Shelby County, Indiana - Chapter 7: Compii.ed by William R. Norris, 1887 (part 3 of 5)

James T. Caughey, city editor of the Rcfiihlican, is a native of New Paris, Ohio, born February 2, 1861. His father was George W. Caughey, born in Preble County, Ohio, September 17, 183 1, and died in Shelbyville, Indiana, November 11, 1883. He was, by occupation, a merchant tailor, and carried on that business in this city for quite a number of years. The paternal grandfather of the subject here considered, was John Caughey, a native of one of the Eastern States. The family first settled in Ohio, and in 187 1, came to Shelbyville. The mother of our subject is Sarah Caughey, born August 31, 1833, and whose maiden name was Johnson. Mr. Caughey is the younger of two living children. He was a student in the common schools at New Paris, Ohio, and on coming to Shelbyville, entered the public school and graduated from the High School in this city in 1879. Subse([uent to his graduation, he entered the law office of Adams & Michner, and there remained for several years. In 1885, he became city editor of the Shelbyville Rcpiihlicaii, and his success as a newspaper man is unquestioned. The prosperity of the Republican is in a great measure due to the energ}^ and untiring effort of Mr. Caughey. He is also Secretary and Treasurer of The Shelby Printing Company. In politics, he is a pronounced Republican, and in 1885, was a candidate on the Republican ticket for city clerk, and owing to a slight difference in his own party, was defeated by twelve votes cast in favor of Charles Major. In 1885, he became a member of the I. O. O. F. He is a leading, active member of the order, and now holds the position of Vice Grand. Mr. Caughey is a promi-

Edward H. Ciiadwick, attorney at law, was born at Eaton, Preble Co., Ohio, March 12, 1852. His earlier da3'S were spent on a farm, and in the district school-house. Later on he passed through the preparatory department of Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio. He also completed the academic course at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, graduating from that institution in a class of eightv-five, in 1878. In 1879, he came to Shelbyville and began studying law in the office of Ben. F. Lo^'e. He was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1881, since which time he has engaged in the practice of his profession. He married, May 6, 1879, Miss Mary Hughes, who has borne him the following children: John Erwin, James Manning (deceased) and Edward Hughes. Mr. Chadwick is a charter member of Chillon Lodge No. 129, Knights of Pythias. He is a yery faithful attendant at the same, and has filled some of its most important positions. Politically he is an ardent Republican. Socially he is polite and affable. He has many friends, and no doubt will make a success in the business he has chosen.

Lester Clark, Superintendent of Schools of Shelby County, was born March 27, 1S56, and is the son of Barrack E. and Sarah (Bilby) Clark, and is of English descent. Our subject is the younger of two children, and the only one now living. He was raised on the farm by his maternal grandparents, and received a fair common school education. He afterward was a student at normal schools. Both of his parents having died while he was an infant, Mr. Clark has had to work his own way up in the world, hence his education is entirely due to his own enerji^y and effort. He began teaching school in 1876 in Hendricks Township, this county. Since then he has taught seven terms in that toAvnship and two terms in Johnson County. About two years ago he moved to Shelbyville, and spent the winter of 1886 and 1887, teaching school in Addison Township. June 6, 1887, he was elected Superintendent of Shelby Count}- over eight competitors, which position he now holds. Mr. Clark has been married twice. August 24, 1880, Miss Bettie Hoover, of Johnson Count}', became his wife, and bore him two children, Arthur B., who died March 12, 1883, and Willie. She died March i, 1883, of that dread disease consumption. December 24, 1885, he was wedded to Miss Rebecca Trew of this city, and to them one child has been born, Charles Trew. Politically, Mr. Clark is a Democrat. He is a member of Chillon Lodge No. 129, K. of P. He and his wife are both members of the First Baptist Church of this city. Mr. Clark is a con-

Michael Cooxey was born in the southwestern part of Ireland, December 26, 1833, and is the son of Patrick and Bridget (Corey) Cooney, parents both natiyes of the same country. Patrick Cooney was born in 1782, and died in the year 1846. Mrs. Cooney was born in 1795, and departed this life about the year 1839. Michael Cooney is the third of a famil}- of six children, three of whom are at this time liying. He was educated at a private school in his native countr}^ spent his youthful years on a farm, and in 1863, came to the United States, and accepted a position with the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad, with headquarters at Cincinnati. Februar}-, 1864, he came to Ripley County Ind., where for three ^-ears he was in the employ of the " Big Four " Railroad Co. At the end of that time he was transferred to Shelbyyille, where, since 1876, he has been foreman of Section 17, on the above named road, making in all twenty-three years spent in railroading. Mr. Cooney is one of the trusted employes of the " Big Four," and one of the leading and public spirited citizens of Shelbyville. He was elected to the City Council in 1882, re-elected in 1886, and at this time is Chairman of the Ditch and Sewer Fund and the Water Works Committees of that body. Fie takes an active interest in all the deliberations of the Council, and is justly esteemed one of the city's most faithful and efficient officers. He was married in 1858, to Miss Catherine Hines, a native of Ireland, born in the year 1843. Four children have been born to this marriage, viz. : Patrick, John, Mary and Annie Cooney. Mr. Cooney is a Republican in politics, and with his wife, belongs to the Catholic Church.

Hon. Edmund Cooper. - Conspicuous among the leading citizens of Shelby County, is the gentleman whose name introduces this biographical sketch. Edmund Cooper was born in Virginia, March 19, 1819, and is the son of Edmund and Catherine (Mason) Cooper, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania, respectiveh'. The father was born in the year 1768, and in an early day emigrated to Indiana, settling in what is now Washington County, as long ago as 1819, having been one of the prominent pioneers of that part of the State. He was a farmer b}' occupation, and departed this life in the year 1835. Mrs. Cooper w^as born in 1772, and died at her home in this State about the year 1858. The immediate subject of this sketch was reared to manhood on a farm, and early chose agriculture as a life work, in which he has been more than ordinarily successful. His early educational advantages were limited to the country schools, but having always been a great reader and an intelligent observer, he has since obtained a fund of general and practical knowledge such as schools fail to impart. In 1847, he came to Shelby Count}' and settled in Noble Township, and two years later went to Iowa, in which State he remained for only a limited period, returning to this county in the fall of 1850. He then resumed farming in Noble Township, and was thus engaged until 1885, at which time he retired from active life and removed to Shelbyville. He has always taken an active interest in political and public affairs, and a number of \-ears ago was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, and later County Commissioner, in which capacity he served two terms. In 1880, he was elected to represent Shelby County in the General Assembly of Indiana, and as a member of that body discharged his duty in a manner creditable to himself and satisfactory to his constituents. He has been a life long Democrat, but enjoys great personal popularity with all parties irrespective of political affiliation. He has been twice married, the first time in 1848, to Miss Margaret Van Pelt, bv whom he had several children, three of whom. Squire J., Lewis W., and Laura A., are now living. Mrs. Cooper died in 1874, and two years later Mr. Cooper married his present wife, whose maiden name was Harriet E. Stockton.

Samuel D. Day, retired physician and surgeon, was born in Dalton, Mass., March 2d, 181 1. His parents were Amasa and Hannah Day, who lived and died in Massachusetts. The subject of this sketch received his early education in the district school at which he was a student during the winter, and his summers until the age of fifteen, were spent at Pittsfield Academy. Later he began the study of medicine, and by the time he had gained his majority, he had taken two courses of lectures at the Birkshire Medical Institute in Massachusetts, and was graduated therefrom in 1831. In 1832, the General Assembly of New York attempted to prevent the spread of cholera by quarantine, and Dr. Day was appointed quarantine physician at French Creek, where he remained until August, 1832. In 1836, Dr. Day located for the practice of his profession at Wilmington, Decatur Co., Ind. He only remained there a short time and then removed to Rush County. Dr. Day came to Shelbyville in 1838, and here he has since resided. Here he continued the active practice of medicine until 1878- - was a regular prctitioner in Shelbyville for fort}- years. Quit the practice on the account of failing health. He was married October 28th, 1847, to Miss Jane Thomson of Pittsburg, Pa., a cousin of the late lamented Vice President T. A. Hendricks. Mr. and Mrs. Day have spent many years in Shelbyville and always have been held in exalted esteem.

