Vigo County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1891 (part 9 of 12)

CHARLES B. RIGNEY, farmer and stock-grower, Honey Creek township, P. O. Terre Haute, was born in Honey Creek township, Vigo Co., Ind., in 1857, the eldest son of Samuel W. and Mary S. (McPheeters) Rigney. He was reared on the farm, attending the district school, and has made agriculture the main business of his life. In 1878 he was married to Miss I. A. Debaun, a lady of French descent, who died in 1882. They had two childien. Kattie S. and Freddie. Mr. Rigney is a Democrat in politics, and was elected township trustee in 1884, serving two terms. He completed his schooling at the high school at Prairieton, and for a time was engaged in teaching school ; at present he de^' otes his time to farming. He is the owner of a farm consisting of eighty acres of land in this county.

H. C. ROBINSON, farmer and stock-grower, Sugar Creek township, P.^ O. Macksville, was born in Fauquier county, Va., May 12, 1835, and is a son of Moses and Elizabeth (Campbell) Robinson, latter of whom was a relative of the present Gov. James E. Campbell, of Ohio. They were of Scotch and Irish origin. The father, who was a farmer, came to Indiana in 1850, and spent the remainder of his life here, dying in 1862. His family con¬ sisted of six children - four sons and two daughters - of whom our subject is third in order of birth. He was reared on the farm, receiving his education in the common schools, and became a farmer! He has resided in Sugar Creek township since 1859, and is the owner of a well-improved farm containing 230 acres of valuable land, well improved and stocked. He was married in Sugar Creek township in 1859 to Miss Louise, daughter of Abraham and Eliza¬ beth (Wood) Slieept, former of whom, who was a blacksmith, was born in this county, latter in Virginia. Their children are Eliza¬ beth, wfife of William Williams; Martin D. ; Virginia; A. W. and Eva. Mr. Robinson is identified with the farmers' party, and is a Master Mason.

JOHN F. ROEDEL, ex-county commissioner of Vigo county. This gentleman has been among the prominent business men of Terre Haute, and for many years has been one of the city's leading merchants. He was born in Germany, February 30, 1832, and is a son of John Roedel. He was reared in the parental home in Germany, receiving a fair education, and early in life he was apprenticed to learn the saddler's trade, serving the regular term. In 1851 he sailed for the New AVorld, and reaching Cincinnati, Ohio, be found employment until 1852, when he went to Louisiana; thence proceeded to Memphis, Tenn., where he opened a grocery store. This he continued until 1857, when he changed to the har¬ ness and saddler's business, which he followed until 1802, and remained in Memphis until he removed to Terre Haute in 1864, and established his present business, to which he added in 1884 a flour and feed store. Mr. Roedel has met with moderate success, and by his own exertions has accumulated a fair share of this world's goods. He was married in 1854, and has six children. Mr. Roedel is a member of the K. of H., the K. of P., A. O. U. W., and L. & K. of H. He is a Democrat in politics, and served as a member of the city council from 1875 to 1877; he was one of the county commissioners when the new court-house was built. In 1871 he went on a visit to Germany.

HARRY ROSS, retired, Terre Haute. This gentleman is now among the oldest living settlers of Vigo county. He is a native of Saratoga county, N. Y., born March 2, 1801, and is a son of Ephraim and Ann (Wells) Ross, former a native of Nova Scotia, latter of Connecticut and of English descent. Mr. Ross' grandfather, a Scotchman by birth, was a lieutenant in the British army, and was stationed at Halifax, N. S., where some of the Tory families from this country moved during the Revolution. Among them was a young lady wrliom the Lieutenant fell in love with and married, and of their several children Mr. Ross' father was one. The latter subsequently went to New York, where he was married and had a family of twelve children, Harry being the fifth in order of birth. Our subject spent his childhood and youth in the State of New York, working on the farm and attending the common school and the academy in Onondaga county, and was with his parents on the farm until they moved to Illinois, in 1820. In 1824 he came to Terre Haute, which was then a straggling little village, and he has lived to see a flourishing city take its place. His first business here was farming, and he afterward engaged in the manufacture of brick, which he successfully followed. When the town was growing there was a great demand for brick, which he and his brother supplied. He also made judicious investments in other branches of business; he engaged in merchandising, which he carried on until 1861, when he retired from active labors. He is one of the directors of the Yandalia Railroad Company, and for a quarter of a century has been a director of the First National Bank at Terre Haute. He often talks of the time he came to Terre Haute, when there were only about two hundred people here, and forty houses all told, the greater number of them being log houses . Mr. Ross has been twice married, the first time, in 1827, to Miss Mary Seeley, who died soon after marriage. In 1838 he was united in marriage with Miss Emaline Ross, and their children now living are as follows: Edwin W. ; Julia A., wife of L. Ford Perdue; Sarah Rose, wTife of Edwin R. Bryan. In politics Mr. Ross was first a Whig, and afterward, on the formation of the party, a Republican. He is a deacon in the Congregational Church.

J. W. ROSS, brick manufacturer, Terre Haute, is a nephew of Harry Ross, the pioneer manufacturer of brick in Terre Haute. He was born in Clark county, Ill., August 19, 1835, and is a son of William B. and Cinderilla (White) Ross, former a native of New York and latter of Ohio, both being of Scotch-Irish origin. J. W. Ross is a grandson of Bateman Ross, who was a brick manufact¬ urer, in company with Harry Ross, when Terre Haute was a village. William B. Ross died in 1864, the father of four children, of whom J. W. is the eldest. Our subject was reared in Terre Haute, attending the common schools, learning his trade of brick¬ making with his father, and has made this county his home for over half a century. He takes an active interest in the affairs of Terre Haute. He is a Republican in politics, bat has never held any office (although often solicited to do so by his party friends) as he devotes all his time to his business. His yards are situated south of Wabash avenue, where he owns fourteen acres of land, part of which is surveyed in lots, and he employs eighteen laborers in his yards, making between 12,000 and 15,000 brick per day. Mr. Ross was married in Terre Haute, Ind., April 15, 1872, to Miss Lucy, daughter of John Vest. Mrs. Ross died in 1885, the mother of two children, one of whom is yet living, Edwin R., a student in the high school. Mrs. Ross was a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Ross is an active member of the I. O. O. F., and he is a temperance man.

I. H. C. ROYSE, attorney and loan and insurance agent, Terre Haute, is a native of King wood, Preston Co., W. Va., where he was born November 23, 1838, and is a son of John and Sarah (Matthews) Royse, natives of Pennsylvania. The father, who was of English and Welsh descent, was a civil engineer; in the latter years of his life, however, he retired to the quiet of farm life. He died in Preston county, W. Va., in 1863. Mr. Royse, who is the seventh in a family of eleven children, remained in his native place until he was fifteen years of age, wdien with his father he removed to Washington county, Ohio, where he obtained such education as the public schools afforded. In 1860 he removed to Macon county, Ill., where, in August, 1862, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company E, and in May, 1863, for meritorious service he was promoted to second lieutenant, only serving a short time as a non-commissioned officer. He was in the Fourth Army Corps, and was at the battles of Chickamauga, Tunnel Hill,Resaca (Ga. ) and Nashville and Franklin (Tenn.). He commanded his company for several months, and at different times served as adjutant of his regiment and as A. E). C. on the brigade staff, continuing in service till the close of the war. On his return from the army, he became a student in Michigan University at Ann Arbor, in the law department, where he graduated in 1868, and, at once locating in Kansas City, Mo., he opened a law office. After a short time he removed to Paola, Kas., where he remained five years, then, in 1874, came to Terre Haute, and formed a law partnership with Andrew Grimes. The firm was in active practice until 1878, when he formed a partnership with his brother, B. F. Royse, who was largely engaged in real estate and insurance. B. F. Royse died in 1881, since which time Mr. Royse has been alone in the practice of the law, and has continued the firm's additional business of insurance and loans, which has had a steady prosperity to the pres¬ ent time. Mr. Royse affiliates with the Republican party, but is not active in politics, and single-mindedly devotes his whole atten¬ tion to his large and increasing business. In January, 1890, he was tendered and accepted the office of member and secretary of the board of trustees of the Indiana State Normal School. Mr. Royse was married at Ann Arbor, Mich., March 31, 1868, to Sarah Jackson, whose parents were of the sturdy English stock. Of this happy union are three children: Minnie, Clarence and Herbert. Mr. and Mrs. Royse are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is steward, trustee and assistant Sabbath-scliool superintendent. Mr. Royse is a member of the G. A. R. and the Loyal Legion. This is one of the pleasant families of the prairie city, prominent in its social life and highly esteemed by an extended circle of friends and acquaintances.

ZORA B. RUKES, farmer and stock-grower, Nevins township, P. O. Rosedale, Parke comity, was born December 26, 1843,- on a farm near where he now resides, and is the son of William and Mary (Adams) Rukes, former by occupation a farmer. The family have usually been farmers. Mr. Rukes' grandfather, Zora B. Rukes, came from Maysville, Ivy., to Indiana, settling in Vigo county, being among the early pioneers, and entered about 800 acres of land in Nevins township and Parke county. He lived to an old age, and died in 1885. Mr. Rukes' father was married four times, and was an active member of the Christian Church. Mr. Rukes was the eldest child by the first wife, and had three full brothers and two sisters. Zora B. Rukes was reared on the farm, attending the common schools, and is the only one of the immediate family who makes farming his regular business. He is the owner of 103 acres of land, cultivating, however, about 300. He was married in 1865 to Miss Jane, daughter of John and Elizabeth (McKee) McGrahanan, who were of Welsh and English descent, and early settlers in Harrison township, Vigo county. The mar¬ riage of Mr. and Mrs. Rukes has been blessed with five children: William, Charles, Dora, Della and Edward. Mr. Rukes enlisted August 14, 1862, in the Eighty-fifth Ind. V. I., Company G, and was discharged February 12, 1865. He was wounded in an en¬ gagement near the Kenesaw Mountains, being struck by a minie ball in the left thigh, and was discharged for disability in 1864. He is a popular man and has many friends, especially among the old veterans of the Civil war. In politics he is a Republican.

