Whitley County, Indiana - The whole text, 1907 (part 26 of 28)

Reuben F. Judy

The founder of this family in America was a native of Germany who first settled in Pennsylvania and went from there to Virginia, where he spent the remainder of his life as a tiller of the soil. His son Abram, born- in Pennsylvania but reared in Virginia, devoted his life to agricultural pursuits and died in 1849 m tne state °f his adoption. He married Catherine Housden, a Virginian by birth, by whom he had twelve children, only three of whom survive: Reuben F., Andrew, who lives near Springfield. Missouri, and Elizabeth, wife of Edgar Milton, a farmer and carpenter residing in the northern part of the state. Reuben F. Judy, eldest of the survivors, was bom in Page county, .Virginia, January n, 1838, and remained in his native commonwealth until reaching manhood's estate, meanwhile receiving a fair education in such schools as the neighborhood afforded and becoming familiar with the varied duties which fall to the lot of the tiller of the soil. In 1863. he came to Whitley county and purchasing a part of the land that constitutes his present beautiful farm in Cleveland township, at once addressed himself to the task of its improvement. In this labor his progress was commendable and in the course of a few years he not only had his farm in cultivation, but made a number of substantial improvements, besides increasing its area by additional purchases from time to time. Mr. Judy is now the owner of two hundred fertile acres, one hundred and twenty of which are tillable and highly productive, thirtyfive 'consisting of woodland, on which is growing some very fine timber, the remainder of the farm being devoted to pasturage. By a judicious rotation of crops Mr. Judy has retained much of the original fertility of his land and being a model farmer of advanced ideas and employing only the most approved methods, his success has been commensurate with the labor bestowed. The dwelling which the family now occupies was erected in 1S75 ; it is a substantial building, with many conveniences, well adapted to the uses for which designed and is a model countrv home.

In 1864, Mr. Judy was married to Miss'. Amelia, daughter of Jesse and Amelia ( Mc- Cabe) Kyler. who became residents of Whitley county in 1846, the father a farmer and carpenter by occupation. They had ten children, of whom the following are living at this time : Basil, Jesse, George, Ellen, Mariah and Mrs. Judy. To Mr. and Mrs. Judy two children have been born,, one that died in infancy and Frank, who married Delia Calhoun, of Wabash county, and has three children, Ruth M., Roy F. and Ephriam B.. Mr. Judy is a public-spirited man and while primarily interested in agriculture and stock raising, he has ever manifested commendable zeal in the material prosperity of his township and county and taken an active part in promoting the social and moral welfare of his fellow citizens. He is a Democrat, but not a politician in the sense the term is usually accepted. He has held the office of supervisor several times and at different times has been chosen to look after the educational interests of the township. He is a member of the Christian church, to the plain and simple teachings of which he yields loyal and active support. Mrs. Judy is a member of the same church and deeply interested in its various lines of work.

Francis M. King

John King, founder of the family of this name, was a Pennsylvanian, who emigrated to Preble county. Ohio, where he died at an advanced age in 1882. His son, Eli. who was born in 1822, came to Whitley county in 1843 and was among the early pioneers of Cleveland township, where he purchased land and developed a farm, on which he made his home until called from earth November 10, 1894. He married Eva Tilman in Preble county, Ohio, of which locality both were natives, and they had five children : Susan, wife of Rev. Levi Rice, a well known minister of the Lutheran church ; John, a fanner of Huntington county ; Alice, who married Rev. Benjamin Stultz, of the Lutheran ministry ; Francis M. ; Florence, wife of Rev. William Dingel. a Methodist divine. A fact worthy of mite in this connection is that the three sisters became the wives of ministers, all of whom are men of much more than ordinary learning and ability and influential in their respective fields of labor.

Francis M. King was born in Wabash county, Indiana, August 22, 1855, and received the usual training of farm boys of that period. On arriving at an age when young men are accustomed to lay plans for the future, he selected agriculture for his vocation and has since prosecuted the same with most gratifying results. After an experience of several years' duration in the employ of others, he succeeded in accumulating sufficient capital to purchase land of his own. Accordingly, in 1902, he bought his present farm of one hundred and thirty acres, of which one hundred and thirteen are tillable, the whole being admirably situated and well adapted to general agriculture and stock raising, in both of which lines Mr. King has achieved success such as few of his calling attain. In addition to his farming and live stock interests he devotes considerable attention to the manufacture of maple syrup, for which line of enterprise he is well prepared, having a fine sugar grove of more than a half a thousand trees, besides all the latest improvements and devices used in the successful prosecution of the industry. Mr. King not only enjoys prestige as a progressive agriculturist of the times, but occupies a conspicuous place in the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens, being a man of advanced ideas and possessing to a marked degree the estimable qualities of mind and heart that win and retain strong friendships. He is a Republican in politics, with well defined opinions relative to the leading questions of the day, and in matters religious subscribes to the Methodist creed, being a zealous and influential member of the local church with which he and his wife have long been identified.

In 1880, Mr. King was happily married to Miss Ellen Harsbarger, of Whitley county, who, in addition to being his faithful and loving wife and helpmate, has borne him three children : Edith, Russell and Neva, all living and with their parents constituting a mutually happy and prosperous household.

Webster Sickafoose

Is a native of Stark county, Ohio, where his birth occurred August 9, 1848, being the fifth in a family of nine children, whose parents were Samuel and Elizabeth ( Pool) Sickafoose. Samuel Sickafoose was born in Pennsylvania, but in early life was taken by his parents to Stark county, Ohio, where he grew to maturity and married and where he continued to reside until his removal in 1855 to Whitley county. He visited this part of the state twice before making it his permanent place of residence, his first trip to the c< unity being made on foot from Stark county, Ohio. After looking over the country and duly weighing the advantages of the different parts, he finally entered a quarter section of land in Cleveland township, which in due time he cleared and converted into a fine farm and it was on this place that he spent the rest of his life, dying at the ripe old age of eighty-nine years. He had nine children: Martha. George W., Jennie, Sarah, Webster, Albert, Wesley and Richard (deceased), and an infant that died unnamed.

Webster Sickafoose was about seven years old when his parents moved to Indiana and since 1855 he has lived in Whitley count}-, having been an eye-witness of the many remarkable changes through which the county passed before reaching its present advanced state of improvement. He was reared to farm labor, received his education in the district schools and on arriving at the years of manhood, chose agriculture for a vocation and has devoted his energies to the same ever since, owning at this time an excellent farm of one hundred and twenty acres, on which are some of the finest improvements in Cleveland township. Mr. Sickafoose is a practical fanner and his career in his calling presents a series of successes such as few attain. He has erne hundred acres in cultivation, all in good condition, thoroughly drained by considerably in excess of one thousand rods of eight-inch tiling, while his improvements in the way of buildings and fences arc unexcelled in this part of the county. His dwelling, a handsome brick edifice of attractive design, is one of the finest structures of the kind in the township and his barns and other buildings are up-to-date and fully answer every purpose for which intended. One of the most attractive features of this model farm is a splendid sugar grove, consisting of five hundred large, fine maple trees, from which Mr. Sickafoose manufactures even- spring large quantities of high grade syrup, which command a liberal price in the markets and among the numerous private customers whom he supplies.

Mr. Sickafoose is a Republican but not - an active politician, and in religion he holds to the faith of the L nited Brethren church, being with his wife an earnest and faithful member of the local congregation.

The domestic chapter in the life of Mr. Sickafoose dates from 1876. Mr. Sickafoose married Miss Isabelle, daughter of George and Catherine (Ran) Slusser, who were among the early pioneers of Huntington county, moving here from Dayton. Ohio, several years prior to the arrival of the Sickafoose family and settling on a farm in Warren township. Mr. and Mrs. Sickafoose have three sons : Milton, who married Ida Gable and lives in Cleveland township ; Gilbert, a farmer of Whitley county ; and Arthur, who is still a member of the home circle.

George A. Bowers

George A. Bowers, a retired farmer and business man and veteran of the Civil war. was born near the city of Chambersburg, Franklin county, Pennsylvania. September

3 6, 1843, the son of James and Mary C. Bowers, natives respectively of Maryland and Pennsylvania. James Bowers went to Pennsylvania when a young man and for some time followed the vocation of farming, later coming to Wabash county. Indiana, where his death occurred in 1884, at the age of eighty-five years.

George A. Bowers was reared in his native state and there remained until his twenty-first year, at which time he responded to the country's call for volunteers, enlisting in February, 1863, in Company D, Twentyfirst Pennsylvania Cavalry, with which he served until 1865, during which time he was with Sheridan's command in the Army of the Potomac and took part in some of the noted battles fought under that intrepid leader. He participated in several of the Virginia campaigns and at one time while bearing dispatches had two horses shot from under liim, besides narrowly escaping death in a number of other critical and dangerous situations. At the expiration of his term of service Mr. Bowers returned home and the following year (1866) came to Indiana and engaged in contracting for several lines of work in Wabash county, which he -carried on during the ensuing ten years, meeting with encouraging success. At the end of that time he bought a farm in the same county and resided there until 1888, when he changed his residence to Whitley county, purchasing his present homestead in Cleveland township, where he devoted his attention to agriculture and the raising of live stock, until retiring from active life six years later.

hundred and sixty acres, is one of the most beautiful and valuable estates in the township and. under the able management of his son, is second to no like number of acres in the county in point of productiveness. Although practically leading a retired life, Mr. Bowers still retains his live stock interests, in which he has been more than ordinarily successful, devoting especial attention to the raising of blooded shorthorn cattle and Duroc-Jersey hogs, his animals being among the best in this part of the state and yielding him every year a liberal income. In his business affairs he has always exercised sound judgment and wise discretion with the result that he is now financially independent, being among the solid men of his township and county and ranking as a public-spirited citizen.