John C. Deprez, prominent citizen and manufacturer of Shelbyville, is a native of Ohio, born in the city of Cincinnati, November 8, 1844. His parents, John and Mary (Corwein) Deprez, were natives of Germany, the former born, 1803, and the latter in the 3^ear 181 7. They came to the United States in 1832, and after a short time spent in Shelby County, Indiana, removed to Cincinnati, which city was their home until their return to Shelby County in 1855. The father died in August, 1867, the mother is still living in this citv. The subject of this sketch is the oldest son of seven living children. He enjoved the advantages of a common school education, and in 1855, accompanied his parents to Shelby ville, of which city he has since been a resident. In 1866, he became interested in the woolen mills at Shelbyville, and from that time until 1873, continued the same, abandoning the business the latter year and affecting a co-partnership in the manufacture of furniture with Messrs. Conrev & Wallar, a firm which still continues. The factory operated by this company is one of the largest manufacturing establishments in Shelbv Count}', and the goods turned out /. r., all kinds of furniture, will compare favorably with that made in any other city of Indiana or the west. He is a Mason, having identified himself with that order in 1868, and in politics votes the Republican ticket. He vs-as married April 11, 1871, to Miss Zera Miller, of this countv, daughter of Col. Alexander and Lucy (Templeton) Miller. Mrs. Deprez was born in this county in 1850, and is the mother of four children, whose names are as follows, to-wit: John D., Harry W., Herbert B., and Russell, who died June 15, 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Deprez are members of the Presbyterian Church. Thomas Devol was born in Washington County, Ohio, July 28, 1 81 7, son of Arphaxed and Mary (Dye) Devol. His father was born in Rhode Island, and was raised in Massachusetts. He came westward to Ohio, in a ^-ery early day, and died in Morgan Count}^, in 1840. His mother was born in Pennsylvania, and died in Morgan County, about 1846. The subject of our sketch is the fifth of eight sons, and is the onlv one now living. He was raised on a farm in Morgan Countv, Ohio, and came to Indiana in 1835. He did not move to Shelby County, however, until 1839. Since 1842, this county has been his permanent residence. Mr. Devol carried on the business of farmer until 1871, after which time he lived in Shelbyville, and since 1874 has been a grain merchant. In 1842, he was united in the bonds of matrimony to Miss Priscilla B. Ross, who is a native of Ross County, Ohio. They have been blessed with three children: Aurilla V., Mary M. and Clarke R, Mr. Devol was once a member of the Whig party, but is now a Republican, although ver}^ liberal in his political views. Mr.

Devol became a Mason about twenty-eight years ago, and was the sixteenth member to join the I. O. O. F. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is one of the most zealous Christians in this city. He is one of the leadinij' spirits in all reforms and revivals. He attends the other churches as well as his own, and loves to minirle his voice with other con<jregations in worship. He is honest and upright in all of his business dealin<rs, and is one of the best men in Shelbyville.

DouLAS Dobbins, Ex-County buperintendent of Schools was born in Shelby Covmtv, July 27, i860, the son of Hugh and Clarissa (Miner) Dobbins. The father w'as born in Virginia in 181 3, and at an earh' age accompanied his parents to Indiana, the family settling in Shelb}^ County about the year 1822, having been among the tirst pioneers. Mrs. Dobbins was born in Delaware County, New York and came to this county in 1856 or '57. Mr. Dobbins was raised on a farm and obtained a rudimentary education in the common school's of the county. He made rapid progress in his various studies and at the early age of thirteen was sufficiently advanced to obtain a teacher's license, although he did not engage in school work until several years later. His first experience as an instructor was in 1878, from which date until 1883, he was regularly employed in the schools of the county, earning the reputation of an able and painstaking teacher in the meantime. In the latter year he was chosen Superintendent of the Shelby County Public Schools, the duties of which he discharged until 1887, having been re-elected in 1885. As a teacher Mr. Dobbins has been very successful and possesses in a marked degree the traits of character which insure his success and popularity. He is prominently identified with the I. O. O. F. fraternity, and politically supports the principles of the Democratic party. December 24, 1885, he married Miss Lena Smith, daughter of H. H. Smith, of Indianapolis a union blessed with one child, Jessie.

Ithamar H. Drake, M. D., was born in Warren County, Ohio, near Lebanon, September 4th, 1828. His father, Peter Drake, was born in Washington County, Pa., in 1787, and died in 1S71, at Lebanon, Ohio.» He was a farmer by occupation, and was one of the pioneers of Ohio. The paternal grandfather of Dr. Drake, was Peter Drake, a native of New Jersey. The family dissented from the Church of England, and the ancestors of Dr. Drake came to America in the noted Mayflower. The family is of Baptist faith. The grandfather of Dr. Drake was accidentally killed while raising a log house in Warren County, Ohio. The mother of our subject was Sarah Drake, whose maiden name was Merritt, a native of Delaware in i793- She was the daughter of Isaac Merritt, a Delaware slave holder, who early became impressed with the idea that slavery was wrong, and brought his slaves to Ohio and emancipated them, and gave them homes in Ohio. Isaac Merritt died in the early part of this centurv. The subject of this biography is the sixth of nine children, five of whom are yet living. The boyhood of Dr. Drake was spent on the farm of his father. He attended the common school; afterward entered Lebanon Academy where he remained for three years. Subsequently he entered the law othce of Lauren Smith, at Lebanon, Ohio, and continued the study of law for about one year. From 1848 to 185 1, he was principal of Pearl River Academy in Madison County, Minn. He also began the stud}' of medicine about this time. Returning from Minnesota in 1 851, he entered the office of Drs. Van Halangen and Drake, at Lebanon. He graduated from the Cleveland Medical College in the class of 1S52 and 1853. In May, 1853, he came to Indiana and located in Putnam Count}', at Brick Chapel. Here he remained for fifteen years. In 1869, he removed to Delaware, Ripley Co., Ind., and there remained until 1S80, when he came to Shelby ville. He has been in the active practice of medicine for thirty-three years. In 1855, he was President of the Medical Society of Putnam County. Was elected from Ripley County to the legislature of 1879 '^"^ 1880. He was married in September, 1853. to Miss Christiana Morrison, of Cleveland, Ohio, a native of Scotland, born in 1832. They have three sons, viz. : Lauren, Dr. Morris and Frank.

HiRAivi J. Drake, Ex-County Commissioner, was born in Washington Township, Shelby County, Indiana, September 13, 1835. He was the son of Ephriam and Sarah ( Fulks) Drake, and is of English descent. The Drake family came to Shelby County in the spring of 1831, and settled in Washington Township. The first dwelling which sheltered this pioneer family was a rail-pen. The father died December 11, 1867, and the mother followed three years later November 16, 1870. Mr. Drake is the sixth member of a family of eleven children, seven of whom are now living. The boyhood of this gentleman was spent in work upon the farm. He did not have very many chances to obtain an education, but attended the few subscription schools which were then taught. After he attained his majority, he began doing for himself. In 1856, he commenced the occupation of a farmer upon his own responsibility, and has continued in that line until now. Politically, Mr. Drake is a Democrat. In 1880, he was elected Commissioner for the second district, which position he filled for two years. The family have quite recently moved to Shelbvville, and now reside in Love, Major and Morrison's Addition to the city. Mr. Drake still owns a farm in Hendricks Township. April 2, 1857, Miss Mary Ellen Earns- worth became the wife of our subject, and three children had been born to this union, Amanda E., Sarah M., and Phcebe M. Mr. Drake is one of the old settlers of this county and is well known in this community.

Morris Drake, M. D., began life's career on the 4th day of March, 1856, in Putman County, Indiana. He is the son of Dr. Ithamar H. Drake and Christiana (Morrison ) Drake. He received such an education as is o-enerallv obtained in the common schools. He also attended Moor's Hill College in Dearborn County, Indiana, severalterms. He began the study of medicine in 1878. Immediately he began attending lectures at the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati and graduated from that institution in i38i, and the same year, began the practice of his profession at Shelbyville. He was appointed County Physician several years ago, and has held that position ever since, save one ytar. During the year 1884-5, he served as Secretary of the Shelby County Board of Health, a position of considerable importance. He is a member of the Shelby Lodge No. 39, I. O. O. F., and has been secretary of said lodge for two years or more. He is also a member of the Shelb}- Encampment. He is one of the most prominent young physicians,.. and has acquired an enviable reputation as a surgeon. He is a very popular citizen and a most elegant gentleman.

John C. Eagl?:, A. M. - The gentleman whose name introduces this biograph}', was born March 23, 1845, in Montgomery County, Ohio, and is a son of David B. and Ann Eagle, whose maiden name was Mason. The family here treated, is of German; descent on the one side, and Scotch-Irish on the other. The father of Prof. Eagle was a native of Ohio, born in Montgomer}^ County in 1806, and died in that State in 1S76. By occupation he was a farmer and contractor. The mother of Prof. Eagle was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, in 181 3, and died in Illinois in 1871. Our subject is one of four children now living and was raised on the farm. His first, or primary education, was accjuired at the country schools of his native county.- At fourteen years of age, he be£ran for himself, a self-education at his Ohio home. So thoroughly had he prepared himself, that upon an exammation in 1866, he was permitted to enter the senior class of Denison Univesity at Granville, Ohio, and from which he graduated in 1867. In 18^68, he went to Clay County, Illinois and for two years, was Superintendent of the Lewisville Schools. He then returned to Ohio and for some time, was engaged in the life insurance business. From 1873 to 1879, he was Superintendent of the Union City Schools and from 1879 to 1887, had charge of the Edinburg Schools. In June, 1887, he was elected Superintendent of the Pub- lie Schools of Shelbyville. His success as an educator, at Union City and at Edinburg was of the highest order and as a school man in every sense, he is a pronounced success and Shelbvville is very fortunate in gaining his services. Prof. Eagle removed to Shelb}'- ville in July, 1887. His marriage occurred in 1S70, to Miss Maggie Grant, a native of Kentucky and born in 1852. The}' have one child, viz. : Mable. Mr. Eagle is a Mason and a member of the G. A. R. He enlisted in 1862, in Company G, Sixty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was honorably discharged after one 3- ear's service, at Nashville, Tenn. Prof. Eagle is a most pleasant and refined gentleman and a true friend of the public schools, and extended education.

