Whitley County, Indiana - The whole text, 1907 (part 24 of 28)

John II. Maxwell was born August 14, 1863, spent his boyhood and youth on the family homestead in Missouri and is indebted to the district schools for his educational training. In 1885 he came to Whitley county, and settled on his present farm, three miles southwest of Columbia City. August 27, 1885, Mr. Maxwell married Miss Anna Eberhard. of this county, sister of Jacob Eberhard, whose former wife was a sister of Mr. Maxwell's stepmother. Her father was Henry Eberhard, a native of Ohio, and married Fanny Nolt, daughter of one of the county's largest landowners, having bought two thousand one hundred acres in a body, of which Mrs. Eberhard received one hundred and sixty-four acres though this homestead was five miles south of Columbia City. Both are now deceased, he dying at fifty-six and she survived him about eighteen vears, aged seventy-two. One-half of Mr. Maxwell's farm was his wife's inheritance from her father's estate, the other half being purchased with his own capital. By a series of improvements, consisting' of clearing, artificial drainage, fencing, etc.. he has enhanced the productiveness of the farm and brought it to an advanced state of cultivation, while the residence is a handsome and imposing structure, complete in all respects and lacking nothing in the way of conveniences which include gas, hath, hot and cold water. the interior being finished throughout with the finest of oak and sycamore, all of which was cut from Mr. Maxwell's own land. Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell's beautiful home has been brightened and made happy by the presence of four children, whose names are as follows : Ellen, who is a favorite in social circles; Alma, also popular with her friends; Elmer and Fannie. Socially Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell are esteemed by all with whom they mingle and their home is a favorite resort for the best society. They are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church and Mr. Maxwell is a member of the chapter and council in the Masonic fraternity. He is a Republican, though not a political aspirant.

Daniel Stiles

Daniel Stiles, a retired farmer and representative citizen of Whitley county, residing in Columbia City, is a native of Medina county. Ohio, and the son of John and Maiy (Coolman) Stiles, the father a Canadian by birth and of Irish descent, the mother born in Pennsylvania, of German parentage. John Stiles was reared by an uncle, who brought him to the United States when a youth eleven years of age, from which time until a young man he lived with this relation in Ohio and followed farming. He was enabled while still young to purchase sixty acres of woodland in Medina county, which he improved by erecting a dwelling and outbuildings and reducing the greater part to cultivation. Subsequently he disposed of tliis place and bought one hundred acres in the same county, one-half of which he impri ived and converted into a comfortable

Daniel Stiles was born December 19, 1833, and spent his early life in his native county and state. He attended such schools as the country afforded until sixteen years of age and assisted with the labor of the farm until eighteen, when he started out to make his own way in the world. Having heard of the advantages which northern Indiana held out to young men he in company with an uncle. William Coolman. came to Whitley county. He returned to Ohio, married and bought and improved a small farm in Wyandotte county. This he sold and in 1863 purchased eighty acres in Jefferson township, Whitley county, Indiana. In May, 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving in the Shenandoah Valley until the expiration of his term. In 1866 he removed to his purchase in Jefferson township and began to clear out a farm from its original condition. He added another twenty acres and owned the farm for twentyfive years. In 1901 he bought an improved farm of one hundred and sixty-four acres, three miles south of Columbia City, for which he paid six thousand nine hundred dollars. Later he sold sixty-four acres of this to Orville D., who operates the whole. He has besides residence and improved property in Columbia City, where he has lived for twenty years. On May 5, 1853. Mr. Stiles married Sarah Lewis, of New York, the union being blessed with three children : Mary, wife of John Rupert, a farmer of Huntington countv, this state; Orville D.

and Alice Jane, who married Jacob Overdear, of Columbia City. In addition to their own family Mr. and Airs. Stiles have reared three other children, one now being established for himself, one dying at eight years and one still with them.

Mr. Stiles cast his first vote for John C. Fremont and has consistently supported the same principles for fifty years. He has at various times served his party as delegate to local conventions. Though not holding any religious affiliations, he has shaped his life in accordance with the highest ethical and moral principles, not using tobacco or liquor in any form for more than half a centurv, nor yielding to an indulgence in profanitv.

George W. Shroll

George W. Shroll was born in Bucyrus,. Ohio, December 14, 1852, and is the son of Jacob and Margaret (Cunningham) Shroll. Jacob was also born in Ohio, where he lived until 1854, when he removed to De- Kalb county, Indiana, and purchased a small farm, to which he devoted the next ten years, when he changed his residence to the county of Lagrange, where he owned one hundred acres on which he made valuable improvements. However, in a short time he sold it and bought another farm in the same countv, which became his home to the end of his life, which occurred August 23, 1893, in his seventy-ninth year. His wife died October 5, 1894, aged seventyfour vears. To Jacob and Margaret Shroll were born six children : Elizabeth ; Franr cis, a resident of Noble county ; Margaret,.

George W. Shroll was reared and educated in DeKalb county, Indiana, and remained with his parents until his twentyfirst year, meanwhile becoming thoroughly familiar with farm labor. On attaining his majority he took charge of the family home- Siead, which he cultivated seventeen years, until the spring of 1894, when he came to Whitley county. In 1897 he bought his present farm of ninety acres one mile north of Columbia City. It is known as the John McClain homestead, the former owner beginning to improve it in the late forties and in 1853 erected the present residence and here lived and died in 1892. His old bam was remodeled by Mr. Shroll and August 9, 1906, it was destroyed by fire, but another thirty-six by fifty has risen in its place.

Mr. Shroll was married December 23, 1880, in LaGrange county, to Miss Mary J. McDonald, and their children are: Katura, wife of Gilbert Humbarger, living in Whitley county, whose only child, Mary A., is abundantly blessed with grandmothers, six of whom are living at the present time; Orville. died November 12, HJ05, at the age of twenty-one: Ernest and Harry died in infancy; Nellie, a school girl. Mr. Shroll is Democrat and member of the Order of Ben 1 [ur.

George Bauer

George Bauer has earned the reputation of being one of the most industrious and successful agriculturists in Thorncreek township. Mr. Bauer's place is just two miles north of Columbia City in a country famous for its fertility. He was born on the farm which he now owns. February 2. 1872. His parents, Lewis and Elizabeth (Bishop) Bauer, were born in Germany. He was eleven years old when he arrived in this country with his mother, his father having died in the old country. Lewis Bauer settled in Huron county, Ohio, and the young immigrant remained there until the Civil war broke out and then answering the call of his adopted country he volunteered for active service, joining the Fifty -fifth Regiment, Ohio Infantry. He served three years and was seriously injured by a horse during maneuvers. Later on he lost one eye by accident. Late in 1865 Lewis Bauer returned to Ohio and married Elizabeth Bishop. The couple moved to Whitley county and began the battle of life on the site of the farm nowowned by their son. The extent of the holdings at that time was eighty acres, all a dense forest, and Lewis Bauer began the strenuous work of clearing- the wooded tract. Generous labor and great industry soon accomplished the work. He and his wife first occupied a rude cabin but after a short period he built a comfortable house and having cleared up the land found himself in the possession of a promising farm. He and his wife remained there until the end of their days. Mrs. Bauer died in 1895 and her husband followed her to the last resting place in January, 1896. Both were faithful communicants of the Roman Catholic church, to which their son and his family also belong. In politics Lewis Bauer was a steadfast Republican and thoroughly in sympathy with the policies of his party.

fourteen years of age; John, who died at eleven ; Peter, who died in infancy, and George. When George was growing up he got a good common school education, was industrious and steady, and took good care of his father and mother. In 1896 he was married to Miss Christina, daughter of Frank H. Fries, a well known and prosperous farmer of Thorncreek township. Mr. Fries came from France in 1853, and after spending about a year in Pennsylvania moved to Whitley county. The parents of Frank Fries were Erasmus and Rosa Fries, who came to Whitley county in 1854 and settled on a piece of wild land which was practically in the middle of the wilderness. They had seven children : Erasmus, deceased ; Catherine, wife of Adam Ulrich, of Columbia City; Joseph, who resides in Marion, Indiana; Frank, who lives on the farm near Columbia City ; Susan and Rosanna (twins), the former deceased ; and John, deceased. Frank Fries has lived in Whitley county since his childhood and is familiar with every hill and vale in the locality. In 1870 he married Catherine Ulrich, daughter of Francis and Margaret Ulrich, who were early settlers of northern Indiana. Nine children were born to Frank H. Fries and wife. These were Anna, deceased ; Christina ; Frank, deceased ; Henry Edward, who lives on the farm; Rosa, who also lives on farm; Josephine and Clara (twins), the latter deceased; Joseph Leo. who lives at home; and Catherine, wife of Frank Shilts. a well known farmer. When Frank Fries was married he was acting as a fireman and engineer on the old Eel River Railroad. He helped in the construction of the road and fired one of the first engines that ran over it. He had previously worked five years for the Pennsylvania and was promoted to the position of regular engineer," in which service he remained for three years. He then purchased the eighty acres of land on which the Fries home now stands. They have now in all one hundred and forty acres. Mr. Fries died January 19, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Bauer have six children : Leon A., Loretta M., Man,- E., Francis V. and Louis J. (twins), and George Joseph.

John Wilson Adams

The record of the newspaper press of a county, if in the hands of men competent to make it fully discharge its duty of disseminating knowledge and directing public opinion, ought to be one of the brightest and most important pages in the county's history. One of the first and greatest things that stands to the credit of this Republic is that it unbridled the press and made it free. This was the wisest act in its history. It was the seed planted in good soil for its own perpetuity and for the happiness and welfare of the people. Free speech, free schools are necessary to free intelligence and freedom, and when the storms of discord arise and the angry waves of popular ignorance and passion beat and buffet the ship of state, then indeed is a free press the beacon light over the troubled waters pointing the way to safety.

