Rush County, Indiana - The whole text, 1921 (part 2 of 18)

Shelby county, Indiana, and the latter born and reared in Rush county. Thomas J. Addison was a farmer by vocation throughout his active life, mostly confining his operations to Hancock county, though he was the owner of 327 acres of land in Shelby, Rush and Hancock counties. To him and his wife were born five children, all of whom are living, namely: William A., Delphina, Orlando F., Charles T. and Ruth A. Charles T. Addison received his education in Rush county, attending the Clark school. He remained at home, assisting his father in the farm work, until his marriage, when he rented a tract of land from his father and began work on his own account. At the time of his father's death, the subject inherited forty acres of land and he also bought fifty-two acres, giving him a total of ninetytwo acres, all located in Posey township, and to the cultivation of this land he has since devoted his attention, meeting with splendid success. He is progressive and up-to-date in his methods, keeping the place in good repair, and carries on a diversified system of farming, raising the crops common to this locality. He also gives some attention to live stock, raising and marketing about 150 head of hogs annually. On December 12, 1900, Mr. Addison was married to Beulah D. Collins, a native of Rush county, and the daughter of Eli and Nannie May (Beekner) Collins, and to their union have been born three children, Delphina M., Mary M. and Eli F., all of whom are attending the public school at Arlington. Mr. and Mrs. Addison are earnest members of the Friends church at Riverside. Politically, Mr. Addison gives his support to the Democratic party. He takes a keen interest in public affairs and gives his support to every movement for the advancement of the general welfare.

JOHN H. HEEB, of Noble township, is representative of the progressive agricultural element of Rush county. He was born in Fayette county, Indiana, April 19, 1863, a son of Philip P. and Julia A. (Thompson) Heeb, the latter a native of Rush county. Philip P. Heeb was born in Germany and was a child of seven years when brought to the United States, the family coming on out to Indiana and first settling in Franklin county. There the youth acquired his educational training in the country schools, but when he was fourteen years of age removed to the home of his brother-in-law at Orange. While residing there he became apprentice to the trade of wagon and buggy making, after mastering which he followed that vocation for a number of years. Later he turned his attention to farming near Glenwood, in Noble township, where he purchased 150 acres, and continued to carry operations thereon until his death in 1904. He was a man of industry and good judgment, and a citizen who had the respect and esteem of those among whom he spent his life. He and his worthy wife, who was a native of Rush county, were the parents of three children: John H., Walter S. and Elizabeth Mertie, who married Oscar Churchill, who is deceased. John H. Heeb acquired his educational training in the public schools of Orange, lnd., and Noble township, and on leaving school applied himself to learning all the particulars of the business of farming, under the able direction of his father. He remained with the elder man until the time of his marriage, when he embarked upon operations on his own account, taking over the ownership, with his wife, of his present farm of sixty-five acres, located in Noble township. Mr. Heeb is a general farmer and a grower of live stock, in both of which departments he has made a success. On December 22, 1886, he was united in mar riage to Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac J. and Elizabeth (Gregg) Harrell, and to this union there have been born three children: Bon W., who married Lula Pullman and has three children, Newell W., Mary Elizabeth and Helen B. ; Earl, who married Olive Stevens and has one child, Ruth Lorene, and Hazel T., who married Ed. P. Moore and has one child, "William Wallace. Mrs. Heeb was born on the property on which she is now making her home, her parents being respectively natives of Harrison, Ind., and Rush comity. Isaac J. Harrell came to Rush county in young manhood and engaged in farming, and here resided the rest of his life. He married Elizabeth Gregg, daughter of Judge John Gregg, who came to Rush county at an early day from Kentucky and entered land in Noble township from the Government, on which he erected a log cabin. He became widely and favorably known as a man of influence in his community. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Harrell, Elizabeth and George. Mr. Heeb is a Democrat, but is not a politician. He and his wife are generous supporters af various movements, educational, religious and civic, and are held in high esteem in the community in which they have spent so many years.

LINCOLN GUPFIN, proprietor of the Guffin Dry Goods Company's Store at Rushville, and one of that city's popular and progressive business men, is a native of Rush county, having been born in Noble township, September 23, 1864, a son of Andrew and Clara (Brooks) Guffin, both of Rush county. Andrew Guffin spent his entire life in the county, owning 300 acres of land in Noble township, and was recognized as one of the shrewd and able agriculturists of the community until the time of his death in 1903. He and his wife reared a family of nine children: Alice, who married Dr. W. T. Cooper; 0. F., Lincoln, Nellie, who married 0. J. Myers; Lucy, who married Alonzo Keisling; Andrew, Claude, Maude, who married John K. Stiers, and Theodosia, who married Claude B. Hunt. Lincoln Guffin was educated in the common schools of the county and at- Little Flat Rock Seminary, from which he was graduated in 1884. Thereafter he taught school and assisted his father about the farm. teaching for three years at the Hinchman school and then at New Salem. lie then gave up the profession of educator in favor of farming, continuing on the land until the spring of 1893, when he removed to Rushville, being first employed as a clerk by William Bliss. After one year in this position, he clerked for six years for Frank Wilson, leaving him to go into partnership in the clothing business with W. G. Mulno. He continued successfully in this business for eleven years and then sold out his interests to Mr. Mulno to open up his present dry goods establishment with his sister-in-law as his able assistant. Mr. Cuff in says that the present volume of his business is largely due t<> her ability as a business woman and dry goods specialist. Mr. Guffin was married on November 20, 1890, to Nettie Myers, a daughter of John S. and Mary (Holman) Myers, and it was after her death in March, 1893, that he moved to Rushville. He was married to Leora Truster on November 29, 1896. Both Mr. and Mrs. Guffin are devout members of the Christian church, in which Mr. Guffin was at one time a deacon and also an elder, as well as chairman of the official board. Mr. Guffin has the distinction of being the first president of the Rush County Chautauqua, which ranks second only to that at Winona. Fraternally he is Mason and a Knight of Pythias, and in his political views, holds to the principles of the Republican party.

CHARLEY DAVIS, a substantial farmer of Anderson township, now living at Milroy, to which pleasant village he moved upon retiring from the active labor of the farm a year or two ago, who for the past ten years has rendered efficient public service as a member of the county council and in other ways has manifested his intelligent interest in public affairs, has been a resident of Rush county all his life and is warmly devoted to the county's best interests. Mr. Davis was born on a farm and has been a farmer all his life, having during the active period of his career as an agriculturist developed an excellent piece of property and has also gained something more than a local reputation as a breeder of live stock. He was born in Anderson township on November 29, 1875, son of Samuel H. and Mary E. (Henry) Davis, both of whom were natives of Kentucky, the parents of seven children, six of whom are still living, those besides the subject of this sketch being J. Henry, Robert S., Elizabeth, John S. and May Davis. Reared on the home farm, Charley Davis completed his schooling at Richland and from the days of his boyhood was engaged in the work of the farm and thus grew up to be an excellent farmer under the careful direction of his father. Upon starting out "for himself" he bought a tract of 120 acres of the home place and there established his home. In addition to his general farming Mr. Davis gave considerable attention to the raising of live stock and has been accustomed to feed out about 300 head of hogs a year and a car load of cattle. His affairs prospered and in 1918 he bought an additional tract of 160 acres of the old home place and thus has now a farm of 280 acres and one of the best equipped farm plants in that part of the county. In December, 1919, Mr. Davis moved from the farm to Milroy, at which place he some time before had bought a house pleasantly situated and he and his family are now living there, though he continues to give his farm a proper measure of his personal attention, keeping a close supervisory eye over the operation of the same. Mr. Davis is an ardent Republican and has for years given his thoughtful attention to local public affairs. In 1910 he was elected a member of the county council from his district and has since been retained in that office, to th« discharge of the important duties of which he has given his most earnest attention, and is thus widely and popularly known throughnut the county. On December 17, 1902, Charley Davis was united in marriage to Mildred B. Meek, who was born in Decatur county.

daughter of John T. and Florence Eugenia (Bonner) Meek, natives of Kentucky, and to this union one child has been born, a daughter, Florence Louise. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are members of the Methodist church and have ever given their interested attention to church affairs as well as to the general social affairs of their home neighborhood, helpful in promoting all causes having to do with the advancement of the common good hereabout. Mr. Davis is a thirty-second degree Mason, affiliated with the local blue lodge and with the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Indianapolis, and is likewise a Noble of the Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, affiliated with Murat Temple at Indianapolis. He also is a member of the Rushville lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and in the affairs of these several fraternal organizations takes a warm interest.