Joshua H. Exos. - The gentleman whose name introduces this sketch, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., January 5, 1823, being the son of Joshua S. and Nancy (Pearson) Enos, natives of the State of Delaware. Paternally, Mr. Enos is descended from Scotch-Irish ancestors, and on the mother's side, is of English descent. His father moved to Philadelphia at an early day and died in that city in 1824. The mother, in 1852, came to Shelbyville, Ind., and resided here until her death, about twelve years later. Joshua H. Enos in early life learned the stone cutter's trade in Ciiicinnati, and after becoming proficient in the same, began working and contracting in various places. He did the first cut limestone work in Indianapolis, aside from the old State house, the material for the building he put up being hauled by wagons from this county. In 1852, he came to Shelbyville, where he has since resided, being at this time one of the oldest and most highly respected residents of the city. He served as a member of the Common Council from 1871 until 1882, and was again elected a member of that body in 1886. During the year 1883, he served as Ma3-or of Shelbvville, in which office he displayed wise judgment and good executive ability. He was originally a Whig, but when the standard of that old party was trailed in the dust, he identified himself with its successor, the Republican party, of which he is an earnest supporter. He joined the Odd Fellows fraternity in 1852, and for thirty years has been a member of the Grand Lodge of Indiana. Mr. Enos was married in 1843, to Miss Louisa La}'ton, by whom he is the father of four children, viz.: Mary, Nannie, Joseph and Lulu.

Charles J. Fastlaben. - The gentleman whose biographical sketch is herewith presented, is a native of Shelby County, Ind., and dates his birth from the 4th day of June, 1859. -^^^ father was Henry Fastlaben, a native of Germany, born March 13, 1828, and his mother w^hose maiden name was Caroline Markley, was born in the same country, on the 24th day of March, 1828. Mr.

and Mrs. Fastlaben were the parents of eight children, the subject of this sketch being the second in number. His early educational training was obtained in the Shelbyville city schools, supplemented bv a course at St. Joseph's Academy, Cincinnati, and later at the St. Mary's Institute, Dayton, Ohio, where he made substantial progress in the higher branches of learning. x\ugust 2, 1873, he accepted the position of Deputy Clerk, Shelby Circuit Court, the duties of which position he discharged in an eminently creditable manner, until March 4, 1886, when owing to the death of Albert J. Gorgas, Clerk, he was appointed to till out the unexpired term. He acted as Clerk until November 11, 1886, at which time he again became Deputy under Thomas S. Jones, the present incumbent of the ofhce. Mr. Fastlaben is an accomplished business man, thoroutrhlv familiar with all the details of the office with which he has so long been identified, and has the respect and confidence of the public irrespective of political affiliation. He is a Democrat, and as such has been a potent factor in local politics, though in no sense a bitter partisan. Religiously, he is a Catholic. Mr. and Mrs. Fastlaben are the parents of an infant girl, unnamed, the source of much pride to them.

Hon. Edwin P. Ferris was born July 13, 1829, at the town of Little Falls, Herkimer County, N. Y., and is the youngest son of a family of eight children. His parents' names were Syhester and Rhoda (King) Ferris, natives of the Empire State. The father was a Baptist minister. The family moved to Chillicothe, Ohio, in I S3 5, and during the following year they came to Hogan Hill, Dearborn County, Indiana, and resided thereuntil 1846, when they removed to Ripley County, and located about seven miles from the countv seat. Here he assisted his father in clearing a small farm, and durino- the winter attended the common schools. About the time he became of age he went to the county seat to attend the county seminaries, but in a short time was promoted to be one of the teachers. He afterward attended a Commercial College and received a diploma therefrom. He also began attending Franklin College, where he remained until 1854. During the same year he was elected County Surveyor of Ripley County, serving two years. December 31, 1854, Mr. E. P. Ferris was married to Miss Sibyl F. Stephens, who was born in Ohio. They have had eight children, six of whom are now living, two boys and four girls. After Mr. Ferris' term as Surveyor had expired, and while working on the farm, he spent all of his spare time studying law. He began the practice thereof in 1858, with Hon. A. C. Downey. He soon secured a good practice. In 1862, he was elected representative in the State Legislature, and had the pleasure of voting for Hon.

David Turpie, for United States Senator, vice Hon. Jesse D. Bright, expelled, and also voted for Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, for a position in the same august body. In the canvass of 1876, Ferris was one of the Democratic electors, and ag-ain voted for Governor Hendricks for Vice President. In April, 1878, Mr. Ferris removed from Versailles to Shelbyville, where he has since resided. The subject of this sketch and his family are members of the Presbvterian Church, and the former has been for manv years a faithful and earnest Sabbath School worker, meeting two classes each dav, one in the morning at the Christian Church, and one in the evening at his own. Mr. Ferris is a prominent and influential Christian gentleman.

Thomas Finley, Countv Survevor of Shelby County, was born in Indianapolis, October 18, i860. He is the son of Morris and Bndgett (McVey) Finley, and is an Irish- American, both of his parents having been born in Ireland. The father came to this country about 1852, and landed at New Orleans, subsequently comint*' to Indiana. Thomas is the eldest of six children. He has received a good common school education, together with quite an extensive course at two of our best Normal Colleges. He attended quite a number of terms at the Central Indiana Normal School at Danville, where he completed the course of Surveving and Civilengineering, and a term or so at the Northern Indiana Normal School, located at Valparaiso. The family came to this county about 1S72, and settled on a farm near Boggstown. For several years Thomas worked at the various duties which usually fall to the lot of a farmer's bov. He afterward bv means of hard study, and perseverance succeeded in obtaining a teacher's license and began teaching school, about the fall of 1880. In his teaching he became ver}' successful, and the best schools of the county were offered him. In the spring of 1886, he became a candidate for County Surveyor, and received in the Democratic primary election a large pluralitv o^'er several competitors. In the fall, he was still further honored bv being elected to that responsible office by a large majority as alreadv intimated. Mr. Finley is a Simon-pure Democrat, and cast his first vote for Cle^'eland, in 1884. He is a member of St Joseph's Catholic Church of this citv. He is a selfmade voung man, and has worked his own wav up in the world. He deserves great credit for what he has already accomplished, and his friends hope that "the end is not yet."

George W. Fleming, M. D., is a native of Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He is a son of Dr. George W. Fleming, and Belinda (McGrew) Fleming, and was born November 27, 1843. The father of Dr. Fleming, born in Washington Countv, Pennsvl- vania, in the year iSoi, entered Washington College at an earl}^ age, and completed his literar}- course in 1822. He immediately began the study of medicine in his native town under Dr. James Straus, an eminent physician of that place. In 1S30, he tirst came to Shelby County; remaining but two years, he returned to Pennsylvania: but in 1849, came again to Shelby ville, where he resided until his death, March 21, 1864. He is remembered as one of the most eminent physicians this section of Indiana ever had. The mother of our subject, born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1808, is still living in Shelby ville. Dr. Fleming is the elder of two children, the younger of whom, Thomas, is cashier of the Shelby Bank. He came with his parents to this county in 1849, and soon attended the public schools of Shelbvville. In 1861, he entered "Washington and Jefferson College" of Pennsylvania, graduating from that school in 1865. First beginning the studv of medicine in the otHce of S. D. Day, M. D., in 1866, he next attended school at Ann Arbor, Mich., and graduated from the department of chemistry; then attending lectures at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, of New York City, he received his degree from that institution in 1868. The same year he located at Shelby ville, where he has since continued in the practice of his profession. In 1879, ^^- Fleming married Mrs. Laura G. Wilson, youngest daughter of Soloman A. Gorgas. He is up with the times in every thing relating to his profession and has made several trips to Europe, taking the advantage of visiting the hospitals of its different countries, to further his knowledge. In politics he is an ardent Republican, and socially, is a very pleasant and courteous gentleman, t Hon. Oliver J. Glessxer, attorney at law, was born in Frederick City, Maryland, October 11, 1828. The Glessner family came originally from Germans', and settled in Pennsylvania. John Glessner, Oliver's father, was born in 1800, and died in 1865, in Morgan County, Indiana. His mother, Elnora Glessner, a native of Baltimore, Md., was born in 1803. The subject of this sketch is the second of twelve children, ten of whom are living. Mr. Glessner came with his parents to Indianapolis in 1836, and there remained a short time, thence moving to Morgan County. He grew to manhood on the farm, receiving a good common school education meanwhile. He began the study of law in 1853, in the office of W. R. Harrison. Durin<y the same winter he entered the Department of Law in the State University and graduated in 1856. He located afterward at Martinsville and began the active practice of law. In 1864, he was elected Judge of the 8th Judicial District, and served until 1868. He moved to Shelbvville in 1865, and has been practicing law ever since his term as judge expired.

