Rush County, Indiana - The whole text, 1921 (part 16 of 18)

CHARLES BOYS, one of the prosperous farmers of Rushville township, has earned the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens, and the reputation of being an excellent agriculturist. He was born in Anderson township, this county, April 27, 1873, son of John Gilbert and Elizabeth A. (Innis) Boys, natives of Jasper county, and Anderson, Ind. John G. Boys was a farmer and for thirteen years was a rural mail carrier, but is now retired. He and his wife had two children, Charles Boys having a sister, Mrs. Nettie M. Powell. Growing up in Rushville township, Charles Boys attended district school No. 8, and after he left school began making himself useful on the farm. After several years devoted to agricultural pursuits he moved to Rushville and for fourteen years worked at the Innis-Pearce furniture factory. In 1920 he returned to the farm, which he bought after the death of his mother, and is still operating it, a well cultivated tract of eighty acres, doing general farming and raising about 100 head of hogs annually. On January 31, 1905, Charles Boys was married to Florence Pierson, daughter of Lorenzo B. and Mary Pierson. Mrs. Boys was born in West Virginia, but was reared and educated in Noble township, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Boys have one daughter, Mildred. They are members of the United Presbyterian church at Rushville. Mr. Boys is a Republican. In everything he has undertaken he has displayed a willingness to give of the best that is in him and is interested in general community activities.

GEORGE E. CAMERON, one of the leading citizens and representative farmers of southeastern Rush county, is a native of Franklin county. Indiana, where he was born on December 7, 1880. His parents, W. A. and Rachel (McCready) Cameron, were also born in Franklin county. When but a small child, W. A. Cameron accompanied the family on their removal to Harrison, Ohio, where he grew to manhood and received his education. On attaining his majority Mr. Cameron returned to Franklin county, Indiana, where his marriage occurred, and then applied himself to farming. About 1897 he came to Rush county, locating in Richland township where he bought 240 acres of land. He gave his attention indefatigably to the operation of this land up to the time of his retirement, in 1912, when he went to New Salem to reside. He was also the owner of eighty acres of land in Franklin county and followed farming pursuits all the active years of his life. To him and his wife were born six children, of whom the only ones now living are the subject of this sketch and a sister, Bessie. George E. Cameron is indebted to the common schools of Franklin county and after completing his studies he went to work on his father's farm, where he remained until his marriage, when he rented eighty acres of land from his father, which he now operates. This land is eligibly situated and is well improved and here Mr. Cameron carries on general farming operations, in which he has met with a gratifying success. Mr. Cameron married Jessie Beaver, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Beaver, and they have two children, Floyd and "Walter Dean. Politically, Mr. Cameron gives his support to the Republican party.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN GARY, a member of the bar of the Rush Circuit Court, senior member of the law firm of Gary & Bohannon; former superintendent of schools of Rush county and a practising attorney, with offices at Rushville, since 1907, is a native son of Rush county, and is a member of one of the county's pioneer families. He was born in a log cabin on a farm in Posey township on March 7, 1868, son of the Rev. Thomas B. and Phoebe J. (Ball) Gary, the latter of whom was born in this county on April 11, 1S37, daughter of Jonathan and Asenath (Moore) Ball, who had come to this county with their family from Pennsylvania in the fall of 1836. The Balls are an old Colonial family, the first of the name of the Rush county line having been Col. Joseph Ball, who was one of seven brothers who settled on the east bank of the Rappahannock river, in Lancaster county, Virginia, in the early part of the seventeenth century. Joseph Ball had five sons and one daughter. One of these sons, Joseph Ball, born in 1698, had four sons and two daughters, one of which sons, Zopher Ball, born in 1724, was a soldier of the Revolution. Zopher Ball had six sons, one of whom, Caleb Ball, born at Frederick, Va., in 1755, also was a soldier of the Revolution and likewise served as a soldier of the War of 1S12. At Cumberland, Va., Caleb Ball married Phoebe Walton, who was born at Frederick, Va., in 1766, a kinswoman of George Walton, colonial governor of Georgia and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. To this union were born eight children, Amos, Jonathan, Caleb, Henry, William. Asenath, Sarah and Mercy. The mother of these children died at the home of her son, Jonathan Ball, in this county in the '40s. Jonathan Ball, second in order of birth of the eight children born to Caleb and Phoebe (Walton) Ball, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, January 2, 1797, and on February 24, 1820, married Asenath Moore, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, December 2, 1802. In the fall of 1836 Jonathan Ball, with his wife and seven children, came to Indiana, driving through with an ox team and a "Democrat" wagon, and arrived at Rushville after about four weeks of travel. They spent the greater part of the following winter in and near Rushville, where Jonathan Ball, who had learned the tailor's trade when a boy, was able to support his family with his needle. He later purchased a farm on Little Blue river, in Posey township, and by his industry, clearing the forest by day and working at his trade at night, gained further holdings to which he gradually added until he became the owner of more than 1,000 acres of Rush county land. Jonathan Ball died on May 13, 1867, and his widow survived until April 22, 1897, she then being in the ninety-fifth year of her age. To Jonathan and Asenath (Moore) Ball were born ten children (three having been born after their arrival in Rush county), namely: Samuel M., Henry, Demosthenes, William G., Mary Moore, Cyrus W., Caleb A., Phoebe Jane, Sarah E. and Emily E., all of whom grew to maturity save Sarah E., and as most of these in turn had children of their own, the Ball connection hereabout in the present generation is a no inconsiderable one. Phoebe Jane Ball, eighth child and second daiighter of Jonathan and Asenath (Moore) Ball, was born in this county on April 11, 1837, and on September 7, 1858, was united in marriage to the Rev. Thomas B. Gary, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, a circuit rider, who had charges throughout Wayne, Fayette and Rush counties. The Rev. Thomas B. Gary was born in Erie county, New York, January 15, 1835, and when four years of age came to Indiana with his parents, the family coming down the Ohio with their belongings in a flat boat and settling in the Bennington neighborhood, back of Vevay, in Switzerland county. After his marriage Mr. Gary continued his itinerary for some time and then, in 1865, settled on a farm in Rush county and for twenty years thereafter continued his ministerial labors (in addition to the operation of his farm), filling appointments as "supply" in pulpits not too remote from his established home in this county. He and his wife were the parents of nine children, all of whom are living save Thomas Philip, the sixth in order of birth, who died in infancy, the others besides the subject of this sketch (the fifth in order of birth) being Edward Thompson, Halleck Wood, Samuel Ball, Rhoda Moore, Olive Coralinn, Myra Jane and Mary Emily, all of whom are married. Abraham Lincoln Gary was reared on the home farm in Posey township and received his early schooling in the neighboring district school, "Frog Pond," in Posey township, and in the graded school at Carthage. This he supplemented by a course in the

Cyrus Ilodgin normal school at Richmond, Ind., and in the fall of 1886 began teaching school, a vocation he continued for some years, farming during the summers and teaching during the winters. Meanwhile he entered DePauw University, and in 1895 was graduated from that institution, a part of the funds which enabled him to complete the course in the university having been earned by serving as a "Columbian guard" during the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893. In June, 1897, Mr. Gary was elected superintendent of schools of Rush county. He continued to serve in that capacity until in 1902, when he resigned in order to take charge of the Indiana State Reading Circle work, and for five years thereafter was thus engaged, manager at headquarters of this work in Indianapolis. During the period of this service he entered Indiana Law School at Indianapolis, carrying on his studies there in addition to his Reading Circle work, and in 1907 was graduated from law school. Thus equipped for the practice of his profession Mr. Gary returned to Rushville and has since been engaged in practice in that city, for some time past in partnership with Anna L. Bohannan, under the firm name of Gary & Bohannan, with offices in the Payne building. Mr. Gary is a Republican. For one year during the period of this country's participation in the World war he served as chairman of the Rush County Council of Defense, and was also the Government appeal agent of the draft board.- In 1908 A. L. Gary was united in marriage to -Jessie E. Spann, daughter of Jesse J. Spann, formerly and for years a member of the bar of the Rush Circuit Court, and former state senator from this district, and to this union was born one child, which died in infancy.

JOHN J. FRAZIER, a well-known and highly respected citizen of Anderson township, this county, owns one of the fine farms of this section and operates it in a highly scientific manner. Mr. Frazier was born in Anderson township, October 23, 1880, one of two children comprising the family of Thomas and Hattie (Askren) Frazier. He has one sister, Isabel, who is the wife of J. D. Farlow. His father, Thomas Frazier, was born in Wayne county, Indiana, and his mother was born in Ohio. Orphaned when young, Thomas Frazier was bound out to a man who did not treat him well, and a few years later the boy ran away and came to Rush county, grew to manhood here and taught school for some time. During the rest of his life he followed farming and died in 1901. His widow survived until 1916. John J. Frazier received his early education in the schools of Anderson township, after which he attended Purdue University, where he took a course in agriculture, and still later took a business course in the normal school at Marion. Thus equipped, Mr. Frazier took charge of his mother's farm in Anderson township which he conducted for her for ten years, at the time of her death taking over eighty acres of the home place, in addition to which he has a farm of 160 acres under rental. Mr. Frazier feeds out about 125 head of hogs a year. He carries on his operations according to modern methods and is able to make his undertakings profitable. John J. Frazier married Florence (Harcourt) Crosby, daughter of Marion and Ida Harcourt, and they have two sons, James "Wilson Crosby and John Robert Frazier. Mr. and Mrs. Frazier are members of the United Presbyterian church. Mr. Frazier formerly was a deacon in the church and he has also been superintendent of the Sunday school. He is a Republican.