In 1S65 Mr. Bowers married Mary J., daughter of James and Mary (Warren) Hippensteel, of Pennsylvania, the union resulting in the birth of seven children : James E.. who lives on the home farm; Edward, an auctioneer of this county ; Ainsley, a farmer living in Wabash county ; Bertha, wife of Perry L. Bentz (see sketch of Mr. Bentz) ; Elizabeth, who married Bert Myers and lives in Washington township : and Blanche, now Mrs. Vernon Warner, whose home is in Kosciusko count}".

Mr. Bowers manifests an abiding interest in public and political affairs and as a Republican has been an influential party leader in the township. Besides holding several local positions of minor importance, he was for three years a member of the board of county commissioners, in which capacity he rendered valuable service that was greatly appreciated by the people of the county. He is a comrade of the Grand Arm}- of the Republic and a consistent member of the United Brethren church. Mrs. Bowers died December 22, 1906.

James Collett

Aaron Collett. founder of the family of this name in the west, was a Marylander who came to Indiana in 1840, settled in Wabash county and died there in 1870. With him came a son named Abraham, who located in Whitley county in 1871 but after two years' residence went to Kosciusko count}-, where he died in 1883. He married Catherine Ramsey and they had three children, Aaron, Angeline and James, the latter being the only survivor. James was born at Liberty Mills, Wabash county, Indiana, November 12, 1841, received his early training under excellent home influences and remained with his parents until the breaking out of the Civil war. Animated by the prevailing patriotism, he turned his back upon the pleasant scenes of youth and went forth to battle for his country's rights. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Forty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he served for four years in the army of the Tennessee, participating in some of the most sanguinary engagements of the war, among the most noted of which were the battles oi Stone River and Chickamauga, besides all the "tliers in which his command took part. lie earned an honorable record as a brave and gallant soldier and at the expiration of his term of enlistment returned home and resumed the peaceful pursuits of civil life, engaging in farming with his father until the latter's death. Since then he has carried on agriculture and stock raising upon his own account and his progress has been steadily forward until he now occupies a prominent place among" the leading men of his calling, not only in Whitley county but in the northeastern part of the state. Mr. Collett's realty at the present time amounts to three hundred and thirty-three acres of fine land in Cleveland township, two hundred of which are in cultivation and highly improved, being well drained and containing some of the best buildings in the community. As a raiser of fine stock Mr. Collett enjoys much more than: local repute, his breeds of Aberdeen cattle, Poland-China and Duroc-Jersey hogs and thoroughbred Shropshire sheep being second to none in this section of Indiana, while as a farmer he stands in the first rank, cultivating the soil after the most approved methods and keeping abreast of the times on all matters relating to the science of agriculture. On his place is also one of the largest and best sugar groves in Whitley county, containing over four hundred fine maple trees, the proceeds of which add very materially to his income. He has all the modern devices for the manufacture of a superior grade of syrup, which he disposes of in large quantities, not only to private customers hut in the local markets, where it always commands a high price.

Mr. Collett is a Republican but not a partisan in the sense of aspiring to office. As a citizen he is energetic and public spirited, having great faith in the future possibilities of his county and state and confi- dence in the rectitude of his fellowmen. In brief, he is an optimist, who always looks on the bright side and to the extent of his ability he encourages all enterprises having for their object the material, social and moral welfare of the community.

In 1865 Mr. Collett married Miss Susan, daughter of George and Sarah (Williams) Moore, and they have five children : Lizzie B., wife of John Jordan, of Kosciusko county ; Charles E. died in childhood ; Ada Catherine, now Mrs. Alex Havens, of Cleveland township ; Lula, deceased, and an infant that died unnamed. Mr. Collett and wife are members of the Christian church.

David V. Whiteleather

David V. Whiteleather, the oldest of a family of eight children and the son of John Firestone and Mary (Walter) Whiteleather, was born on a farm in Coluumbiana county, Ohio, on December 4, 1866. The father of David V. Whiteleather was the only son of David Whiteleather and Elizabeth (Firestone) Whiteleather. and his mother was a daughter of Henry and Catharine (Smith) Walter. His parents were born and raised in Columbiana county, Ohio. John Firestone Whiteleather died in 1897, at the age of fifty-six years. Except while serving his country as a soldier in the Union army dining the Civil war, he lived on the farm and was engaged in farming' and teaching-, having taught more than forty terms of school.

received a teacher's license and began teaching. During the following six years he taught district schools in Stark and Columbiana counties, Ohio. In the summer vacations he attended the Northwestern Ohio University at Ada and Mount Union College at Alliance, Ohio. In 1889 he was selected as principal of the schools at Larwill, in Whitley county, and as a consequence became a resident of Indiana. During the time when these schools were not in session Mr. Whiteleather was reading law in the offices of P. H. Clugston and E. K. Strong, of Columbia City. In 1894 he successfully passed the examination for admission to practice and at the September term of the Whitley circuit court was sworn in and registered as one of the members of the Whitley county bar. In January, 1901, he was admitted to practice in the supreme court of the state of Indiana and in the district courts of the United States. January 1, 1S95. Ivers W. Leonard and Mr. Whiteleather formed a partnership to engage in the general practice of law in Columbia City, Indiana, which partnership continued for about three years, when Mr. Leonard moved to Fort Wayne. In 1899 a partnership for the practice of law was formed by Thomas Gallivan and Mr. Whiteleather. They continued as partners in Columbia City until January 1, 1903. when Mr. Gallivan withdrew from the firm and moved to Parma. Missouri. At the time of this dissolution a partnership was formed by Hon. Benton E. Gates and Mr. Whiteleather under the firm name and style of Gates & Whiteleather, for the general practice of law in the state of Indiana, which partnership is in existence at present. In 1896 Mr_

Whiteleather was appointed deputy prosecuting attorney for Whitley county, Indiana, by Hon. Samuel E. Alvord. of Albion, prosecuting attorney for the thirty-third judicial district of Indiana. In 1898 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Noble and Whitley counties, was re-elected in 1900 and served until January 1, 1903.

June 20, 1895, Mr. Whiteleather married Miss Katura H., daughter of William and Catharine ( Hassler) Essick, of Columbiana county, Ohio. They have had four children: Dorothy Velma, John W., Hazel Glenn and Katura E., who died in 1902, at the age of eight months. Mrs. Whiteleather is a member of and an active worker in the Grace Lutheran church, and is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and Ben Hur Lodge at Columbia City, Indiana. Mr. Whiteleather is a member of the following fraternal orders : Free and Accepted Masons, Modern Woodmen of America, T. B. H. and Order of Eastern Star.

Alexander More

The gentleman whose brief story is herewith presented is one of the oldest living settlers of Whitley county and one whom to know is to respect and honor. He is a native of Miami county, Ohio, where his birth occurred April 6, 1833, being the son of John W. and Mary (Speer) More, who were also born in that state, he of German and she of Irish descent. John \\ ,'s grandather, John, was a German who came to Virginia, where he became a tiller the soil, his death finally resulting from accident. One son, John More, was bound out to a Mr. Whip, who took him to New Jersey, where the boy was reared. He married Sarah Gandy in Virginia and about 1792 went with his family down the Ohio river in a flatboat from Pittsburg to Cincinnati, settling on a farm near Dayton, where he remained for twenty years. He served under General Wayne against the Indians in this region in the war of 1812. He also bought and improved a fine farm in Miami county, Ohio, where he died at an advanced age. John W. More was the seventh in his family of ten. At the age of twenty-one he married Mary Speer and in the fall of 1834 came to Whitley county, entering one hundred and sixty acres of heavily timbered land. He brought his family a few years later and in due time developed a good farm, experiencing many of the hardships of the pioneer. The old home is near the center of what is now Smith township and with additions of two hundred and forty acres became one of the largest farms in the county. In 1855 he sold and purchased eighty acres in Union township, to which he later added eighty acres. His death occurred August 13, 1877, at the age of seventy-seven, being survived five years by his companion who was eightyone.

They had four children to reach maturity: Sarah Ann, who married Andrew Briggs. both deceased ; Alexander, William C. ; and Huldah, deceased. Alexander More has lived in Whitley county for more than seventy years. He attended the first school in Smith township, the building being a deserted log cabin, the teacher an old educated Irishman bv the name of Tohn

Strain. He assisted his father until twentythree years of age, though meantime he taught two terms and then commenced farming the homestead for himself. Ifi 1856 he went to Davis county, Missouri, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of prairie, which he improved. In i860 he made a trip to Pike's Peak, but after a summer spent prospecting returned the same year, disposed of his farm and moved back to Whitley county. Mr. More then engaged in carpenter work and farming, renting the old homestead in 1864. In 1869 he bought one hundred and ninety acres of land in Union township. He erected a fine brick house and substantial outbuildings, besides making other extensive improvements, his farm now being among the most beautiful and attractive rural homes in the county. His business has since been wholly in connection with this farm, now consisting of two hundred and forty acres.

