Tipton County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1914 (part 1 of 11)

Biographical sketches

Holding eminent prestige among the successful business men of his community, the subject of this review has had much to do in advancing the material interests of Tipton, Tipton county, Indiana, and making it one of the important commercial centers of this section of the state. The study of such a life cannot fail of interest and incentive, for he has been not only distinctively representative in his spheres of endeavor, but has established a reputation for integrity and honor. Though not npw actively identified with business pursuits, he is still numbered among the substantial and worthy citizens of his community and none more than he deserves representation in a work of the character of the one in hand.

Judge James M. Purvis is descended from sterling old pioneer stock, his paternal grandfather, Calvin Purvis, having been a great hunter and trapper in Kentucky and Indiana fn the early frontier days. His death occurred in Tipton county in 1876, at the supposed age of over one hundred years. His wife died in Kentucky, their family history being unknown. They were the parents of nine children, Alfred, John, James, William, George, Lydia, Luther, Mary (familiarly known as Polly) and Andrew J. After the death of his first wife, Calvin Purvis again married, having two children by this union, Benjamin and a daughter whose name is unknown. The subject's maternal grandfather was Harrison Bess, while his wife's name was Town¬ send, and they became early pioneers of Tipton county, owning farms in Liberty and Prairie townships. They lived to an advanced age and reared a large family, their children being William, James, John, Orville, David, Margaret J., Phoebe, Perlina and Lavina. The subject's father, Andrew J. Purvis, who was born in Kentucky, was brought by his father to Decatur county, Indiana, in his infancy, his mother having died in Kentucky. He grew to manhood in Decatur county, and in 1853 moved to Tipton county, where he was married two years later and located in Liberty township, where he engaged in farming. He also lived at different times in Prairie, Jefferson and Cicero townships, and in 1888 he moved to Tipton, making his home with his son, James M., his death occurring on August n, 1890, when past sixty-three years of age. His wife died in 1887 and was buried in the old Jackson cemetery in Liberty township. She was fifty-two years of age at the time of her death. Religiously, they were formerly members of the Newlight church, but later became identified with the Disciples church. They were the parents of eleven children, five of whom grew to maturity, namely: John W., who djed in 1909; James M., the immediate subject of this sketch; Orville S., of Indianapolis; Angie, who died in Tipton unmarried in 1895, and who for some years was a successful school teacher; Zena A., the wife of Glen Long, of Indianapolis ; the other children died in infancy and youth.

James M. Purvis was born in the southwestern corner of Liberty town¬ ship, Tipton county, Indiana, on July 4, 1863, an(l was reared to maturity on his father's farm, attending the district schools of that neighborhood during his early youth. Later he became a student in the Central Normal College at Danville, and upon the completion of his education engaged in teaching, which he followed during eight terms. He lived in the city of Tipton during the last six terms, and during this period gave considerable attention to the study of law, having decided to make the practice his life work, and in 1888 was admitted to the bar. In 1893 Mr. Purvis began practicing his profession at .Tipton, in partnership with James M. Fippen, under whom he had previously studied law. They were together from June, 1893, until May, 1902, after which time the subject practiced alone until August, 1912, when he was appointed judge of the thirty-sixth judicial circuit by Governor Thomas R. Marshall to fill a vacancy caused bv the death of Judge L. B. Nash, and in the following fall he was elected to that position for the full term of six years, having a majority of one hundred and fifty-six over both Republican and Progressive candidates and being the only county candidate that had a majority over all opposition. There thus falls to him the distinc¬ tion of being the only judge who has ever succeeded himself in this circuit. In the primary election at which he was nominated for judge he carried every township in the county against a field of four candidates. In the active practice Judge Purvis stood admittedly in the front rank of his profession in this county, being one of the most successful lawyers at the local bar. In his present exalted position his career has been all that his previous record promised. His qualifications for the office of judge are unquestionable. First of all he has the integrity of character, and then he possesses the natural ability and essential requirements, the acumen of the judicial temperament. He is able to divest himself of prejudice or favoritism, and consider only the legal aspects of the question submitted. No lal>or is too great, however arduous, no appli- cation too exacting, however severe, if necessary to the complete understand¬ ing and correct determination of the question. These are indeed words of high praise, but the encomium is justified in every particular, for the Judge has proved himself a distinct man in all the term implies, and its implica¬ tion is wide. His career on the bench and at the bar is certainly a noble example and inspiration, for he has never been known to fail in that strict courtesy and regard, for professional ethics which should ever characterize the members of the bar, his career reflecting credit on the judiciary and dignifying the profession to which he belongs.

Politically, Judge Purvis is a staunch supporter of the Democratic party and has for many years been active in its ranks. In 1890 he was candidate for prosecuting attorney for the thirty-sixth judicial circuit, but was defeated. In 1896 he was elected a member of the state Legislature and served in the sessions of the following year. He also served efficiently as city and county attorney. Fraternally, he is a member of Tipton Lodge No. 22 o, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while, religiously, he and his wife are earnest mem¬ bers of the Episcopal church at Indianapolis.

On April 14, 1897, Judge Purvis was united in marriage with Adonis B. Clarke, who was born on January 1, 1877, within one block of where she now lives, the daughter of William H. and Ophelia P. (Jesse) Clarke. Her father died in 1886. Her mother, who was a native of Kentucky, died in Clinton county, Indiana, in June, 1910, and was buried in the Tipton ceme¬ tery by the side of her husband. These parents had four children, two of whom, Adonis and Beatrice, grew to maturity. To Judge and Mrs. Purvis have been bom four children, Ralph C., Boyd J., Noel A. and Frank M. Judge and Mrs. Purvis move in the best social circles of Tipton, and are popular members of the society dignified by their presence. Genial and un¬ assuming, the Judge enjoys a wide-spread popularity and has a large circle of warm and loyal personal friends.

Leroy B. Nash

In no profession is a career more open to talent than is that of the law, and in no field of endeavor is there demanded a more careful preparation, a more thorough appreciation of the absolute ethics of life, of the underlying principles which form the basis of human life and its privileges. Unflagging application, intuitive wisdom and determination fully to utilize the means at hand, are the concomitants which insure personal success in this great pro¬ fession. It stands as a conservator of justice, and it is only by the legal prin¬ ciples which date back to our Anglo-Saxon forefathers that it is possible for men of today to get exact justice. Success does not perch on the banner of every person who enters the competitive race, but comes only as the result of capability. It is not too much to say that the sketch which is here presented of the late deceased Judge Nash, presents a man who possessed all the requisites of the able lawyer.

Leroy B. Nash, the oldest in a family of eight children, was born Feb¬ ruary 27, 1868, on the Nash farm, three and one-half miles west of Tipton, and died in the court house in Tipton, Indiana, on Monday, August 5, 1912, in the midst of honors graciously and deservedly won and successes meritori¬ ously achieved. The parents of Judge Nash were William G. and Rebecca E. (Galloway) Nash, his paternal grandparents being Richard and Margaret (Moffett) Nash, both natives of Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish descent and pioneers of Indiana, settling in Fayette county, near Connersville. His ma¬ ternal grandparents were John and Isabel (Buick) Galloway, who came from Ohio to Indiana and located in Cicero township, Tipton county, and both of whom died in this county. .

The wife of Judge Nash was the daughter of William L. and Catherine (Diller) Berryman. They were married December 11, 1871. Her father and mother were natives of Indiana, coming to Tipton county in 1872, the mother dying here in 1881, at the age of thirty-two. The father married for his sec¬ ond wife Anna Rothgery. To the first union were born two children, Samp¬ son, who died at the age of eight, and Winona Margaret. Mrs. Nash was reared in Tipton, graduating from the Tipton high school. Her paternal grandparents were Sampson and Virginia (Royster) Berryman.

The years and energy of Judge Nash's minority were devoted to working on a farm. He attended the neighboring common school at Independence and there received a good practical education, which, supplemented with additional individual study, enabled him to qualify as a teacher, which vocation he fol¬ lowed for a time after attaining his majority, and in 1890, when twenty-two years of age, he embarked on a legal career which he successfully followed to the end of his life. At that time he entered the law offices of Messrs. Beau¬ champ & Mount, and under their tutelage prosecuted his legal studies for some two years more, and in the year 1892, having been found qualified, was admitted to membership at the bar. He immediately opened an office and be¬ gan the practice of his chosen profession. As a lawyer he was always true to his clients, untiring in his efforts in their behalf, able and formidable in advocating their causes, yet deferential and kindly to his opponents and re¬ spectful and gentlemanly to the courts. Such abilities and demeanor soon brought him a large and profitable clientage. Later he became a member of the legal firm of Gifford & Nash, and latterly that of Nash & Teter, each of which had a lucrative clientage. In 1894 he was elected mayor of the city of Tipton and served his constituency honorably and well for four years, using his influence and power for the permanent improvement and upbuilding of his adopted city. In politics he was always a Republican. He was twice a candi¬ date for the nomination of reporter for the supreme and appellate courts of Indiana, and was always an active and wise counsellor of his party, being present at its councils even on the day of his death. In 1908 he was elected judge of the thirty-sixth judicial circuit, then composed of Tipton and How¬ ard counties, and was an honored incumbent of that high office at the time of his death, his term yet having some two years and three months to run.

On June 25, 1895, Judge Nash was united in marriage to Winona Berry¬ man, of this city, who, by her loving ministrations and able helpfulness, contributed in no small way in the achievements and preferments of her hus¬ band, and who is now left to mourn his early departure.

