Harrison Township

Harrison Township

This township is bonndeJ on the north by Jeiferson and Clay Townships, on the east by Clay and Centre, south by Centre and Jackson, and West by Jackson and Jefferson. It is of irregular form, like half the townships in this county, dividing on section and quarter section lines, being five miles east and west in its widest part, and four and one-half miles north and south in its extreinest length. It has on the assessment roll 10,650.27 acres of land. The land is of a fair quality and the township has a solid foundation, financially speaking. Its farmers are in good circnmstances, intelligent and prudent. The eastern part of the township is watered by Green's Fork and its branches, and on the west by Martindale's Creek. It is an agricultural and stock township, having but one postoffice and small village called Jacksonburg. The assessed value of its real estate in 1882 was $398,115; assessed value of personal property, $136,295; total value, $531,4:10. The population of the township steadily decreased for thirty years, and in the last decade only gained eiglit. The population in 1850 was 766; in 1860, 6U', in 1870, 580; in 1880, 588. The town or village of Jacksonburg had a population of 109 in 1870, and in 1880, 112. This gave the township a gain of five and the village a gain of three in ten years, which may be considered rather slow work.

It was not until 1843 that the townsliip was organized, and it is the third smallest in size, the two smaller being Webster and Dalton in the order named. It was iirst settled in the year 1811. The following from "Young's History," relates to the early settlement of the township:

'-Sfunuel Boyd, from Tennessee,settled,in the spring of 1811, about two and a half miles northwest 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 North Carolina, 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 southwest 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 Crilf. His farm, on which he resided the remainder of his life, is now owned by his son, Isaac N. Beard, who lives about a mile nortkeast from the old homestead.

"During the winter and spring of 1812, Jesse Beard, Thos. Ra}', William Irving, John McKee, Robert 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 have 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 pari of the county, or to the border of Ohio, and stayed until the war was over. Tlie fort was on the ground of Henry Brown, now owned by Benjamin Clark, a mile west of Jacksonburg, and wa^ built by Samuel Boyd and his sons, Samuel K., James, William and Robert Boj'd, Henry Brown, William Irving and Thomas Ray.

"The following are the names of early settlers in this township. Those named as early settlers, however, were not in all cases the first settler?, some of them, perhaps, were the second or third owners: sides; Isaac Seller?, where John Kensinger lives; Peter Roller, on land owned in part by John Boyd; Peter Riinyan, an land owned by Washington Worl's heirs; James Wilcox, on latid owned by Jacob Allen; Samuel and William Boyd, on land owned by Joseph Lewis, of Green Township; James Ralston and John Shank, on land owned by Martin Worl; Joseph Charles, on land owned by Silas Spitler. Sampson Nation, a native of South Carolina, settled near Jacksonburg,

1815, where Samuel Carr resides. He moved to Dudley, Henry County, in 1825. Ephraim Clark, a native of Pennsylvania, came from Kentucky in 1814, and settled on land first owned by Henry Brown, on which his son, Benjamin Clark, resides.

"James Doughert}' settled a mile south Jacksonburg, and worked at farming and tailoring. Zadok Dougherty made spinning-wheels in town, and afterward settled half a mile west. George N. Holman, from England, settled near James Dougherty; had a small iarm, and was a shoemaker. John McKee, from Kentucky, settled one and one-lialf miles southwest of town, where he died; land now owned by heirs of Ebenezer Eliason. John Scott, from Kentucky, in 1811, one and one-half miles north from town, where he died. His sons, Harrison and John, reside in the township - John on the homestead, Harrison on a farm adjoining.

"Thomas J.Warman settled first south of town, afterward permanently two miles southwest from town, where he resided until his death. He was a member of the first Board of County Commissioners, elected under the Constitution of

1816, 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. Bradbury, and removed to Henry County, the farm now owned by Philip Binkley. Michael Swope, from Pennsylvania, settled about a mile east from town, on land lately owned by Andrew Eliason.

" William Irvin settled one-half 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 southwest part of the township; George Bundy, on land owned by Charles Boughner; Isaac Morris, on land lately owned by A. Boyd.

"Joseph Shanks, on the land now owned by his son-in-law, Enos Beard; Kichard L. Leeson, from Virginia, 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. lu 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, on the quarter owned by A. M. Hosier, J. Boyd, and A.Bond; Thomas Keynolds, from New Jersej^, in the southeast corner of the township; Isaac Kinley, father of Major Isaac Kinley, of Riehmond, on the land now owned by M. Jarbow.

"John Holliday settled about two miles northeast from town, the land now owned by his heirs; Samuel Holliday, where Hankiu Baldridge resides, adjoining Jefferson and Clay townships. Nathaniel Leonard settled on the land since owned by J. Alonzo Scott, near the north line of the township. David Beeson, from North Carolina to Wayne County in 1825, settled in 1830 on the place now owned by his son Jabez, in the southeast corner of the township. He died in 1855, aged sixty-one. Solomon Kitterman, from Virginia. Jesse Hosier was born on Green's Fork, in this township, and died in 1866, aged fifty-one.

