Wayne County, Indiana - The whole text, 1912 (part 14 of 16)

April 16, 1896. The)- were the parents of thirteen children: Margaret died in infancy; Nancy is the wife of Mathias Ranch, of Abington township ; Elizabeth became the wife of Ransom Cheesman and is deceased; Lucy is deceased; Jane is the wife of Henry Fricker, of Dublin; Francena is the wife of Elihu Hiatt, of Abington township; Michael was the next in order of birth; James R. is given extended mention on another page of this volume; Phoebe is the wife of John 1). Peirce, given extended mention on another page of this volume; Mary became the wife of Henry Peirce, of Washington township, and is deceased; Joseph resides in Wayne township; Eveline, deceased, was the wife of Thomas Clevenger, of Centerville; and Matilda G. is the wife of John Eddie Burris, , also given extended mention on another page of this volume. The subject of this sketch first attended school on the old Ranch place in Abington township, later a school near his late residence, and also attended school for a time in Centerville. His entire active career was one of consecutive identification with agricultural pursuits, in connection with which he was very successful, as he brought to bear progressive ideas and mature judgment in the handling of the various departments of his farming enterprise, which included diversified agriculture, the maintaining of a good dairy herd and the breeding of excellent grades of live stock, lie resided at home until twenty-four years old and then purchased the farm where his widow resides. The tract consisted of eighty acres, but he added to it until he owned 102 acres of as fine land as can be found in the township. He made numerous improvements on the farm, on which he provided an effective drainage system, besides reclaiming a number of acres on which the native timber was still standing, and in 1895 he erected the commodious residence which his widow occupies. In politics he was a Republican, but gave his support to men and measures meeting the approval of his judgment. He died Aug. 7, 191 1. On Aug. 15, 1872, Mr. Helms was united in marriage to Miss Martha Ann Russell, born in Center township, March 22, 1852, a daughter of Vinnedge and Jane ( Rich ) Russell, late well known citizens of this section of the slate, the former horn Dec. 10, l8ll, ami died Dec. 19, 1887; and the latter was horn Oct. 21, 1817, and died Aug. 15, 1851. Mr. and Mrs. Helms became the parents of four children - Joseph I., Mary E., DeWitt R., and Mattie J., the two last named being deceased. Joseph 1., the son, was born Aug. 19, 1874, and was married Aug. 3. 1898, to Maud, daughter of Milburn (deceased) and Frances (Woods) Fender, of Abington township. The mother now resides in Centerville, and Joseph I. Helms and wife reside on a farm in Abington township. Mary E. Helms, the eldest daughter, born April 12, 1876, was married on June 8, 1898, to Jesse H. Lambert, of Fayette county, Indiana, and they reside on a farm in Center township. They have two children - Mildred, born March 6, 1904, and Mary Frances, born Sept. 3, 1910. Mrs. Helms is the youngest of seven children, of whom one other is living - Joseph Russell, of West Richmond. The paternal great-grandfather of Mrs. Helms v. a- Robert Russell, a native of England, and Eva Fonts, his wife, was a native of Germany. The maternal great-grandfather was Adam Vinnedge, of Germany, and his wife was Margaret Simonton, of Wales. The paternal grandfather was Samuel Russell, of Virginia, born July 5, 1771, and he died in 1835. His wife was Elizabeth Vinnedge, of New Jersey, born Aug. 2J, 1776, and she died in 1833. Samuel and Elizabeth (Vinnedge) Russell had ten children, of whom Vinnedge, father of Mrs. Helms, was the eighth in order of birth, and he was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, fane Rich, his wife, was born in Guilford, N. G.

Abram Hoover, a popular farmer of the township of Jefferson, is a native of Liberty township, Henry county, Indiana, born March 26, 1854. His father, Jacob Hoover, a native of Blair county, Pennsylvania, and a fanner by occupation, migrated hi Henry county, Indiana, when about fourteen years old, and there followed agricultural pursuits and also conducted a saw-mill. He retired at the age of sixty years and died in Jefferson township, Wayne county. The mother of Abram Hoover, Sallie Rinehart, was born in Liberty township, Henry county, and passed away in Jefferson township, "Wayne county. She and her husband lived three years in Carroll county, Indiana. There were ten children in the family - eight sons and two daughters: Klias is a resident of Jefferson township; Abram is the second in order of birth ; Jefferson is a resident of Oakville, Randolph county; Amos and Samantha are deceased; America Jane is the wife of George Smith, of Hagerstown ; Horace resides in Hagerstown; Daniel and David were twins, the former deceased and the latter resides in Jefferson township; and Robert Franklin resides in Liberty township, Henry county. Abram Hoover received his schooling in the district schools of Carroll county, and Jefferson township, Wayne county, and worked upon the parental farm until 1878, when he began the business of stock dealing, in which he was engaged until 1887, when he began farming" on the old John Gephart farm, where he resides. He has greatly improved and enlarged the buildings on the place and for several years conducted a mixed farming and stock-raising business. He handles Hampshire sheep and Poland-China hogs for the market. Politically Mr. Hoover is a Republican, but has never ^aspired to public office. On Oct. 2, 1881, he was united in holy wedlock to Miss Nancy Holler, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Replogle) Holler, of Liberty township, Henry county, Indiana, of which happy union one son has been born - Orville - who lives at the home of his parents. Mrs. Hoover's father, a farmer by occupation, was a native of the Buckeye State, came to Liberty township, Henry county, Indiana, some years ago, and there followed his occupation. He was a member of the Republican party and the German Baptist church, in which denomination he was a minister. He and his wife are both deceased. Mrs. Hoover was born July 22, 1857.

Adam Hill, a well known farmer of Franklin township, is a native of this county, born in the township of Franklin, March 10, 1839, son of Whitmel and Mariam (Hollowell) Hill. The father was horn in North Carolina, in 1809, and in 1826 removed to Ohio and located in Preble county. In 1834, he removed to this count)', lo- eating in Franklin township, where lie purchased land and continued to reside fifty-nine years, until his death, in 1893. He was ever thrifty and enterprising and as a husband and father was always generous and considerate. He was ever tolerant of the desires and opinions of others, and though willing to yield in minor matters, never compromised with that which he knew to be wrong. [lis devoted wife, a daughter of Adam tlollowell, died in 1861, having become the mother of six children: Miles married fane Wright and both are deceased, the parents of three children - Adam, Henrietta, and Charles; William married Minerva Bunch and they had eight children - Emery, Oliver, Edgar, Harry, Anna, and three that died in infancy; Adam is the third in order of birth; Sallie died at the age of sixteen years; Nancy was the wife of Lot Skinner (see sketch l; and Marchael is the wife of Joseph White, of Franklin township, ad they have eight children - Effie, Frank, Zeddie, Osc n\ Shirley, and three that died young. After the death of his first wife, \Vhitmel Hill married Mary Ann Harrison, and of this union one child was born - Elma, wife of Oliver Spencer, and the mother of two children - Harry and Fdna. Adam Hill was reared and educated in his native township, attending school in District No 4 during the fall, winter and earl}' spring months, and working on his parent's farm throughout the long summer vacation. At the age of twenty-one he left school and commenced his real work of life, but remained on his father's farm until the death of that parent. As he was always posessed of good common sense, frugality and foresight, at a youthful age, in 1868, he was able to purchase a farm of forty acres, adjoining the home place in Franklin township, and afterward became one of the largest land-owners in Wayne county. Aside from his farming interests he is a stockholder in the bank at Hollandsburg. In politics he is a Democrat, and the religious faith of himself and wife is expressed by membership in the Christian church. On July 10, 1907, Mr. Hill was united in holy wedlock to Mrs. Sarah (Benbow) Wallick, daughter of Powell and Rachel (Hyers) Benbow, of Hagerstown. Tnd., but natives uf North Carolina, Mr. ITenbow died in 1865 and In- wife died in 1902. There were four children by a former marriage of Mr. Benbow - Thomas, Anna, Louisa, and Joseph. Of his second marriage there were eight children - William, George, Martha, Archibald, Mary B., Sarah, Edward, and James.

