Wayne County, Indiana - The whole text, 1912 (part 2 of 16)

John Benjamin Peirce is engaged in general farming in the township of Abington, where he is well known and enjoys unmistakable popularity, lie was born in Washington township, this county, Nov. 7, 1846, a son of Benjamin and Lucina (Jenkins) Peirce, the former born in Massachusetts, March 2d, 1812, and the latter in Washington township, this count}-, Sept. 12, 1822. In early life the father was a farmer in the State of New York, and later engaged in the lumber business and also in contracting for canal work. He came to Indiana about 1836 and located one mile north of Connersville, having previously had contracts on the Whitewater canal, lie purchased a farm near Connersville and engaged in agricultural pursuits there five or six years. He came to Wayne county in the spring of 184O, became the owner of a valuable farm, and the residue of his active career was devoted to agricultural pursuits, in which he was duly successful. He died in Washington township, March 12, 1898, his wife having passed away Oct. 19, 1886. The father was a very methodical man ami kept a journal all of his life. He made the trip across the mountains, from Richmond, Ya., to Pittsburg, Pa., by wagon, bringing his parents with him, and his father died on the way. To Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Peirce were born ten children: The first were twins and died in infancy; David J., born Aug. 6, 1845, died in October of the same year; John B. is the next in order of birth; Isaac H., born June 28, 1849, is a farmer and resides in Abington township; Nancy M., born Nov. 20, 1851, died Dec. 10, 1863; Ella S., born Feb. 4, 1854, resides at the old homestead; Philip II., born Nov. 25, 1856, conducts a complete music store at Lawrence, Kan. ; Jane E., born June 1, 1858, died Dec. 18, 1863; and Charles J., born Aug. 6, 1862, died Feb. 3, 1878. The last named was a remarkable boy in his mental equipment and made phenomenal progress in his studies. John B. Peirce is indebted to the public schools of Washington township for his early educational training, which included a course in what was then called the "Collegiate Institute," and after arriv- ing at maturity worked for his father and also followed school teaching about eighteen years, in Washington and Abington townships and in Union and Fayette counties. In 1873 ne settled on the farm where he now resides, and to which he has added until his landed possessions amount to a fraction over 220 acres, and he has since given his attention to agricultural pursuits in a substantial and profitable way. In politics Mr. Peirce holds tenaciously to the faith of which the Republican party is exponent. On Sept. 21, 1870, he was united in marriage to Miss Phebe Helms, born in Abington township, Aug. 15, 1852, daughter of Isaiah and Jane (Russell) Helms, honored citizens of Wayne county, in which they were born. Mr. and Mrs. Peirce have a son, Rollo J., born Sept. 4, 1872. He attended public school in Abington township and later entered the Indiana State Normal School, where he graduated in 1895. Two years later he received his A. B. degree from Indiana University, graduating in the class of 1897. lie taught Biology and German in the high school at Martinsville, Ind., two years, and at Logansport three years, after his graduation from the University, and then entered the Medical College of Indiana, in 1902, in which he graduated in 1905. In the same year he opened an office in Richmond, Ind., and began to practice medicine. In the fall of 1910 Dr. Peirce made the race for count)' coroner and was elected, lie is now serving his first term in that office. On Sept. 6, 1893, ne was married to Rosa A. Henwood, daughter of John S. Ilenwood, of Abington township. To them were born two daughters - Frances and Clara - and one son, Herbert.

Daniel O. Dilling, for many years a leading farmer of Jefferson, is a native of Wayne county, Indiana, having first beheld the light of das- on what is now known as the Kikenberry farm, southwest of Ifagerstown, in Jefferson township, May 21, 1803. His father, Henry Dilling, was born in Blair county, Pennsylvania, May 27, 1831, one of a family of twelve children, all deceased: George was a farmer and miller in Indiana and afterwards moved to Illinois, and his son, George, is mayor of Seattle, Wash.; Jacob married Flizabeth Schmick and was a farmer at Huntington, Ind.; Susanna married Lewi S. Sprinkle, a farmer of Huntington, Ind.; Christina became the second wife of Levi S. Sprinkle; Catherine married Moses Schmuck, a farmer in Wayne and Henry counties; Henry was the sixth in order of birth; Frederick married Sarah Schuck and was a farmer in Wayne count)' ; Anna married Gabriel Hardman, a farmer in Wayne county; David married a Miss Bishop, was a soldier in the Civil war and followed grist milling in Wayne county; John died in early manhood; Daniel married Sally Bowers and was a druggist at Hagerstown ; and William married Mary Stover and died in Wayne county. Casper Dilling, great-grandfather of Daniel O., came from the province of Hesse, Germany, among the Hessian troops sent to America by King George, in 1781 or 1782, for service in the Revolutionary war. He never saw any active service, however, and at the close of the war, in 1783, settled at Morrison's Cove, Pa., where he married and engaged in farming. The paternal grandfather, Jacob Dilling, came to Wayne county in 1833 ar>d purchased 160 acres of land. He made frequent trips to Cincinnati, hauling his grain and mill products to market by wagon. Later he added to his original tract until he owned about 1,600 acres in various counties. He was a Republican in his political views and his religious faith was expressed by membership in the Church of the Brethren. Henry Dilling came with his parents to Wayne county, Indiana, from his home in the Keystone State, in 1833, when but two years of age. As before stated, his father purchased 160 acres of land in this county, a portion of which he immediately proceeded to clear and transform into a tillable condition. That farm is the one now owned by Levi S. Dilling and D. O. Dilling. Henry Dilling was a hard working, thrifty and enterprising farmer during most of his days and was a resident of Wayne county upwards of sixty-five years. In early life, in connection with his father, he gave his attention to the management of a linseed oil mill and engaged in the manufacture of oil, and also for a time conducted a saw mill. At the age of twenty-two he settled down to farming on what is now known as the Eikenberry farm, north of the old homestead, which tract he had purchased of his father and which consisted of 150 acres, and there continued to live the remainder of his life. In politics he was ever a loyal adherent of the Republican party, though never a seeker of public office, and his religious affiliations were with the Church of the Brethren, lie passed away Jan. 24, 1900, at the age of sixty-nine. His wife, the mother of Daniel O. Dilling - Anna (Shuck) Dilling - was born Oct. 2$, 1833, and was married to Henry Dilling in 1853. She died March 22, 1911, at Hagerstown. To her and her beloved husband were born five children: Levi S., born Feb. 15, 1854, is farming part of the old homestead, married Ellen Widows, who is deceased, and they became the parents of three children - Ivan \\\, born Aug. 28, 1888, May Anna, born May 2, [891, and Bertha R., born Feb. 2, 1895; Margaret D.. bom Feb. 11, 1857, is the wife of Llwood Lawson, a shoe dealer in New Castle, Ind.; the third child died in infancy; Daniel O. is the fourth in order of birth ; and Ida D., born March 31, 1867, is the widow of Charles Lawson and resides in Wayne count)'. The mother of these children was a member of the Church of the Brethren, her husband having served on many important committees of that organization at different times. She was a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Miller) Schuck, the former of whom (lied in 1899, at the age of ninety-one. He was twice married, his second wife being Lovina Swafford, of Henry county, who died in April, 191 1, at the age of ninety-one years. Of the first niarriage were four children : Anna married Henry Dilling; Sarah first married Frederick Dilling and after his death Gabriel Hardman, becoming the mother of 'two children - Dora A (deceased), and Anna M. ; Christina is the widow of Thomas Bailey and the mother of six children - William H., Ada (deceased), James, Sarah (deceased), Pearl, and Angie; Catherine is the wife of Henry Huntsinger, a farmer in Kansas, and to them have been born six children - Elizabeth (deceased), Mahlon, George, William Daniel, Emma, and Katharine Of the sec- ond marriage were born six children: Jacob served as a soldier in the Civil war and is living in Henry county; Jeremiah served as a soldier in the Civil war, married Louisa Walker, and is living in the State of Washington; Mary is the wife of Isaiah Hoover, a farmer in Henry county; Laban resides on a farm in Henry county, as also does Harrison; and Cassius is engaged in the mercantile business at New Lisbon, Henry county. Levi S. Billing, the eldest son of Henry Dilling, is an elder in the Nettle Creek organization of the Church of the Brethren, and Margaret D., the eldest daughter, graduated in the State Normal School at Terre Haute and taught several years, holding a State license for life. Daniel O. Dilling was reared in his native township and received his educational training in the district schools there. Upon leaving school he took to farming and for a time lived on a farm which he rented from his father. Jn j8S6 he purchased forty acres of his present place, to which he added until he owns 210 acres, ami upon his original purchase he has continued to reside. In politics he has always been active in Republican circles, though, like his father before him, never fostered aspirations for public office. On Aug. 6. 1885, Mr. Dilling was married to Elizabeth Holder, daughter of David and Christina (Ulrich) Holder, of Jefferson township, and of this union there is a daughter, Olive 11., born Sept. 15, 1902. Mrs. Dilling was born Jan. 15, 1866, one of two daughters born to her parents, the sister being Catherine, born Dec. 1, 1863, wife of William N. Stout, and they have a son, Clarence, born Jan. 4, igoo Mr. Dilling is a director in the Citizens' State Bank, at Hagerstown, and is also interested in the German Baptist Tri-County Mutual Protective Association, of which he has been secretary and treas urer since it was organized, Oct. 24, 1895. It carries over $8,000,- 000 of insurance. lie is also a director in the Indiana Mutual Cyclone Insurance Company of the State of Indiana.

