Tipton County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1914 (part 3 of 11)

The paternal grandfather of the Professor was Joseph Van Buskirk, who, with his wife, Rebecca, was a native of New York state and of Holland Dutch descent. They were pioneers in Henry county and early settlers in Tipton county, Indiana. Joseph Van Buskirk. who was a blacksmith by trade, was twice married. To his first union were born the following chil¬ dren: Elisha, Elias, Dillard, George and John, the two last named being twins. By his second marriage Joseph Van Buskirk became the father of five children, Jehu, Joseph, Amos, Mary Ann and Hannah.

The subject of this review came, with his parents, to Tipton county, Indiana, when he was but six years old, and was reared on the home farm, securing a good education in the district schools and in the Tipton high school. Subsequently he engaged in teaching and has followed pedagogical pursuits for thirty-five years, a record as an educator of which any one might feel proud. He first taught in the district schools of his home community and then for four years was an instructor in the Tipton public schools, at the end of which period Professor Van Buskirk accepted a government appoint¬ ment in the Indian schools, first in the industrial school at Lawrence, Kansas, and then at the Pine Ridge agency in South Dakota. After two years spent in the hotel business in Rushville, Nebraska, where he located on his resigna¬ tion from the government service, the subject returned to Tipton and was proprietor of the Commercial Hotel for two years, at the end of which time he accepted the principalship of the departmental schools of this city, which position he yet occupies, having efficiently filled that responsible office for the last fifteen years.

On July 15, 1874, Professor Van Buskirk was united in marriage with Mary Elizabeth Recobs, daughter of James and Lydia C. (Burnett) Recobs. Mrs. Van Buskirk was born in Tipton, Indiana, on June 20, 1855, her parents being natives of the Buckeye state and early pioneers in Tipton county, they having come to this section in a covered wagon when there were but three families in the place. She was reared on a farm a mile and a half south of Tipton and attended the district schools and the Tipton public schools. Her father died in Tipton in November, 1911, in his eighty-third year, his wife having passed away February 20, 1910, in her seventy-seventh year. To Mrs. Van Buskirk's parents were born thirteen children, of whom eight lived to maturity, namely: Mary Elizabeth, Jennie A., Verrella, Robert, Harry. Fred, Gay and Samuel. Mrs. Van Buskirk's paternal grandparents were Frederick and Elizabeth (Rowe) Van Buskirk, while her maternal grand¬ parents were James and Frances (Cullup) Burnett, natives of Ohio and pio¬ neers in Tipton county.

To Professor Van Buskirk and wife have been born the following chil¬ dren: John LeRoy married Gertrude Dean and lives in Indianapolis; James O. died in infancy: Winona C. married M. H. Southers and they also reside in the Hoosier capital ; Maud P. married John Casey, of Lima, Ohio, and is now deceased; Hazel died in infancy; Cleo died at the age of twenty-three years and was unmarried; Jessie is at home; Bessie died at the age of nine¬ teen months.

Professor Van Buskirk and wife are members of the Christian church, while, in political matters, the subject recognizes no party ties, preferring to cast his ballot for what his conscience tells him are the right men and the right principles.

It is not always easy to discover and define the hidden forces that move a life of ceaseless activity and large professional success; little more can be done than to note their manifestation in the career of the individual under consideration. In view of this fact the life of the successful physician and public-spirited man of affairs whose name appears above affords a striking example of well-defined purpose, with the ability to make that purpose sub¬ serve not only his own ends, but the good of his fellow men as well. Doctor Grishaw holds distinctive prestige in a calling which requires for its basis sound mentality and intellectual discipline of a high order, supplemented by the rigid professional training and thorough mastery of technical knowledge, with the skill to apply the same, without which one cannot hope to rise above mediocrity in ministering to human ills. In his chosen field of endeavor Doc¬ tor Grishaw has achieved a notabie success and an eminent standing among the medical men of his county. In addition to his creditable career in one of the most useful and exacting of professions, he has also proved an honorable member of the body politic, rising in the confidence and esteem of the public, and in every relation of life he has never fallen below the dignity of true man-

Harry E. Grishaw was born at Sharpsville, Indiana, May 29, 1873. He is the son of William and America (Shook) Grishaw, both of whom are also natives of Indiana. They had five children: Ora B., deceased; Ira Grant, deceased; James B., of Tipton county; Charles L., of Tipton county, and Dr. Harry E., the subject of this sketch. The senior Grishaw was raised in Ripley county, Indiana, and as a young man learned the trade of a blacksmith. Later, he became a merchant and farmer in Cicero township, Tipton county, Indiana, where he owned a farm of three hundred and twenty acres. He car¬ ried on merchandising in Tipton and Sharpsville for several years, dying in Tipton in 1894, aged fifty-six. His wife is still living in this city. An indi¬ cation of the esteem with which he was held by his fellow citizens is shown in his election as county treasurer of this county. He was a soldier during the Civil war and left an enviable record for his service in that conflict.

Doctor Grishaw's paternal grandfather and grandmother were early settlers in Ripley county, and died there in middle life. They had three chil¬ dren, William, Jesse and Polly Naylor. The maternal grandparents were Lorenze D. and Maria Shook. He died in Ripley county and she in Tipton county at an old age. They had a large family, Colvin, David, Ann, America, James K., Abraham, Arie, Luther, Joseph and Hattie.

Doctor Grishaw was born and raised in Tipton, went through the com¬ mon schools in that city and graduated from the high school in 1892. He then entered Indiana University at Bloomington, where he continued his work for two years. He took a prominent part in college activities during his course there and was a member of the Greck-letter fraternity Phi Gamma Delta. After taking two years of work in the university, he started the study of medicine at Indianapolis and graduated from the Central College of Physi¬ cians and Surgeons in the spring of 1897, He at once began the practice of medicine in Tipton, where he has continued to reside ever since.

On the 24th of November, 1897, Doctor Grishaw was married to Bertha Gray, and they have one son, William H. Mrs. Grishaw was born in Rush county, Indiana. Her mother died several years ago, but her father is still living. She has one sister, Laura.

Doctor Grishaw is a member of the Royal Arch Masons at Tipton, and is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He has always been a Republican and as such was elected county coroner for two years. He is also a member of the city board of health at the present time.

Solomon D. Rouls

Among Tipton county's best known citizens and leading men of affairs the name of Solomon D. Rouls has been prominent. Of keen, practical in¬ telligence and rare foresight, he has been a forceful factor in the business circles of the city of Tipton, to the material advancement of which he has contributed perhaps as much as any of his contemporaries, while in matters of public policy bearing upon the best interests of the community his council and advice have ever carried weight and influence. A strong mentality, in¬ vincible courage and a determined individuality have so combined in his makeup as to render him a natural leader of men and director of public opinion.

Solomon D. Rouls was born in Arcadia, Indiana, April 25, 1857, the son of William and Phoebe (Dill) Rouls, the father a native of the fatherland and the mother of Hamilton county, Indiana. His father and mother were the parents of six children : Solomon D. ; Louisa, the wife of Francis Goodwin, of Wildcat township; Frances, the wife of Luther A. Orr, of Wildcat township; Sarah C., deceased, was the wife of Thomas Gunning, of Cicero township; Alice is the wife of William Wiggins, of Cicero township: Lydia M. is superintendent of an Indian school in Everson, Washington.

William Rouls was reared in Germany and in early life learned the weaver's trade. Born in 1818, he came to America in 1848 and first located near Hagerstown, Wayne county, Indiana, and about. 1851 came to Cicero. Indiana, where he was married on April 4, 1852, then removing to Arcadia, where he followed the cooper's trade until 1864. In that year he went to Iowa, locating in Story county, near Cambridge, following agriculture until February, 1867, when he came to Tipton county, Indiana, and purchased fifty-three and one-third acres of land in Cicero township. He here fol¬ lowed agriculture until within about four years of his death, when he re¬ moved to Tipton, dying there December 31, 1892, aged seventy-four years and twenty-six days. His wife died March 25, 1875, at the age of forty-two years two months and eleven days. They were meml)ers of the Evangelical church.

The paternal grandparents of the subject were Henry and Louisa Rouls. the latter dying in Germany in 1828. The grandfather came to America early in the fifties and died in Tipton county, Indiana, November 15, 1871, aged ninety-seven years. They were the parents of a large family of children.

Dill, natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent. Solomon Dill was a farmer and ran a blacksmith shop on his farm in Hamilton county, Indiana. In 1857 he removed to Iowa and settled in Cambridge, where he followed blacksmithing for some time, later going to Kansas, in 1868, and purchasing land in Labette county, where the wife died in 1869 and he in 1871. They were the parents of the following children: Israel M., Eliza, Phoebe, David, Louisa, Benjamin Franklin, Caroline, John, and a twin sister to Phoebe, who died in infancy. All the boys were in the Civil war, David being killed in that conflict.

The subject of this sketch was reared on his father's farm in Cicero township, securing an exceptionally good education, after completing the course in the district schools attending the normal schools at Danville and Valparaiso. Subsequently he taught school for nine years and made a splendid reputation as an educator, three years of that time being in the schools of the city of Tipton, he having come to this place in 1887. In 1890 Mr. Rouls engaged in the real estate, insurance and loan business and in May, 1912, became associated with Lee Lea veil in the same business, which he still continues.