HARRY RUSSELL, of the firm of Russell & Ravell, builders and contractors, Terre Haute, is a native of Witbern, Yorkshire, England, born February 21, 1851, and is a son of Cornelius and Eliza (Elliott) Russel], also natives of Yorkshire, England, wrho immigrated to Rochester, N. Y., in 1853. From Rochester they went to Toronto, from there to Port Hope, and thence to Lindsay, Canada, where the father, who was a bricklayer and plasterer by trade, died in 1861, in his forty-seventh year. The family came to Terre Haute in 1863, and the mother died in Sedalia, Mo., May 25, 1875, in the sixtieth year of her age. Our subject, who is the seventh in a family of eleven children - four sons and seven daugh¬ ters - received a common-school education, and then worked at canal-boating, as railroad brakeman, and at various other things until 1862, when he served an apprenticeship at his present trade. In 1872 he engaged in business with Herman Blood, and in the fall of 1874 he formed a partnership with Mr. Ravell, his present part¬ ner. This firm thoroughly understand their business, and have erected several good buildings in the city. They built the county jail; two buildings for colored schools; the Bindley & Mack block; the Cook & Bell and the Anton Mayer blocks ; also the Fairbanks Distillery; the Water Works, and the Fuel Gas Plant. Mr. Rus¬ sell was married in Rockville, Ind., September 21, 1874, to Miss Mary E., daughter of Harry and Hannah (Farr) Hargraves, na¬ tives of Yorkshire, England. Mr. Hargraves is a boot and shoe merchant at Rockville. Mrs. Russell is the youngest of three chil¬ dren, and was born in Bridgeport, Ind., September 13, 1856. Mr. and Mrs. Russell have two daughters: Jennie and Lillie. Septem¬ ber 8, 1880, Mr. Russell was appointed chief of police, and served about two years; he is now the nominee of the Republican party for sheriff of this county, election of 1890. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 51, and politically is a Republican. Mrs. Russell is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

THOMAS RYAN, farmer and stock-grower, Honey Creek town¬ ship, P. O. Prairieton. This gentleman may properly be mentioned among the representative farmers of Vigo county as one who has made his way unassisted simply by energy and determination to succeed. He now resides in Honey Creek township on a well-im¬ proved farm, and is the owner of three farms in the county. He has devoted his time and attention to the business, never meddling much in politics, except in 1887, when his party nominated him for county commissioner. He accepted, made the race, but was de¬ feated by a few votes. He was born in Limerick, Ireland, in Au¬ gust, 1827, the eldest in the family of five children of Timothy and Mary (McCormick) Ryan, former of whom, who was a farmer, died in Ireland in 1849. Thomas was reared on his father's farm, and attended the parish schools of his native place. During seven years of his life he was engaged in the manufacture of gas, for six years was in the employ of a railroad company, and since 1852 he has farmed. In 1876 he came to Honey Creek township, this county. On his arrival in America he had but five cents left ; he then worked out until he saved up $1,000, when he made his first purchase of land, to which he has added, and at present he is the owner of 261 acres. Mr. Ryan was twice married, the first time, in 1832, to Miss Bell McGowan, who bore him three children (two of whom are now liv¬ ing), viz.: May, wife of Jesse R. Enlow, Timothy and John. Three years after the death of his first wife Mr. Ryan married May, daughter of Anthony Campbell, and by her there are three chil¬ dren: Martha M., Maggie and Ellen. The mother died in 1889. The family are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. Ryan is a Democrat in politics; is a member of the K. of L., and is past master in the P. of H.

Vigo Co., Ind. , May 1, 1854, and is a son of Jacob and Mary ( Weir) Hyman, former of whom was born in Kentucky in 1823, of English descent. He was a leading farmer, and when a young man came to Vigo county, where he was married in 1853, his wife being of Irish extraction. John Hyman, grandfather of John M., was also a farmer. Our subject was reared on the farm, attending the com¬ mon schools of the vicinity, and has made farming his life occupa¬ tion. He is the owner of 153 acres of well-improved land. His father's family consisted of ten children, of whom eight are now living, and are all doing well. The father died in 1876, highly respected for his many excellent qualities of heart and head. He made his own way in life, and succeeded in accumulating a fair share of this world's goods. In politics he was a Republican, but never sought office or place.

SYLVESTER J. ST. CLAIR, farmer and stock-grower, Honey Creek township, E. O. Youngstown. This gentleman may also be classed among the manufacturers of Vigo county. He was born within four miles of where he now resides, in Honey Creek town¬ ship, July 25, 1840, and is a son of Nelson and Eliza J. (Evans) St. Clair, natives of Indiana, and of French and English extraction. His father, who had spent his life as a tiller of the soil, died in 1883. Our subject, who is his eldest child, attended the schools of Vigo county, and chose farming as a business. For a time, how¬ ever, from 1883 to 1889, he carried on a brickyard and tile factory, and then embarked in other lines of manufacturing in the city of Terre Haute. He became a member of the stock company known as the " Terre Haute Pottery Novelty Works," with J. B. Rhods, of Ohio, Mr. St. Clair being the general manager of the business. He is the owner of the farm where he now resides, comprising 202 acres of highly improved land. Mr. St. Clair was married in 1861 to Miss Nancy E., daughter of John M. and Margaret McCoskey, and of Irish descent. They have one child living, Lucian E., who superintends the farm. Mrs. St. Clair died in 1889. The family are members of the Baptist Church; in politics he is a Republican. He enlisted, in 1864, in the One Hundred and Thirty- third Ind. V. I., Company H, and served until the close of the war. He is a member of G. A. R. Post, No. 158. Nelson St. Clair was the second son of Eli St. Clair, who is now among the oldest men liv¬ ing in this part of Indiana. He was born in Maryland in 1793, of German descent, and has been a farmer, coming to Sullivan county, where he settled in 1818. He reared a family of six sons and six daughters, all of whom married and have prospered. He is a Re¬ publican in politics, formerly a Whig.

roe county, N. Y., born August 31, 1843, and is a son of John N. and Elizabeth (Sclioller) Sachs, natives of Germany, who came to New York State about the year 1833. They resided there until 1853, when they moved to Terre Haute, where the mother died in 1865, and the father June 13, 1878. Jacob, who is the youngest in a family of eight children, received a common-school education, and May 10, 1860, commenced his railroad career as fireman on the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad which vocation he followed about eight years, when he was promoted to engineer on the line. He ran on the east division about six years, then went on the Vandalia line, and is engineer of the passenger train on the first line from Terre Haute to East St. Louis. He was injured in a collision while running the pay car August 28, 1873, and was off duty about ten months on account of his injuries, then resumed his position which he still holds. He owns a farm containing 120 acres in Fayette county, Ill. Mr. Sachs was married in Marshall, Ill., Jan¬ uary 1, 1866, to Johanna M., daughter of Christian H. Sclieytt, and born in Germany August 15, 1844. Mr. and Mrs. Sachs had six children: George E., Charles F. (deceased), Dora M., Frank M., Violena C. and Nettie M. The mother died June 20, 1886, and April 10, 1888, Mr. Sachs was married in Caseyville, Ill., to Eliz¬ abeth, daughter of John T. and Helena (Herman) Holtmann, na¬ tives of Minister, Germany, latter of whom died in Illinois in March, 1869. Mrs. Sachs is the third in a family of seven children, and was born in St. Clair county, Ill., September 2, 1856. She is a member of the Catholic Church. Mr. Sachs is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Humbolt Lodge No. 42; also of the A. O. U. W., No. 66, and of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, No. 25. He has run 593,383 miles on the road. Mr. Sachs is a Re¬ publican, and served in the city council two years.

HIRAM SANKEY (deceased) was a son of Thomas and Han¬ nah (Morton) Sankey, who had a family of twelve children, of whom Hiram is the eleventh in order of birth. He was married, in 1847, to Miss Jemima W. McKenzie, who was born October 13, 1820, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Harris) McKenzie, natives of Delaware, her father of Irish and her mother of French and Scotch descent. Mr. and Mrs. Sankey had born to them three sons, viz.: Robert M., deceased; Hiram V., and Robert M., who ma¬ iled Harriet Speer. Mr. Sankey died August 8, 1888; he was a Master Mason. Mrs. Sankey has in her possession a copy of the National Journal, printed in Washington, D. C., on Saturday, July 8, 1826, published by Peter Force, giving an account of the death of Thomas Jefferson. It is in mourning after the old style of in¬ verting the rules.

HON. PHILIP SCHLOSS (deceased). At the time of liis death, which occurred in 1888, Mr. Schloss was a prominent dealer in and manufacturer of clothing in Terre Haute. He established the house which is now the firm of Thorman & Schloss, and ad¬ vanced its extended business affairs. Mr. Thorman and Philip Schloss were brothers-in-law. Harry T. Schloss, the eldest son of Philip Schloss, is a native of Terre Haute, and is a graduate of the city high school, of the class of 1887. Harry, in his father's life¬ time, was more his companion than sons usually are. The subject of this sketch was born at Rineck, Bavaria, May 2, 1836, and was the third in the family of six children of Hertz Schloss, a merchant. Very early in life he commenced to attend school, and by the time he was thirteen years old he had mastered his lessons to such a re¬ markable degree as to excite not only parental pride, but that of teachers and friends generally. On quitting school he came to America and settled in Maryland, at which time his English vocab¬ ulary extended no further than " yes" and " no." He went to school, and within a few months was able to read and write English fairly well. He then went to Philadelphia, and clerked until he came to Terre Haute, in 1854, when he became employed as a salesman in a store, being then nearly twenty-one years of age, and he was engaged as a salesman when the war broke out in 1861. He was now educated in both his mother tongue and that of his adopted country, and was kept well posted on the current news of the day. Having determined at once to go to war, and help to defend the flag of his adopted country, he joined, in 1861, the Fort Harrison Guards, re-enlisting in 1863 for thirty days, and when his time had expired again re¬ enlisted, serving until the close of the war.

