was duly elected. He has made his influence felt among his colleagues for the good of his county and won the hearty commendation of his constituents. He served for a period of four years on the Union City school board. Fraternally he belongs to the Masonic Order, Modem Woodmen of America, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Religiously he is a member of the Presbyterian church, and is a trustee in the local congregation.

Broad-minded, progressive in his ideas, a thinker and close observer, Mr. Pierce keeps fully abreast of the times and in touch with current thought and discharges the dtities of citizenship in a tnanner becoming an enterprising American of honorable impulses. He stands high in the esteem of those with whom he mingles, makes and retains friends easily, and is a genial, courteous, straightforward and companionable gentleman whom it is a pleasure to know.

Randolph Cqunty, Indiana. Ii95 Lincoln S. C. Reinheimer

Improvement and progress may well be said to form the keynote of the character of Lincoln Sherman Chase Reinheimer, formerly a well-known merchant of Winchester and for a number of years past a dealer in real estate, and he has not only been interested in the work of advancement in individual affairs but his influence is felt in upbuilding the community where he has always resided. He has been a \'ery industrious man all his life, striving to keep abreast of the times in every respect, and as a result every mile-post of the years he has passed has found him farther ad\'anced, more prosperous, more sedate and with a broader view of life in all its immensity, and with a larger number of friends than the preceding.

Mr. Reinheimer was born in Winchester, Indiana, February 25, 1866. He is a son of Peter and Elizabeth (Irwin) Reinheimer. The father was a native of Eastern Pennsylvania, and the mother was born in North Carolina. They came west with their families when each were young in years, both the Reinheimers and Irwins locating near New Paris, Preble county, Ohio, and there the parents of our subject grew to maturity, received common school educations and were married. Remaining in the Buckeye state until December, 1865 the family removed to Winchester, Indiana, and here Peter Reinheimer became landlord of the Franklin House, which he continued to conduct in a successful manner and one that was highly satisfactory to the traveling public for a period of twenty years, his hostelry becoming one of the best known and most popular in this section of the state. In fact, he spent the rest of his life here engaged in the hotel business, dying in June, 1885, his widow surviving two years, joining him in the Silent Land, mentioned by the old German poet, in May, 1887. They were hard-working, hospitable and honest people, whom everybody respected.

The subject of this sketch was born and reared in the Franklin Hotel here and when a boy he assisted his parents in operating the same, attending the city schools during the winter months. When but a boy he became a grocer's delivery wagon driver, and he clerked for about six years, giving satisfactory service, and in the meantime, being ambitious and quickminded he learned every phase of the grocery business, and finally opened a store of this nature himself and was highly successful from the start, following the grocery business for a period of twenty years, during which time he enjoyed a large and lucrative trade with the city and county as a result of his good management and courteous and honest treatment of his patrons. Accumulating a competency and tiring of the close confinement of his store,

Mr. Reinheimer retired from the active affairs of life in June, 191 1, since which time he has not been actively engaged in anything; however, he has handled some real estate.

Mr. Reinheimer was married on March 16, 1892 to E. Olive Bales, daughter of Joseph L. and Malinda (Thornburg) Bales, a highly respected Randolph county family. Here Mrs. Reinheimer grew to womanhood and received a common school education.

To the union of our subject and wife one daughter, Helen, has been born. She is a graduate of the Winchester high school, and is now a student at Hanover College, where she is making a splendid record.

Politically Mr. Reinheimer has always been a Republican, and has been more or less active in the ranks of the same, active in public matters as pertaining to the general welfare of Winchester and Randolph county. He is now serving as a member of the city council and is doing much for the permanent good of the town, being an ardent advocate of civic improvements. He is president of the Randolph Club, an organization of business and professional men, where party lines are not drawn, all working for the good of Winchester and Mr. Reinheimer has been very largely responsible for the large success of this praiseworthy club. He is a member of Winchester Lodge, No. 91, Knights of Pythias. The family affiliate with the Methodist Episcopal church. The Reinheimer residence, a cozy well-furnished one, is located at 303 South Main street, in one of the most desirable sections of the city, and it is known to the many friends of the family as a place of hospitality.

Alonzo L. Bales

Alonzo L. Bales, a member of the firm of Nichols, Goodrich & Bales, one of the best known legal firms of Winchester, was born September 25, 1864 in West River township, Randolph county, on the Wayne county line, on a- farm. He is a son of William D. and Rebecca A. (Jackson) Bales. The father was born in Dalton, Wayne county, and the mother in West River township, Randolph county. Jacob Bales, the great grandfather, came to Indiana from near Knoxville, Tennessee, in the year 1816 when the state was in its infancy and settlers were few and the land covered by practically a wilderness throughout. He settled with his family about two miles southwest of what is now the village of Economy, Wayne county, when that section was the home of the red man and man)' varieties of wild beasts. There this courageous pioneer erected a log cabin and began life as a true frontiers man, developing a good farm through hard, persistent work. His son, John Bales, grandfather of our subject, grew up in that section, worked at the carpenter's trade, and remained there until 1862 when he moved to Randolph county and settled on the land where our subject was born. He succeeded here as a farmer and his death occurred in 1884, at an advanced age, his birth having occurred in 1807. His son, William D. Bales, father of the gentleman whose name initiates this sketch, devoted his life successfully to general agricultural and stock raising pursuits, becoming one of the leading men of his community. His family consisted of five children, namely: Alonzo L., of this sketch; Oliver H. died in infancy; Sarah E. is deceased; Alary J. is deceased; Charles E. is engaged in farming in West River township. The father is still living on the homestead, but the mother passed away on July 10, 1913. She was a woman of fine Christian fortitude and charitable impulse.

Alonzo L. Bales grew to manhood on the home farm where he worked when a boy, attending the district schools during the winter months, and for a time the Winchester high school. He then taught successfully in the district schools of his native county for two consecutive winters, beginning in the fall of 1884. During this period he read law with A. O. Marsh and J. W. Thompson and was admitted to practice in 189 1. He moved to Winchester in September, 1895 and began practicing in partnership in December of that year with William S. Diggs under the firm name of Diggs & Bales which continued with ever increasing prestige until 1900 when Mr. Bales formed a partnership with John W. Macy and J. P. Goodrich, under the firm name of Macy, Goodrich & Bales which lasted until Mr. Macy went on the bench in 1902, when A. L. Nichols came into the firm as Nichols, Goodrich & Bales, and thus the firm stands at this writing. Judge Macy came back to the fi.rm upon leaving the bench and after his death in 19 12 his son, John W. Macy, Jr., succeeded him as a member of the firm.

Mr. Bales practices in the state and federal courts and is known to be a painstaking, alert, well-grounded and competent lawyer in every line of legal science. He is an earnest and forceful pleader and is one of the most conspicuous figures in the trial of important cases in the local courts. His success has been pronounced from the start and his practice and influence have steadily grown with advancing years. He is a member of the county and . state bar associations. Politically, he is a Republican and has been active in the ranks. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Randolph county in the fall of 1898 and served one term in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to the eminent satisfaction of all concerned. He served as a member of the Republican County Central Committee for a number of years and did much for the success of the party in Randolph county.

