Vigo County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1891 (part 11 of 12)

THOMAS M. VANCE, pump manufacturer, Terre Haute, is a native of Brown county, Ohio, and was born November 19, 1831. He is a son of James S. and Jane M. (Cumberland) Vance, former of whom was born in Brown county, Ohio, March 10, 1810, and died in his native place August 8, 1850; latter was born in West¬ moreland county, Penn., February 8, 1808, and died in Brown county, Ohio, September 11 , 1850. The father of James S. Vance was born in Winchester, Va., in 1777, and died in Brown county, Ohio. His father was a soldier in the Bevolution. The Vance family were all farmers, and were among the earliest settlers of Kentucky, whence they removed to Ohio. Thomas M. is the eldest in a family of ten children, and at the death of his parents became the head of the family. In 1851 he commenced for himself as a farmer. In 1857 he came to Terre Haute, where he permanently located, and em¬ barked in the manufacture of pumps, in which business he has since been engaged. July 4, 1854, he married Miss Mary Ann Agnes Dorkas, who was born in Clermont county, Ohio, December 15, 1834. Elizabeth I. Dorkas, the mother of Mrs. Vance, was a na¬ tive of Pennsylvania, and died in Maryland at the extreme old age of ninety-six years. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Vance have been born two children: Isabella L., who was born in Highland county, Ohio, April 18, 1855, and died in Terre Haute, February 8, 1884; and Miriam J., who was born July 26, 1857, and died on the 27th of the following month. Mr. Vance is a Knight Templar; in politics he is a Republican.

ANGUS VANHOUTIN, farmer and stock -grower, F ay ette township, P. O. Libertyville, was born in Edgar county, Ill., Octo¬ ber 11, 1844, a son of Alfred and Julia (Jarred) Vanhoutin, and is of German descent. The father, who was born in the State of New York, and had been a farmer all his life, died in Illinois in 1868. The mother was a native of Kentucky. Their family con¬ sisted of nine children - seven daughters and two sons - Angus being the elder of the sons. Alfred Vanhoutin was married, the second time, to Miss Ellen Gray, by whom he had two children : Alfred M. and Laura Glendora. Our subject was reared on the farm, attended the common school, and, choosing farming as a business, is now the owner of a well-improved farm of 211 acres. He has made his own way in the world. He was married in Edgar county, Ill., in 1868, to Miss Cedelia, daughter of Calvin and Mary (Johnson) Johnson, which union has been blessed with a family of four children, viz. : Mary B., Julia, Emma and Mirta. In politics Mr. Vanhoutin is a

DAVID E. VANHOUTEN, P. O. New Goshen. This gentle¬ man is among those who have made their own way in the world, and has been successful financially. He is a farmer and stock-grower, owning a fine farm near New Goshen, in Fayette township, where he now resides. He was born in Edgar county, Ill., September 1, 1829, and is a son of Benjamin and Hannah (Morrison) Vanhouten. His mother was born in Kentucky, of Irish descent ; his father was born in New Jersey, in 1801, was a farmer, and now resides in Illi¬ nois, being in his eiglity-nintli year. David E., who is the eldest in a family of nine children, of whom seven are now living, was reared in Illinois, attending the common school, and has made farm¬ ing the business of his life. He started in life a poor boy, and is an example of what industry, perseverance and economy will pro¬ duce. In the spring of 1865 he came to this county, and pur¬ chased land, making this his home ever since. Mr. Vanhouten was married in Indiana, in 1856, to Miss Elizabeth Shirley, who is of Dutch origin. She is a member of the Christian Church; he is past master of the Masonic fraternity.

ROBERT W.VANVALZAH, D. D. S., Terre Haute, is anativeof Aaronsburg, Penn., born May 8, 1856, and is a son of Robert F. Vanvalzali; his parents were natives of Pennsylvania, and of Dutch and English descent. The father, who was a physician, one of a family wdiose history shows that a large number of them were engaged in that profession, was a resident of Spring Mills, Penn., at the time of his death, which occurred in 1873. Robert IV., the youngest in a family of four children, obtained his education in Massachusetts, at the Willison Academy, where he graduated in the regular classical course. He commenced the study of dentistry in 1876, in Terre Haute, afterward attended the Indiana Dental College, at Indianap¬ olis, where he received the degree of D. D. S., in 1880, and then opened his office in Terre Haute, where he has met with marked suc¬ cess. He has been secretary of the Indiana State Dental Association for ten years. In 1881 Dr. Vanvalzali was married to Miss Martha,, daughter of Nimrod Sparks, and a native of Indiana, born of En¬ glish descent. They have one child, Tliaddeus, and are members of the Presbyterian Church. The Doctor is a Republican, as was his father and three brothers, and he has served as a member of the city council, from the Second ward. He is an active Odd Fellow, a member of the Grand Lodge, and a major in the Army of the Patri¬ archs Militant, I. O. O. E.

settlers of Fayette township. He was born in Mercer county, Ky., September 9, 1823, a son of Cornelius and Elizabeth (Sandford) Vermilion, natives of Virginia and of French and German origin. The father, who was a farmer, settled, in 1826, in the wilderness with his family, in what is now Fayette township, where he spent the remaining portion of his life, dying September 3, 1845. He en¬ tered 320 acres of land, which is still in the possession of the family. He was twice married, and raised ten children, George being the second child by the last marriage. Our subject has spent most of his life in Fayette township on the farm he now owns, and where he resides on Section 26. He grew to his majority in this sparsely settled county, but had no school advantages, excepting in a subscription school, and but very little of that. He worked by the month and day, making his own start in the world. His pos¬ sessions in land now number 560 acres - 326 in Fayette township, where he resides. He has been twice married, the first time, in 1849, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Frederick Groves, and of Ger¬ man origin. She was born June 18, 1828, and died in 1874. The fruits of this union were thirteen boys, of whom seven are now living, viz.: Frederick, who is engaged in the saw-mill business; Reason, a carpenter; John and William (twins), farmers; George W. , also a farmer; Joel and Robert, at home. Mr. Vermilion's present wife, whom he married March 19, 1885, is the daughter of William and Amanda (Smuck) Vermilion, and she was born in this county September 3, 1845, of German and French origin. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. \ ermilion is a Democrat, but has never aspired to any office. What he owns he has made by close attention to business and hard work. He has many friends in this county.

HON. D. W. VOORHEES, United States Senator, Indiana. "The tall sycamore of the Wabash" is the expressive term of ad¬ miration that has been applied to Mr. Voorbees by his many ad¬ mirers. Nearly every American statesman who came to be in close touch with the people - the masses, so to speak - has had some expiessive name or phrase applied that is used in common with his proper name, and he comes to be equally known by either. There aie few spots between the two oceans, but what you would be as readily understood in the use of the term, " The tall Sycamore of the TV abash, as in the use of the other even more frequent and familiar apellation, "Dan ' Toorliees. In American democracy the people maintain much of their social equality of intercourse by these affectionate familiarities with their most eminent statesman, riieie aie many people who best know Abraham Lincoln as "Uncle Abe," and in truest affection thus speak of him. This manner of

Americans is not an index of rudeness, but is the evidence that the person to whom it is applied has always maintained that close rela¬ tion of the brotherhood of all mankind. Of all our prominent men there are none of whom this is more nearly the truth of the matter than of this man. He came from the body of the people, and is of and with them still, and would so remain regardless of any and all circumstances. He and they understand each other as do enthusias¬ tic school boys - seeing each other's faults plain enough, but are drawn together by these indiscriminately with the greater virtues that eapli well know the other possesses. A perfect people would soon, it may well be believed, grow very monotonous. The austere and self-great man is soon known even to the children as entirely too great and perfect, in his own reckoning, to be either a real close friend or companion. The very air he breathes has to be made to order, and the tender children would mostly pronounce it hartshorn or some other pungent salts. Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson were political opponents, yet both were the true types of the great American commoners. Neither ever got beyond the reach of the intense affection of their followers, and, though both are long since in their peaceful graves, they are still objects of adoration, and alas, too, of the vituperation of their political ene¬ mies. In political life, the man who has the most intense friends is just as certain to have the most unrelenting enemies, and their faults and their virtues are equally magnified.

When the grave has closed over all now living, then only will there be the true history of our times and men. The historian will not be influenced by any of our present declamations, eulo¬ gies or denunciations, any more than we are by the hieroglyphics on the dried papyrus of the most ancient mummies that are being dragged from their burial places. Where there are facts obtain¬ able they will sift them out, and all pompous adjectives of praise or blame they will treat as mere rubbish. What did this or that man do for his fellow-man, for the common weal, and this must include his race and not simply his party or sect, will be their only care. If nothing, in fact, they will adjudge him as noth¬ ing, though they might find the earth covered with his lying monuments. .

Of all the men of history that Indiana has produced, who is there that has been so close to the people, in his sympathy and in their respect, as Daniel W\ Voorhees ? It is doubtful, at least, if theie lias been one. The evidences of this are the extremes - the totally op¬ posite of those who admire and those who, is it too strong to say, hate him? Even these dislike him, it seems, for his politics only. His head has been bared to about as fierce a storm of abuse for his political opinions as any other man we have ever had. His promi¬ nence before the public and the troublous times of internecine war - - the maddening hours when even good men confused patriotism and party into synonymous terms - came together. His patriotism was questioned by madmen, and his tracks were dogged by slan¬ der, his motives misunderstood, and both sincerely and maliciously misrepresented. He came to the front of a forlorn minority, and received the assailants in chivalric defiance. He believed he was championing the cause of the people, and with knightly fervor he lowered his visor and set his lance and drove at full speed upon every usurpation. In the stormiest of times he breasted the wind's fiercest blast, and in receiving these assaults, these combined at¬ tacks from every quarter, it is now enough to say that no dishonor¬ able public act lias ever been laid at his door by his most virulent political enemies.