Mr. Schloss did not close his business when he became a soldier, but through employes kept it on foot. He was in active business here about a quarter of a century, and succeeded in establishing one of the leading houses of Terre Haute. In 1874 he was elected a member of the city council on the Democratic ticket, but he es¬ chewed politics and office, preferring to give his exclusive attention to his private affairs, yet he was prevailed on by numerous friends, and in 1882 he was elected to the State legislature, and so ably did he discharge the duties of the position that he was elected in 1884 State senator fromVigo county. He was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, had taken the thirty-second degree, and was serving as high priest at the time of his death. He was past grand president of the I. O. B. B. Mr. Schloss was married at Cleveland, Ohio, May 8, 1867, to Miss Laura, daughter of Simpson Thorman, of Cleveland, and born in that city, her parents being natives of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Schloss had four children, as follows:

Harry T., engaged in mercantile trade in Terre Haute; Lillie, Fannie and Sidney, the three last named being residents of Cleve¬ land, Ohio. Mr. Schloss will long be remembered as one of Terre Haute's intelligent, prominent and liberal-minded citizens. He was a man of great personal popularity, and his coming here was a val¬ uable acquisition to the city.

FRED W. SCHMIDT, one of the young and enterprising business men of Terre Haute, is extensively engaged in the grocery business, and at the present time he is the owner of two stores, in which he is doing a prosperous business. He was born in Ger¬ many, February 27, 1863, and is a son of G. F. and Maria ( Bettenbrock) Schmidt. The parents emigrated from Germany in 1864, and in 1865 came to Terre Haute, where they permanently located. Fred W., who is the first in a family of five children, attended the public schools in Terre Haute, and for some time a private school. He commenced the labors of life as a clerk in the store of H. Hulman ; in 1885 he embarked in business on his own account, which he has pushed with remarkable success. He is a self-made business man, and has earned all his prosperity. Mr. Schmidt was married in Terre Haute, October 26, 1887, to Miss Emma, daughter of Mr. Dahlen, and born in Effingham, Ill., of German descent. They have two children, as follows: Maria and Fredrick H. Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt are members of the German Reformed Church and of the Sabbath-school.

LEONARD D. SCOTT, farmer and grain merchant, Fayette township, P. O. New Goshen, was born in Vermillion county, Ind., June 12, 1853, a son of M. W. and Mary (Mann) Scott, former a native of Indiana, latter of Ohio, and they were of English descent. The father made farming his business, and is now living a retired life at Clinton, Vermillion Co., Ind. Leonard D. is the third in a family of eight children, and was reared on the farm, receiving a common-school education in Vermillion county, Ind. He chose farming and stock-growing as his life occupation, is now the owner of 388 acres of land, and has dealt largely in stock. He came to Vigo county in 1880, and in 1888 embarked in the grain business in Terre Haute, in company with Marcus Dyer. Mr. Scott has been successful in business. In 1877 he was married to Effie L., daughter of Feilden Shepherd, and of English descent, which union has been blessed with three children, viz.: Clyde L., Mary E. and Doyne. Mrs. Scott is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Scott was elected township trustee in 1881, and served two terms. He is a member of the Grand Lodge of the I. O. O. F., and he is a genial and pleasant gentleman.

and Carolina (Parker) Scovell, of English and German origin, for¬ mer a native of Vermont and a farmer, latter a native of Con¬ necticut. The father died in Michigan in 1852. They reared a family of four children, our subject being the eldest. He was raised on a farm, and attended the district schools for a time; then entered Oberlin College, Ohio, where he graduated in the regular classical course, in 1866. He had commenced the study of medicine before finishing his college course, and after completing his college studies, he studied one year in the medical college at Ann Arbor, Mich. He then entered Rush Medical College, Chicago, where he graduated in 1869. He went west, and practiced two years in Colorado, and then returned to Michigan. The Doctor had in the meantime de¬ voted considerable attention to scientific subjects, and soon after his return to Michigan was offered a position in the State Normal School of Indiana, Terre Haute. This he accepted, and has since made this city his home. He filled the chair of professor of nat¬ ural science nine years in this institution. Thus his time was fully employed teaching others, and at the same time advancing himself until lie is now recognized as authority on many subjects of sci¬ entific interest. He resigned his professorship in 1881, and since then has engaged in the business of abstractor of titles. Dr. Scovell was united in marriage December 25, 1876, with Miss Joliannah Jameson, a lady of Scotch descent, and their children are Zayda and Robert C. Dr. and Mrs. Scovell are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he affiliates with the Re¬ publicans. He volunteered in 1865, in the One Hundred and Fif¬ tieth Ohio Vol. Infantry, Company K, and served until the close of the war.

JAMES SEATH, president of the Terre Haute Car & Manu¬ facturing Company. The philosophy of history teaches us that the real benefactors of the race are largely those who have made two blades of grass grow where but one grew before. This class of men is generally of the quiet, unobtrusive kind, often shrinking from public notoriety. The subject of this brief sketch is a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, born August 1, 1827, a son of James and Ann (Ross) Seath. The parents were natives of the same place, and of their household of thirteen children James is the third in the order of birth. In 1833 the family emigrated to America, and located in Albany, N. Y., where the son was just of the age to com¬ mence attendance in the common school. Here he reached his legal majority, receiving a fair English education, during which time he learned the machinist's trade. In the year 1848 he went to New York City, and commenced work in the shops of the Hudson River Railroad, Walter McQueen, master mechanic. After two years in tlie shops he took a position as engineer on this road, holding this place until he accepted the position offered him of master mechanic on the Hudson & Berkshire Railroad, which he filled until 1858, when he resigned. From thence he went to Bloomington, Ill., and was employed by the Chicago & Alton Railroad, as machinist and engineer, and shortly afterward was appointed to the position of master mechanic in the railroad shops at Litchfield, Ill., on the Terre Haute & Alton road. A change in the administration of this road caused him to resign, and he returned to his former employ at Bloomington. From thence he went to St. Charles, Mo., as engi¬ neer, and was soon given the position of foreman, later on that of master mechanic of the North Missouri Railroad. An interesting event in his history presents itself here. A day or two after the firing of Fort Sumter Mr. Seath received his appointment as mas¬ ter mechanic for this road, a position he held for about fifteen months, and during these times of strife and disloyalty he can justly be proud of the fact that he proved a faithful son to the fos¬ ter mother country, and stood true to his convictions of right, he being the only officer of the road who was in sympathy with the government. In his position he had fair opportunities of proving his loyalty in many acts of kindness shown the United States troops, in the way of transportation, etc., giving instructions and aid to the officers of the different regiments, as to the movement of trains. While at St. Charles, Mr. Seath was offered and accepted his former position on the Terre Haute & Alton Railroad, at Litch¬ field, where he remained until 1867, when he resigned and moved to Terre Haute, to make his permanent home. His extensive ex¬ perience in the management of the mechanical department of rail¬ roads, as well as in operating locomotive engines, had well quali¬ fied him to engage in the manufacture of railroad machinery of all kinds. He at once founded the shops that have grown in a few years to be the extensive Car Manufactory of which he is the head. The original firm was Seath, Smith & Co., and it was located in the old Holmes building. After six months the firm was changed to Seath & Hager, and in a small way was commenced the manufacture of freight cars for the Yandalia Railroad. The vastness of the plant to-day is evidence of its rapid growth; a growth that may be considered phenomenal, when we remember that the company, when young and yet struggling for prominence, encountered the years of panic in railroad enterprises that came in 1873 and lasted until 1878. The company was changed to a joint-stock concern in 1875. From the first hour until the present time Mr. Seath has been one of the master and moving spirits. His knowledge of railroad me¬ chanics, and his familiarity, from experience, with the wants of rail-

Mr. Seath was united in matrimony at Bethlehem, N. Y., in the fall of 1852, with Christina Kilner, a daughter of John G. and Catherine (Herron) Kilner, natives of New York, she being the eldest in a family of six children. To Mr. and Mrs. Seath have been born four children, as follows: Mary D. (deceased), who was married to C. E. Blood; Jessie, (deceased) ; Jessie, Mrs. C. Conant, of Terre Haute; and James R., who is engaged in manufacturing. Mr. Seath in politics is in accord with the Republican party. In religious belief he is in sympathy with the Universalist faith.

CHARLES SEITZ, manager for the Schmidt Brewing Com¬ pany, of Indianapolis. Mr. Seitz, who has the general superin¬ tendency of their business at Terre Haute, was born in that city on June 27, 1850, and is a son of Jacob and Mary (Jacobs) Seitz, natives of Germany, who, in 1839, came from there to the United States. They arrived in Terre Haute in 1840, and here the father spent the remaining portion of his life, dying in 1888. The family consisted of nine children, of whom Charles is the third in order of birth. He was reared in Terre Haute, and attended the public schools, also a private one, and afterward the Commercial College. He began life for himself as an engineer, running a sta¬ tionary engine for several years, and since 1875 he has been en¬ gaged in his present business. Mr. Seitz was married at Paducah, Ky., to Miss Amelia, daughter of Jacob Bleicli, and born in New¬ ark, N. J., of German descent, and raised in Kentucky. They have five children: Jacob, Mary, Charles, Frank and Emma. Mr. Seitz is a member of the A. O. U. W., and in politics he is a Republican.