*' 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 owned by Henry Hoover. *' 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 up])er 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 on Martindale's Creek a saw-mill, said to have been the first in the township. Several years after James Wilcox and Francis Brown built a saw-mill a mile and a half north of Jaeksonburg; and another was built by Jehu Jones, about the year 1825. a mile and a half northwest from town, in the place of a grist-mill burned some years before. Another saw mill was built two miles southwest from Jacksonburg, by Jonathan Morris. On Green's Fork, a mile east from town, a grist-mill was built about the year 1838, by Wm. McLucas. The iirst school in the township was taught by Jonathan Kidwell in the winter of 1814-'15, in a log school-house on section 13. A whole log, says Isaac N. Beard, was cut out for a window, and the apertnre closed by his father, John Beard, who pasted over it numbers of the Cincinnati Gazette^''

"Another was taught the next winter on Martindale's Creek, on section 32. This latter was patronized by the first settlers of Perry Township, which was formed the following year. The first blacksmith shop was owned by Joseph Rippey, and was on the same section and not far from the old log schoolhouse.

Richard L. Leeson, a native of Pennsylvania, came from Eaton, Ohio, settled a mile east of town, and established a tannery, and sold to his brother, Abner M., who continued it for many years.

The village of Jacksonburg was platted by Robert Leavell, on the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 8, in the year 1814. In the following spring a survey was made by Henry Bryan, which is of record and was dated March 23, 1815. It is, with the exception of Centreville, the oldest town, or village, in the county. When Jackson Township was formed, Feb. 10, 1817, the voting precinct was at Jacksonburg until 1836. In 1843, when Harrison was formed, it again became the voting precinct of the township, which it still retains. The first election, however, in Harrison Township after it was organized was held at the house of John Williams. In early days it was a central point for military parades, and of all the amusement of the day. Horse-racing, shooting at a mark, jumping, wrestling and sometimes fighting were characteristic of the place. It attained its greatest population in the decade between 1830 and 1840, but the advent of Cambridge City put a stop to its growth. It had a population at one time of probabl}' 250 if not 300, but in 1850 had dropped to less than 200, and in

Abraham Elliott settled in the town soon after it was laid out, and kept the lirst tavern in a log house. A tannery was built by Josiali Bradbury; a hat shop was established by John Zatt, a pottery by Zachariah Gapen, a blacksmith shop, a shop for making spinning-wheels, by Zadok Dougherty. Jonathan Kidwell, also, who soon settled in town, was a wheelwright, and for a time a preacher in the Christian church, and later a Universalist preacher as well as a teacher.

The first physician in Jacksonburg was Loring A. Waldo, in 1817, who about fifteen years afterward moved to Delaware County. The next was L. P. Puinphrey, who after a few years removed to Henry County. Among his successors were Dr. Leggett, Dr. Taylor; in 1849 Dr. Samuel S. Boyd, later of Dublin, and John R. Mauk.

Ezekiel Leavell is supposed to have been the first merchant in Jacksonburg, probably soon after the town was laid out. Rifner & Hurst were there in 1841, and in 1843-'45, Strattan & Wright.

Christian Church

The first church in Jacksonburg and also in the township, was the Christian or Disciples, and was organized by Hevs. James McYey and Daniel Wrider. Among the first members were David Purviance, John Scott, Joseph Shank, William Boyd, R. L. Leeson, Mary Graham, Samuel and Isabella Boyd, Sarah, William, John and Abraham Crum, William Reynolds, Jesse Frazier, Henry Logan, Jonathan Kidwell, John Beard, Robert Leavell, Elijah Martindale and others.

The church building was a frame one and lasted for many years, and would have stood longer, but 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.

It is now the only church in the township, and but one other ever has been formed. It is one of the oldest in the county, and is still strong. The Rev. Joseph Franklin is the present pastor.

The Friends also formed a society about the year 1815 or 1816, at West Union, one and a half miles south of Jacksonburg. Patrick Beard, Benjamin Morgan, William Saint, John Lacy, Lewis Hosier, Josiah Bundy, Jehoshaphat Morris and Jonathan Morris were early members. Meetings were held in a log house.

I. O. O. F. Lodge, No. 552

This lodge was organized Aug. 22, in the year 1877. The charter members were: James P. Dougherty, M. L. Bowmaster, J. S. Wolfgang, B. T. Reynolds, W. J. Howe and E. H.Thurston. The first officers were: B. T. Kejnolds, Noble Grand; J. P. Dougherty, Vice Grand; J. S. Wolfgang, Secretary; E. H. Thurston, Treasurer; M. L. Bowmaster, Warden; John S. Dougherty, Inside Guard; Samuel Morris, R. S. N. G.; William H. Dougherty, L. S. N. G. The present number of members are twenty-nine. Present officers are: H. J. Bolinger, N. G. ; C. C. CofFman, V. G. ; L. A. Kirk, Secretary; M. L. Bowmaster, P. Secretary; John J. Miller, Treasurer; G. W. Hendershot, Warden; H. Fifer, Cond.; D. Gormen, S. G. ; C. H. Spots, R. S. N. G.; F. Lindernen, L. S. jS". G. ; L. Ammeren, R. S. N. G. ; John H. Leeson, D. D. G. M.

