Washington Township (part 2 of 16)

his faithful companion and helper for over fifty years, sharing during that long period his joys and sorrows and by wise and judi¬ cious counsel enabling him to overcome many obstacles with which his early profes¬ sional life was beset. The fruit of this union was five children, whose names are as fol¬ lows: Charity Ann, wife of James Ruckman; Robbie D. ; Lydia married, first, Jacob Wells, after whose death she became the wife of Charles Steer; Charles; and Eliza¬ beth, now Mrs. George W. Merrick. Mrs. Clouser departed this life on the 1st day of April, 1891, and September 29, 1898, the Doctor entered info the bonds of wedlock with Rosa Dill. Subsequently, on the 23d of May, 1900, he married his present wife, Ida Frances McConnell, who looks after his interests and makes pleasant the home where his declining years arc being passed.

Thus briefly and modestly have been portrayed the salient facts in the life of one of Hartford City's most eminent profes¬ sional men. During his long and somewhat eventful residence, covering the greater part of the history < Blackford county and its seat of justice, Dr. Clouser has made a record which is the legitimate subject of criticism by the people, as is that of any man occupy¬ ing a conspicuous place in the public gaze. Devoted to a profession, through the medium of which he has administered comfort and healing to thousands of afflicted mortals, earnest in his endeavor to promote the good of a people among whom so many of his years have been spent, kind and considerate to all with whim he has had relations of any kind whatsoever, it is fitting that this tribute be paid to his worth as a man, with the hope that his days may yet be long in the land, and that finally when the race is run a bounteous reward may await him for all

Henry Fencer Fargo

Henry Spencer Fargo, a distinguished attorney-at-law in Hartford City and a gal¬ lant ex-soldier of the Civil war, was born in Warsaw, Wyoming county, New York, April 29, 1846, a son of David M. and Sarah A. (Wilson) Fargo.

David M. Fargo was also a native of Wyoming county, New York, and was there reared to farming and stock raising, and there made his home until 1858. when he removed to Ionia, Michigan, where he resided until 1870, when he went to Paola, Kansas, and there passed the remainder of his life, dying January 10, 1880, his wife Surviving him until July 20, 1888. 1 hey were the parents of eight children, who were born and named in the following order: Wilson D., now in the insurance business at St. Paul, Minnesota; Laura A., wife of C. J. Towne, of Duluth. Minnesota; George F.. who died in Virginia March t 5 , 1864, while taking part in the Civil war: Henry S., the subject of this sketch; Emily L., widow of P. M. Rockwell. M. D., and now residing in Philadelphia; Amelia A., wife of Rev. John Staley, of the Congregational church, in Michigan; Frank F., telegraph operator at St. Paul, Minnesota, and Ella F., wife of Frederick C. Stevens, member of congress from St. Paul, Minnesota. The parents were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church and stood very high in social circles and the father was quite prominent as a Republican.

sketch, was about twelve years of age when he was taken by his parents from New York to Michigan, and in the latter state he attended the common schools until six¬ teen years old. February 9, 1864, he en¬ listed at Grand Rapids in defense of the integrity of the Union, and served until after the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged at Washington, D. C., in No¬ vember, 1865. lie then returned to his Michig n home, attended school and clerked until 1 80S, then moved to Paola, Kansas, and engaged in farming and stock raising until 1871, in the meantime studying law in the office of W. B. Brayman in Paola until the date mentioned, when he moved to Sumner county, which he assisted in organ¬ izing, hauling to it the first load of lumber ever taken there for building purposes.

After the organization of Sumner coun¬ tv Mr. Fargo opened an office for the prac¬ tice of law at Wellington, the county seat, but soon became interested in the cattle busi¬ ness, took up an extensive land claim, and followed cattle dealing until 1873, when he returned to Paola and continued in the same line until 1887.

In the year last mentioned Mr. Fargo engaged in the real estate business and in building in Kansas City. Missouri, and als"> in mining in Joplin, in the same state, and while in Kansas City was claim agent for the Kansas City. Springfield & Memphis Railroad Company and adjusted many losses throughout the states of Missouri and Ar¬ kansas, to the entire satisfaction of all con¬ cerned. thus adding considerably to his pres¬ tige. But in September, 1892, he sold out his interests in the west and came to Indi¬ ana, built a zinc smelter at Upland, in Grant county, organized a company at that lo¬ cation and also a company at Ingles, Indi- ana, of the former of which he was the sec¬ retary, and of the latter the president, but at the same time made his home in Hartford j C ity. In 1894 he sold his interests in these ! smelters and opened a law office in Van | Huron, Grant county, where he had a sue- | cessful practice for two years, then sought the broader field of Hartford City, where he has had his office since 189A a fact indicative in itself of proseprity.

It is necessary, however, to allude to the domestic affairs of Mr. Fargo and to state that he married, in Saranac, Michigan, in t866. Miss Gertrude E. Perry, who was born in that city April 2, 1848, and is a daugh¬ ter of Henry and Julia (Ellsworth) Perry. To this felicitous union have been born three children, viz: Eva F., who is the wife of T. W. Sharpe, D. D. S., of Hartford City; Wyona F., a teacher and residing under the parental roof, and Estella, also at home. The family are Presbyterians in their re¬ ligious faith, and fraternally Mr. Fargo is an Odd Fellow, a Knight of Pythias, a mem¬ ber of the Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Tent of Maccabees.

Mr. Fargo is a fine specimen of fully de¬ veloped manhood, physically as well as men¬ tally, is very popular in the community, and the indications are that fie will reappear in Washington, D, C, in another capacity than that of a discharged defender of his coun¬ try's flag.

Thomas A. Kegerreis

Thomas Andrew Kegerreis, a prominent young attorney-at-law and educator at Hart¬ ford City, Licking township, Blackford county, Indiana, was born in Randolph coun¬ ty, Indiana, September 14, 1864, and is .a

Although born in Randolph county, young Thomas A. was educated in the com¬ mon schools of Delaware county, the ad¬ jacent county to the west, until fourteen ears of age, when he came with hV parents to Blackford county and again attended school until sixteen years old. General labor next occupied his time until he reached the age of twenty-one, when he entered Dan¬ ville Normal College, atu nded two terms, and immediately afterward entered on his career of teaching, in which he met with eminent success in Licking township, for twelve years, or until 1899, when he turned his attention exclusively to the law, the study of which be had begun in 1893, aiK^ with wonderful energy and enterprise had also conducted a grocery trade during the summer while pursuing his pedagogic career.

In 1896 Mr. Kegerreis was admitted to the bar by Judge E. C. Vaughn and practiced in partnership with Charles W. Pierce until the fall of 1898, and then alone until 1899, in the summer of which year he formed a partnership with H. S. Fargo, which part¬ nership still exists. He did not see fit, how¬ ever, to relinquish teaching until he had -fully established his reputation as a lawyer, which he has done beyond all shadow of doubt, as he now commands a lucrative and extensive practice.

The marriage of Thomas A. Kegerreis took place in Hartford City, September 7. 1889, to Miss Dora Bolner, a naticc of Black¬ ford county and a daughter of Henry and Amanda Bolner, pioneers and farming peo¬ ple of the highest respectability. Four chil- dren have graced this marriage, the eldest >f whom, however, Howard W., is deceased. The three survivors are Harry H., Edessa D. and Thomas, Jr.