Senator \ oorliees has his faults. He knows this as well as do his closest friends. He has made mistakes, those that he should not have made. He has been maligned and grievously slandered. It was the ignorance of his enemies that have pursued hitn with falsehoods, because such attacks in the end are harmless ; indeed, they often react as they should, and make just men forget faults and mistakes that otherwise they would not overlook. He was never a panderer - a trimmer who sets his sails for the popular breeze, or a cunning designer, living a double life and "crooking the pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift might follow fawning." Here he has the perfect poise - pre-eminently the courage of his convictions - of the unconquerable order that in the darkest hour caused his friends to look to him in confident hope. No man has ever drawn about himself such a following, such friends as come of considerations outside of all selfish interests and benefits, save those whose im¬ pulses are for the right, and whose integrity of friendship is high above the understanding of the mean and sordid of the human fam¬ ily. This has been his distinguished characteristic. The other good fortune that has come has been the folly of those who fain would stab him, and who in their madness answered the despair of Job when he exclaimed, " Oh, that mine enemy would write a book!" They have writ a book of slander, and have made the peo¬ ple forget that he, like all of us, is very human and frail. This is not written in the spirit of vindication, because it is not believed that unjust attacks have permanently hurt their intended victim. But it is said more to show ignorance that it has unwittingly helped where it hoped to give the deadliest thrust. There is therefore in this case nothing needing a defense. Nor is a word written in the spirit of party or sect, or as a personal expression where the writer may have feelings and prejudices, for lie came here clean of all local questions, prejudices, quarrels, rivalries and bickerings, with no other purpose in all that he may touch save the simple and una¬ dorned truth. With Mr. Voorhees he has had neither personal ac¬ quaintance nor social contact, but has simply overheard men talk. He only knew of the man in his political and public capacity and that he was a Democrat, and for a closer knowledge of him has gone, not to his admirers and political friends, but to leading and intelli¬ gent Republicans - his neighbors and those who have known him as a citizen and social companion all their lives - in all things avoiding the folly of extravagant praise, and has put down naught in malice.

Daniel W. Voorhees is a native of Ohio, born in Butler county, September 2b, 1827. He was but two months old when his parents removed to Fountain county, Ind., where his widowed mother now resides. He is the son of the late Stephen Voorhees, who was a na¬ tive of Mercer county, Ky., born in 1798, and removed to Ohio when a young man, and in December, 1827, to the farm in Foun¬ tain county where he died. The father of Stephen was Peter Voor¬ hees, a native of New Jersey, who went to Kentucky soon after the close of the Revolutionary war. Peter Voorhees1 wife was a Vanarsdale, born at Bryant's Station (then a fort). Her" father, Luke Vanarsdale, was a soldier in the battle of Blue Licks, where he greatly distinguished himself, as well as in other places with the Indians, under Daniel Boone. His grandfather, Peter Voorhees, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and partook of the battles of Princeton, Monmouth, and on other historic fields. The Voorheeses originally were from Holland, where the name was Van Voorhees. This was a fitting representative from the Dutch Republic, who did valiant service in establishing our noble Republic. The mother of Mr. Voorhees was Rachel (Elliott) Voorhees, a native of Maryland, of Irish origin. The marriage of the parents was in 1821. Of their children Daniel W., who was the third in the order of birth, was a farmer boy on a farm about ten miles from Covington, Ind., where he remained until 1845. His young life was exactly like that of the average boy on the farm of his day, where the chief les¬ son was industry and frugality. His first lessons were among the sons of toil, a simple, rural people, and through life it is from this home-life that he can so well draw the pictures it has sunken deeply in his mind. It is probably from this fact that to this day he re¬ tains a strong hold upon this class of people.

In 1845 he entered Asbury University, Greencastle, whence he graduated in 1849. It was while a student here that he found and won his wife. In school he won his laurels as an orator of unusual promise for a lad. It was old Prof. Larabee, of that faculty,, who had no hesitation in predicting that he would some day be America's distinguished orator. Soon after graduation he entered the law office of Lane & Wilson, Crawfordsville, and the next spring opened his law office in Covington, Fountain county. In 1852 we find him associated in the practice with Ex-United States Senator Hon. E. A. Hanagan, who had heard the young man deliver a Fourth of July oration, and was so delighted that he offered him a partner¬ ship. In June, 1853, he was appointed, by Gov. Wright, prossecuting attorney of the circuit court, in which he had at once a wide reputation as a criminal lawyer. In 1856 he was nominated by acclamation as the Democratic candidate for congress, and was defeated by 230 votes in a district that had previously given 2,000 Republican majority. In November, 1857, he removed to Terre Haute, and in the spring of 1858 was appointed United States dis¬ trict attorney by President Buchanan. In 1860-62-64, he was el ected to congress, but in his last election his majority of over 600 was contested by his opponent, Hon. Henry D. Washburn, and as Tliad Stephens, the then leader of the house informed Yoorhees, this seat was necessary in order to give congress a two-thirds vote to wield against President Johnson; he was turned out and the seat given to Washburn. In 1866 Mr. Yoorhees refused a nomination, but in 1868 he was again elected to congress, and re-elected in 1870. In 1872 he was defeated by Hon. Morton C. Hunter. He was appointed United States senator November 6, 1869, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Morton, and in 1878 the issue in the State was his election to a full term. On this issue he carried the State by more than 30,000 majority, and was re-elected in 1884 to a term that expires March 4, 1891, and his re-election will depend upon the voters of this State at the fall election of this year, 1890. He has not in office disappointed his friends, and therefore in the approaching election he will have no opposition whatever in his party.

His great defense of John E. Cook, a lieutenant of John Brown in his notable invasion of Harper's Ferry, just preceding the out¬ break of the war, contributed to make that a memorable episode in our country's history. It will stand for the most eloquent plea for a fellow-man's life ever heard in a court-room. Cook was a young man who had been led to the scaffold by his leader of more mature years. The young man was the brother-in-law of the gifted A. P. Willard, who was at that time the governor of Indiana, the cham¬ pion of the Indiana democracy, and a close friend of Yoorhees, who espoused deeply the cause of his wife's unfortunate young brother, and appealed to Yoorhees to aid them. These were the circum- stances that drew him into the case, and where the earnest warn¬ ings of friends that it would ruin him were as the idle winds. Thus all the surroundings of attorney and client in the case were remarkable, and when Voorliees sank exhausted in his chair from his plea to the jury, his fame as a great criminal lawyer blazed out across the face of the civilized world. There could hardly have been other circumstances but in which his plea would have saved the life of his client. The speech was universally published in this country, translated and published over Europe, and the students of forensic eloquence will read it when the cause that gave rise to it will have passed from human memory. It has been said that he formed the acquaintance of the girl who became Mrs. Voorliees while at school. In 1850 he returned to his old school home at Greencastle and was married to Miss Anna Hardesty, a daughter of Mr. Reese Hardesty, of that place, where she was born in 1882. The announcement of her sudden death in Washington, June 21, 1887, came to the good people of Terre Haute like a great shock. She had been sick of peritonitis not much more than twenty-four hours. She left four children: Dr. Reese, Hon. Charles W., James P. and Miss Hallie Voorliees. Her sister, Mrs. Robbs, at the time of her death was a resident of Robbs' Station, Benton Co., Ind. Mrs. Voorliees was an exemplary member of the Episcopal Church. Pure and gentle as wife, mother and friend, the sad news of her passing away was laden with pain to many hearts.

JOSSE A. VRYDAGH is the senior member of the firm of Vrydagh & Sons, architects and superintendents, with office at No. 925 South Seventh street, Terre Haute. He is a native of Louvain, Belgium, born May 16, 1883, and is a son of Peter and Mary (Heller) Vrydagh. Peter Vrydagh was a soldier under Napoleon, and participated in the battle of Leipsic. He was a wholesale gro¬ cer and manufacturer of spices. He died in 1854, when sixty-one years of age; his wife, in 1848, at the age of fifty-six. Josse A., who is the youngest in a family of ten children, at the age of four¬ teen entered the Louvain School of Arts, attending there nearly seven years. In 1854 he joined the Phalansterian Colony, com¬ posed of about 250 persons from France, Belgium, Switzerland and the United States, which emigrated to Dallas, Tex. During the time he resided at Dallas he was engaged in contracting, and also in architectural work, and built the St. Nicholas hotel, the finest structure in the city. In 1858 the colony broke up, and Mr. Vry¬ dagh traveled through the South, making a study of the slave question. In 1859 he returned to Europe, visiting some of the principal cities of France, Belgium and England. In 1862 he visited the World's Fair at London, and in 1863 he returned to the

United States and went to Decatur, Ill., where he sojourned about six months, then removed to Cincinnati, where he remained until 1866. He then came to Terre Haute and established an office. In 1870 he was elected a fellow of the American Institute of Archi¬ tects. In 1874, with fifty other architects, he submitted competitive drawings for the Centennial buildings at Philadelphia, for which he was awarded one of the ten premiums. In 1877 he received $1,000 award from the United States Government for submitting the best plans for rebuilding the burned patent-office building. In 1881 and 1882 he was in the office of the supervising architect of the treasury department at Washington City. Mr. Vrydagli has been constantly engaged in architectural work since he was fourteen years old. Since he located in Terre Haute, among many others, the following are buildings erected after his plans, specifications and under his supervision: The Indiana State Normal, the Terre Haute Opera House, the entire wholesale grocery and spice mills of Mr. Herman Hulman, the Catholic Orphan Home, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, St. Patrick's Church, the Deming Block, the Beach Block, the Terre Haute House, and numerous stores, warehouses, roundhouses, car-houses and many fine residences, besides a large number in other towns and cities, such as the DePauw University, Greencastle; the court-houses at Sullivan, Bedford and Mount Vernon, Ind., and a large number of public and private buildings at Evansville.

