Green Township (part 1 of 2)

Green Township

The township of Green was formed in August, 1821, from Perry and other townships. It contains an area of about 30 square miles. The principal stream in the township is Green's Fork, which passes through it diagonally from the north-east corner in a south-westerly direction. It derives its name from a famed Indian, John Green, well known to many old settlers still living, and whose name occurs in several places in our history.

John Lewis, from North Carolina, in the year 1810, settled with his famil}^ half a mile south of the site of the present town of Williamsburg, on the farm on which his son Joseph now resides. He was accompanied by his eldest son Richard, then past the age of majority. These were the first settlers in the township.

The following are believed to have settled in 1811: Henry Way, 1^ miles north-east of town, where Charles B. Ballenger resides. Seth Way, on the present farm of Jesse Cates. Joseph Prator, Thomas Cranor, and Wm. Johnson, near the town. Joshua Cranor, where his son Milo now lives, about a mile south-east from town ; and Reuben Joy, 2 miles north-east from town ; land now owned by Jesse Re^ynolds.

town on the farm now owned by Josephns D. Ladd, and was accompanied by Joseph Ladd and his son William. J. Ladd settled on the farm lately owned by Samuel Johnson, now by Martin Ballenger. In 1816, also from IST. C, came Abel Lomax, who settled on laud now owned by James Frazers heirs; Elijah Wright, where Alexander Wright lives ; Jeremiah Stegall, on land now owned by Alexander Stegall; Wm. Cook, with his sons, Cornelius and James, about 4 miles north-west from town ; land now owned by his heirs and descendants.

In 1814, Benj. Hutchins, from IST. C, settled where now Wm. McLucas lives, IJ miles north from town ; and Thomas, on land now owned by Job Coggeshall, a mile north from town. Benj. Hutchins afterward removed to the farm where he now resides, near the United Brethren meeting-house. John Hutchins settled a mile north-west from town, where James M. Cranor resides. Henry Study, a native of Maryland, in 1818, a mile west of town, where his son John resides. Mr. Study is said to have had the first iron mold-board plow in Wayne county.

The following named persons were generally the first settlers on the lauds they owned, but the years in which most of them settled have not been ascertained :

In the south-east i)art of the township, Joseph Comer, where now Joseph Comer, his son, resides ; Joseph Palmer, where Daniel Palmer resides; Henry Gower, and James Irwin; first settler on their lands not ascertained ; Thomas Teagle, where now a son resides. Joseph Evans, from JST. J., entered several quarter sections, now and lately owned in part by Mark Evans, Joseph Lewis, Abner Clawson, and John Bean. John Catey, from '^. J., also several quarter sections, portions of which, east of the turnpike, he still owns. Joseph Personett, from Mc\, settled on land now owned by Benj. P. Beverlin. Wm. Beverlin, from Va., settled as early, probably, as 1812, on land now owned by his son Thomas, and John Catey, where the latter now resides. Jesse Bacon, from N. J., on land formerly owned by Benj. Harris. Henry Catey, from J^. J., where Samuel Catey resides, IJ ndles south-east from town. Thomas Bond, south line of township, land now owned by his heirs.

In the south yart of the township, Antlionj Chamness, from !N". C, settled where his son Joshua resides. Drurj Davis lives on land formerly owned by Stacy B. Cate3\ Jesse Young, on land now OAvned by Isaac Ilcnsliaw, Avho lives in town. Samuel Ball, where now Benj. Thorn resides. Enos Yeal, from iST. J., where he still lives. Allen AI. Harris, first proprietors not ascertained. Charles Spencer, on land formerl_y oAvned by Orr Scoville, Richard Lewis, where ]Srathan I. Bond lives. Benj. Satterthwaite, on land now owned by Jonathan Mnllin.

In the west -pcai of the township, John Cain settled where he now resides. Henry Oler, wliere his son Henry resides. Luke Dillon settled on land where Thomas Cranor lives. Joshua Ballenger had other parts of the section, now owned by Jacob Ballenger and Larkin Bond. Benj. Ballenger north part rf the section, now owned by Jacob Ballenger. Amos W. Ladd, afterward Thomas Oler, who also owns land one mile north, settled where he now resides. Henry, Joseph, David, and Isaac Study, sons of Henry, Sen., where they first settled. Elliott, on land now owned by S. Elliott. Nathan Riley, from Ohio, where Thomas Judd resides. Lorenzo King, lately L. Culbertson.

In the north-west part of the township, John Beard, from Md., on township line, on land previously owned by John Shelly. Jesse Baldwin, from X. C, on land now owned by his son Eli Baldwin and Isaac Y. King. Section 23, owned by Ephraim and T. J. Cates, George AY. Scantland, and Peter Hardwick, first proprietors not known. Washington Cranor settled where he still lives. John St. Myers, where his sons reside, Wm. Ladd, on land now or lately owned by Erank Beverlin, Joseph Personett, and Thomas Judd.

In the east part of the township, George Johnson, son of William, settled on land now owned by Thomas Edwards. Levi Jessup,2 ra. south-east of town, on land now owned in part by Elisha and Samuel Pitts, and Jonathan Ilaisley. Joshua Murphy, from iS". C, where Harvey Harris now lives. Jacob

In the north-east j^art, Daniel Charles, about 1816, settled where he still lives ; land now owned by Henry Charles and Hannah Blair. Wm. Trotter and Hugh L, Macy settled where they still live. Isaiah Case, on lands "now owned by S. Mitchell Boyd and "Wyatt Green. Paul Way, from N. C, where now Joseph Way lives. Jeremiah Thorp, from Tenn., where he now lives. Eleazer Smith, from ]!!^. C, where now his son, Wm. D. Smith resides. Valentine Pegg, from K. C, where he still resides. John Pegg, from IT. C, on land now owned by his son John. William Clemens, where he now resides, not an early settler.

Hartman Eigenbrot, a native of Germany, came from Penn. to Richmond in 1835, and three years thereafter to where he now lives, 2 miles south-east from Williamsburg. William Sharp, from Ireland, in 1854, settled in Richmond, and engaged in the starch manufacture ; sold out in 1862, and in 1870, removed from Ohio, to where he now lives, 2 miles south from town. Jonathan Mullen, from Ohio in 1827, settled in 1854 where he now resides, 1| miles south from town. Henry Catey, a native of Germany, from I^ew Jersey in 1821, settled IJ miles south-east from town, where he resided until his death in 1850, aged about 80 years. John, his son, now lives IJ miles south of town.

Charles Spencer, a native of Conn., from Penn., in 1819, settled where he now resides, 1 J miles south of tovvm. He is said to have made, in 1820, the first pegged shoes ever made in Wayne county, and, in 1821, the first iron mold-board plow.

The first Blacksmiths in the township were Wm. Underbill, below town, and Joseph Way, 1| miles north-east from the town. Also, Hanan Roberts and Moses Davidson were early blacksmiths. The present blacksmiths are Elias and John Roberts, and two sons of Wm. Richter.

Wm. Johnson built the first Grist-mill about the year 1818, where the present mill in Williamsburg stands. A year or two later, Stacy B. Catey built a saw-mill 1| miles below town, where also a grist-mill was built. About the same time Reuben Joy built a saw -mill 1| miles above town ; and a few years after Hugh Johnson built a grist-mill ; both are now owned by Jesse Reynolds.

The first Merchant in AVilliamsburg was [name lost], who commenced trade about the year 1831 ; prior to which time the inhabitants were supplied at Richmond. Of those who have since traded for longer or shorter periods, were John Pennington, Joshua and Thomas Cranor, Stephen and Samuel Johnson, Stephen Cofiin, eight or ten years in the firms of B. & S. Cofiin and Andrew Purviance & Co., Pleasant Unthank and Grifiin Davis, afterward Davis alone. Present Merchants - Grifiin Davis, Pierce Brothers, [James and Asher,] and William Campbell.

Dr. Curtis Otwell was the first resident Physician^ the inhabitants having been previously served chiefly by Drs. Warner and Kerl, of Richmond, Waldo, of Jacksonburg, and Way, of Newport. After Otwell, George Blair, Linus P. Taylor, and John T. Chenoweth. The last two are the present practicing physicians.

Richard Lewis is said to have been the first Justice of the Peace. Other early justices were Barnabas McManus, Joseph Ladd, John Green, Joseph Lewis, Samuel Johnson. Ezekiel Johnson and Winston E. Harris are at present justices.

Abel Lomax served two or more years as representative, and a term of two years as senator in the legislature ; and Joseph Lewis as a representative, at the session of 1845-6.

The Baptists probably formed the first church in the township, which was organized E'ov. 21, 1818, about 3 miles north of town. Among the first members and those who joined soon after, were Isaiah Case, Benj. Jones, Eleazer Smith, and their wives, James Martin, Hannah Case, Polly McQuary, Jeremiah Swaflbrd, Sarah and Rebecca Potter, David Erazer, Margaret Shoemaker, Nathaniel Case and John Stigleman organization. In June, 1819, Benj. Jones and JSTathaniel Case were ordained deacons. In December, 1819, Rev. Isaac Cotton became their minister, and continued his pastoral labors about twenty years. He was succeeded by ITathaniel Case about six years, and Andrew Baker some ten or twelve years. Henry Rupe, Mr. Lyons, and others have supplied the church at different times. Meetings were first held in a log house. A frame meeting-house was built about 1830, 3 miles from Williamsburg, and about twelve years ago a brick one, near the same place.

A Methodist Episcopal Church and society was formed about the year 1820, perhaps earlier. Among its first members were Abel Lomax, Henry Study, Joshua Ballenger, ITathan Riley, and their wives. Their first was a log meeting-house, where the house of the United Brethren now stands, about half a mile west from town. A brick house was afterward built in its place. In 1851, their present house in town was built. Their preachers have been Joseph Tarkington, Miltideus Miller, John Kiger, John Burt, Mr. Morrison, Caldwell Robbins, John Metzker, Benj. Smith, Asahel Kiunan, ^qv PhiUips, George Newton, Abraham Gorreil, Lewis Roberts, John F. Pierce.

The Friends formed a society a few years later, and built a log house about oj miles north-east from town. After an existence of about fifteen years, the society was discontinued, a part of its members going to Newport, and a part to Cherry Grove.

A Fort and Block-house were built during the war of 1812, on the farm of John Lewis, by John, Joseph, and Richard Lewis, Joshua and Thomas Cranor, Seth Way, and others. About three miles north-east from this, another, on land now owned by Thompson Smith, was built by William Whitehead and others, and called the "Whitehead block-house."