Business Interest

The business interest of Jacksonburg is not extensive. It has two general stores, C. Leeson being proprietor of one and G. W. Fagan the other. Two blacksmith shops are kept by Mr. J. Dillman and Mr. L. A. Kirk. Two wagon shops

Biographical

Enos Beard was born Dec. 31, 1814, in Bavaria, Germany, tlie third of a family of five children of Thomas and Sarah (Brand) Beard. His parents being in poor circumstances, thought they could do better in America, and accordingly the father and his sons, Martin and Enos, set sail for the United States and landed in New York, Aug. 1, 1833. They obtained work on a railroad thirty miles west of Philadelphia, where they remained several months, each receiving $16 a month. In eleven months the}"^ were able to send for the remainder of the family. They resided in Lancaster County, Pa., until May, 1837, when they moved to Wayne County, Ind. The sons gave their father the monej'^ they had earned, with which he purchased land in Hamilton County, Ind., in 1840. In 1843, after seeing his parents comfortably settled in their new home, Enos returned to Wa3'ne County and commenced for himself without a dollar. He learned the carpenter's trade of his father and worked at it in Jacksonburg many years. He first purchased a house and fourteen acres of land, and after a few years traded his property in the village for eighty acres of his present farm, since which has followed agricultural pursuits. He now owns 160 acres of fine farming lands. He was married in November, 1843, to Lovina, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Stenton) Shanks, who came from York County, Pa., to Wayne County, Ind., in 1816. Mr. Shanks died in his ninetieth year. Mrs. Shanks is also deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Beard have had no children of their own but have an adopted daughter, Maggie Stanton, now wife of Andrew Lightner, who lives with Mr. Beard and cultivates the farm. An adopted son died at the age of eleven years. They also reared James Mundle till he was seventeen years old, when he died. Mr. and Mrs. Beard and Mr. and Mrs. Lightner are members of the Disciple church. Politically Mr. Beard is a Kepublican. His father died, aged eighty-two years and his mother died at the age of seventy years. His brother and sisters are deceased, with the exception of

Isaac Nolle Beards third son of John and Mary (Wright) Beard, was born May 16, 1808, in Boston Township, Wayne County. He was the second white male child born in Wayne County, and has therefore experienced all the hardships of pioneer life. He was reared a farmer and educated at the log" cabin subscription schools. He remained at home till March 21, 1833, when he was married to Matilda, daughter of Michael and Rhoda (Freeland) Swope, who were natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. Mr. Beard and wife have had ten children - Martha, died at the age of three years; Amanda died when two years old; Victoria A., wife of James Lichty; Benton J., died at the age of thirty -five years; Mary, wife of George T. Kepler; John W., a school teacher of Harrison Township; Levi W., of Jackson Township; Matilda, died when two years of age; Melinda, wife of George C. Leonard; Ida M, wife of W. K. Boyd. Mrs. Beard died Feb. 11, 1871. Mr. Beard was one of the first Trustees of Harrison Township and filled that position a number of years. He was Justice of the Peace twenty-one years. Inspector ot Elections a number of years, and in 1849 was elected on the Democratic ticket to the State Legislature as Representative of Wayne County. Mr. Beard is a member of Cambridge Lodge, No. 5, A. F. & A. M., Cambridge City, Ind. He is also a Chapter, Royal Arch and Knight Templar Mason, and has served as High Priest of the order. His father was born in Randolph County, N. C, Aug. 2, 1780, of Irish ancestry, and his mother was born in Hagerstown, Md., of English descent, and when young moved with her parents to Randolph County, JS". C, where she married Mr. Beard. They came to Wayne County, Ind., in the fall of 1835, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Mr. Beard died in February, 1859, and his widow in October, 1860. They were the parents of nine children - Sallie; Jane, born Dec. 9, 1805, was the first white child born in Boston Township; Isaac N., Martha, Eli, Philbert, Mary W., Melinda K., and one who died in infancy. John Beard was one of the first Grand Jury of Wayne County. His daughter Jane was the first white

John W. Beard^ fanner and teacher, was born Sept. 18, 1846, in Wayne County, Ind., on the farm where he resides. He received a good education at the scliools of his native township, and at the age of twenty-one years, he entered the Hagerstown High School where he spent two years. He also attended the higli schools of Cambridge City two years, and during 1872, '73 and '74 was engaged in teaching school. July 26, 1874, he was married to Ella, daughter of Henry and Rebecca Shissler of Wayne County. They have three children - Clayton R., born May 26, 1875; Harry, born Dec. 1, 1876, and Roy, born Jan. 2, 1880. He is a member of Cambridge City Lodge, No. 5, A. F. & A. M., and R. A. M- and K. T., of the same city.

Jahez Beeson was born Dec 30, 1817, in Guilford County, N. C, of English Ancestry, and in 1825 his parents removed to Wayne County, Ind., and in 1835 purchased and settled on the farm where our subject resides. His father worked at the blacksmith's trade until he settled in Wayne County, after which he followed farming till his death, which occurred in July, 1855, aged sixty-two years. His wife died in April, 1866, aged sixty-nine years. Jabez Beeson was reared a farmer and has always followed that avocation. He was married in September, 1849, to Catherine, daughter of Elwood and Sarah (Gilbraith) Elliott, early settlers of Wayne County, the former having died in Wabash County, Ind., in 1864, and the latter in Wayne County, in 1842. Mr. Beeson and wife have had nine children, three of whom are deceased - David, Alonzo, and one son unnamed. Those living are - Oliver; Martha, wife of James P. Wisehart, of Wayne County; Augustus, Lafayette, Robert and Sarah F.

