Vermillion County, Indiana - The whole text, 1888 (part 14 of 15)

fOXATHAN CAPJTHERS, who has been identified witli the interests of Vermillion County for many years, resides on section 29, Highland Township, about one mile west of the village of Gessie_ He is a worthy representative of one of the early pioneer families, his father, William H. Carithers, having settled in Highland To\vnsiiip with his family in 1829. William H. Carithers was a native of the State of New York, born January 19, 1800. When a young man he M-ent to Ohio, and was married in that State to Miss Eleanor Decker, a native of New Jersey, born April 1, 1802. They reared a family of eight children to maturity - George, now living in Warren County, Indiana; Jonathan, the subject of this sketch; Mary, deceased; Catherine, also deceased; William H., a resident of Allamakee County, Iowa; Henry C, Francis M. and Martha Jane, residents of Vermillion County. William H. Carithers, Sr., lived ou the land on which he first settled in Highland Township, and which is now owned by his sons, until his death, which occurred Septenilier 15, 1851. He was one of the prominent and substantial citizens of his townsliip, and his children have become representative citizens. His widow, the mother of our subject, died December 2, 1867. Jonathan Carithers is a native of Ohio, born January 4, 1824, and was quite young when brought by his parents to Indiana. He has lived in the county for fifty-eight years, and is classed among the most respected citizens of Highland Township. Mrs. Carithers was formerly Mary Elizabeth Preston, a daughter of Bennett Preston, one of the early pioneers of Highland Township. She was born in Kentucky in 1830, coming with her parents to Vermillion County, Indiana, in 1834. Mr. and Mrs. Carithers are the parents of four cliildren^William P., Charles L., Elizabeth J. and Mary Frances. In politics Mi-. Carithers was formerly a Whig, casting his first Presidential vote for Zachary Taylor in 1848. He now affiliates with the Republican party.

fAMES ASBURY, blacksmith, resides on section 21, Vermillion Township, where he owns 114 acres of valuable land. He was born in Virginia, January 21, 1815, a soti of Joseph and Hannah (Talbott) Asbury, natives of Virginia, his father of English and his mother of Irish descent. Joseph Asbury was a soldier in the war of the Eevolution, and served five years. In September, 1815, the parents started for Kentucky, but before they reached there the father died. The following spring the mother continued her journey to Kentucky, and died there in 1835. In 1828 James Asbury came to Vermillion County, Indiana, and settled in Newport. He learned the blacksmith's trade of an older brother. After learning the trade he worked two years in a saw-mill and in that way got money enough to start a shop of his own, which he carried on eighteen years, when he bought the farm where he now livc^;. He has a good home and is in comfortable circumstances, the result of a life of industry and good management. Mr. Asbury was iiiurried in 1836 to Elizabeth Jones, a uative uf Jventucky. To them were born twelve children, seven of whom are living - James AV., of Vermillion Township; Isabel, wife nf Rufus Elder, of Illinois; Mary E., wife of "William P. Car.mack; John W., of Kansas; (ifurge and Benjamin S., of Yermillion ( utuity, and Eliza, wife of William T. Davis. Airs. Asbury died in 1882, and in 1883 Mr. Asbury married Sarah, widow of Henry AVisc. They have two children - Daniel and James R. In politics Mr. Asbury affiliates with the Eepnblican party.

-f^EYMOUE NEBEKER, Clinton, Indi- \S,\ ana, is a representative of one of tlie .' early ftimilies of Vermillion County. 1 1 r was born in this county, in Helt Township, July 18, 1847, a son of Aquila and Naomi (AVright) Nebeker, his father a native of Delaware, and his mother of New York. The parents came to Vermillion County in an early day and settled in licit Township, where they lived nntil 1865, when they moved to Clinton, where the father died in 1 ^^0, aged sixty-five years. He was for many years one of the county's prominent citizens and at one time represented it in the State Legislature. His widow survived until January, 1883, dying at the age of sixty-four years. They had a family of four son and five daughters - Jasper, a member of the Eighteenth Indiana Infantry, died while in the service of his country, during the war for the Union. Mrs. Laura AVashburn and Mrs. Thirza Anderson reside in Clinton. Seymour is the subject of this sketch; Mrs. M:iria "Whitcorab is deceased; Mrs. Melissa llogart and Dr. Henry live in Clinton; Mrs. Myrtle A. Bassett (deceased), and Bird A., of Elpaso, Texas. Seymour Nebeker passed his youtli on a farm and has for the greater i)art of his mature life devoted his time to agriculture. In 1869 he accompanied General H. D. AVashburn, then of Clinton, to his field of labor as surveyor-general of Montana Territory. He spent four years in that Territory on the surveyor's staft', his chief after General AYashburn's death being John E. Blaine, a brother of James G. Blaine, and in the spring of 1870 began surveying under contract, the work aflbrding ample remuneration. In the autumn of 1873 he returned to Vermillion County, where he has since lived. April 7, 1876, he married Miss Susan Staats, who was born in Helt Township, November 2, 1845, a daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Cummings) Staats, natives of A^irginia, where they were married, coming to Indiana in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Nebeker have two children - Edna, born April 10, 1878, and Mary Louise, born August 21, 1883. Mr. Nebeker commenced married life on a farm two miles and a half north of Clinton, which he still owns, and where he lived until after the deatli of his father, in 1880, when he moved to Clinton and has since lived on the homestead of his parents in that city. His farm contains 240 acres of valuable land, and he still superintends iis culture. In politics Mr. Nebeker has always been identified with the Republican party, casting his first Presidential vote for U. S. Grant. lie is a member of the Masonic order, Jerusalem Lodge, No. 99, at Clinton.

T^.TILLIAM A. SHELATO, proprietor VJ Ali °* ^^^^ livery and feed stable, Newport l*=^^j City, Indiana, is a native of A^ermillion County, born in 1857, a son of Frank and Maria (Thornton) Shelato, also natives of Vermillion County, of German descent. They are now among the prominent citizens of Eugene Township. William A. was reared a farmer and followed that vocation until 1882, when he established a livery stable in Eugene, remaining there three years, and in March, 1886, removed to Newport, where he has a good stable well equipped with both carriage and saddle horses, buggies and carriages. Mr. Shelato was married in 1880 to Inez Wlllermoon, a native of Vermillion County, born in 1863, a daughter of Joseph and Martha (Slakely) "Willermoon.

.' \/ U homestead where he resides, on sec- ~ tion 16, Highland Township, the date of his birth being January 1, 1835. His father, Thomas Wright, was one of the early pioneers of Highland Township, where he located in the fall of 1824. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1799, and when a boy was taken by his parents to Ross County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. In the fall of 1824 his mother came with her family to Indiana (the father having died in Ohio), and settled in Vermillion Conuty. Thomas Wright at tliat time was about twenty-four years of age. On coming to the county he entered land on section 10, Highland Townshiji, near the present farm of his son Milton. After entering his land he had no means left, his last dollar being given to pay for his land. He at once began improving his land, but almost before he had made a beginning the team which he had brought with him and on which he depended for clearing and breaking his land, died. This was a heavy loss to him, as he had no means of purchasing another team. Hearing that Lewis Evans, of Warren County, had a bull ho wished to dispose of and take his pay in work, Mr. Wright saw his opportunity and at once engaged to split rails for Mr. Evans, and after doing a certain amount of work he received the animal above referred to. He hitched the bull to the plow and broke the land on which he raised his first crop of grain, and by muzzling the bull to prevent it from eating the grain, he was able to use it in cultivating his first corn crop. From this beginning Mr. Wright advanced to the front rank of the pioneer farmers of Highland Township, and at his death in 1855 was numbered among the wealthy farmers of his county. He was twice married, being married in Fountain County, Indiana, in 1830, to Sarah Thompson, a native of Kentucky, and an estimable wife and mother. She died in 1814, leaving a family of four sons and three daughters, of whom two sons and two daughters are still living - Milton, Cyrus, and Mrs. Nancy J. Mitchell and Mrs. Martha E. Lacy, both living in Highland Township. For his second wife Mr. Wright married Mrs. Joan (Beers) Nabors. Thomas Wright was a typical pioneer, upright, honest, industrious, and unassuming in his manners and habits. He accumulated a competence, and by his own efforts accumulated 1,000 acres of excellent land. Politically he was a Whig of the Abolition type. For many years he was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Milton Wright, whose name heads this sketch, grew to manhood on the home farm, being reared to agricultural pursuits, which he has made his life-work, and attending the schools of his neighborhood, where he received his education. He is a prosperous farmer and a representative citizen of Highland Township, where he has a fine farm of 280 acres, this being a part of the land once owned by his father. Mr. Wright was united in marriage to Miss Nancy A. Provost, a daughter of Thomas Provost, one of the pioneers of Ver- million County. They have two cliildren - Eva, wife of Henry Truinan, of Highland Township, and Stephen G., who was born August 9, 1868, a native of Highland Township, Vermillion County.

