Harrison Township

Harrison Township

Dempsey Rees and Roderick Craig settled on Duck Creek in the eastern edge of Harrison township, in April, 1822. This was on land now owned by Peter Shafer. Pees had raised a crop of corn on White River, about the site of Indianapolis, the year before.

Within the present limits of Stony Greek township, there were no settlers prior to the land sale which took place in 1822, and perhaps not till 1823, when John tlodgins (now very old and much enfeebled , Mr. Seholield, Jonathan Bed well, and Andrew Blount, the proprietor of Blountsville, settled there. There wen1 but three or four families on Stony Creek, in the spring of 1826, at which Lime John Hawk,"a cabinet maker of Blountsville, took up quarters there.

Source changes here: from History of Henry County, Indiana : Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Towns ... Also a Condensed History of Indiana, Embracing Accounts of Pre-historic Races, Aborigines, Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History., published 1884; 13,104 words in this source stream.

Harrison Township

Harrison Township was formed Hov. 7, 1838, from portions of Greensboro and Fall Creek townships. The township has an undulating surface and a good soil. Improvements are generally good. The progress of settlement was at first very slow, consequently there was not, for some years, as much advancement in improving as in other parts of the county, but for forty years or more the work has progressed rapidly. Sugar Creek, Montgomery's Creek, Deer Creek, Honey Creek, Duck Creek and several other small streams rise in this township.

The first entry of land within this township was made by Dempsey Reese, April 29, 1822. During 1823, the following persons made entries': Zeno Reason, Richard Ratliff, Levi Pearson,

The actual settlement seems to have begun in 1822. In that year came to the township Dempsey Reese, Roderick Craig, Phineas, Richard and Joseph Ratliff and Rice Price. All of these located on or near Duck Creek, in the eastern part of the township. Other early settlers were Wm. Craig, Exum Pearson, Nathan Ratliff, Thomas Stevens, Robert McClellan, John McCormack, Samuel Buffkin. The Coopers from Pennsylvania came between 1830 and 1835; Caleb, in 1830; Imla, the only one now living, in 1834; William and John, 1835. David Pickering, the founder of Cadiz, settled in 1835, coming from Belmont County, Ohio.Aii Jonas Pickering came to the county early. Jeremiah Crawford, an eccentric character, settled about 1835. The original settlers were originally from North Carolina and Yirginia, principally.

Several moved to this township after residing some years in other parts of the county. Among those citizens of the township who were either born in the county or came to it early may be mentioned Eleazer Allis, Shnbal Julian, J, W. Leavell, Pearson Palmer, Daniel Hutson, D. Pressnal, Jas. Pressnal, Geo. Keesling, L. W. Hess, Elias Phelps, Greenburg Farmer, the Maddys, etc. Additional particulars of early settlers is given in the biographical sketches at the end of this chapter.

Dempsey Keese came to this township in 1822. He was a member of the first grand jury ever empaneled in Henry County and for many years was an honored citizen. He died in 1878 in the eighty-third year of his age.

The first township election was held at the village of Cadiz, at the house of Jonas Pickering, Dec. 7, 1838, for the purpose of electing one justice of the peace. Wm. Tucker was inspector. John Cooper and Moses McKee were the candidates; each received sixteen votes, consequently there was no choice. As most, if not all, of the voters of the township were present at the election, it is probable that the entire population of the township was then less than 200. At the time Cadiz was founded (1836), says Mr. Pleas's history, there was no settler west of the place nearer than seven miles.

The first school in the township was probably held at the Clear Spring meeting-house about 1830. A school was kept up regularly there for many years. Another early school-house was built on section 28.

The township now has ten school districts. The average value of each school-house is $650. The total enrollment for the past year was 475 pupils; average attendance, 250.

The population of this township in 1880 was 1,914. The township officers for 1884-'85 are: J. P. Weasner, Trustee; H. T. Alshouse, Justice of the Peace; Tabor Allis, Willis Craig, Constables.

This is an old but thriving country town, without railroad facilities, situated seven miles from the county seat. It has had a slow but steady growth. According to the census of 1880, its population was 594. The town occupies an elevated and beautiful site. It was laid out in 1836 by David Pickering, and received its name from Cadiz, Ohio, as its founder came from the vicinity of that town.

The first store in the village was opened by John B. Swayze about 1837. Swayze was formerly an editor in Kew Castle. Other early merchants were David Hiatt, Esq., John W, Grubbs and his brother, Henry C., the former now of Hichmond, and Geo. B. Rogers. Among the uarly industries of the town was a tannery, started by Jonas Pickering, still a resident of the place, and a grist-mill. The grist-mill then built passed through various hands, and has been improved. It is now owned by W. D. Cooper.

John B. Swayze built the first house in the town. The first brick house was built by Jonas Pickering. The first public house was kept by David Pickering. Tabor W. McKee also kept a house of entertainment early, but neither kept a tavern.

The first physician was Dr. S. Ferris, now of Hew Castle. Dr. John C. Beck, now of Cincinnati, was a physician of extensive practice for many years.

About $6,000 worth of property was destroyed by fire in Cadiz in March, 1879. Reese & Pickering, C. W. Bond, Geo. Zimmerman, H. Al^^use and W. D. Cooper were the losers.

The postoffice at Cadiz was established during the administration of Van Buren. David Hiatt, the first Postmaster, was succeeded by John Cooper, Wm. Brown, Theodore Shannon, Dr. John C. Beck, Moses McKee, Alfred K. Yestal, James Beck, Jacob Meek, Asbury Sho waiter, Peter H. Julian, Ezra Foster, Jacob Meek, Wm. J. Meek, Joel McCormack and Charles Lewis.

Cadiz Lodge, Ko. *237, I. O. O. F., was chartered Kov. 16, 1864, and instituted Dec. 30, 1864. The charter members were John W. Leavell, Caleb W. Bond, Joseph Modlin, Luther W. Modlin, Wm.

H. Baker and M. M. Hess. From the first organization to the present time nearly ninety-six have been admitted to membership. Several lodges have been wholly or partly formed by members of this lodge. The lodge is in a thriving condition, with assets of about $1,100. The present officers are : Isaac Brown, N. G.; J. P. McConnell, Y. G.; Thomas B. Edwards, Secretary.; Eleazer Allis, Treasurer. C. W. Bond, the only chartered member now an active member of the lodge, is D. D. G. M. A lodge of the Bebekah Degree was charted Feb. 6, 1869, with thirteen charter members.

Cadiz Lodge, No. 277, F. & A. M., was organized in 1862 and re-organized in 1870. In the latter year it had twenty-nine members. It is no longer in existence.

Religious

Cadiz Christian Church. - This church was organized prior to 1850. Among the early ministers were Elijah Martindale and Samuel K. Hoshour. The first bouse of worship, a frame building, burned down and the present brick chapel was erected about 1862. Among the early active members were Robert Mc- Clellan and Samuel Hendricks, Elders and preachers; Michael Hendricks, Thomas Hess, Milton Hess, Frank Woodward and John Lowry, and their families. The congregation now numbers about eighty members. The present pastor is Rev. Wm. J. Howe. Present Elders, Benj. Wilhoit, George Yan winkle and Robert H. Cooper. Deacons, Peter Bushong, Henry Thompson and Lincoln Cooper.

Wesleyan Methodist. - The second congregation in Indiana of the Wesleyan Church of America was organized at the house of Miles Lamb, where Phineas Lamb now resides, in 1843. The principal organizers were Miles Lamb and Emsley Brookshire. The charter members were E. Brookshire and wife, M. Lamb and wife, Benoni Pressnal and wife, Phineas and Sarah Lamb, Pressnal Kennard and Jeremiah Pressnal. The church is now called Duck Creek church, on the New Castle and Blue River circuit. A house of worship of hewed logs was built in 1845 at a cost of $100. The present house' was built in 1863 at a cost of $1,000. The first ministers were Mifflin Harker and ^Thomas L. Bauscher. The present pastor is Charles F. Smith. The membership is now sixty.

New Light Christians. - An organization has been maintained by this denomination in the northwestern part of the township for nearly forty years. ]^o house of worship was erected until 1872 when the Keesling branch house was begun and finished the following year. The first Trustees were: Edward Lindsey, James

Wisehart, John M. Leavell, Greenburg Farmer and Martin Wisehart. The congregation is now small. It has been much larger. Rev. James Comer was the first pastor after the house was built. The present pastor is Rev. G. W. Witter. Edward Lindsey, now deceased, was the founder of this organization.

United Brethren. - Centre Chapel, United Brethren society. A class was formed at the Centre school-house in 1838, by Rev. Alex. Carroll. Among the leading early members were Nancy Perdieu, Christopher Bennett, Wra. Baughn, Washington Leavell and others. The meetings were held in the school-house for sometime. The chapel was erected in 1868, costing, aside from voluntary labor, about $600. The church now has about seventy members. The pastor is Rev. F. M. Demunbrun. Present Trustees: Wm. A. Davenport, Alex. Reynolds, A. Lewis, A. Tully, John Baughn. Class-leaders, Geo. Thompson, Steward A. Tully.