Mr. Bales was married, first, on September i, 1892 to Martha E. Foutz, a daughter of Henry and ?ilary Jane (Boyd) Foutz, of Randolph county. To this union four children were born, namely: Ralph W., whose birth occurred August 7, 1893; William H., born December 9, 1895; Mary R., born June 21, 1898; Ruth A., born February 28, 1901. Fhe wife and mother was called to her eternal rest on April 24, 1901. Mr. Bales' second marriage took place on Jime 21, 1905 when he espoused Emma G. Engle, daughter of Edmund and Gertrude (Bishop) Engle, of Winchester, and to this union one child has been born, John E., whose birth occurred January 29, 1908.

Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Bales, for a term of seven years successfully taught history and English in the Winchester high school. She was a student at Butler College, Indianapolis, for two years. For man}- years she has taken an active part in all branches of church work.

Fraternally, Mr. Bales is a member of the Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of the Golden Eagle and the Modern Woodmen of America.

He owns a valuable and well-improved farm in West Ri\er township and a commodious home on South Main street. He is a member of the ]Methodist Episcopal church as are also his children. Mrs. Bales belongs to the Main Street Christian church. All are active in church and Sunday school work. He is a teacher in the men's Bible class, which was organized under the state Sunday school organization as the A. L. Bales Bible class. He is a man of broad influence and usefulness, both in his profession and public life, and is regarded by all as a liberal, broad-minded, public-spirited citizen.

Don C. Ward

The life of Don C. Ward, the broad-minded and progressive editor of The Union City Eagle, has been such as to bear aloft the high standard which was maintained by his father, ^vho was for a long lapse of years one of the leading educators of Randolph county, and whose life was signdlly noble, upright and useful, one over which falls no shadow of wrong in word, thought or deed. Such was the type of men who laid the foundation and aided in the development of this locality, and to their memories will ever be paid a tribute of reverence and gratitude by those who have profited by their well-directed endeavors and appreciated the lesson of their lives.

Mr. Ward was born October 26, 1883 in West Union, Randolph county. He is a son of A. H. and Ella (Scott) Ward. The father was born in Maryland Jtily 3, 1848, was reared in Pennsylvania and educated in the district schools and Chambersburg Academy, also attended a normal college in Pennsylvania. He began teaching when a young man and followed this line of endeavor for a period of forty-four years, thirty-six of which he taught in the schools of Wayne township, Randolph county, one year in Marshall county, Indiana, one year in Miami county, Ohio, and six years in Pennsylvania. He was a man of progressive ideas and was very popular and influential as an educator. His services were always in great demand. His death occurred April 4, 1912. The mother of the subject of this sketch was born near Winchester, Indiana (July 21, 18 - ) and here she grew to womanhood and was educated in the common schools and Winchester high school She was a teacher for several years, and is now living in Union City.

To A. H. Ward and wife four children were born, three of whom are still living, namely : Don C, of this sketch ; Mabel E. is teaching in Marion, Indiana; Merle S. is teaching in Union City; Clyde E. is deceased.

Don C. Ward received his education in the common schools of West Union and in the Union City high school, graduating from the high school at the age of fourteen, being the youngest graduate ever known in that city. He then spent two years in the Eastern Indiana Normal University at Muncie, after which he taught school seven years, five of them in Union City and two in W'ayne township. He gave great satisfaction as an instructor and proved himself to be a worthy son of a worthy sire as an educator, but finally deciding that some other line of endeavor would suit him better, he began the study of law in the office of Shockney Brothers, of Union City, also took two correspondence courses in law, one from the American School of Law in Chicago, and one from the Lincoln and Jefferson school at Hammond, Indiana. He was admitted to the bar in Randolph county in due course of time, and began practice He was successful from the first and soon had a good business. In 19 10 he became assistant city attorney of Union City. Believing that journalism held still greater attractions for him he became connected with The Eagle Publishing Company of Union City, on June i, 191 2, and since that time has been editor and manager of The Union City Eagle. He has already made it a moulder of local public opinion, a valuable news and advertising medium, and its circulation has rapidly increased. He has brightened its appearance from a mechanical standpoint, and placed it on a paying basis.

I200 Randolph Couxty, Indiana

Mr. Ward has remained unmarried. Politically he is a Democrat and has been active in public afifairs. He made the race for representative from Randolph county, also for prosecuting attorney. His services are in great demand as a public speaker, as he is an orator of no mean ability. He is an excellent campaign manager, and was township chairman during the only two campaigns when a complete Democratic ticket was ever elected in Union City. He is a member of the Methodist church, and fraternally belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Loyal Order of Moose, and the Order of Owls. He is a member of the Joint Fraternal Memorial Board in Union City. He is musically inclined and gifted as a musician, and has been a member and manager of the Union City Concert Band ever since its organization. It is composed of twenty-five pieces, and is one of the best and most popular bands in the county.

x\n able young exponent of the science of dentistry as we know it in this progressive twentieth century is found in the person of Dr. Cyrus Clyde Wright, of Lynn, Randolph county. He seems to have all the natural attributes of head and heart for the successful performing of his chosen vocation, and the pronounced success he has already attained would bear out ' this statement, and to him the future years hold much of promise. He had the tact to see when but a boy that his true bent was in this direction, but he did not depend on Xature to do it all for him, but set about diligently to advance himself in the science and he has been a close student of the same and proposes to keep fully abreast of the profession in all its future changes and improvements.

Dr. Wright was born in Steuben county, Indiana, May 2, 1882. He is a son of ilonroe F. and Caroline (Parr) Wright. The father was born October 2, 1858, and is a son of Elbridge and Martha (Cochran) Wright. Elbridge Wright was a native of Vermont, of a sterling old Xew England family. He came to Indiana in an early day and entered a farm in Randolph county, which is still in possession of the family. Here he spent the rest of his life, dying in 1879. He was a successful farmer and became owner of about three hundred acres of valuable land. Martha Cochran was a native of the state of Xew York. Her death occurred in 1892.

Monroe F. Wright, mentioned above, grew up on the old homestead and there he worked when a bo}-, attending the rural schools in the winter months.

He has devoted his entire Hfe to fargning and has met with success all along the line. Politically he is a Republican, and in religious matters is a member of the Christian church. He and Caroline Parr were married in 1878. She was born near New Philadelphia, Ohio, May 12, 1856, and she came with her parents to Steuben county, Indiana in 1862.

Dr. Wright grew up on the home farm and made himself generally useful about the place when a boy. He received a common school education. He began life for himself by working in a cement factory which he continued for five years. He was economical and at the end of that time had enough money to take up his more serious life work. The above named factory was at Stroh, Indiana. After severing his connection* with the same he entered the Indiana Dental College at Indianapolis, where he made an excellent record and from which he was graduated in 1907. He located at Ft. Wayne for the practice of his profession, but remained there only five months, when he moved to Angola, Indiana and was .there a year, then came to Lynn, where he has continued successfully to the present time, and now enjoys a large and ever-growing patronage.

