Center Township (part 2 of 4)

First Male Child Born In Marshall Co Ind

Mr. Reynolds was born in La Porte County, Ind., March 11, 1841; his parents. John and Keturah Reynolds. removed from New York to that county in 1838, and located upon a farm, where the mother died in 1857, The father devoted his life to agricultural pursuits until the infirmities of age forced him to retire from active labor. He came to Plymouth with his son in 1567, remaining here until death. Dr. Reynolds attended the winter schoois in La Porte Connty. and worked on his father's farm during the remainder of the year, until 1857, when he entered a graded school in that county: he attended the Plymouth graded schools during the term of 1860; in the fall and spring terms of 1861, 1862 and 1863, he attended the Northern Indiana Male and Female College, at Valparaiso, Ind., teaching school in the winter months of those years. At the age of twenty-three years, he began the study of medicine with Dr. Tompkins Higday, at La Porte, Ind.. and in the fall of 1565, entered the Medical Department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, gradu ating in the spring of 1867; during the spring and snmmer of 1865, he served as hospital steward in the Indiana State Prison, at Michigan City, and in the fall of 1567 came to Plymouth and entered upon the practice of his profession. He has attained eminent suceess as a physician and surgeon, and enjoys an extended and Inecrative practice, ranking among the best practitioners of Northern Indiana. especially by his attainments in the science of surgery. he has of his former preceptor, at La Porte, Ind. They are the parents of three children, named, respectively, Bertha K., Maud M. and Carl V. Dr. Reynolds stands high in the Masonic fraternity of passed the various degrees of that order up to the degree of Knight Templar. At the great triennial conclave of Knights Templar, held at Chicago, in August, ISSO, he was Eminent Commander of Plymouth Commandery, No. 26. For the past six years he has been President of the Bourd of Edueation of Plymouth, and is still acting in that capacity.

Andrew W. Robertes

Mr. Robertes was born in Kentucky in 1S04, and took part, in later life, in pioneer scenes in Marshall County, Ind, His par. ents, Minor and Jemima (Corn) Robertes, removed from Virginia to Kentucky at an early day, and were among the earliest settlers in the vicinity of Danville, in the latter State. When their son Andrew was but two years of age, they removed to Miami County, Ohio, and, about eight years later, to Switzerland County, Ind. At a later date, they removed to Marion County, in this State, and, in 1836,to Marshall County. Here the mother died in the winter following their arrival, and the father died in IS41. His family consisted of ten children, none of whom now survive. Andrew Wallace, the sixth child and fourth son, oceupied a prominent place among the pioneers of Center Township. His early education was necessarily limited, owing to the fact that, throughout his younger days, he was located within new settlements, where schools were scarcely known, or where, if they existed at all, they | were of a very crude order, and thus, by careful application in leisure hours, gained enough of knowledge to enable him to act intelligently in the affairs of life. He remained at home, assisting his father on the farm, until twenty-four years of age. Then, in May, 1820, he married Miss Malinda C. Gibbens, in Hendricks County, Ind. Her parents, Francis and Susanna (Cox) Gibbens, removed from North Carolina to South Carolina at an early day. Their daughter was born in the latter State in 1S04. Her parents lived in North Carolina during the American Revolution, and her grandfather, who was a radical Whig, was a Captain in the American army,

Tu 1834, Mr. Robertes, with his wife and three children, came to Marshall County and purchased a small tract of land in the southeast part of Center 'Township, which had been cleared for the Indians. Subsequently, he sold that place and purchased another, in Green Township, Marshall County, where he lived for six years. In the meantime, his father came to this county, and, after making some good improvements upon his land, he sold it and purchased eighty acres in Center Township. It was wild land when he honght it, and nota tree had been displaced, exeepting such as fell in the storms. He cleared and improved this tract, By honest toil and prudent management, he accumulated a comfortable store of this world's goods, and, thronughont his residence in this county, was regarded as a worthy citizen. He was a liberal friend to public improvements and an active supporter of the Republican

John Soice

Mr. Soice is among the self-made men of our day. who have fought their way against opposing obstacles to positions of independence, sulely by their own will-power and indefatigable industry, He was born November 7, 1830, in the canton of Baden, Germany. When about nine years of age, in 1539, he started with his parents. Frederick William and Regina Soice, for the United States. Their course was down the Rhine, in a keel-boat, to Havre de Grace, thence across the Atlantic to New York: from New York to Buffalo by rail, thence aeross Lake Erie to Cleveland, Ohio, and finally by canal-boat to Stark County, Ohio. The father was a dyer or printer of ealico goods, but found it impossible to gain a He then purchased a small farm in Stark County, and devoted the remainder of his life Fortune. had never been kind to him, In ISH, he died, leaving to his children a wealth of good counsel: but it soon became apparent that they must each be the architects of their own fortunes, and depend upon their own efforts. One son removed to Marshall County, Ind., and his mother came here also raphy employed his time to the best advantage, and served an' apprenticeship at the harness-maker's trade, In TSh0, he, too, came to Marshall County, expecting to return to Ohio after visiting his mother. in the ereetion of the Marshall County Jail, and afterward secured work in the harness-shop of William G. Pomeroy, at Plymouth. Finally, he decided to try his fortune in business for himself, and located at the town of Bremen, in this county. slowly at first, but his business gradually increased, and, from 1852 to 1860, he succeeded well. In the latter year, he went to

Pike's Peak, Colo., hoping to improve his fortune, which was accumulating but slowly from the proceeds of his labor; but he met with little success in this effort, and, in November, 1S60, he turned his face homeward, resolved to carn a competence steadily, if slowly. break up families and scatter terror and confusion throughout peaceful homes. He did not enter the service, but, throughout the entire struggle, he was active in securing volunteers and raising funds to engage substitutes for drafted men, pursuing his trade in the meantime. In 1570, he became the nominee of the Democratic party for Treasurer of Marshall County, a position to which he was elected by a flatteriug majority, and in which he served with marked ability, At the expiration of his first term, he was reelected for a second term of tayo years, and retired from the office in August, 1875, In 1873, he and M. A. O. Packard organized the First National Bank of Plymouth, now one of the most snbstantial banking institutions of Northern Indiana. My, Soice was elected Cashier, serving in this capacity for about three vears. Tn the meantime, he had purchased several tracts of land in this and the adjoining county of Fulton, and resigned his position in the bank to give his attention to his agricultural interests. He has ever since devoted his time to farming, giving his personal supervision to the farm near Plymouth, and renting those more remote from this city.

His life has been a success, financially, and by honest toil and economy he has amassed a comfortable fortune. His dealings with the world and Jus fellow-man have always been honorable and fair, and he enjoys the confidence of all with whom he has been associated.

In March, 1553, he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Hartzog, who has been to him a loving and devoted wife, and still lives to enjoy the prosperity that has crowned their united efforts in the struggle with poverty that marked the earlier years of their wedded life. This happy union was blessed by thirteen children, viz., John, William, Oliver G., Emma, Ellen, Edward H.. Clara, Flora, Milton, Walter, Rosa and Charles. Of these, all are now living save John, William and an infant son.

Hon. Henry G. Thayer

Henry G. Thayer was born at the town of Euclid, Onondaga Co., N. ¥., on the 20th of April, 1834. He is the son of Rev. George H. Thayer, of whom a few words uiay properly be said as a prelude to his son's biography. He was born December 31, such a limited edueation as the common schools afforded. By diligent study, however, he prepared himself for admission into Onondaga Academy, and graduated from that institution with high honors. In earlier yonth. his line of reasoning made him skeptical in his religions views. but, with later years and a more careful study of the Bible, came the conviction of error, and he of the church. In. 1532, he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has ever since been a faithful laborer in the Lord's vineyard. That he is actuated in this by love and a sense of duty is evinced by that he has uniformly refused all monetary consideration for his pastoral Jabors, supporting his family by other means. County, N. Y.. and in the labors of his life she proved a helpmate and a worthy coadjutor, In 1845, the family removed to Miami County, Ind., locating at Pern, and from thence they removed to Marshall Covnty.

At the advanced age of seventy-four years, the Rev. Mr. Thayer is still a strong and convincing speaker and a forcible writer, and his physical and mental faculties have suffered but little from the ravages of time.

Henry G., his son, and the subject of this biography, inherited all that strength of character and mind which bas marked his father's life, and possesses. in addition, a strong individuality. In his youth he enjoyed but few educational privileges. 4s he came to Indiana with his parents when scarcely eleven years of age, and at a time when the school system of this State was in a very crude and unsystematie condition. Finally, a school was taught ut Peru, Ind., and for three years he was a pupil under the father's instructions. Careful home training, assisted by diligent study on his own part, wrought good results, and, after the removal of the family to Marshall County, Ind., he was qualified to take charge of a school, and was engaged in teaching during the winters of 1S49--40 and 1850-51, He was yet a boy, with his plans for life all unformed; yet his natural inclinations were for a mercantile life, and in 1540) he entered upon his first mercantile experience as a clerk for H. B, Pershing. with whom he remained for about six mouths. For the next five years, he was in the employ of John L. Westervelt and Rufus Hewett, as salesman, book-keeper and confidential clerk. At the close of that period. he went to Pittsburgh. Penn., to complete his commercial edneation, and after a course inthe Iron City Commercial College at that city, from which he graduated with high honors, he returned to Plymouth, and at once was tendered the position ot book-keeper with the dry goods house of Cleveland & Hewett. which he accepted, About six mouths later, he was appointed Deputy under James F. Van Valkenburgh, then Sheriff of Marshall County, and, after serving in this capacity for a short time, embarked in the grain trade, and erected the first grain warehouse at Plymouth, In 185%, he was associated with N. R. Packard in the grocery business at Plymouth, and, at a later date, with A. L. Wheeler in the dry goods trade. Subsequently, he was associated with N. H. Ogiesbee in the lumber trade, but in ISHS sold his interest in this industry to Mattingly & Black, in order to give the grain trade his sole attention. He has been constantly chugaged in this enterprise ever since, his trade growing larger with each recwring season.