FREDRICK W. SHALEY, Jr., physician and surgeon, Terre Halite, office No. 928 Chestnut street, residence No. 458 North Ninth street, was born in Terre Haute, Ind., September 13, 1858, and is a son of Fredrick W. and Matilda (Criss) Slialey, former a native of Hesse Cassel, Germany, and latter of Ohio. The father, who was a pio¬ neer settler of Owen county, Ind., came to Terre Haute in 1853, and was one of the leading grocers of the city. Dr. Slialey is the eldest in a family of four children that grew to maturity. He was united in marriage February 24, 1886, with Julia Brewer, a daughter of N. L. and Harriet (Chidister) Brewer, former a native of Maryland, latter of New York, and both of German-English descent. Mrs. Shaley is the eldest in a family of four children, and was born in Tiffin, Ohio, April 10, 1862. Dr. and Mrs. Shaley had born to them two children, viz. : One that died in infancy and Irene. The Doctor was reared in Terre Haute, receiving his early education in the city schools, and attending the Mission House College (Ger- man), at Franklin, Wis., three years, graduating in 1876. He entered Heidelberg University, at Tiffin, Ohio, in 1877, and graduated in 1881; then began the study of medicine under Dr. Armstrong. In 1882 he entered Rush Medical College, Chicago, where he graduated in the spring of 1884, and began the practice of medicine in Terre Haute, where he has built up a good practice. Dr. and Mrs. Shaley are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Lodge No. 19, Terre Haute, and is a member of the Knights and Ladies of Honor, No. 1044, also of the National Union. He is president of the board of health; has served as township physician one year; is a member of the Yigo County Medical Society, of which he was secretary, three years, and is now serving his second year as treasurer'; is also a member of the Esculapian, Indiana State, and American Medical Associations. He is surgeon on the surgical staff of St. Anthony's Hospital; in politics he is a Democrat.

JAMES A. SHARP, chairman of the Republican committee, of Pierson township, P. O. Farmersburgh, Sullivan county, is a rising young farmer, who was born in Sullivan county, Ind., July 29, 1861, a son of David and Mary A. (Stewart) Sharp. David Sharp, who was born in the north of England in 1831, when a young man came to the United States, and has followed mining most of the time for several years in different western States. Afterward he located at Evansville, Ind., where he married, and then removed to Sullivan county, where he engaged in mining and farming, and has been very successful, having accumulated considerable property. His wife was born in Scotland, and when a child her parents im¬ migrated to America, locating in Evansville, where she was mar¬ ried to Mr. Sharp. They are members of the New Light Church; he is a member of the F. M. B. A., and, politically, is a Republican. They are the parents of ten children, seven of whom are now liv¬ ing. James A., who is the eldest child, was educated in the com¬ mon schools, commencing work, when quite a young boy, in the coal shaft with his father, and coal mining has been his principal occupation up to the present time. For the past six years he and his brother, David W., have been operating a coal shaft, supplying the surrounding country with coal. In 1882 he purchased the farm he now owns, which he has been carrying on in connection with mining. September 5, 1882, Mr. Sharp married Miss Mary B., daughter of John and Caroline Carpenter, and born in Sulli¬ van county, Ind., in 1865. By this union there are three children : Ada, Carrie and Viola. Mr. Sharp is a member of the F. M. B. A. ; in politics he is a Republican, and in 1889 he was elected chairman of the Republican committee of Pierson township.

GEORGE H. SHAW, farmer and stock-grower, Honey Creek township, P. O. Terre Haute, was born in Riley township, Vigo Co., Inch, February 1, 1844, and is a son of Hamilton and Maria (Price) Shaw. The mother was born in Indiana, the father in Pennsylvania, and they were of German and Irish origin. The father, who was a farmer during his life, was an early settler of Pierson township, this county, and died in 1879. His family con¬ sisted of ten children, seven of whom are living, and two of these were children of his first wife. George H., who is next to the youngest by the second wife, was reared on the farm in this county, attending the district school, and has made farming his business, being now the owner of a well-improved farm, where he has lived since 1864. He has been twice married, first time, in 1866, to Hannah Pucket, who died in 1875. He was again married in 1875 to Nancy B., daughter of John and Elsie J. (Lemmons) Vice. She is of Irish descent. They have six children: Arletha, Elsie J., Myrtle, Henry, Pearl ey and John. They are members of che Christian Church. In politics lie is a Democrat. Our subject has made his own way in the world.

EDGAR M. SHEPHERD, farmer and coal mine owner, P. O. New Goshen, was born September 16, 1842, on the farm he now owns and where he resides, in Fayette township, Vigo Co., Ind., a son of James W. and Catherine A. (Clapp) Shepherd, former a native of Kentucky, latter of Ohio, and who were of Scotch-Irish and English origin. They were early settlers of Vigo county, and ranked among the best citizens. In early life the father was a cab¬ inet-maker, but spent most of his life as a farmer, and he was among the early settlers of Fayette township, where he succeeded in accumulating a handsome fortune. He was an industrious, en¬ ergetic man, and helped to build the first frame house in Terre Haute. For a time his mother was in Fort Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Shepherd reared a family of eight children - six sons and two daughters - of whom Edgar M." is fifth in order of birth. He was reared on the farm, attending the district school, and has made farming his business. He opened a coal mine on his farm in 1881, which has since been a source of revenue to him. In 1867 he was married, in Vigo county, to Miss Mary, daughter of Zelotus and Jemima (Armstrong) Hovey, who were of German and English descent. The children born to this union are: W. R., Katie A?* and Eunia V. Mr. Shepherd enlisted August 13, 1862, in Company K, Thirty-first Ind. V. I. ; he is a member of the G. A. R. and the I. O. O. F., and is past grand master of the subordinate lodge; in politics he is a Republican.

10, 1838, a son of James Washington and Catharine (Clapp) Shep¬ herd, former of whom was a native of Kentucky, and latter of Ohio; they were pioneer settlers of this county. Mrs. Shepherd came here about the year 1813, and was in Fort Harrison; James W. Shepherd came to this county about the year 1817. He helped to build the first frame house put up in Terre Haute, being a carpen¬ ter by trade, but later in life he turned his attention to farming. He died in 1876, in his sixty-seventh year; Mrs. Shepherd died in 1882, in her seventy-first year. They had a family of eleven children, eight of whom grew to maturity, of whom our subject is the fifth. He was reared on a farm, receiving a common-school education, and at the age of twenty-one he began farming for himself. Au¬ gust 15, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Thirty-first Ind. V. I. ; was wounded February 15, 1862, at Fort Donelson, was sent to hospital, and was discharged on account of the wound received, De¬ cember 31, 1862. Returning home, he farmed until 1864, when he was elected treasurer of Vigo county, being re-elected in 1866. At the expiration of his second term he turned his attention to the stock business, in which he dealt about ten years, and then engaged in dairying and gardening until March, 1888, when he purchased the livery stable where he is located at the present time. Mr. Shepherd was married in this county, February 19, 1863, to Miss Arminda O., daughter of Henry and Margaret (Sliuey) Rhyan, natives of Vir¬ ginia, who came to this county about 1835. Mr. Rhyan was a coop¬ er by trade, and also followed farming. Mrs. Shepherd is the sixth in a family of eight children, who grew to maturity, and was born in this county May 28, 1844. Our subject and wife had born to them nine children, viz.: Clara E., wife of Rev. J. W. Connett; Maggie K., wife of Nelson B. Borden; Rolla H. ; William J. ; Orilla (deceased) ; Della, Myrtle, Floy and Nellie E. Mr. and Mrs. Shep¬ herd are members of the United Brethren Church. He is a mem¬ ber of Morton Post, No. 1, G. A. R., and in politics is a Republican.

JESSE SHERIDAN, farmer and stock-grower, Honey Creek township, P. O. Terre Haute, was born in Jefferson county, Ky., March 30, 1831, and is a son of Jesse and Elizabeth (Goodman) Sheridan, who were of Irish and English descent, the father born in Pennsylvania, and the mother in Jefferson county, Ky. The father, who was a farmer all his life, died in 1834 in Kentucky. His family consisted of twelve children, our subject being the eleventh ; seven of the children grew to maturity, and four are still living. Jesse is the only one of the family now living in Vigo county, where he has resided since 1868, and he came to Honey Creek township in 1881. In 1862 he enlisted in Kentucky, Com¬ pany B, Eighth Cavalry; was a non-commissioned officer, and served liis term of enlistment. He is a member of Toppin Post No. 158, and in politics lie is a Republican. Mr. Sheridan was married, in 1854, to Margaret, daughter of James and Margaret Davis, who were of English descent. Of their nine children all are living and prosperous. Mrs. Sheridan is a member of the Christian Church.

