Van Buren Township

Van Buren Township

ELIZA ANDERSON, wife of Isaac Anderson, deceased, was born in Washington County, Penn., July 6, 1822. The parents were Enoch E. and Margaret (Barrick)Camblin. She and Mr. Anderson were united in marriage in Grant County, Ind., August 14, 1841, after which they settled on the same farm on which our subject now lives, and where he died February 9, 1879. They own 220 acres of fine and well improved land. Eleven children were born to this union, viz.: Samuel W., born January 28, 1842, died August 13, 1863; Margaret E., born December 22, 1843; Celesta M., born January 14, 1846; Mary, born December 26, 1847; Enoch E., born January 17, 1850; Nancy E., born February 17, 1852; Lucy J., born October 30, 1853; John R., born June 17, 1857; William F., born January 25, 1860; Alice A., born November 7, 1861; and Effie C., born May 22, 1865.

ENOCH E. ANDERSON, son of Isaac and Eliza (Camblin) Anderson, was born in Van Buren Township, this county, January 17, 1850., He was married in this township and county February 18, 1871, to, Olivia E., daughter of Daniel and Nancy (Foster) Leas. She was born in Grant County, Ind., June 29, 1851. After our subject's marriage he settled on the same farm on which he now lives and has since resided. He owns sixty acres of fine land, well improved and under a high state of cultivation. He has had born to him five children: Ory, born March 26, 1874, died April 3, 1874; Charlie F., born March 21, 1875, died May 1, 1875; Wilbur W., born June 11, 1876; Bertha, born June 29, 1878, died November 2, 1878; Ira E., born June 16, 1881, died September 25, 1881.

NANCY LEAS, wife of Daniel Leas (deceased), was born in Madison County, Ohio, October 14, 1810. Her parents, David and Polly (McDowell) Foster, were natives of North Carolina and Virginia, respectively. They were married in Kentucky and from there moved to Madison County, Ohio, and from there to Darke County, _ Ohio, and subsequently to Preble County, Ohio, where he died July 2, 1849. His wife died in Grant County, Ind., at the home of her daughter, our subject, August 18, 1863. They were the parents of five children: Martha M., James, Jane, Thomas and Nancy, our subject, the youngest member in the family. Nancy and Mr. Leas were united in marriage in Preble County, Ohio, October 16, 1828. He was born in Pennsylvania April 21, 1803. In 1836 Mr. Daniel Leas and family moved from Preble County, Ohio, to Grant County, Ind., and settled at Marion, where he carried on a large tanyard for a number of years, and in 1859 moved to Van Buren Township, where he purchased land and afterward resided until death, which occurred January 1, 1876. They were the parents of eight children: Francis J -, born March 8, 1830; Lydia, born October 4, 1832, died August 13, 1834; Martha J., born August 16, 1834; Stephen L., born March 11, 1836; Mary E., born October 24, 1841; Angela T., born December 23, 18483; Alpheus G., born February 1, 1846; and Olivia E., born June 29, 1851.

JOHN M. BAKER, is a native of Franklin County, Penn., where he was born October 7, 1810. His parents, John 'and Susanna (Wertz) Baker, were also both natives of Pennsylvania, and were born as follows: The father was born in the year 1776, and the mother in the year 1784. They were married in Franklin 'County, Penn., and from thence, in 1825, moved to Richland County, 'Ohio, where they afterward resided until their death. Their children were as follows: Christena, Elizabeth, John M., Daniel, Jacob, Andrew, David, Frederick, Isaac, Abraham, Peter and an infant son, who died young and not named. John M., our subject, was married in Knox County, Ohio, November 20, 1833, to Magdalena Grove, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, August 5, 1814, and was a daughter of Christopher and Mary M. (Bare) Grove. After our subject's marriage he settled in Knox County, Ohio, where he resided until 1851, in which year he move to Grant County, Ind., settling on the same farm on which he now resides, in Section 19, Van Buren Township, which he had purchased previously, consisting of eighty acres of good and well improved land, which he has made himself. Mr. Baker has had born to him eight children, viz.: John, born August 20, 1834, and died December 16, 1882; Mary, born July 22, 1836; Susanna, born June 29, 1838 ; Christopher, born March 17, 1840; Christena, born June 18, 1842; Andrew, born January 4, 1845; Jacob, born September 18, 1848, and died J anuary 18, 1877; Stephen, born October 6, 1853.

implements, Van Buren, Ind., is a native of Highland County, Ohio, where he was born July 26, 1850. His parents were Henry C. and Lydia (Troth) Barnes, both natives of Highland County, Ohio, where they were born as follows: the father March 2, 1821, and the mother September 14, 1822. The former, Mr. Henry C. Barnes, is a son of James and Rosanna Barnes, who were both natives of Pennsylvania, and from thence immigrated to Highland County, Ohio, in an early day. They were the parents of seven children, viz.: Charlotte, Mary, John, Peter, William, Teter and Henry C., the father of our subject, the eldest member of the family. He and the above Lydia, daughter of William and Elizabeth Troth, were united in marriage in Clinton County, Ohio, February 27, 1842, and afterward purchased a small farm in the same county, where they settled and resided until 1852, in which year they moved to Grant County, Ind., purchased and settled upon land in Section 1, Van Buren Township, which they improved, and on which they resided until the fall of 1885, at which time they moved to Van Buren, Ind., where they at present reside. Eight children were born to them, viz.: Isaac, (deceased), Elizabeth (deceased), Mary E. (deceased), James W. (deceased), Andrew J., Margaret J., Lewis F., and John H. Andrew J., our subject, continued on the farm with his father until about twenty-seven years of age, after which he worked by the month, and in October, 1882, he formed a partnership with Samuel James, with whom he engaged in the hardware business at Van Buren, Ind., until January, 1885, at which time he sold out to Mr. James, and in the following spring he erected a fine and commodious building 20x40 feet, at Van Buren, and opened up the business in which he is at present engaged. He carries over $1,000 worth of goods, which are all of the best and most substantial kind. Mr. Barnes is a gentleman in every respect, and is highly esteemed by all who know him. He is a wide-awake and accommodating business man, and in fact, one of the most enterprising young mén of the place. Mr. Barnes was united in marriage at Marion, Ind., March 13, 1883, to Martha E., daughter of Nathan and Rachel (Bevard) Thompson. She was born in Van Buren Township, this county, May 15, 1859. One child has been born to Mr. Andrew J. and Martha E. Barnes, viz. : India F., born August 22, 1884.

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mold, Germany, where he was born April 23, 1833. He emigrated from Germany to the United States in the year 1858, landing at New York City in August of that year, and immediately after his arrival he went to Lebanon, Ohio, where he engaged in shoemaking, having learned the trade in Germany. He was united in marriage at Lebanon, Ohio, August 18, 1860, to Louisa Wolf, who was born at Rischweiler, Amt Zweibruck, Baiern, Germany, October 27, 1825. In 1869 Mr. August Bollhoefer moved to Grant County, Ind., and settled upon the farm on which-he now lives, which he had purchased in the year previous. He resides in Section 5, Van Buren Township where he owns 240 acres of fine and well improved land. He has had born to him four children, viz.: Adolphus A., born November 2, 1861; Philip H., born April 18, 1863; Margareta A., born June 4, 1866, and Lucy, born September 5, 1869, died September 19, 1869. Mr. Bollhoefer and wife are members of the German Reformed Church.

JOSEPH BOXELL, an old and highly esteemed pioneer of Grant County, Ind., was born in Hampshire County, W. Va., May 3, 1807. His parents John and Jane (Orr) Boxell, were both natives of Virginia, where they resided during their whole lives. They were the parents of twelve children, viz.: Robert, Winford, Mary, William, Nancy, John, Joseph, Thomas, James, Elizabeth and two who died in infancy and not named. Joseph, our subject, learned the shoe-making trade when a young man, which he afterward engaged in for a number of years. He was married in Loudoun County, Va., March 11, 1830, to Eleanor, daughter of William Shamblin. In 1832 Mr. Boxell moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, and from thence in 1837 moved to Grant County, Ind., and settled on the same farm on which he now resides, Section 30, Van Buren Township. He lost his wife by death May 29, 1852; was again married September 9, 1852, to Anna Welch. Mr. Boxell is an excellent man and is admired by all who know him. Heis a zealous member of the Methodist Protestant Church; has been a member for over forty years, thirty-six of which he has been a minister. Mr. Boxell has. had born to him twenty children, viz.: Jane A. (deceased), William H. (deceased), George W., John T. (deceased), Joseph H. (deceased), James C. (deceased), Robert M., Sarah W. (deceased), Newton J. (deceased), Mary E. (deceased), Mahala E. (deceased), by his first wife, and Susan S., Thomas W. (deceased). Albert O-

(deceased), Perry W., David C., Margaret A., Andrew J., Lorindo G. and Tilghman B., by last wife. Mr. Boxell was one of the first three trustees of Van Buren Township. He owns eighty acres of fine land on which he resides.

