Washington County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1916 (part 8 of 11)

Mr. Batt has been well rewarded for his loyalty to his native township, in the possession of his well cared for and valuable tract of land. He is a man of sterling qualities, upright principles, and genial disposition, all of which have won for him many warm and admiring friends and acquaintances.

Prince Garfield Huston

Prince Garfield Huston, for years a well-known school teacher o; this county and now a progressive young farmer of Franklin township, is a native of Washington county, having been born on a farm in Monroe township, on June 14, 1880, eldest son of Sanford Hardman and Eliza Jane (Weir) Huston, who at that time resided on the farm of the late Charles Lockv.'ood, then owned by the hitter's father, Thomas Lockwood.

Sanford H. Huston was born in Franklin township, this county, on the farm now owned bv Benjamin A. Miller in 1853, son of William .Alexander and Elizabeth Anne (Tucker) Huston, the former of whom also was i)orn in this county, sixth child of Judge Samuel and Christina ( McClellan) Huston, and the latter in Hardin county, Kentucky. Two years following the birth of Prince G. Huston, a second son, Willie Otho, was born into the family of Sandford H. Huston. The next year the family moved to the Thomas Cochran farm and for a time lived in an old log house, which has but recently been torn down. There, in 1884, a third son, Clifford Morse, was born. That home, however, was only temporary, as the family presently moved to the Beech Grove neighborhood, three miles east of New Philadelphia, where Mr. Huston bought the George Weir farm of sixty acres, and there the family established their permanent home. There three daughters were born, the eldest of whom, Nellie Gustava, died when she was four years of age. The father and mother and the two surviving daughters, Elsie May and Odessa Elizabeth, now reside there.

The winter following the removal of the Huston family to the last named farm, P'rince ^. Huston entered the common school at district No. 8, locally known as '"Wild Cat," and there he attended regularly until 1899, in which year, at the age of nineteen, he taught his first term of school, his seiVice as a teacher beginning in his old home school. With the exception of three winters, the terms of 1902-3, 1904-5 and 1907-8, Mr. Huston ever since has Ijeen engaged as a teacher in this county, during five terms of this ]>eriod having been a teacher in the Franklin township high school. For his iirst service as a teacher he received one dollar and forty cents a day, which he regarded as quite a liberal compensation. Mr. Huston was graduatefi from the common school at the age of sixteen, after which he entered Borden College, \\hich he attended during several spring terms and during the entire vear of 1002-03 and from which he was graduated in the matheniatic course with the class of 1903, the last class graduated from that excellent old institution, President Borden discontinuing the college in that vear. The historic class of 1903 was com])osed of twenty memljers and ^Tr. Huston was honored by having been elected )>resident of the same. \\liile at Borden College Mr. Huston formed a close friendship with Jesse Xrwlnn and Egbert Miles, two of his classmates, and the three were fre- (|iKiul\ referred to as "the triumvirate."' Mr. Newlon is now superintendent cjf the city schools at Decatur, Illinois, and Mr. Miles is an instructor at Yale.

In the spring of 1904. following the close of the school year, Mr. Huston started for California for a summer outing. He took with him niilv enougli money to pay his ]>assage to Rialto, a small town not far from

Los Angeles, the home of his uncle Cyrus D. Weir, and where his brother, Willie, at that time was working, it being his expectation to "work his way" during the continuation of his trip. After thus pretty thoroughly covering southern California points, he and his brother worked their way by steamer to Portland, Oregon, an ocean voyage of five days, and from there made their way, through Baker City, to Rye valley, where another uncle, Erastus Weir, resided. In July, accompanied by his uncle, Edward Weir, a brother to Erastus, he started home, returning by way of St. Louis, where the Louisiana Purchase Exposition then was in progress, and after a comprehensive view of the many wonders of that great world's fair, he returned home. A few days later he entered Purdue University, with a view to taking the course in civil engineering. With some credits from the work done at Borden College, he was able to complete the greater part of the sophomore year. He was so attracted to the agricultural course provided by that state school that arrangements were made to do some of the work in agriculture. Accordingly, a part of his time there was devoted to the study of scientific agriculture, he being thus inspired to engage actively in the work of the farm and at the end of his years work at Purdue he bought his grandfather Huston's farm, adjoining his father's farm on the west, and on that well-kept place of one hundred and twenty acres, which his grandfather had owned for more than fifty years, he has made his home ever since his marriage in 1906, applying the principles of scientific agriculture to the cultivation of the same, in the winters still following his profession of teacher. His wife also is the owner of a farm of one hundred and twenty acres in this county.

In 1906 Prince G. Huston was united in marriage to Mary Mead, who was born in Polk township, this county, daughter of Benjamin F. and Harrietta fDiehl) Mead, and who was a schoolmate of his at Borden College, and to this union three children have been born, Ernest Clifford, born in Alma Lucile, in 1910, and Virginia Rose, in 1915. ^Ir. Huston is a profound student of the Bible and is greatly interested in the spread of Bible teachings, giving much thought to the same. He has never held or sought political office, nor taken any particular interest in politics in reference to mere party organizations, though .an ardent advocate of good government and all that pertains thereto, performing his duties as a good citizen in all the relations of life. He takes a warm interest in the advancement of the neighborhood and community welfare and since 1913 has been secretarv and treasurer of the Peniile-; Telejilmne Companv.

Torn R. Beard

John R. Beard, farmer, who was bom on October 27, 1873, in Posey township, Washington county, Indiana, is a son of Daniel B. Beard and Emma C. (Standeford) Beard. Daniel B. Beard, who was born about three miles northeast of Fredericksburg, was a son of Thomas and Martha ( Voyles) Beard. Thomas was a son of Benjamin Beard, who came from North Carolina, bringing a large family of children with him. They were on their way to Illinois, but when near the line of Howard and Jackson townships, the fauiily refused to go further, and there they lived until the children grew up and married.

Thomas Beard married Martha Voyles, daughter of Daniel Voyles, and lived near Mt. Carmel, close to the line between Posey and Howard townships. After five children were born, Martha (Voyles) Beard died, and Thomas Beard married Mrs. Polly Moore, a widow and after four children were born by the second marriage, he died, in 1877.

Daniel B. Beard taught school when sixteen years of age, and was a corporal in the United States army. His life work after leaving the army was farming in Posey township until his death in 1878. His wife, Emma C. Standeford, was born at Palmyra, Harrison county, Indiana, and was a daughter of Squire Hildreth Standeford and Mary ('Stucker) Standeford. Squire Standeford was a son of Aquilla Standeford and was bom in Nicholas county, Kentucky, June 26. 1808. Aquilla Standeford was born in Maryland, June 3, 1780, and with his parents, moved to Kentucky when it was a wild, unsettled country. In 181 7 he came to Indiana with his family, where he l:)ecame an exhorter and class leader and of good influence. His son. Rev. Squire H. Standeford, was seven years old when the family settled in Harrison county, Indiana; and was licensed to preach in 1850; also ran a store that is still in business at Palmyra, and ran a hotel there, also, in the early days. His wife, Elizabeth Stucker, was born south of Martinsburg. Their daughter. Emma, married Daniel Beard, and by that marriage were born two children, John R. and Laura E. Mr. Beard died in 1878, and in 1879 his widow married A. J. Dodge, of Posey township. By her second marriage was born one «on, Elmer, who died when ten years old. Her daughter, Laura E., is wife of John L. Martin, a prosperous farmer in the southeast part of Posey township.

mal, at Danville, Indiana. Indiana State Normal, at Terre Haute, and the college at Moores Hill. He has taught school for the past twelve years. In 1906 he married Ola Taylor, who was lx)rn about four miles northeast of Palmyra, in Harrison county, Indiana, and was a daughter of John Harvey and Mary Frances (McCallen) Taylor. John H. Taylor was born at Galena, son of Raleigh Taylor, who was a slaveholder in Kentucky, but did not Ijelieve in slavery, left Kentucky and came to Indiana, and used to run flatboats on the Ohio river in early days. Mary Frances McCallen was born northeast of Palmyra, daughter of Hayes B. and Almira (Horner) McCallen. The McCallen family were about the earliest settlers where Palmvra now stands. Palmyra was called McCallens Cross Roads, and McCallen had an early-day hotel there, when the stage coach with eight white horses drove on the pike between New Albany and \'incennes - a time when the country was new and wild and wolves a menace on the way. The McCallen hotel at that time was one of the finest on the pike, and they had a deer park there. The family were very long-lived, and ]\lrs. Beard remembers her great-grandparents.

Ola Taylor attended Normal school at Corydon, and taught for ten vears, seven years of which was at Palmyra. John R. Beard and wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. Their people have been Methodists clear back to the time of the \A'esleys : .-ind on the Standeford side, have been exhorters, class-leaders, and local preachers from the beginning. He also belongs to the Masons and Odd Fellows. Mr. and Airs. Beard ha\e one daughter, Frances Catherine.

John Goss

The farm on which John Goss now li\es was inherited by his father, Samuel Goss, from his father, and it was on this farm that the subject of the present review was born on Jamiary 10. 1840, his uKither being Helena ( Gray) Goss.

The paternal gramlparents of John Goss. George Goss and his wife, who before her marriage was Mary Boss, came from their native state. North ("arolina, to this county at such an early period that they obtained go\'ernment land on which they lived and died, rearing a large family of children all of whon- are deceased. Before his death. George Goss divided this large tract of land among his children. Samuel Go^s, who was born on the farm which John Goss now owns, was a successful farmer and Hved all of his life in this county. He died in 1865, ^"^ ''t the time of his death owned, besides his land here, a tract of three hundred and twenty acres in Jackson county, Indiana. The thirteen children born to Samuel Goss and his wife are: George, Ephraim, Lafayette, John, Samuel, Jr., David, Joseph, Sarah, Isabelle, Tane, Rachael, America, and one child who died in infancy. Of these, four besides John are still living. Rachael, now Mrs. McCarg, and America i'owers are both residents of Jackson county, Indiana; Lafayette in .Missouri, and Joseph is a resident of Jackson county. Samuel Goss was a Republican, and a member of the (liurch of Christ.

