Wayne County, Indiana - Biographical sketches (1 of 15 so headed), 1884 (part 3 of 3)

Stephen S. Strattan, carriage manufacturer, Richmond, Ind., was born in Richmond, April 14, 1831, the second son of Zimri and Elizabeth (Baker) Strattan. Zimri Strattan was a native of New Jersey, and when a young man came West to Ohio, and in 1825 to Wayne County, Ind., where he was married in 1827 to Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Baker, formerly of Guilford County, N. C., who came to Wayne County in 1826. His wife died at the age of twenty years, leaving two sons, Stephen S. being an infant. He married the second time, and to him were born five children. He died at the age of sixty-six years. He was by trade a shoemaker. Stephen S. Strattan, when sixteen years of age began to learn the wagon-maker's trade, and served an apprenticeship of three years. He then worked as a journeyman till 1859, when he engaged in business for himself. He is now one of the leading manufacturers of Richmond, thoroughly understanding his business in all its details. He was married Nov. 5, 1856, to Matilda, daughter of John Elderkin, and a native of Connecticut, who came with her parents to Wayne County in 1839. To them have been born three children, but two are living.

John Study. He was reared to tarm life, and received his early education at the common schools. On reaching maturity he took a course in mathematics and natural sciences at Earlham College, devoting three years to his studies in connection with surveying, which he yet follows. He was elected to his present office in the fall of 1880 and re-elected in the fall of 1882. He was married to Alice, danghter of Nathan Doan, of Richmond. They have had three children. Our subject's grandfather, Henry Study, was born Feb. 16, 1780, of German descent, in Pennsylvania, near the Maryland line, where he learned the blacksmith's trade.' In 1802 he moved to New Windsor, Md., and was married Feb. 12, 1803, to Charlotte Cook. From this union ten children were born, of whom four survive - William, born Aug. 27, 1808, a farmer of Green Township; Henry, born Oct. 16, 1810, residing in Green Township; Samuel, born Feb. 16, 1821, followed cabinet-making many years in Hagerstown, but now resides in Toledo, Ohio, and Matilda, born April 15, 1823, widow of James Stanley. Those deceased are - Daniel, born Feb. 14, 1804; Joseph, born Oct. 30, 1806; Martin, born Sept. 3, 1812, followed cabinet making till his death, which occurred about 1874; Isaac, born Sept. 13, 1814, and died July 18, 1847, and his widow, Catherine (Greene) Study, is now Mrs. Laselle, of Williamsburg; Eliza, born April 1, 1818, and John, father of our subject. He was born Nov. 15, 1825, and followed farming through life on the farm where he was born. He was married to Nancy E., daughter of Elihu E. Smith, by whom he had three children - Aldison H.; A. Emma, wife of George E. Clark, of Economy, and Arva C. Mr.Study died Oct. 27,1880. In 1819 heremoved with his family to Wayne County and was one of the first blacksmiths of Green Township. He followed farming and blacksmithing through life, and died Aug. 6, 1862, his wife dying one year later. He was a leading Methodist, and with other pioneers was instrumental in establishing Methodism in Wayne County.

Job Worth Swain was born in Guilford County, N. C., Oct. 22, 1795, a sonof Thomas Swain, who was president of the first Board of Trustees elected for Richmond. He came to Indiana in 1816. Sept. 3, 1823, he was married to Nancy

Thorp, with whom he lived till his death. He had a birthright in the Society of Friends and was discussed by the sect for marrying outside the church and for not being willing to say he was sorry. Previous to 1830 he was for some time engaged in the watch and clock business, and there are still in use in Richmond brass clocks which he made and which are good time-pieces. Later he carried on a machine shop in the building which has since been the residence of Major Finley. He subsequently built and occupied as a machine-shop the one-story brick dwelling house on South Pearl street, next James Elder's. He operated the first machinist's slide lathe ever brought to Richmond. He was at that time associated with James Gaar in the manufacture of castings and other machines. About 1835 Mr. Swain, Jonas Gaar, Achilles Williams and others engaged ina general foundry and machine business on Linden Hill, part of which is now in the city limits. Through the dishonesty and mismanagement of the principal agent, Mr. Swain, with others, was reduced to bankruptcy. Being a man of indomitable will and persever- - ance he was soon carrying on a machine shop for himself in the old cotton factory building that stood on the hill just west of the Gaar, Scott & Co's works. He afterward manufactured shoe pegs and lasts. About 1840 he formed a partnership with Cornelius Vanzant and carried on business on Middle Fork, to which place he moved his family March 6, 1841. The business was quite profitable for the times, but money was very scarce and a man that had $10 in cash wasa curiosity. Asan example we cite the following: Patrick Justice, of Muncie, owed Mr. Swain a small bill for shoepegs. He came to Richmond and told D. P. Wiggins & Co, that he wanted to pay the bill. Wiggins sent the word to Peter McFarlin (Mr. Swain's brother-in-law) who sent his boy post haste to tell Uncle Job. Mr. Swain dropped his apron, put on his coat and started on foot to town. Before reaching there several parties informed him that a man wanted to pay him some money. Mr. Vanzant withdrew from the firm and Mr. Swain continued the business till his death, July 29, 1846. The demand for his manufactures was at that time greater than his ability to supply, and he was in a fair way to retrieve his fortune. He was a man ot fine mechanical ` ability, more than ordinary reasoning powers, coupled with unswerving integrity, and a patience under affliction that likened him to the Job of old. He held to no religious creed but had little respect for any who did not hold to the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man.

H. W. Talhelm, of the tirm Wm. H. Middleton & Co., was born in Hagerstown, Md., May 1, 1888, a son of Joseph, Jr., and grandson of Joseph Talhelm, Sr. His grandfather was a native of Germany, and came to America when a young man, locating in Pennsylvania, where Joseph, Jr., was born. The latter was by tradean architect and builder, and lived in different States, lastly in Indiana, where he died in 1859. H. W. was the eldest of the family. He learned the trade of his father, working at it several years. He has been a resident of Richmond since 1857. Aug. 7, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Fifth Indiana Cavalry, and served till June 15, 1865, participating in the battles of Atlanta, siege of Knoxville, and many others. He returned home at the expiration of his term of service uninjured. In 1879 he became associated with Wm. H. Middleton. He was married Oct. 16, 1866, to Sarah Brunton, who died June 25, 1875. Mr. Talhelm is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity, and is Treasurer of Whitewater Lodge, No. 41. He has taken all the degrees of the lodge and encampment.

James Eli Taylor, M. D., was born in Sewellsville, Ohio, April 5, 1843, a son of Barnett and Letitia (McPherson) Taylor, natives ot Belmont County, Ohio, his father of Welsh and his mother of Scotch descent. His mother's grandfather was a native of Scotland and a representative minister of the Methodist church in Eastern Ohio, in the early part of the present century. Her father, James McPherson, contracted disease while a soldier in the war of 1812 that caused his death. Dr. Taylor's father was the eldest son of Eli Taylor, and was born in 1818, in Belmont County, Ohio, where he still resides. He has been a Justice of the Peace twentyone years, and has never had a decision overruled bya higher court. He is a leading member of the Methodist church and has been a Steward and: Class-leader many years. Our subject received a High-School education and had entered college when the war broke out. Oct. 15, 1861, he left college and enlisted in the Fifth Ohio Cavalry as a private, but for meritorious service was promoted to Orderly Sergeant, First Lieutenant, Captain, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, and Assistant Adjutant-General on the staff of General Thomas T. Heath. He served over four years. The first important service performed by his regiment was tearing up the track of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad. He was subsequently in the engagement of Shiloh, Corinth, Hernando, Grant's campaign in Mississippi, Cherokee Station, Resaca, Dallas, Allatoona Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy Station, Bear Creek, Macon, Buck Head Creek, Savannah, Altamaha River, Blackwell, Aiken, Monroe Cross-Roads, Averysboro, Bentonville, Raleigh, and in many skirmishes. He was mustered out at Charlotte, N. O., Oct. 30, 1865. The following December he entered the Iron City Commercial College in Pittsburg, remaining there till May, 1866. He then commenced the study of medicine and soon after engaged in the drug business in Bay City, Mich., still continuing his studies. In 1869 he attended a course of lectures at the Miami Medical College, and in 1871 graduated from the College of Medicine and Surgery, Cincinnati. He then removed to Richmond where he has built up a good practice. Heis a diligent student of his profession and is a very skillful physician. Heis very sympathetic and benevolent, and none are so poor that they may not receive medical treatment from him. Dr. Taylor is a Master, Royal Arch and Knight Templar Mason. From 1873 till 1875 he was Captain-General of the Richmond Commandery, and in 1876 was elected Eminent Commander. In politics he is a Republican, and in 1869 took an active part in the Republican Convention of the Sixth Congressional District of Michigan. While a member of the Council of Portsmouth, now incorporated with Bay City, he was instrumental in saving the township $70,000. He was married Nov. 8 1871, to Sarah H. Snell, of Fort Plain, N. Y.

Isaac Cooper Teague, M. D., Richmond, Ind., was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1826, a son of Samuel and Prudence (Cooper) Teague. His great-grandfather was in the

Revolutionary war. His grandfather, Samuel Teague, Sr., was a native of South Carolina, and one of the first settlers of Miami County, Ohio, going there when Samuel, Jr., was a child. His mother was a native of Georgia, a daughter of Isaac Cooper, also an early settler of Ohio. His parents subsequently removed to Wabash, Ind., where his father died in 1875, and where his mother still lives. Isaac Cooper is the eldest of their seven children, six sons and one daughter. He was reared on a farm, but was given an academical education. After reaching his majority he began reading medicine with Dr. H. H. Gillen, of Wabash, Ind., and afterward took a course at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., graduating in 1857. He then began the practice of his profession with Drs. H. H. Gillen and Holloway, two of the leading physicians of Indiana. In 1870 he came to Richmond, and now has a practice unsurpassed by any physician in the county. He is versed in the Allopathic, Eclectic and Homeopathic schools and is now independent of any school, practicing as his judgment dictates. He isa man who thinks and acts for himself, believing in advancement in all creeds and doctrines. He was married Jan. 13, 1853, to Joanna Miles, of Miami County, Ohio. They have five children - Martha, now Mrs. Frank Fletcher; Laura, now the wife of Dr. Harry ©. Howells, of Chicago, Ill.; Edwin D., a student in the college at Fort Wayne, Ind.; Myrtle and Pearl.

Enos Thomas, son of Ellis and Phoebe (Van. Matre) Thomas, was born in Tyler County, Va., Jan. 9, 1812. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, but of Welsh descent. His father was early left an orphan, and was reared in a German family. He was married in Washington County, Pa., in 1788, and in 1798 removed to Tyler County, Va. In 1830 he removed to Wayne County, Ind., three of the older children having preceded him. He died in 1832, leaving a family of thirteen children - Saul, Rachel, Jonathan, David, Nancy, Martha, Evan, Ellis, Mary, William, Van Matre, Enos and Andrew J. The mother died in 1853. In religious faith they were Methodists. Five of the family are now living, the subject of our sketch being the only one in Wayne County. He was educated in Virginia, and followed the vocation of a farmer till 1867. Since then he has resided in Richmond. Politically he is a Republican. He has served as Justice of the Peace thirty-five years, and Notary Public a number of years. He has represented the North Western Life Insurance Company, of Milwaukee, Wis., in Richmond twelve years. He was married in 1838, to Lydia R. Frame, a native of Chester County, Pa., born Dec. 18, 1812, and a daughter of James Frame, who came to Wayne County in 1831, and located in Wayne Township.

W. L. Thomas was born in Newark, Del., in 1838, the sixth of ten children of John H. and Susan (Lindsey) Thomas, both natives of Newark, of Welsh descent. In 1839 his parents moved to Richmond, Ind., where his father died Jan. 1, 1884, and his mother still lives. He received a common-school education, and when sixteen years of age began learning the blacksmith's trade of his father. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company A, Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry, and participated in the battles of Champion Hill, Vicksburg, Richmond, Ky., Port Gibson, Arkansas Post, Mobile, and Chickasaw Bluffs. He was discharged at Mobile, Ala., July 6, 1865, and returned to Richmond and resumed his trade. In 1856 he became a member of the Volunteer Fire Department and filled all the offices, including President, when in 1872 the company disbanded. He then entered the present paid department. In 1881 he was appointed Assistant Chief, and Jan. 8, 1884, was appointed Chief of the department. He joined the Odd Fellows fraternity in 1866, and has taken all the degrees of the order, and has represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment of the State. He is alsoa member of the Red Men, and of Sol. Meredith Post, No. 55,G@. A.R. In 1884 he joined the Knights of Pythias, and has taken all the degrees of the order. Sept. 16,1867, Mr. Thomas was married to Francis ©. Dennis.

E. G. Vaughan. - This family is of Welsh descent, but the date of their coming to America is not known. John Vaughan was a practicing physician of Wilmington, Del. He was born June 15, 1775. His wife, Eliza Lewis, was born Sept. 28, 1778. They had a family of five children -

Lewis C., born June 10, 1798; John D., Sept. 16, 1800; Joshua F., Nov. 22, 1802; Edmund B., April 1, 1805; and Anna Eliza, Jan. 29, 1807. John D. was the only one who became a resident of Wayne County. He was reared in Delaware, receiving a good edtcation. He chose the profession of the law as his life work, and became a prominent attorney of the county. He was married Nov. 3, 1820, to Lydia Z. Gilpin, born Feb. 15, 1802, of English descent. They came to Richmond, Ind., in 1826, where they lived till 1834, when cholera claimed Mr. Vaughan as its victim. In 1854 Mrs. Vaughan married Henry Hoover, who died July 23, 1868. She is still living. To Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan were bora seven children - Lydia, Edward G., Eliza (wife of S. R. Lippincott), John D., Anna E., Emma M. and Andrew F. Our subject, Edward G., was born in Wilmington, Del., May 4, 1824. He lived in Richmond from 1826 till 1834, and ther returned to Delaware, and remained in Wilmington and Philadelphia, Pa., eight years. He then returned to Richmond, and soon after was employed as clerk for Mark E. Reeves, of Hagerstown, and in 1849 purchased Mr. Reeves's interest. Two years later he abandoned business and returned to Richmond, and in 1852, became associated with his brother A. F. in business in Stockton, Cal. In 1854 he was elected City Treasurer. A year later the election resulted in a tie vote, and as an extra election was deferred Mr. Vaughan held the office from 1854 till 1856. He wasinthe State Comptroller's office, at Sacramento, in 1856 and 1857. In tke spring of 1858 he returned to Richmond, his brother having preceded him in 1857. They were associated together in the hardware and lumber business, also owning a foundry, till Dee. 4, 1879, when A. F. died and E. G. transferred the business to his sons. Mr. Vaughan was married Nov. 17, 1858, to Phebe H. Crawford, of Oxford, Ohio. They have had five children - Frank C., Edward G., Jr., John D. (deceased), Walter S. and Mary.

C. F. Walters was born in 1840, in Kentucky, a son of F. Walters, who was a contractor and millwright in Kentucky and Tennessee. At the age of fourteen years our subject commenced to work with his father, with whom he continued till the breaking out of the late war, in which he served three years and eight months. He then engaged in contracting and building, headquarters in Covington, Ky., till 1870, when he came to Richmond and was engaged with the millfurnishing works, of Nordyke, Marmon & Co., until 1876. In that year he helped to organize the Richmond City Mill Works, of which he was made a director and manager, in which position he still continues. His mechanical skill together with his natural genius has resulted in the invention of several important pieces of mechanism. Mr. Walters has been identified with the Knights of Pythias since 1871. He was married in 1866 to Adella Lucas, of Pulaski, Tenn. They are the parents of five children.

William Percival Waring, physician and surgeon, was born April 18, 1827, in Fayette County, Ind., a son of Joshua and Margaret (Haughton) Waring. He was reared on the farm, and his father dying when he was fourteen years of age, his labors were so increased that his school advantages were limited. At the age of seventeen years he entered the Beechgrove Academy, chopping wood for his board. In two terms he fitted himself to teach school, an occupation he followed three years. He then began the study of medicine, under Dr. John T. Plummer, of Richmond, and soon entered the Ohio Medical College, graduating in 1852, when he received the degree of M. D. He then practiced his profession in Richmond, two years in partnership with Dr. John T. Plummer, after which he practiced seven years in Thorntown, Boone County, Ind. He returned to Richmond in 1861, where he has since practiced medicine. July 3, 1852, he was married to Semira Hiatt, of Milton, by whom he has had three children. The Doctor has been a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity since 1866. He belonged to the Wayne County Medical Society during its entire existence, a period of about twelve years, serving most of the time as its Secretury. In 1862 he joined the State Medical Society. He is by birthright a member of the Society of Friends.

Joseph Wasson, a native of Wales, immigrated, soon after his marriage, to America, and settled in Pennsylvania. Subsequently removed to North Carolina, where a family of seven sons and two daughters was reared. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution in the division commanded by General Greene. He was one of a party detailed to look after the Tories in that part of the country, and in a skirmish with them was shot by one of his Tory neighbors from behind a tree, and was thereby disabled for life. The ball remained in his loins forty years, when it was removed by his wife with aknitting-needle. Eariy in the present century he removed to Kentucky, and a few years later to Wayne County, Ind., and settled in the eastern part of the county, near the Ohio State line. All his children married anl located in that vicinity. Joseph Wasson and Peter Fleming were the first white men to explore the eastern part of Wayne County, and entered several hundred acres in the land-office at Cincinnati. He died in the county at the age of eighty-five years. John Macamy Wasson, a grandson of Joseph, is a native of Wayne County. In a late history of the county he contributed to its pioneer chapter, and subsequently published '' Annals of Richmond and Vicinity." In 1875 he published the " Centennial Monthly," and from 1876 to 1880 the Olive Branch, a peace paper. In 1884 he published and edited '' Travels and Scenes in Foreign Lands," by the late Alexander Smythe, a work of much merit and interest. To the press of his county he is often a contributor, and also for journals other than local his pen is employed in advocacy of radical reforms.

G. H. Wefel, pump dealer, plumber, and gas-fitter, was born in 1829, in Hanover, Germany, ason of John W. and Anna Wefel, the former deceased, and the latter living at the age ot ninety years. He was reared to farm life, and received a common-school education. He came tu America in 1852, locating where he still resides. He first made the old log pumps in and around Richmond, and in 1861 commenced handling the patent pumps, and is now doing a first-class business. Since 1882 he has devoted some time to plumbing, gas-fitting, etc. He was married to Anna G. Nieman, a native of Hanover, Germany. Mr. Wefel is a member of Webb Lodge, No. 24, A. F. & A. M., and also belongs to the I. O. O. F. fraternity.

March 15, 1843, the only child of Godfried and Clara Wickemeyer. He was educated for the ministry of the Lutheran church, in Hermannsburg, Hanover, Germany. In 1872 he was called to the United States, by the Joint Synod of Ohio, and examined at Columbus by the faculty of the Capital University. He was ordained at Eaton, Ohio, in October, 1872, by Revs. G. Baughman, G. Groth and R. Herbst. He served the congregation at Eaton till March, 1873, when he was called to St. Paul's Church, Richmond, Ind., and in 1876 accepted a call to his present charge. His church is in a prosperous condition, he having since 1876 confirmed 186 applicants and received forty-six grown persons into the church, making a total addition of 232 members during his pastorate.

John M. Westcott, President Hoosier Drill Works, Richmond, Ind., was born in Union County, Ind., in 1834, a son of Henry and Sarah (Dyche) Westcott, his father a native of New Jersey, of English descent, and his mother a native of Kentucky,of German descent. His parents were married in Warren County, Ohio, and in 1832 moved to Union County, Ind., where his mother died in January, 1883, aged eighty years, and where his father still resides. They had a family of four children - Ruth E., George H.. John M., and Jennie M. The early part of our subject's business life was devoted to the dry-goods trade, and later to the grain and feed trade. In 1862 he removed to Richmond, and continued the latter branch of business till 1872, when he bought an interest in the Hoosier Drill Works, then located at Milton, Ind. For four years he turned his attention closely to the business, and in 1876 gota controlling interest by buying out Isaac Kinsey, paying him $80,750 for $9,000 worth of the original stock. About the same time Omar Hollingsworth purchased an interest in the business. In the spring of 1878 the company bought the ground on which the present works are located, and erected the buildings the following summer. In 1881 Mr. Westcott purchased the interest of Mark Reeves, paying him $90,000 for $16,000 worth of the original stock. Previous to this, J. A. Carr and F. A. Wilke had purchased interests in the business, and since 1881 the entire business has been owned by Mr. Westcott and his three sons-in-law. In 1880 he purchased the property lying between Main and South A and Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets, at a cost of $27,000. It was already laid out with walks and drives, being designed originally as the site of an institution of learning. Mr. Westcott immediately began ` having it improved, and the second year erected a substantial and modern brick residence, and since then three additional residences have been added, one for each of the sons-in-law.

In the spring of 1883 Mr. Westcott purchased forty-four feet on Main, between Seventh and Eighth streets, and erected a four-story brick business block with stone front. It is finished in modern style, heated with steam, and having all necessary conveniences. Mr. Westcott has been a member of Whitewater Lodge, No. 41, I. O. O. F., a number of years. He

Daniel P. Wiggins. The ancestors of the Wiggins family were of English nativity, three brothers, Brewster, David and Daniel, coming to this country about the middle of the eighteenth century. They settled on Long Island, where Daniel gained considerable prominence as a physician. His eldest son, Daniel, was also a physician, and practiced in Suffolk County, L. I. Daniel, son of the latter, was born in Suffolk County, and was by trade a tanner. He married Sally Platt, also a native of Long Island. To them were born seven children - Daniel P., our subject; Phoebe, married Andress Titus; Walter, learned the shoemaker's trade and settled in New York City; Abel, a farmer, resided on Long

Island; Hannah, widow of William Yarrington, still resides on the island; Elizabeth, married Edward Petty, and subsequently removed to Richmond, Ind., where she died ; William, a shoemaker of New York City, became wealthy and died in 1881, leaving one child. Daniel P., the eldest of the family, was born Nov. 23, 1794. When quite young he was apprenticed to Elias Hicks, of Queen's County, to learn the tanner's trade. After completing his trade, Jan. 3, 1814, he was married to Phoebe, danghter of John and Mary (Smith) Dodge, a native of New York City, born Sept. 2, 1796. Soon after his marriage he enlisted in the war of 1812, and served till its close. He then settled in Queen's County, L. I., and worked at his trade in the yard of Elias Hicks, who allowed him to dress hides on shares. He subsequently had his share manufactured into shoes, and in 1818 loaded them into a twohorse wagon and started for the West. After a long and tiresome journey he reached Richmond, Ind., where he exchanged his goods with Edward Frost, for a farm near Washington, Clay Township. He afterward sold his wagon and one horse, and with the other returned to the East. He remained there working at his trade till 1823, when he moved his family to Indiana and located at Richmond. Several years prior to this Robert Morrisson had erected a tannery in Richmond, and here Mr. Wiggins was employed as a journeyman ten years, and then succeeded Mr. Morrisson in the business, and conducted it till he was succeeded by S. R., C. O. and J. D. Wiggins. In his business transactions he was prompt and reliable, and was equally exact with others. In 1844 he became a memberof the Society of Hicksite Friends, and ever after was a strict adherent to their doctrines. Politically he was first a Whig and afterward a Republican, and was several times elected County Commissioner, in, which oftice he displayed his public spirit by favoring all movements that tended to aid in any degree his county. He retired from business in 1851, and enjoyed the quiet of private life till the fall of 1875, when he died, leaving his widow, who still survives him, aged eighty-eight years. They had a family ot eleven children, all of whom were residents of Wayne

County - William was born Oct. 2, 1814. He worked at the tanner's trade many years in Richmond, and died here March 29, 1855. He married Emma Pyle, who died in Indianapolis. Henry was born Oct. 16, 1816, and died April 4, 1842. He was a tanner and harness-maker by trade. He married Lavinia Pyle, now of Indianapolis. Andress S. was born Aug. 15,1818. He learned the molder's trade, and from 1844 till 1858 carried on a manufacturing business at Hagerstown. Since 1858 he has been engaged in farming. In1837 he married Rebecca C., daughter of Ezra and Elizabeth Boswell, a native of Richmond, born June 4, 1820. Of their eleven children but six are living. Politically he is a Republican, and has held the office of County Commissioner several terms. Stephen R. was born April 12, 1820. He learned his trade of his father, and worked for him till 1849, when he, with his brothers ©. O. and J. D., succeeded him in business. He married Delitha Hunnicutt, and to them were born six children, three of whom are living. Charles O. was born May 23, 1822. He married Mary Thatcher, and to them have been born four children, three of whom are living - Frank, George and Ella. He is a member of the firm of Wiggins & Co., harness and collar manufacturers. John D. was born in Richmond, July 26, 1824. He worked at the tanner's trade in Richmond till 1872, when the firm of brothers was dissolved, he retiring to private life. He married Ruth Shearon, and to them were born two children - Elizabeth F., who married Frank H. Glass, died March, 1872; Albert H., a railroad engineer, married Carrie Snyder. She died July 29, 1879, and he Nov. 19, 1882. Philemon F., born Sept. 16, 1826, was by trade a blacksmith. He was twice married, his first wife being Mary Burr, of Ohio, and his second Henrietta McCollough. He was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion. Mary E. was born Oct. 18, 1825, and married Geo. W. Barnes. She died Oct. 28, 1862, leaving three children, one son now living - Henry Barnes, of Indianapolis. Samuel B. was born March 6, 1831, and-died July 5,1873. He was a farmer. He married Virginia VanZant, who now resides in Logansport with their only child, a daughter. Sarah A. was born Aug,

James W. Wilson, Recorder of Wayne County, Ind., was born in Centreville, Ind., Sept. 23, 1845. His father, C. T. Wilson, was born in Winchester, Ky., July 18, 1816, and in October, 1830, came to Wayne County, Ind., where he died, Nov. 26, 1862. His mother, Amanda M. Wilson, was born in Carroll County, Va., Jan. 23, 1818, and in August, 1831, came to Wayne County. She was married to Mr. Wilson in Centreville. James W. Wilson's educational advantages were limited to the public school at Centreville, commonly called ''Corn Cob College." May 15, 1865, he was appointed Deputy Recorder of Wayne County, and served faithfully and efficiently till March 18, 1884, when he was installed Recorder, a position he is admirably titted to fill, his term of office being four years. Sept. 7, 1870, Mr. Wilson was married in Centreville to Eliza J. Pugh. To them have been born foug children - Louisa, John P., Walter and Edward.

Conrad Winkler is a native of Switzerland, born in 1818. When sixteen years of age he began learning the dyer's trade and followed it in his native country till 1848, when he came to the United States and settled in Missouri, but two years later went to the Eastern States, and in 1859 returned to Switzerland, and in 1863 came again to America and located in Richmond, Ind. In 1879 he erected a two-story brick building 40x30 feet, and established his present dye works. He has all the modern improvements, and is prepared to do all kinds of steam dyeing and cleaning. Mr. Winkler was reared in the German Reform church. He is unostentatious and retiring in his manner, devoting his time exclusively to his business. In 1853 he married Elizabeth Snyder. They have had seven children, but three of whom are living - Eliza, Anna and Charles.

Oliver Yates was born in Montgomery County, N. Y., May 31, 1833, a son of Oliver and Abigail (Ostrom) Yates, his father a native of Montgomery County, N. Y., and his mother of the same state, of English descent. He received a common-school education, and when eighteen years of age began learning the carpenter's trade. In 1854 he moved to Yellow Springs, Ohio, and subsequently went to Sylvania and Toledo, working at his trade. In 1860 he came to Richmond and worked as a journeyman till 1871. He then commenced contracting, and has since built some of the finest dwellings and public buildings in Richmond. In 1879 his son became associated with him, the firm name being Yates & Son. Mr. Yates has been a member of the City Council since 1881, and takes an active interest in all that pertains to the interest of the city. He has been a member of the Odd Fellows' fraternity since 1861, and is now a Trustee of Woodard Lodge, No. 212, and is a member of the Grand Lodge of Indiana. He was married in 1854 to Eva E. Vedder, a native of Fultonville, N. Y. They have two children - Stephen O. and Lizzie L.

Stephen O. Yates, architect, contractor and builder, was born Aug. 20, 1854, in Toledo, Ohio, ason of Oliver and Eva Eliza Yates, natives of New York, where they were married in 1853. Our subject learned the trade of a carpenter and joiner, and in 1880 he commenced business with his father under the firm name of O. Yates & Son, contractors and builders. He was married March 16, 1880, at Richmond, Ind., to Louie Cook. They have one child - Florence Edith. Politically, Mr. Yates is a Republican.

Rev. John J. Young, pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Richmond, Ind., was born in Rhenish Bavaria, Germany, Sept. 13, 1846, a son of John M. and Eva C. (Krucker) Young. His mother died in 1851, and in 1858 his father came to the United States and located in Baltimore County, Md. He and our subject's only brother now reside in Baltimore. In1862 John J. Young enlisted as a teamster in the United States army. In June, 1863, he was captured near Rockville, Md., but was paroled the next day. In the spring of 1864 he was transferred to the New York Engineer's Corps, and served till the close of the war. At the time of his enlistment he had no English education, but he took up the study of the language and at the time of his discharge could talk, read and write quite fluently. After his return home he learned the baker's trade, but still continued his studies. In 1869 he entered the preparatory department of the Gettysburg College, Pa., and graduated from the collegiate and theological departments in 1877. He at once entered upon the discharge of ministerial duties in Garrett County, Md., and remained there till October, 1882, when he came to Richmond to his present charge. Mr. Young was married in 1878 to Louisa E. Messersmith, a native of Baltimore, Md., but of German parentage. They have two daughters.

D. K. Zeller, senior member of the firm Zeller & Co., cracker manufacturers, Richmond, Ind., was born in Butler County, Ohio, a son of John and Susan (Kumler) Zeller, both natives of Pennsylvania, of Swiss descent. He was reared on a farm and received a common-school education. He enlisted in the war of the Rebellion in the One Hundred and Sixtyseventh Ohio Infantry, and was appointed Captain of Company K. In November, 1864, he came to Richmond and became a partner in the firm W. H. Lanthum & Co., and in 1866 took charge of the bakery, where he has since had a large and lucrative trade. Mr. Zeller has been identified with the public interests of the city many years, and has served as Commissioner and Councilman. He was married to Mary C. Koerner, a native of Virginia but since infancy a resident of Union County, Ind. They have three children - John G., Emma C. and Silas A. Their daughter has been a prominent teacher of Richmond, but at present is in Europe. Mr. and Mrs. Zeller are members of the Presbyterian church.

Christian Zimmer was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1818, a son of Daniel and Elizabeth Zimmer. His father died in his native country, and in 1829 or 1830 his mother, with her two sons, came to the United States and located at Funkstown, Md., where she died in 1838. Mr. Zimmer learned the trade of a confectioner in Hagerstown,Md., working at it there from his fourteenth to his twentieth year. He attended school three years in Maryland. After coming to Richmond he manufactured candies and ran a wholesale notion and candy wagon twenty years, supplying the merchants in the surrounding towns. He also had astore one door east of George Knollenburg's. He subsequently lived in Centreville three years, but returned to Richmond to assume the duties of the recorder's office, serving in that position four years, his term ending March 17, 1884. Mr. Zimmer was married in 1840 to Ellen D. Hartley, of Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio. They have had four children - John H., a soldier in the late war, now deceased;.Mrs. Mary Gorman, Mrs. Jennie Oldham and Mrs. Cora Winder. Mr. Zimmer has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church over forty years, and in his daily life tries to always do as he would be done by.