FRANK MORGAN, a well-known farmer of Anderson township, this county, is a member of one of the old families of this section, his parents, John A. and Rhoda (Amos) Morgan both being natives of Rush county. His father followed farming in Anderson township, where he owned 200 acres of land, until a few years before his death, when he moved to Rushville township, where he bought a place of eighty acres and passed the rest of his life there, dying in 1909. Of his family of eleven children the following are living: Joseph, Alice, Anna, Charles, William, Claude, Frank, Jack, Daisy and Ora. Frank Morgan was born in Anderson township on April 2, 1880, and obtained his education in the schools of that township. He assisted his father on the home farm until within two years of his marriage, then worked on neighboring farms, and following his marriage, rented land and operated rented farm land in Anderson and Orange townships for fourteen years. About 1919 Mr. Morgan purchased his present farm of 136 acres and carries on general farming and stock raising. In 1903 he married Gertrude Lee, daughter of Solomon and Lucy Lee, and they have five children : Howard, Lowell, Donald, Harold and Ura. Mr. Morgan is a Republican. He is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Milroy.

ARTHUR H. GEORGE. The gentleman to a brief review of whose life and characteristics the reader's attention is herewith directed is among the favorably known and representative citizens of this section of Indiana. He has by his enterprise and progressive methods contributed to the advancement of his locality and during the course of an honorable career has met with success as a general farmer and stock raiser. Arthur H. George was born in Franklin county, Indiana, on May 24, 1881, and is the son of William H. and Lavina R. (George) George, who were natives of Franklin county, where they were reared and married. William II. George was educated in his native county and turned his attention to farming while still a youth, remaining until the age of eighteen years with his parents, Henry and Anna George, natives, respectively, of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Mr. George then came to this county and engaged in farming in Richland township for a few years, and then moved to Noble township, where he was engaged in farming up to the time of his death, at which time he was the owner of 320 acres of land. To him and his wife were born eight children, of which number seven are living, namely : E. O., Chester, Arthur, Anna, Frank, Riley and Earl. Arthur H. George received his education in the schools of Franklin and Rush counties. After leaving school he engaged in farming operations in partnership with his brother, E. 0. George, remaining with him for eight or ten years. He then bought the farm where he now lives, and which consists of eighty acres of well situated and fertile land, where he has met with gratifying success. He carries on general farming, putting out twenty-five acres to corn, twenty-five acres to small grain and twenty-five acres to clover, and he also gives some attention to live stock, feeding from 100 to 125 hogs and a carload of cattle jearly. He has put many substantial improvements on the place, which is known as the "Helendale" farm. In 1905 Mr. George married Ollie Abercrombie, the daughter of Joseph and Susan Abercrombie, and their iinion has been blessed in the birth of three children, Cecil, Helen and Bert. By a prior marriage, to Anna Cameron, who died, Mr. George is the father of a son, Rex. The subject is a Republican in his political views and, fraternally, is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons.

PHILANDER LEPPORGE. None of the older citizens of the present generation in Richland township is better or more favorably known than Philander Lefforge, long an enterprising farmer and stock raiser and a citizen who, while advancing the interests of himself and immediate family, has never neglected his duties to his neighbors and the community at large. Whatever of success he has attained has been entirely owing to his individual efforts, his energy and natural ability. Philander Lefforge, who is now retired from active labor and residing in Andersonville, was born in Noble township. Rush county, on February 18, 1853, and is the son of Isaac and Florinda (Brown) Lefforge. The latter was a native of Maysville, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Brown. Isaac Lefforge was born in Franklin county, Indiana, but in childhood accompanied his parents on their removal to Rush county. They settled in Noble township, where he grew to manhood, receiving his education in the old Perkins Corner log school house, one of the best known of the pioneer schools of that day in this locality. During his entire active life he followed the vocation of farming. While living in Noble township he operated rented land, but about 1870 he moved to Richland township and bought his first land, comprising 160 acres, and there he spent the remainder of his life, engaging in general farming. To him and his wife were born five children, Lewis, Mary and Philander, living, and two, Thomas and Jesse, who are deceased. Philander Lefforge received his education in the common schools of Noble and Richland townships, after which he applied himself to work on the home farm until he was twenty-one years of age. He then was employed elsewhere until he had saved enough to enable him to buy a team of horses, when he began farming rented land in association with his brother Jesse, with whom he farmed as a renter for about twelve years. He then rented on his own account and was thus engaged until 1899, when he bought eighty acres of land at Neffs' Corner. In the operation of this place he was so successful that he was enabled to add to his acreage until he became the owner of 320 acres, which, however, he later reduced to 240 acres, all of which lies in Richland township. He devoted himself to general farming and stock raising, feeding each year from one to two carloads of hogs and a carload of cattle. Mr. Lefforge was married to Ninetta Scott, the daughter of John and Sarah ( Jackman) Scott, and to them was born a son, Roscoe, who married Lela King and has two children, Angus and Lowell. Mr. and Mrs. Lefforge are members of the United Brethren church, of which he formerly served as class leader. Politically, he has for many years been a warm supporter of the Prohibition party, being an uncompromising opponent of the liquor traffic, and he now rejoices in the revolution in public sentiment which has resulted in the overthrow of the licensed saloon. He has led a quiet life and his integrity has been unassailable, he being numbered among the substantial and worthy men of this part of the county. Mrs. Lefforge was born on the old Scott farm a mile south of Neffs Corner in Richland township. Her mother, Sarah Jackman, was born in the neighboring county of Franklin, a member of one of the well known pioneer families of that county. Her father, John Scott, who for years was one of the best known farmers in Richland township, the proprietor of a fine farm of 160 acres, was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, and was but a lad when he came to Indiana with his parents. He and his wife had nine children, those besides Mrs. Lefforge being Margaret, William, Huse, Elsie, Caroline, Smith, Eliza and Jane, and the Scott connection hereabout in this generation is a considerable one.

U. S. MAFFETT is one of the representative men of Rushville township who is making a success as a farmer, and he is held in high esteem by all who know him. He was born in Anderson township on March 6* 1869, son of William A. and Mary E. (Maffett) Maffett, both of whom were born in Harrison county, Kentucky, where they were reared, educated and married. Later they came to Indiana and for a time were engaged in farming in Anderson township, this county, but subsequently became farmers of Shelby county, Indiana, where William A. Maffett still resides. His wife died many years ago. Five children were born to them, of whom three survive, U. S. Maffett having a brother, Harvey O., and a sister, Mrs. Eva Marshall. After completing his studies at Blue Ridge, in Shelby county, U. S. Maffett returned to Rush county and worked on a farm here until he was twenty-four years old at which time he was married. He then began farming for himself on rented land in Rushville township, but after five years bought his present farm of ninety-six acres, and here he is doing general farming and stockraising, specializing on raising the Big Type Poland China hogs for breeding purposes, producing about 150 head of registered hogs annually. Mr. Maffett also raises Holstein cattle, and is well known as a stockman. He is a Republican and a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Milroy. On December 12, 1893, U. S. Maffett married Bessie Armstrong, daughter of A. S. and Sarah (Perkin) Armstrong, farming people of Rush county, who had six children, of whom Mrs. Maffett is the only survivor. She was born in Rushville township, and there educated. Mr. and Mrs. Maffett have one son, Virgil A. Maffett, who attended the schools of Rushville township and the Milroy high school. He married Miss Georgia Rollings and is now engaged in the automobile business at Rushville.