Rudolph Hoover, a thrifty fanner and highly respected citizen of Wayne county, whose postoffice address is Cambridge City, reached by the rural free delivery, was born just over the line in Henry county, Nov. 22, 1850. He is a son of John M. and Fanny ( Ellabarger) Hoover, the former born on a farm in Fayette county, Indiana, March 2, 1824, and the latter in Lancaster countv, Pennsylvania, July 11, 1827. The father removed with his young wife to Henry countv soon after his marriage and there passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring Sept. 27, 1867, and hi- widow survived until Nov. iq. IQ04. He was allied with the Democratic party and his wife was a devout communicant of the German Baptist church. Rudolph Hoovei received the limited scholastic advantages afforded by the district schools of his boyhood clays. On leaving school he found employment with his father and after that parent's death managed the farm for his mother. In 1884 he purchased a farm of eighty acres in the extreme southwest corner of Jefferson township, off which he cleared all the limber, with the exception of twenty-five acres, and in [905 took possession of eighty-five acres of the old homestead; and has thus for years been successfully conducting a general fanning business, devoting himself to no one particular branch - of die science. In [903 he built a new barn and also a dwelling house on his farm, modern in ever) respect, and the buildings and surrounding grounds arc neatly kept. In his political relations Mr. Hoover is unswerving in his allegiance to the Democratic party, but has never been an aspirant for public office. Mis religious nature finds expression in attendance upon the services of the Church of God, of which he and his wife are both members. On March 18, 1877, was solemnized Mr. Hoover's marriage to Miss Man Ellen Shafer. whose parents - Adam and Rachel (Gepherdt Shafer - were born respectively in Wayne county, Indiana, and (enter count>', Pennsylvania, the father on May 20, 1834, and the mother on Aug. 29, 1833. They were married in 1854, after which they rented what is the present Kaufman farm in Jackson township, Wayne county, and lived there four years. They then moved in an eightv-acre farm in Miami county and in 1864 to Henry county, where they purchased r6o acres, what is now the John Hagner farm. In 1871 they removed to a place known as the Shafer homestead, in the northern part of Jackson township, where they resided until the spring of 1880, when they moved to Henry county, a short distance from the Shafer home, where they lived until the time of their deaths. They were both killed on May 22, 1002, by a Pennsylvania train, while driving across the tracks on their way to New Castle. The place known as the Shafer homestead was purchased in the earlv '30s bv Adam Shafer, the grandfather of Mrs. Hoover. To Adam 'and Rachel (Gepherdt) Shafer there were horn eleven children: Marv Ellen, born Aug. 12. 185s, is the eldest; Rachel Rebecca is Ihe'wifc of Daniel Wantz, of New Castle: Susan Jane is the wife of Horace Hoover; John Adam married Amanda Dashler and is a farmer in Henry county; Emma Alice is the wife of Charles Hutchins, a farmer in Henry county; Malinda, born April r, 1865, is the wife of Edwin T. Bertsch, who is given extended mention on another page of this volume; Lydia, born Dec. 20, 1867, is the wife of Daniel Hoover, a farmer in ITenn county; Edna, bom Dec. 16, 1870, is the wife of C. II. Graver, a grocer in Cambridge City; Charles E.. born April 3, 1872, married Emma Straup and is a farmer in Henry county; \r\ Frances, bom Sept. 0, 1875, is the wife of John Hagner, a fanner in ffenn county; and Dora Elizabeth, born Dec. 18. 1877, is the wife of Harry Rhodes, a farmer in Henry county. Two children - Dora Ellen and William Henry - were the issue of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover: Dora Ellen, born Dec. 31. 1877* married Tohn W. Staum, a farmer of Henry county, and they have five children: Norman II., born Sept. n, 1897, died in infancy; Arlie Ellen, born July 21, 1900; Opal Rebecca, born Feb. 7, 1904; Edith Marcellus, bum Jan. 22, 1906; and Agnes Marie, born Jan. 5, lQIl. William Henry, burn April 8, 1880, is a farmer in Henry county, married Sarah Hoover and they have one child - Mary Ellen, born March 28, 1904. Mr. Hoover is one of a family of nine children born to his parents: John E., born Sept. 2, 1849, is a retired farmer in Carroll county, Indiana, has been married three times and has two children - Catherine and Etta ; Rudolph is the next in order of birth; Benjamin, born Feb. 4, 1852, died Dec. 21, 1863; Amos, born Aug. 21, 1853, died Dec. 7, 1863; Mary, born April 10, 1855, is the wife of David Shellenberger, a farmer in Henry county; Christian, burn Nov. 4, 1856, i^ deceased; Elizabeth, born May 26, 1859, died Dec. II, 1863 ; Susanna, born Feb. 2, 1862, died Aug. 8, 1864; and Daniel, born Oct. 5, 1865, is a farmer in Henry county. Scarlet fever caused the death of the children who died in December, 1863. Mrs. Hoover's mother was the daughter of John and Rachel Gepherdt, of Center county, Pennslyvania.

Henry Harrison Houseworth, who became a citizen of this county about fort)' years ago and whose thrift and energy have given him foremost rank among his brethren, was born in Green county, Virginia, Nov. 14, 1840. He is of good American descent, his father, Walter Houseworth, having been born in Shelby county, Kentucky, in 1800, and his mother in Greene county, Virginia, in 181 1. The elder Houseworth lived a useful life, accumulated a competence, and finally passed away in 1864, his wife having preceded him by two years, dying in 1862. Walter Houseworth was educated in Kentucky and in early life engaged in farming and the manufacture of wagons. Later he moved to Virginia, was married in 1833, and clerked in a store for a time, after which he followed agricultural pursuits until his death. He was one of forty men in his precinct who voted against secession in 1861. To him and his wife were born four children : Ann Eliza, who is the widow of Junius F. Maupin and resides, in Greene county, Virginia; James, who died in 1853; William, who died in 1863 as a soldier in the Confederate army; and Henry H., who is the subject of this review. Our subject received his education in the schools of Greene county, Virginia, and after his school days were completed learned the printer's trade with his brother-in-law, Mr. Maupin. Later he went to Richmond, Va., and was engaged on the staff of the "Enquirer," the personal organ of Jefferson Davis, about one year. He then worked at job printing in Richmond, Va., until Lee surrendered, when he left the city and went back to the farm. One year later he came west to Fayette county, Indiana, was with his mother's brother on a farm about two years, and then came to Washington township and rented a farm fifteen years, each year being one of greater success than its predecessor. In 1887 he purchased his present farm of 160 acres, upon which he has since followed general farming. He has recently 'erected a new brick dwelling house to replace the one destroyed by lire in the spring of 1910. In October, 1865, in Greene county, Virginia, occurred his marriage to Miss Martha J. McMullan, daughter of William and Ann (Cave) McMullan, residents of Fayette county, Indiana, and of this union there were born two sons: Richard Henry, who resides in Washington township, is married to lsa May I hirst, daughter of Cyrus 0. Hurst, of Washington township, and to them have been born a son, Marshall Henry ; and William Walter is a resident of Milton.- Mrs. Houseworth died May 22, 1870, and in February, 1874, Mr. Houseworth was married to Miss Eliza Jane Doddridge, born July 12, 1S43, daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Weekly) Doddridge, of Washington township. Mr. and Mrs. Doddridge were natives respectively of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. The father was educated in the schools of Washington township and followed agricultural pursuits, in which he was very successful, owning at one time over 3,000 acres of land. Fie disposed of considerable of this, but at the time of his death was the possessor of about 2,000 acres (see sketch of Doddridge family). Of this second union of Mr. Houseworth there is a daughter, Clara, born June 9, 1878, now a senior in the Ohio Wesleyan College, at Delaware, Ohio. Both Mr. Houseworth and his wife are members of the Doddridge Methodist Episcopal church.

Chester Craig Hudelson, who now resides in New Garden township, has had a varied business experience, in which he has encountered a due quota of unfavorable conditions, but has pressed forward with a definite aim in view and has gained a position as one of the representative farmers and highly esteemed citizens of New Garden township. He was born three miles east of Knightstown, in Rush county, Indiana, June 26, i860, a son of David Alexander and Sarah (Turner) Hudelson, the former a native of Henry county and the latter was born in Kentucky. The paternal grandfather, James Hudelson, was a farmer by occupation, married Esther Craig and came from Virginia to Henry county, Indiana, in the early part of the Nineteenth century. David Alexander Hudelson was born Oct. 3, 1830, and was reared to maturity in his native county, where he had meager educational advantages. He resided for a number of years on a farm three miles east of Knightstown, and also for a time conducted a saw mill southwest of New Castle. He married Sarah Turner in Kentucky, in 1854, and continued to reside in Henry county until his death, which occurred in April, 1881, his wife having passed away in 1866. In the family were one son and four daughters: Mary Bell, born in 1856; Laura Dora, born in 1858, married Wallace Brosius, of Henry county; Chester C. is the next in order of birth ; Almira Virginia, born in 1862, married H. W. Moffitt and resides on the old home place; and Lucy Jane, born in 1865, married A. C. Kirkham, of Rush county, Indiana. The mother died when the subject of this review was but six years of age. Chester C. Hudelson had excellent educational advantages in his youth, as he attended the district school near his home until fifteen years old and then was a student in Spiceland Academy four years. Alter leav- ing school lie worked for a time in his father's saw-mill, and in 1884 rented a farm one mile east of Dnnreith, in Henry county, where he farmed two years, and in 1887 returned to Henry county, Indiana, where he farmed rented land four years. lie then purchased a farm in that county, upon which he made a specialty of fruit raising-, hut later sold this farm and rented land near Cambridge City, in Wayne county. There he devoted himself to general farming until 1903, when he purchased the farm where he resides, in Xew Garden township. Though never active in the arena of practical politics, Mr. Hudelson gives a staunch allegiance to the Republican party, and he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church at Fountain City. While living at Spiceland, in Henry count)', he served six years as justice of the peace. lie is a reliable and progressive farmer and has the esteem and confidence of the community in which he maintains his home and in which his interests naturally center. On Feb. 12, T884, Mr. Hudelson was united in marriage to Miss Rozilla Jane Oldham, daughter of James and Lovina Oldham, of Rush county, this State, the former of whom was a farmer in Center township, that count}-, and died in 1905. Four children were born of this union: Herbert Ray, born Feb. ]/, 1885, was married on Dec. 24, 1905, to Edna May Frazier, and is farming near Williamsburg, in Green township; Lovina Grace, born Jan. 21, 1888, was married on June 9, 1908, to Everett Reynolds, who is conducting a grocer)- at 1518 North E street in Richmond; Ermal Ross, born March 23, 1890, is the yard foreman for the Big Four railroad at Lynn; and Merrell Gilbert, born April 24. 1892, attending business college at Richmond. Herbert Ray and wife have a daughter, Pauline, born Feb. 12, 1909, on the wedding anniversary of the grandfather, Mr. Hudelson.