Judge Glessner is in politics a Democrat. He was elected a member of the State Senate from Shelby and Bartholomew Counties, in 1870, and served four 3-ears. In 1872, while vet a Senator, he introduced the bill which abolished the Common Pleas Court. He was married to Miss Louzena Moore, of Georgetown, Ills., in i860. To this union live children have come, Louann, Daniel M., Franklin, Martha and Oliver J. In 1880, he was chosen to act as one of the presidential electors upon the Democratic ticket, but was not elected. Judge Glessner is one of Shelbyville's most prominent citizens. He is an active man in everything he undertakes, and always makes his influence felt whatever way he chooses to move.

James W. Green, M. D., was born in Rush County, Ind., February 5, 1825. He is the son of Lot and Anna (Cooper) Green, and is of English extraction. The family is descended from four brothers, who came to America from England. Our subject is the eldest of five sons and three daughters. His boyhood was spent on the farm, where he received a common school education. He began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. William Frame, at Rushville. In 1847, he was licensed to practice medicine by the Fifth District Medical Institute, and by Rush Medical College, at Chicago, in 1856. From 1856 to 1886, he was engaged in the practice of his profession at Arlington, Rush County, where he was very successful. He came to Shelby ville September i, 1886, and took charge of a large and lucrative practice, which was turned over to him b}' the death of his brother, William Frame Green, who for man}^ years lived in Shelbyville, and lead the medical profession in Shelby County. The latter was born in Rush County, Indiana, April i, 1831. The earlier days of his life were passed on a farm, where he managed to get a fair common school education. He taught school for two winters, then began the study of medicine in Drs. Selman & Bassell's office, afterward stud^'ing with his brother in Rush County. He graduated from the Rush Medical College, of Chicago, February 20, 1856. He immediately began the practice of medicine in Shelbyville, and so continued until his death, which occurred August 19, 1886. His brother, the immediate subject of this sketch, was for many years a member of the Rush Count}- Medical Society, and is also a member of the State Medical Society. In 1882, he became a member cf the National Medical Association, at St. Paul, Minn. He was married in 1846, to Miss Mary J. Gowdy. This union has produced nine children: Dr. Lot, Annie, Preston S., Dr. James C, Isabella M., John D., William and Thomas (twins), and Nellie.. In politics, Dr. Green is a Republican. He is an Odd Fellow, and his wife and he are members of the Christian Church.