Philip S. Binkley was born in Lancaster County, Pa., Dec 23, 1832, the second son of John and Catherine (Shissler) Binkley, who were born, reared and married in Lancaster County, and were of German descent. In the spring of 1835 they moved to Cambridge City, Wayne Co., Ind., where John Binkley worked at the tailor's trade, and was also associated with Benjamin Conklin in the mercantile business in German- town for some time. His children were - Henry, Philip S., Mary (deceased), Benjamin, Jonathan (deceased), John and Samuel (deceased). Their father died at the age of thirtyfive years, and his widow afterward married Charles Morris. She died in February, 1883, aged seventy-two years. Our subject came to Wayne County with his father who died in October, 1842. Philip lived with his Uncle Wilson Jones on a farm, and afterward worked for a time in the store of F. Johnsonbaugh. He attended school winters till he was seventeen years of age, when he learned the trade of wagon-making with his Uncle Samuel Binkley. He soon after went to learn the cabinet-maker's trade, but not liking it he returned to his former trade and became a partner in the firm, doing an extensive business for a number of years, manufacturing wagons and buggies. Tiie firm also manufactured the first wheat drills in the State known as the Lewis Moore patent. He sold his manufacturing interests and purchased an interest in the dry-goods trade of George M. Sowers, of Germantown, the firm name having been Sowers & Shoff; was then changed to Shofi'& Binkley, and while in business was Postmaster of Germantown. He was also Justice of the Peace for a time. He entered several hundred acres of land in Iowa, and with two other parties constructed a saw-mill in that State. In July, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Fifth Indiana Cavalry, and was elected Second Lieutenant of his company. He returned home in 1863, and engaged in the mercantile business, and in 1869 moved to his farm of 160 acres. In 1879 he leased his farm for three years, residing in Germantown till the lease expired, since which he has lived on his farm, engaged in agricultural pursuits. During the war, when Morgan invaded the State, a company was formed for defense, of which Mr. Binkley was chosen Captain. In politics he is a Republican. In 1856 he tnarried Margaret, daughter of Samuel and Mary Binkley. They have had five children, three now living - Mary A., Edwin P. and Robert E. Everett and Philmar are deceased.

He was married Oct. 20, 1853, to Mary E., daughter of Adam and Margaret (Kepler) Rader, of Wajne County. They were tlie parents of seven children, three of whom are deceased - Viola Y., William and a daucrhter unnamed. Those livinw are - Ida, Carrie A., Charles R. and Joseph F. Mrs. Boronghs died in 1879, aged forty-four years. She belonged to the Disciple church. Mr. Boroughs was a member of Company B, Fii'th Indiana Cavalry, and at the end of seven months was discharged for disability at Louisville, Ky., in 18G3. He has followed farming through life, and now owns an excellent farm in the Walnut Levels, Harrison Township. He is an Elder in the Disciple church. His father was a native of Virginia. He served two years in the war of 1812, and alter the war removed with his parents to Wayne County, Ind. He was married in Dalton Township, and was Postmaster of Dalton Village many years. He followed farming through life, and died at the age of eighty-two years. His widow survives, at the age of seventy-two years.

Samuel Carr^ third son of John and Rebecca (Holsinger) Carr, was born Aug. 9, 1806, in Rockingham County, Va. He worked on the farm till he was eighteen years of age, when he learned the blacksmith's trade. He was married to Sallie, daughter of Henry Miley, of Rockingham County, by whom he had ten children, six now living - Henry and John, living in Iowa; Joseph, of Jacksonburg; Lewis R. ; Elizabeth, wife of William Cook, of Henry County, Ind; Amanda, wife of James White, of Oxford, Ohio. Joseph, Martin, Samuel and Sarah are deceased. Mr. Carr came to Wayne County with his wife and two children in 1835, with $60 in his pocket, and worked at his trade in Jacksonburg. He first purchased forty-eight acres, to which he has added from time to time till he now owns 269 acres, all well improved. His first property tux was,18f cents, and one year during the late war his tax amounted to $318. Mrs. Carr died in 1877, and in 1879 Mr. Carr married Mary Ann, daughter of Joseph Shank (deceased). Mr. Carr i? a member of the Society of Dunkards.

of Joseph and Hannah (Morgan) Davis, and grandson of Harman Davis, who laid out the town of Diibh'n, Wayne County. His father was born in 1800 in Virginia, and came to Wayne County in an early day. His wife was a relative of Morgan, who was killed by the Indians, and her parents were among the first settlers on Morgan's Creek. Mr. Davis married Martha Fowler for his second wife, and removed to Milton, Wayne County, where he was connected with the Hoosier Drill Manufacturing Company a number of years. He died in 1868, in Wayne County. His children were - Eliza (deceased), George, Benjamin, William, Harmon, Isaac, Ella and Charles. Onr subject was reared a farmer, and obtained a good education in the county schools. July 4, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Nineteenth Indiana Infantry, and participated in the battles of Ball Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, G-ettysbarg (where he was promoted Sergeant of his company), Mine Run and Welden Railroad. He was wounded at the battle of Second Bull Run, which disabled him for six months. He was discharged in 1864, and after his return home he was engaged withT. B. French in the livery business in Richmond, Ind., two years. He was married in 1866 to Sarah A., daugliter of Henry and Aseneth Hoover, of Wayne County. Of the four children born to them but one is living - John, born Jan. 19, 1875. Henry, Larkin, and a daughter unnamed are deceased. After his marriage Mr. Davis followed farming on the Hoover farm several years, and farmed near Milton four years. In 1872 he became owner of 160 acres of the Hoover farm, where he has since been successfully engaged. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party.