Methodist Episcopal. - The Cadiz Methodist Episcopal church was organized at the school-house in 1848. Rev. Charles Wright was the preacher in charge. Among the early members were Emsley Julian and wife, Jacob Meek and wife, Scott Conner and wife, James Beck and wife, Euphemia Cooper, Pharbia Guyman, Levi Cooper, J. W. Callahan and Wm. Hendricks. The first Classleader was Wm. Hendricks; first Trustees, Emsley Julian, Scott Conner and Wm. Hendricks. The first church was built in 1852 at a cost of $750. In the year 1872 this was exchanged for the building then known as the town hall, which was deeded to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church. The repairing and renovating cost $1,650. The present pastor is Rev. R. B. Powell; present officers: J. W. Callahan, Leader; Geo. Gilbert and S. Bowers, Stewards; W. W. Holloway, B. W. Pickering, Allen Crim, M. A. Pickering and Luther W. Modlin, Trustees. The church has now fifty members.

Cadiz Meeting. - The Friends of Cadiz and vicinity formed a meeting and built a meeting-house in 1850 on a lot donated by David Pickering. The Trustees were Jonathan Saint, John Buflfkin and Eli Ratliff. The cost of the meeting-house was about $500. The original membership was about fifty; present membership, about seventy.

Clear Spring Meeting. - This meeting, one of the oldest in the county, was organized about 1825. Rice Price, Nathan Pearson^ Elias Newby, Joseph Ratliff, Richard Ratliff, Phineas Ratliff, John Pressnal, Eli Stafford, Dempsey Reese and a few others, with their families, were among early and prominent Quakers. Clear Spring is under Duck Creek Monthly Meeting of which Joseph Pearson and S. Stafford are the ministers. About 120 members belong to Clear Spring.

Biographical

Eleazer Allis was born in Henry County, Ind., Aug. 14, 1822, a son of Moses and Ruth (Whitney) Allis. When twelve years of age he began to work at the tanner's trade, a business he followed the greater part of the time till 1881 when he bought the farm of eighty acres on section 2, Harrison Township, where he has since resided . He was married in 1841 to Ann E. Rhodes, who was born in 1824 and died in 1850. They had three children - Zerilda, wife of Job Ginn; Ruth M., wife of David O^rn; Mary A., wife of Wm. M. Gardner. In 1853 Mr. Allis married Maria Gliin, who was born in 1832 and died in 1874. Their children are - Sophronia; Letha, wifeofH. Reicherd, and Tabor. In 1874 Mr. Allis married Nancy J. Gmn, who was born in 1836. They have one child - Newton. Politically Mr. Allis is a Democrat. He is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity. Mrs. Allis is a member of the Christian church. Mr. Allis's father, Moses Allis, was born in New York in 1794, and went to Massachusetts when a young man, where he married Ruth Whitney, who was born in 1795. A few years after their marriage they moved to Connersville, Ind., and two j^ears later, in 1821, to Henry County. He took up eighty acres of land in Henry Township, where they lived tenfyears, when the land was entered by another party and he was compelled to find another home. He then entered forty acres north of New Castle, where he lived till his death in 1819. His wife died in 1828, leaving four children; only two are living - Phidelia, wife of Nathan) Cornar, of Howard County, Ind., and Eleazer, the eldest and youngest. Whitney and George W. are deceased. He married the second time, Nancy Slagle, who was born about 1805, and died in 1862. They were the parents of six children; but one is living - Oliver. The deceased are - Hiram, who died in Nashville while a soldier in the Rebellion; Austin, Electa, Josephine and Joseph. Politically he was a Jacksonian Democrat. He was a member of the Protestant Methodist church.

Christopher Bennett^ son of Thomas and Elizabeth Bennett, was born in Ohio, June 25, 1817. When he was quite young his parents moved to Wayne County, Ind., and there he was reared and educated. He was married Hov. 5, 1838, to Rachel, daughter of Levi and Sarah^Beaucharnp. She was born Jan. 24, 1816, and died Jan. 16, 1879. They had a family of nine children - Levi, resides in Missouri; Noah, enlisted in Company F, Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry, and died at Louisville, Ky., Jan. 17, 1862; Sarah Ann, John and Hannah are deceased; Yashti, wife of Gresham Gard, of Oregon; Evaline, wife of Columbus Elliott; Cynthia, deceased; Philander, married Maud, daughter of D. O. and Lydia Ann Pickering, and has one child - William E. Oct. 25, 1879, Mr. Bennett married Esther San^rs, a native of Boone County, Ind., born April 26, 1832. Mr. Bennett moved to Henry County in the winter of 1843, and located in Harrison Township. In 1851 he bought the farm where he has since resided, two miles west of Cadiz. He owns 100 acres of choice land, all well improved. Politically he is a Republican. He is a member of the New Light church. His first wife was a member of the United Brethren church. His present wife is a member of the Reformed Christian church.

Isaac N. Brown was born in Henry County, Ind., July 30, 1829, a son of Isaac and Mary (Mendenhall) Brown, natives of North Carolina, his father born in 1796, and his mother in 1794. His parents came to Henry County in 1821 and entered 160 acres in Liberty Township, where the mother died in 1870 and the father in 1878. They had a family of nine children - Tamar, Moses, Jacob, Rachel, Anna, James, Isaac N., Samuel and ThaJdeus. Isaac Brown, Sr., was an enterprising, public-spirited man and many of the improvements of the county were due to his zeal and progressiveness. He took the contract of opening the road from New Castle toward Williamsburg, still known as the old Brown road, one of the first public thoroughfares in the county. Isaac N. Brown was married in 1852 to Sarah Stubblefield, who was born July 30, 1831. They have a family of seven children - Mary J., Marcus, Rosa, Dora, Cassius C., Cora and Elnora. Politically Mr. Brown is a Republican as was his father before him. He has been Justice of the Peace many years. He owns a fine farm of 220 acres but at present is in the agricultural implement business in Kennard. He and his wife are members of the Metliodist Episcopal church.

Jackson Bushong^ son of Abraham and OhristenaBushong, was born March 27, 1817, in Augusta County, Ya., and was married March 9, 1839, to Lydia Bushong, born May IL, 1818. In 1848 they came to Indiana and landed in Fall Creek Township, Henry County, where they resided fifteen years. They then moved to Harrison Township and purchased 210 acres on section 29 where they have since resided. Politically Mr. Bushong is a Democrat. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran church. They have had two children - Eliza C., born July 6, 1842, married George H. Dellinger, Aug. 7, 1861, and died March 26, 1875, leaving five children - Minerva A., Phebe T., Hannah H., Cora 0., Lillie L. ; Peter P. was born Sept. 4, 1844, and Jan. 16, 1875, married Rosilla McCormack, who was born Dec. 6, 1854. They have three children - Wilford H., Anderson J., Charles A.

CaytoAn Bohert K. Collins- - Thomas Collins, the great-grandfather of our subject, was born in Scotland near the middle of the eighteenth century and came to America about 1770, and settled in New Jersey. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, serving with distinction. His wife was born in New Jersey about 1756. Both died in Pennsylvania. Their son, Andrew Collins, was born in New Jersey in 1778, and died in Fayetteville, Ark., in 1846. He married Margaret Jenmngs, who was born in New Jersey in 1781, a cousin of Jonathan Jennings, Indiana's first Governor. She died at Fayetteville, A^., 1847. They had ten children. Their son and our subject's father, Thomas J. Collins, was born in Union County, Pa., in 1808, and died in St. Louis, Mo., in 1849. He married Mary WhUacre, who was born in>s^ Darke County, Ohio, in 1811, and died in Edgar County, 111., in'^ 1851. They had a family of seven sons and one daughter; the daughter and three sons are living. Andrew J. is a stock-raiser in Montana; George W. is an attorney at Lafayette, Ind. ; Sarah is the wife of Edward West, of Luray, Henry County. R. K. Collins was born in Henry County, Ind., Nov. 6, 1832. He was ten years of age when his parents moved to Arkansas, and remained in the West ten years. He then returned to Indiana. He learned the blacksmith's trade in Luray, Ind., and Hrbana, 111. In 1861 he was one of the four men in his township to respond to the first call for volunteers, and served three months as a private in the Eighth Indiana Infantry. In 1862 he enlisted in the Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry, and was elected Captain of Company I. He commanded liis company till 1865 when by the concussion of a shell and exposure he entirely lost his eyesight. Captain Collins was married to Belinda Losh, March 19, 1857. To them have been born nine children; but six are living - A. F., Charlie and Willie (twins), Oran P., J. Wayman, and Maberry Lacy. The deceased are - Lycurgus, Robert K., Jr., and Pettie.