On May 30, 1888, the subject was united in marriage to Mary Lilly, daughter of Greenbury and Eliza (Wright) Lilly, and this union was blessed by the birth of three children: Fred is a farmer; Mary G. is a senior in the Tipton high school; Lilly died in infancy. The mother of these children died on March 3, .1905, at the age of forty-seven years five months. She was a member of the West Street Christian church. Her birthplace was Madison township, Tipton county, Indiana, her father a native of Virginia and her mother of Indiana. She was one of a family of seven children : Joseph A., David, Sylvan, Sarah, Mrs. Rouls (subject's first wife), Edwin E. and Oliver. The paternal grandfather of Mr. Rouls' first wife was David Lilly, while her maternal grandfather was a Wright.

On December 30, 1908, Mr. Rouls married, for his second wife, Ardella Hogg, daughter of Taylor and Jane (Price) Hogg, born in Howard county, Indiana, February 4, 1876. Her father was a native of Virginia and her mother of Howard county, Indiana. Mrs. Rouls is the third of a family of seven children, who are Fanny, Camden, Mrs. Rouls, June, May, Earl and Ola. To Mr. Rouls' second marriage has been born one child, Jane Alice.

Mr. and Mrs. Rouls are members of the Methodist church, he being a steward and belonging to the Methodist Brotherhood. Fraternally, Mr. Rouls is affiliated with Tipton Lodge Xo. 151, Knights of Pythias. Display- in g an active and intelligent interest in political affairs, he has devoted much time to the furtherance of the principles of the Republican party and is at the present time chairman of the Republican county central committee. In 1888 he was elected city clerk of Tipton, being the first Republican to hold that office in the history of the city. In 1892 he was honored bv election to the mayoralty and served one term with credit and honor to himself and to the city.

Personally, Mr. Routs is a pleasant man to meet, a kind, friendly, hos¬ pitable and large-hearted gentleman who strives to do all the good he can while passing through the world. He has lived an upright, useful and honor¬ able life, one that has resulted in great good to those whom it has touched, and he is eminently worthy of the high respect in which he is held by all classes.

Artie Smitson

Every human being submits to the controlling influence of others or wields an influence which touches, controls, guides or misdirects others. If he be honest and successful in his chosen field of endeavor, investigation will brighten his fame and point the way along which others may follow with like success. Consequently a critical study of the record of the gentleman whose name forms the caption of this paragraph may be beneficial to the reader, for it has been one of usefulness and honor, and for the discouraged youth standing "where meets the brook and river of life," it abounds in both lesson and incentive. Through his own indomitable energy, perseverance, sound judgment and honesty, Mr. Smitson, although yet a young man, has ascended the ladder until he is today one of the leading business men of the section of the Hoosier state of which this volume treats, and is a publicspirited citizen who has done much of good for Tipton county.

Artie Smitson was born in Tipton, Tipton county, Indiana, October 24. 1878, the son of German and Arsula (Linderman) Smitson, the father a native of Kentucky and the mother of Richmond, Indiana. Of a family of four children, the subject was the youngest, the others being: William, de¬ ceased: Lelah, who died at the age of seven; Charles, who lives in Kansas. The father of Mr. Smitson came to Indiana with his parents when he was a boy, locating at Jackson Station. Cicero township, Tipton county, where they resided for some years, then removing to the city of Tipton, where the father engaged in teaming, also serving as chief of police two different terms.

The paternal grandparents of the subject were early settlers in Tipton county, Indiana, where they lived to ripe old age and were the parents of the following children: German; John; Henry; Peter; Polly is the wife of Elijah Elliott, of Tipton: Sallie, deceased, was the wife of John Ewing. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Smitson were natives of Germany, and on coming to the United States located in Richmond, Indiana, where they were large land owners. They removed to Tipton county at an early date and lived here the. remainder of their days. They had the following children: Barney, John, William, Lizzie and Arsula.

. Artie Smitson spent his early life attending the public schools of his native city and at the age of fifteen years he began working in a laundry, which occupation he followed until 1903. when he engaged in that business on his own account. His present up-to-date laundry plant at No. 29 South Independence street is the result of his energy and good business sense. It is equipped with the latest and best appliances for doing the finest work possi¬ ble. A large business is done and several hands are employed.

On July 27, 1902, Mr. Smitson was united in marriage to Tessie Jackson, daughter of Adam and Mary S. (George) Jackson. Mrs. Smitson was born in Tipton, where her mother is yet living, her father having died in 1905. The father, Adam Jackson, was a soldier in the Civil war and served almost all through that conflict, being wounded in the battle of Champion's Hill. To Mr. and Mrs. Smitson have been born two children, Mary Edith and Harrison A., the former having died at the age of nine months.

Fraternally, Mr. Smitson holds membership in Tipton Lodge No. 220, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mrs. Smitson is a member of the Christian church.

Every A. Mock

Success in this life comes to the deserving. It is an axiom demonstrated by all human experience that a man gets out of this life what he puts into it, plus a reasonable interest on the investment. ^ The individual who inherits a large estate and adds nothing to his fortune can not be called a successful man. He that falls heir to a large fortune and increases its value is suc¬ cessful in proportion to the amount he adds to his possession. But the man (22) who starts in the world unaided and by sheer force of will, controlled by cor¬ rect principles, forges ahead and at length reaches a position of honor among his fellow citizens achieves success such as representatives of the two former classes can neither understand nor appreciate. To a considerable extent the subject of this sketch is a creditable representative of the class last named, a class which has furnished much of the bone and sinew of the country and added to the stability of our government and its institutions.

Every A. Mock was bom in Cicero township in the little town of Kinderhook on November io, 1870. He was the son of William C. and Eliza J. (Orr) Mock. Both of these parents were natives of Indiana, his father being born in Hamilton county and his mother in Tipton county. They had nine children: Every A. and Melville O., both of Tipton county; Mary F., wife of Herman Dillinger, of Cicero township; Eliza E., wife of Frank Boyd, of Cicero township; William L., of Ashtabula county, Ohio; Raymond E., of Cicero township; Orville O., of Cicero township; Lena Belle, who .is still at home, and Leland C., of Tipton. The father of the subject of this sketch has always been a farmer. In early manhood he lived in Hamilton county, but since 1881 he has resided in Tipton county. He now owns one hundred and twenty acres in Cicero township, which he has brought to a high state of cultivation. For the past five years he and his wife have lived in Tipton. The paternal grandfather was Jacob Mock, whose wife was Elizabeth (Mur¬ ray) Mock. They lived in Hamilton county, near Strawtown, and died there in middle life. They had six children who lived to maturity: William C., James R., Margaret, Melinda, Eda and Ellen. The maternal grandfather was William Orr and his wife was Mary (Wright) Orr. Both were natives of Indiana, and lived in their early days in Tipton county, and later moved to Hamilton county, where they died. They had six children, Asbury. John, Sarah, Kelly, Eliza J. and Amanda.

Every A. Mock was reared on his father's farm in Tipton county, and attended the district schools and later took a course at Valparaiso University. He then taught for four years in the district school of his county, but decided to take up the study of law. He entered the law office of Beauchamp and Mount, and was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1894. He then opened an office in Windfall and practiced there for five years. He then came to Tipton where he has practiced continuously since.

Mr. Mock is an influential Republican and in the fall of 1890 he was elected prosecuting attorney of the thirty-sixth judicial circuit, at that time comprising Howard and Tipton counties, serving two years. Before that, however, in 1898, he was the nominee of his party for the house of representa- tives from Clinton and Tipton counties, but was defeated by a small vote, though making a most commendable race against odds. In 1904 he was nominated and elected to the Indiana state senate from Hamilton and Tipton counties and served through the sessions of 1905, 1907 and the special session of 1908, at which time the county option law was passed. Mr. Mock was chairman of the public morals committee which had charge of this bill, and he was an important factor in preparing this legislation.

On the 26th day of November, 1893, he was married to Isoria M. Kleyla, daughter of Peter M. and Bathsheba (Parker) Kleyla. Eight children have been born to them: Eva B., Don H.; Ruth N., who died in infancy; Mary E., May, Ralph E., Robert A. and Helen C. Mrs. Mock died on March 19, 1913, at the age of thirty-nine.. She, as well as Mr. Mock, was a member of the Christian church. Mr. Mock is a deacon in the congregation at Tipton and belongs to several fraternal organizations. He is a member of Austin Lodge No. 128, Free and Accepted Masons, and also of the Tipton Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. He is also a member of the Windfall Lodge of Inde¬ pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Tribe of Ben-Hur. Politically, he has always been a Republican. He has always taken an active part in the affairs of his church and for the past three years has been president of the County Association of Christian Churches. He owns a farm of eighty acres in Cicero township and another of twenty acres east of Tipton.

Mrs. Mock was born in Tipton county, Indiana, December 25, 1873. Her father came from Germany when he was three years old and grew to manhood in Tipton county. Her mother was born in Wayne county and came to Tipton county when an infant, with her parents and grew to woman¬ hood here. Her father died in Tipton county on the farm where E. A. Mock now lives. Her mother is still living. They had five children who lived to maturity, William H., John D., Barbara #E., Isoria M. and Mary E. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Mock were Martin and Barbara Kleyla. They came from Germany and were early settlers in Tipton county, where he died at the age of ninety-two. They had four children, Henry. Peter M., Mary and Amelia, Mrs. Mock's mother, Mrs. Bathsheba Kleyla, is now the oldest continuous resident of Tipton county. His maternal great-grandfather Wright built the first brick house in Tipton county. Mr. Mock has always been a citizen of high civic ideals and has ever manifested a willingness to assist in any measures tending to advance the general welfare of the com¬ munity honored by his residence. He has lived and labored many years in the county and stands as one of the worthy citizens and representative men of his locality.