Politically, Mr. Wright is a Republican, and fraternally he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Masonic Order, and is now worshipful master of the local lodge of the latter. He is a member of the Royal Arch Masons of Winchester. Religiously, he belongs to the Christian church.

Dr. Wright was married November 16, 1910 to Maud Skelley, who was born at Stroh, Indiana and there grew to womanhood and was educated. The date of her birth is December 19, 1882. To this union one child has been born, Caroline L. Wright.

Austin H. Burke

A man of marked individuality, Austin H. Burke, well-known cement contractor and builder of V\'^inchester is a typical representative of that large and enterprising class of business men to whom Randolph county owes much of its prosperity and development, and his record shows him to have been faithful in the performance of his duty in the community to his neighbors and to himself. He is the scion of a sterling old family of West Virginia, noted for their industry, integrity, hospitality and public-spiritedness.

engaged all his life in general agriculftiral pursuits and spent his active life in West Virginia, but after the death of his wife in 1892 he came with his family to Winchester, Randolph county, Indiana, and here again engaged in farming which he followed with his usual success for a period of seven years when he retired.

Austin H. Burke was reared on the home farm in West Virginia and there worked hard when a boy, and during the winter months he attended the public schools in his community. After coming to Indiana he worked on his father's farm until he was twenty-one years of age, when he engaged in the cement contracting business. Being apt to learn and a young man of ambition, he soon had mastered the ins and outs of the business and had a good start in the same, and he has remained in this business continuously ever since. He started with little capital, but he was a boy of good character and he had all the credit necessary, and he succeeded from the first, his business continuing to grow with the )'ears until it has now assumed large proportions and he is known, favorably and well all over this section of the state, where many fine buildings,- business, public and private, stand as monuments to his skill and honesty as a builder. He does all kinds of cement work, from the plain substantial to the ornamental and fantastic in building. He also handles all kinds of building material and is regarded as one of Randolph county's most reliable contractors. His business extends far beyond the confines of this county and he is a very busy man at all seasons.

Mr. Burke was married on July 13, 1902, to Ella M. Summers, daughter of David and Elmira (Rough) Summers, an excellent Randolph county famil}'. Here Mrs. Burke grew to womanhood and received a good education in the public schools. The union of our subject and wife has resulted in the birth of one son and one daughter, namely ; Charles and Lettie.

Mr. Burke is a member of the Independent Order of Red Men, and politically, he is a Democrat, and has long been interested and active in public matters. He is a member of the city council of Winchester and has done a great deal toward the general upbuilding of the town, being an ardent advocate of substantial public improvements, and everything that looks to the betterment of public conditions.

Mr. Burke's place of business is located at 233 West Washington street, where he is well situated and where he always carries an excellent stock of building material.

Charles F. Yount

One of the substantial and influential business men of Farmland is Charles F. Yount, hardware merchant. Mr. Yount was born in Darke county, Ohio, June 15, 1879, and is the son of Eli and Rebecca (Martindale) Yount. He was educated in the local schools till 16 years of age and then attended for two terms the Versailles high school. After that, he taught school two years and was four and a half years in his brother's hardware store at Portland. He went on the road for the Home Pride Range Company and was subsequently superintendent of its factory for two years. Then he went to Farmland and bought a half interest in a hardware store. In 1907, at the end of three years, he bought out his partner, which gave him the sole ownership of the leading hardware store in Farmland. The measurement of floor space is 7,200 feet.

Thus it will be seen that Mr. Yount's career, from his earliest school days, has been one of continual advancement. Tt will be noticed that there has been no deviation, no waste of time on side issues. The schooling was ample and the foundation of the business career of the character that made the achievement of success easy and certain. His principle of business seems to be extensive sales on small profits. Nobody goes away from Farmland to the larger towns to buy hardware, but the circuit of country is large which goes to Farmland for its supplies in this line of goods. Mr. Yount's store has the full variety of equipment to be found in the leading hardware establishments of Indianapolis, Chicago, St. Louis, Cleveland and Cincinnati. It is a big city store in not a very large town, and has wonderfully enhanced the reputation of Farmland. It is said that there isn't a home iiT Randolph county has hasn't an article of Yount's hardware in it. Certainly no name is better known in the county than Mr. Yount's and he bases his reputation on the fair and comprehensive way in which he conducts his ^business.

Mr. Yount was married Oct. 4, 1900, to Mina Christian, a daughter of Henry Christian, a farmer near Versailles, Ohio. Two children haye been born to them - Howard, August 21, 1901, and Martelle Jeanette, May 30, 1907. The father of the subject of this sketch was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, in 1840, and still lives on the homestead. His grandfather and grandmother were both Germans and came from ]-'ennsyIvania. The father of Mr. Yount's mother was l)orn in Montgomery county and reared a family of fifteen children, the youngest of which was the subject's mother.

Frederick died at the age of 33 and left a widow. He lived in Darke county, Ohio, and was a farmer. \\'illiam D., who has a hardware store at Portland, Ind., married Mary Wilson, of Darke county, and they have two children. Elizabeth, who lives near Portland, married ^^alliam Stocker, a farmer, and has had five children, four of whom are living. Anna, of Greenville, Ohio, married John A. Martin, a tobacco merchant. Four children have been born* to them. Lula, born April i, 1873, lives on the old homestead, as does also Emma, who was born November 14, 1877. Ora and Cora, deceased, were twins; Walter, a farmer of Darke county, married Devona Gottschall, and to them one child, Thelma, has been born. Ohmer, with his wife and one child, live in Farmland and is employed in our subject's store.

In religious circles, IMr. Yount is quite active and prominent, and is one of the faithful who hold fast the belief that the church still has its grip on the world and is the hope of it. It is through such men that the faith of the fathers is preserved to us and the church made a vital power in the activities of modern life. He affiliates with the Christian church and participates in all its charitable enterprises. Farmland is the richer in many ways for the citizenship of Charles F. Yount.

George W. Robbixs

The every-day life, with its cares, necessities and duties, affords ample opportunities for acquiring experience of the best kind and its most beaten paths provide a true worker with abundant scope for effort and improvement. -This fact was recognized early in life by George W. Robbins, one of the enterprising and representative citizens of ^^'inchester, who seized the small opportunities which he encountered on the rugged hill that leads to life's loft}- summit where lies the ultimate goal of success, never attained by the weak, inactive and ambitionless, Mr. Robbins has carried on special lines of endeavor with that energy, discretion and perseverance which are sure to find their natural sequence in definite success, and in such a man there is particular satisfaction in offering in his life history justification for the compilation of works of this character.