November 9, 1855, Air. More was married to Elizabeth Jane Nickey, of Ross county, Ohio, the union resulting in the following named children : William A., a fruit grower in Allegan county, Michigan ; Agnes, wife of John Lynch, of Whitley county; Hubert A., who manages the home farm; Mary W., wife of Alexander Kniseley in Wnitley county; John, -an electrical engineer of Davenport, Iowa, and Jacob N., deceased. At about thirty he was graduated in civil engineering at Purdue University and practiced in Kansas City.

Mr. More is one of the best known men of the county, which he has helped transform into one of the most progressive regions of northern Indiana. He has ever manifested a lively interest in matters political and as a Republican has been influential in a number of hotly contested campaigns. Having given spiritualism careful investi-' gation, with views emphasized by personal experience, which have thoroughly verified the correctness of his opinions, he has for many years been a thorough believer in the future state as exemplified in teachings of the leaders of spiritualism.

A few additional particulars about the children will prove of interest. Jacob N. was an unusually promising young man, highly talented in his profession and enjoyed the brightest prospects as superintendent of a large electric manufacturing company when cut off in his prime. Hubert A., who has operated the homestead for six years, exhibits unusual qualities as a practical agriculturist. He married Lizzie, daughter of Isaac Sheafer, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and has two children, Homer E. and Ethel R. John graduated in the electrical engineering department at Purdue, also spent a year at Princeton LJniversity and was then retained for six years as professor of electrical engineering. Previous to this he had installed a street car system at Davenport, Iowa, and while there married Stella White, of that city, where for nine years he has held the position of city electrician. Mary W. became one of the best known educators in Whitley county, where she taught for over twenty terms. Mrs. Elizabeth Jane More, mother of this bright family, was the daughter of Jacob Nickey, a pioneer of Smith township, and was about four years old when brought from Ohio by her parents. Her only surviving: brother is Dr. Allen S. Nickev, of

Charles E. Lancaster

The family of this name in Whitley count}- traces its ancestry to the famous "eastern shore" in the state made famous by Charles Carroll and other worthies of the Revolution. It was in 1787 that Aaron Lancaster was born in Maryland of poor but respectable parents who, like himself, were lifelong members of the historic Society of Friends. In youth he was apprenticed to the shoemaker's trade in Baltimore, but after removing to Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1837, he engaged in coopering on a large scale, at one time employing a thousand men. He continued in this line of business with varying fortunes until his death in 1867. Before leaving Maryland he had married Martha Williams, also a native of that state, and their son, Thomas E. Lancaster, was born there June 12, 1826. He was eleven years of age when the family removed to Wheeling, where he was connected with his father's cooperage establishment until 1857. In this year he was ordained as a minister in the Methodist Protestant church and labored with that denomination in West Virginia until 1862, when lie joined the Indiana conference and filled numerous important appointments in this state during the succeeding thirty-four years. In all he had served mure than half a century, when advancing years compelled him to retire in 1896. In early manhood he married Mary J. Talbert. who was born in West Virginia, January 10, 1832. Her parents, John and Nancy Jane Talbert, were farmers in Wrest Virginia until 1885, when they removed to Kansas and there ended their careers. The venerable minister and his wife are at present living in quiet retirement in a comfortable home at Columbia City. They had seven children : James B., who died in infancy : Thomas Edward, who died at thirty-two ; John William, who died in infancy ; Francis Pierpoint. who died when twenty-one years old; Charles E., the subject of this sketch; Louis M., died in infancy; Harry F., in the dry goods business at Columbia City.

Charles E. Lancaster, fifth of his father's children, was bom in Henry county. Indiana, December 16, 1863, and as he grew up was temporarily resident in various communities as the itinerant system of the church transferred his father from place to place. In the meantime he attended the common schools, besides taking courses in the high school at Muncie and in Franklin College. In 1881 he came to Whitley county, secured a position in the general store of George W. Maxwell at Churubusco and remained there about ten years. "1 lie interest held by his brother Edward was purchased by Charles E. after the death of the former and in 1893 he removed the establishment to Columbia City, where it has since been a fixture. ' In addition to this line of dry goods, carpets and cloaks, Mr. Lancaster owns the Vandalia elevator and deals extensively in grain and seeds. He became quite prominent as a citizen during his residence at Churubusco, serving as clerk and treasurer of the town, and since coming" to Columbia City has been a member of council. Having become generally known over the county and being influential in Republican party circles, he had little difficulty in securing the nomination as candidate for auditor in 1902, was elected that fall and entered office on January 1. 1903. Having' completed his four years' term, he retired January 1, 1907, with the good will of everybody and the plaudit so much sought for by conscientious men of "well done, thou good and faithful servant."

October 18, 1887, Mr. Lancaster married Miss Emma, daughter of Samuel F. and Fanny Barr, residents of Churubusco, where Mrs. Lancaster was born in 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster have two children : Freda, born in 1894, and Gail, born in 1898. They also adopted the son of Mr. Lancaster's brother Edward, who was eighteen months old at the time of his father's death and has been reared as a member of the family. Mr. Lancaster's fraternal relations are with the Masonic order. Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Carl Edward Lillich

George and Mercy (Glotzbager) Lillich were married in Wertenberg. Germany, and emigrated to Ohio in 1852 and in 1865 removed to Columbia City. Though a cooper and weaver he was here employed as a common laborer until his death in 1886, his wife surviving sixteen years. But two of their children are living, John Melvin being a tailor at Fort Wayne.

Carl Edward Lillich was born in Wayne county, Ohio, April 28, 1863. At the age of twelve he began to learn the baker's trade and worked as a journeyman until 1893, when he opened business on his own account and has continued actively ever since. He started the first bread wagon ever seen in Columbia City and did his own driving, selling only the product of his own bakery. Though the business has increased so as to justify the employment of two assistants Mr. Lillich still persists in attending personally to his customers. He enjoys an excellent trade and supplies everything usually found in first-class establishments, including plain and fancy baking. Mr. Lillich is best known from his connection with the volunteer fire department, which has existed fifteen years and of which he was made chief six years ago. He has been a member of the hook and ladder company for fifteen years and for three or four years has been foreman. There are twenty men in the hose and twenty in the hook and ladder company, making an efficient fire fighting force. Mr. Lillich is a Democrat but no politician, though he served ten years on the board of health. He is a trustee in the Modern Woodmen of America.

September 28, 1886, Mr. Lillich was married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John Taupert. a machinist of Columbia City, and they have one son, John Edward, aged seven. One daughter died in infancy. Mr. Lillich resides on the same lot where bis parents settled when they first came to Columbia City and which has been his constant home for over forty-two years. He has built a new house near the old one and finds greatest enjoyment while entertaining friends at his own fireside.

The Gillespie family is not only patriotic, but has the courage of its convictions. The paternal grandfather came to this country before the Revolutionary war and when the struggle came on he enlisted for the independence and equality of man. His son Menzes continued the brave record as a soldier in the war of 1812. and thus both offered the greatest sacrifice possible for a man to make in behalf of his country - their lives as soldiers. Marcus Gillespie is a native of Blendon township, Franklin county, Ohio, where he was born October 19, 1821. His parents, Menzes and Chloe (Phelps) Gillespie, were born in Windsor, Connecticut, the father in 1796 and mother in 1799. They came to Ohio soon after the war of 18 12, where they lived to the close of their lives, the mother's death occurring in 1865 and the father's in 1846. Seven children were born to them, three of whom are stiU living and all over seventy years of age. Marcus came to Indiana in 1847 and settled on Indian Creek in Jefferson township on what was called the old Raccoon road, named after Chief Raccoon's village. He cleared land and built a cabin, where he lived five years clearing and farming. In 1852 he sold his place and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on which he still lives. He built a cabin and applied himself energetically in clearing and improving his farm until it was a very desirable place, with good buildings and all the modern conveniences. It is stocked with a good breed of hogs and Durham cattle.

New jersey to Ohio, where he lived the remainder of his days. Mr. Parks was a shoemaker by trade, which at that time was a good one and profitable as well. Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie, three of whom are still living: Mary married Samuel Swain, attorney and real estate dealer of Fort Wayne. Arthur married Barbara Howenstine and resides on the farm adjoining his father's. Morton married Ina Smith, lives in Fort Wayne and is employed in the Orphans' Home of Allen county.

The industry and frugality of Mr. Gillespie have brought a competency for independence and comfort in old age. In early life, he was a Whig, voting for Clay, Taylor and Scott, but since the formation of the Republican party he has given it earnest support. A grandson enjoys a lease of theold home farm.

Sylvanus Koontz. M. D.