The press of Whitley county has a creditable record and the minds by which it has been directed have been clear, dignified and honorable. While it is not the province of this article to give a history of the county press or mention of the various journalists identified therewith, it is fitting to here give a brief outline of one of the oldest and most popular newspapers of northern Indiana, together with a short review of the man who now occupies the editorial sanctum, and whose efforts have advanced it to its present influence among the local sheets of the state. The Columbia City Post has had a continuous existence since 1853 and from that time to the present has maintained an unquestionable reputation of being one of the leading political influences not only in the county of Whitley, but throughout this entire part of the commonwealth.

In July, fifty-three years ago, Joseph A. Berry began the publication of a Democratic party organ under the name of "The Pioneer." It was a small sheet, decidedly outspoken in sentiment, and the probability is that the proprietor was paid sufficiently well to enable him to issue a vigorous party organ at a time when the sentiment of the county would hardly justify the business wisdom of such a venture. Mr. Berry continued the publication during the ensuing three years, the circulation attaining about four hundred. The enterprise not meeting the editor's financial expectations, nor proving entirely satisfactory to some of its patrons by reason of its strong bias towards the Free Soil doctrine, it was sold in August, 1X5(1. to P. W. Hardesty, a newspaper man of considerable experience, under whose management 11 soon advanced in public favor. It waspurchased in 1858 by I. B. Mc- Donald, who turned over the editorial management to F. L. and W. C. Graves. In 185c) Mr. McDonald and C. W. Graves became editors, with S. H. Hill publisher. The following- year E. Zimmerman bought an interest, succeeding Mr. Hill as publisher. Mr. McDonald then bought the "Jeffersonian" and merged the two papers into one, the "Columbia City News." At the outbreak of the Civil war Mr. McDonald enlisted and turned the paper over to his partners, though still retaining a business interest. In 1864 E. Zimmerman transferred his interest to Frank Zimmerman, Mr. McDonald resigning his military commission to resume the editorial chair. The paper passed into the hands of Eli W. Brown in 1865, who changed the name to the "Columbia City Post." In 1867 a power press was installed, the equipment improved throughout and the paper enlarged to meet the growing demand. John W. Adams purchased an interest in April, 1879, and assisted in managing and conducting the paper. In April, 1 88 1, Mr. Adams became sole owner, and as such has since continued. While an exponent of orthodox Democracy and never swerving in his loyalty to the principles of the party, his aim has been to publish a clean, dignified family paper, filled with the latest general news together with the interesting local happenings of his own city and county. The Post is worthy of popular favor and to this end he spares no reasonable effort or expense, thus making- its columns vibrate with the public pulse and reflect the current thought of the age.

John Wilson Adams is a native of Whitley county and the son of John O. and Christina Adams, the father born in Ireland, the mother in Columbiana county, Ohio, being of Irish and Scotch blood respectively. They lived for a number of years on a farm in

Thorncreek township, and it was there that his birth occurred October 13, 1856. After attending the schools of Columbia City he entered the Northern Indiana Normal University at Valparaiso, where he prosecuted his studies with the object of fitting himself for the varied duties which he was to encounter in the greater school of practical life.

Mr. Adams was married August 22. 1883, to Miss Sophia D. Collins, the union resulting in the birth of three children : Donald C, James D., and John 0. As a citizen and neighbor he is highly esteemed, being interested in the progress and general prosperity of his city, faithfully performing the duties of citizenship and discharging with commendable fidelity every trust reposed in him by his fellowmen.

Cyrus Henry Reiser

Cyrus Henry Reiser, a prominent farmer of Richland township, was born in Portage county, Ohio, March 13, 1848, and is the son of Andrew and Margaret (Markle) Reiser. Andrew was a native of Pennsylvania and the son of Jacob, who lived some time in Ohio, but removed to Indiana about 1835, settling in Columbia township, and secured two hundred acres of land on which he lived till death. Margaret Markle was born in Germany and came to this country when about twelve years of age with her father, John Markle, who remained in Portage countv, Ohio, until the close of his life. Andrew and Margaret were married in Portage countv, Ohio, where they remained a number of years, but came to Indiana in 1850 and settled in Columbia township, remaining there until their respective deaths, that of the mother occurring in 1875, f°l" lowed by the father in 1885. They were exemplary members of the Lutheran church and were the parents of five children : Cyrus ; John, living in Rosciusko county, Indiana ; Mary, living in Iowa ; Lovina and Sarah, both deceased in infancy. Cyrus H. Reiser was two years old when his parents moved to Whitley county and has remained here continuously to the present time. He grew to manhood on the home farm, assisting in the labors and receiving the benefit of the common schools. March 14, 1872, .he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Sarah Ann (Wise) Brown, who was born in Stark county, Ohio, November 20, 1850. Mrs. Reiser began to teach at the age of seventeen and taught in the Whitley county schools for six years. Her parents were natives of Ohio, and came to Columbia township in 1852, where they continued to live till death, that of the wife occurring in 1854 and of the husband in 1887. Ten children were born to them: Eli and Harriet, both deceased ; Eliza ; Lucetta, deceased ; Josiah ; Theophilus, deceased ; Sarah Ann ; Peter: and Franklin, deceased.

Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Riser: Dora Alice, who died in early childhood; Otto L., who married Jessie A. Lower, lives in Troy township and has one child, Almeda Genevive; Leona L., at home. The first farm owned by Mr. Riser was in Troy township, but in 1900 they purchased one hundred and fifty-nine acres in Richland township, nn which they still live. This is the Lvsander Toslin homestead, the former owner making the principal improvements, including the house. It lies five miles northwest of Columbia City near the village of Lorane. The farm is productive, well improved in every way and is a desirable and pleasant home. In addition to general farming, considerable attention is given to stock, thoroughbreds being kept in the line of hogs, cattle and horses. Mr. Keiser is a Democrat and has served the public as ditch commissioner for several years. He has been a successful agent of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company and continues to give the business a part of his time. Mrs. Keiser is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Keiser is of social disposition and enjoys a game of baseball.

Isaiah W. Johnston

A pioneer farmer, he is descended from a long line of pioneer farmers, who took part in rescuing Ohio and Indiana from the primeval wilderness in which they were clothed when the first settlers arrived from the east. James Johnston, the founder of the western branch of the family, who was one of the early settlers of Ohio, married Elizabeth Yost, by whom he had six children : John, William, George, James, Mary and Eliza. The first three emigrated to Iowa and spent their lives in that then distant territory. Mary and Eliza are still living in Ohio. James, the fourth son, was married to Rachel Wells in Morrow county, Ohio, removed to Indiana in 1837, but after a year returned to his old home. After three years he removed to Shelby county, Ohio, remained there until April, 1845, and then came to Whitley county, where he bought a tract of land in Thorncreek township, on which he lived until his death from consumption in February, 1861. His wife was born in Pennsylvania, her parents being Isaiah and Elizabeth Wells, who removed to Ohio at a very early day and cultivated a farm. He came to Thorncreek township in 1837 and bought a larg-e tract of land but afterward sold this property and returned to Ohio, where he died. He had four children : Rachel, Catherine, Elizabeth and Hannah. James and Rachel (Wells) Johnston had twelve children : Hannah Jane, deceased, Catherine, wife of Alex Wygant, of Noble county. Mary Ann, deceased. Isaiah, William, a resident of Whitley county, James lives on the old home place in Thorncreek. John, deceased, George, a resident of Noble county, Sarah, deceased, Martha, widow of John Hill, Andrew, living in Noble county, Elizabeth, wife of Cornelius Rerrick, a resident of California.

Isaiah W. Johnston, fourth in order in the foregoing list, was born in Morrow county, Ohio, December 10, 1835. He was fourteen years old before he opened a schoolbook and obtained but a meager education in the poor schools of those days. He remained with his father on the farm until he reached his twenty-fifth year. In 1861, he was married to Mary King, who was a native of Virginia and who died in 1868. By this union there was one child, John, who died in childhood. In 1869 Mr. Johnston married Susan Scott, who was born in Logan county, Ohio, December 13, 1847, daughter of Samuel and Phoebe (Arahood) Scott. Samuel Scott, a son of John Scott, was a native of Madison county, Ohio, and his wife of Logan county. They came to Indiana in an early day. but three years later returned to Ohio. In 1864 they came back to Indiana, where he died at Larwill March 29, 1875, and his wife died with Mrs. Johnston September 28, 1891. They had five children : Mary, Sarah, John, who are dead ; Sylvester, who lives in Larwill, Indiana; and Mrs. Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston have had three daughters : Philena L. married Lewis Wolf, a farmer of Noble county, and they have eight children: Benjamin, Bessie, Everett. Ellery. Harry, Gertie, Arlow and Herbert. She died October 9, 1906. Effie married John Pontzius, and they live with her parents, he operating the farm. Zona Iona died at thirteen of typhoid fever. After his marriage in 1861, Mr. Johnston settled on a part of his father's estate, where he has ever since lived. At the time he was contented with a hewed log house, but as he prospered he felt the need of a better home and some years ago built a comfortable frame structure. The place contains ninetyeight acres of good farming land, which is well improved and has a suitable barn and other outbuildings. He and his wife are members of the Christian church and he is also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, by right of long and arduous service as a soldier in the army of the Union during the Civil war. October 22, 1862, he enlisted in the Twenty-fourth Indiana Battery and served faithfully as gunner until discharged August 3, 1865. He took part in the following battles and minor engagements : Horse Shoe and Marrowbone, Kentucky, July 22, 1863. Philadelphia and Sweetwater, Tennessee, October 21, 1863,

Camp Bell, Tennessee, November 16, 1863, Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee, Novmber 17, 1863, Talbert Station, Tennessee, December 29. 1863. He went through the famous campaign of Sherman from Dalton to Atlanta and fought at Resaca, May 13, Dallas, Georgia, May 25 to June 4, Siege of Atlanta, July 22-28 to September 2, 1864. His battery was sent with the forces after Hood, whose army he helped destroy at Nashville and Franklin, after which he was ordered to Louisville. This battery contained six guns, Mr. Johnston being gunner and promoted from the third to the first section. It was commanded mainly by Captain Alexander Hardy, of Logansport. Mr. Johnston has photographs of his gun and its quota of men taken on the Atlanta battlefield. He is a member of English Post, G. A. R. at Etna.