ISRAEL McCANN, who died at his farm home in Union township in 1896, at the age of eighty years, was a member of one of the pioneer families of this section of the state, had been a resident of Rush county since the days of his boyhood and had thus been a witness to and a participant in the amazing development that had been brought about here during the period of his long and useful life. Mr. McCann was a "Buckeye" by birth, born on a pioneer farm in the vicinity of Centerville in Montgomery county. Ohio, in the year 1816, a son of "William and Nancy (Riley) McCann, both of Scottish stock, the former boi'n in Ireland and the latter in Virginia, a member of one of the colonial families of the Old Dominion. "William McCann was but a lad when he came to this country from Ireland with his parents not long after the creation of the republic. The family settled in Kentucky where he grew to manhood and was married. After his marriage he located at Cincinnati and was there engaged in the hotel business for some years, at the end of which time he moved up into Montgomery county and was living in the Centerville neighborhood when the "War of 1812 broke out. He enlisted his services and served as a soldier in America's second war for independence, settling down on his farm again upon the completion of this service. About the year 1829 he came over into Indiana with his family and settled in Rush county, among the pioneei-s of "Washington township, his elder son, William McCann, Jr. having "entered" a tract of land in the vicinity of where Raleigh later was laid out, and in time becoming a quite extensive landowner thereabout. In that township the elder William McCann spent the remainder of his life. He and his wife were the parents of ten children, five sons, William, Robert, Joseph, James and Israel, and five daughters, Elizabeth, who married Israel Harris ; Jane, who married William Russell ; Ef f ie, who married Leonard Keep ; Anna, who married Samuel Greenwood, and Mary, who married Samuel Hopper. Israel McCann was but twelve or thirteen years of age when he came to this county with his parents in 1829 and he completed his schooling here. Until he was twenty-one years of age he assisted his elder brother William in the development of the latter 's lands here and then he began farming on his own account. He married at the age of twenty-four and then bought a farm of 100 acres in Washington township and there established his home. Through an act of mistaken kindness - going "security" on the note of a faithless friend - he lost this farm and was compelled to begin all over again. As a means of recuperation he followed an investment up into Tipton county and there remained for four years, at the end of which time he returned to Rush county and here spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring in Union township in 1896, as noted above. His widow survived him for about seven years, her death occurring on July 16, 1903. They were active members of the Methodist Episcopal church. It was on October 17, 1840, that Israel McCann was united in marriage to Lucinda Beard, who was born in the neighboring county of Fayette, a daughter of William and Sarah (Mullineaux) Beard, natives of North Carolina, who became pioneers of the Raleigh neighborhood in this county. William Beard and his wife had two children when they left their home in North Carolina and came to Indiana, driving through with their children and some essential household belongings in a one-horse wagon. Their first location in this state was in Wayne county, but not long afterward they moved to Fayette county, where they remained until they came over into Rush county and settled in Washington township, their farm comprising the site of the present village of Raleigh, which William Beard platted and put on the market, naming the place in honor of the capital of his native state. There William Beard and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. They were the parents of seven children, those besides Mrs. McCann having been Martha, Christina, John, Thomas, Greenberry and William Jr. Greenberry Beard enlisted as a soldier upon the call of arms for the Mexican war and lost his life in that service. To Israel and Lucinda (Beard) McCann were born eight children, William, John Riley, Mary Ann, Sarah Green, Robert, Lynn B., Emily C. and Marion W., of whom but three, Robert, Lynn and Marion, are now living, the first born, William, and the three daughters dying in infancy and John R., in 1900. An adopted daughter, Catherine McCann, died in 1909. John R. McCann married Sarah E. Hall and had three children, Emma Dale, Laura Lucinda and Hallie Belle. Marion W. McCann married Nora Hinchman, who died in 1907. In 1893 Robert, Lynn and Marion McCann bought eighty acres of the farm on which they are now living in Union township and have ever since resided there. They increased their holdings by the purchase of an adjacent "eighty" and now have an excellent farm of 160 acres nicely situated on rural mail route No. 1 out of Falmouth. The McCann brothers have their place well improved and are carrying on their operations in up-to-date fashion, long having been regarded as among the substantial farmers of that neighborhood. In their political affiliations they are Democrats.

EARL B. MOORE, a progressive farmer and reliable citizen of Anderson township, this county, where he is operating a considerable body of land, was born in Rush county on December 31, 1888. His parents are William T. and Alma Viola (Watson) Moore, who also were born in Rush county, coming of pioneer stock. William T. Moore, who is one of the county's most substantial agriculturists, has devoted his entire life to farm pursuits. After his schooldays and some early farm experience, he purchased a tract of good land in Richland township, comprising 137i/2 acres, to which, through busi- ness judgment and foresight he subsequently added, and at the present time owns 670 acres of valuable land in Rush county, and is still active as a farmer and stockraiser. To his marriage with Alma Viola Watson ten children were born and of these the following survive: Earl, Edward, Harold, Charles, Andrew, Louis, Luella, Thelma and Howard. Earl B. Moore attended school in both Anderson and Richland townships, and afterward spent two years in the high school at Richland, following which he assisted his father for one year on the home farm. After his marriage he began for himself, working for his father by the day for a year, then renting land from his father for a year and a half. In 1910 he rented his present farm comprising 270 acres, in the management of which he has shown exceptional capacity, being able to bring every acre under profitable tillage. Mr. Moore is a wideawake, intelligent farmer, entertaining modern ideas concerning farm methods and putting them into execution. He devotes eighty-five acres to corn and the rest of his land to small grains and pasture, and feeds and markets 25 head of cattle and 300 head of hogs annually. Earl B. Moore married Iva Henderson, daughter of Jonathan S. and Hannah Henderson, and they have five children: Lowell, Hubert, Lois, Maurice and Thelma Gleda. Mr. Moore is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has always been a Democrat.

EDWARD J. CHAMBERS, who is accounted one of the most successful farmers of Rush county, was born in Bartholomew county, Indiana, May 18, 1870, the son of Benjamin W. and Martha (Scarborough) Chambers, the former of whom was engaged in farming throughout his entire active life in Bartholomew county. Edward J. Chambers was educated in the public schools of his native county, and after the completion of his studies took up farming with his father, with whom he remained until he was twenty-one years of age. He then undertook agricultural operations on his own account upon a rented farm, engaging in trading, feeding, and stock raising, which he has made his life business with the exception of four years spent as a contractor. In the year 1909 he removed to Rush county, buying a farm of 240 acres in Washington township, subsequently buying 160 acres, making a total of 400 acres now in his possession. He has made numerous improvements on the property since he has been its owner, building several fine barns and outbuildings, excellent fencing, and vastly bettering the appearance of the entire estate. He is one of the most extensive stock raisers in the entire county, feeding out as an annual average 1,400 head of hogs and 150 of cattle, in addition to which he feeds quite a number of mules, having at one time had as many as 125 on his place. On November 14, 1906, Mr. Chambers married Ruby Grace Jones, a daughter of Newton S. and Caroline (Davidson) Jones. In 1916, Mr. and Mrs. Chambers moved to Rushville, although he continues the active management of his farm. They are earnest workers in the cause of the Christian church. In his political allegiance Mr. Chambers is counted one of the Repub- lican party, but while he takes a good citizen's interest in local and national political matters, he has never sought preferment of this kind for himself. He is chairman of the live stock sanitary board of Indiana, a board which came into being in 1919.

THOMAS ORA LOGAN. Not only is T. Ora Logan, of Noble township, the architect of a substantial competence, acquired through agricultural enterprise, but in its acquisition he has maintained the reputation for industry and reliability established in Rush county by his father, Jonas W. Logan, and his pioneer grandfather, James L. Logan. James L. Logan was born in Ireland, and was but one and one-half years old when brought to the United States by his mother, who settled in Payette county, Indiana. There he grew to manhood and married Elizabeth Mann, a native of Ohio, and shortly afterward came to Rush county and settled in Noble township, where he entered Government land and built a log cabin home. He cleared and cultivated his property, added to it until he had 700 acres, and died as one of the substantial and highly respected men of his community. He and his wife had nine children : Alice, Abbie, Mary Ann, Thomas, John M., Oliver P., Samuel H., James W. and Jonas "W. Jonas W. Logan was born in Noble township, October 25, 1846, received a public school education and worked with his father until his marriage, when he was given a farm of 160 acres by his father. This he increased by good management and industry to 500 acres, and continued to be engaged in general farming until his death, March 11, 1914. He was a citizen of reliability and sterling worth and had the esteem and respect of all who knew him. On March 18, 1869, he married Sarah J., daughter of George W. and Elizabeth (Bedill) Jones, and to this imion there was born one son : Thomas Ora. Mrs. Logan still survives her husband and resides, in advanced years, on the old Logan homestead. She is a faithful member of the Christian church, to which her husband also belonged. T. Ora Logan was given his education in the district school in the vicinity of his home in Noble township, after leaving which he began assisting his father, and in the latter 's later years bore the responsibility of the management of the home estate. Born on January 1, 1871, he was married at the age of twenty years, in October, 1891. to Fannie R. Stiers, daughter of Joseph Stiers, and at that time commenced farming on his own account. For a time he rented land from his father, but later acquired 260 acres from the elder man and continued its operation as a general farmer and stock feeder until 1916, in which year he retired from active labor. Since that time he has devoted himself to the management of his interests, his land being operated by tenants. In politics Mr. Logan is a Democrat. He was formerly a deacon and member of the board of trustees of the Little Flat Rock Christian Church, but the family are now members of the church of that denomination at Rushville. Mr. Logan is a man of progressive and enlightened views who readily gives his support to worthy measures, religious, educational and civic. He and his wife are the parents of two children : J. Carl Logan, who married

"Wilma Bowen and has two children, Catherine Lueile and Prances Louise, and Nellie S., who married Elsa Hilligoss and has two children Lavon Estelle and Harold Eugene.