ABRAHAM SHEWMAKER, baggage master. Union Depot, Terre Haute, is a native of Vermillion county, Inch, born Angust 11, 1842, a son of Samuel M. and Susan (Hollingsworth) Sliewmaker, former a native of Kentucky, and latter of Wayne county, Ind., near Richmond. Samuel M. Shewmaker was an early settler of the State, and came to Terre Haute in 1858. In the early part of his life he followed farming, and after coming here was engaged in mercantile and commission business. He died here in the fall of 1863, in his forty-sixth year; his widow is still living. Abraham, who is the second in a family of four children, was reared in Ver¬ million county until he was sixteen years old, when he came to Terre Haute with his parents. He attended the common schools in Vermillion county, and the city schools of Terre Haute, also the Commercial College here. July 6, 1861, he enlisted in the Eleventh Ind. V. I., and some of the important engagements in which he participated were the battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Champion Hill, siege of Vicksburg, Port Gibson and Halltown, Va. He was taken prisoner at Vermillion ville. La., November 2, 1863, was exchanged January 1, 1864, and was mustered out at Harper's Ferry, August 31, 1864. He returned to this county, and engaged in farming near the city three years; then moved to Indianapolis, and followed farming near that city about four years. He then returned to Terre Haute, and accepted the position of baggage master at the Union Depot May 20, 1873, which position he still holds.

Mr. Shewmaker was married in Terre Haute, Ind., September 10, 1866, to Miss Anna R., daughter of Alfred Luce, who died at Corinth, while in the service during the Civil war, her mother's maiden name being Eliza J. Moore. The father was a native of New York, and the mother of Ohio. Mrs. Shewmaker is the fourth in a family of ten children, and was born in Vermilion county, Ill., November 22, 1846. Mr. and Mrs. Shewmaker have three children: Frank, Adah and William. Mr. Shewmaker is a member of Morton Post No. 1, G. A. R., also of the K. of P., Occidental Lodge No. 18, and has passed the chairs ; he represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge at Indianapolis; he is a member of the Uniform Rank. Politically he is a Republican.

of Virginia and of German descent, former of whom was a car¬ penter. Our subject is the third in a family of five children, and was reared in Rockingham county, Va., where he obtained his education. He studied medicine at Harrisonburg, Va., and com¬ menced the practice in Hampshire county, same State, subsequently removing to Parkersburg, W. Va. On May, 5, 1868, he came to Vigo county, and located at Sandford, where he sojourned a short time; then went to New Goshen, Ind., and remained there two years with Dr. Swafford. In 1878 he came to Terre Haute, and has since been in the regular practice. The Doctor was married in Rockingham county, Va., November 19, 1846, to Miss Kizia Bol¬ ton, a lady of Pennsylvania-Dutch parentage. The Doctor and his wife were rocked in the same cradle in Rockingham county, Va., and had the same grandfather and grandmother, and yet they were not related. They have two children living, viz.: James, en¬ gaged in the drug business, and John W., in the employ of the railroad company. Dr. and Mrs. Shickel are members of the Lutheran Church. He is a Master Mason, and in politics a Republican.

W. A. SHORES, farmer and stock-grower, Fayette township, P. O. New Goshen, was born in Fayette township, Vigo Co., Ind., April 1, 1842, and is a son of Meredith and Frankie (Giser) Shores, natives of North Carolina and of Irish and Dutch descent. The father, who was a farmer, came from North Carolina to Vigo county, Ind., among the early settlers, and spent the remaining portion of his life here, dying in 1871. The mother is still living, and is now in her seventy-fifth year. Our subject was reared on a farm, receiving the usual schooling in the district in which he now resides. He chose farming as a vocation, and has met with success, owning at the present time 180 acres of land; he also has charge of his mother's farm of 320 acres, making in all a farm of 500 acres. Mr. Shores was united in marriage, December 25, 1871, with Miss C. F., daughter of John N. and Jane (Hay) Rliyan, and of Ger¬ man origin, which union has been blessed with three children, viz. : Edith Myrtle, Della May and William Claude. Mrs. Shores is a mem¬ ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Shores is a Democrat, and he is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity; a member of the Blue Lodge, and of the Chapter.

ISAAC SHULL, farmer and stock-grower, Nevins township, P. O. Rosedale, Parke county, was born in East Tennessee, September 19, 1825, the fifth in the family of eight children (four of whom are living) of Isaac and Ellen (Keeny) Shull, former a native of North Carolina, latter of Tennessee. They were of German and Irish descent. The father, who was a farmer, came to this county from Tennessee about the year 1833, and settled on the farm where Isaac was reared. He died in Yigo county in 1856. Isaac Shull received what little education he had in the old-fashioned log school-house, has made a success of farming, and has performed a great deal of hard labor, all that he owns having been accumu¬ lated by honest toil; he has 171 acres of well-improved and wellstocked land. Mr. Shull has now retired, and his sons, of whom he is very proud, attend to the farm, both being excellent farmers. Mr. Shull has been twice married, the first time to Miss Mary, daughter of John McKee. She lived, however, but a short time after her marriage, and he was then married to Miss Mary A., daughter of Benjamin and Catherine (James) Willoughby, which union has been blessed with seven children, four of whom are liv¬ ing-two daughters and two sons, viz.: Charles T., born in Nevins township, August 1, 1863; Benjamin S., born December 27, 1865, also in Nevins township; Mary Belle, now the wife of Josephus Tarvin, and Leora, who is at home. Both the sons are farmers and stock-growers, and both are Republicans in politics. Mrs. Shull died in 1875. a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Shull is a Republican, and is a member of the Republican party.

W. F, SIBLEY, of the firm of Sibley & Bossom, wallpaper and window shades, house and sign painting, Terre Haute, was born in Terre Haute, April 10, 1856, and is a son of Elisha and Phoebe R. (Cole) Sibley. His father was a native of Bennington, Vt., and moved to Terre Haute in 1819, two of his brothers having come here a short time before. He was a brick manufacturer, and earlier in life worked some time at the tailor's trade. He made the first dress-coat for Chauncey Rose, at Roseville, Parke Co., Ind. He died in July, 1889. Our subject's grandfather, on his father's side, was killed at the battle of Queenston Heights, in 1812. Mr. Sibley's parents were of English descent.

Our subject is the eldest of two children, and received his education in the city schools, attending the Commercial College two terms. In 1883 he engaged in the book and stationery busi¬ ness, which he changed to the present line. By energy and indus¬ try the firm have succeeded in building up a large and growing trade. Mr. Sibley was united in marriage in Terre Haute, in De¬ cember, 1878, with Miss Flora J. Bell, second in the family of eight children born to John D. Bell (deputy county auditor, and a native of Ireland) and Charlotte M. (Foster) Bell, a native of Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Sibley have had one son, Richard E. Mrs. Sibley is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Sibley is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, Tamanv Tribe No. 39.

SYLVESTER C. SINGHORSE, merchant, Lewis, was born in Vigo county, Inch, April 4, 1853, and is the only child born to the marriage of Lewis and Vina (Totten) Singhorse, former of whom was born in the eastern part of Indiana fifty-seven years ago, and when a child was brought to Vigo county by his father, William Singhorse. The latter was a soldier in the War of 1812, an early settler of this county, a farmer by occupation, and afterward one of the county's most respected citizens; he died at the age of eightyseven years. Lewis Singhorse early learned how to work, and, making industry his rule of life, has become one of Vigo county's most substantial farmers. At the beginning of the Civil war he joined Capt. Bryan's Company, Eighty-fifth Ind. V. I., in which he served until discharged in the latter part of the war, on account of disability. During his term of service he participated in the battle of Richmond, and in the Georgia campaign; politically he is a Republican. His first wife, Vina (Totten), was born in this county, and died here when their son, Sylvester C., was but eighteen months old. After her death Lewis Singhorse married Permelia Totten, a sister of his first wife, and she died within eight months after her marriage. Mr. Singhorse afterward married a widow, Mrs. Asenitli Timmons, by which union have been born four children, as follows: Alice, at home; Emery Grant, a farmer of Pierson town¬ ship, this county; Herbert, at home, and Cora, who died when seventeen years of age.

Sylvester C. Singhorse attended the common schools, and, after becoming old enough, assisted his father on the farm until his twenty-fourth year, when he commenced for himself as a farmer. He worked some time at the carpenter's trade, but has devoted most of his time to agriculture. In 1881 he purchased land and since then has bought and sold at different times. He continued to farm until 1888, when he embarked in his present business as dealer in drugs, groceries, hardware, etc. When starting for him¬ self he was the possessor of limited means, and was in debt, but by energy and business ability, which the family is noted for, he has become more than ordinarily successful. Mr. Singhorse was united in marriage September 13, 1877, with Miss Maria Osborn, a daughter of John Osborn, of Madisonville, Hopkins Co., Ky., and this union has been blessed with three interesting children, viz.: Harry A., Maston Arthur and Lewis Blaine. Mr. Singhorse represented Comet Lodge No. 615, I. O. O. F., in the Grand Lodge of Indiana, in 1888; in politics he is a stanch Republican, and he is an enterprising citizen.

1867, and is a son of H. D. Smith, of Terre Haute, and Eliza (Pat¬ rick) Smith, former a native of Wales, latter of Ohio, and of Scotcli- Irish descent. The father came to Terre Haute in 1879, and is engaged in the coal business. His family consists of five children, all of whom have had the advantages of good schools; they are as follows: It. J. is an attorney in Terre Haute; Will T. is a horse dealer in Kansas City; Douglas H., Birdie E. and Grace A.

Douglas H. Smith attended the public schools and an academy in Ohio, and also the high school in Terre Haute, where he gradu¬ ated in 1884. He then became a student at DePauw University, remaining one year. At thirteen years of age he began to develop a taste for the newspaper office, and this has steadily grown with his growth. In 1886 he found employment as night editor on the Daily Express, and filled the rounds of nearly every position on the staff of the paper. In 1888 he was offered and accepted the editor¬ ship of the Saturday Evening Mail, and filled the chair with marked ability. He then organized a stock company which started the News in 1889. The stockholders elected Mr. Smith managing editor, and August 5, 1889, issued the first number of the Terre Haute Neivs, a bright and newsy daily paper, perfectly independent of politics. Mr. Smith is chief editor of the paper, and secretary and treasurer of the News Publishing Company. Individually Mr. Smith is a Democrat ; editorially he and his paper are non-partisan. He wields a keen and trenchant pen, and it may safely be said of him that he is one of the coming journalists of the State. He is a member of the K. of P.