Fraternally, Judge Nash was a member of Austin Lodge, Free and Ac¬ cepted Masons, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Sons of Veterans, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and also belonged to the Tipton Commercial Club and State Bar Association, as well as other organizations. Though not a college man, he had by his own efforts become well versed in the law, in history, both ancient and modern, in literature, in statecraft, in horticulture, in the current events of the world, as well as other lines of human endeavor. As a teacher, he was an uplift to the young; as a lawyer, he was an ornament to his profession, an advocate of equality and justice among men, the majesty and importance of the law and its proper enforce¬ ment; as a mayor, he was noted for his wise discrimination and aggressive course in the upbuilding of his adopted city; as a judge, he was noted for his unfailing impartiality and considerate and kindly demeanor to the members of the bar and litigants who appeared before him, for his fairness, for his mercy to those brought before him charged with wrong, for his knowledge of the law and human nature, and for the justness of his judgments; as a dutiful son, for the unfailing honor, respect and love which he always exhibited for his parents; as a husband, for the uninterrupted and bounteous devotion be¬ stowed upon his wife and helpmeet; as a friend, for his unbounded gener- osity, his never failing assistance under any and all conditions, and for the opportunities he would create so that he might be of* help to his friends ; and as a citizen and neighbor, for his untiring and helpful labors for all those things that he believed go to make the life of those yet remaining for a little while, better, happier, easier and more desirable. The term of the years and of the days of his life have run by, to return no more, but the influence of his life remains and will continue with us for our good.

Elbert Hamilton Shirk

It is the dictate of our nature, no less than of enlightened social policy, to honor those whose lives have contributed in any way to the good of their community and their associates; to bedew with affectionate tears the silent urn of departed worth and virtue ; to unburden the fullness of the surcharged heart in eulogium upon deceased benefactors, and to rehearse their noble deeds for the benefit of those who may come after us. It has been the commend¬ able custom of all ages and all nations. Hence the following feeble tribute to one of nature's noblemen. In contemplating the many estimable qualities of the late Elbert Hamilton Shirk, integrity and industry appear as prominent characteristics - an integrity that no personal or other consideration could swerve, and an industry that knew no rest while anything remained undone. When a given task was accomplished, he would throw off all care, retire to his home and devote himself to domestic and social enjoyments, for which he had the keenest zest and relish. His temper was calm and equable, and his man¬ ners were emphatically those o.f a gentleman - plain, simple, dignified, despis¬ ing sham and pretense of all kinds. His devotion to every duty was intense, while his perception of truth and worth was almost intuitive. Although his life was a busy one, his private affairs and his home making heavy demands upon his time, he never allowed it to interfere with his Christian obligations or the faithful performance of his church duties. Always calm and straight¬ forward, never demonstrative, his life was a steady effort for the worth of Christian doctrine, the purity and grandeur of Christian principles and the beauty and elevation of Christian character. He had the greatest sympathy for his fellowmen and was always ready to aid and encourage those who were struggling to aid themselves; yet in this, as in everything, he was entirely unassuming. When he believed he was on the right path, nothing could swerve him from it; home life was a sacred trust and friendships were in- violable. He commanded the respect of all classes by his exemplary life, and his memory will long be revered by his many friends and acquaintances.

Elbert Hamilton Shirk was born at Whitcomb, Franklin county, Indiana, on November 24, 1846, and died at Tipton on April 12, 1901. He was a son of Andrew and Sarah (Wright) Shirk, and was one of nine children, seven of whom lived to maturity: Elbert H., Mary, wife of Dr. Wilhams, of Petoskev, Michigan; William, who died in Muncie in 1912; Martha, wife of Charles Goodwin, of Brookville, Indiana; James A., of Delphi, Indiana; John C., of Brookville; George, of Chicago, and two who died young, Eliza¬ beth and Samuel. The senior Shirk was a merchant and a farmer at Springfield, Indiana, and died there in 1883 at sixty-six years of age. His wife died in 1898, when she was over seventy-five years of age. Both these par¬ ents were life-long members of the Baptist church. The paternal grand¬ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shirk, were pioneers in Franklin county, In¬ diana. He came 'from Switzerland, while she was a native-born American. Samuel Shirk followed the occupation of a farmer all his life, and both he and his wife died in Franklin county well advanced in years. They were the parents of several children, Harvey, Elbert, Isaac, Samuel, Elizabeth, David and Rebecca. The maternal grandparents were also early settlers in Franklin county and natives of England, and died in that county. Their children were as follows: James, William, John, Hiram, Sarah, Elizabeth, Hannah and Mary.

Elbert H. Shirk, the subject of this sketch, was reared in Franklin county, Indiana, on his father's farm. He attended the district schools of the county and finished his education by taking a course in the Brookville College. He taught several terms of school after graduating, and later took up the study of law and was admitted to the bar, but on account of ill health he did not follow the profession long. He came to Tipton in 1877 and be¬ came cashier of the First National Bank and held that position until his death. In addition to his banking business, he handled much real estate and operated several farms at the same time. He had much interest in the public affairs of his community, especially educational affairs, and was for several years a member of the school board of Tipton. He spent all of his spare time in reading, and at his death possessed probably the largest library in the county.

On November 25, 1878, Mr. Shirk was married to Nannie Roberts, the daughter of John and Mary M. (Templeton) Roberts, and to this union were born two children, Helen and John. Helen married George Shortle, a mer- chant in Tipton, and they have one son, George Elbert; John is in the can¬ nery business at Windfall, but lives in Tipton. He married Juliet Robinson Swayne, of Richmond, Indiana. Mrs. Shortle is a graduate of Indiana Uni¬ versity and John is a graduate of Yale University.

Mrs. Shirk was born in Brookville, Indiana, on July 21, 1845. Her father was a native of Kentucky, and her mother was born in Franklin county, Indiana. He was engaged in the milling and pork packing business and was the owner of several farms. His death occurred in Indianapolis on January 14, 1891, at the age of seventy-seven, while his wife's death occurred on December 17, 1900, at the age of eighty-six. They were the parents of ten children, four of whom grew to maturity : Mrs. Caroline Peck, of Indianapo¬ lis; Mrs. Helen M. Heron, of Indianapolis ; James E. Roberts, of Indianapo¬ lis, and Mrs. Nannie Shirk, of Tipton.

The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Shirk were Billingsley and Nancy (Jewell) Roberts, both natives of Kentucky. He was a farmer by occupation and died in Kentucky while on a return visit there in regard to his business affairs in that state. Mrs. Roberts died in Franklin county, Indiana. They were the parents of a large family: William, Sarah, Ellen, Billingsley, Lafay¬ ette, Winfield Scott, Julia and Andrew Jackson. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Shirk were Robert and Mary (Adams) Templeton, natives respect¬ ively of South and North Carolina. They were early settlers of Franklin county, where they died at an advanced age. They reared a large family : William, James, Robert, Lovice, Mary, George, Sarah Jane, Nancy and others who died in infancy.

E. H. Shirk was afflicted with poor health for many years, but the things which he did showed an energy that would have been a credit to any man possessing the best of health. Endowed by nature with a fine mind, a good heart, and lofty aims in life, he let his light shine in such a manner at all times as to prove his manly qualities in following high ideals, and thus set an example before the world that is worthy of emulation. The good wife who is left to mourn her loss in his death is well known for her many gener¬ ous, kindly and charitable deeds. It was through Mr. Shirk that the Tipton public library got its inspiration, and it was Mrs. Shirk who gave five thou¬ sand dollars unsolicited for the endowment of the library. This has proven to be a wise provision and aided largely in the erection and furnishings of the library. In ways innumerable these exemplary people have shown their generous friendship and love for the welfare of Tipton and the community. The world is made better by having such people in it. Since Mr. Shirk's death Mrs. Shirk has continued in her ministrations to all charitable and benevolent institutions. She is a lady of culture and refinement, quiet and unostentatious in her demeanor and her life is a benediction to all who knew her.

Judge Walter W. Mount

It is not an easy task to adequately describe the character of a man who has led an eminently active and busy life in connection with the great legal profession, and who has stamped his individuality on the plane of definite accomplishment in one of the most exacting fields of human endeavor. Yet there is always a full measure of ' satisfaction in adverting, even in a casual way, to the career of an able and conscientious worker in any line of activity. Among the truly self-made and representative men of Tipton county none ranks higher than the honorable gentleman whose name heads this sketch, who is a conspicuous figure in the civic life of the community. A man of tireless energy and indomitable courage, he has won and held the unqualified esteem of his fellow citizens. With the law as his profession from young man¬ hood, he has won a brilliant reputation at the bar and during the time he was a judge he was truly an ornament to the bench, his decisions bearing the stamp of clear reasoning and sound principles.

Judge Walter W. Mount was born in Rush county, Indiana, February 15, 1857, the .son of John and Elizabeth (Stewart) Mount, natives, re¬ spectively. of Ohio and Indiana. To Judge Mount's parents were born eight children, namely: Anna is the wife of A. G. Burkhart, a stock man, and they live near Tipton; Walter W. ; Volen is the wife of Pernial Blazer and they live four and one-half miles west of Tipton; Vessie is the wife of Frank Par¬ son and they live in Walla Walla, Washington ; Alta died in her seventeenth year; the others died in infancy.