Barclay Thomas Johnson, a well known farmer of New Garden township, is a native of this county, born in Fountain City, Oct. 22. 1848, son of Rev. John Wright and Clarkey 11. (Thomas) Johnson. The father was born in Guilford count)-. North Carolina, Oct. 25, 1819, and the mother was a native of Wayne county, first beholding the lighl of day, April 22, of the same' year. The paternal grandparents were William and Deborah (Coffin) Johnson, the latter a sister of Levi Coffin, famous because of his connection with the "Underground Railroad" affairs. The Coffin name can be traced back to the year 1066, when Sir Richard Coffin accompanied William the Conqueror from Normandy to Fngland, and the Manor of Alvington, in the county of Devonshire, was assigned to him. The direct genealogy of the Coffins in America can be traced back to Nicholas Coffin, of Butler's parish, in Devonshire, who died in 1003, and one of his grandsons, the famous Tristram Collin (ColTyn, as he spelled it) was the ancestor of the numerous families of that name in this country, Nicholas Coffin had live childrren - Peter, Nicholas, Tristram,' John, and Anne. Peter married Joanna Thimber and died in 1027, leaving four daughters and two sons, one of whom was Tristram, mentioned as the first \merican ancestor. He was born in Brixton, England, near Plymouth, in the county of Devonshire, in 1605. lie married Dionis Stevens and in 1642 emigrated to the colony of Massachusetts with his wife, i\vc small children, a widowed mother, and two unmarried sisters. lie first settled at Salisbury, then at Haverhill, then at Newberry, and finally, in 1660, at Nantucket Island, which he with nine associates, about that time, had purchased from the Indians. He and his sons owned one-fourth of that island and the whole of the small island of Tuckermick, containing 1,000 acres, and in the small community there established he was the acknowledged chief. His energy, intelligence, philanthropy, and great public spirit lifted him prominently above the men of his time, and he became the founder of one of the most remarkable families in the I 'nited States. His extraordinary physical, mental, and moral qualities seem to have been continuously transmitted in a wonderful degree to his numerous descendants, who are found in all sections of the country and number over 150,000 souls, many of then prominent in their respective social, business, and religious communities. One cannot examine the voluminous records of the family, covering a long period before its Puritan founder emigrated, and the 270 years since that time, without being confirmed in the belief that there are few, if any, families in the [/nited States that can boast of such a continuous line of distinguished men and women. Among them we find Benjamin Franklin, Lucretia Mott, Maria Mitchell, Charles J. Folger, Levi Coffin, Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, Col. James Vanderb.urg, commended by Washington; Capt. Israel Vail, killed at the battle of White Plains, and Capt. Reuben Coffin, who commanded the Seth Low while towing the Monitor from New York to the James river in 1862, bravely hurrying it over a dangerous sea, against the protest of naval officers, and so providentially arriving in time n> save a 'fleet of our best war ships from destruction. Tristram Coffin died Oct. 2. 1681. His children were: Peter, Tristram. Elizabeth, James, John, and Stephen. John married Deborah Austin; their son Samuel married Miriam Gardner; their son William married Priscilla Paddock ; their son Levi married Prudence Williams, and this last named couple were the parents of Deborah (Coffin) Johnson, placing her in the fifth generation from the immigrant, Tristram Coffin, of Nantucket, and Barclay T. Johnson is of the seventh generation. Deborah (Coffin) Johnson came to Indiana in 1825, having previously lived in Ohio, where her husband died and where her first four children were born, the youngest being born in North Carolina. Her husband, William Johnson, was the son of Jacob Johnson, who was killed in a runaway at Xenia, Ohio. Some years after his marriage William removed with his family to North Carolina, where the Rev. John W. was born, but becoming dissatisfied there started back to Ohio on horseback, and after the second day was never heard of again. Thereupon his widow emigrated with her family to Wayne county, Indiana, in 1825, and joined the large settlement of Friends, most of whom were natives of and had emigrated from Guilford count)', North Carolina. She later established her home in Fountain City, where she died in 1829, and of her family of five children, all are deceased. During the lifetime of Rev. John Wright Johnson he was engaged in various pursuits, having learned and worked at the carpenter's trade for fifteen years, much of the time as a contractor. He was engaged in farming in Jo Daviess county, Illinois, from 1854 to 1869, and in 1881 engaged with his son, Dr. Levi C. Johnson, in the drug business; but during these years he was a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist church, having been licensed in 1847 and ordained in 1852. After forty years' service as a minister in that church he withdrew and joined the Friends' church, of which his mother had been a member. He was a strong worker for the causes of abolition and temperance and his fame came through his ante-bellum connection with the "Underground Railroad,"' of which he and Rev. Levi Coffin were the founders. Of all their adventures in aiding the escaping slaves, that connected with the escape of Eliza Harris, heroine of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," furnished the greatest interest. The authoress, Harriet (Beecher) Stowe, practically moulded her story from the incidents related to her by Mr. Johnson and his uncle, she having come to Fountain City purposely to gather information. Of Rev. John Wright Johnson's brothers and sisters the following data are supplied: Cyrena, the eldest, married John Girton, of Boston, Ind., and died in Jo Daviess county, Illinois; Jacob, the second, died at the age of nineteen ; Levi was long recognized as the most prominent minister in Southwestern Indiana and belonged to the Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church ; and Eliza became the wife of Manlove Way, of Fountain City, and in 1848 removed to Jo Daviess count}-, Illinois, where she died. On Dec. 31, 1840, occurred Rev. John W. Johnson's marriage to Naomi W. Morgan, born Feb. 26, 1820, daughter of Micajah and Hannah Morgan, and of this union were burn two children - Micajah M. and Adeline. The first named was born Feb. 17, 1842, and now (1911) resides in Neligh, Neb.; and Adeline, born July 27, 1844, died July 19, 1845. The wife died March 7, 1845, ancl on July 2> I846, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Clarkey II. Thomas, born April 22, 1819, daughter of Benjamin and Anna (Moorman) Thomas. Benjamin Thomas was the youngest son of John and Mollie (Clark) Thomas, natives of Maryland and Virginia, respectively, and was born in Richmond county, North Carolina, Jan. 9, 1793. On Oct. 22, 1816, he married Anna, daughter of Zachariah and Mary (Mathews) Moorman, born Feb. 26, 1788. For forty years Rev. John "Wright Johnson and Clarkey H. (Thomas) Johnson lived together most happily and were separated by the death of the wife, April 12, 1887. Of their union were born six children: Emeline, born July 30, 1847, died Aug. 29, of the same year; Barclay Thomas is the second in order of birth ; Luther Lee, born March 31, 1850, is a brick contractor and resides in Marion, Ind. ; Levi Coffin, born Sept. 23, 1852, has long been a practicing physician in Neligh, Neb., where he now resides (k>ii ) ; Anna Belle, born June 9, 1858, married Rev. Charles Hunt, formerly president of the Collegiate Institute at Vernon, Ky., but now resides in New Mexico; Emma Dell, born fan. 7, i860, died Sept. 18, of the same year. The third marriage of Mr. Johnson was solemnized Sept. 24, 1889, when he took as his companion Elizabeth Woodruff, born Oct. 20, 1823. She was the widow of Israel Woodruff, by whom she had one son, Joseph Israel Woodruff, now of Chicago. Her maiden name was Coffin, and her great-grandfather, Joseph Coffin, was a cousin of Levi Coffin, the maternal grandfather of Mr. Johnson and the father of Levi Coffin, of Underground Railway fame. She held the prominent position of governess and matron at Earlham College from 1855 to 1885. This, in brief, is the life history of Rev. John Wright Johnson, one of Indiana's honored pioneers. As a business man he was upright, reliable and honorable, lie was ever thrifty and enterprising, and as a husband and father was always generous and considerate. In all places and under all circumstances he was loyal to truth, honor and right, and he justly regarded his self-respect and the deserved esteem of his fellow men as of infinitely more value than wealth, fame or position. In those finer traits which attract and endear man to his fellow man in ties of friendship he was royally endowed, and his example is indeed one worth}- of emulation. He was ever tolerant of the desires and opinions of others, and though willing to yield in minor matters, never compromised with that wdiich he knew to be wrong. This honorable and well spent life came to a close, May 17, 1910, at the ripe old age of ninety-one years. His widow and four children survive him. Barclay T. Johnson was reared and educated in his native township and was associated with his father in his various business enterprises. His educational training was received in the district schools of New Garden township and his principal vocation has been that of a farmer. He resides one-half mile east of Fountain City, where he owns the farm that his grandfather, Benjamin Thomas, entered in 181 1, and under his careful management and up-to-date methods of farming it is still a most productive tract, after 100 years of use. In politics he is a Republican, but is a profound believer in voting for "the best man," regardless of his political affiliations. On Feb. 6, 1877, Mr. Johnson was united in holv wedlock to Miss Agnes Vista Shook, born July 13, i860, daughter of William and' Eliza Shook. She died Oct. 15, 1878, leaving a son, Frank Leslie, born Dec. 20, 1877, who died April 4, 18S0. Mr. Johnson's marriage to Lydia Anna Stidham occurred March 26, 1884. She was born Sept. 2, 1861, daughter of David and Susan (Venard) Stidham, natives of Wayne county, and now deceased. Of this union there are two daughters - Susan Belle, horn July 3, 1886, and Clarkey Muriel, born Aug. [3, 1887. The former is attending a lousiness college in Richmond and the latter is employed in Keilhorn's millinery establishment in the same city.