Wn.LiAM Hacker.* - I trace my ancestorial line back near five hundred years. In the year 149^, so far as is now known, my line of descent commenced at the birth Wilhelm Heckardt, near the city of Dresden, in Saxony. This gentleman being the first born of his parents, of course under the laws of the country then prevailing, inherited his father's estates, which were large and extensive. In early manhood he espoused the cause of the Reformation as taught by Luther and his co-adjutors. In consequence, for personal safety, he was compelled to leave his native State and he became reduced to want if not to real beggary. In 1520, he reached the city of London. Being true to his convictions of religious faith, for a term of some six vears, he emploved his time in preaching the Reformation and distributing the Bible with Luther's tracts, in and about London and Essex. While thus engaged he became (juite proficient in the English language, and having now nothing left to ever call him back to his native country, he Anglicized his name, writing it ever after William Hacker. This is the origin of the name, and with his descendants it has remained such in all lands. The Bishop of London had been watching the Reformation with much uneasiness. In 1527, he caused Hacker to be arrested, thrown into prison, examined, abused and mistreated in many ways in order to make him confess and renounce his faith, and finally bv order of Sir Thomas More, as Chancellor under Henry VIII, he was placed in the rack and tortiu-ed, but no renunciation of his convictions could they extort from him. He was left bv his tormentors to linger along in awful agony and suffering for perhaps near a year when he died. About 120 years later a great-grandson of this original W'illiam Hacker, became the famous Col. Francis Hacker, the Drill Officer and Commander of Cromw^ell's Iron-Side Brigade, and led that famous brigade in many a well-fou(jhl battle durino" the Commonwealth of Enirland. Duringthe imprisonment of Charles I, Col. Hacker had command of the troops thatkept guard over the King, andleadthatunhappy Monarch to the scaffold at his execution. Among the first acts of Parliament after the restoration of the monarchy was the bill of attainder against those who had taken part in the condemnation and execution of Charles I, which was to extend -to them and their posterity forever. Under this act Col. Hacker was arrested, condemned by the king's star chamber court, and on the 20th of October, 1660, was lead off to execution. A son of Col. Francis Hacker^ during the Commonwealth of England, became a cadet under Admiral Blake. The law of attainder being passed, of course this gallant sailor became an out-law, he accordingly made his way to the now free State of Holland, where under an assumed name, he joined the Holland Nav}', in which he continued rendering good service for the remainder of his life. A son of this sea captain, named William, born in 1680, was taken bv his father with him on shipboard almost from his infancy, and thus in every sense of the word he became a true sailor-boy. In 1725, being then about fortyfive years of age, he determined to quit the sea, come to America, and settle down for life. He accordingly shipped as a common sailor on an emigrant vessel, and on his way over he became acquainted with a young lady of Scotch descent, and on arriving at Philadelphia, they were married, and soon after moved to the Shenandoah Valley, near Winchester, Virginia, where they continued to reside, cultivating a farm until 1773, when they removed with their children over the mountains on the west fork of the Monongahela, near what was then called Fort Buchannan, when two years later he died at the age of ninety-six years. His widow survived him thirty-one years. She died in 1803, at the age of ninetv-tive years. They had two sons - William and John - and live daujJ'hters. William, durino- the French and Indian war, became a soldier under Washington, and served in the army through the Revolution and until the treaty of Greenville with the Indians. John, the second son of the sailor-boy, became my grandfather. He remained with his parents on the farm near Winchester, Virginia, until 1769, when he brought his family over the mountains into Western Virginia and settled on a tract of land he had purchased from the State near where the town of Weston, in Lewis County, is located, where he continued to reside cultivating his farm until 1824, when he died at the age of eighty-one years. Grandfather Hacker was connected with the armv in some capacity on the frontiers from the commencement of the Revolution, until the close of the Indian War in 1795, and was with General Wayne at the treaty of Greenville, in that vear,~ which closed the Indian War in the west. My father, also named John, was the second son of his parents. Born in a block-house on the west fork of the Monongahela, in Lewis County, Virginia, Januuary 17, 1773. He continued to reside with his parents, assisting in cultivating the farm and lighting back the marauding bands of Indians until 1805, when he emigrated with his family to Ohio, and settled for a time in Greene Count}-. In 1809, with a number of his neighbors, he moved up into what was then called the Big Darby Plains, where he remained until about the commencement of the last war with Enjjland, when he returned with his family to Greene County. At the surrender of General Hull, at Detroit, volunteers being called for, he promptly enlisted under Gen. Harrison, and was with that o-allant officer until the war in the northwest closed. He then purchased from the government a tract of land in Montgomery County, Ohio, where he resided until the fall of 1833, when he, with his family, came to Shelby County, Indiana, and settled on a farm some six miles north of Shelbyyille, where on the 15th of October, 1834, he died. While my parents were residing in the Darby Plains, on the 5th of December, 1810, I was born. As this was at that time an unorganized territory, and claimed by the Indians, they becoming quite hostile toward the white settlers for thus - as they claim - intruding upon their lands. A short time before the battle of Tippecanoe, in 181 1, my parents moved back to the settlement in Greene County, consequently I never did know the exact place of my birth, but it was some where in what was then known as the Big\ Darby Plains. When about five years of ace I lost my mother, my father beiniif thus left with nine children to look after and provide for, I was in consequence thus left in early life to look after and take care of myself, in a ijreat measure. This, perhaps, more than any one thing else, taught me selfreliance by which I have been enabled to successfully work my way through life to the present time. Being thus brought up in a new country, and but thinly settled, I liad scarcely no educational privileges. About two months in the winter season of four or five years is all the schooling I ever had the privilege of receiving. But m\' memorN' bein(j extraordinarily fjood and mv mind active and vigorous, I naturally improved every spare hour in acquiring such a knowledge of matters and things as would enable me to take an honorable position in community and become useful to my day and generation. This studious habit, commenced in early life from necessit}', has become a second nature to me, so that now at the age of seventy-seven years I cannot enjoy an idle moment unless readmsi and searchincr for further useful knowled"'e in some branch of history or science, I am therefore as will be seen emphatically a selfeducated person. And such has been my success in this line that some twenty years ago one of our incorporated colleges thought proper to confer upon me the honorary title of LL. D. Until the age of seventeen I remained working with my father on the farm, but being of a nervous, bilious temperament and consequently somewhat weakly in bodily organism it was thought best for me to change my occupation, I therefore went to Davton, and served a four years' apppenticeship to a mechanical profession. In 1833, I came with my father to Indiana, purchased propert}' in Shelbyville, which has been my home ever since. In 1838, I (]uit my trade and engaged in mercantile pursuits. It, however, soon became evident that I was made for a more acti\'e life. My health failed and I was thus compelled to abandon such business pursuits. In 1843, I assisted in organizing a railroad company, became its secretary, assisted in locating the line, and superintending the construction of the road until completed and in running order. In 185 1, I tried merchandising again, but in the short space of three years failing health compelled me to relinquish the business a second time. This was my last venture in that line. Between 1841 and 1864, I served nineteen vears as Justice of the Peace, and although in that time I decided thousands of cases between neighbors, yet I never had a law suit with anv one on my own account in my life, nor did I ever have a serious (|uarrel with any one. The best work, however, as I conceive in which I have, perhaps, been of the greatest benefit to mv dav and 2;eneration, has been in connection with the Masonic Fraternity, the Church, the Sunda}' Schools and the temperance organizations. I was made a Mason in St. John's Lodge No. 13, Dayton, Ohio, Julv 9, 1832. The principles of pure moralit}-' taught me at my admission into the order being so in accordance with those taufrht me in earlv life, that I at once conceived an ardent attachment for the order which has not abated in the least to the present time. I have passed through the grades of the lodge, chapter, council and commandry ; have presided over all those departments for many years; have received the grades of the Scottish Rite to the thirty-third and last degree of that rite. I became a member of the Grand Lodge of Indiana in 1835, '^"^ have been a working member of that body at everv session since. In 1846, I filled the office of Grand Master for two vears, and that of Grand Secretary three years. In 1868,, my hearing becoming so defective I was necessarily compelled to decline further service in that position. I became a member of the Grand Chapter of Indiana in 1848, and have been present and assisted in its labors at every session held since. Served four years as Grand High Priest and three years as Grand Secretary. I assisted in the organization of the Grand Council of Indiana, in 1855, and have served six years as its Grand Master, and three years as Grand Recorder; have been present and participated in its labors at everv session to the present time. I also assisted at the organization of the Grand Commandry of Knights Templars of Indiana, in 1854, and have filled almost ever}^ station in that Grand Body to that of Grand Recorder three years, and Grand Commander, two years, and have been present and assisted in its deliberations .at ever}' conclave held since its organization but one, when from sickness I was unable to attend. For the past twenty years or more, I have annually been placed at the head of the committee on jurisprudence in all those Grand Bodies. In consequence, their constitutions and laws, as the}' now stand, are principally as I have moulded them. I assisted in the orcranization of the council of High Priests for Indiana, and in 1S55 was elected its presiding otlicer, which honorable position I held by annual re-elections until the session of 1875, when my hearing becoming so defective that I was compelled to decline further service in that important position. In i8s6, at the city of Hartford, Conn., I became a member of the General Grand Chapter and Grand Encampment of the United States, and still retain my membership in both of those Grand Bodies to the present day. I was an officer in the General Grand Chapter for twelve years. Three 3'ears of that time I held that of General Grand King. At the triennial session at Baltimore, in 1871, from my defective hearing I had necessarily to decline all further official duties with these National Grand Bodies. The first otlicial station to which I was called in the Masonic fraternity, was that of W. Master of the Lodge. This was in June, 1835. Since then I have not been one moment's of time without holding some prominent position among the craft, often, and for years at a time, as hi<>'h as eleven honorable stations. At the present I hold, and for the past fifteen years I have held,se\'en, four elective and three appointed offices. This may signif}^ that my declining 3'ears have not abated my interest and zeal in the institution in the least. In 1825, at about fifteen years of age, I became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and to-day I remain as tirmly attached to the o'overnment and doctrines of that church as at any time m my life. In 1843, I was appointed a steward in the church and continued such until my loss of hearing compelled me to decline further service. For twelve years in succession I represented the district as lay delegate in the annual conference. In 1850, I was elected as one of the trustees of the church in Shelby ville, which position I held until 1879, when I sent in nw resignation. At the same time I was holding' a similar position in the Second Methodist Episcopal Church, which position I still hold and endeavor to discharoe its duties to the best of my ability. I became attached to the Sunday School cause as early as 1823, and continued to attend upon its interests and labors until loss of hearing rendered me useless. After having settled in Shelbyville, I assisted in the organizing of the present Sunday School of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and my labors in that line as teacher, secretar}-, librarian, treasurer and eighteen years as superintendent or until 1875, when my inability to hear, became so great that I had to retire from further participation in these, to me, pleasing labors. I have been a warm advocate of temperance all my life, never made use of a drop of ardent spirits except as a medicine, consequently do not know from personal experience, the feelings produced when under the influence of intoxicating Hquors. I connected myself with, and became an active worker, in all the early temperance organizations, andopenlv advocated their cause until it went into politics. Not caring to carrv a pure moral principle into State and National politics, I declined further co-operation with the present temperance organization, though, adhering as strongly as ever to the principle of temperance as a moral reformation that must and will inevitablv prevail, as I believe. I have ahvavs been an ardent politician of the Henry Clav School, though never a noisy one. Have advocated as strenouslv as I could, without giving offense to those who might differ with me in opinion, the doctrines of American labor, public improvements, national currenc}' and free schools. Mv father left Virginia on account of slavery, consequently I was brought up under the free soil doctrines. Hence when the present Republican partv was organized, I naturally went with that party, and so remain to the present day. The happiest hour perhaps that I ever felt in mv life, was when I read President Lincoln's emancipation proclamation. I was married January 20, 1S39, ^^ Miss May Ann, daughter of Re^-. Thomas W. Sargent, a distant relative of Hon. John Sargent, many years a Senator in Congress, from Pennsylvania, as also of the several noted ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church of that name at Baltimore and Cincinnati. We have raised seven children, five girls and two boys, one died a few years since, leaving us six still living, all married, settled in life, industrious and strivincr to make an honest livino-. I have thus mven as concise a sketch of the male line of my family from the earliest authentic history, down to the present time as I know how, and were I to sketch the female or maternal line, it would no doubt be far more interesting than that of the paternal side of the house, but as this is not called for, like the old Indian chief, I exclaim " Al-abain-a," here I rest.

John B. Hardebeck, a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, was born on the 29th dav of March, 1844. His parents, Barney and Elizabeth (Lutt) Hardebeck, were natives of Germany, the former born 1819, and the latter in the year 1823. They came to the United States in 1840, and settled in Hamilton County, Ohio, moving subsequently to Indiana, and locating in Decatur County. John B. Hardebeck was educated in the common schools, and having earlv manifested a decided taste for mechanical pursuits, engaged at the age of fifteen to learn the machinist's trade at Lawrenceburgh, Ind., in which city he remained until 1861. In the latter year he responded to the country's call for volunteers, enlisting in the Sixth Ohio Battery, with which he served for a period of three months, enlisting in Company E, Thirty-fifth Kentucky Infantry at the end of that time, and sharing the fortunes and yicissitudes of \yar ^yith that regiment until 1S62. He \yas then transferred to the Fifth Indiana Cayalry, Company H, with which he participated in some of the bloodiest engagements of the war, including the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864, where he was captured and taken to the noted prison pen at Andersonyille. He was held a prisoner for three months, suffering many priyations and hardships during that time. He was honorably discharged from the seryice September 15, 1865, and immediately thereafter began W'Orking at his trade at Millhousen. During the succeeding four years he carried on the mercantile business at the town of Millhousen, Ind., after which he eniraned in the manufacture of woolen floods, continuing the latter until 1874, when he sold out and remoyed to Indianapolis. He subsequently returned to Millhousen. and later moyed to Shelb3'yille and opened a grocery and saloon, w'hich afterward- burned, entailing upon him a loss of about $7,000. With that energy characteristic of the man he at once resumed business, and although experiencing many difficulties, continued the same until 1885, at which time he abandoned merchandising and accepted the position of Gauger of the Sixth Indiana District, the duties of which position he has discharged until the present time. Mr. Hardebeck's military record is one of which any man might feel justly proud, and as an intelligent and courteous gentleman he has the respect and confidence of the community around him. He is a Democrat in politics and belongs to the G. A. R. and K. of L. He has seryed as a member of the City Council of Shelby yille, haying been elected to that body in 18S5, and re-elected in 1887. In 1863, he married Miss Christina E. Koeler, who was born in Ohio, August 24, 1843. Mr. and Mrs. Hardebeck haye fiye children, yiz. : Rosa, Charles, Bertha, Lawrence and Leo.