HARRISON SMITH, manufacturer, Terre Haute, was born in Camden, N. J., August 13, 1853, and is a son of William and Sarah Smith, who were of English descent. The father is a tallow manu¬ facturer, and is living in Indianapolis; the mother died in Phila¬ delphia, Penn. The family removed to Indianapolis in 1856, and Harrison, who is the youngest in a family of four children, received his education in the city schools of that place. He then worked for his father in the tallowr and grease factory until he became of age, when he went to Mattoon, Ill., and started in business for him¬ self. At the end of one year he sold and came to Terre Haute, and engaged in the manufacture of tallow, grease, etc., the factory being located on the island southwest of town. Mr. Smith was married in Mattoon, Ill., April 16, 1876, to Catherine Kennjr, a native of New York City, born December 25, 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had born to them two children : Bertha and Harry. Mr. Smith is a member of the K. of P., Occidental No. 18, and has passed the chairs; is also a member of the Uniform Rank, Terre Haute Division No. 3. In politics he is a Republican.

HENRY SMITH, retired farmer, Sugar Creek township, P. O. St. Mary's, was born in North Carolina, February 4-, 1803, and is a son of George and Mayant (Coble) Smith. His grandfather, Henry Smith, came from Germany to America before the Revolu¬ tionary war, and when the war broke out he promptly enlisted, and served during seven years. Mr. Smith's father was an~aid, and carried news for Gen. Washington. He was a farmer, and came to Indiana in 1815, and to Yigo county in 1821, settling in Terre Haute. His mother was born in North Carolina, of German descent. Henry is the fourth in a family of nine children, and grew up in this county, many of his playmates being young Indians. He fol¬ lowed farming, has made his own way in the world, and is the owner of 360 acres. He Avas united in marriage in Crawford county, Ind., in 1823, Avith Miss Nannie Hearn, of English descent. Their family consisted of eight children, of Avhom six are living. They lived together sixty -three years. Mrs. Smith died in 1885. Both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he being class leader, trustee and steAvard in the same. In politics he Avas first a Whig, then a Republican, and served as school trustee in Sugar Creek township. His father entered a section of land in and around St. Mary's.

HENRY SMITH, grocer, Terre Haute, was born in Harri¬ son toAvnship, Yigo Co., Ind., October 5, 1857, and is a son of Christopher and Cliristena (Grathwliole) Smith, natives of Ger¬ many, who immigrated to Jeffersonville, Ky., and from there moved to Ohio, coming to this county about the year 1842. Henry, avIio is the third in a family of five children, received his education in the public schools, and then worked one year in a brick yard; after¬ ward Avas engaged in the bakery business for his own account in Terre Haute, and carried on same tAvo years. Hetlien turned his attention to gardening, Avliich he folloAved tAA'o years, but worked part of the time for B. G. Hudnut, after which he Avas employed in the hub and spoke factory, three years and three months, and learned the bending trade. From there he Avent to the Hudnut Milling Company, with whom he Avorked oArer three years, then in Septem¬ ber, 1888, embarked in the grocery trade on his own account, and has prospered from the start. He handles a full line of staple and fancy groceries, and has been dependent on his own resources. Mr. Smith was united in marriage April 9, 1878, in Terre Haute, Avitli Miss Ella, daughter of William H. and Luella (Murphy) Walker. She is the fourth in a family of five children, and Avas born in Terre Haute, September 9, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had born to them one daughter, Minnie. Mrs. Smith is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; in politics Mr. Smith is a Democrat.

ISAIAH E. SMITH, farmer and stock-grower, Honey Creek township, P. O. Terre Haute, was born in Honey Creek township, Vigo Co., Ind., September 8, 1857, and is a son of David H. and Hannah (Marts) Smith, who were of English and German descent. His mother was a native of Washington county, Ind., his father of Jefferson county, same State, and was one of the early settlers of Vigo county, a farmer and miller by occupation. His family con¬ sisted of five children, Isaiah E. being the eldest. Our subject was reared on the farm, has followed agricultural pursuits, and is the owner of 123 acres of land in Vigo county. He was married in this county, September 13, 1883, to Pliebe, daughter of Richard Pucket, of one of the noted first families in the early settlement of this por¬ tion of Indiana. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah E. Smith were Faith, Mabel and Earnest. Mrs. Smith is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. Smith of the Baptist; in politics he is a Republican.

JOSEPH SMITH, farmer and stock-grower, Linton township, P. O. Youngstown, was born in Bucks county, Penn., January 12, 1816, and is a son of Eli and Mary (Woolsey) Smith, former a shoe¬ maker by trade, and a native of Bucks county, of English descent, latter a native of New Jersey, of Welsh descent. They died in Warren county, Ohio. They had a family of seven children, of whom Joseph is the eldest. He was married February 9, 1837, to Cassandre, daughter of Burgess and Sarah (Taylor) French, na¬ tives of Virginia. Mrs. Smith, who is the third of a family of nine children, was born in Shenandoah county, Va., October 5, 1814. Mr. and Mrs. Smith adopted a boy, named George E., who married Arabell Davis. Mr. Smith received his education in the common schools of Ohio, learning the boot and shoe trade with his father, at which he has worked more or less all his life. He came to this county in 1858, and now owns a farm of forty-one acres, on which he resides. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Church, of which he is trustee and class-leader, and has served as steward and Sabbath-school superintendent. He is master of Eureka Grange, a subordinate order, and is also a member of the Pamo Grange. He served as justice of the peace for years.

LEWIS A. SMITH, salesman for the Coal Bluff Mining Com¬ pany, Fontanet, was born in the city of Terre Haute, Ind., May 11. 1862, and is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth A. (Lackey) Smith, natives of Vigo county, Ind., and of families of the early settlers on the Wabash. The father, who was a farmer when the Civil war broke out, enlisted in the service of his country, and was killed on the field of battle. Lewis A., who is the only surviving child, was reared in Terre Haute, where he attended school; also took a full course at the Terre Haute Commercial College, where he graduated m 1885, since when he has been with the Coal Bluff Mining Company, three years. Mr. Smith was united in marriage in 1887 with Miss Mary Belle, daughter of Martin Ray, and of English descent. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Method¬ ist Episcopal Church at Fontanet, of which he is a trustee, and has been teacher and superintendent of the Sabbath-school. Politically he is identified with the Republican party.

REY. JACOB SMOCK, pastor of the Missionary Baptist Church. This gentleman has been an active and efficient worker in the missionary cause. He entered the ministry in the good oldfashioned times, when the minister was supposed to be able to do all kinds of religious labor, when the gospel was supposed to be free to all except the shepherd, who was expected to preach regu¬ larly and board himself.

Rev. Smock was born in Bullitt county, Ky., September 13, 1824. His parents were David and Dorcas (Cole) Smock, also natives of Bullitt county, and of Pennsylvania-Dutch origin. They removed to Parke county, Ind., in 1825, where our subject grew to manhood. The father, who was a hard-working farmer, died at the age of fifty-five years in Parke county, Ind. ; his father, William Smock, who was a soldier in the Revolution, and also a farmer, lived to a good old age. Rev. Jacob Smock, who is the sixth in a family of ten children, spent his young days in Raccoon township, Parke county, on the farm. He learned to labor at a tender age, and in the winter trudged along to the district school, where all his surroundings were of the most primitive type. In 1857 he united with the Missionary Baptist Church of Parke county, and soon after was ordained minister. He has organ¬ ized two churches, has put up two church buildings, and has re¬ ceived many into the church fold. He has baptized over eight hundred people in Parke, Yigo and Sullivan counties. He has been twice married, first, when he was only seventeen years and six months old, to Caroline, daughter of Olmstead and Sarah Mil¬ ligan, and of English descent. Six of their children are living, as follows: Jasper, Alexander, Josephine, Ida M., Maud and Rosa. Mrs. Smock died in 1879, and, in 1881, Mr. Smock was married to Miss Dianah, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Spray) Wilson, former a native of South Carolina, and latter of Ohio. They were of English descent, and members of the Society of Friends. Mrs. Smock is an exemplary member of the Missionary Baptist Church. This union has been blessed with one child, W ilma H. Rev. Smock from early in life has had to rely on his own resources, and in a business point of view has met with deserved success. He deals largely in real estate, in which respect his sound judgment has served him well, and he has succeeded in accumulating a fair share of this world's goods. When a lad he bought his time of his father, and boldly launched his bark on the troubled sea of life, with the flat¬ tering capital in stock of two dollars and a half.

MAJOR MATHIAS SMOCK, Harrison township, P. O. Terre Haute, was born October 4, 1851, on the site of old Port Harrison, a portion which forms a part of the building in which he was born. He is a son of Cornelius and Mary (Sliner) Smock, who came to this county many years ago. Cornelius Smock was born in Ken¬ tucky, and was married in Vigo county in 1848. He had three children, viz.: Mathias, better known as "Major;" Emma, wife of William Green, and Charles. Mrs. Smock has been previously mar¬ ried to Milton Evans, by whom she had two children: Angeline, wife of George Bell, and an infant, deceased. Mrs. Smock's father is still living at the advanced age of ninety-six years, hale and hearty. Mr. Smock located at the old fort in 1851. Major Mathias Smock was reared on a farm, has followed agricultural pursuits, and has served as deputy sheriff of Vigo county during the past four years. He was married in this county in 1875, to Kate, daughter of James W. Stewart, and born in Terre Haute. They are the parents of six children, as follows: Frank, Mary, Helen, Herbert, Bessie and Emma. Mr. Smock resides on the old fort farm with his mother. He has quite a large collection of ancient relics he has gathered in and around the old fort, among them stone axes, arrow points, and other curiosities. He is one of the prominent citizens of the county, an influential citizen, and a leading Democrat.

