Wayne County, Indiana - The whole text, 1912 (part 1 of 16)

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Enos Warfel, a veteran school teacher and farmer of the township of Jefferson, and a prominent citizen, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, Feb. 22, 1853. 11 is parents were Amos and Catherine (Brown) Warfel, natives of Pennsylvania. It is probable that the name, Warfel, was originally "Warfield." There were three brothers who came from Germany before the Revolutionary war, and two of them settled in Pennsylvania and one in Maryland, and they became the founders of the family in America. The paternal grandfather was Jacob Warfel, who married a Miss Lontz, and they became the parents of eleven children - George, Christ, Jacob, Peter, Paul, Susan, Leah, Fannie, l'.elsy, Mary and Amos. The maternal grandparents were Jacob I'.rown and wile, the maiden name of the latter having been McCurdy. They were of Scotch-Irish nationality and became the parents of six daughters, five of whom married and came to Indiana, and one of whom died in Pennsylvania. There were also three sons who remained in Pennsylvania. Amos Warfel came to Wayne county in 1865, bringing with him his family of seven children, three having died in infancy. Of the seven who grew to maturity, Amanda married Washington Leek, of Germantown, Ind., and thev had five children - Laura. Ellsworth, Frank, Alva, and Willard"; Aldus, who is a farmer at Germantown, married Lmma Lorn* and thev have two children - Flora and Lillie -: Harry C., who reside- in ' Richmond, married Lucinda Worl and the)' have two children - Frank W. and Fred; Lnos is the next in order of birth ; Millard F., who resides at Richmond, married Ada Tout and they have seven children - Harry, Ethel, Edward, Xella, Ersie, Donald, and one that died in infancy; Elmer, who is in the United States mail service at Connersville, married Clara lamison ami thev have three children- Grace, Charles, and Raul; and Ella is the wife of William I'.ehr, of Germantown, and they have four children - Carl, |oseph, Russell, and llobart. Enos Warfel was twelve years old when he came to Wayne county with his father, and he received his education in the public schools of Germantown, Cambridge City and Lublin. II is father was engaged in the United Stales mail service for a period of twenty-live years, carrying the mail from Cambridge City to Mlincie until the advent of the railroad and then from Cambridge City to Jacksonburg. The son began to do for himself at the age of fourteen years, as his father believed that a boy should begin early to earn his own way in the world. He worked at various things, principally on farms, and attended school during the winter terms until qualified to teach, which occupation he followed for twenty years, farming during the summer months. He farmed in Harrison township two years ami then purchased the tract of 110 acres which he now occupies in Jefferson township. To-day he has as fine a country home as there is in the county ; the house is entirely modern in appearance as well as in the conveniences therein, and spacious and comfortable out buildings and barns adorn the place. He devotes his attention to general farming and stock raising, making a specialty of hogs. On Sept. 5, 1878, he was united in marriage with Miss Mollie Jarboe. She is a daughter of Henry J. and Eva- line (Flook) Jarboe. The mother was born in the State of Maryland, Oct. 30, 1820, and died in Wayne county, Feb. 19, 1880. The father, also a native of Maryland, born Oct. 30, 1817, came to Wayne county in 1845 and resided here the residue of his life. Mrs. Warfel was born in Wayne county, Nov. 14, 1858, and received her educational training in the public schools. Mr. and Mrs. Warfel were blessed by the birth of two children: Alonzo, burn July 25, 1879, died Aug. 19, 1901 ; and Ray J., burn Sept. 2, 1881, is farming in Jefferson township. Ray J. married Mary Taylor, daughter of Jacob and Sadie (Hindman) Taylor, the former a resident of Ilagerstown and the latter is deceased. Two daughters - Sara Irene and Ruth Josephene - have been born to Kay J. and wife. Mr. Warfel is a Republican in politics. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church.

Theodore Alexander Shafer, a prominent farmer of Jefferson township, was born in Miami county, Indiana, March 30, 1855. His father, John Shafer, was a native of Wayne county, and his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Shafer, was born in Pennsylvania. John Shafer was a son of Adam Shafer, who in turn was a son of Nicholas Shafer, who removed from York county, Pennsylvania, to Center county, in the same State, and whose descendants later came to Indiana. The Shafer family is descended from the "30,000 Dutch" who came to America from Germany in the earl}' Colonial period. Nicholas Shafer and his brother John were captains in the Revolutionary war. Adam Shafer came to Wayne county, Indiana, in 1830. He had married Rebecca Rouch in Pennsylvania, where she was born and reared to womanhood, and settled about four miles north of Cambridge City, on a farm which still remains in the possession of the Shafer family. ( >f this union were born nine children: Fannie married Amos Kauffman, a farmer of Jefferson township, and the}- had eight children - Rebecca, Silas, Mary, Martha, Louisa, Anna, Willard, and Ida; Michael, who became a farmer in Jefferson township, married Mar}- Smook and the}' had seven children - Elvina, Elizabeth, Adam and Catherine (twins), Levi and Eli (twins), and Mary; John was the father of Theodore A.; Elizabeth, who died in early womanhood, was the wife of Isaac Cromley ; Adam, who became a farmer in Henry count}-, married Rachel Gephart and they had eleven children - Ellen, Rebecca, Susan, John, Lydia, Emma, Malinda, Edna, Ary Francis, Charles, and Dora; Isaac died at the age of eighteen years; Mary Ann married Peter Lutz, of Delaware county, and they had live children - Mary R., Flora, Henry, Hector, and Emma; William died at the age of twenty-six years; and Henry, who is a retired farmer in Jefferson township, served three years as a soldier in the Civil war. After the death of his first wife Adam Shafer married Mary (Rouch) Miller, a sister of his first wife, and of this union were born five children: Andrew, deceased, married Ruhammah Whcalen and they had three children - Minnie, Mary, and Delia ; Daniel, who is a farmer in Wayne county, married Virginia Ware and they had four children Sarah, Samuel, Odis, and Ola; George died young; Nicholas resides- in Hagerstown; and Samuel died young. John Shafer was born in Wayne county in 183 1, on the old Adam Shafer farm, where he grew to manhood. He became a prominent man in his neighborhood, being an arbitrator in disputes, settling estates, etc. lie was a Jeffersonian Democrat and his religious faith was expressed by membership in the United Brethren church. In 1908 he received his summons to another world, and his wife passed away in iQio. To this thrifty, hardy couple were born ten children - six sons and four daughters: Margaret A. is the wife of Daniel Smith, of Richmond, and they have eight children - Clarissa, Albert, William, Henry, Esther, John, Hugh, and Ruth; Theodore A. is the second in order of birth: Sxlvester, a real estate dealer in Muncie, married Maggie Houser, and they have one child, Edith; Sarah is the wife of Isaiah Howard, of Muncie, and they have two children - Walter and Alary; Henry resides on the John Shafer homestead, in Jefferson township, is married to Fannie Nichols and they have two children - Ralph and Harry; Amanda is the widow of Edward I nderhill and the mother of two children - Ruby and Gertrude; John, who is a surveyor in Indianapolis, married Alva Beck, and they have one child, Helen; Ozro B. resides in Seattle, Wash.; Elmetta is the wife of William Keppler, of Indianapolis, and they have three children - Arthur, Frank, and Mary; and William died in childhood. Theodore A. Shafer started his independent career at the age of twenty years by teaching school, which occupation he followed thirteen years, lie then began farming near Hagerstown, in 1885, and resided there until 1902, when he removed to his present farm of 128 acres, situated on the pike, two miles northeast of Hagerstown, where he follows general farming and stock raising. He is a breeder of a fine strain of Barred Rock chickens and has a number of fine specimens in his (lock. Air. Shafer has been twice married - first to Anna Replogle, which union was dissolved by divorce. On Oct. 7, 1908, he was married in the township of Jefferson to Mrs. Emma Rinehart, widow of Charles Rinehart and a daughter of John and Nancy Harris, of Henry county. By her former marriage Mrs. Shafer has four children - Frank, Harry, Lawrence, and Ada, the last named of whom resides al the Shafer home. Mr. Shafer is a staunch Democrat in his political views and the religious faith of himself and wife is expressed by membership in the United Brethren church. He is a popular man in his community and is the adjuster for the German Baptist Tri-County Mutual Protective Association, of Hagerstown.