DR. C. E. MORRIS, V. S., a leading farmer and professional man of Anderson township, this county, is a member of one of the pioneer families of Rush county. Doctor Morris was born in Anderson township on October 6, 1868, a son of George and Caroline (Stiers) Morris, and a grandson of Chapman Morris, who came here from Pennsylvania and afterward followed farming. The father of Doctor Morris was born in Rush county, followed the plasterer's trade all his life and spent his last years in Orange township. The mother of Doctor Morris was born in Ohio. Of their nine children the following survive : C. E. ; Robert, who lives in Ohio ; and Leona, who is the wife of Frank Levi, of Rushville. C. E. Morris attended school in Orange township, then worked on farms throughout the neighborhood up to the time of his marriage, following which he operated rented land in Anderson township for a time, occasionally having from 200 to 300 acres under rental at one time. Later he bought the first fifty-five acres of his present valuable farm and now owns 160 acres, his activities being divided between his farm industries and his professional engagements. In 1900 he entered the Indiana Veterinary College, from which two .years later he received his degree of Veterinary Surgeon, and since then has built up a large practice in the county. Doctor Morris married Nettie Frakes, a daughter of David Frakes. and they have three children, Elbert H., Flossie and Mabel, all of whom have domestic circles of their own not far distant. Elbert H. Morris married Lulu Riehey and has two children, Elvin and Charles; Flossie Morris married Herschel Botterhoff, and Mabel Morris married Clifford Riehey. Doctor Morris is a member of Milroy lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and belongs also to the Odd Fellows at Milroy, having passed the chairs in the latter lodge. He has never been particularly active in politics but in his convictions is a Democrat.

BERTON T. OSBORN, one of the farmers of Rushville township who is making a success of his work and is also earning the place in his community to which his abilities entitle him, was born in Rushville township on June 18, 1881, son of Lucian B. and Harvina (Gruell) Osborn, farming people of that township. Berton T. Osborn was educated in Shelby county, Indiana, and after he left school returned home and was engaged in farming with his father, remaining with him until his marriage. At that time he began renting his present farm of ninety-five acres, the original Osborn homestead, from his uncle Theodore Osborn. Since moving on this farm he has carried on general farming and stockraising, and produces about 175 head of hogs annually. On October 30, 1904, Berton T. Osborn was married to Lavon Hilligoss, who died on June 9, 1909, having borne her husband one child, Lowell. She is buried in East Hill cemetery at Rushville. Mr. Osborn was married secondly on December 17, 1914, to Myrtle Smith, daughter of Zack and Mary J. (Linville) Smith, natives of Decatur county, Indiana, but old residents of Rushville township where Mrs. Osborn was born and educated. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had four children, Jess, Louise, Fred and Myrtle. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Osborn: John R., who is attending the Webb school in Rushville township, and Thomas B. Mr. Osborn is affiliated with Rushville lodge, No. 1307, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. A Methodist, he maintains membership with the congregation of that denomination at Rushville. A stanch Republican Mr. Osborn gives a conscientious and effective support to the candidates of his party, but has not cared to come before the public for office, his time and attention being fully occupied with his agricultural pursuits.

HARVEY M. ARNOLD, a well-known and progressive young farmer of Union township, living on rural mail route No. 1 out of Falmouth, is a native of the state of Arkansas, but has been a resident of Indiana and Rush county since he was a boy. He was born on February 7, 1888, son of John and Alice (Clifford) Arnold. Reared in Union township, Harvey M. Arnold received his schooling in the local schools and as a boy was well trained in the ways of the farm. He remained on the home farm until his marriage at the age of twentythree, when he rented a farm of 150 acres in Noble township and began farming on his own account. About three years later he moved to the farm on which he is now living and has since resided there, now renting a tract of 103 acres, on which he is engaged in general farming and live stock raising, his operations in the latter line including a couple of car loads of graded hogs a year. Mr. Arnold carries on his agricultural operations in up-to-date fashion and has an excellent equipment for productive effort. On December 24, 1912, Harvey M. Arnold was united in marriage to Grace McClure, who was born in this county, daughter of Samuel and Lena (McCrory) McClure, and to this union one child has been born, a son, Harvey Mauzy Arnold. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold have a pleasant home and take an interested part in the general social activities of the community in which they reside. They are members of the Ben Davis Christian Church and in their political affiliation are Republicans.

ROSCOE LINVILLE, a well known farmer of Richland township, was born in that township on the 5th day of March, 1884, and he is the son of John and Luella (Barber) Linville. His paternal grandfather was Morgan Linville, who in an early day came to Rush county from Bath county, Kentucky, entering land here and remaining here during the rest of his life. He lived to be 86 and his wife lived to be 89 years of age. John Linville was born and reared in Rush county and his wife was a native of Franklin county, Indiana. Mr. Linville was reared and educated in the common schools, the old Freeman school house being the scene of his educational efforts. After leaving school he turned his efforts to farming, operating rented land for a time. After the death of his parents, he bought the interests of the other heirs in the home farm, comprising 115 acres in Richland township, and has since been engaged in the cultivation of that land, following general farming and stock raising. He is now 59 years of age and his wife 57. To John Linville and wife were born seven children, six of whom are living, namely : Roscoe, Katherine, Gertrude, Wilbur, Alma and Mae. Roscoe Linville attended the Freeman school house and after the completion of his studies he worked with his father on the home farm until he was twenty-one years of age, when he was married. Thereafter for about a year he was employed as a farm hand, after which for two years he operated rented land. He then bought 123% acres of land, comprising the nucleus of his present fine farm, which has been increased to 278 acres. Much of the grain is fed on the farm, Mr. Linville feeding from 200 to 400 hogs annually. He is thoroughly up-to-date in his methods and maintains the farm at the highest standard of excellence, so that he is looked upon as one of the enterprising and wide-awake farmers of Richland township. Fifty acres of this land has been cleared by Mr. Linville, much of the grubbing and burning having been done by himself. On this farm is an ever-flowing spring that furnishes such a wholesome supply of water for stock that in ten years there has not been a case of hog cholera on the farm, nor has Mr. Linville been compelled to immunize his hogs, plenty of shade and clean water giving his hogs protection. In 1905 Mr. Linville was married to Cora Lewis, the daughter of Frank and Mae Lewis, and to this union three children have been born, Louise (deceased), Elmer and Marcia. Politically, Mr. Linville gives his support to the Republican party, while he and his wife are active and earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

FRED W. LIGHTFOOT, president of the Falmouth Bank at Falmouth, and also well known as a farmer and stockraiser in Rush county, and in various ways identified with interests of importance, was born in Washington township, this county, June 16, 1875, son and only child of Alfred C. and Flora (McCrady) Lightfoot. Alfred C. Lightfoot was born in 1824, in Pendleton county, Kentucky, and was six years old when he accompanied his parents, William B. and Elizabeth Lightfoot, to Indiana. William B. Lightfoot entered eighty acres of Government land in Washington township, Rush county, journeying to Indianapolis on horseback in order to make the entry. He did not long survive pioneer hardships, dying before he had completed the erection of his log cabin. He and his wife Elizabeth had two children, Alfred C. and Lucinda, the latter of whom died unmarried at the age of twenty-seven years. Alfred C, Lightfoot and his mother remained on the pioneer farm which they both endeavored to develop. In order to eke out a living during the early years, Grandmother Lightfoot worked also at tailoring. She was a brave, strong, resourceful woman and survived until 1874. In the year of her death, Alfred C. Lightfoot married Flora McCrady, who was born in Franklin county. Indiana, and they spent the rest of their lives on the homestead, the acreage of which was by that time greatly increased. When his school days were over, Fred W. Lightfoot gave bis father assistance on the home farm, and after the death of his father, in 1894, assumed full charge although only nineteen years old at the time. He not only successfully operated the estate of 320 acres but has made additions which have brought up his acreage to 470, a large part of which is devoted to stock, Mr. Lightfoot feeding 100 head of cattle and 800 head of hogs yearly. He has not confined himself to agricultural pursuits, however, as for some years he has been well known in the banking field, and is also a prominent factor in Democratic political circles in the county. On January 26, 1897, Mr. Lightfoot married Margaret Smith, of Union township, this county, and they have two children : Prank G., who is taking a course in electrical engineering at Purdue University ; and Doris June, who is a student in the high school at Raleigh. Mr. Lightfoot is a thirty-second degree and York Rite Mason and Shriner and also is a member of the Elks lodge at Rushville and the Odd Fellows lodge at Falmouth.

DANIEL O'KEEPE, a well-known farmer and landowner of Union township, this county, is a native son of the old Buckeye state but has been a resident of Rush county for forty-five years and thus naturally enough has long felt himself "perfectly at home" here. He was born on a farm in Brown county, Ohio, April 9, 1850, son of John and Johanna O'Keefe, both natives of Ireland, the latter of whom emigrated to this country with her parents in 1832 and the former in 1840, whose last days were spent in Ohio. John O'Keefe came to America in the days of his young manhood with just enough money to bring him across and upon his arrival here proceeded to Cincinnati, where he remained for about seven years, at the end of which time he moved to Brown county, Ohio, where he bought a farm of 122 acres and established his home. Some time later he sold that farm and bought a farm in Clinton county, same state, and on this latter farm spent the remainder of his life. He and his wife were the parents of two children, the subject of this sketch having a sister, Nellie. Daniel O'Keefe was reared on the farm in Ohio and received a limited schooling there, his total attendance at school not exceeding ninety days. He continued farming as a young man and in 1876 came to Indiana and located in Rush county, working here as a farm hand for sixteen years, or until his marriage, after which he rented a farm and established a home of his own. Mr. O'Keefe continued as a renter for fourteen years, at the end of which time he bought the farm of 114 acres on which he is now living in Union township and has since made his home there, he and his family being quite pleasantly situated. The farm is on rural mail route No. 7 out of Rushville and is well improved. It was in 1883 that Daniel O'Keefe was united in marriage to Mrs. Sarah J. (Newkirk) Benson, who was born in this county, daughter of Daniel B. and Polly Newkirk. By her first marriage Mrs. O'Keefe has three sons, Albert, Herbert and Daniel Benson, the latter of whom married Maud Mason. Albert Benson married Ethel Clifton and has four children, Lenna,

Byron, Weldon and Marlin Edward. Herbert Benson married Minnie Wilson and has seven children, Pearl, Lotus, Lovica, Leora, Eugene, Harley and Edward Lee.