Charles C. Bryan

In these latter days, when every one is complaining about the high cost of living, it is, indeed, a great satisfaction to write the career of a man who is doing all he can to remedy this unfortunate state of affairs. Within the last few years there have been thousands upon thousands of five- and ten-cent stores springing up all over the country. It is a constant surprise to walk through one of these stores and see the wide variety of articles which have been placed upon the market at this low price. One can nearly furnish a home now by going through a five- and ten-cent store and making judicious selec¬ tions from their wide assortment. One has said that there are over five thou¬ sand different articles which have been manufactured which can be retailed for five and ten cents. No one will gainsay the fact that any man who seeks to bring about a lower cost of living deserves the commendation of his fellow citizens. Such a man is Charles C. Bryan, the subject of this sketch.

Mr. Bryan was born in Jamestown, Greene county, Ohio, December 9, 1876, the son of John and Laura B. (Glass) Bryan, who were natives of Ohio. Mr. Bryan is one of four children, the others being Charles C, of Tipton; Bertha F., wife of W. C. Ludington, of Richmond. Indiana: Arthur D., of Tipton, and a little daughter who died in infancy. The father of the subject was born on a farm near Jamestown, Ohio, and lived there most of his life. In 1882 he moved to the village of Grape Grove, Ohio, where he con¬ ducted a general store for about fifteen years. He then moved to Muncie, Indiana, where he and his son, Charles C., started a grocery store, which they continued for a period of twelve years. He died in Muncie. on June 21. 1908. at the age of fifty-seven, and his wife died on March 3. 1913. Both were members of the Christian church.

The paternal grandparents of* the subject were Andrew Morrison and Maria (Mills) Bryan, both being natives of Virginia. Early in their lives they went to Greene county, Ohio, where he lived to the ripe old age of four score, while his wife is still living at the age of eighty-seven. They reared a large family, namely : Senaah, Benjamin, Mary, Rachael, Nancy. John, Sarah, Luetta, and Albert, who died when a small boy. The maternal grandparents were James and Mary (Moorman) Glass, natives of Virginia, who came to Greene county early in life. Their ancestors were English, and thev date their history back to the seventeenth century. They $lied in Greene county, Ohio. They reared a large family of nine children, Harvey. John. James. Albert, Emily, Mildred, Jennie, Laura and Mary.

Charles C. Bryan was raised in Grape Grove, Ohio, and lived there from the time he was six until twenty-one years of age. He took a business course at the normal school at Ada, Ohio. Later he worked in the summer and attended school in the winter. Like many other young men, he did not know what he wanted to do and started out by learning the printing trade at Midway, Ohio. Not liking this sort of work, he went to Muncie, where he joined his father in the grocery business as above mentioned. He stayed there for several years, and then moved to Tipton in August, 1910, and bought the five- and ten-cent store of Charles Powell and has continued that business until the present time. He has built up his trade until he is now compelled to use several clerks in order to attend to his rapidly growing business.

On the 1 2th day of June, 1906, Mr. Bryan was married to Della M. Walker, daughter of George and Nancy (Dinsmore) Walker. To this union there has been born one child, Margaret Josephine.

Mr. and Mrs. Bryan are loyal members of the Christian church and con¬ tribute liberally to its support. Mr. Bryan has always taken a very active part in church work and at the present time is one of the elders in that denomination.

Mr. Bryan carries a large and well-established stock of goods, and his business is increasing all the time. He tries to keep up with all the latest im¬ provements in store furniture and his place is considered one of the best fiveand ten-cent stores in the central part of the state. There is no line of mercantile business now which demands any more attention than the five- and ten-cent stores, and the men who want to get the business which the five- and ten-cent trade calls for must watch all the time to keep abreast of the times. It is some satisfaction to the people of Tipton to know that Mr. Bryan carries an assortment which one can not find in cities of much larger size.

George F. Schulenborg

Every nation in Europe has contributed citizens to the great state of Indiana, and among all these countries the citizens of German extraction stand high in the estimation of all those who make up our state. Thousands and thousands of sturdy Germans have come to this country and before the war they came in large numbers. We find them in every profession. They have become our lawyers, our doctors, our professional men of every rank. They have been our best farmers, and in every vocation they have made *a name for themselves. It is interesting to note that when one family would come they would be followed by others of the same family, until frequently there would be as many as three generations of the same family residing in some particular locality in the state.

Of the many German families who came to Tipton county before the war, none stand any higher than the Schulenborg family. George F. Schulenborg, the subject of this sketch, is the son of Henry G. and Margaret (Jacobs) Schulenborg. His parents were born in Hanover, Germany, and came to this country in the early fifties. The father settled in Ripley county when he was about eighteen years of age, and worked on a farm and helped to build the Whitewater canal, one of the most famous canals of the state. With true German thrift he saved his money and bought a farm of one hundred and twenty acres in that county, from which he sold forty acres and later traded the remainder for a bottom farm of one hundred and forty acres in the same county. At an early age he married Margaret Jacobs, the daughter of an¬ other German emigrant. He and his good wife raised a family of nine chil¬ dren : William H., deceased; John H., of Dearborn county, Indiana; Mary, single; Amelia, wife of Frederick Westmeier, of Ripley county; George F., of Tipton; Samuel, deceased; Paul G., of Tipton; Robert, deceased, and Mar¬ garet, who died in infancy. His wife died at the early age of thirty-eight, while he continued to work on the farm for many years more. A few years later he married a second time, but there were no children by the second mar¬ riage.

The paternal grandfather was Gerhardt Schulenborg. He married into the Afterheide family, an old-line family of Germany. To them were born several children; John, Mary, Henry G., Caroline, William, and Frederick, the latter still living in Dearborn county, Indiana. The maternal grand¬ parents came to America and settled in Ripley county, Indiana, and died there at an old age. They had two children, Herman and Margaret.

George F. Schulenborg was born in Ripley county, Indiana, June 2. 1858. He lived the life of the ordinary farmer boy until he was fifteen years of age, attending the parochial school in the winter time and working on the farm in the summer time. In the spring of 1875 he went to Tipton county, where he attended and worked on the farm of his brother, W. H., for three years. Later he rented his brother's farm and ran that for several years, finally buying it. He first bought forty acres and afterwards another forty, and still owns the eighty acres of as good farming land as can be found in the county. He continued to reside on this farm until December, 1900.

An evidence of his popularity and the general good esteem in which he was held by his neighbors is shown by the fact that he made the race for sheriff in November, 1900, and was elected over strong opposition. He took charge of the sheriff's office in January, 1901, and so well did he serve the people in the first term that he was elected for a second term. After retiring from the sheriff's office, he continued to reside in Tipton, entering into his present busi¬ ness of wholesaling and retailing buggies, carriages, harness and seeds. He has a large and well-established business, and has had a full measure of pros¬ perity.

While still a young man he married Dora M. Sandmann, the daughter of Frederick and Louisa (Roth) Sandmann. To them have been born three children. Elizabeth, Grace E. and Lela C. Elizabeth married Arthur Leininger, of Cicero township, Tipton county. They have two children, Lucile and Doris. Grace E. married Ralph Richmond, and now resides in Indi¬ anapolis. The youngest daughter is still at home. Mr. and Mrs. Schulenborg, as well as all the rest of the family, are members of the Lutheran church. Mrs. Schulenborg was also born in Ripley county, of German parentage. Her parents came from Germany and were among the early settlers of Ripley county. Her father later moved to Tipton county, where he died, and her mother is still living in this county. Mrs. Schulenborg has seven brothers and sisters, Doathea, Louisa, Frederick, Elizabeth, Henry, Amelia and John.

Mr. and Mrs. Schulenborg have always been noted for their true German hospitality, and throughout their whole life in this county they have made themselves good neighbors in every sense of that word. They have con¬ tributed liberally of their substance to the church and to every worthy causd which had for its end the bettering of the community. Every educational and moral influence has enlisted their hearty sympathy and co-operation.

Anthony W. Charles

It is the progressive, wide-awake men of affairs that make the real history of a community and their influence as potential factors of the body politic is difficult to estimate. The examples such men furnish of patient purpose and steadfast integrity strongly illustrate what is in the power of each to ac¬ complish, and there is always a full measure of satisfaction in adverting even in a casual way to their achievements in advancing the interests of their fellow men and in giving strength and solidity to the institutions which make so much for the prosperity of a community. Such men are the worthy subjects of this sketch, and as such it is proper that a review of their careers be ac¬ corded a place among the representative citizens of the city and community in which they reside.

Anthony W. Charles was born in Clarksburg, Decatur county. Indiana, July 13, 1865, and his brother William was born in Tipton, Indiana, Septem¬ ber 17, 1876. They are the sons of Raphael and Sarah (Warner) Charles, both natives of Germany. They had five children, namely: Anthony W. ; Luella, wife of Alonzo S. Ulrfch, of Tipton ; William, of Tipton, and two who died in infancy. The father was about sixteen years of age when he came from Germany to America. He had obtained some school education in Ger¬ many. Upon coming to America he located in Clarksburg, Decatur county, Indiana, and apprenticed himself to a blacksmith, William Humphrey, an occupation which he followed nearly all of his life. He came to Tipton in 1872, and added the wagon and buggy-making business to his regular trade of blacksmith. He bought out the old establishment of Wesley Gates, and conducted the business for many years under the name of Charles & Son for four years, when his son, A. W., bought his interest and ran it under the name of A. W. Charles up to 1907, when he associated with him his brother William, since which time the firm has been known as the Charles Brothers. They manufacture all kinds of buggies, carriages and light wagons.