JOHN A. BOXELL, is a native of Grant County, Ind. He is one of seven children, born to the old and highly esteemed pioneers, William and Catherine (Passon) Boxell, who were natives of West Virginia, and Virginia, respectively; the former was born in Hampshire County, W. Va., September 11, 1801, and the latter in Frederick County, Va., November 25, 1800; they were married in Frederick County, Va., November 24, 1827, and thence in the next year moved to Belmont County, Ohio, where they resided until 1838, in which year they moved to Grant County, Ind., settling in Van Buren Township, where he died November 27, 1884; she still survives and lives with her son, our subject; their family were as follows: Robert B., born December 4, 1828; Nancy J., born November 28, 1830; Mary M., born September 19, 1832; Sarah E., born February 28, 1835; James W., born July 5, 1837; John A., born January 9, 1840; Joseph H., born December 11, 184. John A,, our subject; was married in Van Buren Township, this county, May 8, 1861, to Catherine, daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Kuhns) Pulley; she was born in Van Buren Township, this county, April 19, 1843. After Mr. Boxell's marriage he settled on the same farm on which he at present resides, which consists of eighty acres of fine and well improved land. He has had born to him four children, viz.: Francis E., born November 14, 1863; Samuel E., born November 29, 1865; Alfred J., born May 6, 1868; Jesse W., born March 26, 1874. Mr. Boxell is highly esteemed by all who know him; he and wife are members of the Methodist Protestant Church.

JOHN BOXELL, an old and highly esteemed pioneer of Grant County, Ind., is one of twelve children born to John and Jane (Orr) Boxell. He is a native of Frederick County, Va., where he learned the shoemaking trade and afterward engaged in the same for a number of years, after which he came to Belmont County, Ohio, and resumed his trade, and was there married to Anna E., daughter of John and Martha MecFelton, and in the year 1836 Mr. John Boxell moved to Grant County, Ind., and entered land in Van Buren Township, Section 21, where he settled and began improving and clearing the lands on which he resided until 1884, in which year he moved to Van

Buren and purchased property where he now resides. He lost his wife by death in November, 1856; was again married to Mrs. Mary Nelson, in February, 1858. Mr. Boxell has had bora to him ten children, viz.: John, born August 20, 1831; Jane A., born March 23, 1833; Robert W., born June 17, 1834; William T., born March 17, 1836; Martha M., born February 26, 1838; James M., born March 4, 1840; Olivi E., born October 2, 1843; Joseph, born April 18, 1845; Mary E., born August 4, 1846; Sarah C., born July 5, 1850. Mr. Boxell has made many improvements in this county and is highly esteemed by all. He is in politics a Democrat, and is a member of the Methodist Protestant Church.

THOMAS P. BROWN was born in Rush County, Ind., December 11, 1833. His parents, Daniol and Elizabeth (Duke) Brown, were both natives of Kentucky, where they were born as follows: the father in the year 1792, and the mother in 1804. They were married in Kentucky and from thence, in an early day, moved to Rush County, Ind., purchased land and settled about three and a half miles from Rushville, where they afterward resided until their deaths which occurred as follows: the father died in October, 1857, and the mother in February, 1884. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. They were the parents of eleven children: Nancy, Francis, John, Charles, Oliver, Absalom, Thomas P., Mary, Ann E., Daniel and Matilda. Thomas P., our subject, was married in Rush County, Ind., February 22, 1857, to Margaret E., daughter of Isaac and Lementine (Hillagoss)*Carr. She was born also in Rush County, Ind.. December 31, 1833. After our subject's marriage, he settled upon his father's farm in Rush County, where he resided until September, 1860, at which time he moved to Grant County, Ind., purchasing and settling upon the same farm on which he now resides which consists of eighty acres of fine and well improved land. Five children have been born to him: John A., Ida L., Charles A., Elda A. and an infant daughter who died young and not named.

MAHLON T. BROWN, of the firm of Brown & Beekman, manufacturers of tile and brick, Section 8, Van Buren Township, Grant Co., Ind., is a native of Fayette County, Ohio, and is a son of William and Sarah J. (Maddux) Brown, who were natives of Maryland and Ohio, respectively. The former, William Brown, was born in Maryland, August 22, 1827, and was brought from thence to the State of Ohio when about three years of age. He and the above Miss Sarah J. Maddux were united in marriage in Pickaway County, Ohio, September 15, 1850. She was born in Ross County, Ohio, September 6 1831. After Mr. William and Sarah J. Brown's marriage, they settled in Fayette County, Ohio, where he died December 22, 1861. In the fall of 1879, Mrs. Pzown and her family moved to Grant County, Ind., where she still resides. They were the parents of eight children: Mary J., born July 11, 1851; William R. (deceased), born August 23, 1852; John J., born May 23, 1854; Mahlon T. (our subject), born July 11, 1856; James W., born February 21, 1858; Margaret E., born October 15, 1859; Collins O. (deceased), born February 15, 1861; Wilda E., born August 26, 1862. M. T., our subject, came to Grant County, Ind., in 1878, and engaged in farming until 1582, when he, in partnership with Messrs. Mathias and Price, erected a tile and brick factory which he has since continued. In November, 1883, Mr. S. A. Beekman purchased the interest of Mr. Mathias in the factory, and in 1885 Mr. Brown (our subject) purchased Mr. Price's interest, and the factory is now carried on by Brown & Beekman, who are doing an extensive business. Mr. Brown is an intelligent and enterprising young man and is highly esteemed by all who know him. ALEXANDER BUTLER, trustee of Van Buren Township, and manufacturer of tile, Section 4, Van Buren Township, was born in . Rush County, Ind., March 9, 1846. His parents, Alpheus and Rhoda (English) Butler, were both natives of Bath County, Ky., where they were born, as follows: the former September 9, 1806, and the latter July 27, 1811. The former, Alpheus Butler, was a son of Nathan and Mary (Davis) Butler, who settled in Bath County, Ky., in a very early day, and there resided until death. They were the parents of ten children, viz.: Catherine, Abigail, Ignatius, Davis, Eda, Silvanus, George, Delilah, Artemesia and Alpheus, the father of our subject, the eldest member of the family. He and the above, Rhoda English, were united in marriage in Bath County, Ky., June 2, 1831. She was a daughter of John and Joanna (Kincaid) English. In the fall of 1831 Mr. Alpheus Butler and wife moved to Rush County, Ind., purchasing land and settling near Rushville, where she died February 2, 1850. He was again married, October 31, 1850, to Delila Boring, who was born in Clermont County, Ohio, February 28, 1821, and was a daughter of Isaac and Mary (Boyce) Boring. In the fall of 1875 Mr. Alpheus

Butler moved to Grant County, Ind., purchased and_ settled on the same farm, on which he now lives in Section 4, Van Buren Township. He has had born to him twelve children, viz.: Andrew D., Mary A., Nathan, John, Alexander, Rhoda, George, Artemesia, Eda, and three who died in infancy and not named. Alexander, our subject, was united in marriage in Rush County, Ind., August 7, 1867, to Ann M., daughter ef John and Mariah (Bratton) Alexander. She was born in Rush County, Ind., May 20, 1852. In 1872 Mr. Alexander Butler and wife moved to Grant County, Ind., settling in October of that year upon the same farm on which he now resides in Section 4, Van Buren Township, having purchased the farm in March of 1872. He owns eighty acres of fine and well improved land. He lost his wife by death, March 17, 1881; was again married in Rush County, Ind., October 31, 1883, _ to Mary E., daughter of Azel and Sally (English) Alexander. She was born in Rush County, Ind., January 25, 1847. Alexander Butler , was elected to the office of trustee of Van Buren Township in 1878, and served one term. He was again elected to the same office in 1886, which he at present holds. Eight children have been born to Mr. Butler, who were named as follows: Winnie E., born January 24, 1870; Esca A., born July 18, 1872, and died August 7, 1873; Lucy G., born December 6, 1874; infant daughter unnamed, January 14, 1877; Etta A., born August 13, 1878; Josie N., born January 25, 1881. The above named are by the first wife, and Morris, born October 19, 1883, died September 27, 1884, and Lena, born February 5, 1886, by the last wife.