I^LFEED R. HOPKINS, the present '' efficient clerk of Vermillion County, is a native of this county, born at Newport, September 3, 1841, and has spent the greater part of his life at his birth-place. His parents, John and Elizabeth Hopkins, were among the pioneers of the county, settling here when the surrounding country was almost a wilderness. Mr. Hopkins has been twice married, his first wife being jSTellie Hall, a daughter of AVilliam B. Hall, one of Vermillion County's early settlers. She died in 1874, leaving at her death two daughters named Helen and Maggie. The maiden name of his present wife was Laura Wallace, slie being a daughter of AVilliam and Mary Wallace, of whom both are deceased. Mr. Hopkins was in the mercantile business at Newport from 1869 until 1875. In 1882 he was elected to fill the office of county clerk, and was re-elected in the fall of 1886, his term of office expiring in 1890. In politics he is a staunch Republican, and was elected to liis present office on that ticket.

fOIIN GRIMES, an enterprising agriculturist, who has been identified with the interests of Vermillion County many years, is a native of Ohio, born in Noble County, October 29, 1846. His father, Wilson Grimes, who is now deceased, was born in Ross County, Ohio. In 1860 he removed with his family to Dent County, Missouri, and in the spring of 1861 came to Vermillion County, Indiana, and laid out the village of Jonestown, and built the iirst house in the place. John Grimes, the subject of this sketch, was brought up on a farm, and has always followed agricultural piirsuits, and in , his youth he received a common-school education. He was united in marriage, May 1, 1873, to Miss Belle Newton, a daughter of Dr. John Newton, an early settler of this county, who is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Grimes are the parents of one child, Ethel A., who was born September 18, 1874. They make their home on section 15, Helt Township, where they have a fine farm of 140 acres, well improved and under good cultivation, beside which they own a tract of eighteen acres of timber land in Illinois.

t GRACE WELLS, senior member of the firm of Wells & Peer, dealers in groceries, boots and shoes, Dana, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 25, 1844. His father, Horace Wells, who is now deceased, was a native of Connecticut, and settled in Cincinnati in 1837, where he was superintendent of the Wells Type Foundry many years, holding a controlling interest in the stock. Horace Wells, our subject, was reared at his birth place, receiving his education in the schools of that city. During the late war he was a member of Company B, Second Missouri Cavalry, and while in the service participated in many important battles including the engagements at Lexington, Paris, Moore's Mill and Pea Ridge. He went to Illinois in 1864 where he followed farming until 1869. In December, 1870, lie entered the employ of the Illinois Central Railroad Company as station agent and operator, at Desoto, Illinois. In August, 1875, he entered the employ of the Indianapolis, I 11, 1868, to Keziah Crusour, daiighter of Decatur and Springfield Eailroad as station I Moses Crusour. Tliey have had eight cliilagent at Attwood, Illinois, remaining there dren, four of whom are living - Ira, Sarah, until June, 1877, when he came to Dana, Vermillion County, holding the position of station agent at this place until November, 1886. He engaged in his present business in March, 1887, in which he has met with good success. January 14, 1875, he was united in marriage to Miss Emma Matthews, a daughter of James Matthews, of Areola, Illinois. Of the four children born to tliis union, three are living - Charles, Albert and Clyde. One son, named Dallas, met his death by suffocation in the Dana Grain Elevator in June, 1886, at the age of six years. Mr.

John and Frederick. Mr. Peer was postmaster at Toronto about five years. He is a member of the Odd Fellows order. Two of his brothers, AViliiam and Benjamin, were soldiers in tlie war of the liebellion.

;ni-MKON HOLLINGSWOETH, farmer \^A and stock-raiser, resides on section 14, Vermillion Township, where he owns 150 acres of land under a high state of cultivation. He is a native of Vermillion AVells belongs to both the Masonic and Odd I County, born May 25, 1832, a son of Joel Fellows orders. Mrs. AVells is a worthy mem- and Lydia (Sprague) Hollingsworth, natives of South Carolina, who came to Indiana in 1820, and settled in Vermillion County, being among the earliest settlers of Helt Township. The mother died in 1852, aged forty -four years, and the father in 1875, aged seventy-two years. They had a family of eleven children, but four of whom are living - Hiram and Mary J., of Kansas; John W., of Missouri, and Simeon. The father lived to see the county which he helped to settle

Simeon Hollingsworth was reared on the old homestead in Helt Township, remaining at home until manhood, when he started in life for himself, and by good management has acquired a good property. He was married in 1852 to Lucinda Johnson, who was born in Shelby County, Indiana, in 1830. a daughter of Isaac and Mary Johnson, pioneers of Vermillion County. Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth have liad two children, but one is living - Joel, who is still living at home. He married Sarah, daughter of James and Nancy Hendricks, and has one child - Caleb. Mr.

near Eugene. Jesse L. Peer was reared a farmer, and followed that vocation until 1867, when he became crippled, the result of a kick from a horse, and being unable to attend to his farm moved to Toronto, and engaged in the mercantile business, remaining there until 1874, when he located in Dana, and opened a general store. In 1886 he closed out his grocery department but now has a good line of dry goods, carpets, boots and shoes, wall paper and notions. His stock is valued at about §6,000 and he has a good paj'ing trade. Mr. Peer was married June

IT^.VTHAN JACOBS, of Highland Town- 7 -hip, was born in Gallia County, Ohio, ~'C .Fanuary 4, 1811. His father, Daniel Jacobs, was born near Lexington, Kentucky, and when a young man moved to Gallia County, Ohio, where he married Sarah Ensniinger, and when an old man moved to Douglas County, Illinois, where he died. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was taken prisoner at Fort Meigs. In 1830 Nathan Jacobs accompanied his mother and stepfather to Vermillion County, Indiana, where he has since lived. His mother died in Highland Township. Nathan Jacobs is one of the pioneers of the county, which he has seen develop from a wilderness to its present advanced state. He has been twice married and has six children, one son and live daughters. In politics Mr. Jacobs is a Republican. He is a member of the United ]"!rethren church.

f^ICIlARD M. RUCKER, a resident of "iMi Clinton, is a native of Indiana, born in *^^ Jackson County, December 16, 1831, a sun of Terrill and Lovina Rucker. In his youth he learned the cooper's trade, which he followed until he went in defense of his country in the war of the Rebellion. He was united in marriage in 1858 to Miss Minerva J. Sleath, a native of Burlington, Iowa, born August 9, 1837, and of the thirteen children born to this union four died in infancy. Those yet living are - Mrs. Gracie Groves, of Edgar County, Illinois; John, Minerva, Richard M., Samuel, Addison, Isabelle and Charles. Mr. Rucker enlisted in June, 1802, in Company A, Seventy-first Indiana Infantry, leaving the State with his regiment during the latter part of August. August 31 they encountered the rebel army under General Kirby Smith at Richmond, Kentucky. His regiment lost heavily in this engagejnent. losing all the field officers, and the large i' part of the regiment including Mr. Rucker were taken prisoners and paroled on the field. The paroled prisoners were sent North, but exchanged and in the field again before the close of the year, and employed in protecting lines of communication. During the summer of 1863 the regiment returned to Indianajiolis, and after being recruited, was re-organized and became the Sixth Indiana Cavalry. It joined Burnside's army, and campaigned in the vicinity of Knoxville during Burnside's operations at that place. The regiment was part of Burnside's force, and was actively employed in the campaign of General Sherman against General Johnston's army, which culminated in the capture of Atlanta. The Sixth Indiana Cavalry joined Sherman's army at Buzzard's Roost and did splendid service in that campaign. During the Stoneman raid at Sunshine Church Mr. Rucker was shot through the right lung, and with the most of his regiment was again taken prisoner. At Hillsborohis wound was treated, but not skillfully. Later he was imprisoned at Macon, Georgia, and still later at Andersonville. From Andersonville he was taken to Mellen, Georgia, and from there paroled, and sent to the parol camp at Annapolis, Maryland. During all these changes Mr. Rucker was much debilitated, with hardly more than a hold upon life. He was finally exchanged and again joined his regiment, but never afterward did much 1 service. At the close of the war he recei an honorable discharge. lie now receives a pension of $15 a month. In politics he affiliates with the Democratic party. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and is officer of the day in Owen Post, at Clinton.

fEREMIAH CONLEY, one of the popular young men of Dana, was born in Edgar County, Illinois, December 23, 1861. His father, John Conley, was a native of County Waterford, Ireland, and in 1848 came to the United States and settled in Illinois, and in 1862 moved to Vermillion County, Indiana, locating at Montezuma, where he spent the rest of his days. Jeremiah Conley was reared in Montezuma, being only about a year old when his parents moved to Indiana. He was given good educational advantages, attending the schools of Montezuma, and thus l)ecame fitted to enter upon an active business life. In 1882 he located in Dana, where by his upright aud honorable dealings and pleasant manners he has gained many friends. He is a member of the Catholic church and of the Hibernian Brotherhood.

fEORGE WELLS, deceased, was born in Sevier County, Tennessee, October 27, 1810, a son of Andrew and Eve (Houck) Wells, who were of English and German descent respectively. Our subject was reared to agricultural pursuits, and made that the principal vocation of his life. He received but limited educational advantages in the schools of his day, but close observation and contact with the world supplied to a large deajree his lack of education. He was married

1830, to Miss Sarah Earnest, a nativeof Greene County, Tennessee, born January 19, 1814, a daughter of Henry S. and Rachel (Lottspeech) Earnest. They left Tennessee in March,