Air. Robbins was born August 21, 1847, ^^ Ithaca, Darke county, Ohio. He is a son of Solomon and Mary (Shepherd) Robbins. The father was born in ^Slontgomen,' county, Ohio, and was a son of Richard Robbins, who came to that locality in the year 1804 from Randolph county, North Carolina. The father of the subject of this sketch was bom November 7. 181 1, and the mother was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, April 15, 1813, and she came with her parents, Dennis Shepherd and wife, to Ithaca, Darke county, Ohio, in 1821. Both Grandfather Robbins and Grandfather Shepherd settled in the woods and began life in Darke county as true pioneers. They came by wagon overland, thence by steamboat down the Ohio river. The Shepherd family started by boat on the Monongahela ri\'er from their old home in Pennsylvania, and while enroute they were caught in an ice gorge, the boat wrecked and they lost all their belongings. They were detained in their journey to Ohio about three years, during which time they made money enough to come on to their destination. Grandfather Dennis Shepherd acquired a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which is still in the family and has never been sold or mortgaged. His death occurred at the advanced age of ninety-two years, and his wife at the age of ninety-five years. They were a remarkable old couple. Their family consisted of ten sons and one daughter, Mary, who was the mother of the subject of this sketch. Mr. Shepherd became one of the prosperous farmers of Darke county. He was a "hickory Quaker." In addition to farming he kept a tavern, where many a weary traveler found rest. In frontier days the Robbins family settled in Montgomery county, Ohio, and in 1808 Grandfather Robbins went to Darke county, that state, and entered one hundred and sixty acres of land on Twin creek, but the Indians were so annoying that he returned to Montgomery county, where he had first settled, and there he remained until after the war of 1812, and in 181 3 returned to his land in Darke county. He gave twenty acres of his land to a friend that he might have a neighbor. Here Solomon Robbins and Mary Shepherd were married in 1835. During the war of 1812 Grandfather Richard Robbins was a regimental drummer. The parents of our subject lived in Darke county, Ohio, until 1853, when, tfiey moved to Randolph county, Indiana, and settled on a farm of forty acres about twelve miles northwest of Winchester. Early in life the father learned the blacksmith's trade, which he worked at before leaving Ohio. He brought his family from Darke to Randolph county in a one-horse wagon. He paid three hundred dollars for his forty acres here, the money being in silver halfdollars - six hundred of them. This sum he had saved from his blacksmithing back in Darke county. He continued his trade in Randolph county in connection with farming, and in 1855 left the farm and moved to Farmland and opened a blacksmith shop in partnership with Jonathan Macy, grandfather of the late Judge Macy, of Winchester. In 1859 Solomon Robbins moved to a farm four miles north of Farmland, where he remained until 1867, farming and blacksmithing. In 1867 he moved to a farm one mile east of Farmland, where he lived until his death, July 12, 1877. His widow sui-vived until December 16, 1895, dying at Redkey, Indiana, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Gray. Politically, Solomon Robbins was a Republican, and he was a man of influence in his community, and was one of our best farmers in his day and generation as well as one of the most skillful blacksmiths of that period. His family consisted of eight children, two dying in infanc}', three sons and tljree daughters living to maturity, namely : Rosanna, who married John Elwood, died in Grundy county, Missouri; William S. lives in Chico, California; Ruth V married Thomas Gray, of Redkey, Indiana; George W., of this sketch; Elizabeth S. is the wife of William Collins, of Chico, California; Enos R., of Indianapolis.

George W. Robbins was reared on the various farms owned by his father and in Farmland, and was educated in the public schools. He began learning the blacksmith's trade under his father in 1864. He worked with James Rice in Greenville, Ohio, one year, then returned to Farmland and finished leahiing the trade with his brother. In 1868 he opened a shop of his own in Farmland, which he operated until 1869, when he added the implement business to his blacksmithing, and was soon doing a large business.

^Ir. Robbins discontinued the blacksmithing business in 1873, but continued the implement business until 1889 with ever increasing success. On March i, 1890, he moved to Winchester and has since resided here. He has engaged in the live stock business. He has traveled extensively for Altman-Miller & Company, The Buckeye Reaper Company, of Aki'on, Ohio. In 1 89 1 he resigned his position with the Buckeye Reaper Company and became general agent for Indiana for the Ohio Rake Company, of Dayton, which position he still holds. In 1900 this company sent him to Europe in the interest of the firm and again, in 1901, he went to Europe for the company, traveling in England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Wales, Scotlafid, Ireland, Holland, Denmark, Austria and Italy, firmly establishing the company's business in all those countries. He has given eminent satisfaction to the above-named firms, being regarded as among their most efficient, reliable and trust\\orthy employees. He has had other business interests. He owns a splendid farm in Randolph county, and has ^'aluable land in other counties. He and his wife have traveled extensively in the United States, especially to the Pacific Coast. California, Yellow Stone Park and most places of interest, and, both being keen observers and excellent conversationalists it is pleasant to spend a few hours in their commodious and attractive home on South Main street, listening to their instructive discourse on their travels.

was born September 13, 1852. She was a daughter of Aaron Shaw, who was born in Delaware county, Ohio, June 28, 181 6. Her mother was Betsey Ann Jenkins, born August 4, 1816, in Jefferson county, Virginia. To our subject and wife only one child was born, Lola, whose birth occurred September 20, 1872. She married on December 26, 1895, John C. Kelch, of Mt. Carmel, Illinois. He is engaged in the lumber business there, and is also an extensive farmer. They had two children, one died in infancy, and Henrietta.

Politically, Mr. Robbins has always been a Republican and more or less active in public matters. In 1892 he was a candidate for sheriff of Randolph county but was- defeated by a small majority. In the fall of 1904 he was elected treasurer of this county, but he did not take office until July i, 1906. He served one term of two years in a manner entirely satisfactory to his constituents. He was not a candidate for re-election. But Harry Jack, who had been elected to succeed him, died and Mr. Robbins continued in the office until a successor was elected, in the fall of 1909, thus serving three years in all. Fraternally, Mr. Robbins is a Mason, also belongs to the Improved Order of Red Men, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He and his wife are regular attendants and supporters of the Presbyterian church.

The mother of Mrs. Robbins died in Farmland, Indiana, January 23, 1879, and Aaron Shaw, father of Mrs. Robbins, died in Hopkins, Missouri, June 8, 1892. They were the parents of six children, namely : Fremont died when about twenty years of age ; he was the only son, the five daughters being Sarah, now the widow of David Hobbick, of Winchester; Mrs. Christian AVilliamson, of Youngstown, Ohio, both of whom are now deceased ; Caroline, v/ho married Edward Ritter, a captain in the Civil war, is deceased, as is also her husband; Mary, who married James Zachary, of Des Moines, Iowa, is living, but he is deceased; Henrietta S., wife of Mr. Robbins, of this sketch.