The Kegerreis family attends the Methodist Episcopal church, and, socially, mingle with the best people of the townshiby whom they arc held in the highest es¬ teem. In politics Mr. Kegerreis is inde¬ pendent and is the present truant officer of the county. He is a Knight of the Tent of Maccabees, and is a public-spirited, rising young professional man for whom the near future holds in store a brilliant destiny.

Standing at the head of the dental pro¬ fession in Hartford City is Dr. Thomas W. Sharpe, who was born in Fulton county, Pennsylvania, October 29, 1865. His fa¬ ther, Samuel Sharpe, also a native of the Keystone state, was by occupation a farmer and the mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Griffith, was born and reared in the aforesaid county of Fulton. The family of these parents consisted of five children, the subject of this sketch being the first in order of birth, and besides him there is but one other living at the present time, viz : Edith, who became the wife of J. B. Bingaman, a jeweler of Hartford City. Samuel Sharpe was a farmer by occupation, which useful calling he ] nrsued with varying suc¬ cess and profit in the state of his nativity un¬ til his death, in the year 1889. The widow, who by a previous marriage had three chil¬ dren, still survives, making her home at this time under the family roof of the subject of this sketch.

Dr. Thomas W. Sharpe remained with his parents until his sixteenth year, at which early age he began life for himself as clerk with a mercantile firm at Franklin Mills, Pennsylvania, attending meantime the com¬ mon schools of his native county, in which he mastered the elements of a practical Eng¬ lish education. He continued clerking at in¬ tervals for a period of five years, spending a number of winter seasons during this time ; as a teacher, having by close application to , his studies and a wide range of reading fuc- ' ceeded in becoming sufficiently well quali ! scholastically to obtain, when only eighteen j years of age, a license entitling him to ex¬ ercise the functions of a public instructor in the common schools of his native state. In 1886 Mr. Sharpe made a prospecting tour throughout various parts of the west and while there entered a tract of government land in Hamilton county, Kansas, upon which lie settled and remained for a period of six months, but spent in all two years in the state.

In the meantime, having decided to turn his attention to dentistry as a life work, and the better to prepare himself for the suc¬ cessful discharge of the duties of the pro¬ fession, he disposed of his western real es¬ tate and returning east entered, October, 1889, the Baltimore College of Dental Sur¬ gery, from which lie was graduated with the degree of D. D. S. in 1891. Within a comparatively brief period after leaving col¬ lege Dr. Sharpe began the practice of his profession at the town of McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, where he remained with en¬ couraging success about one year, removing at the expiration of that time to 'Hartford City, Indiana, where a larger and more re¬ munerative field awaited him. Since opening an office here, in .892, his sue- cess lias been most commendable and irom the beginning bis thorough mastery of every detail of the profession, together with his skill as an operator in its purely mechanical de¬ partment. has won for him a liberal and con¬ stantly increasing share of public patronage. Dr. Sharpe brought to his chosen calling a mind well disciplined by years of careful study and believing in the dignity of the profession and pursuing it with an enthus¬ iasm born of a determination to master every difficulty, it would indeed have been a mat¬ ter of wonder had be not met with success such as few attain in a much longer and more extended practice.

On the 13th day of June, 1895, Dr. Sharpe entered into the marriage relation with Miss Eva L. Fargo, who was b m in Wellington, Kansas, April 18, 1872, a daughter of a well-known attorney of this place.

Such in brief are the le. mg facts in the life of a man, whose labors for the bene¬ fit of his fellows have been productive of so much good to them and of substantial value to himself. He is indeed a notable ex¬ ample of the self-made man. Beginning life's contest with a well defined purpose to succeed as his only capital, he overcame obstacles that would have been insurmount¬ able to many persons of less energy or weaker ambitions, and in view of the fact that he created instead of waiting for op¬ portunities, he may be regarded in a peculiar sense the architect of his own fortunes. As an instance of the difficulties surmounted in the way to success may he cited the fact that the means to enable him to enter col¬ lege was obtained by canvassing for and lo¬ cating library associations and when the funds thus produced became exhausted he worked his way through the remaining terms

Dr. Sharpe has already acquired a com¬ fortable competence of this world's goods, owning besides his property and business home several valuable houses and lots in Hartford City and a half interest in th> Fairmount telephone plant, all of winch yields him a liberal interest on the invest¬ ment. He is an active worker in the Woocl- 1 men and Pythian fraternities and since his twenty- -first year has been an ardent sup¬ porter of the Democratic party.

William A. Bonham

William A. Bonham, for many years a prominent attorney of Hartford Cit)r, was horn in Perry county, Ohio, January 14, .1834, his parents, Peter and Susanna (Yost) Bonham, boing natives of Pennsylvania and West Virginia, respectively, the latter born in Wheeling in the year 1800. They were married in Perry county, Ohio, and to them were born eight children: Isaac lives in Lawrence county, Indiana; Nicholas died in the hospital at Louisville during the war; Lyman, deceased, was a soldier in the Civil war; George W., also a soldier of the Civil war, is now decoas; . ; William A., the sub¬ ject of this sketch, deceased, and Francis M., deceased.

In 1837 the parents came by team with their family to Indiana, locating first in Dela¬ ware county, and in 1839 came to Black¬ ford county and settled in Washington town¬ ship, whore the father lived until his death. Although game was in abundance in the country, Mr. Bonham was no hunter, pre¬ ferring to devote his time to clearing his land and making- a home for Ins family, llis' widow continued to reside on the old home¬ stead until 870, when she moved to Law¬ rence county, Indiana, and resided there until her death.

William A. Bonham was a lad of live years when brought by his parents to Black¬ ford county, where he was reared on his father's frontier farm and claimed Black¬ ford county his home until iris death.

and in Auglaize county, Ohio. When twentyone years of age he commenced teaching school in Ohio, where he was thus engaged for two years. He then returned to Black¬ ford, where he followed the teacher's pro¬ fession until 1864. He was persuaded to adopt the legal profession by Andrew J. Neff, who was at that time the leading law¬ yer in Hartford, and in 1858 he began the study of law with Mr. Neff. In January, 1861, he was admitted to the bar in Hart¬ ford City, before Judge J. M. Haynes, judge of the common pleas court. His first law partner was Jacob T. Wells, with whom he was associated at inten ids for about six years. From about 1874 until 1879 vvas associated with John Cantwell, after which he practiced alone until the fall of 1 885, when his son John A. became his partner, under the firm name of Bonham & Bonham. Mr. Bonham was united in marriage, Feb¬ ruary 2, i860, to Miss Mary A. Robey, whose parents, Henry and Mary M. Robey, came to Blackford county from Perry coun¬ ty, Ohio, in 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Bonham were the parents of three children: John A., George L., married and living in Hart¬ ford City, and Florence Alice, wife of F. T. Smith, of Hartford City. Mr. Bonham was connected with the Republican party since i860, although his first presidential vote was cast for a Democrat. His father j was a Democrat in politics, and at the time I of his death was holding' the office of county i commissioner. In i860 Mr. Bonham was a candidate for recorder of Blackford county, on the Republican ticket, but with the entire ticket suffered defeat. In 1862 he was ap¬ pointed deputy collector of internal revenue for Blackford county, and held this position until superseded by an appointee by Presi¬ dent Andrew Johnson. In the fall of 1864 he was elected state senator from the dis¬ trict composed of Blackford and Delaware counties, and served in the regular and special sessions of 1865 and in the regular and special sessions of 1867. In April, 1865, he was one of those invited from In¬ diana to escort the remains of President Lincoln to the Illinois state line. In 1866 he was- the editor of the Hartford City News, a Republican paper published by John M. Ruckman, and continued until a difference arose between himself and the publisher of the paper as to the policy of President John¬ son. Mr. Bonham vigorously opposed the administration and supported congress, while Mr. Ruckman for a while inclined to sup¬ port the policy, but finally yielded. In 1869 Mr. Bonham was elected assistant secretary of the senate, serving in this capacity in the regular and special sessions. Pie was the Republican candidate for congress in the Democratic twelfth district of Indiana, but was defeated in 1876. In 1870 he was can¬ didate for representative from Jay and Blackford counties, but he being a candidate on the issue of negro suffrage his opponent was successful. He served as chairman of the Republican central committee during several campaigns.

Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities, and passed through all the chairs in the local organizations of each. He represented the Odd Fellows lodge in the gre 1 lodge of the state, and also represented the chapter of the Masonic lodge in the grand lodge. His death occurred December 29, 1887.

Stephen Bailey Borden, one of the rep¬ resentative bu: iness men of Hartford City, manu facturer and dealer in harness, was born in the city of Huntington, Indiana, April 12. 1863, the son of Thomas E. and Vir¬ ginia (Bailey) Borden, natives, respectively, of Ohio and Virginia. Shortly after the marriage of these parents, which occurred at Pennville, Indiana, they began house¬ keeping in that towrn, wdiere for a number of years Thomas Borden carried on harness¬ making, moving thence to Portland, Indi¬ ana, where he became proprietor of a flour¬ ishing hotel. The latter business w7as con¬ tinued for a period of eighteen years, at the end of which time Mr. Borden returned to Pennville, where lie is now passing the evening of life, practically retired from its active duties. By his first wife, the mother of the subject of this sketch, he had five chil¬ dren, as follow's : Mary, deceased ; Addie, deceased; Charles, deceased; Josephine Yv., wife of J. Canfield, of Parker, Ind ana; and Stephen Bailey. Some years after he death of his first wife, which occurred in 1863, Mr. Borden wTas united- in marriage to Ma¬ tilda Magill, of which union there was no issue. The third marriage, which was sol¬ emnized with Laura E. Phomas, resulted in the birth of two children, Maudella, de¬

From the age of five months until his twelfth year Stephen B. Borden lived with his parents in Pennville, in the public schools of which place he received his preliminary education and later pursued his studies in the schools of Portland until his seventeenth year. He then entered upon an apprentice¬ ship to learn the harnessmaker's trade in Chicago, where he applied himself diligently for a period of three years, returning to Portland at the expiration of that time and entering the city high school for the pur¬ pose of obtaining a knowledge of the more advanced branches of learning.

Mr. Borden's first venture in life upon his own responsibility was as a journeyman worker in Portland, in vdiich capacity he continued for one year, serving during that time as a member of the city fire department, having in charge the chemical engine. In 1890 he came to Hartford City for the pur¬ pose of looking after his father's business, and six years later effected a co-partner¬ ship in harnessmaking with D. C. Cald¬ well, which lasted three years, Mr. Bor¬ den becoming sole proprietor at the ex¬ piration of that time. From the begin¬ ning in this city Mr. Borden's business has steadily increased, indeed far surpass¬ ing his most hopeful expectations, and at the present time lie has the largest and most complete establishment for the manu¬ facture of all kinds of harness and the hand¬ ling of the same in the place and one of the most extensive of the kind in central Indiana. 1 Lis stock, which includes everything per¬ taining to the business, is quite large, repre¬ senting a capital of over twenty-five hundred dollars, and a force of from two to four ex¬ pert workmen is kept employed to supply the many patron consequently nothing but first-class wo s allowed to leave his place; | lair and uprig... dealing has brought its sure reward in a vuy large Ware of patronage, and the honorable reputation in business cn - ~des reflect :-> credit upon a gentleman whose business life has been directed and controlled , by principles of honesty which should al- j ways remain between dealer -and patrons. ; The annual volume of business transac ed by Mr. Borden is conservatively estimated at from six thousand to eight thousand dob ! lars and, as already stated, the output of his ; place has a reputation much more than local. ,

As a citizen Mr. Borden is intelligent and progressive, keenly alive to the interests of his city and ambitious to promote any measure having for its object the material or moral well being of the community. In the spring of 1900 he was elected to repre¬ sent his ward in the city council, and al¬ though but a new member of that body he has already proposed some very important municipal legislation. He is chairman of the waterworks committee and has also been assigned to places on acts, claims and sewage committees, and it is safe to predict that his constituents will never have reason to regret the course they pursued in choosing him to be one of the custodians of the city's welfare.

Mr. Borden is a gentleman of pleasing personality, possessing in a eminent degree those qualities which make a man popular among all classes with whom he comes in contact, and his unswerving devotion to the principles of rectitude and the tenacity with which he adheres to the right make him a j valued member of the community. Ro-

; litically he wields a strong influence in be¬ half ot 1 1 ic Republican party, and while not a partisan in the strict meaning of the term, never ha\ mg been an aspirant to the honors or emoluments of office, lie believes that a strong adherence to the principles of a partv is one of the unfailing Lests of true Ameri¬ can citizenship.

Mi. Borden was united in marriage, in Portland, Indiana, on the 30th day of May. 1083, Miss Minnie May Reid, who was born in that city in the year 1867, the daugh¬ ter of Daniel and Llvira Reid. To this union have been horn four children, namely : Della \ ., Haze] M., Maudella and Mary, all of whom are living. Mr. Borden's re¬ ligious creed is represented by the Methodist church, of which both himself and wife arc devoted members, and fraternally he is identified with the benevolent order of Mac¬ cabees.

Hon. John A. Bonham

Hon. John Asbury Bonham, attorney at law, son of William A. Bonham, whose sketch appears above, was born in Hartford City, Blackford county, Indiana, on the 16th day of April, 1861. After attending the public schools at intervals until his twentieth year Mr. Bonham entered the State University at Bloomington, where he pursued his stud¬ ies for two years, after which he was for some time engaged as teacher in Blackford county. His career as an instructor, though brief, was most encouraging and he no doubt would have achieved distinction had he seen fit to devote his life to the cause of educa¬ tion. After, remaining in the educational field three years Mr. Bonham began the study of law under the able instruction of his fa¬ ther and on becoming familiar with the prin¬ ciples of the profession was duly admitted to the bar in Hartford City by Judge H. B. Saylor, in September, 1SS4. Immediately there after he effected a co-partnership with his father, under the firm name of Bonham & Bonham, and at once entered upon the ac¬ tive practice under most favorable auspices, assuming his full share of the large and lu¬ crative business at that time in charge of uhe senior member. Tho firm of Bonham & Bonham continued until 1887, at which time it was dissolved by the death of the senior member. 'Two years later the subject b. came associated in the practice with Orlo L. Cline, a partnership of one year's dura¬ tion, Mr. Bonham retiring at the end of that time and moving to Colorado where he con¬ tinued his profession with success and finan¬ cial profit for a period of three years. Re¬ turning to Hartford City, Mr. Bonham prac¬ ticed alone until 1894, in the spring of which year Enos Cole became his partner. The firm of Bonham & Cole lasted two years, the senior member withdrawing at the end of that time and becoming associated in the practice with Elisha Pierce, under the name of PiercG & Bonham, a firm still in existence and doing a very extensive busi¬ ness in the courts of Blackford and neigh¬ boring counties.