A farmer in youth, a druggist in later years and a practicing physician for more than thirty years, Sylvanis Koontz has led an unusually active life during his existence of more than three score years. He has attained success financially, but what is better, has made many friends and had his share of enjoyments as he went along, having the satisfaction also of knowing that he had contributed his share in developing the communities where his business called him to reside. His parents, first of the name known in this section of Indiana, were Baltzer and Susanna (Whistler) Koontz, who were natives of Stark county, Ohio, but left there in 1853 to seek a new home in Huntington county in this state. Remaining there until the following spring, they removed to Whitley county and settled on a farm in Washington township. They spent many years in cultivation of the farm, which came into their possession in 1854, and both reached an advanced age before the final summons came, he being eightyfour and she eighty-seven. Sylvanus Koontz, now the well known physician, was the youngest of fourteen children born of this worthy pioneer couple. His birth occurred in Stark county, Ohio, May 25, 1844, and he was about ten years old when his family removed to Whitley county. He worked on the farm until his eighteenth year, when be became a Union soldier, enlisting in Company I, Fifty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, October 27, 1862. He served with this command fourteen months, until the expiration of his enlistment, but in October, 1864, became a member of Company G, One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment . Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which command he continued to serve until the close of hostilities. At Vicksburg he was slightly wounded in the hand by a fragment of shell, but escaped other injury.

Returning to his old home after the war, the youthful soldier concluded to resume his education and to this end applied himself in the common schools and the academy at Roanoke for two years, working at the carpenter's trade in the summer season. In 1869 he took up the study of medicine, and graduating from the Fort Wayne Medical College began the practice of his profession at Laud in the fall of 1872. He removed to Roanoke in the fall of 1887, which has since been the scene of his professional work. During seven years of his residence at this place he was engaged in the drugbusiness. In 1890 he was married to Morilla J. Haley, a native of Holmes county, Ohio, where she was born in 1843. His wife died at Laud April 26, 1876. and Dr. Koontz took for his second wife Adelaide M. Kirkpatrick, a native of Summit county, Ohio. By this second union there were four children : Jessie, a professional nurse ; Chafee, Eldon, who died when six months of age, and Hug'h, who was killed at Roanoke when nine years of age. Dr. Koontz is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of Laud Post of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Was born at Columbia City May 21, 1862. He graduated from the high school and attended two years at the Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. After teaching for two years he entered medical college, graduating in the class of 1886 and shortly thereafter joined his father in practice. In the war with Spain the Doctor was mustered into the United States service as first lieutenant, being named inspector of rifle practice. He went with his company to Cuba and at the close of hostilities was discharged with the command at Savannah, Georgia, April 26, 1899. Dr. Linvill returned to his practice with renewed zest. In addition to his regular office practice he was retained as surgeon by two lines of railway. The I.invill family have displayed taste and talent for medicine, and none have displayed this in a more marked degree than the subject of this sketch. His activity in his profession is further displayed by his membership in various associations, including the American Medical. State Medical, Tri- State. Tri-County, Twelfth District and County Medical. He also holds membership in the National Association of Railway Surgeons and is secretary of the United States board of pension examiners : nor are his activities confined to matters strictly professional. He is prominent in various fraternal orders, including the Masonic, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen, Order of Ben Hur, Royal Arcanum and Elks. He believes in the strenuous life, enjoys out-door sports and is fund of a vacation in the North Woods, where there is a chance for big game. Dr. Linvill justly deserves and all accord him the title of a progressive citizen. Prominent professionally and socially no resident of Whitlev county is more widely known.

In June, 1887. Dr. Linvill was married to Lorena Hemmice. by whom lie had one daughter, Elbertine. who died in childhood, the mother passing away a few months thereafter. June 13. 1897, Dr. Linvill was united in marriage with Mrs. Maud Thompson, of Wabash.

George Boyd

lines of business. As a farmer, a carpenter. saloonkeeper, meat dealer and finally in his present employment; Mr. Boyd has had an unusually good training as an all-around man of affairs. His parents. Alexander and Elizabeth (Densmore) Boyd, moved from Pennsvlvania to Whitley county in 1844, when this section was little better than a wilderness. They took up eighty acres of woodland in Union township which, by dint of hard work and the privations customary with the pioneers, the)' converted it into a good farm and comfortable home, where they spent the remainder of their lives, the father passing away in his eighty-second year and his wife at the ripe old age of eighty-five. They reared a family of several children, all but one of whom are still living in widely scattered parts of the country. James, the eldest, is a farmer in Union township, and John, the second child, follows the same occupation in Missouri. Elizabeth married Wilson Reiser, of Jefferson township, and Nancy J. is a resident of Ohio. Martha is the wife of James Graves, of Smith township, and Hettie, who married Henry Graves, died in middle life. George Bovd was born on the old homestead in Whitley county February 2. 1853. At the age of sixteen he left the farm to engage in the carpenter trade and followed that occupation for several years. Subsequently he was engaged in the saloon and meat business at Columbia City and continued in this line until May. 1906, when he embarked in the livery business. He occupies the main building thirty-four by fifty, with an annex twenty-five by thirty-five, keeps from eight to twelve horses and a full assortment of first-class rigs of various

In May, 1888. Mr. Boyd was married to Lizzie, daughter of William Geisler. of Whitley county. They have had two children, Ruth, who is a school girl, and Esther, who died at the age of two years. In politics Mr. Boyd may be described as a Democrat with independent notions. He is fond -of out-doors sport, especially hunting, and takes an interest in training dogs, of which lie owns some that are fine and well-bred. Pretty much everybody in Columbia City and many throughout the country know George Boyd and it is not too much to say that all who know him like him.

J. William C. Scott. M. D.

Among the emigrants who came from Scotland to the United States in 1799 was Robert Scott, a sturdy, self-reliant young man anxious to make a career for himself in the infant republic of the western world. He settled in. Pennsylvania and lived there until 1825, when he determined to move farther west, and mounting his horse rode across mountains and through forests until he reached Fayette county. Ohio. He entered land and spent the rest of his life in developing a farm, where he reared a family and died in 1858. In early manhood he had married Mary Elgin, by whom he had five children. Joseph,. Margaret, Mary, Sarah and James E.. Sarah being the sole survivor. The mother passed away in 1868. James E., the youngest, was born November 29, 1821, and remained in Fayette county until 1849, when he came to Whitley county and settled on two hundred acres of wild land in Troy township that had been purchased by his father from the government. He experienced the usual pioneer hardships and incescessant work in the improvement of his farm, which he cultivated until his death, November 21, 1884, and left an estate of several hundred acres. Like his father, he was a Democrat and a stanch adherent of the Presbyterian church. August 29, 1849, he had married in Ohio Lydia Jane Cockerill, who proved a loyal and devoted wife and self-sacrificing mother. She was the daughter of William and Phoebe (Mooney) Cockerill, natives of Virginia and of Welsh extraction, who came to Fayette county, Ohio, in the early years of the nineteenth century. "Race suicide" was unknown in those days, large families were not unusual and that of the Cockerills ranked well to the front with fifteen children, Elizabeth, Amelia. Thomas, William, Samuel. Eldridge, Lucinda, Mary Ann, James, Lydia Jane, Amanda, Armanis, Catherine, Eliza and Hannah. Lydia Jane, the tenth, was born in Fayette county, Ohio, September 1, 1830, and has survived her companion almost a quarter of a century, living with her son. Dr. Scott. The Cockerills. though originally slaveholders in Virginia, were not in accord with the "peculiar institution" and sought a home in Ohio to be where it did not exist. Mr. and Mrs. James E. Scott had three children: J. William C. Edward N.. a medical student, who died at twenty-three, and R. R., of Columbia City, who has particular mention elsewhere.

J. William C. Scott was born in Troy township April 6, 1853. While growing up on the farm he had the training usual to boys of that period. He learned thoroughly the meaning of hard work but now looks back with pleasure to the time when experiences on the farm were mingled with many wholesome pleasures. Young Scott availed himself of the schools of the country and later spent a year and a half at the Valparaiso Normal College, preparing to teach and to this occupation his attention was directed for several years. He took a course 'in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, which was supplemented by a course in Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia after having practiced one year. In 1880, to use a colloquial expression, he "hung out his shingle" in the little town of Etna, which has since been the center of his activities in the practice of his profession. Dr. Scott has achieved success as a physician, is popular as a practitioner and after twenty-six years is recognized as one of the ablest members of the profession in the county. He is a Mason, a Knight of Pythias and a member of the WHiitley County Medical Association, the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.

In 1882 Dr. Scott married Mary Jane, daughter of Dr. Stephen S. Austin, who was born in Onondaga county, New York, in 1821, his parents being Perigo and Sarah (Gray) Austin, of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, respectively, and of Welsh and French extraction. For a number of years Mr. Austin taught school in his native state, hut in 1843 went to Laporte, Indiana, where he entered the old Indiana Medical University, reading under Meeker and Higday.

After his graduation in 1849 he located at Wolf Lake, Indiana, where he formed a partnership with Dr. Elias Jones, but in the same year came to Etna,, where he practiced until his death, which occurred August 12, 1884. In 1847 he married Mary Ranking, a teacher at Laporte, who died a few months later. In 1852 he married Lavina Jane Seelye, by whom he had three children to reach maturity : Perry G., Mary Jane and Nellie G. He was one of the pioneer practitioners of northern Indiana and one whose practice yielded him a handsome competence. He died August 12, 1884, his widow surviving in 1907. Dr. and Mrs. Scott have had six children : Bertha Imogene, wife of Arthur Kelley, of Ligonier; Mabel A., in school at Crawfordsville; Frances died in infancy ; D'Maris Marguerite, Ronald Shirley and Robert Hudson. In addition to his own children, Dr. Scott has reared Edward, son of his deceased brother, who graduated from Wabash College in 1904.