Moses Keever, one of the prominent agriculturists of Jefferson township, was born in Wayne county, Indiana, Jan. 25, 1870. His father, Jackson Keever, was born in Wayne county, and the grandfather, Joseph Keever, was the father of ten children: Malinda married John Brooks, Seneca married Phoebe Waltz, Moses was the third and Jackson was the fourth in order of birth, Joseph died in 1844, William married Anna Bales, Margaret married Alahlon Beeson, Miles married Margaret Lamb and after her death Ellen Martin, Abram married Mary Jackson, and Mary J. married Warren Lowrey. The father, Jackson Keever, followed agricul- tural pursuits all his active career, lie was domestic in his tastes and lumest and honorable in all the relations of life, lie was a prominent Democrat and his religious faith was expressed by membership in the United Brethren church, lie married Miss Mary E. Fleming, daughter of David ami Lucy (McMurray) Fleming, of Wayne county, and of this union were horn seven children: Marcus, who is a mechanic in New Castle, married Martha Mahoney; Ella is the widow of Jefferson Leavell and has a daughter, Daisy, who is a graduate of the Hagerstown High School and has for many years devoted her time and attention to leaching; Katy died in childhood; Granville, a mechanic at Muncie, lnd., married Minnie Abbott and the)' have a daughter, Eva; William died in child hood; Moses is the next in order of birth; and Elizabeth is the wife of Harrison V. Brown, of Muncie, lnd., and they have a son, Robert. She graduated in the Hagerstown High School in 1893 and devoted several years to teaching, in the meantime graduating in the State Normal School. David Fleming came from Pennsylvania to Indiana in 1830. He was a miller by trade and operated a mill on West river for many years. He was twice married and became the father of six children, the eldest being Mary E., born Feb. 27, 1837, who became the mother of Moses Keever; Laura married John Doughty, a farmer of Wayne county, and they had five children - Charley, Anna, Josephine, Frank, and Sallie ; Harriet married John Baldwin and they had three children - Ozro, Lewis, and May; Lucy, deceased, became the wife of John M. L. Mendenhall (see sketch) ; Francis is deceased; and David W. married Clara Hockett. Moses Keever graduated at the Hagerstown High School in 1893, with class honors, which entitled him to a scholarship in DePauw and the Crawfordsville universities, but he did not take advantage of either, turning his attention to farming, lie worked on his father's farm until twenty-five years old, when he removed to the farm of 156 acres where he resides. The farm is given over to general agriculture, with a specialty of the dairy business, and Mr. Keever keeps on an average a herd of twenty cattle. He devotes a great deal of attention to the breeding of Jersey stock, and his farm is well located and under a high state of cultivation. In the matter of politics Mr. Keever is a- stanch adherent of the principles of the Democratic party, but has never sought public office of any nature. On Nov. 24, 1894, he was married to Tina Replogle, daughter of Joel and Orilla (McLucas) Replogle, of Wayne county, where both parents were born. Joseph Replogle, the father of Joel, came from Pennsylvania to Indiana in 1832, with his wife, whose maiden name was Christine Fpperley, and they were both Pennsylvania Germans, whose parents came from the Fatherland. To Joel Replogle and wife were born two children - Mrs. Keexer,. born March 21, 1866, and John M., who is a farmer in Jefferson township, married Rebecca Pipher and they have a child, Golden. To Moses Keever and wife have been born two children - Chester E., born March 22, 1896, and Francis M., born May 27, 1898. Mrs. Keever is a graduate of the Hagerstown High School ami devoted several years of her early life to teaching.

Biograi'Iiicai

Nelson Baldridge Thornburgh, who has been ewgaged in agricultural pursuits all of his life, is a native of Wayne county and was born in Jefferson township, Sept. 27, 1848. II is father and mother - John II. and Harriet (Parsons) Thornburgh - were natives of Wayne county, the father having been born in Jefferson township, Nov. 5, 1824, and the mother, July 6, 1827. The father has passed away, his death occurring Aug. 27, 1887, and the mother resides in Hagerstown. The paternal grandfather was Jesse Thornburgh, and in his family were eight children: Cornelius II, married Mary Conoway and they had four children - John \\ ., Margaret, Wayne, and Thomas; John II. was the second in order of birth; Jesse married Kmeline Wright and they had five children - Charles, Josephine, Orville, Ulysses, and George; Sarah married Richard Cheesman, a farmer of Dalton township, five children - Rebecca, Josephine, Harry, Edward Mary married George Hindinan, of Hagerstown, seven children - Mattie, Frank, Laura, William, Clara James married Libbie Bower and they hail six ch Florence, Fay, Leone, and two others; William mar Slifrer and they had a son, Oliver; and Margaret Mathers, of Hagerstown, and they had two children ceased, and Gertie. John 11. Thornburgh was reared in Jefferson township, where he established a home and resided all of his life. He was a good citizen, and as a husband and father was unexcelled. He served in the State legislature and was justice of the peace in Jefferson township a number of years. On June 1, 1845, he was married to Harriet Parsons, daughter of Benjamin and Martha (Garrison) Parsons. Mr. Parsons was bom near Philadelphia, Pa., and his father came from Scotland when a young man, married in Pennsylvania and had two children - Benjamin and Phoebe. Harriet (Parsons) Thornburgh was the youngest of twelve children. To her and her husband were born seven children: William, who resides in Muncie, Ind., married Maggie Conway and they have four children - Otto, Walter, Blanche, and Ira; Nelson 11. is the second in order of birth; Martha is the wife of John A. Locke, of Hagerstown, and they have two children - Emma and Edgar; Alice resides with her mother in Hagerstown; Ilattie, deceased, was the wife of Bennett P. Weaver, of Hagerstown, and they had three children - Frank, Raymond, and Bula ; Noble, who is a carpenter at Muncie, Inch, married Clara Lamb and they have two children - Maude and Harry; and May, deceased, was the wife of Roe Sherry, a farmer of Jefferson township, and they had two children - George and Lulu. Nelson 15. Thornburgh received his early education in the district schools of his native township, and after his school days were completed, at the age of twenty years, began life as a farmer on the old homestead, where he has continued to reside up to the present time. He is located about two and onehalf miles from the village of Hagerstown, where he follows a line of general farming. In March, 1870, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Dolley, daughter of John A. Dolley, of the village of Hagerstown, and of this union there is a son, George, born March

13, 1872, who is engaged in the tea and spice business in Indianapolis, and is married to Gertrude Stevenson. The first wife having died, Mr. Thornburgh was married to Mary Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Willis and Lettice (Thompson) Wilson, of Connersville, Ind., both deceased. Mrs. Thornburgh was born at Connersville, Aug. 19, 1852. To her and her husband have been born three children - Charles Rudy, born April 10, 1876; Rush Porter, born June 28, 1882; and lone Beatrice, born Feb. 10, 1885. Charles is engaged with the Light Inspection Car Company at Hagerstown. He married Geneva Martin, of Indianapolis, and of this union there is a daughter, La Verne Esther, born Sept. 15, 1903, who is being reared by her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thornburgh. Rush P. is engaged with the Maxwell Automobile Company, of New Castle, and he married Florence Keyes, of Hagerstown. lone B. resides at the parental home. Nelson B. Thornburgh is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Hagerstown, and also of the Uniform Rank of the same order. His two sons - Charles R. and lone B. - are also members of the Knights of Pythias. Charles R. served as a soldier in the Spanish-American war with an Indianapolis company. Willis Wilson, father of Mrs. Thornburgh, was a native of Kentucky, bom in 1811, and died in March, 1885. He was for many years a shoe merchant at Connersville, I ml., where his death occurred. His wife, Lettice (Thompson) Wilson, died at the age of forty-two years, when Mrs. Thornburgh was but five years old. To Mr. and Mrs. Wilson there were born six sons and two daughters: Malpheus Mason, who is living retired at Connersville, served as a soldier throughout the entire period of the Civil war; Martin Jerome, deceased, also served as a soldier in the Civil wai ; Arabella is the wife of William Brothers, of Cincinnati, Ohio; John Taylor, who also served as a soldier in the Civil war, was last heard from in the Western States; Rush Brooks resides in Des Moines, Iowa; Mrs. Thornburgh is the next in order of birth; and Thomas L. and George A. reside in Connersville.

Robert Anderson Howard, deceased, a striking example of that class of Old Virginia gentlemen who have proved to be citizens of such sterling worth to the Slate and county of their adoption, w..s born in Wythe county, Virginia, Aug. 13, 1829. lie was a son of Anderson Howard, a native of the Old Dominion, where he lived out his allotted time and is buried, as are the ancestors for three generations. The Howards came from England in 1770, and William Howard, great-grandfather of Robert A. and Ezekiel, the grandfather, were soldiers in the Revolutionary war. Robert A. Howard acquired his education in his native State and spent his early life in the locality of his birth. In 1855 he moved to Richmond, Ind., where he became one of the foremost civil engineers in the city at that time and was elected county surveyor in 1806, continuing in that office until 1871. In thai year he was named city engineer of Richmond, in which capacity he remained until 1875. He then removed with his family to McArthur, Ohio, to accept a position as engineer for the Ohio & Hocking Valley railroad, maintaining headquarters at Gallipolis, Ohio. He returned to Richmond in 1885 and a year later was again elected county surveyor, continuing in that office until his death. That sad event occurred July 21, 1910, and terminated a long, successful, and useful career. In 1854 was celehrated his marriage to Miss Eliza Wheeler, a true helpmate, a native of Virginia, and of their union were horn two daughters - Lillian A., of Santa Cruz, Cah, and Mrs. Belle 11. Horlon, who is a widow and resides with her mother in the old home in Richmond. Miss Lillian A. Howard is a teacher in drawing in the high school at Santa Cruz., Cal. Mrs. llorton is a member of the Richmond chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and also of the Order of the Eastern Star, of which local organization she is secretary. Four grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive Mr. Howard, one of the former, Howard Horton, being named by the county commissioners to fill out the unexpired term of his grandfather as county surveyor. He had been in the office with his grandfather as assistant several years, being thus thoroughly acquainted with the work, and made an efficient official. Mr. Howard had been an Odd Fellow for more than sixty years, having joined the organization when a young man in Virginia. He was a very prominent member of the Indiana Engineering Society, although he never held an office in the organization, but read many papers before the various meetings. His work in Wayne county is manifested by the splendid roads, and a large number of the streets in Richmond were perfected during the time he was city engineer; and practically all of the bridges and other improvements in the public highways in the county are his work. He also supervised many of the improvements in Glen Miller Lark. He was a man of friendly nature and congenial spirit and had a host of friends, among whom hewas highly esteemed. He was one of the most popular men in Wayne count}'. He was a truly public-spirited citizen, who reserved for himself the right of independent views as to the men and principles for which he voted. His remains were taken to Cincinnati, where they were cremated, and the ashes were then interred in Elkhorn Cemetery.