For a number of years Mr. Bonham has been an acknowledged Republican leader in Blackford county, contributing greatly by skillful management as well as by strong and eloquent appeals on the hustings to the party's success in a number of hotly con¬ tested campaigns. He was the party's can¬ didate in 1884 for the office of town clerk, to which place he was triumphantly elected and such was the ability displayed in the discharge of his official functions that he was twice re-elected his own successor, the last time in 188b, at the end of which year he re¬ fused longer to be a candidate.

f rom 18S8 to 1890 he served as member of the town board of trustees and in the latter year was aj anted prosecuting attor¬ ney of Blackford county, the duties of which position he discharged in a manner highly satisfactory to the public. In recognition of his services as a successful party worker and the better to profit by his superior lead¬ ership, Mr. Bonham, in 1S94, was made chairman of the Republican county central committee. While in Colorado Mr. Bonham served as attorney of Washington county, that state, where he also filled the position of chairman of the Republican central com¬ mittee during the year 1892.

Upon the organization, in May, 1894, of Hartford City under a city charter Mr. Bonham was honored by being elected its first mayor, filling the position for a period of two years and doing much during his incumbency to promote the material interests of the town. In 1898 he was further hon¬ ored by his party by receiving the nomina¬ tion for joint representative in the lower house of the state legislature for the coun¬ ties of Blackford, Jay and Randolph, to which he was triumphantly elected in the fall of that year. Mr. Bonham's career as a legis¬ lator has full)'' met the expectation of his constituents and an evidence of his party's satisfaction with his course is the fact of his re-nomination by acclamation in Febru¬ ary, 1900.

Mr. Bonham's career as a lawyer, local official, party leader, legislator and private citizen is like an open book, read by all men of his city and county. His course through¬ out the various avenues in which from time to time his life has been east is open to (he most scrutinizing inspection and while ag¬ gressive as a partisan, taking advantage of every fortuitous circumstance to promote tho ponent seeking by every legitimate mea: to overwhelm the opposition, he is withai honorable in ail the term implies and never seeks victory by resort lu disreputable prac¬ tices. As a lawyer he is a close student, thoroughly familiar with the basic principles I of his profession, uniformly courteous to opposing counsel and spares no pains in look¬ ing after the interests of his clients. He is especially strong before a jury and seldom fails to convince by keen, logical arguments couched in language at all times clear and forceful and frequently ornate- and truly elo¬ quent. For a number of years his name ap¬ peared in connection with the majority of important cases adjudicated at the Blackford bar and whenever retained as counsel he throws himself so thoroughly into his cause as to inspire his clients with the greatest amount of confidence in the successful out¬ come. As a citizen Mr. Bonham occupies a conspicuous place in the public esteem; in every relation of life his bearing is that of an honorable, upright gentleman, jeal¬ ous of hi ood name and ambitious to main¬ tain the gh chi actcr which has hitherto marked his career.

Mr. Bonham is identified with the In¬ dependent Order of Odd Fellows, having filled all the chairs in local lodge No. 262, and encampment of Hartford City; he is also an active worker in lodge No. 135, Iv. of P. He was married in Lebanon, Indiana, May 6, 1891, to Miss Maude Perkins, a daughter of Jesse and Jane (Lister) Per¬ kins, a union blessed with the birth of three children : Merle, Jesse and Robert. In re-

The subjeu of this sketch is one of the distinguished plwsicians and surgeons of Hartford City and professionally enjoys much more than local reputation, lie is a native of Indiana, born in what is now the village of Matthews, Grant county, January 20, 1852, and is the son of William and Margaret (Roberts) Hollis. The father moved in an early day from Ohio, the state of his nativity, to Grant county, Indiana, of which he was a pioneer, settling about the year 1834 near the Blackford line on land purchased from the government. After living there for a period of seven years he removed near the present site of Matthews, where he bought land and cleared a farm, upon which he continued to reside until his death, at a ripe old age, in 1892. His wife, who preceded him to the grave in 1863, was the mother of nine children, of whom but three are now living, the subject of this sketch being the youngest member of the family.

Dr. Samuel Hollis grew to manhood's estate on the home farm, amid the rugged duties of which he acquired a strong and vigorous constitution, thus laying broad and well the foundation of a life of great ac¬ tivity and usefulness. Until nineteen he attended, during the winter seasons, the country schools of his neighborhood, and with such assiduity did he apply himself that before his twentieth year he was sufficiently advanced in his studies to obtain a teacher's license. During lie four succeeding winters he taught country schools and in the mean¬ time pursued the higher branches of learning in Ridgeville Academy, an educational insti¬ tution of considerable note in the town of Ridgeville, Randolph >unty. lie discon¬ tinued teaching in the fall of 1873 and made a trip to Wyoming and Utah, where he was for some time engaged as assistant with a surveying party, and later after returning home he was induced to take charge of the school in his old neighborhood, which he taught during the year 1874-75. In addi¬ tion to his duties as an instructor. Dr. Hollis assisted his father until the spring of 1876, when, yielding to a desire formed a 11m r of years previous, he began the stun f medicine at the village of New Cumber now Matthews, under the instruction of Dr. H. D. Reasoner, in whose office he remained the greater part of four years. Meanwhile he increased his professional knowledge by attending several courses of lectures in the Kentucky Medical College at Louisville, and in 1879 entered upon the active practice with his preceptor, Dr. Reasoner, with whom he remained in the town of Matthews until the latter part of 1881. During the period thus spent the Doctor succeeded in building up quite a large and lucrative practice and earned the reputation of a successful physi¬ cian and skillful surgeon. O11 the last clay of January, of the above year, he opened an office in the town of Upland, where he continued to practice with most encouraging results until 1898, in February of which year he removed to Hartford City, and here has since been located.

Politically the Doctor is a Democrat, active in behalf of his party's interests, but broad and liberal in his views on all ques¬ tions of public or political nature. \\ bile a resident of Upland he served as president of the town council from the time of its ino-rporatiou until leaving the place, and is now a member of the board of pension examiners for the counties of Blackford and Wells, l ie is identified with the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the blue lodge and Eastern Star of Hartford City, and his name also appears upon the records of the local lodge of Maccabees meeting in this place.