William M. Hughes

William M. Hughes, a representative of one of the old and prominent families of Whitley county, was born in Columbia City, February 10, 1850, being a son of Charles W. and Mary (Davis) Hughes. He is a native of Virginia and she of Ohio. Charles Hughes came to Indiana in 1842, settling in Columbia township, where he purchased and cleared eig-hty acres of land, to which he added until at his death, in 1864, he was the owner of four hundred and fifty acres, one hundred and thirteen acres of which were in cultivation, the rest consisting of timber and pasturage. In addition to becoming- one of the leading fanners of the county he also took a leading part as a Re- publican in political and public affairs. He was appointed auditor of the county in 1844. then served three years as probate judge and in 1847 "a> elected county treasurer, which office he tilled for two terms. In 1856 he was elected county recorder, and during the Civil war was provost marshal for Whitley county, in all of which positions he displayed ability and conducted them so as to gain unqualified respect and approval. Retiring from public life he turned his attention to stock dealing, which with the management of his farm and large private interests occupied his time until the close of his earthly career. His widow, who is still living at the ripe old age of eighty-seven, makes her home with her son on the old homestead just north of Columbia City. Charles and Mary Hughes had three children : Martha Jane. wife of a Mr. Bainbridge. a merchant of Columbia City, both now deceased : Sarah Virginia, widow of Samuel Graham, resides in Chicago ; and William M.

William M. Hughes was reared on his present farm, attended the public schools of Columbia City and on attaining- his majority decided to continue in the same line to which he was accustomed. He has always lived on the family homestead, which now belongs to him, containing one hundred and twenty-five acres, and which by proper attention to details is kept in a highly fertile condition. The Hughes residence, built in 1858, is a large, roomy house, standing on a rise of ground affording a fine view of the surrounding country, including the city. Mr. Hughes is a Republican, but acting on advice of his father has refrained from public aspirations. Fraternally his connections are with the Masonic order.

wife of Air. Hughes in 1872, is a native of Ohio, from which state her parents moved to Whitley county in 1864. Her father, Benjamin Yontz, was a prosperous farmer and praiseworthy citizen, and her brother Franklin Yontz, served with credit during the rebellion as a member of the Forty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Infantry. Air. and Airs. Hughes are the parents of the following children : Charles Wesley, city electrician of Joliet, Illinois : Virginia, wife of Charles White, of Whitley county; and Mary, at home.

Richard M. Paige

Richard M. Paig"e, deceased, was born in Chemung county. New York, May 4, 1823, and died March 1, 1897, surviving his brother Jedediah but two weeks. He was one of the twelve children of Rufus W. A. and Jane (Middaugh) Paige, he born in Massachusetts in 1790 and she in New Jersey in 1803. In 1837 he settled in Holmes county. Ohio, where he practiced medicine some six years, removing to Whitley county in 1843 and entering a half section of land two miles east of the county seat on Eel river. He practiced somewhat until his death in 1863. surviving his wife but a few months. Of the twelve children but one survives, Matilda, wife of John Head, of the state of Washington. Seven sons reached maturity. Richard being' the only one to raise a family in Whitley county. Four went to California, but one of whom. Jedediah, ever returned, he dying about one year later, aged sixty-eight. Three daughters remained in this county. Jeannette becoming the wife of Elijah De Pen, her daughter Marv being a

Mrs. Alexander, of Warren, Indiana. Jerusha married William Rouch and occupied the old homestead, her surviving daughter being Lulu, wife of Herder Schrader, of Allen county. Melissa was the wife of John McNamara, her only son, Charles, surviving. Richard M. Paige became the owner of a fine farm of over five hundred acres bordering Eel river in Union township, upon which he, about forty years since, erected a large square brick house, which continued his home till the close of life. He was an extensive and prosperous farmer, becoming one of the substantial men of the county. September 6, 1855, he married Phylura A. Lighttizer, born in Wayne county, Ohio, May 24, 1834, and who at ten years of age came to Whitley county with her parents, Joseph and Jane (Morehead) Lighttizer. Her father died in 1856, her mother ten years later. Of their five children these are now living: George, of Pierceton, Indiana, and Delphna Bump, of Whitley county. The children of Richard M. Paige and wife were: Catherine E., who married Henry Schrader and died at thirty-three ; Almira A., who is with her mother, was a teacher, including two years in the College of the Church of God at Findlay, Ohio; Richard A. is a farmer of Washington township: John S. is in Union township: Simeon Jedediah; Ida E.. died at eighteen, and Russell M. at eight, Phebe E. at twenty-two and Phylura Elma at twenty-three. Both the latter were teachers.

Mr. Paige was county commissioner for six years and is remembered as a stanch Democratic worker. Himself and wife were members of the Oak Grove Church of God for many years and few men were more

Simeon Jedediah Paige was born in 1867 and attended the Columbia City high school as well as the Northern Indiana Normal University at Valparaiso. During the ensuing eleven years he taught in the public schools, but not caring to make education his life work, he discontinued teaching and after traveling one year as a salesman of office furniture rented the home farm for three years. He then bought one hundred and two acres of fine land in Cleveland township and on this lived for eight years, making many substantial improvements. He leased the farm and three years later disposed of it and proceeded to develop an eighty-acre tract which he has since brought to a high state of tillage and otherwise improved. His place is in one of the most fertile parts of Union township near the old homestead.

Mr. Paige in 1S84 entered the marriage relation with Miss Laura Everhard, whose parents came to Whitley county from Germany, four children resulting from the union : Russell, Katie. Melba and Ralph. Mr. Paige and wife belong to the Patrons of Husbandry and both are zealous and consistent members of the Church of God. Politicallv he is a Democrat.

Hugo Logan

22. 1862, and is the son of Robert and Luanda E. (Clark) Logan. His paternal grandparents were Charles and Rosana (Mc- - Jarra) Logan, the former of whom was an Irishman who crossed the ocean about 1796 and settled on a farm in Pennsylvania. Later he removed to Trumbull county. Ohio, where he died. His five children are now all deceased. Robert Logan and wife were married in Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1857 and spent the remainder of their lives upon a farm in that county, the father dying in June, 1902, and his wife March 3, 1897. She was the daughter of David Clark, a native of New Haven, Connecticut, who had six children.

Hugo Logan attended the common schools of Trumbull county, in 1880 graduated at Grand River Institute, Austinburg, Ohio, and later took a classical course in Western Reserve College at Hudson, Ohio. In the fall of 1882 he entered the employ of the Nickel Plate Railroad as clerk in the motive power department and one year later became a locomotive fireman. In 1887 he was promoted to the position of engineer and for ten years was in constant service at the throttle. Impaired health demanding that he leave the road, he again became a tiller of the soil. He was united in marriage with Miss Lesta E. Emerson, the daughter of Milton B. and Elizabeth (Scott) Emerson, and born in Whitley county, September 7, 1869. They have three children : Rheua; Walter E., who was killed by a train when two years of age, and Boyd H. Mr. Logan deals considerably in real estate and served as trustee of Cleveland township four years. Me was recently elected county clerk, winning easily in a county normally safely Democratic, and enters the office January 1, 1908. He is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Masons. He and wife are members of the Pythian Sisters and Daughters of Rebekah. Mrs. Logan is a member of the Eastern Star, while her religious affiliations are with the Methodist church. Mr. Logan is favored with many fine personal qualities, possessing to a marked degree the happy faculty of making warm and lasting attachments.

Isaac Brenneman

The family now under consideration hasenjoyed a varied and honorable experience and merits prominent mention in the history of this county. Isaac Brenneman, one of its most worthy representatives, is living a retired life in a beautiful home in South Whitley, enjoying the comforts and many luxuries of the land and surrounded by a host of friends. He was born in Champaign county, Ohio, January 13, 1844, and is the son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Rush) Brenneman, both natives of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where they lived until they came to Ohio and settled in Champaign county, where they engaged in farming until 1 85 1, when they moved to Whitley county and settled in Columbia township on a farm, where they remained until the end of their lives, the death of the wife occurring in 1866 and that of the husband in 1876. Both were members of the Baptist church, devoted and faithful in service and liberal in support. To them were born twelve children : John, Barbara, Catherine, Davis R. and Elizabeth, all deceased ; Abraham, living in Leesburg, Indiana ; Mary, deceased ; Fanny, living in Iowa ; Henry, a soldier, died in 1863; Isaac, subject of this sketch; Levi, living in Chicago; Benjamin F.. a resident of Columbia City. Isaac was six years old when he came with his parents to Whitley county and, except during his military service, has since been a continuous resident of the county. In 1864, he enlisted in Company A, Thirteenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Tenth Corps, participating in the battle of Fort Fisher and serving to the close of the war. On being discharged he returned home and engaged in the sawmill business for a couple of years with his brother David. Following this he farmed three years and then removed to Columbia City, entering the grocery business, which he conducted very successfully for fifteen years. In 1893 he moved to South Whitley and ag'ain invested in the grocery business, in which he continued for four years, then secured gravel pit interests, in the working of which he rounded out his career, as he is now practically retired. In 1867 he united in marriage with Margaret, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Schwartz, born in Stark county. Ohio, in 1844. The parents were natives of Pennsylvania but moved to Ohio, where they remained until their deaths. Twelve children were born to them.