GEORGE H. SNIDER, dealer in stoves, tinware and kitchen furnishing goods, Terre Haute, was born in Shelby county, Ind., April 1, 1855, and is a son of William H. and Sophia (Thurston) Snider, former of whom was a native of Kentucky, latter of Penn¬ sylvania, and both of German descent. George H., who is the eldest in a family of four children, received a common-school edu¬ cation in Shelby and Clay counties, and then worked on a farm about five years. He next turned his attention to the grocery busi¬ ness, and clerked for some time in Slielburn and Sullivan, Ind., coming in 1880 to Terre Haute, where he worked for R. L. Ball, in the stove and tinware trade, about seven years. In August, 1887, he embarked in business for himself at 21 South Fourth street, where he deals in stoves, tin, copper, sheet-iron ware, house furnish¬ ing goods, roofing and guttering, and also makes stove repairing a specialty. Mr. Snider was married in Sullivan, Ind., February 23r 1882, to Miss Belle, daughter of Abraham and Armilda (Hopewell ) Annis, natives of Kentucky. Mrs. Snider is the sixth in a family of seven children, and was born in Sullivan county, Ind., July 4, 1859. She is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Snider have had born to them one daughter, Jessie. Mr. Snider is a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 51, and of the Encampment; is a member of the Canton, in which he is accountant, also a mem¬ ber of the Chosen Friends. In politics he is a Democrat.

WILSON H. SO ALE, attorney, of the firm of Soale & Grimes, Terre Haute, is a native of Ohio, and is a son of Peter and Sarah (Parkes) Soale, who were of German and Irish descent, the father being a farmer by occupation. Our subject was reared on the farm in Highland county, Ohio, where he received his primary education at the district schools. He attended college at Hillsboro, where he graduated in the regular classical course in 1871; then studied law with Judge Gardner, at Hillsboro, and practiced his pro¬ fession in Highland and Ross counties, Ohio, until 1883, when he accepted a position in the United States pension office. In 1885 he was appointed assistant supervisor of pensions of the State of Indiana, with headquarters at Terre Haute, but resigning his office he again entered on the practice of his profession in Terre Haute. This law firm has met with success in business. Mr. Soale was united in mai-riage in Ross county, Ohio, October 18, 1879, with Miss Myrtie M., daughter of Gotlieb Sheible, and born in Ohio, of German descent. This union has been blessed with one child, Grace. Mrs. Soale is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Soale is a Republican, and in 1890 he received the appointment of supervisor of the ceusus of the Fourth District of Indiana, and he filled this office with credit, his district being the first in the United States to be completed.

WARREN SOULES, farmer and stock-grower, Lost Creek township, P. O. Terre Haute, was born in Yigo cbunty, Ind., Octo¬ ber 7, 1827, and is a son of William and Almira (Baker) Soules,. The father was of Scotch-Irish descent, and was one of the pioneer settlers of this country, where he followed farming, having come from New York State in 1816. He was in the Revolutionary war. He and his wife had a family of ten children, of whom eight grew to maturity, Warren being the fourth in the order of birth. Our subject was married December 6, 1868, to Sarah C. McEadden, who was born April 6, 1832, daughter of Malcolm and Elizabeth (Dixon) McFadden, her father a native of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent, and her mother of Ohio, of English and Scotch lineage. They were pioneer settlers of this county. Mr. Soules has followed farming with success, and is active and energetic, now owning 600 acres of farm land in a good state of cultivation. In May, 1865, he enlisted in the Thirty-third Regiment, Ind. V. I. in the 100. days' call, served four months and was honorably discharged.

ELLIS E. SOUTH, general ticket and freight agent, "Big Four" Railroad lines, Terre Haute. This successful railroad man has gained his advancement by his energy, integrity and prompt¬ ness at every post of duty. He is a native of Indiana, born No¬ vember 11, 1851, and is a son of Daniel B. and Martha (Duncan) South, natives of Ohio, and of English descent, former of whom was a prominent man, having served a number of years as treas¬ urer of Hendricks county, Ind. He died at Danville, Ind., in 1862. Ellis E., who is the elder of two children, was reared* at Danville, Ind., where he attended school for a time, subsequently becoming a student at the college at Greencastle, Ind. He learned telegraphy at Danville, and was thus employed by the "Big Four" Railroad lines from 1871 to 1877, during which time he became ticket agent. He was appointed ticket agent, January 1, 1882, and in 1886 was promoted to general freight and ticket agent, with head¬ quarters at Terre Haute. Mr. South wras married in St. Louis, to Nettie C., daughter of George P. Cook, and of German descent. They have one child, Mary E. Mrs. South is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In political matters Mr. South affili¬ ates with the Republican party. He has taken the thirty-second degree in Masonry, and is also a Shriner, being a member of Murat Temple of Indianapolis.

A. W. SPAIN,, physician and surgeon, Terre Haute, was born in Gibson county, Ind., November 22, 1837, and is a son of Archi¬ bald and Sarah (Garwood) Spain, former a native of Virginia, of English descent, latter of Kentucky, of German descent. The father came to Indiana Territory in 1815, and located near Vin¬ cennes, Knox county. The Doctor, who is the eighth in a family of ten children, was united in marriage May 22, 1866, at Noblesville, Ind., with Viola/daughter of Fredric and Martha (Dale) Cole, former of whom was a native of Rodmar., Jefferson Co., N. Y., and latter of Noblesville, Hamilton Co., Ind. Mrs. Spain, who is the eldest in a family of six children, was born in Shelby county, Ind., October 29, 1845. Dr. and Mrs. Spain have had born to them three chil¬ dren, as follows: Mattie D., Gertie A. and Robert T.

Dr. Spain was reared on a farm, and received his early educa¬ tion in the common schools of Gibson county, Ind. He then at¬ tended the Academy at Patoka, that State, two years, after which he taught in the public schools in New Harmony, Ind., and vicinity, four years, and then read medicine under Dr. J. W. Rawlings of that place. In 1861 he attended the Cincinnati College of Medi¬ cine and Surgery, graduating there in 1863. He was then ap¬ pointed assistant-surgeon in the Eightieth Ind. V. I., remaining in the service until the close of the war. He then located in Posey- ville, Ind., where lie practiced medicine fifteen years. In 1879 he took a special course of lectures at the College of Physicians and Sur¬ geons, New York. In 1880 he came to Terre Haute, and has here practiced since. He has had to depend on his own resources, and has made a success in his profession. The Doctor is a member of the Indiana State Medical Association; the Mississippi Yalley Medical Society; the Esculapian Medical Society of the Wabash Yalley; also the Yigo County Medical Association, and served as president of the Vigo Society in 1879. He is secretary of the city board of health. Dr. and Mrs. Spain are members of the Christian Church. He is a member of the Terre Haute Science Club, and of the G. A. R., Morton Post No. 1; also a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 157, and is a past grand; he is a member of the Encampment, and is a past patriarch ; is also a member of the Knights and Ladies of Honor.

EDMUND T. SPOTS WOOD, M. D., Terre Haute, was born in Richmond, Va., October 10, 1827. He is a direct descendant of Sir Alexander Spotswood, who was a major-general in the British army and subsequently colonial governor of Virginia, from 1710 to 1723. The latter was of Scotch parentage, and was born in the port of Tangier, on a British man-of-war. He was reared in the army, served under the Duke of Marlborough with distinction, and was wounded at the battle of Blenheim while acting as deputy quartermaster-general. He was sent to America by the king of England as governor of Virginia, and no name is more prominently connected with the colonial history of Virginia than his. He de¬ veloped the first iron mines and erected the first iron furnace in America, and was the first to introduce iron in the colonies for which he was called the "Tubal Cain" of Virginia. He Avas the first to bring the writ of habeas corpus to America, and in 1739 he was appointed deputy postmaster-general of the colonies, and it was he who promoted Benjamin Franklin to the postmastership of the then province of Pennsylvania. Gov. Spotswood died at An¬ napolis, Md., June 7, 1710, while on his way to. Central America to take charge of the British troops in that country.

Dr. Edmund T. Spotswood is a son of Robert and Eliza L. (Hening) Spotswood, former of whom died in 1832, when the son was but five years old; the mother, who was of English descent, was the daughter of William Waller Hening, a prominent attorney of Virginia, and an author of a number of law books. She was possessed of high scholarly attainments, and was a poetess of high rank, several of her poems being used in the text books for public schools. After the death of her husband she married Rev. John F. Scherrnerhorn, of New York. They were pioneer settlers of

Carroll comity, Ind., and the mother died at the home of Dr. Spotswood, in Perrysville, Ind., March 8, 1873, at the advanced age of seventy-three. Dr. Spotswood spent most of his life in Indiana, having come to this State when he was fourteen years old. His childhood and youth were spent on the farm, and he received his literary instruction from his mother. He studied medicine at Rush Medical College, Chicago, and graduated in 1852, locating same year at Perrysville, Vermillion Co., Ind., where he re¬ mained in the active practice of his chosen profession until 1888, being then the oldest practicing physician in Vermillion county. In April, 1862, after the battle of Shiloh, Dr. Spotswood volun¬ teered his professional services to help to take care of the wounded. He went to Evansville where he found a large number of the wounded had been sent to Indianapolis, whither he went, and was offered a position as surgeon by Gov. Morton, but did not accept it. In August, 1862, he was appointed surgeon of the Seventy-first Ind. V. I., which became the Sixth Indiana Cavalry, and served in that capacity for eighteen months, when he was compelled to resign on account of disease of the eyes, acquired in the discharge of his official duty, and from which he has never recovered. He returned to Perrysville, where he did office practice. Dr. Spotswood repre¬ sented Vermillion county one term in the legislature. He is a speaker of marked ability, and is independent in politics. He inherits of his mother poetical genius, and has written several very creditable poems. The Doctor was elected to the General Assem¬ bly from Vermillion county, Ind., in 1854, and was next the young¬ est member in the House of Representatives. He was the first to advocate a State normal school for Indiana, and while a member of the legislature he introduced the first resolution to establish the State Normal School of Indiana. The resolution reads as follows:

Resolved: That the committee on education be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a State Normal School, in which persons who desire to make teaching a profession shall receive instruction free of charge, provided they bind themselves to teach for a specified term of years within tliCState of Indianaand also it it is deemed expedient to establish such a school, whether it would be practicable to establish it on the Manual Labor Plan so as to make it a self-support¬ ing institution as near as possible. With leave to report by bill or otherwise.