J. M. AMOS was born on the farm upon which he now lives in Noble township, March 4, 1854, and has ever maintained the standards there set in their respective generations by his father and his grandfather, thus projecting the usefulness of his family into a later and more progressive period. Mr. Amos is a grandson of Joseph J. Amos, who came to Rush county about 1822 and entered land near where Milroy came to be located, proved up on it and then returned to his native Kentucky, where he engaged in the mercantile business at Ruddles Mills. A strong anti-slavery man, in 1842 he decided to leave a community which countenanced the purchase and sale of human beings, and accordingly returned to Indiana and settled in Rush county, purchasing the farm in Noble township that is now the property of his grandson, on which he lived until his death in 1S90, when he was eighty-six years of age. Through business ability, wise investment and a shrewd appreciation of values, he became one of the leading landholders in the county, and at one time owned 2,200 acres. A man of education, he gave thought and study to the serious things of life, and was one of the active members and liberal supporters of the Methodist Protestant clrareh, and assisted to build several houses of worship of that denomination in this community. He was likewise a great friend of education and endowed a chair at Adrian (Mich.) Normal School, for $22,500. Mr. Amos was the father of four children: Johanan, Van Buren, Aeretta and Mary. J. Amos, father of J M. Amos, was about fifteen years of age when brought from his native Bourbon county, Kentucky, to Rush county, in 1842, and here he completed his schooling in the district schools. As a young man he engaged in farming, but was more interested in trading and gradually developed into one of the leading traders in mules in the county, particularly during the Civil war. With a promising career before him, he was called by death when still a comparatively young man. in his thirty-seventh year, January 16, 1864. Mr. Amos married Amanda Hildreth, also a native of Bourbon county. Kentucky, and they became the parents of five children: laffard Kossuth, Johanan Mazzini, Willard Hildreth, Anna

Rebecca and Joseph J. J. M. Amos received his education in the district schools of Noble township, after leaving which he took up farming on the home place, where he has always resided and operated as a general farmer and grower of live stock. He is now the owner of 606 acres, in Rushville and Noble townships, the improvements on which are all of his own building. He and his son, William, who is his associate, feed about 700 hogs annually, and raise about 200 acres of com and 175 acres of wheat. His modern improvements include three sets of buildings and the latest and most highly approved machinery of every kind. During the heyday of horseracing in this country, Mr. Amos gained much more than a local reputation as a breeder of fast horses, and bred and owned thirty horses that had a record of better than 2 :30. Among these was "Legal Tender," a pacer, 2:27, and sire of "Alhambra," 2:08*4, the fastest horse ever bred in Rush county, which paced a quarter of a mile in 27 seconds. Mr. Amos is one of the liberalminded and progressive men of his community, has various other interests aside from his farm, and is a director of the Co-operative Telephone Company, of Rushville, and of the Rushville National Bank. He is a Republican, and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has always demonstrated his willingness to discharge the duties of good citizenship and for three years served in the capacity of county ditch commissioner. On December 23, 1873, Mr. Amos married Estella J. Poston, daughter of George W. and Nancy (McNeal) Poston, and to this union there have been born five children: William M., who married Mildred Moore and has four children, Elizabeth, Anna Louise, Robert and Margaret; Ethel, who married George Nicoll and has two children, David Amos and William ; Luella, who married Albert Capp and has two children, Ellen and Fred; Georgia, who married George Donley, and Clorine, who married J. Kennard Allen.

R. O. KENNEDY, M. D., although one of the latest additions to the medical fraternity of Rushville, has already made remarkable progress in gaining the confidence and support of the citizens of the community. He was born March 28, 1879, in Hendricks county, Indiana, on a farm south of Lizton, the son of R. E. and Susan (Overstreet) Kennedy, the former of near Paris, Ky., the latter of Hendricks county. R. E. Kennedy moved to Hendricks county when he was four years old with his parents. There he received his education in the public schools and grew to manhood. For his entire active life he followed agricultural sursuits, moving to Lizton when he retired. Jacob Kennedy, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was one of the pioneers of Hendricks county and became known as a prominent nursery man and breeder of thoroughbred Berkshire hogs, Shropshire sheep, and Percheron horses. R. E. Kennedy and wife were the parents of three children: Elmer W., R. O., and Vangie. Dr. R. O. Kennedy attended the public schools of Hendricks county and was graduated with the first class to receive diplomas from the Lizton high school. He then took up the profes- sion of teaching, continuing in it for nine years and augmenting his learning by attendance at the Central Normal School at Danville, Ind., and the Indiana State Normal at Terre Haute. However, after mature reflection and careful observation, he decided upon a career as a doctor of medicine, toward which he had always felt an attraction. Accordingly he attended Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis where he found his long years of teaching and study a decided advantage. He was graduated in 1913 with his M. D. degree, and immediately thereafter located in the town of Milroy, this county. During the seven years of his practice there he made a host of warm friends, who had every confidence in his ability. Believing that Rushville presents a larger field for his endeavors, Doctor Kennedy moved to the latter place in May, 1920, and has established himself in an increasingly more profitable practice. He married Pearl Edith Thompson, a daughter of A. M. and Amanda Thompson, and they are the parents of one child, a daughter, Rowena Winnifred. Doctor Kennedy is a worker in the Christian church, and politically is found in the ranks of the Republican party. He is also well known in fraternal and professional organizations, being a member of Masonic bodies up to and including the Scottish Rite and Shrine. He also is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Knights of Pythias. He is affiliated with the American; state and county medical association.

HORRIE BROOKS, a well known agriculturist, of Noble township, is occupying the same property which was the scene of his birth. Mr. Brooks, however, has not spent his entire life on this farm, as his career has been a somewhat varied one and his experiences have taken him to various parts of the state. He was born on June 10, 1874, a son of James and Frances (Stevens) Brooks. James Brooks was born in Adams county, Ohio, where he grew to manhood and during the Civil war enlisted in the Sixty-second regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. At the close of that struggle he migrated to Indiana and engaged in farming in Noble township, this county, on the farm a part of which is now owned by his son. After spending a number of years in this locality he removed to Union township, where he rented a farm, and there continued his operations until he retired from active life, since when he has lived quietly at Rushville. Mr. Brooks married Frances Stevens, who was born in Rush county, a daughter of A. J. and Mary (Gregg) Stevens, natives of Noble township and members of early families of this locality. This is said to be the oldest homestead in Noble township, the land having been entered by John Gregg, who came hither from Bracken county, Kentucky, as early as 1821, and entered a large tract of land, to which he added from time to time, at his death being the possessor of 1,300 acres, which he devoted to general farming and the raising of live stock. On this land, in 1826, he erected the old home that is still standing, in which was born Mary (Gregg) Stevens, the maternal grandmother of Horrie Brooks, and in which Mr. Brooks, who was also born here, now lives. Three children were born to James and Frances Brooks, Horrie, Charles and one who died in infancy.

Horrie Brooks received his education hi the public schools of Noblf and Union townships, and upon leaving school took up farming. Later he became interested in racing horses and for a time operated a racing stable and entered his horses in various meets all over the state, the star of his performers being "John D.", with a record of 2 -.O^y^. Later he trained race horses at Rushville and for six years had charge of a stock farm and racing barn at Clinton, Indiana. About 1916 Mr. Brooks retired from the racing game and returned to the more prosaie business of farming, after three years spent at Indianapolis. He is the owner of a property consisting of fifty acres, and is renting sufficient land to make his operations cover activities on 100 acres, which he is devoting to general farming and stock raising. He is capable, energetic and entirely trustworthy and therefore forms a useful and honorable factor in the life of his community. Mr. Brooks was united in marriage in 1905 to Mrs. Ella N. (Templeton) Shaw, daughter of James W. and Prances (Stout) Templeton. They have no children. Mrs. Brooks was born in Shelby county, Indiana. Her father was born in Franklin county and her mother in Decatur county, this state. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Templeton resided for a time in Shelby county, but later removed to Decatur county, where Mr. Templeton died in 1901. His widow still survives him and is a resident of Indianapolis. They had five children : Flora, Mrs. Brooks, Harry, Grace and Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks are members of the Christian church at Rushville. In politics he is a stalwart supporter of the Republican party.