James Madison Gook^ pastor of the United Brethren church, Cadiz, Ind., was born in Rush County, Ind., April IL 1821, a son of John and Mary A. (Simons) Cook, natives of Virginia, the former of Culpeper County, born Sept. 28,1782, and the latter of Pendleton County, born March 8, 1787. They were married Oct. 31, 1802, and Dec. 1, 1819, moved to Rush County, Ind., where the father died Dec. 6, 1866, and the mother. May 1, 1879. Tiiey were both members of the United Brethren church. They had a family of nine sons and four daughters. In his early life our subject lived with his parents and assisted the neighbors in all the various kinds of work pertaining to the new country. His education was received in the district school, located on one corner of his father's farm. In 1842 he joined the United Brethren church, and since 1858 has given his time to the ministry. He came to Cadiz, Ind., Sept. 20, 1877. He was married Nov. 28, 1841, to Martha Nichols, who died June 30, 1849. Dec. 27, 1849, he married Abigail Haynes, who died Dec. 13, 1877. Aug. 30, 1878, he married Jennie Foiand. His children are - Martha A., Huldah Y., Sarah E., Tursey A., J. Milton, John S., Emma E., Oscar P. and Hattie M. Politically Mr. Cook was a Whig and now a Republican, as was also his father.

James Milton Coolc^ son of James M. and Abigail (Haynes) Cook, was born in Grant County, Ind., Dec. 29, 1853. When he was quite young his parents came to Henry County and lived several years, then moved to Dublin, Wayne County. His education was principally received in Henry County. When fourteen years of age he began working at the carpenter's trade, which he followed until 1884, when he bought a farm of 280 acres on sections 35 and 36, Harrison Township. He was married in 1880 to Sarah J., daughter of W. D. and Serilda Cooper, born April 10, 1851. They have one child - Ohmer J., born Sept. 21, 1883. Politically Mr. Cook is a Republican.

John S. Coohy son of James M. and Abigail Cook, was born in Henry County, Ind., Oct. 25, 1855. He was reared and educated in Henry and Wayne counties, and in early life learned the machinist's and carpenter's trades, at which he worked till 1881, when he began fanning, a vocation he still pursues. He was married in 1873 to Martha Ann Young, a native of Wajne County, Ind., born in 1851, a daughter of David and Margaret Young. They have one child - Emma Alice. Politically Mr. Cook is a Republican.

John D. Cooper^ son of John and Elizabeth Cooper, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, Feb. 6, 1831. When seventeen years of age he began working at the carpenter's trade and followed it twenty-five years. He also carried on cabinet-making five years. He employed a large force of men, and was one of the largest contractors in the county. Since 1873 he has turned his attention to farming. He owns 200 acres of choice land, and has one of the pleasantest homes in the township. Although politically a Democrat he has held the ofiice of Justice of the Peace in Harrison Township twelve years. July 3, 1851, he was married to Mary Ann Alexander, who was born in Preble County, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1834, a daughter of William and Mary Alex^der. They have five chifdren - Elizabeth, wife of William Callahan; MaryL., wife of S. F. Myer: ArmintaJ., wife of John Hufik Elmer M., married Emma Cook; John W. Mr. Cooper was reared in the Friends' faith, and his wife in the faith of the Methodist church,

Orlando It. Cooper^ son of William and Serilda Cooper, was born in Harrison Township, Aug. 28, 1848. He has always lived in his native township, and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He owns a fine farm of 280 acres. Although comparatively a young man he is one of the best farmers in the township. He is enterprising, progressive and public spirited, advocating all measures of benefit to the community. Politically he is a Republican, and is an earnest advocate of the party's principles. He was married Oct. 7, 1871, to Adeline Lewis, daughter of Stanford and Elizabeth Lewjs, a native of Henry County, born June 14, 1847. They have had six children - Charlie, Travis, Willard, William D., Angenetta and Essie Lee; the eldest is deceased.

Robert H. Cooper^ fifth child of William and Haney (Holliday) Cooper, was born in Harrison County, Ohio, May 6, 1827. He was reared and educated in Henry County, Ind. He started in life with limited means, and in 1856 bought eighty acres of wild land and moved into a little log cabin in the woods. He now owns 332 acres of well-improved land with good farm buildings. He pays especial attention to stock, buying and selling extensively. He was married Feb. 22, 1847, to Harriet Hyatt, who was born June

Cooper has been a stockholder and Director of the First National Bank, New Castle, five years. He has been President of the New Castle Agricultural Society several years. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He and his wife are members of the Christian church. He was elected and served three years as County Commissioner of Henry County. He was elected Township Assessor of his own township two terms, and served four years.

William Cooper^ second son of John and Ann (Hayes) Cooper, was born in Pennsylvania in 1794. His father was born about 1763, and his mother in 1765. They were Quakers. They were married in their native State, where they reared their family of four sons - Caleb, William, John and Imla. They removed to Harrison County, Ohio, when their sons were young men, and there the father died in 1825. In 1832 Caleb came to Henry County, Ind. Imla followed him in 1834, and in 1835 came William and John, bringing their mother with them. All were married and had families. Caleb married Ruth Bashear; William married Nancy Holliday : John married Elizabeth Downs; Imla married Susan Dawson. Ail, save Imla and William's widow, are deceased. The mother died in 1855. Imla Cooper was born June 17, 1801, and is living in Cadiz. His children are - Tersa A.,

Susan R., Euphenia J., Thomas C., Imla R., William D., John E. and Ellen M. In politics he adheres to the old Jacksonian principles. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace several years.

William Cooper married Nancy, fifth child of Robert and Rebecca Holliday. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1804, but suhseqently her parents moved to Harrison County, Ohio, where they died at an advanced age. When Mr. and Mrs. Cooper came to Indiana they located a half mile south of the present site of Cadiz, on a farm of eighty acres, on which was a small cabin, but only a few acres were cleared. Here they lived many years and reared their family of eleven children; seven of their children were born in Ohio, and four in Henry County - Ann, married Joe} Hi^^t. and died leaving five children; Kebecca, wife of Jehu WeasnerT has six children;

He then married Miss Alexander. They had one child. Both are deceased. Mary (deceased) married William McKee, who died, and she then married Joshua Hyatt. She had one child by her first marriage and four by the second. Kobert H. resides in Harrison Township. Jane married H. E. Elliott, of Mechanicsburg; she has '

County. He enlisted in the Ninth Indiana Cavalry, was mustered in as Second Lieutenant, and promoted to First Lieutenant; served till the close of the war. He died in 1868. Israel resides in Cadiz. Eliza M. married M. A. Pickering, and died leaving two I iarn D. and John D., are living. Araminta, Sarah and Tersey are deceased. William D. Cooper is one of the most prosperous men of the township. He owns 500 acres of fine farming land, and deals quite extensively in stock, making a specialty of short-horn cattle. Since 1865 he has been engaged in the general mercantile j business, and has a steadily increasing trade, his sales the past year amounting to $10,000. Commencing life with nothing he saved his earnings, and bought eighty acres of wild land. From this : small commencement he has through industry and energy accumulated a property worth $40,000. He is one of the most liberal and public-spirited men of the township. He is a stockholder in the Citizens' State Bank, New Castle, and is the owner of the Cadiz Mill. He was married in 1847 to Serilda Ginn, a native of Kentucky, born in 1830. They have had eight children; four are living - Sarah J., wife of J. M. Cook; Orlando E., Ada A. and Martha. Lorenzo M., Simon D., Elizabeth L. and Mary E. are

Philip Corrall was born near Cadiz, Henry Co., Ind., March 29, 1837, a son of Henry and Sarah (Coon) Corrall. He was reared a farmer and now owns 160 acres of fine land in Harrison Township. He was married in 1859 to Mary Hedrick, a native ot Wayne County, Ind., born in 1833. Of their seven children but three are living - Eli, Sophia and Margaret J. The deceased are - Henry, Sarah, Charles and an infant. Mrs. Corrall is a member of the Christian church. Politically Mr. Corrall is a Democrat. His father was born in Pennsylvania in 1813, and his mother in 1816. They moved to Henry County, Ind., in 1830 and located in Harrison Township, entering forty acres of land which was afterward increased to 160. About 1855 they moved to Missouri, but the next year returned to Henry County, where the father died in 1870 and the mother in 1873. They had a family of ten children - Catharine, Delilah, Philip, George, Margaret, Charles, Haney, Jam^, Mary E. and Maria P.