1831, each riding a horse and a third horse used as a pack horse, was loaded with household effects and wearing apparel, and in this manner they journeyed to Indiana, and settled in the then dense forest of Rush County, and in their home in that county all their children wlio are now living were born. In 1852 the family removed to Jasper County, Illinois, where they lived until coming to Clinton, Vermillion County, in 1866. After settling in Clinton Mr. Wells, owing to his failing health, led a comparatively retired life until his death. He died May 7, 1880. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church from childhood, and a consistent Christian. For a great many years he was a local preacher, and was always ready whenever and wherever he could aid in building up the Master's cause. Mrs. Wells who is yet a resident of Clinton is in good health, and bids fair to spend many more years of useful life. Mr. Wells held the office of magistrate for eight years, performing the duties of that office in an efficient aud satisfactory manner. He was a strong anti-slavery man, and his hatred of slavery'finally induced him to leave Tennessee. His father was oin' of the heroes in the Revolutionary war, fnnn Virginia. Ten children were born to ili. and Mrs. Wells. - Mrs. Martha Jane Birt, living in Clinton; Hannah E. died in infancy; Mrs. Louisa Mitchell lives in Parke County, this State; Mrs. Sarah Ann Walling died in Clinton Township; Amos E., a farmer, living in Florida, Parke County, Indiana; Thomas B., resides in Clinton, was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, serving three years in the Twenty-first Illinois Infantry, the regi- inent first commanded by General Grant; William F. the j'oungest son. Williani 1<\ Wells was born May 18, 1850, and has always lived with his parents. At the age of thirteen years he became the main reliance of his father, and as he advanced in years, he became the supporter of the family. He completed his education at Farmers Home Institute at Clinton, when nineteen years of age, and the three following winters taught school in Parke County. In 1872 he commenced working at the carpenter's trade, and while thus engaged received an injury to his right hand. He then sought lighter employment, and was engaged as clerk in the mercantile establishment of Whitconib, Anderson tfe Co. He is now engaged as building contractor. In politics he is au ardent Republican, and prominent in all the local councils of his party. He is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows orders, and also belongs to the Knights of Labor.

fOim W. REDMAN, furniture dealer and undertaker, Dana, is a native of Vermillion County, Indiana, born in Helt Township, January 25, 1855. His father, Wesley Redman, was a native of Virginia, coming to Vermillion County with his ]'arents when a boy, where he lived until his death. Qur subject was reared to agricultural pursuits, and received his education in the common-schools of his native county. He followed farming two years, and in July, 1876, he engaged in his present business, at Dana, where he lias built up a good trade, becoming one of the leading business men of the place. Mr. Redman was married November 13, 1877, to Maria Taylor, a daughter of Samuel Taylor, one of the old and honored pioneers of the county, who is now deceased.

Two children have been born to this union - Charles (deceased) and Claude. Mr. Redman has held the office of postmaster of Dana since April 13, 1885, being one of tlie first appointed in Western Indiana under President Cleveland's administration. He is a member of the Odd Fellows order, in whicli he takes an active interest. Mrs. Redman is a worthy member of the Presbyterian church.

fLAUDE MATTHEWS, one of the leading agriculturists of Vermillion County, engaged in farming and stock-raising on section 19, Clinton Township, was born at Bethel, Bath County, Kentucky, December 14, 1845. His parents, Thomas A. and Eliza Ann (Fletcher) Matthews, were born and reared in the State of Kentucky, to which State the Matthews family removed from Maryland in an early day, the Fletcher family coming from A^irginia. The parents of our subject died in Kentucky, the mother at the old home in March, 1846, aged twenty years, and the father at Covington, in 1885, aged sixty-si.\ years. Claude, their only child, was given liberal educational advantages, and graduated at Center College, at Danville, Kentucky, in the class of 1867, and January 1, 1868, he was united in marriage to Miss Martha A. R.AVhitcomb, born at Indianapolis July 1, 1847, the only child of Governor James Whitcomb, one of the prominent statesman of Indiana. Governor Whitcomb was born near Windsor, Vermont, in December, 1795, and when he was eleven j-ears of age his father settled near Cincinnati, Ohio. At this time he began to show great fondness for study and books, and finally worked his way into Transylvania University, located at Lexington, Kentucky, and graduated from that iustitution at tlie liead of his class, lie then studied law aud commenced liis legal practice at Bloomington, Indiana, in 1822, soon standing in the front rank in his profession. In 1830 he was elected to the State Senate, and in 1836 he was appointed Commissioner of the General Land Office at "Washington, D. C, resuming the practice of law at Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1841. In 1843 he was the nominee of the Democratic party for Governor of Indiana, to which office he was elected, his celebrated document, " Facts for the People " contributing largely to his election, and bj an increased majority lie was re-elected in 1846. During his iirst term he recommended the establishment of the now celebrated benevolent institutions of the State. No public man in the-State had more to do with the establishment of our common school systeni and the creation of the school fund then did Governor Whitcomb. In 1849 Governor AVhitcomb was elected United States Senator, and died during his term of office at New York City October 4, 1852. Self-taught he became eminent in learning, and a leader among men, but his power was always used for the elevation and good of all, for he was devoted to his country and his God. March 24, 1846, he married Mrs. Martha Ann (Renulek) Hurst, at her father's home in Pickaway County, Ohio. She died July 17, 1847, sixteen days after the birth of her child, Mrs. Matthews. After the mother's death she was placed with lier mother's sister, Mrs. Margaret Seymour, of Poss County, Ohio, witli whom she lived until her marriage. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Matthews has been blessed with three children - Mary Fletcher, born November 5, 1869; Ilenick Seymour, January 4, 1872, and Helen, February 28, 1878. Mr.' Matthews is the owner of 2,000 acres of selected lands, including bottom, table aud ridge lauds, with timber aud coal in abundance. He has upward of 1,300 acres of bottom and table lands under cultivation in Vermillion County, these lands being unexcelled in quality of soil. He also has large real estate interests in Texas. The homestead property in Clinton Township, known as the Hazel Pluff Farm, consists of about 600 acres. His residence is pleasantly located in a natural grove, on high ground overlooking the valley of Brouiilett's Creek, about three miles southwest of Clinton. Mr. Matthews is a lover of good stock, and devotes considerable attention to general stock-raising, and as a b-eeder has gained quite a reputation. Among the stock bred on his farm are found trotting bred horses, Jersey and short-horn cattle. South Down sheep, Berkshire hogs and Shetland ponies. Strictly honorable in all his dealings, he has gained the confidence and respect of all who know him, and made many friends, and being liberal toward public enterprises he is a valuable citizen. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. Politically he is identified with the Democratic party, and without being a strong partisan is a warm believer in the principles of that party. Mr. Matthews has never been ambitious of political preferment, but in 1876, against his desire, was selected by his party to make the race for Eepresentative. This he did and was elected by over 200 majority, - the Republican State ticket carrying the county by over 350 majority. Mr. Matthews was the first Democrat to represent Vermillion County, and while there did good and effective work. To him more than any one else is due the passage of the Free Gravel Road Bill, - which has been the means of placing Vermillion County in the front rank of coimties having such improved highways. In 1880 Mr. Matthews was a prominent candidate for the nomination of Lieutenant Governor, but in the close tight between Landers andGray to harmonize party discords Governor Gray was given the place, without opposition ill the convention, Mr. Matthews strongly and heartly supporting the proposition - preferring advancement of party rather than self-interest. In 1882 Mr. Matthews was induced to make the race for State Senator for the counties of Parke and Yermillion, together rolling up a Eepublican majority of 900. With such heavy odds, although making a highly creditable race, he was defeated hy about 300 - reducing the Republican majority in the two coimties by nearly 600 votes. He is quietly and contentedly pursuing his business of farming, iirin in the belief that it is the grandest and the noblest occupation in life.

3()1IN L. FOX, one of the respected citizens of flighland Township, is a native of Warren County, Ohio, and is a son of George and Elizabeth (Link) Fox. The father of our subject was a native of Maryland, and a son of Frederick Fox, who was born on the ocean while his parents w^ere immigrating to America. The Fox family first settled in Maryland, where the grandfather kept tavern at the foot of the Fox Mountain for many years. The father of our subject crossed the mountains with his father and settled in Ohio in 1807, making his home in that State until his death. John L. Fox, whose name heads this sketch, was reared to manhood in liis native county, and was there married to Miss Susan Ann Ililligass, wiio was born and reared in Montgomery County, Ohio. Mr. Fox lived in Warren County until 1857 when he came with his family, then consisting of wife and five children, to Vermillion County, Indiana. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Fox are - Anna E.,

Mary S., Catherine, Margaret P., John Adams and Daniel, all born in Ohio, with the exception of Daniel, who was born in Highland Township, Vermillion County, in 1860. Mr. Fox has met with good success in his agricultural pursuits, and at one time was the owner of 331 acres of choice land. His farm now contains 186 acres, under good cultivation, the entire surroundings showing the owner to be a thoi-ough practical farmer.

T|P,ENRY SHEW, residing on section 36, tefji Clinton Township, is one of the active '^i and prominent citizens of Vermillion County, and a worthy representative of one of the early pfoneer families of the county. He was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, November 14, 1815, his parents, Daniel and Eve D. (York) Shew, being natives of the same State, the former of German and the latter of English ancestry. They with their family, then consisting of six children, left their native State and with teams made the journey to Vermillion County, Indiana, in 1826, and settled in the forest on section 31, Clinton Township. Here the father bought a tract of sixty-two acres, which he improved, and resided upon until his death, which occurred not long after the close of the war, in his eighty-first year. He erected a saw-mill on Jennings Creek which he operated abont thirty years. His wife's death occurred aboiit six years before he died, in her sixty-sixth year. Both were members of the United Brethren church. The children liorn to them are as follows - Philip was a member of an Indiana regiment, and died in the late war at Knoxville, Tennessee; Henry, the subject of this sketch; Joel, living in Clinton; Eli, of Clinton Township; Mrs. Mary M. Moulton, residing in Tennessee; Sarah died aged about twelve years; Leonard M., living in San Francisco, California; Wasliingtoii, living in Clinton Township, and Mrs. Matilda Vergen, deceased. Henry Shew, whose name heads this sketch, was reared to a farm life, but after reaching manhood he learned the coopei-'s trade, which he followed some fifteen years, since which he has devoted his time almost exclusively to agricultural pursuits, lie was united in marriage July 2, 1840, to Miss Irene Hedges, a daughter of William Hedges, one of the early settlers of the county. She was born in Clinton Township, at the pioneer home of her parents, December 3, 1823. To Mr. and Mrs. Shew have been born five children as follows - Lysander, residing in Clinton Township, near his parents; Lura Ann, widow of Jolm Hay, resides in Kansas, where her husband died; Levi L., living near the parental home, served three years in the war of the Rebellion, in the Seventy-first Indiana Infantry, and Sixth Indiana Cavalry; Direxa, is the wife of Thomas P. Pinson, of Clinton Township; Alma C. is the wife of James Puatman, of Clinton Township. Mr. Shew commenced life with no capital, but strong hands, and a determination to make life a success, and his energy combined with integrity and good business habits, has enabled him to obtain a competence for his declining years. When he settled on his homestead in Clinton Township it was covered with a heavy growth of timber. He now owns over 400 acres, the greater part of which is well improved. In politics Mr. Shew is a Pepnblican of Whig antecedents. He served almost three terms as magistrate of Clinton Township, being appointed to the (.ffiee during the war to fill a vacancy, and elected the two succeeding terms. He is liberal in his religious views, believing in the goodness of God toward all his children.