John R. Thornburgh, who is descended from sturdy American stock and is a prominent and prosperous farmer of Jefferson township, was born in Dalton township, Jan. 25, £864. His parents were Thomas E. and Mary A. (Fonts) Thornburgh, natives of Dalton township. His father, who was born in 1837, died in 1889, being survived by his wife, who was born Aug. 31, 1840. The paternal grandfather was Dempsey Thornburgh, who came to Indiana in 1819, with his father, Walter Thornburgh, and Dempsey at that time was eighteen years old. They came from Knoxville, Tenn., ami were accompanied by Henry Thornburgh - a brother of Walter - and a sister. Walter Thornburgh settled in Ferry township, two miles west of Economy, and there followed farming. Dempsey Thornburgh married and became the father of twelve children: John died in infancy; Irena married Lindsey Dennis, of Dalton township, and they had six children - Martha J., Melinda, Dempsey, Emma, Mary A., and Oliver; Rachel married Wilson Dennis, of Dalton township, and they had three children - Elizabeth, Lydia, and Thomas; Waller removed to Santiago, Cal., married and had two children - Walter and Jennie; Seth married Mahala Bookout and they had nine children - Thomas, John II., Oliver, Frank, Alice, Esther. Charles, Roscoe and Dexter; Zarilda first married Ezra Lee, of Dalton township, by whom she had two children - Jane and Ellen - and after his death married Joseph Routh and they had four children - Etha A., Cynthia, Irene, and Etta E. ; William R. married Betsy M. Spradlin and they had four children - Rachel, Emma, Walter, and Ella; Thomas E. was the sixth in order of birth; James Riley died in infancy; Dempsey C. married Ethlinda Williams and they had three children - George L., Frank V., and Harry C. ; Sarah E. is the wife of Thomas C. Dennis, of Richmond, and they had eleven children - Albert, Henry, David, Dempsey, Alice, Margaret, Eunice, Etha, Grace, Clara, and Nellie; and Alary Jane, who is deceased, married Lewis Spradlin, of Dalton township, and they had six children - Levada, Lillie, Rene, Elwood, Dempsey, and Allie. Thomas E. Thornburgh was reared on the home farm and lived the greater part of his life in Dalton township. He was a carpenter by trade, but spent the greater part of his time cm the farm, lie was considered a good man in his neighborhood and to make his acquaintance was synonymous to making a new friend. When he died he had the respect of the entire community and his loss was greatly felt by all who had the privilege of his companionship. On March 15, 1858, he was married to Mary A. Fonts, daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Stabler) Fonts, and of this union were born two children - John R., and Clara M., born Aug. 21, 1875. John R. Thornburgh was educated in the district schools of Dalton township. After his school days were completed, at the age of seventeen years, he began his independent career by working on a farm six years. He then engaged in the barber business at Hagerstown twenty years and in that business accumulated enough to acquire, with his mother, the farm of 1 _>o acres where he resides and which he purchased in 1908. The farm is located on the West River Pike, two miles north of Hagerstown, and he follows general farming and stock raising, his specialties being Jersey cattle and Roland China hogs. The farm is well improved ami has been made productive by skillful husbandry, lie L a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 25, at Hagerstown, and of the Knights of Pythias Lodge, No. 198, at the same place. Of the latter organization he has served as Chancellor Commander and for two years was Deputy Grand Chancellor of the Sixth Indiana district. Mr. Thornburgh is a Republican, but is not active in politics, preferring the quiet enjoyment of his home and family to the strifes and dissensions that politics and office seeking Avill bring. He has never married, and his mother and sister are the other members of his family circle. His home is noted, for its hospitality and visitors come away with the impression of meeting a family whose greatest interest is to be useful to each other and make the home a paradise on earth. He is a member of the Friends' Church. Mary A. Fonts, mother of Mr. Thorn- burgh, is a daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Stabler) Fonts, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Philadelphia, Pa They were married in Ohio and later came to Wayne county, settling on what is now the farm of John M. Mendenhall, in Jefferson township. They relocated later on the present Oscar Brown farm and both died there. The father was always a farmer and both he and his wife were members of the Church of the Brethren. I le died at the age of eighty-one years, July 15, 1893, ;m(l sne died Feb. 27, 1897, aged ninety-three years. To them were born two children - Mary A., and Margaret, widow of Samuel Brown. Mr. bouts' people were from North Carolina.

Adam Rowe, of Jefferson township, is descended from one of the German families whose dauntless spirits conquered the wilderness and whose fortitude and steadfast principles for right have done so much to build up not only this community but the country in general, lie was born in Frederick count}-, Maryland, March 14, 1851, son of John aid Caroline Rowe, born in Germany, where they were married, and in 1843, with two children, migrated to America, landing in the city of Baltimore. The name Rowe has been diverted from Rough, the German form of spelling, fohn Row e remained in Maryland until 1861, and then, feeling the call of the newer country in the West, with his family came to Indiana, settling in Jefferson township, this count}-, where he purchased land and lived until his death, April 15, 1890. Although active in politics and other public duties, he never held office of great importance, but considered his duty and honest political convictions paramount to any issues in either civil or political life. He and his first wife were members of the Church of the Brethren. Of their marriage were born eight children: Magdaline married Dav-d Replogle, of Wayne county; Thomas married Lizzie Bennett ; Caroline married David Werking, of Henry county ; Susan R. married David Rhodes, of Henry county; John married Catherine Hoover, of Jefferson township; Adam is the sixth in order of birth; Christina married Martin Werking, of Wayne count}- ; and one child died in infancy. After the death of his first wife John Rowe was married to Lydia L. Brown, daughter of Samuel Brown, who came to Hagerstown from Maryland about 1850, and many years was a justice of the peace, being known as " 'Squire Brown." Of this union were born eleven children: Anna M. is the wife of Oliver Brown, of Hagerstown; Catherine is the wife of John Teeter, of Hagerstown; Emma is the wife of Lloyd Williams, of Indianapolis; Charles married Ida Gephardt and resides in Muncie; Rebecca is the wife of Lewis Waltz, of Anderson; Etta is the wife of William Dawley, of California; William resides in Bloomingdale, Ohio; Agnes is the wife of William Jessup. of Anderson; Oliver married Amanda Deresdorf and resides in Hagerstown ; Lizzie is the wife of Wayne Nicholson, of Anderson, Ind ; and Mvrtle is the wife of Arthur Champlin. Adam Rowe's earl} education was obtained in the schools of Maryland and in the schools of the township of his adoption in Wayne count}-. He assisted his father on' the farm until twenty-one years old and then began his independ- ent career, working as a farmhand by the month twenty years. lie then rented land five years, at the end of which period he purchased the farm of 140 acres where he resides, and where lie has made many modern improvements. Jn politics he is a stanch Democrat. In 1882, in Jefferson township, he was married to Georgie Ella Brown, daughter of David and Maria (Knode) Brown, natives of Maryland, the former horn in Washington count}', Nov. II, 1814, and the latter on May II, 1815. The father died Nov. 13, 1890, and the mother in 1809. They were married Jan. 15, 1837, and were members of the Church of the Brethren. One child was born of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Rowe, but it died in infancy. The farm where Mr. and Mrs. Rowe reside is the old Brown homestead. Mrs. Rowe is one of ten children born to her parents: Hamilton W. died in childhood; Richard II., Samuel II.. Archibald K., and Molly are deceased ; Thomas T. married Adelia Hawser and resides in Clinton, Mo.; Anna Amelia is the widow of William Burns and resides in llagerstown; Oliver 1). is deceased; Mrs. Rowe was born Sept. 27, 1853; and one child died in infancy. David Brown moved to Wayne count \ in 1850 and settled on a farm in Jefferson township, one-half mile north of Hagerstown. In 1858 he moved to a farm one and one-half miles north of Hagerstown, where Adam Rowe resides, and there spent the balance of his hie. John Carver Keever, one of the representative tanners in the township of Dalton, where he is extensively engaged in agricultural pursuits, is a native son of Wayne count)- and a scion of one of the old and honored families of this section of the State. He was born in Dalton township, this county, Aug. 6, 1854, a son of Moses and Sarah ( Bales) Keever, the father Don in ( )hio, in 1828, and the mother in Dalton township, where her forebears located in the early pioneer period. Joseph Keever, paternal grandfather of the subject of this review, was a native of Ohio and a sun of Henry Keever, who came fn in Germany to Pennsylvania, later removed to Kentucky and thence to Ohio, where Joseph was born. Joseph Keever married and became the father of ten children: Seneca married Phoebe Waltz ami the) had eight children - William, Joseph, Pauline, Helen, Charlotte, Peter, Lorin, and Theodore; Malinda became the wife of John Brooks and they had seven children - Nelson, Louzina, Lorinda, Emma, Delilah, and Mary and Sarah, twins; Moses was the third in order of birth; Joseph died in 1844; Margaret became the wife of Mahlon Reeson and they had three children - Wilbert, Ella, and Laura; Jackson married Mary Fleming and they had five children - Marcus, Ella, Katie, Granville, and Moses; Mary J. marred Warren Lowrey and they had a son, Nelson; William married Mrs. Anna (Bales) Beeson; Miles married Margaret Eeavell, who bore him two children - Levi and Franklin - and after the death "i his first wife he married Ellen Martin, who bore him six children - Aide, llearsey, Lou, Grant, Otto, and U'oscoe; and Abram married Man Jackson and the) had three children - Leslie, Ola, and Bertha. Mdm - Keever was reared to manhood on the old homestead farm, in Dalton township, duly availing himself of the advantages of the > mimon schools, lie continued to be actively identified with agricultural pursuits after initiating his independent career, which occupation he followed throughout life, until his death in 1885. lie was well known and highly esteemed in this county and, while never an aspirant for public office, gave a zealous support to the cause of the Republican party. He married Sarah Bales, daughter of John Bales, who came to Indiana at the age of nine years, in 1808, with his father, Jacob Bales. The Bales family located in Dalton township and John Bales resided there until i860, when he removed to Randolph county and died there in 1884. Of the three children horn to Moses Keever and wife, the subject of this sketch is the eldest; Clara is the wife of William Root, a farmer of Dalton township, and they have three children - Everett E., Charles P., and John C. ; and a brother, Oliver P., died when eighteen months old. John C. Keever secured his preliminary educational training in the public schools of Dalton township. lie began farming for himself when eighteen years old, renting land two years, and then purchased a farm of eighty acres, to which he later added two tracts - one of twenty and one of sixty - -both in Dalton township, and this land he operated until 1905, when he purchased the place where he resides, consisting of twenty-one acres, retaining the other farms. In addition he owns fifteen acres north of his residence and another tract of forty acres, making his total landed possessions 236 acres, lie is an up-to-date farmer and stock raiser, enterprising, and a man of affairs in his township. In his political allegiance Mr. Keever is found arrayed as a loyal supporter of the cause of the Republican party. On Oct. 20, 1875, Mr. Keever was united in marriage to Miss Romana Lamb, daughter of Caleb and Cecelia ( Locke) Lamb, the former of whom died in 1910, aged seventy-three years. The mother died in 1898, aged sixty-one years. Caleb Lamb was a native of Henry county, Indiana, and was a carpenter by trade, also followed farming. In the later years of his life he lived retired at Greensboro, Henry county, Indiana. He was a member of the regiment commanded by Sol. Meredith during the Civil war. His wife was bom in Perry township, and of their union was one child, Romana, born Oct. 8, 1859. Mr. ami Mrs. Keever, having no children, reared Ernest Anderson from the age of seven years to manhood. He married Amy Baldwin and they had a daughter. Lulu Fern, born July 18, 1896. When the daughter was seven years old the mother died, and Mr. and Mrs. Keever took the daughter, who is now in the first year at high school. Mr. and Mrs. Keever are members of the West River Friends' Church.