James M. Browne

As a painter and decorator James M. Browne, of Winchester, stands in the front rank in Randolph and adjoining .counties. This position was not attained by him without persistent and long continued effort. Of course he had natural ability in that line but everyone knows that no matter how much IMother Nature may help us we must apply ourselves dili-g-ently if we would meet with more than mediocre success in any line of human endeavor. This was clearlv understood by Mr. Browne at the outset, consequently he

Mr. Browne was born in Ridgeville, Randolph county, October 23, 1868. He is a son of George W. and Sarah (Sims) Browne. The father was born in this county also, being a representative of one of our well-known old families; but the mother's birth occurred in Parkersburg, West Virginia. George W. Browne grew to manhood in his native, community and was educated in the common schools of his day, and when a young man he learned the carpenter's trade which he made his principal life work, becoming quite a skilled workman. He was active in Republican politics and at one time was trustee of White River township. He was a soldier in the Civil war, a member of Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, sei-ving gallantly for three years, part of the time with Shermap and took part in the sanguinary Atlanta campaign. He was never wounded or taken prisoner. His death occurred on June 6, 1906, his wife having preceded him to the grave on March 20, 1875. Mr. Browne was a member of the Nelson Trusler Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, filling all the chairs in the local lodge, was also a member of the Encampment. He was a member of the Christian church. Soon after the birth of our subject, the elder Browne moved to Winchester with his family where he worked at his trade.

James M. Browne was reared in Winchester and was educated in the local schools. When a young man he learned the painters' and decorators' trade and has followed this to the present time, having become widely known throughout this section of the state for his skill, conscientious and high-grade work and his promptness in turning out jobs, consequently his services have long been in great demand. Since 1893 he has been a contract painter and decorator. He maintains a well and carefully stocked store, carrying all kinds of paints, oils, wall paper of all grades, glass and decorative goods, also has a picture 'department and picture framing. His store is regarded by all of his many customers as one of the finest and best appointed stores of its kind in this part of the state, in fact, it would do credit to cities much larger than Winchester. He has built up a large and ever growing trade through his foresight, industry, honesty, and courteous dealings with his fellow men.

Mr. Browne was for four years a member of the city council, a memberat-large since 1909. Politically he is a Republican and has always remained faithful to its precepts, and is always active in local public affairs, having done much to encourage the general upbuilding of his town and county. He is a man whose counsel in public matters is always regarded as valuable and reliable. He belongs to the Business Men's Association. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias, and the Modern Woodmen, also Camp of the Old Forty-four Sons of Veterans.

Mr. Browne was married August 12, 1892 to Dollie Cranor, a daughter of Joseph C. and Mary (Hunt) Cranor. The father is deceased, but the mother is living at Richmond, Indiana. To our subject and wife five children have been born, namely: Mary, born November 2, 1893; Doris, born July 20, 1895 ; Reva, born August 3, 1896; Joe Donald, born June i, 1898 ; and Juanita, born February 14, 1904. They are all at home.

Mr. Browne and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he has been a member of the official board since 1907, and is financial secretary of the board. His place of business is at iii West Franklin street.

Arla M. Brown

There is always satisfaction in writing, even briefly, of men of the type of Aria M. Brown, secretary of the National Poland-China Record Company and an extensive stock raiser, breeder and farmer, of Winchester, and one of the valued citizens of Randolph county; for it is a record of triumph after hard climbing up the steps of life, often in the^ face of obstacles and with little or no encouragement. It shows, in a word, what one may accomplish with the attributes of grit, perseverance and honorable impulses, when rightly directed. There is always a satisfaction, gained no other way, to the individual, who feels that his struggles have brought success, even if delayed.

Mr. Brown was born on January 24, 1872, in Washington township, Randolph county. He is a son of Edward I. and Melsena J. (Hinshaw) Brown. The father was born in Darke county, Ohio, and the mother in Randolph county, Indiana, both representing prominent pioneer families. The father is still engaged in farming in Washington township, where he is highly esteemed. The mother was called to her eternal rest on July 7, 1892.

Aria M. Brown was reared on the farm where he worked when growing to manhood, and he received his early education in the district schools and the Normal School at Danville, after which he began life for himself by teaching three years in the district schools of Randolph county. He was then deputy county treasurer under M. H. Rubey for some time, and deputy county auditor for over four years under Calvin S. Engle, giving very satisfactory service under both. In 1903 he became secretary of the National

Poland-China Record Company, with offices in Winchester. Prior to that he was secretary of the Ohio Poland-China Record Company at Dayton, Ohio, for a period of two years, then that association consolidated with the Poland-China Record Company of Indianapolis, becoming the National Poland-China Record Company, with international scope, including all the states of the Union, Canada, Argentine Republic and other countries. The general offices have been in Winchester since 1903. Mr. Brown has given eminent satisfaction as secretary, afid although he is a very busy man he has found time to look after his farm, being extensivel}^ interested in general farming, feeding and breeding live stock, and he is regarded as one of the county s leading agriculturists and stock men. He is a stockholder in various banks and other interests and by his industry and good management has become one of our substantial citizens.

Fraternally, Mr. Brown is a member of the Masonic Order and the Knights of Pythias, being grand chancellor of the latter in 1910 and a representative to the supreme lodge of the world in 191 1, which is a term lasting four years. Politically, he is a Republican and is active in public affairs.

Mr. Brown was married on February 11, 1892, to Eva E. Price, a daughter of James and Lydia (W^oofter) Price, a highly respected family of Randolph county.

Four children have been born to our subject and wife, namely: Floj'^d H. is a student of osteopathy at the Sill school at Kirksville, Missouri; Norville E., Mary M. and Mabel are attending high school.

Mr. Brown and family are members of the Friends church, and he is superintendent of the Sabbath school and has long been active in church and Sundav school work.

Seth Hinshaw

As a twentieth century business man Seth Hinshaw is deserving to rank among the forefront of this class in Winchester. He is one of the wellknown and successful general contractors of the county and is at present doing a general insurance business. He has always looked to the good of Randolph county and did what he could toward its development in every way, and here he has been; content to spend his life, having lived to note many momentous changes in the county and its towns, and it might be well to add here that he and his family have by no means been idle spectators of all this change.

dolph county. He is a son of Edmund and Irena (Hiatt) Hinshaw. The father was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, and the mother was born in Virginia. The Hinshaws came to Randolph county, Indiana, as early as 1833 and were therefore among the early settlers, and from that day to this the name has been prominent in the affairs of the county. The paternal grandfather, Benjamin Hinshaw, came with his family to Wayne county, this state, and his son, Edmund, father of our subject, came to Randolph county, where he became a leading farmer and land owner. His death occurred on December 14, 1883, and his wife died February 7, 1870. Their family consisted of three sons and three daughters, namely: Seth, subject of this review; Mary, who is the wife of Cornelius Rouch, of Jay county, Indiana; Edmund is deceased; Anna has remained single; Benjamin E., who lives in Winchester, and Rachel A., who died February 25, 1870. By a former marriage, Edmund, Sr., had three sons and one daughter : Abner and William were both soldiers in the Civil war and died during the service; Jesse died in Winchester August 5, 1898; Phoebe is the wife of James E. Huston, a Civil war veteran. The father of the above named children was a Democrat in the early part of his life, but later became a Republican. He and his wife were members of the Friends church. He was a man of sterling integrity and prompt in all his business obligations, and he instilled this principle into the family.

Seth Hinshaw was reared on the home farm and he attended the common schools, remaining wath his parents on the farm until he was married on December 13, 1877, to Mary Owens, a daughter of Peter and Rachel (Davis) Owens, of Randolph county. This union resulted in the birth of two children, namely: Bessie, who married Wilbur Grow, of Ward township, Logan married Bonnie James and lives on his father's farm in Ward township.