CHARLES A. FRAZEE, treasurer of Rush county and former postmaster of Rushville, former chairman of the Rush county Republican central committee and for many years actively identified with civic affairs in this county, one of the best known public men in the Sixth district, was born in Rush county and has lived here all his life. He was born on a farm in Rushville township on December 11, 1875, son of Aaron and Sarah (Brooks) Frazee, natives of the state of Kentucky, whose last days were spent in this county. Aaron Frazee came from Kentucky to Indiana in the days of his young manhood and bought a farm in Noble township, this county, where, after his marriage, he established his home. Some time later, however, he sold that place and bought a farm in Rushville township which he developed into a fine piece of property and on which he spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring there on May 1, 1896. His widow survived him more than two years, her death occurring on August 23, 1898. Aaron Frazee and wife were the parents of four children, those besides the subject of this sketch being Ora, wife of W. W. "Wilson, William M. Frazee and Mrs. Myrtle Bonner, the latter a resident of Greensburg, this state. Charles A. Frazee was reared on the home farm and finished his schooling in the Rushville high school. As a young man he continued on the farm assisting his father in the operation of the same until the latter 's death and for about ten years thereafter continued in active management of the same. In February, 1909, Mr. Frazee received from President Roosevelt the appointment as postmaster of Rushville and continued to serve the public in that important capacity until the expiration of his commission in 1913, after which he was appointed deputy county treasurer. For four years he served in that capacity and then in 1918 was elected county treasurer, leading the county ticket in that election. Mr. Frazee is an ardent Republican and has for years been recognized as among the leaders of that party in this part of the state. From 1903 to 1909, thus serving three terms, he served his party as chairman of the county central committee and in that capacity did much to strengthen and solidify the party's interests in this county, his appointment as postmaster in the latter year and his subsequent election to the office of county treasurer having been property regarded in the community as but fitting rewards for the effective service rendered in behalf of the committee and the party at large. On August 24, 1899, Charles A. Frazee was united in marriage to Georgia McBride. daughter of William and Sarah McBride, and to this union has been born one child, a daughter, Helen K. The Frazees have a pleasant home in Rushville and have ever taken an interested part in the city's general social activities and have been helpful in promoting movements looking to the common good. Mr. Frazee is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the local lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons at Rushville, affiliated with the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. Valley of Indianapolis; is a noble of the Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, affiliated with Murat Temple at Indianapolis, and a member of the Rushville lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

CHARLES BENNING, a retired farmer of this county, now living at Milroy, where he has quite a snug piece of property adjoining his home, was born in the neighboring county of Franklin but has - been a resident of Rush county since he was twenty years of age, and thus, of course, has long felt "perfectly at home" here. He was born on January 14, 1864, son of Charles and Catherine (Brinkman) Benning, both of whom were born in Germany but who had come to this country with their respective parents in the days of their childhood, both the Benning and the Brinkman families coming out into Indiana and settling in Franklin county where they established their permanent homes and where both families are still represented. The senior Charles Benning grew to manhood on a farm in Franklin county and after his marriage to Catherine Brinkman became engaged in farming on his own account and in time became the owner of a fine farm of 160 acres on which he spent his last days. He and his wife were the parents of eight children, of whom three are still living, the subject of this sketch having a brother, John, and a sister, Catherine. Reared on the home farm in Franklin county, Charles Benning, Jr., received his schooling in the schools of his home neighborhood and was from boyhood trained to the ways of the farm. In 1884 he came over into Rush county and was here engaged in farm work until his marriage in 1892 when he rented a farm in Orange township and began operations "on his own." For fifteen years he continued as a renter and then bought a small tract of fifteen acres, to which in the same year he added an adjoining tract of sixty acres, and continued to farm there for several years, at the end of which time he sold that place and a year later bought a farm of forty-nine acres in Rushville township, on which latter place he continued to make his home until he sold it and in 1919 moved to Milroy, where he bought a home and eight lots adjacent, thus giving him ample garden space, and has since resided there, he and his wife being fixed very comfortably. They are members of the Methodist church and have ever taken an interested part in church work. Mr. Benning is a Democrat, but has never taken a particularly active part in political affairs. It was on August 18, 1892, that Charles Benning was united in marriage to Ella Campbell, who was born in the adjoining county of Shelby, daughter of William and Sarah (Land) Campbell, both of whom were born in Jefferson county, this state; members of pioneer families there. William Campbell and his wife moved from Jefferson to Shelby county shortly after their marriage and located on a farm, where Mr. Campbell continued engaged in farming until after his wife's death when he sold his farm and returned to Jefferson county. They were the parents of seven children, those besides Mrs. Benning being John, William, Morton, Robert, Ida and Bertha.

JESSE A. LEISURE, who occupied a prominent place in the esteem of the people of his section of the county, not only because of his business success, but because of his sterling qualities of character, is a worthy representative of one of the excellent old families of the county, members of which have figured more or less prominently in the affairs of the community, and this review of his career in connection with other representative citizens of Rush county therefore is timely. Jesse A. Leisure is a native son of Rush county, having been born in Ripley township on December 29, 1858. He is the son of John and Jane (Green) Leisure, both of whom also were born and reared in Rush county, the father in Posey township and the mother in Ripley township. John Leisure followed farming throughout his active life and was successful in his business affairs, becoming the owner of 1,120 acres of land in Ripley township. To him and his wife were born four children, of whom three are living, namely, Sarah L., Cora A. and Jesse A. The subject received his educational training in the Ernest school in Ripley township, and after finishing his studies he went to work for his father on the home farm. Two years later he was married and then began farming on his own account. Going to Jackson township, he bought 160 acres of land, which he operated for four years, and then sold that and moved to his present location in that same township, buying 330 acres. Persistent industry and good management characterized his efforts and as he prospered he increased his land holdings until he became the owner of 1,400 acres of excellent farm land. However, he has since given 460 acres of land to his two sons, so that his present holdings amount to 940 acres. Mr. Leisure cultivates practically the entire place, carrying on a general line of farming, and in connection he raises considerable live stock, marketing about 500 head of hogs and about 100 head of cattle each year. The improvements on his farm are all of a permanent, substantial and attractive character, the general appearance of the place indicating the owner to be a man of good taste and sound judgment. On October 20, 1881, Jesse A. Leisure was married to Hannah J. Gilson, a native of Center township, Rush county, and the daughter of John M. and Sophrona (Fry) Gilson, both of whom also were born and reared in Rush county, Mr. Gilson having been a successful farmer in Center township. Mr. and Mrs. Leisure have two children, Harry R. and Orville G. Harry R. Leisure, who is engaged in farming in Ripley township, married Effie Linville and to them have been born six children, of whom four are living, Mabel M., George, Harry, Jr., and Eugene. Orville G. Leisure, who farms in Jackson township, married Mabel Linville, and of the three children born to them, two are living, Jesse S. and Edith L. Politically, Mr. Leisure has always been a stanch supporter of the Democratic party and has taken a keen and intelligent interest in public affairs, especially as relating to his own county and community, invariably giving his earnest support to every movement for the advancement of the general welfare. He is an active member of the Church of Christ at Little Blue River and has been an elder in this church for twenty-five years. He is counted one of the leaders in thought and action in his community and enjoys to a marked degree the confidence and respect of all who know him.

FLOYD H. MINER, superintendent of the township school at Manilla, has been engaged in educational work since the outset of his career, and during the comparatively short period of his allegiance to his profession has made rapid strides toward high preferment. He is a native of Rush county, born on a farm in Ripley township. May 17, 1890, a son of Edward N. and Mary E. (Hill)' Miner, the former a native of the neighboring county of Hancock and the latter of Rush county. Edward N. Miner is a carpenter by trade and has followed that vocation during the greater part of his life, although he has given some attention to farming in Ripley township. He and his wife reside in Carthage. They have two children, the subject of this sketch having a sister, Florence F., a graduate of the high school at Carthage. Floyd H. Miner attended the high school at Carthage and early evidenced inclinations toward a career as an educator. He was but eighteen years of age when he began teaching in Ripley township. After three years of teaching there he decided he needed further preparation and accordingly pursued a course at the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute, where he received his degree of Bachelor of Arts. He later became principal of the high school at French Lick, Indiana, a position which he held during 1914 and 1915. His next location was at Hackensack, N. J., where he taught in the junior high school for two years. While in Hackensack, he spent a year in Columbia University doing special work in educa- tion. In the fall of 1917 he returned to Indiana and became superintendent of schools at West Baden, where he remained three years. In the fall of 1920 Mr. Miner came to Manilla, as superintendent of the township school, having about 140 pupils and nine teachers under his superintendency. Mr. Miner has been very successful in his chosen calling. Aside from his instructive ability, and the executive capacity necessary for the management of his charges, he possesses the ability to secure and hold the good will of pupils and parents. He is constantly striving to further prepare himself for valuable work in his profession, and is a close and careful student and a lover of literature of the best kind. He holds membership in the Forum Society of the State Normal School, and is a thirty-second degree Mason, belonging to the Blue lodge at French Lick and the Scottish Rite at Indianapolis. Following in the footsteps of his mother, he belongs to the Society of Friends. On August 30, 1919, Mr. Miner was united in marriage to Mary A. Alexander, who was born in Fountain county, Indiana, but was reared and educated in Montgomery county, this state. Mrs. Miner is a graduate of the high school at New Market, Indiana, and attended the State Normal School at Terre Haute, and Mrs. Blaker's Teachers' College at Indianapolis. She is a daughter of Daniel A. and Josephine Alexander, farming people of Montgomery county, where Mr. Alexander is still the owner of a valuable property. Mrs. Miner has a younger sister, Nioma. To Mr. and Mrs. Miner there has come one child : Rosemary, born on September 12, 1920.