John Goss received his education in the county schools, and was living on his father's farm when the war broke out. With the enthusiasm of youth, he hastened to enlist, and found himself in Company C. Twenty-third Regiment, Indiana \'olunteer Infantry. During most of the war, he served under General Grant and took part in many engagements, including the battle of Shiloh, the siege of \Tcksburg, Thompson's Hill, Mississippi, as well as several less important ones. At the battle at Raymond, Mississippi, he was wounded in the right arm, and as a result was in hospital for a time, but re-engaged at Vicksburg. Aftei^ he was mustered out at Indianapolis, he returned to his home, and on October 8, 1865, was married to Lucinda Goss, who was born on October 15, 1842, and is the daughter of George and Elizabeth (Wright) Goss. It might be noted in passing that George Goss was the grandfather of T. J. Goss, whose biography is included in the present publication, and the son of David and Elizabeth (Boss) Goss. Three <.)f his thirteen children are living, these being Polly Maggie (McGill) of (lark county, Indiana; Ephraim, of Texas, and Mrs. John Goss.

John Goss is the owner of a splendid farm of one hundred and sixty acres, on which he has l:>ecome a successful general farmer, part of this tract being a portion of his father's farm. Having made many improvements, and built a splendid home, "Sir. Goss has given over much of the work and management to his son, George, who works with Alva Martin as halfpartner in the business. Although an active Republican, Mr. Goss has never been an office seeker nor a lodge member. His church membership is held in the Church of Christ, at Pekin, Indiana. By his kindly, genial nature, Mr. Goss has endeared himself to his fellow-citizens. He is quiet and gentle in. manner, tolerant towartl human frailties, and admired by all who have the honor of his friendship.

Joseph R., George W., Giles E., L>innie. Minnie and Clara. Oliver E., the lirst-born, who is a farmer of Pierce township, married Emma Detrick, who is the mother of three children, Anna Lucinda, Elizabeth and Alice. Joseph R. is a well-known Polk township farmer. George \V., who married Nellie Matsinger, has no children. They also live in Polk township. Giles E. is deceased. Linnie has become the wife of John Detrick, a farmer and fruit grower of (/lark county, Indiana, and the\- are the parents of two children, Joseph Earle and Ralph. IMinnie is the wife of a farmer named Luther Armstrong, of DuBois county, Indiana, and the mother of a daughter named Nellie. Clara married a farmer named George McDill, living in Franklin township, this county, and is the mother of twn children, Lilly Edith and Arval Shelbv.

Robert Bextox Colglazier

Prominent in the agricultural affairs of \\'a>:hington county and a member of one of the oldest families of Indiana is Robert Benton Colglazier, a native of Pierce township, this county, who was born on the 29th of July, 1848, the son of George and Melvina (Britt) Colglazier. Of the father of the subject of this sketch it might be stated that he spent his entire life as a farmer, and until he reached the age of eighty-eight years, when his death occurred, he was active in his duties of farm life.

George Colglazier was born on the [5th of July, 181Q, on Mill creek in Washington township, of thi- .count}-. He came to Pierce township to take uj) his residence when the subject of this sketch was a year old, and began farming on eighty acres of ground. He was a pioneer in every sense of the word, and met the obstacles of early life in this section of the state with a courage that was un<launted iiy failure and disappointment. For half a century he was a member of the Ft. Hill Church of Christ and contributed generoush- to its welfare. Air. Colglazier was married in 184J to Melvina Britt, the daughter of Xelson and Hulda ( Hudleson) Britt, both of whom were nati\es of X'irginia. Mehina .\. Britt was born in Howard township of this count}- and passed awa}- on the JOth of Xo\ember, 1866. Her parents, who came to Washington couiUy from their native state, entered a claim on the land north of Beck"s Mill, in Howard township, where they li\ed to advanced age, her father having fnllnwed the occupation of a farmer (luring his entire life. To Air. and Mrs. Colglazier the following children were born: John N., who resides in Xebraska: William H., resides near

Bedford, Indiana; Robert B., the subject of this sketch; Albert M., resides in Washington township; Maria H. (Mrs. Sherwood) is now living in Nebraska; Martha, who married a Mr. Moss, resides in Salem; Mary, the wife of a Mr. Purlee, is a resident of Orleans, Indiana; Melissa C, makes her home with the subject of this sketch; David D., is living in Hutchison, Kansas, and Laura, who married a Mr. Williams, is a resident of Polk township, in this county. Five years after the death of his first wife, Mr. Colglazier married Lucy Roby, a native of this county, and the daughter of Leonard and Elizabeth Roby. After the death of his wife, who passed away on the loth of January, 1904, Mr. Colglazier made his home with his youngest daughter, Laura, until his death, which occurred in 1908. George Colglazier was an active member of the Republican party.

Robert B. Colglazier has spent most of his life following the occupation of a farmer, with the exception of three years which were spent in Nebraska with relatives and a year in Howard township which was spent in teaching school. He tame to the farm which he now occupies in 1880, when the farm vvhich now extends over one hundred and ninety acres contained only forty acres of land. Aside from the interests of general farming he has given special attention to stock raising and trading and buying and selling many head of cattle each year. His farm is one of the most up-to-date in the community and the dairy which is known as "Edge Wood" is well advertised through the purity of its products. Mr. Colglazier, owing to his wide experience in stock rearing is looked upon as an authority on questions pertaining to that branch of farming.

On the 27th of August, 1876, occurrea the marriage of Robert B. Colglazier to Sarah D. Johnson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Josiah T. Johnson, of whom an account is given on another page of this volume. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Colglazier are Otis, who was born in 1877, and who married Estella May Graves, the daughter of William and Alice (Motsinger) Graves, and who was born in 1882. Mrs. Otis Colglazier passed away on the 13th of January, 1907, leaving besides her husband, two children, Zola, who died when seven months old and Helen May. By his second wife. Alma Little, of Bedford, Indiana, whom he married on the 30th of March, 1910, Otis Colglazier has two children, Mary Lucile and Dorothy Lorene. He resifles near Phoenix, Arizona, where he follows the occupation of a farmer. Maud, the second child born to Ro1)ert Colglazier. conducts a millinery store in Livonia, Washington county, Indiana. Winn Waldo is :i f;irnier lixing nn the Colglazier farm and Grace also resides at home.

Mr. ("olglazier is a man who owing to his abihty has been elected to a number of offices of i)ublic trust. For live years he held the office of township assessor and for a time served as road supervisor. In liis political interests he is a member of the Progressive party and at the present time holds the office of church trustee. On account of his sterling attributes of charactei;- he has won a place of high esteem in the county in which he was born. Mr. and Mrs. Colglazier have been life-long members of the Ft. Hill Church of Christ, for the growth and welfare of its congregation their parents made noble sacrifices.

Josiah T. Johnson

Josiah Tillison Johnson is a native of Washington county, having been born in Jackson (now Howard) township, on the 5th of November, 1828. He is the sori of Jordan Johnson and Levina (Wright) Johnson whose genealogical history is interesting from the prominence gained by the members of the Johnson family in tliis country. The Johnson family traces its lineage back to England to Scotch-Irish ancestry. The founder of the American branch of the family who came to this country and settled in Virginia was Jordan Johnson, the father of the following sons, Josiah, Jesse, Jacob and Jordan. It is interesting to record at this point that Jacob Johnsc'i, who immigrated to Tennessee, became the father of Andrew Johnson, P esident of the United States. Jesse went to Mississippi and Jordan, who was a large slaveholder, died in Virginia, where he also owned vast possessions of land. Josiah Johnson is the member of the family who has the greatest part to play in the history of establishing the family in this section of the country. It might be said before touching upon his end«i\ors in Indiana, that he married Sally Wright of North Carolina, who was the daughter of Richard Wright (of Welsh descent), native of England and the parent of eight children.

Josiah Johnson and his wife came to Clark's Grant where they lived for a year. In 1808, in company with two brothers-in-law, James Allen and Noah Fonts, he entered a liomestead claim on the land southwest of Salem which is now the farm of Walter Colglazier. Josiah Johnson followed the occupation of a farmer and lived until 1813, his wife, who lived to an advanced age, died in \^igo county where she had gone with her second husband.

Josiah Johnson was the father of the following children: Richard, Ransom, Wile\-, Jordan. Josiah, Henry, Tsaiah, Nancy and Clarissa. Jordan Johnson, whose life has a direct bearing upon the. subject of this sketch, married Levina Wright, of whom the following information can be given. She was born in the old block house that stood on Fort Hill in 1813, and was the daughter of John and Nancy (Purlee) Wright, the former of whom was bom in Rowan county. South Carolina, a son of Amos and Elizabeth (Low) Wright. After the death of his first wife, Peggy Wolfscale, who left a daughter, Elizabeth, John Wright married Nancy Purlee who has just been mentioned as the mother of Levina Johnson.

John Wright was one of the' most interesting of the pioneers who helped lav the foundations of community life in Washington county. He came here in 18 10 and settled four miles south of Salem on the Press Hinds place. After selling this farm he moved two miles south of Salem where he lived until taking up his home on Bear creek. In 18 10 the Free Will Baptists established a church in his house and later Mr. Wright donated the ground for the church whose name was soon changed to the Church of Christ and which is at the present time known as the Blue River church, four miles southeast of Salem. John Wright was the first preacher of the church and with the assistance of Adam Kearns, ministered to three thousand souls. He was a power in the community where his influence was evident long after he had passed away.

Jordan Johnson, the father of the subject of this sketch, began his life as a farmer on a farm four and one-half miles from Salem on the Beck's Mill road. He lived on this place until his death which occurred on February 22, 1874. His wife, who passed away on the 22nd of September, 1884, became the mother of four children, one of whom died in infancy. The other children were, Josiah, the subject of this sketch; Nancy and Rebecca.

Josiah T. Johnson followed the occupation of a farmer for sixty-eight years until the time when he went to Uve with his children. He married Maria A. Denny, the daughter of Thomas Goff and Jane (Hobbs) Denny, and a native of M^ashington county. Thomas Denny, who was the son of Samuel and Dorothy (Goff) Denny, came to this county in the early pioneer days and put up a log cabin where the Odin Parker farm is now. In those days the pioneers had no method of cutting the lumber except with a whipsaw. To Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Johnson, the. following children were born: Sarah Dorothy, who married R. Benton Colglazier; Harry B., deceased, who was .survived by his wife and three children: Jacob, who died of tetanus at the age of nineteen ; Morton, who is in California ; Walter, who is teach- ing school in Chicago ; Thomas, who disappeared in Kansas, is beheved to have been drowned in the Hood of that state; Levina Jane is the wife of Alonzo Roberts; Nora Odell became the wife of S. H. Hall, and Alberta, who married G. O. Child, resides in Campbellsburg. -Two children, a boy and a girl, died in infancy.