George R. Ulrich, for several years one of the leading farmers of Jefferson, first beheld the light of day in Marshall county, Indiana, Oct. 17, 1868. His father, Martin T. Ulrich, a native of the Keystone State, born June 2~j, 1838, migrated westward to Wayne county as a child in company with his parents, who settled on what is known as the "Tidewater Farm," of 160 acres, in the township of Jefferson. Martin T. Ulrich was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, son of John and Catherine (Teeter) Ulrich. His grandfather, John Ulrich, brought his wife and family west, about 1818, and entered several tracts of government land in Wayne count)', one of the tracts being what is known as the "Tidewater Farm," lying west of and near Hagerstown. His son, John, the father of Martin T. and grandfather of George R., received this farm from his father. He was also a native of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, born about 1795, and his wife was born about 1805. He was a Democrat in his political views and his religious faith was expressed by membership in the Church of the Brethren. To him and his good wife were born eleven children - Daniel, Hannah, John, Christian, Elizabeth, Barbara, Mary, Jacob, Martha, George, .and Martin T., all deceased but George and Martin T. George is a farmer in Henry county, near Petersburg. He is married to Catherine E. McSherley and they have two children: Amanda A., who is deceased, married Alfred Waltz, and they had one child, Lena A., who is married to Edward O. Beeson (see sketch) ; and Allie A., who is married to Oscar A. Brown (see sketch). Martin T. Ulrich was educated in the district schools and has always followed farming-. In 1867 he removed to Marshall county, Indiana, where he purchased 103 acres, to which he later added forty acres, and resided there seven years. lie then traded this farm for seventy-six acres in Henry county and lived there two years, after which he sold that farm and purchased the place where he resides, in the northern part of Jefferson township. The farm originally comprised 100 acres, but, in 1896, he sold sixty acres, thus reducing his farm to forty acres, which he continues to operate. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Church of the Brethren, lie was married March 29, i860, to Anna Main, daughter of William and Martha (McMullen) Main, who resided in Henry county, near Petersburg. Mrs. Ulrich is one of fourteen children born of these parents, and she and a brother and a sister are the only ones surviving. The sister is Catherine, wife of Henry Holder, a retired farmer of Randolph county, and the brother is Aaron Main, a farmer in Madison county. The deceased brothers and sisters are: Mary- Jane, Nancy, Rachel, Emily, Margaret, Nelson, Martha, Otho, Alfred, Luciuda, and Elizabeth. William Main settled in Henry county in an early day, coming from the State of New York, where his wife also was born, but they were married in Indiana. He was a Democrat in politics and a member of the Church of the Brethren. He died at the age of eighty-seven and his wife passed away at the age of eighty-five. To Martin T. ami Anna (Main) Ulrich were born three children: Harvey, born Oct. 26, 1863, married a daughter of Benjamin Jewett, of Hagerstown, and they have two children - Ruth, who is the wife of Perry Holliday, and Robert; Ceorge R. is the second in order of birth; and Charles, born Jan. 27, 1875, was married, Aug. 16, 1895, to Amy R. Austin, daughter of Garrison and Alice (Paddock) Austin, of Cambridge City, and they have three children - Vernelia, born June 8, 1896, Garrison Martin, born March 25, 1902, ami Elbert Austin, born July 13, 1903. Harvey is a blacksmith in Hagerstown and Charles is a farmer in Jefferson township. George R. Ulrich received his education in the schools of District No. 4, in Jefferson township, and when not occupied with his studies was busily engaged in assisting his parents about the farm. Consequently at an early age he learned the arduous lesson of hard work and acquired an intimate knowledge of farming, which occupation he has continued to pursue with success and profit, lie remained with his father until maturity, and also worked at the carpenter trade for a time. He then worked at fence building from 1887 to 1893, after which he operated Dr. Uines' farm in Dalton township one year, and from 1895 to 1903 logged for the saw mills in Hagerstown. In 1903 he settled on his present farm of lifty-eight acres in the northern part of Jefferson township, where he is engaged in general farming. He also farms thirty acres, which he rents near by, and does some dairying. Politically he is actively affiliated with the Democratic party. In 1888, Mr. Ulrich was united in holy wedlock to Ella Pedro, daughter of Charles and Victoria Ann (Mills) Pedro, of whom the latteis deceased and the former is the present assessor oi Jefferson township. Mrs. Ulrich is one of six children born to her parents, the others being Edward, George Delia, Frank, and Oscar. Seven children have blessed the happy marital union of Mr. and Mrs. Ulrich: Eva, born Jan. 12, 1889, is the wife of Thomas Lamar; Nevada, born Sept. 26, 1891 ; Mabel, born Jan. 31, 1898; Hazel, born June 14, 1900; Jessie, born Jan. 6, 1903; Harry, born June 26, 1905; and Walter E., born June 10, 1908.

Eli Monroe Wisehart, an honored citizen of Wayne county, now living practically retired, is a scion of stanch American ancestry and a native of the great Iloosier State, which has given to America such a valuable element of citizenship, lie was born in Liberty township, Henry count)', Indiana, April 13, 1846, a son of John L. and Margaret (Davidson) Wisehart, the former born in Henry county, Nov. 9, 1814, and the latter in Mason county, Kentucky, Dec. 18, 1818. The paternal grandfather was benjamin Wisehart, a farmer in Henry county, and the maternal grandparents removed from Kentucky to Henry county, Sept. 14, 1826. John L. Wisehart, the father, was educated in the district schools of Henry county and eventually located in Liberty township, where he became a prominent citizen and served two terms as township trustee, and there he passed the remainder of his life, which was one of signal usefulness and honor. He espoused the cause of the Republican party, of whose principles he continued a stanch advocate from the time of the birth of that organization, lie and his wife were members of the New Light Church in Henry count). He was summoned to the life eternal, March 25, 1S04, and his widow survived until Sept. 21, 1903. Of their union were born twelve children: Benjamin Franklin, born Nov. 28, 1837, died Dec. 4, 1902; Samuel Davidson, born Oct. 18, 1839, became a grain dealer at Millville and died in 1910; Amerika, born in 1844, married Boon Kngels and died in 1883; Eli M. is the next in order of birth; Wilson Albert, born May 22, 1848, was married to Lorena Atchinsoii, Aug. 15, 1869; Alonzo, born July 1, 1852, was a school teacher and died March 3, 1897; Lagrande, born Sept. 29, 1858, was a merchant and died Jan. 4, 1906; Viretta, born in 1854, married Eli Walrath and resides near Muncie, in Delaware county; Maria Catherine, born Aug. 8, 1850, is the widow of John Hart and resides with her son at Galveston, Ind. ; Ella, born June 30, 1856, married Charles Stafford, Dec. 24, 1875, and resides near Muncie, in Delaware county; Mary E. is the next in order of birth; and John Wesley, born in i860, married Nellie Craven, in 1892, and is a general agent for the International Plarvester Company, with headquarters at Fort Wayne, Ind. Eli M. Wisehart passed his boyhood and early youth on the old homestead farm in Henry county, Indiana, where his early educational discipline was secured in the common schools. At the age of seventeen he began clerking in the drygoods store of his brother, Benjamin F. Wisehart, at New Castle, and remained thus employed a period of two years. He was then employed one year by his brother, Samuel D. Wisehart, and his brother-in-law, Boon Ingels, at Milton, Wayne county, in a drygoods store which they conducted at that place. In 1866, Eli M. Wisehart returned to Henry county and assisted in operating his mother's farm until 1869, when he moved to his own farm, adjoining his mother's place, and resided there one year, having purchased eighty acres of the other heirs of his father's estate, in Liberty township, Henry county. In 1870 he sold this place and moved to the farm of Lewis Kinsey, in Liberty township, where he worked by the month from March 1, 1870, until Aug. 1, of the same year, lie then moved to the farm of Lewis Kinsey, in Jefferson township, Wayne county, and this farm he rented from August, 1870, until March 1, 1872, at which time he rented a farm of 278 acres in Henry county, near Middletown, and remained there one year. In 1873 he rented a farm of 150 acres, which he now owns, situated near his old home in Liberty township, and resided there five years, at the expiration of which time he purchased 100 acres of the tract, and about 1890 purchased the remaining fifty acres. In 1894 he purchased forty-two acres of the Bailey farm, and about five years later purchased eighty-three acres additional of the same tract, thus giving him a total of 275 acres of land. He resided on the farm of 150 acres from 1874 until 1899, a period of twenty-six years, and on Sept. 5 of the last named year removed from Henry county to Wayne count}', for the purpose of caring for his wife's father, Lewis Kinsey, in his declining years. Mr. and Mrs. Wisehart own the farm of 203 acres, formerly belonging to Mr. Kinsey, situated in Jefferson township, near Uagerstown; and though practically retired, Mr. Wisehart gives his attention principally to the management of that farm, which is devoted to diversified agriculture and to the raising of high-grade live stock. He has made excellent improvements on his fine homestead and the same is one of the valuable and attractive farms of this favored section of the lloosier commonwealth. A stanch adherent of the Republican party, Mr. Wisehart has given an intelligent and active support to its cause, in which he has rendered effective service. He and his wife are zealous members of the Church of the Brethren. On Aug. 7, 1868, Mr. Wisehart was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Jane Kinsey, a daughter of Lewis and Catherine (Shult'z) Kinsey, and of this union were born twelve children: Martin Chester, born Nov. 24, 1869, who is a mail clerk on the Pennsylvania railroad between Cincinnati and Chicago, was married Dec. 24, 1893, to Jennie Robinson, who died April 13, 1005, leaving two daughters - Ada Florence, born Oct. 19, 1894, and Martha Sarah, born Feb. 10, 1905 - and after the death of his first wife Martin C. married Maude Poindexler, of Anderson, Ind. ; Ida Florence, born Jan. 29, 1871, died April 9, 1897; Catherine Estella, born Oct. 10, 1873, was married to llarley B. Messick, of Richmond, Nov. 30, 1892, and they have two children - Howard Churchill, born Feb. 24, 1805, and Eugene Wisehart, born Feb. 22, 1903; Lewis Monroe, born \pril 19, 1875, died Aug. 5, 1881 ; David Wesley, born Dec. 6, 1877, who is a farmer in Henry county, married Marie Moore, July 22, 1902, and they have three children - Goldie Olive, burn Nov. 19, 1903, Ruth Marie, born April 21, 1905, and JosieJVIay, born Feb. 7, 1909; Olive Carrie, born Jan. 4, 1880, was married, March 17, 1896, to Perry R. Hill, a meat inspector at Fort Worth, Tex., and they have a son, Robert Guy, born March 29, 1898; Goldie Frances, born Dec. 22, 1881, was married, June 20, 1906, to George F. Darter, a dentist of Elkhart, Ind. ; the next in order of birth was an infant that died unnamed; Edna Margaret, born March 29, 1884, is the wife of Dr. Charles B. Darter (see sketch); Luther Churchill, born Jan. 17, 1887, was married, March 24, 1906, to Josie Hoover; Charles Eli, born March I, 1889, died April 18, 1896; and Anna Clair, born Aug. 5, 1892, died April 6, 1896. The little granddaughter, Martha Sarah Wisehart, daughter of Martin C, resides with Mr. and Mrs. Wisehart. Aside from his farming interests, Mr. Wisehart is a director of the First National Bank of Hagerstown.