ENOCH E. CAMBLIN, is one of twelve children born to Enoch E. and Margaret (Barrick) Camblin, who were natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia, respectively. The former, Enoch E. Camblin, Sr., was a son of David Camblin, a native of Ireland, and from thence immigrated to the State of Pennsylvania with his parents Joseph and Eleanor Camblin in a very early day. _ He was there married to Sidney Evans, and subsequently moved to the State of Ohio, where he afterward resided the greater part of his life. His son Enoch E., the father of our subject, was born in Washington County, Penn., February 7, 1793, was united in marriage in Columbiana County, Ohio, July 9, 1815, to the above Margaret, daughter of Jacob and Margaret Barrick. She was born in Rockingham County, Va., October 23, 1792. After Mr. Enoch E. Cambln, Sr., was married he moved to Washington County, Penn., where he resided until about 1834, in which year he moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, and from thence in 1838 to Grant County, Ind., settling on land in Van Buren Township, where he afterward resided until death, which occurred May 24,1839. His widow survived him forty years, and died April 19, 1879. Their family consisted of twelve children, were as follows, viz.: Joseph, born March 23, 1816, and died April 2, 1834; Jacob B., born August 4, 1817, died June 29, 1829; David J., born February 23, 1819; Eleanor H., born November 1, 1820, died September 14, 1847; Eliza, born July 6, 1822; George W., born May 9, 1824; Enoch E., born January 26, 1826; Jonathan B., born August 22, 1827, died March 5, 1863; Milton, born April 19, 1829; Thaddeus D., born September 13, 1831, died April 22, 1863; Mary J., born January 10, 1834, died March 24, 1861; Margaret M., born August 4, 1837, died January 9, 1850. Enoch E., our subject, came with his parents to this county in 1838, where he has since resided. He was united in marriage in this county November 5, 1852, to Miss Sarah A., daughter of Joseph and Mary J. (Wilson) Lugar. She was born in Grant County, Ind., April 1, 1832. After Mr. Enoch E. Camblin, Jr., our subject, was married, he settled on his father's old homestead, where he resided until 1866, in which year he purchased and settled on a farm in Section 1, Van Buren Township, known as the old Solomon Fry farm, residing there until 1881, in which year he moved to Van Buren, Ind., and in partnership with his son, George W. Camblin, purchased the store of G. H. D. Rood, and engaged in the mercantile business one year, after which he sold his interest in the store to his son-in-law Dr. L. V. Conwell, and settled on the farm on which he at present resides, in Section 15, Van Buren Township, which he had purchased in the previous year. Mr. Camblin and family~are among the early pioneers of Van Buren Township, and are highly esteemed by all who know them. They are the parents of four children, viz.: Mary E., born July 6, 1853, died August 6, 1860; George W., born Sepember 19, 1854; Margaret, born March 14, 1856; Sarah E., born April 16, 1858.

REV. THOMAS J. CHILTON is one of eight children born to Thomas and Mary (Owen) Chilton, who were both natives of Kentucky. He was born in Ripley County, Ind., July 3, 1846. On the breaking out of the Rebellion, though yet a mere boy, he was at the front to shoulder his rifle and go South to help in freeing his country. He enlisted September 22, 1861, in Company E, Fifteenth Kentucky Infantry, in which he served until December 17, 1864, at which time he was discharged at Louisville, Ky. He was wounded twice at the battle of Chickamauga September 20, 1863, and was also taken prisoner. He was married at Hartford City, Ind. September 14, 1868, to Sarah A., daughter of John and Ann Eliza (Miller) Routledge. She was born in Greene County, Ohio, March 20, 1853. After Rev. Chilton's marriage he settled at Dunkirk, Ind., _ where he resided some time, and in 1880 he moved to Grant County, Ind., and settled at Van Buren, where he at present resides, and where his wife died November 22, 1885, having borne him two children, viz.: Mary E., born November 25, 1869, and Albert E., born January 17, 1871. Rev. Chilton is a highly esteemed citizen, well respected by all who know him, and is an intelligent and enterprising man. He is a thorough Bible scholar, a zealous Christian and a member and minister of the Missionary Baptist Church.

LAVANNER COREY, M. D., is a native of Rush County, Ind., where he was born March 15, 1834. His parents were Stevens J. and Mary L. (Downard) Corey, natives of New York and Kentucky, respectively ; the former was a son of Renyelds Corey, who was born at Long Island City, N. Y. He was united in marriage, in Onondaga County, N. Y., to Elsy Soules, and from thence, in 1819, immigrated to Franklin County, Ind., where he resided one year, and in the following year came to Rush County, Ind., where he resided until: 1834; then moved to Michigan City, Ind., where he died in the same year. He was the father of thirteen children, who were named as follows: Abigail, Whitmond, Stevens J., Almer, Mariah, Seneca, Lorain, Sally A., Gideon, Samuel, Oliver H., Dianna and Silas. Stevens J., the father of our subject, was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., November 28, 1801, and came with his parents to Franklin County, Ind., in 1819, and from thence to Rush County in 1820. He and Miss Mary L. Downard were united in marriage _ at Dayton, Ohio, in 1826. She was born in Bracken County, Ky., October 8, 1808, and was a daughter of Thomas and Margaret L. (Logan) Downard. After Mr. Stevens J. Corey's marriage he first settled in Rush County, Ind., where he resided until 1839, when they moved to Grant County, Ind., and settled on land in Section 11, Van Buren Township, which is known as the old Corey farm. June

21 was the date of their arrival and he erected a small cabin in which they lived, and began improving their land, all of which was a dense forest of heavy timber and underbrush. Here they toiled and labored hard to subdue the wild forest and cultivate their land; in this they succeeded, and by well directed industry he became one among the well-to-do farmers of Grant County. He erected the first frame house and barn in Van Buren Township; was one of the first justices of the peace elected in the township, aud also held many other offices of trust, such as township clerk and trustee. They 'were true and zealous Christians, and fer a number of years previous to their deaths were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a kind husband and she a faithful wife. She was always a willing co-worker with her companion in all their life enterprises, and with him enjoyed prosperity. She departed life November 24, 1872, and he survived her until November 19, 1880. They were the parents of fourteen children, viz.: Joseph D., Perry, William D., Thomas D., Lavanner, Abigail, Margaret L., John D., Minerva J., Louisiana and Mary E. Dr. Lavanner Corey came with his parents to Grant County in 1839, and with them settled on the land in Section 11, Van Buren Township, where he grew to manhood. _ He had only the advantages of a common. school education, but being of an intelligent and inquisitive nature he made good use of his time and acquired quite a thorough literary education. While at home in 1855 he began reading medicine, having purchased a complete medical library and from it made rapid progress. In 1856 he went to Warren, Ind., where he read medicine under Dr. Daniel Palmer one year, and from there, in the following year, went to Mount Etna, Ind., where he read medicine under the instruction of Dr. M. R. Chadwick until October of that year, at which time he returned home, and during that winter he taught school at Van Buren, Ind. In June, 1858, he was admitted (licensed) to practice medicine by the Grant County Medical Society, after which he began the practice of medicine, and in the following winter he again taught school, resuming the practice of medicine again in the following spring, which he has since continued. In the winter of 1864-65 he attended the Chicago Medical College, and in the winter of 1869-70 attended the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, where he graduated March 1, 1870. Dr. Corey is a thorough medical scholar, a cothpetent and eminent physician and surgeon, and a man who is highly esteemed by all who know him. He is a member of the Grant County Medical Society, of the Indiana State Medical Society, and of the American Medical Association. Dr. Lavanner Corey was united in marriage, in Van Buren Township, this county, June 12, 1859, to Anna M., daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Perkins) Whinery, by whom he had one son born to him who died in infancy and not named. His wife died April 1, 1860, and he was again married, October 24, 1861, to Mary E., daughter of Daniel and Nancy (Foster) Leas, by whom six children have -been born to him, viz.: Charlie W.; infant daughter, deceased, not named; Nellie, Perry, Rillia and one other not named.