An Odd Fellows Lodge, the Chinkarorer, No. 120, was instituted ISTov. 25, 1852, on application of Wm. Silver, Wm. Brown, James H. Stanley, D. Dinwiddle, and Abel Evans. Its officers were, Wm. Silver, N. G. ; James H. Stanley, V. G. ;

The United Brethren organized a church about the year 1845. After a few months preaching, a class was formed, of wliich the following named persons are believed to have been members: James Jester and Lucretia, his wife, Benj. Harris and Lydia, his wife, Samuel Johnson and Catharine, his wife, Herbert C. Pierce and Margaret, his wife, Susanna Cranor, James and Phebe Stevenson. Their first meetings were held in private rooms in Williamsburg, afterward in a school-house, I mile east of town. Their present house, about half a mile north-east from town, was built about the year 1855. Their first preacher was Isaac Robinson, who was succeeded by Wm. Ault, Wm. Keudrick, Robert Morris, and their present minister, Thomas Evans. Persons belonging to secret societies are not admitted to membership.

Samuel K. Boyd, son of Samuel Boyd, an early settler in Harrison, was born in Kentucky, June 29, 1794, and removed with his father to that township in 1811. He was married, in 1817, to Martha Lewis, daughter of John Lewis, of Green, and settled 1^ miles north-east from Williamsburg, where he lived until his removal to Centerville, a few years ago, where he now resides. He had by this wife five daughters : 1. Priscilla, who married James Clemens, and resides at Linnville, Randolph Co. 2. Att/Tissa, who married John Charaness, of Williamsburg, and is deceased. 3. Sarah Ann, who married Joseph Lomax, a lawyer at Kalamazoo, Mich. 4. Ecelina^ who married William A. Peelle, Centerville. 5. Martha, wife of Winston W. Harris, and resides at Somerset, Wabash Co. After the death of his wife, Mr. Boyd was married, in 1828, to Bethany Ladd, by whom he had ten children, five sons and five daughters, of whom six were married: 1. Isabella, to

Thomas Fagan, of Williamsburg. 2. William L., to Rebecca Martin; resides at Chester. 3. Ca^Aarme, to William Goodrich, and resides at Dunkirk, Jay Co. 4. llary, who married John Keever, of New Garden, where she died in 1861. 5, 6. Bethany and Samuel K., unmarried. Of the other four, James, John, and Amanda died young; and Joseph L., in 1865, the day of his discharge from the United States army, in Texas.

Frederic Dean was born in North Carolina, July 9, 1800, where he was married to Polly Brooks, who was born in 1802. In 1831, they removed to Wayne county, and settled in what is now Clay township, 2 J miles west of Washington. Mr. Dean died Jan. 5, 1840, leaving four children, all of whom lived to be married, as follows: 1. Elizabeth J ane^ who was married to George Avery, and after his death to David Fowler.

2. Jesse B., to Martha, daughter of John Green; 3. Luzetta, to Caleb C. Mendenhall, who died in 1867; 4. Johji L.,to Caroline Lamb, of Perry, where Mrs. Mendenhall also resides.

John Green was born in North Carolina, Feb. 9, 1795, and was married Oct. 13, 1814, to Judith Ladd, who was born Dec. 5, 1794. In the fall of 1814, he removed to Wayne county, and settled on the farm now owned by Josephus D. Ladd, about 2 m. north of Williamsburg, where he resided until about the year 1848, when he removed about a mile east, where he lived until the year 1865. He was, during his residence in the township, highly esteemed by his fellow-citizens, and held for several years the office of justice of the peace; and he was a member of the Baptist church. Mr. Green had eleven children, besides a son who died in infancy, named as follows : 1. Catharine, who married Isaac Study, and resides in Green township. Mr. S. is not living. 2. Nancy, who married George W. Brittan, and removed to Iowa, where he died.

4. Cynthia Ann, who married Andrew Thomas, and died, leaving five or six children ; he has returned to North Carolina. 5. Patspy S., widow of Jesse B. Dean. 6. Harnpton L., who married Mary Stanley, and lives in Missouri. 7. Wygatt, who married, first, Mary Macy ; second, Margaret Macy. 8. Elizabeth, wife of John C. Potter. 9. Judith, who married Charles Garrett; removed to Missouri, where he died, and where she resideg. 10. Narcissa, who died at 11 ; and JoJm, who died at 5. Mrs. Green died Sept. 20, 1858; and Dec. 27, 1860, Mr. Green married Mrs. Polly Dean, widow of Frederic Dean. In 1865, he sold his farm, and removed to where he now resides, near Richmond.

EzEKiEL Johnson was born in Monmouth Co., N. J., March 14, 1807, and was married, Oct. 16, 1828, to Mary Matthews. They removed to Green township in 1838, and settled 3 miles north-east of WiUiamsburg; and in 1861 he removed into the town, in which he still resides. He has for many years been a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal church, and is at present a justice of the peace. Their children were: Elizabeth, who married David Reynolds, and died in 1852, aged 24. Thomas S., who married Amanda Whitmarsh, of Michigan. They left in December, 1862, as missionaries to India. JIaria, who died at 14. Charles P., who married Margaret Cady, Martha, who married Wesley H. Engle, and resides in Missouri ; and three who died in childhood and infancy.

John Lewis was born in Guilford Co., JST. C, in the year 1765, and was married to Sarah Ruct. In 1810, he came with his family to Wayne Co., Ind., and settled half a mile south of the present town of Williamsburg. His eldest son, Richard, who had attained the age of majority, accompanied the family. These were the first settlers in what is now Green township. Hence it will be readily presumed that he had a thorough experience in all that pertains to pioneer life in a timbered country. He lived on the farm on wliich he first settled until his death. His children were : 1. Hannah, who married Thomas Lamb, of Green township; 2. Richard, who married Lavina Hall; 3. Sarah, wife of Obadiah Harris, who Hves near Indianapolis ; 4. Naomi, who married James Harris, and died in the township; 5. Jiar/'Aa, wife of Samuel Iv. Boyd, died in the township; 6. Priscilla, who married David Martindale, and died near Indianapolis; 7. AUen TF., who married Lucy Hollingsworth, and resides 1 mile south-west of Williamsburg.

Joseph Lewis, son of John Lewis, w^as born in Xorth Carolina, Feb. 6, 1794, and came, at the age of sixteen, with his father, to Wayne county. He married Martha Boyd, who was born ]!^ov. 27, 1800. He resides on the farm on which his father settled in 1810. His occupation has been that of a farmer; and by industry and economy has acquired a large estate. He taught, at an early age, the first school in the township. He has held the ofiice of justice of the peace, and has represented the county in the legislature. He has had twelve children : 1. Samuel W., who died at 10. 2. Louisa, who married Thomas Cranor. 3. 31inerva, who married Nathan Wilson, and after his death, Jacob Swearingen, and lives in Henry Co. 4. Adaline M., unmarried. 5. John H., who married Elizabeth Kelso, of Huntsville, and resides there. 6. Cai^oline, who married Henry Stigleman. 7. Clarissa, who married George H. Smith, and lives 6 miles south of Richmond. 8. Lorinda, who married Abner Clawson, and died in 1864. 9. Narcissa, who married Isaac Jenkinson, of Fort Wayne, a lawyer, and editor of the Fort Wayne Gazette, and now consul at Glasgow, Scotland. 10, 11. Martha and Sarah, who died at 6. 12. Josejjhine S., who married A\^m. Hunt, and lives 6 miles south of Richmond.

Joseph Personett, a native of Maryland, removed from Hamilton Co., O., in the winter of 1821-1822, and settled If miles south of Williamsburg, on the laud now owned by Frank Beverlin, where he lived until his death, in 1864, aged 84 years. Susannah, his wife, who was a native of Virginia, died several years earlier. They had a daughter and five sons: 1. Lavina, who married Wm. Case ; removed about 1854 to Wabash Co., and died there in 1868. 2. Rolla, who married Thamer Livingston ; lived in Ohio several years ; and lives now in Hancock Co., Ind. 3. John, who married Jane Chngon, and died near Troy, Ohio, in 1836. 4. William, who married Julia Ann Fulton ; taught school in this county several years; served two terms as county surveyor; removed to Hancock Co. about the year 1854, and died there in 1857. 5. Joseph .II., who married Therissa Jane Murray; lived on the homestead until 1870 ; now resides in the north part of this county. 6. Lorenzo D., who married Ann E. Ogborn ; taught schools about three years ; was engaged in mercantile business about three years; studied medicine with Dr. John Pritchett in Centerville, from 1841 to 1844, and removed to the town of

Henry Study was born in Pennsylvania, near Marykxnd line, Feb. 12, 1780. In his twenty-third year he removed to New Windsor, Md. ; and was soon after married to Charlotte Cook. He removed thence to this county, and settled, in 1819, a mile west from AYilliamsburg, where he resided until his death, Aug. 6,1862, and where his son John now resides. His wife died about a year later. He was a member of the Methodist church, and was associated with other pioneers in establishing Methodism in this section of the country. He was one of the few who organized the first class in the region where he lived, and was appointed its leader. His children were - 1. David, who married Lydia, a daughter of Seth Way, and resides 2|- miles north-west from Williamsburg. 2. Josejjh, who also married a daughter of Seth Way, and lives | rpile south of David's. 3. Louisa, who married Joseph Cranor, and is deceased. 4. William, wlio married Harriet Stegall, who resides 1| miles west from town. 5. Samuf I, who resides at Hagerstown, and is a cabinet-maker. 6. llatilda, who married James Stanley, not now living ; she resides at Williamsburg. 7. Henry, who married Sarah Lomax, and resides 2 miles west from town. 8. Isaac, who married Catharine, daughter of John Green, and is deceased; the widow resides in town. 9. Martin, who married Helen Greenstreet, and resides in Selma, Ind. 10. John, \yho married Nancy Smith, and lives a mile west from Willi amsbursf.

This township was formed in the year 1843. Its shape is irregular. The distance between its eastern and western bounds varies from 5 miles to 2 ; the distance between its northern and southern bounds varying from 2 to 4-J miles. Its area is less than that of any other township in the county except Dalton, being only 19 square miles. Green's Fork crosses the eastern part of it, about a mile and a half west of the east line : and the main branch of another stream crosses

Samuel Boyd, from Tennessee, settled, in the spring of 1811, ahout 2J miles north-west of the present town of Jacksonburg. He was probably the first settler in the township. His land was that at present owned by Jacob Metzker's heirs. In October following, John Beard, from N. C, after a year's sojourn in Tennessee, and a residence of five years south of Hunt's settlement, within the bounds of the present county of Union, settled near the south-west corner of this township. He cut his road a great part of the way through the wilderness, without assistance, having his family and goods with him, and driving his team, and his cow and calf. His farm, on which he resided the remainder of his life, is now owned by his son, Isaac IT. Beard, who lives about a mile north-east fropa the old homestead.