Frank Vinton Thornburgh, whose advanced ideas on matters pertaining to agriculture are giving him a prominence among people interested in that branch of industry, is a native of this county, born in Dalton township, Dec. 31, 1871, son of Dempsey Carver and Ethelinda (Williams) Thornburgh (see sketch of Dempsey C. Thornburgh). Our subject attended the district schools of Dalton township and afterward completed his education at the high school of Hagerstown. While attending school his spare time was devoted to work on the home farm and this was his abode till the death of his parents. His life's work has been along the line of farming and his theories in this important branch of industry are given practical demonstration and are bearing out excellent results. His work is carried on in a scientific manner. He worked on the old homestead with his brothers, assisting in managing the same until the death cf his mother, when he took possession of 135 acres, to which he has since added forty acres, adjoining, in Randolph county. Political!)', Mr. Thornburgh is a Republican and lie is a member of the Friends' church. Fraternally, he has membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 150, at Economy; the Encampment of the same order at Losantville, and of the Masonic lodge at Hagerstown. On Dec. 30, 1906, he was married to Miss Essie May Strode, daughter of Thomas J. and Malinda (Routh) Strode, of Fort Scott, Kan. Mrs. Thornburgh was born Dec. 31, 1S76.

John M. Replogle, for years an active follower of agricultural pursuits in Wayne county, with residence in Jefferson township, is a native of the Hoosier State, born on the farm now owned by Mrs. David Krull, north of Hagerstown, Feb. 24, 1869. His father, Joel Replogle, a native of Wayne count)', born on a farm near Hagerstown, was a farmer by occupation, residing upon a farm in Jefferson township until his death, in 1899, at the age of sixty-four years, he having been born Dec. 4, 1835. Politically lu; was a Republican many years, but later in life was a Prohibitionist. The mother of John M. Replogle - Aurelia (McLucas) Replogle - was a native of the Hoosier State, born north of Hagerstown, daughter of John McLucas, who came from Scotland to Wayne county. The paternal grandfather was Joseph Replogle, who came from Pennsylvania. Two children were horn to Joel Replogle and wife: Christina, wife of Moses Keever, a farmer in Jefferson township, and John M. The subject of this record received his schooling in the district schools of Jefferson township and has always followed farming as an occupation, with the exception of eleven years, which he spent at the blacksmith trade with William Wedekind, of Ilagerstown. The past two years he has served as township supervisor, in which position his sound judgment and executive ability have been utilized for the welfare of the community. In politics he is a member of the Republican party and in fraternal circles ranks high, being a member of the Subordinate Lodge and the Encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Hagerstown. On Jan. 22, 188S, he was united in holy matrimony to Miss Rebecca Almira Pipher, daughter of Philip and Sarah (Stamm) Pipher, of Jefferson township. Philip Pipher was a native of the State of Ohio, born near Springfield, Aug. I, 1835, son oi Philip and Catherine Elizabeth (Getz) Pipher, who in an early day removed to Wayne county and settled in Hagerstown, where they resided some years. The)' then moved to a farm east of Hagerstown and later to a farm north of town, and Philip, Sr., and his wife both died on what is now the Mahlon Leonard farm. The grandfather was a Democrat, and they came from Pennsylvania to Springfield, Ohio. Philip Pipher, jr., father of Mrs. Replogle, received his education in the district schools and eventually purchased twenty-four acres of his father's farm, east of Hagerstown, and later added thirty-six acres to it from the Daniel Petty estate. In the fall of 1902 he sold the' place and purchased a residence at the north edge of Hagerstown. In 1903 he purchased forty acres of John Smith, east of Hagerstown, the tract being now part of Martha Runners farm. In 1904 he sold this tract and purchased the sixty-six acres which is occupied by his widow and the family of his son-in-law, Mr. Replogle, upon which he continued to reside to the time of his demise. He was always an enthusiastic member of the Democratic party and he and his wife belonged to the Lutheran church. On Jan. 13, 18O0, he was married to Sarah Stamm, daughter of John and Rebecca Stamm, who came from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, to Hagerstown, in 1853. Sarah Stamm was born Jan. 26, 1840. She is the mother of two children, of which Mrs. Replogle is the younger, the other'being Anna Mary, born Feb. 28, 1863, the wife of Henry Swinn, of Jackson township, and of this union there is a son, Harvey, born Oct. 22, 1891. Mrs. Replogle was born Sept. 14, 1867, and of her union with Mr. Replogle there is a daughter, Golden, born Oct. 12, 1888. She resides at the parental home. Harry Carver Thornburgh, one of the leading citizens of Dalton township, was born at the old homestead, a portion of which constitutes his present farm residence, Jan. 6, 1884, the youngest son of Dempsey C. Carver and Ethelinda (Williams) Thornburgh (see sketch of Dempsey C. Thornburgh). He attended the district schools of Dalton township and his life's work has been in the line of agriculture, commendable success having come to him in this pursuit. I lis father was careful and painstaking and the lessons learned from the sire and the supplementary reading on agricultural subjects have given to the son a prestige that makes him an authority on land tilling. The Thornburgh homestead comprises 392 acres of fertile land and in point of landscape is one of the most attractive in the county. Upon the death of the mother, Sept. 2, 1908, Harry C. Thornburgh took possession of 127 acres of the old homestead and has since resided thereon. The buildings are of the most substantial construction and are equipped with the most modern conveniences. In politics Mr. Thornburgh is a Republican and follows his party on all issues. Socially he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, his lodge being No. 151, at Mooreland, and as often as possible its meetings are attended by him. On July 25, 1906, occurred his marriage to Miss Cora Bell Wilson, daughter of Anderson and Rosa (McColley") Wilson, of near Mooreland, in Henry county. Mrs. Thornburgh was born in Boone county, Sept. 19, 1887. Her parents were natives of Indiana, the father having been born in Boone county, July 13, 1862, and the mother in Marion county, June 5, 1861. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Thornburgh there is a son, Kenneth Carver Wilson, horn May 2S, 1907.

Dr. James E. Taylor was a native of Ohio, born in Sewellsville, Belmont county, that State, April 5, 1843. His parents - Barnett and Letitia S. (McPherson) Taylor - were natives of that county, and the father was a carpenter and contractor by occupation, having built about all of the churches and schoolhouses in Kirkwood township in that county. He also owned a farm of 200 acres, upon which he lived, and he served as justice of the peace twenty-one consecutive years. The father and mother died in Belmont county, in the same township in which they were born, and of their seven children who grew to maturity, live are living. James E. Taylor received his preliminary education in the village primary school and later attended the Fairview High School. Having finished the preparatory course he entered college, but soon the sounds of civil war called him from the classroom to the camp, and on Oct, 15, 1801, he enlisted in the Fifth Ohio cavalry in General Wallace's division. This regiment was organized at Camp Dennison, from September to November, 1861, to serve three years. On Feb. 26, 1862, it received orders to move, and on March 1 left Camp Dennison for Paducah, Ky.; reporting to Brig.-Gen. W. T. Sherman. On the night of March 15 the regiment dropped down to Pittsburg Landing and at the battle of Shiloh was constantly under fire, General Grant giving direct orders to it and assigning it various difficult and dangerous duties and positions in the field. The behavior of officers and men throughout their initial battle was highly commended by both Generals Grant and Sherman. The regiment advanced with the army in the slow '"siege" of Corinth and had its share of picket duty and other exposure. The first and second battalions brought on the battle of Metamora, Tenn. - or, as the Confederates call it, "The Hatcrfie" - where it fought bravely throughout the day, driving the rear guard in its retreat and capturing many prisoners. In April, [863, a severe battle was fought at Coldwater, Miss., in which the regiment was engaged. An expedition which Mr. Taylor joined, composed of 100 men each from the Fifth Ohio, Second Illinois, and First Missouri cavalry, was sent out toward Panola, Miss., under command of Major Henry, and on June 20, while in bivouac on the plantation of Dr. Adkins, twelve miles south of Hernando, was surrounded in a dense fog by General Chalmers with a force of 2,000 men, with six field guns. The little band, however, by a gallant charge cut through the enemy's lines and escaped, although closely pursued ten miles. During the spring of 1864 the regiment effected a veteran organization and in the autumn joined Sherman in his march to the sea and up through the Carolinas. It was retained in service until Oct. 30, 1865, when it was mustered out. Mr. Taylor rose by meritorious service in turn to the positions of orderly sergeant, first lieutenant, captain, acting assistant adjutant-general, and assistant adjutant-general on the staff of Gen. Thomas T. Heath. Fie enlisted at the age of eighteen years, as a private, and was not twenty-one when he received a captain's commission. He was in the army more than four years, participating in all the campaigns of his regiment, and was mustered out at Charlotte, N. C. In December, 1865, he entered the Iron City Commercial College, at Pittsburgh, Pa., and remained there until" Ma)', 1866. He then commenced the study of medicine, to which his tastes had inclined from boyhood. Soon afterward he engaged in the drug business at Ray City, Mich., continuing his medical studies, and in that city began the practice of his profession. In 1869 he attended a course of lectures at Miami Medical College, graduating in 1871 in the College of Medicine and Surgery in Cincinnati, Ohio, and then removed to Richmond, Ind., where he continued in the practice of medicine until his death. On Nov. 8, 187 1, he was married to Miss Sarah H. Shell, of Fort Plain, N. Y., who died March 10, 1880. He was married on Dec. 10, 1881, to Gertrude E. Snell, of St. Johnsville, N. Y., who died March 23, 1891, and of this union was born one child, Julia L. Taylor. On Sept. 12, 1901, he was married to Martha J. Neal, who survives her husband and resides in Richmond. Dr. Taylor's fraternal relations were with the Masonic order, which he joined in September, 1867, and he attained to the Thirty-second degree, being a member of the Richmond Lodge and of the Consistory at Indianapolis. He was a Past Eminent Commander, and from 1873 to 1875 was Captain-General of the Richmond Commandery, being elected Eminent Commander the following year. He was a member of Sol Meredith Post, Grand Army of the Republic, an association that his valorous army record eminently entitled him to, and was also a member of the Loyal Legion. One incident of his military career is worthy of mention in this article. On the evening of Dec. 31, 1863, which was one of the coldest and most bitter nights of the Civil war period, he called his men together and asked for a volunteer to cross the river for supplies and blankets, but not one responded. Thereupon Captain

