Black Township (part 2 of 3)

JOHN B. GAEDINER, a prominent pioneer citizen, of Posey County, Ind., was born in Philadelphia, Penn., January 17, 1809, being the eldest of four children born to James and Elizabeth (Grover) Gardiner, who were natives of the same place, where they lived and died. Our subject was raised in the city of his birth and secured a good education in the schools of that place. At the age of seventeen years he began clerking in the stores of the city and followed mercantile pursuits there until 1837, when he came West and located at the mouth of the Green River in Kentucky, where he followed merchandising two years. Here he married Mary Holcomb, in 1838, and the following year came to Posey County and located at New Harmony, where he was engaged in merchandising three or four years. He then removed to Blairsville, in 1843, and remained there until 1856, when he was elected treasurer of Posey County by the Democratic party, and the following year removed to Mount Vernon and filled the office two years, faithfully and efficiently. In 1860 he was elected auditor of the county and served two terms, of four years each. In 1864 he, together with a number of other prominent citizens, organized the First National Bank, of which he was made president. He filled this position several years and then accepted the position of cashier caused by the resignation of S. M. Leavenworth and served until January, 1883. In August of the same year, he assisted in organizing the International Bank of Mount Vernon, and was elected president, and is now holding the position. He is and always has been an unswerving Democrat in politics, and besides the county offices already named, he was elected mayor of Mount Vernon in 1880, and served two years. He is a Mason, and he and wife are members of the Episcopal Church. They raised a family of seven children, five of whom are living: Henry B., Charles A., Mary B. (wife of William Bailey), Martha W. (wife of William jBoyce), and Flora (wife of' F. B. Test). Mr. Gardiner is among Jthe oldest and most highly respected citizens of Posey County, and is known to be an enterprising and successful business man and a trustworthy citizen.

DAVID H. GEEATHOUSE was the third of a family of seven children born to the marriage of Lorenzo Greathouse and Parthenia B. Stinson. The father was born September 5, 1818, and was raised in Point Township, Posey Co., Ind., where he afterward farmed. He died February 17, 1883. The mother was born in Kentucky, September 5, 1819, and died January 23, 1884. Our subject was born on the farm of which he is now a resident, January 29, 1849. His services being much required at home, his educational advantages were somewhat limited in his young days. He remained at home with his parents until their death, when he continued cultivating the home farm. He owns eighty acres of good land, and also farms extensively on other land. He and his sister live on the old homestead. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and politically has always been a Democrat. He is quite a prominent man and well respected by all.

GEOEGE S. GREEN, auditor of Posey County, Ind., was born February 19, 1850, and is one of a family of nine children, five of whom are living, bom to the marriage .of George S. Green and Martha A. Lockett. George S. Green, Jr., was raised on the homestead farm near Mount Yernon, and secured a very fair education. He followed the life of the average farmer's boy until he was fifteen years old when he left home and learned the carriage trimmer's trade in Evansville, Ind. He remained in that and other cities for about four years when he returned home and worked as deputy county recorder under F. A. Pentecost. In 1872 he was appointed deputy auditor under Frank D. Bolton, and served in this capacity during the entire term and also under A. D. Owen. In November, 1882, he was elected auditor of Posey County and took his seat in March, 1883. He has filled the office faithfully and efficiently to the present time. He is a Democrat and has taken an active part in the political afiPairs of the county. January 16, 1873, his marriage with Emma Foshee was celebrated. They have two children: George B. and Stella. Mr. Green is a member of the I. O. O. F., and K. of P. His iather, Judge George S. Green, was born in Washington, Mason Co., Ky., March 4, 1809. He removed to the "Hoosier State" about 1837 and located near Mount Vernon, where he continued to reside until his death. He was educated at the Military Academy at West Point, but gave up his military career for the profession of law. Upon leaving West Point he became a disciple of Blackstone and pursued his legal study with so much zeal, that in a short period he passed a very creditable examination before the Supreme Court of Indiana. He was subsequently elected to tlie State Legislature and at a still later period, was chosen probate judge of this county. After his term of office had expired, he resumed his practice of law, and established a reputation which ranked him among the first lawyers of the State. He was an eloquent pleader and sagacious counselor, and possessed an exceptionally refined and cultivated literary taste. Owing to physical disability he was prevented from attaining high positions for which his mental qualities so fitted him. He took an active and deep interest in the extension and perfection of school systems and his relations both at home and abroad were of the most exemplary kind. His death occurred at his farm near Mount Vernon, Ind., September 11, 1857.

JOHN K. GEEGOEY, proprietor of a livery, feed and sale stable in Mount Vernon, Ind., was born in Lynn Township, Posey Co., Ind., January 19, 1841. The father of our subject was born near Clarksville, Tenn., and died in Mount Vernon, April, 1884. Our subject's mother was a Miss Pitts, and after marrying Mr. Gregory became the mother of five children, two of whom are dead and three living. John K. has always advocated the principles of the Democratic party. He is quite a horse fancier and is considered a very good judge of horse flesh. He has been the owner of several very speedy pacers and trotters and keeps the best livery stable in Mount Vernon.

EDWAED S. HAYES, sheriff of Posey County, Ind., was born in Lancaster County, Penn., April 21, 1836, being next eldest in a family of seven sons born to John and Catharine (Sweeney) Hayes, natives of Pennsylvania and Ireland, respectively, but both of Irish descent. The father who was a school teacher by profession and a carpenter by trade, removed with his family from Pennsylvania to Iowa in 1844 and the same year went to Clark County, Ohio, where he followed the carpenter's trade until his death in November, 1844. The mother died the July preceding. Our subject came to Posey County with his mother's brother, at the death of his parents and was raised by him on a farm and learned the cooper's trade. When seventeen years old he left home and followed his trade in Ohio until March 4, 1855, when he enlisted in Company D, of the Fourth United States Cavalry serving five years when he was discharged and came to Mount Vernon and followed his trade till the breaking out of the

Rebellion wlien he enlisted as first lieutenant of Company H, First Indiana Cavalry and remained with his regiment until the following January when he resigned and was engaged in the quartermaster's department at Memphis, Tenn., until the following November, when he returned to Mount Vernon and resumed his trade, continuing until January, 1864, when he enlisted as a private in Company K, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry and was appointed second lieutenant of the company which position he held till the close of the war. He then returned home and that same year was elected first marshal under the city charter and served three years. He was defeated in 1868, but filled out part of his opponent's time as he (the opponent) had been convicted and sentenced to State prison for handling counterfeit money. After that he held the office eight years by re-election. In 1878 he was defeated by twenty votes for nomination on the Democratic ticket for sheriff but served again as city marshal from 1880 to 1882, and four years as deputy sheriff and jailer. In November, 1882, he was elected by his party to the sheriff's office and was re-elected in 1884. May 28, 1863, he married Anna E. Musselman, a native of the same place as our subject. They became the parents of ten children, seven of whom are living: Cora A. (wife of Lewis Stinson), Augusta M., George B. McClellan, Anna Belle, Zadia E., Helen L. and Edward S. Mr. Hayes' political views have always been Democratic. He is a Mason and a member of the I. O. O. F. and G. A. E., and he is recognized as an upright, enterprising citizen and a courteous able official.

GEOEGE HENEICH was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, October 15, 1835, son of Anton and Barbara (Korn) Henrich, both born in Germany. They immigrated to the United States in 1837, and started for St. Louis by the Ohio Eiver, but the father was taken sick with fever on the way and stopped off at Evansville where he died three days later, leaving the widow and five helpless children alone in a strange country. Mrs. Henrich purchased a small farm in Marrs Township, Posey Co., Ind. When George was about ten years old they came to Mount Vernon where the mother died in October, 1853. George received no education in early days but learned to read, write and cipher by his own exertions. When fifteen years old he went to Louis- ville, Ky., where he learned the barber's trade and worked at that business ofP and on until the breaking out of the war when he enlisted as bugler in Company C, First Indiana Cavalry and served in this capacity for three years. He was seriously wounded in the left arm at the battle of Fredricktown, Mo., and was mustered out in 1863 but re-enlisted in 1864. In 18(55 he returned home and began working at his trade, and keeping a stock of gents' furnishing goods which combined enterprise he has since conducted very successfully. lu 1867 he built his present commodious business block, and now controls the leading trade in his line in the city. In 1858 he married Nancy A. Leffel. They have seven children: George A., William F., Charles E., MoUie A., Lou Cecelia, Cornelia Estella and Arthur E. Previous to the war Mr. Henrich was a Democrat but since that time he has been a Eepublican. He is a member of the G. A. R., and is a leading business man of Mount Vernon.