Albert Nathan Chamness is one of the younger generation of farmers of Dalton township and the success which he lias achieved in life marks him as a man of more than ordinary acquirements. He was born in Randolph count)-, Indiana, Sept. 19, 1873, son of Mahlon H. and Emily (Hodgin) Chamness, born in Randolph county, the father on Jan. 24, 1840. The paternal grandfather was Joshua Chamness, who came from North Carolina and located at Green's Fork, in Wayne county, and later removed to Randolph county, where he resided until his death. He was a strong \boli- tionisl and his convictions on the slavery question caused his emigration from North Carolina, lie was married to Hannah Chamness and shortly afterward came to Indiana. After six years he returned to North Carolina and brought his father - William Chamness - and mother to Indiana. In the family of Joshua Chamness were five children: Isaac married Elizabeth Dennis ami they had six children - Marion", Milton, Esther, Maggie, Elmina, and Lizzie; Mary became the wife of Jesse Pidgeon, of Dailon township, and they had eight children - David, William, Martha, Lizzie, Belle, Wilson, Ella, and John; Isabella received an injury which rendered her an invalid for thirteen years and is living in the village of Franklin; Mahlon II. is the next in order of birth; and Rachel is the wife of David Morris, of California, and they have six children - Lizzie (a missionary to the Esquimaux in Alaska), Lincoln, berth.', Belle, Lenna, and Albert. Mahlon 11. Chamness was reared in Randolph county and followed farming all of his active career, his farm adjoining the old homestead. lie now lives retired with Ins sister, Isabella, in the village of Franklin. II is wife, who died Nov. 24, 1908, was Emily Hodgin, daughter of Nathan and Mournen (Coffin) Hodgin, who lived for many years in Wayne county, and Nathan Hodgin died in Fountain City, in 1902, at the advanced age of ninety years. Emily (Hodgin) Chamness was one of eight children born to her parents, the others being: Abigail, who married Asa Fond, of Grant county; Eunice, who married James Bunch, a minister of the Friends' church in Oklahoma; Ruth, who married Allen Thorne, of Fountain City; Martha, who married Caldwell Townsend, of Grant county; Milton, who resides at Fountain City, married Malinda Reese, and after her death was wedded to Mrs. Mahala (bales) Jackson; and Rosa, who is the wife of Rollie Collins, of Fountain City. Mahlon bb Chamness and wife became the parents of two children : Lorinda A. is the wife of Oliver P. Shafer, a farmer of Henry county, and they have two children - Roscoe D. and Elbert M.; and Albert N. Albert N. Chamness received his primary education in the public schools of Randolph county and was reared to the occupation of a farmer. After reaching man's estate he entered the hardware and well drilling business, under the linn name of Shafer & Chamness, at Mooreland, Bid., and that occupation he followed for a period of seven years. He then began farming in Perry township, this county, and two years later located in Dalton township. In 1902 he purchased the farm of J 43 acres, whereon he has since followed general farming, and in addition operates an extensive maple syrup plant in season. For fourteen years he also followed the threshing business. His farm has the advantages of a very fertile soil and ill modern improvements. Mr. Chamness is a Republican in his political affiliations and his religious faith is expressed by membership in the Friends' church. In 1904 he was elected trustee of Dalton township and held that office one term His early educational equipment has fitted him for any position in life. After completing the course of the common schools he attended Danville College, at Danville, lnd., and later took a course in Ball Busi- ness College at Muneie. On Oct. 9, 1895, occurred the marriage of Mr. Charmless to Miss Rebecca E. lliatt, the ceremony being performed according to the rites of the Friends' marriage ceremony, and the marriage was solemnized in the Friends church at Economy. .Airs. Chamness is a daughter of Oliver and Emma (Edwards) Iliatt, of Perry township, and of this union there have been born two children - Vaughan Oliver, horn April 26, 1 Sij.S, and Helen Celia, born Oct. 6, 1904. The parents 'of Mrs. Chamness are natives of Wayne county, and the father has followed farming all of his active career. To him and his estimable wife were born three children: Lawrence, who resides in Randolph county, married Nellie Frazier, who bore him three children - Mildred, Pauline, and Wilber - and after her death he married Mr-. Lydia (Hill) Love; Mis. Chamness, who is the second in order 1 if birth, was horn on March, 15, 1877; and Celia is the wile of Glenn Shively, a farmer of Miami count}', ami they have a daughter, Margaret.

Bertsch Family. - The following is the result of an attempt to secure an account of the Bertsch family in the line of descent from the first American ancestor to those of the name who are now so prominently connected with industrial affairs in Wayne count}. Christian Bertsch was the immigrant to America and came in the later days of the Colonial period. There is a general agreement among those of his descendants who are well informed that the name is of French origin. It was and has been spelled in various ways. In the French language it is pronounced as if spelled "Bar-shay." Jn Pennsylvania it has often been transformed into Bartsch, Barge, Berge, and into other forms of spelling. It is claimed by some that the proper way is Bartsch and that Bertsch is the German form. However, in the old records of Northampton county, Pennsylvania, the name is spelled Bertsch, so far as Christian, the immigrant, is concerned. There is another agreement that this first immigrant came from the Province of Alsace, which was at one time a portion of Eastern France hut, since 1871, a part of the German Empire, along with Lorraine. From these provinces came much of the Protestant-Huguenot immigration to America, fleeing from religions persecution, and the majority of them adhered to the Reformed denomination. Christian Bertsch could speak both the German and French languages, as was commonly the case with his countrymen, who lived in a region which had alternately been under the sway of both the French and German governments. According to the records of Egypt Church, of Lehigh count}-, Pennsylvania, he was born Aug. 17, 1753. So far as the records have been searched there is no data showing the exact time when he came to America, but it was doubtless before the Revolution and when he was a boy or young man. According to tradition and also the records among the Pennsylvania archives, Christian Bertsch was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, lie was at that period a young man of from twenty-three to twentyeight years. In the archives he is mentioned, in Book 4, page 601, as serving under Captain Serfus in the first class of the Northampton county militia, in actual service in the United States army.