Thomas B. Trueblood, well-known farmer and prominent citizen of Washington township, Washington county,, Indiana, was born in Washington township, on March 24, 1877, the son of Joshua G. and Elizabeth (Baynes) Trueblood, natives of Washington county, Indiana, and Delaware county, Pennsylvania, respectively.

Joshua G. Trueblood was born on March 25, 1839, the son of Nathan and Mary Darby (Hollowell) Trueblood, the former of whom was the son of Joshua Trueblood. Nathan Trueblood came to Washington township, when he was thirteen years of age, with his parents, and after his school days he engaged in farming on the home farm, which was homesteaded near the town of Canton, for some time, and then was married to Mary Darb\- Hollowell, who was the daughter of Thomas and Mary Hollowell. .\fter his marriage, Nathan Trueblood homesteaded a farm in Washington township, a place which he cultivated for the remainder of his days.

Joshua G. Trueblood, father of the subject of this sketch, was born on the old Trueblood homestead, in \\'ashington township, near where he was educnted, and after which time he engaged in fanning for some time, and theu Joshua G. Trueblood enlisted with the Fifty-third Regiment, Indiana V'olunteer Infantry, for ser\ice in the Civil War, Mr. Trueblood serving as a part of the army of General Sherm;m for three years and eight months, after this time receiving his honorable discharge, as a result of the cio.^e of the war.

Following his return from war service, Joshua G. Trueblood was married, on September 19, 1866, to l^lizabeth P. Baynes, the daughter of Beezon and Lowrv (Humphrevs) Baynes, a sketch of whose lives is presented elsewhere in this volume. To the marriage of Joshua G. and FJizabeth Trueblood were born the following children, Lowry. Mary, Elwood, Lewis (deceased), Oliver, Thomas, Walter and William.

Joshua (i. rrMel)lood. after his marriage, secured a farm of eighty acres south of Hitchcock, a ])lace which he improved and where he lived as a general farmer, until 1880, when he moved to another farm of eighty acres in Washington township, on this place, Joshua G. Trueblood having engaged extensively and with notable success in general farming and more especially in the breeding of high grade, purebred Poland China hogs and Cotswold sheep. The elder Trueblood was known as an expert on live stock, his judgment on matters of sheep and hogs giving him a place among the leaders of the business in the state and vicinity. Joshua G. Trueblood continued in his agricultural life until his death on May 23, 1906, after which time, a son, Walter, took up his work and is now successfully engaged in following the principles and methods of his father.

loshua G. Trueblood and his wife were active and devout members of the Blue River Society of Friends and were among the most active in the support of the efforts and worship of the Hicksite Friends church. The elder Trueblood was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic post at Salem, and was a man who was prominent in the ranks of the Republican party, he not caring to serve in public office.

Thomas B. Trueblood received his education in the township schools of his native township, and then, after a period as a farmer on his father's farm, Thomas Trueblood, with his brother, Oliver, went to the state of Colorado, where they lived for some time and then returned to Washington county, and purchased, jointly, a farm of one hundred and three acres, located east of the town of Salem. On this place Thomas Trueblood and his brother engaged in general farming for about seven years, and then, disposing of this farm, the Trueblood brothers bought a farm of seventy acres, known as the old Knight farm, a place which they cultivated for six years. About this time, Thomas Trueblood moved to Salem, where he bought property, but continued to farm for two years then secured work in a factory for two vears. After disposing of his home in Salem, Thomas Trueblood returned to farm life and bought a farm in Washington township, where he now lives and is successfully engaged in general agricultural pursuits.

(^n .\pril Q, 1905, Thomas B. Trueblood was united in marriage to Grace Idola Witter, who was born on January 30, 1885, in Washington township, the daughter of William J. and Margaret (Morris) Witter. To the marriage of Thomas B. and Grace Trueblood have been born two children, Russell Boyd and Blanche Elizabeth. Mr. Trueblood and his family are members of the Blue River Friends church. In politics, Thomas B, Trueblood is an active Republican, although he has not aspired to public office.

Isaac H. H If' St And

Isaac H. Hiestand, one of the be^l-kiiuw n farmers of the community and a prominent citizen of Jackson to\Mishii). Washington county, Indiana, was born near Martinsburg, Jackson townshi]). ( )ctoI)er 18, 1837, the son of Isaac and Jemima (Richards) Hiestand. i>ioneers of southern Indiana. Isaac Hiestand, Sr., was ])orn in Rockingham count}, N'lrgnua, in i8o('), he Ijemg the son of John and l>arbara (Stricklcr) Hiestand. who. about 1818, moxed to Jackson to\\nshi[j, Washington comity, huhana, and settled on a farm which John Hiestantl cultixated for the remainder of his days.

Isaac Hiestand, Sr., following his education in the schools of Jackson tcjwnship. became a farmer, working with his father for some years, after which he took possession of the home place and li\etl there as a farmer and as a carpenter for the rest of his life.

Isaac tliestand. Sr.. was married to Jemima Richards, who was born on August 22. 1806, the daughter of Zaddock and bdcanor (Head) Richards, who came to Jackson C(junty, Indiana, at an early date. Isaac and Jemima Hiestand v.ere the parents of the following children; Sarah C, John \\'., Tryphena. Sanuiel H., Isaac H.. Thomas S., ]\lary S.. Elizabeth and James F. Isaac Hiestand, Sr., died in Seiitember, 18^]^; his \\idow died in ^^-o,6.

Isaac H. Hiestand grew to niaturit\- on the home farm and on July 4, i8()i, enlisted in Company (.', Tw ent\--lhird Regiment, Indiana \'olunteer Infantry. He ser-,-ed with the .\rjny of the Tennessee, and was wounded in the arm at the liattle of Port Gibsou. Mississippi, May i, 1863, as a result of which he was sent to the held hospital and alsn spent two weeks in the hospital at lA ansville, Indiana. During his term of serxice .Mr. Hiestand took part in many Iiattles ,-nid skirmishe--. tlie must important engagement being the battle of Shiloh. l-'ollowing his hounrable discharge from military service, in Xo\eml)er. 18O3, Isaac H. Hiestand returned t<i his farm and now cultivates one hundred and se\ eni\-tbree acres of land, as well as engaging in the live-stock Inisiness.

On Deceml)er 24, I'f^fi-,, Isaac H. Hiestand was m.irried to Dorothea A. Martin, who was born near Martiiisburg. Indiana, the daughter of Archibald and Parmelia ( Denn\- ) Abirlin. .and lo this marriage were born the following children: Rannie. Oliver, line, l.ydia. P.eniannn. Isaac. I.etha. Raymond, Carrol and Crace. Mr--. Dofotliea Hie-t.md died on lA'bruarv <), 1900.

Isaac H. Hit-stand has been prominent in the pohtical and ofificial life of Jackson township, having ser\ed his community as assessor for one term and as townsliip trustee for one term. He is a RepubHcan.

Archibald C. Martin, father of Mrs. Dorothea Hiestand, was born on March 31, 181 3, the son of Wilham Martin and wife, who came from Kentuck}' and located near Martinsburg. where they engaged in general farming for the remainder of their days. Archibald C. Martin was married to Parmelia Denny, who was born on May 26, 1822.

Mr. Hiestand is a member of E. R. Mitchell Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Borden, Indiana. He is a member of the United Brethren church at Martinsburg. He has one hundred and seventj^-two acres in his home farm, where he now lives retired from the more active duties of life.

George M. Dallas Roberts

(jeorge M. Dallas Roberts, one of the well-known farmers and a highly respected citizen of Martinsburg, Washington county, Indiana, was born on July 20, 1844, at Martinsburg, where he has since lived. The parents of George M. Dallas Roberts died when he was an infant, after which he entered the home of his grandparents, John T. and Esther Roberts, with whom he lived until he was able to make his own way in the world. John T. Roberts was born in Virginia, served as a soldier in the War of iSi-'. and then mo\ed to the state of Kentucky, whence, after making his home for some time, he came to Indiana and located in Washington county, where he engaged in general farming pursuits for the remainder ot his life Esther, the wife of John T. Roberts, was a native of Pennsyl- \ania. and of Dutch descent.

r.eorge M. Dallas Roberts, when yet a young lad, ]>egan to support himself, working at various jobs in his community. At the outbreak of the ' nil War he enlisted with Company H, Sixty-sixth Regiment, Indiana \'(ikinteer Infantry, with which command he served nearly three years, during that time ha\ ing serxed in various battles, as well as having suffered the hardsbijis of a prisoner of war.

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five years, as well as a farmer. Mr. Roberts started life with nothing and is today one of the prosperous farmers of the community, owning land that is valued in the neighborhood of seven thousand dollars.

During the year 1864 George M. Dallas Roberts was married to Barthena Cooley, who was born near Martinsburg alx)ut 1849, she being the daughter of Edward and Priscilla (Goss) Cooley, natives of ^\'ashington county, Indiana, where Edward Cooley has followed his trade as a carpenter, together with farming. To the marriage of George M. Dallas and Barthena Roberts have been born three children: Minnie R., who married James Charles; Ulysses S., who married Emma Lockhart, and to whom have been born four children, Otis, Everett, Cecil and John ; William T., who after completing a course with the degree of Bachelor of Oratory, at Valparaiso University, \^alparaiso, Indiana, and after some time in the study of dramatic art, at Omaha, Nebraska, and elsewhere, is now making his home with his father and serving as a school teacher of the communit>-. George M. Dallas Roberts and his wife are members of the Church of Christ, at Martinsburg, Indiana.

Clyde E. Schleicher

The following is a brief record of the life and ancestry of a man descended from a family of known and tried excellence. On the mother's side, Clyde Frederick .Schleicher, tracing only two generations back, finds an ancestor, John Wilson, who was a noted Baptist minister, who preached over fifty years, most of the time without remuneration. Clyde E. Schleicher, who was born in Wood township, Clark county, Indiana, February 27, t88i, is the son of Ernest and Harriet (Jackson) Schleicher.