Lemuel Hiatt Jackson, an industrious and prosperous farmer of New Garden, has passed his entire career in Indiana and is universally held in high esteem. He first beheld the light of day on the old Jackson homestead, one and one-half miles north of Spartanburg, in Randolph county, Indiana, June 9, 1836, a son of Edward and Polly (Bright) Jackson, natives of Guilford county, North Carolina. Edward Jackson was born in 1799 and received his educational training in the common schools of his native State. He migrated to the Hoosier State in the year remembered because of the phenomena of many falling stars, purchased a tract of land in Randolph county immediately upon his arrival in Indiana, and successfully followed agricultural pursuits during the remainder of his career. When lie came west, this section of the country was little more than a wilderness waste and his land was covered with the native timber, but through hard work he reclaimed many of his acres to cultivation. The first buildings erected by him were of the primitive type, later being replaced with better ones, and finally the latter gave way to the modern structures, which added greatly to the value and attractiveness of the well cultivated farmstead. He was ever a progressive and public spirited citizen, though he did not cherish ambition for public ornce. His beloved wife, the mother of the subject of this sketch, was born in 1794, and migrated west to this State with her husband and children in that earl)' day, the marriage of .Mr. Jackson having occurred in North Carolina. She went to her reward, loved and respected by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. She and her husband were both consistent members of the Methodist church, and he was a Republican in his political views. To them were born six children, concerning whom the following brief record is given : John \Y. served in the Fifth United States cavalry during the Civil war and died in Wisconsin; Matilda married Wilson Davis and is deceased; Elizabeth is deceased; James resides in Grand Rapids, Mich.; and Lemuel H. is the youngest and the only one born in Indiana, the others having been born in North Carolina. Lemuel H. Jackson was reared on the home farm and at an early age commenced to contribute his quota to its work, in the meanwhile availing himself of the educational advantages afforded in the local schools. Accordingly, he was reared to the sturdy discipline of farm life and has been continuously identified with agricultural pursuits from his youth to the present day. In 1862 he enlisted in Company F, Sixty-ninth Indiana infantry, which regiment was organized at Richmond and was mustered in Aug. 19, of that year. It left the State the next day for Richmond, Ky., and was engaged in the battle near that place on the 30th, where Kirby Smith's forces captured it almost to a man. Following the battle, and while a prisoner at Franklin, Ky., Mr. Jackson and two soldier companions were given poisoned buttermilk to drink by a woman, the result of which was the death of the two companions, but Mr. Jackson recovered. The regiment was paroled and in November exchanged, leaving Nov. 27 for Memphis. It was with Sheldon's brigade of Morgan's division on the Vicksburg expedition in December, and participated in the assault at Chicasaw Bluffs. It was engaged at Arkansas Post, and after the capture of that place proceeded to Young's Point. It moved to Milliken's Rend in the latter part of February, and on March 30 was the advance regiment in the movement of Grant's arm}- against Vicksburg. It dislodged a force at Roundaway Bayou and aided in building bridges at Richmond, La., 2,000 feet being' constructed in three days, thus completing a military road across the Peninsula from the river above Vicksburg to the river forty miles below. It was engaged at Port Gibson, at Champion's Hill, and in the assault at Black River Bridge. It moved to the rear of Vicksburg', was engaged in the siege and in the assault of May 22, and was stationed at the Black River Bridge, holding" Johnston's forces in check until Vicksburg's fall. The regiment was in Osterhaus' division, which opened all the engagements prior to the investment of Vicksburg. Ft was in constant skirmish in the advance on Jackson and was actively engaged during the six days' siege. It was sent to Port Hudson in August; was in the Teche expedition with General Franklin ; moved to Texas in November, landing at Matagorda Bay; sailed for Indianola Feb. 13, 1804, and returned to Matagorda Island on March 13. it returned to Louisiana in April; joined Banks' retreating army near Alexandria; participated in the light near that place, and in the retreat supported Lucas' cavalry in covering the rear of the army. It was in camp at Morganza until December and engaged in several minor expeditions. It moved for Dauphin Island, Mobile Bay, on Dec. 7, and on the 14th joined the Pascagoula expedition. The regiment was consolidated into a battalion of four companies, Jan. 23, 1865, and embarked a few days later for Barrancas, Fla., whence it moved to Pensacola on March 14, and on the 20th accompanied Steele through Florida and Southern Alabama. It engaged in the assault at Fort Blakely ami guarded prisoners to Ship Island. It then moved to Selma, Ala., where it remained until May 3, when it returned to Mobile ami was mustered out July 5, 1S65. In 1858, Mr. Jackson was united in marriage to Esther Mastcrson, who died in [863, while her husband was giving loyal and faithful service in behalf of the Union. To them was born one child, L. Oscar Jackson, a merchant in Indianapolis. In 1868, he was united in holy wedlock to Anna J. Hampton, daughter of Jehiel and Sarah (Palmer) Hampton, of which union were born four children: Or a II., born Dec. 17, 1869, resides in Indianapolis; Clara B., born Oct. 24, 1872; Bertha M. died in infancy; and Elizabeth E., born May 30, 1878, is the wife of Lafayette A. Jackson, a prominent grocer of Indianapolis. Jehiel Hampton, the father of Mrs. Jackson, was born in Virginia, Dec. 2T,, 1793, and died in Wayne county, Jan. 16, 1859. Her mother was born in North Carolina, Oct. 26, 1808, and died in Wayne county in 1852. Jehiel Hampton was the son of Jacob and Eunice (Dunham) Hampton, the former born Feb. 5, 1759, in Essex count}', New Jersey, and the latter July 28, 1765, daughter of Flisha and Elizabeth Dunham. Jacob Hampton entered 1,600 acres of land and gave each one of his ten children 160 acres. Jacob Hampton, the father of Jacob Hampton and greatgrandfather of Mrs. Jackson, was born Aug. 9, 1731, and Mary Hampton, the great-grandmother, was born in Essex county, New Jersey, in 1734, daughter of John and Anna Terrill. Her husband, Jacob Hampton, was the son of John Hampton, who was in turn the son of John Hampton, but the birth dates of the last two named have not been preserved. The Hampton family is of English descent, came to America in a very early day, and Wade Hampton, the Confederate general and South Carolina statesman, was descended from this same family. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are members of the Society of Friends.

Elijah G. King, who maintains his home in the township of Webster, is engaged in agricultural pursuits and has long been known as an able and progressive farmer. He enjoys marked popularity in his home township. Mr. King was born in Webster township, Jan. 8, 1862, a son of William and Jemima (Jackson) King, given extended mention on other pages of this volume, in the sketches of Dr. James E. and Thomas L. King. Elijah G. King gained his rudimentary education in the Olive Hill district school. He continued to be associated with the work and management of his father's farm until he reached his maturity, when he began his independent career by renting land and finally purchased the place where he resides, in Webster township. Mr. King is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 371, at Webster, in which local organization he has served as Noble Grand, and is also affiliated with the Modern Woodmen at Richmond. He gives an unqualified allegiance to the Republican party and takes much interest in the promotion of its interests. As a citizen he is loyal and public spirited and is a supporter of the Christian church. He was maried to Miss Caroline Peacock, daughter of Levi P. and Sarah Peacock, of Webster township, and the seven children of this union are: Herbert R., born July 13, 1887; William J., born July 4, 1891 ; Paul L., born Jan. 10, 1893; Ernest C, born Feb. 15, 1894; Mabel Jemima, born Dec. 27, 1897; Theodore R., born May 28, 1900; and William Kenneth, born Aug. 7, 1909. Mrs. King was born April 12, 1867, and died Sept. 5, 1909.

John L. Kempton, a prominent farmer of Center township, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 22, 185 1, son of John and Jane (Marshall) Kempton, botli born in Ireland of Scotch-Irish descent, the father on Dec. 25, 1812, and the mother about 1814. They came to America about 1833, first locating in New York City, where the father engaged in contract construction work. From New York they removed to Cincinnati, where the father followed contracting until about 1856, and then moved to a farm, five miles south of Springfield, Ohio, where the family resided until after the close of the Civil war. They then came to Indiana and the father purchased a farm three miles northwest of Centerville, where he resided until his death, in 1899, and the mother died the same year. They were the parents of nine children: Sarah resides in Richmond; Elizabeth is deceased; William resides in Center township, near the old homestead; Margaret is the wife of Elton V. Elliott, of Indianapolis; Joseph resides in Richmond; Mary is the wife of Isaac Russell, of Indianapolis ; John L. is the next in order of birth ; Alice resides in Richmond; and the first child died in infancy. John L. Kempton received his preliminary educational advantages in the school at West Grove, and at twenty years of age began life for himself by operating his father's farm. He continued in this way about twenty years, and then having married moved to a farm which he purchased two miles north of Centerville. Nine years later he purchased the place known as the "Vinnage Russell Farm," where he now resides, and which consists of 150 acres, the other farm, which he also owns, comprising eighty acres. lie follows general farming and stock-raising and makes a specialty of the very finest Short-Horn cattle and Poland-China hogs, having about forty head of cattle on hand at this time. He devotes his entire time to. his farms. In his political views he is allied with the Republican party, but has never sought public preferment for himself. Fraternally he was a charter member of the Centerville Lodge, No. 154, Knights of Pythias, but for a number of years has not attended its meetings. ( )n June 5, 18.90, occurred his marriage to Miss Clara J. Russell, born in Wayne township, March 19, 1865, daughter of John S. and Jane Russell. Mr. and Mrs. Russell were natives of Wayne county and passed their entire lives within its precincts. To Mr. and Mrs. Kemptoii were born four children: Flmira, born Aug. 9, 1891 ; Russell, born June 19, 1803; Whitney, born March 30, 1897; and Glenn, born Feb. _>i, 1902. The father of Mrs. Kempton was a farmer by occupation and also engaged in the lumber business for a time, but his principal occupation was farming. lie served with the heme guards during the Morgan Raid, and his oldest son served with an Ohio regiment several months during the Civil war. Mrs, Kempton is one of four children born to her parents.