John Shaffer and James Purnell Dougherty were born in Wayne County, Dee. 29, 1831, and Aug. 3, 1837, respectively, sons of Zadok and Mary (Willards) Dougherty. Their father was born in 1790, in Delaware, of Irish and English descent. He served one year in the war of 1812, and in 1818 removed to Indiana, working as a wheelwright in Jacksonburg, Wayne County, until 1826. He then bought the farm now owned by his widow, where he followed farming till his death, which occurred Nov. 20, 1853. His widow was born Dec. 24, 1804, and is still living. They were the parents of seven children, fonr still living - Zerelda, widow of Levi Hood; John S., James P. and William H. Anna Maria, Elizabeth and Eliza are deceased. Our subjects were reared farmers and were educated at the schools of their native village. Aug. 6, 1862, the}^ enlisted in Company B, Fifth Indiana Cavalry, for three years. They were on detached duty through Kentucky and Tennessee. They belonged to the advance guard of the first Federal troops that entered the city of Knoxville, Tenn., and in 1864 joined Sherman at Tunnel Hill, Ga., and were with him to Atlanta. While on a scouting expedition under General Sherman were captured, with the majority of their regiment, and were confined in Andersonville Prison six weeks. The brothers were then separated and sent to different places. John was exchanged March 30, 1865, when he was sent to Jefferson Barracks Hospital, Mo., thence to Camp Chase, Ohio, where he was discharged June 16, 1865; and James was exchanged Feb. 28, 1865, reported to his command at Pulaski, Tenn., where he was discharged June 16, 1865, both having suffered severely from their prison life. Tliey returned home and have followed agricultural pursuits successfully ever since. They own considerable real estate and are the largest tobacco growers in the township. They are members of Jackson Lodge, No. 552, I. 0.0. F., and in politics afliliate with the Greenback party.

Williain Henry Dougherty, youngest son of Zadok and Mary (Willard) Dougherty, was born Feb. 14, 1840, in Wayne County, on the home farm. He was married in September. 1860, to Louisa J., daughter of Benjamin and Lovina (Ralston) Clark. Their children are - Leon Devlon, born Oct. 18, 1861; Zadok Alfred, March 1, 1868; Bertha Estella, Dec. 7, 1869, and Frank Purnell, Aug. 26, 1875. Aug. 23, 1862, Mr. Dougherty enlisted in Company B, Fifth Indiana Cavalry, tor three years. He was with his brothers John and James as advance guards who entered Knoxville. While on a special detailed foraging expedition he was taken prisoner and sent to Belle Isle Prison, Richmond, Ya., where he remained till March, 1864, when he was transferred to Peraberton Prison. In April, 1864, he was sent to the Alabama

Street Hospital, having contracted a fever from exposure and want of proper treatment. lie was paroled and readied our lines at Annapolis, Md., May 8, 1804. He was in different hospitals till November, 1864, when he received his discharge and returned home, and has never recovered from the eifects of his prison life. After the war Mr. Dougherty followed farming till 1874, after which he engaged in the mercantile business in Jacksoiiburg till 1881, when he sold his stock ot goods and erected a commodious residence on his farm where he has since followed farming, and is one of the extensive tobacco growers of his township. He has tilled all the chairs in Lodge JSTo. 552, I. O. O. F., Jacksonburg, and in politics is a National Greenbacker. Mrs. Dougherty's father died in 1879, aged seventy-seven years. His wife survives, aged eighty years. They were the parents of twelve children - Alpheus and Benjamin were soldiers in the late war in the Fifty-fourth Indiana Infantry, the former died in Andersonville Prison, and the latter in Louisiana; Elizabeth, deceased; Ephraim, James, William, John, Mary, Sarah, Ellen, Lovina, and Louisa J., now Mrs. Dougherty.

Winfield Scott Eliason^ farmer, was born Aug. 13, 1851, in Wayne County, a son of Ebenezer and Paulina (Scott) Eliason, natives of Wayne County. He was reared a farmer and attended the schools of his township. He also attended the High School of Milton and the graded school at Lynn, Randolph Co., Ind. At the age of twenty-three he was married to Ellen, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Way) King, the father deceased. They have one son - Horace K. Mr. Eliason has a well-cultivated farm and is one of the practical young farmers of tiie township. He is a member of Jackson Lodge, No. 552, I. O. O. F., of Jacksonburg, and has represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge of the State. In politics he is a Pepublican. His father was by occupation a farmer and stock-raiser, and died in November, 1867, aged forty-tive 3'ears. His wife survives at the age of sixty-three. They were the parents of three children - Mary E., wife of Dr. Leonidas Mann, of Richmond, Ind., Wintield S. and Henry H., of Wayne County.

George Ahsalom Tlamm^ third son of Benjamin and Rachel (Myers) Ilamm, was born Oct. 24, 1S38, in Berks County, Pa., and in ISiO his parents moved to Union County, Ind., and in 1842 removed to Wayne County, where the father worked at the weaver's trade, his sons managing the farm. He died in Wayne County, January, 1877, in his eighty-fifth year. His widow is living, now in her eighty-first year. They were of German descent. Their children were eleven in number, of whom four are living - George A., Rachel E., Sarah A. and Rebecca E. Those deceased are - Lydia, Benjamin, Jonathan, William (was taken sick in the late war antl sent home, where he died), Sophia J. and Samuel. Our subject was reared a farmer and has always followed that avocation. He was married Nov. 13, 1859, to Sarah J., daughter of Samuel and Maria (McKee) Wharton, both now deceased, and granddaughter of Richard Wharton, who settled in Wayne County in 1814. Geo. A. Hamm and wife have no hildren.