FCrnest Schleicher was one of nine children, whose parents were Ernest Louis and Catherine ( Rognon ) Schleicher. E. L. Schleicher was of an adventurous dis])ositioii, for he ran away from his home in Bay, Switzerland, and finally lander! in Portland. Kentucky, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a well-educated man, and was especially proficient in the science of botany. His wife, a native of France, migrated to .America with her parents and met and married him in Louis\il!e, Kentucky. Of their nine children, unly three are li\ing. these l)eing lamest, father <if the subject of this sketch; b'.nima and I.nuis b'rnest Schleicher lived in Louisyille, where he followed the trade of his father, that of collar-maker. After the death of his father he and his mother settled in Clark county, Indiana, where they lived until his enlistment, on September 19, 1861, in Company J, Jliirty-eighth Regiment. Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He was in thirty-six battles, serving under General Buell and Cieneral Sherman. He advanced to the rank of corporal and later to sergeant.

Harriet Jackson, to whon] Ernest Schleicher was married on September 14, 1865, was the daughter of William and Susanna (Secrist) Jackson. After their marriage, Ernest Schleicher and his wife farmed on Broom Hill, in Clark county, for seven year?, then moved to a fruit farm in Wood township, where they lived for thirty-three years. In 1906 they purchased projjerty in P>orden, Indiana, and retired. Of their eight children, Clyde F. is the youngest. The others are: John, of Clark county; Nora, now Mrs. Park (Jarpenter, of Louisville; William, of Clark county; Charles, deceased; Thomas, of Youngstown, Ohio; Louisa, deceased wife of William E. Enloe; Lydia, wife of Joseph McCIellan, of Louisville, Kentucky.

(^lyde V. Schleicher lived at home until his marriage on- September i, rr)04. when he mo\ed to his present home on his one hundred and twenty acres, where he has become a successful general farmer. Mrs. Schleicher, before her marriage, was Gertrude Wilson. She was born in Polk township, Washington county, the daughter -tii Alexander and Sarah Jane (Charles) Wilson. Her father was born on April 4, 1835, in the same township, and was the son of Joel and Elizabeth f Williams) Wilson, both natives of North Carolina. Joel Wilson was born on June 5, 1802, and died in Polk township, March 24, 1876. His father was Elder John Wilson, of Xorth Carolina, who came to Washington countv in 1814, took government land and farmed and i)reached for fifty years. ?:ider John Wilson and his wife, Sarah, who was born in 1778 in North Carolina, are Iniried in the old Wilson graveyard in Polk township, he passing away on December [. 1861. at o\er eigbtv-four vears of age. She died on September 17, TX33, when more than sc\cntv-sevcn years old. Elizabeth (Williams) Wilson was born on 1 )ercniber 20, 1801, and died in Polk township, July .^iO. \><jC>. Their twehe children were .Mexander. Ollie, Osborn. Wilev, riulda, R.H-key, Jcrusha, John Hill, Eli, Reason, \^ictoria and Nora, all of whom ,ire de;id excejit \\'iley. who lives in California. Alexander Wilson, father of ^frs, Schleicher, was a farmer and school teacher in Polk townshi]), and an eftlcient township trustee. He was ,-i Democrat and both he and his wife were members of the Christian church. Before her marriao-e

Sarah Jane Charles was a member of the Missionary Baptist church. Alexander Wilson died on December 17. 1901. and was buried in Bethel Chapel, Polk township. His wife died on September 21, 1899. Sarah Jane Charles, wife of Alexander Wilson, was the daughter of Leaven and America (Rodman ) Charles Mrs Schleicher was one of three children, the others being John Dill, who lives on the home farm in Polk township, and Charles, residing on the adjoining place.

Clyde F. Schleicher, in November, 1914, was elected as township trustee on the Progressive ticket, beginning his term of office on January 2, 1915. He is an active, progressive Republican. He and his estimable wife are devout members of the Christian church, attending services at Morris Chapel Mr. Schleicher has won respect by his quiet, forceful manner, his keen, well-informed mind, his progressive attitude toward politics and life and his rugged honesty and habitual sincerity.

James Pleasant Hinds

Tames Pleasant Hinds, retired farmer and one of the widely-known and highly-respected citizens of Washington township, Washington county, Indiana, was born near the Blue river, four -miles south of Salem, Indiana, on March 25, 1837, the son of Sainuel and Catherine (Wright) Hinds, the former born in Jessamine county, Kentucky, in 1803. the latter in Rowan county, North Carolina, in 1806. Samuel Hinds was the son of Israel Hinds and wife, probably natives of the state of New Jersey.

Samuel Hinds, when a boy. came to Washington county, Indiana, with his parents and located in Pierce township, where he lived until after the death of his father. Israel Hinds, and then Samuel Hinds became a farmer, renting a farm of two hundred and eleven acres adjoining the home place, where he lived as a general fanner for the remainder of his days, dying in the month of October, 1879. Sanuiel Plinds was a prominent man of his time, having been a tax collector and a leader in the political and public life of his community. As a church man, Sanuiel Hinds occupied a position of influence and leadership in the Christian church of Pierce township. Samuel and Catherine Hinds were the parents of eight children: ?>larv Ann. Francis M.. Philbird W., Elizabeth C., Delilah G., James P.. J.^bn A!, and Samuel P.. five of wbdui are now living.

married, he established a home on the Hinds homestead, where he hved as a farmer for one year and then moved to Clark county, Indiana, living there for one year, after which he moved to Douglas county, Illinois, in 1864, and with his brothers, Frank and Milton, together with a cousin, Eli Wright, each of whom bought farms, adjoining, they established a colony, a place which later became the town of Hindsboro, Illinois, a flourishing town of one thousand inhabitants. James Pleasant Hinds and his brothers and cousin were instrumental in securing the right of way for the old Midland railway, which was constructed across the state of Illinois in 1872, these men having given a sixty-foot right-of-way across their land, as well as giving every other town lot, as an inducement for the builders. In 1879 James Pleasant Hinds sold his land and property in Douglas county, Illinois, and returned to Pierce township, Washington county, Indiana, where he ])urchased two hundred and ten acres of land which he cultivated for twenty years. He then moved to a farm near Orleans, making his home on that place for four years, after which he became a resident of the town of C)rleans, where he lived until 1910. and then bought his present home in Harristown, where James Pleasant Hinds now lives a retired life.

On September 5, 1861, James Pleasant Hinds was married to Sarah Eliza Fry, who was born in Clark county, Indiana, the daughter of John and Sarah (Swartz^ Fry. prosperous farmers and active church workers of the Methodist Episcopal church in their community. To the marriage of James Pleasant and Sarah Hinds have been bom the following children: John C, Charles S., George W., Horace, Louie (deceased), and one child who died in infancy. James Pleasant Hinds and his family are leading meml)ers and active workers of the Christian church in Orleans and in their various communities. In politics, Mr. Hinds is a Democrat.

Ellis H. Motsinger

Ellis H. Motsinger was born on July 10. 1885, on a farm in Polk township. Here he grew to manhood and received his education in the common .schools of that section. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Motsinger, whose life history is presented on another page of this volume.

Ellis H. Motsinger lives on the old home place, where he owns two hundred acres of some of the best land in the township. The farm has been greatly improved and developed. The house has been remodeled and today is a lieautifiil am! inodt-rn country residence. 1 he place i-- called "Meadow- Brook. ". Mr. Motsinsrer practices ^-cncral farming, as well as conducting a dairy of much importance. He has twelve head <>i Jer.sey cattle, some nf which are eligible U> register, which receive the kindest and hest attention of their owner, who 1)elie\-es that ^uch treatment is necessary for the l>est results.

On October lo, km J, l':ilis U. Mnt^inger was married t.i F.stell Tash. who was born on May c), 1803, '" l^"lk tow.nship, the daughter of Christian and Mary (Blackman) Tash. The history of the Tash family appears on another page of this volume. Mr. and ]\Irs. Motsinger have no children of their own, but their kindly disposition and love have been extended to a little orphan they ha\ e taken to raise.

Mr. Motsinger is a Democrat, but does not aspire to ofifice, yet he believes that political parties are necessary to the best interests of the country. Mr. Motsinger is a member of the Olive T'iranch. Primitive or Regular Baptist church, wdiile his wife belongs to the Church of Christ at Old Pekin. They are much interested in all church work, as well as all work that tends to elevate the moral standard of the communitw

Tn Mr. Motsinger is found a most congenial and unassuming man, a hard worker and one who a])plies himself strictlv to business. The farm is evidence of his good management and progressi^-e spirit.

Charit'S W. Hamilton

The late Charles \V. Hamilton, a scion of an dlustrious Revolutionary family and early settlers of prominence in Washington county, was !)Orn (.in a farm south of Kossuth, in Monroe township, in 1S45, tli^ of David D. and Nancy (Peugh) Hamilton. David D. Hamilton was a c(lll^picutlus iigure in Washington county and served both as a captain of militia ,ind as sheriff of this county for six years.

Charles W. Hamilton spent his entire life on the farm where lu- w.is bom, engaging hi general farming and stock raisnig. In 1S81 he was united in marriage to Prances .\. Hitchcock. ;i daughter of .Matthew and l.ucinda (Callaway) Hitchcock. Matthew Hitchcuck. born on \ugust _><). iSis. the son of AVilliam and Hannah (Coffin) Hitchcock, entered land from the go\ - ernment in Monroe townshi)) when a \-oung man .ind here -peat his entire life. He was m.arried to T.ucinda Call;iw;iv. the il^uii'hter of [.imes ,nid

I'rankie (Davis) L'allaway, on November 3, 1836, and had as the fruit of his marriage eight children, of whom two, Mrs. HamiUon and Erastus, of ( )akhind, California, are living.

To Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Hamilton were born three children, Ethel C.. John C. and l^Jiirton E. Ethel, the wife of George Townsend, resides at -McCIeary, and has one son, George. John C, who had been employed as a mail clerk on the railroad for some time, but who is now engaged in farming the old home place in Monroe township, married Nellie Burcham and has one daughter, Naomi. Burton E., who is unmarried, lives at Kossuth with his mother.

Vfter the death of her husband, in 1891, Mrs. Hamilton continued operating the farm until 1913, at which time she removed to Kossuth. She owns one hundred and seventy-eight acres in Monroe township.

William Bruce Wright

William Bruce Wright, well-known farmer of Washington township, Washington county, Indiana, was born on October 18, 1865, about one-half mile south of where he now lives, two and one-half miles southwest of .Salem. He is a son of Adam H. Wright, a sketch of whose career will be found elsewhere within this book, in the sketch of subject's brother, Eli M. Wright. William Bruce Wright lived at the family home until grown, receiving his education at a private school taught by Prof. William G. May, of Salem. All the active years of his life he has given to farming, beginning this work on his own account in the spring of 1886 on the land he now owns. He began on what was a portion of his father's land, which he rented and about fifteen years later purchased additional ground, which inak(;s his farm contain now two hundred and fifty-four acres. He has made all the improvements on the place. He has a nice house erected on high ground and a well-improved farm in every respect. He calls his home "Stony Point,'" the name suggested by the good stone quarry in the little valley near the point of land where his house now stands.