_He is now at the head of the house of Thayer & Mears, 30S Walnut street, Philadelphia, Penn., buyers of grain for export, and cominissiou merchants.

One so prominent and valuable as a citizen could not remain long out of politics: but it is only justice to Mr. Thayer to say that, whenever he has stood before the people as a candidate, his action has been in response to repeated importunities from numerous frieuds, and not because he took any pleasure in being a His eminent qualifications have made him pronouncedly the man for the positions he has oeenjied, and he has served from a sense of duty. He was elected City Clerk of Plymouth in 1S - , and served two years. In IS74, he was President of the Board of Education, and to his efforts the citizens owe munch for the magnificent highschool building, which stands as an ornament to their city and a monument to the heneficence of free public education. In 1872, he became the nominee of the Republican party for Representative from the district composed of the counties of Marshall and St. Joseph. He made a gallant fight, and his personal popularity almost overcame the Democratic majority, for he was defeated by only forty votes in the district. In 1S74, he was the choice of

Hon. Thomas Sumner

Col. Sumner is the third son of William and Nancy Sumner, and was born at Centerville, Wayne Co., Ind., September 22, 1820. His mother died August, 1833. At the age of fifteen, Thomas commenced the hatter trade, and for four years wrought in the same shop with the late Hon. O. P. Morton. The friendship here formed between these two young gentlemen was never lost sight of in after years, each being the recipient of such favors as it was in the power of the other to bestow. Mr. Sumner's educational advantages were not above the average enjoyed by other youths in the Hoosier State of that period. 'His training consisted chiefly in his attendance, between the years 1830 and 1842, at the seminary at Centerville, and in the law office of J. Rariden and C. H. Lest of that place.

The revolution in the manufacturing industries drove many tradesmen of that day to other pursuits. Mr. Sumner chose that of agriculture, and in 1849 moved to Marshall County, Ind., and located on a tract of land five miles southeast of Plymouth. In 1851-52, he served as a member of the State Legislature from Marshall and Stark Counties, at which time a general revision of the laws was made. The code in regard to the civil and criminal practice, distribution and dower, common schools, etc., was materially changed, and Mr. Sumner was earnest in his labors for a more just law as to the rights of widows and their children to share in the distribution of property. He regarded the old law as a disgrace to the dead and an outrage upon the living. During this session, he gave his hearty support to a common-school system, and to what was then considered good temperance legislation. In 1852, Mr. Sumner was the Whig candidate of Marshall, St. Joseph, Fulton

In 1856, Mr. Sumner sold his farm and moved to Bureau County, Il. In 1858-59, he served on the County Board «= Supervisor from his township, and at the breaking-out of the rebeliion, he entered the service aa First Lieutenant of Company I, Twenty-seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. After the battle of Shiloh, he resigned and was commissioned Adjutant to aid in the organization at South Bend, Ind., of the Eighty-seventh Regiment Volunteer Infantry, and at the mustering-in of his regiment was commissioned. its Major, and in June, 1863, was promoted to the office of Lieutenant Colonel. Col. Sumner participated in the battles of Columbus, Cape Girardeau, Springfield, Perryville, Hoover's Gap, Tullahoma and Mission Ridge. In 1862, while in the army, he sold his farm in Illinois, and located again in Marshall County. In 1880, he was again elected to the Legislature, and as a member of that body during its session, took decided grounds in favor of many important matters of legislation, notably among which was that touching the great reformatory movement on the temperance question.

In November, 1843, Mr. Sumner was married to Mrs. Mahala Swain, a widow lady whose maiden name was Boggs. Since the above union, no diversity of taste has marred their happiness, but together they have shared the mixed pleasures and sorrows incident to life in perfect harmony. The Colonel is an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Mrs. Sumner is also a worthy member. Col. Sumner, as his portrait will indicate, is possessed of great decision of character, is charitable, loving and lovable in disposition, and a gentleman in all that the term implies.

his Republican friends in convention for Congressman from this district, and, although not nominated, he received a flattering yote in the convention. Four years later, without his solicitation or consent, they again determined to present his name, and, at a County Convention, held in June, 1851), the following resolution was unanimously adopted:

Resolved, That the delegates from this (Marshall) County, to the Congressional Convention to be held at South Bend, on the twenty-fourth inst, are instructed to cast the vote of this county for Hon, H. G. Thayer, as a candidate for Congress, and to use aj] honorable means to secure his nomination.

Apropos of the esteem in which he is held by the people of this county, the following, from the Plymouth Republican, is sufhciently expressive. Referring to the proceedings of the convention, it said:

Mr. Thayer being called for, addressed the convention in a brief but able speech, thanking the convention for the distinguished honor shown him by the resolution, but respectfully declined to allow the use of his name as a candidate before the Congressional Convention,

Notwithstanding Mr, Thayer's positive declination, we believe he is the man for the place, Our reasons are, aside from the fact that he is wresident and fair dealing command universal respect, and make him an available candidate ; that his success in his own varied business is a guarantee that the interests of his constituents would be looked after; that he could not be bought or sold by any man, party or clique; that his name, ability, meuns and practical fitness for the position would add strength to the Republican ticket; that he would make # strong canvass, and there would be no disafection in any part of the district.

A Republican Convention was held a short time subsequently, at which Mr. Thayer became the unanimous choice of his party for Presidential Elector from the Thirteenth Congressional District, and received a large majority at the ensuing November election, casting his vote, with patriotic pride and satisfaction, for James A. Gartield, of Ohio, for President, and Chester A. Arthur, of New York, for Vice President.

During the progress of the late civil war im our land, My. Thayer was uniformly patriotic, and manifested his zeal and love for the Union in many substantial ways. Although he was exempt from duty, he procured a substitute at no trifling expense, and made handsome donations to the fund raised for the supplying the quota of Marshall County. He has stood unswervingly by the cause of right and national integrity in every crisis, and is bold in the defense of his position.

He is identitied with two of the leading secret organizations of the United States - the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons. In the former, he has passed the chairs of the subordinate lodge, and attained to the position of Past Grand; but his principal interest is with the Masonie fraternity. He received the degrees of the York Rite in 1857, and was subsequently elected Worshipful Master of Plymouth Lodge, No. 149, serving. by re-election, for four years. He also served as High Priest of Plymouth Chapter, No 4, Royal Arch Masons, and as Illustrious Master of Plymouth Couneil, No. 49, Royal and Select Masters. He was a leader in the organization of Plymouth Commandery, No 26, K T., and was its first Eminent Commander, occupying that office for two successive terms. At the present time, he is the Eminent Grand Commander of Knights Templar of the Stateof Indiana, and Past Grand Patron of the Grand Chapter of Indiana, Order of the Eastern Star; also Grand Marshal of the General Grand Chapter of the United States. At the city of Boston, in 1877, he was made Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the thirty-third degree, and honorary member of the Supreme Grand Conncil of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite for the Northeru Masonie Jurisdiction of the United States. He became a member of the Provincial Grand Lodge of the United States. Royal Order of Scotland, by election, at Washington, D. C.,in 1878, and was initiated at Milwaukee, Wis. He is tinflagging in his interest in the order, and in every respect a valuable member.

For a number of years, Mr. Thayer has been an active church member and temperance worker. He first united with the Presbyterian Chureh, and afterward with the Protestant Episcopal Church, with which he is nowidentitied. He is a liberal contributor to its temporal needs, and, by his example and influence, has added much to its higher interests. In his dealings with the world, he has always been actuated by a high sense of honor, and his fairness and promptness have gained lim the unreserved confidence He stands at the head of the business world in this community, and his identity with the mercantile interests is almost as miurked abroad as at home. world and in society is the legitimate outgrowth of a nature that

_ would not be satisfied with mediocrity, and whose aim and ambiof Marshall County, that his ability is unquestioned; his well-known honesty | tion was always upward. Few adventitious cireumstances have ocenrred to aid his rise in the world, and his ample fortune is the result of his industry and native business ability. He is pre-eminently one of the self-made men of our day, and his career speaks eloquently of the possibilities attainable by a young man who starts out with the right spirit.