JOHN D. COREY is a native of Grant County, Ind., and was born in Van Buren Township, January 11, 1841, and is a son of Stevens J. and Mary E. (Downard) Corey. He was united in marriage in Van Buren Township, this county, January 28, 1862, to Eliza, daughter of William M. and Margaret (Carothers) Kirkpatrick; she was born in Van Buren Township, this county, April 26, 1846. After our subject's marriage he settled on his father's farm in Section 13, this township, where he resided until 1864, in which year he moved to Wells County, Ind., and from thence, in 1870, removed to Grant County, Ind., and settled on his father-in-law's farm in Section 7, this township. In 1874 he purchased and moved on a farm in Section 12, this township, where he resided until 1876, in which year he moved to his brother's farm in Section 16, this township, having traded his farm in Section 12, in the same year, for a farm in Section 8, this township. In 1880 he purchased and settled on the farm on which he now lives, in Section 18, Van Buren Township. He has had born to him two children, viz.: Lavanner, born August 6, 1863; Perry, born May 5, 1867. Mr. Corey and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

THOMAS DICKEN was born in Washington Township, this county, November 2, 1850. His parents, Richard H. and Matilda (Cook) Dicken, were natives of Kentucky and Louisiana, respectively. The former, Richard Dicken, was a son of Henry Dicken, a native of Virginia, and from thence, in an early day, immigrated to the State of Kentucky, where he married a Miss Lindsey and in about the year 1832 moved to Fayette County, Ind., where his wife died. He afterward made his home with his children and died in about the year 1858. He was the father of seven children, viz. :

John, Abraham, Richard H., James L., Nancy, Anna and Martha. Richard H., the father of our subject, moved wich his father to Fayette County, Ind., in 1832, where he and Matilda Cook were united in marriage. She was a daughter of George K. and Sarah (Hampton) Cook. In about the year 1841 Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Dicken moved to Grant County, Ind., and settled on land in Washington Township, where he still resides. They were the parents of thirteen children, viz.: Martha A., John R., Paton H., Sarah, America, George, James, Mary, Thomas, Nancy J., Archibald, Amanda and Albert. Thomas, our subject, was united in marriage in Washington Township, this county, November 15, 1876, to Lewella J., daughter of Winslow KE. and Phebe E. (Thomas) Jessup. She was born at Xenia, Miami Co., Ind., March 10,1860. After Mr. Dicken's marriage, he purchased land and settled in Washington Township, this county, where he resided until February, 1883, at which time he purchased land and settled in Section 15, Van Buren Township, on which he resided until February, 1885, when he settled on the same farm on which he now resides, which he had purchased in the year previous. Mr. Dicken was elected to the office of justice of the peace in 1884, which he has since held. Mr. Dicken and wife are members of the Christian Church. They had born to them five children, viz.: The first died in infancy and not named; Lulie I., born December 22, 1878; Estella M., born October 26, 1880; Anna H., born February 19, 1883; Goldie A., born March 31, 1886.

MICHAEL DOYLE, Snr., was born at Philadelphia, Penn., November 8, 1802. His parents, Matthew and Hannah (McMahan) Doyle, were natives of Ireland and Pennsylvania; the former was born in the county of Wexford, Ireland, and from thence in a very early day emigrated to the United States, settling in Pennsylvania, where he and Hannah McMahan were united in marriage. In 1814 they moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, where they afterward resided until their deaths. Their family was as follows, viz.: Matthew, Mary A., John, Samuel and Michael, our subject, the next to the youngest member of the family. He moved with his parents to Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1814, and was there married in June, 1837, to Ellen Bucey, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hager) Bucey. In the following July, after Mr. Doyle's marriage, he moved to Grant County, Ind., and settled on the same farm on which he now resides in Van Buren Township, Section 23. Van Buren Township was then a dense wilderness, and he was compelled to cut his way through the woods for three miles before he could drive his team to his land, on which he settled in a little log cabin surrounded by a dense forest of timber, logs and underbrush. Mr. Doyle labored hard to cultivate and subdue the land, which he succeeded in doing, ar~ now owns 300 acres of fine and well improved land. He lost his wife by death May 17, 1878, having had born to him by her these children, viz.: Elizabeth, Jane, Matthew, Jackson, Mary A., - Hester A., Susan, Caroline, Margaret, Lydia and Nettie. He cast his first vote for Jackson and has been a life-long Democrat. Mr. Doyle's portrait can be seen in another part of this volume. He is yet comparatively vigorous and is one of those men who have devoted along life to hard work and honest economy, having secured an ample amount of property to insure happiness and quiet to his declining years.

THOMAS B. DOYLE, son of the old and highly esteemed pioneers, Samuel and Mary E. (McClaskey) Doyle, was bern in Van Buren Township, this county, March 5, 1842. His father, Samuel Doyle, was born in what is now within the limits of Philadelphia, Penn., January 10, 1805, and his mother, Mary E. Doyle, was born near Harper's Ferry, Md., September 2, 1811. They were married san Guernsey County, Ohio, in the year 1838, where they resided until 1840, in which year they moved to Grant County, Ind., settling on land in Van Buren Township in Section 34, where they afterward resided until their death. He died September 4, 1870, and. his widow died March 25, 1877. Mr. Doyle was one of the first three commissioners of Grant County. They were the parents of seven children, viz.: Mary A., Thomas B., Matthew, William, John, Michael, and one daughter not named. Thomas B., our subject, was united in marriage in Monroe Township, this county, November 18, 1861, to Margaret, daughter of George W. and Leah (Wilkins) Kessinger; she was born in Monroe Township, this county, February 11, 1844. After our subject's marriage he settled on his father's old farm, where he resided until July, 1865, at which time he moved on the farm on which he now resides in Section 34, Van Buren Township, which he had purchased in 1863. He owns at present 240 acres of fine land, which is well improved and under a high state of cultivation. He has had born to him nine children, viz.: Matthew,

WILLIAM DOYLE, son of Samuel and Mary E. (McClaskey) Doyle, was born in Van Buren Township, this county, March 15, 1847. He was united in marriage, in this township, to Miss Sarah J., daughter of William and Sarah (Nickum) Hays, November 3, 1870. She was born in Van Buren Township, this county, October 16, 1850. After our subject's marriage he settled on the farm on which he now resides, which consists of 165 acres of fine and well improved land. He has had born to him six children: Mary E., born October 15, 1871; Albert N., born November 26, 1873; Ida M.. born March 3, 1876; Deborah W., born August 16, 1878; Violet Y., born October 11, 1880; Lavanner C., born November 23, 1884.

WILLIAM °K. FRAIZER was born in Huntington County, Ind, August 15, 1858. His parents, Elisha and Mary A. (Kirkpatrick) Fraizer, were both natives of Ohio, where they were born as follows: the father was born,in Clinton County March 26, 1826, and the mother in Guernsey County July 27, 1836. They were married in Grant County, Ind., September 30, 1855, after which they settled in Huntington County, Ind., where they now reside. They are the parents of three children: Mary M., George W. and William K., our subject, the second member of the family. He was. married, in Huntington County, Ind., October 2, 1881, to Laura B., daughter of Samuel and Mary (Shull) Marshell. She was born in Huntington County, Ind., September 24, 1860. After Mr. Fraizer's (our subject's) marriage, he first settled in Huntington County, where he resided till the spring of 1884, at which time he moved to. Grant County, Ind., and settled upon the same farm on which he now lives in Section 7, Van Buren Township, and has since resided. He owns at present 200 acres of land; has had born to him two children: Lena M., born May 15, 1883, and Mary E., born May 6, 1885. Mr: Frazier is one of Van Buren's wide-awake and well-todo young men. He is an intelligent and enterprising young man, and is highly esteemed by all who know him.

WILLIAM HAYS, whose portrait appears in this volume, is a native of Frederick County, Md., where he was born May 27, 1822. His parents were Thomas and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Hays, both natives of Maryland. The former, Thomas Hayes, was a son of Joseph Hays, also a native of Maryland,.and was born in Frederick County, in the year 1758. His parents, Jonathan C. and Mary (Henderson) Hays settled in Frederick County, Md., in an early day, where they afterward resided until death. They were the parents of five children: Elizabeth, Mary, John, Samuel and Joseph, the grandfathér of our subject. He was married in Frederick County, Md., to Deborah Wimmer, and afterward settled in that County where he residedsuntil death, but the county was afterward divided and the part in which he lived was called Carroll County. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war; was twice married and was the father of seven children: Thomas, Elizabeth, Abraham, Deborah, Joseph, John, Mary J. The father of our subject was the eldest member of the family. He was born in what is now Carroll County. Md., in November, 1790, and after his marriage to Elizabeth Armstrong, he settled at Emmitsburgh, Md., where he remained the rest of his life, his death occurring July 8, 1843. They were the parents of seven children: Deborah W., John T., Joseph, John, James T., Samuel E. and William our subject, the next to the eldest member of the family. He learned the cabinet trade with his father at Emmitsburgh when young (his father being a cabinet-maker by trade) and afterward engaged in the same for several years. He was married at Emmitsburgh, Md., December 12, 1843, to Sarah Nickum, who was born in Frederick County, Md., April 29, 1823, and was a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Smith) Nickum. In 1845 Mr. William Hays moved to Wayne County, Ind., where he resumed his trade as cabinet-maker, which he engaged in only about one year, after which he purchased a stock of goods and engaged in mercantile business at that place unti] the fall of 1849. At that time -be moved to Grant County, Ind., and settled on the same farm on which he at present resides, Sectio 32, Van Buren Township. He began clearing and improving, and also in the same year he erected a building and opened up a grocery store which he continued until 1861, since which he has turned his attention to farming, raising stock and packing and shipping pork. He owns 586 acres of fine and well improved land. He lost his wife by death March 27, 1876, and he was again married in Frederick County, Md., June 28, 1877, to Harriet L. Witherow. Mr. Hays is the father of thirteen children: Elizabeth S., Deborah W., Mary A., Sarah J. Thomas, James E. (deceased), Ida M., Violet Y. and Joseph W. by first wife; and John W., Adella L. Arthur G. and Flora A. by last wife. Mr. Hays and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. He was a Whig until the organization of the Republican party since which he has been a Republican. The following dates are given of the birth of Mr. Hays' ancestors: Thomas Hays was born May 21, 1791; his father, Joseph Hays, was born October 18, 1760. Joseph's wife, Deborah Wimmer, was born November 12, 1767. Joseph's father, Jonathan Hays, was born in Delaware, January 16, 1729; his wife, Mary Henderson, was born June 17, 1732. She was of Scotch parentage. Jonathan's father, Jonathan, was born in Liverpool, England, January 11, 1685; his wife, Elizabeth Elliot, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., March 17, 1690; they were the parents of twelve sons. Martha 'Thomas, second wife of Joseph Hays, was born December 23, 1794, in New Jersey.