W illiam B. Wright was married in the fall of 1885, his wife being Anna C. Cauble, Ijorn about three miles south of her present home, a daughter of Thomas B. and Ellen V. f Shanks) Cauble. Mrs. Wright is a niece of Manson Shanks, whose history will be found on another page of this volume, while that of Thomas B. Cauble, father of Mrs. Wright, also appears on another page. Mr. and Mrs. Wright have a family of five children. Mabel, the eldest, is the wife of Herbert Trueblood, and resides alxiut one mile south of her father's home She has one daughter, Anna Bernice. Ruth Florence is the wife of Merritt Carter, and lives about four miles west of Salem. She has one daughter, Elizabeth Ellen. Lillian Jessie is at home with her parents, after having completed her studies in the State Normal School at Terre Haute. Elizabeth Ellen is also at home, as is Adam Harold, aged nine, the youngest of the family.

Mr. Wright gives his political .support to the Democratic party, although taking no active part in such matters. He is a quiet and industrious man, well worthy of the high esteem in which he is held by all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance.

Warder W. Stevens

Warder W. Stevens, son of Henderson and Catharine (Hayden) Stevens, was born on September 30, 1845, at Cecilia, Hardin county, Kentucky. His father was Ixirn near Corydon, Indiana, on .\pril i", 1824, and his mother in Hardin county, Kentucky, on February 3, 1822. The father died in January, 1890, and the mother in December, 1898.

William Stevens, the paternal grandfather of Warder W. Stevens, was born in Washington county. Kentucky, in 1802. anfl was married to Keziah Sini])son. a native of Ireland, on June 3. 1823. The marriage taking place in Plarrison comity, Indiana.

Daniel Hayden, the maternal grandfather of Air. .'^te\ens, was a natue of Pennsylvania, iiaving Ix-eu JHirn in that state nn June 21. i 7S0. and was married, to Hannah Shacklet in iS(io. .After their marriage thcv mo\ed to Kentuck\-, where they were .iiuong the earh- settlers of that section. The great-grandfather, John Hayden, the fqther of Daniel Havden, was a soldier of distinction in the Revolutionary War.

The parents of William Stevens, the father of Henderson Stevens, came to Kentucky in 171)4 and suffered the hardshi]is of many Indian battles, as well as other difhculties of the early settlers.

Warder W. Ste\'ens received his education in the common schools of his county and is a graduate of the high school oi Corydon, having studied under Professor May. In 1867 he recei\ed the degree of Bachelor of Paws

In 1S67 Mr. Ste\ens located in .Salem, Indiana, and in i868 was appointed deputy county auditor, and the following year was appointed county auditor l)y the county commissioners, and served in that capacity until the fall of 1870. From 1871 to 1872 he served the people of his district as prosecuting attorney. At that time he purchased the Salem ncmocrat, which he edited for the next twelve years. He was also engaged in agricultural and horticultural pursuits, having, at one time, the largest indi\idual pear orchard in the United States.

For se\eral years Mr. Stevens was a member of the state tx>ard of agriculture and in 1899 was its president. He was also a member of the Indiana State Horticultural Society and was the president for four years. -Much of the success of the farmers' institutes in the state was due to the efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, who devoted nuich time and labor to the work. He was for several years lecturer of the state grange.

I'oliticall}-, Mr. Stevens is a prominent member of the Democratic party, in which he has been a strong and active worker. In 1894 he was honored Ijy his party by l>eing elected a presidential elector and later was the nominee for lieutenant-governor and canvassed the state for his party.

.Since twenty-two years of age Mr. Stevens has been a member of the .vlasonic order, having been made a Mason by the Newland Lodge, at Salem, and later took the chapter degrees. iAfter taking up his residence in Oregon he became a Knight Templar and in 1900 a Shriner.

-Mr. ,Ste\cns was ;ilways interested in the welfare and the advancement (if the ])e(iple nf the cuninumity and his energies have always been exerted HI their belialf. In i8()_' he was the prime factor in the organization of the Salem l'"armevs Cluh and the Salem Fortnightly Club, the latter of which was the forerunner of the Salem Public Library As.sociation, an organization that has done much for all classes in Salem.

In 1 009 Mr. Stevens renio\ed to Oregon, where he is a large stockholder and the ijresident of the P)aker Mill and Grain Company, of Raker City. Oregon.

In 1(^3 Air. Stevens turned o\ er to the ITniversity of Indiana a nucleus for a |)rehistoric and relic museum. The collection included the best exhibit (if <ild-tinie agricultural implements and household articles in the Middle West, and sexxral thousand ])rchistoric sjiecimens, such as axes, tomahawks. s])ears. ]>aints. (irnaments. etc.

Mr, and ATrs. Ste\'ens are the ])arents of twn children: Ra}- Casj^jar, who was liorn on Jul\- (), 1884, and died on ( )rtoher (), i8(j8; Warda W. married C. R. Stout, of I'aoli. on Xoxeniher 1, 1006. and they ha\e one child. .'Mice .Adaline, horn on August 3, IQ07,

.Among the well-known farmers and highly-respected citizens of Washington township, \^^ashington county, Indiana, none are better known than is John C. Hinds, who was horn near Salem, this county, on January 14, 1864, the .son of James Pleasant and Sarah IC ( hVy ) Hinds, whose lives are reviewed in full elsewhere in these pages.

When vet an infant John C. Hinds was taken h\- his |>arents to Douglas coimtv, Illinois, where he was educated in the pulilic schools of that county and where he made his home until }Xj(). and tlien returned to Washington county, Indiana, and became a farnu-r on a place near his birthplace. When a voung man John C. Hinds attended a commercial college at Xew .Mbanw Indiana, and after the completion of a general business course he returned to the farm, renting a farm in Clark county until he was t\\ent\ -eight \ears of age In 1802 Mr. Hinds bought one hundred and twcni\ .n res of land near Harrislown, Washington county, which be culti\ale<l for ele\eii \c;irs. In the year igo^, having disposed of his first f.irm, he purchased a place of two hundred and fifty acres located between the towns of Harrislown and Canton, Indiana, a farm on which John < . Ilinds u<>\\ makes his home and where he is successfully engaged in general agricultural pursuits. In .addition to the home farm Mr. Hinds is the owner of mie hundred .and sixty acres of well-improved land, located one and one-half miles e;ist of the town of Xorris. in Washington county, liuli.ina.

the daughter of Thomas and Ellin \'. (Shanks) Cauble, and to this marriage have been Iwrn the following children : Ethel, who married Pierre C. ! 'await, and li\es on a farm between Salem and Harristown, with two children, Gl idys .\ll>erta and Bernice Fry: Carl \V., a farmer of near Norris, who married luhel Anderson, and to whom ha\e been born three children, Eee Clinton. Arthur Lloyd and Audrey Lucille (deceased) ; Grover E., an automobile dealer of .Salem, who married Myrtle Owens, and to whom have been born two children, Mildred and T^obert Clinton; Roy, a farmer living near Salem, who married Monta Thompson, and to whom one son, Raymond, has been born: Mamie, who married Alvah Mull, a farmer located near South Boston; and Helen Fry. who is unmarried. John C. Hinds and his family are members of the Christian church, of Canton, Washington

As a fraternal inan. John C. Hmds is a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and as a citizen and business man Mr. Hinds is valued and ai)preciated for his part in the life and activities of \Vashington township, in Washington county, Indiana.

Thomas Benton Cauble

Thomas Benton Cauble, well-known carpenter of Salem, Washington county, Indiana, was born on November lo. 1844, three miles southwest of the town where he resides. He is a son of Peter and Margaret (Brown) Cauble, the former of whom it is believed was born near Salisbury, Rowan countv. North Carolina. He was a son of Adam and Margaret Cauble, who were of German birth, and Peter was unable to speak a word of English until he was nine years old.

Adam Cauble brought his family to this county and settled about two miles southwest of Salem, on the Beck's mill road, where Bruce Wright now resides, and at that point /\dam Cauble built a grist-mill run by the water power of Blue river and called the Cauble mill. Later, Peter, his son, came into |)ossession of the mill and continued to run it for many years, dis- ])( .sing of it in the fifties. Peter Cauble also owned a farm near Fort hill, .1 lull al>oul U1U- mile west of the mill site, on which a fort had been erected l)y tlie earliest white settlers as a protection against the Indians. Peter ( ;nil)k- died in 1X60. surAi\ed bv his widow and children. Mrs. Cauble had

Thomas B. Cauble spent his boyhood on the farm on Fort hill, and after the death of his father worked for five years at the carpenter's trade for his elder brother, William, who was a contractor. Adam G., the eldest of the family, was a famier, and there was another brother, Peter Cominodore. All of these brothers are dead. Peter C. was a carpenter and farmer, and there is still another brother. Robert Mitchell, living three miles southwest of Salem, while Samuel N., another brother, lives two miles further on in the same direction from Salem. There were two girls in the family. Mary Ann, deceased, was the wife of William Colglazier, while Margaret Anni« is the widow <jf another William Colglazier, deceased, cousin of her sister's husband.

After the five years spent at the bench with his brother, Mr. Cauble married and engaged in farming, which occupation he followed for three or four years. He then formed a partnership with William Jameson and 1^'manuel Zink in the saw-mill business and for about twenty years they o]jerated a port.-ible saw-mill, moving it from one place to another. Thomas Cauble was regarded a master hand at puttmg a mill and saw in order.

Mr. Cauble had always been a Democrat in politics, and on September JO, 1^03, he took office as treasurer of Washington county, having been elected to that office on the Democratic ticket in i8q2. In 1894 he was defeated for re-election, but in iSq6 was again victorious. Since closing his public carter he has been actively engaged in his old trade of carpentering.