GEN. ALVIN P. HOVEY is a son of Abiel and Frances (Peterson) Hovey and grandson of Bev. Samuel and Abigail (Cleveland) Hovey. His mother was born in Vermont, May 20, 1780 and died in Posey County, Ind., September 6, 1836. The father also died in Posey County, July 17, 1823. The parents were married in 1802 and ramoved to Indiana in 1818. Here the father followed the life of. a farmer. He was an active and energetic man with good judgment and noble principles. Our subject was born in Posey County, Ind., September 6, 1821, and is unquestionably one of the most distinguished men of Indiana. He was a delegate to the convention that framed the constitution of the State of Indiana in 1850. He was judge of the circuit court for eleven counties in the southwestern part of Indiana, from 1851 to 1854, and was judge of the supreme court from 1854 to 1855. He held the position of United States district attorney for three years. He was then removed from office by President Buchanan for supporting Stephen A. Douglas for President, and Daniel Voorhees was installed in his place. He served with great ability in the war of the Eebellion and was considered a brave and skillful officer. He was colonel of the Twenty-fourth Indiana Volunteers, and was promoted brigadier-general April 13, 1862, and July 9, 1864, was raised to the rank of brevet major-general of United States Volunteers for liis distinguished and gallant conduct on the battle field. He was commander at the celebrated battle of Champion Hill which opened the way to the capture of Vicksburg, and was highly complimented by Gen. Grant for his knowledge of military tactics. He was appointed minister to Peru, South America, August 12, 1865,. and resigned after five years' service. He married in Posey County, November 24, 1844, Mary Ann James, born in Baton Rouge, La., February 22, 1825, and died in Mount Vernon, Ind., November 16, 1863. He took for his second wife the widow of Maj. W. F. Carey and daughter of Caleb Smith, Secretary of the Interior under President Lincoln. To his first marriage were born these children: Esther, Enoch J. (deceased), Charles J., Mary (deceased) and Mary Ann (deceased). The General with his surviving children and grandchildren, resides in Mount Vernon, Ind., where he is highly honored as a citizen, soldier and patriot. THEODORE HUDNUT, proprietor of the Favorite City Mills, of Mount Vernon, Ind., was born in Washington, Mason Co., Ky., July 15, 1820, son of Joseph and Catharine (Dalton) Hndnut, natives of Kentucky and Virginia, respectively. Our subject left the parental roof in his twelfth year, and learned the carpenter's trade which he followed in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana about fifteen years. He then engaged in the milling business in Johnson County, Ind., remaining there until 1860. In 1861, at the breaking out of the Rebellion, he enlisted in Company H, Nineteenth Indiana Volunteers, as first lieutenant under Col. Meredith, and served about six months. He then resigned and went to Indianapolis and built a hominy-mill, operating it about four years. He then engaged in a similar business in Mattoon, III, and in 1866 moved to Terre Haute, Ind., where he has been engaged in the hominy-mill business ever since. He conducts his business on an extensive scale, and has met with good success. In 1877 he established his present hominy-mill . in Mount Vernon, and has operated it successfully ever since. Mr. Hudnut was first married in Madison City, Ind. His wife died in Johnson County, having borne him five children - a son and a daughter now living. He married his present wife in Indianapolis. He is a Republican in politics, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church. Although not a resident proper of Posey County, he is considered by all an enterprising business man of the place.

EOBEET K. HUNTEE, a wealtliy retired citizen of Mount Vernon, Ind., was born in County Down, Ireland, November 2, 1811. He is a son of James and Ellen (Eobb) Hunter, who were natives of Scotland. The father who was a manufacturer of linen and woolen goods, started to the United States in 1832, with his family, but died while en route on the Atlantic off Cape Breton, and was buried in the ocean. The mother died a month later of cholera while on Lake Erie, and a day later one of his sisters died of the same dread disease. Eobert K. came with the surviving members of the family to Pittsburgh, Penn., where he engaged in the retail boot and shoe business, and later engaged in farming in the State. In 1857 he immigrated west and located on a farm near Mount Vernon, Ind., where he resided twelve years. In 1869 he moved to Mount Vernon where he has since made his home, and engaged in buying and selling real estate. Mr. Hunter has met with more than ordinary success financially, and has now a very handsome competency. In 1838 he married Martha Pollock, a native of Pennsylvania, who died October 4, 1872, leaving no children. Mr. Hunter is an unswerving Democrat, and is an elder and member of the Presbyterian, Church. He is recognized by all as one of the leading citizens of the town and county, and a thoroughly upright man.

ALEXANDEE HUTCHINSON, insurance and real estate broker of Mount Vernon, Ind., was born in Gallatin County, Ky., September 22, 1847, and isone of seven children born to John Hutchinson andLydia Ann Fuller, natives of Connecticut and Kentucky, respectively. The father, who was a hatter and bookbinder by trade, followed these combined occupations early in life. He ' was married and raised his family in Kentucky, and moved to Indiana about 1850. Two years later he removed to Illinois, where he resided on a farm until his death in 1869. Alexander was raised on a farm in Illinois, and secured a fair education in the English branches. He followed the occupation of teaching from 1866 to 1871 in Illinois, and then came to Posey County and continued that vocation until 1879, meeting with the best success. In 1879 he established his present business in Mount Vernon, and has remained there ever since. He was married to Parthenia Conlin, a native of the county, in 1876. They have two children named Thomas and John. Mr. Hutchinson is a stanch Republican in politics, a member of the I. O. O. F., and a prosperous business man of the town. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

HON. ENOCH E. JAMES (deceased), was born in Kentucky, July 4, 1800, son of Samuel and Frances (Randolph) James, both natives of Virginia. Subject came to Posey County about 1816, and after becoming of age, went to Louisiana, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. Between 1830 and 1835 he returned to Posey County, where he followed a similar occupation. He was a Democrat, and served as treasurer of Posey County, and was elected senator for that and Vanderburgh Counties in 1859. During the Rebellion he was commissioned colonel of the First Regular Indiana Militia, and was a warm advocate of the cause of the Union. He also became a Republican at that time. He was married to Esther Lowry, a native of Baltimore, Md., who died June 21, 1849, leaving five children, who grew to maturity: Lawrence; DeWitt; Juliet, widow of Gen. William Harron; Mary (died in 1863), wife of Gen. A. P. Hovey, and Cornelia (deceased). Our subject died August 11, 1863.

SILAS P. JONES was born February 21, 1850, in Posey County, Ind. His parents, John D. and Elizabeth (Green) Jones, were natives of Hamilton County, 111., and Posey County, Ind., respectively. The father, born December 31, 1823, and the mother March 27, 1825. They were married in Posey County, and after making several changes of residence, finally located on a seventy-five acre farm in Black Township. Here the father, after an illness of fourteen years, died August 20, 1870. Silas remained at home aiding his mother until he was eighteen years of age. July 16, 1868, he married Louisa Piatt, daughter of Jenison and Sarah Piatt. She is a native of Posey County, and was born October 10, 1848. They have five children: John J., Columbus, Lulu, Herbert and Elizabeth B. Mr. Jones has been quite prosperous, and owns seventy-five acres of land, all under cultivation. He is a Democrat in politics, and cast his first vote for Samuel J. Tilden. He is an F. & A. M.

Eliza (Pretorius) Klein, who were born in the same country. Here the father died in 1864. The mother still resides there. Charles P. was raised in the country of his birth and secured a good English and German education. At the age of sixteen years he came to the United States, and two years later located at Evansville, Ind., and began selling produce on commission. In 1877 he returned to Germany on a visit, and six months later came back and located in Henderson County, Ky., and engaged in the merchandise business, continuing there until 1881, when he came to Mount Vernon and engaged in the general grocery business, which calling he has followed eveir since. He bought out the firm of C. & A. Wasem and carries on the business very successfully by himself. He has a select stock of goods and controls a large share of the trade in town and county. In 1878 he was married to Katie M. Schwerdt, a native of Evansville; they have one child named Otto Carl. Mr. Klein is a Bepublican and Mason.

JOHN C. LEFFEL, one of the proprietors of the Western Star, was born in Posey County, Ind., March 8, 1850, son of Daniel and Barbara (Richenbacher) LefEel, who were natives of Baden, Germany. The father, who was born in 1809, came to the United States when about twenty-three years of age, and followed the cabinet-maker's trade in New York City and Pennsylvania. He came to Posey County about 1845, and purchased large tracts of land where Blairsville and Wadesville now stand. In 1856 or 1857 he removed to Mount Vernon, where he engaged in the merchandise business a number of years and then retired from active life. He was a Democrat. His death occurred in 1873. John C. was raised in Mount Vernon, and secured a good English and German education. When fourteen years old he went to St. Louis, and served a five years' apprenticeship at harness-making. He then returned home and began learning the printer's trade in the office of the Mount Vernon Democrat, published by Thomas Collins, and later was its compositor and foreman. February 1, 1876, he established the Western Star, and conducted it alone until 1881, when S. Jett Williams became his partner. In 1876 Mr. Leffel began publishing a German paper, but finding that it was detrimental to the Star, discontinued it. July 2, 1871, he married a daughter of Henry Brinkmaim. Five children blessed their union: . Edward, Lillie, Herbert, Daisy and Otto. Mr. Leffel is a Mason, and belongs to the I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W. and Harugari orders. He is a Democrat in politics, and his paper is devoted to the interests of that party..