George Washington Hendershot^ eldest son of Abel and Nancy (Smith) Henderahot, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, Dec. 8, 1838. His parents were reared in the same county, the father being of German and the mother of English descent. When our subject was ten months old his parents moved to Bartholomew County, Ind., and when he was ten years of age tliey moved to Wayne County, residing in and near Newport, where his father followed the carpenter's trade -several years. George W. lived with his parents till he reached the age of seventeen years. In 1856 he drove stock for parties in Indiana for six months. He was then variously employed, such as farming, steamboating, working at the cooper's trade, etc., until July, 1862, when he enlisted in the Nineteenth Indiana Artillery. He was at the battle of Perryville, with Buell, at the siege and capture of Atlanta, and all previous engagements. He was taken sick near Jonesboro and returned to Chattanooga, Tenn., remaining there till the fall of 1864, when he joined his battery at Goldsborough, N. C. He was afterward transferred to Washino-- ton, D. C, where he passed the grand review, and from there he went to Indianapolis, Ind., where he was discharged June

14, 1865. He returned to Wayne County and was married to Martha, daughter of Richard L. and Jane (Dooley) Leeson. They have two daughters. Mr. Hendershot is [engaged in farming on the old homestead, of which he owns a part, and which was first settled by Mr. Leeson. He is a member of Jackson Lodge, ISTo. 552, I. O. O. F., and belongs to the Christian church. Mrs. Hendershot's father was a native of Virginia ; was Lieutenant of a rifle company and Colonel of "Wayne County Militia in the war of 1812. He settled on the farm where Mr. Hendershot now resides in 1816, and erected one of the first tanneries in Wayne County. He was married in 1814. His wife was a native of Kentucky, and died in 1864, aged seventy-one years. Mr. Leeson worked at the tanner's trade till 1840, when he followed farming until his death in 1854, aged sixty-nine years.

Henderson Hosier^ farmer, was born in 1805 in Randolph County, N. C.,a son of Lewis and Clarissa (Dollarhide) Hosier, the former born in North Carolina in December, 1Y75, of English and Welsh ancestry, and the latter a native of the same State, of English ancestry. They moved to Wayne County, Ind., in 1807, and in 1812 entered a quarter-section of land on Green's Fork in what is now Jackson Township. The father was a member of the Society of Friends, and was a farmer by occupation. He died in January, 1853, and his wife died in 1839, aged sixty years. They were the parents of four sons and two daughters, our subject being the second and only surviving child. He was educated in the log-cabin subscription school and in 1825 was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Burns) Hoover, who came to Wayne County from North Carolina in an early day. Mr. Hosier and wife have had seven children, three of whom are living - Mahala J., wife of Rudesel Hunt, of Wayne County; William H. H. and Lewis H. ; Isaac, Charlotte, Bridget and Mary A. are deceased. Mrs. Hosier died in 1881 at the age of seventy-two years. Mr. Hosier settled in Henry County, Ind., in 1825, where he followed farming till 1869. He then removed to his present farm, for which he paid $26,500, and now owns 344 acres, valued at $100 per acre. Mr. Hosier maintains the principle of free thought and believes in uni- versal education of the people to insure good government. He supported tlie Whig party, but since the organization of the Republican he has affiliated with that party. He is a great reader and is well informed on all questions that have agitated the country for sixty years.

John Hoover^ son of Henry and Asenath (Wisehart) Hoover, was born in Wayne County, Ind., in 1842. He obtained a good education at the country schools, and has followed farming through life. He now owns 155 acres on Green's Fork, all well improved, being a part of the old homestead. He was married in April, 1869, to Sarah, daughter of Isaac Clifford (deceased). They were the parents of four dauii;hters - Letta, Jessie, Mary and Saddle. Mary and Jessie are deceased. Our subject's father was a son of Henry Hoover, a native of North Carolina; was born and reared in Wayne County. He owned one of the finest farms on Green's Fork, containing 400 acres, andtwo other farms in the county. He died in Wayne County, aged sixty-six years His widow is living at the age of sixty-five years. They had five children born to them - Matilda, Larkin, Elizabeth, John and Sarah, all of Wayne County.

George Thomas Keplei\ youngest of a family of three living children of Peter and Mary M.(Rader) Kepler, and grandson of Peter Kepler, Sr., Elizabeth (Shafer) Kepler, George Kader and Elizabeth (Ater) Ilader, and great-grandson this with his present inability to fill the above blanks shows how quickly, and alas commonly, one loses all knowledge of his parentage. Mr. Kepler was born Feb. 16, 1844. He obtained a good education in the country schools, and Feb. 16, 1868, was married to Mary C, daughter of Isaac N, and Matilda M. (Swope) Beard. They have two children - Lynn E., born March 14, 1869, and Ida M., born Jan. 13, 1871. He received a farm of 100 acres from his fVither in 16 - 16 - 13. He was v^ry successful in his farming operations, and now owns his homo farm, well watered and improved, of 139 and one-half acres, situated in 13 - 16 - 12. He also owns the

" postoffice corner," besides other property in and near Cambridge City, and has fully demonstrated the fact that when one has a good start he may, by industry and good management, rapidly accumulate property and make a good living, especially on as fertile soil as that of Wayne County, Ind.