SIMON P. HAVENS is a son of Benjamin and Judith (Davis) Havens, who were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively. He was born in Clinton County, Ohio, March 14, 1825; came to Grant County, Ind., with his father in 1841; was married in Wabash County, Ind., January 27, 1850, to Nancy J., daughter of Henson and Susan (Titrick) Pulley; she was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, February 23, 1828. After Mr. Havens' marriage he settled on land near Farmington, Grant County, which he had purchased previously, residing on this land until 1855, in which year he settled on land in Section 18, Van Buren Township, which he had purchased in the year previous. He-resided here until 1857, when he moved to Wabash County, Ind., and in 1859 purchased property and settled at Antioch, where he resided until 1861, in which year he removed to Grant County, Ind., and purchased land in Washington Township, on which he settled in 1863 and resided until September, 1864, at which time he entered the service of his country in Company K, Fifty-eighth Indiana, in which he served until June, 1865, at which time he was mustered out at Washington, D. C., and returned home, settling on a farm near Van Buren, where he resided until 1869, in which year he settled on the farm on which he now resides, in Section 16, Van Buren Township, which consists of eighty acres of Jand, well improved and under a high state of cultivation. He has had born to him eight children, viz.: George W., Martha A., Mary J., John, Susan, Rebecca, Emma and Charity. Mr. Havens and wife are members of the Christian Reformed Church. WILLIAM M. KIRKPATRICK, one of the oldest and most highly esteemed pioneers of Van Buren Township, Grant Co., Ind., is a native of Guernsey County, Ohio, where he was born January 8, 1811. The parents from whom he descended were Thomas B. and Mary (Henthorn) Kirkpatrick, natives of Ireland and Pennsylvania. The former, Thomas B. Kirkpatrick, was born in Ireland in May, 1773. His father, Alexander Kirkpatrick, was also a native of Ireland, where he married a Miss Johnston, and always remained until death. They were the parents of six children, viz.: Margaret, Richard, William, Johnston, Christena and Thomas B., father of our subject, the next to the eldest member of the family. He emigrated from Ireland to the United States in a very early day and settled in the State of Pennsylvania, where he was united in marriage in the year 1800 to the above Mary, daughter of James and Nancy (Collins) Henthorn, who was a resident and also a native of Pennsylvania. Jn the yedr 1806 they moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, where he served as associate judge for several years, and afterward resided until death, which occurred in August, 1852. His wife subsequently moved to Iowa, where she afterward resided until death. Thirteen children were born to them, viz.: Richard, Henry, James, Alexander, John, William M., Lucinda, Nancy, Margaret, Mary A., Thomas, Eliza and Fletcher W. William M., our subject, was married in Guernsey County, Ohio, September 18, 1834, to Margaret, daughter of James and Anna (Blake) Carothers. She was born in Ireland February 12, 1812. Her parents were also both natives of Ireland, and emigrated from there to Guernsey County, Ohio, in the year 1821. Nine children were born to them, viz.: Margaret, George, Susanna, John, Mary, Eleanor, Eliza, Sarah and James. Mr. William M. Kirkpatrick resided in Guernsey County, Ohio, until 1841, in which year he moved to Grant County, Ind., and settled upon land in Section 7, Van Buren Township: The county was at that time in its youth, and Van Buren Township was comparatively a dense wilderness.

which he was compelled to cut and make his own road for several miles in order to drive his team to his land. He toiled and labored hard to subdue the forest and cultivate his lands, in which he succeeded, and from a very limited beginning, through well-directed industry, his estate magnified to one of the most well-to-do and leading farms of the fownship. He is highly esteemed by all who know him, and in the advancing step of public improvements he has contributed cheerful and liberal aid. He has been a kind husband, and she a faithful wife; she has been a willing co-worker with her companion in all their life enterprises, and with him enjoyed prosperity; are now living in retired life at Landesville, Ind., where they moved in the fall of 1883. Their children have been eleven in number, viz.: Mary A., born July 27, 1836; Margaret J., born June 11, 1838, and died March 5, 1860; William K., born July 1, 1841; George W., born June 3, 1843; Eliza, born April 27, 1845; Susanna, born November 8, 1847; Mattie E., born February 1, 1854, and four others, which died in infancy and not named. Mrs. Kirkpatrick has been a member of the United Brethren Church for many years, and Mr. Kirkpatrick has professed religion for fifty years and is a Republican.

WILLIAM K. KIRKPATRICK, son of the old and highly esteemed pioneers, William M. and Margaret (Carothers) Kirkpatrick, of this township, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, July 1, 1841. He came with his parents to Grant County, Ind., in the year 1841, being but a few months old. He was married, in Van Buren Township, this county, October 5, 1862, to Minerva J., daughter of Stevens J. and Mary L. (Downard) Corey. She was born in Van Buren Township, this county, December 14, 1843. After our subject's marriage he settled upon a farm in Section 19, Van Buren Township, upon which he resided until 1874; in that year he purchased and settled on his present farm in Section 27, Van Buren Township, where he has since resided. He owns at the present L8O acres of fine and well improved land. Seven children have been born to him: Gideon F., Ward B, (deceased), Judge C., William M., Lulah, Otto L. and Lelah M. Mr. Kirkpatrick and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

WILLIAM KORPORAL is a native of Stemmen, Lippe-Detmold, Germany, where he was born December 3, 1828. He is the eldest of nine children born to Simon and Christena (Ludrich)

Korporal. He was united in marriage, in Germany, January 1, 1856, to Eliza C. Korporal, who was also born in Stemmen, Lippe- Detmold, Germany, June 22, 1837. In 1858 Mr. William Korporal, our subject, in company with his parents, emigrated from Germany to Warren County, Ohio, where he (our subject) purchased twenty-five acres of land, for which he paid $1,700; he settled on his small farm and resided there until 1867, at which time he traded his twenty-five acres of land in Ohio for 100 acres of wild land in the woods, in Section 8, Van Buren Township, Grant Co., Ind., the same farm on which he now resides; moved out and settled upon his land in the same year, and began to clear and improve it. He now owns 260 acres of fine and well improved land, and is one of the well-to-do farmers of Grant County. He has had born to him eight children: William S. H., born November 28, 1857; Henrietta, born November 18, 1860; August, born August 24, 1863; Frank, born March 7, 1866; Christena M., born November 3, 1868; August H., born May 23, 1871; Eldora E., born February 16, 1876, and Nellie B., born August 20,1881. Mr. Korporal and family are members of the Lutheran Church.

ANTHONY KORPORAL, son of Simon and Christena (Ludrich) Korporal, was born at Stemmen, Lippe-Detmold, Germany, February 22, 1835. His parents were both natives of Germany, where. they were born; the father in Lippe-Detmold, May 27, 1779, and the mother in Prussia, Germany, August 14, 1805. They were married in Germany, and from thence immigrated to the United States, first settling in Warren County, Ohio, and moved from there in 1869 to Grant County, Ind., settling on land in Section 9, Van Buren Township, where they resided until their deaths, the father dying November 9, 1874, and the mother November 14, 1881. They were the parents of nine children, viz.: William, Frederica, Charlotte, Frederick, Anthony, Henry, Henrietta, Molly and one son who died in infancy and was not named. Anthony, our subject, emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1857, settling in Warren County, Ohio, and from thence came with his parents to Grant County, Ind., in 1869, where he was united in marriage, April 10, 1870, to Mary L., daughter of Dietrich and Susanna (Linder) Steinbroner. She was born near Cleveland, Ohio, J anuary 27, 1844, After Mr. Anthony Korporal's marriage he settled on the same farm on which he now resides in Section 9, Van

Buren Township. He owns in all 240 acres of fine and well improved land. He has had born to him seyen children, viz.: Rosina A., born March 18, 1869; Dietrich S., born November 30, 1871; Charlotte C., born June 25, 1874; John H., born March 22, 1879; Frederick W., born July 3, 1883; infant daughter, still-born, July 12, 1884, and Gracie B., born February 11, 1885. Mr. Korporal and family are members of the Lutheran Church.