Mr. Shew is widely known throughout tlie township where he resides, and few local men possess the confidence and i-espect of the public to a greater extent than he, being trusted liv all who know him.

fOSEPH A. SANDERS, farmer and stock- raiser, resides on section 5, Yei-- million Township, where he owns 170 acres of choice bind all undei- cultivation. He was born in Marion County, Indiana, March 17, 1856, a son of Joseph and Clarissa (McV^ey) Sanders, natives of Ohio, his father of English and his mother of Irish descent. Of a family of ten children eight are living. Joseph A. Sanders was reared on his father's farm and has always followed farming with the exception of a short time spent in Tennessee and Kentucky in the lumber business. In 1877 he located in Vermillion County, and is now one of the prosperous young men of the county. Mr. Sanders was married in 1879 to Margaret, daughter of James and Mary Lindsey, pioneers of Vermillion County, now living in Eugene Township. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders have two children - Lindsey and Ferris. They are members of the society of Friends. In politics ilr. Sanders casts his suflrage with the Republican party.

^^|HUD HUGHES, one of the representaftive citizens of Highland Township, resides on section 18, and is the oldest surviving son of Constantine Hughes, one of the old and honored pioneers of Vermillion County, who settled here in the year 182s. Our subject was born in Harrison County, Virginia, February 14, 1817, being in his eleventh vear when he came with his father to this county. He well remembers the appearance of the surrounding country when he first came here, nearly sixty years ago, at which time Indians were the principal inhabitants, wliite settlers being scarce. Deer were then abundant, and some bears were still found in the county, and hunting parties of Indians were frequently seen about the cabins c^f the early settlers. ]Mr. Hughes has lived cm his present place since his marriage, wliich occurred December 19, 1844, to Miss Cassie Ellen Bowman. Mrs. Hughes was born September 11, 1828, a daughter of Charles Bowman, who came from Virginia to Vermillion County, Indiana, in an early day. She died April 1, 1879, after a happy married life of nearly thirty-five years. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, si.x of whom are yet living - Elmond, Owen, David, Catherine, Nancy Ann and Almira. Their daughter Mary was the wife of George Y. Stipp, and died in her twenty-si.xth year. Two sons, named Franklin 'E. and Charles W., died in infancy. In his political views Mr. Hughes affiliates with the Democratic party. He has long been a consistent member of the Baptist church, as was also his wife, and by his fair and honorable dealing he has gained the coniideuce and respect of all who know him.

OSIAII HENDEESON, who has been dentified witli the history of Vermillion W^ County for many years, is a native of Itock Castle County, Kentucky, born March 7, 1823, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (^ Vance) Henderson, the father born in Augusta County, Virginia, and the mother born in Pennsylvania. They were married in Kentucky, and when the subject of this sketch was a child they settled in Shelby County, that State, living there until 1839. In the fall of that year they removed to Edgar County, Illinois, and in the spring of 1840 the father purchased 200 acres of timber land on section 9, Clinton Township, Vermillion County, and immediately brought his family to their new home. He was an active, energetic man, and by his persevering industry lie cleared and improved land, and made a good home lor his family. He lived to attain the age of ninety-six years, spending his last years at the home of our subject. He died in 1869. His wife died in 1840, the year of their settlement in the county, being in her fifty-third year at the time of lier death. To the parents of our subject were born nine children - George, who is supposed to be dead, left his parents in Kentucky twenty-five years before the late war, and later lived in New Orleans; Seneca died after reacliing manhood, in Vermillion County; Milton died in Jasper County, Illinois; Mrs. Sarah Sparks living in Clinton; Mrs. Nancy Taylor, living in Dana; Josiah, the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Mary J. Myers, deceased, and Samuel, the fifth child, died in Tennessee in 1840, Josiah Henderson was reared to the life of a farmer, remaining on the home farm irntil twenty-four years of age, assisting his father to pay for his land. On leaving home he received $20, this being all lie had to commence life for himself. He purchased a tract of forty acres on section 10, Clinton Township, where he still resides, having lived in this neighborhood since seventeen years of age. He has met with success in his agricultural pursuits, and has added to his original purchase until his homestead contains 167 acres, his place being well improved and under good cultivation. Mr. Henderson was married in 1856 to Miss Susan Hunter, a daughter of George and Sarah Hunter, and to this union six children were born, three of whom died in early childhood.

Those 3'et living are - Mrs. Sadie Wolf, living in Clinton Township; Mrs. Ilattie Alexander, of Springfield, Illinois, and Mrs. Laura Porter, of Clinton Township. Mrs. Hender son died December 25, 1879, aged tifty-three years. She was an affectionate wife and mother, and a consistent Christian, and died in the faith of the Christian church. Mr. Henderson is a member of the Christian church. In politics Mr. Henderson was formerly a Whig, and was one of the organizers ot the Republican party in this county. He now classes himself as an Independent. He alwaA's manifests a deep interest in the welfare of his township tn- county, and any enterprise calculated to promote their advancement has his encouragement and support.

fOHN W. WHITED, residing in Dana, Yermillion County, is a native of Indi- -A- ana, born in Shelby County, the date of his birth being January 16, 1858. He is a son of Azariah and Louisa (Warner) Wiiited, who are both deceased, the father having been born in Shelby County, Indiana. The mother was a daughter of Alexander Warner. John W. was reared to the vocation of a farmer on his father's farm, and in his youth he received his education in the commonschools of his neighborhood. In 1868 he went with his parents to Harrisonville, Missouri, but in the fall of 1870 returned to Indiana, the family locating in Clay County, where the father died March 9, 1876. The mother of our subject survived until February, 1881, when she died in Owen County, Indiana. During his residence at Dana Mr. Whited has by his genial manners and fair and honorable dealings, won the confidence and respect of all who know hira. He is a Viiung man of public spirit, and talvos an active interest in the advancement of the town in which he makes his home. The parents of our subject had a family of nine children, eight of whom still survive, their names being as follows - John W., Alex, Chauncey, Alice, Laura B., Robert, Emma and Jesse.

fEROME M. JEXKINS, one of Clinton Township's leading young men, was ,^ liorn in Clark County, Ohio, July 21, 1859. His father, Abraham M. Jenkins, was a native of Virginia, remaining in his native State until eighteen years of age. He then became a resident of Ohio, and January 31, 1856, he was married .at Springfield, Clark County, to Miss Mary A. Abrams. a daughter of James Abrams. She was born in Dutchess County, New York, in 1831, coming to Ohio in the year 1852. In April, 1865, Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, with their only child, then in his sixtli year, moved frc)m Ohio to Edgar County, Illinois, and in the fall of the same year they settled on section 12, Clinton Township, Yermillion County, Indiana. The father lived to improve this place, and bring his land under good cultivation. He died in August, 1881, aged sixtj'- one years. Quiet, unassuming, industrious and strictly honorable in all his dealings he gained the confidence and respect of all who knew him. In politics he was in early life a Whig, and later affiliated with the Republican party. He was for many years a consistent member of the Methodist church, as is also his widow. Jerome M. Jenkins, v.-hosc name heads this sketch, received his education in the schools of Clinton Township, and made good use of his educational advantages. Like his father, he is Republican in his political views, and takes an active interest in political and public affairs, and is ranked among the leading men of the yonnger class in his party. Although i-earcd on a farm, he is not fond of a farmer's life, and is preparing himself by attending commercial schools, for an active business career. He resides with his widowed mother on the old homestead on section 12, Clinton Township, their farm containing 103 acres of valuable land.