Mr. and Mrs. Brenneman have had three children: Oda Alice, deceased in infancy; E. O. died in his twenty-fifth year; the third died in infancy unnamed. In politics Mr. Brenneman is a Republican and has always taken an active interest in local matters. While in Columbia City he was a member of the town council and is now serving as councilman in South Whitley. He is also a member of William Cuppy Post, No. 195, Grand Army of the Republic, at South Whitley. Mr. and Mrs. Brenneman are members of the Baptist church. Their home is one of the most beautiful in South Whitley, the house being noted as the only one in the county built of building tile, consisting of nine rooms, with all modern conveniences.

William V. Hathaway

Among the many prosperous farmers of Whitley county, who date back to the war times, few have done more hard work and none have achieved more creditable results with the means at his disposal than he whose name heads this sketch. It was more than sixty years ago that his parents, Thomas and Melinda (Main) Hathaway, left their old home in Ohio to carve out a new one in the wilds of Indiana. Born in Ohio, January 25, 1845, William V. Hathaway was only eighteen months old when his father settled in Whitley county. He learned all about hard work as he grew up and was the principal factor in clearing the land on which the family made a living for some years after their settlement. In the course of time Mr. Hathaway found himself in possession of a good farm, consisting of one hundred and fifty acres of land, two-thirds of which is under cultivation. Mr. Hathaway de- serves all the credit for this, as he has done man}- a hard day's work, to say nothing of careful management and good judgment, to get his home place in its present condition. His farm is located about seven miles from South Whitley and is regarded as one of the best of its size in that section. He has made all the improvements the place contains and has also done most of the clearing. Besides general farming, which includes raising all the standard crops of this section, he keeps considerable live stock in the shape of hogs, sheep and cattle. He is an enterprising man, ready to support all good causes and public enterprises, and as an allaround fanner has been a success. His political affiliations have always been with the Democratic party and he has received several local honors at the hands of the voters, having been elected supervisor and assessor of the township. He stands well in the community, has many friends and is associated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at South Whitley.

January 24, 1869, Mr. Hathaway married Mary E., daughter of Philip and Trythena (Jones) Ward, farmers who came from Ohio at an early day and are long since dead. Mr. and Mrs. Hathaway have six children: Cora, wife of Chester Rollins; Clinton, a resident of Warsaw; Alice, who lives at home: Charles, a fanner of Richland township; Bertha, wife of Fred Kist; and Alma, at home. February 11. [865, Mr. Hathaway enlisted in Company I. One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Regiment. Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until the end of the war. He took part in a few skirmishes, but saw no hard sen-ice.

Albert D. Webster

Though most of what are called the early pioneers of Indiana have long since passed to their rest, occasionally may be found lingering at an advanced age venerable relics of a period that has gone never to return. One of these aged men, now ninety-two years old, whose life has covered Indiana's entire growth as a state, may be met with in the person of Albert Webster, who makes his home with his son in Richland township. During the second quarter of the nineteenth century he came to Indiana from his native state of Pennsylvania and after temporary residence in other places, located in Whitley county in 1850. He married Sarah Elliott, settled on a farm in Richland township and devoted himself to agricultural pursuits until his retirement from active business some yeari ago. Albert D. Webster, son of this pioneer, was born in Union county, Indiana, August 3. 1845, and was a child of five years when his parents became residents of Whitley county. He grew up on this farmin the woods and did has part in the hard task of g-rubbing and clearing so as to make it fit for agricultural purposes. He lived in a cabin for several years and underwent all the trials incident to such a life, but finally found himself triumphant over natural difficulties and the owner of a valuable and productive piece of real estate. He has always been a farmer as his main business, but in early life worked occasionally at the plasterer's trade. At present Mr. Webster owns a farm of two hundred and forty acres, one hundred and seventy-five of which are under cultivation. The place contains some valuable timber and lias been greatly improved in recent years under the industrious management of Air. Webster. He is fond of fine stock and the visitor is shown an excellent flock of Oxforddown sheep. He is regarded as one of the successful farmers of the county and has well deserved all that has come to him during the arduous work of the last half century. He belongs to no fraternal order, but is a member of the Christian church at Booneville, Indiana. Air. 'Webster has never married but, as stated above, is taking care of his venerable father and always has a warm welcome for the friends who visit him at his hospitable home.

A. L. Lancaster

The family of this name is traced through a very honorable and substantial genealogy to the stanchest English yeomanry. The original home of the ancestors of the American branch was Lancashire, England, and when the emigrant founder came over and settled in Pennsylvania they identified themselves historically with the Keystone state by giving their name to the county of Lancaster. Early in the nineteenth century we hear of a descendant of these Pennsylvania pioneers in the person of Rex Lancaster, who had found his way to North Carolina, where he married Pharibe Henbv, and later settled in AYayne county, Indiana. His children were Wright, Charles, Thomas, William H. and Mary J. William, the fourth of the children above mentioned, was born in Wayne county, September 22, 1824. He came to Whitley county, where he bought three hundred acres of land, but eventually increased his holdings until at one time he had one thousand acres. He settled in the woods and in two weeks had a cabin built, in which he lived eleven years, and in i860 erected the house now found on this farm. He followed general farming and stock raising and met with success in his pursuits. He was a member of the Christian church, a Republican in politics and served two terms as township trustee. He married Mary A. Scarce, who bore him six children : A. L-. subject of this sketch; Thomas A., a physician of Los Angeles, California; Melvin E., a resident of Eldorado Springs, Missouri ; Franklin H., a fanner of Richland township; W. E., also a farmer of Richland township ; and Ida B., wife of Charles Combs, of South Whitley. The father died in 1902.

A. L. Lancaster, eldest of his father's children, was born in Wayne count}-. Indiana. January 8, 1849. He grew up on the farm and during his entire life has followed agricultural pursuits. He has worked hard, managed well and has met with a reasonable amount of success, which leaves him considerably ahead on the right side of the ledg'er. At the present time he owns two hundred and eighty acres of land in Richland township, of which two hundred are under cultivation. He has made a number of improvements on his place and greatly added to its value since he became the owner. He is a general fanner, raising the ordinary crops and live stock, but makes a special of Duroc-Jersey hogs. He is a Democrat in politics, but has neither sought nor held office. In 1872 Mr. Lancaster married Nancy C, daughter of Martin and Lucretia (Dye)

.Mann, the former a Pennsylvanian by birth. who settled in Ohio at an early day. Marrying in the last named state, they eventually removed to Whitley county and settled at G 'llanier. where their deaths occurred respectively in 1874 and 1867. Their four children were John, Louis, Andrew, and Nancy C. Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster have five children : Addie B., wife of William Landsdown, a carpenter of South Whitley; Erie A., who married Daisy Cullimore and lives at South Whitley; Otis H., who married Oddie Biddle and lives on his father's farm ; Robert C. ; and Russell, who still remains at home. Mrs. Lancaster is a member of the Christian church.

Henry Norris

The founder of the Whitley county family of this name was of English descent, the emigrant ancestor having come over before the Revolutionary war, and subsequently was wounded while fighting in one of the battles for independence. After the conclusion of hostilities, he settled in Virginia near Winchester and there his son William was bom in 1 797! After growing up he married Margaret McCoy, born in Virginia in 1803, and some years later located in Coshocton county, Ohio, of which section he became oik- of the early settlers. In 1843, the parents removed with their family to Whitley county and bought two hundred and twenty-five .acres of land in Richland township. This location was one mile east hi" \\ hit ley road, in section 22. and here they spent their lives in the occupation of farming until their respective deaths in 1872 and 1879. This couple had fourteen children, of whom four are living: Henry, William J., Mrs. Elizabeth J. Hitchcock, and Margaret, wife of Jacob Gerhart, a resident of Illinois.

Henry Norris, eldest of the surviving children, was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, February 1, 1837. He grew up on the farm and lived at the old place for a number of years after the death of his parents. In 1897 he took possession of the farm in section 5 in Richland township, where he is now residing. The place consists of two hundred acres, of which one hundred and eighty are under cultivation, and Mr. Norris has made many improvements. In fact, he is one of the progressive and up-to-date fanners of Whitley county, understanding the importance of rotating his crops, keeping the land fertilized and other methods which bespeak the well informed agriculturist. Mr. Norris raises Shorthorn cattle, Poland-China hogs and other valuable live stock, the feeding of which has proved profitable. Mr. Norris is a publicspirited man. does his full share in developing his community and can always be depended upon to support worthy causes. He is a Republican in politics and served a while as county commissioner. In February, 1865. Mr. Norris enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Fifty-second Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until September of the same year with the Union forces in the Shenandoah valley, reaching the position of corporal of his company.

dents of that state until death. By this union there were seven children : John S. ; .Francis E., wife of Samuel Griffith, who lives at Etna Green, Indiana ; Delila, deceased; Winnie M., deceased in early life; Alice M., struck by a railroad train and killed while crossing the track; Marcus married Myrtle Martin and lives on his father's farm ; Lottie died at the age of nineteen. In 1895 Mr. Norris was married a second time to Jennie E., daughter of James Cor- who is his present wife. He is a member of the Baptist church and of the Grand Army of the Republic at South Whitley.