Thomas Benton Cauble was married, in 1866, to Ellen Virginia Shanks. She was a sister of Mansom Shanks, whose sketch gives the history of her ancestry and may be found elsewhere within the covers of this volume. To this union were l>orn four children: Effie, wife of John C. Hinds; Anna C , wife of Bruce Wright; Jessie Frank, wife of Charles Paynter, living in Oklahoma, and Clyde, of New .Mbany. Mr. Cauble was married, secondlv, in 1889, to Mary O. McCory, bom at Bridgeport, in Clark county, this state, daughter of John and Elizabeth ( Whitson ) McCory. Her family was also a native of the same tow-n, where for man\- years he was a merchant and farmer, remaining there until late in life, when he lived for a time at Sheridan, this state, and then came to the home of Mrs. Cauble, in Salem, where he died. John McCory was a veteran of the Civil War, having been a member of the Fr)urth Indiana Cavalry, and was for a time a prison<^r of

Mr. Cauble is regarded as one of the representative citizens of Washington countv and has a host of friends. He holds fraternal affiliation with the Masons and in the work of the local society he takes a commendable interes-.

Eli M. Wright

F.li M. Wright, farmer, of Washington county, Indiana, was bom on the farm where he has since lived in Washington township, three miles southwest of Salem, July 7, 1S49. He is a son of Adam H. and Elizabeth (Collier) Wright, the former also bbrn on the same farm in 1824. Adam H. Wright was a brother of Philbird Marion Wright, and included in the sketch of the latter's life is a record of the earher Wright families. The property on which Eli M. Wright makes his home, containing some one hundred and fifty-seven acres, has never been out of the possession of the Wright family. His grandfather entered it from the government and passed his remaining days on it, while his father's entire life was passed there, and !ili M. Wright bids fair to number out his days on the old home place;, dear to the memory of the entire family.

Adam H. Wright gave most of the active years of his life to farming the home place and also engaged in saw-milling. During the latter forties he had a sash saw-mill operated by water power from Blue river and continued there until 1857, when he rented the mill and he and his brother. Marion, operated a portable saw-mill for two or three years. Elizabeth Collier, wife of Adam H. Wright, was bom alx)ut eight miles west of Salem, in Vernon township, on the place where Lewis Carter resides at present. She was a daughter of James and Sarah (Lockwood) Collier, the former coming with his parents to this section from the present site of Lexington, Kentucky. The family settled in the western part of Washington county and Indians were numerous about them. There were also many wild animals and when the mother of the family milked the cows, young James had to stand her with a rifle to drive away the pajithers and other ]irowling beasts. There were no schools which the lad might attend and he got liis education by studying at night in company with his mother while she operated her spinning wheel, all in the flickering light of the candle or tallow dip. He chose as his wife Sarah, or "Sally," Lockwood, who came here with her people from North Carolina.

Kli AI. Wright is the eldest <jf a family of four children, the others being \V. B., Mary C, wi(lo\r of George Hageman, and a child who died in infancy. Adam Wright died in 1901 and his wife preceded him a few years, passing away in 1890.

Eli M. Wright has been engaged in farming the home place all the active years of his life, and assisted his father until the time of his death. In 1902 Mr. Wright built the house in which he lives on the southern part of the farm. This is a comfortable dwelling and both it and the land te.stify to the care and thriftiness of the owner. In the summer of 1892 Mr. W^right suffered a sunstroke and for four years he was compelled to give up his farm work. During those years he traded m live stock, but so far recovered as to be al>le to resume his duties as an agriculturist.

<3n I'^ebruary 28, 1908, Eli M. Wright married Stella Spaulding, born about two miles south of her present home, a daughter of Silas and Celia (Simpson) Spaulding. Silas Spaulding was bom on March 27, 1838, in Washington township, south of Salem. He is a son of Landrum and Elizal>eth (Jackson) Spaulding, the former of whom came to this section from Kentucky when a young man, while Elizabeth Jackson was brought here from X'irginia by her parents. Landrum Spaulding was a farmer most of his life, but lie was a shoemaker by trade and in those days all shoes were made to order.

Silas Spaulding has lived all his life in Washington county, engaged in farming for many years. He retired from the active duties of life some time ago and now resides on a small farm of twenty-five and one-half acres in the northern part of Pierce towjiship. Silas Spaulding was married on May 10, 1861, to Celia Simpson, born in Washington county, a daughter of Obadiah and Cynthia (Nolan) Simpson, both of whom were born in North ( "arolina, where they married and soon afterward came to this county, locatmg in the western part (jf Pierce township, where they passed their remaining days and both lie buried in the Wilson graveyard near their old home. Silas Spaulding and wife are the |>arents of two sons and two daughters, the eldest of the family l)eing Stella Florence, wife of the subject of this sketch; George B. McClellan, of Salem: Henry F. Franklin, also of Salem, and Melissa Aldora, wife of Frank Wingler, living near her father's home. Silas Spaulding was a meniber of Company C, Fifty-eighth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and -^vrved througliout the Ci\il War. He is a member of the (irand Army of the Keimblic. at Salem. Mr. Spaulding is a Democrat, but nc\er aspired to office.

Francis Marion Tash

Francis Marion lash, an extensive fanner of Polk township, Washington county, where he owns five hundred acres of land, was born near Old Pekin, March 7, 1S50. the son of John, Jr., and Anna (Bixler) Tash. John Ta.sh, Jr., born on the same farm as his son, October 30, 182 1, the son of John Tash. Sr.. and Sarah (Stanley) Tash, spent his entire life in agricultural pursuits on the farm of his birth.

John Tash, Sr., who with his wife and children, removed from North Carolina and settled on land in Polk township, about 1815, spent the remainder of his life in that township, passing away in 1850 and his wife, Sarah ( Stanley ) Tash, surviving her husband twenty-seven years.

By his marriage to Anna Bixler, daughter of Christian Bixler, four children were born to John Tash, Jr., namely: Emily Jane, Francis Marion, IJzzie and Mary. Upon the death of his first wife. Mr. Tash was then united in marriage to Lizzie Buchanan, to which union one child. Bertha. was born. Subsequently, Mr. Tash was married to Jane Hamilton.

brancis Marion Tash, after reaching manly estate, engaged in farming, which occupation he has consistently followed ever sirtce. On his farms comprising in all about five hundred acres, he engages in general stock raising and general farming, besides dealing in horses and mules.

In 1875 Francis Marion Tash was united in marriage to Lucy Ann Bailor, who was born in b"lo\'d county, Indiana, the daughter of Christian and Catherine ( Sislow ) Baylor, and to which union there were born two cl.iUlren, Ftta and .\nna. Ktta died at the age of eighteen years and Anna, \\li(. tnar'.'ied Fdwin ISellcws, li\'es at Lafayette and has one son, Lloyd. Upcn the (.leath nf his first wife, Mr. Tash was married, in December, 1881, to Laura Uodman. vvbo was born on No\-eml)er 25, 1851, the daughter of Jasper and Sarah (Jones') Rodman, the former a native of Washington ciunt\-, who li\ed near South Boston, son of Hugh and Elizabeth Rodman, and the latter the daughter of Cadwallader and Chloe (Johnson) Jones. To Mr. lash's second marriage tw^o children have 1>een born, namely: Marv, the wife of Edwin Rodman, of Polk township, and the mother o^f one daughter, Edna Cale, and John J., who lives at home with his parents, is a graduate of the Danville Normal School and is now a teacher in the district school

Old Pekin. Mr. Tash has been president of the Citizens State Bank of Pekin for three years, and has served as a director since the bank was organized.

Eli B. Stf.Phf.Xsox

l"he following biography concerns a man who, by strenuous work, has become one of the best known among the substantial farmers of this vicinity. Eli B. Stephenson, born in \'ernon township, this county, February 9, 1843, is the son of Simpson and Joanna (Maudlin) Stephenson.

.Simpson ,Stephenson ^vas born in this county on January 22, 1820, and was the son of Benjamin and Mary (Grimes) Stephenson, who were born in Kentucky. Benjamin, who was the youngest child of his parents, was the son of William and Rebecca Stephenson, and in their native state. Kentucky, he grew up and married Mary Grimes. Soon after their marria.'ge, the \'oung couple began their new life on government land which they took up in \'ernon town^hi]!. On this farm, con.sisting of one hundred acres and divided into two tracts, they lived the rest of their lives, Benjamin living to be nearly one hundred years of age. His land only recently went out of the original family, when it became the property of the ^Maudlin family, grandchildren of Benjamin Stephenson. Benjamin and Mary Stephenson were the parents of nine children, namely: Simpson, Nelson, John. Nancy. Lina, Cynthia. Polly Ann, I\Irs. Elmira Chastian, of Salem. Indiana; Mrs. F'.liza \'olyes, of Smedley, Indiana. .\11 are deceased except the two last named.

Simpson Stei)hen?on, whci. like his father, became a farmer, was educated in the schools near the home f;irm. and attaining" his maji.irity, married Joanna Mautllin on February 17, 18.1.J, the l>ride being a nati\e of Washington county, born on b'ebruary 17, i8ji. She was the daughter of James and Polly (Brown) .Maudlin, both .if whom were born in North Carolina. Simpson Stephenson lived on his farm until his death, on .\pril 17, 1880, his wife [lassing away later, after a most nscftil and hel]iful life. Both were memlR'rs of the Mount Tabor ( hrislian rburcb, where they are buried. The former, a life-long Pepublican. never as])u-e(I to office h.ilding, for he was content to cultixatc bis eiglu Inmdred acres of land and to fulfill the obligations ot goo<l citizenship. Ten children were born in the home established by this ni.irriage These were :is follow : Eli, the subject of this sketch; Benjamin. I'oni on June jo. 184(1. li\ing ni (

Indiana; John L., July 29, 1858, living in Bedford, Indiana; James S., born in 1849, died in infancy; Marcus, November 3, i860, who is farming in Washington township; Morton, August 25, 1863, who is a farmer in Washington township; Mary Crane, of this township, June 3, 1850; Maniron Jane Orr, who passed away in 191 5; Esther CaroHne Smedley, who Hves near Oxonia, Indiana, and was born on January 18, 1854; Sanford, September 28, 1856, who died in infancy.

EH E. Stephenson grew up on his native farm, receiving his education in the county schools. When the Civil War opened he was one of the first to offer his services to his country. He enlisted in Company E, Twentythird Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in 1861. He served in the Army of the Tennessee for three years, during which time he enga,ged in several important battles, including Shiloh and the siege of Vicksburg, as well as many skirmishes. He was mustered out at Indianapolis in 1864, and returned to the farm.