After his marriage, our subject farmed successfully in W^ard township until 1906, when he moved to Winchester and here he has been engaged in contracting road work and bridge building in this county and has built up an extensive business. His work gives satisfaction always, for it is honestly and skillfully done. He also conducts an insurance and loan office and has built up a large and growing business in this line.

Politically, he is a Republican, and has long been actively interested in public matters, and for a number of years has been on the drainage commission of Randolph county, an office appointed by the court. Fie is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he and his family belong to the Christian church, of which he is a trustee. He is a stockholder in the Ridgeville State bank. He is one of the county's substantial, broad, liberal and energetic business men. His office is at 120^ West Washington street, and his residence at 551 North Main street.

Joseph Watts

The career of Joseph Watts, of Winchester, Randolph county, has been a varied and interesting one. Faithfulness to duty, public-spirit, and perseverance have been some of his most noted characteristics all his life. He vi^as formerly engaged in agricultural pursuits, but for a period of over thirty years has been in the railway mail service. He is one of our honored veterans of the great Civil war and 'a man highly esteemed by his wide acquaintance. He first came to Winchester nearly half a century ago, and his conversation, relating to the many changes during that period, is very interesting. He was much impressed with the future possibilities of the place upon his first arrival and has been deeply interested in its general development ever since, although living away from here part of the time.

Mr. Watts was born November 18, 1843 in Richland county, Ohio. He is a son of Samuel and Martha Ann (Paxson) Watts, and a brother of Isaiah P. Watts, a sketch of whom appears in another part of this volume, in which an account of the family history will also be found. Suffice it to say here that this is a sterling old family of the Buckeye state, and that in 1847 they left their ancestral halls in Richland county and removed to Wells county, Indiana, and established their home there since which time the Watts have remained in the Hoosier state.

Joseph W^atts was reared in Wells county and attended the public schools. He proved his patriotism and courage during the Civil war by enlisting on September 25, 1861 in Company A, Forty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, but after four months' service was discharged for disability, and after recovering his health, he again enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry for one hundred days which he served, and on October 19, 1864 enlisted a third time, selecting Company E, Seventh Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, in which he served his term of enlistment of one year. He showed a mo,st admirable desire and unflagging determination to serve his country in its greatest hour of need. He has testimonials relative to his faithful and gallant service from his commanding officers.

Josepi-I Watts

After his career in the army, Mr. Watts returned to his home in Wells county, Indiana where he remained until 1867 when he came to Winchester, Randolph county and worked in a saw-mill, returning to Wells county two yeara later, where, on October 10, 1869 he married Matilda A. Irey, a daughter of Jonah Irey, of Jay county, Indiana, and to this union five children were born, namely: Clyde M., of Cheyenne, Wyoming; Herbert I.. lives in Winchester; Fred J. died July 31, 1904; Floy W. is now the wife of O. O. Fraze. of Union City, Indiana ; Chester B. is in the Naval Observatory at Washington, D. C.

After his marriage Mr. Watts settled at Fiat, Jay county, where he remained until 1871 when he moved to Winchester. In the spring of 1872 he went to Rice county, Kansas and entered a homestead, where he remained until 1877 when he returned to Winchester. In December of that year, he was appointed in the railway mail service, and with the exception of three years, has thus been continuously engaged to the present time, his long-continued service of over three decades being, it would seem, sufficient criterion of his high-grade service and fidelity to duty.

Mr. Watts has always been loyal in his support of the Republican party. He is a member of the Nelson Trusler Post, No. 60, Grand Army of the Republic.

He has been twice married, first to Matilda A. Irey, whose death occurred on August 22, 1900, On September 4, 1901 he married Martha J. Hiatt, daughter of Alvin M. and- Rebecca (Jackson) Owens, of Hartford, formerly of Winchester.

Mr. \\'atts is a member of the Christian church and his wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, and is active in church work, she being president of the Ladies' Aid Society.

Benjamin F. Green

In all that constitutes true manhood and good citizenship, Benjamin F. Green, farmer of Randolph county, is one of our conspicuous examples and none stands higher than he in the confidence of the community. His career has been characterized by duty faithfully done and by industry, and wiselydirected efforts he is receiving his just share of this world's goods, besides earning a reputation, like the rest of the Green family, that has never been clouded by the commission of a single unworthy act as far as his neighbors and those who have been closely associated with him have discovered. He is {77) known to be a man of good judgment and pronounced views and while keeping himself informed upon current events and taking a lively interest in all public affairs of his township and county, he has never expressed so much as the faintest desire to exchange the quiet and contented life of the farm for the distractions and cares which usually come to the man \\'ho fills official positions and aspires to some exalted station among his fellow men. He is to be commended in this attitude, for such as he constitute our best citizens.

Mr. Green was born July 29, 1863, on a farm about three miles southwest of Winchester, in White River township. He is a son of William S. and Christina (Bowers) Green. Grandfather Jesse Green came with his family overland in wagons from North Carolina as early as 1818, and entered one hundred and sixty acres of land in the woods of Randolph county, Indiana, having for neighbors Indians and many kindreds of the wild. He located not far from where our subject now lives, there erected a log cabin and began clearing the dense woods that surrounded it and in a few years he had a good farm imder cultivation and became one of the influential citizens in the early days of the county. The elder Green and family was one of seven families that came to this vicinity about the same time. The white children played with the children of the red men, and Mr. Green often traded corn to the Indians for venison. He lived to an advanced age, and his good wife died when nearly one hundred and two years old. This sterling old couple sleeps the peaceful sleep of the just in the quiet Dunkirk cemetery.

William S. Green, father of our subject, grew to manhood on the homestead, where he worked hard when a boy, sharing the hardships incident to such an environment. He never had any school advantages and never learned to read or write or count money, but nevertheless this somewhat remarkable man became very successful and left a large estate, comprising some four hundred acres of valuable land, besides other properties. He learned much about woodcraft, hunting and the habits of the denizens of earth, water and air from his Indian playmates when a child. He was a man of rugged physique and unswerving honesty, and he did what he could toward the early development of his community. His death occurred May 12, 1887, at the age of eighty-one years. His wife, a woman of kind heart and helpful impulses, preceded him to the grave in 187 1. They were buried in Maxville cemetery. To them fourteen children were born. The father married a second time, his last wife being Sylvania Hiatt, by whom two children were born. Of the first family only four are now living, namely: Sarah, who married William Y. Puckett, resides in Winchester; Alva C, farmer of

White River townshiiD, this county, a sketch of whom appears on another page of this work; Benjamin F., of this review; and George, who Hves in White River township.

Benjamin F. Green grew to manhood on the home farm and worked there when growing up, and he obtained his education in the district schools of his neighborhood. He remained under his parental roof-tree until 1884.