WILLIAM H. GLENDENNING, a well-known farmer and representative citizen of Posey township, was born in that township on November 16, 1890, and is the son of George W. and Margaret F. (Powell) Glendenning. He attended school in districts Nos. 1 and 6 and also received three years of high school work in the Arlington school. On leaving school Mr. Glendenning devoted himself to the work of the home farm, working for his father until the latter \s death, and then continuing for his mother about three years. Since then he has been operating the home farm as a renter and has met with a gratifying measure of success. The farm comprises 343 acres of land, all located in Posey township, and there the subject is carrying on general farming, raising all the crops common to this section of the country, and also giving some attention to live stock, handling about 150 head of hogs each year. The place is well improved and ranks among the best farms of Posey township. On June 12, 1917, Mr. Glendenning was married to Beulah Metsker, who was born in the state of California, but was educated in Benton county, Indiana. She is a daughter of Luther and Emma (Bowman) Metsker, both of whom were born and reared in - Warren county, Indiana, where the father followed the vocation of farming. Luther Metsker and wife were the parents of six children, all of whom are living, namely: Mary, Robert, Beulah, Arnett, Lena and Lucile. To Mr. and Mrs. Glendenning have been born two children, Lloyd V., born on May 23, 1918, and Georgia, who died in infancy. Mr. Glendenning has been a staunch and life-long supporter of the

Republican party and is now serving a term as a member of the county council. He and his wife are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Arlington.

WILLIAM CURTIS GEISE, a substantial grain grower and live stock dealer, of Noble township, was born in Payette county, this state, December 15, 1882, a son of Henry and Frances (Breitenbauch) Geise. Henry Geise was born in Pennsylvania and was a small child when brought by his parents from the Keystone state to Indiana, the family settling in Payette county, where he was given a public school education. Reared to agricultural pursuits, on reaching years of manhood he adopted the tilling of the soil as his life work and engaged therein in Fayette county until 1894, in that year renting a farm in Union township, Rush county. This property he farmed until 1908, when he moved back to Fayette county and purchased a tract of 120 acres, on which he is still carrying on successful operations as a general farmer and grower of live stock. He and his worthy wife, a native of Fayette county, have been the parents of sixteen children, of whom thirteen survive: Edward. Joseph, Mollie, John, Stella, William Curtis, Quincy, Cleve, Vina, Emma, Hazel, Ben and Bernice. William Curtis Geise received hi3 educational training in the public schools of Payette and Rush counties, and when ready to embark upon his career engaged in farming in association with his father. This connection continued to be maintained until Mr. Geise was married, at which time he rented the place on which he is now living, and there has developed a handsome property. His operations have extended somewhat since the early days of his experience and at this time he is renting 145 acres, in addition to which he operates also 143 acres belonging to him, and all of it is under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Geise operates his property according to the latest approved methods of agricultural science, and is practical, efficient and thorough. He has eighty acres in corn and fifty acres in wheat, and feeds out on an average of 200 hogs each year. Mr. Geise has large and substantial buildings, and makes use of the latest equipment and machinery. In 1906 Mr. Geise was united in marriage to Ethel Wilson, daughter of John and Nora Wilson, and to this union there have been born five children. Esther, Ruth, Richard, Harlan and Betty. Mr. and Mrs. Geise are members of the Little Flat Rock Christian Church, in the faith of which the children are being reared. In his political allegiance Mr. Geise is a Democrat.

ROY WAGGENER, who is discharging with marked ability the multifarious duties connected with his important position as secretary, treasurer and manager of the Park Furniture Manufacturing Company of Rushville, was born in Franklin, Ind., March 14, 1881, the son of Robert and Nancy (Yelton) Waggener. Robert Waggener was a prosperous contractor of Franklin, doing a general business in that line as well as being proprietor of a planing mill and lumber yard. Roy Waggener received his earlier education in the common and high schools of Franklin, after completing which he attended Franklin College. Upon leaving scholastic halls behind him, he began working for the Greer Wilkinson Lumber Company of Franklin, remaining with them off and on for six years. His initial association with this firm was in the capacity of a machine hand, as he wished to learn all phases of the business. His advancement was rapid, and when he severed connections with the company he was serving it as manager of the mill department. Then, in 1908, he came to Rushville, accepting the position of superintendent of the J. D. Case planing mill, remaining with this firm until January, 1919, when he became secretary, treasurer and general manager of the Park Furniture Manufacturing Company, and although he has met with many serious and difficult problems on account of the post-war unsettled conditions of all business, he has successfully overcome them all. Mr. Waggener married Edith Mullendore and three children have been born to their union, Mary Elizabeth, Roy, Jr., and Nancy Jane. Mr. "Waggener is a communicant of the Baptist church, and politically is known as a strong Republican. In fraternal circles he is a Knight Templar Mason and holds membership in the Rotary Club.

WILLIAM J. HENLEY, former judge of the Appellate Court of Indiana and for many years a member of the bar of the Rush Circuit Court, now living at his old home at Carthage, this county, where he is the owner of valuable farming property, was born at Carthage on October 15, 1S64, a son of Thc.nas W and Hannah C. (Williams) Henley, natives of Greensboro, N. C. Elias Henley, father of Thomas W. Henley, was born in North Carolina and in 1827 brought his family to Indiana, settling on a part of the property on which his grandson, Judge Henley, now makes his home. He followed farming and was a man of influence in his community. Thomas W. Henley was a child when brought by his parents to Rush county, where his subsequent career was passed as a tiller of the soil. He was successful in his operations and at the time of his death was the owner of 600 acres of valuable land. He and his wife were the parents of six children, R. Edgar, Abbie J., Eunice, William J., Annie W. and Thomas B. (deceased). William J. Henley received his early schooling in the schools of Carthage, and after his graduation from the high school with the class of 1881 decided upon a career in the law. Accordingly, for two years he read law in the office of Mellete & Bundy, at New Castle, Ind., and when about twenty years of age went to Rushville, where he served for one year as deputy clerk of the court. At the age of twenty-one he formed a law partnership with Ben L. Smith, at Rushville, the firm being known as Smith & Henley. This association was dissolved after several years and Mr. Henley formed a connection with Lot E. Griffin, as Henley & Griffin. In 1896 Mr. Henley was elected to the office of Judge of the Indiana State Court of Appeals, representing the First district, the youngest man ever elected to that high office. After serving eight years on the bench. Judge Henley resigned, although he had been elected for a third term. In 1903 Judge Henley accepted the position of president and general counsel of the Chicago & Western Indiana railroad and retained that post for nine years, following which he went to Indianapolis and became a member of the law firm of Henley, Fenton & Joseph. He remained with this concern until 1917, when, acting upon the advice of his physician, he retired to the farm upon which he now makes his home at the southwest edge of Carthage. Judge Henley is a Republican and is a birthright member of the Carthage Meeting of Friends. He is a member of Phoenix Lodge, No. 62, Free and Accepted Masons, of Rushville, and Rushville Lodge No. 1307, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 1912 Judge Henley was united in marriage to Myrtle Robinson, who was born at Marion, Indiana, daughter of William A. and Anna Robinson, and to this union there has come one child, Mary Elizabeth, born on November 6, 1913. By a former marriage Judge Henley has three children : Mrs. Gladys Mauzy, of Rushville ; William J., Jr., and June.

WILLIAM SEWARD WHITEMAN, a well known retired farmer of this county, now living at Milroy, where he has made his home for nearly twenty years past, was born in that part of Rush county, a member of one of the pioneer families thereabout, and has been a resident of this county all his life. The Whitemans have been residents of this county for more than a century, the first of the name to settle here having been Jacob and Mary Whiteman, who came over here from Ohio in 1819 and established their home on a tract of "Congress land" two miles southwest of where the village of Milroy presently began to have its being, and were thus among the real pioneers of this region, that having been in the days before Rush county had a separate civic identity. Jacob Whiteman was a Pennsylvanian and his wife was a native of South Carolina. They developed a farm out of the wilderness in which they had settled and there spent their last days, the results of their labors persisting in the present generation, and the land which they entered from the Government still is in the possession of the family. One of their sons, William Whiteman, eventually came into possession of the quarter section tract and on that place, on which he was born, hespent all his life, living to the ripe old age of eighty years. William Whiteman was born on June .">, 1829. He married Emily Warriner, who also was born in Indiana, and established his home on the old home place, later increasing his land holdings to 188 acres. He and his wife were the parents of six children : Clara, who married Daniel Power; Horace G. ; William S., the subject of this sketch, and Mary, Martha and Emma. William S. Whiteman was born on June 5, 1862, on the place which his grandparents had entered from the government and there grew to manhood, receiving his schooling in the schools of that neighborhood, and continued farming with his father until after his marriage in 1886 when he rented a farm in Orange township and began operations for himself. Four years later he returned to Anderson township and bought a farm of eighty acres a mile and a half west of Milroy on which he established his home. He developed this place in excellent shape and as his affairs prospered added to his holdings until he became the owner of 188 acres which he still holds. There he remained until 1902 when he retired from the active labors of the farm and moved to Milroy, where he is still living, continuing, however, to give pretty close supervisory attention to the affairs of the farm. It Avas on September 9, 1886, that William Seward Whiteman was united in marriage to Clara Crane, who also was born in this county, daughter of Isaac and Belinda (Camerer) Crane, and to this union one child was born, a daughter, Nellie, who married Faud E. Harcourt and who died on April 12, 1915, leaving a little daughter, Lois Catherine. Mr. and Mrs. Whiteman have a pleasant home at Milroy and have ever taken an interested part in the general social affairs of their home community. They are members of the Methodist church and for some years Mr. Whiteman has been a member of the board of trustees of the church. In his political views Mr. Whiteman is a Republican, as was his father, and has ever given a good citizen's attention to local civic affairs, but has not been a seeker after office. He is a Mason, a member of the local blue lodge, and takes a proper interest in the affairs of that ancient fraternal organization.