Moses Cottrell was born in Highland County, Ohio, April 21, 1818, a son of Stephen and Rhoda (Wright) Cottrell, natives of Virginia, his father born in 1791 and his mother in 1793. His parents moved to Highland County, Ohio, in 1812, and in 1845 to Hancock County, Ind., where the mother died in 1847, and the father in 1849. Their family of twelve children all lived till maturity, and nine are now living - Bethena, wife of Jeremiah Ward, of Grant County, Ind.; Sarah, widow of Hezekiah Brown, of Fayette County, Ind.; William, of Jasper County, Iowa; Moses; Edith, widow of James Branson, of Hamilton County, Ind. ; Lydia, widow of George Lewdy, of Brown County, Kas. ; Albert, of Brown County, Kas.; Rebecca, wife of Henry Bean, of Brown County, Kas.; Anna, wife of Thomas Simpson, of Brown County, Kas. James, Elizabeth wife of Henry Auchenbaugh, and Mary J., wife of Ami Turney are deceased. Moses Cottrell came to Indiana in 1839, and located in Wayne County. In 1847 he moved to Hamilton County, and in 1851 to Henry County, and located in Harrison Township, where he now has ISO acres of fine land. He was married in 1844 to Harriet Horris, a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, born March 25, 1827. They have four children - William, Albert, Mary J. (wife of John Anderson), and John F. Politically Mr. Cottrell is a Democrat. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, lodge, chapter, council and commandery.

Ohio, with their parents while young and were there married about 1819. About 1822 removed to Wayne County, Ind., the little village then known as Yandalia, near where Cambridge City now stands, and erected the Draper Mills, which was the first mill built in Central or Eastern Indiana. This mill he conducted until the fall of 1836, when he sold it and removed to Henry County, where he settled and purchased a small mill on Duck Creek, five and onehalf miles southwest of Hew Castle, in Greensboro Township. They remained at this place until their death. Mr. Draper died April 2, 1866, and Mrs. Draper, Sept. 5, 1866. They were the parents of eight children, all of whom were born in Wayne County, and all grew to maturity, married and settled in Wayne County, all engaging in agricultural pursuits. O. H. Draper, the subject of this sketch, was the youngest of his fathers family and was born April 16, 1832, near the old Draper Mill, Yandalia, Wayne Co., Ind. He came with his parents to Greensboro Township, this county, when five years old. Here he spent his boyhood days and was here married Oct. 2, 1856, to Mary Jane Bond, daughter of Hathan Bond, of Wayne County, Ind. Two children were born of this union - William Leeburn, married Ada F. Baker, who died June 23, 1881; Laura Alice, married Franklin G. Pierce. Mrs. Draper died July 17, 1863. Oct. 6, 1864, Mr. Draper married Jemima Ellen Harvey, daughter of John P. Harvey, of Wayne County, Ind. Two children were born of this union - Luther Oren and Cora Jane, both living at home and now attending school. Mr. and Mrs. Draper are members of the Quaker church. His first wife was also of Quaker parentage.

Greenhurg Farmer^ son of Pleasant and Mary Farmer, was born in Franklin County, Ya., June 25, 1820. In 1830 his parents moved to Wayne County, Ind., and six years later to Henry County, and located in Harrison Township. He was reared a farmer and now owns 340 acres in the northwestern part of the township. He was married in 1869 to Sarah Ann Keesling, daughter of John D. and Lina L. Keesling, a native of Henry County, born Hov. 16, 1850. They have five children - John Q., Dewitt C., Alvin Y., Joseph W. and Cordia. Politically Mr. Farmer is a Pepublican. He and his wife are members of the Seventh Day Advent church. His father. Pleasant Farmer, was born in Botetourt County, Ya., in 1786, and died in Henry County, Ind., in 1848. His mother, Mary (Lindsey) Farmer, was born in Franklin County, Ya., in 1794 and died in Henry County, in 1864. But four of their seven children are living - Green burg, Uriah, Sparrel and Perrio. The deceased are - Betsey M., wife of Jolm Keesling; Delilah, wife of W. P. Williams, and an infant. Pleasant Farmer was politically a Democrat. He and his wife were members of the Christian church.

Luther W. JLess, M. 7)., was born in Morgantown, Ya., Dec. 12, 1821, a son of Thomas and Matilda (Scott) Hess, natives of Yirginia, his father born in 1790, and his mother in 1789. His parents came to Henry County, Ind., about 1829, and located in Prairie Township. They afterward moved to Harrison Township, where the mother died in 1868, and the father in 1870. Of their eight children, but one, Elizabeth Wilson, is living. Luther W. Hess began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Horn, ot Middletown, and began his practice in that village in 1845. In 1852 he moved to Cadiz, where he built up a successful practice, and at the time of his death was one of the most eminent physicians of the county. He was a member of the old Henry County Medical Society, and of the State Medical Society. In 1868 he was elected to tbe State Senate from Henry and Hancock counties and served two terms. He participated in the contest connected with the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment. He was through life a radical Republican. He was married July 4, 1847, to Phoebe A. Pickering, a native of Wheeling, Ya., born in 1827, a daughter of oshua Pickering and Haney (Berkshire). They had a family of four children - Wilford L., born Jan. 1, 1849, died July 26, 1849; Isabella P., born Hov. 29, 1849, died August, 1850; Angelia M., born Dec. 20, 1852, married Dr. W. A. Boor, Sept. 24, 1873; Frank C., born June 1, 1856, married Hov. 30, 1882, Miss Lena Harvey. Dr. Hess was earnest, honorable and efficient in all his public and political relations. During the Rebellion he was loyal to his country, and his patriotism was conducive of deeds as well as words. His life record is that of an honest, benevolent, and successful man, with a reputation without reproach, and a character without taint. As a temperance man he was consistent, firm and uncompromising. Dr. Hess died March 8, 1883.

Frank C. Hess^M. 7>., was born June 1, 1856, a son of Dr. Luther W. and Phoebe A. (Pickering) Hess. He early developed a taste for the medical profession, and gained considerable knowledge of it by his constant association with his father. In the fall of 1876 he began his medical studies, and graduated from the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, March 8, 1881. He com- menced practice with his father at Cadiz, and at his father's death succeeded him in the profession. He is a young doctor of ability, and is destined to till the place in the hearts of the people left vacant by his father's death. Like his father he is a strong advocate of Republican principles, and a strict adherent to the cause of temperance. He was married Nov. 30, 1882, to Lena Harvey, who was born Hov. 19, 1863, a daughter of Daniel and Malinda Harvey. Dr. and Mrs. Hess are members of the Christian church.

Lewis Hort^ son of William and Hannah Hort, was horn in Ohio, Jan. 1, 1839. When he was six years of age his parents came to Henry County, Ind., and located in Liberty Township. When he was tifteen he came to Harrison Township, and has since made this his home. He has a beautiful farm of 150 acres in the northern part of the township. Politically he is a Republican. Sept. 13, 1863, he was married to Sarah Ann, daughter of P. L. W. and Eliza Ann McKee, born March 4, 1843. They have two children - Joseph, born Sept. 26, 1864; Luther P., born June 15, 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Hort are worthy members of the Christian church.

Mathias Huff born in Rockingham County, Ya., Jan. 23, 1815, the son of Henry HutiT, Sr. In 1835, with his brothers, Henry and Jacob, he came to Indiana and located in Wayne County, and in 1839 they came to Henry County. He was married Hov. 15, 1838, to Christina Lindamood, a daughter of John Lindamood, horn Sept. 28, 1817, and the year following their marriage lived in Hancock County. On coming to Henry County Mr. Huff bought 160 acres in section 34, Harrison Township, where he lived till his death. It was almost entirely in the woods, with no improvements save a small log cabin. Although in meager circumstances when he came to the county, his perseverance and industry overcame all obstacles, his integrity and moral worth won him many friends, and at the time of his death he was one of the county's most prosperous and influential citizens. He died June 28, 1855, and his wife died Oct. 10, 1876. They had a family of six children - Mary Ann, born Hov. 9, 1833, married J. M. Gray, of Carroll County, Ind.; Sarah C., born Hov. 19, 1841, married J. R. Kelson, of Fairburg, Keb. ; Charlotte, born May 11, 1844, died Aug. 11, 1845; Elizabeth, born Oct. 3, 1847, married Henry Thompson; John M., born June 25, 1850; Martha E., born Dec. 1, 1852, died Feb. 24, 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Huff are members ot the German Baptist church.

John M. Huff^ son of Mathias and Christina Huff, was born June 25, 1850, and July 22, 1869, married Harriett Wilhoit, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah Wilhoit, born Hov. 23, 1851. They have three children - Luther M., born Sept. 25, 1870; Benjamin M., born Dec. 9, 1872; Joseph F., born March 12, 1880. Mr. Huff lives on the old homestead farm, of which he owns 100 acres. Politically he is a Bepublican. He and his wife are members of the Christian church. He is an enterprising young farmer, and is already one of the representative men of the township.