The regiment was under command of Col. Christian Shaus. This is recorded Sept. 22, 1781. Nearly twenty years later, in the troublesome period of the "Whisky Rebellion," led by John Freas, he again took up arms in defense of the National government. This occurred about 1799, and as he marched away from home his son, Christian, then a boy of eight years, recollected seeing his mother crying as the father left the door of their home. The insurgents had dispersed into marauding bands in that part of Northampton county where Christian Bertsch resided, so he, with others, built a fort and stocked it with arms and provisions, making ready for defense against a siege. He was then in the prime of life, being about forty-six years old. The marriage of Christian Bertsch took place in the period of the Revolution, about the year 1779. His wife is supposed to have been of a German family, though this is not certain. Her name was Julianna Seiberling (sometimes spelled Seyberling in the old records). She was born Sept. 12, 1758, and a very long life appears to have been granted her, as her death occurred Sept. 7, 1837, at the age of seventy-nine years. The children of this union were ten in number, born on the following dates: Margaretta, March 24, 1780; Maria Barbara, June 13, 1782; Julianna, Aug. 1, 1784; Magdalena, March 5, 1786; Julianna (second), March 22, 1789; Christian, Jr., Oct. 22, 1791 ; Maria Mary, June 13, 1797; John, 1793; Jacob, and Daniel, Dec. 20, 1801. Christian Bertsch and wife Julianna are buried at Cherryville, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, and the name on the tombstone is spelled "Berge." Christian was an extensive land owner and most of his sons were well-to-do farmers, one being an extensive owner and operator of coal mines. Christian was one of the foremost men in the congregation of Egypt Church and was one of the largest and best contributors, presenting a Bible to the congregation in 1780. Jacob Bertsch, his ninth child in order of birth, was a prosperous farmer. He married Barbara Apt and of this union were born children, among whom was Adam Bertsch, father of Charles Adam Bertsch, founder and present head of the manufacturing firm of Bertsch & Company, at Cambridge City, thi^ county. Adam Bertsch, father of Charles A., was a prominent farmer in Butler county, Ohio, where he resided until 1864, when he removed to Wayne county, Indiana. He was an industrious and frugal man, with an unusually sympathetic nature. He was a Lutheran in his religious faith and took a serious and active interest in the church and its affairs. The maiden name of his wife was Elizabeth Jacoby and among their children was Charles Adam Bertsch, heretofore mentioned. Charles Adam Bertsch was born at Hickory Flat, Butler county, Ohio, Oct. 20, 185 1, and came to Wayne county with his parents in his seventh year; and with the exception of several short intervals has spent his life in Wayne county. He received his early scholastic training in the public schools of Wayne county and began his independent career by renting and operating for a time a grist mill near llagerstown. He i^ the inventor of the Diamond Burr Dresser. While still engaged in the grist mill' business he purchased, fattened, and sold cattle and hogs, and later continued in the cattle business in Missouri one year. Returning to Wayne county, lie purchased and operated two meat markets in Cambridge City and finally formed a partnership in that business with his brother, J. J. Bertsch. About this time he again spent several months in the West - in Kansas - buying, fattening, and shipping cattle and hogs. Later he and his brother, J. J. Bertsch, purchased the Cambridge City Agricultural & Machine Works, which they operated and managed under that name, manufacturing agricultural implements, until the firm name and kind of output were changed, in 1884, Charles A. Bertsch having invented several valuable and useful patents during that time in the line of agricultural implements. In 1884 the firm name became Bertsch & Company, but the ownership remained unchanged. At this time the company began to build small tinner's squaring shears and forming" rolls, and the present business has been built up by the manufacture of that line of tools - punches, shears, and rolls for punching, cutting, and rolling plates, structural shapes, and sheet metal. They are used in shipyards, railroad shops, rolling mills, sheet iron shops, boiler shops, structural iron shops, tank works, etc. The company has built several of these machines, each of which weighed fifty-five tons. They have been shipped to every State in the Union and to Canada, Australia, South America, Japan, and England. The brother, J. J. Bertsch, died in 1803, aml m 1^>97 Charles A. Bertsch purchased from his brother's heirs their interest in the business, and has since been the sole owner and proprietor. From his boyhood days lie has been a loyal supporter and worker in the Lutheran church at East Germantown and is one of its most liberal contributors. In the matter of politics he espouses the Democratic cause. Mr. Bertsch married .Miss Susanna Anna Howard, of Cambridge City, daughter of the late Isaiah and Mary Ann (Berg) Howard. Isaiah Howard was born in York county, Pennsylvania, Feb. 22, 1813. Ten children came to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bertsch, and of them the following specific mention is appropriately made: Lawrence Howard Bertsch was born Oct. 18, 1879; graduated in the Cambridge City High School in 1897, and in the Indianapolis Business University in 1898; from 1898 to 1901 he was a student at Earlham College; received the degree of Bachelor of Arts at the Indiana University in 1902, and that of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1907; is the mechanical engineer for the firm of Bertsch & Company, at Cambridge City ; in politics is a Democrat and was the Democratic candidate for Joint Representative from Wayne and Fayette counties in 1910; is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, the Masonic lodge, the Richmond Country Club, and his religious affiliations are with the Lutheran church. Walter Raymond Bertsch was born July 18, 1881, at Cambridge City; was educated in the Cambridge City High School and at Indiana University; is employed as assistant manager of the firm of Bertsch & Company ; is a Republican in politics and is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. Nina Ethel Bertsch was born Nov. 29, 1882. Joshua Alvin Bertsch was born at Cambridge

City, March 18, 1885; graduated in the Cambridge City High School in 1905 ; from 1905 to 1907 was a student of mechanical engineering in the University of Michigan, and from 190740 1909 in the Indiana University, and is the present superintendent of the linn of Bertsch & Company; he is independent in politics and has membership in the Sigma Chi fraternity. Harry Exert Bertsch was born in Cambridge City, Nov. 29, 188C; graduated in the Cambridge City High School in 1906; in the years 1906-1907 was a student of mechanical engineering in the University of Michigan, ami from [908 to 1910 in the Indiana University, and is now assistant superintendent of the linn of Bertsch & Company ; he is independent in politics and has membership in the Sigma Chi fraternity. The names of the other children, with the dates of their respective births follow: Mary Elizabeth, April -7, 1889; Hazel Anna, April i<>, 1802; Ruth Ophelia, Jan. 6, 1894; Robert Oscar, Jan. 15, 1896; and Charles Russell, born March 23, i<;oo, died on March 2~, of the same year. The paternal grandfather of Mrs Bertsch was Henry Howard, born in England, and her maternal grandfather was David Berg, born in Lancaster count), Pennsylvania, of German parents. David Berg was married on Feb. 22, 1820, to Magdalena Newcomer, bom in 1782, and her parents also came from Germany.

Thaddeus E. Frazer, who operates the Adam II. Bartel Company's establishment at Cambridge City, manufacturers of Perfection overalls, shirts, suits, pants, duck coats, etc., was born near Greenup, 111., west of Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 13, 1869. His father was Paul and his mother was Irena (Coggshall) Frazer. The father, a son of Alexander Frazer (see sketch of George Frazer for ancestral history), was born in Pennsylvania, was a fanner by occupation, and had lived in Wayne county for some years prior to his removal to Illinois, where his death occurred about 1881. The mother died ( )ct. 21, igii, at Cambridge City, Ind. They were the parents of three children, of whom Ellen and Emma are deceased and Thaddeus F. is the sole survivor. He is the last born of the children; his earl)' education was obtained at Williamsburg, and this was further supplemented by a course in the Indiana Slate Normal. I lis first work in life was school teaching, and this profession was followed for two years at Williamsburg. After that period he entered the drygoods store of Edwards & Lewis, at Williamsburg, later with \V. A. Clems, at Fountain City, remaining six years with each of these firms. He came to Cambridge City in 1902, and on July 18 of that year organized the Adam II. Bartel Manufacturing Company's plant, of which he has since been the manager. Of this company, A. II. Bartel is the president, John M. Coate vice-president, Fred J. Bartel treasurer, Ida E. Bartel, secretary, and T. F. Frazer, manager, while the board of directors include in addition the names of Benjamin G. Bartel and F. W. Fled derjohn. The factory has about 5,000 square feet of floor space and at the start gave employment to about thirty-five people, but now from sixty to seventy-five people are regularly employed. Fight traveling salesmen are on the road and the products of the factory are sold direct to jobbers and retailers. Electric lights and power are used in the building, which is heated with steam throughout. In November, 1896, was celebrated Thaddeus E. Erazer's marriage to Miss Maggie Wright, of Economy, Ind., who for eight years was a teacher in the schools of that place. Mr. Frazer is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Cornelius M. Connell, who is actively engaged in agricultural pursuits and who maintains an attractive farm residence in Washington township, is one of the honored and distinctively popular citizens of the county, lie is a native of Wayne county, Indiana, having" been born in Washington township, a son of Morris and Hannah (Sullivan) Connell, born in Ireland. They came to the United States and located in Washington township, Wayne county. Indiana, where the father followed farming. Later he removed to Connersville, Ind., where he was engaged in the mercantile business twelve years, and then engaged in farming in Fayette county, where he died. The mother passed away when Cornelius M. was a small boy, and both parents were consistent members of the Catholic church. They became the parents of live children: Cornelius M. ; Mary, the wife of John McDumich, a mechanic of Connersville, Ind.; Catherine, the wife of Peter A. Coss, of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Anna, deceased ; and William, a mechanic at Connersville, Ind. By a subsequent marriage of the father there were five children: Elizabeth, the widow of a Air. Mailey, resides at Connersville; Nellie, the wife of Andrew llerrahl, a farmer of Connersville; and Margaret, Alice, and Morton, a telegraph operator, all of whom reside in Connersville, Ind. The father was a man of strong individuality and impregnable integrity - one who ever commanded the unqualified confidence and regard of his fellow men. lie took a loyal interest in public affairs and was a supporter of the cause of the Democratic party from the time of his arrival in America until his death. Cornelius M. Connell was reared at the parental home and his early educational advantages were those afforded in the public schools of Connersville. lie continued to be associated with the work of the home farm until his father's death, and then, in 1808, purchased his present place of forty acres in Washington township, where he built a residence and has since resided, engaged in general farming. In politics Mr. Connell is aligned as a loyal advocate of the principles of the Democratic party, and he and his wife hold membership in St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church. Cambridge City, in which faith he was reared. On Nov. 3, 1898, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Connell to Miss Catherine Creighton, daughter of Patrick and Winifred (Jordan) Creighton, of Jackson township, Wayne county, Indiana. The parents were born in Ireland, but came to the United States and settled in Jackson township, where Mr. Creighton followed farming, which industry engrossed his attention during the major portion of his active business career, lie and his wife are both deceased. Mr. Creighton was a Democrat in politics, and both he and his wife were zealous members of the Catholic church. To Mr. and Mrs. Connell has been bom a daughter, Agnes, born

July 19, 1900. The living children of Patrick and Winifred (Jordan) Creighton are: Mary, widow of William Kirt, of Rushville ; John, of Fayette county; Anna, of Rushville; Airs. Council is the next in order of birth; and Dennis, of Fayette county.

