Logan Township (part 3 of 3)

John, to Fountain county, and settled four miles southwest of ISTewtown. His father died in 1S33. In 1831 he began the cabinet trade with George W. Hicks. Indoor work not agreeing with him he worked at carpentering much of the time summers. He followed these two trades thirty years. In 1833 he married Elizabeth Brimm, daughter of Churchwell Brimm, who came from Kentucky and settled near Roseville, on the Big Raccoon, in Parke county, in 1815. Her parents died the next year. She was born August l-±, 1811, and lived in Parke county till 1830, when she removed to Fouutain. They have eight eliildren : William M., born December 8, 1833 ; Mary Catherine, February 9, 183G, died May 28, 1843 ; John, April 9, died June 19, 1S3S ; Sarah, September 1, 1839, wife of Daniel Reed ; James P., January 25, 1841, died June 4, 1843; John W., April 11, 1844; Harriet, June 26, 1846, died September 10, 1847; Clinton Hale, July 80, 1847, died October IS, 1872, leaving a family. Mr. and Mrs. Leatherman have been members of the Methodist church about fifty years, and the former an Odd-Fellow about twenty years. j\Ir. Leatherman cast his first vote for Henry Clay for president. He then became a free-soiler, and later a republican. John Wesley was enrolled in Co. H, 72d Ind. Yols., in July 1862. His regiment was one of those composing Wilder's celebrated brigade of mounted infantry, and M'ith this command he fought at Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Buzzard Roost, Dalton, and Resaca ; did duty throughout the Atlanta campaign, and was engaged at Peachtree Creek; then returned to Louisville, where the command was remounted, and reached Xashville after the destruction of Hood's army before that city. He was with the expeditionary force of Gen. Wilson at the taking of Selma, Alabama, by assault, just at the close of the war. He was ipustered out at Indianapolis in July 1865. Returning home, he sold groceries one year in Kewtown ; since that he has been farming; in addition he is now operating a large tile factory. He was married March 27, 1874, to Mary Dimmick. His wife belongs to the Methodist church ; and he has been an Odd-Fellow since 1865, and is a republican.

Henry Hnsliaw, farmer, Attica, was born in Ross county, Ohio, in 1812. His mother, Susanna (Wilfong), died when he was a lad, and in 1828 his father, Samuel, removed to Fountain county, and began a home in the southeast corner of Logan township, where he lived till his death, which occurred a few years after. At the date of his settlement here the country was destitute of schools and churches. Between his place and Kewtown, which was merely staked out, there was not a house ; and between there and Attica there was only Judge Milford's place and a few houses close to the village. . People got grinding done at the tnoiitli of the Little Shawnee, wliere John MeCniie lived in a small round-log cabin, and ran a corn-cracker, which could be approached only on horseback. A little later McMillin got liis mill to running, and after that the pioneers had much of their wheat manufactured into flour to haul to Chicago to be exchanged for salt and groceries. Wheat and corn and meal also were hauled there in great Cjuantities from this region. At this period tanning was done at Newtown by Peter Shultz. While great improvements have been made in the condition of the people, a very unhappy change has taken place in their social characteristics. Once, freedom, hospitality and generous treatment abounded, and hearty cheer and welcome were extended alike to neighbor and stranger. But it is not so now. This contrast is universally remarked by old settlers, and is to them a subject of most sorrowful reflection. To nse Mr. Hnshaw's own words, " if men had been as unsocial and selfish then as now, they would have been rnn out of the country. Everybody was ready and willing to lend everybody a helping hand." This state of things can be deplored, not remedied. The more independent men become of one another, rarer will become the beautiful exhibitions of human kindness. Mr. Hushaw was married in ISii to Julia Woods, who was born March 1, 1827. They have fmir cliildren : Sarah Amanda, born March G, 18i5, wife of David Overbay, of K"eosho county, Kansas; Caroline, May 6, 1849, wife of John Potter; Alice, February 27, 1S52; and Charles, January 17, 1866. Mr. Hushaw has lived here since liis first settlement in the country, except the last two years he was in Kansas with his family. He is a democrat.

John C. Smith, farmer, Xewtown, though a young lad when he reached this neighborhood with his parents, William H. and Mary (Stout) Smith, in ]828, was yet one of the pioneers in this section of country. He was born in Ohio, November 13, 1819. His father was a native of Xew Jersey, and his mother was born on Shemoken creek, Pennsylvania. They were married December 18, 1817. The family, on their arrival, wintered at Shawnee Mound ; then they lived eighteen months on the Foster place, in Shawnee township ; after which, in 1830, they settled down on the farm where Mr. Smith has since lived. His parents both died here ; his father, March 22, 1845, and his mother April 6, 1870. His father was a wheelwright, and he learned the trade from him, but never made any use of it afterward. Mr. Smith and Phebe Stephens were united in marriage April 6, 18.51. She was the daughter of William and Sarah Stephens, and was born September 29, 1830. The issue of this union has been six children, born as follows: William Franklin, January 9, 1852; Leroy, August

[y Baptist church, and he has been an Odd-Fellow since 1S.5S. He owns I': eighty acres of farming land and thii-ty acres of woodland. In polil ties he is a democrat. Mr. Smith's grandfiither, Michael Stout, was in tlie war of the revolution, probably as a teamster: he came to this : township in 1S31. A neighbor of his, John Bake, another revolutionaiw soldier, settled here in 1820. The^e veterans were buried side . by side in the Shawnee graveyard.