FREDERICK KESSLER, a retired farmer and substantial citizen of Walker township, was born in Germany, March 29, 1850, a son of Frederick and Barbara (Nicholas) Kessler. They had eleven children, the two survivors of the family being Mike and Frederick. The parents spent their lives in Germany where the father followed the wagon-making trade. Frederick Kessler, the younger, remained in his native land until he was twenty years old, going to school in boyhood and later helping his father. He was determined, however, to emigrate to the United States and took advantage of the first opportunity that came his way to secure passage across the Atlantic. After being safely landed in the port of New York, he made his way to Shelbj-ville, Ind., where an acquaintance by the name of John Leafes was established in the drug business, with whom he remained for seven weeks, going then to Cincinnati, where he secured a position in a bakery and remained there eight months. At this time sickness fell upon him and he returned to his friend in Shelbyville. When ready to begin work again, he went on a farm and for the next four years worked as a farm hand for Andrew Kuhn and later for Daniel Kuhn. In 1876 he married and began farming on his own account and for the next sixteen years rented land in Rush county, then bought his first piece, a tract of eight acres. This was his beginning in the acquirement of a large and valuable estate, Mr. Kessler now owning 450 acres of land all in one body. For many years he carried on general farming and stockraising, each year feeding two car loads of hogs. When he felt ready to retire from active work on the farm lie found no difficulty as he has strong, sturdy and capable sons who are now very successfully carrying on the various industries, April 12, 1876, Frederick Kessler married Elizabeth Hatchel, who was born in Germany, daughter of Christian and Salome (Bair) Hatchel, and who died on July 8, 1912. Mr. Kessler and his wife bad eleven children, nine of whom are living: Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, < arrie, John, Jacob, Edward, Frank, Michael, Frederick and William.

Elizabeth married Gary McKay, a farmer in Rush county, and they have four children, Mary, Nella, Dorothy and Thelma. Carrie, who died on October 12, 1918, was the wife of Walter Melser, a farmer in Rush county, and left two children, Mary and Robert. John, who is a farmer in Rush county, married Berta Bebout, who died August 8, 1917, leaving two sons, Harold and Herman, the latter of whom died February 10, 1918. Edward, who is a farmer in Walker township, Rush county, married Nora Thebold. and they have one son, Raymond. Frank, who is also a farmer in Walker township, married Laura Shower, and they have one child, Masella A. William, who is a farmer in Decatur county, married a Miss Melser. Frederick, the youngest of the family, was an overseas soldier in the World war, a member of the second company in the sixth provisional advance department, when he was stricken with influenza and died from this malady, far from home and kindred. He was a member of the Red Men. Mr. Kessler is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Manilla. In politics he is a Republican and has always been a useful citizen, well known over the county and a member of the Masonic lodge at Manilla.

OSCAR APPLEGATE, a well-known farmer and stock raiser of Noble township, is numbered among the substantial citizens of his section of the county. Mr. Applegate was born on November 27, 1852, on the farm where he now lives, and he is a son of John and Ann (Kerr) Applegate, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Fayette county, Indiana. John Applegate was brought by his parents to Fayette county, Indiana, in his boyhood and there he remained until 1845, when he came to Rush county, locating on the farm now occupied by the subject of this sketch. Here, in addition to farming the land, he followed his trade, that of a wagon, buggy and carriage maker, in which he won considerable renown for the high quality of his work. In 1855 he won a silver cup at Louisville, Ky., for building the finest carriage that was exhibited there that year. He died in 1870 and was survived many years by his widow, whose death occurred in 1894. They were the parents of two children, Oscar and Rhoda. Oscar Applegate received his education in the common schools of Noble township, and after completing his studies he remained on his father's farm and, after the deatli of the latter, he acquired title to the place and has continued to reside there to the present time. The farm comprises 227 acres, all in one body, and here Mr. Applegate has been engaged in general farming and stock raising. He puts about forty acres to corn, the same amount to small grains and also gives some of the land over to pasturage, keeping a herd of fifty sheep the year round. He also feeds from fifty to sixty head of sheep annually. In 1882 Mr. Applegate was married to Nan Blacklidge, the daughter of Martin and Augusta Blacklidge, and they have become the parents of four children, namely: Arnest, who married Hazel Murphy; Rhoda, who became the wife of Clarence Khmer and they have one child, Marcellus: Arthur and Charles are deceased. Politically, Mr. Applegate gives earnest support to the Republican party. Personally, he is a man

J. W. Anderson

JOHN W. ANDERSON, better known throughout this region as "Trim" Anderson, one of the substantial agriculturists of Anderson township, but whose operations as a general farmer, feeder of stock and large landowner cover an area extending into Decatur county, was born on a farm in Richland township, Rush county, September 29, 1869, a son of John Samuel and Priscilla (Hopkins) Anderson, the former a native of Decatur county and the latter of Kingston, this state. John Samuel Anderson received only limited educational advantages, but was a youth of ambition and industry, and when still young in years became the owner of an extensive property, in both Decatur and Rush counties. He moved to the latter county shortly before his death, which occurred when he was yet a young man, in 1869, his widow surviving him only one year. They had two children : John W., and a child who died in infancy. John W. Anderson was an infant when left an orphan by the death of his mother, and at that time was taken into the home of his uncle, James W. Anderson, who furnished him with a public school education. When he laid aside his school books he began farming with his uncle, whose associate he was until the time of his marriage. He then moved to the property on which he now lives in Anderson township, his home being situated on R. F. D. No. 1 out of Milroy. Mr. Anderson is now farming about 600 acres of the home place, and is the owner of about 1,700 acres of land in Rush and Decatur counties. All of his property has received the benefit of his inclination toward improvements of a modern character, and the general prosperity which surrounds his farms is demonstrative evidence of the presence of able and energetic management. As an operator in live stock, Mr. Anderson feeds out about 120 head of cattle each year and in the neighborhood of 1,000 hogs. Politically he adheres to the principles of the Republican party and has always supported its candidates. He is a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Milroy and is a member of the board of trustees of the same. On February 14, 1895, John W. Anderson married May Davis, daughter of Samuel H. and Mary E. Davis, and to this union have been born five children: Lois, Leland, Alice, Marjorie and John Samuel, all unmarried and living with their parents. Mr. Anderson is justly accounted one of the substantial men of his community, and a citizen who has kept thoroughly informed as to current events and faithfully discharged all the duties pertaining to an enlightened citizenship.

GEORGE B. MOORE, SR., a retired farmer of Posey township and a well-known citizen of Rush county, was born in Posey township on August 20, 1844, and is a son of James and Mary (Haywood) Moore, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Tennessee. James Moore was a farmer by vocation and for many years followed that line of work in Posey township, where he owned eighty acres of laud. He was the father of four children, John W., Martha A., both of whom are deceased, Ileury W. aud George B. The subject of this review received his elementary education in the Offutt school house iu Posey township, and on the completion of his studies he devoted his energies and activities to the home farm, working for his mother until her death. He then bought out the interests of the other heirs in the home farm and has since continued to make that his home, being thus numbered among the oldest continuous residents of Posey township. He gave his active attention to the operation of the farm until 1902, when he retired from labor and moved to Rushville, having rented the farm. He remained in Rushville until after the death of his wife in 1913, when he moved back to the farm and is now living there. On November 28, 1891, Mr. Moore was married to Lillie Poster, a native of the state of Illinois, but who was educated in the schools of Rushville township, this county. She was the daughter of William and Margaret (Wheid) Poster and her union with Mr. Moore was a most happy and congenial one. Her death occurred on May 8, 1913, and her remains lie in the Arlington cemetery. Mr. Moore is a member of the Christian church at Arlington, while in politics he is a firm supporter of the Democratic party. He has always been known as a man of excellent qualities of character, who, by years of indefatigable labor and honest effort, not only acquired a well-merited prosperity, but also richly earned the highest esteem of all with whom he has been associated.