LEROY LINES, a lifelong farmer and stockman, whose thorough knowledge of agricultural matters is generally acknowledged in Anderson township, this county, is a native of this county, born in Noble township on May 8, 1862. His parents were Aaron Noble and Jane (Mcllwa'in) Lines, natives of Rush county, who were married here. Eight children were born to them and the following are living : Charles, of Missoida, Mont. ; Ada, wife of Omer Mull, of Homer, Ind. ; Sarah, wife of Irvin Carr, of Elwood, Ind. ; Mollie, wife of Bert Hester, of Rochester, Minn. ; and Leroy. Aaron Noble Lines followed farming in Walker township, this county, until 1884, when he moved to the vicinity of Elwood, Ind., later retired to Elwood and there he died. Leroy Lines was young when his parents settled on a farm in Walker township and in that section he attended school and grew to manhood, making choice of farming as his vocation. Until his marriage Mr. Lines assisted his father on the home place, afterward rented land and operated it for six years, that farm being the Jefferson Bowles farm in Anderson township. By that time he was ready to make an investment and bought fifty-seven acres which he improved and cultivated, in the meanwhile gradually adding to his holdings until he now owns 213 acres, all adjoining. He farms 123 acres of this land himself and gives considerable attention to stock, hogs mainly, buying feeders and feeding out about 225 head yearly. Mr. Lines is a practical business man and understands how to make farming a profitable industry. In 1884 he married Maude Farlow, daughter of Joseph Farlow and granddaughter of Jefferson Bowles, and they have two children : Joseph, who resides at home ; and June, who married Claude Spilman and has two children, Betty Jane and Claude, Jr. Mr. Lines and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Milroy, of which he is one of the members of the board of trustees. As a good citizen he takes interest in public matters and casts his vote with the Democratic party.

C. 0. PATTON, whose whole, life has been passed in Rush and Decatur counties, and who beginning as a renter, has progressed by the exercise of industry, perseverance, economy and integrity to the ownership of a highly productive farm and the position of a substantial, influential and useful member of the community, was born in Decatur county, Indiana in 1867, a son of Samuel R. and Mary E. (Humes) Patton. Samuel R. Patton was brought to Rush county as a child and here grew to sturdy young manhood. When the Civil war broke out, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which command he served for three yeai-s and participated in a number of important and hard-fought battles. Returning safely from the war, he located in Decatur county and for about a year conducted a general store at Greensburg. After that he located on a farm near Spring Hill, in the same county, which he had purchased from his father, and continued to operate that land until 1S79, when he sold out and came to Rush county, locating on a farm of 280 acres one mile soiith of Richland in Richland township. Mr. Patton was a man of education, a graduate of Richland Academy, and was called upon frequently to serve his fellow citizens in offices of responsibility and trust. For two terms he served as trustee of Richland township and for two terms served as a member of the board of county commissioners. When he died his community lost a citizen who had done much for its general advancement. Samuel R. Patton married Mary E. Humes, who was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, and they became the parents of seven children, of whom five are living: Harry B., John E., Walter E., C. 0. and Elma. C. 0. Patton was given his educational training in the public schools of Richland township and as a young man began farming as a renter. After about seven years of renting he purchased a part of the property on which he has been located since 1887, and as the years have passed has added from time to time until he now has 840 acres in Rush and Decatur counties, in addition to which he rents about 160 acres. Mr. Patton cleared and ditched this land himself and has made all the improvements thereon. As a cattle raiser he has a herd of about 300 head, and raises about 1,000 hogs annually. He has been a trader since 1893 and his operations have been attended with success. Mr. Patton married Etta Crawford, daughter of Presley and Rosamond Crawford, and to this union there was born one child, a daughter, Faye. After the death of his first wife Mr. Patton married Jessie VanOsdol, daughter of George W. VanOsdol. Mr. Patton is a member of the Masonic lodge at Milroy and is a Republican.

ALBERT BRANAM, one of the prosperous farmers of Rushville township, belongs to one of the substantial families of Rush county. He was born in Walker township on February 21, 1866, son of Mathew and Parlina Jane (Hodge) Branam. Mathew Branam was born in Ireland and his wife was born in Rush county. When he was sixteen years old Mathew Branam came to the United States alone, and locating in Rush county, here followed an agricultural life for many years. He and his wife had six children, of whom the following are living: James W., Sarah A., Albert and Alfred E. Albert Branam completed his schooling in the school at Homer and then began making himself useful on the homestead, remaining at home until his marriage, after which he moved to the farm of eighty acres where he now lives, renting it from his father until the death of the latter when he bought the property from the other heirs. On this farm Mr. Branam has erected suitable buildings with the exception of the barn, which he repaired, and he now has one of the nicest farm properties in his township. On September 25, 1889, Mr. Branam was married to Ruby Plummer, who was born in Illinois but was reared and educated in Rush county. She had the misfortune to lose her parents when she was three years old and was taken by her uncle Arthur Gates, and reared. Mr. and Mrs. Branam have two children : Letta, who married

George Lowden, a farmer of Walker township, and Nellie, who is unmarried and lives at home. Mr. Branam belongs to Rushville lodge. No. 35, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The Presbyterian church of Rushville holds his membership and serves him as a medium for the expression of his religious faith. In politics he is a Democrat. A hard-working and thrifty man he has concentrated his efforts upon the development and improvement of his farm and the results prove that he has shown judgment and excellent management.

JOHN ARNOLD, a well-known and substantial farmer of Union township, is a member of one of the real pioneer families of Rush county and is the third of his name to occupy the farm on which he is now living, the place having been "entered" by his grandfather, John Arnold, and later and in turn occupied by his father, the late Dr. John Arnold, and as Mr. Arnold has named one of his sons John there is a probability that the name will not be lost to succeeding generations. Though not a native of Rush county Mr. Arnold always has felt "at home" here for it was here that the Arnolds got their start when the pioneer John Arnold, who was born in England, grandfather of the present owner of the tract, secured original possession from the Government on October 20, 1820, the year before Rush county became recognized as a separate civic unit in the group of counties then forming in the growing list of such counties in the commonwealth of Indiana. There were three entries of this land made at the land office at Brookville on the day of the opening of the sale and one of these three was the entry of Mr. Arnold's grandfather. John Arnold was born in the city of Connersville. county seat of the neighboring county of Fayette, May 30, 1846, son of Dr. John Arnold, who later became occupant of the farm above referred to and on which he was born, a son of the pioneer John Arnold. The junior John Arnold was reared on that farm, receiving his early schooling in the neighborhood schools and this he. supplemented by a year's attendance at the old Richland Academy and by a year at Hanover College at Hanover. He married when twenty-two years of age and a year later went to Iowa with the view to settling in that state, but not finding things as he had expected he returned to Rush county and after farming here for several years went to Cumberland county, Illinois, where he bought a farm and remained for six years, at the end of which time he sold his holdings there and went to Arkansas where for seven years he was engaged in the fruit business and in general farming. But seven years of Arkansas proved enough and he disposed of his interests there and returned to Rush county and settled down on the old home place in Union township, which he now owns and on which he has made his home since his return here. Mr. Arnold has an excellent farm of 160 acres, well improved and profitably cultivated. He and his family are Republicans and all are members of the Christian church. The Arnolds have a very pleasant home on rural mail route No. 2 out of Rushville ("Arnold's Home," pictured elsewhere in this work) and have ever taken an interested and hospitable part in the community's general social activities, doing their part in helping to advance movements designed to promote the common good hereabout. On November 24, 1868, John Arnold was united in marriage to Alice Amanda Clifford, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Lindsay) Clifford, and to this union eight children have been born, Charles Abner, Sarah, Richard, John C, Josephine A., William, Bertha A. and Harvey M., all of whom are married save Richard and John C, who are at home carrying on the operations of the farm in their father's behalf. Charles A. Arnold married Luella Mauzy and has three children, Richard, Edward and Alice. Sarah Arnold married Cortez C. Waller and has four children, Leona, Flora, Theodore and Eva. Leona Waller married William Ottinger and has one child, a daughter, Margaret A., and Flora Waller married Dennie Ramsey and has had four children, Lucy, Helen, Louis and Harry (deceased), these two unions of their grandchildren giving Mr. and Mrs. Arnold five great-grandchildren. Josephine Arnold married John Mauzy and has one child, a son, Clifford. William Arnold married Mila Caldwell and has two children, John and Margaret. Bertha Arnold married Delbert W. Eakins and has seven children. Howard, Esther, Walter, Alice, Cora, Russell and Ralph. Harvey M. Arnold married Grace MeClure and has one child, a son, Harvey, Jr., As set out in the historical section of this work "Arnold's Home" is the site of the old Delaware Indian village, of which Chief Mahoning ("Ben Davis") was the ruler, and when the pioneer John Arnold entered that tract there were still fifteen Indian tepees on the place.