JOHN M. LOCKWOOD, a prominent pioneer of southern Indiana, was born in Westchester County, N. Y., April 24, 1809. His father, Isaac, who was a hatter by trade, settled in Westchester County and followed his trade there a number of years. In 1818 he came West with his family, arriving in Evansville in June of that year. He then went North, and entered 160 acres of land near Princeton, Ind., where he died in 1820. His wife died the year before, thus leaving our subject an orphan at the age of twelve years. John M. was then taken to raise by James Evans (a brother of Gen. Evans), with whom he remained as a bound boy until he was of age. Mr. Evans was a kind master and employer, and gave our subject all the advantages accorded to a member of the family. Thus he secured a fair education and received a thorough knowledge of farm life. He spent a considerable portion of his time at work on Mr. Evans' carding machines, and kept books for his employer and took full charge ' of the machines after he had attained his fifteenth year. At the age of twenty-one he began working for his employer, receiving one-sixth of the income from the carding machines. By the next fall he had saved a considerable sum, and in addition had $100, which was given him by Mr. Evans when he attained his majority. He and Dr. Neely purchased a flat-boat and took it South loaded with corn. At Bayou Sara they disposed of the corn, and here Mr. Lockwood had an attack of yellow fever. After a fortnight's illness, he returned to Princeton, and in September, 1831, he entered into the grocery business in Evansville with a capital of $250. By hard and incessant labor he succeeded well in that business, and in 1834 he added a stock of dry goods, continuing in this with success until 1836. He was instrumental in organizing a branch of the State Bank of Indiana, at Evansville, and in 1834 was one of the managers of the famous " Canal dinner " given at Evansville. In politics he is a Eepublican, but is not radical in his views. He was a member of the Evansville city council in 1833-34, and was instrumental in securing the right of way, voting for the tax in Prairie Town- ship, Vanderburg County, for the Evansville & OrawfordsVille Railroad. In 1836 he removed to a farm near Evansville, and resided there and in the city until September, 1852, when he removed to Mount Vernon, where he has since resided. He has taken an equal interest in private and public enterprises in Posey County, and was one of the founders of the First National Bank, of which he is a large stockholder. He was president of the bank for fifteen and a half years. He has also contributed freely to the cause of Christianity, and is well and favorably known in the county as one of its wealthiest but most generous citizens. In 1834 he married Caroline C. Newman, his present wife, who is a daughter of James Newman, who settled in Evansville in 1819.

CAPT. ABSALOM MACKEY, a prominent pioneer citizen of Posey County, Ind., was born in Monroe County, Ohio, May 15, 1824. He is the eldest of eight children born to Thomas and Matilda (Sutherland) Mackey, natives respectively of Virginia and Ohio. The father came with his family from Ohio to Posey County, Ind., in 1839, and farmed until his death in 1846. The mother died six years previously. Our subject's boyhood days were spent on a farm. He received but little schooling, but by contact with business life in later years he has overcome this to a considerable degree. At the age of sixteen he began flatboating on the river, and later became connected with steamboat trade as pilot and captain. He owned an interest in the "Idaho" and "Tom Scott," and in 1877 he built a steam ferry boat, which he now plies on the Wabash River at AshAvorth's Ferry. The Captain has been quite successful in life from a financial standpoint, and in addition to his river trade he has given considerable attention to farming, and now owns about 1,200 acres of good land. In 1847 he married Margaret Rowe, who died in 1851, leaving two children: Henry C. and Sarah. He took for his second wife Elizabeth Ashworth, who died in less than a year after marriage. In 1859 he married Mary K. Weever, his present wife. They are the parents of two living children: Absalom and Edith L. Capt. Mackey is a Republican, and a warm advocate for the principles of his party. In 1861 he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving on the gunboat "Conestoga," plying on the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers four months, when he was taken sick and then served irregularly as a pilot till the close of the war. He is a Mason and a member of the I. O. O. F., and is recognized in the community as a successful and upright citizen.

MAGILL BEOTHEES are blacksmiths, wagon, buggy, plow and harrow manufacturers, of Mount Vernon, Ind. Eobert Magill, senior member of the firm, was born in Mount Vernon, July 26, 1838, and is a son of James and Eebecca (Templeton) Magill, who were natives of Pennsylvania and North Carolina, respectively. The father came to Mount Vernon about 1820. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was a house carpenter by trade. He resided in Mount Vernon until his death in 1845. The mother died March 12, 1885. Eobert began learning the blacksmith's trade, which occupation he followed until 1861, when July 26 of that year he enlisted in Company H, First Indiana Cavalry, and served three years. He then returned home, and in 1865 engaged in his present business with his brother. The firm has succeeded well, and has a first-class standing in business circles. He was married to Mary Parks in 1870. She is a native of Tennessee, and he is a member of the G. A. E. James T. Magill, junior member of the firm, was born in Mount Vernon in the house where he now lives, June 14, 1841. He worked at the blacksmith's trade about eighteen months, and then flat-boated on the river to New Orleans until 1861, when he followed the occupation of farming in Posey County until 1865. In 1864 he married Martha Williamson, a native of Tennessee. They became the parents of ten children, eight of whom are living. Mr. Magill is a member of the I. 0.0. F., and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Gilbert Magill, brother of Eobert and James Magill, was born January 3, 1844. He received an ordinary education, and at the age of twenty learned the cooper's trade, and followed this and farming until 1878, when he learned the wagon-maker's trade, at which he has worked in his brother's shops ever since. In 1872 he married Margaret Hausser, a native of Germany. They have one living child, Arthur T. The three brothers are stanch Eepublicans in politics.

is the youngest of four children born to John A. and Fredericka (Klein) Mann, who were natives of the same place, where they lived and died. Philip was raised in his native country until he was seventeen years old. He received the ordinary compulsory education of that country, and afterward learned the tailor's trade. About 1852 he came to the United States and worked at his trade two months in Philadelphia, and then came to Mount Vernon, Ind., and a year later went to Henderson, Ky., where he followed his trade until 1864, when he returned to Mount Vernon and worked at merchant tailoring in an establishment of his own. He began business on a small scale, but has increased his business and capital from year to year by integrity and economy, until he now has the largest establishment of the kind in the city or county. In 1860 he married Catharine Wittmer, a native of Germany. They are the parents of seven living children: Catharine, Anna, Mina, William, Charles, Susannah and Fredericka. Mr. Mann is a Eepublican, and a member of the city school board. He is a Mason, Royal Arch degree, and he and family are members of the Trinity Church.

WILLIAM M. McAETHUE, M. D., druggist of Mount Vernon, Ind., was born in Ohio April 30, 1827, son of Thomas and Nancy (Morton) Mc Arthur, natives respectively of Ohio and Pennsylvania. The father always followed farming as an occupation. He married and raised his family in Ohio. He died in 1846, while on a visit to Tippecanoe County, Ind. Our subject secured an ordinary common school education and began teaching in 1848 to secure money to enable him to obtain a medical education. lu 1852 he entered the Starling Medical College of Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from that institution in 1854. He then moved to Missouri and practiced his profession until 1855 when he came to Mount Vernon and engaged in the drug business, in which he has remained ever since. He has a large and select stock of goods and is doing a profitable business. In 1857 he married MaryD. Flower, who died in 1864, leaving two sons : Thomas and George F. In 1867 the Doctor married his present wife, who was Melissa A. Thomas, a native of Crawford County, Ind. They have one child, Mary A. Dr. McArthur is a Republican in politics and is a member of the Masonic and I. O. O. F. fraternities, and is one of Posey County's most prominent men.

THOMAS M. McAETHUE, a prominent young business man of Mount Vernon, is the eldest son of Dr. William M. McArthur, of whom proper mention is made elsewhere. He was born in Mount Vernon, Posey Co., January 10, 1860. He remained with his parents until his mother's death in 1864, and then made his home with an aunt living in Grayville, 111., (Mrs. Eosamond Agniel), until 1868, when he returned home and entered school, completing the high school course in 1876. He then taught school in Mount Vernon and in Posey County from 1878 to 1882, and was principal of the West School building of Mount Vernon, three years. In June, 1882, he engaged in the book and stationery business, and has carried on that enterprise ever since with marked success. He has a select stock of goods, books, stationery, wall-paper, mouldings, musical goods, toys and fancy articles. He is a Eepublican in politics.

OSCAE L.McCALLISTEE, merchant of Mount Vernon, Ind., and native of the town was born May 28, 1850, and is the elder of two children born to the marriage of Alexander MoCallister and Evelina E. Newman. The father was born near Evansville, Ind., June 4, 1822, and removed from there when a boy to near Henderson, Ky. Between 1836 and 1838 he came to Posey County with his parents and the family located on a farm in Black Township. Soon after Alexander C. came to Mount Vernon and began clerking in stores and in 1837 or 1838 he and Noble Craig formed a partnership and engaged in the general merchandise business. They remained together in this connection until 1858 when he purchased his partner's share of the stock and carried on the business alone until 1871 when he took our subject into partnership with him. They remained in this connection until the father's death, November 23, 1884. He was well and favorably known as an enterprising and successful business man and an honorable and upright citizen, of this county. His wife still survives him. Oscar L. obtained a good education in the city schools, and since forming the partnership with his father he has done well financially. He carries a full line of dry goods, boots and shoes, and other goods pertaining to his line of business. October 31, 1877, he married Lida Goshom, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have two children : Alexander C. and Alfred G. In politics Mr. MoCallister is a Eepublican and an enterprising and worthy citizen.

BEADDOCK McGBEGOE was born in Virginia (now West Virginia) July 24, 1845, and is one of eight children born to James and Eliza Jane (Morrison) McGregor, who were natives of Scotland and Virginia, respectively. Braddock obtained the ordinary English education, and at the age of fourteen went to Ohio to live with his grandparents. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted in Company B, Seventy -seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served his country faithfully until 1866. He then came to Posey County, and purchased a farm near Mount Vernon. A year later he engaged in the saw-milling and steam-threshing business, and in 1873 returned to Virginia. Here he followed mercantile pursuits until November, 1876, when he returned to Posey County and took up his residence at Farmersville, and resumed the saw-milling business. In 1880 he and his brother, William A., bought a farm of 1,000 acres on the Wabash Eiver. They have devoted their time to clearing this farm and sawing up the lumber. In 1883 he removed to Mount Vernon, and March 1, 1884, purchased a one-half interest in the saw-mill and stave factory owned by Ford & Vandergrift, retaining Ford as partner. They carry on an extensive business and employ fifty men in their factory. In 1869 Mr. McGregor was married to Kate Monroe. They have three children : Ollie, Inez and Charles M. Our subject is a stanch Eepublican, and is an efficient member of the city council. He is a Mason and a member of the I. O. O. F., and is director in the Mount Vernon Building and Loan Association.