Newton F. Watson

The emigrant ancestor of the Whitley county family of this name was James Watson, a native of Ireland, who came over during' the latter half of the eighteenth century and settled in Maryland. He married there and reared a family, with whom he emigrated to Ohio and located in the vicinity of Columbus. Thomas Watson, one of the sons, after growing up became a resident of Fairfeld county, where he obtained success in agricultural pursuits. He had several children and among them a son named Eli, who was born in Fairfield county, January 14, 1826. After growing" up he married Amanda Hare, of German descent, with whom he emigrated to Indiana and settled in Whitley county, when it was still a wild and but little improved section of the state. He bought land in Jefferson township and went through all the ''agony and bloody sweat" incident to the clearing and improving of the same. He not only achieved success as a farmer, but rose to local influence as a leader first in the Whig and afterwards in the Republican party. His religious affiliations were with the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was not only an active member but a generous contributor to the local congregation. Altogether he was a most excellent citizen in every way. esteemed during life and at the time of his death, April 17, 1899, had accumulated a handsome estate, consisting of a fine farm of two hundred and forty acres and other property. He had four children : Thomas D., a prosperous farmer of Jefferson township; Newton F., the subject of this sketch; Jacob B., who died at the age of twenty years; and William M., who also died in early manhood. Newton F. Watson, second in the above list, was born in Whitley county, Indiana, October 26, 1859. His early training was that of a farm boy and he profited by it in the acquisition of those industrious habits and knowledge of practical affairs so useful in after life. In early manhood he removed to Kansas and spent six vears there as a resident of Gray county. From his boyhood he manifested a taste and interest in politics and had always been an active supporter of Republican policies, as well as a leader in the affairs of his party. He served one term as clerk of Gray county, but later determined to return to his old home, which offered better opportunities for the prosecution of his business and political ambitions. He became the owner by inheritance of the old home place in Jefferson township, but since taking possession has doubled the original amount of land and now has two hundred and fiftv-four acres.

the larger part of which is under cultivation. He lias greatly improved the estate in every way, as is attested by the commodi< 'us brick residence, good barn and other outbuildings, well kept lawn and up-to-date fencing, ditching and tiling. He carries on general farming and stock raising and is admitted to be one of the progressive and prosperous farmers of the county. His general popularity and influence is shown by the fact that in 1904 he was elected as joint representative from his district in the state legislature and received the endorsement of a re-election on the Republican ticket in the fall of 1906, being his own successor. He was an industrious and painstaking member of the law-making body and bore a part in the important legislation that emanated from the session of 1904-05. His fraternal relations are with the Dunfee Lodge, No. 765, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In 1884 Mr. Watson married Miss Charlotte, daughter of Michel Kiser, of Jefferson township, but has no children.

Isaac M. Harshbarger

The gentleman whose name introduces this memoir stands well to the front among the leading farmers and stock raisers of Whitley canity and as a neighbor and citizen his actions and influence have ever tended to the advancement of the community and welfare of those with whom he has mingled. Isaac M. TIarshbarger was born at Hillsbfiniugli, Highland county, Ohio, in 1850. Ilis father, Daniel Harshbarger, was bom in Pennsylvania in 1823 and six years later went to Fairfield county, Ohio, where he married Anna A. Holliday, whose parents emigrated from England to the Lmited States in an early day and settled in the Buckeye state. About the year 1856 Daniel Harshbarger moved his family to Whitley county, Indiana, from which time until his death in 1894 he was a successful farmer and representative citizen of Cleveland township, where in addition to the pursuit of agriculture he devoted considerable time to plastering and bricklaying', both of which trades he mastered when a woung man. At the time of his death he owned a well improved farm of one hundred and ten acres,, besides valuable personal property, all of which represented the labor of his own hands and brain. He was long a zealous and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a Republican in politics, though never an active partisan. Daniel and Anna A. Harshbarger reared a family of thirteen children, all but one of whomare living, their names being as follows : Elizabeth, deceased; I. M., Man'. John W., Thomas S., Eliza, Ellen, W. E.. Lydia, Harriet, Lincoln, Huldah and Mark.

The early life of Isaac M. Harshbarger was without noteworthy incidents. On attaining his majority he turned his attention to agriculture, which calling he has since followed with success. In 1871 he married Miss Amanda, daughter of Fred and Susan (Jenkins) Pence, the father a Virginian by birth and an early settler of Champaign county, Ohio, where he resided until his removal to Whitley county, Indiana, in 1852. purchasing the farm in South Whitley township which his son now owns. In 1882 he changed his residence to South Whitley, where he lived in retirement during the remainder of his days, departing this life in 1897, his wife having died in 1891, after bearing him eleven children. Mr. Harshbarger's farm, consisting of one hundred and nineteen acres of fertile soil, is situated two and one-half miles south of South Whitley and contains some of the best improvements in the community. Eighty acres are under cultivation, the remainder being devoted to pasturage. Mr. Harshbarger has not been sparing of his means in improving and making his place pleasing and attractive. His dwelling is a commodious, modern structure, well supplied with the conveniences and comforts which render rural life desirable and the larg'e barn constructed after the most convenient 'plans affords ample shelter and protection to the fine domestic animals with which the farm is stocked. Mr. Harshbarger devotes considerable attention to the breeding and raising of fine live stock, especially shorthorn cattle and Chester White hogs, of which he keeps large numbers. He also takes pride in his horses, which he raises for general purposes and through his efforts a general interest in the value of improved stock has been aroused among his neighbors and throughout the community. Mr. and Mrs. Harshbarger have had three children : Etta, deceased ; Fred, whose biography appears elsewhere in these pages ; and Eva, who is still a member of the home circle. Mr. Harshbarger is a Republican, but in local affairs often votes for the best qualified candidate, regardless of party. With his wife he is a member of the United Brethren church and deeply interested in its work. To the best of his ability he has aided the progress of his township and county, faithfully performing the duties of citizenship and discharging with commendable fidelity eveiy trust reposed in him by his fellowmen.

Thomas M. Hughes

The above named is a well known citizen of Cleveland township, a leading fanner and an ex-soldier of the ence great army that is being' rapidly disintegrated by the remorseless hand of time. His ancestors were Welsh, his grandftaher, Richard Hughes, being a native of Wales, coming to America a number of years ago and settling in Pennsylvania. Nathan Hughes, son of Richard, was born in Greene county and married Isabelle, daughter of David Grimes, whose ancestors were among the early pioneers of Pennsylvania. Nathan Hughes moved to Ohio in an early day and there spent the remainder of his life, dying in 1839. Some time after his death, his widow came to Whitley county with her son, Thomas M., at whose home she passed from earth in 1871. The- family of Nathan and Isabelle Hughes consisted of three children : William G., David H. and Thomas M., the last named being the only survivor.

Thomas M. Hughes was born January 12, 1837. in Knox county, Ohio, and spent his childhood and youth in his native state, receiving his education in such schools as the country at that time afforded. When about sixteen years of age he came to Noble count}', Indiana, where he remained variously employed until the breaking out of the Civil war and in 1861 enlisted in the Thir- teenth Regiment, Indiana Infantry, with which he served three years, during the greater part of which time His regiment was attached to the Army of the Cumberland. He took part in all the campaigns and participated in a number of battles, among which were Stone River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga and Corinth, besides many minor engagements and skirmishes, in all of which he bore the part of a brave and gallant soldier, who shirked no responsibility nor hesitated to go where duty called. At the expiration of his period of enlistment, January 19, 1865, he was honorably discharged and immediately thereafter returned to Indiana and spent the -ensuing four years in Smith township. Whitley county. At the end of that time he engaged in the lumber business, which he on for several years in different parts of the county, moving his sawmill from place to place as circumstances required.

He finally disposed of his lumber interests in 1888, purchased land in Cleveland township and turned his attention to agriculture, which vocation he has since followed with gratifying financial results. At the present time he owns a fine farm of one hundred and ten acres, of which eighty are in cultivation, and his improvements, including buildings, fencing and drainage, are among the best in this part of the county. Mr. Hughes is a progressive farmer of advanced ideas, cultivates the soil according to the must approved methods and being a systematic manager, his labors have always redounded to his financial advantage, being at this time one of the well-to-do men of the township.

In 1867 Mr. Hughes was married to Miss Clara, daughter of William and Sarah ( Wolf) Cleland, the union being blessed with four children : Erne, wife of Ira Miller, a conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad ; Artie, wife of Roy Miller, an undertaker of South Whitley; Gertrude, who married Russel McConnell, of the same place ; and Fannie, wife of Clyde B. McConnell. who assists in operating the farm. Mr. Hughes is a pronounced Republican and has ever taken an active interest in party affairs. He served as sheriff of Whitley county from 1894 to 1896, besides being elected at different times to various minor offices, including the county advisory board, in which capacity his services were greatly appreciated. He belongs to Post No. 90, Grand Army of the Republic, at South Whitley and with his wife is a member of the Baptist church.