Andrew J. Higgins was born near Brookyille, Franklin County, Indiana, December 28th, 1830. His father, Henry Higgins, of Iris)i descent, w^as born in Kentucky, came to Shelby County in 1835, and died in this city in 1872. Malinda (Jackson) Higgins, the mother of our subject, was born in Ohio, January ist, 1813, and now resides in Shelbyyille. Andrew^ J. is the eldest of a family of eight children. He receiyed a common school education sufficient to enable him to teach school, which he began at the age of seyenteen years and followed at interyals with marked success for a period of nine years. In 1847, he embarked in the jewelry business, which he carried on with financial profit until 1877, when he retired and entered the business arena as real estate dealer, and being a man of excellent judgment, has made some yery profitable investments. In 1852, he was united in marriage with Miss Frances Shadlev, by whom he is the father of eleven children, Marv J., Elizabeth A., James B., Margaret E., Francis M., Geo. T., Mattie E., Ursula, Charlie A., and Samuel T., and William, now dead.

Hon. Kendall Moss Hord. - That every man will follow his own inclinations the best and do it so easily that he hardly seems to put forth an effort, is proof that great excellence and superioritv usuallv are the results of natural endowments, which will always exxel mere education and culture. The present Circuit Judge of Shelby County, to those who know him, demonstrates the truth of this assertion. In him the voice of nature .comes ringing down through the past, lavishing upon him many of her choicest gifts, and markinfr him with the brio-ht star of genius. The family oricrinallv came from Sweden, settling in Virginia at an early day, where Elias Hord, the grandfather of Kendall M., was born, grew up and married, afterward moving to Mason County, Ky., where he spent the latter part of his life. The father of Kendall M., viz. : Francis T. Hord, was born in Mason County, K}-., where he grew to manhood and married Elizabeth S. Moss, a native of the " Old Dominion," who had come to Kentucky with her parents in early girlhood; nine children were born of that marriage, Kendall M. being the seventh in the family, and tlie sixth son. He was born in Maysville, Ky., Oct. 20, 1840, and his youth was passed in his native county. His father entered the law profession in Washington, Mason County, but upon the removal of the count}^ seat to Maysville, he located in that city, where he continued practice until his death. He was a lawyer of extraordinary natural ability, and one of the leaders of the Kentucky bar. His sons have inherited his talents and love for the legal profession, three of whom are leading law- 3'ers of Indiana, and the balance have become prominent in their respective callings. The subject of this sketch, in early youth, exhibited more than ordinary ability, and when but nineteen 3'ears of age, graduated from the Maysville Seminary. In 1859, he began the study of law in his father's office, teaching school in the winter season, but still continuing his legal studies. In the spring of 1862, he underwent an examination before two Judges of the Circuit Court of Kentucky, and was admitted to the bar. He immediately located in practice at Flemingsburg, Ky., where he remained until the fall of 1863, when he came to Indianapolis, and entered the office of Hendricks & Hord, for the purpose of becoming familiar with the code practice in Indiana, but more especially to await an opportunit}- of selecting a town in which to locate. In the early winter of 1863, he located at Shelby ville, and the following year was elected District Prosecutor of the Common Pleas

Court, holding the position two years. In 1866, he was elected on the Democratic ticket Prosecutincj Attorney of the Circuit Court, which he held two years, during which time he began to be recognized as one of the leading lawyers of the Shelby Count}^ bar. He was married August 20, 1S67, to Miss Emily McFarland, to whom has been born one son - Luther J. Mrs. Hord was born in Springfield, Ohio, and is the daughter of John and Betsey McFarland, who settled in Shelbyyille about 1855, where they resided until death. In 1872, Mr. Hord was again elected as Prosecuting Attorney of the Circuit Court, and in 1876, he was elected Judge of the Circuit Court, which position he now occupies. In his practice as a lawyer, and in his experience as a judge, he has exhibited a keenness of perception, a hrmness of grasp upon legal propositions, and a power of analysis which are giyen only to the natural jurist. As a practitioner, his abundant theoretical resources neyer failed to adyance the interests of his client; and in his discussions of law to the court, or of fact to the jury, he was eyer practical, logical and lucid; and with his personal magnetism, fluency, scope of language and perfect yoice, he secured the attention of his auditor and always made deep impressions. He combines within himself rare (jualities of mental and physical strength, an indefatigable will, keen judgment and quick obseryation. ,

Henry H. Jackso.n. - 'I'he gentleman whose biography is herewith presented is a natiye of North Carolina, born near the cit}^ of Greensborough, on the 25th day of January, 1844. His father, Eliab Jackson, was born in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylyania, about the year 1793, and died in North Carolina in 1873. The mother, Mary (Gassett) Jackson, was born in North Carolina in 1797, and died at her home in that State about the 3'ear 187 1. They raised a famih- of ten children the subject of this sketch being the youngest. Henry H. Jackson spent the years of his youth on a farm, enjoyed such educational adyantages as were afforded by the country schools, and while still youne^ engaged as a clerk in which capacity he continued for some time. In 1865, he came to Indiana and for six years thereafter was engaged in the manufacture of carriacres, at the city of Columbus. At the end of that time he abandoned mechanical pursuits and opened a hotel, in the same place, which he operated until 1873. In the latter 3-ear he came to Shelbyyille, and after remaining here until 1879, ^'eturned to Columbus, where he resided until 1882. He then took charge of the Ray House, Shelbyyille which under his successful management soon became a fayorite stopping place for the trayeling pubhe. He has been in the hotel business continuously since 1871. He in January, 1884, furnished and fitted the Hotel Enghsh, which he continued to operate until May, 1885, and during that time has earned the reputation of a very successful and obliging landlord. February 22, 187 1, he married Mrs. Sarah R. Toll, daughter of Capt. G. R. Rader, of Kentucky. Mrs. Jackson was born in the city of Louisville, October 7, 1846. Mr. Jackson is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Masonic fraternity, having identified himself with the order in 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson hiwc two children, Edward R. and Addie J.

Edwwrd p. Jewett. - The subject of our sketch is a native of Wayne Count}-, Ind., born in the city of Hagerstown on the i8th da}' of July, 1857. Flis paternal ancestors came from England many years ago and settled in New Hampshire, in which State his father, Parker Jewett, was born December 26th, 1809. Parker Jewett was by occupation a blacksmith, and worked at his trade for several years in Cincinnati, having located in that city about the year 1825. Subsequently (1833) he moved to Randolph County, Ind., and still later to Wayne County, where his death occurred in 1873. The subject's mother, Jane (Bowen) Jewett, was born in Lebanon, Ohio, March 26th, 1820, and is still living, making her home at this time in Wayne County, Ind. Edward P. Jewett is the elder of two children by his father's second marriage. He received a good education in the schools of Hagerstown, Ind., and at the age of seventeen began learning the stone cutter's trade, in which he soon ac(|uired great proficiency, doing his first work in the city of Connersville. In 1879, he came to Shelbvville, and for sometime thereafter was in partnership in the niarble business with J. H. Enos, the firm thus formed continuing until 1881. Since the latter year he has been . alone in the business, having in the meantime built up a large and constantly increasing trade, his shop at this time being the largest in Shelby County, and one of the most extensive in this part of the State. Mr. Jewett is a skillful workman and as such enjoys much more than a local reputation. He has been quite successful in his business, and is none the less prominent as a citizen, having the confidence and respect of the community around him. He cast his first vote for James A. Garfield, and since that time has been an earnest supporter of the Republican party, though in no sense an office seeker. He was married in 1882, to Miss Alma Aten, daughter of Abram and Eliza (Thompson) Aten, of Johnson County, Ind. Mrs. Jewett was born in the year 1859, and is the mother of two children, viz.: Charles W. and Chester A. Jewett.

Thomas S. Jones, physician and surgeon, and Clerk of the Shelby County Circuit Court, is a native of Kent County, Delaware, and son of George and ]Mary (Ford) Jones, of the same

State, the father, born in 1S03, and the mother in 1809. The doctor was born on the 29th day of June, 1843, and acquired a good Enghsh education in the common schools of his native county. During the progress of this primar^- course he chose the medical profession as the channel in which his life's voyage was to be made and in 1864, began the study of the same at the town of Hazletville, Delaware, under the instruction of William B. Maloney, M. D., one of the leading physicians of that place. Actuated by a laudable desire to increase his knowledge of the profession, the doctor in 1 866, entered the Michigan University at Ann Arbor, and after taking one course there, became a student of the University of Pennsylvania, from which institution he graduated in the spring of 1868. Having thus familiarized himself with the details of his profession he began the active practice of the same, at the town of Mar}'dell, Md., where he continued until his removal to Shelby Countv, Ind., in 1869. On coming to this county he located at the village of Flat Rock, where he soon acquired a large and lucrative practice. May 29th, 1886, Dr. Jones entered the arena of .politics as the Democratic nominee for the office of Clerk of the Shelby Countv Circuit Court, a position to which he was elected by a very decided majority, and w^hich he now fills to the satisfaction of his friends and pohtical enemies. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which he has belonged for a number of 3'^ears. He married in 1878, Miss Kate Struble, of Bartholomew County, Ind., a union blessed with the birth of three children, viz. : Mary E., William S. and Herbert C.