JESSE WINKLER, the progressive proprietor of a flourishing grain elevator business at Rushville, was born in Johnson county, Indiana, April 14, 1877, a son of George and Lorinda (Jamison) Winkler, natives of Estill county, Kentucky. His father, an agriculturist by vocation, followed farming throughout his life in Johnson and Rush counties and was a man held in high respect and esteem. There were ten children in the family, of whom six are living: Lona, Orie, Lennie, Girtha, Delbert and Jesse. Jesse Winkler received his education in the public schools of Henry county, Indiana, where his boyhood was passed, and entered upon his independent career in the capacity of a farm hand. Industrious and thrifty, he accumulated sufficient means with which to establish himself as a renter, and after two years was able to buy forty acres of land, which he subsequently sold. For a number of years he bought and sold different properties, and at one time had accumulated through industry and good ability 204 acres of valuable and well-cultivated land in Rush county, principally in Noble township. Mr. Winkler continued to be engaged in farming until 1914, in which year he traded his farm for the grain elevator which he now owns at Rushville, which he operates as the Winkler Grain Company, and which has a capacity of about 25,000 bushels. Mr. Winkler deals in grain, coal and flour, and has built up an excellent business, his patronage extending all over the territory surrounding Rushville. December 9, 1900, Mr. Winkler married Laura M., daughter of Frank and Emma (Webster) Trennepohl, farming people of Rush county. Mrs. Winkler was born in this county and is the eldest of four ehil- dren, the others being Raye, Opal and Francis. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Winkler, Merle C, Loren and George, who are attending school at Rushville, and Robert J. Mr. Winkler is a member of the Odd Fellows and Red Men's lodges at Arlington and the Elks lodge at Rushville. He is a Republican in his political allegiance and he and Mrs. Winkler belong to the Christian church. Mr. Winkler's operations have met with deserved success and he is justly regarded as a thorough, reliable and progressive business man. JOHN G. HAMMOND, a substantial landowner, real estate dealer and retired stock buyer, of Milroy, this county, is a native son of the neighboring county of Franklin, but has been a resident of Rush county for about twenty years and has no cause to regret the step which caused him to move over here, for he has done well in his operations since coming here. He was born on a farm in Franklin county on June 29, 1848, son of John and Charlotte (Davis) Hammond, the latter of whom also was born in Indiana, a member of one of the old families of Washington county, and both of whom spent their last days in Franklin county. John Hammond was a Vermonter who left the Green Mountain state when thirty years of age and came to Indiana, where he married and established his home in Franklin county. He started there on a tract of "Congress land" to which he had entered a claim and as he developed that tract added to his holdings until he became the owner of a well improved place of 300 acres on which he and his wife spent their last days, substantial and influential residents of the community in which they lived. They were the parents of seven children, of whom but four are now Jiving, the subject of this sketch having two brothers, William P. and Robert Hammond, and a sister, Sarah. Of these children John G. Hammond is the only one to make his home in Rush county. Reared on the home farm in Franklin county, John G. Hammond received his schooling in the local schools of his neighborhood and when he grew to manhood engaged in farming and presently also became engaged in the business of buying live stock, a business in which he continued interested for thirty-five years, during which time he was an extensive buyer of cattle and hogs throughout Franklin, Decatur and Rush counties and of horses all over southern Indiana. In 1904 Mr. Hammond moved to Rush county and located at Milroy, where he since has made his home. In 1914 he abandoned the live stock business and has since given much of his time to the sale of farm lands and a general real estate business in which he has been quite successful, but his chief attention is devoted to the direction of his fine farm of 200 acres, on which, besides carrying on general farming he raises about three car loads of hogs annually. Mr. Hammond is a Republican, has ever given considerable attention to local civic affairs and during his residence in Franklin county served for some time as trustee of his home township. In 1872 John G. Hammond was united in marriage to Marie Matthews, who also was born in Franklin county, and to this union have been born five children. Marshall, Katie, who married Albert Ross; Ella, who married Otis Murray and has one child, Marshall M. ; Cora, who married Scott

Dawson, and Mary, who married Rex Innis and has three children, Robert Perry, Jeannette and Esther Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond are members of the Methodist church and have ever taken an interested part in church work, Mr. Hammond having served for years as a member of the official board of the church.

ORLANDO C. MACY, a well known retired farmer of Walker township, was born in that township, August 2, 1858, a son of Tristram and Dorcas (Gardner) Macy, who were born in North Carolina and were young people when they came to Rush county. His father entered eighty acres of land from the Government and developed this pioneer tract into a fine farm, subsequently acquiring additional tracts and at the time of death he owned 550 acres situated in Rush and Shelby counties. Orlando C. Macy is one of the three survivors of a family of six children, having one brother, Erasmus D., living in Shelby county, and another brother, Thomas B., living in Hancock county. Orlando C. Macy attended the district school near his father's farm in Walker township during boyhood and afterward assisted his father at home until ready to start out for himself. When he married he rented one of his father's farms containing eighty acres, contracting to meet the rent problem by paying the taxes and keeping the entire farm in repair, a contract that both he and his father lived up to, and when his father died the farm became his property. Until he retired and rented out the farm Mr. Macy carried on the usual farm industries and gave much attention to raising poultry. On October 16, 1881, he married Mary Adams, born in Rush county, daughter of Garland B. and Flora (Miller) Adams. The father of Mrs. Macy was born in Henry county, Indiana, and the mother in Ohio. Mr. Adams owned a farm of eighty-five acres in Rush county. They had three children, all now deceased. Mrs. Macy died on March 4, 1919. On October 19, 1919, Mr. Macy married Ella Wilson, who was born in Johnson county, Indiana, daughter of William L. and Margaret F. (McCollum) Wilson, who had a family of six children, John D., Mrs. Mollie Wilhelm, Mrs. Etta Worden, Mrs. Ella Macy, Eunice and Lilly, the two youngest being deceased. Mr. Wilson was an undertaker. Mr. Macy is a member of the Christian Union church at Homer. In polities he is a Republican.

L. E. DYER, superintendent of the Ripley township consolidated school, is one of the younger members of the educational profession in Rush county who is making rapid strides in his calling. Mr. Dyer was born in Greene county, Indiana, November 25, 1894, a son of Charles F. and Delia (Breeden) Dyer, natives of that county, and for a number of years engaged in agricultural pursuits there. The early education of L. E. Dyer was secured in the public schools of Worthington, Ind., and after his graduation from the high school at that place he took a course in the Central Normal School at Danville, Ind., from which he was duly graduated. Since that time he has done post-graduate and educational work at DePauw and Columbia Universities, and one summer was instructor in agriculture in Central Normal College. In 1917, after two years of teaching in rural schools, Mr. Dyer was appointed principal of the Carthage high school, a capacity in which he served for two years, following which he was appointed superintendent of the consolidated school of Ripley township. In this position he has done much to vindicate the faith reposed in his abilities and has brought his school up to a high grade of educational efficiency. Under his supervision are twelve teachers and 350 pupils, among all of whom Mr. Dyer is popular. On September 22, 1916, Mr. Dyer married Estella Dayhoff, who was born in Greene county, Indiana, and educated there in the graded and high schools. Later she attended DePauw and Columbia Universities, where she took special teacher's work. Mr. and Mrs. Dyer are members of the Carthage Methodist Episcopal Church. In political matters he is a Republican.