August A. Knoll, an industrious and prosperous farmer of Franklin, has passed his entire life career in that township, where he is universally held in high esteem, lie first beheld the light of day on the old Knoll homestead there, Aug. 7, 1872, a son of Isaac and Lena (Wiechman) Knoll, natives of Germany. Isaac Knoll was born in 1816 and received his educational training in the schools of his native land. He migrated to America in 1838, and after residing in New York two years came to Richmond, where he secured employment at Earlham College. Later he was employed in the Spring Foundry at Richmond, four years, and then purchased the farm in Franklin township ami successfully followed agricultural pursuits the remainder of his career. He was ever a progressive and public-spirited citizen, though he did not cherish ambition for public office. He was twice married, his second wife, the mother of the subject of this sketch, born in Germany, in 1826, migrated to America in 1848, and married Air. Knoll in Richmond. She had previously been married to Fred Beckman, of which union there were born two children - Minnie and Anna. Of her union with Mr. Knoll there were born hve children: Rosa, who died in infancy; Frank J.; August A. is the third in order of birth; Emma married Harry 11. Steinbrink, of Richmond, has five children - Raymond, Richard, Rub)', Harry, and Ralph; and Charles II. (See sketch of John 11. Knoll for the first marriage of Isaac Knoll.) August A. Knoll was reared on the home farm and at an early age commenced to contribute his quota to its work, in the meanwhile availing himself of the educational advantage? afforded in the Chenoweth district school, which he attended until sixteen years old. Accordingly he was reared to the sturdy discipline of farm life and has been continuously identified with agricultural pursuits from his youth to the present day. He worked on his father's farm until married and then purchased the place, continuing to reside there four years, when, in 1904, he purchased his present farm of eighty acres, where he carries on general farming and where he has made substantial and modern improvements, his residence being one of the most attractive in the township. In politics he renders allegiance to the Republican party, ami though a loyal member of that political organization has ever held the common good of his community above the interests of the party. He has never aspired to public office. In religious matters he and his wife are members of the Xew Garden Friends' church. lie was united in holy wedlock to Angeletta Coppock, daughter of David and Margaret (Coate) Coppock, of Fountain City, of which union have been born four children: Ralph A., born Dec. 2. jSoS; Florena Irene, born May 20, 1901 ; Margaret Grace, born Dec. 28, 1903; and Roy C., born Nov. 14, 1909. Mrs. Knoll was born Nov. 16, 1876, and graduated at the Fountain City High School with the class of 1895. David Coppock is a minister of the Friends' church and was born in Clinton county, Ohio, as was his wife, Margaret Coate.

Frank Jacob Knoll, one of the prosperous farmers and influential citizens of Franklin township, was born on the home place near White Water, Feb. 18, 1871. His parents were Isaac and Lena (Wiechman) Knoll, given extended mention on another page of this volume, in the sketch of another son, Augtist A. Knoll. Our subject received his education in the schools of his native township and worked on his father's farm until nineteen years old, and then worked by the month on other farm in the neighborhood. In 1896 he purchased a farm in Franklin township, upon which he resided five years and then purchased the Elias Chenoweth farm, where he lived another period of five years, after which he purchased the old John Pyle place, located three-fourths of a mile east of White Water. The place contains 119 acres, and has been his home from that time. Thoroughly skilled in the art of producing results from the land, he has brought his tract under a fine state of cultivation and has prospered in many ways. Mr. Knoll is a fine example of the American citizen of German extraction, than whom no better exists in this country, a land of necessity claiming her people front every country on the globe. In 1896 he was united in marriage to Miss Lulu Riley, daughter of Robert Riley, of Franklin township, and of this union was born a daughter, Yirgie, on Jan. 21, 1897. The mother of this child died in July, 1897, and on April 5. 1899, Mr. Knoll was married to Eliza Viola Roberts, daughter of George and Ruth Roberts, of Darke county, Ohio. She was born in Darke county. Ohio, Dec. 15, 1880. To them have been born four children: Dorothy, Jan. 26, 1900; Robert S., Dec. 27, 1903; Mildred, Sept. 10. 1905; and Orville, .\priL30, 1908. Mi-. Knoll is a Democrat in his political views and both he' ami his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at While Water. Both of Mrs. Knoll's parents have long Been residents of Darke county, of which they are native. They are the parents of eight children, of whom Mrs. Knoll is the eldest; Arlie resides at home; Vena is the wife of Harry Martin, of Richmond; Samuel resides at home; Elva is the wife of Ralph Mclntyre, telegraph operator at Weaver's Station, Ohio; Herschel and Herbert, twins, reside ai home, and \\ illiam married Grace Buffington.

Charles Henry Knoll, an influential farmer of Franklin township, is a native of this county, born April 20, 1875, in the township of Franklin, a son of Isaac and Lena 1 Wiechman) Knull. lie received his education in the Chenoweth and Marine district schools, in Franklin township, attending until about seventeen or eighteen years old. He then worked on the home place until twenty-two years old, after which he worked by the month three years. Then, one year, he operated a corn shredder in the neighborhood of Fountain City, and in 1901 rented the place which he now occupies from his father-in-law. One year later he purchased the farm, which consists of ninety-four acres, which he manages in a general way, and in addition conducted for eleven consecutive years a complete threshing outfit ami did corn shredding, hulling, etc., but this business he retired from in 191 1. In 1907 he erected a large, modern barn and in 1911 remodeled his house and the place is very attractive. In politics he is an enthusiastic adherent of the Republican party, and in matters pertaining to religion he and his wife are members of the Friends' church. On Oct. 29, 1900, he was united in holy matrimony to Miss Mary Luella Cox, born Nov. 2, 1870. daughter of George and Martha (( Jutland) Cox, of Lynn, Randolph county. Of this happy union two children have been born: Russell George, born July 29, 1001, and Alice Leona, born Sept. 7, OJ07. George and Martha ((Jutland) Cox are natives respectively of Randolph and Wayne counties. Mr. Cox was a farmer the greater part of his life and also conducted a dair\ business for many years. To him and his wife were born four children, of whom Mrs. Knoll is the eldest; Elizabeth Leona is the wife of George Clark, of Lynn; Ferry died in childhood; and Hazel Eva resides with her parents.

John Henry Knoll, who for the greater part of his life has been a resident of Franklin township, was born in the city of Richmond, Oct. 15, 1865. He is a son of Isaac and Mary (Lahrman) Knoll, the former born in Germany. At the age of thirty . Isaac Knoll came to America, locating at Richmond, where he First secured employment in the railway shops, lie was married in that city and afterward purchased a farm, two and one-half miles west of White Water, where he became one of the leading and influential citizens. II.- passed nwil) ill l8<;6, the mother of John II. Knoll having died about 18(19. The children horn to them were Mary, Lli/.abel'h, Rudolph, ami [ohn 11 The father was married a second time, to Mrs. Lena 1 Wiechman 1 Reckman. and the children of that union are mentioned in the sketch of August A. Knoll, on another page: John II. Knoll received his preliminary education in the Chenoweth district school, which he attended until ahout fifteen years old, and then worked on his lather's farm until nineteen, when he began his independent career. All his active career has been devoted to agriculture, not so much to one specific branch as to general production. He first worked on a farm by the month until married, and then rented a farm of Isaac I'vle three years. Ho then rented land of John Pyle two years, after which he moved into the village of White Water. Later, he removed to the David Addleman farm, south of White Water, where he resided four years and then purchased the old home place, which he operated two years, at the end of which period he purchased the farm where he resides, located three-fourths of a mile east of White Water. His 130 acres are known as the most productive of any in the vicinity, owing to the application of advanced methods and scientific culture. Although he has given stanch support to the principles of the Republican party as a national organization, his politics are independent and he has never sought nor desired public office. ( >n Sept. 22, 1887, he was united in marriage to Miss Rena Baker, daughter of Sanford and Alice (Addleman) Baker, and of this union were born six children: Raymond Walter, born July 6, 1880.; Nina, born Dec. 22, 1890, married Oberd Love and they reside in Denver, Colo.; Virgil Sanford, born Aug. 20, 1892, died April 28, 1910; Vera Rica, born Nov. 9, 1897; Pearl Hazel, born Nov. 19, 1899; and Leonard Isaac, born Nov. 16, 1904. .Mr. Knoll's entire life has been spent in this county and he has endeared himself to a host of friends by his qualities of kindliness and honest}-. He and his wife are both members of the Christian church at White Water. The parents of Mrs. Knoll were residents of White Water. The father is deceased, and the mother is the wife of Charles Collins, of New Madison, Ohio. Mrs. Knoll has three brothers and one sister: Wesley resides in Wyoming; Henry in Greenville, Ohio, William in Richmond ; and Pearl is the wife of Charles Roberts, of New Madison, Ohio.