John Mount, the Judge's father, was reared in Rush county, Indiana, and was a farmer. In 1870 he sold his farm there and removed to Tipton county, engaging in merchandising in Milroy for three years, then returning to agri¬ cultural pursuits in Cicero township, west of Tipton, where he farmed until within fifteen years of his death, his demise occurring in the month of June, 1906, in his seventy-third year, his wife surviving until March 11, 1913, she dying within eight days of her eightieth birthday anniversary. Judge Mount's parents were members of the Christian church.

The paternal grandparents of Judge Mount were William and Cathar¬ ine (Baker) Mount, natives of the Buckeye state and early pioneers in Rush county, Indiana, in which county William died, his wife passing away in Tipton about seven years later. To them were born four children : Barbara, who married William Burton; Nancy, who married William Ricketts; John Thomas, the subject's father; Cary, who died when young.

Judge Mount's maternal grandparents were Hugh and Rachel (Sewright) Stewart, natives of Kentucky and early settlers in Rush county, In¬ diana, where they resided the remainder of their lives. They were the par¬ ents of five children: Mary J. is the wife of William Tifisley; Martha A. is the wife of Solomon Rader and lives in Walla Walla, Washington; Eliza¬ beth, the subject's mother; Lucretia, the wife of Joseph Miller.

Judge Walter W. Mount came with his parents to Tipton county when he was a boy of thirteen and grew to manhood on his father's farm. His early education was acquired in the old Independent school house, later at¬ tending Holbrook's Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, and then the normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana, graduating from the scientific department in the latter institution. On completing his studies, Judge Mount taught school for six years, living on the farm until his twenty-seventh, year, when he came to Tipton, in 1885, and read law with Judge Robert B. Beauchamp. Being admitted to the bar in 1886, the Judge engaged in the practice of his pro¬ fession until 1896, when he was elected judge of the thirty-sixth judicial cir¬ cuit, having previously been city, county and state's attorney. Judge Mount was on the bench until 1902, when he formed a partnership with Judge Beauchamp and practiced law until 1906. In that year he became vice-presi¬ dent of the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company and after serving in that capacity for two years he became president of the institution, continuing in that position at the present time. The Farmers' Loan and Trust Company was organized in 1906, with N. S. Martz as president, Judge Mount as vicepresident and J. C. Urmston as secretary and treasurer. The original capital stock was fifty thousand dollars. In six years the institution has grown until now its resources are over a half million dollars and its surplus is twentyfive thousand dollars. Walter Carter is the present cashier.

On March 26, 1879, Judge Mount married Etta Van Buskirk, daughter of Dillard and Rebecca (Paul) Van Buskirk. Mrs. Mount was born in Tipton county, November 3, 1856, her parents being natives of Kentucky and very early settlers in Tipton county, where they lived all their remaining days. To Mrs. Mount's parents were born eight children: Mary Burkhart, Sarah

To Judge Mount and wife have been bom five children, Cleon Wade. Hazel, Gladys, Alta and one who died at the age of eighteen months. Cleon Wade is an attorney in Tipton. He married Blanche Kelly and they have one daughter, Martha Gail. Hazel married Berchard Brundage, D. D.. of Anderson, a Presbyterian minister, and they have one child, Berchard Mount Brundage. Gladys and Alta are at home, Alta being a music teacher.

The Judge owns a fourth interest in and is treasurer of the Tipton Telephone Company, and is owner of a great deal of valuable real estate, being the possessor of a farm of two hundred acres in Adams township, near Elkin, also his home at No. 221 West Jefferson street. Judge Mount and his wife are members of the Christian church, in which he is a trustee. Fra¬ ternally, the Judge belongs to Austin Lodge No. 128, Free and Accepted Masons, to Tipton Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His support in political affairs is given to the Republican party.

Prof. Larkin D. Summers

The life of the scholarly or professional man seldom exhibits any of those striking incidents that seize upon public feeling and attract attention to himself. His character is generally made up of the aggregate qualities and qualifications he may possess, as these may be elicited by the exercise of the duties of his vocation to the particular profession to which he may belong. But when such a man has so impressed his individuality upon his fellow men as to gain their confidence, and through that confidence he retained in im¬ portant positions, he becomes a conspicuous figure in the body politic of the community. The subject of this review is one of the scholarly men of his county, who, not content to hide his talents amid life's sequestered ways, by the force of will and a laudable ambition forged to the front in an exacting and responsible calling and earned an honorable reputation in one of the most important branches of public service. A well educated, symmetrically developed man, his work as an educator has for many years been of such a high standard of excellence that his position in the front rank of his profes¬ sion has long been conceded. Keeping abreast of the times in advanced educa¬ tional methods, and possessing a broad and comprehensive knowledge, he is, because of his high attainments, well rounded character and large influence, eminently entitled to representation in the annals of his county.

Larkin D. Summers, present superintendent of schools of Tipton county, was born in Wildcat township, Tipton county, on January 7, 1865, the son of John M. and Martha (Pumphrey) Summers, both of whom were natives of Indiana. They were the parents of two children besides the subject of this sketch, John C, of Howard county, this state, and Alii Jane, the wife of Wilbur C. Leg g, and residing one mile north of Windfall, Indiana. The subject's paternal grandparents were John and - (Meliza) Summers, natives respestively of Ohio and Virginia. Coming to Indiana, they became early settlers of Tipton county, where they spent the remainder of their lives, both being now deceased. They were the parents of five children, John M., Joseph A., Frank, Lewis and a daughter. After the death of his first wife, John Summers again married, the second wife being Anna McKay, and to this union were born four children, James, Lafayette, Andrew J. and Dora. John M. Summers, the subject's father, was born in Middletown, Henry county, Indiana, in 1841, and was reared in Howard and Tipton counties. In young boyhood he began clerking in a store and later moved to a farm with his parents, where he was reared and has since followed agricultural pursuits. He inherited eighty acres of timber land from his father, which he cleared and improved, and afterwards traded that for an interest in another farm in Wildcat township, to which he has added until he is now the owner of two hundred and fifty-five acres of land there, where he still resides. His first wife, mother of the subject of this sketch, died there on July 21, 1904, at the age of sixty years, and he afterwards married Mrs. Matilda Hinshaw, who is a member of the Friends church. Mr. Summers testified as to his loyalty in the days of his country's need by enlisting as a private in Company C, Fiftyfourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he served one year, when, because of an attack of the measles, he was left in such a physical condition that he received an honorable discharge. After the war he again resumed farming. 'The subject's maternal grandparents were John A. and Susanna (Herbin) Pumphrey. The grandfather was born in North Caro¬ lina and his wife in Indiana. They became pioneer settlers in Decatur county, this state, and later moved to Tipton county, where they located in Wildcat township, and there followed farming. Mr. Pumphrey secured one hundred and sixty acres of land, of which he sold forty, and there he and his wife spent the remainder of 'their days. Among their children are numbered Martha, Mary, Sarah, Larkin, Amanda, Lewis and Marion.

Larkin D. Summers was reared on his father's farm, some of which he helped to clear and improve. He secured his early education in the district schools and later attended the normal school at Valparaiso, this state, grad¬ uating from the scientific and classical departments there. At the age of eighteen years he began teaching, and has taught fourteen different terms. His success as a teacher was demonstrated at the outstart, and his services have been in demand in many parts of the county. In 1899 Mr. Summers was elected superintendent of schools of Tipton county, and so satisfactory was his discharge of the responsible duties of that office that he has been retained continuously in that poition for fourteen years, certainly a remarkable testi¬ mony as to his sufficiency and standing as an educator. The expiration of his term will round out eighteen years of faithful service to the educational department of his county. His years of service as the head of Tipton county's public school system have been characterized by a series of advancements in educational circles, which demonstrates his ability as a man of progressive ideas, and have won for him an honorable place among the county superin¬ tendents of the state. Possessing great force of character and executive ability of a high order, he has brought the schools to a high standard of ef¬ ficiency, by weeding out incompetent teachers and insisting that only those of recognized competency and experience shall be employed.

On the 5th day of September, 1894, Larkin D. Summers was married to Clara O. Johnston, who was born in Marion county, Indiana, on March 13. 1867, the daughter of William T. and Ann (Herrin) Johnston, and to this union has been born a son, Bruce M., who is now in the senior class of the Tipton high school. To Mrs. Summers' parents were born the following children: Clara, Monte, Jessie, Frank, Chester and Joseph. Her paternal

In his political affiliations Professor Summers is aligned with the Demo¬ cratic party, in which he has long been active. He has never been an aspirant for public office aside from that which he now holds, but during three sum¬ mers he served as deputy county surveyor. Fraternally, he is a member of Windfall Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in religion he and his wife are members of the Christian church, in which he is a deacon. Aside from the duties of his office, Professor Summers finds time to devote to the general welfare of the city and county in which he lives, being interested in all laudable enterprises that make for advancement and an earnest advo¬ cate of all movements and measures having for their object the moral good of his fellow men. Personally, he is a genial and affable gentleman, honest and upright at all times, and enjoys a marked popularity in his home county.

Hon. George Henry Gifford

It is a well attested fact that the greatness of a community or state lies not in the machinery of government, nor even in its institutions, but rather v in the sterling qualities of the individual citizen, in his capacity for high and unselfish effort and his devotion to the public welfare. In these particulars he whose name appears at the head of this paragraph has conferred honor and dignity On his county, and as an elemental part of history it is consonant that there should be recorded here a resume of his career, with the object in view of noting his connection with the advancement of one of the most flourishing and progressive sections of the commonwealth, as well as his career as a mem¬ ber of one of the most exacting professions to which man can devote his talents and energies.