WILLIAM H. McMILLIN, former auditor of Rush county and who for years has been regarded as one of the most substantial farmers and stockmen of Union township, where he is now living, was born in this county and has lived here all his life. He was born on a farm in Union township on Christmas day, 1866, son of John T. and Nancy B. (Pentecost) McMillin, the latter of whom was born in Union county, this state, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bishop) Pentecost. Thomas Pentecost was born in Union county in 1805, son of John and Jemima Pentecost, and his last days were spent in Henry county. His wife was born in 1808, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Freel) Bishop, the latter a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Wood) Freel. William Bishop, who was a soldier in the War of 1812, was born in Maryland, son of Robert and Rachel Bishop, also natives of Maryland, and his last days were spent in Preble county, Ohio. John T. McMillin was a member of one of the pioneer families of Rush county. He was born on a farm in Union township, in the immediate vicinity of the place on which his son, William II. McMillin, now resides, August 30, 1831, son of John and Susanna (McConnell) McMillin, the latter of whom was born in what is now Brown county, Ohio, in 1800, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Downing) McConnell, both natives of Pennsylvania, of Colonial stock, the latter a daughter of John and Susan (Ellis) Downing. Thomas McConnell was born in 1772, a son of Arthur and Elizabeth (Wilson) McConnell and grew to manhood in Pennsylvania, leaving there after attaining his majority for Mason county, Kentucky, where he married Mary Downing. Not long afterward he moved over the river into Brown county, Ohio, and was living there when the War of 1812 broke out, He enlisted his services and was commissioned a captain, his company becoming attached to the command of General Hull and was with that general at the time of the latter 's inglorious surrender at Ft. Detroit. John McMillin, the Rush county pioneer and grandfather of William II. McMillin, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1793, son of Thomas and Mary (Young) McMillin, who had come to this country from Ireland and who were the parents of six children. When he had passed his majority John McMillin left Pennsylvania and went to Brown county, Ohio, where in the summer of 1824 he married Susanna McConnell and almost immediately afterward he and his wife came over into Indiana and settled on a farm in Union township, this county, locating on a tract of land he previously had entered in section 13 of that township, and there he spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring on May 29, 1850. He was successful in his operations and at the time of his death was the owner of 600 acres of land in Union township. His widow survived him for more than thirty years, her death oceuring in 1885. Reared on the home farm in Union township, John T. McMillin continued to reside there after his marriage, farming a portion of his father's broad acres, and in time became the owner of a fine farm of 260 acres in section 12, besides two other farms in the county and was accounted one of the leading farmers of the county. "When the Rush County Agricultural Society was organized in 1857 he was one of the directors of the association and afterward served as president of the same and later as a member of the executive board, his efforts in that behalf having done much to make of the Rush county fair one of the best annual events of the sort in Indiana during that period. He took an active interest in the breeding of horses in the days of Rush county's supremacy in the line of horse flesh and did much to develop the heavy draft strain hereabout. He was a member of the Christian church, was an elder in the same until his death, and from the days of the organization of the Republican party was a staunch Republican. John T. McMillin was twice married. On November 25, 1852, he was united in marriage to Sarah Buzan, daughter of Wills and Maria (Kendall) Buzan, of Union township,, and to that union there were born three children, Clara A., Laura B. and Sarah Belle. The mother of these children died in January, 1857, and in November of the following year Mr. McMillin married Nancy B. Pentecost, whose lineage is noted in the introductory paragraph of this sketch. To this union were born five children: Emma J. (deceased), who was the wife of John L. Shauck; John A. (deceased); Ora M. ; William H., and Lyda 0. William H. McMillin was reared on the home farm in Union township and from the days of his boyhood maintained an active interest iu the development of the place, after his marriage continuing to farm the place in association with his father until the latter 's death on October 3, 1900. For some time prior to that date he also had been operating the grain elevator at Ging's Station, which his father owned, and he continued to operate the same until in 1905, when he sold the elevator and bought the old home place, a well improved farm of 260 acres, of which he since has sold off an "eighty," and is now making his home there. From the days of his boyhood Mr. McMillin has been interested in the breeding of live stock and of late years has given his particular attention to hogs, feeding out about 250 head a year. For years Mr. McMillin has been regarded as one of the leaders of the Republican party in Rush county and in 1916 was elected county auditor. During his period of public service he still maintained oversight of his farm interests and upon the completion of his term of office returned to the farm and has since devoted his entire attention to the operations of the same. On October 14, 1885, William H. Mc- Millin was united in marriage to Cora A. Bell, who also was born in this county, daughter of Joseph and Melinda Bell, and to this union three children have been born, namely : Edith B., who married Walter E. Smith, and who died on April 12, 1915; Nellie J., who married Prank Logan and has three children, Russell W., Wayne and Wava; and Ruby May, who married Ross Logan, and died on February 26, 1920, leaving one child, a son, William J. Mr. and Mrs. McMillin are members of the Plum Creek Christian church. Mr. McMillin was a member of the first board of trustees of this church, has been an elder for twenty-one years and is assistant secretary of the Sunday school. lie is a thirty-second degree Mason, affiliated with the blue lodge at Rushville and the consistory at Indianapolis and is also a noble of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, affiliated with Murat Temple at Indianapolis. Mr. McMillin also is an Odd Fellow, in which order he is a past noble grand, and is also affiliated with the Knights of Pythias.

JAMES W. ARBUCKLE, one of the leading business men of Homer, this county, where he is engaged in the manufacture of tile, has spent practically his entire life in this community where he stands high in the confidence of the residents. He was born in Orange township, Rush county, February 23, 1867, a son of Nathan and Martha (Lawrence) Arbuckle, natives of Rush county, where the father followed farming and tile making all of his life. There were three children born to the parents, all of whom survive: Fred, Ida and James W. James W. Arbuckle obtained his early education in the public schools of Walker township, following which he took a preparatory course in a school connected with DePauw University. He next attended the university, and graduated therefrom in 1892. Mr. Arbuckle not only made a good record as a student, but was prominently known in college athletics, being a member of the football and baseball varsity teams in 1891 and 1892. On leaving college he came to Homer and was employed by his father for several months, following which he went to Windfall, Ind., and becames superintendent of a drain tile factory of that place. After one year he returned to Homer and began teaching school, and after one year was made principal, a position which he retained two years more. He then rejoined his father in the manufacture of drain tile at Homer, which has a capacity of one carload of tile per day, in the production of which four kilns are used and employment is given to twelve persons. In 1908 Mr. Arbuckle and his father built a tile factory at Williamstown, on the southern border of the county, which is operated under the same management. The business is now a flourishing one, and Mr. Arbuckle is numbered among the substantial men of his commmunity, being likewise known as a man of sound business judgment and keen foresight. He is a member of the

Masonic lodge at Manilla, a thirty-second degree Mason and Shriner, and holds membership also in the lodges of the Improved Order of Red Men and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Homer; and Elks Lodge, No. 1307, of Rushville. "With his family, he belongs to the Homer Baptist church. His political support is given to the Democratic party. On April 7, 1892, Mr. Arbuckle was united in marriage to Julia Robertson, who was born and educated at Homer, daughter of James T. and Delilah (Cassady) Robertson. Mr. and Mrs. Arbuckle have one daughter: Ruth, born in March, 1894, a graduate of Shortridge high school, Indianapolis, now the wife of Harry M. Carr, of Indianapolis, with two children, Virginia R. and William H.

HARRY F. McFATRIDGE, the well knowTi farmer whose name forms the caption to these paragraphs, was born in Posey township, this county, on October 11, 1883, and is the son of James W. and Jessie (Conaway) McFatridge, both of whom also were born, reared and educated in that same township. The father followed agricultural pursuits all his active years in Posey township, operating the land now owned by the subject, and at the time of his death he was the owner of 200 acres of good farm land. To him and his wife were born five children: Fred, Charles, Golda, Evelina and Harry. The subject of this sketch received his education in the common schools of his native township, attending the Beaver Meadow school. From his boyhood days he followed farming and remained on the home place up to the time of his marriage. He then started out on his own account, buying eighty acres of land adjoining the home farm, and thereafter he devoted himself to the operation of both farms. Mr. McFatridge carries on general farming operations, raising all the crops common to this section of the country, and also gives some attention to live stock, feeding about 200 head of hogs annually. On June 23, 1913, Mr. McFatridge was married to Anurice Tarbet, who was born, reared and educated in Rush county, the daughter of John and Mary (Scott) Tarbet, both natives of Rush county. Of the six children who were born to Mr. and Mrs. Tarbet, four are living. Anna, Charles, Anurice and James. Mr. and Mrs. McFatridge are the parents of three children, James, "Wesley and Ralph. Mr. McFatridge is a wide-awake, progressive man, keeping in close touch witli the trend of public affairs, and gives his support to every movement for the general welfare. He is a good business man and has made a success of his vocation. In addition to his local farm holdings, he is the owner of 200 acres of land in Perkins county, South Dakota, which is mainly devoted to the raising of wheat. Mr. McFatridge gives his support to the Republican party and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Arlington.

NOAH E. PRICE, a representative of one of the early families in Rush county and owner of a well improved farm eligibly located in Posey township, was born in that township on May 23, 1882, and is the son of Elihu and Mary (Reddick) Price, who are represented elsewhere in this work. Mr. Price received his educational training in district school, No. 2, Posey township, and after completing his schooling devoted himself to work on the home farm, where he remained until his marriage. He then rented the farm from his father and has continued to operate it to the present time. The farm comprises 230 acres of fine land, on which Mr. Price carries on a diversified system of farming, raising all the crops common to this locality, and he also gives some attention to live stock, raising about two carloads of hogs annually. He is thoroughly up-to-date in his methods and is numbered among the progressive farmers of Posey township. On January 22, 1904, Mr. Price was married to Laura Abercrombie, who was born in Franklin county, Indiana, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Thatcher) Abercrombie, both of whom also were born and reared in Franklin county. Mr. Abercrombie followed farming during the greater portion of his life, being the owner of 100 acres of land. To him and his wife were born six children, four of whom are living, Louis, Laura, Harry and Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. Price have had two children, Donald L., born on May 10, 1907, and Mary, who died in infancy. Mr. Price gives his support to the Democratic party. He is a member of Beech Grove Lodge, No. 399, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Arlington, and also belongs to the encampment. He is public spirited and lends his support to any cause that has for its ultimate object the betterment of his locality in material, civic and moral lines. Mrs. Price is a member of the Methodist church at Arlington.