Dr. Hollis entered into the marriage re¬ lation in Jay county, Indiana, October 10. 1875, with Miss Ella Alien, who was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, on the 17th day of January, 1858. The parents of Mrs. Hollis were Ephriam and Sarah (Taylor) Allen, natives respectively of Ohio and Vir¬ ginia, the father in early life an iron worker and later a wealthy and prominent manu¬ facturer of pottery. The family of Dr. Hol¬ lis originally consisted of four children, namely: Earl, deceased; William A., a stu¬ dent of the Louisville Medical College; Arthur C., student of the Hartford City high school; and Mabel.

The professional career of Dr. Hollis em¬ braces a period of twenty years of success¬ ful ministration to the wants of sufferinghumanity, and his reputation is of the high¬ est order of excellence. He brought to the practice a mind well fortified with intellectual and professional training, and he possesses a presence and sympathetic nature which at once gains him the confidence of his pa¬ tients, and the skill displayed in difficult and critical cases render him a true friend of the afflicted. In the sick room his presence in soothing the suffering and his conscientious fidelity to duty nd principle has won for him the confidence and love of all with whom lie comes in contact as a medical adviser. With success long since assured and a standing among his professional associates sc aid . that of no other physician in this part of the state, the Doctor is nevertheless a close and painstaking student, a careful reader of the leading medical literature of the day and fully in keeping with the most advanced thoughts of the profession, both in this county and abroad. He studies his cases with the greatest care, eldom errs in diag¬ nosis and bringing to die exercise of his duties a mind enriched by culture and experience rarely fails in placing the sufferer on the sure highway to recovery. Progres¬ sive and enterprising, he occupies a de¬ servedly high place in the estimation of his fellow citizens; surrounded by the blessing of abundance, the fruits of a well spent life, honored and respected for his character as an upright gentleman, the Doctor is indeed one of the notable men of the city in which he resides.

Mrs. Hollis secured her education at the Ridgeviile Academy, which she attended until eighteen years of age, and while a stu¬ dent there n t her husband, who was one of her classmates. From early youth she mani¬ fested a decided tendency for the reading of good books, and cultivating this taste throughout life she has a wide and varied knowledge and her acquaintance with liter¬ ature, both ancient and itw lern, is critical and profound. Not long after marriage she began a course of medical reading under her husband's tutelage, and later, 1890, was graduated from the Medical College of In¬ diana at Indianapolis, her record while at¬ tending that institution ranking second to that of very few students. After receiving her diploma she began practicing the healing art with her husband at the town of Upland, proving a great assistan t to him by making a specialty of obstetrics and diseases of women and children, in all three of which her I success has been such as to elicit the highest commendation not only of her numerous patients hut from leading physicians whom she has frequently met in consultation. She keeps fully abreast of the times in all mat¬ ters pertaining to the profession, is indefati ¬ gable in her attention to these requiring her services and takes an active part in the de¬ liberations of the Grant County Medical So¬ ciety, of which body she is the first lady member ever admitted. Her calm self-pos¬ session and the hope she inspires in the minds ; of the suffering makes her presence in the I sick room a benediction, and few physicians have found a more permanent abiding place in the affections of those treated than her. An optimist in her views of the demands of the present age, believing thoroughly in the dignity of her calling, which she considers to be legitimately \v' bin woman's sphere, Mrs. Hollis has accomplished much more than many physicians of greater length of pr; - tice, and the creditable record already made is prophetic of still larger benefit to humanity in the future. She is a member of the East¬ ern Star lodge, F. & A. M., the Lady Mac¬ cabees and Rathbone Sisters, in addition to which she is also a ruling spirit in the li: ernry circles of the city and a leader in ail charitable and benevolent enterprises of the Woman's Relief Corps. In her library, which has been selected with the greatest of care and which, by the way. is perhaps the finest collection of choice literature in the city, she finds her highest enjoyment, and her home has become the rendezvous of a circle of kindred spirits, whose greatest de¬ lights are the study and discussion of lit¬ erature in all its phases and bearings upon society and the world. In short Mrs. Hollis is, in the true sense of the word, a refined and elegant lady, with perceptive and re ccptive faculties most keen and discriminat¬ ing. Her moral nature is sweet and beauti¬ ful, benevolence being one of the underh mg principles of her character, and a laudable desire to minister to the needs of suffering humanity the prime motive of her life.

For a number of years the subject of this sketch has been a leader in the medical pro¬ fession of Blackford and surrounding coun¬ ties, and the reputation achieved in every de¬ partment of his cho en calling has made his name widely and favorably known in places far remote from his place of residen Dr. Mason, both natives of Fairfield county, of Wells on the 12th day of January. 1846. His parents, Dorsey and Nancy (Rickets) Mason, noth natives of Fairfield county, Ohio, removed, about three years after their marriage, to Wells county, Indiana, of which they were pioneers, and there resided upon a farm until their respective deaths. The elder Mason was a man of local prominence, in¬ telligent beyond the majority of early set¬ tlers in a new county, and bore an active part in the growth and development of the com¬ munity which he assisted in founding. A Methodist in his religious belief, he was in¬ strumental in planting churches of that faith among the sparse settlements of Wells county, and for many years he was a leader of the Republican party in the community where he lived. Dor¬ sey and Nancy Mason reared a fam¬ ily of nine children, whose names are as follows: Samantha, wife of Rev. C. F. Wiggins, of Steuben county, Indiana;

Dr. Charles R. Mas 1 was reared to agri- 1 cultural pursuits on the home farm and at iu- | tervals until his twentieth year attended the county schools, in which he obtained a nias- | ten of the elementary branches of learning.

His first move after leaving the parental j roof was not unmixed with adventure, being a trip in his twentieth year across the plains to Denver, Colorado, with a train of pro¬ visions, driving ox teams, meeting with many interesting incidents en route and spending some time in that popular center of the west, hi due time he returned home , and, actuated by a laudable desire to increase his scholastic knowledge, he soon aft¬ erward entered Liber College, Jay county, where he pursued his studies for a period of two years, the meanwhile maturing plans to prepare himself for the profession of medi¬ cine. In order to procure the funds neces¬ sary to prosecute his medical studies the Doctor taught school during the winter sea¬ sons and read medicine throughout the spring and summer months, continuing this procedure from his twenty-first to his twen- | ty-fourth year, and attending at intervals during ' e period lectures in the College of Merik and Surgery at Cincinnati. Ohio. With a, earnestness most commendable he succeeded in overcoming an unfavorable en¬ vironment, and in 1870 was rewarded by re¬ ceiving a certificate of graduation from the above institution, after which he began the practice of his profession at the town of Warren, Indiana, with his pre- ceptor, Dr. Jonas Good, with whom lie re¬ mained one year. During- the time spent at Warren Dr. Mason spared no reasonable pains to become acquainted with the prac¬ tical duties of his profession, and with such commendable zeal did he address himself thereto that many cases were intrusted to him, with results most sad factory in their outcome.

For the purpose of h ng a more en¬ larged field for the exercise of his profes¬ sional skill the Doctor, in the springe' 1870, opened an office in Hartford City, where his rise was at once rapid and his success most flattering. After practicing continuously for a period of fifteen years the Doctor took a post-graduate course in one of the leading medical institutions of New York City, thus bringing to his life work a mind well forti¬ fied with the highest professional training and placing himself in the front rank among medical men of this part of the state. The Doctor has no specialty, but devotes his at¬ tention to the general practice, in which his success has been' long since assured. His past success is prophetic of a continued and still larger share of public patronage in the future.