Benjamin Franklin Thompson

This enterprising farmer and public-spirited citizen is a native of Whitlev county, Indiana, born in Richland township December 22, 1859. His father, B. F. Thompson, a native of New York, went to Ohio and from there came to Whitley county, settling in Richland township in 1836. where he purchased land and in due time became one of the progressive farmers and leading citizens of the community. He married Matilda Rodebaugh. who bore him five children: Warren died in childhood: Benjamin F. : Augustus, a resident of Richland township: Elder, of South Bend: and Electa, deceased wife of A. P. Smith, of North

Manchester. The father, who died in 1898, was long one of the influential men of Whitley county, a leader of the local Democracy, and served eight years as a member of the board of county commissioners, besides holding different minor positions. In business matters he was more than ordinarily successful, owning at one time over twelve hundred acres of highly improved land, in addition to which he had other large interests. Benjamin F. Thompson, his second son, was reared and educated in the county of his birth and received the usual training of farm boys. After reaching his majority he became a farmer and has succeeded well in this calling.

Air. Thompson has a beautiful farm five miles from South Whitley, on which he has resided since 1886, making numerous improvements in the meantime and bringing his place to a high state of tillage. By a system of drainage, consisting of fifteen hundred rods of eight and twelve-inch tiling, the productiveness of his land has been greatly increased and by the judicious expenditure of no small sum of money in buildings and other improvements, he has added much to the beauty of the farm, making it one of the most attractive and desirable homes in the township. Of his one hundred and ninety acres, one hundred and twenty-five are under a successful state of cultivation, the rest consisting of pasture and woodland, and on the latter is a fine sugar orchard of six hundred maple trees, which yield every spring a large quantity of excellent syrup, the demand for which is always in excess of the supply. Like his father, Mr. Thompson is essentially a man of the people, with the best interests of his fellow citizens at heart, and from his youth has kept in touch with political and public matters, being one of the leading Democrats of his township and an influential factor in the counsels of his party. He is identified with the Masonic Order, belonging to the lodge at Larwill, his aim having, ever been to square his life according to the principles of the brotherhood and to exemplify in his relations with the world the high ideals which it inculcates.

In 1883 Mr. Thompson married Emma, daughter of Christie and Elizabeth (Roberts) Hayden. who were from Ohio and among the early pioneers of Whitley county, moving here in 1836. David, father of Christie Hayden, became one of the largest landowners and most successful farmers in this part of the state, his realty at one time amounting to thirteen hundred acres, the greatest part of which was improved under his direction and became quite valuable. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have a family of seven children : Hazel, Maurice, Karl. Ralph. Electa, Mary and Fred, all living and with their parents, constituting a happy and harmonious household.

Asher D. Hathaway

was bom June 17, 1838, in Knox county, Ohio, but since his seventh year has been a resident of Whitley county. His ancestors lived in Pennsylvania, of which state his grandfather, Joseph Hathaway, and his father. Thomas, were natives. Joseph Hathaway migrated with his family to Ohio, settling: near Mt. Vernon, Knox countv, where he died many years ago and it was there that Thomas Hathaway met and married Malinda Mann, who became the mother of twelve children, nine growing to maturity, eight still living. In 1846 Thomas Hathaw ay disposed of his interests in Ohio and moved to Whitley county, settling in Cleveland township, where he engaged in farming on leased land, subsequently purchasing a place of his own, on which he spent the remainder of his days, departing this life in 1858. his wife surviving until 1891. Asher D. Hathaway accompanied his parents on their removel to Indiana and in the woods of Cleveland township experienced many of the vicissitudes of pioneer life. He assisted his father and brothers in cultivating the farm and when not thus engaged spent much of his time in quest of wild game, with which the forests were infested, being an unerring shot and by means of his skill as a huntsman contributing largely to the family's bill of fare. He remained with his father until the latter's death and on attaining his majority began life for himself as a tiller of the soil, which vocation he has continued ever since, meeting with gratifying financial results and becoming the possessor of an excellent farm in Cleveland township, where he now resides. Mr. Hathaway's place, which contains one hundred and ninety acres of very productive land, eighty acres in Cleveland and the rest in Richland township, is situated about four miles northwest of South Whitley and is admirably adapted to general agriculture and stock raising, one hundred and fifty -five acres being tillable. A comfortable modern residence is a conspicuous feature of the farm, in addition to which there is a large and commodious barn, one of the best structures of the kind in the locality, the other buildings being in excellent condition, the improvements including a system of tile drainage, by means of which the soil has been greatly benefited and its productiveness increased.

In 1865 Mr. Hathaway married Elmira. daughter of Philip and Maria (Firestone) Carper, natives of Stark county, Ohio, who came to Indiana in 185 1 and settled on a farm in Cleveland township, where their respective deaths occurred a number of years later. Mr. and Mrs. Hathaway have three children : Carrie, wife of Mr. George Kyler. a farmer of Kosciusko county ; Alfred, on a farm near South Whitley ; and Sylvia, wife of John H. Rider, of Cleveland township, died July 7, 1905. Mr. Hathaway and wife are people of high social standing and enjoy in a marked degree the respect of their many friends and associates. He is an esteemed member of the Odd Fellows, belonging to Springfield Lodge, No. 213. Mrs. Hathaway is identified with the Christian church, manifests an interest in all the activities of the congregation and endeavors to make her life correspond with her profession as an earnest and sincere follower of the Master.

August 12, 1862, Mr. Hathaway enlisted in Company K, Eighty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, First Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, and served until the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Perryville. Stone River, Chickamauga. Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, took part in the Atlanta campaign and was with Sherman on his march to the sea. He was never wounded or taken prisoner and as

Alexander Goff

This gentleman was one of the loyal sons -of the north who, during the dark days of the rebellion, when the ship of state was stranded on the rugged rocks of disunion, turned his back to the pleasures of home, society and friends and went to the front to battle for his country and if necessary sacrifice his life upon the altar of duty, that the government might be preserved. Since then he has devoted his energies to the peaceful pursuits of civil life, with advantage both to himself and others. Alexander Goff was born in Jay county, Indiana, November 9, 1841, being the son of John and Susannah (Mann) Goff, both born in Pennsylvania. John Goff became a citizen of Indiana as early as 1830, settling in Jay county, where he followed farming until 1 85 1, when he disposed of his interests in that part of the state and changed his residence to Whitley county, purchasing the farm in Cleveland township now owned and occupied by his son. Mr. Goff improved the place and converted in into one of the best farms in the locality. He had eight children, six of whom grew to maturity, but at this time Alexander and Ruhena, who married John Smith, of Cleveland township, are the only survivors.

county. October 16, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Forty-fourth Regiment Indiana Infantry, with which he served until his discharge, May 26, 1S64, at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mr. Groff participated with his regiment in a number of engagements, receiving at Fort Donelson a wound which compelled him temporarily to quit the command. When his injury was healed he rejoined his regiment and remained at the front until discharged. Among the most important battles in which he was engaged were Shiloh ; siege of Corinth, where he was under fire the greater part of thirty days; Stone River, Perryville, Chickamauga, where he also received a painful wound, and other minor engagements and skirmishes, in all of which his conduct as a soldier was above reproach. On leaving the service Mr. Goff returned home and resumed fanning, meeting with gratifying success in his calling, besides achieving standing as an enterprising citizen. He owns an excellent farm of one hundred and fifteen acres, all but twenty-five of which are under cultivation and highly improved with substantial buildings, good farces and a thorough system of drainage. Mr. Goff resides in the village of Collamer, two miles west of South Whitlev, where he has a beautiful and attractive home. Though a Democrat, deeply interested in the success of his party, Mr. Goff is neither a politician nor office seeker, making even* other consideration subordinate to the useful life he leads as a tiller of the soil. In 1865 Mr. Goff married Jane, daughter of Nathan and Ruth (Radcliff) Williams, who bore him six children : Belle, wife of Levi Dohner; Heber, Fred. Jesse. Milo and Hollis, all married except Milo and Fred and doing well in their respective vocations. The mother of these children died in 1884 and in 1890 Mr. Guff entered the marriage relation with Mrs. Susan Ketrow, daughter of Allien and Ella (Thrush) Ramsey, natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania, respectively, the father dying in October, 1900, in Kosciusko county, and the mother in 1 894. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey were the parents of eleven children, one of whom died at the age of twenty-two years and one in infancy, the rest rearing families. By her marriage with Air. Ketrow, Mrs. Goff had three children: Calvin, Amanda, wife of Peter Wagoner, and Paris. Mr. Goff is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Grand Army of the Republic and Mrs. Goff is a member of the Christian church.

John P. Jackson

The ancestors of the Whitley county family of this name originated in New Jersey and the grandfather of John -P., Benjamin Jackson, had six children : David, Daniel. Benjamin, Harriet, Phoebe and Ziba. All of these are dead but some reached advanced ages, especially Phoebe Vennum, who was one hundred and four years old, her one hundredth birthday bein^ celebrated June 23, 1884, at Morrison, Illinois. David, the eldest, was married in New Jersey to Prudence Hathaway and with the rest of the family migrated to Knox county, Ohio, in 1814, where his father. Benjamin, died at the age of ninetyone and hi-- mother, Abigail (Mitchell) Jackson, at the age of eighty-four. In 1852

David brought his wife and children to Indiana and settled on a farm in Allen county, but in i860 removed to Whitley county to the present home of John P. and here he lived until his death in 1883, his wife having passed away in 1875. They had sixteen children, of whom only Mahlon and John P. are living, the others being Ira, Polly, Phoebe, Clarica, Electa, Abigail, Sarah, Daniel, David, Silas and three who died in infancy. Polly was the wife of John Potts and about 1850 came to Noble county, Indiana. Ira soon after settled near Laud. David also settled at Laud, so that when the family came these were already here.