Taylor took it upon himself to perform the task and, securing an old Indian canoe, he made seven trips across the river, carrying loads that forced the boat down until the top of it was but an inch or two above the water, which froze to his hands, and thus he faced death on each and every trip. The Doctor was also a member of the Young Men's Business Club, and for thirteen years served as president of the Margaret Smith Home for Aged Women. Politically he was an adherent of the Republican party and in 18G8 took an active part in the Republican convention of the Sixth Congressional district of Michigan, one of the most exciting political assemblies ever held in that State. While a member of the village council at Portsmouth, Mich., now incorporated with Hay City, he was instrumental in saving that town $70,000, by his ingenious and able efforts. Some years ago he served one term as coroner of Wayne county.

John Macy. - The first record of the Macy' family in America was at Newbury, Mass., in 1639, when Thomas Macy was made a freeman. He and his wife, Sarah Hopcott, came originally from Chilmark, England, and settled at Newbury, Mass., in 1631. In 1639 Salisbury, Mass., was founded by them and others. Thomas Macy was an extensive planter and merchant and of much importance in the settlement. He was a Baptist in his religious faith and often exhorted the people when the regular pastor was away. Many laws were passed designed to prohibit exhorters of all faiths, except the Puritan, in Massachusetts, during the years 1656-57, and among those thus proscribed was Thomas Macy. Laws were also passed requiring all Baptists and members of other denominations to attend the Puritan churches, but Thomas Macy and other Baptists did not obey and he was eventually fined five shillings for each absence. In 1659, with nine others, he purchased Nantucket Island, and in the same year was fined thirty shillings by the General Court for sheltering four Quakers. In the fall of that year, with his wife and five children, he removed to Nantucket Island, and they were the first white settlers to locate there among the friendly Indians. (See Whittier's poem, "The Exiles.") Thomas Macy's life there as a fisherman was long ami useful, and he died in 1682, at the age of seventy-four years, his wife following him in death in 1694, at the age of eighty-four years. ( )f their union were born seven children, the sixth in order of birth being John Macy, born July 14, 1655, and died Oct. 14, 1691. He married Nantucket Deborah Gardner and the eldest of their eight children was John Macy, born in 1675 and died in 175 1. He married Judith Worth and they joined the Society of Eriends in 1711, being the first of the Macys to become Quakers. He was a ship builder by occupation and he and his wife were the great-great-grandparents of Edwin M. Stanton, who served as secretary of war in President Lincoln's cabinet. To John and Judith (Worth) Macy were born thirteen children and their eighth child was John, bom at Nantucket, Dec. 11, 1721, and died at New Garden, \r. C, in 1796. lie married Eunice Coleman and in 1761 removed to New Garden, N. C. They were the parents of fourteen children, the ninth iii order of birth being Berechiah, born at Nantucket, Feb. 24, 1760. He married Lucinda Barnard at New Garden, N, C, March 20, 1783, and moved to Lost Creek, Term., in 1802. From that place lie removed to Economy, Ind., and died on a farm near Economy, Aug. 27, 1832. He and his wife became the parents of eleven children, among whom Isaac, father of John, was ninth in order of birth. Lucinda Barnard was a native of North Carolina, the eldest of nine children born to Benjamin and Eunice (Fitch) Laniard, who had removed to the Old North State in 1704. Isaac Macy was a wood workman and had a shop on his farm, where he stocked plows and made farm wagons complete. With a wood turning-lathe he made the hub and spokes for the wheels of the wagons and also a few carriages that were in demand in the '40s. He was a good penman and was one of the assessors of Wayne county before Dalton township was organized, lie did much in the way of writing wills ami deeds in his neighborhood. He was an Abolitionist, believing it right to aid the slave in gaining his freedom by fleeing to Canada. The maternal grandparents of John Macy were Henry and Ann (Maulsby) Thornburgh. Ann Maulsby was born, in 1771, in Pennsylvania, and in 1777 moved with her parents to Maryland, later to Virginia, and still later to Tennessee. She married Henry Thornburgh at Lost Creek, Tenn., and in 1819 they removed to Wayne count)', settling on West river, in Dalton township, where the}' purchased government land at $1.25 per acre. She was known as "Aunt Nancy" and was a gentle and kind Quaker woman, doing considerable millinery work in the making of Quaker bonnets. She and her husband lived together sixty-eight years, until his death, Aug. II, i8f>2, and she afterward removed to Iowa, where she died in 1867 at the age of ninety-six years. The husband, Henry Thornburgh, was born in North Carolina, May 25, 1773, a son of Henry and Rachel (Moon) Thornburgh, who were married in 1758 at New Garden, N. C. The former was a son of Walter Thornburgh and died at Lost Creek, Tenn., in 1789. Eleanor (Thornburgh) Macy, mother of John Macy, was fifteen years old when she came with her parents from Tennessee to Wayne county, Indiana. She often talked to her children about the long trip in wagons and of crossing the Ohio river at Cincinnati, then a small town. She lived on the same farm sixty-eight years. She and her husband were pioneers in the Springfield Monthly Meeting of Friends. She was devoted to the education of her family of nine children in all that was noble to a true character. The greatest trial of her life was during the Civil war, when three of her sons responded to their country's call and the youngest, Henry B., a lad of eighteen years, was mortally wounded at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., and a few weeks later was brought home a corpse. Isaac and Eleanor (Thornburgh) Macy were married April 5, 1825, and removed to the present farm of their son, John, in 1826, remaining on this land the residue of their lives, the father's death occurring Dec. 16, 1847, an(J the mother's on Feb. 10, 1894. They were the parents of nine children: Lydia Ann, born Jan. 4, 1826, first married William Good and after his death Edward Starbuck, and she died March 27,