George Henry Gifford, well known citizen and prominent member of the legal firm of Gifford & Gifford, at Tipton, is a native of the state of Indiana, having been born near Falmouth, Fayette county, on January 10, 1850. He is the son of Solomon Wardle and Melinda (Gillam) Gifford, natives, re¬ spectively of Monmouth, New Jersey, and North Carolina, the mother being brought to Indiana when about three months old. Here the father was born on March 9, 1806, and, when a mere child, was taken by the family to Ithaca, New York, where he remained until 1822, when he came with his parents on their removal to Indiana. They located in the edge of Rush county, near the village of Fairview, where the father died in 1853, and his mother some years earlier, in about 1839. After locating in Rush county for some time, Solomon Gifford moved across the line into Fayette county, where he continued his vo¬ cation, that of farming and stock raising, in which he was very successful. He cleared and improved three farms with the help of his sons, and reared his family to respected manhood and womanhood. He died there, at the age of eighty-eight years, in 1894. His wife died in 1889, aged seventy-seven years. He was a "Hardshell'* Baptist in religious belief, while his wife was a Methodist. Though active in political affairs, he never was a candidate for office. The subject's paternal grandparents were Ananiah and Phoebe (War¬ dle) Gifford, natives of New Jersey and of Scotch descent. They were farm¬ ing folk and were living in Rush county, Indiana, at the time of their death.

as before stated. Their children were Noah, Manley, James, John, Solomon W., Freelove, Sarah, who died unmarried, and Mary Hood. The subject's maternal grandparents were James and Phoebe (Cook) Gillam, natives of North Carolina, and early settlers of Fayette county, Indiana, in which place they located just in time to be driven into the fort at Connersville by the In¬ dians during the war of 1812. The father died in Fayette county, and the mother afterwards moved to Whitley county, this state, her death occurring near Roanoke. Their children were Melinda and James. To Solomon and Melinda Gifford were born twelve children, namely: Sophronia, who was the wife of William Kolb, of Boone county, Indiana; William M., deceased; Mahala Jane, who married John Bragg, of Boone county; Alfred, deceased; Absalom, deceased; Jefferson, living in Grant county, Indiana; Phoebe, de¬ ceased, who was the wife of Donovan Groves; Laura, the wife of Fr?mk Scofield, of Sharpsville, Indiana; Amanda, who died in infancy; Vashti, the widow of Hanson Dawson, now living at Kokomo, Indiana; Freelove, the widow of Alfred Peters, of Rushville, Indiana, and George Henry, the im¬ mediate subject of this sketch.

George Henry Gifford was reared on his father's farm in Fayette county, Indiana, attended the district schools, and later enjoyed two years' attend¬ ance at the Milrov high school in Rush county, and one year at the Pairview Academy. He was then for three years a student in Indiana Univer¬ sity at Indianapolis, now known as Butler College, finishing his college course in 1872. In 1872 he came to Tipton and took up the study of law, being ad¬ mitted to the liar in March, 1873, and has continuously practiced his pro¬ fession here since that time, occupying his present offices since 1878.

Fraternally, the subject of this sketch is a member of the Free and Ac¬ cepted Masons, holding his membership in Austin Lodge No. 220, and also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Pro¬ tective Order of Elks and to the Phi Delta Theta college fraternity. In poli¬ tics a Democrat, he has been active for many years and in 1892 was elected state senator from Clinton and Tipton counj^es, serving one term, compris¬ ing the two sessions of 1893 and 1895. In igilhe was a delegate to the Demo¬ cratic national convention at Baltimore. He served as county attorney for twenty years, and in each of these official capacities he has rendered efficient services to his community. He has been active in local enterprises aside from his profession, and is president of the Chicago & Wabash Valley Railroad. He has unreservedly given his support to every enterprise looking to the (18) advancement of the material, social or educational interests of his community, and is numbered among its representative and influential citizens.

On June 20, 1872, Mr. Giflford was united in marriage to Anna R. Smiley, daughter of Robinson and Rachel (Maze) Smiley. She was born at Fair view, Indiana, September 17, 1854. Her parents, both of whom are now deceased, were born respectively in Ohio and in Rush county, Indiana. They had the following children: Belle, John B., Samuel R., William, Milton T., Emery, Edgar, Howard and Anna R. Her maternal grandfather was Samuel Maze. To Senator and Mrs. Giflford have been born five children, as follows : Allen W., who is a successful physician'at Tipton, married Pearl Frazee, and they have one child, Martha; Frank, who is an attorney in his father's office at Tipton, married Carrie Hall; Glenn Jeff, who is a partner with his fatlier in the practice of law, married Edith Holland, and they have one child living, a daughter, Georgeann ; Manley R., who is a dentist in Tipton, mar¬ ried Nellie Ressler, and they have two daughters, Mary and Jean ; Hanson S., a physician at Sharpsville, Indiana, married Ethel Boyd, and they have one child, Hanson, Jr. Senator Giflford owns one of the most attractive residences in Tipton, which is a favorite gathering place for the many friends of the family, for there is always found there the genuine old-time spirit of hos¬ pitality. The Senator owns a magnificent library, of which he is justly proud. It is an unusually well selected collection of books, in the gathering of which he took the greatest interest and which in a large measure is a reflection of his own character. Senator Giflford has filled a large place in the ranks of the public-spirited citizens and successful lawyers of his day, and that he has done his part well cannot be gainsaid, for his record has been such as has gained for him the commendation and approval of his fellows. His career has been a long, busy and useful one, and he has contributed much to the material, civic and moral advancement of his community, while his admirable qualities of head and heart and the straightforward, upright course of his daily life has won for him the esteem and confidence of the circles in which he has moved.

Wilbur Alonzo Compton

Holding prestige among the successful business men of today, the sub¬ ject of this review has had much to do in advancing the material interests of Tipton, Indiana, and making it one of the commercial centers of the state. The study of such a life cannot fail of interest and incentive, as he is di>- tinctly representative in his sphere of activity and has contributed in no small measure to the prosperity of the city which is his home and field of operation, at the same time establishing a lasting reputation for honor and integrity.

Wilbur A. Compton, who, as successful business man, efficient and popu¬ lar public official and a citizen of highest integrity, has won the commendation of his fellow citizens of Tipton, is a native son of the old Hoosier state, and was born in Johnson county on April 9, 1881. He is the son of Leonard and Hattie (Armstrong) Compton, also natives of this state. Leonard Compton was bom and reared on a farm in Shelby county, whence he moved to John¬ son county and there became a farmer, which pursuit he followed through many years, or until his removal to Edinburg, that county, where he engaged in the hardware business. In 1892 he came to Tipton and has here been con¬ tinuously engaged in the hardware, plumbing and heating business, being as¬ sociated with his two sons, David R. and Wilbur A. 'In the civic life of Tipton county Mr. Compton has long occupied a prominent place and served one term as treasurer of the county. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife died in 1897, at the age of fortyeight years. They were the parents of four children, Bruce, who died at the age of nine years; David R., already referred to as a partner with his father in business; Irene, the wife of W. T. Harding, of Tipton, and Wilbur Alonzo, the immediate subject of this sketch. The subject's paternal grandfather, David Compton, was a native of New Jersey, as was his wife, and they be¬ came early settlers of Shelby county, Indiana, where his death occurred in 1912 at the advanced age of ninety-three years, his wife having died in mid¬ dle life. They were the parents of eight children, John, Leonard, Josephine, Mary, Walter, Flora, Edward and Frank. The subject's maternal grandpar¬ ents were natives of Illinois, whe're they died in middle life.

Wilbur A. Compton was reared in Edinburg, Indiana, where he attended the public schools, and later attended the schools of Tipton, graduating from the high school here in 1898. Fie had entertained an ambition to enter the practice of law and to this end followed his legal studies under Robert Beau¬ champ, of Tipton. Later, however, he entered his father's hardware store as a clerk and has been continuously identified with this business since that time, now owning an interest in the business. He has not only demonstrated business qualities of a high order, but has taken a live interest in the civic interests of his community, his interest and abilities being recognized when, on May 24, 1912, he was appointed mayor of the city of Tipton to fill out the unexpired term of N. S. Martz. His conduct of the important duties of this position has in no sense been a disappointment to his friends, and he is win¬ ning a high place in the esteem of the community in which he lives.

On June 21, 1911, Mr. Compton married Josephine Kollmer, daughter of Fred Kollmer, her birth having occurred in Akron, Ohio. Her parents, who were natives of Germany, now reside in Kokomo, Indiana. They are the parents of five children, Albert, Otto, Josephine. Emil and Theodore. Mrs. Compton is a member of the Lutheran church and possesses to a notable de¬ gree those graces of head and heart which win and retain warm friendships.

Politically, Mr. Compton is an ardent Republican, and has been active in his support of this organization. Fraternally, lie is a member of Austin Lodge No. 128, Free and Accepted Masons, and Tipton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He also belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Although a quiet and unassuming man, with no ambition for public position or leadership, he has contributed much to the material and civic advancement of his community, while his admirable finali¬ ties of head and heart and the straightforward, upright course of his daily life have won for him the esteem and confidence of the circles in which he moves, and given him a high reputation for integrity and correct conduct. He is one of those solid men of brain and substance so essential to the material growth and prosperity of the community, and his influence is willingly ex¬ tended in behalf of every deserving enterprise which has for its object the advancement of the community.