Mr. Vrydagh was married at his native home in Belgium, in 1852, to Miss Victoria Notez, and they have had five children, viz. : Martin U., who married Clara Stuckwish (they reside in Kansas City) ; Mary E., resident of the same place; Jupiter G., resident of St. Louis, and Robert T. and Allison L., who reside at Terre Haute. Three of the sons are architects. Mr. Vrydagh in politics is inde¬ pendent. He is properly regarded as one of the prominent and valuable citizens of Terre Haute, a master of his line of art, gifted with that taste and culture that will leave its permanent impress on the architecture and styles in this and many other localities for many years to come.

ORLANDO WAKEFIELD (deceased), late telegraph operator at Seely ville, Lost Creek township, was born in Indiana county, Penn., April 18, 1844, a son of W. W. and Margaret (Rogers) Wakefield, also natives of that county and State. The father, who was a farmer, and also engaged in saw-milling, came to Vigo county in 1858, and was employed by the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad Company until his death; his widow survived until 1888. Orlando, who was the elder of two children, was reared in In¬ diana county, Penn., receiving a good education in the English branches. In early life he learned telegraphy, and made .railroad work the chief business of his life; had also been station agent at Seelyville for several years. He had an interest with his brother in farming operations. He died in 1889, much beloved and re¬ spected by all who knew him ; in politics he was a Republican.

His brother, William AVakefield, was born in Indiana county, Penn., December 28, 1858, and was reared in Lost Creek township, this county. He attended the district schools, and early in life chose railroading as a vocation, which he followed for twelve years, since when he has carried on farming, and is now a prominent agricultur¬ ist. He was married in 1888 to Nora, daughter of John Stineburner, and of German descent, and they have one child, Meda. Mrs. AVakefield is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; in pol¬ itics Mr. AVakefield is a Repblican.

LEWIS E. WALKER, merchant broker and brick manufacturer, Terre Haute, was born at Washington, D. C., April 16, 1850, and is a son of AA7illiam H. and Louisa (Murphy) Walker, natives of Virginia, and of English descent. His father came to Indiana and settled in Terre Haute in 1855, carried on the brickmaking busi¬ ness many years, and died in 1889. Lewis E. is the eldest in a family of five children, and was reared in Terre Haute, where he attended the public schools. He learned to manufacture brick with his father, and has made that his permanent business, manufactur¬ ing 13,000 brick per day, and employing fifteen men. In 1877 he embarked in the merchant, brokerage and commission business, still continuing brickmaking, and has met with merited success. Mr. AValker was married in Clark county, Ill., in 1879, to Miss Eliza J., daughter of G. Baker, and of English descent, and they have four children: Katie, Clara, Bertha and Edwin. Mrs. AValker is a mem¬ ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. AValker, in his polit¬ ical preferments, is a Democrat.

SAMUEL H. AVALKER, retired farmer and stock-grower, Su¬ gar Creek township, P. O. Macksville, was born in Knox county, Ohio, March 11, 1825, and is a son of Jesse and Rosa (Lyburger) AValker, former of whom was born in Ireland, and came to Vigo county in 1819. He was a surveyor, and died in Ohio in 1829. Samuel H., the second in a family of three children, Avas reared in Knox county, Ohio, where he spent his childhood and youth, and obtained his schooling. Early in life he learned the millwright trade, which he followed for ten years. He came to this county, and settled in Sugar Creek township, where he farmed, and mined for coal. His farm consists of about 200 acres, on which are valua¬ ble coal mines. Mr. Walker was married May 17, 1849, to Miss Margaret Kelly, daughter of Plielix and Christina (Cyle) Kelly, natives of Ireland, and their children are as folloAvs: Rose, now the wife of William Ward, a school teacher in Terre Haute ; Isabella, now the wife of Joseph O'Riley; Margaret, wife of Charles Grotte; William, a farmer; Elizabeth, at home; Josephine, deceased; Idella C., now the wife of George Haskell; and Mary, now the wife of Charles Walcher. The family are members of the Catholic Church. Mrs. Walker was a native of Ireland, and died in 1878. He is in sympathy with the Democratic party, and has served two terms as trustee. He has been very successful in life, making his own way in the world,

C. H. WALLACE, farmer and stock-grower, Honey Creek town¬ ship, P. O. Prairieton, was born in Honey Creek township, Vigo Co., Ind., September 20, 1836, and is a son of James M. and Eliza (Copeland) Wallace, former a native of Ohio, latter of North Car¬ olina. They were of Scotch-Irish descent. The father, who was a wagon and plowmaker, died in 1844. C. H. Wallace who is the eldest in a family of five children, spent his young life on his father's farm, attending the common school and assisting in the farm labors. He chose farming as a business, which he has made his main pursuit, and was engaged in mercantile trade a short time. Mr. Wallace has been twice married, the first time in 1865, to Em¬ ma F., a daughter of John Ryman, and of this marriage two children are now living: Arligh and Mary. Mrs. Wallace died in 1878, and Mr. Wallace was then married, in 1881, to Miss Margaret A ., daugh¬ ter of James Cummings, and a native of Vigo county. They have four children: Clarence B., William C., Hermon F. and Coleman H. Mr. Wallace enlisted October 3, 1861, in the Third Ind. V. I., Com¬ pany G. He was second sergeant on duty, and was wounded while on the skirmish line at White River, Ark. He participated in nu¬ merous other battles and skirmishes, and was discharged at the expiration of his term of service. He is a member of Blinn Post, G. A. R., at Prairieton, is a Master Mason, and in politics is a Democrat.

ANDERSON WARD, farmer and stock-grower, Fayette town¬ ship, P. O. Liberty vi lie, was born in Edgar county, Ilk, March 3, 1845, and is a son of James and Maria (James) Ward, former a na¬ tive of Tennessee, latter of Virginia, and both of Dutch origin. The father was a farmer all his life, and was twice married, Anderson being the eldest child by the second wife, and one of a family of five children. Our subject was reared on the farm in Edgar county, Ill., and had no educational advantages save those of the common schools, attending same only in winter time. He wisely chose the same vocation as his father, and has made agriculture the business of his life. He is the owner of a farm in Fayette township, where he now resides, which is under a high state of cultivation. In 1869 he was united in marriage with Miss Laura, daughter of St. Clair Taylor, and of Dutch and English descent. Their children are Franklin B., Anna, Bert B. and Bosa. Mr. Ward enlisted four times in the United States Volunteers, but not being very strong, physically, he enlisted for short terms only. He was under fire at one time every day for sixteen days, and was discharged at the close of the war. He is a member of New Goshen Post, G. A. B., is a Master Mason, and in politics he is a Bepublican. * ,

THOMAS J. WABD, nursery-man and fruit-grower, Fayette township, P. O. St. Mary's, was born in Washington county, Md., in 1836, and is a son of Michael and Anna (Curley) Ward, natives of Ireland. The father, who is a farmer, came to Vigo county in 1839, and settled in Sugar Creek township, and has ever since resided on a farm in this county; he is the owner of the farm in Fayette township. He reared a family a of eight chil¬ dren - -six sons and two daughters - of whom Thomas J., who is the eldest, was brought up on the farm, and made agriculture his vocation. In 1869 he engaged in the nursery and fruit-growing business, and has since carried on these occupations with success. He has forty acres in choice fruit, has an extensive catalogue, and sells all kinds of nursery stock in many localities throughout the United States. Mr. Ward was married, in 1857, to Miss Anna Balfe, avIio was born in Ireland, and is the daughter of James and Hanora Balfe. This union has been blessed with eight children - five daughters and three sons - as follows: Mary Ann, wife of Horace B. Hinton; Jennie M., a school teacher in Terre Haute; Florence H., also a school teacher; Thomas J., Jr., a book-keeper; Scholastica M., a school teacher; and Bosa, the youngest, is at school; Willie M. and John C. are deceased. The family are members of the Catholic Church. In politics Mr. Ward is a Democrat, and has served as a justice of the peace twenty years ; has been school director one term, and served two years as president of the Democratic township committee. He is truly a representative citizen of Vigo county.