JOSEPH S. VANDAMENT, a well known retired farmer of Union township and formerly and for years well known throughout the county as a professional nurse, is a native of the Buckeye state, but has been a resident of Rush county since he was twenty-five years of age and thus has for many years felt himself a real component part of the life of his community. Mr. Vandament was born at Georgetown, Ohio, July 14, 1852. son of the Rev. John C. and Deliverance (Busby) Vandament, both of whom were born in that same county, members of pioneer families there. During the early years of his young manhood the Rev. John C. Vandament was engaged in teaching school and he then entered the gospel ministry as a clergyman in the Methodist Episcopal church. At the time of the "split" in the Methodist church during the Civil war period he became connected with the Christian Union and continued in the ministry of that communion the rest of his life, his last days being spent in Brown county, Ohio. He and his wife had seven children, four of whom are still living, the subject of this sketch having a brother, Louis, and two sisters, Lurinda and Mae. Reared in Brown county, Ohio, Joseph S. Vandament received his schooling there and early took up farming as a vocation. He spent several years "prospecting" in the West, working as a farm hand in Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota, and then returned to Ohio where he remained until 1877 when he came to

Indiana and became employed at Rushville. He married here and after his marriage became engaged as a farmer on the farm of his father-in-law, Daniel B. Newkirk. Not long afterward he began to follow the profession of nursing, his capacity in that direction having become recognized in the community, and for fifteen years or more was widely known hereabout as a nurse. At the same time Mr. Vandament continued his farming operations and has remained on the farm, now the owner of an excellent place of 103 acres. In 1915 Mr. Vandament retired from the active operations of the farm and has since been taking things somewhat easier. He and his family have a pleasant home on rural mail route No. 7 out of Rushville and are well situated. Joseph S. Vandament was united in marriage to Laura Newkirk, daughter of Daniel B. and Polly (Hamilton) Newkirk, further mention of whom is made elsewhere in this volume, and to this union five children were born, three of whom, Mary, Walter and Mildred, are living, the deceased being Nina and Charles. Mary Vandament married Jesse B. Gilson. Dr. Walter Vandament is a practicing physician at Carthage. He married Gretta Kirkpatrick and has one child, a daughter, Geneva. Mildred Vandament married Weimer Pearson and has two children, Weimer, Jr., and Donald. Mr. and Mrs. Vandament are members of the Plum Creek Christian Church. Politically, Mr. Vandament is an "independent" Democrat. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

ROLLA E. ZORNE, a well-known farmer and landowner of Union township, former postmaster at Carthage and formerly and for years a teacher in the schools of Rush county, was born in this county, a member of one of the old families here, and has resided here all his life. He was born on a farm in Posey township on August 24, 1869, son and only child of Frank M. and Jane (Davis) Zorne, both of whom were born in that same township and the latter of whom is still living, making her home with her son. The late Frank M. Zorne was a son of John Zorne, who had come here from Frankfort, Kentucky, in pioneer days and had bought a tract of land in the Gwynneville neighborhood in Posey township, this county, where he established his home. On that pioneer farm Frank M. Zorne was born and reared, in turn becoming a farmer on his own account and not long after his marriage to Jane Davis, who was a member of one of the pioneer families of that neighborhood, bought a farm of sixty-six acres in Ripley township. Some years afterward he sold that place and bought a farm of seventy-two acres in Center township, where he made his home until 1908 when he retired from the farm and moved to Carthage where his last days were spent, his death occurring there in April, 1915. As noted above, his widow is still living, making her home with her son Rolla. Rolla E. Zorne was reared on the old home farm in Posey township and early prepared himself for teaching, his first school being taught in the schools of this county when he was seventeen years of age, and for seven years thereafter he continued as a teacher during the winters, farming during the summers. Under the Cleveland administration Mr. Zorne was appointed postmaster at Carthage, a position he occupied for two years, at the end of which time he resigned to take charge of the farm on which he is now living and where he has resided ever since. Mr. Zorne owns eighty-three acres where he is living and a tract of eighty-four acres in another part of Union township, renting out the fields on both places ' ' on the shares. ' ' He has his home farm well improved and in addition to his general farming operations has for years been quite an extensive breeder of swine and has done well. In November, 1893, Rolla E. Zorne was united in marriage to Millie Newkirk, who has been a resident of this county since the days of her infancy. Mrs. Zorne was born in Madison county, Indiana, a daughter of Daniel B. and Polly (Hamilton) Newkirk, the latter of whom was born in Rush county. Daniel B. Newkirk was born in Adams county, Ohio, and was six years of age when his parents came to Indiana with their family and located in Rush county, settling on a farm in Jackson township, where he grew to manhood. He was married in this county and later moved to Madison county, where he remained until 1869 when he returned to Rush county, re-established himself here on a farm and spent the remainder of his life here, his death occurring on December 3, 1903. His widow survived him until April 29, 1911. They had five children, of whom four are still living, Mrs. Zorne having a brother, James L. Newkirk, and two sisters, Sallie and Laura. Mr. and Mrs. Zorne have three adopted children, Dorothy, Oayle and Marion, the first named of whom married Fred Dagler and has one child, a daughter, Mildred. The Zornes are members of the Plum Creek Christian Church. Mr. Zorne is a Democrat. He is a York Rite Mason, affiliated with the blue lodge at Carthage and with Rushville commandery, Knights Templar. The Zornes have a very pleasant home on rural mail route No. 7 out of Rushville and have ever taken an interested part in the community's social activities.

WILLIAM M. ORME, deceased, who for years was a substantial farmer and highly respected citizen of Walker township, this county, was born in Rushville township, this county, March 21, 1852. He was a son of Henry and Minerva (Morrison) Orme. In boyhood he attended school in Rushville township and later at Rushville. He spent his life in Rush county and was always engaged in farming, for some years renting land but afterward he bought the farm of 160 acres situated in Walker township, on which his family still reside. Mr. Orme was considered a judicious farmer and good manager. For some years he operated a threshing outfit in addition to his other activities. On September 10, 1874, he married Amanda E. Lower, who was born in Rushville township, this county, daughter of John and Rhoda (Edmonson) Lower, natives of Kentucky and Rush county, respectively, and who were the parents of six children, Emily, Martha, Anna, Amanda, James and Thomas, all of whom are living except James. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Orme:

Dorr, who died in boyhood ; Arnold, a grain dealer at Rnshville, who married Pearl Ball and has five children, William, Fern, Thomas, Frank and Pay; Desire, who married Omer A. Miller, a farmer in Rnshville township, and has four children, Herbert, Leonidas, William and Woodrow; Lonnie, farmer in Walker township, who married Julia Mann ; and Russell, who married Delia Hufferd, of Posey township. Russell Orme resides at home and operates the farm for his mother. Mr. Orme was a Democrat in politics. He belonged to the order of Odd Fellows and had passed the chairs in the lodge at Homer.

DORA JACKMAN, a well-known farmer and stockraiser in Anderson township, this county, and vice-president of the First National Bank of Milroy, is a native of that township, born on December 6, 1870, a son of Allen and Frances (Winship) Jackman. Mr. Jackman attended the public schools in Anderson township and also the Normal school at Danville, Ind., after which he began to teach school and for nine years continued as a teacher in Rush and Madison counties. When he retired from the educational field he took up farming and is now operating 400 acres of land, all of which except seventy acres that he rents, belongs to him and his wife. He began farming on a tract of 100 acres that he rented from his father. As a farmer Mr. Jackman has shown excellent judgment and is prospering. He feeds all his corn to hogs and cattle, raising 300 head of hogs and forty head of cattle yearly, all high grade stock. He mari-ied Nellie Patton, who was born at Monmouth, 111., daughter of Nathan and Frances (Holmes) Patton, and they have one son, Lawrence, now a student at Wabash College. Mr. Jackman and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian church, of which he is treasurer. He is a Republican and is quite active in party affairs, for some time having been a member of the Republican central committee of Anderson township. He is a member of the Masonic lodge at Milroy and of the Knights of Pythias lodge.

WILLARD COLTER, one of the favorably known young farmers of Richland township, is a native son of Rush county, having been born in the township where he now lives on January 22, 189o, and is the son and only child of Henry and Daisy (Johnston) Colter, the former a native of Franklin county, Indiana, and the latter born and reared in Rush county. He secured his elementary education in the common schools of Richland and Anderson townships, completing his studies in the high school at Milroy. After leaving school, he was engaged for several years with his father in the contracting business, mainly in the construction of roads. On July 1, 1918, Mr. Colter enlisted for military service and for six months served in the Signal Corps. He received his discharge on January 17, 1919, and on his return home engaged in farming on his father's land, the tract comprising 160 acres, and has been engaged there continuously since. He carries on general farming and stock raising and is meeting with splendid success. On October 3, 1917, Willard Colter was married to Lucile (Crosby) Harcourt, the daughter of Charles and Mattie Crosby. Mr. and Mrs. Colter are members of the Presbyterian church. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias, while, politically, he is a Republican. Genial in disposition and unassuming in manner, he enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who know him.