As a physician and surgeon :ully abreast of the exacting age in every detail of his profession, Dr. Mason easily takes place among the leading medical men of Hartford City. In attending to the ailments of suffer¬ ing humanity no one is better calculated to bring comfort and cheer to the sick cham¬ ber, his presence inspiring confidence and his ministrations, tender and sympathetic as that of a woman, rendering him indeed the ideal family physician. He is of pleasing ad¬ dress, of great kindness of heart and public spirited, impartial in his practice, devoting much of his time to the relief of the poor and

1 irtunate, from whom he never expects to iv/cive the slightest financial remuneration. In social life the Doctor is a genial and pleasant companion, a good conversational¬ ist, affable and polire in his hearing to all, and his private character is as irreproachable as his professional record is unquestioned. In short, he justly bears the name of an exemplary husband and father, a substantial citizen, a physician and surgeon of eminent ability, and last, but by no means least, an honest man.

The Doctor's married life began in 1870, on the 1 1 th of August of which year he was united in the bonds of wedlock, in Huntington county. Indiana, to Miss Sarah L. Mor¬ rison, daughter of Leander and M Ida (Jones) Morrison. The issue of this mar¬ riage was one child, which died in infancy unnamed. Politically. the Doctor wields an influence for -o Republican party, but lie has never had any ambition to distinguish himself as a partisan worker or aspirant for official position. He owns a - -autiful home on Water street, where, i 1 from the onerous and exacting duties < busy profes¬ sional life, he spends his leisure hours in restful and happy quietude.

Joseph A. J. De Chevigny

Joseph Alexius Jules De Chevigny, M. D., although a comparatively new- practi¬ tioner to Hartford City, Indiana, has already established for himself an enviable reputa¬ tion. The Doctor was born in Montreal, Canada, July 15, 1871, a son of Alexander and Delphine (Perrault) De Chevigny, na¬ tives of the province of Mede, France.

as well as carpenter, engaged in eon; a acting in bis line and became a man of means and respectability in the community, and in due time retired to a life of ease and comfort. Of the four children born to Alexander. and his wife the Doctor is the second horn and three still survive, all sincere Catholics.

Dr. De Chcvig-ny received his boyhood education in the parochial schools of Mont¬ real, which he attended until eleven years old, and then entered Montreal College, where he finished his studies -at the age of nineteen years. His next course of study was at the Laval University of Montreal, from which he graduated in April, 1895. He was then prepared for practice, and for a year walked the Montreal hospital, after which he practiced most successfully in New¬ port, Vermont, until 1S98, since which date he has enjoyed a most lucrative practice in Hartford City, Indiana.

The Doctor married, in Montreal, Feb¬ ruary 16, 1897, Miss Roseame Perrault, the young and accomplished daughter of Urge) and Elizabeth (L'african) Perrault, of the same city, and to this happy mar¬ riage two children have resulted, Henry and Grazella.

The Doctor is a member of St. John's the Evangelist's Catholic church, of which his wife is also a devoted member, and in the faith of which the children are being duly reared. In politics the Doctor is a Democrat, and fraternally is a member of the Catholic order of Forr ts, the Knights of Maccabees and the P>r >h Medical As¬ sociation.

William Ll Gable

a native of Stark county, Ohio, and dates his birth from the 3rd dav of November, 1825. His father, John Gable, was born in Penn¬ sylvania and there married Susan Shophude, moving shortly thereafter, about the begin¬ ning of the present century, to Ohio, locat¬ ing in what. is now Stark county, being one of the early pioneers of that part of the state. John Gable was a farmer by occupation, a j quiet and unassuming man, and redded upon ! the farm where he original!} settled until 1837, when he moved to Richland county, i Ohio,. and in 1S3; sold and moved to Dela- | ware county, Indiana, where he resided until called from the scenes of earthly labor, in the year 1862. His wife survived him many years' departing this life in Hartford City at the home of her son, the subject of this sketch, in 1895. The iamily of John and Susan Gable consisted of eleven children, whose names are as follows: Betsey, .drowned when sixteen years old; John, a farmer of Delaware county, Indiana; Will¬ iam Henry, whose name appears at the head of this article; Sarah, wife of Peter Deal, resides in the town of Parker, this state; Maria who married John Wolford, of Manton, Michigan; George A., a hardware mer¬ chant doing business in Hartford City; Mrs. Susan Slid worth, who died in Hartford City j in 1893; Lewis, an Indianapolis druggist; | Nathaniel, of Portland, Indiana, a tobacco dealer; Emeline, deceased, and an infant that died unnamed. John Gable was an honest, hard working. God-fearing man, generous to a fault and a great social favorite in the community where he lived. Politi¬ cally he was a Whig until the organization of the Republican party, when he espoused the principles of that party and continued loyal to the same during the remainder of his life. He and wife were for many years devoted members of the Lutheran church, exemplified its teachings in their daily life, instilled its pure and gentle precepts into the minds and hearts of their children and died in the hope of a future in the resurection of the just.

William Henry Gable passed the years of his youth and ear!) manhood on his fa¬ ther's farm, where he early learned lessons of industry and frugality and at the same time was taught to appreciate the true honor and dignity of labor. In the indifferent country schools of that period in Ohio he obtained the rudiments of the English branches, but, like the majority of sturdy men w ho grew to maturity amid the rugged and toilsome duties of the farm, lie is largelv self taught, having obtained a sound practical education by coming in contact with men and circumstances during a long and active life. He attended school a few > iontlis of each year until eighteen, at which t ie he entered upon a three years apprenticeship at Mansfield, Ohio, to learn cabinetmaking. Owing to the failure in business of his em¬ ployer at the end of his first year's service, Mr. Gable left Mansfield and, going to Ash¬ land, finished his trade at the latter place and began working for himself at different points in Ohio. He followed his chosen calling with encouraging success until 1848, at which time he established himself in busi¬ ness at Petersburg, now Mifflin, Ashland count)', Ohio, where lie mam ctured and sold furniture until 1850. mak g the most of his opportunities during- that period. His next move savored very much of the ventur¬ ous; he went, via New York City, to Cali¬ fornia, shipping to the Sliagres river, up which he proceeded by canoe to a point some sixty miles froi;. the mouth of the stream, thence twenty-one miles further on foot to

Panama, where lie took ship for San Fran¬ cisco. Reaching that place, he at once pro¬ ceeded to the mines and with thou¬ sands of other fortune seekers began delving among bids, ravines and gulches for the yellow metal which lured so many from pleasant homes only to disap¬ point them in that far-away and forbidding laud. Mr. Gable was one of a company of men who spent much time and the greater part of their means in prospecting for the wealth the- firmly believed to be hidden somewhere among the hills and valleys of California. In order to better prosecute his search and being without the requisite amount of capital, he borrowed from certain members of the company a limited supply of money, promising if successful to repay upon his return one-half of his first year's earnings. True to his promise, he returned in due time, repaid the amount borrowed with twelve per cent interest thereon; be¬ sides this he realized about thirteen hundred dollars from his venture in the gold fields.