Shuhal Julian^ one of the few surviving pioneers of Henry County, was born in Bandolph County, H. C., April 14, 1792. At the age of twenty he came to Indiana, locating near the present site of the city of Richmond. He helped to clear the land on which the city is. He married Biddie, daughter of Peter Hoover, and in 1822 removed to Prairie Township, Henry County, where he entered land and improved a farm upon which he resided until 1838. He then removed to Harrison Township, which is his present home. - Mr. Julian has ever been one of the best of Henry County's citizens. In the days of anti-slavery agitation he was a conductor on the underground railroad, though he has never been inside of a car on a modern railroad. Mr. Julian was brought up in the Quaker faith. In politics he first voted with the Federalists, afterward with the Whigs, then with the Republicans. His wife died in 1864, having reared four children - Emsley, now ot Hancock County, Ind. ; Peter, deceased; Ellen (Hollo^y), Cadiz; and Sarah (Keesling), deceased.

Robert Keen^ son of Charles H. and Sarah Keen, was born in Rockingham County, N. C., Jan. 12, 1812. When nine years of age he was bound out and served till twenty-one years of age. He was married in 1836 to Clarissa Humphrey, a native of Halifax County, N. C., born in 1820. In 1849 they came to Henry County, Ind., and rented land in Prairie Township four years. He then bought eighty acres on section 18, Harrison Township, which he has increased to 120 acres. He has brought his land from a wild, heavily-timbered state, to a state of cultivation unexcelled in the township, and although in meager circumstances when first coming to the county has, through industry and good management, acquired a property valued at $8,000. Politically Mr. Keen is a Republican. Mrs. Keen is a member of the Wesleyan church. They have had a family of fifteen children - Alvis L. ; Minerva, wife of John Fears; James P. ; Sanford L. ; Sarah

A., wife of Henry Childress; Ira H.; Silpha, wife of Samuel Fisher; Elmina, wife of John Pickle; Marthena; William D. ; Mary E., wife of Samuel Evans; Milton H.; Jesse A. and Elizabeth (deceased).

Cyrus Kendall^ son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Harvey) Kendall, was born in Wayne County, Ind., Sept. 21, 1822. Aug. 20, 1845, he married Lydia Gilbert, who was born iiK^Hh Carolina, May 29, 1822, a daughter of Joel and Lydia ^club^t. Her parents came to Henry County, Ind., when she was two years of age. After his marriage Mr. Kendall settled on the farm known as the Pichard Hyatt farm, where he has since resided. Mr. and Mrs. Kendall have no children but have cared for several children who had no parents, and reared one to maturity. Politically Mr. Kendall is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Society of Friends.

Thomas Kendall was born in Randolph County, K. C., Jan. 1, 1786, and was married April 26, 1807, to Elizabeth Harvey, a native of Guilford County, N. C., born Kov. 4, 1789. In 1816, with a family of four children, they moved to Indiana and located in Wayne County, three and a half miles northeast of the present site of Richmond. He bought 160 acres of land, only one acre cleared. His wife died in Wayne County, June 13, 1853. In 1856 he came to Henry County, remaining here till his death, Aug. 4, 1862. In politics Mr. Kendall was a Republican. He and his wife were members of the Society of Friends. They had a family of ten children; the three youngest only are living - Cyrus; Amy, wife of Joseph Hill, of Boone Counfy, Ind., and Dennis. An infant; William; Kancy, wife of Edward Horton; Margaret, wife of Reuben Ratliff; David; HannaliTvnK oF Joel Gilbert, and Lydia are deceased.

Miles Lamb was born in North Carolina, Feb. 5, 1801, son of John Lamb, a native of North Carolina, of Scotch descent, who died in 1830 at an advanced age. He was reared a farmer, and also in his young days worked at glove-making. About 1824 he came to Henry County, Ind., and entered 160 acres of land in the southeastern part of Harrison Township which he improved, and where he lived until his death, March 28, 1874. He was one of the county's most influential citizens. Honorable, honest, industrious, he won the esteem of all who knew him. Politically he was a Whig, and when the Free-Soil movement was agitated he was one of the flrst to adopt its principles. He was a strong anti-slavery man, and proclaimed his principles in the face of all opposition, beino' one of three in this precinct for a few years who adhered to the movement. He was married about 1825 to Rebecca Gray. They had two children - John, deceased, and Sarah, wife of E. H. Campbell. His wife died and he afterward married Haney ModHn, who was born in North Carolina, Aug. 30, 1803, and died Jan. 29, 186 J. They had a family of ten children - Phineas; Barnabas, deceased; Thomas E., of Kansas; Caleb, of Wayne County, Ind.; Rebecca, wife of W. S. Chamless; Anna, widow of Wright Sanders; Rachel, deceased; Erie; Ruth, wifeof Larkin Chamless, of Wayne County, Ind.; and Nancy, wifeof William Peper. Mr. and Mrs. Lamb were reared in the faith of the Society of Friends. They subsequentl3' joined the Methodist Episcopal church, and later the Wesleyan Methodist church.

Phineas Lamb was born in Henry County, Ind., Sept. 29, 1831, a son of Miles and Nancy (Modlin) Lamb. He was reared a farmer, and, with the exception of eight years that he worked at the carpenter's trade, has always followed that vocation. He is residing on the old homestead, his farm containing 120 acres ot choice land. He was married March 25, 1858, to Ann E. Reeves, daughter of Jacob and Eliza Reezes, who was born in Wayne Countjq Ind., Aug. 23, 1831. They have five children - Laura, Milton, William, Horace, and Hattie. Mr. and Mrs. Lamb are members of the Wesleyan Methodist church. Politically he is a Republican. He has served as Justice of the Peace of his township four years.

Jonathan M. Lewis^ the eldest son of Stanford and Elizabeth (Thomas) Lewis, was born in Wayne County, Ind., a mile and a half north of Cambridge City, Ind., Jan. 3, 1833. He remained with his parents till twenty-three years of a^e, and with them moved to Harrison Township, Henry County, in 1840, where his father entered eighty acres of land from the Government. When nineteen years of age he began working with James Small at the carpenter's trade and pursued that vocation successfully seventeen years. Since 1869 he has been engaged in agricultural and stockraising pursuits. He was married in 1856 to Eveline, daughter of William and Polly Yan Buskirk, and to them were born six children - James William, Mary, Fremont Morton, Emma, Ulysses Grant, Scott. Mrs. Lewis died in 1873. Mr. Lewis was married Oct. 19, 1873, to Ellen, daughter of George and Mary (Sho waiter)

Moore. She came from Pennsj^lvania to Indiana, Dec. 25, 1861. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have had six children - Edward, Tide, Charles and Frank (twins), Blanche, and an infant, unnamed. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Mechanicsbiirg.

Joseph McKee^ son of P. L. W. and Eliza A. (Kinsey) McKee, was born in Wayne County, Ind., Aug. 6, 1840, but was reared and educated in Henry County. He has always followed agricultural pursuits, and now owns a fine farm of 140 acres. He was married in 1866 to Ellen Hart, a native of Henry County, born in 1847. They have two children - William and Lewis L. Politically Mr. McKee is a Republican. He enlisted in 1861 in Company F., Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry, and served thirteen months.

P. L. IF. McKee was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kov. 2, 1802, a son of John and Malinda McKee, natives of Virginia, his father born in 1772 and his mother in 1775. His father went to Kentucky when seventeen years of age and was there married. In 1800 he moved to Cincinnati, and in 1812 to Wayne County, Ind., where he died in 1820. The mother died in 1855. They had a family of eight children - Sarah, Kancy, Taber, P. L. W., Martha, John, Moses, and Josiah. P. L. W. McKee has always been an industrious, energetic man, and by good management acquired a fine property, owning at one time 620 acres of land. He came to Henry County in 1843 and located in Harrison Township. He has been an unusually active man in the township, in local and political affairs, his atfiliations being with the Whig and Republican parties. He was married Dec. 27, 1835, to Eliza A. Kinsey who was born in Lancaster County, Pa., Jnl}^ 15, 1804. They have had four children - .John, born Oct. 10, 1836, died Dec. 6, 1875; James, born Jan. .17, 1838; Joseph, born Aug. 6, 1840; Sarah . ^i^Ann, born March 4, 1843. Mrs. McKee was reared in the Society of Friends.