On the {th of July, 1856, Mr, Thayer was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Van Valkenburgh, daughter of James F, and Angelica Van Valkenburgh. her kindly nature and loving disposition have been a potent in- They are the parents of s'x children, named, respectively, Harry Edgar, James Wesley, Alice Of these, Harry E., Alice

Frederick Tescher

Mr. Tescher was born in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, November 80, 1840, acquiring a good education; but the cireumstances of the family made it imperative that each one should contribute a portion toward its support, and Frederick became the apprentice of a locksmith in the city of Bern. Reports from over the sea awakened within him a desire to try his fortune inthe United States, feeling confident of his ability to sneceed, with a good trade and a deter- In the spring of 1862, he reached New York City, and, tarrying there but a few days, went to Wooster, Ohio, where mined spirit. he was engaged for a short time at his trade. Snhseqnently, he accepted a position as clerk in a hardware store at Wooster, and was engaged in thiseapacity until IStid. The war of the rebellion was in progress when he landed in our country, and he watched events with eagerness. ices in behalf of the Union cause, and enlisted in Company G, Thirty eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was assigned to duty in the Fourteenth Army Corps, under Gen. Sherman, and accompanied him on the memorable march to the sea. He served until the close of the war, and was mustered out on the 10th of June, [S65. Returning to Wooster, he resumed his former position in the store, and was thus engaged until 1S72. In that year, he removed to Marshall County, Ind.,and formed a partnership with T. B. Amold in the hardware business at Bourbon. In 1875, he became the Republican candidate for Treasurer of Marshall County, and, at the ensuing election, in the fall of that year, received a flattering majority. He entered upon the duties of the office in August, 1ST, and has discharged them with eminent ability and commend able fidelity. At the expiration of his first term, in October, ISSO, he was re-elected by an inereased majority. His election on the Republican ticket while the opposite party was in the majority in this county, speaks eloquently of his personal popularity and the confidence reposed in him by every one.

On the 22d of November, 1866, he was married, at Wooster, Ohio, to Miss Emma C. Laubach, Six children have blessed this happy union, namely: Mary, Frederick E.. Loretta, Ralph, James and Frank. Mr. Tescher has been identified with many of the public improvements that have been mangurated since his settle ment in this county, and always contributes cheerfully to enterprises having for their object the promotion of the publie good. He stands high in the Masonie Lodge and Commandery of Plymouth, and in all the relations of life he is esteemed and honored.

Arthur L. Thomson

Mr. Thomson was born in Jefferson Connty. N. Y., Marcel 21, 1834. From his fifteenth year until he was twenty-one years of age, he was employed as shipping clerk by a firm in Ogdensburg, N.Y. At the end of that term until 1861, he was clerk on the steamers Niagara and British Empire, on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River, and in 1862 clerked on a steam tug at New York City, In 1863, he was lumber inspector at Chicago, Il. In 1864. he came to Plymouth, Marshall Co., Ind., and for two ycars assisted George H. Benson in the lunber trade, and in 1566 began work for H. G. Thayer in the grain business, and continued for five yews, when he accepted the appointmentof Depmty Treasurer of Marshall County, nnder John Soice. At the end of eight years, he became Mr. Soice's successor in cffice, and served for two terms. In 1879, he became senior member of the firm of Thomson & Brink, brick planing-mill. In 1SS0, he bought his partner's interest in the concern, and has siuce then managed the business alone.

In 1876 and 1878, My, Thomson was Chairman of the Democratic County Central Committee. He has served as Clerk of both the town and city of Plymouth. From 186!) to ISST, he was Vestryman of St. Thomas' Episcopal Chureh of Plymouth, and, ciuring the last year of that time, he was also Junior Warden, and was relieved from the duties of theseoflices by refusing to be re-elected. In 1877. he was elected and still holds the office of Director of the First National Bank of Marshall County. He is at present City Councilman from the First Ward.

He was married, March 1.1560. to Miss Eunice Bell. of Plymouth, who died in May, S71. He was again married, January 25, 1875, to Miss Julia EK. Patterson, of this city. union has been blessed with three children,

This second Mr. Thomson is a man of good business tact, fine exeeutive ability, is very snecessful in business, is quite a politician, and is greatly admired by his friends.

Cyrus Taber

The subject of this memoir was the first white child born in Marshall County, Ind. The date of his birth was the 2th of June, 1833. His father, Samuel D. Taber, was among the first settlers of this county, and took a leading part in the improvements inaugurated during his life.

His son grew to manhood amid scenes of pioneer life, aud acquired a fair education, mainly by his ownefforts. TLe was modest and unasstmming, and, although he was never the one to intrude his views, Le did much to mold the character and public spirit of the neighborhood in which he resided, and inaugurated and encouraged many public enterprises for the improvement and permanent good of the county. Naturally of an observing and practical mind, there were few who understood the needs of the county better than he. and none more willing to help in pushing forward any meiasure for its benefit.

He adopted the vocation of farming as a matter of choice, and made his calling suecessful by a life of industry and close attention He spent his life inthe cultivation of the farm upon which he was born, and died within a few rods of the old cabin home, on the 27th of December. 1877. He was a man of strong character and irreproachable integrity. His dealings with the world were free from any suspicion of low cunning, and his nniform honesty gained him wniversal esteem.

In polities, he was identified with the Republican party. His religious convictions led him to unite with the society of Adventists, and his life was consistent with the principles he professed. Of him it may be truly said that "he lived the life of a Christian, and died the death of the righteous." He left a loving family to mourn their loss. and in his death Marshall County lost a good citizen,

On the 15th of November, 1853, My. Taber was wnited in marriage with Miss Rachel Plake, daughter of John and Nancy Plake, highly respected citizensof Marshall County. Of this union were born five sons and one daughter, all of whom are now living save one son, who died in infaney. Mr. Taber owned valuable land in this county, and left, at his death, a very comfortable estate.

Washington Tuttle

Mr. Tuttle was born in Clark County, Ind., April 19, 1829, He served an apprenticeship at the cabinet-maker's trade, and afterward adopted this vocation, at which he was engaged until he became a vietimn to disease of the hip. and was thus ineapacitated for work at his trade. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1860, and served with marked ability in that office for four years. In 1868, he purchased the photographie studio of Mr. Hassler, at Plymouth, and has since been engaged in the art of photography, in which he has aequired commendable proficiency.

Mr. Tuttle came to Marshall County, Ind.. with his parents, Enos 8, and Rhoda Tuttle, in 1840, and has virtually " grown up with the county." He is well known. and is universally esteemed as one of the best citizens. He was married, September 1, 1850, to Miss Julia A. Inks,of Marshall County, who died in February, IS70, leaving four children - Marens F., Florenee J. B., John 8, and Julian, one of whom, John S., is now deceased. In August, IST0, he wedded Mrs. Henrietta Armstrong, his present companiou,.

Mr. Tuttle is a modest, quiet man, not dispose.t to obtrade himself upon the notiee of others. and yet possessing qualities that eudear him to those who know him.

Joseph Westervelt, Esq

Abraham and Catherine Westervelt - the latter's family name being Vanblarcam - were natives of New York. Their son Joseph, who is the subject of this sketch, was born in Dutchess County, N. ¥., December 27, 1821. He came with his parents to La Porte, Ind., in the spring of 1837. He was married. March 16, 1843, to Miss Sarah Cooper, of La Porte, formerly of Erie, Penn, In 1849, he came to Plymouth and engaged in the dry goods trade for a short time. In 1850, he went the "overland route" to California, returning in the fall of 1852. Shortly after his return from California, he engaged inthe lumber business, which he followed very suecessfully until the spring of 1551, when he retired from this branch of trade and engaged in that of buying and selling agriof rich farm land in the county, besides valuable city properties. Both he and Mrs. Westervelt have lost their parents. Mr. Westervelt has never had any aspirations for office: has asked no favors of his party, but has rendered invaluable service to his party in both county aud district. He is what may be termed a solid, reliable and responsible Republican; does nothing by halves; is ever ready to oblige, and is a general favorite among his acquaintances and fellow-townsmen. CHARLES H. WILCOX.

This gentleman, junior member of the firm of Tuttle & Wilcox, photographers, was born at Plymouth, Marshall Co., Ind., August 22, IS44. His father, Leonard Wileox, was a machinist and gunsmith, and was well known to the early residents of Marshall County. Charles acquired a limited education at the common schools of this county, and, at the age of fifteen years, left school, and was engaged in the performance of various odd jobs until the outbreak of the late rebellion. In July, IS62. he enlisted in Company D, Seventy-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. Prior to his enlistment, he had acquired a knowledge of the baker's trade, and. after his return from the army, accepted a position in the bakery of W. W. Hill, at Plymouth. In September, 1870, he began business for himself, and in

Hoover's interest in the photographic gallery, of which he is now the principal operator. He has given careful study to his business, and is an artist of superior attainments.

Mr. Wileox is a young man of pluck and enterprise, and pos. sesses good business ability. He has gained many friends, and is highly esteemed by all who know him.

Source changes here: from History of Indiana : Containing a History of Indiana and Biographical Sketches of Governors and Other Leading Men. Also a Statement of the Growth and Prosperity of Marshall County, Together with a Personal and Family Histry of Many of Its Citizens, by Brant, Fuller & Co, published 1890; 34,236 words in this source stream.

Center Township

Daniel B. Armstrong, foreman of the sash, door a'nd blind establishment of J. F. Behrens, was born in Columbia county, Penn., August 8th, 1836, and is a son of James and Catherine (Baughert) Armstrong, the father a native of New York, and the mother a native of Pennsylvania. When a young man James Armstrong removed to Pennsylvania, where he followed the trade of shoemaking, and where he was .married. In 1839 he went west and located in Rush county, Ind. He subsequently moved to Henry county where he remained three or four years, and then took charge of a saleratus factory at Knightstown, moving from thence to Eagle village where he was similarly engaged for about three years. In March, 1S49, he removed to Marshall county, locating first at Plymouth, where he continued the manufacture of saleratus for one year, when he removed to a farm nine miles southeast of the county seat, where he also followed saleratus making. His wife dying, he afterward made his home with the subject of this sketch, with whom he has hved for ten years. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong were the parents of seven children, three of whom grew to manhood, but only one of them, the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch, survives. Daniel B. Armstrong remained under the parental roof until his seventeenth year, and then went to Michigan City where he served an apprenticeship at carriage and house painting. He completed his trade at Rockville and then located at the town of Eugene, Vermillion county, Avhere he remained about one year, moving thence to Plj'mouth. He afterward worked at his trade at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and returning to Indiana again located in Vermillion county, where in 1S56, February 17th, he was united in marriage to Mary A. Melton, a native of Indiana, and daughter of William S. Melton. In the fall of the above year he again became a resident of Plymouth, where he worked at his trade until the breaking out of the late war. He entered the army at La Porte, September 7th, 1861, in Company D, of the Ninth Indiana volunteers, with which he served for a period of three years. From the time of his enlistment until January, 1S62, he was on duty in West Virginia, but later accompanied his command to Nashville, Tenn., where his regiment was assigned to Nelson's division, nineteenth brigade, army of the Ohio. Among the engagements in which he took part were Greenbrier, Stone River, Chickamauga, where he had a horse killed under him, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, and numerous others, in all of which he bore the part of a brave and gallant soldier. December 31st, 1S62, in the first day's fight at Stone River, he was severe!}' wounded by a minnie ball in the left ankle which necessitated his retiring from active service for several months, during which time he was confined in the hospital. A short time before receiving his wound the horse which he was riding fell beneath him pierced with seven balls and a piece of shell. When sufficiently recovered, he rejoined his command at Manchester, Tenn., August 6th, 1S63, and December, 1863, after the battle of Missionary Ridge, he was furloughed for twenty days with instructions to report to Indianapolis at the end of that time. He -did so report but Gov. Baker, then provost marshal, sent him home to remain during his regiment's furlough, at which time he rejoined his command at X'alparaiso, where he remained until ordered to report at Indianapolis for light duties, his wound rendering him unfit for service in the field. He was on dut}' in that city in the quartermaster's department until September, 1864, when he was mustered out of the service with the rank of sergeant major, he having been promoted to that rank December the 1 8th, 1S62, just thirteen daj's before he was wounded at Stone River, and having held that rank until the end of his term of three years' enlistment. After his discharge he was made quartermaster of the sixth district of Indiana, which position he lilled for a period of nine months. In June, 1S65, he returned to Plymouth and resumed work at housepainting, which he was soon compelled to abandon on account of his wounded leg which made such work impossible. He continued the business of carriage and sign painting, but owing to the extra amount of poison inhaled by being confined to the shop his health finally gave way entirel3^ so he had to quit the shop also and give up his trade. In 1S7S he accepted the position of deputy sheriff of Marshall county, the duties of which he discharged four years, and in 1S83 became member of a business firm dealing in sash, doors and blinds, building material, etc., which was succeeded in 1884, by J. F. Behrens, who now operates the same. Since the latter j^ear Mr. Armstrong has been foreman of the establishment, and much of its success is due to his energetic oversight. Mr. Armstrong's first wife died in April, 1S62, about seven months after he had gone to the front. Three children were born to this marriage, all of whom survived their mother, two of whom are living at this time, Hattie B., and Mary A. Mr. Armstrong's second marriage took place in June, 1866, to Margaret Spangler, of Pulaski county, who died December 30th, 1876. Mr. Armstrong was elected city treasurer of Plymouth in 1S74, and held the position four years.

Prof. Wellington E. Bailey, superintendent of the public schools of Marshall county, one of the leading educators of Indiana, is a native of Miami county, this state, born July 5, 1S41. His father, Stewart Baile3^ was a native of Onondaga county, N. Y., in which state he married Miss Sally Berry, and later, in 1831, moved to Miami county. Ind., having been among the pioneers of that section of the state. He purchased a tract of land from the government, and cleared a farm upon which he lived until 1849, when he moved to Cass county, and settled in the vicinity of Logansport. Six years later he returned to Miami county, where he resided until the spring of 1861, at which time he became a resident of Marshall county, locating at the town of Bourbon, moving thence to the vicinity of Plymouth two years later. He afterward returned to his farm in Miami county, where his death occurred in 1S77. His wife preceded him to the grave, dying in 1873. ^^ addition to farming Mr. Bailey for a number of years carried on the brickmaker's trade, at which he worked in various localities where he resided. He was a minister of the Methodist church, and during the early days of Marshall, Miami and other counties, assisted in the organization of a large number of congregations and societies. His experience in the sacred calling partook largely of the characteristics of that well-known character, Peter Cartwright, whose methods of work were strikingly similar to his own. He was a man of limited education, but possessed in a marked degree the elements of a popular pulpit orator and successful pastor, which peculiarly fitted him for pioneer Christian work in the sparsely settled districts of northern Indiana. Stewart and Sally Baile}' were the parents of ten children, five sons and five daughters, three of the latter deceased. The following are the names of the children: Melinda D. (deceased), Stewart J., of Menomonee, Wis., member of the Wisconsin legislature; W. E.; Caroline, wife of David Black; Walter C, attorney at law, Peru, Ind.; Daniel S., of Wisconsin; Nancy M.,wife of A. S. Benedict; Olive J., deceased wife of Wesley Eurit; William H., dentist, of Menomonee, Wis., and Laurie E., deceased wife of A. P. Carvey. Prof. W. E. Bailey was reared in Miami, Cass and Marshall counties, and received his early educational training in the common schools. He subsequently attended the Logansport seminary, in which he made substantial progress in the higher branches of learning, and afterward worked with his father at farming and brick making until 1861, when he and an older brother, Stewart J. Bailey, enlisted in Company G, Ninth regiment, Illinois cavalry, both going from their home in Bourbon to Chicago in order to join a cavalry regiment. At Helena, Ark., our subject was thrown from a horse in 1S62, the effect of which was to incapacitate him from further active duty in the field. He was then sent to the United States general hospital, Keokuk, Iowa, where he remained an invalid from September, 1S62, until March, 1863, at which time he was discharged from the hospital, and placed in command of the provost guard, at that post, holding his position about eighteen months. His term of three years' enlistment having expired, Mr. Bailey was honorably discharged at Springfield, 111., and immediately thereafter returned to Marshall county, where in March, 1865, he was married to Susan E., daughter of Solomon Linn, one of the pioneers in this part of the state. Mr. Linn moved to Marshall county from Kentucky in i836and took an active part in the early development of the county. After his marriage, Mr. Bailey began the manufacture of brick in Bourbon, and in 1S66, entered upon his career as a teacher, by taking charge of a country school not far from the above town. He taught three successive terms in this locality, working at the plasterer's trade during tne summer season, and in 1869, was appointed principal of the Bourbon public school, which position he filled in a creditable manner, for a period of three years. He "was one of the prime movers in the organization of the Marshall county teachers' association in 1869-70, and was treasurer of the same until the enactment of the county superintendency law in 1872-73, when the society was merged into the present county institute work. In 1872 he was appointed teacher of room B, of the Plymouth public school, and while thus employed, was appointed to fill out the unexpired term of Thomas McDonald, county school superintendent. He became superintendent by appointment the following June, and was three times re-elected to the same office in 1875, 1877-79, respectively, and discharged the duties of the position until 1881. He retired from the office that year, and became special agent for the Union Central Life Insurance company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, in which capacity he continued until June, 1887, when he was again elected to the superintendency, being the present incumbent. As an educator, Mr. Bailey is well known throughout Indiana, and as a popular superintendent, few in the state enjoy a more extended reputation. No better evidence of his ability and efficiency can be adduced than the fact that though Marshall county is largely democratic, he has served over ten years in the principal educational office. He is a supporter of the republican party, a member of the Masonic fraternity, and an active worker in the G. A. R. Mrs. Bailey is a lady of intelligence and refinement, and has contributed largely to her husband's success in life. To Mr. and Mrs. Bailey four children have been born as follows: Clara B. (deceased) ; Walter H., in business in Chicago; Norman E. and Maud M. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey belong to the Presbyterian church at Plymouth.

Among the successful business men of Plymouth few occupy a more conspicuous place than Philip J. Ball, senior member of the mercantile firm of Ball & Carabin, extensive dealers in dry goods, notions, clothing, hats and caps, and the leading merchant tailors of Marshall county. Mr. Ball was born in Alsace-Loraine, France, now a part of Germany, May i, 1836. He grew to manhood in his native countr}^ and there learned the tailor's trade in which he became a very skillful workman and which he followed both in Germany and the United States. He came to this country in 1S54, and located at the town of Java, N. Y., where he worked at his trade for three years, and later worked at different places in that state until 1862, at which time he went to Michigan where he remained for two years. He next went to Fort Wayne, Ind., and after working for some time there located at Columbia City, Ind., where he did a successful business until 1875. In the meantime, 1S66, he revisited his former home in Germany where he remained for a period of about six months. During the last years in Columbia City, he carried on business for himself, and while there formed a partnership with August Carabin, and the firm thus formed was moved to Plymouth in 1S75, where it has since carried on a very successful business. On coming to this city, Messrs. Ball & Carabin carried on the merchant tailoring business alone, but since that time have added dry goods, hats, caps and notions, and now have one of the largest mercantile estab- lishments in Plymouth. Mr. Ball was married in 1S67 to Cathrine Carabin, to which union five children have been born as follows: Prosper A., Jerome A., Edward J., Alfonse J. and Marj^ L. Mr. Ball and family are among the well-known citizens of Plymouth. They are members of the St. Michael congregation, of which Mr. Ball is treasurer.

Among the enterprising citizens of Plymouth is John F. Behrens, who for a number of years has been prominently identified with the lumber interests of the county, and who is, at this time, one of the largest dealers in lumber, sash, doors, blinds, shingles and building material, in this part of the state. Mr. Behrens is a native of Germany, born 1837, in Schleswig-Holstein. He left his native country in i860, and immigrating to the United States, located first at Davenport, Iowa, where he learned the cooper's trade, and in 1861 came to Pljmiouth, where for a period of three years he operated a cooper shop doing a good business. In 1864 he engaged in the dry goods and clothing business, boots and shoes, in Plymouth, also dealing in and manufacturing lumber, operating various saw-mills in different parts of the count}'. In 1881 he moved his mercantile business to Walkerton, where he still conducts a large dry goods house and also operated a successful lumber trade in Plymouth. From time to time he closed out his manufacturing business, disposing of his saw-mills, and for some time past has turned his attention largely to the lumber trade and in dealing in sash, doors, blinds, and building material of all kinds. He has a large establishment at the corner of Gano and Plumb streets, which, under the control of his son, Charles F. Behrens, has become one of the largest and most successful enterprises of the kind in Marshall county. Mr. Behrens has been quite active in public affairs during his residence in Plymouth, and as a local politician has been a potent factor in the success of his party in a number of closely contested campaigns. He is essentially a self-made man, and as such, ranks with the most enterprising citizens of the county. He came to Plymouth possessed only of his trade, but by the practice of economy and good business methods he has succeeded in overcoming the obstacles before which men of less energj- would have been discouraged, and is now regarded as one of the substantial and well-to-do men of the city. He was married in 1864 to Amelia Angerman, a native of southern Germany. She was born in 1838, came to the United States in 1854, and was, for a number of years, a resident of New York city. To Mr. and Mrs. Behrens have been t^rn five children, three living, viz.: Charles F., John A. and Anna A. Charles F. Behrens, oldest son of the above and manager of his father's extensive business interests, is one of the rising young men of Plymouth. He was born in this city January 4th, 1S68, received a good education, and on leaving school, entered his father's employ and, as already stated, is now the business manager. He is a young man of excellent business habits, and possesses in a remarkable degree the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. He is a member of the Odd Fellows order, belonging to the Americus lodge. No. 91, of Plymouth.

Few men in Indiana are more widely known than Hon. John S. Bender, a leading politician and prominent attorney of Plymouth, who was born in the state of Pennsylvania, near the city of Carlisle, Cumberland county, on the 26th day of January, 1827. His parents were Jacob and Jane (Dobbs) Bender, natives respectively of Cumberland and Juniatta counties, Penn., the father a miller and farmer by occupation, and a descendant of German ancestors, who were among the earliest settlers of Virginia in the time of the colonies. Jacob Bender was an industrious and upright citizen, of strong religious tendency, and a prominent member of the United Brethren church. The family came to Indiana a number of years ago, and settled in that part of Marshall county which now belongs to the county of Stark, where Mr. Bender purchased a farm and afterward engaged in the manufacture of flour. Of the children born to Jacob and Jane Bender, the following are living: the subject of this biography; Robert H., present auditor of Stark county; Susan J., wife of Edward Tibbetts; Adaline, wife of Lorenzo D. Glazebrook, and Jacob G., a commercial traveler of Goshen, Ind. John S. Bender spent the first ten years of his life near the city of Carlisle, Penn., and later moved with his parents to Wayne county, Ohio, locating near the city of Wooster, where he attended school at the village of Millbrook during the years 1838-30. In the spring of the latter year the father took charge of a mill in Millbrook, which he operated for some time, the subject assisting him and attending school at intervals. In 1840 they removed to Shreve, Ohio, in which place the subject attended school during the winter seasons, and assisted in the mill the rest of the year, becoming thoroughly familiar with the miller's trade. In 1843 he accompanied his parents to Richland county, Ohio, locating near the city of Mansfield, where the family remained three 3'ears, during which time he attended school and worked in the mill of nights. The family came to Marshall county in 1846, and settled in that part of the county which has since been added to the county of Stark, and here John S. assisted in building the first school-house In the latter county. He taught school In the winter of 1846-47, and in the latter year did general farm work, and also engaged in rafting on the Kankakee river. In 1S48 he took charge of the North Liberty Mills, St. Joseph county, with his father, and continued business there until the destruction of the mill by a cyclone in the year 1850. In the meantime he became severely afflicted with inflammatory rheumatism, in consequence of which he was compelled to abandon milling, and for several years thereafter taught school in St. Joseph and Stark counties. In 1850-51 and 1S52, he attended the high school at South Bend, where he made rapid progress in his studies. Having a decided taste for the scientific branches, he read extensively upon the subjects of astronomy, natural philosophy, geology, mineralogy, etc., besides -giving considerable attention to mathematics and the classics, in all of which he became thoroughly well informed. In 1852 he began the practice of surveying and civil engineering, which he continued as often as his abilities in this direction were required for a number of years. His health failing him in 1856, he was compelled to relinquish the duties of active life, and at the solicitation of his friends was induced to make the race for the clerk and auditorship of Stark county, to which office he \vas elected, and the duties of which he discharged in a highly satisfactory manner four years, refusing a re-election. In the meantime he had given considerable attention to the legal profession, having become well informed in the same by extensive reading, and on retiring from the office of auditor he turned his attention almost exclusively to the practice of law in Marshall, Stark and other counties. Mr. Bender has been an important factor in the political history of northern Indiana, having entered politics when a young man and continued in the same ever since. He was educated in the political faith of the democratic party, with which he affiliated until the breaking out of the late war, and which he represented as a delegate in a number of state conventions. His first recognition as a delegate was in the democratic state convention in 1859, in the deliberations of which he took a very active and prominent part. Becoming dissatisfied with the policy of the democratic part}' at the breaking out of the rebellion, he severed his allegiance from the same and cast his first republican vote for i\braham Lincoln when the latter made his second race for the presidency. He opposed Lincoln's first election, voting for his competitor, .Stephen A. Douglas, for whom he did valuable service during the campaign as a speaker and political writer. Mr. Bender was uncompromisingly in favor of prosecuting the war, and used all of his energies toward raising troops and furnishing supplies, spending freel}' of his own money in this laudable work. Owing to injury received a number of years previous which unfitted him for active service in the field, he was reluctantly compelled to remain out of the army, though offered the position of civil engineer with the pay of colonel. In 1864 he was a delegate to the republican state convention, and was similarly honored in ever}' state convention from that year to 1S76, inclusive. A close and conscientious student of political economy, Mr. Bender gave a great deal of attention to financial mat- ters, and becoming satisfied that the republican party did not occupy the proper position upon this great question, he became a member of the national greenback party in 1878, since which time he has been one of the exponents of its principles and strongest advocates in this part of the state. In 1879 he helped to construct an entirely new platform for the party, having been a delegate to the national convention that year, in which he served on the platform committee. He was again chosen delegate to the national convention held in St. Louis in 1S80, in which he also served upon the committee to prepare a platform, and was the author of the first resolution in favor of the enfranchisement of women ever offered in a national convention. Mr. Bender served as a postmaster of Stark for some time, by appointment of Abraham Lincoln. It will thus be seen that his life has been a very active one, and his abilities, which are recognized as of a high order, have been given almost exclusively to public affairs. He is not unknown to the literary world, having contributed to a number of periodicals, besides publishing several more pretentious works, among the best known of which are " Hoosier's Experience in Europe" and "Money; Its Definition." In the field of journalism he has had considerable experience, having conducted The PlymoutJi Republican, a political paper, from 1868 until 1S75. He is a clear and trenchant writer, a close reasoner, and eminently fair in the discussion of political questions. Mr. Bender was married in 1855, to Miss Maggie Bowers, daughter of Samuel Bowers, of Richland county, Ohio. She died in 1S56. In March, 1858, Mr. Bender's marriage with Miss Rachel Houghton, daughter of James Houghton, of England, and an early settler of Marshall county, was consummated. Mr. and Mrs. Bender are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, to which he has belonged since 1854. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Plymouth lodge and commandery, No. 26, K. T.

T. A. Borton, M. D., a popular physician and surgeon of Plymouth, was born in Ohio, Stark county, December 16, 1831, the son of Samuel and Mahala (Nash) Borton. His parents were residents of the above county and state, and were descended from Quaker ancestry. Of their children the following are living: Lizzie, wife of Dr. Lanning, of Clay county, Kan.; Louise, for many years a teacher in the public schools; Rhoda A., wife of Dr. Johnson, of Bourbon, and the subject of this biography, who is the oldest member of the family. The doctor was reared in Stark county, received his rudimentary education in the common schools and afterward pursued his literary studies in the high school, and also attended select school for some time. During the progress of his education, he chose the medical profession as the channel in which his life's voyage was to be made, and began the

Study of the same in his native county in the office of Dr. Day, under whose instructions he continued for sometime making substantial progress. Actuated by a desire to increase his knowledge of the profession the doctor subsequently entered the Starling Medical college at Columbus, Ohio. On quitting college, he remained in the office of Dr. Day for one year in order to obtain a practical knowledge of the healing art, and having thus familiarized himself with the details of the profession he came to Plymouth and began the active practice of the same in Marshall county. His thorough preparation and scientific devotion to his profession has given him a creditable rank among the physicians of the city, and his practice which extends throughout Marshall and other counties is very extensive and constantly increasing. The doctor was married in 1857, to Miss Jennie Green, daughter of George A. Green, of Portage county, Ohio, a union blessed with the birth of four children, viz., Haddie, wife of C. W. Boyd, of Salt Lake City; Grace W.; May, a student at the Western Female seminary, Oxford, Ohio, and Lewis G. The doctor is a member of the county medical society, and for two years held the position of surgeon on the P., Ft. VV. & C. R. R. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, in which he holds the position of elder.

Marion A. Bland, farmer and county commissioner, was born in Miami county, Ohio, April 3rd, 1S40, and is the son of William and Nancy (Ziegler) Bland, the father a native of Virginia, and the mother of [Pennsylvania. The family came to Marshall county in 1870, and purchased a farm in Bourbon and Walnut townships, where the father died in 1875, ^i^d where his widow still lives. The following are the names of the living children of William and Nancy Bland: John, of Findlay, Ohio; Mary, wife of Charles B. McKinne}', of Bourbon; Arthur S., of Dakota; William T., of Findlay, Ohio; Marion A., Minerva; Ida B., wife of Edward Alexander, of Ohio; Frank, of Montana, and Harry, who resides on the homestead. The subject of this sketch was reared to manhood in Ohio, was educated in the public schools and has always followed farming. He came to Marshall county with his parents, in 1870, and remained with them until 1S76, at which time he purchased his present farm in Center township. He is a successful farmer, a democrat in politics, and as such, was appointed county commissioner, October, 1889. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to lodge 227, at Bourbon. Miss Alice Greer, daughter of Moses Greer, of Center township, became his wife in 1871, and to their union have been born two children: John W. and Pearl E.

Joseph W. Boggs is a hative of Marshall count3^ born in Center township, February 20, 1856. He is a son of Lewis and Sarah (Devault) Boggs, who are among the pioneers of this county, settling on what is now known as the Parker farm. Mr. Boggs was an active member of the Advent church, a democrat in his political belief, and died May ]6, iS88. His widow survives him and resides on the home farm. They were the parents of eight children, of whom seven are now living, viz.: James, Jefferson, Sarah Jane, Franklin, Lewis B., Joseph W. and Axie. Joseph W. Boggs was raised in his native township, in the schools of which he received a fair English education, and began life for himself as a farmer, which calling he still continues. He owns a well-improved place of 162 acres, and is one of the thrifty and well-to-do citizens of the community in which he resides. He was married in 1882 to Miss Ollie Davis, daughter of Jackson Davis, of Walnut township. Coral, Bonnio and L. J., are the living children born to this marriage. Chloe, the oldest child, died in 1885.

John B. Bowell, the well-known proprietor of the popular Ross House, of Plymouth, was born in Walnut township, Marshall Co., November 25, 1854, and is the son of B. N. and H. (Kinett) Bowell, both parents natives of Clark county, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Bowell were among the pioneers of Marshall county, locating in Walnut township about the year 1850, where Mr. Bowell engaged in farming in connection with which he also carried on the saw-milling business. Later he carried on a meat market at Argos, where he is still living, having retired from active live. His wife, who died about 1872, was the mother of eight children, six of whom survive, viz.: George W., Mrs. Ann M. McGriff, William N., John B., B. C, Louis, A. J. and Addie M., wife of John Wallace. The subject of this mention remained with his parents until ten years of age, at which time he went to reside with Dr. R. B. Eaton, with the object of preparing himself for the medical profession. The first four years he was with Dr. Eaton he attended school and also studied telegraphy, and later secured a clerkship in the dry goods store of Parker & Atkinson, at Argos, with which firm he continued four years. During the following three years he was manager of the dry goods establishment of David Kershaw, Argos, and at the end of that time engaged in the dry goods trade at the above place as member of the firm of Bowell Bros. In 1876, he accepted a position with S. Becker, a dry goods merchant of Plymouth, and subsequently engaged with the firm of Ball & Carabin, dealers in dry goods and clothing, in which capacity he continued until March, 1SS9. He retired from the mercantile business in that year, and leased the Ross house, the leading hotel at Plymouth, of which he has since been proprietor, and which under his successful management, has become one of the popular stopping places for the traveling public in northern Indiana. Mr. Bowell possesses fine business ability, and in his capacity as salesman and as "mine host" has won great popularity among all classes of people. Politically he is a republican, but has never been an aspirant for official honors, preferring to give his attention entirely to his business. He is a member of Hyperion lodge, No. 1 1 7, K. of P., and of Cyrene council, No. 944, Royal Arcanum, and for a number of years has been a communicant of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was first married March, 1S75, to Sarah E., daughter of David and Elizabeth (Butterworth) Kershaw, who was born in Marshall county, July, 1S36, and died February 24, 1883, leaving two children: Daisy B. and Bert D., whose births occurred Januarys, 1876, and October 13, 1877, respectively. Mrs. Bowell was a lady of many accomplishments, and was widelj' and favorably known for her many noble qualities of mind and heart. She was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and her life was in harmony with her religious profession. Mr. Bowell was married the second time January 25, 1887, to Elizabeth J., daughter of R. H. Cox, who has borne him one child, a son, Lloyd. In his second marriage Mr. Bowell was fortunate in securing a woman who has proved a help-meet in the true sense of the word. She is a consistent member of the Episcopal church of Plymouth.

Herbert A. Brenner, proprietor of one of the leading livery stables of Plymouth, is a native of Marshall county, born in Center township, January 13, 1857. His parents, Peter and Sarah J. Brenner, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and New York, were married in Marion county, Ohio, and came to Marshall county, Ind., about the year 1855. After living here a short time, they moved to Illinois, from which state they afterward emigrated to Kansas, locating at Leavenworth, from which place the father subsequently drove cattle to Pike's Peak, Col., for the government. Rejoining his family, he returned to Marshall county, Ind., and engaged in farming in Center township, where he lived for a number of years, during a part of which time, he was engaged in the saw-milling business. He afterward removed to Fulton county, and is still residing there. The mother died in 1871. They had a family of seven children, of whom the following are living: Henry A., Ida B., wife of B. Collins, Elizabeth, wife of William Dutton, Florence D., and the subject of this sketch, who is the third in point of age. Herbert Brenner, though still a young man, has had a varied business experience. He was reared in Marshall county, attended the county schools and the schools of Plymouth, and for some years worked as a farm assistant in Wabash county and the state of Wisconsin. In 1882 he formed a partnership with D. A. and D. E. Snyder, in, the grain business, and after continuing the same for one year, he disposed of his interests in the elevator and engaged in the restaurant business at Inwood. He continued this about one year, and then began farming in Center township, which he afterward abandoned and opened a restaurant in Bourbon. He again took up the pursuit of agriculture, but after following it a short time, moved to Plymouth, where he again engaged in the restaurant business, which he continued until 18S9, when he established his present livery business in partnership with Mr. Goudy, whose interest he purchased in 1890, and became sole proprietor. He was married in 1880 to Samantha J., daughter of Gideon Wolf, the fruit of which union is four children: Ethel, Edwin, Bessie and Ida. Mr. Brenner is a democrat in politics, and has held the office of assessor of Center township.

Ed. S. Brooke was born in Plymouth, Ind., June 23, 1858. He was reared and educated in his native town, receiving a liberal English education in the city schools. In 1871, he became an apprentice to learn the printer's trade under Van Valkenburgh & McDonald, editors of the Plymouth Democrat. In 1874 he became a journeyman at his trade, and since 1878 he has been identified with the Plymouth Republican, and since 1879, he has been identified with the Republican as one of its proprietors and editors, being associated with J. W. Siders from April, 1879, to July 1890., In July, i8go, William G. Hendricks purchased Mr. Siders' interest, and now the publishers are Brooke & Hendricks, the former having charge of the editorial, the latter of the typographical department. Mr. Brooke is recognized as an able editor, and together with his energy and practical education and ability, he has achieved perhaps more than an ordinary success in the newspaper field. He is a decided republican in politics, having cast his first national, or presidential, vote with the republican party, of whose political principles he is an ardent advocate. In 1S81 he was united in marriage with Miss Lillian O. Outcalt, a native of Plymouth, Ind., and three children have been born unto the marriage. Mr. Brooke and wife hold a membership in the Presbyterian church of Plymouth. He became selfsupporting at the age of fourteen years when he began his apprenticeship, and is in every respect a self-made man. He is a highly respected, trusted and representative citizen of Marshall county.

Jerred E. Brooke, retired physician and prominent citizen of Plymouth, was born in Chester county, Penn., nine miles west of Valley Forge, in a small hamlet known as Lawrenceville, August 9th, 1820, being the third son of Mark and Mary (Koons) Brooke. The parents were both natives of Pennsylvania, the father born in 1791, and the mother in 1794, and were descended from English and German ancestors respectively. Mark Brooke was a gunsmith by trade and during the war of 181 2 manufactured fire-arms for the American army, receiving $16 for each musket bearing his brand. Later in life he followed blacksmithing, and in 1843 moved from Chester to Schuylkill county, where he died in 1849. Mrs. Brooke afterward came west with her son Jerred, and daughters, Mrs. Halsey and Patterson, and died in Plymouth, in 1871, aged seventy-seven years. The immediate subject of this sketch grew to manhood in Chester county, Penn., where, after receiving a good education he began the study of medicine, which he continued as his health would permit. At the age of twenty-three he came to Indiana, locating in St. Joseph county, where he accepted a situation as clerk with his brother, James K. Brooke, who carried on business at Mishawaka. He continued in this capacity one year, and then accepted a clerkship with the Mishawaka Furnace company, with which he continued identified about three years, when in 1847 he purchased the Mishawaka Linseed Oil mill, which he operated successfully for some time. During the years that he was engaged in business he still kept up his professional reading and the better to prepare himself for practice attended two courses of lectures at La Porte and subsequently entered the Indiana Central college at Indianapolis, from which he graduated in 1851. After the destruction of his oil mills bj' fire he turned his entire attention to his profession, and began the practice of the same in Illinois, where he remained until 1854, at which time he located in Plymouth. He had a lucrative practice here until 1862, when he entered the United States service as assistant surgeon, and was assigned to Memphis, Tenn., and subsequently was transferred to the Benton barracks general hospital. He afterward returned to Memphis, thence to Louisville, and later was assigned to duty in the prison hospital at Rock Island, where he remained for a period of sixteen months. From that time until the close of the war he was similarly engaged in the Louisville and Jeffersonville hospitals, and in June, 1S65, left the service and returned to his home in Plymouth, where he resumed the practice of his profession. He continued in active practice until within a few years when he retired, but still gives attention to his office practice. He has been one of Marshall county's successful physicians and surgeons and ranks among the leading medical men of northern Indiana. September 30th, 1S47, he was married to Miss Mary R. Williams, of La Porte, who was born July 27th, 1827, in Shelby county, Ind., the daughter of Judge Azariah and Mary (Eddy) Williams, natives respectively of Massachusetts and New York. Judge Williams and wife were married in New York, in 1816, and came west in 1820, locating in Decatur county, Ind., moving thence in the fall of 1S22 to Shelby county, settling upon the present site of Shelbyville. He died in i86q. Dr. Brooke's marriage has been blessed with the birth of eight children, two of whom died in infancy and six of whom grew to maturity, viz.: Estella, widow of Ezra Helm; Howard M., Clifford M., Ed. S., editor of the Plyviojith Rcp2iblican; Chester V. and Harry R. Mrs. Brooke is a member of the Episcopal church, and during her school days was a class mate of the late Vice President Hendricks. Dr. Brooke is a sfaunch democrat in politics, and has worked earnestly for the success of his party in Marshall county.

Stacy Burdon was born in Clinton county, Ohio, May 8, 1820. His parents, Edward and Hannah (Kelly) Burdon, were both natives of New Jersey, which state they left at an early day, and emigrating to Ohio, settled in Stark county, where Mr. Burdon engaged in agricultural pursuits. Here the mother died, and later the father married Miss Lavina Mason, and about 1850, came to Marshall county, Ind., and settled upon a part of the farm now owned by the subject, where he died in 1S52. The children of his first marriage were two in number, viz.: Mary Ann, wife of Jesse Coleman, and Stacy. The second marriage resulted in the birth of five children: Rebecca, wife of John and Martha Ann. The subject of this biography resided in Clinton count}', Ohio, until his sixteenth year, at which time he came to La Porte county, Ind., where he found employment by the day's work at different occupations. Two years later, he moved to Kosciusco county, thence to Wayne county, where he also remained two years, working during that time as a farm laborer at $10 per month. He returned to Kosciusco county in 1843, s-^d four years later came to Marshall county and located upon his present farm, which he has since cleared and brought under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Burdon was thrown upon his own resources in early life, and with little capital, save a determined will, has succeeded in placing himself in very comfortable circumstances. By his first wife, Elizabeth Hutchings, whom he married in 1843, and who died in 1852, he had five children, only one of whom is living, Mrs. Agatha Ellen Horton, of Center township. In 1854 Mr. Burdon was again married to Sophia Showaker, who has borne him a family of si.\ children, of whom the following are living, viz.: Amos, Jesse, Mrs. Rebecca Carpenter, and Stacy.

Gilson Strong Cleaveland, among its present residents, was the first man in Plymouth. He was born in Ontario county, N. Y., about seven miles from Canandaigua, the county seat, November 12, 1812, the son of Willard and Sally (Strong) Cleaveland, the father a native of Massachusetts, and the mother of Connecticut. Mr. Cleaveland was reared on the farm until seventeen years of age, at which time he entered the employ of Oliver Rose, the proprietor of a hotel called the "Temperance House," in Canandaigua, where he remained for a period of two years, when he succeeded Mr. Rose in the hotel business. Mr. Rose came to Indiana in 1834, and settled in Marshall county, upon II - B.

the present site of Plymouth, in which town he opened the first mercantile establishment shortly after his arrival. He soon returned to New York for his family, and it was with the^ that Mr. Cleaveland came to Marshall county, in 1835, at which time there were but three buildings on the present site of Plymouth, all of which were used for hotel purposes by one Grove Pomeroy, who was among the first settlers of the county seat. Shortly after his arrival Mr. Cleaveland engaged in farming, teaming and working in Mr. Rose's store. In 1839 he entered the general store of Amasa L. Wheeler, one of the early merchants of Plymouth, in whose employ he continued about three years. Severing his connection with Mr. Wheeler, he afterward became local salesman for a Michigan City firm by the name of Carter & Carter, who brought a stock of goods to Plymouth about the year 1842. He was connected with this firm in the capacity of clerk for about three years, and then became a partner in the establishment, which under the firm name of Carter & Cleaveland, continued about eight years. Mr. Cleaveland then spent several years in settling up the business affairs of the firm, at the same time holding the office of recorder. In 1854 he removed with his family to Madison, Wis., where he remained until the spring of 1855, when he returned to Plymouth, and again engaged in general merchandising. He continued the goods business by himself and with others until 187 1, at which time he removed to Chicago and engaged in the hat and cap trade with a man by the name of Johnson, under the firm-name of Cleaveland & Johnson, where he remained one year, returning to his home in Plymouth at the end of that time. Since leaving Chicago Mr. Cleaveland has not been engaged in business, having practically retired from active life. He owns 320 acres of fine farm land in West township, three miles west of Plymouth, besides owning other valuable property in the city and the country. In 1866 he erected his present comfortable residence on the corner of Center and Gano streets, where he is now passing his closing years in the enjoyment of that peace and contentment which only those who have battled successfully with life for over three-quarters of a century know how to appreciate. In his early life Mr. Cleaveland was a member of the Odd Fellows order and Sons of Temperance, but at this time does not affiliate with any secret society. He is an active member of the Episcopal church, and as such has been a liberal patron of the congregation in Plymouth. Mr. Cleaveland was first married at South Bend, Ind., November 15, 1S38, to Caroline A. Rose, daughter of Oliver Rose, his old employer in New York state. She was born July 28, 1817, and died March 30, 1868, the mother of three children, two of whom are living, viz.: James O., born May 28, 1845, and Caroline L. (wife of W. W. Culver), born August 26,

1847. The oldest daughter, Mary Ellen, who died June lo, 1845 was born October 4, 1842. Mr. Cleaveland's second marriage was solemnized in Plymouth, September 23, 1869, with Jane N. Thompson, a native of Connecticut, and daughter of Isaac and Mary (Holbrook) Thompson. Mrs. Cleaveland was born July 24, 1832, and is the mother of two children, viz.: Holbrook Gilson, born August 13, 1870, graduated from the Plymouth public schools, later graduated from the Smith academy of St. Louis, and is now in his first year of a four years' course at Ann Arbor, Mich. Victoria C. was born December 12, 1872, is also a graduate of the Plymouth high school, and is now a student at St. Mary's female school in Knoxville, 111. Mrs. Cleaveland's family left Goshen, Conn., and moved to Ionia county, Mich., where her mother died, about 1837, and her father in the year 1865. Mrs. Cleaveland graduated at Albion, Mich., in 1854, and afterward spent several years in teaching school, and for three years before her marriage was a teacher in the Plymouth public schools.

C. F. Chaney, agent of the American Express company, at Plymouth, was* born in Guernsey county, Ohio, January 14, 1846, son of Findley and Jemima (Reed) Chaney, both parents natives of the same county and state. Findley Chaney was a shoemaker by trade, and died in the year 1840. His widow subsequently married John M. Smith and moved to Iowa in 1853, in which state the family lived until their removal to Illinois in 1859, afterward emigrating to Adams county, Ind. Mr. Smith was killed in the late war and his widow afterward lived in Adams county, Ind., and moved to Kansas where she is now living. To her first marriage were born three children, all of whom are living, viz.: George R., of Nebraska; Sarah Ann, wife of S. A. Daggert, and the subject of this sketch. The second marriage resulted in the birth of five children, three of whom are living, Jacob A., Benjamin F. and J. L. Smith, all of whom reside in Kansas. C. F. Chaney was educated in the common schools, and early engaged in farming, which he followed until 1874, when he came to Plymouth and engaged with the Adams and United States express companies. He is also engaged in the ice trade, being the only retail ice dealer in the city. July 17, 18S7, he became agent for the American Express company, and has since held that position. He was married April 9, 1876, to Rebecca, daughter of Thomas Johnson, of Adams county, Ind., to which union seven children have been born, of whom only four survive, viz.: Thomas, of Nebraska; -fFrank, Effie and Elmer, the last three residing at home.

Among the successful educators in Indiana, the name of Prof. Roscoe A. Chase, principal of the Plymouth high school, is widely and favorably known. Prof. Chase is a native of Connecticut, born in the town of Killingly, that state, December 20th,

1847, the son of Albert A. and Minerva A. (Smith) Chase, natives respectively of Connecticut and Rhode Island. Albert H. Chase was a distinguished clergyman of the Free Baptist church, a man prominent in religious and educational work, having had charge of the schools among the freed men of the south during the late war. He died in Ohio in the year 18S3. His widow still survives, residing at this time in Hillsdale, Mich. Beside the subject of this sketch, Mr. and Mrs. Chase had one child, Mary E., formerly preceptress of an educational institution in northern Ohio, and for three years assistant teacher of the high school at Elkhart, Ind. In addition to her educational work, she has given considerable- attention to literature, being a contributor to a number of magazines and well known periodicals. She is now a resident of Hillsdale, Mich. When eight 3^ears of age. Prof. Chase was taken by his parents to Ashtabula county, Ohio, and later attended the Orwell academy, in which he made substantial progress in his studies, especiall}- mathematics, having completed the usual course in algebra before his tenth year. He also received instruction in a select school, taught by Miss Ellen Smith and Mrs. J. F. Johnson, the latter for many years preceptress in Oberlin college, and the former professor of language in the university of Nebraska. Prof. Chase completed the common branches and some of the higher studies, including algebra, and began Latin and Greek at the early age of ten years. He afterward became a student of Hillsdale college, Mich., in which he took the full classical course, graduating in 1869. On completing his education he taught in the preparatory department of the college for two years, and for one year was principal of the schools of Bristol, Ind. In September, 1S90, he took charge of the Plymouth high school, and in addition to his duties in this capacity he was superintendent of all the schools of the cit}^ which have greatl}' increased in efficiency and thorough work under his successful management. Prof. Chase possesses many of the elements of a successful instructor, is enthusiastic in his chosen calling, and as a disciplinarian is perhaps without a superior among the educators of the state.

Augustin Carabin, junior member of the mercantile firm of Ball & Carabin, was born in Huron count}', Ohio, and is the son of Augustin and Catherine (Hetel) Carabin, both natives of Germany, the father born in Alsace, and the mother in Baden. They both came to the United States when quite young and were married near the town of Norwalk, Ohio, on the place where Mrs. Carabin still resides. The family were among the early settlers of Huron county, locating there when there were but few white people in that part of the state. Mr. Carabin was a farmer and blacksmith by occupation, and died March 2, 18S0, in the seventy-second year of his age. His widow still survives having reached the ripe old age of eighty-four years. They were both members of the Catholic church, and their three sons and five daughters, are all living. The subject of this sketch was born February 15, 1843, and grew to manhood on a farm, receiving his educational training in such schools as the country afforded, which he attended during the winter seasons while living with his parents. He left home at the age of twentytwo, and went to Fort Wayne, Ind., in which city he remained one and a half years, going at the end of that time to Plymouth, where he remained about one year. He went from Plymouth to Columbia City, and there engaged in merchant tailoring in partnership with his brother-in-law, and present partner, Philip J. Ball, of whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. The business was moved to Plymouth in 1S75, since which time the firm has built up a large trade in merchant tailoring, dry goods, clothing, oil cloths, carpets and gents' furnishing goods, their house being the largest of the kind in the city. Mr. Carabin was married in Plymouth, May, 1SS3, to Miss Anna Day, a union blessed with the birth of four children: John A., Mary L., I^osa, Irene and Francis A. Mr. and Mi-s. Carabin are members of the Catholic church.

John C. Cummings, engineer of the Plymouth water-works, and son of Edward and Margaret Cummings, was born in county Tipperary, Ireland, May 15, 1839. The mother died in that country, and the father came to America about 1S55, and for some time thereafter resided in Canada, moving thence to Iowa, where his death occurred. JohnC. Cummings came to this country with his father, and after living for some time in Canada, engaged in the dredging business which he followed at different places in Michigan and Illinois, his last work of the kind being on the Illinois and Michigan canal. He came to Plymouth in 1 87 1 and engaged with the Plymouth, Kankakee & Pacific railroad company, with which he worked for some time, and for several years was engaged in running a steam stationary engine for this company at different points. November i, 18 - , he accepted his present position as engineer of the Plymouth waterworks, having previously operated the engine for the electric light plant. He married in 1871, Miss Katie O'Brien, of Plymouth, who died in 1878, leaving one child, E. J. He was again married in 1881, to Miss Catherine Fitzgerald, who has borne him three children, viz.: Florence M., William L. and Mary Teresa. Politically he is a democrat and in religion a Catholic.

D. G. Denman was born in Orange county, N. Y., April i, 1822, and is the son of Andrew and Eleanor (Stillwell) Denman, both natives of the same county and state. They came to Marshall county in 1856, and settled in Bourbon township, moving here from Marion county, Ohio, where they located in 1S37.

They both died in this county. Three sons and one daughter are still living, viz.: Isaac, Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor, John, and the subject of this sketch. The last named is the oldest living member of the family. Daniel G. Denman moved with his parents, to Ohio in 1837, where he grew to manhood and where he resided until coming to Marshall county, in 1853. He purchased his present farm in Center township that year, and from an almost unbroken forest, has cleared and developed one of the best cultivated places in Center. He was united in marriage in 1848, to Miss Tabitha Rupp, of Cumberland county, Penn., and daughter of George Rupp. The following are the names of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Denman: Mary E., wife of Thomas J. Hindel, Emma Amanda, wife of Richard Brough, George D. and Ella Minerva, wife of Elias Shearer. Mr. Denman and wife are earnest and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics he is an active supporter of the democratic party.

Peter Disher, a well known citizen of Plymouth, and proprietor of the Eureka flouring mill, is a native of Kentucky and dates his birth from September 3, 1849. His father, Jeptha Disher, one of Marshall county's old and well known farmers, was born in southern Indiana, but moved to Kentucky when a young man and was there married to his cousin, Nancy J. Disher, who bore him seven children, five of whom survive, viz.: John, Peter, Alice, William and Owen, all of whom with the exception of Alice, now Mrs. Iden, who lives in Nebraska, reside in Marshall county. Jeptha Disher moved to Indiana in 1854, locating in Bourbon township, Marshall county, and later moved to Tippecanoe township where he still resides. The subject of this sketch was reared on the farm, received a common school education, and on attain ing his majority engaged in the mercantile business at Bourbon, where he carried on a successful trade for nine years. He closed out his business in 1S79, from which time until 1SS6, he resided upon a farm near the village of Donaldson, during which time he carried on agriculture in connection with the lumber business. In the latter year he moved to Plymouth and engaged in the manufacture of flour, purchasing the Eureka mill which he thoroughly remodeled in i88q, supplying new engines and boilers and the latest improved machinery for the manufacture of flour by the roller process. His plant is a very valuable one, contains four double and one single set of rollers, and has a daily capacity of seventy-five barrels, besides manufacturing large quantities of crushed feed for which there is a constantly increasing demand. The well-known " Disher Boquet " brand of flour is noted for its excellence, and has much more than local reputation. Mr. Disher is a member of the Royal Arcanum and Maccabees fraternities, and as a citizen, commands the respect of all who know him.

Martha J. Senior, daughter of Zachariah Senior, became his wife, November 12, 1871, the result of which marriage is the following children, viz.: Flora, Nellie, Charles, Blanche and Ruble.

Anthony Flarchentrager was born in Bavaria, Germany, July 18, 1824, and is the son of John and Catherine Flarchentrager. He was reared and educated in his native country and early learned the trade of gardener, which he followed in Germany, until immigrating to the United States in 1852. He followed gardening in New York city for some time, afterward went to the town of Haverstraw, where he was similarly employed for about six months, and then went to St. Louis, Mo., where he followed his calling one year, when he was obliged to abandon it on account of sickness in his family. From St. Louis he returned to New York, where for some time he was engaged in the butcher business and gardening, and afterward followed pork packing for several years. The war interfering with this business, he retired from the same, and later canne to Jasper county, Ind., where he engaged in gardening, and also farming, having purchased a farm there soon after his arrival. He afterward sold the farm, and again returned to New York, where, for about five years, he was steward of a large garden on Long Island. In 1876 he came to Plymouth, Ind., and purchased land in the city upon which he started a large garden, one of the first of the kind in Marshall county. He has added many valuable improvements to his place and is now in the enjoyment of a very successful business. He was married in New York city in 1852 to Miss Josephine Hoetner, a native of Germany, who has one child living, Taradora, wife of George Nagle. Mr. Flarchentrager is a democrat in politics, and with his family belongs to the Catholic church.

Prominent among the successful self-made men of Marshall county is David L. Gibson, who was born in Highland county, Ohio, on the 25th of March, 1824. He is ason of Johnand Mary (Looney) Gibson, who left their native state of Kentucky at an early day, emigrating to Ohio, thence in 1827 to Rush county, Ind., where the father cleared two farms and where he resided until 1834. In October of the latter year, he came to Marshall county, Ind., and located in Center township, which at that time was an almost unbroken forest. He developed one of the first farms in the township, produced the first wheat ever raised in Marshall county, and also started a tannery which, though not very successful financially, was highly prized by the early settlers of the community. He was a man prominent in count}' affairs, served as a member of the board of commissioners in 1837, and took an active part in the moral as well as the material development of his adopted county, having been one of the leading Presbyterians in this part of the country. He became identified with the church when a young man and continued a consistent meml68 HISTORY OF INDIANA.