3 AMES K. DUNLAP is a native of Vermillion County, Indiana, born at Perrys- - ,^ ville in September, 1838, and is a worthy rt'jn-esentative of one of the pioneer tarailies of the county. Plis father, John Dunlap, was a native of Ireland, born June 8, 1808. He came to America when a young man, locating lirst in Canada, removing thence to Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a tailor by trade, an (H'cMipation he followed many years. He was married in Cincinnati, to Miss Nancy Dean, who was also a native of Ireland, born February 14, 1812. Of the four children born to them only two, James R., the eldest, and ^[ary J., are living, the latter on the old homestead in Perrysville. Susan and Daniel are deceased. The latter was a gallant soldier in the war of the Eebellion, enlisting in the 1-^leventh Indiana Infantry, in which he served two years. He was a young man of excellent i.usincss ability, which fact was recognized liv (General Rawlins, under whom he served as clerk nearly two years, during the latter part of his term of service. He died in 1865, of disease contracted in the service. John Dunlap made his home in Cincinnati For a number of years, and in 1837 came to Perrysville, Vermillion County, where he worked at his trade for a time. He then engaged in the mercantile business, his stock <'!)nsisting of ready-made clothing and gentlemen's furnishings, keeping the tirst store of the kind in Perrysville. He was long one of the prominent business men of the town, and was very successful in business, acquiring a competence. He died February 1, 1878. For several years prior to his death he had suffered greatly from rheumatism. His wife died July 25, 1879. Both were worthy and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church. In early life the father was a Democrat in his political views, but later became a Republican, and was ever after a warm advocate of the principles of that party. James R. Dunlap, whose name heads this sketch, was reared in Vermillion County, and received a good business education under his father, in whose store he served as clerk. He engaged in the mercantile business for himself at Urbana, Illinois, in 1858, which he followed until August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company G, Seventy-sixth Illinois Infantry. He served with his regiment aliout nine months, when he was detailed for service in the Signal Corps. After being under instruction at Memphis, Tennessee, for three months, he reported to General McPherson, on whose staff he served as signal officer. After the death of that gallant officer he served in the same capacity under General Frank P. Blair. He was with Sherman on his march to the sea and through the Carolinas, during which expedition he had charge of about thirty men and subordinate officers. His position in the Signal Corps, though arduous, was a desirable one. His duties necessitated a vast amount of riding, probably not less than 17,000 miles during his term of service. After the war he was associated in business with Iris father for a time. In 1868 he was married to Miss Mary Russell Bell, a daughter of William M. Bell, an early settler of Vermillion County. Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap have had born to them ten children, of whom nine are living - Louis

M., Edgar E., Grace D. D., Bessie B., Daniel A., M. Gene, James R., Jr., Illne, and an infant yet unnamed. One child, John, died aged two years. They have a beantiful home on section 3, Highland Township, surrounded by 480 acres of valuable land. Besides the home farm Mr. Dunlap owns land in another part of the same township. He is a comrade of the Grand Army post at Perrysville, and also belongs to the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. In politics he atWiates with the Eepublican party. In 1880 he was elected county commissioner, and served as such four years. Mrs. Dunlap is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

fHOMAS J. NICHOLS, carpenter and joiner, Vermillion Township, is a native of Vermillion County, born in 1844, a son of Kobert H. and Adaline (Westj Nichols, his father a native of Union County, Indiana, of Scotch-Irish descent, and his mother a native of Massachusetts, of French descent. His parents came to Vermillion County in 1835, and settled in Clinton Township, where the father died in 1872, aged fifty-five years, and the mother in 1874, aged sixtj'-five years. They had a family of two children - James and Thomas, the former being deceased. Thomas J. Nichols was married in 1862, to Ann Jones, who was born in Vermillion County in 1847, a daughter of Samuel Jones, a pioneer of the county. They have had nine children, six of whom are living - Bell, Adaline, Robert, Maria, Bert and John C. In August, 1862, Mr. Nichols enlisted in Company B, Eighty-fifth Indiana Infantry, and sers-ed three years, and participated in many of the hardest-fought battles of the war. He was with Sherman from Chattanooga to the soa, and was mustered out at Indianapolis at the close of the war. After his return home he began to work at his trade, which he has since continued. Mr. and Mrs. Nichols are members of the society of Friends. In politics he casts his suffrage with the Prohibition party.

fHOMAS S. HOOD, private banker, and dealer in real estate, Dana, was born near Knoxville, Tennessee, December 6, 1815, a sou of Thomas Hood, who was a native of Virginia, and a soldier in the war of 1812. Charles Hood, the grandfather of our subject, was also a native of Virginia. He was a soldier in Revolutionary war, and participated in many hard-fought battles. Thomas Hood, Sr., came to Indiana with his family as early as 1821, when he settled on Honey Creek in the vicinity of Terre Haute. In 1823 the family came to Vermillion County when the surrounding country was nothing but a wilderness, and principally inhabited by Indians and wild animals. They settled right in the woods, and began making a home out of the forest, and here they experienced all the hardships and privations which usiially fall to the lot of the pioneer. Their sheep were kept in pens at night to protect them from the wolves which were then quite numerous, and even during the daytime had to be closely watched. Deer and wild game were numerous, and the trusty rifle of the pioneer kept the larder well supplied with meat. When the Hood iiimily settled in the county not a house was to l>e seen on the prairie surrounding Dana. Their trading was done at Terre Haute, a distance of twenty-eight miles from their home. Thomas S. Hood, whose name heads this sketch, was in his eighth year when brought to this county, and here he was reared amid tlie wild surroundings of pioneer life. He attended school taught in the primitive log cabins with their puncheon floor, clapboard roof, slab seats and stick and clay chimney. He began life poor. Ilis first house was built of logs, and at night he could see the stars through the roof of his humble cabin, and his furniture was of the rudest descripliiin. He followed fanning lantil within the past four years, since which time he has lived ;i fired from the active duties of farm life, lul is now enjoying the fruits of his years of I'al. He lias met with good success through life, and still owns 240 acres of land after having given to his children about 300 acres, in 1883 he settled at Dana, where he has since carried on his present business, being associated in his general banking business with James Osborn. Mr. Hood was married April 29, 1839, to Rebecca Aye, a daughter of John Aye. Twelve children have been born to them of whom five are living - William, Mrs. Savilla Duncan, Mrs. Mary Allen, Mrs. Catlierine Fillinger and Thomas C. Four daughters, named Cornelia, Laiira, Caroline and Isabelle, died after reacliing maturity. Mr. Hood is a member of the Masonic fraternitv.

flJSHA RODGERS, now of Mound Township, Warren County, Indiana, is a son of Allen Rodgers, who settled in Highland Township, Vermillion County, in 1824. Allen Rodgers was a native of Xew Kngland, and was reared in New Hampshire. He was married in Connecticut to Sarah Warner, a native of that State, and together they moved to Hamilton County, Ohio, and thence to Vermillion County; settling first -1 ar the present site of Perrysville, entering ' 'juarter section of land and baying a tract adjoining the entry. They lived on this land several years and then moved to Benton County, Iowa, where the father died. The mother died at the house of her son, Elisha, several years later. They liad a family of eight children, only two of whom, Elisha and John are living. Elisha Rodgers was bom in Connecticut April 14, 1812. He came West with his parents and for several yeai's was a resident of Vermillion County. He now owns a fine farm of about 500 acres where he resides in Warren County. He has been twice married and has a family of sixchildren. In politics he has been a Republican, since the organization of that party but cast liis first Presidential vote for General Jackson.

fLDER JOHN W. JARVIS was born in Parke County, Indiana, November 10, 1854, a son of John Jarvis, who lives near Waveland, Indiana. He was reared a farmer, but was given good educational advantages and when sixteen years old began to teach and has taught sixty terms. When thirteen years old he united witli the Christian church and when fifteen began preaching and was ordained when sixteen. He preached at different places in Parke and Vigo counties, and had charge of the Rosedale, Parke County, church two years. In 1881 he went to Tabor, Iowa, and remained abotit two years, but when entering upon the third year of liis work there his health failed and he was obliged to retire for awhile and June 4, 188G, located in Dana, Indiana, and formed a partnership in the grocery business, the firm being Jarvis & Norris. Since coming to Dana he has organized a church and has built a fine brick church, which is the first of that denomination in Vermillion County.

11 is labors here have beeu successful and there is now a strong church in Dana, the result of his untiring efforts. Mr. Jarvis was married February 15, 1876, to Leah M. Jordan, a daughter of George W. Jordan. To tliem have been born live children, but all have died of epidemics.

;ILLIAM P. FORTNER is a native of Vermillion County, Indiana, born March 16, 1845, a son of John and Catherine (Hall) Fortner, natives of Ohio. He remained at home until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, when, in 1862, he enlisted in Company A, Seventy-lirst Indiana Infantry, and served seven months. He was taken prisoner by Kirby Smith at the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, but was soon after paroled and sent home his time having expired. He subsequently enlisted in the Sixty-sixth Illinois Sharpshooters, where he served twenty-seven months. He participated in twenty-one hard-fought battles, including the engagements on Sherman's march to the sea. Mr. Fortner was married in Edgar County, Illinois, in 1875, to Theressa J. Cook, who was born in Vermillion County, Illinois, in 1853, a daughter of Milton Cook. They have two children - John M. and Minnie M. In politics Mr. Fortner is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Societv of Friends.

tON. JAMES OSBORN, a lumber dealer of Dana, Indiana, was born in Vermillion Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, January 8, 1838. His father, James Osborn, was born in Ohio, and came to Indiana in 1820. settling in the wilderness, where the principal inhabitants were Indians and wild animals. Our subject was reared on his father's farm, remaining at home until manhood. He was given good educational advantages, attending the schools of his native county. He gave his attention to agricultural pursuits until 1882, when he moved to Dana, and engaged in the mercantile business, which he continued about three years. In the spring of 1886 he began dealing in lumber, keeping on hand a good supply of all kinds, both hard and soft wood, and has built up a good trade. While he was engaged in farming he also for several years bought and shipped grain quite extensively. Mr. Osborn has always been a prominent man in this county, and represented his district one term in the Legislature. In 1S74 he was elected treasurer of the county and served two terms. He is an active member of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Osborn was married March 26, 1862, to Margaret M. Martin, a native of Bond County. Illinois, and a daughter of John Martin.