Mr. Green has been three times married, first, on July 12, 1884, to Mattie Williams, a daughter of Joshua and Sarah Williams, and to this union three children were born, all of whom died in early childhood, and the wife and mother died September 21, 1894, at the early age of twenty-eight years. The children were named Archie, born in May, 1885, died May 11, 1892; Julia, born September, 1888, died September 21, 1890; and an infant died unnamed, December 26, 1893. Mr. Green's second marriage was on October 22, 1896, to Lillie Kaj^ser, a daughter of Henry and Rachel Kayser, of Randolph county. This union was without issue. The second wife died December 23, 1902. Mr. Green's last marriage took place June 20, 1903, when he espoused Ida Morrical, a daughter of Floyd and Nancy Ellen (Brown) Morrical, of Winchester, both parents being now deceased. Two children have been born to this last union, namely : Everett C, born March 14, 1906; and Mary F., born January 17, 191 1.

Mr. Green has lived on the farm where he now resides since he left home, forty acres of land and two thousand dollars being his marriage portion from his father. He has a well-improved place, and carries on general farming and stock raising. He has a pleasant home. He does not farm on as extensive a scale as some of his neighbors but does his work well and makes a good living.

Politically, Mr. Green is a Republican. Fraternally, he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was reared in the Quaker faith, from which he has never departed. He is giving his children proper educational advantages.

Daniel Walter Callahan

Perhaps no agency in all the world has done so much for public progress as the press, and an enterprising, well-edited journal is a most important factor in promoting the welfare and prosperity of any community. It adds to the intelligence of any people through its transmission of foreign and domestic news and through its discussion of the leading questions and issues of the day, and more than that, it makes the town or city which it represents known outside of the immediate locality, as it is sent each day or week into other districts, carrying with it an account of the events transpiring in its home locality, the advancement and progress there being made, and the advantages which it offers to its residents along moral, educational, social and commercial lines. Randolph county is certainly indebted to its wide-awake journals in no sm^ll degree, and one of the men who are doing a commendable work in the local newspaper field is Daniel Walter Callahan, editor and publisher of The Winchester De-yAocrat. He has long been connected with newspaper work in various localities, however, only recently in this. But his power as a writer and editor, as well as a business man is largely acknowledged among contemporary journalists and the public in general.

Mr. Callahan was born October 5, 1872, in Urbana, Ohio. He is a son of Daniel and Catherine (Flynn) Callahan. The father was born in Ireland and the mother in the state of New York. Daniel Callahan spent his boyhood in the Emerald Isle and was educated there, emigrating to America when a young man, locating in Ohio, where the Flynn family had also located, coming from the East, and there the parents of our subject were married and settled on a farm near Urbana. There the death of the father occurred when Daniel W., of this sketch, was eight years old. The mother died October 4, 1913, at her home in Urbana.

Daniel W. Callahan was reared in Urbana and there received a common school education. As a lad he began learning the printer's trade in the office of The Champaign County Democrat, at Urbana. He continued the same in various places in Ohio and in the year 1894 he purchased The Jeffersonville Citi::cn, in Fayette county, that state, which he conducted success fuUv for a period of seven years. He subsequently published a paper in West Alexandria, Preble county, Ohio, for five years, and one at New Vienna, Clinton county, that stale, for some time prior to coming to Winchester, Indiana, in July, 191 1. Here he purchased The Democrat, which he has since published, proving himself to be an able and aggressive editor, fearless in his advocacy of the right and in his condemnation of the wrong. He has made this one of the very best weekly newspapers in Indiana, has greatly improved its mechanical appearance, made it a modern news dispenser and its learned and timely editorials moulders of local public opinion. It has increased greatly in subscription and much advertising matter is finding its way into its pages.

Mr. Callahan is a Democrat of pronounced principles. For a time during the administration of Governor Harmon, of Ohio, he was superintendent of the printing plant at the Ohio .Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Xenia, the duties of which he discharged most acceptably to all concerned.

A'lr. Callahan was married August i8, 1898, to Leota Core, daughter of Dr. W. D. Core, a prominent family of London, Madison county, Ohio. This union has been without issue.

Robert H. Lumpkin

One of the owners of extensive farming interests in Nettle Creek township, Randolph county, is the gentleman whose name initiates this sketch. His valuable property has been acquired, for the most part, through -his own efforts, his persistency of purpose and his determination, and the prosperity which is the legitimate reward of all earnest efforts is today his. Mr. Lumpkin is easily the peer of any of his fellows in the qualities that constitute correct manhood and good citizenship. He is one of the highly esteemed and useful men of this section of the county, and eminently entitled to special mention.

Robert H. Lumpkin was born in Wayne county, Indiana, July 2, 1865, and is the eldest son of Rufus and Rachel (Jordan) Lumpkin. Robert Lumpkin, his great grandfather, was born in Virginia, from which state he moved to Tennessee in 1799. with his wife, who was Elizabeth Forrest, prior to her marriage. The Lumpkins were of Scotch descent, and the Forrests of Welsh extraction. James L. Lumpkin, grandfather of our subject, was born in 1 79 1 in Virginia, and he moved to Tennessee with his parents. In 1818 the family removed to Indiana and settled near Economy, Wayne county, later moved to Dalton township. His death occurred in 1870. He married Sarah Thornburg, who was of Irish descent. Her death occurred in 1875 in Dalton township, Wayne county. Rufus Lumpkin, father of our subject, was born in Wayne county, Indiana, April 15, 1835, and died August 2, 1907. His wife, who was also a native of the vicinity in which he first saw the light of day, was born March 16, 1842, and died April 3, 1909. She was a daughter of John W. and Catherine (Davis) Jordan, natives of Ireland. Rufus Lumpkin remained on the farm of his father until he r«ached his majority. He received such educational advantages as the earlyday schools afforded. When twentj'-one years old he went to Iowa, where he entered eighty acres of land, which he improved and on which he lived three years, then sold out and returned to Wayne county, Indiana, where he was married in 1858. .Six sons and three daughters were born to our subject's parents, namely: Mary C, wife of Nelson Weaver, of Wayne county; America J., wife of Wallace Cheesman, of Wayne county; Robert H., of this sketch; Florence M., wife of Frank Waltz, of Hagerstown, Indiana; Charles died in infancy; John C. lives in Wayne county; Orin died when young ; James and William F.. are on the old home farm. After his marriage Rufus Lumpkin located in Wayne county, where he owned a farm of seventy acres, selling the same nine years later and purchased one hundred and sixty acres nearby. After remaining there three years he purchased the old Lumpkin homestead of four hundred acres, on which he and his good wife spent the rest of their lives, engaged successfully in general farming and stock raising on an extensive scale, and were among the most influential and highly respected people of the township. Mr. Lumpkin was a member of the Baptist church, while his wife belonged to the Methodist church. Politically, he was a Republican.

Robert H. Lumpkin, of this review, was reared on the home farm and received a good practical education in the common schools. He remained with his parents until his marriage, December 20, 188S, to Nora Maulsby, a daughter of Martin V. and Sarah M. (Bookout) Maulsby. She was born in Randolph county, October 18, 1870, and her father was also a native of this county. Her mother was born in Henry county, Indiana. The parents of both were born in Tennessee. Mrs. Lumpkin grew to womanhood in her native community and received a common school education.