Orestes Alcander Kepler was born July 28, 1849, in Wayne County, a son of John and Angeline (Danner) Kepler, and grandson of Peter Kepler, who was reared and married in Frederick County, Md., where John Kepler was born Jan. 24, 1808. In 1815 Peter Kepler moved with his family to Pennsylvania, and in 1820 they moved to Wayne County, Ind., and settled on the farm now owned by Alonzo Kepler. Peter Kepler bought the farm and followed agricultural pursuits through life. His children were - John, Peter, Margaret (deceased), Catherine and Andrew T. John Kepler was one of the most successful farmers and business men of his township. He owned 480 acres of land where he resided, and 160 acres adjoining, beside a considerable amount of land in the county. He now resides at Cambridge City, Ind. He was first married Dec. 25, 1828, to Anna, daughter ^f Yolentine and Sarah (Roller) Folan. They had one chi^j Mary C, now the wife of William A. Blask, of Washington, Wayne County. Mr. Kepler was again married Aug. 8, 1841, to Angeline Danner, who was born near Middletown, Frederick Co., Md., and died Jan. 6, 1883. Seven children were given to this union - Margaret E., died Jan. 22, 1864; Caroline Z., widow of Henry A. Shroyer; Orestes A., our subject; John A., died April 2, 1852; Vierling K., died Jan. 29, 1877; Manzella, wife of Miles Conaway of Wayne County, and Alonzo P. Orestes A. was reared on a farm and obtained a good common-school education. He was married in September, 1872, to Mahala A., daughter of Jonathan and Charlotte (Hosier) Perkins, of Wayne County. They have two daughters - Carrie P. and Stella J. Mr. Kepler has pursued farming through life, and now owns 268 acres of land. He is a Democrat in politics.

Elias Morris, eldest son of Jonathan and Abigail (Charles) Morris, was born Nov. 6, 1817, in Harrison Township, Wayne Co., Ind. He was reared to pioneer life, and edu- cated at the log-cabin subscription schools, and resided at home till he was twenty-seven years of age. He was married in 1844 to Margaret, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Myers) Heffley, of Wayne County, natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland respectively, and both of German descent. Her parents were married in Ohio, and came to Wayne County, Ind., in 1824, where the father died in 1840, aged forty-seven years, and the mother in 1857, aged fifty-six years. They were the parents of eleven children - Jacob, Sarah, Margaret, Catherine, Samuel, Mary, John (deceased), Simon P., Joseph (deceased), Susan and William. Mr. and Mrs. Morris have had seven children - Samuel H., born Oct. 11, 1845; Martha A., born Nov. 17, 1846, died Sept. 20, 1867; Henry F., born Jan. 18, 1848; Mary E., born Jane 3, 1849, died April 6, 1876; Sarah E., born Jan. 26, 1851, married Milton Miller, of Wayne County; Melinda, born July 8, 1852, wife of Eliha Mills, of Henry County, Ind.; Jonathan P., born May 18, 1855, of Henry County. Mr. Morris has made farming his principal occupation through life. He began with 157 acres of land, and now owns 707 acres, besides other property. He also owned and operated a sawmill and has manufactured thousands of feet of lumber. Our subject's father was born in December, 1789, in North Carolina, of English descent, and his mother is a native of the same State. Their children were ten in number, three still living - Elias, Jonathan, and Abigail, wife of Calvin Wasson. Those deceased are - Penelope, wife of Solomon Elliott; Phineas N., Rebecca, Micajah, Martha, Mary M., and a daughter unnamed. Jonathan Morris followed agricultural pursuits through life. He came to Wayne County in an early day, and was married in 1816. He died in July, 1844. Mrs. Jonathan Morris died in 1846, aged fifty years.

Bartin T. Reynolds was born in Monmouth County, N. J., June 29, 1837, and soon after moved with his parents, Thomas and Dorothy (Yannote) Reynolds, to Wayne County, Ind. He has pursued farming through life, and in 1875 purchased and removed to his present farm. He was married Nov. 19, 1859, to Lucinda, daughter of Henry and Nancy Wood. They have had four daughters - Malissa A. and Mar- tissa J., twins, born Feb. 14, 1861; they died at the age of six months; Ida M., born Auu^. 12, 1862, and Ona M., born Feb, 19, 1871. Me. Reynolds is a charter member of Jackson Lodge, No. 552, I. O. O. F., of Jacksonburg, and has passed all the chairs of his lodge. He has a Bible which hasbeen in the Reynolds family 155 years. Five generations are recorded in the book, the first being David Reynolds, born Djcsmber, 1729. His pirents ware b3rn, reared, and married, A.ug. 2, 1818, in Monmouth County, N. J., Ids father of Scotch and his mother of Irish descent. Their children werenine in number - William, Margaret, Abram, Mathew, Bsnjamin, Rebecca, James, Bartin T. and Charlotte. Jane, William, Matthew and James died in ]^ew Jersey, and Margaret and B3n]amin died in Wayne County. Mr. Reynolds followed the carpenter's trade till he cam^ to Wayne County, after which he engaged in farming till his death, Aug. 22, 1881, at the age of eighty-three years. His widow still survives at the age of eighty-six years.