LOWELL M. GREEN, M. D., one of the best known members of the medical profession at Rushville, was born in that city on April 15, 1882, a son of Hon. Thomas M. Green, who was also a native of this county, born at Milroy, on September 16, 1853. Thomas M. Green was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (McKee) Green, residents of Rushville, and lived upon a farm in this county until he was eighteen years of age, when he was matriculated at Indiana State University. At this institution he pursued his studies for two years, then entering as a student the law office of John A. Holman, at Indianapolis. Ill health forced him to return to the farm in Rush county after eighteen months spent in preparation for the legal profession, but in a few months he once more attempted his chosen calling. He was admitted to the Rush county bar, and entered the office of Sleeth & Study, but the condition of his health forbade his continuance as a lawyer, and in two years he was compelled to give up his cherished ambition. He accordingly interested himself in the stove and tinware business, in 1870 forming a partnership with M. C. Kitchen, which lasted for four years. In 1886 Mr. Green was elected on the Republican ticket as representative from Rush county to the state legislature. Thomas M. Green was married on June 5, 1879, to Anna D. Foxworthy, daughter of James II. and Cynthia A. (Barrett) Foxworthy, natives of Rush county, and they became the parents of four children: Paul D., Lowell M., Myron R. and Alma M. Lowell M. Green received his preliminary schooling in the public schools of Rushville and was graduated from the high school with the class of 1S99. He then attended Indiana University for two years, taking the pre-medical course, and thereafter took a four-years course at Indiana Medical College, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1906. Upon receiving his diploma Doctor Green began the practice of his profession in Indianapolis, but in the fall of that same year returned to Rushville where he opened an office, and has there continued in practice. On July 19, 1917, Doctor Green volunteered for service in the World war and was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Fourth regiment (infantry) of the Indiana National Guard. He recruited a medical unit of thirty-three men, thirty-one of whom were residents of Rush county, and on August 5, 1917, this unit was mustered into the Federal service as the Infirmary of the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Field Artillery. After a month's training at Camp "Wolfe, Rushville, the company was ordered to Fort Benjamin Harrison, at Indianapolis, and on September 28, 1917, was sent to Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss. After months of training and weary waiting, the division of which this unit was a part was sent overseas to France. Returning to this country in the spring of 1919 the organization was discharged. Doctor Green was discharged from the service on January 20, 1919, with the rank of captain in the Medical Corps, United States Army. Doctor Green is a member of Rush Post, No. 150, American Legion, and was chairman of the first executive committee of that patriotic organization. He is a life member of the American Red Cross and a member of the Rush County Medical Society, the Sixth District Medical Society, the Union District Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, affiliated with Phoenix Lodge, No. 62, Free and Accepted Masons, at Rushville ; Rush Chapter, No. 24, Royal Arch Masons; Rush Council, No. 41, Royal and Select Masters, and Rushville Commandery, No. 49, Knights Templar, and with the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Indianapolis, and is a noble of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, affiliated with Murat Temple at Indianapolis. He is a member of the college fraternities Beta Theta Pi and Phi Chi and is likewise affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, the Beuevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He is a Republican and he and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian church. On September 15, 1910, Dr. Lowell M. Green was united in marriage to Maud B. Fargo, an alumnus of DePauw University and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis W. Fargo, natives of Virginia, and to this union two children have been born, both sons, Thomas M. Green, Jr., and Lowell M. Green, Jr.

H. E. DAUBENSPECK, one of those farmers of Rush county whose success is directly attributable to astute and careful management, conducts large farming operations in Union township from his home in Rushville. He was born on September 20, 1858, in Union township, the son of Harvey and Margaret (Hinchman) Daubenspeck, the former a native of Kentucky, the latter of Rush county.

Harvey Daubenspeck came to this county on September 12, 1827, when two years of age, with his father Jacob, who entered and bought land in Union township, farming and trading throughout his entire life. He was an intensely religious man, was a preacher in the Christian church, and was one of the founders of Ben Davis Creek Church. At one time during his life he owned about 700 acres in this county and died full of honor and years at the advanced age of ninetjr-seven. Harvey Daubenspeck received his education in the public schools of the township, and grew to manhood on his father's farm. He then rented land from his father and began farming for himself, and in 1849 he bought 160 acres in Union township where he lived until 1865. At that time he bought an additional 160 acres in the same section, to which he moved. Here he continued successfully, acquiring in all 510 acres, all in Union township, before death called him in 1918 at the age of ninety-two years. He was one of the most extensive stock raisers of the county, feeding out all his own grain and buying other, feeding out as an approximate average 200 head of hogs and from fifty to seventy-five of cattle. He and his wife were the parents of eleven children, nine of whom are now living, those besides the subject of this sketch being Emely, widow of O. M. Smith, who lives at the corner of Ninth and Harrison streets in Rushville; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Anthony Kline; Rebecca, now Mrs. James M. Smith, of Union township, this county ; Jacob C, who lives in Idaho ; Effie, now Mrs. A. C. Haskett, of Union township ; Philip S., who is farming the home place in Union township; Iva, who is making her home with Mrs. A. C. Haskett, and Miles of Fayette county. H. E. Daubenspeck was educated in the schools at Glenwood and upon leaving school he farmed with his father until he was able to buy eighty acres from him. Since then he has steadily added to his possessions until he now owns 605 acres, all in Union township. He has done a general farming and stock raising business, and on the home place of 2S5 acres, which he has greatly improved by the addition of modern buildings and equipment, he would feed out about 600 head of hogs and thirty of cattle. On February 21, 1883, he was married to Jessie Blackledge, a daughter of Clinton and America (Amos) Blackledge, and their union has been blessed with four children: Clarence, Paul, Ruby, and Wayne. Clarence married Laura Ging and has two children, Veril and Mary Ella. Paul married Hazel Hinchman and has two children, Robert and Marion. Ruby married Ernest Staida and has two children, June and Edgar Neal. Wayne is unmarried and lives at home with his parents. Mr. Daubenspeck has been one of the most earnest workers in the cause of the Christian church, and has held nearly all the lay offices, being now an elder. He is an ardent frateraalist, being a thirtysecond degree Mason and a member of the Shrine, Murat Temple, Indianapolis, a Knight of Pythias and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The principles of the Republican party coincide most nearly with his own political views, and he is consequently counted among its supporters, taking an active interest in all questions both local and national.

CHARLES HUGO, one of Rushville 's retired citizens, was born in Switzerland county, Indiana, August 1, 1849, the son of Charles and Charlotte (Banza) Hugo, both of whom came to this country from Germany prior to their marriage, settling in Cincinnati. Charles Hugo, Sr., worked in that city at his trade of plasterer for some time, moving to Vevay, Ind., where he continued in the same occupation. About the year 1855, he removed to Indianapolis where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1861. He and his wife were the parents of six children, of whom two are now living, Charles Hugo having a sister, Sophia, who married T. W. Brown and resides in Indianapolis. Charles Hugo, Jr., received his education in the excellent schools of Indianapolis, and when he finished took up teaming which he followed during the war. He then was engaged in carpentering and later was employed as a fireman on a switch engine on the Pan Handle route until 1S73. He next was a member of the Indianapolis fire department for three years. Thereafter, he spent five years in the South, near San Antonio, Tex., but in 1882 he came to Rushville where he has since resided. For twenty-five years he was engaged actively in business in this city, at the end of that period selling out his business and retiring. He realized that a safe investment lay in land, and he put part of his earnings into a farm of 246 acres which lies in Jackson and Rushville townships, this county. He has greatly improved this property, taking great pride in the general appearance of his buildings and equipment. Mr. Hugo was married in 1886 to Emma Posey, a daughter of Harrison and Sarah (Gardner) Posey, and after her death married Fannie Posey, her sister. Mr. Hugo adheres to the tenets of the Methodist Episcopal church, in the cause of which he is an earnest worker, and in his political views is known as one of the strong supporters of the Republican party. Mrs. Hugo's father, Harrison Posey, was born in this county in 1825, a son of Armstead and Catherine (Miller) Posey, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Ohio, who were married in the latter state and in the early '20s of the past century came to Indiana, locating in this county where they spent the remainder of their lives. Armstead Posey and his wife were the parents of nine children: Alfred, Louise, Eliza, Susan, May, "William. John, Harrison, and one who died in infancy. Armstead Posey's father, Zephaniah Posey, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, spent his last days in this county, dying in 1826, and was buried in Hopewell cemetery. Harrison Posey grew up to the life of the farm in this county and became a successful farmer, at the time of his death being the owner of 400 acres in Rushville township. Harrison Posey's wife, Sarah Jane Gardner, was the daughter of Landon and Mary Gardner, the former one of the early farmers of Walker township, the owner of 900 acres of land. He was a Kentuckian by birth, and he and his wife were the parents of nine children, those besides Mrs. Posey having been Mary Ann, William, Amanda, Marion F., Robert, Emily, Louisa and Lucinda. Harrison Posey and wife had eight children, those besides Emma and Fannie being William A., Mrs. Louisa Wertz, James K. and Mrs. Minnie Moffett.