21, 182.5. The family arrived liere in September 182S, and improved a farm on the X."W. -j Sec. 32. T. 20. E. 6. His father died in 1838, and his mother married Edward J. McBroom. and died in January 1842. :\[r. "Wade was married April 20, 184.5, to Xancy Ann Meijriii.aii, who was born December 25, 1826. They have seven children living and three dead, as follows: Beninah, born July 31, 1846, wife of Dickison Eiley ; Nancy Jane, March 27, 1840, died September 7, 1852 : William Truman, March 28. 1851. died May 18, 1S51 ; Benjamin F., April 5,1852, married Rhoda Cecil: Henry W., June 18, 1854, married Martha Murray: James B., August 0, 1S57, married Emma E. Cecil : John M.. May 22, 1860, died May 25. 1860 ; Harriet '' Elizabeth, August 15, 1861, wife of John S. Stockdale; Mary E., Xovember 16, 1865: and Charles Carroll, August 2, 1867. Unlike the majority of men, Mr. Wade has always had a disinclination to ofSceholding, for, though he has been offered township offices, and urged to aceej't them, he has uniformly refused. He atid his wife have held coiuiiuuiion in the Disciple church forty years. He has traveled with ; the Masonic fraternity at Pleasant Flill the last twelve years. His farm of 214 acres is beautifully located on the south side of Eichland township, within easy drive of Hillsboro, and is one of the best in this region of country. He is steadfastly anchored to deniucratic princi- from Ohio with an ox-team in the year 1820, and made a home about a mile and a half northeast of Xewtown, on land now owned by ilichael Bever. Mrs. Frankenfield's home also is a part of the old homestead. He had sold and left a good home in Ohio, and for some time at first after coming here was much discontented, and would have gone back, but his wife, whose maiden name was Anna Savage, was a lady of high spirit and courage, and steadily refused to listen to sucli a pi-oposition. Mr. Stafford's children -were: Sarah Ann, born May 5, 1S20; John TT., November 26, 1S27 ^deceased); Eebecca Ann, June .3, 1829; Charles, May 9, 1S31 ; James M., June 26, 1S33; Mary Ellen, September 14, 1.S35 ; Elizabeth Jane, May 3, 1S3S (deceased) ; and William Harrison, Deceniljer 31. 1S13. Mr. Stafford was an earnest advocate of schools, and labored with zeal to build up the cause of universal education at home. In the temperance field lie was equally efficient as a worker, and exerted a strong influence for the suppression of liquor di'inking and the traffic in his community. Plis eldest son and his daughter Rebecca he educated at Greencastle. The former died there while attending school. Of the other sons, James and "William each served three years in the late war. The latter was discharged on account of a pulmonary afiection, and now lives in Kansas. The forrnei' is a stock dealer at Rossville, Illinois. Both parents are dead, the father's life ending in iS'oveniber, 1S55, and the mother's Marcli 21, 1S76. Aaron S. Frankenfleld \ras born in Springiield township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, February 29, 1S2-4. He began tending store when sixteen, and followed merchandising all his life. About 184-5 he settled in La Fayette, and n:arried Tvcbecca A. Stafford December 5, 1850. She was born in Highland county, Ohio, June 3, 1829. In 1854 he moved to Newtown, where he died September 22, 1864. His children were: Emma, born December 20, 1851, died July 8, 1852; Mary Ella, July 16, 1853, died January 10, 1879, was the wife of the Eev. L. S. Buckles, of the Northwest Indiana conference; Charles A., March -4, 1S56 ; Carrie, March 22, 1859 ; Fannie, June S, 1861 ; James S., June S, 1S63. Mrs. Frankenfleld belongs to the Metliodist church, and her husband was a consistent and faithful member from the time he united, in 1851, and held the offices of Sabbath-school superintendent, steward and trustee. Charles A. was married to Miss Kittie, daughter of Edward and Martha (Taylor) Parrett, January 1, 1878. She was Ijoru January 2, 1S5S. Both are members of the Methodist church. He has been Sabbath-school superintendent one year, and is a republican.