Franklin Hunt

No man in Whitley county is better known or more highly respected than Franklin Hunt, who is not only a pioneer himself but the son and grandson of pioneers. Charles Hunt, his grandfather, was born in Massachusetts toward the close of the eighteenth century, went to North Carolina in early life, where he married a Miss Bryan and came with her to Indiana territory as far back as 1805. He settled in Wayne county, where he built the first mill and was actively engaged in business until his death. His nine children were Timothy,

James, George, John, Stephen, Smith, Charles, Sarah and Catherine Rebecca. Smith Hunt was bom in North Carolina and married in Wayne county Elizabeth Lamb, a native of Kentucky. She was a daughter of James Lamb, who emigrated from Scotland about the time of the revolutionary war and settled in Kentucky. Smith Hunt and wife spent their whole lives in eastern Indiana and left numerous descendants. General Harrison made Colonel Hunt commander of the Wayne county militia. His ten children were James W., Lucina, Jane, Monroe, Catherine, Frances, Mary, Hannah, Eliza, Franklin, Newton and Sarah E. The only survivors are Lucina, a resident of Wayne county, who is ninety years old, and Franklin. Two sisters, Catherine and Frances Mary, were wives of Washington Jones, who located in Etna township in 1849, improved a farm and spent their lives here. His son, Oliver P. Jones, still lives in Etna township on part of his father's homestead.

Franklin Hunt was born February 22, 1828, in Wayne county, Indiana. He remained with his father until 1850. when he got the "gold fever" and started on a tedious and dangerous overland trip to California. The trip was made without serious accidents and he worked there at mining a year and a half, when he returned to Indiana. Some years previously his father had entered some fourteen quarter sections of land in Noble county, which subsequently became Etna township of Whitley county. In 1852 Mr. Hunt settled on part of this land, as his .brother-in-law, Washington Jones, had already done, and has remained there ever since. At one time he owned about two hundred and seventy-five acres, but in later years has decreased his holdings. He has been a lifelong Republican, always active in the public affairs of the county.

In 1853 Mr. Hunt married Martha Jane, daughter of Thomas B. and Elizabeth (Chichester) Long, the former of Pennsylvania and the latter a native of Ohio. They wrere married in Ross county, Ohio, where Mrs. Hunt was born July 10, 1834, but removed to Whitley county in 1849 ar,d sec~ tied on a farm near that of Mr. Hunt's, where they remained the rest of their lives. He died when past ninety, having survived his companion about twelve years. They had three children : Martha Jane. John, a resident of Howard county, and Margaret, wife of Perry Cassel, on the old homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt have had twelve children : Leigh Smith J. Hunt, the well known miner and millionaire of New York, who married Jessie Noble and has two children, Henry and Helen ; Elizabeth married George Smith, but is now dead ; Ellen is in Tennessee; Thomas L., deceased; Haskel E. married Emma Firestone and is in Idaho ; Frances M., wife of John Dickerhoff, of Ohio ; James W. is a farmer in Etna, but for eight years has been with his brother in Corea ; Franklin married Eva Scott and lives near the homestead ; Homer and Lavon are at home; Martha, wife of Fred Kline, lives in Pierceton ; Minnie, wife of Edward Kline, lives at Cromwell. Indiana : Catherine J., wife of George Bouse; Fred N. lives on the Washington Jones homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt are members of the Presbyterian church and he has served as trustee of the township.

Albert Burel Tucker

There are few people in Whitley county win i have not heard of the gentleman whom we are now to briefly consider. Not only has he been a long-time resident, but an extensive landowner, a breeder and dealer in fine stock, and of much more than ordinary importance in financial affairs. His ancestors were early in Rhode Island, some of the descendants removing to New Yorksoon after the Revolution and settling along the historic Hudson and in a region made memorable by incidents of that remarkable struggle.

From both his father's and mother's families. Air. Tucker is descended from Colonial and Revolutionary stock. In the eastern part of the country his forebears have been prominent and have taken active parts in the life and business of their communities. His grandfather, Nathan Tucker, a Quaker, who was a victim of early persecution, was born at New Bedford, Massachusetts. The family is descended from pure English stock, and Nathaniel Tucker, of the famous "Tucker House," a place visited by many tourists, was a brother of the great grandfather of the subject of this sketch. The family's history in this country dates from the coming of three brothers from England as settlers in the new country. These brothers were Nathaniel, Jabez and Joshua. Mis mother's family is correspondingly illustrious. His maternal great grandfather came, to this country as a drummer boy in Burgoyne's army. Her father, James Parker, was born in Greenwich, Washington, New York, November 29, 1788. He served as a captain of cavalry in the war of 181 2, was a deacon in the Baptist: church, which at that time had a membership of about seven hundred, and died October 6, 1 85 1. James Parker married Sarah Weaver, born in Providence, Rhode- Island, October 7, 1793. and twelve children were the result of the union. All grew to maturity, the first to die reaching the age of forty-two years. Mrs. Alanson Tucker's grandfather, Richard Parker, was born in Rhinebeck, Duchess county, New York, December 6, 1765. He served as a soldier through the Revolutionary war enlisting as a drummer boy when a mere youth. After the war he settled in Washington county, New York. The father of Mr. Alanson Tucker was born in Greenwich, February 15, 1809. He was married to Louisa. Teresa Parker, who was born in Argyle, New York. July 31, 1812, and who died at Etna. Whitley county. Indiana, November 12. 1897.

In childhood both Anson and wife were playmates with Chester A. Arthur, whose father was the pastor of the Baptist church at Greenwich. Removing to Ohio in 1849, he remained five years and in 1854 came to Whitley county, where he purchased four hundred acres of woodland in Etna township, the location of the home being close to the village. His efforts were thenceforth directed to the development of a farm. Anticipating the great increase in the demand f<ir walnut lumber, he purchased a large amount of that timber and holding it a few years was enabled to realize the advance in price, selling lumber at eighty dollars per thousand. His every venture was successful, so that his energies resulted in the accumulation of a handsome estate. He

In earlv life he was a contractor in building canal locks and other stone work. He was fearless under all circumstances, one instance illustrating his character. Mason Long, in his "Converted -Gambler." gives Mr. Tucker credit for breaking up an organized gang of thieves at Fort Wayne, who plied their nefarious calling- in collusion with the police force. The leader, Ryan, secured Tucker's purse by the assistance of an accomplice. Tucker was armed, as he knew of the gang's depradations. He shot Ryan, one shot taking effect in the neck after glancing from the collar-button. He forced a policeman at the point of the revolver to crawl under a house where Ryan had hid and dislodge him and followed the two to the station-house, covering them with his weapon. Ryan was finally sent to the penitentiary for two years and the gang was broken up.

Mr. Tucker was about ten years old when he became a "wild westerner" by reason of his parents' transfer of residence from New York to the Hoosier state. The schools of the day, especially in the country sections, were poor avenues to education even for those most anxious to learn, but Albert, by occasional attendance at the old log cabin, managed to pick up the rudiments that were the basis of a wide practical education. At the death of his father he inherited part of the four hundred acres and this has been the scene of his activities as well as the basis of his fortune. He owns about three hundred acres, most of which is in a high state of cultivation and brought to an advanced state of fertility by his untiring labors. In 1869 he erected a handsome and commodious house on the farm at the village of Etna, which is regarded as one of the best in the township. The outbuildings, fencing, roads, facilities for feeding and watering, indeed all the features are such as to indicate a progressive guiding hand. Mr. Tucker is a breeder of Percheron horses and takes commendable pride in the mammoth draft animals of his stables, the result of careful selection and judicious training. He also breeds and deals extensively in cattle and sheep, ranking well among live stock men of the county both in quantity and quality of his stock. Mr. Tucker has other financial interests, especially in making loans and investments. He is a stockholder and director in the Columbia City National Bank. He is a member of the Baptist church, belongs to the Odd Fellows' lodge, is a Republican and has served as trustee of the township.

In 1898 Mr. Tucker married Miss Mary M., daughter of Milo and Catherine ( Bowersock) Lawrence, former residents of Allen county, but now living in Thorncreek township of Whitley. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker have one son. Lawrence L.

William S. Lancaster

Among the sturdy emigrants contributed by North Caroline to the young state of Indiana was Sanders Lancaster, a poor mechanic, who reached Wayne county in 1822 and there operated as a carpenter and blacksmith until his death. He brought with him a son named Wright, who was born near Raleigh in 1819. He learned the carpenter's trade with his father, but in 1843 came to Whitley county and secured a tract of land in Cleveland township. He prospered and exercised considerable influence, as he served several terms as township trustee and in 1879 was elected county recorder, serving a term of four years. He was a Republican, and was generally found in the councils of the party. Wright Lancaster married Margaret Grimes, a native of Wayne county, by whom he had eight children : Indiana, wife of W. H. Cleveland ; John G., deceased; George G., deceased; Alexander G., a farmer of Richland township; Frank R. and Ralph P., of South Whitley: Mary V., wife of Lewis Shuh, of Arkansas ; and William S. The mother died in January, 1864, and by a second marriage with her half-sister, Sarah A. Grimes, there were two children : Nora, who died in infancy, and Walter W., a resident of Piqua, Ohio. Mr. Lancaster died in 1892.