CHAUNCEY W'ABBEN (deceased). Bernard Miller Warren and family came to Indiana, in 1820, from New York State, and stopped on Blue Biver, at Morristown. In a short time they came to Vigo county, and settled at Markle's Mill, Otter Creek township. He was taken sick, and died in about one month after his arrival; he was buried on Otter creek. His widow then returned with the two sons, William and Levi G., to Morristown, Ind., where she died, December 3, 1845, aged sixty-seven years. Bernard Miller War¬ ren's children by his first marriage were Fannie, Cliauncey and Eliza; the children by his second wife were Levi G. and William. Fannie

Cliauncey Warren was the second in the order of birth, and he was born in Cheshire county, N. H., January 29, 1800. He spent his young life there having but limited school advantages, and was twenty years old when he came to make his home in the West. May 1, 1832, he was married to Frances Elizabeth Modesitt, daughter of Ur. Charles B. Modesitt, and to this union the follow¬ ing named children were born: Henry, Mary Welton (who died in infancy), Charles Modesitt, Cliauncey Warren, Jr., (who died April 12, 1889), Eliza Bowen, Clara Welton (now Mrs. Egbert Curtis), Bernard Miller, Fredrick (died April 12, 1862), John Craw¬ ford and Fannie Deming. Soon after his father's death, Mr. War¬ ren went to Roseville, and entered into a mercantile partnership with Cliauncey Rose, the firm name becoming Rose & Warren. In 1823 the firm removed from there to Terre Haute, and opened a store on Second street, near the corner of the block immediately west of the court-house. This soon became one of the leading estab¬ lishments on the Wabash. In 1832 Cliauncey Warren purchased Mr, Rose's interest, and assumed sole control of the establishment. He had brought his two younger brothers, William and Levi, and placed them in the store, having had the responsibility of the care and wel¬ fare of the youths, solely, after their mother's death. In 1842 he be¬ came so afflicted in his eyes that he sold the entire concern to his brother, Levi G. Warren, and retired from all further active business life except the caring of his large private estate. For more than twenty years before his death he was compelled to remain in a darkened room where he could shield his eyes from the light. He died at his family residence, on South Sixth street, Juue 18, 1868, after a brief illness.

Mr. Warren had filled the position of one of the directors of the old Biancli Bank of the State, as well as holding many positions of judicial y tiust, especially in the matter of settling estates. He was one of the typical, strong self-made men of the country. He placed his honor far above life, and his integrity was never discussed among those who personally knew him. No man has ever lived in Vigo county who had better won and deserved the respect and con¬ fidence of the entire people. Owing to the misfortune that befell his eyes, his active business life was comparatively short, yet he left a healthy impress on the community. To him in his darkened loom men went as children to a father for advice and counsel, and no one ever went away empty. The name of Cliauncey Warren will be long and gratefully remembered.

His sister, Eliza, was a member of the family all her life. She was never married, and gave her valuable life to the family and children. She was born February 25, 1802, and died September 18, 1882, aged a little over eighty years.

JOHN C. WARREN, county clerk of Yigo county, Terre Haute, is a descendant of one of the early pioneer settlers of Yigo county, and was born in Terre Haute, Ind., October 27, 1853, a son of Chauucey and Frances (Modesitt) Warren. His parents were of Scotch and English descent, and his father, who was a native of the State of New York, born in 1800, came west in 1820, settling at Terre Haute, where he first clerked in a store, but subse¬ quently was employed by Chauncey Rose. Chauncey Warren was married in Terre Haute to a daughter of Dr. Charles Modesitt, who came from Virginia to Terre Haute in 1816, bringing his family on horseback. Mrs. Warren was born in 1813, and was but three years old when her parents came to Vigo county. The following named children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Warren: Henry, Charles M., Chauncey (deceased), Eliza, Clara, Bernard M., Frances D. and John C. Our subject was reared in Terre Haute, where he attended the public schools and prepared for col¬ lege ; then attended Oberlin College, Ohio, and subsequently studied law. In 1874 he engaged in the abstract business, and in 1881 was appointed deputy county clerk, and elected to that office in 1886. Mr. Warren was married February 9, 1880, to Mary, daughter of J. A. Parker, proprietor of the Eagle Iron Works of Terre Haute, and they have three children: Robert Chauncey, Frederic Parker and Mary Elizabeth. Mrs. Warren is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Warren is a member of the Royal Arcanum, and is a Scottish Rite Mason; in politics he is a stanch Republican.

LEVI G. WARREN (deceased). Among the active and en¬ terprising men of the early settlers of Vigo county may well be mentioned Levi G. Warren. He was president of the old State Bank of Terre Haute for many years, and also dealt largely in real estate, at the time of his death his estate being worth from $250,- 000 to $300,000. He was married in Terre Haute to Miss Danaldson, a sister of D. S. Danaldson, of Terre Haute, her people being among the early settlers of Vigo county. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Warren was blessed with three children, two of whom are living in Terre Haute. Sallie W. is the wife of W. P. Ijams, of Terre Haute. Mr. Warren was a Republican in politics, and was a sincere and active member of the Episcopal Church. He was of English descent.

and is the son of George and Serrepta (Elkins) Watkins. His mother was born in Virginia, his father in New Jersey, and they were of German and Scotch descent. The father was a farmer and wagon-maker, and died in 1880. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch, and who is next to the youngest in a family of twelve children, was reared on the farm and attended the common schools, early in life studied medicine, and graduated at Indianapolis Medical College in 1874. He practiced three years as an under¬ graduate in Parke county, Ind., and then located in Otter Creek township, where he has resided ever since, actively engaged in the practice of his profession. He has for several years had all that he could attend to, and has met with much success in his practice, as well as in his financial affairs; he is the owner of considerable real estate in this county. The Doctor is in the regular practice, and is a member of the Vigo County Medical Association. He is a Sir Knight Templar. In politics he is a Democrat, and served one term as township trustee, being re-elected in 1890. He has been twice married, first in 1872 to Ellen Baldwin, who died in 1873, leaving one child, Nellie M. His second marriage was in 1875 with Miss Alma D., daughter of Isaiah Murphy, her parents being of Irish descent. They have two children: Paul Earl and Alma Ethel.

D. W. WATSON (deceased) was born in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1820, and was educated for the. ministry in the Presby¬ terian College at Belfast. He was induced by friends to come to America in 1852, and landing in New York he engaged in the gas¬ fitting and plumbing business with Boland & Har ris. While in New York he visited Terre Haute in 1854, at which time he mar¬ ried Miss Eliza Scott, daughter of James Scott. During this visit the first steps were taken toward the erection of a gas plant here. Mr. Watson promised to engage in business in Terre Haute as soon as the works were erected, and in accordance with the promise he brought a stock of goods to the city in January, 1856, opening a shop on Fourth street in that year, the first gas-fitting and plumb¬ ing shop in Terre Haute. "When Mr. Watson first started on Fourth street it was on a small scale, but his business had a rapid growth, and in a few years he was compelled to seek larger quar¬ ters. He first removed to Third street, but subsequently to Wa¬ bash avenue, now No. 634, where he erected the first stone-front building in the city, which building he occupied at the time of his death. He died September 5, 1883. The business is continued, being ably conducted by his son, J. C. Watson.

ents were natives of County Armagh, Ireland. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Watson was blessed with a family of five children, as fol¬ lows: Sarah J., wife of McElroy 13. Glenn; J. C. ; David L. ; Les¬ ter and Jessie. Mr. Watson was a member of the Masonic fra¬ ternity, and in politics he was first a Whig and afterward a Republican. He and his wife were members of the Congregational Church.

JAMES MORRISON WATSON, P. O. Prairie Creek, is a native of Nelson county, Ky., born December 3, 1827, and is a son of Scarlet and Kiziali (Walker) 'Watson, former of whom was born near Fairfax Court House, Ya., in 1801, and emigrated with his parents to Kentucky in an early day. His parents were John M. and Permelia (Eislier) Watson, natives of Virginia, former of Irish descent, a farmer by occupation. They emigrated from Kentucky to Sullivan county, Ind., in 1828, subsequently moving to Vigo county, where they died. Scarlet Watson was reared and married in Kentucky, coming to Sullivan county with his family and parents in 1828, afterward moving to this county. He was an influential citizen, having served as township trustee several years, and as assessor, two terms.* He died in Vigo county, February 9, 1876. His wife, Kiziah (Walker), was born in Kentucky, July 21, 1805, and died January 4, 1885, in this county. She reared five daughters and four sons - of whom three sons and one daughter are living - James M. being the second child. Our subject has re¬ sided in Vigo county since eight years of age, his limited education being received in the subscription schools, he having to walk three miles through dense forests, then inhabited by wolves, panthers and other wild animals. He resided with his parents till March 23, 1848, when he married Miss Sarah Ann Drake, a native of Illinois, who died December 7, same year. October 31, 1850, Mr. Watson married Mary E. Kinsor, who was born in Sullivan county, Ind., and died June 10, 1880. Three children survive her, viz.: Edmund, Ansel W. and James W. Mr. Watson is now living with his third wife, who was Miss Dosie E. Thompson. When our subject began life for himself he had forty acres of unimproved timberland, and by hard work and close attention to business he has accumulated considerable property, having 186 acres of good land, 98 in the farm where he resides, with 78 in cultiva¬ tion." The property is located fifteen miles southwest of the county seat. Mr. Watson cast his first presidential vote for Franklin Pierce. He is an enterprising and highly respected citizen.

ROBERT G. WATSON, proprietor of the National House, Terre Haute, is one of the city's enterprising and successful hotel men. He was born at Vincennes, Ind., and is a son of Louis and Lydia Watson, natives of Indiana, and of French and Irish descent.

The father is proprietor of one of the leading hotels at Vincennes. Robert C., who is the eighth in a family of thirteen children, grew to manhood in his native city, where he attended the public schools, passed through the high school, and then became a student in the State University. He was born to his business, has been the architect of his own fortune, having commenced as a clerk, and is now proprietor of four hotels and a partner in a large store. One of his hotels is in Danville, Ill.; one is the Arlington Hotel at Clarksville, Tenn. ; and the other is the Clinton House at Kokomo, Ind. He has made Terre Haute his home since 1876, and he has lately remodeled the National House, and added thereto until it is now one of the leading hotels of the country. Mr. AVatson was married October 11, 1877, in Terre Haute, Ind., to Miss Luella, daughter of the late P. S. Westfall, who was a prominent member of society and an editor and publisher. [See his sketch elsewhere.] Mr. and Mrs. AY atson have one child, Louise. Mrs. AVatson is a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Watson is a Demo¬ crat in politics, and is a Sir Knight Templar.