Ellas P. Scott was born on the farm where he now resides, Feb. 19, 1841, a son of James C. and Sarah (Willetts) Scott. His father was born in 1797, in Bourbon County, Ky., and in the fall of 1813 came with his parents, John and Jane Scott^ to Wayne Count}', Ind., and settled on section 5, Harrison Township. Oir siibjeec's G -aridtather Willetts came from' Virginia to Green's Fork, Wayne County. Sarah Willetts was born in 1806, and was married in Wayne County to Mr. Scott in 1826. Ten children were born to them - John M., Amanda E., Melissa A., Lewis, Levi W., Mary R., Elias P., Sarah J., Alice P. and Yashti. Melissa A., Lewis and Levi, are deceased. Mr. Scott died on the farm where he first settled, in 1854. His widow resided on the farm a number of years, when she removed to Dublin, Wayne County, where she died in 1880. Oar subject was reared on a farm and obtained a good common-school education. When twenty-one years of age he farmed on the homestead for an interest in the crops. Sept. 30, 1862, he was married to Mary L. Goodwin, born N"ov. 21, 1844, in New Castle, Ind., a daughter of Richard and Catherine (Kinsey) Goodwin. They are the par ents of six children - Attie, James, Richard, Katie, William and Freddio. Mr. Scott owns the home firm, 200 acres of fine airrlcultural land, and is one of the progressive farmers of his township. He was elected Township Trustee in 1882, and is still holding that position. Politically he is a Republican, He and his wife are members of the Disciple church. He has been Superintendent of the Sunday-school live years and is Treasurer of the church. Mrs. Scott's father was reared in New Castle, Ind., and her mother in Wayne County. They were the parents of three children. Mr. Goodwin died Dec. 23, 1848, and some years later his wife married J. G. Welch, of New Castle, and to this union were given six children, all living - Lidj^ William, Nicholas, Jennie, Catherin(^, and John. Their mother died in March, 1873.

James Alonzo ScoU, eldest son of John and Martha J. (Willetts) Scott, was b)rn Sept. 8, 1839, in the house where his father was born and reared. He earned his lirst money when ten years of age by cleaning timothy seed on shares, and invested tiie profits in pigs, and soon after became the owner of some calves and a colt. He remained with his parents until his twentieth year, when he was married to Cordelia A. Hipes, daughter of Nicholas and M.a.ry (Schroyer) Hipes, natives of Botetourt County, Ya., and Green County, Pa., respectively, of German ancestry. They came to Wayne County, Ind., in 1825, and were the parents of three children - Cordelia A., Marshall and John. The father died in 1858, and the mother in 1881. Mr. Scott and wife have had five children - John, died at the age of two years; Jennie, wife ot Charles E. Ford, of Hagerstown; Frank, Horace and Claude, at home. Mr. Scott is, politically, a Republican. He followed farming until Aug. 23, 1862, wlien he enlisted in Company B, Fifth Indiana Cavalry, as a teamster, and was discharged for disability at Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 14 of the same year. Returning home he opened a meat market at Cambridge City, but in 1864 he purchased his present farm containing 140 acres of highly cultivated land, where he has since followed agricultural pursuits, and for fifceen years he has made a specialty of sheep. For a number of years he was engaged in shipping stock to Eastern cities.

John Scott was born June 12, 1816, on the farm where he now resides, and is the eighth of a family of ten children, of John and Mary (Cougleton) Scott, natives of Yirginia, of English ancestry. They settled in Bourbon County, Ky., in ^n early day, where seven of their children were born, but Mr. Scott not wishing to rear his children in a slave State, left with his two eldest sons for Indiana, in the spring of 1813. He entered one section of land (now section 5) in Harrison Township, Wayne County, where he and his sons built a log cabin, raised a crop of corn, and the following fall brought his family to their new home. Of their ten children six are deceased - James, William, Robert, Lorenzo, Harri son and Lucinda. Those living are - Jane, wife of Aaron Wilds, of Kansas; Marion, wife of Hugh Sweeny, of Missouri; John, our subject, and Paulina. John Scott, Sr., died in 1820, aged fifty-five years. His widow afterward married Fergus Graham. She died in 1844. John Scott, whose name heads this sketch, was reared on a farm, experiencing all the phases of pioneer life, receiving only a limited education. He has, however, been a close observer and has acquired more practical business than many men of his day. He owns 260 acres of highly cultivated land, which is part of the land entered by his father, the entire section being still in the hands of the Scott family. He is one of the practical farmers and stock-raisers of his township. He was married Sept. 18, 1839, to Martha J. Willetts, born near Plarrison, Ohio, Feb. 21, 1820, a daughter of James and Amy (Allison) Willetts, of Wayne County. Of their seven children, five are living - James A., married Cordelia Hipes; Mary E., wife of Abner D. Bond, of Wayne County; Emma C, widow of Larkin T. Bond; Zona, wife of Lewis Bond, of Miami County, Ind., and Laura, wife of Sylvester Harris, of Jefferson Township. Mr. Scott has been a Republican since the organization of that party. Mrs. Scott's parents were of English ancestry and came to Wayne County in an early day. Their children - Clarissa (deceased), Thomas, Allison (deceased), Mills, Emmerine, Martha J. and Lindley M. Mr. Willetts died in March, 1851, and his wife died in April of the same year.

Source changes here: from History of Wayne County, Indiana, by Various, published 1884; 48 words in this source stream.

Chapter Xv

Date of Formation - Area - Wealth - Topography - When and by Whom Settled - Names of Pioneers - Cambridge City - Buriness Energy and Enterprise - Assessed Valuation - When Platted - Early Business Men - Manufacturing Establishments - Bank - Churches - Lodges - Postmasters - Items - Dublin - Business Interests - Schools, Churches, Valuation - Postmasters - Population - East Germantown - Wealth - Mercantile Interests - Population TA rogres VOotetes ore an 514-8