William S. Lancaster was born in Whitley county, Indiana. August 25. 1863, and being but a few months old at the death of his mother was reared by his sister. Indiana, until bis father's second marriage. when he was seven years old. He remained on the farm until thirteen years old. when be went to South Whitley and later to Columbia City with his father, while the latter was recorder. He learned the painter's trade, which lie followed eleven years and then entered the employment of John J. Combs in the elevator at South Whitley. with whom be remained eight vears. after which he spent two years with the "A to Z" Printing Company. In January, 1905, he was appointed trustee of Cleveland township, in which office he has since served, succeeding Hugo Logan, and still has two years to serve. In order to take his present position he resigned the office of town clerk, to which he had been elected after having been previously appointed to fill out an unexpired term of F. D. Wesner. Cleveland township has nine schools with twelve teachers, the one at Collamer having three. Thirty students attend the South Whitley high school and one entire school is transferred to the town schools. Three transportation wagons are operated to take pupils either to South Whitley or to Collamer. Mr. Lancaster is active in fraternal circles, being a member of the Masonic order and having served five years as financial secretary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

In 1892 Mr. Lancaster married Cora J., daughter of Moses and Eliza Mannen, of Richland township, where she was born in 1872. They have no children, but at. the age of seven adopted Cora Edna Knapp, now a school girl of sixteen. Mr. Lancaster is a Republican and his wife is a member of the Baptist church.

Jesse Howard Briggs. M. D.

In was about 1800 that Samuel and Agnes ( Shephard) Briggs left Virginia to carve out a new home in the then rapidly filling section north of the Ohio. They settled in Ross county, where the former

"bought two hundred and forty acres of land, which he cultivated until his death in 1 84 1, surviving his companion three years. Their seven children were: William, Jesse, James, Samuel, Robert, Silas and Andrew Jackson, the latter now living in Union township. The two last named are the only survivors. Silas Briggs was born in Ross county, Ohio, August 30. 1826. and remained on the home farm until the death his parents, when he made his home for a time with an aunt, attending school at intervals as the opportunity afforded. He worked out for several years, principally feeding cattle and driving them to market. In 1848 he came to Whitley county and bought a section of land in Union township, but it was in 185 1 that he returned and began to develop it into a farm. He set to work to clear and improve this tract, which kept him busy for many years, but finally retired in 1903, since which time he has been living with his sons in Columbia City. In September, 1852, he married Rebecca, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Gradless) Nickey, natives of Virginia, who became early settlers of Whitley county. He died in 1864, surviving his wife, who was but thirty-five when she passed away. They bad four children to reach maturity : David W.. deceased, whose sketch appears elsewhere; Rebecca; Mary, now Mrs. Samuel Pierce, of Chicago, and Addison B., living in Princeton, Indiana. Mrs. Briggs was born in Smith township, Whitley county, September 27, 1835. and died March 22. 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Briggs had nine children to reach maturity: Desda Jane, wife -of Philip Rouch, of Union township : Elizabeth, wife of Albert Mossman, of Columbia

City ; Ordella, wife of Filmore Welsheimer, of Union township; Edward; Stephen O., a plumber at Columbia City; Charles and Frank, residents of Columbia City : Fred, living at Butler, Indiana, and Jesse Howard. Mr. Briggs is a Democrat in politics and a member of the Lutheran church.

Jesse Howard Briggs was born in Whitley county, Indiana, October 4, 1880. He remained on his father's farm in Union township until the completion of his fourteenth year, attending the common schools and the Coesse high school. For one year he was in the State Normal at Terre Haute, after which he took a course in Wittenberg College at Springfield, Ohio, graduating when seventeen years of age. In 1898 he entered the Northwestern Universitv Medical School at Chicago and remained there two years. This was followed by a two years' course at Rush Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1903. After an experience as interne for nearly one year in the Presbyterian Hospital he came to Churubusco and entered actively into the practice of his profession. He has met with unusual success and is regarded as one of the most promising physicians of the county. Dr. Briggs is a Knight Templar, chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythias and member of the Modern AYoodmen, Eastern Star and Pythian Sisters. His college fraternities are the Phi Kappa Phis at Wittenberg (Ohio) College, the Phi Beta Pi at Rush Medical Colleg'e and the Alpha Omega Alpha honorary. Dr. Brigg's is medical examiner for nearly all the leading insurance companies as well as for those fraternities which have an insurance feature. Dr. Briggs is one of the leaders of the local

Democracy and in November, 1906, was elected coroner of the county. He is secretary of the board of health and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Hiram B. Whittenberger

In 1836, when Jackson was filling his second term as president and Sam Houston was gaining fame in Texas, the tide of emigration to Ohio was in full blast. Settlers were coming in from everywhere especially from New England, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentucky. About that time seven families, who had settled in Medina county, resolved to push farther west toward the valley of the Wabash. They made the tedious trip in wagons and on horseback, finally pulling up in Fulton county, where jointly they founded the town of Akron, which has since become a place of considerable importance. One of this party of pioneers was William Whittenberger, who was born in Pennsylvania, but crossed the mountains early in the century and cast his fortunes with the settlers of old Medina. After coming to Fulton county he bought a small farm, the cultivation of which provided for a large family of children but at his death was not sufficient to make them rich. He had married Joanna Sippy, whose grandfather had crossed the ocean with Lafayette and fought for the freedom of America during the Revolutionary war. This worthy couple were pious members of the Methodist church, and reared their family to habits of industry and morality. Their children, eleven in number, were William and facob, deceased ; Joseph, later a resident of Rochester, now deceased ; John, deceased ;. Daniel, Stephen and Thomas, all living at Akron; Abraham J., of Claypool, Indiana;: Isaac, of South Whitley ; Hiram, Benjamin and Clara, the latter the wife of C. E. Mc- Means, of Akron.

Hiram B. Whitenberger was born in Medina county, Ohio, January 18, 1835, being still an infant in arms when his parents made their memorable trip to their new home in Fulton county. He remained on the parental farm until he grew to manhood,, but as schools were scarce and poor in his neighborhood, he was able to pick up but a scanty education. He did contract work on farms until 1861, when he enlisted in Company F, Forty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until his discharge in 1863. Fie was in some lively skirmishes, but took part in none of the historic battles. After his discharge he established a store at Larwill, Indiana, in partnership with his brother, Abraham, but who retired after three years, when Hiram: became sole proprietor. He was the pioneer merchant of the town, with whose every interest he has been a part for more than forty years, seeing whole generations come and go. He conducts a general store, keeping that selection of merchandise needed by his customers, most of whom are farmers. He has done an extensive business, retaining the good will and custom of his patrons liv square dealing, unvarying courtesy and strict integrity.

In [865., Mr. Whittenberger married Savilla Hayden, daughter of Zera Sutherland, of Logansport, Indiana, where she was horn about the year 1839. Mr. and

Mrs. Whittenberger have had six children : Clarence, who died when eleven years old ; Schuyler, who was killed in a railroad wreck in Nebraska, where he was a telegraph operator ; Walter, who is in the store with his father ; Edward, a railway employe in Chicago; John \and Benjamin,, who died in infancy. The mother is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Whittenberger is an Odd Fellow, a Republican in politics, and was a member of the Larwill post of the Grand Army of the Republic, while it was in existence.

tics, being a delegate to the joint senatorial convention and a worker in local campaigns. He is a Pythian Brother and enjoys an outing on the northern Indiana lakes.

George W. Kichler

George W. Kichler, the fourth of his father's family, was born at Churubusco, Indiana. September 8, 1883, and was educated as he grew up in the common and high schools, having graduated from the latter at the age of eighteen. He learned the baker's trade under his father's direction and for two years had sole charge of the bakery. In 1903 he began reading law in the office of John W. Orndorf and was admitted to the bar in 1905 before Judge Adair. He entered into practice of his profession at once, in association with his old preceptor, and May 1st of the following year purchased Mr. Orndorf's interest and is already in the enjoyment of a lucrative practice extending into all the state courts. He acts as agent for the Etna. American National, Continental, German. North British and Security Insurance Companies and altogether is one of the busy citizens of Churubusco. He is a Republican and has already identified himself with active poli-

Oscar C. Crowell

The genealogy of the Crowell family is given elsewhere in this volume in connection with two of the descendants of the original settler. It has been a useful family in connection with the farming interests of Whitley county, especially that portion covered by the township of Jefferson, where their activities have principally lain. Thev have not only done their part in developing the land as farmers, but by branching out as grain dealers and buyers of stock, they have assisted their neighbors by bringing the mar kets close to their doors. By this spirit of enterprise, they have helped others while helping themselves, become widely acquainted and made their name familiar over a wide section of country. The local founder or first settler was Henry Crowell, who was among those who arrived as earlv as the 'thirties, when Whitley county gave little promise of ever becoming the farming section which spreads out before all who visit it in these piping times of prosperity. It was William Crowell. however, son of the old settler, who established his family's name and laid broad and deep the foundation for its future success. Active and enterprising as a farmer, he eventually branched out as an agricultural trader and became widely known on account of the grain elevator which he established at Raber and conducted with unflas'e'ins" enera'v until his- death in March, 1903. By his marriage with Gertrude Cosemeyer. he left an unus ually interesting family of six children, who have proved worthy descendants of a patriarchal sire. Reed, the eldest, is prospering in the lumber business in the forests of Arkansas; Harvey A., the second son. is a well-to-do farmer in Jefferson township : Cora, the only daughter, married Fred Rickerd, who resides in Michigan : William W., after his father's death, became joint owner with his mother of the one hundred and fifty-five acres composing the old homestead in Jefferson township and is managing this farm with success ; Porter, the youngest child, passed away in 1904 before he had an opportunity to prove his qualifications for business.