HENRY AVATTS, farmer and stock-grower Nevins township, P. O. Seely ville, was born in Clermont county, Ohio, October 19, 1819, and is a son of Samuel and Mary J. (Davis] AVatts, former born in England and died in Hamilton county, Ohio, latter born in Pennsylvania, of German descent. Henry, who is the second in a family of six children, was reared on the farm, attending the com¬ mon schools, and has followed agricultural pursuits, in which he has met with success. He labored hard, having started for himself by working out by the day and month, and he is now the owner of 300 acres of land, where he resides. He formerly owned the valuable coal field where the Fontanet and Coal Bluff extension coal shaft is now; but having his honest thoughts, saying what he really be¬ lieved, he was sued for slander, which gave the lawyers a chance, and, as he expressed it, his property changed owners from himself to the lawyers. But by honesty and industry he has yet left suffi¬ ced of this world's goods to see him safely through, and to keep him from want in the declining years of his life. Mr. AVatts was m allied in this county, and by his first wife he was blessed with three children; by his second wife with two, and by his third wife he has ten children. He is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, and in politics is a Democrat. Mr. AVatts is highly respected by his neighbors, and his word is considered as good as gold.

JAMES AV. AVATTS, manufacturer of tile at Sandford, was born in Edgar county, Ill., April 26, 1837, and is a son of AVilliam and Hannah E. (Dennison) AVatts, who were of Scotch and English -descent, and natives of Virginia; the father, who was a school teacher in his early days, but later became a farmer, came to Edgar county, Ill., and died there in 1844. His family consisted of four children - three sons and a daughter - James W. being the eldest. Our subject was reared on the farm, receiving his education in the district schools, and early in life engaged in mercantile trade. He carried on a general merchandise business from 1865 to 1873, when he sold out and commenced operating a saw-mill and manufactur¬ ing hard wood lumber, which industry he carried on until 1889, when he embarked in the manufacture of tile at Sandford. Mr. Watts was married, in 1861, to Elizabeth, daughter of George and Phoebe (Bolton) Haymaker, who were of German origin, her father having been a blacksmith and farmer. The children born to our subject and wife are William; Cora L., wife of James M. Reese; Waldo M. and Oliver Morton. Mr. and Mrs. Watts are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is trustee, and has been class-leader for seven years, also superintendent of the Sab¬ bath-school, and teacher of a Bible class. In politics he is a Republican, has been a justice of the peace in Fayette township, and served as deputy two terms. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the Blue Lodge, having been made a Mason at Ver¬ million, Ill., in 1865.

JOHN K. WEBSTER, farmer and stock-grower, Nevins town¬ ship, P. O. Fontanet, was born in Clay county, Ind., December 17, 1841, and is a son of Joshua and Mary (Kerr) Webster, former born in Virginia, latter in Indiana. The father who was a success¬ ful farmer, died in 1880. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch is the second in a family of eight children, all of whom are living, and was reared on the farm, attending the district schools in his vicinity. He remained on the farm with his parents until he reached his majority, and then commenced his life for himself, first bv working as a farm hand by the month, also by the day, until he could secure a sufficiency to start for himself. Like his ancestors he has become a successful tiller of the soil, being now the owner of a valuable farm comprising 172 acres of land, highly improved and well stocked. It is situated partly in Parke county, and partly in Vigo, his residence and the greater part of his farm being in Nevins townshp, whither he removed in 1873. Mr. Webster was united in marriage, in Parke county, Ind., January 1, 1865, with Miss Amanda, daughter of Edward Crabb, and this union has been blessed with two children : Albert A. and Mary Louisa. In politics Mr. Webster is a Republican but has never held any political office, nor has he ever aspired to political honors, having constantly de¬ voted his time to his farm with a determination to succeed.

ill Nevins township, Vigo Co., Inch, December 16, 1846, and is a son of J. R. and Susan M. (Kerr) Webster, of German and French descent, and natives of Virginia, former of whom was a farmer. Mr. Webster's paternal grandfather was Reuben Webster, a pioneer settler of Parke county, and his maternal grandfather, James H. Kerr, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and an honest farmer dur¬ ing the remaining portion of his life. The history of the family gives many pursuits. Several members have been successful in literature, and in the professions, and many of them have been faimeis. Mr. M ebster s father died in 1887, in Clay county, Ind., in his sixty-eighth year. S. P. Webster, who is the next young¬ est in a family of six children, was reared on the farm in Clay county, where he attended the common school. He has chosen farming for his life work, has made that his main business, and is the owner of a well-improved farm where he now resides in Nevins township, consisting of eighty acres. Mr. Webster was married in Clay county in 18 <1, to Miss Rachel M. Lyle, who was born in Kentucky, and they had one child, Adie. Mrs. Webster died in 1874, and in 1876 Mr. Webster was married in Clay county, Ind., to Miss Mattie Dunagan, who is of Irish and English descent, a step-daughter of Maj. C. W. Moss, who was a soldier in the Mex¬ ican war and in the war of the Rebellion, born four children, viz.: Rupert, Ira, Eva Mrs. Webster are members of the Christian is an elder. He is a member of the K. of P.,

HARMON H. WEDDLE (deceased), who in his life-time was a piomment citizen of Pierson township, was born March 4, 1822 " mTw11 fo^nty, Ind., a son of Thompson (a farmer) and Sarah ( Mile j Weddle, natives of Kentucky, who both died in McDonald county, Mo he m 1880 and she in 1870, both members of the Christian Church. Harmon H. spent his school days in Morgan county, Inch, and when a young man turned his attention to agri¬ culture In 18o7 he and his wife came to Vigo county, and located llls wlclow now lives. He died August 9, 1882. In July 1861. he enhsted for three years in Company H, Thirty-third iw L' becoming a non-commissioned officer, and being unfitted through disability for service in the ranks he was detailed

Hp J ° 1 ^°Untpa!fS' TaTKL °ther ei}£agements and skirmishes. He was a member of the U. B. Church, and was prominent in Ma¬ sonic circles. In politics, as in all other matters, he was very enthusiastic, always working in the interests of the Republican

In 1855 Mr. Weddle was married to Miss Eliza Cunningham, also a native of Morgan county, Ind.,born April 2, 1844, a daughter of William N. Cunningham, who was born near Lexington, Ky., and died in Morgan county, August 7, 1887, when about seventy-three years of age. He was a wealthy and prominent farmer and stockraiser, noted as the owner of fine horses; in politics he was a Re¬ publican. Mr. and Mrs. Weddle had a family of twelve children, eleven of whom are living, as follows: William T., Samantha! John C., Marion, Alonzo, Ida, Sherman, Perry, Edward R., Nor¬ man F. and Lula D. Nancy E., the eldest child, died in her twentyfourth year, a member of the U. B. Church.

ALBERT D. WEEKS, sheriff of Vigo county, was born in Linton township, this county, May 8, 1855, and is a son of Joseph E. and Lucinda (Pound) Weeks, former a native of Kentucky, and latter of Vigo county. Her parents were among the earliest settlers, and were here when the Indians still lingered in the brush, and painted their cheeks with the Wabash mud. Mr. Weeks' grandmother was a daughter of Joseph Liston, and has often told some of the thrilling experiences she had with the Indians. Among other things she related that her husband had dug a deep hole under the floor large enough for her and the five children to get into when they heard the Indians coming. She would raise a plank in the floor, and after all the children got in she would follow, and the frightened chicks would crouch quiet as the grave, while the Indians would enter the cabin and take what they wanted and go away. She also related that when the corn was tall enough they would escape to the corn field. On one occasion one of the little boys was forgotten and left in the house; the mother realized the awful fact, and when she crept back in the forlorn hope of saving the child's life, and got where she could see, to her horror she beheld the boy laughing and chattering, and turning the grind¬ stone for an Indian to grind his tomahawk. She looked on in mute horror, but the Indian finally left and did the boy no harm.

The parents of Mr. Weeks were of English descent, the father being a farmer. He died in Linton township, this county, in Janu¬ ary, 1867. His family consisted of eleven children, six of whom are living, Mr. Weeks being the eldest of those now living. He was reared on a farm, attending the public schools. He followed farming, and was thus employed until he was appointed deputy sheriff, in 1882. He was nominated and elected sheriff on the Democratic ticket, in 1886. In 1890 there was a "strike" among the employes of the Mackey Railroad System, which was a critical period in tbe official life of the sheriff. He was the chief peace officer in the county, and the railroad authorities would have used him, if possible, to promote their aims, which of course he would not consent to, as they were unjust to the men. It is a high com¬ pliment to his good sense to say that he so managed the most deli¬ cate matter to the entire approbation of the community, and especially to that of the railroad employes. He knew his official duty, and performed it to the perfect satisfaction of all good men. At the time there were those who criticised his actions, but now there are none but speak of his entire career with the fullest approbation. Mr. Weeks is one of the successful men of the county, and is the owner of a farm of 120 acres in Linton town¬ ship. He was married, in Yigo county, to Miss Maria, daughter of George and Ellen (St. Clair) Albiu, and of English descent; she is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Weeks are members of the K. & L. of H. ; he is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