Raphael Charles, the father, is now living in Tipton at the age of seventyseven years. His wife died in 1885. They were originally Catholics, but afterwards united with the Christian church. Fraternally, Mr. Charles has been a member of the Masonic order for several years. He now belongs to Austin Lodge No. 128, Free and Accepted Masons, and to Tipton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He has always been a Republican and as such was elected to the town board in the early history of Tipton and later became a member of the school board.

The maternal grandfather of the two brothers was named Warner. He and his wife died in Germany. They had a large family: Anthony, Reming¬ ton (familiarly known as Charley), Benedict, Helena, Sarah and three others.

A. W. Charles was seven years of age when he came to Tipton and has lived here ever since. He attended the Tipton public schools, and the Central Normal College at Danville, Indiana. He then went to work for his father and learned the carriage and buggy-making business under him. In politics he has always been a Republican, and in fraternal circles he belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

William Charles was born in Tipton and has lived here all his life. He attended the public and high schools and the St. John's parochial school and St. Joseph's Academy. With his brother, he also attended the Central Normal College at Danville, Indiana. Later he took an extended course at the normal school at Dixon, Illinois. He then went to work for his brother at Tipton and learned the carriage and buggy-making business under him. After this he farmed for six years in Cicero township, this county, and still owns an eighty -acre farm in that township. In 1907 he started in the buggy business with his brother, Anthony W. On the 26th day of January, 1902, he married Retta Fielding, daughter of A. J. and Caroline (Schall) Fielding. They have one child, Ruth Fielding Charles. Mrs. William Charles is a member of the Christian church. She was born in Cicero township, and her father is still living in this county.

The Charles Brothers have risen steadily in their business relations through merit, close application and commendable conduct. The story of their lives can be measured by their usefulness to the community in which they have lived.

There is no class to whom greater gratitude is due from the world at large than the self-sacrificing, sympathetic, noble-minded men whose life work is the alleviation of suffering and the ministering of comfort to the afflicted, to the end that the span of human existence may be lengthened and a great de¬ gree of satisfaction enjoyed during the remainder of their earthly sojourn. There is no standard by which their beneficent influence can be measured; their helpfulness is limited only bv the extent of their knowledge and skill, while their power goes hand in hand with the wonderful laws of nature that spring from the source of life itself.

* Andrew S. Dickey was born in Fayette county, Indiana, September 7, 1850, the son of Hugh and Hannah (Manlove) Dickey, both native Hoosiers. The father of the subject was a farmer and was reared in Fayette county, removing to Tipton county in 1852 and locating in Cicero township, six miles southeast of the city of Tipton, where he cleared and improved a farm and reared his family. In 1865 he came to the city of Tipton, having been sheriff of the county during the Civil war, afterwards being elected treasurer. After a residence of four years in this city, in 1869, the subject's father located on what is now known as the Appleton farm, a mile and a half west of town, and resided there for ten years, after which he went back to his old farm, and later to a farm two and a half miles east of town, his death occurring on the last named place in June, 1891, in his seventy-second year. His wife sur¬ vived him until July, 1905, when she died in her eighty-third year. They were members of the United Presbyterian church, and in his political belief the subject's father was a Democrat. To them were born two children, George A., who died March 14, 1912, and Andrew S.

Doctor Dickey's paternal grandfather was William Dickey, and his wife Margaret (Spence) Dickey, he a native of the Keystone state and she of Kentucky. They were among the early pioneers in Fayette county, Indiana, and came to Tipton county in 1851. He was one of the first surveyors and his services were much in demand in laying out claims. Both died in Jeffer¬ son township at the home of Joseph C. Manlove, he at the age of eighty- four and she at seventy-nine. They were the parents of nine children : Andrew. William S., Hugh, Nancy, Elizabeth, Margaret, Sarah, Martha and two others who died young.

The subject's maternal grandparents were George and Margaret (Cald¬ well) Manlove, early settlers in Fayette county, they having once been driven out by the Indians, but later returning to their place. The grandfather died there in his forty-ninth year and his wife in Rush county, Indiana, at the age of sixty-four, at the home of her son, George W. Their children were John. William; Joseph, who died young; Joseph Ct. David, George, Lydia and Hannah, the subject's mother. The Manlove family came from the north of Wales about the seventeenth century.

Andrew S. Dickey grew to manhood on his father's farm, attending the district schools and later the public schools of Tipton, supplementing this with a two-years course in the academy at Waveland, Indiana, then entering the classical course in Indiana University, from which he was graduated in 1877 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. After completing his course at the university, Doctor Dickey taught in the Tipton high school for a year, at the end of which period he took up the study of medicine. In 1881 the Doctor graduated from the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons at Indianapolis (now the Indiana School of Medicine connected with Indiana University). He immediately engaged in the practice of his profession at Tipton, and has followed it continually since, enjoying a spendid patronage and meeting well deserved success, his constant study of the latest and best in his profession's literature giving him a breadth of view and soundness of principles that have won him the respect and admiration, not alone of his brother practitioners, but of the public at large.

On June 12, 1901, Doctor Dickey was united in marriage to Anna Lila Shupe, daughter of David and Emma (Merriman) Shupe. This union has been blessed by the birth of two children, Andrew David and Joanna Merri¬ man Dickey. Mrs. Dickey was born in Bellaire. Ohio, her mother, the sur¬ viving parent, now living at Moundsville, West Virginia. The parents of Mrs. Dickey had three children, Mrs. Dickey, Jonathan Earl and Phillip D.

Doctor Dickey is a member of the United Presbyterian church, while his wife holds membership in the Christian denomination. Politically, the sub¬ ject gives his support to the Democratic party. Professionally, he is affiliated

Cyrus N. Parker

It is with pleasure that the biographer avails himself of the opportunity to place before the readers of this work the life record of the gentleman whose name initiates this paragraph, for he is deemed eminently worthy of repre¬ sentation along with the best and most industrious citizens of Tipton county, owing to the fact that he belongs to the energetic and enterprising class that has made this favored section one of the most desirable in the great Hoosier commonwealth. Enjoying distinctive prestige as a business man, Mr. Parker has achieved marked success, while his practical intelligence, mature judg¬ ment and sound business principles have had much to do in molding public sentiment in the community in which he has lived so long.

Cyrus N. Parker was born four miles west of Tipton, Tipton county, Indiana, on November 15, 1866, the son of Noah and Deborah (Williams) Parker, he a native of Ohio and she of Pennsylvania. The subject's parents had eight children, six of whom lived to maturity: Abraham P.. of Kirklin, Indiana, is a physician; Victoria J., deceased, was the wife of Joseph G. Kemp, of Kempton, Indiana; Noah died in Iowa in 1897; Margaret Ann is the wife of Henry Miller, of Tipton; Charity E. is the wife of M. G. Katon, a farmer near the old homestead ; Cyrus N. ; the others died young. Isaac at the age of fourteen, being killed in the Nash gravel pit, and Etta died in infancy. The father of the subject and an older brother, Dr. Isaac Parker, were bound-out boys in Ohio, their father having died while they were yet young. Before the county was organized they came to what is now Tipton county, where the Doctor practiced medicine and ran a general store and grain elevator, becoming a very prominent man and at one time a member of the Legislature, his death occurring in this place. Noah began life here at common labor and followed various pursuits, first being in the livery busi¬ ness and then for a number of years conducting a saw-mill at what is known as Old Independence. Eventually he took up farming on a small tract of four acres four miles west of town, where he remained until his death in 1898, his wife surviving him two years. The subject's mother was a devout Presbyterian, and the father, while not identified with any church, held to the Baptist faith. The paternal grandparents of the subject were Abraham and Charity (McVey) Parker, natives of Ohio. The grandfather died when but a young man and was the father of but two children, Isaac and Noah. The grandmother was married a second time to Mr. Mcllhaney, and they were the parents of several children, only one of whom is living, Ethelda Bowlin, grandmother of the present county surveyor. The subject's maternal grandparents were John and Susan (Cameron) Williams, who were born in Pennsylvania, and they were very early settlers in Tipton county and cleared the farm which they afterwards improved in Jefferson township. They lived and died here and were buried in the family graveyard on the farm. They had the following children: John C., Levi, Deborah (subject's mother), Melinda Bouse, Maria, Jefferson, Elizabeth and Benjamin.

Cyrus N. Parker was reared on his father's farm in Tipton county and attended the district schools. He taught for ten terms and was grammer teacher in the Sharpsville and Tipton schools. During his vacations he took up the study of law under Beauchamp and Mount, and was admitted to the bar in 1891, engaging in the practice of his profession at Tipton. In 1894 he was appointed deputy county clerk and served for four years. At the end of his term of office Mr. Parker took a well earned vacation of one year and was then appointed deputy postmaster, filling that office for two years. Fol¬ lowing this' he was connected with the United States census bureau at Wash¬ ington, D. C., for a year, and then returned to Tipton and resumed his prac¬ tice, following it with marked success until 1903, in the spring of which year he embarked in the canning business, and since 1906 has been manager of the Fame Canning Company, established in 1893 an(I incorporated in 1903. During the busy season between, four hundred and five hundred persons are

In November, 1900, Mr. Parker was united in marriage to Mary F. Conley, a daughter of Daniel and Mary (Lovett) Conley. This union has resulted in the birth of two children, Raymond X. and Marv F. Mrs. Parker was born in Jennings county, Indiana. Her mother was a native of Indiana and her father of Maryland, they being among the early settlers in Jennings county and both now living in Tipton. They are the parents of three chil¬ dren living: Isabel Brady, Thomas Leavett Conley and Mrs. Parker.