Judge Dan Waugh

The life history of him whose name heads this biographical sketch has been for many years closely identified with the history oj Tipton county, In¬ diana. Throughout the years his life has been one of untiring activity and it has been crowned with a degree of professional success attained by com¬ paratively few who aspire to eminence in their chosen calling. Years of con¬ scientious work as a lawyer have brought with them not only increase of practice and reputation, but also that growth in legal knowledge and that wide and accurate judgment, the possession of which constitutes marked ex¬ cellence in the profession. By a straightforward, honorable course Mr. Waugh has built up a large and lucrative legal business and financially has been proportionately successful, while as a judge of the circuit court he gained a wide reputation as a jurist of ability, courage and eminent fairness.

His life affords a splendid example of what an American youth, plentifully endowed with good common sense, energy and determination, can accomplish when accompanied by good moral principles. He achieved a splendid record at the bar at an age when most men are merely starting out on their life work, for, from the beginning, he was intensely methodical and unswervingly per¬ sistent in search of the true light and of the essentials of the legal foundation and sources of legal conception and thought, holding devoutly to the highly embellished record of equity and the sure, certain, invincible methods of prac¬ tice. Therefore, success could not help crowning his efforts and attracting to him public recognition and appreciation.

Dan Waugh is a native son of Indiana, having been born in Rock Creek township, Wells county, on March 7, 1842. He is descended from sterling ancestors, his paternal grandparents having been natives and life-long resi¬ dents of New York state. Of their children the following four are remem¬ bered, Dan, Lansing, Betsy and Archibald B. The subject's maternal grand¬ father was Rev. Elijah Sutton, who, in an early day, came from Ohio with a large family and settled in W ells county, Indiana, where he entered a tract of several hundred acres of wild land. This he afterwards divided among his children as they grew to maturity and married. He was not only a very suc¬ cessful farmer, but was a well-known Baptist preacher of the pioneer type. He died in Wells county, Indiana, at an advanced age, his wife dying in Ohio. Their family included the following children : Oscar F., Xorville, Rhoda, Mary, Miranda, Lydia and Nancy, besides whom they also reared a granddaughter, Andalusia, who shared equally with the above children in the division of the property. These children all grew to maturity, were mar¬ ried and reared families in Wells county and died and were buried there. They all lived on the original land settled by the grandfather, and their fami¬ lies became quite numerous, so that for many years the reunion of the Sut¬ ton family in W ells county was an event of more than ordinary importance.

Archibald B. W'augh, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in New York state, where he w'as reared and where he became a farmer bv vo¬ cation. In young manhood he came to Indiana, settling on land in W ells county, which he cleared and developed into a splendid farm, and. here his children were born and reared. He married Nancy button, a native of Ohio, and to them were born four children: Elijah, now deceased; Dan, the im¬ mediate subject of this sketch; James, deceased, and Archibald, who lives near Bluffton, Indiana. The mother of these children died in 1864, and the father bravely tried to keep house for awhile, but could not farm and con- duct his affairs satisfactorily in that way, so he disposed of his property there and went to Missouri,' where he remained several years. Returning to Indiana, he located at Tipton, where his death occurred in 1876, at the age of about sixty-six years. Religiously, he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, while early in life he was a strong Abolitionist. Though a man of public spirit and taking an intelligent interest in public affairs, he never sought public office for himself.

Dan Waugh was reared on his father's farm in Wells county, attending the old log cabin school house in the vicinity, whose methods and equipments were both very primitive, slabs l>eing used for seats and slabs on pins around the wall being used for writing desks. The subject attended winter school from the time he was six until eighteen years of age, when he responded to his country's call for defenders and enlisted as a private in Company A, Thirty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he served a little over three years He took part in many important battles, skirmishes and campaigns, among them being Champion's Hill, the Vicksburg campaign, and all the battles leading up to that historic siege. After the conclusion of peace, Mr. Waugh returned home and attended a private school taught by Professor McCleary, and in the meantime also took up the study of law. which he was ambitious to make his life work. In 1866 he was admitted to the bar and at once came to Tipton and entered upon the active practice of his profession, in which he was busily and successfully engaged until 1884, when he was elected judge of the thirty-sixth judicial circuit for a term of six years. Before the expiration of his judicial term Judge Waugh was elected to rep¬ resent this district in the fifty-second Congress and was re-elected to the fifty-third Congress. His services in the national legislative body were emi¬ nently satisfactory to his constituents, but the Judge declined re-election, and returned to Tipton, resuming the practice of his profession. The Judge has been much more than eminently successful in his legal career, as is indicated by his long and praiseworthy record at the bar. He is a master of his pro¬ fession, a leader among men distinguished for the high order of their legal ability, and his eminent attainments and ripe judgment has made him an au¬ thority on all matters requiring a profound knowledge of jurisprudence. Well informed in his profession, faithful to his clients and the law, and possessing a rare equanimity of temper and kindness of heart, Judge Waugh has not only gained high prestige in his profession, hut he has also gained to a notable degree the confidence and good will of the people generally. A man of vigor¬ ous mentality and strong moral fiber, he has achieved signal success in an ex- acting calling and is eminently deserving of the large prestige which he en¬ joys in the community with which the major portion of his life has been identified. Judge Waugh owns a splendid farm of two hundred acres adjacent to the city of Tipton, one part of which forms the highest point between Peru and Indianapolis, the north half draining into the Wabash river and the south half draining into White river. He also owns the business block in which he has his office, as well as several residence properties in the city of Tipton.

On the 7th of March, 1870, Dan Waugh was united in marriage to Alice E. Groves, daughter of Dr. J. M. Groves, and to this union have been bom four children, Maud P., Belle, Nina and Walter W., who died in early child¬ hood, Maud P., who is an accomplished musician, having studied that art in this country, as well as in Germany and France, is a teacher of music in Washington, D. C. Belle is living at home. Nina, who is the wife of Clarence Fowler, also lives in her father's home. Judge Waugh and his wife are ear¬ nest and faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Tipton, of which he is a member of the board of trustees. Politically, Judge W augh was formerly allied with the Republican party, but since the campaign of 1912 has indorsed the Progressive movement. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, and also belongs to James Price Post No. 203, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is a past commander, and he has been signally honored by his comrades, having been elected commander of the department of Indiana, the highest office within the gift of the Grand Army of the Republic in the state, in 191 1, and he served for one year.

Mrs. Waugh is a native of the state of Ohio, of which state her parents also were natives and who were early settlers of Tipton, Indiana. Her father was a successful physician and attained to a ripe old age. Her mother died during the Civil war.

Harry Milo Baker

In the constant and laborious struggle for an honorable competence and a creditable name on the part of business or professional men, there is little to attract the reader in search of a sensational chapter, but to a mind thor¬ oughly awake to the true meaning of life and its responsibilities there are noble and imperishable lessons in the career of an individual who, early thrown upon his own resources and without other means than a sound mind, fertile perceptive faculty and a true heart, conquers adversity and, not only wins a position in the business world, but, what is equally as great, the de¬ served esteem and confidence of his fellow men. Such a man was Henry Milo Baker, for many years a prominent business man of Tipton, Tipton county, Indiana, who has been called to close his earthly accounts and take up his abode in the "windowless palaces of rest." His name was long so intimately associated with the material and civic interests of the community where he resided as to reflect great credit upon the locality and at the same time gain him the undivided respect of all who knew him because of his well directed life.

Harry Milo Baker was born in Tipton, Tipton county, Indiana, June 5, 1873, the son of William and Mary Catherine (Smith) Baker, natives, re¬ spectively, of Pennsylvania and Indiana, the mother of Tipton. The father of the subject came from the Keystone state to Tipton, Indiana, when he was a young man and was married here. For twenty-one years he was ticket ^agent for the 1., P. & C. Railroad Company, after which he engaged in the grocery business until his retirement, his death occurring September 14, 1907, while his wife passed away December 26, 1904. They were of the Presby¬ terian faith. During the Civil war William Baker was a lieutenant and served under Gen. Lew Wallace for several years.

Harry Milo Baker was reared in Tipton and attended the public and high schools, after which he learned the baker's trade, which he followed all his days, conducting a bakery and restaurant on East Jefferson street. On October 30, 1893, he was united in marriage to Cora May Lane, daughter of Aaron and Amanda ( Johnson) Lane, and two children were born to this union, Mary Magdalene and Warren Clark Baker. Mr. Baker died May 17, 1907, aged thirty-three years and eleven months. He and his wife were mem¬ bers of the Christian church, to which Mrs. Baker still l>elongs. Fraternally Mr. Baker was affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America, and in politi¬ cal matters he gave his support to the Republican party.

Mrs. Baker was born in Tipton, Indiana, July 24, 1873, her parents being natives of the Hoosier state, the mother of Jennings county, and Mrs. Baker was one of the following family of children: Belle is the wife of L. O. Thomas, of Tipton: Maggie married E. E. Miller, of Kendallville, Indiana; Cora May; two died in infancy. Mrs. Baker's father was a soldier in the Civil war, a member of the One Hundred and First Regiment Indiana Vol¬ unteer Infantry. Mrs. Amanda Lane married for her second husband Christ¬ opher Frazee, and they live in Tipton, being the parents of three children by this union: Walter died in his twentieth year; one died in infancy: Nellie married George Roscoe Small and is the mother of two children, Delbert and Walter. The maternal grandfather of the subject's wife was James Johnson. The father of Christopher Frazee was John Frazee, he and his wife, Mary (Leach) Frazee, being natives of Ohio and pioneers in Tipton county, where they died on the farm they cleared.