LOUIS L. WEEKS, farmer and stock-grower, Linton township, P. O. Pimento, was born in Spencer county, Ky., November 14, 1820, and is a son of William L. and Nancy ( Kester) Weeks, former a native of Virginia, of English descent, latter of Kentucky, of English and German descent. They came to this county about 1838, where he was a farmer. His death occurred August 21, 1875, and his wife's in October, 1845. They had a family of five sons and four daugh¬ ters, of whom Louis L. is the eldest. Our subject was married April 9, 1845, to Sarah Ann, daughter of David and Ruth (Arm¬ strong) Kelley, natives of Kentucky, former of Irish and latter of Irish and German descent. They were pioneer settlers of this county, and had a family of seven children, of whom Sarah Ann is the fourth. Her father died in Prairie Creek township, Vigo county, in October, 1859, and her mother, March 18, 1847. Mr. and Mrs. W eeks had born to them eleven children, viz.: Nancy D., deceased; John K., who married Sarah E. Kester; David, who married Martha Watson ; Chancy, married to Mary Hickman; Julia B., who married Alex. Beard; Louis H., married to Mary E. Siner; Carrie, deceased; Ruth, deceased; Ida, Daniel V. and Eura. Mr. Weeks is a prominent farmer of Linton township, and owns a farm of 400 acres, in a good state of cultivation. He taught a subscription school two terms. * He is a member of the Baptist Church, of which he is clerk at the present time. Politically he is a Democrat, and seived two terms as county commissioner, and one term as town¬ ship trustee.

in the family of eight children of Joseph and Lena (Bendel ) Wein¬ stein, former a native of Poland, latter of Germany. His parents moved to Covington, Ky., in 1850, where the son was reared, and, while yet a small boy, he was put to work in the glass works at that place, and was in that employment from the time he was six years old until he was nine. He was taught to read, while in the glass works, by one of the men who took an interest in him. He then went to Cincinnati, and lived with an uncle until he was eleven years of age, at which time he returned to Covington, and again went to work in the glass works, remaining eighteen months. He was attentive to his duties, and spent his extra time in study. He then went to live with a sister in Montgomery county, Ohio, where he remained until 1860, when he moved to Dayton, where he found employment in a store until 1863, and then removed to Pana, Ill., where his two elder brothers were engaged in mercantile trade. He clerked for them, and at the same time commenced the study of medicine, his preceptors being Drs. Dodge and Huber. In 1868 he attended a course of lectures, and then engaged in the practice as an undergraduate, after which he took a thorough course of study of medicine at Miami College, Cincinnati, where he graduated in 1873-74, and returned to his practice in Illinois. May 1, 1878, he came to Terre Haute, where he has met with marked success in his profession. Politically he is a Republican, and served as a member of the city council of Terre Haute, from 1887 to 1889; he is a member of the board of health of that city. The Doctor is a member of the Yigo County Medical Association, and of the State Medical Association; is medical examiner for the New Eng¬ land Life Insurance Company. He was noble grand of the I. O. O. E., while in Illinois, also medical examiner for that lodge, and he is a member of the Masonic body. He has written for medical journals, and has lectured before the Medical Association.

Dr. Weinstein was married December 25, 1866, to Miss Tliirza B., daughter of Dr. J. B. Hamilton, and a native of Indiana, born of Scotch and English descent. This union has been blessed with three children: Carrie, Alice and Joseph. Dr. and Mrs. Weinstein are members of the Congregational Church.

WILLIAM O. WELDELE, Terre Haute, was born in Terre Haute, Ind., April 30, 1862, and is a son of George and Elizabeth (Monninger) Weldele, former of whom is a native of Baden, Germany, and latter of Bavaria. They came to this country about the year 1854. George Weldele is a barber, and has been in that busi¬ ness about thirty-five years in Terre Haute. Our subject, who is the third in a family of ten children, nine of whom are living, re¬ ceived a public-school education in the city schools. He worked seven years for Ed E. Lawrence, and then engaged in the bakery and restaurant business with W. N. Broadhurst, the firm name be¬ ing Broadhurst & Weldele. At the expiratian of two years he sold his interest to his partner, and embarked in his present business. He has made his own way in the world. Mr. Weldele was married in Terre Haute November 1, 1887, to Miss Cora, daughter of Stephen G. Howe, now a merchant of Chicago. She died August 23, 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Weldele had born to them one son, Carl William. Mr. Weldele is a member of the following societies: K. of P., Occidental No. 18; Bed Men, Ionie Tribe No. 104; and the T. H. L. D. Association. He was a member of the Occidental Literary Club ten years. He was elected member of the city coun¬ cil May 7, 1889, and is a Democrat. He weighs 365 pounds.

LEONHARD WELTE, member of the firm of Stuempfle & Welte, Terre Haute, is a native of Erlahain, Wurttemberg, Ger¬ many, born December 8, 1851, and is a son of Engelbert and Kumarana (Berner) Welte, also natives of Germany, who immi¬ grated to Charleston, Ill., in 1871. The mother died there in the fall of 1871. The father, who is a miller by trade, but turned his attention to farming after coming to this country, is now a resident of Ida Grove, Ida Co., Iowa. Leonhard, who is the third in a family of eleven children, was reared in Germany, receiving a publicschool education, and served an apprenticeship at the stone-cutter's trade. In 1869 he immigrated to Charleston, Ill., and worked at his trade there until 1873, when he came to Terre Haute, where he clerked in the National Roadhouse three years, and then engaged in his present business. He has made his own way in the world. Mr. Welte was married in Preston, Canada, to Miss Mary, daughter of Michel and Catharine (Roos) Stuempfle. She is the tenth in a family of eleven children, and was born in Preston August 12, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Welte have four children: Herman, Emma, Pauline and Ada. In his political preferments Mr. Welte is a Democrat.

PERRY S. WESTFALL (deceased) was one of Terre Haute's most prominent editors and publishers, and was born in Parke county, Ind., December 18, 1834. His parents, James and Mary (McMullen) Westfall, were of Scotch-Irish and German descent, and were among the early settlers of Yigo county. From Yigo they moved' to Parke county, and there the father died in 1842, leaving a family of five children to the widow's care. All grew up to maturity and married, but all preceded the mother in death, and now she alone remains, still sturdy in health and interested in all that goes on around her. She is now seventy-six years old, having been born in Richland, Ohio, April 8, 1814. She has nine grand¬ children, six of whom are the children of her first son, Perry S.

Perry S. Westfall came to Terre Haute in 1841, and made tlie place liis permanent home. By the untimely death of iiis father he was thrown on his own resources, but nevertheless found time to educate himself in the city schools. At an early age he secured employment as a clerk in a store, and this was the beginning of his energetic and successful business career. In 1855 he entered a newspaper office and here found the field for his ambition. Two years after this he became foreman of the Terre Haute Daily Express composing room, and in five years advanced to the position of general editor and business manager of the paper. He served one term as deputy-postmaster at Terre Haute, under J. O. Jones. In 1872 he purchased the Saturday Evening Mail , and to the de¬ velopment of this journal he devoted the remainder of his life. He was its editor and publisher for nearly seventeen years, and his success was remarkable. In 1855 Perry S. Westfall and Miss Nancy M. Cochran, who was of Scotch and German descent, were united in marriage, and their union was blessed with six children,, all of whom are still living, as follows: Luella, the wife of Robert G. Watson, a prominent citizen of Terre Haute [See sketch. ] ; Cora Mae, at home; Edwin P., manager and publisher of the Saturday Evening Mail ; George F., owner of the post-office news-stand; Clifford C., an employe in the Mail office; and Herbert C., at home.. The family, including the mother and five unmarried children, now reside at No. 121 North Seventh street. Mr. Westfall was a member of the First Congregational Church, and took an active interest in all church matters, for several years being leader of the choir. He was patriotic in his advancement of Terre Haute's interests, and also advocated local as well as State reforms. He died January 17, 1889. His mantle fell upon the shoulders of his son, Edwin P., who has since had full charge of the Mail, and of whose qualities mention is made in the chapter of this volume entitled " The Press."

PROF. WILLIAM H. WILEY, superintendent of the public schools of Terre Haute, was born in Rush county, Ind., December 28, 1842, and is the eldest son of John H. and Catharine (Bracken) Wiley. His father was a native of Kentucky, his mother of Indi¬ ana, and were both of Scotcli-Irish descent. His father spent many years on the farm in Indiana, but now resides in the "Far West;" the mother is long since dead. The boyhood of the son was divided between the plow in summer and the public school in winter. He entered the North-western Christian (now Butler) University in 1859, and graduated from the classical department of that insti¬ tution in 1864. He taught one term of school before his gradua¬ tion, and was so encouraged with his success as to be led to select that profession for his life work. His alma mater has honored him with the degree of master of arts, and a number of invitations to deliver addresses before her students. Immediately upon his graduation Mr. Wiley taught six months in an academy at State Line, Ind., and came to Terre Haute in the spring of 1865. After a term of three months in the Fourth District school he was pro¬ moted to the principalship of the Terre Haute High school. This latter position was held for a period of four years, during which time the school increased greatly, both in number of pupils and in popularity. In the summer of 1869 the board of education elected Mr. Wiley to the very responsible place at the head of the Terre Haute schools, and he has served continuously in that capacity from that time until the present. This term of service happens to be longer than that of any other man now holding a similar position in Indiana. Considering the size and importance of the city as an educational center, this speaks in high terms of his success in his vocation.' The exceptional beauty and convenience of many pub¬ lic school buildings of the city are due very largely to the wise suggestions of Supt. Wiley. He has at present under his direction and oversight 125 teachers, more than 5,000 pupils and $300,000 worth of school property. In 1875 he was chosen president of the Indiana State Teachers' Association, and had the honor of serving in that capacity in the Centennial year. He is at present a member of the State Board of Education, having been first appointed three years ago.