^ i:XRY CADE was born at his father^ : p ) homestead in Highland Township, Ver- million County, Indiana, October 29, 1835, a son of Dorman Cade, one of the well known and much respected pioneers ofthecounty. Dorman Cade was born and reared in tlic State of Ohio, and was there married U< Susan Ernhart, who was also a native of the same State. Soon after their marriage tliej' came to Vermillion, and settled on section 33, Higliland Township, on land entered from the Government, which the father improved, and lived on until his death. His wife died on this farm in 1835, leaving at her death a family of five children, all of whom reached maturity. But two are living at the present time - David wliolives^in Vermillion County, Illinois, and Henry E., the subject of this .-kL'tcli. James, the eldest son, married, and removed to Iowa, where he lived until his ileuth. Their daughter Susan is the deceased wife of Barton Mattox. liichard, another sun, was twice married. He died in Highland Township, on the homestead which is still occupied by his widow. The father of our subject was again married, but his second wife lived but a short time after her marriage. In politics Dorman Cade affiliated with the Democratic party, although hewas notastrong be supported regardless of party ties. In religious faith he was a Methodist, and an earnest and sincere believer in the doctrines of that church. Henry E. Cade, the subject of this sketch, was reared to agricultural pursuits, which he has followed through life, and has spent his life in Highland Township, with the exception of a year's residence in Green County, Wisconsin, and by his genial and accommodating numuers and fair and honorable dealing he has gained the contidence and esteem of the entire community. Mr. Cade was united in marriage to Miss Kuth P. Lowe, who was born on the homestead, where she now^ lives, August 31, 1836, the youngest child of Elijah and Kachel Lowe. Mr. and Mrs. Cade are the parents of three sons, named - Lewis, Ilerschel and David. Elijah Lowe, the father of Mrs. Cade, was a native of Maryland, born November 29, 178G. He settled in Ohio in an early day, and was married in that State to Miss Rachel Chenoworth, who was born in Ohio, October 24, 1792. They came to Vermillion County, Indiana, from Ohio, in 1826, being among the pioneers of the county. Mr. Lowe died in the county June 18, 1857. his widow surviving him a number of years. She died in Kansas, August 1, 1873. Mr.

and Mrs. Lowe were the jjarents of eight children, four sons and four daughters, who grew to manhood and womanhood. Mrs. Cade and her brother Joseph, who lives in Kansas, are the only surviving members of the family.

fAMUEL W. MALONE, who has been identified with the interests of Vermillion County for many years, was born in Eoss County, Ohio, June 9, 1810, a son of Samuel and Mary (Lamb) Malone. He was reared to the vocation of a farmer, and in his youth received but limited educational advantages. He came with his parents to Vermillion County in 1824, settling in Helt Township, and in 1827 came to Eugene Township, where he has since made his home. He has always followed agricultural pursuits, in which he has always been very successful and is now the owner of 455 acres of faruiing land, besides property in Eugene.

fEORGE F. HAWORTH, farmer and and stock-raiser, resides on section 6, Vermillion Township, where he owns sixty acres of good land, and in addition to this owns fifty acres in another tract. He is a native of Vermillion County, born August 25, 1831, a son of Richard and Susanna (Henderson) Haworth, his father a native of Tennessee, of English descent, and his mother of South Carolina, also of English ancestry. The parents came to Vermillion County in 1820, and were the first settlers in Vermillion Township, their nearest neighbors being sixteen miles distant. The father died September 13, 1850, aged fifty-seven years, and the mother in 1854, aged fifty-seven years.

Of tlieir six childreu but three are living - El wood, of Kansas ; George F. and James P. George F. was reared a farmer, and lias by his industry and good management made a success of that calling. He was married in Parke County, Indiana, to Marian Ileynolds, who was born in 1832, a daughter of Mahlon and Ruth Reynolds, pioneers of Parke County, coming from North Carolina in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Haworth have had seven children, but four of whom are living - Flora, Lillian, William B. and Almira. Emma, Mahlon and Albert are deceased. Flora is the wife of S. S. Cook, and has one child - Everett. Lillian is the wife of John A. Curran, and has one child - Etta. In politics Mr. Haworth casts his suffrage with the Prohibition party. He and his wife are birthright members of the Society of Friends.

:ILLIAM M. BELL, deceased, who was one of the representative citizens of Yermillion County, was born in Mason County, Kentucky, November 18, 1818. When he was a child his father died, and while still young he removed with his mother, Mary (Early) Bell, to Vigo County, Indiana. In early manhood he engaged in mercantile pursuits in Terre Haute, and in 1846 he came to Yermillion County, and engaged in the mercantile business at Perrysville. He was married in Perrysville, in 1848, to Miss Elizabeth Russell, one of the pioneers of Yermillion County, and to this union were born two children - Mary, wife of James R. Dunlap, of Highland Township, and Ruhama, wife of M. M. McNeill, of Danville, Illinois. Not long after his marriage William M. Bell went to Terre Haute and again engaged in business in that city. In 1852, after the death of his father-in-law, he settled on the Russell homestead, situated in the northern part of Highland Township, this county, and here his wife died October 8 of the same year. January 7, 1855, he was again united in marriage to Miss Carrie Reeves, who was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, a daughter of George and Elizabeth (Browuj Reeves. She removed with her parents to Cincinnati, Ohio, M'liere she was reared to womanhood, and in 1851 the family settkd in Terre Haute, Indiana. Mr. Reeves died in 1853 at Cincinnati, while on a visit to that city. His widow survived until 1884, having attained her ninetieth year. Four children were born to the second marriage of Mr. J'ell, of whom only two are living - Elizabeth, wife of Albert McNeill, and Carrie Bell. Katie died in infancy in the year 1860, and George Marlin died in 1875, aged fourteen years. Mr. Bell was an earnest and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as is his widow. He was always liberal towai'd the support of the gospel, and toward benevolent institutions, and was active in the advancement of any enterprise which had for its object the best interests of his fellow men.

y^N<ALEB BALES, deceased, one of the flfe earliest pioneers of Yermillion County, W'^ Indiana, was born in Tennessee, September 25, 1795, a son of William Bales. He was reared in his native State, and when a young man came to Indiana. He was a farmer by occupation, and was one of the most active in developing the agricultui'ul resources of the county, although he did not live to see the consummation of his hopes. He died June 18, 1836, leaving his widow with a family of small children to fight the battle of life alone. Mr. Bales was married May 23, 1827, to Emily Spangler, a daughter of

Frederick Spangler, who settled in Vermillion County in 1824. To them were born five children - William F., Catherine (deceased), Josephine (deceased), Mrs. Martlia Carson and Caleb. Mrs. Bales makes her home witli her son Caleb, and is now in the eighty-first year of her age. Mr. Bales was a soldier in the war of 1812, serving under General Jackson, and 2jarticipated in the battle of New Orleans.

Jf^OBERT DAVIS, an old and respected J-fu settler of Vermillion County, residing '^-lilii on section 22, Helt Township, is a native of Virginia, born in Montgomery County, January 29, 1810. His father, John Davis, was a native of the same county, and was a son of Jeremiah, a native of Wales, who served as a soldier in the war of the lioN'olution. He was reared in the Allegheny ]\Ioiintains in his native county, and received such education as the subscription schools of tliat early day afforded, among his school mates being William B. Preston, afterward in General Taylor's cabinet. Colonel Bob Preston who become his militia Colonel, John I>. Floyd and brothers, all of whom afterward aci^uired a national reputation. In early manhood he learned the plasterer's and brick mason's trade, which he followed for twentyfive years. He was married January 19, 1836, to Miss Melvina Taylor, a daughter of George Taylor, and to them were born eleven cliildren, eight still living - William T., a butcher, living at Dana; Samuel B., editor of the Iloosier State, of Newport; Cornelius S., ex-county recorder, of Newport; Thomas C, minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, of Lodi, Indiana; Melvin B., attorney and editor of the Beatrice liejmhlican, of Beatrice, Nebraska; Charles W., at home;

Amanda, wife of Jasper Andrews, of Helt Township; and Mary J., wife of Rienzi White, of Helt Township. One son, Robert N.,;died in California in the fall of 1884, at the age of thirty-three years. In the fall of 1839 Mr. Davis immigrated with his family to Montgomery County, Indiana, and lived in the vicinity of Waveland until the spring of 1855 when he came to Vermillion County, and settled on the place where he now lives, engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. and Mrs. Davis began life entirely without means, but went to work with willing hands and stout hearts to make a home out of the wilderness, and their eflPorts have been crowned with success, and their home-farm now contains 280 acres of choice land. In 1879 Mr. Davis visited his birth place where he met many of his boyhood friends. He never seeks official honors, preferring the quiet home life, although he takes an active interest in the advancement of his township. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal cluircli.