Mrs. Cora M. Baker was reared in Tipton and attended the public schools of this city. After her marriage she assisted her husband in his bakery and restaurant business until his death. For the last seven years she has conducted a hotel, her present hostelry being located at the northwest corner of Independence and Madison streets. Of a home-like character, the place has become noted for its splendid table and clean, well furnished rooms. By her capable management she has made a success of the business and has made a host of friends, who hold her in high esteem.

Hiram Heath

A citizen of the United States can wear no greater badge of honor than the distinction of having served the government in the memorable four years of war between the states. It is indeed a sacred family inheritance of renown, to he prized like a jewel by all his descendants and kept bright and untar¬ nished. But the ranks of the old phalanx are fa^t going down before the only foe they cannot defeat and ere long none will be left to recount the actual experiences of that memorable four years of sanguinary history. One of the valiant old ''boys in blue'' who has already answered the last roll call is he whose name forms the caption for this paragraph, a man of whom it is a de¬ light to speak, for his life was commendable. He grew up amid pipneer con¬ ditions and did well his part in making the great Hoosier state what it is today.

Hiram Heath was bom July 27, 1839, in Jefferson county, Indiana, near Brooksburg, the son of William and Martha (Rogers) Heath, the father a native of South Carolina and the mother of Kentucky. They were the par¬ ents of a large family of children, namely: Benjamin, Samuel, John, Asbury, Hiram, Wiley, William, Thomas and Rachel. The father of these children had been married before his union with Martha Rogers, his first wife being named Brook, and by that union were born four children, Melinda, Sarah and two sons whose names are lost. William Heath, the father, was always a farmer and settled in Jefferson county, Indiana, in pioneer times, where he and his wife died at advanced ages. They were members of the Methodist Epis¬ copal church.

The paternal grandparents of Hiram Heath were Samuel and Sarah Heath, natives of South Carolina, who came to Indiana at an early date, lo¬ cating in Jefferson county, where they spent their lives. They were the par¬ ents of three children, Samuel, William and Elizabeth.

Mr. Heath's maternal grandparents were Benjamin and Rachel Rogers, natives of Virginia and pioneers in Kentucky, from which state they came early to Jefferson county, Indiana, where they spent their days and reared the following children : Rachel, Martha, Maria, Benjamin, John, Edward and William.

Hiram Heath was reared on the farm of his parents in Jefferson county, and came to Tipton in 1868, purchasing eighty acres of land two and onehalf miles southwest of Sharpsville, to which was subsequently added forty more acres, and here he reared his children, continuing there until 1911, when he bought a nice home at Xo. 228 South Independence street, Tipton, where he died.

Mr. Heath was a soldier in the Civil war and was a corporal in Company H, Sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving four years and tak¬ ing part in a number of the hardest-fought battles of that memorable con¬ flict.

On June 1, 1871, Hiram Heath was united in marriage to Atlanta Brooks, daughter of James and Sarah (May bury) Brooks, who was bom in Jefferson county, Indiana, December 13, 1845, ^ier father a native of North Carolina and the mother of Pennsylvania, they being pioneer settlers in Jefferson county, Indiana, the mother's people coming to that county from Ohio. The parents of the subject's wife spent their lives in Jefferson county, the father's death occurring there in December, 1870, in his sixtv-second year, and the mother's in 1880, at the age of seventy-two. They had ten children: James, Mordecai, Francis, John, Wesley. Humphrey, Uzillah, Sarah, Indiana, Atlanta and Mary Catharine. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Heath were Mordecai and Mary (Vernon) Brooks, natives of North Carolina, who died in Jefferson county, Indiana, at an advanced age. They were the parents of the following children: The father of Mrs. Heath, Humphrey, Ann, Abigail, Mary and Eliza. Mrs. Heath's maternal grand¬ parents were James and Izuba (Jenkins) Maburv, natives of Pennsylvania, who removed from that state to Ohio, where the grandfather died, the wife subsequently removing to Indiana and locating in Jackson county. She was married a second time, her second husband being Jacob Kester. To the first marriage were born four children: Mrs. Heath's mother, Uzillah, Catharine and John. One child, Charles, was born to the second union.

To Mr. and Mrs. Heath were born five children, namely: Clarence lives in Tipton and runs the old home farm; Florence died in her twentyfirst year, unmarried; Nellie lives at home; Elmer died in infancy; Armand died in his fifteenth year.

Hiram Heath died January 29, 1913, in Tipton, Tipton county, Indiana, at the age of seventy-three years and six months. He was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as is also his widow. Mr. Heath was an honored member of the Grand Army of the Republic, while, fraternally, he was affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons at Sharpsville.

William L. Berryman

Prominent in the business and social life of Tipton, Indiana, pre-emi¬ nently distinguished for his splendid ability in carrying to completion im¬ portant public enterprises and enjoying marked prestige in many things, aside from his pronounced business ability, William L. Berryman stands out a clear and conspicuous figure among the successful men of a part of the Hoosier state noted throughout the commonwealth for its high order of intelligence and business talent. Characterized by breadth of wisdom and strong individuality, his achievements but represent the utilization of innate talents and a resourcefulness that hesitates at no opposing circumstances, pave the way and ultimately lead to great achievements. It is not the inten¬ tion of the biographer in this connection to give a detailed history of his busy, influential and interesting life, but rather to note, incidentally, his con¬ nection with various phases of the development of Tipton county.

William L. Berryman was born in Marion county, Indiana, two miles from Mount Jackson, in a log cabin, March 28, 1840, the son of Sampson and Virginia (Royster) Berryman, natives, respectively, of Virginia and In¬ diana, who were the parents of ten children, namely: Charles, deceased; William; Roscoe, deceased; Mary, who died in her nineteenth year, was the wife of John Bright, of Cass county, Indiana; Nancy Adeline is the wife of a Mr. Hardin, and is living in Houston, Texas; Jerome died at Logansport in T908; Alonzo and George Cecil live in Anderson; Jennie is the wife of Lewis

The father of William L. Berryman was reared in Lexington, Ken¬ tucky, and was a cabinet-maker for many years, and afterwards a farmer. He came to Indiana in 1828 and settled in Marion county, near Indianapolis, and in 1844 removed to Cass county, where he spent the rest of his days, his death occurring in 1870, in his fifty-sixth year. His wife, who was a member of the Lutheran church, died in 1883, at the age of sixty-seven.

Mr. Berryman's paternal grandfather was William Berryman and his wife was a native of Turkey. The grandfather was raised in Virginia, but moved to Kentucky in an early day. He was a soldier in General Jackson's army and was at the battle of New Orleans. In Kentucky he followed farm¬ ing to the end of his days. He had three sons and two daughters : Arthur, Sampson and William, the daughter's names being lost to history.

The paternal great-grandfather of the subject of this review was Thomas Berryman, a native of Virginia and of Scotch descent. He was a soldier in the Revolution and had a brother, Benjamin, who also was in that struggle.

The maternal grandfather of the subject was named Royster and he was born in Kentucky. His wife came from Virginia and was an English lady, he being of German descent. They were early settlers in Kentucky and also in Indiana, locating near Connersville, in the Hoosicr state, where they died at advanced ages, the grandfather on the home place and his wife at Delphi. They were the parents of a large family of children, namely: Peter, William. Roscoe, Charles, Polly, Tharpe. Jane Van Meter, Nancy Webb. Of these children, Roscoe became the father of thirteen children, nine boys and tour girls, all of whom lived to maturity, four of the sons being in the Civil war.

William L. Berryman was reared on a farm near Logan sport. Cass county, Indiana. 1 1 is early education was acquired in an old-fashioned sub¬ scription school in a log cabin, he afterward attending the public school a short time. Until he reached the age of twenty-two years Mr. Berryman lived at home and assisted in the labors of developing his father's place. After leaving the parental roof tree, the subject's first occupation was chop¬ ping cordwood and making saw logs, which he engaged in for about four years, the first thousand dollars he saved being made in this way. Mr. Berry¬ man then worked in a saw-mill for eighteen months, and at the expiration of this time purchased the mill and for twenty-seven years followed the milling and lumber buisness, his business rapidly growing and becoming one of the largest in the state, his thorough knowledge of lumber being one of the most valuable assets in his work. All of the lumber used in finishing the Union station in Indianapolis and also the interior work on the state capitol building was cut and furnished by Mr. Berryman in his mill at Tipton, the subject originally locating in this county, in September, 1872, on account of the good timber for which the district was noted. In 1882 the subject built a tile and brick factory. When the Toledo & St. Louis Air Line Railroad was being built in 1873 Mr. Berryman took a contract for building the grade for a distance of twenty-two miles. On account of the panic of 1873 and 1874 the pro¬ jected road failed and the subject, after building about seven miles, at a cost to himself of seven thousand dollars, was unable to get a cent for his outlay. About the year 1882 Mr. Berryman was also interested in the clothing busi¬ ness in Indianapolis.