Mr. Wiley has written many valuable articles for educational journals, and lias appeared before a number of audiences as a lect¬ urer on popular as well as professional themes. His written re¬ ports, from time to time, upon the condition of the schools under his charge, and his suggestions upon courses of study for public schools, take rank with the best thinkers upon educational subjects. Mr. AViley has given considerable attention to societies for charita¬ ble purposes, and among other orders in which he holds member¬ ship, it may be mentioned that he is a Boyal Arch Mason.

On August 10, 1865, Mr. AViley was married to Miss Lida Brown, of Indianapolis. She is a daughter of Dr. R. T. Brown, a scientist and educator of note in the State, and graduated from the same college as her husband. This union has been blessed with two children, AValter Brown and Mary Katharine, both of whom have also been thoroughly educated. The family are all members of the Christian Church. Mr. AViley has been an elder of the Terre Haute congregation for many years, and has held many other offices in the church and Sunday-school.

ited rather a frail constitution and slight figure from his mother; but he guards well his health and strength, so that he constantly, year after year, does vastly more work than the majority of men. Patient and persistent to a remarkable degree, it is a matter of common remark among his friends that if lie starts out to accom¬ plish a certain object he never stops short of victory. Terre Haute honors herself in honoring this faithful school teacher.

CAPTAIN PETER WILHOIT, farmer and stock-grower, Fayette township, P. O. Libertyville, was born in Virginia, March 16, 1837, and is a son of Henry and Lutitia (Grub) Wilhoit, also natives of Virginia, and of German and English descent, former of whom was a farmer all his life. The family consisted of eleven children, of whom nine reached the age of maturity. Our subject, who is the ninth, received his schooling in Virginia, but as his school days were very limited his education ;li as been chiefly ac¬ quired by his own efforts. He has made his own way in the world, and has been rewarded by more than average success, being now the owner of a well-improved farm in Fayette township, where he re¬ sides. For a time he engaged in mercantile trade. Mr. Wilhoit has been twice married, first time to Miss Doratha, daughter of Samuel Shank, and born in Fayette township, this county. Their children are Susan K., Simon P., Senora E. and Sylvester W. For his second wife Mr. Wilhoit married, in 1879, Curly Belslier, and by her he has two children: Ethel and Lattie Cleveland. Capt. and Mrs. Wilhoit are members of the Christian Church. He is a Democrat in politics, and has served seven years as school director. In 1861 he enlisted in the Thirty-third Virginia Infantry, and was attached to McClanahan's Battery. He was in a great many battles, was seven times wounded, and was nine months held as a prisoner. He was first a lieutenant, and during the last year and a half of his service was a captain.

JOHN A. WILLISON, druggist, Terre Haute, was born in Harriettsville, Noble Co., Ohio, September 4, 1852, and is a son of Jeremiah and Mary (Gallaher) Willison, natives of Ohio, former of Welsh descent, and latter of Irish and German. Our subject, who is the eldest in a family of eight children, received a commonschool education in Ohio. He was in the employ of Bidenhain & Co., fifteen months, and of J. C. Wernicke & Co., about one year. He then took charge of a country store for W illiam Morrison, and was manager of same for eleven months. Having a desiie to learn the drug business, he obtained a position in Samuel Cooley s diug store, with whom he worked three years. He then traveled a shoit time for Bear, Hanchimer & Co., and then came to Terre Hante in the spring of 1879. Securing a. position with Groves & Lowery, druggists, he remained with them three years. For ten months he worked for E. H. Bindley & Co., wholesale druggists, and then bought out C. A. Robinson, where he is located at the present time, and his success in the drug trade is a fair example of what may be accomplished by energy, enterprise and a close attention to bus¬ iness. His stock is composed of popular proprietary medicines, paints, oils, varnishes, dye stuffs, toilet articles, and pure wines and liquors for medical purposes. Mr. Willison was married August 2, 1877, in Harriettsville, Ohio, to Martha L. Shafer, who died in 1878, and in March, 1883, he was married, in T^erre Haute, to Rosa Sthaor, who died October 17, 1887. There were born to this mar¬ riage three children: Margaret, Walter and Elmer. Mr. Willison was married (the third time) in March, 1890, to Mary B. Blundell, of Marshall, Ill. He was appointed deputy State oil inspector for the Eighth Congressional district, and entered on his duties De¬ cember 1, 1889. He is a member of the I. O. O. E., No. 51; Yigo Encampment, No. 17, and the Cauton, No. 28; he has passed the chairs in the subordinate lodge and of the Encampment. He is a member of the National Union and also of the Columbia Club, and is a Republican.

JESSE H. WILSON, Riley township. This gentleman is of German and Irish descent. His parents, Joseph and Mary (Hart¬ ley) Wilson, came to Vigo county in 1832, and settled within onefourtli of a mile of where he now resides. It was there they spent many years of their lives, and where the mother now resides with her son, Thomas, who is a prominent farmer. She was born in South Carolina, her husband in Virginia. He was a farmer, and died in 1864, being at the time of his death the owner of 170 acres of land. Jesse H. Wilson is the eldest of five children, two of whom are deceased. He is a regular graduate of the old-fashioned log school-house, where they used slabs for seats. He has made farming and stock-growing his business, and is the owner of a wellimproved farm, where he resides. He joined the Christian Church when only seventeen years of age, and has officiated as a minister for many years. In early life he was elected elder of Liberty Church, and served in that capacity twenty years. He also served as Sabbath -school superintendent.

Our subject was married by Rev. A. Ward, in Riley township, this county, March 29, 1855, to Miss Cynthia E., daughter of Edward Roll, who was born in Hamilton county, "Ohio, January 1, 1814. He now resides in Riley township, this county, a prominent farmer and a successful business man, but now retired. At one time he owned 640 acres of land in Yigo comity. He is the third son of Isaac Boll, of Virginia, and of English descent. Mrs. Wilson's grandfather, Aaron Thompson, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was stationed at Fort Harrison, in this county. Her grand¬ father, Isaac Eoll, died in Vigo county in 1828. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson has been blessed with six children, all living and doing well. They are named as follows: Edward J., John A., Henry T., Stephen F., Mollie B. and George W., four of whom are members of the Christian Church. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson has been very pleasant, and they are congenial and have many friends. Our subject has united in marriage 182 couples. His political affiliation is Democratic. This is a pleasant and very respectable family, greatly esteemed by a wide circle of friends.

SYLVESTEE S. WINNINGHAM, engineer, Seelyville, was ' born in Lost Creek township, Vigo Co., Ind., June 18, 1838, and is a son of Becket and Elizabeth (Shepherd) Winningham, natives of North Carolina. The father, who was a farmer, came to this county about the year 1821, and died in Lost Creek township. The family consisted of two sons and two daughters, of whom Sylvester S. is the eldest. He was reared on a farm and helped grade the Vandalia Bailroad through Lost Creek townsnip; then followed farming for about five years. In 1860 he went to Iowa, and remained there about nine months, when he returned and engaged in engineering, in Clay county, which business he followed for about one year. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company M, Fourth Indiana Cavalry (Seventy-seventh Eegiment), Capt. Seeley's command, and some of the engagements, etc., in which he participated were the battle of Chickamauga, the East Tennessee campaign, the campaign of At¬ lanta, and the battles of Kenesaw Mountain and Eesaca. They then moved back, with Gen. Thomas, to Nashville, and after the battle* there they went to Waterloo, were organized into a cavalry corps, and made the famous Wilson raid. They were at Macon, Ga., when the war closed, and, marching back to Nashville, they were mustered out July 8, 1865. Mr. Winningham was married in Orange county, August 14, 1865, to Mary, daughter of Wood and Mary (Sunders) Winningham, natives of North Carolina, and who had a family of seven children, of whom Mrs. Winningham was the sixth, born May 8, 1844. Our subject had by this wife two children: Sanford (deceased) and Bobert M. Mrs. Winningham died July 14, 1875, a member of the Christian Church, and Mr. Winningham was after¬ ward married to Sarah J., daughter of Samuel and Ann (Austin) Cheek, who had seven children, of whom Sarah J. is the second. Mr. Winningham is a member of Leslie Post, No. 410, G. A. E.

JASPER N. WOODS, carpenter and farmer, Pierson township,. P. O. Lewis, was born in Morgan county, Ind., October 15, 1848, and is a son of David and Elizabeth (Cunningham) Woods, natives of North Carolina and Kentucky, respectively. David Woods was born January 3, 1820, and is now a resident of Clay county, Ind. Mrs. Elizabeth Woods was born in 1812, in Kentucky, and died in Pierson township, this county, October 23, 1852. David Woods afterward married Mrs. Rubie Ellington, daughter of Joseph Denton, and widow of Cyrus Ellington. David Woods when a young man went from Davidson county, N. C., to Virginia, where he lived six years, after which time he came to Indiana, and located in Morgan county, near Martinsville. In 1849 he moved from there with his family to what is now known as the " Reservoir Prairie," which was his home until 1882, when he removed to Clay county. His occupation has been that of a farmer, with the ex¬ ception of one year (1869), when he operated a mill on Eel River. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in politics a Republican. Mrs. Elizabeth (Cunningham) Woods removed with her parents from Kentucky to Morgan county, Ind., where she mar¬ ried David Woods. There were born to them the following named children: Jasper N., Edward N., and Benjamin F., who died when quite young. By the last marriage of David Woods there were five sons and four daughters.