1863, the mother of two children by her fust marriage - Lawrence P. and Macy - both deceased; Lewis, born Feb. 10, "1828, married Eliza Petro and died Sept. 10, 1879, tne hither of two children - George J., of Columbus, Ohio, and John S., of Indianapolis, Ind.; Elvira, born May 6, 1830, is the widow of Thomas .Marshall and resides in Economy, the mother of two children - Ellsworth and Ella; Jesse VV., born June 7, 1832, resides near Galveston, Tex., is married to Emma Osborri and they have two children - Lulu and Iona ; Irena, born March 21, 1836, died Feb. 6, 1861 ; William T., born Jan. U), 1839, in the newspaper business at North .Manchester, lnd., married Eva Guinther and they have a daughter, Emma ; John is the next in order of birth; Sylvanus, born Nov. 18, 1843, a veteran of the Civil war in the same regiment with his brother, John, and for twenty years connected with the Allen Pinkerton detective force, lived with his brother, John, and died there March 27, 1911; and Henry !'>., born Feb. 14, 1846, was wounded in the battle of Franklin, Term., and died in an army hospital about Feb. 12, 1865. John Macy was born on the farm where he now resides, May 8, 1841. His boyhood days were spent on the farm and at school age he spent three winter months each year in the district school. His father died in the winter of 1847, leaving the widow ami a family of nine children - six sons and three daughters. At the age of seventeen years John was encouraged by his older brother, Jesse, to attend a graded school at Whitewater, nine miles north of Richmond. One of the inducements to country students was that they would have an opportunity to cut cord wood on Saturdays to pay their tuition. After attending this school a term of twelve weeks a similar school was started at Economy by Thomas Charles, a late graduate of Horace Mann's college in Ohio. This school being nearer home, Mr. Macy spent one term there and was then sufficiently qualified, at the age of nineteen, to teach a district school. In 1802 he enlisted as a soldier in Company D of the Sixtyninth Indiana infantry for service in the Civil war. In speaking of his military career Mr. Macy gave to the writer of this review the following statement: "Company D of the Sixty-ninth Indiana infantry was composed of men living in the town and neighborhood of Economy, Wayne county, and in and around Huntsville, Randolph county. They volunteered under the call of 1862, when a wave of patriotism swept over the Northern States. Father and son, two and three brothers of the same family, offered their services. Fourteen sets of brothers were in this company, and only one pair - William and Thomas W. Botkin, of Huntsville, remained together and were mustered out at the end of the war, the others being separated by death, discharge, or other causes. We were mustered into the United States service, 100 strong, Aug. 19, 1862, and were attached to the Sixty-ninth regiment of Indiana volunteers. Myself and brother, Sylvanus, were members of this company. The regiment was ordered to Indianapolis, immediately equipped with arms and clothing, and, without any drill whatever, was sent to the front. On Aug. 30, after eleven days' service as Yankee soldiers, we met the enemy in deadly array. Kirby Smith, with an army of 30,000, was advancing through Kentucky, headed toward Cincinnati. We were assigned to General Manson's brigade. Our forces, all told, amounted to 7,000 and we met the enemy in an all-day battle near Richmond, Kv., making three different stands during the day, but were overpowered and cut to pieces. Our regiment's loss in killed and wounded was twenty per cent, of the number engaged in the battle and over two-thirds of the number were taken prisoners. We were paroled and allowed to return home. We reorganized at Richmond and drilled until we were properly exchanged. I now recall my thoughts as a boy of nineteen on the farm. The only idea 1 had of the people south of Mason and Dixon's line was what we got by reading T'ncle Tom's Cabin,' and from early childhood we were taught the sad story of 4,000,000 slaves held as property by cruel men of the South. Furthermore, we, the young men of the North, were confronted with this proportion: Shall we stand by our Government by taking up arms to maintain our forefathers' principles of freedom, or submit to Southern rule and the extension of slavery to all our new territory? With six boys in our family, three of us - myself, Sylvanus, and Henry - volunteered on this proposition. In our reorganization Governor Morton sent us Col.'T. W. Bennett, who had seen service in the Thirty-sixth Indiana infantry as major. I well remember the iirst week he was with us. He ordered all non-commissioned officers to meet him in a private lecture, and he said he would nut take a lieutenant from one company and make him captain in another, as he believed, among the non-commissioned officers of each company there was plenty of material from which to make commissioned officers. This was a ray of hope and we got busy. We had to study, as we were in a new school. We had to lay aside our high school books and take up 'Hardee's War Tactics,' and the ambitious sergeant or corporal could be seen at old Camp Wayne on the frosty mornings in November, 1862, soon after the roll call, with a drill squad, and with book in hand, teaching the manual of arms. About Nov. 1 the news reached Camp Wayne that we had been exchanged, and we were hurried down to the Mississippi river by the way of Indianapolis and Cairo, 111., and then by boat to Memphis, Term., where we were assigned to the Thirteenth corps. We took part in Sherman's Yazoo expedition, which was a failure, and then, in January, 1863, were with Sherman in his attack on Fort Hindman, on the Arkansas river. This was quite a success, resulting in the capture of the Confederate force of 5,000 men. At this point Gen. P. J. Osterhaus took command of our division and was our commander throughout the Vicksburg campaign and until August, 1S63. Just about this time General Grant conceived the idea of passing Vicksburg by the west coast of the river; so we were moved down to Young's Point, La., in the lowlands opposite Vicksburg, and the whole army was put on police duly to cut a canal across the country and make a safe passage for our fleet past Vicksburg. The Sixty-ninth did its share of excavating, but the effort was a failure. While we were encamped here for six weeks we hist by death thirty men. We were removed from these lowlands up the river to Milliken's Bend. About this time in the history of our regiment Chan Perry was promoted from adjutant to lieutenant-colonel. The captain of our company - John Ross - and Second Lieutenant Jackson had resigned, and our first lieutenant, S. J. Miller, was made captain. 1 was promoted from second sergeant to first lieutenant, James N. Cropper was made second lieutenant, and many other changes were made in different companies. During the winter there had been several attempts to find a foothold in the rear of Yicksburg, on the east side of the river, without success, which determined General Grant to try his fortunes by the way of the west bank of the river. The Hood was still at its height, the bayous were over their banks for miles, all known roads were out of sight, and the prospect of finding a route without a very wide detour to the west seemed extremely doubtful. The experiment had to be made, nevertheless, and it is the especial pride of the Sixty-ninth that it was chosen for the work and that it was successful in every particular. Under the command of General Osterhaus a way was found, and with the Sixty-ninth in advance the army followed the west bank down to Perkins' plantation. The Federal gunboats and transports succeeded in running the blockade, thus providing sufficient transportation for the movement General Grant had in mind. On April 28 the Thirteenth corps embarked on transports and followed the gunboats to the vicinity of Grand Gulf, where it watched the bombardment by the gunboats until nightfall, when the infantry disembarked and marched across the neck of land to Hard Times, where it met the gunboats and transports again and was ferried over the river to Bruinsburg on the afternoon of April 30. Marching all night with the rest of the division to gain the high land back of the river, the Sixtyninth was one of the first to engage in the battle of Port Gibson. In this battle the regiment was in the closest situation of its entire career. For an hour it engaged the enemy at close range, being separated by the brow of a small hill, and after the battle the dead of each side lay but 200 feet apart. The regiment lost about seventyfive in killed and wounded and sixteen were buried on the battlefield in one grave. Following this battle the regiment was engaged at Champion's Hill, Black River Bridge, and the two unsuccessful assaults at Vicksburg. A few days after the beginning of the siege, on May 23, the regiment was ordered back to lilack river and for the next six weeks did strenuous duty along its banks, until the fall of Vicksburg, July 4. Tt then assisted in the pursuit of Johnston back to Jackson, taking part in all the actions that occurred, and performed efficient service in the siege of that place. Leaving Jackson, July 21, 1863, the regiment returned to Vicksburg. The city having fallen, under orders from General Grant, not to exceed four enlisted men from each company were given a leave of absence and officers were also given a furlough, with the provision that at least one commissioned officer must remain with each company. Various plans were followed in the different companies to select the four favored ones, but in Company 1) we settled, the matter by selecting the four oldest married men. As Captain

Miller had been wounded and Second Lieutenant Cropper had been taken prisoner, there was no furlough in sight for me, as I was the only commissioned officer left with the company. The last campaign of the regiment was in 1865. Having been reduced in numbers, the regiment had been consolidated into a battalion of four companies on Jan. 31, of that year. It was assigned to the Second division, commanded by Gen. C. C. Andrews, and I was detailed as ordinance officer on General Andrews' staff. The division left Pensacola, Fla., March 20, marching through Florida to Pollard, Alav thence westward to the Alabama river, joining the main army at Blakeley on April 1. On this march 1 had charge of the ammunition train, which consisted of ten government wagons - six mules to each wagon - and each wagon loaded to the bows with ammunition. The quartermaster's train followed. It was in the spring of the year, and the sandy, water-soaked soil was covered by a thin sod which easily gave way under weight, and this made progress slow and very difficult. Frequently the army was compelled to wait until the wagon trains came up with them. To end the siege of Blakeley an assault on the works was ordered for April 9, which took place at 5:30 p. m., participated in by all of the Federal troops, resulting in the capture of the defenses of Mobile and of the troops defending them, together with all of the material for war. It occurred on the day of Lee's surrender and was virtually the last battle of the war. The Sixty-ninth was mustered out on July 5, 1865." Immediately after the close of the war Mr. Macy was employed by T. E. and B. W. Clark, drvgoods merchants of Economy, and remained with them one year. He then sold goods for himself in Indianapolis two years, at the end of which time he returned to Economy and taught school one year, it being the first school in the first brick school-house on the present school-house site. This was in the winter of 1868-69, and about 1870 he was induced to buy the old homestead, and for five years he and his aged mother kept house, with the aid of the faithful hired hand, Willie Leavell, Mr. Macy teaching school in winter and Mr. Leavell caring for the stock. On Sept. 28, 1876, he was married to Anna Luella Wiggins, of Richmond, a late teacher in the Economy public schools, and this proved a most happy union. For three years Mr. Macy engaged extensively in the live stock business" and lived in Hagerstown, his brother, Lewis, living with the mother on the farm. In the autumn of 1879 he and his family returned to the farm and have made it their home until the present writing. At the fall election of 1888 Mr. Macy was elected commissioner for the western district of Wayne county and commenced his term of office, Jan. 1, 1890. lie was a member of the board during the building of the present court house. As his sons grew into manhood he has given all his time to farming, and has not been slow to adopt new methods in the progress of up-to-date farming. And with the opportunities afforded by the general prosperity of our country he has added more acres to the old farm, and the old log house has been replaced with a more modern farm residence. More than 500 sugar trees are yet standing on the old "Sugar Camp

Farm," and with the improved evaporator maple syrup is one of the products of the farm. Being of Quaker ancestry, Mr. Macy and his wife, since making- their home on the farm, have always attended the Friends' Meeting and are now with their children members of the Economy Friends' Meeting. Mrs. Macy was born March 26, 1857, and 's a woman of lovable character and charitable traits. To her and her husband were born live children : Harry Burr, born Aug. 10, 1877, has a farm adjoining that of his father, married Lillian Parker, of Economy, and they have a child, Lois; Frank Wiggins, born Nov. 29, 1879, graduated at Purdue University with the class of 1906, is a civil engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad, located at Pittsburgh, Pa., married Jennie Williams, of Economy, and they have a son, Burr Williams; Lawrence Good, born Aug. 27, 1884, graduated in the agricultural course at Purdue University with the class of 1912; Byram Robbins, born June 9, 1888, graduated at the Hagerstown High School with the class of 1910 and resides at the parental home; and Philemon Forrest is a student in the same school with the class of 1912. The parents of Mrs. Macy were Philemon F. and Mary (Burr) Wiggins, of Richmond, the former a native of Jericho, Long Island, born Sept. 16, 1826, and the latter of Hamilton county, Ohio, born March 31, 1828, the fourth child of the family. Philemon F. Wiggins came with his parents to Richmond in 1833 (sec sketch of Stephen R. Wiggins). He was a blacksmith by trade, but later engaged in the meat business in Richmond and became well known and prominent. His business methods were such as to win him hosts of friends and he ever had the regard of his fellow men. He served as quartermaster of the Thirty-sixth Indiana infantry in the Civil war, being promoted to division quartermaster under General Nelson, and was mustered out in 1865. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. His death occurred Sept. 22, 1874, and the tribute paid to him by his friends was significant of the esteem and veneration in which he was held. He was twice married; first on March 1, 1848, to Mary Burr, daughter of William and Phoebe (Brown) Burr, of Hamilton county, Ohio. She departed this life Oct. 10, 1865, and after her death Mr. Wiggins married Henrietta M. Mc- Cullough, Sept. 22, 1870.