Mr. Gable was absent from May 4, 1850, to May 4, 1852, two years to the day, and. aside from money realized, considered him¬ self amply repaid by reason of interesting incidents thrilling adventures and general information afforded him by the long and varied journey. Returning to Miffhn, Ohio, he resumed his former business, which he continued there about one year, then he re¬ moved to Hartford City, Indiana, where he again embarked in the furniture trade, to which he subsequently added undertaking, the enterprise proving very successful finan¬ cially, realizing him handsome profits which lie greatly increased from time to time In¬ judicious investments in real estate. His first purchase was the lot now occupied by his large business block, at that time com- pletely covered with a dense underbrush, with a quagmire on the present site of his residence. Mr. Gable pursued, his business steadily but surely, being satisfied with sub¬ stantia! gains, instead of being allured, as so many have been, by the 1 Ise promise of sudden wealth. 1 1 is career in this city from the beginning presents a series of continued successes, and by close attention, directed by wise forethought, he succeeded in time in amassing a fortune of sufficient volume to , enable him to retire from active business and spend hi- declining years in the enjoy¬ ment of that peace and quiet: which those who have battled long and successfully with life know so well how to appreciate. Mr. Gable arranged his affairs so as to turn his back upon the world of traffic in 1893, since which date he has spent his time look¬ ing after his property interests in the city and elsewhere and, as stated above, making the most of the years which are yet spared to him.

Our subject was married, in Lagrange, Indiana, in 1852, to Eliza Jane Bennett, daughter of Aquilla Bennett, of the county of Lagrange, a union blessed v h the birth of six children, namely: William A., of th's city, a merchant; Emerson Alfred, a tinner doing business in Hartford City; Lewis Clark, a contractor and builder of this place; Delia A., who married Edward Bowen, of McLeansboro, Illinois; Susan O., wife of. Samuel Stafford, a retired farmer of Hartford City, and Marianetta, now Mrs. Geo1 Tail, a painter and paper hanger of Mara, n, Indiana. The mother of the chil¬ dren died in 1870, and subsequently Mr. Gable entered into the marriage relation with Mrs. Emily (Cline) Craw, widow of the late John Craw and daughter of Michael Cline, of Blackford county. The issue of the second union is two children, viz: Mel bourne Albert, salesman for Weilerd & Weil- I erd, furniture dealers of Hartford City, and Roland Orville, a bookkeeper in the employ 1 ol E. C. Cooley. Mr. and Airs. Cable are | communicants of the Methodist Episcopal 1 church, active in all departments of rclig- | ions work and liberal in their donations to ! promote the financial interests of the local | congregation to which they belong. Mr. i GaHe has been a class-leader since about 1853, a trustee for almost the same length of time, and has been a steward for some time. He has also serve i on the building and repairing committee and has been a gen¬ eral, all around good helper in his church. Air. Gable is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Odd Fellows and G. A. R., and every legitimate enterprise having for its object the good of the community finds in him a zealous supporter and liberal patron.

The military career of Mr. Gable began in 1861, when the dark clouds of Rebellion portended the forthcoming storm which threatened to disrupt the Union. In that year he enlisted in Company I, Thirty-fourth Indiana Infantry, for three years or during the war, but lie did not serve his full time, having been discharged at the expiration of one and a half years by reason of physical disability. Later, in 1864, he became a member of the Twenty-sixth Infantry, join¬ ing the same at Indianapolis, thence pro¬ ceeding to Donaldsonville, near New Or¬ leans, serving with his command for a period of one year. He saw considerable active service, participated in all the campaigns and battles in which his regiment was engaged and will carry to the grave the mark of a wound received in the chest at Mobile, Ala- I bama. He was discharged at Jackson, Alissis- 1 sippi, and his record as a brave and gallant defender of the national union is replete ! with rugged, toilsome duty faithfully and j uncomplainingly performed. In politics Mr. Gable is a Republican and as such has served several terms as member of the com¬ mon council of Hartford C ity. In every relation of life he has endeavored to shape , his conduct in harmony with the highest | ideal of manhood, and few citizens occupy a ; higher place in the confidence and esteem of ' the public. Honest, upright, truthful, gen- ; crons, a benefactor, a broad-minded, intelligent man of affairs, Mr. Gable may be taken j as a representative type of a class only too 1 rare in this rapid age - a refined and court- j eons gentleman of the old school.

John R. Johnston

John R. Johnston, a representative bu iness man of Hartford City, is a native of Ohio, born in the county of Darke on the 8th day of April, 1867. His father. Francis E. Johnston, and mother, whose maiden ' name was Emily Wiggs, were natives re- j spectively of Preble county, Ohio, and Ran- | dolph county, Indiana, in the latter of which 1 they assumed their marriage relation, re- j moving immediately subsequent thereto to j the village of Arcanum, Darke county, where Mr. Johnston ingaged in the business of general merchandising. Francis Johnston was a hero of the late Civil war, having served during the greater part of that strug- j gle, and his career as a civilian embraced ; the period between his marriage and death, the latter occurring in .1878 in Arcanum, where, as a merchant, lie carried on an ex¬ tensive and lucrative trade. His widow is still living, making her home at this time in

John R. JohnsRn received, the principal part of his scholastic training in Kokomo, Indiana, and Topeka, Kansas, between the years 1879 arid J889, accepting a position at the latter date in a private bank in To¬ peka. After serving in this capacity for a limited period he accompanied a colonizing expedition to Old "Mexico, where he re mained for a short time, then returned to Indiana and located at Hartford Citv as' bookkeeper lor a glass company, retaining the position for a period of about four years. With such satisfaction did he dis¬ charge the duties incumbent upon him that at the expiration of the above time he was made secretary of the company and later, in recognition of his able services, was re¬ warded by the higher and more responsible position of general manager of the firm. Mr. Johnston continued as secretary and general manager until the Hartford City Glass Company passed into the hands of the Airviican Window Glass Company, after which) he was requested by the new manage¬ ment to remain as general manager at great¬ ly increased remuneration : this he consented to do and he was thus engaged until resign¬ ing th place in April, 1900. In the mean¬ time Mr. Job -ton became interested in banking, and present he is identified with the Citizens State Bank of Hartford City as vice president, besides hang connected with other financial and industrial enterprises, notable among which is the Utility Paper Mill, one of the leading manufacturing plants of the place.

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takings with which hi name has been con¬ nected, and few men have had as potent an influence in shaping- and fixing upon a firm and substantial basis the business interests of the city.

Our sv ject was united in marriage, in I Duluth, Minnesota, October 4, 1891, to Miss ' Nellie M. Thompson, who was horn in Chi- ! cago, Illinois, on the r6th day of October, ! 1870. This union was blessed with, the birth of one child, John R. Johnston, Tr. Mr. Johnston is a supporter of the Republican ! * party and has made his influence felt in many campaigns, both local and national, j At this time he is a member of the citv school \ hoard, being treasurer of the same, and the ! interest he has ever manifested in matters educational has resulted in the enviable rep¬ utation the school system of Hartford City j enjoys throughout the state. He is a Ma- j son of high standing, having reached the thirty-second degree, and is also actively identified with the Pythian order, in which he has at different times been elected to im¬ portant official positions.