The Doctor was the first to agitate a State bureau of statistics. Dr. Spotswood was married May 17, 1853, to Miss Sarah, daughter of Rev. John F. Schermerhorn, of the State of New York, and they had five children, as follows: Edith, Wolford and Bernard are de¬ ceased, and Edwin and Mary are living in Terre Haute, Mary being married to H. B. Rhoads. Dr. Spotswood is a Methodist.

man was born in Ireland August 24, 1848, and is a son of William Stack, wlio was a farmer, and died in the old country. The family consisted of eight children, of whom Patrick W. is the fifth. He crossed the ocean in 1852, and was reared in America, attending the common schools at Pittsburgh, Penn., where he also worked in the machine shops some years. In 1866 he removed to Terre Haute, and was employed by the Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company as engineer, and has since made this city his home. In 1875 he embarked in the hotel business, and has carried on, at the same time, other business enterprises. He has dealt extensively in real estate, and is the owner of nine dwellings in addition to his hotel and other real estates in Terre Haute, also valuable property in Illi¬ nois - a highly improved stock-farm, where he breeds and deals ex¬ tensively in draft horses. He has made his own way in the world. Mr. Stack was united in marriage in Coles county, Ill., in 1876, to Miss Mary A., daughter of I. O. Sullivan, and born in Clay county, Ind., of Irish descent, which union has been blessed with seven children, viz.: Will. D., John W., Anna Mary J., Margaret A., May Patrick, Helen and Catherine. The family are members of the Catholic Church, and Mr. Stack is a member of the Hibernian So¬ ciety, also of the C. K. of A., having served as treasurer and presi¬ dent in the order. He is a member of three of the building and loan associations of Terre Haute, and occupies the position of ap¬ praiser in all of them. He does all he can to advance the interests of the laboring man, and to help to build up the city. Mr. Stack is a con¬ sistent and active member of the Democratic party, though never a blind dogmatic partisan, and in 1880 was a candidate before the Democratic convention for county treasurer. It is the welfare of his country and fellow-man that always actuates his every action.

PETER N. STAFF, No. 913 Main street, Terre Haute, was born in Henry county, Ind., January 26, 1844, and is a son of Fredrick S. and Catherine (Napp) Staff, natives of Baden, Germany. Peter N., who is the sixth in a family of ten children, was married in Terre Haute October 27, 1881, to Martha E., daughter of -Joseph C. and Catharine (Sasseen) Strole, who were of German descent. Mrs. Staff is the eldest in a family of four children that grew to maturity, and was born in New Goshen, Ind., February 13, 1854. Mr. Staff was reared in Raysville, Ind., and received a common-school educa¬ tion; he worked on a farm, also in a brick yard, and was railroading about nine years. In September, 1861, in response to the call of his country, he enlisted in Company K, Thirty-sixth Ind. V. I., and among the important engagements he participated in may be mentioned the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Stone River, Chickamauga and the Atlanta campaign. At Ringgold, Ga., he was slightly wounded with, a sabre, and was captured, but made his escape. He was mustered out at Indianapolis in September, 1864, and after his return from the army he attended school three years at Raysville and Kniglitstown. He came to Terre Haute in 1870, and en¬ gaged in business. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 882, and of the Encampment, No. 17. He is a Republican in politics.

CHARLES STAHL, member of the firm of Zimmerman & Stahl, manufacturers of pants, overalls and shirts, No. 30 North Sixth street, Terre Haute, is a native of Vienna, Austria. His father, Edward Stahl, who held a government position, died in Vienna at the age of sixty-five years, and his widow, whose maiden name was Anna Zimmerman, is yet living in Vienna. Charles, who is the eldest in a family of seven children, received his education in the highest institutions of learning in Vienna. Having attended school fifteen years, he began his career in the railroad business as telegraph operator and station agent, and was thus employed five years, when he accepted a position in the Exchange Bank of Vienna, where he remained two years, when he resigned and went into the largest bank in Vienna, wdiose capital was $90,000,000, having control of $100,000,000 of State funds. Mr. Stahl remained in that institution nine years. He emigrated to America, locating in Terre Haute, Ind., November 9, 1886, and owing to the illness of Mr. Zimmerman, his father-in-law, he took charge of his business; resigned his position in the bank in 1887, and took an interest iu the factory. Mr. Zimmerman died in May, 1888, and Mr. Stahl has had entire charge of the concern since that time. The business was organized by Mr. Zimmerman in 1872, and had a steady growth until his sickness, when its affairs declined; but under the manage¬ ment of Mr. Stahl, who is an enterprising, thorough business man, it has grown until they now have a larger trade than ever. This factory is one of the important enterprises of Terre Haute, and gives employment to about 250 girls and about twenty men. Mr. Stahl was united in marriage, in Vienna, Austria, July 9, 1883, with Rosa, the younger of the two children of Charles Zimmerman, and a native of Bohemia. Mr. and Mrs. Stahl had born to them two children: Charles and Elsa, latter deceased.

REV. JAMES D. STANLEY, rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, residence No. 215 North Seventh street, Terre Haute. This gentleman is a native of Georgia, being a son of Augustin and Rebecca (Dowdell) Stanley, also natives of that State. The father was an Episcopal minister, and also a physician and surgeon, having been graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. The family removed from Georgia to Tennessee in 1871, and remained there until 1879, when they became residents of Evansville, Ind.

His father was rector of the Church of the Holy Innocents in that city, and died in January, 1881, at the age of forty-nine years. Our subject, who is the eldest in a family of six children, received his preparatory education in Georgia and Tennessee, and entered Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., in 1873, where he was graduated, in 1877, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, three years later receiving that of M. A. He was awarded the oratorical medal at the college in 1876. In the fall of 1877 he entered the General Theological Seminary, New York City, being graduated in 1880. At the Commencement that year he was one of the two appointed essayists. He was ordained to the ministry in June, 1880, at St. Paul's Church, Evansville, Ind., by Bishop Talbot. Here he offi¬ ciated for a short time, and in October, 1880, took charge of the Church of the Epiphany, Cincinnati, Ohio. He became rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Terre Haute, in October, 1886, and has served on a number of important committees in the diocese. In 1889 he was one of the four Clerical Deputies from the State to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church held in New York City. He is Past Chancellor of Oriental Lodge, No. 81, K. of P., and Prelate of the Commandery, K. T. No. 16, Terre Haute, and in May, 1890, was elected Grand Prelate of the Grand Commandery of the State of Indiana.

WILLIAM I. STARK, physician and surgeon, Nevins town¬ ship, P. O. Fontanet, was born in Sullivan county, Ind., June 30, 1857, and is a son of Elijah and Curmellar (Weeks) Stark, former a native of Indiana, latter of Kentucky. They were of Scotch de¬ scent. The father has been a farmer all his life, and resides on a farm in Sullivan county. Dr. Stark, who is the sixth in a family of nine children, was reared on a farm, and received his early edu¬ cation in the common schools, subsequently attending the high school at Sullivan. He then studied "medicine with Dr. Higbee, at Sullivan; afterward went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he took a full course in the Homeopathic College, graduating in 1881. He then entered on the practice of his profession in igo county, and has been a practitioner here ever since. The Doctor was married, Sep¬ tember 24, 1886, to Miss Malinda, daughter of Daniel H. and Eliz¬ abeth Markin, and of German descent. Dr. and Mrs. Stark are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Demo¬ crat, and has served an unexpired term as justice of the peace; afterward he was elected, and served a full term in the office. I hey are members of the Knights and Ladies of Honor, of which order Mrs. Stark is financial secretary. The Doctor is a member of the Knights of Labor.

ative citizens of Terre Haute. He was born in Crawford county, Ill., July 22, 1851, and is a son of Nenian and Martha J. (Harris) Steele, former a native of Virginia, latter of Illinois, and both of Scotch descent. The father was a physician, and engaged in the practice of his profession in Crawford county, Ill., where he died in 1861. Worth B., who is the third in a family of five children, was reared in Illinois, attending the graded schools, and early in life was engaged as a book-keeper. He came to Terre Haute in 1868, and served as secretary of the Terre Haute Lumber Company. In 1889 he became a member of the Wabash Lumber Company, and has since served as its secretary. He was married in Clark countv, Ill., in May, 1872, to Miss Delia A., daughter of John and Susan Pat¬ terson, and a native of Maine, born of English descent. This union has been blessed with three children: Malcom, John and Alma. Mr. Steele is a member of the Christian Church, Mrs. Steele of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the city council : is a Master Mason, and a member of the I. O. O. F. He is trustee of the National Union Society, Terre Haute. Politically he is a Republican.