On February 22, 1866, Eli I'.. Stephenson was married to Emma E. Paul, a native of England, who came to this country from her native Somersetshire, with her parents in 1846. when she was only one year old. The daughter of James and Dorcus Paul, she was born on March 11, 1845, ^^"^1 with them located in Washington county. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson lived on the four hundred acres constituting their farm, which now includes six' hundred acres of well cultivated land.

To this union were born the following children : James Neville, born on November 2, \S,f)6, living in this town.ship, a farmer and the husband of Clara L. Colglazier; Minnie, October 17,- 1868. wife of Ezra b^lliott, a farmer of Franklin township: William Oliver, a druggist at Orleans, Indiana, born on July 5, 1870: Julia Eveline. June 13, 1873, deceased; Eva, died on November to, 1892: Eouis E.li, November 28, 1878. living at Wellington, Kansas, where he is practicing medicine; Eizzatta, wife of George Holmes Banks, a farmer of Madison township, bom on \pril G. 1884. Mrs. Emma (Paul) Stephenson died on .August 21. 1802.

Mr. .Stephenson was married, secondly. U> Mrs. Emma 1'.. (Sunmiers) Montgomery, the ceremony taking ])lace on Januar\- 28. ^^)on. The second Mrs. Stephenson was born on Se]itember 24. iSrn, nt .MiHtown. Indiana, and was the daughter of James M. and S.nr.nb Jane Summers Mrs. lunma E. Stephenson died on January 24, 1906

Eli B. Stephenson has attained success in his line of acti\it\-, namely, general farming and stock raiding. Uv not only is a heavv stock feeder and (60) owner of a large number of Shorthorn cattle, but is an expert judge of all matters relating to the subject. Mr. Stephenson is a stanch Republican, and is a member of Reid Post. Grand Army of the Republic, of Salem. Indiana He also belon-s to the Mount TaVjor Christian church, of which he is a trustee. He is the tv-jie of man. who. by force of character and kindliness, impresses his personality upon those whom he meets in such a way as attain popularity. He is highly respected in the neighborhood in which he has chosen to live.

Tames Sullivan

lames Sullivan, fanner, Washington township, Washington county, was born on October 15, 1830, northwest of Salem, in the township where he now resides, and is a son of William and Maria (Trueblood) Sullivan. He was about five years old when his mother died, and was nearly fifteen years old when his father remarried, in 1854. when they moved to Greene county, where he remained until 1856, when he came to ^Vashington county and spent the winter with his uncle, attending the district school in the township where he now resides. For three years he worked on a farm near .Salem, and was married in 185Q. and his since followed agriculture, his first start being made on Blue river, on the old Jacob Click farm, which he rented for two years. In 1864 he was drafted into the war, and his wife returned to her father's home while he was absent. After returning from the war. Mr. Sullivan rented six hundred and forty acres of land from Harry and George Paynter. where he farmed and engaged in stock raising for twent}- one years, during which time he bought various pieces of proi)erty, and now owns one hundred and seventy-eight acres of well-improved land. He has about forty head of Jerseys, and conducts a dairy in C(jnnectinn with his agricultural interests, and is also interested in producing the best grades of horses, mules and hogs. Politically, he is a stanch Democrat, but has nc\er taken an active part in local politics.

William Sullivan, father of the subject of this sketch, w.as born in North Carolina, and was a son of Richard and Mary ( Bosly ) Sullivan. He li\-ed on Mill creek, near the Livonia road, until 1853. and then nio\ed to Greene countv. where Ik died on .\ugust 4. of the same }-ear. About 1850 he entered two eigbt\-acre tracts north of Canipliellsburg, and Jame'; .Sullivan remembers seeing him set out on horseback with siher money with which to pay for the land at the government office at Jeffersonville. In 1850 William SulHvan helped to build the grade road on which he traveled to enter his land.

William Sullivan was united in marriage with Maria Trueblood, daughter of James and Anna (Morgan) Trueblood. She was born in Washington township. To William and Maria (Trueblood) Sullivan were born three sons and one daughter, the subject of this sketch being the eldest and the only survivor. His brother, William, was killed in the battle of Chickamauga while serving in the Thirty-eighth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. His brother, Hiram, was in the same regiment, and died in 191 1. His sister, Elmira, Ijecame the wife of Emanuel Bixter, and lived and died at Indianapolis.

Richard and Mary (Bosly) Sullivan, the paternal grandparents, were early settlers in Washington township. Richard Sullivan came here in early youth with his parents, who settled about a mile northwest of Salem, where he spent the most of his life and where he died.

James Trueblood, the maternal grandfather, was a son of Joshua and Mary (Henley) Trueblood, whose ancestry and early pioneer history are given in the record of Elias Hicks Trueblood on another page of this volume.

James Sullivan was united in marriage in 1859 with Njmcy J. Simpson, daughter of Obadiah and Cynthia (Noland) Simpson. She was born in 1840 in Pierce township, Washington county, where she grew to young womanhood. To James and Nancy J. (Simpson) Sullivan have been born fourteen children, two of whom died as infants : Charlie, Minnie, William L., Martha, George, Laura, Harvey, Nannie, Robert, Frank, Fred and Daisy. Charlie Sullivan was married to Louise Hinds, and lived a short distance from his father. He died on May 30, 1907, leaving his wife and two daughters, b'.thel and Lillian. Minnie Sullivan became the wife of Pres Smith, and was killed by a runaway horse, October 14, 191I, leaving three children, a boy named Rernice, and two girls, Stella and Mabel, William L. Sullivan lives at New Albany. He was married to Daisy Murphy, and has one son, William Gordon. Martha Sullivan became the wife of Walter Martin, and lives near her father at Farrabee Station. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have had five children, three of whom are living, Wilford, Or\ ille and Grace. Roy died when' nine years of age, and another died in infancy. George Sullivan was married to Anna May Pudlee, and lives at New Albany. They have two children. Earl and Hazel, their son. Merle, having died at the age of ii\e years. Laura Sullivan became the wife of ]-' n. Mead, and lives at Wichita, Kansas. They have had three children, Hernice, Elsie, who died in 1913, and Minnie. Harvey Sulli\an was united in marriage with Tiertie ^empleton, and lives at Pekin, U'ashington countv. They have one hoy, James. Nannie Sulli\-an was married to Roy Miller, and lives near Salem. They have five children. Erastus. EJva J., Effie, Harry and Janice. Roliert Sullivan was married to Miss Eizzie Thomas and lived at Pekin. He died on August i, 19 15. The\- had one son, who died in infancy. kTank Sullivan lives near his father. He was married to Maude Short, by whom he has had two children, Gladys and Lotus. b>ed lives with his father, and runs the farm. His wife was Ethel Gilchrist. Daisy Sullivan became the wife of James Dalton, and lives at Salem. She is the mother of two children, IMelvin and Ruby.

Obadiah and Cynthia (Noland) Simpson, parents of [Mrs. James Sulliv.m, came from North Carolina and settled in W'ashingtrm countw They had two children when they came, and ten were born here, of whom Afrs. Sullivan is the youngest.

Because of the high character which Mr. Sullivan bears in his townshi]) there is accorded to him a full measure of respect and esteem. P)Oth Mr. and I^Irs. Sullivan are admired for their genial and affal>le disposition. They are members of the IMethodist Episcopal church at Shiloh.

John Milton Redus

John Milton Redus, an honored \eteran of the Ci\il \\'ar and a wellknown retired farmer and merchant, now living in quiet comfort in the pleasant village of Livonia, this county, is a native of Washington county. having been born on a farm near Li\onia on September 4, 1845, son of John and Hulda (Wright) Redus, the former a native of A'irginia and the latter of this county.

John Redus was but a child when his parents, Aaron Redus and wife, came with their family from Virginia to this county, and he grew to manhood on the farm on which they settled, about three miles east of Lisonia, adjoining the Wright farm fm the east, and there he married Philda Wright. who was born there, daughter of .Asa ;ind I'hoebe Wright, who had come here from Kentucky. Asa Wright was born in Culpeper countv. X'irginia. about the year 177-!. son of Thomas and Lavina Wright, who later moved to Shelby county, Kentucky, where Thomas Wright was killed by Indians. His widow married, secondly, a Mr. Yokum, a wealthy plantation owner and large slaxeholder, and because she objected to slavery and horseracing, determined that her son should not grow up amid the influences which surrounded him in the Yokum home. She therefore bound the boy, Asa, to a tanner, the articles of service prescribing that he was to remain with the tanner until he should be twenty-one years old, at the end of -which time he should recei\e for services thus rendered a horse, saddle and bridle. He did not complete his apprenticeship, however, quitting his master at the age of twenty and all he received for his years of service was a bowie knife and five cents in cash. Asa \^'right was a plucky young man, however, and struggle 1 along "on his own hooks," presently starting a tannery in Kentuckv. There he married Phoete Martin, who was bom in that state, daughter of Peter and Sarah Martin, probably natives of Germany, for both sjKike with a pronounced German accent and read only a German Bible, their daughter, Phoebe, never overcoming her German accent and also clinging to her German Bible all the days of her life. Peter Martin was married in 1 76 1, he then being twenty years of age and to him and his wife were born the followiuig children : Elizal>eth, Lewis M., Moses, Aaron, Sarah, Josei)h, John, James, .\bner, Phoebe. Peter and Jacob (twins) and Mary.

\sa Wright and his family came from Kentucky to Indiana in 1819 and settled on a farm in the northeast corner of Howard township, in this county, where he established a tannery and soon became known all over this and adioining counties for the superior quality of his product. Asa .Wright helped to organize the Mill Creek Baptist church, of which for many years he was a deacon and he and his wife reared their children in the strict faith of the Baptist church, .^sa Wright died on March 2, 1850, iii his seventyninth year, and his widow survived until .August 23, 1856, her death occurring in her se\'enty-eighth year. His mother spent her last days with him and died on March 31, 1835, at the age of seventy-eight, and his sister, Frances, who came to Indiana with him and who ne\'er married, continuing to make her home with her brother, died on March 17, i8ss. at the age of se\ent\--two.