Oscar Aaron Brown, a resident of Wayne county since his birth, was born in Dalton township, this county, March 27, 1865, son of Samuel II. and Margaret Ann (Fouts) Brown. The paternal grandparents were David and Maria (Knode) Brown. David Brown came from Washington county, Maryland, to Wayne county, Indiana, and settled north of Hagerstown, engaged in farming the residue of his life and passed away Nov. 13, 1890. (See sketch of Adam Rowe.) The maternal grandparents of Oscar A. Brown were Jesse and Sarah (Staller) Fouts, the former a native of Preble county, Ohio, his parents having migrated there from the Carolinas; and the latter was a native of Pennsylvania, coming thence to Ohio with her parents, and in that State met and married Jesse Fouts. After their marriage they came to Wayne county and located on Martindale creek, in Jefferson township, but" later removed to Dalton township, settling on the farm which is now the home of their grandson, Oscar A. Brown. There they resided the residue of their lives, the grandfather dying July 15, 1892, at the age of eighty-one years, and the grandmother passed away Feb. 27, 1897, at the aS'e °f ninety-three years. They were the parents of two children: Mary A. is the widow of Ellwood Thornburg and resides in Jefferson township, and Margaret Ann is the mother of Oscar A. Brown. Samuel Harrison Brown, father of Oscar A., was horn in Maryland, Jan. 22, 1840, and was about ten years old when his parents came to Wayne county. lie was educated in the district schools in Maryland and in Wayne county, and assisted his father until twenty-one years old, after which lie worked for others for a number of years. After his marriage, which occurred Feb. 3, 1863, he located on the farm of his father-in-law in Dalton township. This remained his home the residue of his. life, his death occurring Aug. 3, 1892, and his widow resides with her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Stotelmyer. Two children were born to these parents - Oscar A., and Sarah Alma, born Aug. 12, 1870, wife of Dr. Charles I. Stotelmyer (see sketch). Oscar A. Brown received his elementary education in the district schools of Dalton township and worked on the farm with his father until the death of that parent, after which he managed the farm and his grandfather's estate several years, lie purchased the interest of the other heirs in 150 acres, his present homestead, and has since been most successfully and lucratively engaged in his calling. In the matter of politics he has been allied with the Democratic party since becoming a voter. On Feb. 14, 18S4, Mr. Brown married Miss Allie Ulrich, daughter of George and Catherine (McSherley) Ulrich, of Henry county, where Mrs. Brown was born Sept. 19, 1865. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Brown there is a daughter, Ruth Irene, born Dec. 14, 1895. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the Church of the Brethren, otherwise known as the Dunkard or German Baptist The paternal great-grandfather of Mrs. Brown was John native of Germany. He came to America when a young located at Roaring Springs, Pa., where he married and greater part of his life. He was twice married and by union had four sons and two daughters - Daniel, John, , Jacob, Christian, and David. The second son, John, grandfather of Mrs. Brown, was born and reared in Pennsylvania and was united in marriage to Catherine Teeter. He came to Indiana with his father in an early day and together they purchased 1,600 acres of land near Hagerstown, the place then being but a collection of log cabins. John Ulrich resided in Wayne county until the Pennsylvania railroad was completed and then sold out and moved to Henry county, upon the farm of 184 acres now owned by George Ulrich, father of Mrs. Brown. There he resided the remainder of his life, dying in 1865 at the age of sixty-two years. To him and his good wife were born eleven children - Daniel, Hannah, John, Christian, Elizabeth, Barbara, Mar), Jacob, David, George, and Martin T. George Ulrich, father of Mis. Brown, was born in Wayne county, Nov. 23, 1840. He was educated 111 the district school and remained with his father until twenty-one years old. On Oct. 6, i860, he was married to Catherine E. McSherley, a native of Henry county, horn July 29, 1842, daughter of William and Margaret (Lochridge) McSherley. William McSherley was an early settler of Indiana, coming from Kentucky, and died about 1842. His daughter, Catherine E., who became Mrs. Ulrich, was reared and educated in Henry county and taught school in Liberty township. After his marriage George I'lrich located on the home farm and looked after his father's interests until the death of that parent ; then purchased the interest of the other heirs and now has a fine farm of 184 acres. He followed general farming until 1896, engaging extensively in stock raising, but since that year has lived in comparative retirement, a highly respected citizen of Liberty township, Henry county. He is a member of the German Baptist Church, and in politics is a Democrat. To him and his estimable wife were born two children: Amanda A., born June 14, 1861, died June 28, 1884. She became the wife of Alfred Waltz, and to them was born a daughter, Lena A., the wife of Edward O. Beeson (see sketch). Allie A., the second daughter, is the wife of Oscar A. Brown.

Frank Waltz, a prominent farmer of Dalton township, was born in the township of Clay, near Green's Fork, Aug. 8, 1865. He is a son of William and Sarah E. (Routh) Waltz, born in Wayne county, where they were married and have always resided. The paternal grandparents were Peter and Sarah (Luce) Waltz, the former a native of Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, and the latter of Wayne county, Indiana. Peter Waltz came to Wayne county in an early day with his parents, who settled below Germantown, and was married in this county. He was engaged in the saw mill business during the greater part of his life, having erected two mills, one of which was located northwest of Hagerstown, along Nettle creek. He sold his mill interests during the Civil war. Peter Waltz was born Nov. 13, 1810, and died Feb. 23, 1881, at the home of his son, William, in Dalton township. His wife, Sarah, was born July 11, 1814, and died in September, 1896. Of their union were seven children: Elizabeth, born Aug. 24, 1833, died in infancy; Phoebe, bom May 6, 1836, is the widow of Seneca Keever and resides at Cambridge City; Levi, born Aug. 25, 1838, wdio served as a soldier in the Civil war with the Sixty-ninth Indiana infantry, and was a millwright by occupation, is deceased; Rebecca, born Oct. 9, 1840, is the widow of Benjamin Rafe and resides in Jefferson township ; William is the next in order of birth ; Charlotte, born Aug. 7, 1846, became the wife of J. Henry Leavell and is deceased; and Pauline, born Sept. 5, 1852, died in infancy. William Waltz, father of Frank, was born just north of Hagerstown, in Jefferson township, Jan. 31, 1845. He was married Aug. 2, '1864, to Sarah Elizabeth Routh, born Aug. 20, 1846, daughter of Joseph and Malinda (Thornburgh) Routh, natives of Dalton township, where her mother died in 1851 and her father in 1859. She is the first born of her parents and there were two other daughters and a son in the family; also a half brother and four half sisters. Wil-

Ham Waltz was educated in the schools of Jefferson township and upon reaching maturity worked in his father's mills along Nettle creek for a few years. About 1870 he located at his present home in the southern part of Dalton township. There he erected a saw mill on his farm of 102 acres, and the mill has continued in operation up to the present time. He did general sawing, and in addition did contracting and building to a considerable extent, erecting churches, stores, dwellings, etc., in various places. He also followed general farming, but is now living practically retired, lie and his wife are the parents of three children: Frank is the eldest; Cora Lee, born Aug. 12, 1870, is the wife of Harry Buttles, of Connersville, Ind., and they have three children - Ellis Andley, Frank Lee, and Mary Routh ; and Ada, born Aug. 31, 1877, was educated in the normal school at Terre Haute and for the past ten years has been a teacher in the schools of Hagerstown. Frank Waltz received his early education in the district schools of Dalton township and in the schools of Hagerstown, and at an early age began work at the carpenter trade, which he followed until 1901. During this time he was associated with his father and they did general contracting on various kinds of buildings. They erected the Odd Fellows' building at Hagerstown, a church in Indianapolis, a number of buildings in Richmond, Dublin, and New Castle, school buildings in a number of townships, and many residences in Wayne county. In 1901 Mr. Waltz purchased 136 acres of land in Dalton township, the tract being known as the "Harry Cheesman Farm," and in addition to its cultivation he farms other tracts which he has rented near his home. Up to a few years ago he continued to be active in contract work, but of late has devoted considerable of his time to farming. His residence is one of the most modern in Wayne county, built according to his own plans, and his ideas of comfort, beauty, and usefulness are fully carried out in its construction. From 1891 to 1901 he resided at what is now the J. C. Keever home. In the matter of politics Mr. Waltz is allied with the Republican party. On Aug. 8, 1891, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Florence Lumpkin, of Dalton township, daughter of the late Rufus M. and Rachel Jane (Jordan) Lumpkin. Of this union there are four children: Charles R., born June 2, 1892; William R., born May 20, 1896; Alma R., born March 21, 1898; and Ralph H., born Feb. 13, 1904. Rufus M. Lumpkin, father of Mrs. Waltz, was born in Wayne county, April 15, 1835, son of James Lumpkin, a native of Virginia who removed to Tennessee and thence to Wayne county, locating on what is now the James and Elmer Lumpkin homestead. Rufus M. took possession of the same farm about 1872 and spent the residue of his life there, dying Aug. 2, 1907. Fie was married Sept. 9, 1S58, to Rachel Jane Jordan, daughter of John and Catherine (Davidson) Jordan, of Ferry township. Iiis wife was born March 15, 1843, and cl ieel April 3, 1909, the mother of nine children - Mary, America J., Robert, Sarah Florence, Charles, James, Oren, John C. and Elmer, all of whom are living with the exception of Charles and Oren, who died in infancy.