WILLIAM W. LANDESS, dealer in dry goods, groceries, notions, boots and shoes; also agent for the T. C. & St. L. R. B., and postmaster at Landess, Ind., was born in Van Buren Township, Grant Co., Ind., July 24, 1855. The parents were Lewis and Phebe C. (Whinery) Landess, both natives of Ohio, where they were born, the father in Highland County, Ohio, October 12, 1826, and the mother in Clinton County, Ohio, June 26, 1827; the father, Lewis Landess, was a son of John Landess, a native of North Carolina, where he was born in the year 1791, and from thence moved to Kentucky, and from there to Highland County, Ohio, where he was united in marriage, in the year 1814, to Sarah Roush, a native of Virginia. After this event Mr. John Landess settled in Highland County, Ohio, where he lost his wife by death in 1828. He subsequently married Susan Shaffer, and in the year 1851 came to Grant County, Ind., on a visit, where he died in the same year. He was the father of fourteen children, viz.: Nancy, Jacob, Polly, Lewis, Louisa, John and Levi by first wife; Andrew, Gelina, Kate, Rebecca, Perry, Nathan and Jane by last wife. Lewis, the father of our subject, and Phebe C., daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Perkins) Whinery, were married in Grant County, Ind., April 18, 1848; he haying come with George Gardner to this county in the year 1841, and she with her parents in the year 1832. After their marriage they purchased and settled upon land in Section 16, Van Buren Township, where they resided until 1852, in which year he purchased a farm in Section 11, Van Buren Township, where they moved and resided until 1884, when he purchased and settled upon the farm on which he now resides in Section 15, Van Buren Township. His wife died July 1, 1865, and he was again married, October 6, 1866, to Mrs. Hannah S. Johnson (widow of Lewis Johnson, deceased), a daughter of John West. Mr. Landess has had born to him nine children, viz.: Oscar E., Alice, Mariah, William W. (our subject), George A., Ada, Sarepta, and one not named by first wife, and Elmer by last wife. William W. Landess, our subject. was married in Van Buren Township, this county, September 29, 1878, to Lucy E, daughter of Oliver and Jane (Bradford) Gaines. She was born in Washington Township, this county, December 30, 1856. After Mr. William W. Landess was married he settled on a farm in Section 12, Van Buren Township, where he resided one year, and in the following fall he purchased a farm in Section 6, this township, where he moved and resided until March, 1882, at which time he purchased and settled upon a farm in Section 18, Van Buren Township, and, in the same year, platted and located the town of Landesville, which was named in honor of him. On January 8, 1882, he opened up a store af that place, which he has since continued, and is doing an extensive business. He has had born to him three children, viz.: Wilbur S., born July 27, 1879; Elzera, born November 27, 1880, and Phebe J., born August 11, 1884. Mr. Landess is a highly esteemed and wide-awake business man, and is one of the most intelligent and enterprising young men of Van Buren Township.

LORENZO D. LEE, was born in Fayette County, Ind., December 16, 1829. The parents, Stephen and Mary (Budd) Lee, were natives of Kentucky and Maryland respectively, and were born as follows: the father in Bourbon County, Ky., September 25, 1804, and the mother in Maryland, December 14,1800. They were married in Fayette County, Ind., where they resided until 1848, in which year they moved to Franklin County, Ind., and from thence in 1856, to Grant County, Ind., settling in Washington Township, where they afterward resided till their death. The father died May 1, 1878, and the mother died June 1, 1870. Six children were born to them, viz.: Rachel, Catherine A., Elizabeth, Jane, Stephen and Lorenzo D., our subject, the eldest member of the family. He came with his parents to this county in 1856, after which he engaged in teaching school winters and farming summers, having taught in all nine winters of school in this county. He was married in this county November 27, 1875, to Evaline Conn, who was born in this county February 27, 1857, and was a daughter of Stephen and Minerva (Love) Conn. After Mr. Lee's marriage, he settled on the farm on which he now resides, which he had purchased in 1863, consisting of 110 acres of fine and well improved land. Five children bave been born to him, viz.: Mary M., born December 15,

1876; Leona O., born August 8, 1879; Fernando W., born July 14, 1881; Findley O., born November 18, 1883, and Lula E., born April 13, 1886. Mr. Lee was elected assessor of Van Buren Township in 1880. He and wife are members of the Methodist Protestant Church.

JAMES R. LEE was born in Fayette County, Ind., December 14, 1831. His parents, John and Nancy (Ray) Lee, were natives of Virginia and Ohio, respectively. The father was born in Virginia January 23, 1787, and the mother in Ohio August 9, 1792. They immigrated to Grant County, Ind., in the year 1850, and afterward resided until their death. The father died June 27, 1863, and the mother died February 5, 1871. They were the parents of eleven children, viz.: William, Lewis R., John, Sarah J., Elizabeth A., Alexander, Joseph W., James R., Mary M., Stephen D. H. and Enoch M. James R., our subject, came with his parents to Grant County, and was married in Wabash County, Ind., January 31, 1859, to Elizabeth J., daughter of William Stoker. She was born in Madison County, Ind., November 21, 1837. After our subject's marriage he settled on the same farm on which he now resides, in Section 8, Van Buren Township, which he had purchased previously, He owns eighty acres of fine land, all of which he has improved himself, having settled upon it in the green woods. He lost his wife by death January 16, 1872, having had born to him seven children, viz: Naney M., born February 21, 1861; Ida E., born July 12, 1862; Stephen M., born March 28, 1864; Rettie L., born December 16, 1865; George R., born September 27; ISB¥s John M., born October 12, 1869, and Charles 8., born December 18, 1871.

JOSEPH LUGAR, one of the most wealthy farmers and stock dealers of Grant County, was born in Monroe Township, this county, October 16, 1840. His parents, Joseph and Mary (Wilson) Lugar, were both natives of Virginia. Joseph Lugar, Sr., was a son of George W. Lugar, who, in a very early day, moved from Virginia to Grant County and settled on the banks of what is known as Lugar Creek. He was one of the first settlers in that vicinity, and from him Lugar Creek took its name. He was the father of nine children, yiz.: Elizabeth, Susan, Naney, John, Barney, Margaret M., Sarah, Anna and Joseph, the father of our subject, the next to the eldest member of the family. He was born in Giles County,

Va., April 27, 1805, and was there married to Mary Wilson, also a native of Giles County, Va., where she was born October 15, 1810. In 1829 Mr. Joseph Lugar, Sr., moved to Grant County, Ind,, settling on Lugar Creek, in Monroe Township, where he resided a number of years, after which he moved to Washington Towuship, where he died August 23, 1853. His widow still survives, and resides in Washington Township. Eleven children were born to this union, who were named as follows: John W., Sarah A., Mary J., James, William G., Joseph, Elizabeth, Jones, Darkus M., Barney and Jackson A. Joseph Lugar, Jr., our subject, was united in marriage in Van Buren Township, this county, November 8, 1866, to Mary A., daughter of William and Sarah (Nickum) Hays. She was born in Wayne County, Ind., December 31, 1848. After our subject's marriage he settled on the farm on which he now resides, a part of which he had purchased previously. He owns at present 306 acres of fine and well improved land. Mr. Lugar, in partnership with Erastus McClure, are extensive dealers in stock - - hogs, cattle and sheep - shipping in the year 1885, 201 car-loads, which is about the general average per year. Mr. Lugar is a man who is highly esteemed by all who know him. He is one of the few out of Van Buren Township who, when the call came for troops to go South, was at the,front, and willing to enlist in his country's cause and put himself up for a target to be shot at by the rebels. He first enlisted on the 23d of April, 1861, in Company I, Twelfth Indiana Volunteers, in which company he served until May 16, 1862, at which time he was discharged at Washington, D. C. He then re-enlisted in Company OC, Fifty-fourth Indiana Volunteers, and served in this company until January, 1864, as second heutenant, at which time he was discharged at New Orleans, La. He then re-enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-third Indiana Volunteers as captain, and served until the close of the war. Mr. Lugar has had born to him six children, viz.: Emma S., born December 26, 1867, now Mrs. Samuel Weesner, of Washington Township; Morrice E., born May 21, 1869; Sarah, born December 28, 1871; William W., born August 23, 1874; Erastus L., born March 4, 1881, and Riley W., born July 19, 1883.