Cleo Wade Mount

In placing the name of Cleo Wade Mount before the reader as one stand¬ ing in the front rank of the enterprising men of affairs and a leader of the bar at Tipton, Indiana, whose influence has tended to the upbuilding of the city of his residence and the advancement of the affairs of his native county of Tipton, simple justice is done a biographical fact, recognized throughout the community by those at all familiar with his history and cognizant of the important part he has acted in the circles with which he has been identified. His career presents a notable example of those qualities of mind and character which overcome obstacles andx win success, and his example is eminently worthy of imitation.

Cleo Wade Mount is a native son of Tipton county, Indiana, having been born in Cicero township, about five and one-half miles southwest of Tipton, on the 1st day of January, 1880, and is the son of Judge Walter W. and Etta M. (Van Buskirk) Mount, who are referred to at length elsewhere in this work. Judge Walter W. Mount is a man of eminent standing in the legal profession, his reputation as an able and successful lawyer having far trans¬ cended the bounds of his own county. Cleo \\\ Mount remained on the home farm until about five years of age, when the family moved to the city of Tipton and here he grew to manhood. He attended the public schools, graduating from the high school in 1896 and in the following year took a post-graduate course in that school. On the 26th of April, 1898, Mr. Mount enlisted for service in the Spanish- American war and remained in the service until April 25, 1899, when he was mustered out at Savannah, Georgia, with the rank of sergeant. Upon his return home Mr. Mount entered Butler Col¬ lege at Indianapolis, where he remained a year and then became a brakeman on the Lake Erie & Western Railroad. He followed this pursuit about a year and a half and then was a student for a year in the normal school at Danville, this state, after which, having determined to make the profession of law his life work, he entered the Indianapolis College of Law, where he graduated in 1904, being the valedictorian of his class. He had been admitted to the bar of Tipton county in 1903, and in February, 1904. he was the nominee of his party for prosecuting attorney for the thirty-sixth judicial district, to which position he was elected and served one term of two years. This active experience so soon in his professional career was of inestimable value to Mr. Mount and further qualified him for the successful practice of law, to which he now applies himself vigorously. His abilities and industrial methods were quickly recognized and he soon found himself in command of a representative clientele. In 1908 and 1909 Mr. Mount served as county attorney and in 1910 he became city attorney for the corporation of Tipton, retaining this position until October, 1913, when he resigned. Having never been seized with the wanderlust spirit that has led so many of Tipton county's young men to other fields of endeavor, Mr. Mount has devoted himself to his profession and to the public duties to which he has l>een called and because of his per¬ sonal work and his accomplishments, he is clearly entitled to representation among the successful professional men and enterprising citizens of his locality. In addition to the practice of his profession Mr. Mount has operated the Title Guaranty and Abstract Company of Tipton, and has l>een very successful in the conduct of this enterprise. He owns a complete set of abstract books and is a very careful and accurate examiner of titles. He is also interested in and manager of the Martz Theater, of Tipton, a popular amusement house.

On January 2, 1905, Mr. Mount married Blanche R. Kelley, the daughter of Albert H. and Aurilla (Price) Kelley, her birth having occurred at Ber¬ rien county. Michigan, on August 6, 1884. Her parents now reside in Chi¬ cago, Illinois, and besides Mrs. Mount they have two children. Fannie May and Bessie Roy. To Mr. and Mrs. Mount have been born two children, Martin Gail and Walter Harvey, the latter dying at about the age of two years and four months.

Politically, Mr. Mount has ever since his majority been allied with the Republican party, being a supporter of the standpat element of that organiza¬ tion. Fraternally, he is a member of Austin Lodge Xo. 128. Free and Ac¬ cepted Masons; Tipton Lodge No. 1012, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Tipton Lodge No. 51, Knights of Pythias, and to the Modern Wood¬ men of America. They reside in a pleasant and attractive home at No. 218 West Madison street, this city, which is a favorite gathering place for their many friends, for they possess to a marked degree those qualities of char¬ acter which win and retain friendship. Mr. Mount has always been deeply interested in whatever pertains to the welfare of his home town and county and to him is the community indebted for much of the development for which it has been noted. He has often used his influence for benevolent enter¬ prise which he believes to be for the good of the community, and has honestly won and retains the good will and regard of all who know him.

D. E. Shook

Farming is becoming recognized as a profession and the future farmers of our country will be trained as carefully as are our ministers and phy¬ sicians. Purdue University now gives a four-year course in agriculture, leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree. The 1913 Legislature of this state created a new official known as the county agent whose duties are to give expert advice to farmers on all subjects pertaining to agriculture. The short courses given at Purdue every year are being attended by increasing thou¬ sands of farmers and their sons. The tendency of all this points to a new era in farming. Farmers' institutes are being held throughout the state and have been the means of keeping the farmers abreast of the times. Farming is becoming a science and the most successful farmer today is the man who studies his business. Such a farmer is the subject of this sketch.

D. E. Shook was born July 30, 1871, in Ripley county, Indiana, near Versailles. He is the son of Calvin and Keziah (Jackson) Shook. (See elsewhere in this volume for ancestral history of the Shook family.) D. E. Shook came to Tipton county with his parents when he was thirteen years of age, and attended the Tipton and Beech Grove schools. He worked on the farm during all of the time that he was attending school. He commenced renting land at first, and later, in partnership with his brother, Charles D., bought forty acres of land, which he later sold. He now has three hundred and ninety acres of fine land in this county.

cated the principles of that organization. He has never sought political office of any sort, but has directed all his energies to the management of his large farm, in which he has been very successful. Mr. Shook has always mani¬ fested excellent business judgment, and has always been an indefatigable worker. For this reason he has made a success of his life work, and at the same time he has the confidence and good will of a host of warm, personal friends. The home ties are strong in him and he and his good wife have made their presence felt for good in the community in which they have lived for so many years.

Clinton T. Brown

If a resume were to be written of the successful and influential attorneys of Tipton county, the name of Clinton T. Brown would occupy a high posi¬ tion. In the legal profession he has supplemented the practice of the essen¬ tials with a wealth of common sense. In every profession theories and rules cannot be literally interpreted ; they act as guides alone; the human equation is the force that impels decisions of merit. In judicious foresight, cool cal¬ culation and prompt initiative, Mr. Brown is unexcelled. He stands for the lawyer, in the true sense of the word; that is to say, the man who advocates a sympathetic reading of the law, and not a merciless, steely and unyielding interpretation. Clinton T. Brown has won for himself a reputation of high integrity, and his courteous, affable nature, savored with a brilliant fund of wit, has won for him countless friends.

Clinton Thomas Brown was born in Switzerland county, Indiana, near Bennington, October 28, 1877, the son of Hiram R. and Susan R. (Greyble) Brown, natives of Indiana, he of Dearborn county and she of Jefferson county, the subject being the only child of these parents. Mr. Brown's father was reared in Switzerland county and was always a farmer there until within the last ten years, he now being engaged in the saw-mill and lumber busi¬ ness and residing in Ohio county, near Bear Branch. He is a member of the United Brethren church, while the subject's mother, who died in September, 1879, was of the Presbyterian faith. The father of the. subject married for his second wife India Cole, who died four months after the marriage. In May, 1909, Hiram R. Brown was married to Mrs. Jennie Riley, widow of John Riley, her maiden name having been Hinman.

name was Christina (Pate) Brown. They were natives of Virginia and he was a farmer and stock raiser, settling in Dearborn county at an early date, her people locating in that community, in the Laughrey valley, in 1814. After their marriage, some time in the fifties, they moved to Switzerland county, and he died there in 1857, in his thirty-ninth year, the wife surviving him and reaching the advanced age of eighty-nine. They were the parents of four children: Mary married Z. T. Strepleton, a Civil war veteran; Hiram R. ; America married Henry Graham, of Cleves, Ohio; one child died in in¬ fancy. John R. Brown had been married before and by his first wife was the father of one child, Eliza, who married Isaiah Ball.

The maternal grandfather of #Mr. Brown was John Greyble, his wife's maiden name having been Wasson. They were natives of Pennsylvania, com¬ ing from near Chambersburg. In his early life John Greyble assisted in con¬ ducting a distillery and after the war he worked at the carpenter trade. In the Civil war he was a member of the Sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer In¬ fantry, and had the proud distinction for several years before his death of being the oldest Grand Army man in the United States, his death occurring in his ninety-seventh year, his wife having been past sixty at the time she passed away during the eighties. They were the parents of a large family : George Lambert, Luther, William, Freeland, Susan Rebecca, Maggje, Florence and Elizabeth, all of whom are now deceased except Luther, whose home is in Cin¬ cinnati, Ohio, and Florence Green, who resides in Wilmette, Illinois.