John Redus had been married twice Ijefore his marriage to Hulda Wright, his children by his jjrex'ious unions l^eing Marv, now deceased, who the wife of I'erry Oittenden : Sarah, deceased, who was the wife of Dr. Ouincy Kelso, and .Samuel, who died in Kansas. To his union with

Hukla Wright, three children were torn, of whom John M., the subject of j this sketch is the eldest, the others being Phoebe, living in Oklahoma, widow I of Walter A. Wihble, and Howard Malcolm, who died at the age of ten | years, l-'ollowing his ma-riage, John Redus moved to what is now known as the Carter farm, just north of the Presbyterian church at Livonia, and it was there that Jolin M. was horn. In the fall of i860 John Redus sold hi,-, farm at Livonia, his wife having died in 1858, and moved to the state of Kansas, where he bought a farm of two hundred acres, near lola, Allen coiintv, paying for the same two dollars an acre, and there he (Hed in the spring of 1S62. John Redus was an earnest Republican in his political allegiance and a Presbyterian in his religious persuasion, though his wife was a P>aptist. He was a Mason and ever took a warm interest in the atTairs of that organization.

John M. Redus accompanied his father to Kansas, but after his father's death returned to Livonia and there enlisted in Company H, Sixty-sixth Regirtient, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, for service during the Civil War, and ser\'ed continuously until he was mustered out with the regiment on [ulv J2, i86t. He was only seventeen years of age when he enlisted and he passed through all the numerous bloody engagements in which his regiment participated without receiving a scratch, though at times he experienced what he considered at the time to be some rather close calls. During a forced march just after Lee's surrender Mr. Redus suffered greatly from the appearance of aggravated varicose veins in his right leg, which condition later was followed by a severe ulceration, which left his right leg permanently crippled, and he received a well-earned pension fr<im the go\ernnient on that accoimt.

At the close of his militarv experience Mr. Redus returned to Txansas. where he sold the land which he had received as his share of his father's estate there, after which he embarked in the grocery luisincss at Xeosha Falls and was thus engaged for about a year He then mo\ed about f|uite a' bit. following various pursuits, was employed on a railroad for a time and lived at Vincennes, this state, for two years. He then entered a soldier's claim to a tract of land near Neodesha. in Wilson county, Kansas, but disposed of that at the end of a vear and returned to Indiana, locating ,it ^^'ashington. Daviess countv. where he remained a couple of years, after which he returned to hi'; liovhood home in T.i\onia and has lived there e\er since, for some time ]^re^-ilnls to his retirement baxing been engaged in the grocerv business.

In 1891 John M. Redus was united in marriage to Laura Alice Cathcart. who was born near the vihage of Livonia, daughter of Wilham and EmmaHne (Crane) Cathcart, prosperous farming people of that section, both of whom were natives of this county, members of old pioneer families. William Cathcart and wife were the parents of seven children, of whom all are living save one, namely: Minnie, wife of John Tuall, of ( ampbellsburg; Ella, widow of San ford Goss, living at Vincennes; Emory, a rural mail carrier, living at Campbellsburg; Milton, who also lives at Canipl)ellsburg, and Mrs. Redus. To Mr. and Mrs. Redus two children have been bom, Charles M., postmaster at Livonia, a biographical sketch of whom is presented elsewhere in this volume, and Lola E., who is at home with her parents. Mr. Redus was an active and earnest member of the Grand Army of the Republic until the local post was disbanded owing to the rapidly thinning ranks of its membership, and is held in high regard throughout the Livonia neighborhood.

Entitled to mention in the history of Washington county, Indiana, is the gentleman whose name is mentioned above, and who has lived to the age of eighty-two years, during which time he has acquired one of the most valuable farms in the county, consisting of over five hundred acres. He is a prominent stock raiser and has high-grade cattle, hogs, horses and mules.

William Reid Lusk, general farmer and stockman, Jefiferson township, Washington county, was born on October ii, 1833, in the township where he now resides, on the ridge east of Rush creek. He is a son of the Rev. Robert and Mary (Reid) Lusk. From his boyhood days, Mr. Lusk had the responsibility of the management of the home place up to the time of his marriage, after which he moved to a farm half a mile east of where he was born, and li\ed there thirty years, at the end of which time he bought his present home on the Kossuth and Sparks Ferry road, in Jefferson township, where he has lived since 1889. He now owns a splendid tract of over five hundred acres of land, and follows general farming and stock raising. Politically, Mr. Lusk is a Republican, but not a politician. He has been a faithful and interested voter for alx)ut sixtv vears, but has never taken an active interest in organized politics. He has voted for more Repub-

The Rev. Robert Lusk was born in 17S0, in the north of Ireland, of Scotch-Irish lineage. Hi. was educated at the Washington and Jelferson College, at Washington, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1810, after wdiich he became a missionary, or traveling minister, coming to Washington county, in 1833, as a missionary at the Walnut Ridge Covenanter church, east of Rush creek, where the Covenanter cemetery is located. He preached here for two weeks, and the next year was installed as pastor of that church, serving from 1834 until about 1840, during which time he rode to Illinois and Pennsylvania on horseback, preaching on the way. Being well educated, he was a man of wide influence in a country that had few educational advantages. Young men who were interested in study came to borrow his books, and he would hear them recite. Mr. Lusk entered two eighty-acre tracts of land from the gox-ernment, which property is now owned by William R. I^usk. and later bought eighty acres more adjoining. Prior to coming to Indiana, he was married and had two daughters, his wife dying in Pennsybania, and he brought the two little girls with him, traveling on a flatl)oat down the Ohio river, in company with John I. Morrison, the McL'lay famih-, and others. John I. Morrison afterward became a noted educator in the state of Indiana. Of Mr. Lusk's two daughters, one became the wife of Isaiah Reid, a brother of Mary (Reid) Lusk. Isaiah Reid was a strong .Mjolitionist, and Isecame prominent in the work of the "underground railway." The other daughter never married, but helped to rear the twelve children left by her sister and Lsaiah Reid, and died here, aged o\er eightv-one vears. She was a woman of quiet manner and good influence.

In 1824, Reverend Lusk was united in marriage with Mary Reid, daughter of Isaiah Reid, and Mary (Clyde) Reid. This union was blest with nine children, Margaret, Samuel, Elizabeth. Zella. William Reid. Robert. Isaiah, Belle and David S. Margaret Lu,«k became llie wife of the Reverend Peoples, a Covenanter minister, and died earlv in life; S.iniuel, who reared a family in Jefferson township, died when ;ibout Hfty year'- of ;ige ; h'.lizabeth died y(iung; Zella became the wife of John !'. Rurchain. and died in

The Reid family, and other C"o\enanters, left South Carolina to get aw.i} from the c\ils of slavery, and came to Charlestown, in Clark's Grant, now in Clark county, Indiana, at a time when the Indians were still a cause for well-grounded uneasiness to settlers. In 1817 they came to Washington county and entered the farm where the Covenanter cemetery is located, in Jefferson township, the farm being now owned by David S. Rice. Isaiah Reid, the maternal grandfather, was a farmer and a school teacher, and took l)art in the pioneer development. His death occurred two years after coming to Indiana. He was the father of a large family of children.

William Reid Lusk was united in marriage, in 1858, with Elizabeth Burcham, daughter nf James and Rachel (I'!vans) Burcham. She was born in i8;!5, in Jackson coimt\-. near Medora, and came to Washington county with her parents, in i84(). 'i'o this union eleven children have been born, as fcjllow ; A .son, who died in infancy; Pauline Belle, who died at the age of thirteen years: Robert V.. William Harper, Isaiah F., Mary Evans, Rachel Margaret, Elizalx'th A., Nellie Baircham, Hannah Harriett and Zella Adelaide. Robert I'. Rusk was united in marriage with Mary Brown, and lived on a farm one mile south ni Kossuth. They have had seven children, two of whom are dead. NN'illiam Har|)er Lusk is a widower, and resides at Salina. Kansas, He h;is been married the second time, his first wife being ]\Iary (I'ollack) I.usk, wlm died, leaving one son, James William Lusk, who was re;u-ed by his grandfather and still lives with him. By his second marriage, he had five children, three of whom are dead. Isaiah F. Lusk arriaia- with .\lyr;i Sands, of Salem, and lives at Marlboro, They ha\e had eight children, oiT" of whom is deceased. ^k became the wife of John Pollock, and lives near Wilsey, She i-^ the niollier of three children. Rachel Margaret Lusk was R. P., Duir and resides at b'airmont. Elizabeth A. Lusk lives at lirr father. Xellie I'-urdiam Lusk li\es at home. Harriet Hannah lionie, Zella , Adelaide I.usk became the wife of Clinton Spencer, I the Highland neighborhood, three miles north of Salem. Mrs. 1 n.sk, the mother of this family, died in \qoy. She was a the Walnut Iv'idge Presbyterian church, as are .also her husband n, with the e\cei)tion ol isai:ih I',, who is ,1 Methodi.st minister, and R,-icbel ( l\\an>^ ) P.urcham. jiarents of Mrs. William Reid liotb n:iti\cs of Kentuck)-. Mr, Burcham was born in 1801, and bis father, S;inuiel P-urcham. Sr., to a fort in Jackson county, ia. while ,-i \-cr\- sni;ill bo\-. and while the Indi.ans were still plentiw; fill. His brother was a nienil)er of the pioneer mihtia, called "The Kangers." His mother had died in Kentucky, and his father had a second wife, Mary, lames Enrcham was a large landowner in Jackson county, and in 1849 n:o\ed to Jefferson township, Washington county, which was then a part of Monroe township, and acquired an additional tract of land. He never sold anv of his land outside of his immediate family. He followed farming all his life, and bought and sold live stock, in which Inisiness he Ijecame verv ])rosperous. He was a big-liearted, hospitable man, always good to the poor, always sheltering some unfortunate. His wife, Rachel ( l^ans ) Rurcham was descended from Nicholas Fain, a Krench Huguenot, who was driven out of France. She was a daughter of .Xndrew and l\liza!)eth ( Taylorl i^vans.

Andrews Fvans, the maternal grandfather, was Ijorn in X'irginia, and enlisted from Washington county of that state, serving in the battle of King's Mountain, and in the fight with the Cherokee Indians, fighting the most of the time in Virginia, and the latter part in North Carolina and Jonesboro. Tennessee. After his marriage to Elizabeth (Taylor) F.waiis, they moved to near Somerset, Kentucky, where Rachel M^vans ) Burchaiu was born. From there they mo\-ed to Cosport, Indiana, where they spent the remainder of tlieir days. Rachel F^vans was first married to a Mr. Couchman, who died, as difl also their two children, and when about twentv-six years of age she was married to James Rurcham.

Mr. Lusk has reached the ad\'anced age of eighty-two \'ears, still retaining his good health. He is well informed and a good entertainer, a fact vouched for by his many warm friends in Jefferson townshi]^. where he is esteemed by all who know him.