EDD MOORE, one of the progressive men of Rush county and an enterprising farmer of Richland township, whose good management has brought to him the prosperity which is today his, has been a lifelong resident of Richland township, having been born there on July 14, 1889. He is the son of Frank and Lida (Hedrick) Moore, the latter a native of Franklin county, Indiana. They were married in the latter county and soon afterwards came to Rush county, locating in Noble township, where Mr. Moore was engaged in farming for a time. He then went to Kansas, remaining but a short time and then returned to Rush county. To him and wife were born eleven children, namely : William, Nelle, Bessie, Webb, Pearl, Charles, Edd, George, Ruth, Orie and Susan. Edd Moore received his education in the Freeman and Neffs' Corner schools and on the completion of his studies he went to work on the home farm, remaining there until his marriage. Soon afterward he engaged in farming on his own account, going to Franklin county, where he rented a tract of 160 acres. One year later he bought the place in Richland township, where he now lives, and he has since continued to pursue his vocation with success and profit. He is up-to-date in his methods, keeps his place under a high state of improvement and enjoys a good reputation as a progressive farmer. His farm consists of 121 acres, which he devotes to general farming and stock raising. On January 24, 1914, Mr. Moore was married to Mary Barber, who was born in Franklin county, the daughter of William and Esther Barber, and they have two children, Leonard Edd and Martha Aileen. Politically, Mr. Moore gives his support to the Democratic party and takes a keen interest in the moral, educational and material development of his community, giving his influence in favor of all worthy movements.

JONAS W. LOGAN. One cannot follow the long career of the late Jonas W. Logan without renewing appreciation of those homely, sterling qualities which, when allied with practical business sense, lift men from obscurity to influence and from poverty to wealth. This substantial agriculturist and worthy citizen of Noble township was born on the farm in that township upon which his widow now resides, the old Logan homestead, October 26, 1846, a son of James L. and Elizabeth (Mann) Logan. James L. Logan was but an infant when his father died, and when he was one and one-half years old he was brought by his mother from his native Ireland to the United States. He grew to young manhood in Fayette county, Indiana, where he received a common school education, and married Elizabeth Mann, a native of Ohio. After their union they moved to Rush countv, where they were early pioneers, and entered land from the Government. They lived in a log cabin home while Mr. Logan was engaged in the work of clearing his land and for many years thereafter, but with the bettering of his finances and the acquirement of 700 acres of land, they enjoyed all the conveniences of modern civilization and resided in a comfortable and commodious dwelling. These worthy people were the parents of nine children : Alice, Abbie, Mary Ann, Thomas, John M., Oliver P., Samuel H., James W. and Jonas W. Jonas W. Logan obtained his education in the country districts of Noble township, and upon leaving school followed the usual custom of farmers' sons of his locality, settling down to the work of the home place as an assistant to his father. As a reward for his faithful work, when he was married his father deeded to him the original home farm of 160 acres, which has never been out of the Logan name, and which Mr. Logan increased to 500 acres. He was an energetic and intelligent agriculturist, who was able to discriminate between practical and impractical methods, conservative in his views, yet progressive in adopting new methods once they had proven feasible. He did much in the way of improving the property, building a large and fine home and installing other features of latter-day progress, and his farm was always one which presented a prosperous appearance. In addition to carrying on general farming, Mr. Logan was a large hog feeder and shipper, and in each department of his work showed his ability, while his business reputation was of the highest and he had the full confidence of those associated with him. When he died on March 11, 1914, his community lost one of its substantial and reliable citizens. On March 18, 1869, Mr. Logan was united in marriage to Sarah I. Jones, daughter of George W. and Elizabeth (Bedee^ Jones, and to this union there was barn one child, a son, Thomas Ora, who married Fannie R. Stiers and has two children, Carl, who married Wilma Bowen and has two children, Catherine Lucille and Frances Louise, and Nellie, who married Elsa Hilligoss and has two children, Lavon Estelle and Harold Eugene. Mrs. Logan, who survives her husband and resides on the old Logan farm, is a consistent member of the Little Flat Rock Christian Church, in the work of which she has been active for many years.

GRANT THOMAS, one of Anderson township's sterling citizens and well known over Rush county as an enterprising and successful farmer and stockraiser, was born in Howard county, Indiana, August 15, 1868, a son of Daniel and Martha (Phillips) Thomas, both native Hoosiers, the former born in Rush county and the latter in Franklin county. Daniel Thomas attended the district schools in Rush county and worked on farms until he enlisted for service in the Civil war as a member of Company F, Sixteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, completed bis term of enlistment, was honorably discharged, returned home and married, and from then until the close of his life followed farming. From his first farm in Rush county, he moved to Clinton county and from there to Howard county where he bought eighty acres near Kokomo, remaining there until in September, 1881, when he moved back to Rush county and lived here until his death in 1900. He was survived two years by his widow. Of their eight children the following are living : Adda, Omar, Pleasant and Grant. Grant Thomas attended the public schools of Milroy. Coming of agricultural ancestry he naturally inclined to farm life and early began to make his own way by working as a farm hand. Mr. Thomas recalls the fact that for two years he worked steadily on farms for a wage of 75 cents a day and thereby, through thrift and industry, was able to accumulate a substantial addition to his capital that enabled him to purchase the old homestead of thirty-two acres in Anderson township. Since then, by continued industry and good management, he has added to his first body of land until he now owns 137 acres, highly cidtivated and well improved. The Thomas home is a handsome modern residence. Mr. Thomas engages in general farming and raises stock, turning off about seventy-five head of hogs a year. In 1897 he married Edna Innis, daughter of William W. and Laura (Patton) Innis, and they have four children : "William M., Jeanette, Pauline and Robert Patton, all residing at home. In politics Mr. Thomas is a Republican and interests himself to some degree in township affairs. With his family he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church at Milroy.

WILLIAM B. CRANE, one of the men whose ability, industry and good citizenship have added to the character, prosperity and good government of Anderson township and the owner of a large and productive farm property, is a native of that township, born on December 1, 1862, a son of Isaac and Belinda (Camerer) Crane, natives of Rush county. The paternal grandparents of Mr. Crane, William Hayden and Sarah (Selby) Crane, emigrated to Rush county from Kentucky and were numbered among the early settlers of Anderson township, where they rounded out long, useful and honorable lives and died with the respect and esteem of the community. Isaac Crane was reared in Anderson township, and on the completion of a district school education began his activities in the field of agriculture, a vocation to which he devoted his entire life. One year prior to his demise he moved to Milroy, where he passed away in 1895. He was one of the successful farmers of his locality, and became the owner of 269 acres of valuable and productive land, all accumulated through his own exertions. Much of his success was due to his financial ability, and an important feature of his business activities was the loaning of money to the farmers of his locality. Mrs. Belinda Crane died in 1871, having been the mother of seven children, of whom five are now living: Marshall H, of Gowdy; William B., the subject of this review ; George M., of Indianpolis ; Clara, who married Seward Whiteman, and Emma, who married Charles Hasely, of Theodore, Ala. After the death of his first wife, Isaac Crane married Sarah Thomas and had two children, Daisy and Claude R. William B. Crane secured a good mental and general training in his youth, first attending the district schools of Anderson and Orange township and subsequently pursuing a course at the Central Normal School at Danville. For ten winters he was a teacher in the rural schools of Orange and Anderson townships, the summer months being devoted to the duties of the home farm. "When he gave up teaching Mr. Crane concentrated his attention to farming. His independent career was started as a renter, but after one year he bought eighty acres of the farm that is now his home in Anderson township. As the years passed he added to his holdings little by little, and at the present time is the owner of 287 acres of highly cultivated land, furnished with the most modern improvements and a commodious, comfortable and up-to-date home. In addition to carrying on general farming, he feeds out, annually, about forty head of cattle, and from 100 to 200 hogs. Mr. Crane married Martha J. Whiteman, daughter of William and Emma Whiteman, and to this union there have been born three children : Emily, who married A. H. Wimmer and has two children, Robert and John ; Dolph W., who married Lenora LaVelle, and has one child, Mary Martha, and Belinda, who is unmarried and makes her home with her parents. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Milroy, of which Mr. Crane has been a member of the official board for many years. In polities he is a Democrat. Since its organization, in 1904, he has been a member of the board of directors of the Bank of Milroy. He is a well educated and well posted man, fully abreast of the times in all that pertains to agriculture and its most practical development, and takes a keen interest in education, politics, religion and homemaking.