John P. Jackson, youngest of this family, was born in Knox county, Ohio, November s, 1833. He accompanied his parents to Indiana and when twenty-two began working out by the month. In six years, by close saving and rigid economy, he had enough money to buy forty acres of land in Allen county, but later returned to live with his father and mother in Whitley county and remained with them until their deaths. He inherited the homestead now consisting of eighty-eight acres in Thorncreek township, four and a half miles northwest of Columbia City. As the result of careful management he now has a comfortable home as well as a valuable estate with a modemly constructed house, good bank barn and other conveniences. His farm is well drained, in a fine state of cultivation and is a desirable country home.

In 1858 Mr. Jackson was married to Catherine Komp, of Troy township, who died in 1881 after becoming the mother of eight children : Frank and Elizabeth, deceased; Frederick, in telephone work at

Fort Wayne; Lillie, wife of H. A. Rouch, of Nebraska ; Daniel, of Logansport, is a Pan Handle conductor; Chloe is a professional nurse in Chicago; Daisy, wife of Holten Longnecker, of Colorado; and Vern, a Pan Handle brakeman, was killed while on duty, aged twenty-two. In 1884 Mr. Jackson married Martha, daughter of Aaron B. Long, a native of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, who came to Indiana when eighteen years old and married Julia Crowl in Kosciusko county. Her mother, Elizabeth Coy, is still living at Syracuse, Indiana, at the age of ninety-seven years. Mrs. Martha (Long) Jackson was born in Kosciusko county, December 17, 1855. By his second marriage Mr. Jackson had seven children : Clarence, Jesse, Mearl (deceased), Floyd, Homer, Heber and Edith. The parents are members of Mission Chapel Baptist church. In 1864 Mr. Jackson enlisted in Company B, Thirteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until the end of the war, taking part in the battle of Fort Fisher and in numerous skirmishes. His service extended over one year, being discharged from a hospital on account of typhoid fever. Mr. Jackson is a Republican, though never an aspirant for public office.

Aaron Mishler

The family of which the subject is a worthy representative is an old and honorable one and wherever known the name has stood for sound intelligence, unbending rectitude and good citizenship. High ideals of dutv have also characterized the different

Aaron Mishler, son of Daniel and Cathrine Mishler. was born August 12, 1862. (For genealogy see sketch of Lewis Mishler.) Reared on a farm and spending his youth and childhood amid scenes and influences calculated to develop what was best in his nature, he early displayed those qualities which inspire confidence and afford proof of future activity and usefulness. Selecting agriculture for his vocation he devoted to it all his energies of body and mind and now in the prime of life easily ranks with the most enterprising farmers of Whitley county. Mr. Mishler's farm, containing one hundred and seventy-five acres of valuable land, lies about three and a half miles north of South Whitley and in the matter of improvements, cultivation and productiveness is admittedly one of the most beautiful estates in Cleveland township, the buildings being modem in consturction and the entire premises giving evidence of a competent management. On this farm are grown extensive crops of the grains and vegetables raised in northern Indiana, much of the product being fed to the fine blooded cattle and Duroc- Jersey hogs, of which the proprietor raises a large number. In his political views Mr. Mishler has always been a Republican. He has been a lifelong member of the German Baptist church and as such his influence has ever been on the side of morality and civic righteousness and his life an example of Christianity practically applied.

Miss Ella, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Reed) Kyler, since which time their domestic life has been agreeable and happy. Their hospitable home is a gathering place nf numerous friends and a model of domesticity and comfort, in which resides a silent strength that wields a powerful influence in purifying" and elevating the affairs of si iciety and the state. They have one child, Ethel, who is still with her parents.

Lewis Mishler

With the exception of three years, this prosperous fanner and representative citizen has been an honored resident of Whitley county since his birth, which occurred June 14, 1859, in the township of Cleveland, where he still lives. His father, Daniel Mishler, was born in Miami county, Ohio, in 1827 and came to northeastern Indiana many years ago, settling in Kosciusko county, where he became a successful farmer, later removing to Whitley county, where his death occurred in 1905. His wife, formerly Catherine Miller and also of Ohio, bore her husband eleven children: Phoebe. wife of Eewis Dayman, of Cleveland township; Lewis, subject of this sketch ; George, who resides in Nebraska: Aaron, a resident of Cleveland township; John D., of Rossville; Estie, deceased : Ira and three that died in infancy. Daniel Mishler was a man of sterling worth, a zealous member of the German Baptist church, and his influence in the community of his residence and elsewhere was ever on the side of morality and civic righteousness.

The early life of Lewis Mishler was spent on the farm and under wholesome parental influences. He developed while still quite young a well rounded character, which enabled him to lay correct plans for his future course of action. Reared a tiller of the soil, he has never departed from this vocation and since engaging in it for himself his progress has been rapid, his standing as a farmer and stock raiser at the present time being second to that of no other man in the county. Mr. Mishler has accumulated a handsome estate, owning three hundred and sixty-five acres, all but sixty-five of which are tillable and highly improved, eighty acres lying in the county of Kosciusko. It is as a breeder and raiser of fine live stock that he is most widely known, ranking among the foremost in this line, and devoting special attention to thoroughbred shorthorn cattle, Oxforddown sheep and superior breeds of swine. He has been liberal in expenditures for improvements, as is attested by his large and imposing modem residence, capacious barns and other buildings, also by his farm, the condition of every part of which bears evidence of the superior manner in which it has been cultivated and managed. Mr. Mishler is public spirited to the extent of lending" his influence to all enterprises having for their object the material advancement of his township and county.

He usually votes the Republican ticket, but is not a politician in the usual acceptation of that term. He is a member of the German Baptist church and as such has been the means of accomplishing much good in the community, his life being in harmony with the faith he professes.

In 1 88 1 Mr. Mishler was married to Miss Barbara, daughter of David and Sarah (Kreider) Arnett, and is the father of two children, Harley A. and Sarah C, both still members of the home circle. They lost two children in infancy. They adopted Tina Brooking, a three-year-old girl, whom they have - reared as their own and who is still living- with them.

Robert T. Smith

The present trustee and a well known farmer of Smith township, was bom in Wayne county, Ohio, November 6, 1861, and is the son of William and Sarah (Glover) Smith, the latter bom in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, and the former in Washington county, same state. William was the son of James Smith, also a native of Pennsylvania, who moved to Ohio in an early day and engaged in farming. He was married to Cazia McCulla and to this union eight children were born. William. Adam, Samuel, David, Margaret, Mary, Rebecca and Martha, all deceased. Sarah (Glover) Smith was born February 15, 1827, and is the daughter of James and Isabella (Thompson) Glover, both natives of Ireland and married in the old country. In 1820 they moved to Canada and later to Pennsylvania, where they spent their lives, seven children being born to them: William R., Rachel. Sarah, Isabel, Charles, James and Mary. William and Sarah Smith were married in Wayne count}-. Ohio, in 1847. where they engaged in agriculture and remained till the death of the husband, which occurred in 1864. The widow came to Indiana in 1881, since which time she has lived with her son Robert. She enjoys a membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. Eight children were bom of this union : David, deceased : William, living- in Indiana; Charles and Samuel, deceased ; George, living in Indiana; Francis D., living in Ohio; Frederick, living in Richland township, Whitley county ; Robert T. Mr. Smith has always followed agriculture as a means of livelihood and business. In 1896 he was married to Sarah Ellen, daughter of Eli and Catharine (Mowery) Mosher, bom in Whitley county, Indiana, August 29, 1865. The parents were early settlers in Whitley county and performed a liberal share in the development of the country, aiding in all enterprises of a beneficial nature. Mr. Mosher is at this time a citizen of Columbia City. He and wife had nine children: Adam B., Francis S. and Charles, deceased ; Michael H., Clara G., deceased; Abraham, Sarah E., Clarinda and Anna.

Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith : Clara I., Francis E. and Robert T. Mr. Smith is a Republican in politics and in 1905 was appointed to the office of trustee of the township, in which position he renders the public efficient and satisfactorv service. Mrs. Smith is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and devoted to its interests.

Charles E. Weybright

The news that one of its citizens was to be a deputy clerk of the supreme court during the next four years was pleasantly received in Columbia City, especially in Re- publican circles, owing to the recipient's active connection with the affairs of that party for some years past. Charles E. Weybright, the gentleman in question, who entered upon his new duties under Clerk Fitzpatrick on January 1, 1907, is a young man of popular manners, excellent education and good business qualifications, with a large capacity for making and holding friends. He was born September 8, 1875, in Washington township, Whitley county, Indiana. His parents, Martin B. and Mary E. (Smith) Weybright, were old settlers of Whitley county, the former coming here in 1837 and the latter in 1850. They were respectively natives of Montgomery and Wayne counties, Ohio, and were married after coming to Whitley county. The father died in September, 1899, but his widow still lives on the farm in Washington township, where she went to housekeeping as a bride more than half a century ago. This worthy pioneer couple became the parents of eight children : William H., now on the home farm ; Keziah, wife of Henry Benner; Belle, wife of John Faudree; Sherman E., clerk in the quartermaster general's office at Jeffersonville ; Nelson -and Allie, deceased; Charles E. and Harley. a resident of South Whitley. The parents were members of the Baptist church and the father became attached to the Republican party at its foundation. On coming tu Whitley county, he entered seventy acres of wild land, which he eventually improved into a valuable piece of property. Charles E. Weybright, seventh of the children in order of birth, had a yearning desire to obtain a good education from his earliest boyhood and as he had a natural adaptability his wish was gratified before he was called to enter into business affairs. Besides attendance at the common schools he had the benefit of one term at the Valparaiso Normal and one in 1896-98 at the Terre Haute State Normal. During this period and later he had ten years' experience as a teacher, four in the common schools and six in the graded schools at South Whitley. In 1903 Air. Weybright was appointed deputy in the office of County Auditor Charles E. Lancaster and retained that place until he resigned to assume his new duties at Indianapolis.