.November 21, 1867, W. L. Berryman was united in marriage to Cath¬ arine Diller, daughter of Jacob Diller, an early settler in Cass county, In¬ diana. The maiden name of Jacob Diller's wife was Enslin. To the sub¬ ject and his first wife were born two children: Sampson, who died at the age of eight years, and Winona M., widow of Judge Leroy B. Nash. Mrs. Catharine (Diller) Berryman died in 1882, in her thirty-second year. On July 5. 1883, Mr. Berryman again married, his second wife being Anna Rothgery, daughter of Anthony and Gertrude (Schneider) Rothgerv. and to this union has been born one child, Frances Virginia, who has graduated from St. Joseph's Academy.

Mrs. Anna (Rothgery) Berryman was born at North Amherst, Ohio, March 31, i860. Her parents were born in Germany, but were raised in Lorain county, Ohio, her mother now living in Stutgart, Arkansas, with a daughter, Margaret Lentz, the father having died at Grand Junction, Iowa, in 1S90. Only two children were born to Mrs. Berryman's parents. Mrs. Berryman grew to womanhood in Lorain county, Ohio, and was educated in the public schools. In 1885 she took up art work as a critic and has since .acted as a judge of that work in county and state fairs. In 1903 she as¬ sembled the exhibits for the woman's department of the Indiana exhibit at the world's fair at St. Louis, having special supervision over the collection of needlework, textile fabrics and decorated china. She served in hey official capacity during the fair and her work as a judge was received with universal satisfaction. During the past twenty years Mrs. Berryman's services have been in continual demand at various exhibitions and fairs, she being always a judge at the great Indiana state fair. In 1910 and 1911 she acted as judge at the Montana state fair. At the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St Louis in 1903 Mrs. Berryman was selected bv the Indiana commission tc have charge of the department of woman's work, and for her work in this connections he received a grand prize and was also presented with a breastpin by the Indiana commission in token of their appreciation of her splendid sendees. From 1890 to 1894 she served as deputy county clerk of Tipton county, under her husband, and from 1896 to 1898 as deputy county re¬ corder. She is a member of the Catholic church.

In his fraternal relations, Mr. Berryman is a member of Austin Lodge No. 128, Free and Accepted Masons, while his political alliance has always been with the Democratic party. His active and earnest interest in the suc¬ cess of this party has been rewarded in a liberal measure. In 1890 he was elected clerk of Tipton county and served four years with credit both to him¬ self and his fellow citizens. Mr. Berryman received the nomination for sheriff in 1880, but was defeated on account of a split in his party. In 1910 he was appointed deputy oil inspector for Tipton county and Hamilton county, which office he now holds.

John J. Kessler

It cannot be other than interesting to note in the series of personal sketches appearing in this work the varying conditions that have compassed those whose careers are outlined, and the effort has been made in each case to throw well focused light on to the individuality and to bring into proper perspective the scheme of each respective career. Each man who strives to fulfill his part in connection with human life and human activities is deserving of recognition, whatever may be' his field of endeavor, and it is the function of works of this nature to perpetuate for future generations an authentic record concerning those represented in its pages, and the value of such publi¬ cations is certain to be cumulative for all time to come, showing forth the individual and specific accomplishments of which generic history is ever engendered.

JoHn J. Kessler, liveryman, was born in Tipton, Indiana, on August 6. 1876, the son of Jacob and Rasalia (Vawter) Kessler. His mother was born in North Carolina, and came to Indiana with her parents when two years of age. They settled near Hope, in Bartholomew county, Indiana, where she grew to womanhood. John J. was the only child of this marriage. Mrs.

Kessler is a faithful member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Kessler was married three times, and to the second union were born four children, Kate, Stephen, Samuel and Mattie. The father of the subject was a carpenter by trade and one of the very first merchants of Tipton, having his store on the present site of the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company. He died in Tipton on March 18, 1885, at the age of sixty-nine years.

The paternal grandfather's history, with that of his wife, has been lost. The maternal grandparents were George F. and Charlotte Vawter, both natives of North Carolina and early settlers of Tipton county. He was a farmer in Prairie township, and later in Cicero township. They both died in Tipton at advanced ages. They were the parents of five children, George, Miles. Samuel, Rosalia and Emma.

John J. Kessler was reared in Tipton and attended the public schools . in this city, and then began working on a farm by the month at eight dollars per month, and continued at farm work until he became of age. After his marriage he went to work for the Tipton Telephone Company and con¬ tinued in their employ for three years. He then moved to Atlanta, Indiana, in 1900, and worked in a livery stable for a short time. He then subleased the telephone exchange at Atlanta and operated it for a short time. He then engaged in the livery business in Atlanta for himself, buying a place on credit, with only one dollar and a quarter in his pocket. He operated this for three and one-half years and then, in 1904, moved his stock to Tipton, where he has been in continuous business since. He has a large line of buggies, hacks, and does all of the funeral business of the town. His livery barn is equipped with a number of devices for labor saving and cleanliness, such as are found in cities of larger size. He keeps on hand at all times a large number of good horses, and has given general satisfaction to the public.

Mr. Kessler was married on November 7, 1897, to Lillie M. Freeman, the daughter pf Joseph C. and Jennie (Cox) Freeman, and to them has been born one daughter, Estelle May, born April 11, 1908. Religiously, Mr. Kessler is a loyal member of the Presbyterian church, while his wife holds her membership in the Missionary Baptist denomination. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Wood¬ men. He was the organizer of the union delivery system in Tipton, which he inaugurated on May 1, 1906, but disposed of his interest in it two years later, though it is still running under the same plan which Mr. Kessler started.

Mrs. Kessler's parents lived in Russiaville, Indiana, and they were the parents of four children, George W., Lillie May, Myrtle Ida and Martha A.

Mrs. Kessler's father was twice married, and had two children by his first marriage, Mattie and William Ulysses. Mrs. Jacob Kessler, mother of the subject, married a second time, her second husband being Joseph T. Goodykoontz, whose death occurred in 1900. There was one child born to this union, Newton J. Goodvkoontz, who died at the age of eight years.

Mr. Kessler's career lias been strenuous and to a marked degree 'success¬ ful, and he owes his success to his honorable dealings in all particulars. He is well known throughout the county and is a highly respected citizen, be¬ cause of his public spirit and his upright dealings with his fellow men.

Marvin W. Pershing

Marvin W. Pershing, generally known as M. \Y\, was born at Warsaw. Indiana, January 15, 1849, ^ie eldest son of David R. and Sarah M. (Sellers) Pershing, natives, respectively, of Pennsylvania and of Ohio. They were the parents of five children : Marvin W. ; Arthur C., of Muncie; Olyntlnis H.. of Muncie; Ivan W., a commercial traveler of Kansas City, Missouri, and Lillian Corine, deceased, who was the wife of William H. Brown, of Muncie. David R. Pershing was reared in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, as a farmer boy, afterward learning the trade of a plasterer. I11 about the year 1840 he came to Indiana and located at Liberty Mills, in Wabash county, where, near bv, he entered a tract of land from the United States govern- Inent. In about the year 1848 he was united in marriage to Sarah M. Sellers, when they immediately moved to Warsaw, and he received the appointment as deputy county auditor, during which time he was the editor of the first newspaper published in that town. In 1852 he removed to Rochester, Fulton county, where he was appointed deputy county auditor, afterward being elected to 'that office. He also established the first newspaper published in Fulton county. He was later in years in the mercantile business; until 1875 he was the editor of the Fort l Fame Gazette and in 1876 was one of the pub¬ lishers of the Muncie Times. Until the breaking out of the Civil war he was a Democrat, but after the war he affiliated with the Republican party. He died in Muncie, January 15, 1889, at the age of sixtv-eight years. Religiously, he was a member of the Methodist church and fraternally was an Odd Fellow. He was of German descent, while the maternal grandfather of the subject of

Marvin W. Pershing was a child of three years when his parents moved to Rochester, Fulton county, this state, and at the beginning of the Civil war the family moved to a farm in Whitley county, Indiana, returning after the war to Warsaw, where Marvin W. attended the public schools, for a short period, when he taught school for one term. When a small boy he began learning the printer's trade, and in 1869, when twenty years of age, estab¬ lished a newspaper in Kokomo, Indiana, but suspended the publication of same in the fall of 1870. He continued in the printing business, however, the most of his life. He settled in Tipton in 1872, and he has resided here ever since. He established the Tipton Advocate in 1878, and continued its publication until May, 1901, when he sold the paper to take charge of the postoffice, to which he had been appointed. The Advocate was the first suc¬ cessful Republican newspaper in Tipton, and during its existence it had a commanding influence in both local and state politics. Mr. Pershing is one of only two surviving charter members of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association and he has the distinction of being the only member that never missed a session of its annual meetings. He served in every official capacity of the association and for more than twenty years was a member of the executive committee. He still retains his membership and is yet called into the councils of the executive committees.

Mr. Pershing assumed the duties as postmaster in November. 1901, and continued in office for eight years and five months, holding the office longer than any other postmaster except one. During his postal stewardship he ad¬ vanced the office from a third to a second-class office; established an inter¬ national money order department; was directly responsible for the establish¬ ment of a county rural mail service; established a free city delivery; a sub¬ postal station, near the Lake Erie railroad station, and equipped the office with all modern conveniences. Since his retirement from the postmastership, he has been engaged in newspaper work bn different newspapers. In addi¬ tion to his newspaper work, he has written many articles for publication for the large journals upon subjects that were of public interest, but outside of his newspaper work, that which attracted the most attention was the life of "General John Tipton." This publication was only intended for local circula¬ tion, but there became a demand for it in all the colleges and historical associa¬ tions in all parts of the United States. It was a part of the history of Indi¬ ana that had never been written and it covered one of the most important periods in the history of the state. Through the publication of this history, the result of researches made in newspapers, letters, family records and dis¬ carded manuscripts, records were preserved that might have otherwise been lost. There are very few colleges and historical associations in the United States that have not one or more copies of this publication. Mr. Pershing is familiar with the early history of the state of Indiana and he is frequently consulted as to facts pertaining to the organization of counties, establishment of boundaries and treaties with the Indians.