Oscar C. Crowell. fifth of these children, was born in Jefferson township, Whitley county, Indiana, February 24, 1878. As a hoy he began helping his father on the farm and in his other work, for which he displayed a natural adaptability. His familiarity with affairs connected with the elevator qualified him to succeed his father in this responsible business and after the estate was settled he took full charge at Raber. He has control of the coal and grain supply handled at that point and for a young man has a high reputation among the farmers for pri 'inptness, courtesy and square dealing. Raber is situated about forty rods south of the old home farm and there Mr. Crowell makes his residence. He is well known to the farmers and others for miles around and all have confidence in his integrity and disposition tn do the right thins" with his customers. His shipments are about sixtv carloads annually.

Merritt W. Crowell

The family of this name dates well back into the pioneer period of Whitley county, and for three generations has been prominently connected with its agricultural interests. The founder was Henry Crowell. who came from Ohio at the time usually described by that indefinite and rather meaningless phrase "in the early day." Usually this means that the person alluded to was among the first settlers and the fore-runners of the Crowells certainly deserve this title. He left a soil named William, who became a farmer but was much better known as a buyer of stock and grain. About 1896, he built a grain elevator at Raber and ran it for many years, handling nearly all the grain shipped from this vicinity. Meantime he cleared, improved and managed his own farm, on which he carried on the miscellaneous agriculture usual to this section, consisting of grain growing and stock raising. William Crowell married Gertrude Catzmier. by whom he had six children : Reid is engaged in the lumber business in Arkansas ; Harvey is a farmer in Jefferson township ; Cora married Fred Rickerd, who is a farmer in Hillsdale county, Michigan ; Merritt W. and Oscar, who has charge of the elevator. Porter, the youngest, died in 1904, at the age of twenty-three years. The father after an active life passed away March

31, 1876. He grew up on his father's farm and obtained a good education in the common schools of Jefferson township. After his father's death he became a joint owner

-with his mother of the one hundred and fiftyfive acres of which the home place consists, one hundred acres being under cultivation, the rest covered with timber and devoted to pasture. General farming and stock raising are his main interests. A fine brick residence was erected in 1891 and with suitable barns and other buildings, fencing and drainage makes this one of the really attractive and desirable rural homes of the county. June 21, 1904, Mr. Crowell married Miss Ocie, daughter of Franklin and Carlina Schuman, of Richland township. Mr. and Mrs. Crowell have one son, Porter De Witt Crowell. The father is a Republican.

Peter V. Gruesbeck

Early in the last century James Gruesbeck, whose ancestors for generations had been in New York, left his native state to venture into the sparsely settled but rapidly developing county of Crawford, Ohio. He was a successful farmer there but obeying a natural instinct decided in 1852 to try his fortunes in Indiana and secured a farm in Columbia township, just west of Columbia City. Disposing of that farm in 1864. James Gruesbeck and wife came to Columbia City, devoting his attention to other farms which he operated in connection with his sons. He died at the home of his son, Theodore, at Lorane, Troy township, aged seventy-five years, having survived his wife about five years. He had married Mary Van Orsdall, in Ohio, and Tived with her through life. Their mature children were Peter, Walter, Omar, Charles, and Theodore. Of this family Peter, Charles and Theodore are the only survivors, the latter being a farmer in Crawford county, Ohio, while Charles is a farmer of Troy township, Omar served in Simonson's battery and died in hospital August 13, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Walter died in the same city but in another hospital about the same time, being in the Seventy-fourth Indiana in which he enlisted at its organization. He was wounded near Atlanta, Georgia, and his life was the forfeit.

Peter V. Gruesbeck was born in Crawford county, Ohio, November 5, 1835, and hence was seventeen years old when he accompanied his parents to Whitley county. In his twentieth year he yielded to a desire to travel, visiting a number of the western states. He taught school in Iowa one vear, and in Caldwell county, Missouri, three years. Recrossing the Mississippi he taught in Illinois. In i860, he returned to Whitley county and after working on a farm taught the succeeding winter. The opening of the Civil war aroused his patriotism and he was quick to respond to the call to arms, enrolling his name as a member of the Fifth Indiana Battery, generally known as Simonson's artillery. With Captain Peter Simonson he served three years and two months in the western army, being a participant in many of the great battles of the war, including Perryville. Stone River, Chickamauga, Jonesborough, Resaca, and Peach Tree Creek. He received an injury at Stone River that destroyed his right eye, was taken prisoner while in hospital but retaken and subsequently confined in the hospital at Nashville. He was discharged at Indianapolis in the fall of 1864 and returned to

Columbia City but next year revisited Missouri, where he taught during the winter of 1865 and 1866. In the latter year he engaged in the shoe business at Columbia City with Ranson Turtle, but after continuing in this line for five years he retired. He owns a small farm near town and resides on Walnut street in a brick house erected in i860 by John Cotton, which is one of the oldest brick structures in Columbia City.

In 1866 Mr. Gruesbeck married Anna Maria Gingher, a native of Ohio, and they have had three children: Mary, who died at the age of eighteen; Abigail, wife of Charles Frederick, living in Indianapolis, having two children, Fremont F. and Otto E. ; and Irene, who remains with her parents. Mr. Gruesbeck is a Republican and an esteemed comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is post commander. As a veteran soldier of unblemished record, a citizen without reproach, and a man of kindly manners, he enjoys deserved esteem during his quiet passage through the evening of life. Mrs. Gruesbeck was born in Lancaster, Fairfield county. Ohio, and at the age of eighteen years had come to Columbia City with her father, Henry Gingher. who became a building contractor and died at the age of seventy-two vears. Her mother, Eliza Evans, had died in Ohio at the age of thirty-six years, when Anna was but a child of eight. She had two brothers, Benjamin and John, who served in the Civil war. Benjamin, who was in the Seventy-fourth Indiana, died in a hospital near Atlanta. John was in the One Hundred Twenty-first Indiana Regiment and after seeing service till the close of the war returned only to be a permanent invalid and to die some years later.

Simon Bennet

Simon Bennet has spent all of his adult life in Whitley county, engaged in various occupations and has always been justly considered one of the enterprising citizens. As a mechanic, a soldier and a merchant he has so borne himself as to earn the good will and esteem of his neighbors and by industry and careful management has achieved success in his undertakings. Mr. Bennet was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, October 2, 1842, his parents being Daniel and Mary Ann (Huffer) Bennet. In the fall of 1850 thev came to Whitley county, where they purchased and settled on a farm in Washington township, two miles north of Laud, their later years being passed in that village, where the mother died in the seventy-fourth year of her age. He retired to his homestead where he died at the age of seventyeight years. They had ten children, of whom Simon was the third. He was only eight years old when brought to Whitley county and worked on the farm until he became of age. For two years thereafter he worked in a saw-mill, then learned the carpenter's trade with Lewis Gross, following that trade for sixteen years. Mr. Bennet enlisted in October, 1862, in Company C, Fifty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he served ten months under General Rosecrans, then re-enlisted in Company C, Forty-second Indiana, with which he remained about eleven months, being with Sherman on the Atlanta campaign and on to the sea. Going with the army north, he took part in the last battle at Bentonville, and on to Washington, participating in the grand review. Returning to Whitley county, he resumed his trade as carpenter in 1866 and continued in this line of work for sixteen years. In 1882, he became a clerk in the general store of his father-in-law, L. S. Maring, at Laud and continued in this employment during the next ten years, until Mr. Maring's death. In 1892 he came into possession of the store, which has since been conducted with a continually growing business. He carries a general stock of merchandise and enjoys a fine trade with the farmers of that prosperous section of the county.

October 26. 1869. Mr. Bennet married Amina. daughter of L. D. and Elizabeth Maring. a native of Jefferson township, where she was born March 2$, 1845. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have had five children : Desta P.. who died when two years old: Ada S., wife of Orlando Sheets, operating the old Bennet homestead ; Zella, wife of Oscar B. Robbins, of Loveland, Colorado ; Zora, wife of Franklin F. Frame, of Fort Wayne; and Leonard R., a bookkeeper in a wholesale grocery company at Fort Wayne. Mr. Bennet is a Republican, has always taken an active interest in public affairs and is considered one of the influential men of his township. At the settlement of his father's estate, Mr. Bennet purchased the homestead, containing the same tract upon which his father had begun to clear out a farm from the wilderness.