HON. GUSTAVUS V. MENZIES was born in Boone County, Ky., December 24, 1844, and is a son of Dr. Samuel G. Menzies and Sally (Winston) Menzies. The father was a native of Kentucky, born in 1810, and was a graduate in his profession. He served as surgeon of the First Kentucky Eegiment, and during his service contracted disease which resulted in his death December 21, 1882. Our subject received a good education in the high school of Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1861 he enlisted in the First Kentucky Eegiment, and served until September of the same year, when he was appointed midshipman in the naval academy at Annapolis, Md., graduating in 1864, and served on European, West Indian and South American squadrons. He was flag lieutenant on the staffs of Admirals Dahlgren and Turner, and temporarily with

Poor during the insurrection in Cuba in 1869, and held various naval offices. During 1870-71, while instructor in the academy at Annapolis, he studied law, and in the latter year came to Mount Vernon and began practicing his profession with his father-inlaw, Gen. A. P. Hovey. November 11, 1869, he married Esther, only daughter of Gen. Hovey. They have three children. Mr. Menzies is a Democrat, and was elected to the State Senate in 1878. He was delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1884. He is a Mason and a K. of P.

MAJ. STLVANUS MILNEE was born August 24, 1833, in Stork County, Ohio. He remained in that State until he was eight years old, when he removed with his parents to Mount Vernon, Ind. Here he received a very good education in the public schools, and also attended the State University of Indiana for some time. When but eighteen years old he was appointed deputy postmaster of Mount Vernon, and served under John Wilson. Here he remained for two years. He then began learning the wagon-maker's trade, but, after serving an apprenticeship, never worked at the trade. From 1854 to 1862 he followed the occupation of merchant's clerk, and at the latter date was appointed surveyor of Mount Vernon, and held this position until 1863, when he enlisted in the service of his country to quell the Eebellion. He organized Companies A and K, Indiana Volunteers, and was made captain of the former company. He was soon made major of the regiment, and held that position until the close of the war. After his return from the war he engaged in the mercantile business for a short time, and then began manufacturing brick. This led to the erection of the Masonic Temple, with which he is identified. He was appointed postmaster by President Grant in 1869, and held the position until 1882, when he resigned. He is a prominent Mason and a stanch Republican. He is a bachelor and a man of genial and friendly disposition.

EDWIN MONROE may be mentioned as one of the prominent settlers of Posey County. He was born May 30, 1815, in Cuyahoga County, N. T, and is a son of Joshua and J. (Fairchild) Monroe, who were the parents of seven children. Our subject was educated in the district schools in his neighborhood. When he was but thirteen years of age his parents died, and he was then obliged to support himself. July 15, 1840, he married Miranda Jane North, daughter of Darius and Mary North. She was born July 18, 1824, in Posey County. To their union these children were born, namely: Julia E. (deceased), Darius, Mary J., Charles (deceased), Kate, Nathaniel D., Alvin H., Emma, William, Ira H., Emma M., Edmund S. and Ella. January 8, 1846, Mr. Monroe purchased 160 acres of land, and on this he has ever since lived. He is one of the old settlers of the county, and has lived to see it transformed from a wilderness to well cultivated farms. He is a Republican, and his first vote was for Harrison.

MRS. CHRISTENA MORLOCK, wife of Christian Morlock (deceased), was born January 27, 1845, in Germany. She came with her parents to the United States when but nine years of age. They located for a short period in Evansville, and then moved to a farm about ten miles from that city. Mr. Morlock was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in November, 1830. He 'always followed the occupation of farming, and January 27, 1868, he led to Hymen's altar, our subject, Christena Willimann, daughter of Adam and Mary Willimann. To their union were bom six children, named Frederick, George, Mary, John, Edward and Emma. In 1867 Mr. Morlock purchased eighty acres of land in Section 11, Black Township, Posey Co., Ind., and afterward added sixty acres more which made him a comfortable home. After his death which occurred March 4, 1880, his widow moved to Mount Vernon, where she remained four years and then purchased and moved on her present farm of eighty acres. She is a worthy member of the German Methodist Church.

GEORGE NAAS, a prominent merchant of Mount Vernon, Ind., was born in Vanderburg County, May 8, 1840, and is the eldest of ten children of Frederick and Malinda (Weis) Naas, who were born in Germany. The fath^ came to the United States in 1830, and located on a farm in Vanderburg County, where he remained tilling the soil until 1860, when he removed to Gibson Coimty. That same year he volunteered his services for his country, and enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, and died during service at Nashville, Tenn., in 1865. The mother still resides in Gibson County. George was raised on a farm, and when fourteen years old he left home and began clerking in a store at Blairsville, and later at Saint Wendel. In 1861 he engaged in the general merchandise business for himself at the latter place and carried on a lively trade there until 1874, when he was elected treasurer of Posey County, and removed to Mount Vernon. He sei-ved two terms by re-election. In 1878, he engaged in the general merchandise business here in partnership with Anton Raben. They handle a large and select line of dry goods, boots and shoes, hats, caps, clothing, and a general stock of groceries. ' They have the largest store of the kind in the county, and command the leading trade in city and country. In 1860 Mr; Naas took for his wife, Louisa Neff, who died in 1876,. leaving seven children: Katie, Henry, Anna, Sophia, Peter, John and Mary. For his second wife he took Mary Greb, his present wife. They have two children : William and Adaline. In politics Mr. Naas has always been an unswerving Democrat. He was a member of the city council four years, and he and family are members of the Catholic faith. Mr. Naas is an honest and successful business man of the county, and a thorougnly moral citizen,

THORNTON W. NEALE, son of Thomas and Margaret (Winn) Neale, was born at Parkersburg, W. Va., November 20, 1817, and is the youngest of eleven children (only two of whom are now living). His parents were natives of Virginia, and afterward moved to West Virginia where they resided until their respective deaths. Thornton W., passed the life of the average farmer's boy but secured a limited education. As he was an ambitious and enterprising young man, he at the age of nineteen years, took Horace Greeley's advice and came as far west as Indiana and located on a farm about twelve miles below Evansville, on the river, here he remained until the spring of 1850 when he removed to Henderson County, Ky., and in 1853, came to Posey County and located on a farm which he purchased four miles northeast of Mount Vernon, where he followed farming exclusively until 1864, when he removed to Mount Vernon and has since given his attention to dealing in real estate and grain. Mr. Neale' s life has been a success in every respect. He owns 300 acres of good farming land and twenty-nine acres within the city limits. May 12, 1840, his marriage with Elizabeth Cloud was celebrated. She was a native of Indiana, and died in 1854, having borne six children, four now living: Harriet, the wife of Washington Hall; Thomas

H., Thornton, Daniel and John D. June 12, 1855, he married his present wife whose maiden name was Martha "Wallace. They also became the parents of six children, four of whom are living: Henry C. ; Olive, wife of George Welker; Julia M., and Luella. Mr. Neale is a stanch Eepublican, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which he has been a member and supporter for fifty years.

CHAELES NEBE is a native of Prussia, Germany, where he was born October 15, 1853, and is the eldest of six children born to Conrad and Kathrina Nebe, who were natives of the same country as our subject. The family came to the United States about 1857, and lived in New York City about three years and then removed to Evansville, Ind., where the father and mother now reside. Charles was raised in Evansville, and secured little or no education, but has since secured a comparatively good education by his own efforts and by contact with business life. He learned the machinist trade and worked at that occupation until 1874. He then followed various callings with indifferent results till 1877, when he came to Mount Vernon and worked as clerk for C. F. Tente until November, 1883, when he began keeping a grocery and saloon in partnership with Valentine Schneider, and continued with him until February 12, 1885. Since that time he has conducted the business by himself. He carries a good stock of goods and is doing a thriving business. In October, 1880, he was married to Lizzie Dietz, a native of Germany. They have one child, Emma. Mr. Nebe is a Democrat and a member of the Harugari order.

TUENER NELSON, deceased, was born in North Carolina, August 8, 1799, and came to Posey County in 1828 or 1829, and followed the occupation of farming and school teaching. In 1835 he was elected clerk of the Posey County courts, and held the oflSce until 1867, when he was appointed to the Ute Indian agency under President Buchanan, but refused the appointment. He married Jane Walker, a native of Kentucky, and they became the parents of ten children, four of whom are living : Angeline, Evaline, James M. and William, who was born May 22, 1837, and married Josephine E. Whitworth, who bore him four children. He was appointed clerk of the county courts in 1867, to fill the vacancy caused by his father's death, and served until 1875. Turner Nel- son, our subject, was known by all as an enterprising and active citizen, a faithful and eflScient official, and a worthy member of the Baptist Church. His death occurred August 7, 1867.

JOHN I. NIEDEEST is the eldest of six children born to Martin and Odelia (Bailey) Niederst, and was born in Alsace, France, December 13, 1847. His parents were natives of the same country and came to the United States and located at Vincennes, Ind., where the father engaged in the merchant tailoring business until his death in 1861. John I, was raised in Vincennes and received a common school education in his native and the English language. At the age of fourteen years he began learning the printer's trade and after having mastered it was in the employ of the Vincennes Sun until 1863, and then worked on the Ohio & Mississippi Eailroad until 1867, when he began retailing merchandise through Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky, until 1870. He then located in Shawnee Town, 111., and engaged in the retail liquor business. In the fall of 1881 he removed to Mount Vernon, where he has since been engaged in the same business. He built his present business block in 1881. In 1868 he married Mary Guyer, a native of Vincennes. They have four children: John, Eichard, Florence and Garnet. Mr. Niederst is a Democrat, and he and wife are members of the Catholic faith.

WILLIAM J. L. NOEL is a native of the county in which he now resides, and was born September 26, 1820. He is a son of John and Margaret (Lowrey) Noel, who were natives of Pennsylvania and Ireland respectively. The father was a farmer and distiller and also operated a copper still, the first in the county. In 1850 he removed to Mount Vernon, where he is now living a retired life. Our subject was raised in the county, but secured a limited education owing to the, undeveloped school system of that day. In 1842 he began farming in Lynn Township, continuing with good success until 1858, when he removed to a farm near Mount Vernon. About 1867 he began selling general merchandise and dry goods and at the end of two years he began selling grain and continued the management of his farms in the county. In 1841 he married Harriet J. Nettleton, a native of the county. To their union four children were born, two of whom are living, named John M., a merchant of Poseyville, and Edward W., a dealer in musical instruments and sewing machines in Mount Vernon. Mr. Noel is a stanch Eepublican in politics and is recognized as one of the successful business men of the county. December 28, 1875 his wife died and he then moved to Mount Vernon where he now resides.

FEEDEEICK W. NOLTE, a native of Herford, Prussia, was born June 14, 1847, son of August and Charlotte (Schwartz) Nolte, who were native Germans and came to America in 1856, settling in Evansville, Ind., where the father supported his family by shoe-making. Frederick obtained a good German education in the schools of Evansville, but has since acquired his English, education by his own exertions. "When thirteen years of age he began clerking in a dry goods and boot and shoe establishment in Evansville, continuing there a few years when he engaged in an exclusive dry goods store. Here he remained seven years. Later he became managing proprietor of a large dry goods store, but being rather unsuccessfid he discontinued this after about eighteen months' trial. He then became traveling agent for Sweetser, Caldwell & Co., of Evansville, and remained with them in that capacity for about five years. In 1880 he moved to Mount Vernon and has been carrying on farming very successfully ever since. He owns 1,400 acres of very fertile land and has 650 acres under cultivation. He was married in 1875 to Lizzie Link, of Vanderburg County, who lived but seven months after her marriage. He took for his second wife, Mary Broadhead Edision, a native of Mount Vernon. They have four children: Mary E., Lola E., Fred E. and James E. Mr. Nolte has always been a very zealous and ardent Eepublican. He is now chairman of the Eepublican Central Committee and in this capacity he has always been connected with his party in both Vanderburg and Posey Counties.

DAVID DALE OWEN, M. D. "(deceased), was born at Braxfield House, near New Lanark, Scotland, June 24, 1807, being the third son, who lived to manhood, of Eobert Owen, the philanthropist. He received his education during the years of 1824r-25-26, at Hofwyl, near Berne, Switzerland. He also took a course in chemistry with Dr. Ure, of Glasgow, Scotland, and then attended the University of London. He received his diploma as M. D. in this country, from the Cincinnati Medical College in the times of Dr. Locke Bberle and associates. He was engaged the greater part of his life as geologist, devoting his winters to chemical analysis connected with the geological surveys. He was first State geologist of Indiana, and in 1830, was appointed United States geologist for Iowa, and from 1848 to 1850 worked in the same capacity for Minnesota and the remaining Northwestern Territory. The results were published in a large quarto volume besides plates and maps. He was for many years afterward State geologist for Kentucky, his labors for that State being embodied in four large octavo volumes. Later, as State geologist for Arkansas, he published two octavo volumes. He married the third daughter of Dr. Neef, an associate of Pestalozzi. They became the parents of two sons and two daughters : Alfred D., Anna (wife of Charles Crawford), William H. and Nina (wife of Charles A. Parke). Mr. Owen's death occxirred November 13, 1860. It is said of him that his ability as a geologist was only equaled by his manly spirit and modesty. Works treating on geology and chemistry have given him a national reputation in scientific circles.

COL. ALFEED DALE OWEN, of Mount Vernon, Ind., was born, and lived until he was thirteen years old, in New Harmony, Ind. His birth occurred October 16, 1840, and he is the eldest child of Dr. David Dale Owen. In 1853 he was sent to Stutgart, in Wurtemberg, Germany, where he completed his education in German. When sixteen years old he returned to the United States and completed his education at the Western Military Institute, of Nashville, Tenn. The war of the Rebellion breaking out, he enlisted in 1861 as private in Company I, Fifteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served in this capacity for five months. He was then promoted to lieutenant in the Sixtieth Indiana Volunteers, and at the end of six months was made adjutant of the Eightieth Regiment ; six months later, commissioned lieutenant colonel, and in 1863 (October 15), was made colonel of the Eightieth Regiment, serving until the close of the the war. He then returned home . . and engaged in the mercantile business at New Harmony until 1875, when he was elected auditor of Posey County, and served until 1883 by re-election. The latter year he was appointed cashier of the Mount Vernon Banking Company, and is filling that position efiBciently and well at the present time. In 186(5 he married Anna Caldwell, a native of Jeffersonville, Ind. They have five children - three sous and two daughters. Col. Owen is a Democrat, and a member of the I. O. O. F. and Masonic fraternities, and is also a member of the G. A. R.

SIMEON H. PEARSB, M. D., of Mount Vernon, Ind., was born in Alleghany County, N. Y., April 29, 1830, being the oldest son of a family of three sons and ' three daughters born to Benjamin H. and (Mary Heath) Pearse, natives, respectively, of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The father who was a practical farmer, settled in Alleghany County, N. Y., in IS 12, where he led a long and useful life. His death occurred August 13. 1885, in his eighty-fifth year. The mother died there in 1874. Our subject was raised in his native county, and secured a fair education, completing his academic course, and securing a State teacher's license at the age of twenty -one. He taught school during the winters and thus obtained means to enable him to pursue the study of medicine. He attended the Castleton Medical College of Vermont, and graduated from this institution in 1854. He then practiced his profession in Onondaga and Alleghany Counties for four years, and then spent one winter in Bellevue Hospital, New York City, and in March, 1859, he came to Mount Vernon where he soon established a good practice, and has remained ever since, meeting with more than ordinary success in his profession. September 12, 1855, he married Lucy A. Abbott, born in the Doctor's native county. They have two children: Eliza M., wife of Andrew E. Lewis, of Princeton, Ind., and Warren M., a druggist in Louisville, Ky. The Doctor is a Democrat in politics, and a Mason, P. W. M. and H. P. of Mount Vernon Lodge No. 163. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Pearse has always taken an active interest in all matters pertaining to the general advancement or welfare of the county. He was one of the prime factors in establishing the graded school system in Mount Vernon. He was a member of the school board from 1868 to 1878, with the exception of two years from 1870 to 1872. He is justly recognized in the community as a worthy citizen and a competent and successful practitioner.

MILTON W. PEAESE (deceased), was born in Alleghany County, N. Y., July 4, 1841, and is a brother of Dr. S. H. Pearse. He was raised on a farm and secured a good education. In early life he attended the same institution of learning as the Doctor, and prepared himself for teaching, which profession he began at the age of sixteen years. In August, 1860, he came to Mount Vernon and taught in the town schools until 1864, when he enlisted in the 100 days' service in the war of the Rebellion. After his return home he taught the following winter, and then began the study of law with the view of making it a profession. In 1866 he was admitted to practice in the county, and soon became well and widely known as one of the foremost practitioners of the county. May 11, 1865, he married Mary S. Edson (a widow), who died June 20, 1880, having borne to him one child, now living, May W. March 5, 1884, he married Mrs. Adelaide Wellman, who still survives him. His death occurred April 22, 1884. He was a Democrat and a Mason, and a member of theA. O. U. W.

GEORGE R. PECKINPAUGH, M. D., of Mount Vernon, Ind., was born in Crawford County, this State, June 5, 1854, and is_the next youngest of twelve children born to Nicholas and Eleanor (Sheckell) Peckinpaugh, who were born in Hardin County, Ky. The father was a pioneer citizen of Crawford County, immigrating there with his parents in 1818. Here he was raised and married and brought up his large family. He followed farming, merchandising and steamboating with considerable success ; he was a member of the State Legislature from that district, and was well and favorably known throughout the region as one of the few Whigs who was a successful aspirant to office; he died in 1859. George R. remained on the farm until he was seventeen years old, when he attended the Hartsville Indiana University and later, the State University at Bloomington, Ind., and completed his sophomore year ; he then took a two years' course in chemistry and some other branches pertaining to the medical profession, and in the fall of 1878 he entered the Cincinnati Medical College and graduated from that institution in the spring of 1881. He came here in September of the same year, and has been practicing his profession, in which he has been reasonably successful ; he has capital invested in the drug

JOHN PFEFPEE, Sk., is the only living child of four sons born to Frederick Jacob and Margareta (Wessinger) PfefPer, and was born in Germany, January 19, 1826. John remained with his parents until seventeen years of age when he left home and learned the butcher's trade. In 1849 he immigrated to the United States and followed his trade in Buffalo, N. Y., and Louisville, Ky., and in 1850 came to Mount Vernon, and in connection with John D. Dieterle and John Schiesler, kept a meatmarket in Mount Vernon. He then continued this business with Mr. Dieterle and also carried on grist-milling until 1877. Since that time he and Philip Traudt have carried on the milling business very successfully. In 1849 Mr. Pfeffer married Fredericka Gemehl, a native of Alsace, France (now Germany). To their union three children were born: John, Louisa (wife of Dr. O. T. Schultz) and Caroline (wife of Dr. Ernst Heusler). Mr. Pfeffer is a Republican, and was a member of the city council for six years and trustee of the city schools nine years. He is a Mason and a member of the Ha;rugari and German Aid Societies; he and family are members of the Lutheran Church.

JUDGE JOHN PITCHER, a native of Watertown, Conn., where he .was born August 22, 1795. He was raised in his native State, and at the age of seventeen began studying law and was admitted, to the bar in 1815. A year later he came West, making nearly the entire journey on foot, and located first at St. Louis, Mo., and came to Indiana in 1820 and practiced his profession in a number of the counties of Indiana ; he came to Posey County in 1835 and has practiced his profession for forty years. He is a Democrat, but previous to the war was a Whig. In 1832 he was chosen to represent Spencer and Perry Counties in the State Legislature and was judge of the probate court for Gibson, Posey, Vanderburg and Warrick Counties. In 1815 he married Eliza Gamble who died in 1832, leaving three children, one now living, Thomas Gamble, who is a retired colonel of the United States Army and is governor of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Bath, N. Y. Judge Pitcher took for his second wife Amanda Cissna who died in 1854. She left two living children: Henry C. and Kate. Our subject is the oldest Mason in Indiana.

JOHN W. POWELL, M. D., of Mount Vernon, Ind., was born in Henderson County, Ky., June 16, 1844, and is the only son of eleven children born to James M. and Matilda (Greene) Powell who were born in Kentucky and Virginia respectively. The father was a farmer and resided in the county of his nativity all his life with the exception of two years' residence in Indiana, in 1841-42. John W. secured a good literary education, attending the Asbury University at Greencastle, Ind., in 1864-65, and the Washington College at Lexington, Va., in 1866-67-68. In 1870 he began the study of medicine entering the medical department of the university of Louisville, Ky., and graduated from that institution in March, 1872. He then began practicing his profession in his native county, continuing there with good success until 1880. In December of that year he came to Indiana and located at Mount Vernon where he has since resided and now controls a large and remunerative practice. In 1882 he was appointed county physician and is serving in that capacity at the present time. In 1870 he was married to Belle Dorsey. They became the parents of six children, three of whom are living: Lila E., Wesley Dorsey and Clyde E. The Doctor is a Democrat and Mason and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

DOUGLAS C. EAMSEY, M. D., of Mount Vernon, Ind., was born in Clay County, 111., where his father Dr. George D. Eamsey was a practicing physician for a number of years, and where he now lives a retired life. Our subject was raised ih his native county with his father, beginning the study of medicine under him at the age of seventeen years. He received a good literary education in the public schools and by private instruction. In 1877 he entered the St. Louis Medical College attending three terms and graduajiing in 1880. Six months later he came to Mount Vernon where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession, meeting with good success. November 16, 1882, he married Letitia Lappin, of Xenia, 111. They had one daughter named Euby now deceased. In politics he is a Democrat and is United States pension surgeon for Posey County, receiving his appointment under Cleveland. He is secretary of the county board of health, member of the American Medical Association,

GEOEGE W. EOBEETSON, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Mount Vernon, Ind., was born in Fayette County, Ind., December 23, 1842. He is the son of Thomas and Lydia (Frost) Eobertson, who were natives of the States of New York and New Jersey, respectively. George was raised in the county of his birth and secured a good education in the common schools and in the Marietta (Ohio) College. At an early age he began merchandising with his father and worked at that business previous to his entering college. In 1863 he enlisted in the United States Navy and was immediately promoted paymaster's clerk and upon attaining his majority, was promoted to the office of paymaster and was ordered to duty on the gunboat "Carondelet." He was retained in the service until six months after the close of the war, being promoted paymaster of a fleet of fourteen vessels. He was compelled to abandon his career in the navy on account of sickness contracted during service. After returning home he completed his education in the Marietta College. He then enlisted in the service of the United States as dejDuty assessor of the Fifth District, and at a later period, served in the United States collector's office at Evansville, Ind. In 1874 he accepted the position as head book-keeper in the Citizens' National Bank of Evansville, and later removed to Monticello, Ind., where he accepted the position as cashier of the Citizens' Bank of that place, remaining there until October, 1882, when he removed to Mount Vernon, and accepted his present position, which office he has filled to the satisfaction of all concerned. In June, 187o, he was married to Anna P. Lockwood, daughter of John M. Lockwood; they are the parents of one child, Estella. Mr. Eobertson is a Mason - Knight Templar degree, and a member of the G. A. E., and he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

EVEESON W. EOSENKEANS, cashier of the First National Bank of Mount Vernon, Ind., is the next youngest of four children born to John B. and Margaret (Hornbeck) Eosenkrans, who were natives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania respectively. Our subject was born in Sussex, N. J., in 1830, and was raised in his native State on a farm. When he was about ten years old his father died, and he remained with his mother and received an ordinary education in the common branches. At the age of twenty years he became book-keeper for a dry goods house in St. Louis, Mo., and remained there three years. He then returned home and two years later he came to EvansYille, Ind., and engaged as clerk in a wholesale dry goods store. In 1858 he came to Mount Vernon in company with John Burtis, and engaged in the grocery business, continuing at this five years, when he bought out his partner's interest and carried on the business alone until 1871. He then accepted a position as assistant cashier of the First National Bank, and in 18S3 was promoted to his present responsible position, and is now filling that office in a very satisfactory manner. In 1860 he married Emily L. Lockwood, daughter of John M. Lockwood. To their union five children were born: John L. (deceased), Lucas, Na- 'tallie, Everson (deceased), and Carrie. In politics Mr. Rosenkrans is a Eepublican. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Eosenkrans attends regularly and contributes largely to its financial support. He is a reliable and worthy citizen of the county.

GEORGE D. EOWE was born in Posey County, Ind., August 16, 1828, and is one of seven children born to the marriage of Samuel Eowe and Mary Duckworth. The father was born' December 5, 1784, in Kentucky. He came to Indiana in 1809, and resided on two different farms in Posey County, and then moved to Harrison County, where he died March 23, 1870. The mother was born in 1799, in North Carolina. She died July 2, 1878. Our subject received a very good common school education, and when eighteen years of age left home and began fiatboating on the Ohio and Mississippi Elvers, continuing at this work for about six years. March 3, 1852, he married Martha Hamilton, born August 10, 1833, daughter of Francis and Malinda Hamilton. To Mr. and Mrs. Eowe were born eleven children: Samuel, Joshua, Mary, Sarah (deceased), Julia, George, Mattie, Eebecca, America, John and William. Mr. Eowe has been moderately successful as a farmer, and has been trustee of Black Township for six terms. In politics he is a Eepublican, and cast his first vote for Winfield Scott. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

EICHARD SAELLS, a prominent business man of Mount Vernon, was born in Carroll County, Ky., August 13, 1839, and is one of a family of eight children born to the marriage of Richard Sarlls and Julia Evertson. The father and mother died within three months of each other, when our. subject was but eight years of age. After their deaths he came to Mount Vernon and lived with his uncle, J. R. Evertson, until he was eighteen years of age, learning the miller's trade. He worked at that occupation in Mount Vernon and Uniontown, Ky., until the close of the war, when he began buying and selling grain, and has continued in this business ever since, engaging, also, at times, in the dry goods and merchandise business. He was a member of the firm of Fuhrer, Boyce & Co. from 1874 to 1880. Since the latter date he has engaged in the grain and real estate business, and has also given considerable attention to farming, and' owns 750 acres of good bottom land in Kentucky, besides good residence property and business blocks in Mount Vernon. In 1860 he was married to Libbie Hinkle, who died in 1879, leaving seven children: Richard, Edward H., Jessie, Walter, Howard H., LeRoy and Louis P. In June, 1883, he married his present wife. Miss Fannie Hinch, a native of the county. Mr. Sarlls has been very prosperous financially, and is considered one of the foremost business men of the county. He is independent in his political views, and he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

EBERHARD P. SCHENK, a very prominent farmer of the county, was born May 12, 1821, in Germany, and is one of six children born to Frank and Elizabeth Schenk. The parents were native Germans, and came to this country in January, 1837, and located in the eastern part of Posey County, Ind. There the father died in 1846, and the mother about 1872, having lived to be over ninety years of age. Our subject was about sixteen years of age when he came to the United States. He received a very good German education, but his English education has been acquired by self application. "When twenty-six years old he married and settled in Marrs Township, on a farm where he lived until 1855. At that time he came to Mount Vernon with a brother and began keeping hotel, which business he abandoned in 1861, and moved on his present farm of 190 acres. He has excellent buildings on his farm, and is one of the wealthy citizens and farmers of the county. In 1847 he was married to Margaret Deig (died January 9, 1874), who bore him these children: Mary Anne, Katie, Prank, Andrew, Barbara, Maggie, Lizzie. Mr. Schenk and family are members of the Catholic Church, and he has always been a Democrat politically. He has been county commissioner for six years. His son, Andi'ew A. Schenk, was born April 8, 1857, in Mount Vernon. He has always made his home with his parents. September 18, 1884, he was married to Katie Grabert. He follows the occupation of farming, in which he has been very successful.

EBEEHARD B. SCHENK was born in Vanderburg County, Ind., July 10, 1844. He is a son of Francis and Maria (Deig) Schenk, who were natives respectively of Prussia and Bavaria. Francis came with his parents to the United States when quite yoang, and located in Marrs Township, Posey Co., Ind., where he was raised, married and lived until 1854 or 1855, with the exception of a short residence in Vanderburg County, where our subject was born. In 1855 they removed to Mount Vernon, where they have ever since resided. They kept the Union Hotel until the father's death, February 14, 1865. The mother died June 9, 1880. Our subject secured a good education, and after his father's death he assumed control of the hotel business, and continued at that work five or six years. The five following years he was engaged in the pump and steam-pipe business, and since that time has kept a large and select stock of stoves, tin and hardware, and is doing a thriving business. In 1871 he took for his companion and helpmate through life, Elizabeth Stahlhoefer, born in Vanderburg. They have four living children: Elizabeth, Edward J., John and Clemens. Mr. Schenk's political views are Democratic, and he and wife are members of the Catholic Church.

SCHIELA BROS., John F. and Charles, are manufacturers and dealers in furniture in Mount Vernon, Ind. The business was originally started by their father, Charles Schiela, who was a native of Frankfort-on -the -Main, Germany. He came to the United States in 1854, and in the fall of that year established his furniture store in Mount Vernon, and remained in that town until his death, November 22, 1880. In June, 1854, he married Christina Eaetz, who still survives him. John F., senior mem- ber of the firm, was born and raised in Mount Vernon, and learned the cabinet-maker's trade of his father, working with him until within ten months of his death. Since that time he has been an equal partner with his brother in the business. September 22, 1880, he married MoUie C. Keck, a native of the county.- They hare one child, Eliza C. John F. is a Eepublican and a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. of P., and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Charles, junior member of the fii-m, was born and raised in Mount Vernon, also. In 1880 he took his father's interest in the store, and he and his brother have conducted the business very successfully ever since. They have a select line of all kinds of furniture, and have a large and remunerative trade.

HENEY SCHNUE, Se., proprietor of the Bellville Eoller Grist-mills, of Mount Vernon, Ind., was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, December 6, 1825, and is the youngest in a family of five children born to George Henry and Catherine Schnur, who were natives of the same country. The father was a brewer and distiller in his native land, and came to the United States with his family in 1838, and located in Marrs Township, Posey Co., Ind., where he followed the life of a farmer. His death occurred in 1852 or 1853, and the mother's in 1840. Henry's English education is. quite limited, but he acquired a fair knowledge of German before coming to this country. At the age of nineteen he began farming on land given him by his father. He farmed here successfully until 1874, when he came to Mount Vernon and engaged in the grist-milling business, which occupation he has followed ever since with good success. His mill, which was of the old stone buhr pattern, he had remodeled in 1884-85, putting in the new improved rollers, and now does a large business. June 17, 1848, he married Louisa Bodemer, a native of Germany. They have five sons and two daughters living, and nine children who are dead. Mr. Schnur is a Eepublican, and he and wife are members of the German Methodist Episcopal Church.

OSCAE T. SCHULTZ, M. D., of Mount Vernon, Ind., spi-ings from a family whose, members have for three centuries back been either physicians, or have held prominent offices of trust in church or state in Silesia, Prussia. The only surviving relative in Germany is an uncle, Saniiaets-Bath, Dr. Eobert Schultz, of Frankfort-on-the-Oder, Prussia. Our subject was born near Breslau, November 9, 1848, and is the eldest son of Theodore and Henrietta (Weber) Schultz. The father came with his family to the United States in 1853, and located first in New York City, but after two years residence in that place, removed West and located at Evansville, Ind., where he still resides engaged in the practice of medicine. Oscar T. received his education in the public schools of Evansville, graduating from the high school in 1866, and in the fall of that year went to Owensboro, Ky., and began keeping a private school. From 1868 to 1874 he was superintendent of German in the public schools of Evansville, or of Owensboro. During this time he perfected his general education, and began the study of medicine under the tutelage of his father while at Evansville, and Dr. C. H. Dodd, a prominent physician of Owensboro. February 26, 1875, he graduated in medicine from the Hospital College of medicine at Louisville, Ky., at the head of his class. April 17, 1875, he came to Mount Vernon, Ind., where he has since resided, and by professional ability and close application to business, he has succeeded in establishing a large and remunerative practice, second to none in the city or county. May 9, 1876, he married Louisa, daughter of John Pfeffer, whose sketch appears in this work. To their union six children were born, four of whom are living: Oscar J. T., Eudolph E., B. Erwin and Fredericka Vera. The Doctor is a Eepublican and Mason, and a member of the Harugari order. He and family are prominent members of the German Evangelical Trinity Church. He is a member of the State Medical Society, and vice-president of the Posey County Medical Society. He is medical examiner for a number of life insurance companies, and until August, 1885, was United States pension examining surgeon for Posey County. The Doctor is an active medical wtiter, and is the author of several very important medical articles. He is the owner of the mound farm on the Wabash Eiver, a very beautiful and fertile farm of 620 acres. It takes its name from a natural mound which was the only land on the lower Wabash that remained unsubmerged during the floods of 1883-84.

JOHN L. SHOEE is a son of William and Mary (Jeffries) Shore, who were bom in North Carolina. The father came to Indiana in 1847, and located in Eush County. In 1848 they removed to Hancock County where the mother died in 1855, and where the father still resides. John L. was born in Eush County, Ind., August 8, 1848, but was raised on a farm in Hancock County, where he secured a fair education in the common branches. He followed the profession of teaching there for one year. At the age of twenty-one years he began learning telegraphy and followed this profession in the employ of the South Eastern Eailroad (now Louisville & Nashville), until 1874, when he came to Mount Vernon and worked for three years at the same business. In 1876 he engaged in the coal business, and has continued at that ever since. In the spring of 1883, he began buying and selling lumber with Dr. G. E. Peckinpaugh as partner, and the firm now do a thriving business. June 13, 1876, he was married to Sue Beauchamp, a native of Kentucky. They have one child, a son, named William B. Mr. Shore is a Mason and Democrat, and is considered one of the prominent business men of the town, and he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

CHAELES SMITH, Se., is one of seven children born to Jacob and Catharine (Schefer) Smith. The parents were native born Germans, and lived and died in their mother country. The former's death occurred in 1848, and- the latter's in 1828. Of this ancestry was born the subject of our sketch. In 1821, when twentyeight years old, he came with his wife and five children to America. They located first in White County, 111., where they remained five years and then came to Mount Vernon. Two years later he pur- and began operating a saw-mill, continuing there until the spring of 1884, when it caught fire and was consumed, being without insurance. He, however, rebuilt the mill and has since been very prosperous. The fii-m is now Charles Smith & Sons. In 1842 he was married to Catharine Leicht. The result of this union is eight children: Catharine, Charles, Frederick, Lena, Charles August, William, Louis and Caroline. Mr. Smith has always been a Eepublican. His son Charles was born in Germany, in 1844, and was married, January 7, 1869, to Lizzette Armsbruster. They have seven living children: Ardella M.,

ELL WOOD SMITH, dentist, of Mount Vernon, Ind., was born in Pike County, September 12, 1845, and is one of two survivingmembers of a family of seven children, born to Warren and Narcissa (Traylor) Smith, natives respectively of Indiana and South Carolina. Our subject was raised in Princeton, Gibson Co., Ind,, and secured a common school education. He began life for himself, clerking in stores, and followed that occupation in Princeton and Missouri for several years. At the age of twenty- two he began the study of dentistry under Dr. L. H. Pumphrey, of Princeton, and remained with him over two years. In 1870 he came to Mount Vernon, and was in the employ of Dr. J. W. Hollingsworth, for some time, but bought out his employer the latter part of the same year and has since conducted the business in a highly successful manner. He gives considerable attention to fine stock raising, making a specialty of Jersey cattle, Berkshire and Jersey Red hogs, and also raises fine poultry. He has a small tract of land in the northeastern part of the city where he has a live stock exchange building. In 1873 he was united in matrimony to Kittie Barter. They have four children: Katie Louise, Ethelda, Ellwood and Frank Fotsetter. The Doctor is a Mason, and a Republican in politics, and was mayor of Mount Vernon from 1882 to 1884.

FRANK SMITH, a prominent grocery merchant at Mount Vernon, Ind., and a native of Posey County, was born November 9, 1845, being- one of two living members of a family of fourteen children born to Michael and Christina (Fassbender) Smith, natives of Germany. The father came to the United States in 1836 and located first in New Orleans, and in 1838 came to Posey County and began farming in Robb Township. He farmed there and in Harmony Townships until his death in the latter township in 187^. The mother died in 1847. He then lived with his mother's sister, and was raised in Louisiana and Florida, and seciired a good educa^iJDn in New Orleans and Key West. He clerked in his brother's grocery store in New Orleans, and at the age of sixteen years he went with his aunt to Germany, and attended school about five years in Speirs on the Rhine, and in Heidelburg, In 1865 he returned to the United States and located in Posey

County, lud., at New Harmony, where he engaged in the dry goods business with Fretageot, Son & Thrall, as clerk, and afterward worked for Ford & Filton. In 1872 he came to Mount Vernon and clerked in various dry goods andgrocery stores untilJuly, 1885, when he engaged in the grocery and queensware business for himself, carrying a full and select line of goods, and commands a large share of the trade of town and county. In 1867 he married Catherine Beckley, a native of Germany. They have five children living: Frank M., Walter T., Morris F., Henry, Horace C, Anna E. and Martin W. Mr. Smith is a Democrat and a Mason, and a wide-awake and prosperous business man of Mount "S'ernon. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

DR. EICHARD SMYTH is a native of Ireland, where he was born April 28, 1830. He is one of fourteen children born to the marriage of Thomas and Susan (Dudgeon) Smyth, who were natives of the same place and came to the United States in 1839. They located on a farm in Gibson County, Ind., where the father died a few years later. Our subject was raised on the home farm and secured a good education in the Princeton Schools. "When sixteen years old, he went to Evansville and began clerking in a drug store in order to secure means to obtain a medical education. He attended the Evansville Medical College in this manner and graduated in 1852. He located in Wadesville, Ind., the same year where he practiced medicine until 1864, and then returned to Gibson County and practiced at Princeton until 1878, when his health failed him and he removed to Kansas. In 1881 he returned to Posey County and has since practiced his profession in Mount Vernon, and has met with marked success. The Doctor was fii-st married to Jane Hunter in 1858, but she died about a year later. In 1854 he married Maria E. Pitts, his present wife. They have five children - two sons and three daughters. He is Independent in politics and has been a Mason and Odd Fellow,, but is not a member of any lodge at present.

ALBERT A. SPARKS, editor and propHetor of the Mount Vernon Democrat, was born in Clay Village, Shelby Co., Ky., February 22, 1855, and is the next oldest in a family of three sons and one daughter born to the marriage of Walter J. Sparks and Eliza A. Terrell, natives of Louisville and Hancock County, Ky., respectively. Our subject was raised in Shelbyville, Ky., securing an ordinary English education. At the age of twelve years he began learning the printer's trade which he mastered after a four years' apprenticeship with the Shelby Sentmel. He then went to Louisville, Ky., and worked on the Evening News of that city two and a half years, and later for a short time on the Courier -Journal. In 1873 he came to Evansville, Ind., and was employed as compositor on the Journal of that city. He then went to New Orleans, La., and was employed in the office of the Neiv Orleans Times and also the Democrat, for about two years. In 1877 he returned to Evansville and accepted a position on the Courier-Journal, remaining there two years, when he came to Mount Vernon and purchased the Democrat, which he has since conducted in an able manner. Mr. Sparks is, as his paper implies, an unswerving Democrat and advocates the principles of that party through the columns of his paper in a bold and fearless manner. He was appointed postmaster at Mount Vernon, Monday, November 2, 1885, and entered upon his duties November 16, 1885. He is a Mason and a member of the I. O. O. F. In February, 1879, he was married to Henrietta (Winings) Eoche, daughter of Dr. Moses Winings, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. She has two sons by her first marriage named Peter W. and John D. Eoche.

EDWIN V. SPENCEE, M. D., of Mount Vernon, Ind., is a son of Matthias and Harriett (Smith) Spencer, natives respectively of Connecticut and Vermont. The father who was an edgetool maker by trade, located in Warren County, Penn., after marriage, and then followed his trade five or six years, meeting with the best of success. He then invested in a large tract of land in Erie County, and there spent the remainder of his days. Edwin v., the subject of this sketch, was born in Warren County, Penn., October 9, 1825, and is one of a family of nine children. He was reared to man's estate in his native county, where he secured a fair literary education and attended the academy at Sherburne, N. Y. When nineteen years old he began the study of medicine with the view to making it a profession. He attended the Cleveland, Ohio, Medical College, and graduated from that institution in 1851. In the spring of 1852 he came to Posey County, Ind;, where he has for over thirty years continually practiced his pro- fession. He is one of the most successful practitioners of southern Indiana, and is one of the men who have helped make the county what it is. In February, 1852, he married his present wife, Sarah J. Baxter, a native of Brie County, Penn. They became the parents of eight children, five of whom are living: Harriett (the wife of J. D. Brown), Edwin V., Jessie (the widow of John Rosenkrans), George W. and Guy. Mr. Spencer's political views are Democratic. He is a member of the Indiana State and Posey County Medical Societies.

ELIJAH M. SPENCEE, attorney at law, of Mount Vernon, Ind., was born in Erie County, Penn., December 6, 1831, and is the next youngest of a family of seven sons born to the marriage of Matthias Spencer and Harriett D. Smith, natives, respectively, of East Hadam, Conn., and Montpelier, Yt. The father, who was a local Methodist Episcopal minister, immigrated from Connecticut to Sherburne, N. Y., when he was a young man. Here he married, and a few years later moved to Pennsylvania, being one of the first settlers of that part of the State. Some years later he removed to Erie County, where he spent the remainder of his days, following his chosen calling. He was an edge-tool mechanic and blacksmith by trade, and followed these occupations and farming with good success. He was born in November, 1795, and died in May, 1883. The mother died in April, 1879, in her seventy-ninth year. Our subject was raised in his native county, and secured a very fair education. When eighteen years old he began teaching school, in order to secure means to obtain a collegiate education. The following year he entered Alleghany College, at Meadsville, Penn., and alternately studied and taught school until he graduated from the institution, June 28, 1855. He then came to Eising Sun, Ind., and read law one year, having given it considerable study while yet in college. In 1856 he was nominated by the Democrats for prosecuting attorney of that district, but declined the nomination. In July, of the same year, he came to Mount Yernon, and at the October election he was elected prosecuting attorney for the district composing Posey and Gibson Counties, serving two years. He then continued the practice of his profession uninterruptedly and with good success until 1861, when he was elected to the State Legislature, serving in the sessions of 1862-63-64. Since that time he has practically retired from public life, and has devoted his entire time and attention to a large and remunerative law practice and the management of his farms in the country. He has been more than ordinarily successful in the latter enterprise, and owns over 2,000 acres of good farming land in the county, 1,500 of which are under cultivation. November 17, 1860, he married Mary Morse, a native of Summit County, Ohio. They are the parents of these children: Charles M., John W., Frank B., Mary E., Estelle and Elijah M. Mr. Spencer has always been an unswerving Democrat in politics. He is a Mason, and his wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is recognized as one of the leading men of the county, and is esteemed and honored by all who know him.

CHAELES SPEINGEE, citizen of Mount Vernon, was born near Breslau, Prussia, November 6, 1829, and is a son of Charles and Caroline (Eohleder) Springer, who were natives of the same country. Charles secured a fair German education, and after learning the cabinet-maker's trade came to the United States in 1853, landing in New Orleans. Pour months later he came to Evansville, Ind., where he worked at the pattern-maker's trade until 1860. He then came to Mount Vernon and worked in the saw-mill business, and has followed that occupation very successfully ever since. In 1857 he married Elizabeth Hallenberger, a native of the same country as himself. They became the parents of twelve children, nine of whom are living : Charles, Henry, Elizabeth, George, Mary, Eddie, Joseph, Matilda and Frank. Mr. Springer's political views are Eepublican. He is a Mason, and he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and are much respected by their neighbors and friends.

GILBEET TEMPLETON may be mentioned as one of Posey County's most prominent farmers and citizens. He is a native of the county, born January 80, 1820, and a son of Samuel and Sarah (Curtis) Templeton. The father was born in South Carolina in 1792, a tanner by trade, and followed that occupation the greater part of his life. At the time of his death (1872) he was a resident of Black Township. His wife was born in North Carolina in 1795 and died in 1870. Our subject was reared at home and received a common school education. He remained with his parents until twenty-four years of age, when he began working for himself. April 8, 1847, he married Desire, daughter of Blisha and Elicila Philips. She was born August 12, 1827, and died September 1, 1885, having borne seven children: Sarah, Armenias, Jennie and Frederick, living, and Mary, Thomas and Eva, deceased. Mr. Templeton is in every sense of the word a self-made man. He started in life with no capital except his hands and boundless energy, and now owns 275 acres of very line land in Black Township and 100 acres in Point Township. He is a warm Eepublican and cast his first vote for Henry Olay. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

WOETH TEMPLETON, trustee of Black Township and native of Posey County, Ind., was born April 4, 1857, son of Gilbert M. Templeton and Martha Jane (Holland) Templeton, natives of Posey County. The father was a farmer by occupation, and was raised and married and brought up his family in this county. He was a son of Thomas Templeton, one of the old pioneer settlers of the place, who came to Indiana from Virginia on the day of the battle of New Orleans. Our subject's father died when he was three years old, and he was then taken by his aunt, Mrs. James McGillton, with whom he lived until he was ten years old, and then went to live with a cousin, Gilbert Templeton. He remained with him until he was fifteen years old, and then worked as a farm laborer during the summer months and attended school during the winters, thus securing a fair education. When twenty-one years old he began farming for himself, but afterward sold his farm for town property. In 1884 he was elected to his present office. He is a Democrat in politics, but was elected to office rather as an independent, and was styled the tax-payer's candidate. June 10, 1879, he married Sally Barter, a native of the county. They became the parents of two children, one deceased, and one living named Archie. Mr. Templeton is a member of the A. O. U. W. and K. of P. fraternities. He is a well known and respected citizen and a good officer.