Clinton T. Brown was reared on his father's farm in Switzerland county, Indiana, near the village of Bennington in Pleasant township. He secured his education in the district schools of his neighborhood, and at the age of eighteen began teaching and was a successful educator for fifteen terms, hav¬ ing taught six terms in Ohio county. He remained under the parental roof until his majority, and began the study of law shortly after faking up his pedagogical work and was admitted to the bar on December 4, 1902, at Ris¬ ing Sun, Indiana, beginning the active practice of his profession at Sharpsville, this county, in the fall of 1904, where he remained until the fall of 1912, when he came to Tipton. In November of that year he was elected prosecuting attorney and is now filling that important office to the eminent satisfaction of his constituents. He is a strong advocate of temperance and has proven a very successful prosecutor.

union have been born three children, Willie O., Robert W. and Eva Hazel. Religiously, Mr. Brown and entire family are members of the West Street Christian church at Tipton. Mrs. Brown is a native of this county, her birth having occurred on March 4, 1876, her parents also being natives of the old Hoosier state. Her mothers death occurred in 1894, at the age of forty-six years, while her father still survives. They were the parents of eight chil¬ dren, Thomas, Willis, Jesse, Gamala, Frank, Mrs. Caroline Sander, Cora, the wife of the subject, and Mrs. Dora Ward. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Brown was George Washington Land, while her maternal grandfather was Andrew Jackson Hinman.

Politically, Mr. Brown has been a life-long Democrat, and has always taken an active and earnest part in the deliberations of his party. While still living at Sharpsville, he was appointed justice of the peace to fill out an un¬ expired term and held that office for one year to the satisfaction of all con¬ cerned. As prosecuting attorney of a county which lays just claim to being one of the cleanest counties in the state with regard to law violation, he has shown himself entitled to his full share of credit for this condition, and as a lawyer he is well informed in his profession and faithful to his clients and the law. He is an honest and fair practitioner, and his career has won for him the sincere, regard of his associates at the bar, and in all the important litigation with which he has been connected no one has ever charged him with anything calculated to bring discredit upon himself or cast a reflection upon his profession. His life affords a splendid example of what an American youth, plentifully endowed with good common sense, energy and determina¬ tion, may accomplish when directed and controlled by correct moral principles.

Oscar Vanness

The name of Vanness has been for many years an honored and respected one in Tipton county, and the gentleman of that name who is the immediate subject of this sketch is richly deserving of the universal respect and esteem which is accorded him in the community in which he lives. He is numbered among the enterprising and progressive citizens of the county, and he has also been accorded definite recognition in the political circles of the county, being now the county assessor, in which position he is rendering efficient and satisfactory service.

1877, the son of Eugene and Emily (Garrison) Vanness, the father being a native of Ohio. He is one of nine children, the others being Ollie Josephine, of Indianapolis; Pearl, the wife of C. F. Parker, of near Wichita, Kansas; Carl Otto, of Omaha, Nebraska; Frank T., of Madison township, this county, who served three years in the United States army, being assigned to the coast defense station at Fort Michie, of New York; Ray, of Greenwood, Indiana; Feril, who lives with her brother, Frank, and her mother in Madison town¬ ship. Eugene Vanness was a carpenter by vocation for eight or ten years and then took up farming, which pursuit he followed during the remainder of his life. In an early day he came to Tipton county and here followed farm¬ ing until his death, principally in Madison township, where his death occurred on April 29, 1908, in the fifty-third year of his age. His widow is still living. They were both identified with the Methodist Episcopal church, of which they were faithful and earnest adherents. On the paternal side the subject of this sketch is descended from Furman Vanness, whose wife was Deborah (Hand) Vanness, they being early settlers of Tipton county and prominent in the early life of this community. Furman Vanness was a Newlight minister and farming was his usual vocation. He died in Howard county, this state, at an advanced age, and his wife was past sixty years of age at the time of her death. Their children were Frankie, Ida, Abigail, Josephine and Ollie, twins#; Sarah, Eugene, Mary and James. The subject's maternal grandfather was Robert Garrison, who was an early settler in Madi¬ son county, near Duck creek, and there the maternal grandmother died in middle life, her husband living to an advanced age. He was a veteran of the war with Mexico and his death occurred in Tipton county. They were the parents of three children. Miles, Emily and Harvey.

Oscar Vanness spent his boyhood days on the home farm and attended the district schools in Madison and Prairie townships, graduating from the common school in Kempton in 1895. He later attended the Marion Normal School a short time, and after that for five years engaged in teaching public school. A year later he became truant officer, filling this position efficiently for a year and then during the following three years he was foreman of the fence gang on a railroad. He then farmed in partnership with his brotherin-law, F. C. Parker, and later for two years they engaged in the operation of a general store at Gilead, Miami county, this state. Mr. Vanness then re¬ turned to Tipton county, and for a year engaged in farming and later served one year as deputy county treasurer under T. J. Reese. A short time after¬ ward he was appointed county assessor to fill out the unexpired term of A. H.

Pence, and is still the occupant of that office. The duties of county assessor are very exacting and of vital importance to the prosperity of the county, and Mr. Vanness has so conducted the affairs of his office as to win the hearty commendation of his fellow citizens. He has also been successful in his private affairs and owns a splendid farm of one hundred and twenty-six acres in Madison township, the same being well improved and under a high state of cultivation. %

A Democrat politically, Mr. Vanness has for many years been active in his efforts to advance the party's interests, and has been held in high esteem by his political colleagues. In March, 1912, he was a candidate for the office of county treasurer, but was defeated at the delegate convention. Personally. Mr. Vanness is genial and unassuming and because of his upright character and sterling integrity he has retained the friendship of all who knew him.

Edward D. Daniels

In every community are to be found individuals who, by reason of pro¬ nounced ability and forceful personality, attain an influence with their fel¬ lows; who, by revealing traits of perseverance in effort and directing pur¬ pose, are entrusted with positions of honor and responsibility and become in the full sense of the term leaders of men. Of this class is the well known gentleman and successful lawyer whose name appears above, a man who ranks among the leading citizens of Tipton county and who for a number of years has borne an influential part in the affairs of the city and county in which he resides.

Edward D. Daniels was born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe county, Indiana, on April 18, 1878, the son of Joseph and Azilda (Lord) Daniels, natives respectively of New York state and Canada. They were the parents of three children, namely: Edward D., the subject of this sketch; Helen, deceased, who was the wife of Otis Mayn, who is also deceased, and Paul, who died in young manhood. The subject's paternal grandparents were natives of east¬ ern Canada, who afterwards moved to New York state, near the Canadian boundary, and there followed farming, later going west to Kankakee county. Illinois, where they died at advanced age. To these paternal grandparents were born four children, Joseph, Edward, Margaret and Mary. Of these, Joseph spent his boyhood in New York state and Vermont and in young manhood moved west, where he became a locomotive fireman and afterwards a locomotive engineer in the employment of several different railroads, which occupation he followed for more than forty years, being at the time of his death the oldest engineer in point of service of the Lake Erie & Western Railroad, having gone to this railroad from the Wabash in 1874. His death occurred in Tipton, Indiana, on September 4, 1908, at the age of sixtyfour years. His wife died one year later at the age of fifty-five years. Both were earnest members of the Catholic church. The subject's maternal grand¬ parents were David and Mary (Toupan) Lord, who were natives of Quebec, Canada, coming to the United States, locating in Kankakee county, Illinois, where they followed farming, and their deaths occurred there at very ad¬ vanced age. To them were born Frank N., Hermine, Joseph, Rosa, Louise, Francis, Azilda, and other children.

Edward D. Daniels lived with his parents in Lafayette until nearly six¬ teen years of age, received his early education in the parochial schools in that city and later he attended St. John's Academy at Tipton, and upon the con¬ clusion of his elementary studies he entered Valparaiso University in the scientific and law departments, where, after being required to partially work his way through, he graduated in law in 1897, at that time being the youngest student to have received a Bachelor of Law degree, and possibly the young¬ est in the state, being little past nineteen years of age. He entered upon the practice of his profession at Tipton, in which he has been actively and con¬ tinuously engaged until the present time. He has served one term as prose¬ cuting attorney of Tipton and Howard counties, two terms as deputy prose¬ cutor, was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination of judge of the thirty-sixth judicial district in 1908 and for member of Congress from the ninth congressional district in 1910. He has earned a wide reputation as a successful lawyer and has been connected with much of the important liti¬ gation tried in the Tipton county and Indiana supreme courts, as well as im¬ portant cases in adjoining counties. He has prosecuted or defended success¬ fully every homicide case tried in Tipton county during the past fifteen years, one of these being the famous case of the State versus Henry Yarling. He is counsel for the Shirk estate and the Indiana Gas Light Company and local counsel for the Lake Erie & "Western and the Pennsylvania railroads and has legal connections with other important interests.

On the 13th day of November, 1898, Mr. Daniels married Elizabeth Staats, the daughter of John F. and Lou (Jamieson) Staats. Mrs. Daniels was born in Wayne county, Indiana, on March 2, 1879, her parents being also \ natives of Indiana, and are now living in Tipton, the father being fence agent for the Lake Erie & Western Railroad. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels have two children living, John Edward and Helen Louise. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels are members of the Catholic church and, fraternally, Mr. Daniels belongs to the Knights of Columbus and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of which latter organization he has been prominent, having been the first exalted ruler of Tipton Lodge No. 1012, chairman of its building committee and a district deputy grand exalted ruler. Politically, he is a staunch Republican, active in party work and a frequent contributor in its educational campaigns.

Mr. Daniels was one of the organizers of the Tipton Chautauqua as¬ sembly movement and president of the organization in 1914. He is also secretary of the Tipton County Commercial Club.

William E. De Vault

Holding' distinctive prestige among the leading men of his community and standing out clear and distinct as one of the public-spirited citizens of Tipton county, William E. De Vault has achieved an honorable record as an enterprising, self-made man, who, from a modest beginning and by his own individual efiforts, has worked his way to a position of affluence and influence in the county. His life has been one of unceasing industry and perseverance and the systematic and honorable methods which he has ever pursued have gained for him the unbounded confidence and esteem of his fellow men and a permanent place among those to whose energy, sound judgment and superior foresight the city of Tipton and the county are so largely indebted for their advancement and importance.