Charles Henry Knollenberg, for many years a prominent and influential agriculturist of the township of Wayne, ana prior to his farming career a skilled wagon ami pump maker, is a native of the Fatherland, born Sept. ij, 1833, in Hanover, Germany, son of John David and Adelaide (Meier) Knollenberg. The father first beheld the light of day in the same place, in 1784, and early in life learned the trade of a shoemaker, which he followed in his native land. In 1845, ne migrated with his family to America, coming direct to Richmond, the trip being made from Bremen to Baltimore, Md., thence west to the city of Pittsburgh, thence down the Ohio river to Cincinnati by steamboat, and thence by wagon to Richmond. At that time Richmond was but a village. Three sons - Benjamin, a blacksmith; Henry, a farmer; and David, a wagon maker - had preceded the family to America, and when the father arrived he went to the farm of Henry, where he continued to reside for about six years. He was ever an exceedingly industrious, thrift)' and enterprising man. He lived to the ripe age of ninety years, passing away in 1874, in Wayne township. His wile, the mother of Charles H. Knollenberg, was horn in Hanover, Germany, about 1789, and passed to the Great Unknown in 1875. Oi their union the following children were born: Fred, deceased, for years was engaged in the American Express business and also for a time in the wholesale liquor business; Henry, deceased, was a farmer in Wayne county ; Benjamin, deceased, resided in Richmond; Mary, deceased, became the wife of David Sidlow, and it was with her that the parents spent their last days; David died in the State of California; Harmon died in Richmond; Elizabeth is the widow of Garrett Yergan and resides with the family of her son-in-law, Lee Nusbaum, in Richmond; and Charles 11. is the youngest. The subject of this sketch received his educational training in the district schools of Wayne township and at an early academy in Richmond, which in those early days was one of the most important educational institutions in this section of the commonwealth. Having been reared on a farm in those early pioneer days, when hardship and privation prevailed on every side and the various conveniences of modern farm life were entirely unknown to civilization, Mr. Knollenberg learned at a tender age the rigorous lessons of hard work and self-dependence, and at the same time acquired an intimate knowledge of agricultural pursuits. For five years - from the age of eleven to sixteen - he worked with his father on the farm which is now known as the "Mark E. Reeves place." He then entered the wagon shop of his brother, David, and the next thirty years was engaged in that business, manufacturing wagons and pumps and having a shop for repair work. He became well known in and around Richmond during this period, as his work was partly inside and partly out in the country, making pumps from oak, beach, hickory, and elm timber. The process was to hollow out the timber on the farm where cut, making the upper part of oak and the lower stock of other timber, using iron or wood as handles. Many of these old pumps are still seen in various parts of the count)- and, until recently, in Richmond. The wagon shop gradually developed from the manufacture of farm, log, and stone wagons to the making of spring wagons, wheelbarrows, etc. Mr. Knollenberg finally purchased his brother's interest in the business, and later Henry Schute became a partner. About 1869 or 1870, Mr. Schute purchased the shop and Mr. Knollenberg moved to the farm which is now occupied by his son-in-law, Charles M. Thompson, buying the place of David Taylor. He resided there eighteen years, until 1887, and then sold the place to a Mr. Groves and returned to Richmond, where he worked about ten years, in various capacities, in the store of his uncle, George Knollenberg. In 1897 ne retired from active work and has since quietly lived at 43 South Fourth street, in the city of Richmond. In politics he has been a loyal member (if the Republican party from the birth of that organization to the present day, having voted for Fremont in 1856, and he served as a member of the city council four years. He was first united in marriage to Elizabeth Burke, daughter of Garrett Rurke, a prominent citrzen of Richmond, and of this union were born six children: Ade- laide is the wife of John Runge, of Richmond, to whom have been born three children - Charlie, Mary (deceased), and Edith (deceased); Mary is married to Charles M. Thompson, who is given extended. mention on other pages; Charles married Seny Shepman and they have four children - Berdena, Hilda, Robert, and Omar; Elma is the wife of Ernest Bendfeldt, a contractor of Richmond, and they have one child, Adelaide; Albert, deceased, married Anna Thompson, and they had one child. Alberta; and Benjamin died on the farm homestead at the age of twenty. After the death' of his first wife Mr. Knollenberg was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Koehring, daughter of Henry and Mary Koehring, deceased, for many years residents of Richmond. Mrs. Knollenberg was born Nov. 17, 1844, and the marriage to Mr. Knollenberg occurred Oct. 4, 1874. Eour children were born of this union: William Henry, born Oct. 24, 1876, married Mary Meyer; Esther Ellen, born March 11, 1878, is the wife of Edward Feldman, a drayman in Richmond; Clara Louise, born Jan. 17, 1880, is the wife of Clyde Gardner, of Richmond, and they have one child, Mary Eouise, born July 18, 1909; Elizabeth Nellie, born Nov. 11, 1883, was married Oct. 2, 1907, to Clarence Foreman and they have one child, Charlene, born Dec. 16, 1908. Mr. Knollenberg is a member of the Lutheran church, the place of worship of which in Richmond he gave financial assistance in erecting. Fraternally, he is one of the oldest members of Herman Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows., having had membership therein for forty years, and having at different times filled all the offices, and he has also been a i'tk mber of Armenia Encampment for many years. He was a member of the choir in the Lutheran church on South Seventh street about twenty years.

Frank A. Lackey, a well-to-do and prominent business man of the city of Richmond, was born in Cambridge City, Wayne county, Indiana, Nov. 29, 1858. His father was Sanford Lackey, who at one time owned fourteen farms in the western part of Wayne county. Our subject's mother was Jane (Murphy) Lackey, and she and her husband are both deceased. Of their union were born seven children: Mrs. Frank Mosbaugh, Miss Jane Lackey, Miss Ellen Lackey, John S. and Charles L., of Cambridge City; Park R.. of Chicago, and Frank A. By a previous marriage of Air. Lackey there were born three daughters: Mrs. Margaret Ayler, who resides at Cambridge City; Airs. Candace Reiman, and Mrs. Clementine Tate. John S. Lackey, brother of the subject of this review, has been in the horse business all of his life. He owns a stock farm at Cambridge City and has conducted twenty-four consecutive sales of horses. Frank A. Lackey received his preliminary education in the schools of Cambridge City, and also for a time attended Hanover College, near Madison, Ind. He has*resided in Richmond continuously since 1886, with the exception of one year at Cambridge City and one year at New York City, and in that metropolis he now spends annually about (our months. This is occasioned by the fact that lie is a member of the firm of J. M. I.rady & Company, of 30-32-34 West Twenty sixth street, in that city, manufacturers of ladies' tailored cloaks and suits. Besides his residence in Richmond, Mr. Lackey owns a pleasant summer home at Gull Lake, near Battle Creek, Mich. He is a member of the Masonic order and of the Richmund Country Club. On April 21, 18S6, Mr. Lackey was married to Miss Josephine King, daughter of the late Capt. Richard II. King, and of this union was born a son, Richard King Lackey. This son was born at Richmond, Ind., Jan. 29, 1893, ant^ ^s now m college at New Haven, Conn. He received his preliminary education in the Richmond schools, and attended the Culver military school one year.