On December 24, 1872, Mr. Pershing was united in marriage to Mrs. Melissa Cox, the widow of J. V. Cox and daughter of George W. and Cynthia (Gleason) Marsh. To this union has been born one daughter, Cora E., who married A. C: Porter, of Tipton, and they have four children, Helen. Paul, Vern and George. Mrs. Pershing had three children by her former marriage, only one of whom is now living, Mrs. Ella E. Swartz, who is the mother of two children, Marvin and Melite, also two grandsons, Forrest and Merrill, sons of Hattie Farr, deceased.

Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Pershing are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Fraternally, he is a member of the time-honored order of Free and Accepted Masons, Knights of Pythias, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Foresters. In the Masonic fraternity his membership is with Lodge No. 128, and he also belongs to Tipton Chapter of Royal Arch Masons and to Tipton Council of Royal and Select Masters. Mr. Pershing is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is enrolled in the Encampment and Rebekah branches of that order.

Politically, Mr. Pershing is an ardent Republican and is recognized as one of the leaders in local and state politics, sharing in the intimate councils of his party, and frequently being heard on the stump. No man in Tipton county has wielded a wider influence politically than Mr. Pershing, and his standing as a party man is such as to command the respect and admiration of all.

Personally, M. W. Pershing is a genial, pleasant gentleman, whom it is a pleasure to meet, and his long residence in Tipton county, which has extended over a period of forty-one years, as well as his large and long experience in the newspaper business, has given him a wide acquaintance throughout the county and has won for him hosts of warm and loyal friends. He possesses a knowledge of the development and growth of this county such as no other man has, perhaps, now living, having made the history of Tipton county a study for many years.

William G. Nash

It is at all times very interesting to compile and preserve the experiences of the old soldiers who went to fight the country's battles during the slave¬ holders' rebellion fifty years ago. These grand old fellows are fast passing away, and we should get all their experiences before they pass away and leave no record. It is very important that we preserve the records of our old soldiers, for they made five years of the most important history which we have ever had. When the fierce fires of rebellion were raging in the South¬ land, threatening to dissolve the Union, the subject of this sketch responded with patriotic fervor to the cause of volunteers, and was in some of the bloodiest battles for which this great war was noted. One of the honest boys in blue who can recall many interesting reminiscences of the great civil conflict of the sixties is William G. Nash, who, after a successful life as a farmer, is now living retired in the town of Tipton, Indiana.

William G. Nash was born in Fayette county, Indiana, on July 6r 1835, the son of Richard and Margaret (Moffett) Nash, his father being a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and his mother a native of Scotland. Richard Nash was bom in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, on Decem¬ ber 3, 1798. He was twice married, his first wife being Polly Hastings, born in Ireland. He went with his parents to Kentucky when fourteen years of age, and in early life began boating on the Ohio river, which pursuit he fol¬ lowed for more than forty years. He then went to the falls of the Ohio at Louisville and served as station pilot. In 1831 he removed to Fayette county, Indiana, where he purchased land and followed the occupation of a farmer. He was married in Adams county, Ohio, to Polly Hastings, and to this union were born two sons, Robert and Matthew. Some years after the death of his first wife he married Margaret Moffett, who was born in Scot¬ land, and to this union were born seven children: Ellen Jane, deceased, who was the wife of Joseph Turner; William G., of Tipton; Isaac Thomas, who died at Seattle, Washington, in the summer of 1913; Sarah, deceased, wife of Thomas Pratt; John S., of Chicago; Eliza, widow of Charles Elliott, of Connersville, Indiana, and Oliver L., who died at Rushville, Indiana. After his second marriage he lived in Fayette county and still continued his work as boatman on the Ohio river, part of the time acting as government pilot at the falls at Jeffersonville and Louisville. In the early forties, when he was working here, money was very scarce and the pay of the government for his services at the falls was one way in which he made the money to pay for his farm. He died in Fayette county, Indiana, in his ninety-first year. His second wife died in 1873, at the age of sixty-eight. He was a justice of the peace for twenty-five years of his life. He would take salt to New Orleans by flat boat, and would often walk back, a distance of over twelve hundred miles. His second wife came to America when a child with her parents and settled in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania.

The paternal grandparents of the subject of this sketch were Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nash, both of whom wrere natives of Pennsylvania. He was a cooper by trade and came to Indiana, settling in Fayette county, and were among the earliest pioneers in that county, and their deaths occurred, he at the age of eighty- four and she at seventy-three. They were the parents of the following children : John, James, Jessie, Jane, Thomas, Richard and Samuel.

The original Nash of this family in America was also Richard Nash, the great-grandfather of William G., the subject of this review. He settled in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, coming there from Scotland, and followed the trade of a ship carpenter. The maternal grandparents of Will¬ iam G. Nash w^ere born in Scotland, and came to America in an early day, settling first in Virginia and later the grandfather went to Kentucky with an anny against the Indians and was killed by an Indian in one of the border frays of that state. His w ife died in Fayette county, Indiana. They were the parents of several children, Thomas, John, Andrew', William, Mar¬ garet and Jane.

William G. Nash, the subject of this sketch, was the second child of his father's second union, and was reared in Fayette county, growing up as a farmer's boy. He helped his father clear the land, till the farm, doing all the chores which the farmer's boy is accustomed to doing. He attended the oldfashioned subscription schools in a log cabin, w ith slabs for seats and greased paper for wdndows. He later attended an academy at Fayettesville and Fairview, and afterwards taught school for four years before the wrar. He lived at home until he was grown, and in 1861 he enlisted in Company F, Third Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, and served a little over three years. His regiment was attached to the Army of the Potomac and he participated in all the important battles of that army corps, being in the second battle of Bull Run, engagements at South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Upperville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Cold Harbor, Wilderness, Petersburg, the Wilson raid and others of minor importance. His service wras active throughout the w?hole three years and often very dan-

After the war Mr. Nash returned to his home in Fayette county, Indiana, and entered the employ of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Com¬ pany, and continued in the employ of that company for one year, when he came to Tipton county and purchased two hundred and forty acres of land in section 17, Cicero township. In 1866 he again took employment for the same railroad company for a short time and then began the operation of his farm, of which only fifteen acres had been cleared at that time, the re¬ mainder being covered with brush and native forest timber. The present generation has little conception of the work necessary to clear the land and get it ready for cultivation. All of the work which was done on that farm was done by Mr. Nash and his sons. The house which stood on the farm was a three-room dwelling, built of planks placed vertically, and in this 'home he continued to reside until 1877, when he replaced it with a fine brick residence. In 1873 he built a large barn and added other substantial improvements, making the fa^m one of the most valuable and attractive in the county. In 1895 he purchased one hundred and seventy acres of land in section 9, Cicero township, giving him a total of four hundred and ten acres in the county.

In November, 1867, Mr. Nash was united in marriage to Rebecca E. Galloway, a native of Greene county, Ohio, the daughter of John and Isabel (Buick) Galloway. To this union were born eight children, Leroy B., Estella, John Richard, Lula and Laura, twins, Bonnie Jean, William Guy and Robert Ray. Robert Ray married Hulda Hobbs, and has one child, Harriett; Leroy .was judge of the circuit court of the thirty-sixth judicial circuit, and married Winona Berryman (see sketch of Judge Nash elsewhere in this volume) : Estella married Carl Gifford, of Tipton, and they have two children, John and Leroy; John Richard, who is cashier of the First National Bank of Tipton, married Jennie Frier, and they have five children, Jean, Alice, Mary, Richard, Margaret and Robert; Lulu married Archibald Lindley ; they live in Wayne county, and have one son, William ; Laura married Frank Burkhardt, and lives in. Cicero township, and they have three living children, Emily, Hugh and Rebecca; Bonnie Jean married Charles Michel, and they live in Cicero township, and they are the parents of three children, Miriam, Elizabeth and. Homer: William Guy, who is a farmer in Jefferson township, married Nola Blazier, and they have two children, Oliver and Martha.

Mrs. Rebecca Nash died on May 1 8, 1913, at the age of sixty-five years. She was born in Greene county, Ohio, her parents also being natives of that county and early settlers in Tipton county, Indiana. Her father's first wife, the mother of Mrs. Nash, died in Ohio. His second wife 'was Jane Hardy. Her paternal grandparents, William and Elizabeth (Smith) Buick, were natives of Scotland and early settlers in Greene county, Ohio, where their deaths occurred.

Mr. Nash, despite his fourscore years, is still erect, tall and of athletic build, and is hale and hearty for a man of his years. In politics he has been a life-long Republican and sees no reason why he should change the prin¬ ciples of that party for any other. He is one of the oldest members of the James Price Post No. 303, Grand Army of the Republic.

Mr. Nash is one of the few old pioneers left in the state. He has made what he has bv hard work and is entitled to all the credit for what he has accomplished. He has always stood for all measures tending toward the good of his county and state, and has always been interested in material and moral developments of his community. It can truly be said that there is no man in the county who is held in higher esteem and respect than is Mr. Nash.