William E. De Vault was born February 13, 1867, in Tipton, Tipton county/Indiana, the son of William and Rhoda Elizabeth (Reeder) De Vault, natives of Tennessee, and the parents of eight chil^en, namely: William E. ; John G., of Loogootee, Indiana; Robert F., of Broad Ripple, Indiana; Lloyd O., of Peoria, Illinois; Tampie D., of Tipton; Lulu, the wife of Aaron Lane, of Peoria, Illinois; two who died in infancy.

Mr. De Vault's father was reared in Tennessee and was a farmer. When the Civil war broke out he came to Indiana, and enlisted at Louisville, Ken¬ tucky, in the Union army, serving three years and four months, taking part in many battles. After the war he came to Tipton and has lived here ever f since, following farming and various other pursuits. His wife died in 1905

The paternal grandparents of Mr. De Vault were natives of Tennessee, where they lived their entire lives, the grandfather dying in middle age and his wife living to an old age. They had five children: William, Gideon, Melvina, Lulu and Mamie.

> Mr. De Vault's maternal grandparents were G. P. and Tabitha (Childs) Reeder, natives of Tennessee, who came to Tipton county in pioneer days. The grandfather was a farmer in his younger days, later working at the carpenter's trade, and then conducting a hotel at Tipton Junction, where he died in his sixty-eighth year, his wife passing away at the age of sixty. They were the parents of Rhoda Elizabeth (subject's mother), Catharine, Mary, Minerva, Alice, Lydia, Martha, Delia, Emma and Elizabeth.

William E. De Vault was reared in Tiptori and attended the public schools there, living at home until he reached the age of twenty-two, when he worked on a farm by the month for a while, then renting land and farming for several years in Cicero and Madison townships. Receiving the appoint¬ ment as superintendent of the county poor farm, Mr. De Vault devoted his attention to this responsible position for two years, during which time he placed that institution on a self-supporting basis. In 1905 the subject re¬ ceived the nomination for sheriff from the Republican party, and was elected by a majority of three hundred and sixty-eight votes, at the end of his term of office being again elected for another term of two years, and his ad¬ ministration of the affairs of that important and responsible office gained for him the approval of his fellow citizens. On his retirement from the sheriff's office he engaged in the livery business for two years, and was then appointed chief of police, serving for three and one-half years. In 1912 he was again the nominee of his party for the office of sheriff, but went down to defeat with the rest of the candidates of his ticket. . *

On December 17*, 1889, Mr. De Vault was married to Elizabeth Wright', daughter of Morgan and Celia (Philpot) Wright, who was born in Tipton county, Indiana, February 15, 1870, her parents having been residents of Tipton county for many years, and having reared a family of the following children: William E., John M., George B., Josephus, Mary E., Elizabeth and Julia A. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. De Vault were natives of the Hoosier state and died in Hancock county, having reared a family of the following children: Morgan, John, Josephus, Mary and Lucy. Mrs. De Vault's maternal grandparents were Martin and Lucy Philpot, natives of Han- cock county, Indiana, the parents of the following children: Lewis, John, Celia, Jane and Henrietta. The father of Mrs. De Vault is an old resident of Tipton county and was a commissioner many years ago, also having served as sheriff and county councilman, he having been a Democrat all his life.

To Mr. and Mrs. De Vault have been born four children: Orial married Florence Racobs and they have two children, Elizabeth Jane and Marita Cath¬ erine ; Jesse Morgan, Loran Charles and Blanche M.

Mr. and Mrs. De Vault are members of the Christian church. Fra¬ ternally, he belongs to Austin Lodge No. 128, Free and Accepted Masons; Tipton Lodge No. 220, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the Modem Woodmen of America ; the Tribe of Ben-Hur, and the Improved Order of Red Men. He has a good home at No. 321 South Independence street, where they are the center of a circle of admiring friends, and their hospitality is a byword among their neighbors.

John Siess

Although many foreign countries have sent their citizens to Tipton county, Indiana, and they have figured. in the various walks of life, the Ger¬ man empire has furnished a quota which will stand comparison with any other, and while one, by way of comparison, could not say that these sons the fatherland have surpassed all others, it would be safe to sav that none nas outstripped them or made better supporters of our institutions. Of this worthy class, John Siess, long since passed to his reward, was a brilliant example, his life, both in his native land and in his adopted country, being one that may be pointed to as a guide to the ambitious youth whose future is yet unplanned.

John Siess was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, May 7, 1843, an<J grated to America in i860, locating first in Decatur county, Indiana, where he remained until 1872, then coming to Tipton county. He first located on rented land in this county, where he continued for two years, until 1876. when he located on a farm in section 33 in Cicero township, which land is still in the family. Here he lived until his death, October 1, 1894, in his fifty-first year. A sincere memlier of the Methodist church, a Republican in politics and a man of intelligence and honorable daily walk, he won the respect and

On December 26, 1873, the subject was united in marriage to Emma C. Stewart, daughter of Stephen and Amy M. (Ruddick) Stewart, and to this union four children were born, namely : Oscar S. was in the hardware busi¬ ness in Arcadia for a number of years, and still owns his store there, but is now farming in Cicero township, four miles from Tipton, on one of his mother's farms. He married Carrie Doty and they have two children, Paul R. and Dorothy O. ; Lewis S. is also farming on the same farm ; Walter C. and Clarence E. died young.

Mrs. John Siess was born in Bartholomew county, Indiana, June 6, 1853. Her father, Stephen Stewart, was a native of Kentucky and emi¬ grated to Indiana in an early day, coming to Tipton county in 1855, where he settled on a farm in Cicero township and became an extensive land owner. He died on the home farm in 1888, at the age of sixty-six years. His wife died in 1897 in her seventy-second year. They were Methodists and were the parents of ten children: Robert O., of Carmel, Indiana; William P., a farmer in Cicero township; Emma C., widow of the subject; Amy C., of Tipton; Mary J. is the wife of Joseph Woolverton, of Cicero township; Laura E. is the widow of William Moore; John S., of Loranger, Louisiana; Anthony S., of Parker, Arizona; two who died in infancy. Subject's widow was the third born of these children and was in her second year when she came to Tipton county. In her young girlhood she attended the district school and then taught school for one summer term. Her father was from Kentucky and was of Scotch-Irish descent, while her mother was born in Bartholomew county, Indiana. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Siess were Stephen and Elizabeth (Corn) Stewart, natives of Kentucky, where Stephen died, his wife afterward coming to Tipton county, where her death occurred in 1866, in her sixty-fourth year. Stephen and Elizabeth Stewart were the parents of the following children: Nancy J. Pruitt; Stephen; Jessie; George; Gilly Ann is now residing in Kokomo, Indiana; Emily; Cal¬ vin; Caroline Hill. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Siess were Jesse Ruddick and Catharine (Baker) Ruddick, natives of North Carolina and pioneer settlers in Bartholomew county, Indiana, where they spent their lives and died, he at the age of eighty-six and she at seventy-four. They had the following children: Marv and Nancy (twins), Lydia, Lovey, Catherine, Jesse, Sallie, Jane Mecinda, William and Mrs. Siess' mother. The father of Jesse Ruddick was Solomon Ruddick, and his wife's name was Ann. The

Mrs. John Siesss owns a splendid farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Cicero township, four miles from Tipton, where she lived until the spring of 1903, when she removed to Tipton and bought her comfortable home at Xo. 128 West Madison street. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and is highly respected in the community for her genuine worth.

George W. Myerly

Success has been earned by George W. Myerly by long and hard work in connection with agricultural pursuits and he is now enabled to spend his declining years in peaceful retirement, surrounded by the comforts of life as a result of his earlier years of activity, when, for a long period of years, he was classed as one of Tipton county's energetic and successful tillers of the soil and public-spirited citizens, always ready to do his full share in further¬ ing any movement looking to the material or moral welfare of his community, and later, in a public capacity, rendering splendid service to his fellow men.

George W. Myerly was born in Carroll county, Maryland, January 2, 1835, the son of George and Sitsanne (Clabaugh) Myerly, natives of that county, who were the parents of eight children who reached maturity, namely: Mary Roxan, deceased, was the wife of Martin Stephens; George W. ; John H., of Elwood, Indiana: Silas R. lives two miles south of Elwood, Madison county, Indiana; Thomas J. lives in Elwood; Amanda E. was the wife of David Julius, of Tipton county, and on his death she remarried; Charlotte is the wife of B. F. Hines, of Elwood; Christopher Columbus lives in Madison township, Tipton county, Indiana.

George Myerly, father of the subject, was reared in Maryland, and he and his wife came to Tipton county, Indiana, in 1842, locating in Madison township, where he cleared a farm and reared his family. Previously they had lived for five years in Wayne county, Indiana. They both died on the old home farm in Madison township at about the age of seventy. In pioneer days George Myerly served as township trustee. The subject's paternal grandparents spent their lives in Maryland, and, besides George, they had three children, Jacob, Louis and Rachel, the latter becoming the wife of Henry Hoppie. The maternal grandfather of the subject was Thomas Cla-

George W. Mverly was two years old when he came with his parents to Indiana and had reached the age of seven when they located in Tipton county, it now being his proud boast that he has been a resident of this county for seventy-two years. Reared on his father's farm, Mr. Mverly attended the old-fashioned subscription schools in his boyhood, later attending the district schools. He continued to reside at home until he reached his twenty-third year, when he was married, on April 9, 1857, to Lucinda Ray, daughter of Hugh and Catharine (Rader) Ray, born one mile and a half south of Elwood August 18, 1837. Her parents were born in Tennessee and came to Indiana on horseback, settling first in Rush county and later removing to Madison county, where they died at an old age. They were the parents of a large family of children: Ruth, Elizabeth, Polly, Minerva, Sallie, Lucinda, Jacob, John, William and Stephen.