Ellis D. Filby, proprietor of the Cambridge City Cigar Company, was born in that city, April 18, 1864. llis father was John Filby, born in Pennsylvania, lie was a cigar manufacturer by trade and in early manhood removed to Cambridge City, Ind., where he followed that vocation until the breaking out of the Civil war. Then he enlisted as a private and served valiantly as a soldier of the Union, lie died about three months after being dis charged from the army. He was married to Anna M. Smith, who survives him and resides in Cambridge City, and of this union was born an only child, whose name introduces this review. Mrs. Filby is also a native of Pennsylvania. Ellis D. Filby was educated in the public schools of Cambridge City, and after his schools days were completed began life's work in the store of F. R. Hastings & Son, after which he was a traveling salesman for safes, in the employ of IF D. Cary, two years. At the expiration of that period, about 1888, he started a feed and implement store in partnership with E, W. Whelan. This partnership was later dissolved, Mr Filby taking the grocery department, and he con tinned in this line of endeavor until January, 1890. lie then removed to Indianapolis, but in June of the same year returned to Cambridge City and formed a partnership with E. R. [Tastings. Later he disposed of his interest in this business to Mr. Hastings and went on the road as a traveling salesman for the William Doney Cigar Company, in which capacity he served until 1897, and then for a time handled a line of furniture on the road. He then became associated with Frank Ohmit in the cigar brokerage business, which developed into the Cambridge City Cigar Company in 1903, in which A. W. Bradbury became a partner. On July 6. 1906, Mr. Filby purchased the interest of Mr. Bradbury, a fire hav ing occurred at this time, and has since been the sole proprietor, doing a jobbing business in cigars, tobaccos, pipes, and smokers' articles of all kinds. Two men are kept constantly on the road and they cover all of Indiana and as far east as Dayton, < )hio. The business has grown to considerable extent under the management of Mr. Fill)y. His duties as a citizen have not been neglected ami the office of trustee of the Fifth ward of Cambridge City is now held by him. He is placed among the first citizens of the com munity and ranks among the most progressive in Cambridge City. On June 18, 1890, was celebrated his marriage to Miss Lillian Maud Cole, daughter of Joseph J. and Margaret (Thomas) Cole, of Connersville, Ind. Her parents are natives of Fayette county, Indiana, and the father is now a retired farmer, living in Connersville. A daughter, Helen Cole, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Filby. Fraternally, Mr. Filby is a member of the Masonic order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Knights of Pythias, and he also has membership in the Travelers' Protective Association and the Indiana Travelers' Association.

Joseph A. Commons, a substantial citizen of Wayne county, now living retired, was horn on a farm in Center township, May 22, 1842, son of David Commons. The paternal grandfather was Robert Commons, born in Ireland of English parentage, 111 1748, and removed in infancy with his father's family to Chester county, Pennsylvania, lie was married to Ruth Mayes and removed to West Virginia in 170-', and thence, in 1812, to Center township, Wayne county, Indiana, locating a mile. and a hall northwest of Centerville, where he resided until his death, Dec. 19, 1837, aged eighty-nine years. To him and his wife, whom he married in Pennsylvania, were born nine children: Lydia married Adam Davis in Virginia, removed to North Carolina and thence, in [811, to Washington county, Indiana, and finally to Mercer county, Illinois; Phehe married Jesse Bond; Isaac came to Whitewater in 1807, married Mary, daughter of John Townsend, and in 1810 settled seven miles north of Richmond, in what is now branklin township; William married Sarah Brady; John married Elizabeth Mote, of Ohio; Ezekiel married Sarah Julian; Hannah married Greenbury Cornelius in Virginia, and they both died in Center township in 1824.; Nathan married Martha, daughter of Patrick Heard; and David, father of Joseph A., was the youngest of the nine children, lie was born in Grayson county (now West Virginia), July 18, 1800, and came with his father to Center township in 1812. He was reared on the pioneer homestead ami in 183!) purchased a farm, on which was a small mill for grinding corn, lie rebuilt this mill in 1839 and furnished it with two runs of buhrs, one for grinding wheat and one for corn, lie also built a saw mill and, in 1838, erected the brick residence now owned by his son, Walter S. He was a man of energy and endurance ami was in advance of the time in the affairs of the day. In 1836 he was elected commissioner of Wayne county and served three terms. In 1847 ne was elected to represent Wayne county in the State legislature and seiwed two terms. He was an extensive farmer, real estate owner and a breeder of line stock. He was very publicspirited, was energetic in securing pike roads, and was one of the builders of the Indiana Central railroad, being one of its directors for years. He was also one of the organizers and a director of the Centerville National Rank, and in politics was a Republican. In 1838, after the death of his father, he removed to the farm he had owned for many years, and there he died Feb. 7, 1874. He was married Feb. 26, 1824, to Rachel, daughter of John and Rachel Mote, of Miami county, Ohio, and had by her two sons - John, who married Eliza Jane, daughter of John Boyd, and Philip S., who married Hannah Ann, daughter of John Maxwell. The first wife died May 22, 1827, and on Sept. 29, 1831, Mr. Commons married Bethena, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Jones) Carter, and a native of Greeneville, Tenn., born Aug. 13, 1813. Of this union were born seven children : Sarah A. is the deceased wife ot Thomas Jordan, of Indianapolis; William M. died Aug. 25, 1853; Isaac E. died in Evansville, Tenn.; Robert D. served three years in the Civil war with the Eighth Indiana infantry and was wounded 'at

Vicksburg, May 22, 1863; Joseph A. is the next in order of birth; Mary E. is the widow of Ira Izor and resides in Indianapolis; and Walter S. (see sketch). Joseph and Elizabeth (Jones) Carter, parents of Mrs. Commons, came to Indiana in 1X20 and settled in Madison county. They became the parents of thirteen children - Wesley, Mary, Bethena, Usiah, John C, J Iila.li, Edward J.. Joseph, William, James C, Thomas K., Nancy, and Levi, all deceased. Joseph A. Commons attended the common schools, Earlham College, and the Miami Commercial College at Dayton, Ohio. After finishing his scholastic work he was engaged with his father and brother, Robert 1)., in the milling business, located at the old homestead, and he so continued until the fall of 1868, when he purchased a farm of 245 acres, three miles north of Centerville, on the Williamsburg pike. During the three years immediately following he devoted his attention to the management of this farm, and in 1872 removed to Centerville and purchased the place which was the residence of Sylvester Johnston, remodeling the same in 1874. From 1872 to 1879 he was engaged in the live stock business, shipping hogs, cattle, horses, etc., to the Eastern markets, and in 1870 he purchased the saw mill of the John Sintz estate, and conducted that about twenty years. While engaged in the saw mill business he purchased a farm of sixty acres, lying one-half mile south of Centerville, ami to this he later added too acres adjoining, the 160 acres having formerly been the home of Levi Fox, the father of Judge Henry C. Fox, of Richmond. After retiring from the saw mill business, in 10,02, Mr. Commons erected a num ber of suitable and modern horse barns and stables - models of their kind - on this farm, and gave his attention to fanning in a general way and to the raising of horses, mostly for track purposes. In i<;05 he retired from the active management of the place and his son, Lawrence D., assumed it. Mr. Commons is a public-spirited and generous man and has been a recognized leader in public affairs, having served as guardian and administrator of a number of estates. He was for years connected with the Wayne County Agricultural Association, and was superintendent and director for several years when it met on the grounds south of Centerville. In the matter of politics Mr. Commons is allied with the Republican party and he has served two terms as trustee of Center township. His second term in this position was cut short by his resignation, a change in the law effecting the office of township trustee. He was also elected as Representative in the State legislature from Wayne county, in which position he served two terms, lie has been treasurer of the school board of the village of Centerville at intervals during the past twenty-one years, and for the past twelve years he has served in that position consecutively. In his fraternal relation he is a Scottish Rite Mason, being a member of the Indiana Consistory at Indianapolis. On Nov. 28, 1868, Mr. Commons was married to Amanda Beeson, daughter of David 11. and Rebecca (Bice) Beeson, of Wayne county. Mrs. Commons was born June 30, 1849, anc^ ner death occurred Oct. 2, 1906. Of this union was born a son, Lawrence D. Commons, who died Oct.

3, 191 1. He was married on April 25, 1895, to Ella, daughter of Thomas and Martha McConaha, and of that union there is a son, Howard, horn Feb. 21, 1S96. The "Western Horseman" of Oet. 6, 191 1, has the following to say in regard to the death of Lawrence 1). Commons: '"Indiana has lost another of its prominent breeders and trainers in the death of Lawrence 1). Common.^, of Centerville, Ind. lie was a young man who had attained more than a fair share of fame, as a breeder, trainer, and driver. At the Commons' stock farm at Centerville the well known stallion 'Anderson Wilkes,' was the premier, and Mr. Commons had surrounded himself with a small but select group of brood mares. In addition to his breeding and farming operations, Mr. Commons each season campaigned a small stable over the tracks of the Middle West. This year Mr. Commons was very successful with the three-year-old pacing filly, 'Grace IV by 'Anderson Wilkes,' which he raced on the half-mile tracks in Ohio and Indiana, and after he was taken ill, late in August, this filly was turned over to Curt Gosnell, who gave her a world's record uf 2:10 [-4, for a three-year-old pacing till)' in a race over a half-mile track. Mr. Commons' death will come as a shock to a large number of friends, for although his death was not expected by bis immediate relatives, yet the fact that be had raced up to the middle of the season led many to believe that he was enjoying bis usual health."