CHARLES L. SMULLEN, M. D., physician and surgeon at Raleigh, is well and favorably known all through this section. Dr. Smullen was born in Fayette county, Indiana, November 20, 1864, a son of John and Elizabeth (McCannl Smullen. John Smullen was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, where his people had settled at an early da.y. For many years he was engaged in the milling business at Connersville, Ind., after which he rented 160 acres of land in Union township, this county, and engaged in farming. He was a man of substantial character and universally respected. He married Elizabeth McCann, who was born in England, and they had seven children. two of whom survive, Richard and Charles L. Doctor Smullen was reared in Fayette county through boyhood, attended Fairview Academy and then pursued his medical studies in the Ohio Medical College and completed the same in the Indiana Medical College. He located first at Fairview where he practiced for several months and then moved to Raleigh. Doctor Smullen is the only medical pr;i"- titioner there and enjoys a professional reputation that covers the vicinity. To some extent he is interested in agriculture in Rush county as he owns a highly productive farm located in Washington township. Doctor Smullen married Mary Higley, who was born in Fayette county. His second marriage was to Bertha M. Bunker, of Los Angeles, Cal., who was born in Rush county and formerly was principal of the Washington township high school. Doctor and Mrs. Smullen have a wide social acquaintance and both are active in promoting the best interests of their county. In politics the Doctor is a Democrat. He is a Knight Templar, a thirty-second degree Mason and Shriner and belongs also to the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias.

HUBERT R. JONES, a well known young farmer of Union township is a member of one of the pioneer families of Rush county, his grandfather, John A. Jones, having been one of the early settlers of Jackson township, he and his family having come here from North Carolina and established their home in the then almost wilderness section in which the family ever since has been represented. Hubert R. Jones was born in Jackson township on April 22, 1883, son of Calvin B. and Minerva (Porter) Jones, the latter of whom also was born in that township, a member of one of the real pioneer families there. Calvin B. Jones, who was a son of the pioneer John A. Jones above mentioned, was but a lad when he came to this county from North Carolina with his parents and he grew to manhood on the farm in Jackson township. For several years after leaving school he spent his winters teaching in the schools of Rush county and was ever interested in public affairs. He served for some time as trustee of Jackson township and then was elected a member of the board of county commissioners from his district and was thus serving at the time the new court house was erected. Calvin B. Jones was the owner of a good farm of 130 acres in Jackson township and his last days were spent in farming. He and his wife were the parents of five children, those besides the subject of this sketch being Frank P., George B., Anna M. and Margaret. Reared on the home farm in Jackson township, Hubert R. Jones received his schooling in the neighborhod schools and remained on the farm assisting his father in the operations of the same until the latter 's death and after that operated the place in his mother's behalf and so continued until her death. In 1914 he bought a tract of sixty acres in Union township and was there engaged in farming for four years at the end of which time he sold that place and bought the ninety-acre tract on which he is now living in that same township, he and his family being very comfortably situated there on rural mail route No. 7 out of Rushville. In 1904 Hubert R. Jones was united in marriage to Edna Fletcher, who was born in Henry county, daughter of Elam Fletcher, and to this union three children have been born, Anna, Margaret and Russell. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the Fairview Christian Church and are Republicans. Mr. Jones is a member of the Masonic lodge at Raleigh.

IRA B. HITE. The third generation of the Hite family to maintain the agricultural and stock raising prestige of Rush county, and to contribute also to the prosperity, well being and advancement of Richland township, is represented by Ira B. Hite, whose home is situated at Clarksburg. He was born in Richland township on July 19, 1868, a son of James D. and Malinda (Patterson) Hite, and a grand- son of Alexander Hite, who was born in Virginia and migrated to Indiana, as a single man in 1823. He worked his way to the possession of 270 acres of good land in Rush county and made his home on his farm here until his retirement to Clarksburg, where he died with the respect and esteem of the entire community. He was the father of thirteen children, among whom was James D. Hite, who was born, reared and educated in Richland township, where he married Malinda Patterson, a native of Kentucky. His education was acquired in one of the first free schools in Richland township, and after completing his studies he worked in association with his father for about two years, following which he was married and at that time purchased his first land, a small tract of twenty acres, which forms a part of the farm now operated by his son. Mr. Hite was a man of industry and ability and during the course of an active career acquired 262 acres, all in Rush and Decatur counties. In 1895 he retired from active pursuits, and from that time until his death lived a quiet life, enjoying the fruits of the years of his early labor. He and his wife were the parents of four children, of whom two survive, Ira B. and "Walter E. Ira B. Hite was given excellent educational advantages in his youth, first attending the schools of Richland township, later the high school at Clarksburg, from which he was graduated with the class of 1887, and then Butler College, where he took a classical course of two years. He followed this by one year at Indiana University, where he studied economics and law, and after leaving college spent two years in reading law at Greensbnrg. With this preparation, Mr. Hite was eminently equipped for a city career, but chose, instead, the environment of the country, and when he entered on his active career it was as a farmer and live stock raiser. Locating on his father's property, he commenced its cultivation, and at this time is operating 125 acres and making a decided success of his activities. He feeds out about 100 head of hogs a year, and in every department of his work uses the most modern and highly approved methods. Mr. Hite married Grace Brandt, daughter of John Brandt, and to this union there have been born two children, J. Virgil and Vera Louise, studious and purposeful young people who are attending school at Clarksburg. Mr. and Mrs. Hite are members of the Christian church. Mr. Hite is well and favorably known in Masonic circles, being past master of his lodge and a Knight Templar, and also is a noble of Murat Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in the latter of which he has passed through the chairs. In politics he is a Democrat.

HENRY HOOTEN, deceased, who long was a representative citizen and substantial farmer of Anderson township, this county, was born on his father's pioneer farm in that township on November 17, 1845. His parents were Jacob and Martha (Henry) Hooten, both of whom were born in Indiana. Jacob Hooten came to Rush county at an early day and entered land in Anderson township, where he developed a farm and on which he reared his family and lived until his death. Henry Hooten had such school privileges as the neighborhood afforded in his youth and remained at home assisting his father iintil his marriage, at which time he moved to a tract of forty acres belonging to his father-in-law, which he operated together with the home place up to the time of his accidental death, August 4, 1879. He was a grain farmer and it was while attending to the threshing of his wheat that the engine in the thresher exploded and Mr. Hooten 's death resulted. He was survived by his wife but by no children. In 1870 he married Jennie Somerville, who was born in Anderson township, in Rush county, daughter of William A. and Eliza (Hood) Somerville, both of whom were born in Fleming county, Kentucky. They were young when they came to Indiana, and they were married in Decatur county, in 1S42. Three children were born to them: Samuel, Jennie and Ira, the only daughter becoming the wife of Henry Hooten. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Somerville came to Rush county and bought land in Anderson township, to which they added until they owned 300 acres all in the same township. In early manhood William A. Somerville had worked as a cabinet maker, but after coming to Anderson township gave himself entirely to agricultural pursuits and prospered as a farmer and stockraiser. His death occurred on August 15, 1909. His wife had passed away on April 4, 1900. Mrs. Hooten still resides in Anderson township, where she owns 141 acres of valuable land. She is widely known and very highly esteemed and for sixty-one years has been a member of the Spring Hill United Presbyterian Church.

MELVIN MILLER is one of the progressive young men of Richland township who is devoting himself to agricultural pursuits instead of leaving the calling of his ancestors for others connected with city life. His success proves that his judgment was excellent when he decided to remain on the farm. He was born in Richland township, May 8, 1899, son of Otis L. and Mary (Smith) Miller, farming people of Richland township, and well-known all over Rush county. Melvin Miller attended the Butler school in Richland township where he acquired a fair knowledge of the fundamentals of an education, and then, upon leaving school, he began farming with his father, with whom he remained until 1920. In that year he secured 216 acres of the Lefforge land and is now engaged in farming it, carrying on general farming and stockraising. He is feeding about seventy-five hogs a year. On September 26, 1918, Melvin Miller married Myrtle Emsweller, daughter of William and Rosa Emsweller, and they have one child, Rosa Mary. While he exercises his right of suffrage and votes the Republican ticket, Mr. Miller has not yet cared to go into politics, preferring to devote all of his time and attention to his private affairs. He is a member of the Hopewell United Brethren Church. It would be difficult to find anywhere in the county a young man who enjoys in a higher degree the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens, and he deserves great credit for the efficient manner in which he is conducting his farm.

LESLIE B. BROWN, one of the successful farmers of Rushville township and a man widely and favorably known throughout Rush county as a good farmer and substantial citizen, was born in Walker township, this county, December 10, 1878, son of James A. and Carrie (Lowden) Brown, natives of Kentucky and Rush county, Indiana, respectively. James A. Brown was a farmer during all of his active years and is now living retired at Milroy. He aud his wife had five children, all of whom are living, namely : Lolah, Jacob, Pearl, Mary and Leslie B. Growing up in his native township, Leslie B. Brown attended the local schools and from an early age made himself useful on the homestead, remaining with his father until his marriage. He then rented 180 aci-es of land in Richland township, and remained on it for eight years, at the end of which time he bought seventy-eight acres in Anderson township. Subsequently he sold that farm, and boxight his present farm of 112 acres in Rushville township, where he is carrying on general farming and also raises a good deal of stock. On October 1, 1905, Mr. Brown married Myrtle Hasty, who was born in this county, daughter of George W. and Sarah J. (Major) Hasty. Mr. Hasty owns a farm of 106 acres in Anderson township. He and his wife have five living children : Charles, Albert, Elizabeth, May and Myrtle. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have two children, Lois, born on July 15, 1907, who is now a student in the Rushville high school, and Donald, born on April 14, 1914, who attends the Circleville school. Mr. Brown is a Republican and is a member of Milroy lodge, No. 654, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.