Dempsey Oliver Lumpkin, a prosperous farmer and stockraiser of Jefferson township, was born in that section, Jan. 8, 1841. He is a son of James and Sarah (Thornburgh) Lumpkin, natives respectively of Virginia and Tennessee. His father was born Sept. 8, 1791. Robert Lumpkin, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was born in Virginia, where he married Elizabeth Forrest. They were slaveowners, and upon their removal from Virginia to Tennessee took their slaves with them. After some years spent in Tennessee they came to Indiana and purchased land in Randolph county, where they spent the residue of their days. On the grandmother's side the Forrests were extensive landholders in Virginia and it was the same family from which sprang the dashing Confederate cavalry leader, Nathan B. Forrest. The Lumpkins were of that Virginia family from which sprang Wilson Lumpkin, governor of Georgia and United States senator from that State. James Lumpkin removed with his parents from Virginia to Fast Tennessee and there his first marriage occurred, to a Miss Bookout, a native of that State, her parents, who were farmers, having settled there about 1800. Prior to his marriage, James enlisted for the war of 1812 and served about one year, but was not actively engaged in battle. After his marriage he removed to West Tennessee, where his first wife died, and then returned to Fast Tennessee. Later, in 1816, he met and married Sarah Thornburgh, the youngest in the family of Walter and Mary (Baldwin) Thornburgh, and a sister of Dempsey Thornburgh (see sketch of John k Thornburgh). In 1818 James Lumpkin and wife came to Wayne county and first settled near Richmond, hut later removed to lVrr\ township, near Economy, settling on land now owned by George Barnard, which land his father-in-law, Walter Thornburgh, entered. He resided there two years and then moved to the present farm of John R. Thornburgh, in Jefferson township, where, in 1820, he purchased of the Government eighty acres at $1.25 per acre, lie improved this land, erected a house, and resided there twelve years, at the end of which time he sold the place, to which he had added eighty acres, and then moved to Dalton township, where he purchased different tracts, totaling 280 acres, which are occupied by his grandsons - James and Elmer Lumpkin. There he and his wife remained the residue of their lives. Coming to this county when he did, James Lumpkin was a factor in the organization and development of its social and civic prosperity and always took an active and lively interest in his county's welfare. While his at- tention was always directed toward the pursuit of agriculture, he was a man of strung" personality, steadfast of purpose, and any cause espoused by him had an advocate who knew not the name nor signs of defeat. His Virginia courage made him a champion in all matters in which he was a part)', and he is remembered as one of the strong men of his day - a leader and a developer of character. He was a self-made man, and everything possessed by him was the result of his labor and thrift, lie died at his home in Dalton township, June 10, 1870. ami his wife passed away in 1875, each of them at the age of seventy-live years. To them were born nine children: Nancy E., bom July 10, 1820, married Dr. Silas Beeson, of Franklin, and after his death was wedded to Alfred Williams, of Economy , and she died Nov. 1, 1892; William, born April 24, 1822, and who was a merchant in Randolph county, first married Ella Malbey, and after her death, Louisa Puckett, and he died in February, 1901 ; Robert, born March 14, 1824, married Maria Cant, was a farmer in Dalton township, and died in November, 1891 ; Charity, born May 12, 1827, married Henderson Ball, a farmer in Delaware count)-, and died March 20, 1845 ! Mary, born May 29, 183 1, married Nelson Barnard, a farmer in Laporte county, and died Aug. 24, 1896; John R., born June 11, 1833, married Sarah Ruggles, was a harness maker in Hagerstown, and died Dec. 20, 1909; Rufus M., born April 15, 1835, married Rachel Jordan, farmed the old homestead in Dalton township, and died in September, 1906; Silas, born Jan. 21, 1837. married Sarah Thorn-burgh and is a farmer in Nebraska, and Dempsey O. is the youngest in the family. Dempsey O. Lumpkin received his education in the schools of his native township and began his life's work on his father's farm. All his life he has followed agriculture. After his marriage he sold his interest in his father's estate and moved to Randolph county, where he purchased a farm of sixty acres and resided there three years. He then sold that place and returned to Dalton township, where he purchased eighty acres, the same being a part of the Wallace Cheesman farm. He resided there five years and then again removed to Randolph county, where he purchased a farm of sixty acres and resided fifteen years. He then sold that farm, and in 1900 purchased his present place of 100 acres, which is known as "Maple Wood Farm," situated on the Dalton pike, about two and one-half miles north of Hagerstown, in Jefferson township. On Nov. 20, 1 86 1 , he was married to Miss Mary Ann Murray, daughter of James and Catherine (Taylor) Murray, and this wife died Nov. 2], 1S73, having become the mother of three children: Frank died in infancy; Murray, born Dec. 29, 1868, is a farmer in Delaware county, married Frances Llaulstead and they have four children - Maude, Howard, Harry, and Charles; and Charles,, born Nov: 20, 1871, married Nellie Stout and resides at Gar), Ind. On July 8, 1875, Mr. Lumpkin was married to Miss Rebecca Dennis, daughter of Mahlon and Louise (Beeson) Dennis, of Dalton township, and who came from North Carolina. Of this union there were born four children: Maud Lenore, born Sept. 4, 1876, resides at the parental home; Clandestine, born Oct. 29, 1878, was married.

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Sept. 12, 1897, to Arthur Poole, of Cambridge City, and they have three children - Bayard, Frederick, and Corinne ; Cloella Forrest, burn July 16, 1887, was married, Dec. 30, 1908, to Cyril 11. Uiatt, of Hagerstown ; and Guy D., born Jan. 2, 1889, died Nov. 20, 1901. Mahlon Dennis, father of Mrs. Lumpkin, was a farmer in Dalton township, and in his family there were eight children: Orlando died in his youth'; Nathan is deceased; Isaac is a farmer and resides in Dalton township; Zernah married Hernando Davidson, of Randolph county, and is deceased; Henry is a farmer and resides at New Castle; John is deceased; Mrs. Lumpkin was burn Jan. 5, 1852; ami Louiba is the wife of \V. 11. Lamb, of Fairmount, Ind. Mahlon Dennis was widely known as a Quaker minister of Dalton township, where he spent the greater part of his life, although a native of North Carolina.

Thomas Luther McConnaughey is another of the native sons of Ohio who has attained to success in Wayne county, being one of the prosperous and representative citizens of Hagerstown. lie was born at Ouiney, Logan county, Ohio, Oct. 0, 1857, a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Fatten) McConnaughey. The family came from Ohio to Indiana, in 1864, and the father engaged in the stave business in Hagerstown, erecting the factory which he finally sold to John C. Geisler. In 1884 he removed to Kansas and is living in retirement at Wichita, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. His wife died in Wichita, Dec. 24, 1892. Of their union were born six children: Louella is the wife of Dr. M. F. Hobson, of Wichita, Kan ; David died Jan. 7, 1907; Thomas L. is the third in order of birth; Josephine is the wife of John Osier, of Wichita, Kan.; William is a stone-cutter in Wichita, and Minnie is the wife of William Gordon, of that place. Thomas L. McConnaughey was seven years old when his parents removed to Hagerstown, where he duly availed himself of the educational advantages of the common schools of the village. On Feb. 15, 187^, he began work in the carriage shop of W. C. Hurley and upon the closing down of Mr. Burley's business secured employment in the shop of Martin Funk, Jr. A disastrous lire destroyed the establishment of Mr. hunk and Mr. McConnaughe)' then went west for one year and was engaged on the Santa Fe railroad, in connection with the supply train. At the end of that period he returned to Hagerstown and purchased the blacksmith business of Charles Murray, on the west side. One year later, lire destroyed the shop and he then entered the employ of Mr. Funk again, with whom he spent two years. He then formed a partnership with Rarr & Harris, under the firm name of Harris & McConnaughey, and this association continued four years, at the end of which period Mr. McConnaughey purchased the building occupied by Conover & Lontz, in 1872, which is his present location, and he has since continued to make the business his chief occupation, devoting his attention to carriage and wagon repairing and blacksmithing and being recognized as a trustworthy and enterprising business man. entirely worthy of the confidence and esteem so freely accorded him. He is public spirited and. like his estimable father before him, is a stanch supporter of the cause and principles of the Republican party, though he lias not been a seeker of public office. However, he has served sixteen years on the common council of Hagerstown, from which position he retired in 1910, serving at the, time of the agitation of the question of cement walks and the municipal electric light proposition. 1 lis religious faith is expressed by membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. In 1883 he was united in holy wedlock to Miss Elizabeth Ott, born Feb. 11, 1858, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Secor- Doyle) Ott, residents of Greenville, Ohio, for many years prior to their deaths, the former being a farmer. The happy union of Thomas L. McConnaughey and wife was blessed by the birth of three children: Charles Leroy, born Jan. 18, 1885, who is a mechanic, married Anna Wycoff, of Liberty, Ind., and they have two children - Albert and Stanley; Rue Pearle is deceased; and Ralph Reo, born May 22, 1893, is employed in his father's establishment. Fraternally, Mr. McConnaughey is a member of Hagerstown Lodge Xo. 49, Free and Accepted Masons, and of the Modern Woodmen. He was one of the organizers of the Fair Association. Daniel Ott, father of Mrs. McConnaughey, was a native of Maryland, located in Darke county, Ohio, and later moved to Nevada, Mo., where he died in 1899. Mary Secor, the mother, was born and reared 111 Maryland and came to Darke county, Ohio, in 1863, where she died Jan. 6, 1905. The father was twice married ami of his first union there were two children - Jenorce T., who resides in Kansas, and William 11., who resides at Wray, Colo. His second marriage was to Mrs. Mary (Secor) Doyle, and of this union there were four children - Elizabeth, Ellen, Emma, and Ida. By a former marriage the mother had two daughters - Anna and Alice.

Wilmer B. McMahan has been a resident of Center township eight years. He was born in Lnion count}-, Indiana, Oct. 1, 1869, a son of Elijah Brazier and Aseneth Jane (Fender) McMahan. The father was born in Union county, Indiana, while the mother was born in the State of Illinois. In fact, the McMahan family have been long identified with affairs in this portion of the Hoosier State. Elijah P. McMahan followed farming as an occupation during all of his active career. He lived in Union county until about 1879, and then moved to Wayne county, locating one and one-half miles north of AVebster. He resided there until 1893, and then came to the farm where his son, Wilmer P>., now resides, and which he had previously purchased, and he continued to reside there until the winter of 1904, when he removed to Richmond. He still owns the farm in Webster township. During the Civil war he served as a member of the Nineteenth Indiana light artillery. To Elijah B. McMahan and wife there were born eight children: Morton, Wilmer, Arthur, Curtis, Cora, Grace, Edith (deceased), and Burgess. Wilmer B. McMahan received his early educational training in the schools of his native county and in Webster township, Wayne count)'. The religious faith of his family is expressed by membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. On Sept. 23, [899, Mr. McMahan was very happily married to Miss Elizabeth Brown, born in Clay township, Wayne county, Feb. 8, 1869, daughter of Dr. J. R. and -Mary (Underbill) Brown, of Green's Fork, where the father died Jan. 19, 1903. lie was burn near Camden, Ohio, Aug. 7, 1821, and the mother in Clay township, Wayne county, .March 15, 1843, and she still resides at Green's Fork. They were the parents of three children: Alfred II. resides on the farm in Clay township; Elizabeth is the wife of Mr. McMahan; and Anna M. is the wife of Spencer S. V. Bishop. By a previous marriage the father had a daughter, Mary 1.., who is the wife of E. E. Christover, of Richmond. The father came to Indiana after graduating from a medical college and first located at Dalton, Wayne county, but later removed to Winchester. After the Civil war he removed to Clay township and the last twelve years of his life were spent at ( ireen's Fork. To Mr. and Mrs. McMahan there have been born two children: Edith A., May 9, 1901, and Herbert I J., Sept. 23, 1903.