During the winter and spring of 1812, Jesse Beard, Thomas Eay, Wm. Irving, John McKee, Eobert Leavell, Joseph Worl, and others, also settled in the township. On the breaking out of the Indian war in the spring of 1812, a number left, and some of them never returned. Those who remained built a fort, with a block-house in one corner, in which they gathered at night, and in the day returned to their homes. Most of the women and children were taken to the east part of the county, or to the border of Ohio, and stayed until the war was over. The fort was on the ground of Henry Brown, now owned by Penj. Clark, a mile west of Jacksouburgh, and was built by Samuel Boyd and his sons Samuel K., James, William, and Robert Boyd, Henry Brown, "Wm. Irviug, and Thomas Ray.

The following are the names of early settlers in this township, and of the present owners and occupants. Those named as early settlers, however, were not in all cases the first settlers - some of them, perhaps, were the second or third owners :

Robert Leavell, in 1811 or 1812, settled near the present site of Jacksouburgh, the town being on a part of the quarter section, and a part of the land now owned by Henry jSTull. Jonathan Morris, on land now owned by his son Jonathan, and resides with his son Elias Morris. Abraham Crum,

(probabl}^) where D. Reiser lives. AVm. Brown, wliere Lewis Bond resides. Isaac Sellers, where John Kensinger lives. Peter Roller, on land noAV owned in part by John Boyd. Peter Runyan, on land now owned by Wasliington TVorl's heirs. James Wilcox, on land now owned by Jacob Allen. Samnel and Wm. Boyd, on land now owned by Joseph Lewis, of Green township. James Ralston and John Shank, on land now owned by Martin Worl. Joseph Charles, on land now owned b}^ Silas Spitler. Sampson Nation, a native of S. C, after a sojonrn in Tennessee and Kentucky, settled near Jacksonburgh, 1815, where Samnel ("arr resides. He also lived near Germantown, and moved to Dudley, Henry Co., in 1825. His sons, Abel and William, are at Xew Lisbon. Ephraim Clark, a native of Pa., came from Ivy. in 1814, and settled on land first owned by Henry Brown, on which his son Benj. Clark now resides.

James Dougherty settled a mile south of Jacksonburgh, and worked at farming and tailoring. Ilis farm is now owned by Adam Rader. Zadok Dougherty made spinning-wheels in town, and afterward settled half a mile west, where liis family now reside. George N". Holman, from England, settled near James Dougherty; had a small farm, and was a shoemaker. John McKee,from Ky., settled IJ miles southwest of town, where he died, land now owned by heirs of Ebenr. Eliason. John Scott, from Ivy,, in 1811, settled 1|- miles north from town, wliere he died. His sons Harrison and John reside in the township; John on the homestead; Harrison, on a farm adjoining. Another son, Elias, died in the township.

Thomas J. Warman settled, first, south of town, afterward permanently 2 miles south-west from town, where he residetl until his death. He was a member of the first board of county commissioners elected under the constitution of 181G, and was associated with James Odell and Thomas Beard. In 1815, Josiah Bundy settled on Warman's first place, sold it afterward to Abner M. Bradbur}^, and removed to Rush or Henry Co. ; the farm now owned by Philip Binkley. Michael Swope, from Pa., settled about a mile east from town, on land lately owned by Andrew Eliason, now by John Kepler.

Wm. Irvin settled J mile west from town, where John Mundel lives. Andrew Cunningham, on land now owned by the heirs of Nicholas Hipe. David Bowers, where George Lichty lives, in the south-west part of the township. George Bundy, on land now owned by Charles Boughner. Isaac

Shanks. Joseph Shanks, on the land now owned by his sonin-law, Enos Beard. Richard L. Leeson, from Ya., in 1816, on the land now owned by his heirs, on Green's Fork. He served in the war of 1812. School section, [16] now owned by R. L. Leeson's heirs, H. Hoover, Peter Kepler, and Henderson Hosier. P. Kepler owns lands in sections 10 and 15. Lewis Hosier settled early south of school section, probably on the quarter owned by A. M. Hosier, J. Boyd, and A. Bond. Thomas Reynolds, from N. J,, now in the south-east corner of the township ; first settler not recollected. Isaac Kinley, father of Major Isaac Kinley, of Richmond, on the land now owned by M. Jarbow. On the south half of sec. 10, owned by J. Beeson, P. Kepler, and S. Kitterman, first settlers not remembered. Daniel Huif, where now C. Huff, his son, lives, on the east line of the township.

The first School is, said to have been taught - probably in the winter of 1814-15, in a log school-house on the bank of Martindale's creek, IJ miles north of Jacksonburgh. It is supposed by others that Jonathan Kidwell kept the first school in a log school-house 11^ miles south-west from town. A whole log, says Isaac N. Beard, was cut out for a window, and the aperture closed by his father, John Beard, who pasted over it numbers of the Cincinnati Gazette.

The first Grist-mill is said to have been built as early as 1812, by one Doane. The frame consisted of two sycamore trees felled across the stream. The bed stone was laid on these logs, and a shaft from a tub wheel passed up between the logs, and turned the upper stone. Four forks set into the ground supported the roof of split clapboards, which covered the millstones and hopper. Like many of the earlier mills, it ground only corn. Aaron Miller, about 1818, built

Oil Martiiidale's creek a saw-mill, said to have been the first ill the township. Several years after, James Wilcox and Francis Brown built a saw-mill a mile and a half north of Jacksonbnrgh ; and another Avas built by Jehu Jones, about the year 1825, a mile and a half north-west from town, in the place of a grist-mill burned some years before. Another sawmill was built 2 miles south-west I'rom Jacksonbnrgh, by Jonathan Morris. On Green's Fork, a mile east from town, a grist-mill was built about the year 1838, by Wm. McLucas, where a mill is still run by Henry Hoover,

On and near Green's Fork, Jacob Hoover settled where Beeson lives, and near the land owned by H. Hoover. James and John Boyd settled on the land now owned by Henry Hoover,

John HoUiday settled about 2 m. north-east from town ; the land now owned by his heirs. Samuel Holliday, where now Kankin Baldridge resides, adjoining Jefferson and Clay townships. [ISTathaniel Leonard is believed to have settled on the land now owned by J. Alonzo Scott, on the north line of the township. David Beeson, from N. C. to Wayne Co. in 1825, settled in 1830 on the place now^ owned by his son Jabez, in the south-east corner of the township. He died in 1855, aged 61. Solomon Kittermau, from Va., in 1838, on the place where he now lives. Jesse Hosier was born on Green's Fork, in this township, and died in 18(36, aged 51. His widow resides 2| miles north-west from Centerville.

The Town of Jacksonbnrgh was laid out by Robert Leavell. The survey, by Henry Bryan, was dated March 23, 1815, and recorded May 31, 1815. Centerville is the only town of earlier date in the county. Jacksonburgh was the place for holding elections in the township of Jackson until 1836, when it was changed to Cambridge. It was a central place for military parades, liorse-racing, and somewhat signalized for fighting. For a few years it grew considerably. Abraham Elliott settled in the town soon after it was laid out, and kept the first Tavern in a log house. A Tannery was built by Josiah Bradbury ; a lZ«i!-s/(o/9 was established by John Zatt; a Pottery hy Zachariah Gapen ; one or more Blacksmith-shops; a shop for making Spinning-wheels, by Zadok Dougherty. Jonathan Kidwell, also, who soon settled in town, is said to have been a wheelwright, and for a time a preacher in the Christian church, and later a Universalist preacher.

The first Physician in Jacksonburgh was Loring A. Waldo, about 1818, who, about fifteen years afterward, moved to Delaware Co. The next, it is believed, was L. P. Pumphrey, who, after a few years, removed to Henry Co. Among his successors were Dr. Leggett, Dr. Taylor, and in 1849, Dr. Samuel S. Boyd, now of Dublin. Present physician, John R. Mauk.

Ezekiel Leavell is supposed to have been the first Merchant in Jacksonburgh, probably soon after the town was laid out. "Who were his early successors has not been ascertained. Eifner & Hurst were there in 1841 ; and in 1843-45, Strattan & Wright.

Richard L. Leeson, a native of Pa., came from Eaton, O., settled a mile east of town, and established a Tannery about the same time that Josiah Bradbury commenced his in town, and sold to his brother Abner M., who continued it for many years.

The first Religious Society in the township is believed to have been that of the Christians, then called by some ISTewlights, at Jacksonburgh, formed about 1815. They held meetings in dwellings, barns, and school-houses. In 1820, they built a frame meeting-house in town. The society was formed by David Piirviance, Samuel Boyd, John Scott, and others, who were afterward joined by John Beard, Richard L. Leeson, Robert Leavell, Elijah Martiudale, and others. Another informant names as first members, Samuel and Isabella Boyd, Sarah, William, John, and Abraham Crum, Wm. Reynolds, Jesse Frazier, Henry Logan, Jonathan Kidwell, and others - 60 or 70 in all. The society, he says, was organized as a Christian or Disciple church, by James McYey and Daniel Winder. Among the members were Joseph Shank, Wm. Boyd, R. L. Leeson, Mary Graham, and others. Their house was destroyed by fire about 1840, by an incendiary. It was replaced in 1841 by a brick house, which was remodeled in 1870; and a dedicatory sermon was preached by Elder David Franklin.

The Friends also formed a society about the year 1815 or 1816, at West Union, li miles south of Jacksonburgh. Patrick Beard, Benj. Morgan, Wm. Saint, John Lacy, Lewis Hosier, Josiah Bundy, Jehoshaphat Morris, and Jonathan Morris, were early members. Meetings were held in a log house. The society existed about 15 years. [See Milford Meeting.]

John Beard was born in JSTorth Carolina, August 2, 1780. His parents emigrated from Londonderry, Ireland, and settled in ISTorth Carolina in 1770. He married Mary Wright in Carolina, in 1803 ; removed with two children to Tennessee, and thence, a year after, in 1806, to a few miles below Hunt's settlement, now in Union county, and in October, 1811, to the present township of Harrison, cutting his road a part of the way through the wilderness, and driving his team with his family and household goods, and a cow and a calf, without assistance. He had a full measure of the experience of pioneer life. He is represented as having been an honest, industrious, and estimable citizen. He was for a time a member of the Christian society at Jacksonburgh, and one of their preachers; and at a later period embraced the Universalist faith. He is spoken of by one who knew him well, as " a patriot and a true lover of his country, at all times manifesting a deep interest in the prosperity of the United States, and the perpetuity of our free institutions; and that in the faithful discharge of his duties as a husband, a parent, and a neighbor, " he left behind him an example worthy to be followed." He died Feb. 13, 1859, in his 79th year. Being a member of Hall of Milton Lodge of Free Masons, he was buried with the usual Masonic ceremonies on the 15th. His wife survived him less than two years. She died at Milton, Oct. 16, 1860, in her 81st year. She proved a valuable helpmeet to her husband amidst the hardships and privations of pioneer life, and possessed in a high degree those qualities which adorn the female character, and which fitted her so well for the discharge of her social and domestic duties. The children of John Beard were : 1. Sarah, wife of Robert AYillitts, who died in Iowa. 2. Isaac N. [Sk.] 3. Mary W., wife of Jacob Sinks, deceased ; resides with her daughter, wife of Kilby Ferguson, Indianapolis. 4. Malinda K., wife of H. C. Justice, who went to the far west some thirteen years ago, and is supposed to be dead. She resides with her brother, Isaac N., in Harrison.

Isaac N. Beard, son of John Beard, was born in I^orth Carohna, May 16, 1808. He was about three years of age when his father settled, in 1811, in what is now Harrison township, the place being then without a name. Being an only son, his help was needed on the farm, where he remained until after he attained to manhood. He married, March 31, 1833, Matilda Swope, who was born in Pennsylvania, Oct. 19, 1814. He settled in , on the farm where he now resides, near that of his father. He possesses the esteem and confideuce of his fellow-citizens ; having received at their hands various offices of trust, the duties of which he faithfully discharged. He holds now, and has held for many years, the office of justice of the peace ; and has been elected as representative of the county in the state legislature. His wife died of a cancerous affection, Feb. 11, 1871. Their children are Victoria, who married James Lichty ; Mary, who married George T. Kepler; Benton J., John W.,Levi W., Matilda, Ida.

Samuel Boyd was born in Craven Co., S. C, May 20, 1763. He was of Scotch descent. His father, James Boyd, had previously emigrated thither from Vi^-ginia, and had six sons and two daughters. The father and one son died in a Tory prison during the lievolutionary war; and Samuel, the subject of this sketch, came near losing his life by a ball from a Tory gun. He recovered, however, with the loss of his left eye, and served through the war, having enlisted at the age of 16. He was married, December 12, 1785, to Isabella Higgins, who also was of Scotch descent, and a not distant relative of Robert Burns, the poet. She did not forget, through life, that, when a young woman, she danced with Andrew Jackson. In 1788, Samuel Boyd, with his wife and one child, moved to Kentucky, where they lived 23 years. To provide homes for his nine children, he removed to Whitewater Valley ; and in November, 1811, he built a tent of bark and limbs of trees on Martindale's creek, 2 miles north of Jacksonburgh, where he entered a quar-

In 1801, during the famed Kane revival, in Kentucky, lie made a profession of the Christian religion, and during tlie remainder of his life he labored faithfully, as a minister, for the salvation of others. During a missionary tour to the Indians, he again came near losing his life. An Indian boy thoughtles-ly touched a burning brand to a keg of powder, blowing the rude hut to pieces, killing two children, and injuring Samuel Boyd, who was laid out as dead. He recovered, and for more than a score of years was an active laborer in the cause of his Master. He was a member of the Christian church, then often termed "Newlights."' As a public speaker he was earnest and animated, and for one of so limited educational advantages was an efficient Christian teacher. His wife lived to the age of 88 years, and died a Christian, October 31, 1852. They had ten children ; all but one having lived to be married, and settled as farmers and farmers' wives, and all except one in Wayne county : 1. James, who died in Richmond, September 29, 1863. 2. John, who, at the age of 82, resides in Dublin. 3. William, who died in Harrison township, September 22, 1846. 4. Elizabeth, wife of Elijah Martindale, lives at Newcastle, aged 78. 5. Samuel K., who resides at Centerville. 6, Lard, who died in infancy. 7. Robert, who settl-ed in Henry county, and died there, February 24, 1853. 8. Martha, wife of Joseph Lewis, at Williamsburg, aged 71. 9. Mary, wife of Abner M. Bradbury, Cambridge City, aged 67. 10. Isabella Ladd, who died in Marion county, September 16, 1854. These nine heads of families had 92 children; and these have so multiplied that it is safe to estimate the descendants of Samuel and Isabella Boyd at the present date (1871), at 550 children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. At a social reunion of the Boyd family in 1861, 274 of them sat down to a dinner, more than one hundred and fifty being absent.

Martindale's creek, 3 miles west of the town of Washington, and, with his brother John, built a small falling mill in 1815. In 1820, he settled in Harrison township. In March, 1821, he married Mary, a daughter of Samuel Boyd. He was, in 1820, appointed deputy sheriii* under Abraham Elliott; was a delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1848; was elected in that year an associate judge for Wayne Co.; and in 1832, 1833, and 1834, elected a representative in the legislature. In 1836, he was elected a senator, and held two years; and again in 1841, for three years. In April, 1869, he removed to Cambridge City, where he now resides. His children are:

3. William H., who married Jane Kinley. 4. Elizabeth, wife of Isaac Harned, of Cambridge City. 5. James L., who married Eveline Nicholson, and resides near Newcastle. 6. Martha, wife of Josephus Mundell, of Hagerstown. 7. Samuel B., who married Margaret O'Neal, and. resides at Winchester. 8. Daniel M., who married Sarah Ballenger, and resides at Indianapolis. 9. Robert Burns, who married Sarah Townsend, and resides at Cambridge City. 10. Albert W., w^ho married Francis Hatfield, and resides at Cambridge City. 11. Allison B., who married Sarah Burr, and is a practicing physician at Milton. 12. Emma, unmarried.

Lewis Hosier, from North Carolina, in 1807, after a few years' residence on the Elkhorn, settled on the land now owned by his son Henderson in Harrison. He was a man of limited education, which was chiefly acquired from the few books he was able to obtain, or to which he had access. He was fond of reading, and succeeded in getting hold of a number of works of the best authors, which he read with avidity, and with which he made himself familiar. He delighted in discussion; was an acute reasoner, and adhered with unusual firmness, not to say obstinacy, to deliberately formed opinions. He was a man of strict integrity. His children living are Isaiah, in Demnark, Iowa, and Henderson, in the south-east part of Harrison township. Children deceased, Enoch, Jesse, Elizabeth, Mary. Lewis Hosier died in 1853, aged 78.

Peter Kepler, son of Matthias Kepler, a Revolutionary soldier, emigrated from Pennsylvania to this county in the year 1820, and for about a year lived in the Treadway mill on Green's Fork, in the north-east part of Washington township. In 1821, he settled in the east part of Harrison tovrnship, on the land now owned by his son John, where he died in 1817, aged 65 years. His childen were John, Peter, Margaret, Catharine, and Andrew T.

John Kepler, son of Peter Kepler, Sen., was born January 8, 1808, at Middletown Valley, Frederick Co., Maryland. He removed, in 1815, with his father to Green Co., Pa., and thence, in 1820, to Wayne Co., Ind., and now resides on the farm on which his father settled permanently, as stated in the above notice. Mr. Kepler was married, first, to Anna Poland, Dec. 25, 1828, and had by her a daughter, Mary Catharine, not now living. He married, second, August 8, 1841, in Wayne Co., Angeline Danner, who was born in Maryland, August 9, 1821, by whom he had seven children : Margaret Elizabeth, born June 6, 1843 ; died, Jan. 22, 1864 ; Caroline Zerelda, born July 27, 1845 ; Orestes Alexander, born July 28, 1849 ; John Florence, March 10, 1851 ; died April 2, 1852 ; A^ierling Kersey, born August 5,1853; Manzella, a daughter, born June 24, 1855 ; Alonzo Peter, born May 11, 1858. Mr. Kepler is one of the most successful farmers in Wayne county, and one of the principal financial men of Eastern Indiana.

Isaac Kinley was born in Guilford Co., N. C, Oct. 19, 1797. He settled in Randolph Co., in 1817, and in Jackson, now Harrison, Wayne Co., in 1825. He removed, in 1846, to Iowa, where he died, December 24, 1858, from the kick of a horse. He married, in 1816, in Highland Co., Ohio, Ann Reese. Their children were : 1. Caleb, who died at 24 ; 2. Edward, who married, first, Mahala Macy, second, Mrs. Mary B. Davis, and is a lawyer at Brunswick, Missouri. 3. Frederick, who, in 1846, removed from Randolph Co. to Iowa. On the breaking out of the war in 1861, he enlisted, with his two sons, Daniel and Oliver C, aged 19 and 17. He was in numerous battles, and was wounded at Vicksburg, in May, 1863 ; was furloughed home; rejoined his regiment at Memphis in October; and was killed at Chattanooga on the 25th. 4, Isaac. [Sk.]

5. Anna, who married Joseph Wain, and resides at Wamego, Kansas. 6. Jayie, who married Wm. Bradbury. 7. Sarah, who died in infancy. 8. Martha, who married John Daniels, and resides at Marion, Linn Co., Iowa, and is recorder of the county.

Isaac Kinley, Jun., was born in Randolph Co., Ind., Nov. 27, 1822. He married, iirst, Nancy B. Holloway, in 1849; second, Mrs. Jeannie G. Adams, October 2, 1859. At the age of 15, he commenced as a teacher, and taught district schools for several years. In 1848, he commenced teaching at Greensboro' Seminary ; and afterward taught in Union Seminary at Spiceland, Henry Co. In 1850, he was elected from that county to the Constitutional Convention as a free-soil delegate. In 1854, he was elected state senator for four years. In 1861, he removed to Richmond ; and the same year he enlisted in the war, and waa chosen Captain by the company, and elected by the officers of the 36th regiment of Indiana as Major, and commissioned by the governor. He was in the battles of Corinth, Perrysville, Wildcat, and wounded at Stone River. In 1863, he was appoined Provost Marshal of the 5th District, In 1866, he was elected to the senate from Wayne Co. In 1869, he departed with his wife on a tour to Europe, and returned to his home in Richmond, having, during his absence written a series of interesting letters which were published in the Radical newspaper of Richmond.

John Scott, a native of Virginia, from Kentucky in 1814, settled in the north part of what is now the township of Harrison, where his son John now resides, and where he died in 1824, aged 53 years. His children were James C, William, Robert, Jane, Maria, Lorenzo, Harrison, John, Paulina, and Lucinda. James C. died in 1854, where his son Elias now lives, aged 50 years. Also, William, Robert, and Lorenzo are deceased. Harrison, who married a daughter of the late Caleb Lewis, of Washington township, resides in the north part of Harrison.

[The folloAving was omitted in the history of Green township.] In the enumeration of the cliildren of Jolm Lewis, the name of Joseph was omitted. It slionhl liave fulk)Ave(i tliat of Sarah. Besides those named were four, none of wliom passed the period of childhood.

George D. McPherson w^as born in Stokes county, Xorth Carolina, in 1789; was married, in 1814, to Charity Locke (still living), daughter of a Revolutionary captain ; moved to Warren county, Ohio, and thence to Green township, Wayne county, Indiana, in 1825. In 1843, he removed to Iowa, wdiere he now resides. He has six children : Joseph W., who married Sarah Lenington; was a merchant at Economy; moved to Iowa in 1856; is a Methodist minister, and has ten children ; of whom three sons were Avounded in the L^nion army, and one was a member of tlie legislature. Lucretia married Phenton Riley; twelve children. Abigail married Samuel Lenington; both dead; four children. John, twice married, resides in Marshall county ; twelve children. Ruth, twice married ; now deceased ; two children. Elizabeth, wife of Rufus K Mills, resides in Randolph county ; three children.

Source changes here: from History of Wayne County, Indiana : Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, by Inter-state Publishing Company (Chicago, Ill.), published 1884; 12,166 words in this source stream.

Green Township

This is in the north tier of townsliips, and is the central one, it being eight miles on each side from the east and west county lines. It is bounded on the north by Randolph County, on the east by New Garden and Webster townships, on the south by Webster, Centre and Clay townships, and on the west by Clay and Perry townships. It is five miles square, with an addition on the south side of three and onehalf sections, extending in the center two miles south of the square, the last mile being a half section. Just why this county of Wayne has been cut into townships out of all reasonable shape is hard to determine. The cultivation of symmetry has not been chronic. The area thus covered is twenty-eight and one-half square miles, or 18,240 acres of land. Of this amount 18,182.68 acres are found on the assessment roll, which shows a closer assessment, or more arable land, than many other townships in the county. The township was organized November, 1821, and the first election was held at the house of Seth May. It is a good township of land and the farmers have placed themselves in an independent position financially.

named after John Green, a somewhat noted Indian who adopted an English name and was vvell-lcnown by the early settlers. It enters the township in the northeast corner and flows southwesterly through the township. It has quite a number of small tributaries on its west side, all rising withiui the township, and one branch on its east bank. On the west « side of the township Morgan's Creek enters from the north and traverses nearly the entire west side of the township. "Williamsburg is the only village, and is in the south-central part of the township, mostly on the southeast quarter of section 6.

The assessed valuation of the township, Jan. 1, 1883, was: On real estate, $612,235; personal property, $346,960; total, $959,195, there being but four townships in the county that has a greater aggregate of wealth, and these, with the exception of Jackson Township, are considered considerably larger. Taking area and population together. Green is the richest township in the count3^

Its Early Settlement

The first settler who is credited with locating in this township was John Lewis, from T^Torth Carolina, who settled on section 7, in the year 1810. His son Joseph now lives upon and owns the homestead. Richard Lewis, then past the age of twenty-one years, came with his father, and these two were without neighbors until the spring of the following year. Henry Way then came and settled on section 5; Seth Way, on section 6; Paul Way, on section 29, now owned by his son

Joseph - all from Korth Carolina; Joshua Craiior, on section S, his son Milo succeeding him and living on the original farm; Reuben Joy, on section 32, northeast of Williamsburg. These all came during the last mentioned year.

In the southeast part of the township Joseph Comer, where now Joseph Comer, his son, resides; Joseph Palmer, where Daniel Palmer resides; Henry Gower, and James Irwin; first settler on their lands; Thomas Teagle, where now a son resides. Joseph Evans, from JS'ew Jersey, entered several quarter-sections on sections 18 and 19; John Catey, from New Jersey, also several quarter sections, Joseph Personett, from Maryland, settled on land now owned by Benj. B. Beverlin. Wm. Beverlin, from Virginia, settled as earJy, probably, as 1812, on section 8, now owned by his son Thomas, and John Catey, where the latter now resides; Jesse B icon, from New Jersey, on section 8 and northwest quarter of section 9; Henry Catey, from New Jersey, where Samuel Catey resides, one and a half miles southeast from town; Thomas Bond, south line of township, land now owned by his heirs.

In 1814 John Green came from North Carolina and settled on section 30, and was accompanied by Joseph Ladd and his son, William Ladd, the latter locating on section 36. Joseph Ladd settled on the northeast quarter of section 31, and Amos W. Ladd, on section 35. Benjamin Hutchins came from the same State, and settled one and a half miles north of Williamsburg, or where it now stands, also in 1811:, and Thomas Hutchins, a half mile south of him, on section 31. Benj. Hutchins afterward removed to the farm, near the United Brethren meeting-house. John Hutchins settled a mile northwest from town.

In the northeast part, Daniel Charles, about 1816, settled on section 28; land now owned by Henry Charles and Hannah Blair. In 1816, from North Carolina, came Abel Lomax. His land is now owned by James Frazer's heirs, section 32; Elijah Wright, where Alexander Wright lives; Jeremiah Stegall, on section 30, on land owned by Alexander Stegall; Wm. Cook with his sons, Cornelius and James, about four miles northwest from town, on section 25; land now owned by his heirs and descendants.

Henry Study, a native of Maryland, in 1818, a mile west of town wliere his son John resides, on the northeast quarter of section 7. Mr. Study is said to have had the first iron mold-board plow in Wayne County.

Charles Spencer, a native of Connecticut from Pennsylvania, in 1819, settled where he now resides, one and one-half miles south of town. He is said to have made, in 1820, the first pegged shoes ever made in Wayne County, and in 1821 the first iron mold-board plow.

Henry Catey, a native of Germany, from New Jersey in 1821, settled one and one-half miles southeast from town, where he resided until his death in 1850, aged about eighty years. John, his son, now lives one and one-half miles south of town.

Anthony Chamness, a native of North Carolina, settled on section 7; his son Joshua now has the homestead. Joshua Murphy settled where Harvey Harris lives, also from North Carolina, as was Jacob Cook, who located on section 33. Eleazer Smith was another North Carolinian, and settled on section 20, his farm now being owned by his son, William D. Smith. Valentine Pegg came from the same State and made his home on sections 19 and 20, and John Pegg, on section 21, now owned by his son John. A good many North Carolinians made their homes in this township. Others of the early settlers were Drury Davis, on section 12; Jesse Young, section 18; Samuel Ball, on section 13; Charles Spencer, on the same section, also John Cain; Benj. Satterwaite on section 18; Henry Oler, section 11, now owned by his son Henry; Luke Dillon, on section 2; as was also Joshua Ballenger and Benj. Ballenger. The sons of Henry Study, Sr., viz.: Henry, Joseph, David and Isaac, all located on lands embraced in sections 26 and 35; a Mr. Elliott, on section 35, and Nathan Riley, an Ohioan, on section 36. Jesse Baldwin came from North Carolina, and located on section 26; John Beard, on section 23, and came from Maryland. In later years section 23 was owned by E. and J. T. Cates, Geo. W. Scantland and Peter Hardwick. John Saintmeyer purchased his homestead on section 35, and his sons now occupy the farm; Washington Cranor, on the Cranor farm. George Johnson located in the east part of towiisliip at present owned by Thos. Edwards, and Levi Jessap, on sections 9 and 16, some two miles sontheast of Williamsburg. William Trotter and Hugh L. Macy, settled on section 28, and Jeremiah Thorp, from Tennessee, on section 20. There are a few others of the early settlers that could be mentioned but space is limited.

Sundries

The first blacksmiths in the township were William Underhill, below town, and Joseph Way, one and one-half miles northeast from the town. Also, Kanan Roberts and Moses Davndson were early blacksmiths.

Richard Lewis, the first Justice of the Peace. Other early Justices were Barnabas McManus, Joseph Ladd, John Green, Joseph Lewis, Samuel Johnson.

Abel Lomax served two or more years as Representative, and a term of two years as Senator in the Legislature; and Joseph Lewis as a Representative, at the session of 1845-'6.

A fort and block-house were built during the war of 1812, on the farm of John Lewis, by John, Joseph and Richard Lewis, Joshua and Thomas Cranor, Setli Way and others. About three miles northeast from this another, on land now owned by Thompson Smith, was built by William Whitehead and others, and called the " Whitehead block-house."

The Friends formed a society a few years later, and built a log house about three and one-half miles northeast from town. After an existence of about fifteen years the society was discontinued.

Wm. Johnson built the first grist-mill about the year 1818, where the present mill in Williamsburg stands. A year or two later Stacey B. Catey built a saw-mill one and onehalf miles below town, where also a grist-mill was built. About the same time Reuben Joy built a saw-mill one and one-half miles above town; and a few years after Hugh

The Baptists pi'obably {'ormed the first church in the township, which was organized Nov. 21, 1818, about three miles north of town. Among the first members and those who joined soon after were: Isaiah Case, Benj. Jones, Eleazer Smith, and their wives; James Martin, Haimah Case, Polly McQuary, Jeremiah Swafford, Sarah and Rebecca Potter, David Frazer, Margaret Shoemaker, Nathaniel Case and John Stigleman and their wives. Rev. William Oldham, from Salem church, Rev. ~ - - Martin, from Elkhorn, and others, ofliciated at the organization. In June, 1819, Benj. Jones and Nathaniel Case were ordained Deacons. In December, 1819, Rev. Isaac Cotton became their minister, and continued his pastoral labors about twenty years. He was succeeded by Nathaniel Case about six years, and Andrew Baker some ten or twelve years. Henry Rupe, Mr. Lyons, and others have supplied the church at different times. Meetings were first held in a log honse.

The church is located near the section line between sections 28 and 29 and on the northwest quarter of section 28. A frame building was erected in 1830, which continued in use until about 1860, when a substantial brick edifice was built and neatly finished.

The town of Williamsburg is the capital of Green Township and is the only town within its limits. It is situated on the south half of the east half of the southeast quarter of section 6, and was platted March 16, 1830, by Wm. Johnson, the survey beinff made on that date by John Frazier. The plat and survey was made of record March 23, 1830.

It lies in the midst of a splendid agricultural country, and notwithstanding that the township has decreased nearly thirty percent, in population the last third of a century, the village has continued to grow, slowly to be sure, but is the only town in the county that has gained in the face of a declining township to the number it has.

The first merchant in Williamsburg was (name lost), who commenced trade about the year 1831, prior to which time the inhabitants were supplied at Richmond. Of those who have since traded for longer or shorter periods were: John Pennington, Joshua and Thomas Cranor, Stephen and Samuel Johnson, Stephen Coffin, eight or ten years in the firms of B. & S. Coffin and And^-ew Purviance & Co., Pleasant Unthank and Griffin Davis, afterward Davis alone.

Dr. Curtis Otwell was the first resident physician, the inhabitants having been previously served chiefly by Dr,s. Warner and Kerl, of Richmond, Waldo, of Jacksonburg, and Way, of Newport. After Otwell, George Blair.

Business Of 1870

The business interest of the town has never been very large. In the year 1870 there were three general stores kept and owned respectively by Jas. L. & Asher Pearce, Griffin Davis and William Campbell; grist and saw mill, by JesseReynolds; carriage and wagon shops, by Wm. Richter and Reynold Bros. ; blacksmiths, Elias and John Roberts and the Richter Bros.; physicians. Dr. L. P. Taylor and Dr. Jno. T. Chenoweth, and the usual number of mechanics and artisans. The growth of the town has not been such as to increase the volume of business to any perceivable extent.

The Business Interests Of 1883

The United' Brethren organized a church about the year 1845. After a few months' preaching, a class was formed, of which the following named persons were members: James Jester and Lucretia, his wife; Benj. Harris and Lydia, his wife; Samuel Johnson and Catharine, his wife; Herbert C. Fierce and Margaret, his wife; Susanna Cranor, James and Fhebe Stevenson. Their first meetings were held in private rooms in Williamsburg, afterward in a school-house, three-quarters of a mile east of town. Their present house, about half a mile northeast from town, was built about the year 1855. Their first preacher was Rev. Isaac Robinson, who was succeeded by the Revs. Wm. Ault, "Wm. Kendrick, Robert Morris, Thomas Evans and the Rev. Mr. Smith, the present pastor.

A Methodist Episcopal Church and society was formed in the year 1818. Among its first members were Abel Lomax, Henry Study, Joshua Ballenger, Nathan Riley, and their wives. Their first church was a log house, where that of the United Brethren now stands, about half a mile west of town. A brick house was afterward built in its place. In 1851 their present church building in town was erected. Their ministers have been: Revs. Joseph Tarkington, Miltideus Miller, John Kiger, John Bnrt, Mr. Morrison, Caldwell Robbins, John Metzker, Benj. Smith, Asahel Kinnan, Ner Phillips, George Newton, Abraham Gorrell, Lewis Roberts, John F. Pierce, and their present pastor, the Rev. Mr. Peck.

An Odd Fellows Lodge, the Chlnharorer, No. 120, was instituted Nov. 25, 1852, on application of Wm. Silver, Wm. Brown, James H. Stanley, D. Dinwiddle and Abel Evans.

£sra £alle7igfer, farmer and dealer in stock, near Williamsburg, was born in Green Township, Wayne Co., Ind., Dec. 20, 1836. He was reared on a farm, and obtained a good business education in the schools of his native village, Williamsburg. He remained at home till he grew to manhood, and has followed farming through life. He is one of the successful farmers and stock-raisers of his township, making a specialty of line hogs. He was married March 4, 1858, to Martha, daughter of George and Martha Debilbiss, of Licking County, Ohio. Her parents are of French descent. Mr. and Mrs, Ballenger have had three children - Will E., dry goods merchant in Cambridge City, Ind.; Harry M., died at the age of fifteen years, and Izzie B., aged fifteen years. Mr. Ballenger has been a member of the Board of Education of Williamsburg a number of years. He is a member of Chinkarorer Lodge, No. 120, I. O. O. F., and of Encampment No. 74, Williamsburg. He is also a member of the Grand Encampment of the State. Politically he is a Republican. His grandparents, William and Anna (Sharp) Ballenger, were born, reared and married in Virginia, and afterward lived in Kentucky, where Charles B., our subject's father, was born Feb. 17, 1810, and when he was twelve years old his parents removed to Green Township, Wayne Co., Ind. William Ballenger entered the Revolutionary war at the age of eighteen years, and served till its close. He died in 1825. His wife died soon after coming to Wayne County. Charles B, began learning the wheelwright's trade at the age of sixteen, at which he worked seven years. The rest of his life has been spent in farming, which he has followed with much success. He was married June 3, 1830, to Eliza Scovell, born March 10, 1812, and died Aug. 4, 1881, a daughter of Orr and Mary Scovell. Seven children were born to them - Data, died when four years old ; Sylvester,, was an attorney at law at Cambridge City, Wayne County, where he died at the age of fortyone years; Ezra, our subject; Martin, was killed by lightning, May 27, 1873; Charles, an attorney at law in Indianapolis, who died March 10, 1880; Sarah J., wife of Daniel Bradbury, of Indianapolis, and Mary A., wife of Lafayette Coggshall, of Green Township. '

Oscar Rowan Baker^ ox\\y son of Jacob and Yiletta (Swain) Baker, was born at Centreville, Wayne Co., Ind., Sept. 21, 1854. He attended the country schools, and afterward completed his education at Spiceland College, Henry County, Ind., graduating in 1880. During his college course he taught school nine years. When through his college course he purchased his present drug store, succeeding Dr. Helm in the business. He was married Aug. 8, 1878, to Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Ellen (McWhinney) Aydelott, of Preble County, Ohio. They have three children - Viletta E., Frank T. and Kate. Mrs. Baker is a member of the Christian church. Politically Mr. Baker is a Republican. His grandparents were of German ancestry, and were reared in Pennsylvania. His father was born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 31, 1827, and when quite young moved to Montgomery County, Ohio, remaining there a number of years, after which they resided a short time in Wayne County, Ind. They then returned to Ohio, but Jacob, on attaining his majority, returned to Wayne County, Ind., where he married and carried on the shoemaking business at Centreville a number of years. He then moved to Washington, Wayne County, where he has since carried on shoemaking.

Joh7i Bean, youngest son of Samuel and Catherine (Myers) Bean, was born in Lebanon County, Pa., Jan. 17, 1816. When he was seven years of age his parents moved to Warren County, Ohio, and there he received a common-school education, and was reared to the life of a farmer. He was married in December, 1842, to Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Amy (Hormel) Evans. She was born Nov. 3,1824. In 1850 Mr. Bean moved to the farm where he now lives. He has 200 acres of land, which he has improved from a forest, having it under a good state of cultivation, with a comfort- able residence and good farm buildings. He is one of the practical farmers and successful stock and business men of the township. He is public-spirited and a liberal patron of all home enterprises. Politically he is a Republican. He has served the township as Trustee. He is a member of Green's Fork Lodge, No. 148, and Belli s Encampment, No. 71, I. O. O. F,, and has passed all the chairs in both bodies. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is Trustee. To them have been born six children - Rosetta, wife of George W. Stiggleman; Amy A., wife of Robert Estep, of Grand Travis County, Mich; Oliver H., died at the age of seven years; Georgiana C, wife of I. F. Moreman; Mary E., widow of A. J. King, and Nena E. Mr. Bean's parents were of German descent. His father died at the age of seventy- -live years, and his mother at the age of seventy years. Their children were - Henry, of Warren County, Ohio; Elizabeth, widow of John Stoner, of Montgomery County, Ohio; Maria, widow of John Lilly, of Champaign County, 111.; Samuel, of Lebanon, Ohio; Catherine, wife of David Whitman, of Warren County, Ohio; Nancy, wife of Enos Black, of Dallas City, 111.; John; Sarah, wife of Adam B. Hathaway, of Warren County, Ohio; Mary, wife of Henry Banty, of Warren County, Ohio; D. Susan, deceased; Lydia, wife of Joseph Ludlum, of Wayne County, Ind. Mrs. Bean's parents were of Welsh descent. Their children were - George W., deceased; Mis. Bean; Japhet; Emily, wife of Amos Crane, and Elias, of Warren County, Ohio.

Nathan Irvin Bond., blacksmith, was born in Randolph County, N. C, Aug. 8, 1816, of English descent. When three years of age he came to Indiana with his mother, who settled in Webster Township. At the age of seven years he was apprenticed to Stephen Macey, of Preble County, Ohio, to learn blacksraithing and plow-making, with whom he worked till he was fourteen years old. He then worked one year in Cincinnati, when he returned to Wayne County, Ind., and worked with William Macey at Fountain City two years. He then worked ibr eighteen months near Williamsburg, when he located in the village and manufactured plows a number of years, and is supposed to have made the first steel plow manufactured in the State. In 1858 he sold his property in Williamsburg, and purchased the farm near the village where he has since carried on general blacksmithing. He also manufactures the Pefley corn-row marker, which is the most complete marker in use. His farm is cultivated by tenants. Mr. Bond was married in 1839 to Mary, daughter of Joshua Ballenger, who came from Virginia to Wayne County in an early day. Of the five children born to this union, four survive - De Witt C, James A., John H. and Sarah E. Alwilda J. is deceased. Mrs. Bond was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. She died in 1849, and in 1851 Mr. Bond was married to Mary J., daughter of John and Rebecca (Veal) Cain, of Wayne County. They had one daughter who died in infancy. Mrs. Bond belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically, Mr. Bond is a Republican.

Samuel Mitchel Boyd, eldest son of James and Margaret (Mitchel) Boyd, was born July 10, 1815, near Washington, Wayne Co., Ind. He was reared on a farm experiencing ail the phases of pioneer life, and obtained a limited education in the log-cabin schools. He lived on the home farm till he reached the age of twenty-five years, after which he farmed three years on rented land, when he purchased a farm of eighty acres joining Xew Garden Township. He then bought seventy acres in New Garden Township, where he resided from 1843 till 1865, when he sold it and purchased the farm of 160 acres where he has since followed agricultural pursuits with success. He takes an interest in educational matters and has been a member of the Board of Education a number of years. In politics he afiiliates with the Greenback party. March 5, 1840, he was married to Mahala, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Porter) Fox, of German and English descent respectively, who were among the first settlers of Wayne County. Mr. Boyd and wife have had seven children - Leonidas, who died at the age of thirteen months; Arthur, died at the age of twenty-two years; Elizabeth C, wife of James T. Smith, of Green Township; Samantha E., wife of Robert T. Davis, of Richmond, Ind. ; William A. of Green

Township; Abirain F., deceased, aged thirteen months, and Flora E., wife of Robert F. Clements, of Randolph County. Our subject's grandfather, Samuel Bovd, was a native of North Carolina, but afterward lived in Ohio. He then moved to Kentucky, where our subject's father was born, and in 1811 he removed with his father's family to Wayne County, Ind.. where he was married and had four children - Caroline, widow of Eli Willett; Samuel M., our subject; Philander, of Greenfield, Ind., and Abiram, of Cambridge City, Ind. Our subject's mother died in 1822, and his father was again married to Hester, daughter of Joseph Ruby, by whom he had six children - Joseph P., deceased; Alfred D,, of Wayne County; William E., of Hancock County, Ind.; Isabell A., widow of Lewis Lesh, of Illinois; James R., of Illinois, and Amanda, wife of Burns Willett, of Illinois. Mr. Boyd followed farming till an advanced age, when he sold his farm and resided in Richmond till his death, at the age of seventyfour years.

Ephralm Gates was born in Jefferson County, Tenn., Feb. 16, 1811, a son of Richard and Elizabeth (Tharp) Gates, who were natives of Virginia. He obtained a limited education in the subscription schools of his native county. He learned the tanner's trade in Tennessee, and in 1831 came to Wayne County, Ind., on foot. In the fall of 1831 he engaged in tanning in Williamsburg, and soon after his brother Jesse became associated with him and were successfully engaged together for fifteen years. They carried on the most extensive business in the country, being engaged in the tannery, boot and shoe business, and dealing in stock and real estate. He was one of the largest landholders in the township. In 1846 Mr. Cates sold his interest in the firm to his brother Anderson, since which he has followed agricultural pursuits and dealt in real estate. He was first married in 1832 to Martha, daughter of Joshua Cranor, of Wayne County. Four children were born to this union, of whom only one survives^ - Thomas J. Harrison, John and Anderson are deceased. Mrs. Cates died in- 1839, and in September, 1847, Mr. Cates was married to Catherine G. Griffin, born in Licking County, Ohio, Dec. 20, 1822, and daughter of Stephen and Margaret

(Stadden) Griffin. Their cliildren are - AvezzanaG., born April 30, 1849, married Martha E. Keneday; Gavazzi T., born April 18, 1851, married Mnvy E. Bunnell, and Margaret E., born July 24, 1854, married Ephraim Wright. Mr. Gates is a staunch Republican. Mrs. Gates is a member of the United Brethren church. Onr subject's parents removed to Wayne County, where the father died at the age of seventy years, and the mother at the age of eiglity-tvvo years. They had fourteen children, of whom eight are living - Jane, Celia, Daniel, Ephraim, Silas, Jesse, Betsy Ann and Anderson. Those deceased are - Rachel, Mary, Priscilla, John, Samuel and Baldwin. Mrs. Gates' father was born Aug. 3, 1793, and died in 1852, and her mother was born Nov. 18, 1798, and is living with Mrs. Gates. They were from Pennsylvania, were married in Ohio, and in 1836 settled in Indiana. They had eleven children, of whom five are living - Mary, Gatherine, Margaret, Abiel and Laura.

Jesse Cates, farmer, stock-raiser and banker, is the ninth of a family of fourteen children of Richard and Elizabeth (Tharp) Gates, who were of English and German ancestry respectively. He was born in Jefferson Gounty, Tenn., March 21, 1815, and obtained a limited education in the subscription schools of his native State. He has, however, since acquired a good business education by his efforts. In September, 1836, he removed to Wayne Gounty, Ind., where he worked one year for $8 per month, after which he carried on tanning and the boot and shoe business at Williamsburg with success, till 1843, when he sold his manufacturing interests and purchased his present farm, then containing 226 acres. The farm was first settled in 1811 by Seth Way. After locating on his farm, Mr. Gates was engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock-raising until 1862, and during three years of that time was engaged in pork-packing in Gincinnati, Ohio. In 1862 he invested capital in the First National Bank at Gentreville, Wayne Gounty, and was Yice-President of the same until 1881, since which he has been President. He was also one of the original stockholders and incorporators of the Second National Bank, of Richmond, Ind. He has in a few years invested $60,000 in lands, and now owns 1,200 acres of well-improved agricultural lands in Wayne County, and one of the finest farms of 391 acres in Randolph County, Ind. He is now worth $175,000, which he has made by perseverance and strict attention to business. He was married Dec. 14, 1843, to Rebecca, daughter of Job and Bersheba (Harris) Coggshal. They have had nine children - Harvey, born Oct. 29, 1844, and died in infancy; Mary C, born April 3, 1847, and died in 1869; Charles O., born Oct. 9, 1849, and died in 1860; Sarah J., born Jan. 8, 1852, now the wife of Charles Stutson; Arthur L., born Jan. 13, 1856, and died in infancy; George L., born Oct. 18,1857, now Assistant Cashier in First National Bank of Centreville; Lucy E., born Feb. 26, 1859, now wife of William D. Clark, of Randolph County; Edwin H., born Dec. 8, 1866, now attending Earlham College, where Mr. Cates has educated all his children. Mr. Cates has affiliated with the Republican party since its organization. He is a Master Mason and member of Williamsburg Lodge, ]S"o. 493, A. F. & A. M.;is also a member of Lodge No. 1-20, I. O. O. F., and has passed all the chairs in the latter. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Williamsburg.

Samuel Catey^ youngest child of Henry and Jane (Fennimore) Catey, was born on the farm where he now resides, Jan. 7, 1824. He was educated in the log-cabin schools of Williamsburg and was reared to the life of a farmer. He now owns the entire tract of land first entered by his father and other lands adjoining, all of which is in a fine state of cultivation. He was married Feb. 19, 1846, to Priscilla Mullen, born June 3, 1827, and daughter of William and Christiann Mullen, of Randolph County, Ind. Seven children have been born to them - Christian E., born Feb. 12, 1847, and died Feb. 18, 1881; Orlando B., born March 1, 1848, of Randolph County; Christiann, born Aug. 22, 1850, now wife of Milton Atkinson, of Webster, Wayne County; Martha J., born May 28, 1852. now wife of Jonathan Mendenhall, of Webster; Adaline M., born June 28, 1854, wife of Nathan Parker of Winchester, Ind. ; William H., born Maj' 25, 1856, and Stace C, born Sepc. 26, 1865. Mrs. Catey has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church since childhood. Mr. Catey is a member of Chinkarorer Lodge, No. 120, I. O. O. F., of Williamsburg, and has represented his lodge ii] the Grand Lodge of the State. Mr. Catey has been a Republican since the organization of that political party. His father was born in Hanover, Germ my, about 1770, and when twenty-one years of age he came to the United States. He worked some time tor John Bisben, in Burlington County, N. J-, after which he purchased a wagon and team and hauled stone for the first jail building in Burlington County. He was married Oct. 20, 1802, to Jane, daughter of Captain Fennimore, who served through the Revolutionary war. About 1820 he came to Wayne Countj^ with his family and entered 160 acres of Congress laud near Williamsburg. He followed farming through life, and died in 1850 in his eighty-first year. His wife died in her seventy-sixth year. They had ten children, nine of whom were married bat only three now living - Stace B., born Oct. 4, 1806; Charles B., born March 22, 1819, and our subject. Those deceased are - John B. , born Aug. 9, 1803; Rebecaa A., Dec. 23, 1804; Miriam, July 31, 180S; William B., Dec. 15, 1812; Hannah, May 25, 1815; Elizabeth, May 2, 1817, and Richard, Jan. 18, 1823, died in infancy.

Abner Olawso?i, farmer, Green Township, was born in Wayne County, Ind., March 28, 1834. He was reared on a farm, receiving a common-school education. He has followed agricultural pursuits through life, and now owns a fine farm in Green and Webster townships and has one of the best residences in the township. He was married in 1879 to Margaret J., daughter of Thomas and Anna De Yarmon, of Richmond, Ind. Mahlon Clawson, father of our subject, came from E^orth Carolina to Wayne County, Ind., with his parents in the year 1818, where he was married to Mary Brown, who came with her parents from Tennessee to Wayne County in 1820. They reared a family of six children - Jane (deceased), Abner, Esther, Sarah, Joseph and Charles. Mahlon Clawson is now living in Iowa, aged eighty-one years. His wife died at the age of seventy-two years.

County, Ohio. He was reared a farmer and educated at the common schools. Nov. 22, 1851, he was married to Lovina Knox, born Feb. 15, 1827, a daughter of Hosea and Clemma Knox, the former of Scotch and the latter of "Welsh origin. Twelve children were born to this union - Anthony, born Oct. 30, 1852, married to Laura Gates; John, born Jan. 25, 1854, and died Aug. 6, 1855; Robert F., born Dec. 21, 1855, now married to Laura Boyd and residing in Itandolph County, Ind.; Elizabeth, born Sept. 27, 1857, now the wife of Gideon Bird, of Randolph County, Ind.; Clorama L., born March 12, 1859, and died Feb. 9, 1876; Ira A. and Ezra A. (twins), born May 23, 1861; Martha P., born Aug. 9, 1864; Isaac, born May 30, 1866;- William E., born Jan. 25-. 1868; James H., born April 23, 1870, and Olive M., born Feb. IS, 1873. Mrs. Clements is a member of the Christian church. Politically Mr. Clements is a Republican. His Grandfather Clements, emigrated to the United States from Ireland and settled near Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was killed by the Indians about 1791. His Grandfather Brandenburg was a native of Germany. He came to the United States, and from Pennsylvania moved to Warren County, Ohio. He next settled in Hamilton County, Ohio. Our subject's father was born March 7", 1790, in Hamilton County, Ohio, and when young was brought to Warren County, where he was reared and married. He was the father of eight children - James (deceased), Matilda (deceased), Maria, Samuel, Susan, William J., Anthonj' and Elizabeth. Isaac Clements was a Lieutenant in the war of 1812, and died in Wayne County in June, 1865. His wife was born in February, 1792, and died in Randolph County in January, 1868.

Lafayette Coggshall was born May 31, 1841, in Williamsburg, Wayne Co., Ind., where he received a good business education. He was reared a farmer, and has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and is one of the wellto-do farmers of Green Township. He has been Supervisor of Roads in New Garden Township four years, and in Green Township two years. He was married Feb. 15, 1866, to Mary A., daughter of Charles B. and Eliza (Scovell) Ballenger, of Wayne County. They have had six children - Bert, born 31 .

Anff. 27, 1868; Dayton A., born April 4, 1874; Martha I., born Nov. 1, 1875, and died Sept. 11, 1876; Carl, born Sept. 1, 1878; Claude, born Jan. 1, 1881, and died Sept. 11, 1881, and Harry D., born JS'ov. 21, 1882. Politically Mr. Coggshall is a Democrat. His father, Joseph Coggshall, was a son of Trustona Coggshall, a Revolutionary soldier, who settled in Guilford County, N. C, where he was married, and removed to New Garden Township, Wayne Co., Ind., in an early day. He was a farmer by occupation, and died in his eighty-seventh year, May 7, 1882. His widow is living in Williamsburg, in her seventy-sixth year. Job Coggshall was nineteen years old when he came with his parents to Wayne County. He was first married to a daughter of Benjamin Harris, of Wayne County, by whom he had three children - Edward, who went to California in 1849, and has only once been heard from; Lewis, of Johnson County, Kan., and Rebecca, now the wife of Jesse Gates. His wife died in Wayne County, and he married for his second wife Jada, daughter of Charles and Abigail (Cox) Marine. To this union were given eleven children, all living - Abel B., of Illinois; Lafayette and Melvin, of Wayne County; Alvareese B.,of Illinois; Mahala, of Wayne County; Irene, widow of Paul Frazer; Sarah A., wife of Milton Cranor, of Williamsburg; Martha J., wife of George Burnsworth, of Noble County, Ind.; Catherine, wife of Franklin Williams, of Jay County, Ind.; Evaline, wife of Edward Conkle, of Denver, Col., and Adaline, wife of Nathan Baldwin, of Wayne County.

Milo Cranor, yonnoQ^i son of Joshua and Susannah (Johnson) Cranor, was born Sept. 15, 1839, in Wayne County, Ind., where he attended the common schools, obtaining a good business education. He has always followed farming, with success. He owns the homestead entered by his father, which is one of most desirable' farms in the township. He war married Oct. 9, 1861, to Frances, daughter of George and Eliza A. (Quinn) Irvin, now of Randolph County, Ind., but formerly of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Cranor have one son, Leonidas I. Mrs. Cranor's parents were natives of North Carolina, and came to Indiana with their parents in an early day. They were married in Wayne County, and reared eleven children, eight of whom are now living - Sarah, wife of Daniel Gates, of Iowa; Thomas, of Wayne County; Stephen, of Missom-i; William, of Ohio; Hannah, now Mrs. Edward Neal, of Richmond, Ind. ; Moses, of Howard County, Ind. ; Amanda, wife of William Coggshall, of Randolph County, Ind., and Milo, our subject. Mr. Joshua Cranor died at the age of seventy-two. His widow is living, in her eighty-seventh year. "

Thomas Cranor, eldest son of Joshua and Susannah (Johnson) Cranor, was born in Green Township, Wayne County, Jan. 31, 1819. He was reared to pioneer life, and received his early education in the old log-cabin schools. He always followed agricultural pursuits, and at the time of his death owned a well-cultivated farm, with fine residence. He was married Oct. 18, 1838, to Louisa, daughter of Joseph and Patsey (Boyd) Lewis. They had six children - Martin; Lorinda (deceased), wife of Jacob Ballenger; Martha, widow of Jacob Ballenger; Marilla, wife of Daniel B. Williams; Lewis W., of Perry Township, and Philander, who was born blind, and was educated and graduated from the Blind Institute, of Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. Cranor was a member, as is also his wife, of the United Brethren church, of which he ^was Trustee. He has been Supervisor of roads and Trustee of schools. He belonged to the Republican party till ;1872, and since then affiliated with the Greenback party. He died Jan, 12, 1884, aged sixty-four years, eleven months and twelve days. He had been an invalid many years, but was confined to his bed only six days prior to his death. His funeral took place at Williamsburg Cemetery, Jan. 15, the services being conducted by Rev. MiltonWright,of Richmond, Ind. His parents came from North Carolina to Wayne County in an early day. They were married in Wayne County, and were the parents of eleven children - Martha, deceased wife of Ephraim Cates; Sarah, wife of Daniel Cates, of Iowa; Thomas; Stephen, of Missouri; Anna deceased, wife of Dmiel Pitts, of Miami County, Ind.; William, of Preble County, Ohio; Hannah, wife of Edward Neal, of Richmond, Ind.; Moses, of Howard County, Ind.; Jane, deceased; Amanda, wife of William Coggshall, of Randolph County, Ind., and Milo, of Wayne County. Joshua Cranor was in the war of 1812. ^He followed farming through life, Hud died in his seventy-second year. His widow survives, in her eighty-seventh year,

Williain Moore Hunt, youngest son of Charles and Lucinda (Jarvis) Hunt, was born July 30, 1840, in Waj^ne County, Ind. He was reared on a farm and educated at the common schools and at the Whitewater College, at Centreville. He enlisted as a private Feb. 9, 1864, in Company I, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth IndianaVolunteer Infantry,First Brigade, FirstDivision, Twenty-third Army Corps; was appointed Orderly Sargeant on the organization of the company, and' afterward commissioned as Lieutenant, and had command of company. He was engaged in the battles of Buzzard Roost, Dallas, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, siege and capture of Atlanta, Nashville, Tenn., and a number of others. He was mustered out at Greensboro, N. C, Aug. 31, 1865, when he returned to Wayne County, and purchased a farm in Abington Townsliip, where he farmed six years. He then removed to the farm where he now resides, and has since followed agricultural pursuits. He was married in September, 1866, to Josephine S., daughter of Joseph and Patsey (Boyd) Lewis, the former a native of North Carolina, and the latter of Kentucky, both early settlers of Wayne County. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt have had three children - Lorinda M. died at the age of eleven years; Frank J. and Martha L. Mr. Hunt is a charter member of Williamsburg Lodge, No. 493, A. F. & A. M. He has filled the chairs of S. W. and Senior Deacon, and has served as Master of the lodge for many years. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist church. His grandfather, Timothy Hunt, was born in North Carolina, of Norman descent. His ancestors were officers in William the Conqueror's army, and went from Normandy to England in 1066. Thence their descendants came to America as officers in the war of the Revolution. Our subject's parents are still living in Wayne County. They reared a family of three sons - Benjamin J., Frank T. (deceased) and William M.

Nathan Madron Jennings, youngest son of Samuel and Margaret (Madron) Jennings, was reared a farmer, and received his early education in the common schools. At the age of twenty years he entered the Hillsboro Seminary, where he remained one year, after which he spent one term in the Normal School of Richmond, Ind. He taught school at intervals to defray the expenses of his education, and has taught nearly twenty years in Wayne, Randolph and Grant Counties, Ind., and holds certiiicates of the highest grades. He was principal of a graded school at Jalapa, Grant Co., Ind., two years, one year a graded school at Jacksonburg, Wayne County, and two years at East Gertnantown, Wayne County. His last school was at College Corner, in this county, after which he settled on his farm in Green Township. He takes great interest in raising fowls, and has a fine collection. He was married in his twenty-fourtli year to Narcissa J., daughter of William and Nancy (Hicks) Smith, who came to Wayne County from North Carolina in an early day. Her father was born in 1809, and followed agricultural pursuits till his death in 1849. His wife was born in 1806, of English ancestry, and is still living. Mr. Jei)nings and wife have three children - James M., born June 16, 1865; William M., born Aug. 6, 1869, and died Sept. 13, 1876; Josephus L., born March 21, 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Jennings are members of the Missionary Baptist church, of which he is Clerk. He is a Master Mason, and member of Cambridge City Lodge, No. 5, A. F. & A. M., and was Master of Thomas Nubia Lodge before the two lodges were consolidated. Politically he is a Greenbacker. His parents settled near Richmond, Wayne Co., Ind., in 1820, where they remained two years, then lived two years near Fountain City. In 1825 he purchased the farm in Randolph County, where tliey lived till death, the father aged nearly sixty-eight, and the mother aged eighty-one years. James, Samuel J., John R. and Nathan M. are the surviving members of their family of ten children.

William Ha7'rison Jones was born in 1851, in Wayne County, Ind., where he attended the common schools till eighteen years of age, after which he spent one term at Earlham College. He assisted his father on the farm- till twentythree years of age, when he settled on the farm where he now resides. He owns 160 acres of well-cultivated land, and may be classed among the rising young fanners of the township. He was married Feb. 10, 18Y5, to Medora, daughter of Allen W. and Lucy T. Lewis, of Green Township. They have one daughter - Echo, born March 19, 1883. Mr. Jones has been a Eepubhcan until recently. He now affiliates with the Greenback party. His father, Oliver T., was of Welsh ancestry and was reared in Virginia. He settled in Wayne Qounty, Ind., in an early day, where he married Mary, daughter of John King, who came to Wayne County in an early day from Kentucky. They reared eleven children to maturity, of whom nine 3'et survive, live sons and four daughters. Oliver T. Jones was Justice of the Peace a number of years and was Commissioner of Wayne County thirteen years. He represented the county in the State Legislature a number of years and was Cashier of the First National Bank of Centreville, Wayne County, at his death, at the age of sixty -five years. His widow survives, being in her sixty-fifih year.

Thomas Jitdd was born May 5, 1815, in Wilkes County, N. C, and in 1829 removed with his parents, John and Rhoda (Shepperd) Judd, to Wayne County, Ind., where his father died of malaria, in August of the following year. Thomas received a limited education at the log-cabin schools of his native State, and at an early age began working on a fai'ra. He continued to work for wages till 1837, and Nov, 22 of that year he was married to Margaret, daughter of Henry and Sarah Oler, early settlers of Wayne County. They had nu children of their own but reared a boy named Alfred Oler, to whom he has given a fine farm of 110 acres. Albert is now Justice of the Peace of Green Township. After his marriage Mr. Judd purchased his present farm of 135 acres, known as the Riley farm, which was one of the first settled in Green Township. He also owns land in Randolph County, and has followed farming through life. He has transacted much public business, having been guardian to many estates. He is a Republican in politics. His grandfather, Nathaniel Judd, was born and reared in North Carolina, and was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. Our subject's parents had eleven children born to them - Jesse, Larkin, Tabitha, Elizabeth, William, Allen, Sarah, Thomas, Mary, John and

Isaac Young King, sou of Daniel and Maria (McAlister) King, was born near Centreville, Wayne Co., Ind., Jan. 25, 1833. He was reared a farmer and obtained a good education at the country schools. Pie served his parents until manhood, when he purchased the farm where he has since successfully followed farming and stock raising. His Tarm contains 125 acres, all of which is in a high state of cultivation. Oct. 6, 1852, he was married to Sarah A., daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Way) Study, who came to Wayne County from Maryland in an early day, but are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. King have had four daughters - Mary E. , born Sept. 14, 1854, and died Aug. 29, 1858; Hannah M., born Aug. 28, 1856, married Alanson W. Swain, Dec. 9, 1877, and died Feb. 17, 1881; Martha E., born Feb. 11, 1859, and died Dec.