ILLIAM RUSSELL, one of the old and honored pioneers of Vermillion County, is a Virginian by birth, born in Shenandoah County, April 28, 1797, a son of David Russell, who was also a native of Shenandoah County, Virginia, and was a soldier during the war of the Revolution. Our subject removed with his parents to Muskingum County, Ohio, during the war of 1812, and shortly afterward settled in Licking County, same State. In 1829 lie came toVermillion County, Indiana, when he settled on his present farm which at that time was a heavily timbered tract of land. He has been twice married, taking for his first wife Miss Jane Slater, who was a daughter of

"William Slater, and of the five children born to this union only two, named John and Mahlon, are living. The maiden name of his second wife was Miss Mary A. Shoemaker, she being a daughter of the late Hezekiah Shoemaker. Six children have been born to this union, of whom four are j'et living - William, Samuel, Richard and Hezekiah. On coming to the county Mr. Russell entered eighty acres of his present farm, and by industry, frugality and good management he has succeeded well in making a comfortable home out of the forest, and his present fine farm of 3J:3 acres has been acquired by his own eft'orts. He is a man of strict integrity, honorable in all his dealings, and during his long residence in the county ho has gained the confidence and respect of all who know him.

fALEB BALES, section 36, Ilelt Township, is a native of Vermillion County, born July 26, 1836, a son of Caleb and Emily (Spangler) Bales. His father was born in Tennessee and came to Indiana in an early day. He helped to raise the first log house on the present site of Terre Haute. He was one of the first settlers of Helt Township, and made it his home until his death. His widow now makes her home with her son Caleb, and although eighty years of age is still well and active, her only infirmity being blindness. Caleb Bales, Jr., was reared in his native county, his youth being spent on his father's farm and at school. He was given good educational advantages, attending the schools of Georgetown, Illinois, and Newport, Indiana. AVith the exception of about six years he has always followed agricultural pursuits. Three years of this time he was serving his country in the war of the Rebellion, and three years were spent in California, mining. He went to California in March, 1856, and returned to Indiana in 1859. He enlisted in,1862 in Company D, Eighty-fifth Indiana Infantry, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant of his company, and was subsequently promoted to Captain, serving in the latter capacity about eighteen months. He participated in many notable battles and campaigns, some of the more important being Resaca, New Hope Church, Dallas, Culp's Farm, Peach Tree Creek, the Atlanta campaign, with Sherman to the sea, Averasboro, Bentonville and Raleigh. He was in line at the grand review of the army at Washington in June, 1865, and was soon after discharged and returned home. In his agricultural pursuits he has been successful, and now owns 201 acres of valuable land and an interest in eighty acres in another tract. Mr. Bales was married December 25, 1865, to Mary Jordan, daughter of Edward Jordan, a pioneer of Vermillion County. She died August 20, 1871, leaving two children - Harrison and Edward. In November, 1879, Mr. Bales married Mrs. Naomi Newbanks, a daughter of John Jenks. Their only child is deceased. Mr. Bales is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mrs. Bales is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

tOBERT PEER, section 28, Ilelt Township, was born on the old homestead on section 33, January 11, 1846, a son of John and Jane (Dawson) Peer, his father a native of Ohio, and his mother of Kentucky. The parents came to Vermillion County when they were children and were here reared and married. Tlie father died on the old homestead, February 14, 1878, aged seventy-four years. The mother still lives at an advanced age. Robert Peer was reared a farmer, a vocation he has always followed. He now owns 235 acres of valuable land, which is well improved, his residence and farm buildings l)eing among the best in the township. He was married in September, 1873, to Angeline J'radbury, a native of Edgar County, Illinois, daughter of Joseph Bradbury. Mr. Peer is one of the prominent citizens of the township where he spent his life. He is not an aspirant for official honors, but in everything that is of benefit to the community, either materially or socially, he is always ready to give his support.

fOLOMON AVEATHERWAX, wlio has been identified with A^ermillion County since the autumn of 1857, was born in Erie County, New York, August 7, 1838. His parents, Philip and Betsey (Doningberg) AVeatherwax, were natives of New York, and spent their live? in that State dying in Erie County. Our subject was reared in his native State, remaining with his father until coming to A'^ermillion County at the above date. He oftered himself under the first call of President Lincoln for three months volunteers, but the quota of Indiana having been filled, he returned East, and at Buft'alo, New York, he enlisted in Company H, Twenty-first New York Infantry. He was a scout, with six other members of his regiment, in the campaign of General McClellan against Richmond. He afterward rejoined his regiment, and was in the campaign under General Pope. He was wounded in the left thigh and ankle at the second battle of Bull Run, August 30, 1862, and for six months and twenty days was under hospital treatment at Alexandria and at the Army Square Hospital at AVashington. As soon as able he returned to his home, receiving an honorable discharge. He now receives a pension. In 1863 he returned to Yermillion County, where he has since made his home. In 186G he married Miss Joanna Porter, who was born in Clinton Township, a daughter of Charles Porter, one of the pioneers of the county, and a sister of AA^. L. Porter, the present treasurer of A^ermillion Count}-. Mrs. AA^eatherwax died in 1872, leaving one son named Aldo, who still lives with his father. Mr. AA^eatherwax was again married in October, 1884, to Miss Laura Groves, daughter of Abraham Groves, and to this union one child, named Edna, has been born. Mr. AVeatherwax is adjutant of P. R. Owen Post, No. 329, G. A. R., and is a leading member of the Odd Fellows order, having passed the chairs in Amant Lodge, No. 356, and is a member of the Grand Lodge, and also of Clinton Encampment, No. 143. In politics he has always been a Republican. He is at present trustee of Clinton Township, which office he fills to the entire satisfaction of his constituents.

fRASTUS MACK, AI. D., one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Hillsdale, was born in Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, "September 29, 1827, a son of Harvey and Sallie A. (Church) Mack. The father was a native of Massachusetts, and a pioneer of this county, having settled here with his parents when Indians and wild animals were the principal inhabitants. He died at Memphis, Tennessee, in I 1848, while on his way to New Orleans with i two flat-boats which were loaded with corn which he and his sons had raised that year. j His wife came to Vermillion with her parents in a very early day, where she was married.

She died wlien the subject of this sketch was a child. He was reared on a farm, receiving in his boyhood such education as the rude log cabin subscription schools of that early day afforded. In later years he attended the academy in Georgetown, Illinois, and the Vermillion Academy in this county, and subsequently taught school some seven or eight years. During the late war he enlisted as a private in Company E, Twenty-first Illinois Infantry, General Grant's first regiment, he being its Colonel. Dr. Mack remained in the service of his country over four years, and participated in a number of important engagements, iucluding the battles of Fredericktown, Perryville, Stone River, Cliickamauga, Atlanta campaign, Franklin and Nashville. He was on active duty for eleven days in the front line in the Atlanta campaign. He was mustered out as First Lieutenant, having been neither wounded nor sick during his entire term of service. At the breaking out of the war he was engaged in dentistry and photography, but after the war he attended medical lectures at the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio. He began the practice of medicine in 1866 at Tower Hill, Illinois, where he remained until coming to Hillsdale, Vermillion County, in 1873. Since becoming a resident of this place he has established a large medical practice, being well skilled in the knowledge of his profession. Dr. Mack was married May 22, 1878, to Miss Matilda R. Hiukle, a daughter of Jackson Ilinkle, of Farraersburg, Sullivan County, Indiana. They have two children, named Mabel and Raul. The doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic. He is a member of the Methodist Ejjiscopal church. Politically he is a staunch Republican. Genial in temperament, charitable toward the unfortunate, and being active in the support of every movement calculated to promote the public welfare, he takes a prominent position in the community, and is respected by all who know him.

fllOMAS P. PIXSON, residing on section 35, Clinton Township, was born ^%"- in Edgar County, Illinois, August 31, 1838, a son of Allen and Margaret (Noblitt) Pinson. His parents were born in the State of Virginia, reared in Kentucky, and married in Illinois. In 1841 they settled in Vermillion County, Indiana, on the land now owned and occupied by our subject. To them were born six children as follows - Mrs. Sarah E. Bumgardner, living in Clinton Township; Thomas P.,tlie subject of this sketch ; Jeremiah, a resident of Vigo County, Indiana; David, residing in Missouri; Andrew J., a physician residing in Clinton, and Mrs. Martha Shew. also living in Clinton Township. The fatheiwas a liberal, progressive man, and while in moderate circumstances he did much toward aiding his children. He was particularly interested in the advancement of the cause ot education, and gave a school-house site to his neighborhood. He was a consistent member of the Ciiristian church. He died in 1845, at the early age of thirty-three year.-. Twenty-five years after his death his widow married J. D. Bozarth. She is again a widow, and is cared for by her son Dr. A. F. Pinson. Three of her sons, Jeremiah, David and Andrew J. were soldiers in the war of the Rebellion. Jeremiah lost a leg at the battle of Shiloh. David served his country three years. Andrew J. first enlisted for a term of six months, and again enlisted for one year. Thomas P. Pinson, whose name head,^ this sketch, was reared to the vocation of a fitriner, ou the place where he now resides. lie was married April 13, 1862, to Miss Direxa Shew, a daughter of the pioneer Henry Shew, and was born on the old homestead of her parents in Clinton Township, October 9, 1846. They commenced housekeeping on the homestead which they now occupy, and have since resided here with the exception of 1863-1864 when they lived on the old homestead of Mrs. Pinson's parents. They then bought out the interest of the other heirs in the Pinson homestead, which consists of 198 acres of choice land, all but twenty acres being well improved and very productive. The original homestead contained but si.xty acres, the remainder being added since they first settled here. In connection with his farming Mr. Pinson is doing a little mercantile trade. Mr. and Mrs. Pinson are the parents of four children - Ora E., wife of "William Haskell, living near her parents on a part of the estate; Henry S., Maggie I. and Elva G. at home with their parents. A family picture represents five generations of the Pinson family, including Mrs. Pinson, her mother, and grandmother, her daughter, Ora E. and a child of Ora's named Edna M. Mr. and Mrs. Pinson, and their two eldest daughters are members of the Christian church. He is a member of the National Eeform party.

fHOMAS E. WALTHALL, farmer and stock-raiser, section 7, Vermillion -^ Township, is a native of Vermillion County, born in 1845, a son of William Band Sarah (Haworth) Walthall, pioneers of the county. He was reared on his father's farm, and was given good educational advantages attending the schools of his neighborhood. He has always devoted his time to agriculture and now has a good farm of forty acres, all well improved. Mr. Walthall was married in Vermillion County, Illinuis, tn Sarah J. Likens, who was born in that county in 1845, a daughter of Peter Likens. They have nine children - Florence, Priscilla, Mary, Terrence, Leitha, Glenn E., Frank, Hermos and Grace. Mr. AYalthall casts his suffrage with the Prohibition party. He and his family are birthright members of the Society of Friends.