Charles E. Karmire. - The subject of this biography is a native of Germanv, born in Prussia on the 29th day of May, 1829.. His parents, William and Elizabeth (Winden) Karmire, were natives of the same countv - the father dving there when Charles was quite a small boy, and the mother departing this life in the United States about the year 1868. In 1863, he accompanied his; mother to this country, and settled with the family in New York Citv, where he soon obtained emplo3'ment as salesman in a grocery house, in which capacity he continued until 1865. In January, of the latter year, he went to Toledo, Ohio, where he was similarly engaged until the following fall, at which time he took a thorough course in Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, thus laying the foundation for the successful business career which has marked his subsecjuent years. After completing his business education, he went to Indianapolis where, until the fall of 1866, he clerked in the hardware house of Wilson and Gorgas, and then went to New Orleans, in which city he was employed as clerk for about one year. In August, iS67,he came to Shelbyville,Ind., and began clerking for A. J. Gorgas, in whose employ he continued until January, 1S69, when he opened a grocery house, to which he subseijuently added a hardware stock, and still later agricultural implements. He continued this business with gratifying success until 1877, at which time, he disposed of his grocery and hardware stock and began dealing extensively in agricultural implements, buggies, wao-ons, carriacres, etc., in which branch of trade he has met with extraordinary success, his atinual sales averaging over $65,000. Mr. Karmire has met with success such as few attain in a much longer life, and is a notable example of what a man of energy and determination can accomplish in the face of adverse circumstances. In the vear 1885, he made a tour of Europe for the purpose of "reixainino; his health which had become seriouslv impaired bv close attention to business, and the followingr year removed from Shelbyville to his beautiful farm of 240 acres of fine land two miles southeast of the city where he now resides. He still carries on his business, however, and in addition to his home farm, owns other valuable real estate in both city and country. He was married June 2, 1870, to Miss Fannie Brown, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Brown. Mrs. Karmire was born in Shelb^'ville and is the mother of four children, viz.: Earl F., Harry E., William J., and Charles A. Politically, Mr. Karmire is a Republican, but not a partisan in the sense of seeking office. He is prominenth- identified with the Masonic fraternity, having joined that order in 1880.

Joseph Kennerly was born in Augusta Count}-, Va., January 12, 1822, and is the son of Jacob and i\manda (Cravens) Kennerly; parents natives of the same State. Jacob Kennerly was born April 5, 1796; emigrated to Jefferson County, Ind., in 1830, and two years later moved to Shelby County, where he resided until his death, in 1867. He was for some years an Associate Judge of Shelby County, and is remembered as one of the most prominent earlv settlers of this part of the State. Mrs. Kennerly was born on the 6th of October, 1804, and died at her home in this county in the year 1884. Joseph Kennerly enjoyed the advantages of a common school education, spent the years of his youth and earl}' manhood on the farm and at the age of twent3'-three began life for himself, choosing agriculture for his vocation. In this he met with much more than ordinary success, having by diligence and industry succeeded in accumulating a handsome competence by means of which he is enabled to spend his declining years in ease and comfort. In his early life he was a hard working man as is attested b}- the fact that he cleared and prepared for cultivation about 200 acres of land. In 1S86, he disposed of his farm and removed to

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Shelbvville, where he is now Kvino- a retired life. He was a soldier in the war with Mexico, serving twelve months in Company H, Third Regiment, which he accompanied to and from Mexico. He is a Democrat in politics and deserves mention as one of Shelby County's representative citizens.

George W. F. Kirk first saw the light February i6, 1S37, in a house which stood where L-ove, Major & Morrison's law office now stands in the Cit}' of Shelbvville. He is the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Fleming) Kirk, and is of Scotch-Irish origin. The Kirk family came to Shelbv Countv in 1832, and has remained ever since save a few years' sojourn in Bloomington, Ind. Mr. Kirk has never received more than a common school education. He began the active duties of life as a painter, beginning at the age of fourteen. He then entered a drv goods store as a clerk, which position he held until 1861. After the war began he entered the Quartermaster's Department under Capt. H. H. Boggess. Here he served until 1863, when he was transferred to the Commissary Department of the Army of the Cumberland, where he remained until April, 1864. Then coming home he engaged in the boot and shoe business in Shelbvville. In 1875, he quit the boot and shoe trade and became a solicitor of insurance, in which business he has since remained. He is also a director and the Secretary of the Shelbyville Gas-Light Companv. He married Miss Emma Browning of this countv and city, October 2, 1875. There are but two of their five children living, Woodville B., and Frank S. Mr. Kirk is an ardent Republican. He was made a' Mason in 1862, and since has advanced considerably in that fraternity, being now a member of Baldwin Commandery No. 2, and is the present Right Eminent Grand Commander of Indiana. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias. He and his wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church, and are faithful in their attendance.

Oscar E. Lewis. - Prominent among the successful young business men of Shelbyville is Oscar E. Lewis, who was born in Franklin Count}', Indiana, May 20, i860. His parents, Alexander and Jane E. Lewis, were natives of the United States and England respectively, the mother coming to this countr}' in 1838. The earh' 3'ears of his life were spent on his father's farm, and in 1872, he came with his parents to Shelbyville, where he immediately became a student in the city schools. He pursued his studies for a period of eight years, graduating from the high school in 1880, and the same vear encraered in teachinir, which he continued three terms, meeting with encouraging success as an instructor, in the meantime. In 1882, he accepted a position in the mercantile house of H. E. Schortemeier, Shelbyville, and three years later effected a co- partnership with his employer in the grocery business, purchasing the large stock of John W. Vannoy. Mr. Lewis, by his courteous conduct and honorable dealing, has succeeded in building up a large and constantly increasing trade, his house being at this time one of the best known places of business in the city. He is an enterprising man and possesses those traits of character calculated to make him popular with the people.

W. F. Little, an enterprising and public-spirited 3'oung citizen of this city, was born December 24, 1856. His parents were Robert F. and Sarah (Thrasher) Little, who were natives of Union and Bartholomew Counties, Indiana, respectively; the former was born September 19, 1833, and the latter the nth day of November, 1834. Both accompanied their parents to this county, of which they continued residents until their death, she dying February 16, 1 866, and he February 28, 1874. WiUiam F., attended the common schools of this place, working in the intervals between terms with his father, who was a merchant tailor. He became quite proficient at that trade, and served as journeyman for a number of years. In 1880, he embarked in the business for himself, and he has met with most gratifying success, and now enjoys a large, remunerative and constantly increasing trade. October 4, 1882, Miss Josephene A. Robertson became his wife. He and she are both members of the Christian Church. He also belongs to Lodge No. 39, I. O. O. F. Politically he is a Republican.