Solomon Ebersol, deceased, for many years prominent as an agriculturist near Olive Hill, Wayne comity, was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, April 12, 1803, son of Jacob and Barbara (Schalley) Ebersol. lie resided in Pennsylvania until 1850, when he came with his family to Wayne county, Indiana, and settled on a farm north of Olive Hill, where he spent the residue of his life. He continued in the active management of the farm until bis death, in 1877. Reside the members of his immediate family he left a wide circle of friends to mourn his passing. In November, 1826, was celebrated Mr. Ebersol's marriage to Anna Longenecker, born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, and of this union were six children: Joseph, born Aug. 26, 1828, Jacob, bom Feb. 8, 1830, and Sarah, bom Dec. 10, 1833, died of scarlet fever on the 7th, 8th, and 9th of January, 1839, respectively; Mary Jane, bom April 25, [836, was married on Dec. 27, 1853, to William Culbertson ; George W ., born Jan. 13, 1841, was married on April 7, 1805, to Mary Jane King, and died Jan. 9, 1903; and Ellen lb, born Nov. 19, 1844, was married on Aug. 2J, 1868, to Harland Bond. Georye W. spent two or three years at Earlham College, after which he taught school two years and then engaged in farming. After his marriage he moved to the obi Daniel King farm and resided there until bis death. Of his union with Mary Jane King were three children: Vashti K., born Jan. 25, 1867, was married to John Davis, fan; iS,. 1888; Charles G., born June 25, 1871, was married to Laura Snyder, July 3, 1891 ; and Ida M., born Oct. nj, 1873, was married to Andrew J. McKinney (see sketch). George Ebersol's wife was the daughter of Daniel and Maria (McAlister) King, among the oldest settlers of Wayne county. Daniel was a son of Jesse and Cinthia

James Columbus King, a successful farmer of Center township, whose homestead is near the place of his birth, was born in Center township, this count)', Aug. 6, 1854, son of James W. D. and Malinda L. (Jackson) King. His paternal great-grandfather was Jesse King, a native of Kentucky, who came to Wayne county, Indiana, with a large family, in 1820, and settled near what is now the village of Green's Fork. Five of his sons - Samuel, Daniel, Elisha, Lorenzo D., and John - preceded him to Wayne county about two years. John King, the grandfather of James C, located about one and one-half miles north of Centerville, hut in 1830 moved to a place just north of the village, where he spent the residue of his life, lie was a farmer by occupation and became one of the influential men of that locality. To him and his wife were born nine children: Lucinda, who became the wife of Joshua Eliason ; James W. D., the father of James C. ; Joseph ; William; Mary, who became the wife of Oliver T. Jones (see sketch of Lincoln 11. Jones); Presley; Nancy, who became the wife of John M. Maxwell; Jackson; and Jesse. James W. D. King was horn Aug. 12, 1814, in Kentucky and came with his parents to Wayne county when twelve years old. He received his education in the schools of Center township and followed farming during all of his active career. On March 26, 1835, he was married to Malinda L. Jackson, born May 2, 1816, daughter of Caleb Jackson, and they reared a family of eleven children: John W. died in infancy; Olive became the wife of J. W. Boyd; Caleb W., a prominent citizen of Richmond, died in that place in 1911; William S. ; Joseph J. (see sketch) ; Judith E. became the wife of John Meyers; Eliza A. be: came the wife of Jesse C. Stevens (see sketch) ; Sarah M. became the wife of William Smith; James C. is the next in order of birth; Lncinda became the wife of Charles Staats ; and Mark P. James W. D. King died Sept. 4, 1864, and his wife died July 24, 1879. James C. King received his preliminary educational training in the district schools of Center township and the schools ui Centerville. lie resided at home until twenty-five years old, at which time he became the owner of a farm which he inherited from his father's estate. He traded this land for the farm where he now resides', consisting of 115 acres, to the operation of which he has since devoted his attention. In the matter of politics Mr. King espouses the cause of the Republican party, but has never sought office. In religious matters he is identified as a member of the Christian church. On Aug. 7, 1879, Mr. King was united in marriage to Miss Rachel L. Martin, born in (enter township, Aug. 27, 1859, daughter of the late James B. and llilah Jane (Humbert) Martin (see sketch). To Mr. and Mrs. King were born six children: Edna May, born April 14, 1881, died Jan. 18, 1883; Florence |., born Nov. 3, 1883, died Aug. 13, 1884; Clifford M.. born Nov. 1*9, 1885, is a graduate in the mechanical engineering course at Purdue University and is located at Gary, hid., where he has the position of assistant rate-engineer in the American Steel Bridge Company; Claiborn F., born Oct. 12, 1888, resides at the parental home; Mabel, born May 31, 1892, graduated in the Centerville High School with the class of 1910, took one year in Earlham College and is engaged at teaching in Green township; Mark G., born Aug. 19, 1896, graduated in the district school in the spring of 1910 and is a student in the Centerville High School. In 1902 Mr. King became afflicted with muscular rheumatism, which has become very serious in its manifestations, and he is in a crippled condition. His son, Claiborn F., manages the home farm.

Charles M. Hurst, a popular farmer of Washington township, was born in that township, Wayne county, Indiana. Sept. 1, i860, son of Elijah and Maria ( Lewis) Hurst, natives of Washington township. The paternal great-grandparents were Jacob and Mary Hurst, born in Maryland of Irish ancestry. John Hurst, the grandfather of Charles M., was bom in Maryland in 1781, and in that State, in 1802, was married to Elizabeth Marshall. Shortly after his marriage, with his wife and his brother Benedict, he started for what was then called the Western Reserve. His wife's: father had given her a horse. The young husband arranged a pack saddle into which he placed their worldly goods, and with his wife on the horse, he and his brother walking, they started on their journey. In this way they traveled, stopping wherever night overtook them, on the plains or in the mountains, and they continued westward until their small amount of money was exhausted, this occurring near Hamilton, Ohio. There John Hurst sought employment. About the only kind of work to be found was clearing and rail splitting. Hard work, however, had no terrors for him. He took contracts for both himself and brother and together they worked early and late. In 1804 his wife gave birth to a child, and two years later another child was born to them. By 1807 he had accumulated a little sum, besides having supplied the meager wants of his little family, and that year they pushed further west, coming over into Indiana and making a permanent location in what afterward became Wayne county. He selected first an eighty-acre tract of land on Noland's Fork, built a rude cabin, and as soon as possible got his family comfortably located. When the land was placed on the market he entered same and, as after years showed, made a wise selection. Then he commenced in earnest the work of development and making a home. Soon he had a few acres under cultivation, and never from that time on did his family want for the necessaries of life, and ere many years had come and gone he was able to provide them with some of the luxuries also. As soon as he got his land opened up he began raising corn and hogs, finding a market at Cincinnati, and later he dealt largely in stock, driving to the Cincinnati market. In his earnest efforts to make a home and accumulate a competency on the frontier, Mr. Hurst was ably assisted by his good wife, who was a helpmate in the truest sense of that word. She, too, worked early and late to clothe and feed her family. In those days the spinning and weaving for the family were all done in the home. Both Mr. Hurst and his wife were noted for their hospitality and generosity, friend and stranger receiving a welcome at their door, and the needy were never turned away empty handed. Mr. Hurst kept pace with the progress of the new settlement, or, rather, kept in advance of it, for he was always the first to give his support to any improvement or new invention. The first cooking stove in the community was bought for his home and in his parlor was placed the first ingrain carpet of the neighborhood. These "luxuries" came after the old cabin had vanished and a commodious frame house had taken its place. As the years passed by and his prosperity increased, he invested in more land, until his estate comprised 2,000 acres of the best land in Wayne county. Hard work and exposure in all kinds of weather shortened his days, however, and he died in May, 1S38, at the age of fifty-seven years. His wife survived him until Nov. 5, 1850. The record of her children is as follows, the first two having been born in Ohio, the others in Indiana: Cyntha, Dec. 8, 1804; Benedict, Dec. 11, 1806; Bennett, Dec. 8, 1808; Sanford, April 5, 1811; Belinda, Dec. 7, 1812; Marshall, Feb. 13, 1814; Isaac, Feb. 5, 1817; Anna, born April II, 1819, died young; Dickson, Dec. 7, 1821 ; twins, Elijah and Silva (wife of Robert Watt), Oct. 29, 1824; and Mary E. (wife of John Orr), July 12, 1827. John Hurst, though never aspiring to political honors, was a stanch Democrat, and to this party his descendants, with few exceptions, have given their support. Elijah Hurst, the father of Charles M., grew to manhood on his father's farm, and after his marriage settled in the same neighborhood. He cleared and improved a farm and devoted his active career to carrying forward the work inaugurated by his father. He inherited the many sterling characteristics of his worthy sire and, like him, has the confidence and respect of the entire community. He is now living retired with his son, Charles M. His wife, whose maiden name was Maria Lewis, was the daughter of Caleb and Polly (Willits) Lewis, born April 4, 1835, and died Nov. 8, 1906. Caleb Lewis was born in Virginia, Feb. 22, 1793, of Welsh parentage, and came to Wayne county in 1815 He was a son of George and Leah (Viney) Lewis, who passed their lives and died in the Old Dominion, both being representatives of old Virginia families. Their children were Caleb, John, Charles, Leah, and Attie. Upon coming to Indiana Caleb Lewis located at Centervi lie, where he clerked and taught school prior to his marriage and afterward turned his attention to farming. For a few years he farmed on a small place south of Centerville. Selling that farm, he bought a large tract of land on Green's Fork, some 300 acres, on which he lived for forty years, most of his children being born there, and during that long period health and prosperity were theirs and there was not a death in his family. In their declining vears he and his wife retired to Milton, where her death occurred Aug. 20, i8(>(), and he passed away Feb. 24, 1870. They were consistent members of the Franklin Christian Church. Caleb Lewis was a man above the ordinary in intelligence and education and in the community in which he lived was looked upon as a leader. An ardent Republican, he was the choice of his party for a number of local positions of trust, which he filled most acceptably, and two terms he represented his county in -the Indiana State legislature. His wife was a native of Ohio. Elijah Hurst and Maria Lewis were married Dec. 25, 1855, and to them were born six children: ( Hive is the wife of Charles A. Murray, of Denver, Colo.; Emma is the widow of the late Peter S. Buler, of Richmond ; Charles M. is the next in order of birth; Ella is the wife of W. J. Hubbard, of Indianapolis, Ind..; Lewis resides in Denver, Colo.; and Walter died in infancy. The father is a stanch Democrat in his political affiliations. Charles M. Hurst was born at the homestead where he lives, a part of which was entered by his grandfather in 1814. He received his educational training in the common schools of Washington township and at DePauw University. When he had completed his scholastic training he began work on his father's farm, afterward purchasing 180 acres, upon which he erected the buildings, and there does general farming and stockfeeding. There is no detail of the agricultural industry which he does not thoroughly know. On Oct. 23, 1884, Mr. Hurst was united in marriage to Mary Fidelia Clawson, daughter of James S. and Mai)- (Ice) Clawson, of Henry county, Indiana, and of this union were born four children: Portie, deceased; Paul C, born Feb. 25, 1890, received his education in the Washington Township High School and at DePauw University; Howard E.. born June 24, 1895, received his preliminary education in the Washington Township High School and is now in Earlham College; and Norma F., born Oct. 27, 1899, is attending the common schools. Mr. Hurst is a Democrat in his political views, as was his father and grandfather, and he and his wife and one son are members of the Christian church.