To our subject and wife three children were born, namely: Arthur W., born January 2, 1893; Marie, born August 11, 1894; and Marguerite, born .April 3, 1907, all at home. The two eldest are teaching school in this county with much success.

In June, 1889, Mr. Lumpkin purchased the beautiful homestead of the grandfather of his wife, consisting of one hundred and fifty-nine acres, and on this he still lives, having greatly improved the place. Later he purchased seventy-two acres, and now owns two hundred and thirty-one acres of .as fine farming land as can be found in the county, and here he carries on general farming and stock raising on an extensive scale. He has a commodious home in the midst of attractive surroundings, and has many substantial outbuildings and such modern farming implements as his needs require.

i\Ir. Lumpkin is one of the representative men of Nettle Creek township and is highly respected by all who know him. The fact that he has been appointed guardian of several valuable estates indicates the implicit confidence which is reposed in him by his fellow citizens. He was elected trustee of his township in 1908 to serve six years, and is giving eminent satisfaction in the same. He is a loyal Republican, a faithful Mason, and his wife is a worthy Baptist.

The science of veterinary surgery has an able exponent in Randolph county in the person of Dr. William Andrew Meredith, of Lynn, a man whose services are in great demand over the county, partly because he has established a solid reputation for skill in his chosen profession and partly because he is a genial and well-liked gentleman that makes and retains friends easily.

Dr. Meredith was born in Williamsburg, Indiana, March 26, 1871. He is a son of John W. and Malissa C. (Cox) Meredith. The father was born near Williamsburg, January 31, 18 - , and is a son of Andrew and Mary Meredith. Andrew Meredith was a native of South Carolina and a pioneer of Wayne county, Indiana, making the long overland journey from the far South when traveling was a hazardous undertaking for many reasons, such as bad roads, unbridged streams and few settlers, to say nothing of lurking Indians and white highwaymen, who frequently waylaid those who pushed' to the frontiers of civilization. He began life in the woods in Wayne county and worked hard to get a start in the new country.

John W. Meredith, the father, grew up amid pioneer environment and he worked hard when a boy on the home farm. He received a meager schooling in the earty-day schools. He has devoted his life to active farming and stock raising and is at this writing still living in the town of Williamsburg. His wife passed away April 31, 1913, at an advanced age. Politically, John W. Meredith is a Democrat, and religiously a Quaker. He has served as trustee of his township. Fraternally, he belongs to the Masonic Order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Encampment, being prominent in each and holding high offices in all three.

Doctor Meredith grew to manhood on his father's farm, where he made himself useful during the crop seasons, and he received a common school education in the schools of his native locality. When a young man he decided to take up veterinary surgery and with that end in view he entered the Toronto College of Veterinary Surgery at Toronto, Canada, and there made a splendid record, graduating with the class of 1894. He began the practice of his profession at Williamsburg, Indiana, where he remained two years, being successful from the start, then moved to Lynn, Randolph county, where he has remained to the present time, enjoying an ever-increasing and lucrative practice, which extends throughout this locality, and he has met with a high degree of success in all his practice. He has remained a deep student and has kept well abreast of the times in all that pertains to his work.

to the Masonic Order, having held all office^ in the local lodge except that of Worshipful Master. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, being Past Chancellor of the lodge at Lynn. In religious matters, he belongs to the Christian church.

Doctor Meredith was married on April 6, 1898, to Cynthia A. Newton, of Lynn, and to this union one child was born, Margaret. The wife and mother passed to her rest on October 10, 1904. The Doctor was again married on September 10, 19 12, to Mfs. Daisy Mills, of Farmland.

In nearly every community are to be found individuals who, by innate abihty and sheer force of character, rise above their fellowmen and win for themselves conspicuous places in public esteem. .Such a one is the wellknown manufacturer of fertilizer, William H. Roby, of Winchester, Randolph county, a man who has been identified with the material growth and development of this locality for many years, wielding a potent influence in business circles, while his career as a progressive man of affairs has been, synonymous with all that is honorable.

Mr. Roby was born May 23, 1857 in Huntington county, Indiana. He is a son of Jacob H. and Sarah (Griffith) Roby. The father was born in Ohio and the mother was a native of Virginia. Both removed from their respective communities with their parents in earl)^ pioneer days and spent their earlier years in Indiana. Jacob H. Roby engaged in farm work when young, later learning the plasterer's trade which he followed until his death in Huntington county.

William H. Roby lived in Hartford City, this state until he was twelve years of age, at which time his mother died and he was thrown on his own resources, consequently, his education in the public schools was meager; but this has been made up in after years by miscellaneous home reading and by actual contact with the business world. He first learned the plasterer's trade, but about the time he became a skilled workman his eyes became so badly affected that he abandoned fhis field and learned to be a millwright, which trade he followed for a number of years, also followed railroad bridge building until the year 1900, doing an extensive business, and becoming known as one of the best men in this line of endeavor in this section of the Middle West. During that period he made his home at Mt. Carmel, Illinois. He was an extensive builder of mill properties. In May, 1904, he came to Winchester, Indiana. In December, 1907, he located two miles west of this city a farm and became engaged in the farm fertilizer business, which was a success from the start and it has now grown to very large proportions, there being a great demand for his product, owing to its superior quality and it is shipped to remote parts of the country. He has a substantial, modernly -equipped and well managed plant, with a capacity of five hundred tons per year. It is the only plant of its kind in Randolph county and is one of sixty-six such plants in the state. A large number of men are employed here.

Mr. Roby's attention is divided between the factory and his fine farm of two hundred and ten acres, which, owing to his close proximity to the count}'-seat and its exceptionally well-improved condition, is one of the most valuable farms of the county. On it is to be found an attractive dwelling and substantial and convenient outbuildings. Here general farming and stock raising are carried on extensively, particular attention being paid to raising and feeding a fine breed of English York hogs, the finest on the .market, as well as in J^andolph county, and they are greatly admired by all who see them. He also breeds for breeding purposes, and ships his hogs all over the country, always obtaining high prices. His cattle are of the finest Durham breed and, like his hogs, find a very ready market at fancy prices. Mr. Roby is a great corn grower. His home is modern in all its appointments, like a city home.

Mr. Roby was married on September 11, 1882 to Maggie N. Fischer, a daughter of Adam and Catherine Fischer. The parents were born, reared and educated in Germany and married there, finally emigrating to America and settling at Mt. Carmel, Illinois, where Mrs. Roby was born.

To our subject and wife three sons have been born, namely: Harry B., Roscoe D., and Adrian J., all at home and assisting their father in business. Pearl H. is an adopted daughter.

Politically, Mr. Roby is independent and he is always encouraging public improvements of all kinds. Fraternally, he is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men and the Tribe of Ben-Hur.

Mr. Roby was one of the promoters of the Farmers Telephone Company and is one of the largest stockholders of the same. He is much devoted to his home and family and is regarded as one of our worthiest citizens in every respect.