WILLIAM H. NICEWANGER, is a native of Belmont County, Ohio, where he was born April 23, 1833. The parents from whom he descended were Stephen H. and Asenath (Bates) Nice- wanger, natives of Maryland and Virginia, respectively. The former, Stephen Nicewanger, was ason of Christian and Ruth (House) Nicewanger, who were both natives of Maryland, and from thence, previous to the Revolutionary war, settled in Loudoun County, Va., where Mrs. Nicewanger departed life. He subsequently removed to Maryland and there resided afterward until death. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war; sixteen children were born to him who were named as follows, viz.: Christian, John, Elizabeth, Sarah, Betsy, Catherine, Jacob, William, Stephen H., Henry, Margaret, Ellen, Susan, Nancy and two who died in infancy and not named. Stephen H., the father of our subject, was born in Frederick County, Md., July 15, 1800, and moved with his parents, when about two years of age, to Loudoun County, Va.,where he and the above Asenath Bates were united in marriage October 30, 1822; she was born in Loudoun County, Va., August 30, 1804, and was the daughter of Thomas and Zilpha (Queen) Bates. In about the year 1832 Mr. _ Stephen H. Nicewanger moved to Belmont County, Ohio, and from thence, in 1842, to Grant County, Ind., settling on the same farm on which our subject now resides, in Section 30, Van Buren Township, where he died March 6, 1873; she still survives and lives with our subject. They were the parents of three children, viz.: Mary M., Angeline and William H., our subject, the second member of the family. He came with his parents to Grant County, Ind., in 1842, where he was united in marriage, June 3, 1858, to Eleanor, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Helpbringer) Douglass; she was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, May 25, 1835. After our subject's marriage he settled on the same farm on which he now resides, which consists of 211 acres of fine and well improved land. Mr. Nicewanger has had born to him ten children, viz.: Mary E., born October 25, 1858; Stephen A., born August 5, 1860; Lucinda A., born June 12, 1862; Andrew J., born July 3, 1864; George, born March 26, 1866; Henry D., born March 8, 1868; Martha, born April 10, 1870; Elizabeth, born May 18, 1874, died May 25, 1874; Ella F., born September 25, 1875; William B., born November 30, 1877.

DANIEL PULLEY is a native of Grant County, Ind., and was. born in Van Buren Township January 19, 1840. His parents, Samuel and Margaret (Kuhns) Pulley, were both natives of Guernsey County, Iowa. The former, Samuel Pulley, was a son of Samuel Pulley, Sr., who was a native of Virginia. His father, Adam

Pulley, was also a native of Virginia, and was a son of George Pulley, from whom the Pulleys of this county descended. He was a native of England, and from thence immigrated to the United States in a very early day. Adam Pulley, his son, was married in Virginia to a Mrs. Nancy Delong, who died in Virginia, when he moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, where he was afterward twice married; in 1837 moved to Grant County, Ind., where he resided until death. He was the father of five children, of whom Samuel Pulley, Sr., was a child of the first wife, Mrs. Nancy Delong. He was born in Shenandoah County, Va., and from thence moved with his father to Guernsey County, Ohio, where he was married to Elizabeth Bevard, a native of Maryland, and daughter of William and Elizabeth Bevard. In 1839 Mr. Samuel Pulley, Sr., and family moved to Grant County, Ind., settling in Washington Township, where he resided until death. He was a soldier in the war of 1812; was the father of eleven children, viz.: Rebecca A., William, Adam, Samuel, James, Jonathan, Jackson J., Thomas, Mary E., and two who died in infancy and not named. Samuel, the father of our subject, and Margaret Kuhns, daughter of Daniel and Margaret Kuhns, were married in Guernsey County, Ohio, and in 1839, in company with his parents, moved to Grant County, Ind., where he has since resided. His wife died April 2, 1844, and he subsequently married Elizabeth Marsh. Mr. Pulley has had born to him thirteen children, viz.: Daniel, Catherine and Robert by his first wife, and Marion, Margaret L., Alfred, Samuel R., Emily, Simon, Simeon H., Martha, Andrew B. and Phebe. Daniel, our subject, was married in Van Buren Township, this county, April 18, 1861, to Emily, daughter of William H. and Elizabeth (Boxell) Knight; she was born in Auglaize County, Ohio, May 4, 1841. After our subject's marriage he settled on a farm in Section 31, Van Buren Township, where he resided until 1881, in which year he purchased and settled on the farm on which he now resides, Section 32, Van Buren Township, which consists of eighty acres of fine and well improved land. He has had born to him three children, viz.. Le Roy W., born April 29, 1862; Salathiel, born September 21, 1864; Levina, born January 1%, 1868.

SAMUEL C. ROUSH was born in Van Buren Township, this county, February 18, 1841. His parents, Michael and Susanna (Shaffer ) Roush, were both natives of Highland County, Ohio, where they were born as follows: the father, August 28, 1811, and the mother, February,1, 1814. They were also married in Highland County, Ohio, November 3, 1830, and from thence, in the year 1836, moved to Grant County, Ind.; they entered land in Section 11, Van Buren Township, on which they settled and resided until about the year 1850, when they purchased and settled upon land in Section 12, Van Buren Township, where the mother died September 28, 1872. He subsequently married Mrs. Mary Irwin, and moved to Warren, Ind., where he died April 4, 1874. He was the father of eleven children, viz.: Nancy, born January 31, 1832; Elizabeth (deceased), born November 11, 1835; Ann, born December 2, 1836; Mary (deceased), born July 16, 1839; Samuel C. (our subject), born February 18, 1841; George W. (deceased), born August 10, 1843; Andrew K. (deceased), born February 10, 1847; Cary, born August 11, 1849; Mary C., born February 10, 1852; Lewis J., born June 30, 1855; Sarah N., born January 5, 1857. Samuel ©., our subject, enlisted in his country's service October 16, 1862, in Company L, First Indiana Cavalry, and Twentyeighth Regiment. He served until July 28, 1863, and during this time was wounded three times, all in the same battle; after his discharge he returned home and was married in Van Buren Township, this county, January 14, 1864, to Lydia E., daughter of Stacy and Rebecca F. (Shaw) Pindall. She was born in Mercer County, N. J., April 20, 1840. After our subject's marriage he settled upon a farm in Section 11, Van Buren Township, which he had _ purchased previously. He resided here until the fall of 1867, at which time he moved upon his father's old farm, and in 1867, purchased the farm on which he now resides, where he moyed in the winter of 1870, and has resided since. He owns 160 acres of fine and well improved land. Has had born to him eight children, viz. : Corlin A., born October 12, 1864; Mary E., born January 26, 1866; infant son (deceased ), born December 22, 1868; Letitia (deceased), born March 16, 1870; Ettie R., born September 25, 1873; Susanna, born August 18, 1876; Cressida, born June 24, 1879; Laverna, born August 12, 1883. : FREDERICK SANDERMAN is a native of Germany, where he was born July 21, 1836. His parents, Conrad and Mary (Richter) Sanderman, who were also natives of Germany, were the parents of six children, viz.: _Frederick, Henry, Joanna, Simon,

Herman and one who died in infancy not named. Frederick, our subject, emigrated from Germany to the United States in the year 1856, landing in New York City, and from there went to Warren County, Ohio, where he was united in marriage, September 8, 1859, to Henrietta, daughter of Simon and Christena Korporal, and afterward settled at Lebanon, Ohio, where he resided until March, 1867, at: which time he moved to Grant County, Ind., purchased and settled on a part of the same farm on which he now resides - Section 8, Van Buren Township. Mr. Sanderman and wife have had born to them four children, viz.: Amelia, Frederica C., Ada A. and Eliza C.

JAMES T. STACKHOUSE is a native of Grant County, Ind. His parents, James and Mary (Caster) Stackhouse, were natives of Pennsylvania and Kentucky, respectively. The father was born in Pennsylvania January 20, 1794, and the mother in Kentucky May 31,1794. They were married in Preble County, Ohio, September 26, 1811, where they resided until the spring of 1832, at which time they immigrated to Grant County, Ind., where they afterward resided until their deaths, which occurred as follows: The father died June 2, 1854, and the mother November 2, 1879. They were the parents of twelve children, viz.: George W., born March 11, 1813; Elizabeth, born November 24, 1815; Peter, born August 14, 1818; Mary J., born January 8, 1821; Nathan W., born August 25, 1823; Clarinda, born December 23, 1825; Priscilla O., born August 7, 1832; James T., our subject, born January 12, 1836; Easter H., born October 15, 1838; and three which died in infancy and not named. James T., our subject, was united in marriage in Grant County, Ind., October 1, 1859, to Catherine, daughter of John and Rose (McKinney ) McCarty. She was born in Ireland December 24, 1835. After our subject's marriage he settled upon his father's old farm, where he resided until 1864; leaying his family there he went to Montana Territory, where he engaged in mining about four years; from there he went to Idaho, where he also engaged in mining until the fall of 1869, at which time he returned to Grant County, Ind., and again settled on his father's farm, where he resided until 1873, at which time he settled on the farm upon which he at present lives, known as the Sweetser farm, by whom it is owned. Mr. Stackhouse owns 136 acres of fine and