Benjamin F. Love. - It is a fact worthy of consideration that nearly all of the eminent men of this country have struggled up from obscurity to fortune, position and fame. Here industry, learning, talent and genius secure the highest reward of life. In a ^yord, the true nobility - nature's rulers, God's noblemen - come to the front, and the people recognize them. They make our laws, shape our institutions, and free the minds of the masses from that ignorance that would otherwise trammel their intellectual development. These reflections thrust themselves upon us as we quietly contemplate the many eccentricities of the talented lawyer whose name heads this biography, and whose face we have seen in the legal battle light up with the radiant hope of success, when, with invincible argument of logical fact, he was demolishing the polished sophistries of a wily antagonist. Benjamin F. Love is a native Hoosier, born in Liberty Township, Shelby County, Ind., March 31, 1 83 1, and is the son of Samuel and Lucy Love, and the ninth in a family of fourteen children. His grandfather, John Love, a native of the Keystone State, moved to Kentucky, where he was married, Samuel being the only fruit of that union. He grew up in Ken tuckv and married Lucy Crisler, a native of the " Old Dominion and in 1823 came to Bartholomew Count}^ Ind., where the family remained but a short time; and, not being satisfied with the country in that \'icinitv, the}' returned to Kentucky. In iS2_|., Samuel Love and family again came to Indiana, this time selecting a home in Shelby County, where he resided until his death, in the spring of 1S43. Snmuel Love was an " early-day " Justice of the Peace in this county, and it is said by some of the oldest inhabitants that Benjamin F., while a boy, was a constant attendant upon the trials in his father's court, and always gave strict attention to the conflicts of the lawyers, and while quite young he displayed great aptitude in grasping and comprehending knott}^ questions of fact; and from his youth he exhibited a logical and analytical mind, which he to some extent cultivated at neighboring debates with the teachers and briirht vounff men of his locality. He received his education at the common district school, with the exception of a short course of study in the Shelbyville Seminary, and in early manhood followed teaching and surveying. During the latter part of this time, he studied law in his spare moments, and had charge of a few cases, which was his first experience in the legal profession. Hoping to better his condition, and with a desire for change, he went to Missouri, and in the spring of 1861, entered the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., remaining there one session. He then returned to Missouri, and in a few months went to Jackson County, 111., and shortly afterward, in the summer of 1861, came back to his boyhood home and located in practice at Shelbyville, where he has since remained. He was married in Kentucky, in November, 1855, to Miss Elizabeth Johnson, of that State, who died in July, 1S57. He was again married, July 3, 1865, in Shelby County, Ind., to Mrs. Martha J. Wooley, nee Winterrowed, daughter of Anderson Winterrowed, one of the early pioneers of this county. Mr. Love is regarded as an eccentric man, which arises from his very unreserved and unpretentious bearing toward his acquaintances, and, when the cares of business are cast aside, his indul<rence in his lar<je fund of humor and anecdote; and, having a keen sense of the ridiculous, he enjoys repeating anecdotes and passages from humorous speeches and orations; and at other times rising to great intellectual force and power, when the occasion demands it, thus producing an inconsistency in the make-up of the man that is only appreciated by those who know him best. \\ hen he presents himself before the court or jury in the conflict in behalf of his client, his combative nature and intellectual power rise to any emergency that presents itself, and his greatest force is only brought out when hard pressed or grave responsibility rests upon him; and the man as surrounded by his friends in the social circle, and the man before the jury, presents a change and contrast of intellectual make-up that is striking, and it is not strange that those who know him think him eccentric. While he is a lawyer of extraordinary ability and strong faculties, he yet in an important case appears slow, and labors harder than others of his professional brethren ; but a client may always be certain he will fully develop all the strong points in his case. His great caution and genuine solicitude for the cause of his client, and his fear that he might omit something or commit an oyersight that would prejudice his client's cause, is the reason of his apparent tardiness in such a case. Nothing would be more mortif\'in<r to him than to feel, or to have his client feel, that he had not done all that could possibly be done in a case. Though possessing great combative force, he is not what is understood as an aggressive lawyer until he is sure of his position, and then he presses his point with vigor, deducing from ever}^ fact, or seemingfact, a logical conclusion that cannot be broken down or undermined. He has never aspired to office or political preferment, but has devoted himself to the law, and, though an ardent Republican, his party has not succeeded in obtaining his power and influence upon the stump. He is scrupulously honest and frank in all his dealings with his fellow-man; and in all his agreements or professional ensfacrements with the court or bar, he will not allow himself to violate the letter or spirit of any engagement upon any technicahty or quibble; but he is slow to make any engagement or contract affecting other persons without their full concurrence and approval, but when once made, it must be honestly and fully maintained. He has always been temperate and moral; is a man of generous, kind impulses, and has secured a large circle of warm, sincere friends, who are PTcatlv devoted to him, and in the social circle his fine qualities and jolly good humor cast a glow of sunshine over all who come in contact with him.

James Magill, business manager and senior proprietor of the Shelby Times, is a native of Ireland, where he was born April 4, 1839. He is the son of Edward and Mary (Cauthers) Magill. He grew to manhood in his native country, receiving there a national school education. In 1861, he emigrated to America, landinp- at New York, where he remained three months. He then came to Cincinnati, where he lived four years, thence removmg to Butler County, Ohio, where he was married to 'Miss Martha Barnett. In 1S6S, he came to Shelby County, and rented a farm east of Shelbyville about two miles. Upon the election of Albert McCorkle to the Sheriff's office, Mr. Magill was appointed Deputy, and at the death of his chief he was advanced by the Commissioners to the position of Sheriff. His term only lasted one month. From

1880 to 18S2, he served as Deput}- under James L. Brown. In 1S84, he received the nomination of his party for Sheriff and was elected. In i8S6, his term expired, and he immediatelv took control of the J5i7/£://'r Ti/nes, with which he has since been connected. In February, 1880, he suffered the bereavement of losing- his beloved wife. To their union seven children were born, of whom six are now living, Mary, Martha, Ida B., James, Margaret J. and Annie L. Mav 9, 1883, his and Belle McDougal's nuptials were celebrated. By his last wnfe he has two children, Katie and Ethe. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity. In politics he has always been an ardent Democrat, and has always worked hard for the success of his party.

Joseph Magill, brother of the above and Editor-in-Chief of the Times, was born in the County of Fermanagh, Ireland, November 22, 1852, being the voungest of a family of seven children. In 1867, he came to the United States, going immediately to Cincinnati, and there joined his brothers with whom he made his home, four vears, when in 187 1, he came to Shelby ville and engaged as a clerk in the shoe store of John Sheik, with whom he remained something" over one vear. While there he conceived a desire to adopt the profession of Journalism. With that in view he set to work, commencing at the foot of the ladder as a typo in the otfice of the S/ielhv Republican. At intervals, until 1876, he was engaged at the trade of his adoption on important work on the following papers: Clezrhind Herald, JVe-u) Albany Ledger- Standard, Louisville Ledger, Cinainnati Commercial and Chicago Times. In 1876, he took charge of the Literary Department of the Southern Rural Gentleman, at Grenada, Miss. Owing to ill health he was compelled to retire from that position in the latter part of that year. He then returned to Shelbyville, remaining a short time when he went to the West Indies via New York. In 1877, he returned to the United States. With the exception of three 3'ears when he w^as engaged in the Dramatic profession, he has made Journalism his life profession. After his return from the West Indies he took the position of City Editor of the Evansville Tribune. In 1879, he took the same position on the Courier of that city, with which he was connected in that capacity for three years; 1883 and 1884, he was City Editor of the Journal ^t that place; the latter part of 1884, he severed his connection with that paper and secured emplovment with R. G. Dunn"s Mercantile Agency, stationed at Minneapolis and Omaha, but as that did not prove agreeable to him he took a position as Reporter on the Chicago JVezi's and Alail about two \-ears, when he came to Shelb^^'ille in 1886, and has since been in charge of the Times. De-

Hon. Stephen Major. - Few men are more entitled to have their biography handed down to posterity than the subject of this sketch, and few men leave their footprints so indelibly impressed upon the sands of time. He is one of the rare men we meet with in life, about whom we have no unpleasant recollections. Honorable, honest and sensitive, he has vindicated, in his long hfe of usefulness, that love of justice and fair play that characterizes the Irish race from its lowlv laborer to its Emmet, its Burke, its Grattan, its Shields and its Sheridan. The Majors came from Normandy, France, to England, with William the Conijueror; and the branch from which the subject of- this sketch descends settled in Scotland; but, during the time of Cromwell, three brothers of the family moved to Ireland, two of whom settled in Granard, County of Longford, where Stephen Major was born March 25, 181 1. He is the son of Allen and Martha ( Hysop ) Major, natives of the County Loncrford, Ireland, and was the second in a familv of eight children - three sons and five daughters - five of whom are yet livmg. In early boyhood, he attended a neighboring school, where he acc^uired a ready knowledge of mathematics, going from there to a classical school at Granard. He then attended Edgeworth School, which was quite a noted classical and scientific educational institution. In 1829, when but eighteen years of age, Mr. Major came to the United States and settled in Shelby County, Ind. Soon after coming, he entered the law office of Philip Switzer, of Columbus, who was then one of the most noted lawyers at the bar of Indiana. By diligent application and rigid study, he soon mastered the fundamental principles of the law profeession and was admitted to the bar in 1831. On account of ill health, he did not begin active practice until 1834, ^vhen he located in Shelby ville. In 1836, he was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Indiana, and, in 1843, moved to Indianapolis, where a more extensive field awaited him in which to exercise his then well known abilit}' as a lawyer and jurist. Soon after locating in that city, he was appointed by Gov. Whitcomb as one of the Commissioners of the Indiana Hospital for the Insane, which he held until the spring of 1853, when he was appointed by Gov. Wright as Judge of the Indianapolis Circuit, composed of six counties; and, in the fall of that year, he was elected, by a large majority, as his own successor, and occupied the seat six 3-ears. During the earlv practice of Mr. Major in Shelbyville, a voung man - who has since risen to eminence as a lawyer and a statesman - entered his office as a student; and, in 1864, Mr. Major was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court,

the motion of that student, the Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, who was then a prominent member of the United States Senate. In 1869, he returned to Shelbyville and entered into partnership with Alfred Major, since which time he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profesion. He was married in Shelby County, Ind., x\pril 9, 1840, to Miss Phoebe Gaskill, daughter of Dr. George Gaskill, to whom were born three sons. Mrs. Major was born in Dearborn County, hid.; was a conscientious member of the Episcopal Church, and died October 4, 1874, '^vith a strong and abiding faith in a happv immortality. Mr. Major was a member of the Episcopal Church, and belonged to the Masonic fraternity.