To Mr. and Mrs. Mverly have been born children as follows: Francis M. is a mail carrier at Tipton. He married Margaret Gage and they have two children, May and Lawrence. May married Roscoe Foster and they have one son, John. Mary Ellen married Samuel T. Hobbs, of Madison town¬ ship, and they have two children living. Ida married Omer Harding, and they have a son, Raymond. Idrel Elmer was in the county treasurer's office with his father and later in the grain business with him. He is now a mem¬ ber of the city council, representing the third ward in Tipton. He married Addie Lamb and they have two children, Loren and Bonnie.

Previous to Mr. Myerly's marriage he had worked for his father, and after that he rented the farm which he now owns for nine years, at the end of which time being enabled to purchase the land. This tract contained one hundred and sixty acres, for which he paid twenty-five dollars an acre, having since refused two hundred dollars anfticre for his holdings. The subject and wife lived on this land until 1893, when, he being elected county treasurer, they removed to the city of Tipton. Mr. Mverly was serving as county com¬ missioner when the first gravel road was built in the county, and was a city councilman of Tipton when the interurban railroad franchise was granted. He was countv treasurer when the present court house was built.

In their religious belief, the subject belongs to the Universalist church, while his wife is a member of the Christian denomination. During the course of a long and honorable life in this immediate community Mr. Myerly has become especially well known in the community, and he and his estimable wife have a host of friends, being highly esteemed for their real worth.

Abraham Kirtley

The biographies of enterprising men, especially of good men, are in¬ structive as guides and incentives to others. The examples they furnish of patient purpose and steadfast integrity strongly illustrate what is in the power of each to accomplish. Some men belong to no exclusive class in life, apparently insurmountable obstacles have in many instances awakened their dormant faculties and served as a stimulus to carry them to ultimate success, if not renown. The instances of success in the face of adverse fate would seem almost to justify the conclusion that self-reliance, with a half chance, can accomplish any object. The life of Abraham Kirtley, well known and successful real estate, loan and insurance man of Tipton, Tipton county, is an example in point, for, by his individual efforts and close adherence to his every duty, he has overcome the obstacles encountered on the highway of life and is now very comfortably fixed regarding this world's affairs and has at the same time won a reputation for right living among his fellow men.

Abraham Kirtley, the son of Lemuel and Mary J. (Covert) Kirtley, was born near Groomsville, Prairie township, Tipton county, Indiana, September 3, 1858. His parents were both natives of Indiana, his father being born in Switzerland county and his mother in Bartholomew county. They had twelve children, ten of whom lived to maturity. Sarah C., wife of Asa Corn, of Huntington county, Indiana; Abraham, of Tipton, Indiana: Martha A., wife of William A. Hannah, of Wildcat township; Daniel, de¬ ceased; Mary E., wife of George C. Paschal, of Lenox, Iowa; Lewis, of Kokomo, Indiana; Alice E., wife of Alvan Askren, of Madison township; Eva J., wife of Joseph E. Fraser, of Logansport, Indiana; Charles, of Dela¬ ware county, Indiana; Oliver, of Randolph county, and two who died in infancy. -

The father of the subject was raised in Switzerland county. Indiana, and worked at various pursuits. He did fiatboating on the Ohio and Missis¬ sippi rivers, and made frequent trips to New Orleans. He served through¬ out the Mexican war, and after that he came to Tipton county in 1854. and bought a farm of eighty acres in Prairie township. He bought and sold several tracts of land, and at the time of his death owned seventy acres of well-improved land in the county. He died three miles south of Sharpsville, February 27, 1910, at the ripe old age of eightv-three. His wife died two years later on November 4th, at the age of seventy-three. Religiously, he was a Universalist, and his wife was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church.

The paternal grandfather of the subject was also named Abraham Kirt¬ ley. He and his wife, Mary, were natives of Kentucky. *The ancestors of the Kirtleys came from England and settled in Virginia in the seventeenth century. Abraham was a farmer and came to Tipton county in 1854, settling in Prairie township, where his wife died. They had five children, John, Lemuel, Gideon, Emily and Sarah. The maternal grandfather was Daniel Covert. He and his wife, Catherine C. White, natives of Bartholo¬ mew county, moved to Tipton county, and spent the remainder of their lives. They had a large family: Mary J., Sarah, William, Lucretia, Nancy Etna, Ann, Alice, Jonah and Daniel.

Abraham Kirtley was raised in Prairie and Liberty townships on his father's farm. He attended the district schools of that neighborhood and finished his schooling there by graduating from the eighth grade. He later attended the Central Normal College, at Danville, Indiana. After taking the course in the normal school, he taught school for sixteen years in his county. In the meantime he engaged in farming in the summer. He bought a farm of forty acres at first and, by exercising good judgment and frugality, succeeded in saving enough money to buy farm after farm, until he now owns two hundred and forty acres of as well improved land as can be found in the county.

Mr. Kirtley was married to Hester Alice Brown, the daughter of James* and Mary (Downhour) Brown, on September 27, 1882. Four children have been born to this union, Walter B., Lulu, Homer A. and Ralph O. Walter, who is in the railroad business in Seattle, Washington, is married and has one daughter, Grace May. Lulu married Hugh Clark, superintendent of the schools at Jonesboro, Indiana. She is a graduate of the State Normal School, as is also her husband. Homer A. and Ralph are in Tipton in partnership with their father. Ralph is a graduate from the Tipton high school and the Gem City Business College at Quincy, Illinois. Homer A. attended Butler University and the Danville normal school.

Mr. and Mrs. Kirtley have both been life-long members of the Methodist Episcopal church in Tipton. Mr. Kirtley belongs to Austin Lodge No. 128, Free and Accepted Masons, and also to the Tipton Chapter No. 114, Royal Arch Masons, Tipton Council No. 80, Royal and Select Masters, and Tipton Commandery No. 52, Knights Templar. He is trustee of Austin Lodge. Politi¬ cally, he has been a life-long Republican, and during the last campaign he aligned himself with the "old standpatters."

Her parents were natives of Indiana and early settlers in Tipton county, where her father* died in 1862. Her mother lived until 1912, and died at the ripe old age of seventy-two. They had three children, Mary, America J. and Hester. The mother married again, the second husband being A. J. Heron, and there were three children by the last marriage, Dr. John J., George W. and David J. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Kirtley was Thomas Brown and her maternal grandfather was Thomas Downhour.

Mr. Kirtley has lived long enough in this community to stamp his indi¬ viduality in no uncertain manner upon the locality where he has resided. He is an excellent representative of that type of the American business man, the type that does things, the type of man who has won for himself an enviable pla'ce among the leading men of his city and county. He and his two sons, in their real estate, insurance and loan business, have built up a clientele which reaches every corner of the county. The capability and honesty of the father and his two sons have brought them signal success in a calling in which there is a chance for a man to use sound judgment and honesty of purpose. With well-directed energy, strong determination and honorable methods, they have built up a business which is certainly known in its line in the county.

It is not always easy to discover and define the hidden forces that have moved a life of ceaseless activity and large professional success: little more can be done than to note their manifestation in the career of the individual under consideration. In view of this fact, the life of the physician *and public-spirited man of affairs whose name appears above affords a striking example of well defined purpose, with the ability to make that purpose sub¬ serve not onlv his own ends but the good cf his fellow men as well. Doctor Gifford has long held prestige in a calling which requires for its basis sound mentality and intellectual discipline of a high order, supplemented by the rigid professional training and thorough mastery of technical knowledge with the skill to apply the same, without which one cannot hope to rise above mediocrity in ministering to human ills. In his chosen field of endeavor Doctor Gifford has achieved a notable success, which has been duly recog¬ nized and appreciated throughout the section of the state in which he lives. In addition to his long and creditable career in one of the most useful and exacting of professions, he has proved an honorable member of the body politic and in evfery relation of life he has never fallen below the dignity of true manhood nor in any way resorted to methods that have invited censure.

Allen W. Gifford, M. D., was born in Tipton, Tipton county, Indiana, July 31, 1873, the son of Senator George H. and Rachel (Smiley) Gifford. Senator Gifford, the subject's father, is treated of in a biographical review elsewhere in this work, to which the reader is referred for the genealogy of the Gifford family. The subject of this sketch received a good elementary education in the common schools of his native city, which was supplemented by a course in the high school of that place, the Doctor graduating from the latter institution with the class of 1892. Entering the Indiana State Uni¬ versity the same year, the subject completed his course there in 1896, re¬ ceiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Having in view the practice of medicine as his life work, Doctor Gifford matriculated in the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons at Indianapolis, where he studied for one year, at the end of that period accepting the position of principal of the public school at Hobbs, Tipton county.

On the outbreak of the war with Spain in 1898, Mr. Gifford volunteered, and, with the rank of sergeant, was assigned to the medical department at Matanzas, Cuba, where his services were much appreciated and highly com¬ mended by his superior officers. At the close of the war Doctor Gifford was honorably discharged and resumed his medical education in the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating from that institution in April, 1901.