Jesse O. Mendenhall^ son of Oliver and Lydia Mendenhall, was born in Wayne County, Ind., Kov. 11, 1847. In 1850 his parents came to Henry County, locating in Henry Township. He remained with them till his marriage, when he located in the southeastern part of Harrison Township, where he purchased ninetythree acres of land on which he still resides. In connection with farming Mr. Mendenhall has taught school during the winter months for fourteen years. He was married in 1873 to Jennie Leonard, a native of Henry County, born May 13, 1851, a daugh-

William H. Modlin. - The first of the Modlin family to come to Indiana were two brothers - William and Joseph. They located in Wayne County, on Green's Fork. William was born in North Carolina, about 1782, and there married Anna Eatclifh a native of the same State, born in 1783. They moved to Wayne County, Ind., in 1814, but a year later moved to Henry County, and settled in Dudley Township, on 160 acres of land, entered from the Government. They had a family of seven children - John, Richard, William, Elizabeth, Levi, Rebecca, Joseph. Richard was born in North Carolina in 1814, but was reared and educated in Henry County, Ind. He took an active interest in politics, adhering to the Whig party. He was married in 1836 to Miss Butler. She , le Wright, daughter of Jesse and aren - JLutner w., ot iNew uastie; William H., whose name heads this sketch; Elizabeth A., wife of A. Crim; Louisa J., wife of W. W. Linus. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Modlin were birthright members of the Society of Friends, but subsequently joined the Methodist Episcopal church. He died Nov. 3, 1870. William H. Modlin was born in Henry County, Ind., Nov. 22, 1840. He followed farming till 1873, when he began running a saw and grist mill in Cadiz. In December, 1883, his entire mill was destroyed by fire; loss, $8,000. When Mr. Modlin started in life his means were limited, but his industry and perseverance have overcome poverty, and to-day he is one of the most substantial business men in the township, notwithstanding his reverses. He was married May 3, 1863, to Martha A. Crim, who was born Jan. 14, 1842, a daughter of George and Mary Crjm. They have four children - Luther N., born March 31, 1864; Leander H., Feb. 25, 1865; Eddie O., Nov. 25, 1868; Louise M., March 2, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Modlin are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically he is a Republican.

Solomon Myers^ son of Elijah and Sarah (Gripe) Myers, was born in Wayne County, Ind., May 25, 1848. He remained with his parents till manhood. He now owns a farm of fiftj^-five acres on section 35, Harrison Township, which is well cultivated; he also deals extensively in stock. Sept. 15, 1870, he was married to Mary L., daughter of J. D. and Mary A. Cooper. They have had five children - Elnora B. (deceased), Ernest, Bertha M. (deceased), Sarah A. and Willie E. In 1865 Mr. Myers enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-seventh Indiana Infantry, and served six months. Politically he is a Republican. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. His father v^as born in Union County, Ind., in 1825, and when eight years of age his parents moved to Wayne County. In 1850 he moved to Henry County and located in Harrison Township, where he died, March 4, 1875. Politically he was a Republican. He was married to Sarah Gripe, who was born in Preble County, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1824. They had seven children - Solomon, Isaac, Samuel (deceased), George W., Abram (^deceased), Martin L. and John 0. Mr. *and Mrs. Myers were members of the Diinkard church.

Luther H. Neioby^ son of Joshua and Sarah A. J^ewby, was born in Henry County, Ind., March 3, 1864. He was reared and educated in his native county. He lived on the farm with his parents till manhood. He now owns forty-two acres of fine land on section 34, Harrison Township. Aug. 14,1883, he was married to Rosa L. McKee, a daughter of John and Winnie McKee. She is a native of Henry County, born March 26, 1863. Politically Mr. Newby is a Republican.

Joseph Pearson was born in Wayne County, Ind., Nov. 7, 1816, the tenth child of Nathan and Huldah^^earson. He remained with his parents, assisting them clear and cultivate a pioneer farm, till manhood, and then turned his attention to the cultivation ot a farm of his own. He has a beautiful farm of eighty acres in , the southeastern part of Harrison Township, all well improved, with good farm buildings. He was married Oct. 20, 1836, to Sarah Draper of Grant County, Ind., born July 5, 1819, a daughter of Jesse and Delphia Draper. They had two children - Delphia, wife of James Newby, and Catherine, deceased. Mrs. Pearson died Jan. 3, 1852. July 29, 1852, Mr. Pearson married Rebecca Ratliff, who was born Dec. 21, 1821, a daughter of Richard and Caroline Ratliff. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson are members of the Society of Friends. Politically he is a Republican.

Nathan Pearson was born in South Carolina, Oct. 28, 1770, and died in Henry County, Ind., Nov. 13, 1845. He married Huldah Lamb, who was born in North Carolina, March 9, 1778, and died in Henry County, Aug. 24, 1864. They had a family of twelve children; but five are living - William, of Story County, Iowa; Catharine, wife of David Palmer; Huldah, wife of Joshua Draper;

Aaron, ot Polk County, Iowa, and Joseph. The deceased are - Jonathan, Exum, Sarah (wife of David Palmer), Zeno, Rhoda (wife of John Cook), Nathan and Zirari. In 1816 they, with nine children, came to Indiana and settled in Wayne County, north of Richmond. Two years later they moved to the present site ot Cambridge City, and in 1826 moved to Henry County and located three miles northwest of New Castle, on Duck Creek, where he entered eighty acres of land. He subsequently entered another - eighty-acre tract. Politically he was a Whig. He and his wife were members of the Friends' Society.

Daniel Personett^ son of Joseph and Rebecca Personett, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, Aug. 13, 1825, and was eight years of age when his parents came to Henry County, Ind. He was reared on the farm in Fall Creek Township, and has always followed agricultural pursuits. His farm of eighty acres is located on section SJ, Harrison Township. Before the war Mr. Personett was a Democrat, but after the war was neutral in politics till the formation of the National or Greenback party, and since then has given it his support. He was married Dec. 28, 1818, to Hannah Manfort, a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, born Oct. 11, 1832, a daughter of John and Lydia Manfort. They have had nine children - Rebecca Ann, born Nov. 7, 1819, married Harvey Houchins, and died April 3, 1881; John M., born June 27, 1852, resides in Kansas; Sylvester B., born April 11, 1854, resides in Minnesota; Joseph M., born July 10, 1857 ; William E., ^born May 17, 1860, died Aug. 14, 1864; Lydia J., born April 9, 1862, wife of George Neely; James R., born April 13, 1865; Ulysses G., born April 19, 1868; Orville, born A.ug. 16, 1870.

Elias Phelps, son of Samuel and Sarah (Ne^y) Phelps, was born in North Carolina, Nov. 30, 1819. When he was twenty years of age he began to work for himself, assisting the farmers in clearing and improving their land, till his marriage, when he rented a farm four years. He then bought eighty acres of land in the southeastern part of Harrison Township, where he has since resided. He was industrious and prudent and added to liis farm from time to time till he owned 243 acres, a part of which lie has given his children. He was married Dec. 2, 1847, to Anna Jfill, a native of Rush County, Ind., born Oct. 15, 1822, a daughter ot Jonathan and Zilpha Hill. They have a family of live children - Thomas C., born Sept. 30, 1848; Sarah J., born Sept. 29, 1850, wife of R. O. Crampton; Cynthia IT., born Dec. 28, 1852, wife of

SdTYhuel Phelps^ son ot Jonathan and Mary Phelps, was born in Randolph County,^ H. C., and died in Henry Countj", Ind., in September, 1817. He was reared and married in his native State and in 1830, with his wife and six children, came to Henry County,

County, Ind., Sept. 30, 1848. He was reared and educated in his native county, residing with his parents till manhood. He has always followed agricultural pursuits, and now owns a fine farm of 182 acres, in the southern part of Harrison Township. Politically he is a Republican. He was married in 1868 to Mary E. Shaffer. !

1860. They had a family of eight children; four are living and reside in Henry County - Baldwin, Mary, Jacob J., David A. The deceased are - Philander, Angeline, Lydia J. and Nancv Ann.

Jonas Pickering, son of Samuel Pickering, was born in Virginia, Oct. 20, 1783, ami when a young man moved to Belmont County, Ohio, and in 1823 or 1821 came with his family to Henry County, Ind., and located a mile east of the present site of Greensboro. He purchased 160 acres of land, the only improvement being a little log cabin. This farm he put under a good state of cultivation, residing on it twenty years, when he sold it and moved to the village of Goldsborough, where he spent the greater part of his remaining days. He died at the house of his son Jourdan, in New Castle, Aug. 13, 1860. He was one of Henry County's most enterprising citizens, and contributed liberally toward the advancement of all her interests. He was married Feb. 23, 1801, to Ruth Gregg, who was born in Loudoun County, Va., April 17, 1783, and died"May 7, 1856. They had a family of twelve children; but four are living - Jonas, Mahlon, Ruth Anna and Mary. The deceased

1812, a son of Jonas and Ruth (Gregg) Pickering. He came to Henry County, Ind., with his parents, and made his home with them till his marriage. He worked on the farm till his majority, and then carried on a tanning business twenty years, when he returned to his former vocation and followed farming till 1878, when he gave up the care of the farm. His farm obtains 210 acres of choice land. Mr. Pickering was married in 1S37 to Mary Pickering, who was born in Belniont^unty, Ohio, March 23, 1818, a daughter of David and Nan^y dickering.

six children - Marcus A., Philander, Mary Ann,Heander H., ^\Villiam H. and Nancy A.; the three youngest are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Pickering are members of the Society of Friends.