JOHN SWISHER is a native of Van Buren Township, Grant Co., Ind. The parents from whom he descended were Isaac and Mary (Blare) Swisher, natives of Virginia and Ohio, respectively. The former, Isaac Swisher, was a son of John Swisher, a native of Virginia, where he was born February 28, 1783. His father, John Swisher, Sr., was a native of Germany, and from thence emigrated to the United States previous to the Revolutionary war, through which he served as a private, and afterward settled in the State of Virginia, where he resided until death. His son John, the grandfather of our subject, was united in marriage in Hampshire County, W. Va., to a Miss Cline, and afterward resided in the same county until death, which occurred August 28, 1846. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, was the father of fourteen children, viz: Rebecca, Adam, Michael, Stephen, Mariah, Christena, Jacob, John, Elizabeth, Henry, Anthony, David, William K. and Isaac, the father of our subject, the eldest member of the family. He was born in Hampshire County, W. Va., January 4, 1809, eame to Grant County, Ind., and entered land in Section 10, Van Buren Township, in the year 1838, and in 1840 settled upon it and began improvements. He was married in Huntington County, Ind., in the year 1842, to the above Mary Blare, who was born in Ohio, May 21, 1819, and was the daughter of George and Jane Blare. After this young couple's marriage they settled on.their land in Vah Buren Township, wheye they resided until their deaths, which occurred as follows: the mother died January 21, 1864, and the father February 11, 1881. They were highly esteemed by all who knew them, and were both members of the Methodist Church. They were the parents of eight children, viz: Malissa J., born April 21, 1843; Elizabeth, born April 7, 1845; George, born March 29, 1847; John, born March 17, 1849; Mary, born September 12, 1852; and three who died in infancy not named. John, our subject, was educated in the district schools of Grant County, Ind., and also at the Fort Wayne Conservatory, and in 1871 he began teaching school, teaching during the winter and farming in summers until 1874, at which time he began the mercantile business, a partner in the store of Rood & Swisher, of Van Buren, Ind., which he continued in one year. He then went to Warren. Ind., and formed a partnership with Samuel James, with whom he carried on mercantile business at that place one year, and in 1876 he resumed his profession of teaching school, which he continued until 1881, in which year he purchased the Van Buren Flouring-mills, and en-. gaged in milling and also handling grain about three years, and in the meantime, 1883, he resumed the profession of teaching school again, which he has continued in since. Mr. Swisher is a man highly esteemed by all who know him. He is an enterprising and wide-awake young man and a competent teacher, and one who is well adapted for the vocation.

DANIEL TINKEL, son of Henry and Eliza (Crist) Tinkel, was born in Preble Ccunty, Ohio, November 10, 1837. He was married in Van Buren Township, this county, July 2, 1859, to Susanna, daughter of John M. and Magadalena (Grove) Baker. She was born in Knox County, Ohio, June 29, 1838. After our subject's marriage he first settled on his father's farm near Marion, Ind., where he resided until the fall of 1863, at which time he moved on the farm on which he now lives, in Section 19, Van Buren Township, which he had purchased in 1862. The farm consists of 160 acres of fine and well improved land. He has had born to him ten children, viz.: Mary J., born August 31, 1860; Jacob H., born April 5, 1863; Nelson A., born December 14, 1864, died February 14, 1865; Sarah A., born February 1, 1866; Daniel A., born September 9, 1868, died November 14, 1868; John B., born November 21, 1869; Isaac S., born November 4, 1872; Ira F., born November 15, 1874; Eva L., born January 3, 1877, and an infant daughter, born April, 1862, deceased and not named. Mr. Tinkel and wife are members of the German Baptist Church.

JACOB CG. TINKEL was born in Washington Township, this county, September 4, 1840. The parents from whom he descended were Henry and Eliza (Crist) Tinkel, natives of Ohio and Virginia, respectively. Henry Tnkel was a son cf Charles Tinkel, who was a native of Germany, and from thenee immigrated to the United States in a very early day and settled in the State of Ohio. Henry Tinkel, the father of our subject, was born in Preble County, Ohio, March 1, 1811, and was there united in marriage to the above Eliza Crist, and from thence, in the fall of 1838, moved to Grant County, Ind., and settled in Washington Township, where he now resides. He has been three times married and is the father of eight children, viz.: Lydia A., Daniel, Jacob C., Mary A., Nelson, Eliza J., Sarah and Amanda J., all of whom were born to the first wife, Eliza Crist. Jacob C., our subject, was married in Van Buren Township, this county, April 12, 1865, to Mary A., daughter of John B. and Mariah (Gray) McArthur. She was born in Hocking County, Ohio, December 15, 1842. After our subject's marriage he settled on a farm in Section 25, Washington Township, which he had purchased in 1864. He resided there until the year 1882, in which year he moved on the farm on which he now resides, a part of which he had purchased previously. He owns 150 acres of fine and well improved land, on which he lives, in Section 19, Van Buren Township. He has had born to him six children, viz.: John W., born May 31, 1867; Flora M., born January 6, 1870; Sarah A., born March 2, 1871; Albert B., born June 12, 1872; Amanda J., born November 14, 1874; Clarina, born September 1, 1881. Mr. Tinkel and wife and one son are members of the German Baptist Church. He has been a member of the church for nineteen years, about seventeen years of which he has been a minister in the church. He was also ordained as elder October 8, 1879.

JAMES L. TIPPY was born on the same farm on which he now lives, in Section 31, Van Buren Township, Grant Oo., Ind, April 15, 1845, His parents, Henderson and Vashti (Marsh) Tippy, were both natives of Ohio; they were married in Grant County, Ind., and afterward settled on the farm where our subject now lives, where she died May 23, 1863; after which he married Mrs. Jane Nelson, and in 1866 moved to Marion, Ind., and subsequently to Van Buren, Ind., where he departed life October 27, 1872. He was the father of nine children: Rachel, Mary, James L., Jesse J., Matilda J., Phebe A., Lydia J., Robert, by Miss Vashti Marsh, and Ida B. by Mrs. Jane Nelson. James L., our subject, was married in Center Township, this county, February 11, 1875, to Sarah J. McArthur. She was born in Vinton County, Ohio, September 14, 1855, and was the daughter of John B. and Mariah (Gray) McArthur, who moved to Grant County, Ind., in1865. After the marriage of our subject, Mr. James L. Tippy, he settled on the farm on which he now lives, which was his father's old homestead. He owns at present 200 acres of fine and well improved land. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. James L. Tippy, viz.: John B., born February 6, 1876; Anna M., born December 1, 1878; Jesse N., born December 25, 1881; Sadie, born August 1, 1883. Mr. Tippy is a fine man and is highly esteemed by all who know him.

_ WILLIAM WHITAKER, postmaster, grocer, and proprietor of Van Buren Hotel, Van Buren, Ind., is a native of Preston Shire, England, where he was born June 18, 1840. His parents, Richard and Alice (Moss) Whitaker, were also natives of England, and were born as follows: the father December 18, 1803, and the mother February 2, 1801. In the year 1840 Mr. Richard Whitaker emigrated from England to Dayton, Ohio, where he was employed as overseer ina large cotton factory. In 1843 he moved his family from England to Dayton, Ohio, and from thence, in the same year, to Milford, Ohio, where they resided some time, and from thence, moved to Fort Ancient, Ohio; from there they moved to Vincennes, Ind.; and from there, in 1861, to Grant County, Ind., settling in Van Buren Township, where he died December 11, 1875. She still survives and resides in Van Buren Township. They were the parents of four children, viz.: Margaret, Ellen, Richard and William. our subject, the next to the youngest member of the family. He came with his parents to Grant County, in 1861, and on September 8, 1864, he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteers, in which company he served until June 1%, 1865, at which time he was discharged and went to Dayton, Ohio, where he remained about one year, after which he came to Van Buren, Ind., and was united in marriage on April 25, 1870, to Nancy J., daughter of Alexander and Jane (Long) Dunwoody.' She was born in Grant County, Ind., January 11, 1847. She was one of four children, viz.: Phebe A., Elizabeth A., Nancy J. and Samuel H. Her parents were both natives of Ohio, where they were born as follows: the father on September 6, 1814, and her mother July 20, 1817. After Mr. William Whitaker's marriage, he first settled at Van Buren, Ind., and one year later moved to Marion, where he resided about one year, and from thence moved to J onesborough, Ind.; and from there, in 1873, removed to Van Buren, Ind. In 1882 he began the grocery trade, and also erected a building and opened up a hotel. He was appointed postmaster of Van Buren post office, on the Ist of May, 1885; has had born to him three children, viz.: James A., Margaret and Henry (deceased). Mr. Whitaker is a fine man and is highly esteemed by all who know him.