June 14, 1904, he was married at South Whitley to Miss Blanche, daughter of George and Ella Allen. Mr. Weybright is a member of the Knights of Pythias, of the County Officers' Association of Whitley county and for three years has been secretary of the Republican county central committee. Mrs. Weybright is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and popular in the social circles of Columbia City.

Hon. John W. Orndorf

This name, now so familiar throughout northeastern Indiana, was first heard of in this section of Allen county when George W. Orndorf settled on a farm in Lake township in 1846. He was successful in his business affairs and in 1876 removed to Churubusco, where he died a few years later in his seventy-second year. He married Eva Spinks, who bore him eight children, of whom John W. Orndorf was the fifth. He was born in Allen county, Indiana, February 9, 1854, and grew up on his father's place with the usual experience of farm boys. "This consisted in working during the summer and attending school in the winter, his -educational acquirements being supplemented later by one year's term at the select school in Churubusco. His first business venture was as a teacher in the schools of his native district, which occupation he followed for four consecutive terms, during this time attending the normal at Valparaiso and spending his vacations at work on the farm in the summer seasons. In the fall of 1877 he went south and remained there two years looking after some real-estate interests of his father. In the spring of 1879 he returned to Churubusco and accepted a position in a hardware store, owned by his father and William A. Geiger. After a year he joined his father in purchasing the Geiger interest, but disposed of it by a resale before the end of twelve months. In the spring of 1882 Mr. Orndorf was elected justice of the peace and after serving four years was admitted to the Whitley county bar, since which time he has been in active practice of the law at Churubusco. In July. 1887, he was appointed postmaster by President Harrison, served four years and acted a year as deputy prosecuting attorney under John C. Wigent. In 1886 he was candidate on the People's ticket for clerk of the county, but was defeated by Samuel P. Kaler by about three hundred votes. In the spring of 1906, Mr. Orndorf was nominated as a candidate of the Republican party for state senator from the district composed of Whitley and Huntington and was elected the ensuing November by a majority of three hundred and sixty-one votes, carrying "both counties. He has enjoyed other political honors, having been chosen delegate from the twelfth congressional district to the national convention which nominated Theodore Roosevelt for the presidency in 1904. He has also served in various state and county conventions of his party. In fact, he is easily the leading citizen of his community and one of the most prominent as well as most popular of Whitley county's public men. He is interested in lands in Whitley, Steuben and Noble counties and owns land in Kansas and South Dakota besides other valuable property. In April, 1906, he sold his law practice at Churubusco owing to pressure on his time arising from other duties, and his friends feel confident he will make a hard-working and influential member of the state senate.

In October, 1881, Mr. Orndorf was married to Miss Jennie, daughter of William G. and Nancy Hyatt, who were old settlers of Allen county. Mr. and Mrs. Orndorf have an only daughter, Miss Ila, and the family are welcome in the best social circles of the county. Mr. Orndorf is a member of the Masonic fraternity and with his wife and daughter also holds membership in the Eastern Star. Mrs. Orndorf is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and takes an active interest in the work.

Jonathan Ulrey

The Ulreys were amongst the early settlers of Pennsylvania, from which state Samuel Ulrey emigrated to Ohio as long ago as the year 1800, being among the daring pioneers who first penetrated the forests of the latter commonwealth to plant the standard of civilization in what was then the "far west." John S. Uulrey, son of Samuel, was born in Montgomery enmity. Ohio, in 1809, remained near the place of his birth until the year 1837 and then migrated to northern Indiana, settling on a farm in Wabash county, where he made his home until his removal in 1850 to Kosciusko county. He purchased a farm in the latter county and there spent the closing years of his life, dying at a good old age in 1891.. He married Sarah Swihart, a native of Ohio, who bore him eight children, three of whom survive. She departed this life in Kosciusko county in the year 1853. John S. and Sarah Ulrey were estimable people and exerted a healthful moral influence in the different communities of their residence. They were zealous and faithful members of the German Baptist church, earnestly devoted to their religious faith, and are remembered for their many acts of kindness, for charities dispensed among the poor and needy and for long and useful lives filled to repletion with good to their kind. Jonathan Ulrey, one of the surviving children, was bom at Liberty Mills, Wabash county, Indiana, September 10, 1843. From his youth he has devoted his energies to cultivating the soil, with the result that he is today in independent circumstances, with a comfortable competency for future years. He is well read, keeps informed on current events and the leading questions of the day and his judgment and discretion are seldom at fault. Mr. Ulrey has a line home, well supplied with the comforts .-mil conveniences that make country life attractive and as a farmer and stock raiser occupies a conspicuous place among his fellow citizens. Of the one hundred and forty-seven and a half acres which his estate contains, one hundred acres are under cultivation, the grain raised thereon being largely fed to stock, in the breeding and raising of which his success has been most gratifying. Living within a mile of South Whitley, which lies on, the south, he enjoys the advantage of excellent markets and other facilities in keeping therewith.

In 1875 Mr. Ulrey married Eliza A., daughter of Robert and Francis (Russell) Wilson, natives of Champaign county, Ohio, but early settlers of Whitley county, to which they came about 1856, locating on a farm in Cleveland township, which their son-inlaw now owns and occupies. Mr. and Mrs. Ulrey have had four children : Karl, who lives at home; Orville, who married Edith Blue and resides in Whitley county; Lee W., deceased; and Frances, who lives with her parents and works as a milliner. Mr. Ulrey gives his support to the Republican party and belongs with his wife and family to the Baptist church, both being highly esteemed by the membership of the local consrresration.

Adam S. Warner

The family of this name in Whitley county is an old and honorable one, whose genealogy dates back to a remote period in the history of Maryland. The great-grandfather of A. S. Warner spent all of his life in that state and was a man of considerablelocal prominence. His son. also a Marylander by birth, grew to manhood in his na- tive commonwealth, moved first to Pennsylvania and thence to Harrison county, Ohio, where he ended his career after a long and useful life, his wife dying at the remarkable age of one hundred and two years. George Warner, father of Adam S., was a native of Maryland, but in earlv life accompanied his parents to Pennsylvania and thence to Harrison county. Ohio, where he engaged in fanning, which vocation the majority of the family appear to have followed. He married Mary Snyder, a native of Maryland, who bore him six children : Catherine. Adam S., Rosanna, Polly. Margaret and George, all living and having families of their own, the oldest being eighty years of age, the same number of years reached by the father, whose death occurred in 1877. Adam S. Warner, the second of this family, was born December 24, 1828, in Harrison county, Ohio, spent his youth and young manhood at his native place and on leaving the parental home learned the carpenter's trade, to which his life has beenvery largely devoted. In 1855 he came to Whitley county and settled in Cleveland township, where he followed his chosen calling' until 1883, when he disposed of his interests and removed to Kansas, where he spent the succeeding fifteen years in the city of Newton, contributing much to the material advancement of that place. At the expiration of the period indicated he returned to Whitley county and since then has resided in Cleveland township, where he still devotes considerable time to mechanical work. Although past his seventy-eighth year. Mr. Warner retains to a marked degree the possession of his faculties, physical and mental, being quite rugged and strong and capable of doing much more labor in the same length of time than many men greatly his junior. He has been a Republican since the organization of the party and still manifests keen interest in public questions and political issues, on all of which he has intellig'ent and well grounded opinions.

Mr. Warner was married about 1853 to Mary Holin, of Stark count)-, Ohio, by whom he had five children : H. H., Levi, Emma, Sherman and Joseph. The mother died in 1866 and by a second marriage, with Rebecca Bruch, he has seven children : Albert, Delmar, Aden. Lyman. Myrtle, Ada, and Lester.

Henry Sickafoose

Like so many of the representative citizens of northern Indiana, Henry Sickafoose is a native of Ohio, having been born in 1 834,. in the historic county of Stark. John Sickafoose, his father, was a Pennsylvania;! married in his native state to Marg'aret Swartwood, and shortly afterward migrated to Stark county, Ohio, came from there to Whitley count}- and settled in the wilds of Cleveland township, of which he was among the earlv pioneers. He purchased, cleared and developed a farm and in due time became a leading citizen of the community, achieving- influence as a Republican in local political circles. For many years he was a prominent member of the Lutheran church, the success of which was largely due to his financial assistance. He held all the township offices within the gift of the people and in many ways made himself useful until the

Henry Sickafoose, one of the three survivors of their twelve children, was only about four years old when his parents came to Indiana in 1838, his development, education and subsequent career occurring in the township nf his adoption. He passed through many of the experiences incident to the pioneer period, became familiar with hard work in the woods and fields and grew to manhood with the proper equipment for the making of a successful farmer. He has devoted all his adult life to agriculture and fi ir many years was recognized as an energetic and progressive tiller of the soil. For a long- time he made his home in Washington township, where he owned a fine farm of one hundred and twenty acres, but in 1 89 1 disposed of tin's place and purchased a neat rural home of five acres in Cleveland township, where he lias since been living in retirement. He has beautified the surroundings and made it one of the most attractive places of residence in the count)", where an old-fashioned hospitality is dispensed to all visitors.