Marcus A. Pickering, son of Jonas and Mary Pickering, was born at Greensboro, Henry Co,, Ind., in 1838, and was reared and educated in Cadiz. After reaching his majority he was engaged in the harness and saddlery business live years. In 1865 D. A. & M. A. Pickering formed a partnership in the wholesale notion business, remaining together till 1871, when M. A- became sole proprietor. He has a large business, employing several men, and lor fourteen years traveled himself. In 1876 he bought an interest in the general moa'cantile house of Reese & Holloway. In lb ^8 Mi. Holloway withdrew and firm name was changed to Reese & Pickering. In 1879 their stock was partially destroyed by fire. They then erected the commodious building now occupied by Mr. Pickering. Sept. 23, 1882, Mr. Pickering bought the entire stock and carries a complete line of dry-goods, notions, clothing, furniture, carpets, groceries, hardware, etc. His average annual sales in the retail store amount to *25,000 and he has an equal amount of sales in the wholesale notion business. He also superintends his farm of 120 acres. As a business man Mr. Pickering has no peer. He

Abner O. Ratcliffs son ot Isaac and Marj^Eatcliff, was born in Henry County, Nov. 28, 1837. He has always followed agricultural pursuits and now owns a farm of 280 acres in Harrison Township. He was married in 1858, to Mary, daughter^ and Luther H. (twins), Mary A., Minnie E., Florence M. and Clarence E. Mr. and Mrs. Katcliff are members of the Society of Friends. Politically he is a Eepublican.

Carolina, where they were reared and married. About 1807 moved to Clinton County, Ohio, but subsequently moved to How^ where they died. They were members of the Society of Friends. Politically he was a Whig. They had a family of eleven children; but five are living - Ann, widow of Dernp-X sey Reese, of Cadiz; Isaac, our subject ; Thomas, Jesse and Nathan, of Howard County, Ind. John, Margaret. Abner, Hor- Sa^r and Silas are deceased. Isaac Ratcliff came to Henry when a young man and entered eighty acres of land in Township, south of Cadiz. In 1834 he purchased an eighty-acre tract in the southeastern part of the township, at that time heaYily timbered. Here with a wife and two children he commenced to clear a farm. He now has a beautiful home of 240 acres, mostly under cultivation. He was married Sept. 7, 1835, to Mary Presnail, a native of North Carolina, born July 23, 1812.

They have three children - Hannah L,, born June 7, 1836, widow of John Palmer; Abner C. and John P. Politically Mr. Ratcliff has been a Whig, Abolitionist, Republican, and now affiliates with the Greenback party. He and his wife were members of the Society of Friends.

John P. Ratcliff was ^orn JuneH 1843, in Henry County Ind., a son of Isaac and MaryjjRatcliff. He was married to Ellen Cook, daughter of Jesse and Abigail Cook, a native of Henry County, born July 28, 1853. They have had five children - Jesse C., born Sept. 6, 1873; Orth, born July 7, 1876, died Jan. 1, 1879;

Emory, born Sept. 6, 1878; Albert, born Sept. 7, 1880; Mary, born Sept. 5, 1883. Mr. Ratcliff has a pleasant home of 147 acres, and is engaged in agricultural pursuits. He and his wife are members of the Society of Ffiends.

Thomas M. Reese^ son of Dempsey and Ann^Reese, was born in Harrison Township, Henry Co., Ind., March 25, 1842. His father was born in North Carolina in 1795, and in 1821 came to Henry County, Ind., and located in Harrison Township, where he died in 1878. Our subject lived on a farm till 1874 and then formed a partnership with W. W. Holloday in the mercantile business in Cadiz. Two years later M. O. Pickering was admitted to the firm, and a year later Mr. Holloday sold his interest to Mr. Pickering. In 1883 Mr. Reese retired from the business on account of his health and resumed the oversight of his farm. He owns 320 acres of choice land in Harrison Township, entered and improved by his father. Politically he is a Republican. He is an earnest advocate of temperance, and in local matters supports men, not party. He is at present Trustee of his township. He was married in 1866 to Mary A. Pickering, who was born in diz, Ind., May 26, 1845, a daughter of and Mai^fPi^^ei^^ ^

Alexander Reynolds was born March 31, 1827, in County West Meath, Ireland. When twenty-two years of age he came to the United States and first located in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he re- mained eighteen years. In March, 1867, he came to Henry County, Ind., and bought a farm of seventy-five acres, to which he has since added thirty-three acres, situated in Harrison Township, two and a half miles west of Cadiz. Dec. 10, 1855, Mr. Eeynolds was married to Fannie Cluggish, a native of County Down, Ireland, of Scotch-Irish descent, born in 1840, and came to America in childhood. They have a family of eight children - Isabel, born Oct. 4, 1856, now wife of William Coon, of Hancock County, Ind.; James, born Dec. 19, 1858; Eichard, born March 25, 1861; Alexander, May 5, 1864; Ann, Jan. 30, 1870; Alice, May 12, 1872; John, June 7, 1874; Maggie, Oct. 20, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Eeynolds were reared in the Episcopal church but are members of the United Brethren church. Politically he is a Eepublican.

James Reynolds^ son of Alexander and Fannie Eeynolds, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 19, 1858, and was in his ninth year when they moved to Indiana. He has always followed agricultural pursuits and now owns a good farm of 100 acres, two and a half miles west of Cadiz. He was married May^25, 1882, to Mary M. Hodson, a daughter of John and Ann^ Hodson, born J une 29, 1853. They have one son - Benjamin F., born March 8, 1883.

Jonathan Ricks was born in North Carolina, Dec. 27, 1818, a son of Thomas and Lydia (Lane) Eicks, also natives of North Carolina. In 1833 his parents moved to Preble County, Ohio, where his father died in 1834. They had a family of seven children - Hannah, married Daniel Potter ; John; Lydia, married Anvil! Lane; Bethenia, married Jesse Gifford; Jonathan; Sarah, wife of k: Henry Bennett; Nancy, wife of Isaac W^s; the four eldest are deceased. In the fall of 1850 Jonathan mnved to Henry County, located in Blue Eiver Township, and in 1853 moved to Harrison Township where he has since resided. When a young man he learned the blacksmith's trade and worked at it twelve years. Since then he has given his attention to his farm, which contains 200 acres of good land, a mile and a half southwest of Cadiz. He was married in 1841 to Eliza Ann Mendenhall, who was born in '^Preble County, Ohio, in 1822, and died in Henry County, Ind.,

Ann, wife ofi'^ James Boyle. In 1861 Mr. Ricks married Mary J. (Dillie) Yesjfal, who was born in 1828. They have two children - Ida and Flora.^ Mr. Ricks was reared in the faith of the Society of Friends. Politicall)^ he is a Republican.

Andrew Riley^ son of William and Winnie (Ricks) Riley, was born in North Carolina in 1814. His father was a native of Germany, born about 1788, and came to the United States when a young man, locating in Guilford County, N. C., where he was married and where his wife was born in 1787. In 1827 William Riley moved to Preble County, Ohio, and two years later to Henry County, Ind., and entered eighty acres of land in Franklin Township, where he died in 1844. Flis wife died in 1863. They had a family of seven children - Betsey, wife of John McKankey; Rena, wife of Chauncey Poor; Hannah, wife of Robert McCormick; Susan, wife of James Ginn; Andrew, James R. and Peter. The daughters reside in Missouri. Andrew Riley remained with bis parents till manhood. After his marriage he located in Franklin Township, but in 1848 removed to Harrison Township, where he entered eighty acres of land on section 28. He subsequently entered eighty acres adjoining, thus making one of the finest farms in the township. He was married in 1843 to Elsie Jane Ginn, a native of Kentucky, born in 1823. Mr. Riley died Jan. 21, 1881, and his wife, Sept. 26, 1881. Politically he was a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Riley were both members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Their children were five in number - William, born in 1844, enlisted in Company I, Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry, and died at Yicksburg in 1863; Huldah, born in 1846, is the wife of Samuel Bowers; Jonas, born in 1849; John and Nancy, twins, born Feb. 19, 1854. Nancy is the wife of J. W. Bowers. John was married Dec. 8, 1875, to Lizzie, daughter of Jacob and Lydia Sweigart. She was born April 10, 1854. They have had two children, sons, the eldest deceased. John Riley lives on the old homestead, a fine farm of 160 acres. Politically he is a Republican.