inter- -iness nan of Highland, and a second cousin of Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, was born in Wythe County, West Virginia, July 3, 1846, a son of Jerome and Alice Jackson, the former a native of North Carolina, born in Surry County, near the Virginia line. He is now deceased. The mother of our subject is still living in Virginia, aged seventy-two years. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools of his native county. He was a soldier in the war of the Piebellion, enlisting in Company C, Sixteenth Maryland Infantry for three years. He was in several small engagements, but was detailed as teamster the greater part of the time while in the service. He was united in marriage April 22, 1866, to Miss Mary AValker, a daughter of John Walker, who is now deceased. Four of the five children born to this union are living, their names being as follows - Fred, Annie, Estella and Edward. After the war he settled near Indianapolis, Indiana, where he followed farming until 1870. He then went to Edgar County, Illinois, thence to Cumberland County, Illinois, in 1873, where he resided until 1881. In that year he came with h family to Vermillion County, Indiana, and settled at Highland. In December, 1885, he cstahlished his present grocery, and carries a full line of groceries and provisions, notions, glass and queensware. Genial and accommodating in his manners, he has by his strict attention to the wants of his customers and fair and reasonable prices built up a good trade, and gained the confidence and respect of all with whom he has business or social intercourse. He is a member of the Odd Fellows order, an organization in which he takes au active interest.

tUCIUS II. WEIGHT, residing on section 17, Clinton Township, where he has a farm of eighty acres, is a son of John and Margaret (Nichol) "Wright, and a grandson of the pioneer, George Wright, who settled in Clinton Township, in 1820. He was born December 17, 1839, during the residence of his parents in Jackson County, Iowa, and the first years of his life were spent there. The balance of his youthful days were passed in Edgar County, Illinois, and Vermillion County, Indiana, having lived in the latter county continuously since 1858 except the time spent in the service of his country (luring the war of the Eebellion. He enlisted in the service of his country, in Company C, Eighteenth Indiana Infantry (the second company raised in Yermillion County), and served in Missouri in Fremont's campaign against rebel General Price. Suffering from an attack of measles, and broken down by hard marching, he was left behind at Syracuse, Missouri, and for nearly three months was cared for by a staunch Union farmer named Greene. Recovering slowly, he was iinable for duty, and received an honorable discharge, when he returned to his home. He now receives a pension from the Government. January 20, 1866, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Porter, who was born in Clinton Township, Vermillion County, December 29, 1844, a daughter of the pioneer Charles Porter. The following February they commenced housekeeping on the old Jimmy Nichols farm in Clinton Township, and although making several changes since their marriage before settling on section 17, they have always made thei home in Clinton Township, and are amonj the most respected residents of the township. Mr. and Mrs. Wright have six children living - Jennette E., wife of Franklin Bumgardner, of Clinton Township; Joanna M., Lealie E., Bertha E., Dana F. and William L. Mr Wright and his wife are worthy members of the Methodist church. He is a member ot the Masonic fraternity, belonging to their lodge at Clinton. In politics he has always affiliated with the Republican party, casting his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln.

fIDGAR VAN SICKLE, telegraph oper- L ator and station agent for the Indian- apolis, Decatur & Springfield Railroad Company, also express agent and postmastt r at Hillsdale, is a nati\e of New York State, born in Chautauqua County, February 5, 1849 a son of James N. and Sarah (Shearer) Van Sickle, his father having been born at Black Rock (now Buflalo), New York. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native State, where he received a common-school education. In 1864 he went to the oil regions of Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in drilling for oil for two years. In 1866 he went to Canada, where he ran an engine in oil works for one year. He returned to the United

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States in 1867, and engaged in the patent right bnsiness with his father, and traveled in that line through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan until 1873, and in January of that year located at Montezuma, Indiana, where he carried on the dnig business three years. While a resident of Montezuma, (October 6, 1873, he was united in marriage to Miss Anna McMasters, a daughter of the late Kev. AV"illiara McMasters, who was an eminent Baptist minister, and a prominent Mason and Odd Fellow. Mr. Van Sickle came to Hillsdale, Yermillion County, in 1877, buying a stock of goods, and for eight years following was engaged in general mercantile jiursuits. He sold out his business September 1, 1886, and entered the employ of the railroad company, taking charge of the otlice October 1, 1886. He has been express transfer agent here for nine years, and since 1885 has held the position of postmaster, and is filling all the above positions with honor to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. Mr. Yan Sickle is an Odd Fellow, and is trustee of the Odd Fellows lodge at Montezuma.

PINSON, M. D., is a Ver- (^\ million County man by birth, born '^;^- April 2, 1844, in Clinton Township, on the homestead of his parents, Allen and Margaret M. (Noblitt) Pinson. There his youth was spent in assisting his father on the farm and in attending the district schools. At the age of eighteen years he began attending school at Westfield, Illinois, and later, attended school at Clinton, Indiana. He commenced the study of medicine in the office of Drs. Swaford & Johnsou, at New Goshen, Vigo County, Indiana, in the spring of 1868, and after reading one year he attended a course of medical lectures, and taught school the following winter. He prosecuted his studies with occasional interruption until February 28, 1873, when he received his diploma at the Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis. In the fall of 1873 he commenced the practice of medicine at Libertyville, Vigo County, and in 1875 removed to Nevins, Illinois, remaining there one season. He then returned to Libertyville, where he continued the practice of his profession until 1880. In that year lie removed to New Goshen, and in the spring of 1886 he settled at his present residence on section 27, Clinton Township, Vermillion County. His farm, which contains 115 acres of land, is carried on by a tenant, the doctor giving his entire time to the practice of his profession, in which he is meeting with good success. Dr. Pinson was married July 25, 1874, to Miss Nannie Ward, a native of Fayette Township, Vigo County, Indiana, her father, A. J. Ward, being still a resident of that county. Three children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Pinson, whose names are - Margaret M., Martha and Ethel May. The doctor was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting first in the six month's service in Company K, One Hundred and Fifteenth Indiana Infantry, and served in East Tennessee under Captain Peauchant. His second enlistment was for one year, in Company E, One Hundred and Fifty- sixth Indiana Infantry. Dr. Pinson and his wife are worthy members of the Church of Christ. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to New Goshen Lodge, No. 557.

fOMUND JAMES, one of the old and honored pioneei's of Vermillion County, who is now deceased, was born in the State of Virginia, May 30, 1803. a son of Rev. Dr. William James. He became a dent of tills county as early as 1822, when tlie principal inhabitants were Indians and wild animals. lie settled in Ilelt Township when the surrounding country was nothing hut a wilderness, and here he made liis home until his death engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was married June 9, 1822, to Miss Elizabeth Swank, a daughter of Jacob Swank, and to them were born twelve children, of whom eight are livingatthe present time - William, Edmund, Joseph, Collon, Crews, Permelia. Mary and Lydia. Mr. James held the ottice of justice of the peace for a period of eighteen years, and made a wise and just judge. His death occurred April 2, 186.4, causing universal regret throughout the township where he had made his home for so many years. His widow still survives, living at Summit Grove, in her eighty-third year. She has had sixty-nine grandchildren, and sixty-five great-grandchildren.

WILLIAM F. BALES, farmer and stock-raiser, section 1, Ilelt Town, ship, was born on the Ijales homestead near where he now lives September 12, 1829, a son of Caleb Bales an honored pioneer of Helt Township. He was reared in the wilds of Vermillion County, when the country was infested with Indians and wild animals, and when educational advantages were meager. His early life was spent in iielping to clear his father's land and in preparing it for cultivation. He has always given his attention to agricultural pursuits, at which he has been successful and now owns a good farm of 342 acres. He makes a specialty of stock-raising having some of the best grades of cattle and hogs. Mr. Bales was married October 0, 1851, to Xancv

Meriwether, daughter of David Meriwether. They have five children - Emily, George, Julia, Frank and Carrie. Emily is the wife of Oliver Staats and George married Jennie Vannest. Mr. Bales is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

^^ILLIAM B. HOOD, a worthy repre- *M^|| sentative of one of the old pioiieer [-i^^H families of Vermillion County, was born in Helt Township, this county, December 17, 18-39, a son of Thomas S. Hood, a resident of Dana. He was reared to agricultural pursuits on his father's farm, and received such education as the schools of his neighborhood afforded in his youth. He served four years in the war of the Rebellion, being a member of Company C, Eighteenth Indiana Cavalry, and participated in a number of hard-fought engagements, including the battle of Pea Eidge, siege of Vicksburg, battles of Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. He entered the service as a private and was promoted to Second Lieutenant, but was not mustered out as such. At the time of his discharge he held the rank of Captain. He was married in Novend)er, 1862, to Miss Sarah E. Payne, a daughter of the late Moses Payne. To this union six children were born, of whom four are yet living, named ^^ettie. Charles, Mamie and Robert AValters. Mrs. Hood died November 7, 1878, and Novembei 24. 1879, Mr. Hood married Miss Harriet Widner, a daughter of Amos Widner, who is deceaseil. To tliis union one child lias been l)orn, a daughter named Laura. JMr. Hood is the owner of eighty acres of land on section 30, Helt Township, where he resides, but farms on 320 acres. He also devotes some attention to stock-raising, making a specialty of Berkshire hogs and short-horn cattle. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic.