Wayne County, Indiana - Biographical sketches (8 of 15 so headed), 1884

Biographical sketches

Ezra Ballenger, farmer and dealer in stock, near Williamsburg, was born in Green Township, Wayne Co., Ind., Dec. 20, 1836. He was reared on a farm, and obtained a good business education in the schools of his native village, Williamsburg. He remained at home till he grew to manhood, and has followed farming through life. He is one of the successful farmers and stock-raisers of his township, making a specialty of tine hogs. He was married March 4, 1858, to Martha, daughter of George and Martha Debilbiss, of Licking County, Ohio. Her parents are of French descent. Mr. and Mrs. Ballenger have had three children - Will E., dry goods merchant in Cambridge City, Ind.; Harry M., died at the age of fifteen years, and Izzie B., aged fifteen years. Mr. Ballenger has been a member of the Board of Education of Williamsburg a number of years. He is a member of Chinkarorer Lodge, No. 120, I. O. O. F., andof Encampment No. 74, Williamsburg. He is also a member of the Grand Encampment of the State. Politically he is a Republican. His grandparents, William and Anna(Sharp) Ballenger, were born, reared and married in Virginia, and afterward lived in Kentucky, where Charles B., our subject's father, was born Feb. 17, 1810, and when he was twelve years old his parents removed to Green Township, Wayne Co., Ind. William Ballenger entered the Revolutionary war at the age of eighteen years, and served till its close. He died in 1825. His wife died soon after coming to Wayne Oounty. Charles B. began learning the wheelwright's trade at the age of sixteen, at which he worked seven years. The rest of his life has been spent in farming, which he has followed with much success. He was married June 3, 1830, to Eliza Scovell, born March 10, 1812, and died Aung. 4, 1881, a daughter of Orr and Mary Scovell. Seven children were born to them - Data, died when four years old; Sylvester, was an attorney at law at Cambridge City, Wayne County, where he died at the age of fortyone years; Ezra, our subject; Martin, was killed by lightning, May 27, 1873; Charles, an attorney at law in Indianapolis, who died March 10, 1880; Sarah J., wife of Daniel Bradbury, of Indianapolis, and Mary A., wife of Lafayette Coggshall, of Green Township.

Oscar Rowan Baker, only son of Jacob and Viletta (Swain) Baker, was born at Centreville, Wayne Co., Ind., Sept. 21, 1854. He attended the country schools, and afterward completed his education at Spiceland College, Henry County, Ind., graduating in 1880. During his college course he taught school nine years. When through his college course he purchased his present drug store, succeeding Dr. Helm in the business. He was married Aug. 8, 1878, to Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Ellen (McWhinney) Aydelott, of Preble County, Ohio. They have three children - Viletta E., Frank T. and Kate. Mrs. Baker is a member of the Christian church. Politically Mr. Baker is a Republican. His grandparents were of German ancestry, and were reared in Pennsylvania. His father was born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 31, 1827, and when quite young moved to Montgomery County, Ohio, remaining there a number of years, after which they resided a short time in Wayne County, Ind. They then returned to Ohio, but Jacob, on attaining his majority, returned to Wayne County, Ind., where he married and carried on the shoemaking business at Centreville a number of years. He then moved to Washington, Wayne County, where he has since carried on shoemaking.

John Bean, youngest son of Samuel and Catherine (Myers) Bean, was born in Lebanon County, Pa., Jan. 17, 1816. When he was seven years of age his parents moved to Warren County, Ohio, and there he received a common-school education, and was reared to the life of a farmer. He was married in December, 1842, to Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Amy (Hormel) Evans. She was born Noy. 3, 1824. In 1850 Mr. Bean moved to the farm where he now lives. He has 200 acres of land, which he has improved from a forest, having it under a good state of cultivation, with a comfort- able residence and good farm buildings. He is one of the practical farmers and successful stock and business men of the township. He is public-spirited and a liberal patron of all home enterprises. Politically he is a Republican. He has served the township as Trustee. He is a member of Green's Fork Lodge, No. 148, and Bellis Encampment, No. 71, I. O. O. F., and has passed all the chairs in both bodies. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is Trustee. To them have been born six children - Rosetta, wife of George W. Stiggleman; Amy A., wife of Robert Estep, of Grand Travis County, Mich; Oliver H., died at the age of seven years; Georgiana C., wife of I. F. Moreman; Mary E., widow of A. J. King, and Nena E. Mr. Bean's parents were of German descent. His father died at the age of seventy-five years, and his mother at the age of seventy years. Their children were - Henry, of Warren County, Ohio; Elizabeth, widow of John Stoner, of Montgomery County, Ohio; Maria, widow of John Lilly, of Champaign County, Ill.; Samuel, of Lebanon, Ohio; Catherine, wife of David Whitman, of Warren County, Ohio; Nancy, wife of Enos Black, of Dallas City, Ill.; John; Sarah, wife of Adam b. Hathaway, of Warren County, Ohio; Mary, wife of Henry Banty, of Warren County, Ohio; D. Susan, deceased; Lydia, wife of Joseph Ludlum, of Wayne County, Ind. Mrs. Bean's parents were of Welsh descent. Their children were - George W., deceased; Mrs. Bean; Japhet; Emily, wife of Amos Crane, and Elias, of Warren County, Ohio.

Nathan Irvin Bond, blacksmith, was born in Randolph County, N. C., Aug. 8, 1816, of English descent. When three years of age he came to Indiana with his mother, who settled in Webster Township. At the age of seven years he was apprenticed to Stephen Macey, of Preble County, Ohio, to learn blacksmithing and plow-making, with whom he worked till he was fourteen years old. He then worked one year in Cincinnati, when he returned to Wayne County, Ind., and worked with William Macey at Fountain City two years. He then worked for eighteen months near Williamsburg, when he located in the village and manufactured plows a number of years, and is supposed to have made the first steel plow manufactured in the State. In 1858 he sold his property in Williamsburg, and purchased the farm near the village where he has since carried on general blacksmithing. He also manufactures the Pefley corn-row marker, which is the most complete marker in use. His farm is cultivated by tenants. Mr. Bond was married in 1839 to Mary, daughter of Joshua Ballenger, who came from Virginia to Wayne County in an early day. Of the five children born to this union, four survive - De Witt C., James A., John H. and Sarah E. Alwilda J.is deceased. Mrs. Bond was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. She died in 1849, and in 1851 Mr. Bond was married to Mary J., daughter of John and Rebecca (Veal) Cain, of Wayne County. They had .one daughter who died in infancy. Mrs. Bond belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically, Mr. Bond is a Republican.

Samuel Mitchel Boyd, eldest son of James and Margaret (Mitchel) Boyd, was born July 10, 1815, near Washington, Wayne Co., Ind. He was reared on a farm experiencing all the phases of pioneer life, and obtained a limited education in the log-cabin schools. He lived on the home farm till he reached the age of twenty-five years, after which he farmed three years on rented land, when he purchased a farm of eighty acres joining New Garden Township. He then bought seventy acres in New Garden Township, where he resided from 1843 till 1865, when he sold it and purchased the farm of 160 acres where he has since followed agricultural pursuits with success. He takes an interest in educational matters and has been a member of the Board of Education a number of years. In polities he affiliates with the Greenback party. 5, 1840, he was married to Mahala, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Porter) Fox, of German and English descent respectively, who were among the first settlers of Wayne County. Mr. Boyd and wife have had seven children - Leonidas, who died at the age of thirteen months; Arthur, died at the age of twenty-two years; Elizabeth C., wife of James T. Smith, of Green Township; Samantha E., wife of Robert T. Davis, of Richmond, Ind.; William A. of Green

Township; Abiram F., deceased, aged thirteen months, and Flora E., wife of Robert F. Clements, of Randolph County. Our subject's grandfather, Samuel Boyd, was a native of North Carolina, but afterward lived in Ohio. He then moved to Kentucky, where our subject's father was born, and in 1811 he removed with his father's family to Wayne County, Ind., where he was married and had four children - Caroline, widow of Eli Willett; Samuel M., our subject; Philander, of Greenfield, Ind., and Abiram, of Cambridge City, Ind. Our subject's mother died in 1822, and his father was again married to Hester, daughter of Joseph Ruby, by whom he had six children - Joseph P., deceased; Alfred D., of Wayne County; William E., of Hancock County, Ind.; Isabell A., widow of Lewis Lesh, of Illinois; 'James R., of Illinois, and Amanda, wife of Burns Willett, of Illinois. Mr. Boyd followed farming till an advanced age, when he sold his farm and resided in Richmond till his death, at the age of seventyfour years.

Ephraim Cates was born in Jefferson County, Tenn., Feb. 16, 1811, a son of Richard and Elizabeth (Tharp) Cates, who were natives of Virginia. He obtained a limited education in the subscription schools of his native county. He learned the tanner's trade in Tennessee, and in 1831 came to Wayne County, Ind., on foot. In the fall of 1831 he engaged in tanning in Williamsburg, and soon after his brother Jesse became associated with him and were successfully engaged together for fifteen years. They carried on the most extensive business in the country, being engaged in the tannery, boot and shoe business, and dealing in stock and real estate. He was one of the largest landholders in the township. In 1846 Mr. Cates sold his interest in the firm to his brother Anderson, since which he has followed agricultural pursuits and dealt in real estate. He was first married in 1832 to Martha, daughter of Joshua Oranor, of Wayne County. Four children were born to this union, of whom only one survives - Thomas J. Harrison, John and Anderson are deceased. Mrs. Cates died in 1839, and in September, 1847, Mr. Cates was married to Catherine G. Griffin, born in Licking County, Ohio, Dee. 20, 1822, and daughter of Stephen and Margaret

(Stadden) Griftin. Their children are - AvezzanaG., born April 30, 1849, married Martha E. Keneday; Gavazzi T., born April 18, 1851, married Mary E. Bunnell, and Margaret E., born July 24, 1854, married Ephraim Wright. Mr. Cates is a staunch Republican. Mrs. Cates is a member of the United Brethren church. Our subject's parents removed to Wayne County, where the father died at the age of seventy years, and the mother at the age of eighty-two years. They had fourteen children, of whem eight are living - Jane, Celia, Daniel, Ephraim, Silas, Jesse, Betsy Ann and Anderson. Those deceased are - Rachel, Mary, Priscilla, John, Samuel and Baldwin. Mrs. Cates' father was born Aug. 3, 1793, and died in 1852, and her mother was born Nov. 18, 1798, and is living with Mrs. Cates. They were from Pennsylvania, were married in Ohio, and in 1836 settled in Indiana. They had eleven children, of whom five are living - Mary, Catherine, Margaret, Abiel and Laura.

Jesse Cates, tarmer, stock-raiser and banker, is the ninth of a family of fourteen children of Richard and Elizabeth (Tharp) Cates, who were of English and German ancestry respectively. He was born in Jefferson County, Tenn., March 21, 1815. and obtained a limited education in the subscription schools of his native State. He has, however, since acquired a good business education by his efforts. In September, 1836, he removed to Wayne County, Ind., where he worked one year for $8 per month, after which he carried on tanning and the boot and shoe business at Williamsburg with success, till 1843, when he sold his manufacturing interests and purchased his present farm, then containing 226 acres. The farm was first settled in 1811 by Seth Way. After locating on his farm, Mr. Cates was engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock-raising until 1862, and during three years of that time was engaged in pork-packing in Cincianati, Ohio. In 1862 he invested capital in the First National Bank at Centreville, Wayne County, and was Vice-President of the same until 1881, since which he has been President. He was also one of the original stockholders and incorporators of the Second National Bank, of Richmond, Ind. He has in a few years invested $60,000 in Jands, and now owns 1,200 acres of well-improved agricultural lands in Wayne County, and one of the finest farms of 391 acres in Randolph County, Ind. He is now worth $175,000, which he has made by perseverance and strict attention to business. He was married Dec. 14, 1843, to Rebecca, daughter of Job and Bersheba (Harris) Coggshal. They have had nine children - Harvey, born Oct. 29, 1844, and died in infancy; Mary C., born April 3, 1847, and died in 1869; Charles O., born Oct. 9, 1849, and died in 1860; Sarah J., born Jan. 8, 1852, now the wife of Charles Stutson; Arthur L., born Jan. 13, 1856, and died in infancy; George L., born Oct. 18,1857, now Assistant Cashier in First National Bank of Centreville; Lucy E., born Feb. 26, 1859, now wife of William D. Clark, of Randolph County; Edwin H., born Dec. 8, 1866, now attending Earlham College, where Mr. Cates has educated all his children. Mr. Cates has affiliated with the Republican party since its organization. He is a Master Mason and member of Williamsburg Lodge, No. 493, A. F. & A. M.;is alsoa member of Lodge No. 120, O. O. F., and has passed all the chairs in the latter. He and wifeare members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Williamsburg.

Samuel Catey, youngest child of Henry and Jane (Fennimore) Catey, was born on the farm where he now resides, Jan. 7, 1824. He was educated in the log-cabin schools of Williamsburg and was reared to the life of a farmer. He now owns the entire tract of land first entered by his father and other lands adjoining, all of whichis in a fine state of cultivation. He was married Feb. 19, 1846, to Priscilla Mullen, born June 3, 1827, and daughter of William and Christiann Mullen, of Randolph County, Ind. Seven children have been born to them - Christian E., born Feb. 12, 1847, and died Feb. 18, 1881; Orlando B., born March 1, 1848, of Randolph County; Christiann, born Aug. 22, 1850, now wife of Milton Atkinson, of Webster, Wayne County; Martha J., born May 28, 1852. now wife of Jonathan Mendenhall, of Webster; Adaline M., born June 28, 1854, wife of Nathan Parker of Winchester, Ind.; William H., born May 25, 1856, and Stace C., born Sepi. 26, 1865. Mrs. Catey has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church since childhood. Mr. Catey is a member of Chinkarorer Lodge, No. 120, I. O.O. F., of Williamsburg, and has represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge of the State. Mr. Catey has been a Republican since the organization of that political party. His father was born in Hanover, Germiny, about 1770, and when twenty-one years of age he came to the United States. He worked some time for John Bisben, in Burlington County, N. J', after which he purchased a wagon and team and hauled stone for the first jail building in Burlington County. He was married Oct. 20, 1802, to Jane, daughter of Captain Fennimore, who served through the Revolutionary war. Abont 1820 he came to Wayne County with his family and entered 160 acres of * Congress land near Williamsburg. He followed farming through life, and died in 1850 in his eighty-first year. His wife died in her seventy-sixth year. They had ten children, nine of whom were married but only three now living - Stace B., born Oct. 4, 1805; Charles B., born March 22, 1819, and our subject. Those deceased are - John B., born Aug. 9, 1803; Rebecca A., Dec. 23, 1804; Miriam, July 31, 1808; William B., Dec. 15, 1812; Hannah, May 25, 1815; Elizabeth, May 2, 1817, and Richard, Jan. 18, 1823, died in infancy.

Abner Clawson, farmer, Green Township, was born in Wayne County, Ind., March 28, 1834. He was reared ona farm, receiving acommon-school education. He has followed agricultural pursuits through life, and now owns a fine farm in Green and Webster townships and has one of the best residences in the township. He was married in 1879 to Margaret J., daughter of Thomas and Anna De Yarmon, of Richmond, Ind. Mahlon Clawson, father of our subject, came from North Carolina to Wayne County, Ind., with 'his parents in the year 1818, where he was married to Mary Brown, who came with her parents from Tennessee to Wayne County in 1820. They reared a family of six children - Jane (deceased), Abner, Esther, Sarah, Joseph and Charles. Mahlon Clawson is now living in Iowa, aged eighty-one years. His wife died at the age of seventy-two years.

County, Ohio. He was reared a farmer and educated at the common schools. Nov. 22,1851, he was married to Lovina Knox, born Feb. 15, 1827, a daughter of Hosea and Clemma Knox, the former of Scotch and the latter of Welsh origin. Twelve children were born to this union - Anthony, born Oct. 30, 1852, married to Laura Gates; John, born Jan. 25, 1854, and died Aug. 6, 1855; Robert F., born Dec. 21, 1855, now married to Laura Boyd and residing in Randolph County, Ind.; Elizabeth, born Sept. 27, 1857, now the wife of Gideon Bird, of Randolph Couuty, Ind.; Clemma L., born March 12, 1859, and died Feb. 9, 1876; Ira A. and Ezra A. (twins), born May 23, 1861; Martha P., born Aug. 9, 1864; Isaac, born May 30, 1866; William E., born Jan. 25, 1868; James H., born April 23, 1870, and Olive M., born Feb.18, 1873. Mrs. Clements is a member of the Christian church. Politically Mr. Clements is a Republican. His Grandfather Clements, emigrated to the United States from Ireland and settled near Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was killed by the Indians about 1791. His Grandfather Brandenburg was a native of Germany. He came to the United States, and from Pennsylvania moved to Warren County, Ohio. He next settled in Hamilton County, Ohio. Our subjects father was born March 7, 1790, in Hamilton County, Ohio, and when young was brought to Warren County, where he was reared and married. He was the father of eight children - James (deceased), Matilda (deceased), Maria, Samuel, Susan, William J., Anthony and Elizabeth. Isaac Clements was a Lieutenant in the war of 1812, and died in Wayne County in June,1865. His wife was bornin February, 1792, and died in Randolph County in January, 1868.

Lafayette Coggshall was born May 31, 1841, in Williamsburg, Wayne Co., Ind., where he received a good business education. He was reared a farmer, and has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and is one of the wellto-do farmers of Green Township. He has been Supervisor of Roads in New Garden Township four years, and in Green Township two years. He was married Feb. 15, 1866, to Mary A., daughter of Charles B. and Eliza (Scovel!) Ballenger, of Wayne County. They have had six children - Bert, born

Aug. 27, 1868; Dayton A., born April 4, 1874; Martha I., born Nov. 1, 1875, and died Sept. 11, 1876; Carl, born Sept. 1, 1878; Claude, born Jan. 1, 1881, and died Sept. 11, 1881, and Harry D., born Nov. 21, 1882. Politically Mr. Coggshall is a Democrat. His father, Joseph Coggshall, was a son of Trustona Coggshall, a Revolutionary soldier, who settled in Guilford County, N. C., where he was married, and removed to New Garden Township, Wayne Co., Ind., in an early day. He wasa farmer by occupation, and died in his eighty-seventh year, May 7, 1882. His widow is living in Williamsburg, in her seventy-sixth year. Job Coggshall was nineteen years old when he came with his parents to Wayne County. He was first married toa daughter of Benjamin Harris, of Wayne County, by whom he had three children - Edward, who went to California in 1849, and has only once been heard from; Lewis, of Johnson County, Kan., and Rebecca, now the wife of Jesse Cates. His wife died in Wayne County, and he married tor his second wife Juda, daughter of Charles and Abigail (Cox) Marine. To this union were given eleven children, all living - Abel B., of Illinois; Lafayette and Melvin, of Wayne County; Alvareese B., of Ilinois; Mahala, of Wayne County; Irene, widow of Paul Frazer; Sarah A., wife of Milton Cranor, of Williamsburg; Martha J., wife of George Burnsworth, of Noble County, Ind.; Catherine, wife of Franklin Williams, of Jay Connty, Ind.; Evaline, wife of Edward Conkle, of Denver, Col., and Adaline, wife of Nathan Baldwin, of Wayne County.

Milo Cranor, youngest son of Joshua and Susannah (Johnson) Cranor, was born Sept. 15, 1839, in Wayne County, Ind., where he attended the common schools, obtaining a good business education. He has always followed farming, with success. He owns the homestead entered by his father, which is one of most desirable farms in the township. He war married Oct. 9, 1861, to Frances, daughter of George and Eliza A. (Quinn) Irvin, now of Randolph County, Ind., but formerly of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Cranor have one son, Leonidas I. Mrs. Cranor's parents were natives of North Carolina, and came to Indiana with their parents in an early day. They were married in Wayne County, and reared eleven children, eight of whom are now living - Sarah, wife of Daniel Cates, of Iowa; Thomas, of Wayne County; Stephen, of Missouri; William, of Ohio; Hannah, now Mrs. Edward Neal, of Richmond, Ind.; Moses, of Howard County, Ind.; Amanda, wife of William Coggshall, of Randolph County, Ind., and Milo, our subject. Mr. Joshua Cranor died at the age of seventy-two. His widowisliving,in her eighty-seventh year.

Thomas Cranor, eldest son of Joshua and Susannah (Johnson) Cranor, was born in Green Township, Wayne County. Jan. 31, 1819.. He was reared to pioneer life, and received his early education in the old log-cabin schools. He always followed agricultural pursuits, and at the tiine of his death owned a well-cultivated farm, with fine residence. He was married Oct. 18, 1838, to Louisa, daughter of Joseph and Patsey (Boyd) Lewis. They had six children - Martin; Lorinda (deceased), wife of Jacob Ballenger; Martha, widow of Jacob Ballenger; Marilla, wife of Daniel D. Williams; Lewis W., of Perry Township, and Philander, who was born blind, and was educated and graduated from the Blind Institute, of Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. Cranor was a member, as is his wife, of the United Brethren church, of which he was Trustee. He has been Supervisor of roads and Trustee of schools. He belonged to the Republican party till 1872, and since then affiliated with the Greenback party. He died Jan. 12, 1884, aged sixty-four years, eleven months and twelvedays. He had been an invalid many years, but was confined to his bed only six days prior to his death. His funeral took place at Williamsburg Cemetery, Jan. 15, the services being conducted by Rev. Milton Wright,of Richmond,Ind. His parents came from North Carolina to Wayne County in an early day. They were married in Wayne County, and were the parents of eleven children - Martha, deceased wife of Ephraim Cates; Sarah, wife of Daniel Cates, of Iowa; Thomas; Stephen, of Missouri; Anna deceased, wife of Daniel Pitts, of Miami County, Ind.; William, of Preble County, Ohio; Hannah, wife of Edward Neal, of Richmond, Ind.; Moses, of Howard County, Ind.; Jane, deceased; Amanda, wife of William Coggshall, of Randolph County, Ind., and Milo, of Wayne County. Joshua Cranor was in the war of 1812. He followed farming through life, and died in his seventy-second year. His widow survives, in her eighty-seventh year.

William Moore Hunt, youngest son of Charles and Lucinda (Jarvis) Hunt, wag born July 30, 1840, in Wayne County, Ind. He was reared on a farm and educated at the common schools and at the Whitewater College, at Centreville. He enlisted as a private Feb. 9, 1864, in Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, First Brigade, First Division, Twenty-third Army Corps; was appointed Orderly Sergeant on the organization of the company, and afterward commissioned as Lieutenant, and had command of company. He was engaged in the battles of Buzzard Roost, Dallas, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, siege and capture of Atlanta, Nashville, Tenn., and a number of others. He was mustered out at Greensboro, N. C., Aug. 31, 1865, when he returned to Wayne County, and purchased a farm in Abington Township, where he farmed six years. He then removed to the farm where he now resides, and has since followed agricultural pursuits. He was married in September, 1866, to Josephine S., daughter of Joseph and Patsey (Boyd) Lewis, the former a native of North Carolina, and the latter of Kentucky, both early settlers of Wayne County. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt have had three children - Lorinda M. died at the age of eleven years; Frank J. and Martha L. Mr. Hunt is a charter member of Williamsburg Lodge, No. 493, A. F. & A.M. He has filled the chairs of S. W. and Senior Deacon, and has served as Master of the lodge for many years. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist church. His grandfather, Timothy Hunt, was born in North Carolina, of Norman descent. His ancestors were officers in William the Conqueror's army,'and went from Normandy to England in 1066. -Thenze their descendants came to America as officers in the war of the Revolution. Our subject's parents are still liviug in Wayne County. They reared a family of three sons - Benjamin J., Frank T. (deceased) and William M.

Nathan Madron Jennings, youngest son of Samuel and Maryaret (Madron) Jennings, was reared a farmer, and received his early education in the common schools. At the age of twenty years he entered the Hillsboro Seminary, where he remained one year, after which he spent one term in the Normal School of Richmond, Ind. He taught school at intervals to defray the expenses of his education, and has taught nearly twenty years in Wayne, Randolph and Grant Counties, Ind., and holds certificates of the highest grades. He was principal of a graded school at Jalapa, Grant Co., Ind., two years, one year a graded school at Jacksonburg, Wayne County, and two years at East Germantown, Wayne County. His last school was at College Corner, in this county, after which he settled on his farm in Green Township. He takes great interest in raising fowls, and has a fine collection. He was married in his twenty-fourth year to Narcissa J., daughter of William and Nancy (Hicks) Smith, who came to Wayne County from North Carolina in an early day. Ler father was born in 1809, and fullowed agricultural pursuits till his death in 1849. His wife was born in 1806, of English ancestry, and is still living. Mr. Jennings and wife have three children - James M., born June 16, 1865; William M., born Aug. 6, 1869, and died Sept. 13, 1876; Josephus L., born March 21,1871. Mr. and Mrs. Jennings are members of the Missionary Baptist church, of which he is Clerk. He isa Master Mason, and member of Cambridge City Lodge, No. 5, A. F. & A. M., and was Master of Thomas Nubia Lodge before the two lodges were consolidated. Politically he is a Greenbacker. His parents settled near Richmond, Wayne Co.. Ind., in 1820, where they remained two years, then lived two years near Fountain City. In 1825 he purchased the farm in Randolph County, where they lived till death, the father aged nearly sixty-eight, and the mother aged eighty-one years. James, Samvel J., Johu R. and Nathan M. are the surviving members of their family of ten children.

William JTlarrison Jones was born in 1851, in Wayne County, Ind., where he attended the common schools till eighteen years of age, after which he spent one term at Earlham College. He assisted his father on the farm till twentythree years of age, when he settled on the farm where he now resides. He owns 160 acres of well-cultivated land, and may ~ be classed among the rising young farmers of the township. He was married Feb. 10, 1875, to Medora, daughter of Allen W. and Lucy T. Lewis, of Green Township. They have one daughter - Echo, born March 19, 1883. Mr. Jones. has been a Republican until recently. He now affiliates with the Greenback party. His father, Oliver T., was of Welsh ancestry and was reared in Virginia. He settled in Wayne County, Ind., in an early day, where he married Mary, daughter of Johu King, who came to Wayne County in an early day from Kentucky. They reared cleven children to maturity, of whom nine yet survive, five sons and four daughters. Oliver T. Jones was Justice of the Peace a number of years and was Commissioner of Wayne County thirteen years. He represented the county in the State Legislature a number of years and was Cashier of the First National Bank of Centreville, Wayne County, at his death, at the age of sixty-five years. His widow survives, being in her sixty-fifth year.

Thomas Judd was born May 5, 1815, in Wilkes County, N. C., and in 1829 removed with his parents, John and Rhoda (Shepperd) Judd, to Wayne County, Ind., where his father died of malaria, in August of the following year. Thomas received a limited education at the log-eabin schools of his native State, and at an early age began working on a farm. He continued to work for wages till 1837, and Nov. 22 of that year he was married to Margaret, danghter of Henry and Sarah Oler, early settlers of Wayne County. They had no children of their own but reared a boy named Alfred Oler, to whoin he has given a fine farm of 110 acres. Albert is now Justice of the Peace of Green Township. After his marriage Mr. Judd purchased his present farm of 135 acres, known as the Riley farin, which was one of the first settled in Green Township. He alsuv owns land in Randolph County, and has followed farming through life. He has transacted much public business, having been guardian to many estates. He is a Republican in polities. His grandfather, Nathaniel Judd, was born and reared in North Carolina, and was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. Our subject's parents had eleven children born to them - Jesse, Larkin, Tabitha, Elizabeth, William, Allen, Sarah, Thomas, Mary, John and

Isaac Young King, son of Daniel and Maria (McAlister) King, was born near Centreville, Wayne Co., Ind., Jan. 25, 1833. He was reared a farmer and obtained a good education at the country schools. He served his parents until manhood, when he purchased the farm where he has since successfully followed farming and stock-raising. His 'farm contains 195 acres, all of which is in a high state of cultivation. Oct. 6, 1852, he was married to Sarah A., daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Way) Study, who came to Wayne County from Maryland in an early day, but are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. King have had four daugiters - Mary E., born Sept. 14, 1854, and died Aug. 29, 1858; Hannah M., born Aug. 28, 1856, married Alanson W. Swain, Dec. 9, 1877, and died Feb. 17, 1881; Martha E., born Feb. 11, 1859, and died Dee. 2, 1859, and Viola, born Sept. 19, 1860, and died July 22, 1878. Mrs. King was born Sept. 30, 1835, and died Feb. 15, 1881. Mr. King was again married, to Mary, widow of Milton Hoover, and daughter of Joshua and Rebecca (Heston) Kenworthy. Her grandparents came from North Carolina to Wayne County iu a very early day. Her mother is deceased and her father resides in Tippecanoe County, Ind. Mr. King is politically a Democrat and is a believer in Spiritualism. His grandfather, Jesse, and his father, Daniel King, were natives of Kentucky, but came to Wayne County, Ind., inan early day. Daniel King entered land near the present site of Centreville and followed agricultural pursuits through life. He was born in 1794 and died in 1878. His wife was born in 1804 and is still living. They were the parents of seven children - James E. and John A., deceased; Newton, of Missouri; William M., of Madison County, Ind.; Levi, on the old homestead, and Mary J., wife of George Ebersoll, of Wayne County.

Josephus Dameron Ladd was born near Williamsburg, Dee. 8, 1816, and was reared on afarm, experiencing all the phases of pioneer life. He was married in 1839 to Matilda, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Clements, by whom he had ten children - Elizabeth, born Nov. 24, 1839, now wife of Miles

Stanford, of Iowa; Haunah R., born Sept. 2, 1841, wife of Charles Campbell, of Iowa; Mary, born Dec. 16, 1843, and died aged three years; Susannah, born Nov. 17, 1846, wife of Allen Chamness, of Iowa; Catherine, born July 27, 1849, wite of Martin Oler, of Wayne County; William C., atiorney at law at Portland, Jay Co., Ind., born April 6, 1852, and married to Georgia Lloyd, of Michigan; Cynthia A., born April 11, 1854, wife of Allen Oler, of Wayne County; James M., born Feb. 6, 1858, married Martha Campbell; Matilda J., born March 23, 1861, wife of Elmer Clark, of Iowa. Mrs. Ladd died in 1861, and Dec. 3, 1863, Mr. Ladd married Eliza A., daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca (Cornelius) Britain, both now deceased. Mrs. Ladd was born in Wayne County, Oct. 30, 1830. Mr. and Mrs. Ladd have had five sons - Samuel L., born Aug. 15, 1864; Charles L., Feb. 2, 1867; Flavius J., Feb. 4, 1868; Edwin B. and Edgar B., born Aug. 20, 1869; the latter died at the age of three years. Mr. Ladd is a Republican in politics. Mrs. Ladd is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His father, Joseph Ladd, was born in Guilford County, N. C., of English ancestry, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Hecameto Wayne County, Ind., in an early day, where he followed agricultural pursuits through life. He was for a number of years Justice of the Peace. His first wife was Catherine B. Dameron, of Guilford County, N. C., and they were the parents of nine children - Aunie, Constantine, Joseph, Sarah, Noble, Elizabeth, Nancy, Judith and William. He married Mary Angel for his second wife, by whom he had nine children - Isaac N., Mary, Bethany, Amos, Catherine, Charles, Josephus D., our subject, and Susanna (twins), and Benjamin. Josepn Ladd died in 1833 near Williamsburg, and his widow died in 1862.

Martin Luther Lamb was born Aug. 18, 1818, in Wayne County, Ind., the tenth of eleven children of Thomas and Hannah (Lewis) Lamb. He was reared to pioneer life, his youth being spent in clearing land, and his education was obtained in the log cabin subscription schools. tle has followed agricultural pursuits through life, and is one of the practical farmers of Green Township. He was married Noy. 28, 1839, to Sarah, daughter of William and Nancy (Cain) Starbuck, natives of Wales. This union was blessed with five children - James M., born Jan. 4, 1842, now in Michigan; Priscilla J., born May 27, 1846, now in Indianapolis; Ozro T., born April 11, 1849, now in Kansas; Ancil L., born Dee. 16, 1854, now in Oregon; and Mary A., born May 1, 1858. Mrs. Lamb died June 22, 1863, and Dec. 29, 1864, Mr. Lamb was again married to Emily J., daughter of Andrew and Avis (Gardner) Starbuck, who were of Welsh ancestry, the former living in Wabash County, Ind., and the latter deceased. Mr. Lamb and present wife have three children - Ulysses S., born May 29, 1867; Estella A., Sept. 12, 1872, and Helena E., May 18, 1876. Mrs. Lamb is a member of the Wesleyan Methodist church. Politically Mr. Lamb is a Republican. Mr. Lamb is of Welsh ancestry. His father was born Feb. 11, 1771, and died July 15, 1851, and his mother was born Jan. 18, 1782, and died Oct. 19, 1865. Of the eleven children born to them, but three sons and one daughter are living. They were married in North Carolina, and afterward lived near Vincennes, Ind., until the war of 1812. They then removed to Wayne County and remained for a time in the block-house at Williamsburg, the Indians being dangerous at that time. They spent the remainder of their daysin Green Township.

Allen West Lewis, youngest of a family of twelve children, and the ouly one of the family now living, was born in Randolph County, N. C., June 14, 1809, and when fourteen months old his parents, John and Sarah (Roukman) Lewis, settled in Green Township. John Lewis, Sr., was born in Pennsylvania, of English descent, and subsequently lived in North Carolina, where John Lewis, Jr., father of our subject, was born March 9, 1765, where he lived till maturity and married. His wife, Sarah (Roukman) Lewis, was of German descent, and was born in Pennsylvania, but moved to North Carolina with her parents when a child. She died in her eighty-seventh year. In August, 1810, John Lewis, Jr., and his eldest son, Richard, who was married, came to Green Towuship, Wayne Co., Ind., with their families, being the first settlers of the township, and purchased public lands at the first sale. John Lewis was not a member of any church but was liberal toward all religious sects, allowing them to hold service in his house. He died in his eighty-sixth year. His wife was a member of the Christian church. She had a birthright and was reared and educated in the Society of Friends. Alleu W. Lewis, the subject of this sketch, was married May 23, 1839, to Lucy T., daughter of Aquilla and Thamer (Kenworthy) Hollingsworth, of Wayne County, formerly from South Carolina. Mr. Lewis and his wife have had eight children - Nancy, wife of L. T. Bond, of Wayne County; Naomi, wife of B. F. Beverlin, of Jay County, Ind.; Rebekah, wife of J. M. Harris, of Wayne County; John, died in infancy; Sarah, at home; William A., of Wayne County; Medora, wife of William H. Jones, of Wayne County, and Francis H., died at the age of five years. Mr. Lewis spent his early lifein helping clear the farm he now occupies, and received a limited education, but by his own perseverance he has become a wellread man. He was an anti-slavery man, and was one of the founders of the Republican party, but is now a Greenbacker.

William Addison Lewis, son of Allen W. and Lucy (Hollingsworth) Lewis, was born Oct. 16, 1851, in Wayne County, Ind. He was reared a farmer, and obtained a good business education at the common schools. Jan. 15, 1874, he was married to Ella,daughter of Thomas and Jane (Study) Edwards, of Williamsburg, Wayne Co., Ind. They are the parents of one daughter - EKdith, who was born Jan. 22, 1879. After marriage Mr. Lewis settled on the farm where he has since resided. He has always followed agricultural pursuits, and owns one of the finest farms, with good residence and farm buildings, in Green Township. He is a member of Williamsburg Lodge, No. 493, F. & A. M.,and is Junior Warden of the lodge. He has filled all the chairs except Master. Politically he affiliates with the Greenback party.

Henry L. Macy, the fourth child of Joseph and Mary (Way) Macy, was born in South Carolina, Marlborough District, May 10, 1806. His father died when he was about three years old, and in 1813 or 1814 his mother married Benjamin Beverly. In 1816 a company of four persons, consisting of Paul, Henry H. and William Way and William Diggs came from South Carolina to Randolph County, Ind., and entered land from two to four miles west of where Winchester now stands. In the fall of the year one of their number, Paul H. Way, returned to South Carolina for his family and friends, and on the Ist day of December, 1816, six families in one company bade a final farewell to their Carolina hoines, and started on a long overland journey to the paradise beyond the Ohio, to find their future homes and fortunes in Randolph County. This company consisted of John and Paul Way, (uncles of our subject), John Moorman, Geo. T. Wilson, Armsbee Diggs and Benjamin Beverly and theirfamilies. The route of this company lay across the Blue Ridge Mountains, over the Holsten and along the French Broad Rivers, over the Cumberland Mountains, and on through Tennessee, Kentucky and across the Ohio River at Cincinnati. After the company had traveled sume days and reached the eastern part of Tennessee, Mr. Macy's sister, two years older than himself, was taken sick with a fever, and was not able to travel any further. [It was decided that his mother and children should stop. His uncle had made the acquaintance of a tavernkeeper, Major McBride, a gentleman in every sense of the word, who took them in and eared for them until the next spring, when his grandfather and grandmother and aunt came by and brought them on to Green Township, Wayne Co., Ind. They arrived on the 3d day of July, 1817. At this date a great portion of Indiana was an unbroken wilderness. The red man of the forest, the bear, the deer and the wolf were frequently seen. The condition of the country, the wants of the pioneer, were such, that it behvoved every man, woman and child to do his best to subdue the wild forest, so that the soil could be forced to yield the necessaries of life. At the date of his arrival in Wayne County our subject was eleven years old. The country a wilderness, the land to clear, rails to split, fences to build, cabins to raise, clapboards to make to cover the cabin, puncheons to split and hew for a floor, and no saw-milis. Steam-mills were hardly thought of, and at that date there were no mills of any kind in Green Township. When his grandparents, William and Abigail Way, his mother and child, his. Uncle William Way, Aunt Abigail Way, two cousins, Mvorman and Susannah Way, reached the neighborhood where Williamsburg now stands, they found his stepfather, Benjamin Beverly, his brother William, and Seth Way, at work on a cabin forahome. His stepfather had taken a lease of the land belonging to Seth Way, lying about a mile west of where Williamsburg now stands. He was to clear and fence ten acres and have it seven years. For three or four years this cabin was his home, and he helped to clear and fence the land. About this time his oldest sister, Phebe, married Henry W. Way, a son of Henry and Charlotte (Anthony) Way. After this he lived with his sister and her husband and his mother. Ruben Joy, the man who built the first saw-mill in the neighborhood, paid his hands 25 cents per day for digging his mill-race, and Mr. Macy worked four days in said mill-race for $1. In the fall of 1826 his brother-in-law, Henry W. Way, sold his farin near Williamsburg, and moved to Fayette County, some three miles south of Connersville. He lived with him there one year and then returned to the neighborhood of Williamsburg, where he made the acquaintance of Rachel Trotter, a daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Anthony) Trotter, and a granddaughter of Josiah and Jane Trotter. She came with her mother, sister and brother to Wayne County. Ind., in the fall of 1826, and on Dec. 24, 1829, they were married. The spring following they moved to Winchester, Randolph County, and lived there two years. There he made and laid bricks. They then moved back to Wayne County, four miles northeast of Williamsburg, to the farm of Wilson Horn. They lived on the Horn farm one year, when he and his wife's brother bought a lease of Seth Broek on the Widow Jay farm, and moved to it in the fall of 1834. Mr. Macy bought the farm on which he now lives and has followed farming for a livelihood ever since. Mr. and Mrz. Macy have had nine children - Ruth, born Dec. 29, 1830, wife of Benjamin Tharp, of Randolph County, Ind.; Mary, born Dee. 18, 1832, married Wyatt Green, and died March 7, 1861; William, born Sept. 24, 1834, and died Aug. 11, 1864; Abigail, born Sept. 28, 1836, died Feb. 11, 1842; Louisa, born May 13, 1838, wife of Nathan T. Butts, of Randolph County; Thomas C., born Aug. 31, 1840, died Jan. 5, 1852; Margret

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J., born Feb. 21, 1842, wife of Wyatt Green; Sarah A., born March 20, 1844; Henry S., born Dec. 28, 1851. In polities, in his youth, Mr. Macy was an admirer of John Quincy Adams. Later in anti-slavery times he voted the liberty and Free-Svil ticket; voted with the Republican party until after the war, when he thought their legislation was calculated to make the poor poorer and the rich richer. Since then he has been with the Greenback labor party. Mrs. Macy has been a member of the United Brethren church forty years. Samuel Pitts was born in Guilford County, N. C., Oct. 14, 1820, and when twelve years of age moved with his parents, Samuel and Martha (Merideth) Pitts, to Wayne County, Ind. After reaching manhood he purchased land in Iowa which he soon sold and purchased the farm where he has since resided. Heserved four years as Trustee of Green Township, and has been guardian of estates since twenty-two years of age. He was married in 1842 to Martha A., daughter of Joseph and Ruth Tegal, her father a native of Virginia and her mother from North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Pitts were the parents of one child - Anna, now Mrs. A. J. Gibbs, of Fountain City, Wayne County. Mrs. Pitts died in 1843, and in 1844 Mr. Pitts married Anna, daughter of Isaac and Rachel (Night) Thomas. They have had four children, two now living - Martha A., wife of Henry Love, of Wayne County, and Asa, married and residing with his parents. One son and one daughter are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Pitts and children are members of the Society of Orthodox Friends. Mr. Pitts has served as Elder of his church a number of years and was ordained a minister in 1866. Mrs. Pitts is an Elder of her church. In politics Mr. Pitts was reared a Whig, but since the organization of the Republicans he has affiliated with that party. His parents were born, reared and married in North Carolina, and in 1832 moved to Wayne County, Ind. His father was engaged in agricultural pursuits through life and died on his farm, aged seventy-seven years. His wife died the following year aged seventy-seven years. They were consistent members of the Orthodox Friends. Mrs. Pitts's parents, were also born, reared, and married in North Carolina, and settled in Wayne County, Ind., in 1812.

hey reared nine children of whom only two survive - John Thomas, of Iowa, and Fannie. Mr. Thomas died near Fountain City in 1855, aged eighty-seven years, and his wife died in 1842, aged seventy-two years.

Jerome Tyler and Napoleon Harrison Lichter, twin sons of William and Lucinda (Lewis) Richter, were born Aug. 4, 1840, in Williamsburg, Wayne Co., Ind. Their father was of German parentage and settled in Williamsburg with his parents before the war of 1812. He was one of the founders of the village of Williamsburg, where he worked at his trade, wagon-making, for many years. being one of the first mechanics of the county. His death occurred in 1879. aged seventy-two years. His wife was a dinghter of Richard Lewis, one of the first settlers of Green Township. She was the first white female born in Green's Fork. She is still living. Of the twelve children born to them, but four are living - Henrietta, wife of Orrie Medaries, of Richmond, Ind.; Josephine, wife of Anthony Schubert. of Indianapolis, Ind. ; and our subjects. They obtained a good education in the schools of their native village, and learned the wagon-maker's trade from their father. In October, 1861, they enlisted in Company D, Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry, as Chief Musicians, and were with the Army of the Cumberland until they reached McMinnville, Tenn., where Jerome's health failed and he was sent to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Louisville, Ky., where he was discharged in 1863. Napoleon continued with the army through Georgia and tothe sea. After serving three years and a half he was detailed on special secret service in Indiana by Governor Morton of that State, and was finally dischargedin 1865. He returned home and with his brother engaged in wagon-making. Their capital was very limited but they were very successful in their business operations. In three years they changed from wagon-making, to the manufacture of carriages and buggies, in which they still continue. They now own one entire block in the village, which contains their warerooms, paint shops, office and Jerome's residence, and also a square containing their wood shop, smith shop and Napoleon's residence. They are members of Williamsburg Lodge, No. 493, A. F. & A. M., of which

Napoleon is Senior and Jeromais Junior Deacon. They are also members of Mart. Ballenger Post, G. A. R, of which Napoleon is Post Commander and Jerome is Post Adjutant. In politics they affiliate with the Republican party. Napoleon was married in 1868, to Sallie, daughter of John and Sarah Edwards, of Randolph County, Ind. Thev were the parents of two children - Clara and Nettie. His wife died in 1874, and in 1880 he married Attie, daughter of James R. Keener, of Randolph County. Jerome was married in 1872, to Mattie, daughter of R. H. and Martha Worley, of Cincinnati, Ohio, They have three daughters - Zella, Lola and Ula.

Samuel Saintmyer, of the firm of Roberts & Saintmyer, butchers and grocers, Wiiliamsburg, Wayne Co., Ind., was born Sept. 25, 1838, in Green Township, Wayne Oo., Ind., youngest son of John and Nellie (Swords) Saintmyer. His father was born in Virginia, of German descent, and afterward lived in Warren County, Ohio, where he was married. There was a family of seven children, four still living - Barbie E., wife of Cornelius Cook, of Jay County, Ind.; James and David, of Randolph County, and Samuel. Elizabeth died of cholera in Richmond in 1849, George died in February, 1875, and Mary A. died in 1844. His father came to Wayne County, Ind., in 1836. In February, 1840, his wife died, and the following year he was married to Mrs. Rachel (Warren) Hart. They had one daughter - Eliza A., wife of Thomas Tharp, of Randolph. John Saintmyer followed farming through life, and died in his seventy-fourth year in 1870. His widow survived until 1879. Samuel was educated in the schools of his township, and on reaching the age of manhood he engaged in farming on the homestead, and when the estate was settled he purchased the homestead where he carried on farming until 1878. His and his wife's health becoming impaired he was obliged to change his occupation. He sold his farm and removed to Williamsburg, where he purchased property and engaged in his present business. He has received a liberal patronage and does a thriving business. He was married in 1856 to Charlotte, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Study, of Wayne County. They have two sons - Adison, born in March, 1858, married, and is a carpenter and joiner at Williamsburg, and Charles R., born in October, 1859, is engaged in saw-milling in Washington Territory. Mrs. Saintmyer died May 24, 1879, and in November, 1880, Mr. Saintmyer married Wilda, daughter of John and Elizabeth Cranor, of Wayne County. Mr. Saintmyer is politically a Democrat. He isa member of Chinkarorer Lodge, No. 120, I. O. O. F., of Williamsburg, and has been Trustee of his lodge for several years.

Thompson Smith, eldest son of James and Mary (Massey) Smith, was born Dec. 26, 1822, in Randolph County, Ind. He was educated at the Winchester Seminary, in his native county, and was an assistant teacher there a portion of two years, at the same time reading law with a view of entering that profession, but after completing his studies he taught school for five years. He was married in February, 1847, to Elizabeth A., daughter of James and Amy (Jeffrey) Britain, who was reared in New Jersey, but came to Wayne County in 1820. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had four children, of whom only one survives - Mary A., wife of O. G. Davis, of Williarasburg. James H., William and Sarah J. are deceased. Mr. Smith, aiter his marriage, purchased a farm in Randolph County, which he sold in 1849, and the following two years taught school at Economy, Wayne County. In the spring of 1850 he purchased the farm where he has since successfully followed agricultural pursuits. He owns a fine farm of 260 acres, a fine residence and one of the most commodious barns in the township. He has served his township as Clerk a number of years, and was Justice of the Peace twelve years. He affiliates with the Greenback party in politics. His wife died June 7, 1860, and he was again married, April 14, 1871, to Mrs. Frances Crane, of Boone County, Ind. They have no children. Mr. Smith's grandparents, Eleazer and Ruth (Davis) Smith, were natives of North Carolina, and his father was born in that State, Davidson County, Jan. 6, 1798. They removed to Wayne County in 1818, where our subject's father was married. His children living are - Thompson, Rachel, Martha and Mary. Ruth, William M., Oliver and Henry are deceased. Their mother died Nov. 12, 1839, and the father was married to

Mary Willburn, of Kentucky, by whom he had two children - Eleazer and Oliver H. (deceased). In 1855 he moved to Warwick County, Ind., where his wife died in 1870, and May 24, 1871, Mr. Smith died at the residence of his daughter Mary, in Jasper County, Il]. He was buried in Concord Cemetery, Wayne County, by the remains of his first wife.

Benjamin Thorn, Jr., was born in Burlington County, N. J., March 23, 1817, and in 1827 removed with his parents, Benjamin and Ruth (Dudley) Thorn, to Warren County, Ohio, and in 1830 removed to Wayne County. He obtained his education at the subscription schools and after he attained his majority he worked several years for wages. With his earnings he purchased eighty acres of wild land in Huntington County, Ind., and soon after bought eighty acres more. He soon sold his land and purchased sixty acres where he has since been engaged in farming, owning at the present time. over 400 acres in Wayne County, ina high state of cultivation. He was married to Salina, daughter of Samuel and Mary Ball, of Wayne County. They have had four children, only one now living - Hannah A., born in 1851, now wife of John Chapman, of Green Township; Martin L. was born in June, 1842, and was killed by a runaway team at the age of twenty-four years, in August, 1866; Samuel A., born in 1843, was a member of the Thirty-sixth Indiana Infantry in the late war, and died of measles at Camp Wyckliffe, Ky.; Mary J. was born in 1849 and died of spotted fever in 1863. Mr. Thorn has been acripple since 1863 from the effects of spotted fever. He belongs to the Society of Hicksite Friends and in politics is a Republican. His parents were of English and Welsh descent. Four of their children are living - Ezra, of Huntington County, Ind.; Mary, wife of Ira Moore, of Richmond, Ind.; Ruth, widow of Isaac Dudley, of Richmond, and our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Thorn are deceased, the former having died at the age of fifty-seven years.

Oliver Wilson, eldest son of John and Hannah (Bond) Wilson, was born Feb. 3, 1839, in Clay Township, Wayne County, Ind. He was reared a farmer and educated at the country schools until he was thirteen years of age, when his father died, after which he helped maintain the family until he was twenty-two years of age. He then farmed a few years on rented lands in Clay Township. He purchased the heirs', his brothers and sisters, interest in lands in Hamilton County Ind., and soon after sold to the younger heirs, and purchased a farm in Clay Township, which he sold after a few years, and in 1869 purchased the farm of 130 acres, where he has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. March 14, 1861, he was married to Keziah ©.. daughter of Perry and Sallie Hurst, of Wayne County. Two children were born to this union, both now deceased. Mrs. Wilson died in 1864, and Mr. Wilson was again married, Sept. 25, 1878, to Lydia D. (Dukes) Holt. They have three children - Lula, Omer, and a twin to Omer died unnamed. Mr. Wilson, politically, is a Republican. His grandfather, Samuel Wilson, came from Guilford County, N. C., and was one of the first settlers of Wayne County. Our subject's parents were reared and married in Wayne County, and had eight children born to them, of whom four are living - Oliver, Lilia, Adaline and James A. Those deceased are - Martha, Phoebe, Jesse and Eliza. The father died at the age of thirty-six years, but the mother still survives, in hersixty-sixth year. They were members of the Society of Hicksite Friends.