Jacob Shaffer^ son of Frederick and Mary Shaffer, was born in Maryland, about 1792, and died in Wayne County, Ind., in 1869. When he was two years of age IJs parents moved to Pennsylvania, from there to Yirginia when he was fourteen, and two years later to Preble County, Ohib^ where both died. Of a large family, two, William and Jacob, settled in Wayne and Henry counties, Ind. Jacob Shaffer had a small farm in Preble County, but becoming dissatisfied with the outlook he, in 1812, came to Indiana and set- tied on Green's Fork, two miles south of the present site of Washington. He entered 160 acres of land which he began to improve. A few months later, the Indians becoming troublesome, he, with his family, returned to Ohio and remained a year, when, General Wayne having put a stop to their depredations, they came again to his Indiana home and there reared and educated his family. He was married in 1811 to Celia Hoover, a native of North Carolina, born in 1797, and died in 1880. They had a family of eleven children, five of whom are living - Elizabeth, wife of James Taylor, of Henry County, Ind.; Peter; Margaret, wife of James Sullivan, of Jay County, Ind.; Nancy, wife of George Wise, of Wayne County; Charlotte, widow of John Smith, of Wayne County; Mary, wife of Lewis Hoover, died in Kansas; Lewis and an infant died in Wayne County; David died in Henry County; Henry died in Harvey County, Kan.; and Sarah, wife of Lewis Strickler, died in Wayne County, Ind. Politically Mr. Shaffer was a Whig. He was a member of the Hnited Brethren church.

Peter Shaffer ^ the sixth child of Jacob and Celia (Hoover) Shaffer, was born in Wayne County, Ind., Oct. 17, 1825. He was married Dec. 25, 1841, to Puth Ann, daughter of Nathan and Tamar Bond, who was born Feb. 7, 1828, and died July 23, 1863, leaving three children - Mary E., wife of T. C. Phelps; Nathan B., married Cynthia H. Phelps; Martha J., wife oi C. B. Harvey; all of Henry County. Jan. 1, 1865, Mr. Shaffer married Mrs. Elizabeth D. (Newby) Phelps, daughter of Elias and Tabifha Newby. She was born Feb. 14, 1841. They have three children - Alice E., Dora T. and Milton F. Mrs. Shaffer has one child by her former marriage - Charles A. Phelps, who married Cora Hosier. Mr. Shaffer came to Henry County in 1849, although he did not permanently settle here until 1860, when he bought 209 acres in the southeastern part of Harrison Township. He has since added 400 acres to his first purchase, but has given 230 acres to his children. Politically Mr. Shaffer is a Eepublican. He has served his county as Commissioner. He and his wife are members of the Society of Friends.

John P. Weesner^ son of Jehu and EebeccaiWeesner, was born in Harrison Township, Henry Co., Ind., July 16, 1850. In his seventeenth year he began learning the wagon-maker's trade, at which he worked fourteen years, and since then has worked at the carpenter's trade. He was married Feb. 10, 1876. to Perthena Swope, a native of Henry County, born Dec. 6, 1855. They have four children - Joe, Grace, Earle and Clay. Politically Mr. Weesner is a Republican. In April, 1884, he was elected Trustee of Harrison Township. Mrs. Weesner is a member of the Christian church.

he came with his parents to Indiana, and located in Wayne County, and a year later moved to Henry County to the present site of Cadiz, where he remained till his death. Sept. 20, 1854. He .

Ohio, March 26, 1820, and came to Henry County with her parents in 1836. They were the parents of six children - Elizabeth, born March 18, 1840, is the wife of John Ratcliff, of Republic County,

J. L. Whistler^ son of Jacob and Lucinda Whistler, was born in Henry County, Ind., March 4, 1848. He has always followed agricultural pursuits, and now owns a fine farm of ninety-five acres on section 28, Harrison Township, and fifty-five acres on section 21, Fall Creek Township. Mr. Whistler received a good education, and has taught school three winter terms. He was married Oct. 21, 1879, to Emma Kissel, daughter of Samuel and Ellen Kissel, and a native of Henry County, born Hov. 15, 1858. They have one child - Bessie L., born Hov. 13, 1881. Politically Mr. Whistler is a Republican. Mrs. Whistler is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Alcibiades Wyatt. - The grandfather of our subject, Edward Wyatt, was a German, and moved to Greenbriar County, Ya., about 1770, where he married Anna Robinson. Their children were four sons and four daughters - Abner (died in infancy),

John, Sallie, Martha, Margaret, Ann, Thomas and Edward. Before the birth of the youngest, in May, 1786, the parents left their children in Greenbriar County, and went to what is now Kanawha County, W. Ya., erected a cabin and prepared to raise a crop, previous to making a final settlement. While engaged in harvesting it in November, 1786, the husband was killed by the nessed the entire transaction. She saw the savages remove her husband's scalp and carry it away in fiendish delight. She dared not come out of her hiding place for fear of being killed, or captured, a fate more to be dreaded. When she saw the Indians retire and considered it safe to do so, she went to her husband, but he was dead ere she reached him. She then gave the alarm, and after some delay, caused by the reappearance of the Indian sj had him taken from the field and buried. She soon after returned to her children, and May 20, 1787, Edward was born. She reared her family the best she could, depending solely on her own labor, and that of her children, as they grew older, for support. After the children were grown, John married and went to Tennessee, and in 1812 Thomas and Edward went to Kanawha County, W. Ya. Thomas served in the war of 1812. He married Sallie Clark. Edward married Mary Tackett, in 1811, and to them were born eight children - Anna, wife of William Hays, of Jasper County, Iowa; Alcibiades; Electa, wife of Wilson Turner; Edward; Lewis; Mary E., wife of James Jeffries; John, and Jason, who married Margaret Davenport, and resides in Union County, Ore. All are deceased save the youngest. They were all born in Virginia, but in 1831 the family started for Indiana; they got as far as Fayette County, Ohio, and remained there a year. They then proceeded to Rush County, Ind., where they lived a number o years, but subsequently moved to Henry County, where the father died Oct. 16, 1862. The mother died in Jasper County, Iowa, Feb. 10, 1872. She was a member of the Methodist church. Alcibiades Wyatt was born Hov. 18, 1816. In 1810 he went to Scioto County, Ohio, to his Uncle Thomas's, and March 23, 1811, married his cousin, Martha Wyatt. In 1813 he returned to Henry County, Ind., with his wife and one child, and again -endured the hardships of opening a farm. Mr. Wyatt received his education in a private school and taught for a number of years before and after his marriage. He studied law, and in 1862 was admitted to the bar, but practiced very little. In politics he was a life-long Democrat and voted ten times for their Presidential candidate. He was a member of no religious denomination, but was a firm believer in Spiritualism, which he took pains to investigate. His wife and children are members of the United Brethren church. Although he was poor when he started in life, his industry and economy gained him a competence. At the time of his death he owned eighty acres of land in Greensboro Township and 390 acres in Harrison Township. He died March 28, 1884, leaving a large circle of friends, among whom he was a universal favorite. Of his twelve children, six are living - Mary A., wife of J. W. Hunt, of Carroll County, Mo.; Evadne, wife of David Hedrick, of Hepublic County, Kas.; Matilda J., wife of J. L. Addison; Yashti B., wife of C. M. Yelton; Hosa; John F., married Mary E. Baughan. The deceased are - Ann E. , Edward, Electa, Thomas B., Alcibiades, Jr., and Lewis. His son Edward was born May 11, 1845, and at his birth weighed only two and a half pounds.

After eight months of sickness his health became good and he grew to the height of four feet; his weight never exceeded sixty pounds. His mind was active, and he acquired the rudiments of an education. He died Hov. 15, 1875, apparently of old age, having no particular disease.

1823, a son of Charles and Millie (Gosney) Yelton, natives of Virginia. He was married April 20, 1850, to Haney F. Hopkins, a native of Campbell County, Ky. They had a family of eight children - Verona A., deceased; Agnes, wife of J. E. Kem, of * ^ ^ Delaware County, Ind. ; Charles M., married Vashti Wyatt rimL lie M.; Sarah J., wife of Stephen Harlin, of Hancock County,

Ind.; Mary L., wife of James Baughan; Peter G. ; Hayden, deceased. Mrs.Yelton died June 18, 1868. Oct. 24, 1869, Mr. Yelton married Jane Judd, daughter of Joel and Hajoey Cook. She was born Aug. 29, 1832, in Bush County, Ind. They have one child -

Joel C. Mrs. (Judd) Yelton has one daughter, Minerva J.,who is the wife of A. J. La Bue, a native of Henry County, Ind. Mr. Yelton came to Henry County, Ind., in 1853, but soon after went to Hancock County, and remained three years. He then returned to Henry County and bought eighty acres of land in the northwestern part of Harrison Township. He now owns and resides on a beautiful farni of 107 acres, two and a quarter miles west of Cadiz. Mrs. Yelton is a member of the Baptist church. Mr. Yelton's father moved to Pendleton County, Ky., when a young man, and there reared his family. He had fourteen children; eight are living - Benjamin, James, Hayden, Mason, Charles F. M., America, widow of Hampton Gosney; Millie M., wife of William Buckner; and Elizabeth, wife of Clete Tarvin. Coleman, Bichard, Simon, George W., Sarah (wife of Dudley Dunaway), and Charity A. are deceased.