Isaac J. Spahr, farmer, was born in Abington township, Wayne county, Indiana, March 19, 1856, son of Joseph D. and Matilda (Burgess) Spahr. The paternal great-grandfather was Philip Spahr, who died near Wheeling, \V. Va., at the extreme old age of 105 years. His son, John, was born about 1774, at Short Creek, near Wheeling, W. Va. He came West, to Abington township, Wayne county, in 1809, and in 1814 entered a tract of land, as did his companions on this trip - Philip Doddridge, David Jenkins, and John Doddridge (see the Doddridge sketches on other pages). John Spahr immediately set about clearing and improving his property in tlie wilderness and continued to live on the land he entered until his death, in 1833. lie was twice married, the first union being to Sebra Doddridge, by whom he had four children (see sketch of Doddridge family). His second marriage was to Margaret Spievy Russell, who survived him and reared their two children - Nancy and Joseph D. Nancy became the wife of Isaac Jenkins, of Centerville, and both are deceased. Joseph D. Spahr, "father of Isaac J., was born in Abington township, Wayne county, May 26, 1831. His educational advantages were those afforded by the early pioneer schools and he grew to manhood under the guiding hand of a noble mother. At the age of twenty-one years he took the management of the homestead, which he eventually owned and conducted until his death, lie made many improvements and no farm was kept in a better state of cultivation. His generosity was widely known and his life was one of exemplary traits from beginning to end. He came of a pioneer family of sturdy German ancestry and his relatives were prominent in the development, organization, and maintenance of the county, and were always ready to indorse and support any movement toward the upbuilding of their community. Speaking of them, in 1808, the Rev. Jacob Young says, in his autobiography : "The Spahr family were very numerous and very respectable. They were blessed with plenty of this world's goods, and it appeared to be their joy to support the church." The Spahrs were prominent in aiding to build the Doddridge Chapel, in which the Methodists have worshipped many years. Joseph D. Spahr was always a consistent and ardent worker in the church, lie was united in marriage, in 1853, to Miss Matilda Burgess, daughter of Richard and Susan Burgess, who originally came from Madison count)-, Virginia. Richard Burgess died about i860 and his good wife passed away in 1898, at the home of Joseph D. Spahr, having reached the advanced age of ninety-four years. Joseph D. Sphar died in 1903, his wife having preceded him, in March, 1881. To this worth)' couple were born three sons and four daughters, more specific mention of whom follows: Mary, the eldest daughter, is the wife of Mordecai D. Doddridge (see sketch ) ; Isaac J. i^> the next in order of birth ; John R. is a farmer in Abington township; Mattie G. is the wife of Henry Peirce and resides at the old homestead; Nancy Alice also resides at the old homestead; Joseph Henry is a farmer and resides in Henry county; and Florence resides at the old home. Isaac J. Spahr received his preliminary education in the public schools of Abington and Washington townships and for a short time attended the university at Greencastle ; and he has followed the occupation of farming all of his life. He worked for his father until twenty-one years old and then operated the farm on shares a few years. His father then gave him an interest in a small farm in Abington township, and this place he afterward purchased and continued to operate until 1888, when he sold it and rented the farm where he resides. He afterward purchased this place, which consists of 180 acres, and has since continued to manage it with pronounced success. In his political relations he is a staunch Prohibitionist, but has never aspired to office, and his religious faith is expressed by membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. On Feb. 14, 1888, Mr. Spahr was united in marriage to Miss Lorella T. Kramer, born in Wayne county, July 14, 1867, daughter of Andrew and Susan (Sweet) Kramer (see sketch). To Mr. and Mrs. Spahr came the following children to bless their union : Marcia, born May 11, 1889, for three years attended Earlham College and was married June 14, 191 1, to Clement P>. Oskins, of Chrisney, Ind., and they reside in Greenville, Ohio; Walter, born June 27, [891, is at home and is attending the same institution of learning; and Edith, born May 12, 1894, is at home, attending the high school at Centerville, Ind.

Henry Stauffer, deceased, one time resident and respected citizen of Abington township, was born in Germantown, Ohio, near Dayton, June 24, 1830. His parents - Jacob and Hannah (lime) Stauffer - were natives of Pennsylvania, the lather born March 24, 1798, and the mother, Feb. 11, 1797. Their married life was spent in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, and in the last named State they died and were buried. Soon after their marriage they removed to Ohio and later came to Indiana, but sonic years afterward returned to Ohio. In 1843 tne)' again came to Indiana and settled in Abington township, on the farm where the widow of their son Henry resides. The Stauffers originally came from Switzerland, in 1710, and settled on a farm in Berks county, Pennsylvania, where the old homestead is still in the possession of one of the Stauffer name. The original immigrant was Nans Stauffer, and he came to America with three sons, from whom the American Stauffers are descended. Jacob Stauffer, the father of Henry, died Oct. 16, 1872, and the mother passed away May 13, 1889, both being buried at Abington. Of their union were born ten children : Sarah is deceased, Joseph is a farmer and resides near Des Moines, Iowa; Henry was the next in order of birth; John is deceased; Elizabeth is the widow of Robert Sealock and resides in Texas; Mary is deceased; Hannah is the widow of Burl Sealock and resides in Center township, west of Centerville; and three children died in infancy. The lives of the parents had been spent in an agricultural way and on their farm their son worked during his boyhood. In the local schools of the Abington township home the son was educated and earl)- left the parental roof and began his real work in life as an apprentice to the blacksmith trade. Later he conducted a blacksmith shop cm the farm and was thus engaged until about twenty-three years old, when he took charge of his father's farm. Afterward he went to Northern Indiana and resided a time, after which he returned and again took charge of the old homestead. After the death of his mother he purchased the interest of the other heirs and continued to reside there until his death, with the exception of the year 1897, when he and his wife went on an extended \isit to Airs. Stauffer's father. Returning in 1898, they resided in Richmond during the following winter and then returned to the place which is the homestead of Mrs. Stauffer. Mr. Stauffer died Jan. 14, 1907, and is buried at Earlham Cemetery, llis success in life was the result of his efforts and that of his good wife. Politically he was a stalwart in the ranks of the Democratic party, but never was an aspirant for public office. On Oct. 10, 1883, occurred his marriage to Miss Maggie I laker, daughter of Marcus A. and Harriet (Wilson) Paker. Mrs. Stauffer was bom at Dublin, Wayne county, Jan. 8, 1864. Her parents were natives respectively of Ohio and Maryland, the father born in Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 11, 1837, and the mother near Taneytown, Md., in August, 1836. The father was a shoemaker in early life, as was his father. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania. They came to Ohio from that State very early and later came to Indiana, locating at Dublin. Some years later the family went West, in the early '80s, and the parents died in Kansas. Mrs. Stauffer's parents removed to Missouri, later to Texas, and then returned to Missouri, where the mother died. The father then returned to Indiana for a short time, but later went back to Missouri, leaving the children with his wife's people. Later he removed farther west, married again, and is living retired in Independence, Ore. Five children were born to the parents of Mrs. Stauffer: Thomas Howard, who died in 1901, was a resident of Oregon; Mrs. Stauffer is the second in order of birth; Winona is the wife of Robert H. Elliott, engaged in the grocery business at Carthage, Mo.; Henry N. served three years as a soldier in the Philippines, first as a member of the Seventeenth United States infantry and later transferred to Company H of the Sixth infantry, and is now a farmer and resides near Newberg, Ore.; and Jennie is the wife of C. L. Jones, a farmer near New Paris, Ohio. The father of Mrs. Stauffer served as a soldier in the Civil war, in the Sixty-ninth Indiana infantry, until discharged because of illness. To Mr. and Mrs. Stauffer two children were born: Edna Cecile, born Aug. 25, 1884, is a student at Earlham College, and Roy 11., born Jan. 11, 1886, resides with his mother and operates the farm of 120 acres.

Raleigh W. Burris, for a number of years a prominent and highly respected farmer of Center township, is a native of the Hoosier State, born in Washington township, Wayne county, Nov. 18, 1872, son of William and Nancy (Gentry) Burris. The father, a native of Wayne county, first beheld the light of day in Center township, in 1838. He has always followed agricultural pursuits and resides on a farm of eighty acres in Washington township. The mother of the subject of this review is a native of Genter township, born in 1840. Of this union there are six children:

Isaac is a farmer and resides in Center township ; Martha resides at the parental home; Thomas is a resident of Portland, Ore.; Emma resides with her parents ; Raleigh W. is the next in order of birth ; and Omar is a farmer and resides near Portland Ore. Raleigh W. Burris received his educational training in the district schools of Washington township, and learned the occupation of farming on his parents' place, which calling he lias continued to follow. At the age of sixteen years he began working as a hired man and continued so employed until married. In 1898 he pur* chased the farm where he resides, and which consists of ninetysix acres. Politically he is a member of the Democratic party, though he has never taken a very active part in the game of politics and has not entertained aspirations for public office. On Dec. 30, 1896, Mr. Burris was united in holy matrimony to Delia Merritt, born in Center township, March 14, 1875, and this marital union has been blessed by the birth of four children, of whom the first died in infancy; John Howard was born Aug. 13, 1902; William Russell, July 3, 1905, and Paul Everett, Oct. 24, [906.