George Lincoln Thornburgh, a prominent young real estate and insurance man of the city of Richmond, and formerly a resident of Dalton township, was born in that township, Aug. 31, 1869, son of Dempsey Carver and Ethelinda (Williams) Thornburgh (see sketch of Dempsey C. Thornburgh). lie received his preliminary education in the schools of Economy and then went to Richmond, where he took the classical course at Earlham College. In 1891 he engaged in agricultural pursuits on the farm which he still owns in the eastern part of Dalton township, and which consists of 140 acres of his father's estate, lie took possession of this tract in 1904 and remained thereon, engaged in general farming", until 1910, when he removed to the city of Richmond and has since been engaged in the insurance and real estate business. Although he has been in this business but a comparatively short time he has already built it up to extensive proportions, with line prospects for the future. In his political relations he is allied with the Republican party, and lie is prominently identified with the Masonic lodge at Hagerstown and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Economy. On Dec. 25, 1892, Mr. Thornburgh was married to Abbie A. Botkin, daughter of William T. and Martha (Cropper) Botkin, natives'of Randolph county, and of this union there is one child. Crozier ]'«., born Jan. 22, 1895. Mr. Thornburgh has a wide circle of friends who predict for him unqualified success in his chosen occupation.

James Townsend is one of the venerable ami honored members of the agricultural community of Wayne county and is still engaged .111 that occupation in the township of New Garden, where he has long resided, lie is one of seven children of Stephen and Mary (Griffin) Townsend, natives of Wayne county. The paternal grandfather was John Townsend, born in Pennsylvania of English parentage, in 1758. At the age of seventeen he joined the Revolutionary army under General Greene and served four years. While with this command in South Carolina he contracted smallpox and was given a furlough for treatment. While yet in the early stage of the disease he started on foot across the country to reach a place where he might receive treatment, but after walking a few days fell exhausted from travel and the weakness caused by the disease. As fate would have it, while thus lying in the woods he was discovered by Miss Elvira Cain, a young girl of twelve years, who in company with a negro servant was hunting the cows. She insisted that the stricken soldier accompany her to her father's home and there be taken care of. Mr. Townsend objected to going to the house, for fear of spreading the disease among the members of the family, but he slopped at an unoccupied cabin on the plantation and there was cared for by one of Mr. Cain's slaves who was immune. After his recovery he returned to his command and served out his term of enlistment, receiving an honorable discharge. Immediately thereafter he returned to the home of the girl who had saved his life, and asked for and received her hand in marriage. They began their married life together in North Carolina and lived there a number of years, coming to Indiana in 1803. Mr. Townsend settled upon and cleared a tract of land adjoining the present city of Richmond on the south, and there he lived until about 1830, when he removed to a farm two miles north of Centerville. lie died at the residence of his daughter, Airs. Isaac Commons, at the advanced aged of ninety-six years. During the last twenty years of his life he was afflicted with blindness, one of his eyes having been lost while a soldier in the Revolutionary war. While living in North Carolina he and his wife became converted to the principles of peace as taught and practiced by the Society of Friends. As an evidence of their supreme faith in these teachings there are two incidents that deserve mention. As a Revolutionary soldier Mr. Townsend was entitled to a government pension, and during the last twenty years of his life was tendered a pension payment every three months. Rut although stricken with blindness he steadfastly refused to accept it, saying that pension money was blood money, and that he had enlisted under a Captain of Reace and was no longer serving under General Greene. At the time of the death of the father of Mrs. Townsend she inherited seven full grown slaves, worth from $700 to $1,000 each. The administrator of her father's estate came to Indiana, where she and her husband were living in humble circumstances, and offered to buy the slaves and pay her the market price. She refused the offer and asked to have the slaves sent to her, and upon their arrival in Indiana she gave them their freedom. The grandparents were thus numbered among the pioneer settlers of Eastern Indiana, where they took up their abode a number of years prior to the admission of the State to the Union, and James Townsend himself is one of the rapidly thinning class of sterling citizens whose memories link the formative period in the history of this section with the later days of opulent prosperity and advancement. It is well that the reminiscences of such citizens be perpetuated for future generations, for all too soon will have passed away those who can, from personal experience, relate the tales and recall the conditions of the pioneer era. Stephen Townsend, the father, was born in Wayne township, this county, Dec. 31, 1810, and attended school in the famous Jonathan Roberts log schoolhouse, later farming the home place and teaching school during the winter months. In 1836 he was married to Alary Griffin, at West Grove Church, this county, and after his marriage moved to Randolph county, where he settled on Cabin creek. After five years he returned to Wayne county and settled two miles southeast of Green's Fork. To him and his good wife were born seven children: Elvira was born in Randolph county in 1837; Sarah was born in Randolph county in 1839, and died in 1871 ; James is the next in order of birth; the fourth was Jacob, and the fifth was Ella, who married George Hartley, of Wayne county; the sixth was Lindley and the seventh was Caroline, who married Thomas Woodard and died in 1908. James Townsend was born in Clay township, Wayne county, Indiana, in 1841, and as a boy watched the building of the old log cabin Horner school-house, where he afterward attended school five or six years. At the age of twelve years he removed with his parents to West Grove, in Center town- ship, where he attended the Friends' school four years. When he was sixteen years old the family removed to Lee county, Iowa, where he continued his schooling-, and he remained at the parental home until twenty-two years old. His first undertaking in his independent career was the leasing of a coal mine, which he operated successfully one season, and then managed a sorghum mill three months. After this he engaged in the buying and shipping of cattle and hogs, which enterprise demanded his attention until his return to Wayne count)-, where he settled on the farm where he has since continued to reside. It is needless to say that no citizen is held in more unequivocal confidence and esteem than Mr. Townsend, and he is known as a loyal and public-spirited man and as a worthy member of the agricultural fraternity, with which he has been identified from his early manhood. Both he and Ids wife are zealous members of the Friends' church, in which he has served as overseer for more than twenty years. In 1807 was Solemnized the marriage of .Mr. Townsend to Miss Phebe Anna Crampton, the cere mony being performed in the New Garden Church. Of this union were born three children: Anna Mary, born Oct. 28, 1867, married W. Irving Kelsey, are both graduates of Earlham College, and they have served as missionaries in Mexico. The husband served three years as president of Pacific College at Newberg, Ore., and resigned that position to accept the position of Professor of Biblical Instruction in Penn College at Oskaloosa, Iowa; Lorena, born March 12, 18(19, married Prof. J. C. Hodson and resides at Newberg, Ore.; and Maurice L., born Feb. 18, 1877, graduated in the high school at Fountain City and afterward at the Richmond Business College, lie then attended the Pacific College, in Oregon, three terms, graduating in the medical school of the State University. Taking a post-graduate course in surgery, at the age of twenty-eight he went to Victoria, Mexico, where he practiced his profession four years and then became superintendent of one of the largest landed estates in that republic. Merrick Crampton, the father of Mrs. Townsend, was born in 1804, in Culpeper county, Virginia, lie was permanently crippled by an accident at the age of seventeen, but became a very successful and well-to-do farmer, first removing to Ohio and later to Indiana. He married Anna Smith, daughter of Jacob Smith, in 1824, in Wayne county, and of this union were born eight children: Sarah, born June 10, 1825^ Rachel, born Oct. n, 1827; Martha, born Nov. 10, 1829; J. Smith, bom Jan. 9, 1832; Mary, born Dec. 13, 1834, died in infancy; Samuel, born Aug. 10, 1837; Letitia, born April 24, 1840; and Mrs. Townsend, the youngest, was born Sept. 29, 1844.

Abraham Cuppy Stanley, a successful farmer of Wayne township (farm located on Rural Route No. 5), was born near the village of Boston, this count)-, Jan. 2^, 1850, a member of a family that settled in Indiana in an early day, the forebears being natives of North Carolina. The earliest known ancestor of the Stanley family was Thomas Stanley, of England. His son, Joseph, was born about 1760, the youngest in a family of fourteen children. He emigrated from England to Guilford county, North Carolina, and there met and married Catherine Hilton, born in Maryland, from whence she had migrated to Guilford county, North Carolina. To Joseph and Catherine Stanley were bum eleven children, of whom Aaron was the sixth. The father, Joseph, lost his life while moving with his family to Ohio, about the year 1810. lie was thrown from his horse into the Adkin river and his body was never recovered. He belonged to the Friends' Society and was about fifty years old at the time of his death. His family continued their journey to their home in the West. Aaron Stanley was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, in 1787, and with the other members of the family reached Clermont county, Ohio, in 1810. He married Mary Cuppy in 1811 and to them were born thirteen children, of whom Levi, father of Abraham C, was the second. Aaron died in r866. llis wife, Mary Cuppy, was born in 1705 and died in 1849. Aaron Stanley was a strong' and active member of early Methodism, and was an advocate of the Federalist party, which was later succeeded by the Whig party. Levi Stanley was born July 13, 1 8 1 4, ami married Susannah Butler, Jan. 14, 1836. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and his political affiliations were with the Republican party. He spent many years of his life as a farmer in Boston township, his death occurring April 25, 1891. His wife, Susannah Butler, was born May 20, 1819, and her remote ancestors were Friends and came with William Peiin to America. Her parents migrated to Wayne county, Indiana, where she was born, one of eight children. Her father came from the State of Georgia to Indiana Territory in 1S06, ami her mother, Mary Davenport, came from North Carolina, about 1810, with her parents. Susannah was a member of the Methodist church from 1842 to the time of her death, Dec. 7, 1887. Of her union with Levi Stanley were born eleven children: Francis Marion married Barbara Bulla and is a farmer in Union county, Indiana; Mary Elizabeth died at the age of eighteen years; William Henry, deceased, served as a soldier in the Civil war with the One Hundred and Thirty-third Indiana infantry; Rebecca Jane is the widow of B. F. Campbell and resides at New Paris, Ohio; Jesse Butler married Hannah Watson and is a farmer in Perry township, Wayne county; Isaac Newton, deceased, married Gulielma E. Jessup and his widow resides in Randolph county, having a son, Isaac Newton, a minister of the Friends' church and the principal of a high school in Henry county; Abraham C. is the seventh in order of birth ; Anna Eliza is the wife of D. W. Church, an attorney at Greenfield, Iowa; Mary Emma is the wife of Charles Druley, a merchant at Middletown, Ind. ; Susannah Ella is the wife of Thomas Smelser, a carpenter at Anderson, Ind.; and Levi Elhvood married Catherine Spencer and is an electrician at St. Charles, La. Levi Stanley, the father, was one of the most prominent and energetic farmers and landholders in Wayne count)-, accumulating his property by honest efforts, thus enabling his children to become honorable and reliable citizens by following the precept of his example. He and his wife were noted for their hospitality, generosity, jovial dispositions, and sterling Christian characters, leaving their children a good inheritance and a rich legacy. Abraham C. Stanley was reared on a farm and educated in the public schools of Boston township. On Feb. 19, 1879, he was married to Miss Anna Mary Cook, born April 1, 1S60, only daughter of Isaac and Martha (Crampton) Cook, deceased. Her father was twice married : first to Mary Reagan, deceased, of which union there is a daughter, Hannah Josephine, wife of H. S. Matthewson, a commercial salesman of Dayton, Ohio. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Stanley were Merrick and Anna S. Crampton, of Wayne county. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley were born two sons - Isaac Olio, born Dec. 14, 1880, and Charles Asa, born Feb. 8, 1883, the former of whom was educated in the common schools and a busi ness college and is engaged in farming in Wayne township, and the latter was educated in the common and high school, resides in Richmond and is a fireman on the Pennsylvania railroad. Isaac Orlo was married June 4, 1902, to Aurelia C. Iredell, born Oct. 25, 1883, daughter of Samuel E. and Sarah (Dilks) Iredell, of Wayne township. Of this union have been born three children - Arthur Marion and Robert Earl, twins, the last named being deceased, and Alice May, born in December, 1908. Charles Asa was married April 29, 1903, to Bessie Elliott, and of this union there are three children: Paul G-, born Aug. 26, 1904; Ralph E., born Sept. 7, 190(1; Esther L., born May 8, 1908; and Dorothy M., born June 9, 1910. The late Zachariah Stanley, a prominent citizen of Union county, left an estate of several thousand dollars, the income from which is to be used to educate Stanley children. Abraham C. Stanley's children were eligible, but did not use their advantage. Mr. Stanley is a Republican in his political convictions but has never sought public office, and he and his wife are identified with the East Main Street Friends' Church, in Richmond.