Michael Bever, farmer and stock raiser, Newtown. About 1825 Henry and Elizabeth (Evans) Bever, originally from Yirgiiiia, came from Ohio to Fountain county, and settled on Coal creek, in Cain township, where the subject of this sketch was born in 1830. His brother Alexander lives on the old homestead. When his parents arrived in the countv there were but three or four families living in the neighbor- hood wliore they inaile their home. In getting here they were compelled to make their own i-oads by cutting their way through the forests. His mother died in February, 1865, and his father in September 1872. Mr. Bever was married November 11, 1S52, to Elizabeth Thompson. They have had eight children : Joanna, born December 21:, 1853, died September 2, 1855 ; James ^Y., born November 16, 1855; John M., November 16, 1857; Henry W., March 30, 1860; Alexander, January 13, 1S62 ; Nathaniel E., February 20, 1864; Gilbert K, March 20, 1867; Chauncey, March 21, 1871; and Artilla, January 13, 1875. In 1851 Mr. Bever went to California via Panama, and remained there about ten months. He arrived without funds, but immediately went to work, and during liis stay saved sl,nO0. This was his start in life. Keturning home he invested it in 160 acres of land in Cain township, and engaged in farming and trading in real estate till the spring of 1867. He then moved to Eossville, Vermilion county, Illinois, near which place he bought a farm from Alvan Gilbert, but his health failing there, in the spring of 1869 he came back with his family to his old home in Fountain county. In March, 1873, havino- sold his farm, he moved to his present home in Richland township. He owns about 850 acres of land, 450 being in the home place and the balance in Gain township. Mr. Bever is a decided republican, and has been a Mason since 1866. He is a zealous temperance advocate, and has recommended and encouraged total abstinence by example as well as precept, during an active and well-spent life. His wife has been a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he has sat at the communion board with that numerous people since he was seventeen years old.

David W. Dove, farmer, Newtown. James Dove Sr. landed in Virginia from the Highlands of Scotland in 1767, a lad of eighteen years. He married in Frederick county, Virginia, in 1772, and reared four childi'cn. The three whose names are given were John, James, and Madison. James Dove Sr. served six years under Gen. Morgan in the war of the revolution. The family of his son Madison lives in N'irginia. His second son, James, unmarried, was a captain in a Virginia regiment in the war of 1812, and lost his life in Canada. The eldest, John, went into the regular army, and was one of the garrison at Covolt station, a frontier outpost. At this place he was married in 1804, about the expiration of his enlistment. In the second war with Great Britain he was a captain in the Ohio militia. His children were Jonathan, Abram, James, Elizabeth, Methuel, and Lucy. In September, 1830, this family, leaving Hamilton county, Ohio (except Jonathan, who came two years later), arrived in Fountain county, and settled in Sluiwnee township. The subject of this sketch was the son of Abram and Sarah (^Cook) Dove, and was born in Eichhmd township, Febrnar}- 17, 1S16. His father ran a saw-mill most of the time when he was not mining. He made two trips to the Pacific coast; the first time, when the gold fever broke out, he crossed the plains with oxen. He went by steamer the last time. While in California and "Washington he was engaged in mining, packing and teaming. He returned in 1861, having been there four years each time. From 1863 to 1S71 our subject was dealing in horses; he bought in Indiana and sold in Chicago, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Since then he has been farming, and running a saw-mill which he owns on -Coal creek. His farm contains lOJr acres; three-fourths of it are reduced to cultivation. He is a greenbacker in politics. Mr. Dove's half-sister, Ellen Rohrer, wlio lived many years in Oregon, but now resides in Indianapolis, is the inventor and proprietor of the new remedy foi- the lungs which is finding extensive use and has become a standard medicine. Mr. Dove was married February C, 1S6S, to Sarah Margaret Bennett, daughter of Abraham Bennett. She was born May 2, 1S40. Their three children were born as follows: Mazena Ellon, April 17, 1S69 ; Deborah B., August 19, 1875; Herman A., August 21, 1S77. Both parents liave been members of the Union Cemetery (Xew Light i church seven or eight years. Mi-. Dove was Sabbath-school superintendent for four years during a period of great interest and successful labor "in the church.

John Handy, farmer, Xewtown, was the youngest child of Thomas and Mary Ann (Anderson) Handy. His father was a native of Xew York and his mother of Ireland. They removed from Xew York to Oliio, and lived one winter near Huntsville ; then, continuing their removal west, stopped in Parke county, Illinois, where the subject of this notice was born April 23, 1S2S. In 1830 the family retraced their journey as far as this county, making permanent settlement on the "S. I X.AV. i Sec. 2, T. 20, E. 7, Richland township, Mr. Flandy's present liome. This land was bought from a man by the name of Nelson. Mr. Handy has lived here since that time, engaged in farming. His marriage with Miss Lueinda Johnston took place March 1. 1818. She was tlie daughter of James Johnston, who arrived in this township from Montgomery county, Ohio, November 3, 1820, and improved a home near the present site of the Union Cemetery Church. Mrs. Handy was born April IS, 1828. Hannah Berkshire was her mother's name before marriage. In 1818 her parents went to Wapello county, Iowa, and resided five years; then, returning to Indiana, made their home near Pine Village, in AVarren county, her father dying there