John Milton Leander Mendenhall, of Jefferson township, is one of the successful men whose industry as a farmer, stock-raiser, and all-around man of affairs has been a very important factor in building his community up to its high standard in agriculture and prosperity, lie is a native of Clay township, this county, born May 26, 1S47" His education has been broad and his early trainingwas so thorough, and he has made such tise of his advantages that he has taken a place m the affairs of men and devoted such energy and judgment to his own affairs that he has reached a position only acquired after years of constant toil, lie is a son of Solomon and Cecelia (Brooks) Mendenhall. His father was a native of Stokes count)-, Xorth Carolina, born Jan. 12, 1814, and his mother was born in the same State, July 18, 181 1. Mr. Mendenhall's paternal grandfather was Isaiah Mendenhall, and his maternal grandfather was [esse Brooks, born Oct. 20, 1775. and who came from North Carolina and was a pioneer settler in Waj'iic count)-. Solomon Mendenhall, father of the subject of this sketch, came to Wayne county when about twenty-one years old, settled in Clay township, where lie purchased a farm and followed agricultural pursuits the residue of his life. He was a member of the Friends' church at first and later of the United Brethren. By Ins marriage 10 Cecelia Brooks two children were born: Addison G., who is a farmer in Fern township, married Phoebe Oler and they have three children - Newman, Charles, and Clara; and John Milton L. Sol, ,111011 Mendenhall died [tine 14. 1883, and his wife passed away Dec. 10, [893. John Milton L. Mendenhall received his schooling in the district schols of Perry township and assisted in the work- of the home farm until he attained his majority, lie then began his independent career by operating his father's farm for a time and then settled on the farm of LOO acres where he is living retired with his daughter and son in law. lie came to this farm in 1871, and by persistent effort brought it up to a high stale of cultivation. I le is also a carpenter by trade, at which occupation he worked during a part of his active career, and in bis retirement enjoys the confidence and respect of his neighbors. Politically, Mr. Mendenhall is a member of the Republican party. On Nov. 17, 1867, he was united in mar- nage to .Miss Lucy Fleming, daughter of David and Lucy (McMurray) Fleming, of Dal ton township. Mr. Fleming was a millwright by occupation. To the parents of Mrs. Mendenhall were born four children: .Mary E. married Jackson Keever and .they have seven children - .Marcus, Ella* Katy, Granville, William, Moses, and Elizabeth; Laura married John Doughty, a farmer of Dalton township, and they have five children - Charley, Frank, Anna, Josephine, and Sallie; Harriet married John Baldwin, of Wayne county, and they had three children - Ozro, Lewis, and -May; and Mrs. Mendenhall, born April 26, 1849. After the death of his first wife David Fleming married a Mrs. Mills and they had two children: Francis, who is deceased, married Ella Petty and they had two children - Flora and Maude; ami David \Y., of Dalton 'township, married Clara Ifockett. .Mrs. Mendenhall died Aug. 12. 10.10, the mother of three children: Oliver P., born Sept. 6, 1869. is a farmer in Henry count), married Mary Bailey, daughter of David Bailey, of Wayne county, and they have three children - llerschel, Everett, and Myrtle; David F. died in infancy; and Hattie E., born May 22, 1884, is the wife of Frank Rinehart and the)' have one child, Marguerite Marie, born Feb. 9, 1907. Mr. Mendenhall is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Lewis O. Morris. - Among those to whom Center township is indebted for its agricultural prestige is Lewis 0. Morris, a native son of Wayne county and one of its most honored and progressive citizens, lie was born in Clay township, Oct. 1, 1859, a representative of one of the sterling pioneer families of this favored section of the State. He is a son of Oliver and Martha E. (Cook) Morn-, the former born three miles east of Richmond, March 3, 1836, and the latter one mile north of Green's Fork, in Clay township, Sept. 1, 1841, in the section where her parents settled in the pioneer era of that community. Oliver Morris was always a farmer by occupation. In early life he went to Ohio and located on a farm near Camden,- where he resided until 1864, when he returned to Wayne countv and located near Green's Fork, where he died Oct. 25, 18(15, ami his widow resides in Richmond, The father did much to forward material and social advancement ami was one of the lion ored and influential citizens of the communities in which he resided. In local affairs of a public nature he was a dominating figure, ever striving to promote the best interests of all concerned, and his earl) death cut short a promising career, for to him was ever given the unqualified confidence and esteem of all who knew him. Oliver and Martha E. Morris became the parents of two children, of whom the subject of this review is the eldest and the only one living, a daughter, Inda Belle, having died in 1883, at the age of eighteen years. Lewis O. Morris was afforded the advantages of the excellent public schools of Clay and Center townships. After his father's death the family resided with the parents of the widowin Clay township until 1873, when, at the age of fourteen Near- Lewis O. took charge of the farm in Center township, which his fa l.'her had purchased before he died, but had not as yet occupied. The mother continued to reside on this farm until the marriaare --!

her son, who has operated the farm of forty-five acres in a general way. Air. Morris is a man of much initiative power and progressive ideas, his business affairs are handled with discrimination and ability, and he has so ordered his course in all the relations of life as to maintain the confidence and good will of the people of his native county and all others with whom he has had business or social relations. In politics he accords allegiance to the Democratic party, and he and his wife are communicants of the Methodist Episcopal church at Olive Hill, in which faith he was reared. On Feb. 18, 1880, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. .Morris to Miss Martha Jenkins, burn in Montgomery county, Ohio, Dec. 23, i860, daughter of Abijah and Francena (Russell) Jenkins. Of this union were born three children: Ethelyn, born April 7, 1882, is the wife of Charles E. Lamb, a traveling salesman of Indianapolis, and they have one child, Everett Morris, born Feb. 6, 1003; Lewis Everett, born July 12, 1890, died June 12, 1891 ; and Robert L., born Dec. 20, 1894, resides at the parental home and assists in the management of the farm. The father of Mrs. Morris was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, June 9, 1838, and the mother in (.'enter township, Wayne county, Indiana, Jan. 26, 1841. In early life the father was a farmer, continuing at that occupation until 1864, when lie came to Richmond and engaged in the grocery business ami later engaged in saw-milling in Webster township. Mrs. Jenkins's death occurred in Richmond, June 2, 1871, and in 1873 Mr. Jenkins was married to Miss A. Ella George, of Hamilton county, Indiana. He then embarked in the lumber business at Noblesville, hid., and later engaged as a traveling salesman for a large flouring concern and was so employed at the time of his death, Feb. 22, 1909. Of his second marriage there are two sons. Earl G. and Heber A.

Darry B. Oler, a prominent resident of Wayne county and a prosperous farmer in Jefferson township, was born in Perry township, Jan. 26, 1872. lie is a son of Henderson and Sarah (Aldington) Oler, bom in Perry township, this county, the former in 1846. The paternal grandfather was Adam Oler, whose father was a pioneer settler in Perry township, and in Adam Oler's family there were seven children : Henderson is the oldest of the family ; George W. is a farmer in Perry township, married Nannie Stover and they have a son, Emory; Lewis P. is a farmer in Perry township, married Mrs. Jennie (Brooks) Cain and they have two children - Earle and Ethel; Elvin, of Perry township, married Amanda J. Metters and they have three children - Clyde, Paul and \Tola ; Phoebe is the wife of Ulysses G. Mendenhall, a retired farmer of Perry township, and they have three children - Newman, Charles and Clara; Adaline is the wife of Elzie Shoemaker, of Randolph count)- ; and Fannie is the wife of William Swinn, of Economy, and they have four children - Elvin, Claude, Frank and Dora. The maternal grandfather was Bishop Addington. a prominent farmer of Perry township, and in his family there were eight children: Theodore and Edward reside in Jay county, Indiana ; Charles is a resident of Muncie, Ind.; Rilla is the wife of Amos Baker, of Blackford county';

Mary A. is the wife of Ashbury Cain, of Green township; Jane is the wife of George Hardup, of Jay county; Alice is the wife of Alva Armstrong-, of Colorado; and Sarah' married Henderson Oler. Of the union of Henderson Oler and wife there are three children: Darry lb is the eldest; Cicero H. is a farmer in Perry township, married May Woolford and they have a son, Virgil ; and Omar is a farmer in Perry township, married to Lulu Harris. Harry B. Oler's educational advantages were limited to the district schools of the count)- and he began his independent career at the age of twenty years, lie first rented land and farmed until twenty-five years old and then purchased the farm of i_'0 ncre's where he resides in Jefferson township, about five miles from the village of Hagerstown. The farm is among the best in the township and the improvements indicate the thrift and enterprise of the owner. The residence is a modern frame structure and one of the best in the township. On Feb. 14, 1897, in Perry township, this count)', Mr. Oler was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Smith, a native of that township and a daughter of Richard and Sarah (Hays) Smith. One child has been born to this union - Sarah Marie, born Oct 5, 1004. Mr. Smith is a farmer in Perry township, and to him and his wife were born six children: Rose is. the wife of Frank Doughterty, of Hagerstown, ami the) have four children - Ansel, Pauline, Smith, and Julia; John, of Dalton township, married Anna Davis and the) have four children - Byrum, Howard, Sarali^-and Bernice; Mrs ( tier is the second in order of birth and was born Oct. 27, 1871 , Eva and Dollie reside at the paternal home; and Fred, a barber in Hagerstown, married Edith Fox and the) have two elrrhjivn - Francis and Eugene. s