Louis Nelson Hampton, a progressive farmer residing in New Garden township, was born at Spring Grove, Wayne county, May 22, 1866. His parents were Lewis and Esther (Stanton) Hampton, the former born in what is now Webster township, Wayne county, March 24, 1819, and the latter a native of Union county, born May 26, 1822. Lewis Hampton was a son of David and jane (Moon) Hampton, the former a native of West Virginia (then a part of Virginia), and the latter of North Carolina. They were married in Ohio, April 2, 1818, and moved from Waynesville, that State, to Indiana, where they continued to reside until their respective deaths, he on June 12, 1855, and she, Dec. 4, 1885. To these honored parents eleven children were born: Lewis, March 24, 1819; Jacob, Nov. 14, 1820; Dayton, Sept. 28, 1822, died April 26, 1833; Julia Ann, Dec. 20, 1824, died April 30, 1833; Jehiel, Oct. 10, 1826; Emily Jane, June 14, 1829, died Dec. 4, 1885; William, Feb. 22, 1832; Sarah Ann, Jan. 6, 1835; and John Dunham and Mahlon T. (twins), Nov. 19, 1839; and a twin brother of William, who died at birth. All are deceased but Sarah Ann, who resides at Monrovia, Morgan county, and Mahlon T., a resident of Dayton, Ohio. Lewis Hampton, the father of Louis N., was a successful farmer all of his life, and died at his home in Wayne township, Sept. 9,

1897. lie was married to Esther Stanton, in Richmond, Oct. 29, 184O, and they became the parents of six children: Albert S., born July 24, 1847, resides in Indianapolis; Henry J., born Aug. 12, 1850; Virginia, born March 2, 1852; Maurice M., born April 18, 1854; William Dayton, born Nov. 5, 1858; and Louis N., the youngest of the family. Louis N. Hampton assisted in cultivating the Wayne township farm and was reared to agricultural pursuits. In 1886 he began his independent career by renting land and in 1900 purchased the farm upon which he has since resided, in New Garden township. In November, 1910, he was elected a member of the Wayne County Council, lie is a member of the .Masonic lodge, No. 607, at Fountain City, in which he has held several offices. On Oct. 12, 1892, Mr. Hampton married Miss Bertha Iredell, daughter of John S. and Sidney (Dilks) Iredell, of Wayne township, both deceased, and of this union have been horn nine children: Edith Sidney, bom Oct. 9, 1S93; Helen, May 16, 1895; Hilda. Feb. 5, 1807; Maurice Nelson, April 23, 1899; Mark Iredell, April 2, 1901; Elsie, Sept. 11, 1903; Philip, Jan. 9, 1907; Lillian, March 23, 1909, and Robert Louis, Feb, 11, 1911. Mrs. 1 lampion was born April 2, i8(')8, and was educated in the Wayne township district schools and the Richmond High School. John S. Iredell, father of Mrs. Hampton, was born Jul}- 2, 1839, and Sidney Dilks, his first wife, was born April 10, 1845. The former was a native of Wayne county and the latter of Philadelphia, Pa. They were married July 16, 1867. The mother of Mrs. Iredell moved to Preble county, Ohio, and brought her children with her, settling near New Paris. John S. Iredell died Nov. 12, 1908, and his first wife died Feb. 3, 1883. He was a Republican in politics and both he and his wife were members of the Friends' Church, lie was a farmer during most of his life and served three years as a soldier in the Civil war, a member of Co. I, 84th Indiana infantry. To him and his wife were born three children, of whom Mrs. Hampton is the eldest; Mary Anna, born Nov. 2, 1869, died Feb. 25, 1896; and Rachel S., born Oct. 27, 1876, resides in Wayne county. After the death of his first wife Mr. Iredell was married, Dec. 8, 1887, to Mrs. Sarah M. Duvall, of Richmond. She was the widow of James M. Dtivall, a veteran of the Civil war, and she resides in Richmond. Louis N. Hampton is a Republican in politics and he and his family are members of the Friends' Church.

William Frederick Deitemeyer has for several years been one of the successful citizens of the township of New Garden, where he conducted a farm of modern facilities and appointments, the same being favorably located and one of the finest in the county. Mr. Deitemeyer is a native son of Germany, but in Wayne county has worked his way up to a position of priority as a reliable and progressive farmer and loyal citizen. William Frederick Deitemeyer was born in Schledehassen, Hanover, Germany, Nov. 12, 1864, a son of Henry and Christina (Jonse) Deitemeyer, natives of Germany. The paternal grandfather was Adam Deitemeyer, born in Schledehassen, Hanover, Germany, in 1790, and died in 1857. He was a farmer by occupation, owned the farm on which he lived, and for years was a member of the school board and served a long term as Forester and trustee of his district. The grandmother was born in 1796 and died in 1876. Henry Deitemeyer was born Jan. 22, 1835, and was reared to maturity in his native country, where he received a very good education. At the age of twentyone years he married Christina Jonse and spent his entire career on the old homestead as a farmer, succeeding to his father's public offices. Of their children, John Henry, born Jan. 4, 1857, came to America in 1884 and died in 1908, at Lincoln, Neb. ; John Frederick, born in 1859, lives in Germany, having succeeded to the home place and to the offices held by his father and grandfather; Minnie was born in April, 1861 ; the subject of this review is the next in order of birth ; Elizabeth was born April 20, 1866; August was born in March, 1868; and Liseta was born in 1874. William F. Deitemeyer was reared on the old home farm in German)' and his early educational advantages were those afforded in the schools of his native country. He early became identified with the work of the farm and remained on the old homestead until he had attained to the age of twenty years, when he came to America with his older brother, John Henry. He went direct to St. Louis, Mo., where he worked for a short time in a bakery, and in 1885 came to Richmond, this count}', and worked on a farm eighteen months. He then worked five years for William Parry, on a farm, after which he worked m Horner's bakery, in Richmond, two years. In 1893 he leased the Buhl farm, southwest of Richmond, and operated it two years, after which he rented the Samuel Parry farm, in New Garden township. In 1905 he purchased the farm of 100 acres where he resided until the fall of 191 1, when he removed to Richmond. Mr. Deitemeyer's progress has been the result of his own well directed efforts, and he is well deserving of the success and prestige which he has gained. He takes a loyal interest in public affairs, especially those of a local order, and is arrayed as a stalwart supporter of the cause of the Republican party. On Sept. 7, 1892, Mr. Deitemeyer was united in marriage to Miss Rose Lawler, daughter of James and Mary Ann Lawler (deceased), of New Garden township (father now residing in Richmond, retired), and of this union there were bom two children - Lawler, Nov. 2, 1893, and Blanche, June 6, 1903. The wife and mother died on Dec. 17, 1905, and on May 15, 1909, Mr. Deitemeyer married Ida Cornelia Strasser, born Oct. 3, 1873, daughter of Louis and Theresa Strasser, of Columbus, Ohio, but natives of Alsace, France. Mr. Deitemeyer has been a member of Lodge No. 115, Knights of Pythias, at Richmond, for the past twenty-two years.

Charles O. Williams, a prominent young educator of Richmond, at the present time occupying the responsible position of County Superintendent of Schools of Wayne county, was born on a farm near Fountain City, Ind., Sept. 19, 1874, a son of John D. and Malissa (Thomas) Williams, the former being of Virginia descent and his mother's parents were Pennsylvanians. His parents were hard-working people, with a large family, and without the means to give their children more than a common school education.