Daniel Redman

and in his social relations he has endeavored as best he could to influence his fellowmen along right lines and to benefit himself by benefiting others. Meantime as a farmer and merchant he has conducted business according to the golden rule with the result that he has achieved a fair measure of financial success, while gaining the esteem of neighbors and patrons. Daniel Redman is a native of Jefferson township, where he was born August 29. 1855. His parents were Henry J. and Catherine ( Huffer) Redman, the former a native of Columbiana county, Ohio, and the latter of Maryland. Early in the "fifties they bought land in Jefferson township, where he died about 1879. but his widow survives and is living on the old homestead at the age of eightvseven years. They had eight children, of whom Daniel was the fifth. He grew up on the parental farm of one hundred and five acres, which he now owns, and there he has spent all his life except three years, during which he has been a resident of Laud. His principal occupation was farming until 1892, when he established a store at Laud as dealer in harness and buggies, which he conducted in connection with his farm. He enjoys a good trade in this line and derives a substantial revenue from the old homestead farm of which he is now the sole owner. For many years Mr. Redman acted with the Republican party, but becoming dissatisfied with its attitude towards the liquor traffic he allied himself with the Prohibitionists, of whose cause he is now a stanch advocate.

ton township, where the mother died, the father surviving at an advanced age. Mr. and -Mrs. Redman have had seven children of whom the survivors are Sherman A.. Simon R., May X.. Nellie M. and Ralph W. Elsie E., wife of Winfield O. Smith, died in Washington township, and Elma E. died when about six months old. Mr. and Mrs. Redman are active members of the United Brethren church in which he has held various official positions, being superintendent of the Sunday-school for many years. He is also a member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of the Maccabees.

John T. Fry

Tohn T. Fry, pioneer fanner of Thorncreek township, was born in Holmes county, Ohio, August 7, 1846, and is a son of David and Nancy (Ewing) Fry, both natives of Pennsylvania. The paternal grandparents were Jacob and Eve Fry, also natives of Pennsylvania. They were the parents of nine children, all of whom are now deceased. They came to Holmes county, Ohio, in an early day and resided there the remainder of their active years. David Fry was a lad of eight summers when he accompanied his parents to Holmes county. Spending his boyhood days under the parental roof, he early became familiar with farm work. He married in Holmes county and in the spring of 1866 came to Whitley county. Nancy (Ewing) Fry died in 1861 in Ohio, being a devout member of the Presbyterian church. David and Nancy (Ewing) Fry were the pai-ents of seven children : Mary; Martin L., who died at Chattanooga, Tennessee, about 1898; Eli died in childhood; John T. ; Minerva, wife of George H. Hurd, of Eldorado, Kansas; Joel died at thirty-one; David Harvey died in childhood. During his life in Whitley county David Fry worked at the carpenter's trade, the last years of his life being passed with John T., in whose home he died in 1892, aged eighty-nine years.

John T. Fry's active connection with the cultivation of the farm began as soon as he was old enough to handle the plow. He worked in the fields through the summer months and in the winter seasons pursued his studies in the district schools until he was seventeen years of age, thus acquiring a good common school education. November 24, 1867, Mr. Fry married Miss Catherine E., daughter of John and Mary Ann (Fichthorn) McClain. She was bom in Greene county, Ohio, June 28, 1847. John and Mary Ann McClain were residents of Columbia township, Whitley county, from 1848 and were the parents of seven children. They were members of the Methodist church and were highly respected in their community. Mrs. McClain died in 1872 and her husband in 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Fry have had eight children : Mary Etta, wife of Jesse S. Engle, of Thomcreek township; Cora M., wife of William Rarick, a resident of Noble county ; John F. married Rosa Nobles and resides in Noble county ; William David married May Bennett and lives in Noble county; Bertha, wife of Charles Weeks, of Noble county ; Parmenis E. married Zora Williams, of Noble county ; Jennie, wife of Lafayette Hill, of Noble countv; George, who is with his.

parents. In 1881 Air. Fry purchased fiftyeight acres of woodland and recognizing the fact that in America "labor is king," he put forth every energy to advance his interest by means of persistent, earnest toil and as the result of his work he is today the possessor of a productive and valuable farm, all of which is under the plow except two acres. The farm has a good house and barn upon it and everything is neat and thrifty in appearance and he has the satisfaction of knowing that it is the result wholly of his personal exertion, ably seconded by a most suitable companion.

In February, 1864, Mr. Fry enlisted in Company H, Fifty-ninth Indiana Infantry, with which he served until the end of the war. He participated in a few skirmishes, but no great battles. He is a member of English Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Etna, of which he is past commander and present officer of the day, and thus maintains pleasant associations with his comrades who wore the blue. To his country he is today as true and loyal as when he fought on southern battlefields and he gives his earnest co-operation to every movement and measure which he believes will prove of benefit to county, state or nation. He is a genial gentleman, of social nature and has a wide circle of friends throughout this and adjoining counties.

Edward C. Schoenauer

this sketch. As a farmer and merchant he has led an industrious life, meeting with the usual ups and downs that attend all the undertakings of men, but on the whole achieving success and having something to show for himself in a financial way on the right side of the ledger. The Schoenauers are one of the old families of Whitley, the founders having settled in Jefferson township at an early day and being identified with its agricultural development for many years. Edward C. was born May 12, 1868, in \\ hitley county, his parents being Frederick and Sarah Schoenauer, and he was one of a family of ten. He was reared on the homestead in Jefferson township, worked for his father until twenty-one years old, then rented the farm for a few years, after which he sold out and removed to Defiance county, Ohio. There he bought a small farm on which he lived about one and a half years. Returning to Whitley county, he clerked in the hardware store of his brother, William, at Laud. At the end of a year he purchased a half interest in the business and three months later became the sole owner of the entire establishment. Since 1896 he has built up a good trade with the farmers in that prosperous section. He has aspired to no official position, preferring to devote all his energies to his mercantile affairs, his only work aside from this being as treasurer of the Farmers' Mutual Telephone Company in which he is a stockholder. March 9, 1892, Mr. Schoenauer was married to Emma E., daughter of Adam Geitsey. of Defiance county, Ohio. Her parents died when she was a young girl and she remained in her native county until her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Schoenauer have three children, whose names are Estie. Ervin and Clarence and the family enjoy a wide acquaintance as well as general popularity among those who know them. Mr. Schoenauer retired from the hardware business in January. 1907. by selling to D. Tschantz & Company. His political affiliations are Democratic.

Rev. Daniel W. Sanders

Few men in Whitley county are better known than this ex-soldier, ex-county offitember, 1861, he enlisted in Company A. Second Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, which was made up entirely of Ohioans, the quota for Ohio being full at that time. Besides himself, there were two others of the Sanders brothers in this regiment and . in the same troop, all of whom escaped injury during their subsequent service. After two years Mr. Sanders was discharged on account of ill health. but later re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Fortieth Regiment Ohio National Guards, with which he remained until discharged at Gallipolis in 1865. He saw cer, prominent Mason and minister of the much scouting and skirmishing, hut particigospel for more than thirty years. His immediate ancestors were southerners, his progenitors being English, Irish and Welsh, who came to this country during the eighteenth or early in the nineteenth century. Mordecai Sanders, his grandfather, was an early settler of Georgia, but removed to Ohio when that state was still in its formative period and became a farmer in Carroll county. With him came his son, Mordecai, then three years old. who grew up on the farm and spent his entire life in Ohio. He died at the age of seventy-three years, while on a visit to Virginia. He married Ann Edwards, a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, and of English extraction. They had seven children : Ezra, who died a few years ago in Colorado; John E., a Baptist minister, of Modesto. California; Daniel and William G.. deceased; .Mary, wife of John S. Iden. of Monett. Missouri; David T., of Colorado; and Amos R., who died in childhood. Daniel W. Sanders, the third son. was horn in Carroll county, Ohio, May 17, 1842, .and grew up on his father's farm. In Seppated in none of the historic battles.

After returning home he studied medicine with Dr. Bean at Syracuse, Ohio, and practiced awhile but eventually concluded that the profession was not exactly to his tastes. Being of a religious turn, he applied himself to the study of theology, reading alone without a preceptor until he mastered the general outlines of the subject and felt sufficiently equipped to speak for the Master. He preached two years in Ohio, when he transferred his labors to Indiana, where he was ordained a minister of the Baptist church in 1876. During the subsequent years he officiated at various places, including Larwill and Oswego. In 1882 he accepted a call to the church in Columbia City and served this church three years; removing to Wellington. Kansas, for two years and then became pastor of the church at Greensburg, Indiana. During his three years' incumbency there he was instrumental in the erection of a $10,000 church. In 1890 he removed to Montpelier, but after a pastoral service there of twelve months returned to the field of former service at Columbia City for three years. A severe bronchial affection, which had become chronic and was aggravated by speaking, finally compelled him to retire and he went west as a means of recuperation. Returning in 1894 he was nominated on the Republican ticket as candidate for auditor of Whitley county, was elected and served a term of four years to the entire satisfaction -of his constituency. After retiring from office he resumed ministerial work and has since been preaching with but brief intermissions. Of late years his efforts have been mostly confined to supplying churches .that have no regular preacher. He has proved popular wherever he has served and during his long and self-sacrificing labors has gathered a host of friends, who admire him for his meritorious personal qualities as well as for his noble work in uplifting and bettering humanity. He has been an .honored member of the Masonic fraternity for forty-four years and is an esteemed comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic. In October, 1863, Mr. Sanders married Jane E. Bailey, of Meigs county. Ohio, who died twelve years later, leaving two children. Emma married David H. Mick, a telegraph operator of the state of Washington, and they have one son, Walter. Mattie is the wife of Charles N. Briggs, of Columbia City, and has one child, Robert. In August, 1876, Mr. Sanders married Sarah Ann Hartsock, of Wayne county, Ohio, who for thirty years has proven a most valued helpmate and companion. They have one son, Walter, who is in the jewelry business at Walkerton, Indiana. He married Winifred Buckles and has two children, Nellie and Evelyn.