Jasper N. Woods attended the schools of Pierson township during the school session, and worked on his father's farm during the farm season, until February, 1863, when he enlisted in Com¬ pany I, Nineteenth Ind. V. I., but on account of his youth was dis¬ charged. In 1864 he again enlisted, this time in Company C, Forty-third Ind. V. I., and during a larger portion of the time he was detailed to do camp duty at Camp Morton. He was discharged by general order July 23, 1865. After returning from the war he commenced to farm for himself on his father's farm, on which he remained until 1881, when he removed to Clay county. After one year he again came to Vigo county, locating at Centerville. In 1873, in connection with farming, he commenced to work at the carpenter's trade, and in 1882 he moved to the farm where he now lives. November 15, 1865, Mr. Woods married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John McCammon, who was born in Grundy county, Mo., October 30, 184b, by which union nine children have been born - four daughters and five sons: Sarah L., Joseph E., David F., Ida F. (who died May 1, 1877, aged three years, eight months), Cora and Nora (twins), John T., Ben. Harrison (who died in 1888, when six years old), and Perry W. Mr. and Mrs. Woods are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He is commander of Gen. Cruft Post

J. E. WOLFF, editor and publisher of the Terre Haute Daily Journal , was born in Coblenz, Prussia, February 17, 1848, and is a son of Casper Wolff, a machinist, who came to America with his family in 1854, and settled in Louisville, Ky., where he died in 1883. His family consisted of two daughters and one son, J. E. The subject of this sketch was reared in Kentucky and attended a private school, where he was prepared for college. Soon after com¬ pleting his collegiate course he commenced work on a newspaper, as a reporter, and thus continued until 1872, when he took charge of the paper at Huntingburg, Ind., as editor, where he remained until 1878. He established the Rockport Banner at Rockport, Ind., and in 1882 he added to his possessions another paper called the Spencer County Advance , an English paper. In 1883 he sold both papers and came to Terre Haute, to take charge of the Terre Haute Banner , and continued with that paper until 1884, when he commenced the publication of the Terre Haute Journal , which is a daily and weekly paper, having an extensive circulation among those who read the German language, in which establishment be employs nine people. Mr. Wolff was married at Louisville, Ky., May 1, 1871, to Miss Mary A., daughter of Warren Bartlet, of Washing¬ ton, Ind., her parents being natives of Kentucky, and of English descent. The unioirof Mr. and Mrs. Wolff has been blessed with the following named children: Lillie E., Bertha A., Olive and Charles.

JOHN WOOLF, farmer and stock-grower, Lost Creek town¬ ship, P. O. Seely ville, was born in Fayette township, Yigo Co., Ind., January 1, 1848, and is a son of John and Mary (Steangle) Woolf, natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent, and who died in Clay county, Ind. They had a family of three boys and two girls, of whom John is the third in the order of birth. He Avas married April 22, 1867, to Sophia, daughter of Edmond and Catha¬ rine (Mace) Butt, who had seven children, of whom Mrs. Woolf is the eldest. To Mr. and Mrs. Woolf were born nine children, viz.: Mary C., Ollie, Charlie, Leander, Henry W., Eva, Clarence, Allie F. and Lula E. Mr. Woolf was reared in Clay county, Ind., and re¬ ceived his education in the common schools. He owned an interest in a saw-mill, which business he followed nineteen years, and now owns a farm of 122 acres where he resides. Mr. and Mrs. Woolf are members of the Christian Church. In politics he is in sympathy with the Democratic party.

Quaker descent, liis ancestors having been obliged, on account of persecution for conscience' sake, to leave England, coming to this country with William Penn in 1682. They settled, according to the old records, "in the Indian country on the west side of the great river Delaware," taking up extensive tracts of land, much of which has since never changed hands save by inheritance. Here they built their first rude cabin, and raised up in the wilderness a home from which has sprung a posterity of many thousands whose members may be found in every section of our broad land. The visitor to the old town of Chester may still read upon a rock (against which was built their first house, and* which formed the back of their chimney place) the names of the pioneers and the date of their arrival at their new home.

Dr. Worrell received his education for the most part in the pub¬ lic schools, completing his studies in a private academy at West Chester. After leaving the academy he taught school "for some months, resigning his position to enter the army in the autumn of 1862, becoming a member of the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Regiment, P. M. Receiving his discharge, an invalid, in Septem¬ ber, 1863, he immediately resumed teaching, accepting an appoint¬ ment in a private academy in Clearfield, Penn. While thus en¬ gaged he began the study of medicine under Dr. R. V. Wilson of that place. Subsequently he became a student in the Medical De¬ partment of the University of Pennsylvania, ffnd graduated in the spring of 1867. Some months' residence in Charity Hospital in 1 hiladelphia, and a year's residence in the " Sanitarium," or Penn¬ sylvania Inebriate Asylum, fitted him to engage successfully in general practice, entering upon that phase of his work in 1869, in the town of Media, Penn. In 1872 he removed to Terre Haute, which has continued to be his residence to the present time. In 1875 he became a student of Drs. Norris and Risley, of the Uni¬ versity of Pennsylvania, in ophthalmology, and of Dr. Strawbridge, of the same institution, in otology, for both of which spe¬ cialties he had developed a strong liking. In 1877 he returned to Terre Haute to pursue the practice of these departments of medi¬ cine, to which he has continued to confine his attention. In 1882, and again in 1888, he spent several months in Europe, following the practice of 'Yon Arlt, Politzer, Hartmann and other leading woikeis in his chosen line of work. During his last visit, for sev¬ eral months, he enjoyed the immediate instruction of Prof. Heircliberg, of the University of Berlin. * Dr. Worrell has for several years held the position of ophthalmic and aural surgeon to St. Anthony's Hospital, in the city of Terre Haute. He is the govern¬ ment expert for this district in diseases of the eye and ear, claim-

Dr. Worrell is a member of the County, District and State So¬ cieties, and of the National Medical Association. In his County So¬ ciety, and in the Esculapian Society of the Wabash, he has taken an active part, and has held the presidency and other offices. He is also a member of the American Ophtlialmological Society, and his mem¬ bership in the latter constitutes him a member of the " Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons." He was a member of the International Medical Congress which met in Washington in 1887, serving upon the council of the otological section of that body.

DR. MILTON L. WYETH (deceased) was a native of Rusliville, Ind., born in March, 1825, his parents being Elisha and Nancy (Sallisberry ) Wyeth, natives of Pennsylvania. Elisha Wyeth (who was an old-line Whig) took an active interest in poli¬ tics in his younger days, and during his residence in Pennsylvania served his county as sheriff. He was a cabinet-maker by trade, and also followed farming. He belonged to the Masonic fraternity, and was considered one of the brightest Masons of his day. He moved to Indiana in an early day and died here. Our subject, who is the youngest in a family of seven children, came to this county with his parents when about nine years of age, and was reared on a farm. In 1852 he began the study of medicine, and attended school at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio; then began the practice of medicine in Prairieton, this county, and was also engaged in the mercantile trade there. In 1859 he moved on a farm in Edgar, county, Ill. At the breaking out of the Civil war he responded to the call of his country for the second time (he was also in the Mexican war), and enlisted in July, 1861, in the Thirty-first Ind. V. I. Shortly ' afterward he helped to organize Company G, Forty-third Ind. Y. I., and was elected first lieutenant. Dr. Wyeth was taken sick while in the service, and died on the steamer "De Sota," opposite Island No. 10, May 4, 1862. He was married in Riley township, this county, December 31, 1848, to Miss Mary E., daughter of Louis H. Davis, a farmer, who was a native of Warren county, Ohio, and who came to this county in 1830, re¬ turning to Ohio in 1832, and again, in 1836, coming here. He took an active interest in politics, and was of the Jackson Democ¬ racy. He died in the fall of 1856 at the age of fifty-one years. His wife's name was Mary Dickerson, and she was also a native of T\ arren county, Ohio. She is still living, now in her eighty-thiid yeai. They had born to them eleven children, of whom nine grew to maturity, Mrs. Wyeth being the second. She was born in War¬ ren county, Ohio, June 19, 1828. Caleb Davis, the eldest of the family, went to California in 1850, where he followed mining for some time, and he is now a prominent farmer in Fresno county, his farm adjoining Fresno City. Murray Davis served in the same company during the war as Dr. Wyeth; he enlisted as a private, and was promoted to second lieutenant, serving to the close of the war. He is now a resident of San Diego, Cal. Rudolph Davis, the sixth son, served three months under Col. Hudson, re-enlisted, in 1864, in the Forty-third Ind. V. I., and served till the close of the war. He is a resident of the county. Dr. and Mrs. Wyeth had born to them two children: William W. and James C., both de¬ ceased. Mrs. Wyeth is an active member of the Universalist Church, as were her parents before her.

JOHN WYNAND, Sugar Creek township, P. O. Vedder. This gentleman, who is now engaged in the grocery business in Sugar Creek township, was born in Adams county, Penn., near the great battle-field of Gettysburg, December 3, 1817, and is a son of Phillip and Sarah Taylor, natives of Pennsylvania and of German origin. His father, who was a shoemaker by trade, was twice married, and died in 1880. John is the third child by the first wife, and was reared on the farm, learning the shoemaker's trade with his father. He came to this county in 1859, and settled in Sugar Creek town¬ ship, where he carried on his trade until he enlisted in 1862 in the Fourth Indiana Cavalry, afterward in Seventy-seventh Regiment, Ind. Y. I., Company H. While in the service he received a gun¬ shot wound, from which he has never fully recovered. He was married in 1842 to Miss Sarah A. Eckes, who is of German descent, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Wynand first started the grocery business, but since his health has failed he has taken charge of the store. Politically he sympathizes with the Republicans. This aged couple are now in the sundown of their lives.