As a business man Mr. Johnston is con¬ spicuous for the method, exactitude and promptness of all his transactions. All his energies, thoughts, impulses and intuitions, like so many satellites, revolve around this one idea, and in every detail, even the most minute, he observes fixed rules, from which, he rarely deviates. In his various business transactions he has come in contact with all classes of men, whose confidence he invariab succeeds in winning, and this, too, by no artifice or blandishment, but by fair dealing and unfaltering loyalty to his en¬ gagements. Wherever lie is known his word has the sanctity of an obligation, and he has always endeavored to shape his conduct in , accord with the principles of bus vs ethics, and to meet his fellow men upon the plane of a mutual reciprocity of interests is one of the fundamental elements of his nature. Men who know him best trust him with an absolute faith in the rectitude of his inten¬ tions. and his life has been directed by the genius of industry and perse \ ''nice, and the success with which his effi have been crowned has rather been the tesult of fidel¬ ity to purpose than of any remarkably bril¬ liant transactions. Caution, prudence and penetration are among his mo-t striking characteristics, and lie always moves with grew deliberation, but when necessity re¬ quires he acts with promptness only equalled by a most remarkably positiveness and firm¬ ness. He possesses both independence of mind and character, is self poised, self pos¬ sessed, self dependent and though by no means forward or aggressive in his dailv intercourse with the world, his force, self assertion and strong individuality never fail to make his presence felt. As a citizen he has always oeen identified with the public welfare, and to all moral, charitable and like enterprises he contributes his share with¬ out ostentatious parade. Socially he is agr< eable and courteous, popular with all and few occupy a more conspicuous place in the public regard. Possessing a fine, command¬ ing presence, endowed with vital powers to support his mental activities, he may be taken as a representative type of the cultured, self-made man of the present day.

William Harley

i, 1861, and is a son of William and Mar¬ garet ( Morrisy) Harley, the former of whom was born in county Donegal, and the latter in county Tipperary, Ireland, but mar¬ ried in New York, whence they went to live in Newark, New Jersey, where the father was engaged in the manufacture of wagon springs until 1862. In the year last named the Harley family moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the fat: *r was en weired in the cooperage business for about six years, and also in sugar refining. In 1868 the family came to Indiana, and for four years the father employed himself in farming, but the climate or the pursuit not agreeing with his health, he returned with his family to the east, and for eight months worked at coopering in Baltimore, Maryland. His next removal was again to Philadel- hia, where he engaged in the ame line until 1879, when he once more - me to Indiana and followed the pursuit of agriculture in Randolph county, and with happier results, apparently, as he continued there until 1885, when he came to Blackford county, bought eighty acres of good land in Jackson town¬ ship and there has maintained his residence ever since. In politics Mr. Harley is a Dem¬ ocrat, and while in the east took an active part in the interest of Ins party. n religion the family are Catholics and belong to St. John's congregation at Hartford City. In¬ diana.

William Harley, the subject proper of this biography, is the second born of eleven children that blessed the marriage of his parents. lie received his early education in the public schools of Philadelphia and Balti¬ more, and later entered St. Peter's Academy at the latter city, where he remained until the removal of the family to Philadelphia, after which lie again entered the public

Havi -g acquired a knowledge of surveying and ci\ il engineering and being mathemat¬ ically inclined, he began the study of sur¬ veying and civil engineering with the in¬ tention of making that a profession. About this time it became necessary that be give up his studies in order to assist bis parents in provid ig for the rest of the family, and in order to do so he engaged with his father in the cooperage business, where be was actively engaged for a period of two years, or until the removal of the family lO Indiana, in 1879, which time he engaged in farm¬ ing with his parents, and at this occupation he remained until the fall of 1890. During all the time he was engaged at farming his leisure moments were taken up in the study of his chosen profession, and his ability as a surveyor and engineer having become known, he was induced to become a candi¬ date for the office of county surveyor of B' ickford county, and after a s hated con¬

, at which time he was defeated for the latter ; office by Ge ,-ge T. >7ulron, but continued to act as city engineer of Hartford City until 1896, when he resigned to again become ! county surveyor, he having defeated Air.

j Fulton for that office. Mr. Harley was ! again elected to fill the same office in 1898 1 and is the present incumbent. In addition to the foregoing Mr. Harley is the city engin¬ eer of the city of Montpelier, Indiana, and has charge of all the important engineering ' work in his county, including sewers, water works, gravel roads, streets, ditches, and other improvements, aggregating millions of dollars. Mr. Farley lias ide many friends throughout the state ».i Indiana, where he is well known. He is a member of tlie Indiana Engineering Society, and also a member of the Knights of the Maccabees. He is also chairman of the Democratic county central committee of Blackford coun¬ ty, to which position he was chosen by his party in February, 1900.

Mr. Harley was married to Miss Ella Kennedy, at Marion, Indiana, on January 14, 1892. This lady was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, March 12, 1 868, and is the daughter of James and Sarah Kennedy, highly re¬ spected residents- of this county. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Harley has been blessed with two children: James Edwin and Charles, whose ages are five and two years, respectively.

George T. Fulton

George Thomas Fulton, city engineer of Hartford City, Blackford county, Indiana, was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1872, and is a son of James and Jennie (Gray) Ful¬ ton, and of these parents a biographical sketch will here be given in precedence to that of George Thomas, in order that the reader may gain a clearer insight into the family history,

James Fulton, a general merchant, was born in Dnnnvill , Ontario, May 12, 1845,. and was a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Thompson) Fulton, natives of Scotland, who settled in Dunnville, Canada, 111 1842, where Thomas Fulton engaged in milling until his death in 1845, widow surviv¬ ing until 1894, when her death took place at the age of eighty-eight years. They were the parents of e lit children, viz: John, deceased, Hugh, also deceased; Thomas died in infancy : Janies, the gentleman wlio - name opens this paragraph; Robert, who has also passed away; Anna, who died in 1881 ; and Isabella, wife of J. Armstrong, | a retired fanner, now a resident of ( hicago.

Illinois. Thomas and Elizabeth Fulton j were of the national religious faith of Scnt- ! land, the orthodox Presbyterian, and in pol¬ itics Thomas Fulton was a liberal. Tie and wife were both of a literary trend of mind, were of refined tastes and possessed of a sterling uprightness that never swerved to the right or left.

James Fulton, son of Thomas and father of George Thomas Fulton, received his pre¬ liminary education at Silver Hill, in Norfolk county, Canada, later attended the Simcoe giamniar school at Toronto, from which he i graduated at the age of twenty-one years. For several years he followed the vocation of school teacher in the New Dominion, and then finally decided to become a merchant. Tie accordingly embarked in mercantile pursu s at Langton, Canada, and succeeded in ! doing a profitable trade until 1880, when i he came to the United States and engaged ; in merchant' *g at Waterman, Illinois, un¬ til 1893, wl he came to Hartford City, Blackford county, Indiana, where he is now conducting one r the largest and best ap¬ pointed general c in the county, having first started wu groceries only, to which he confined himself for two years, but now carrying a stock valued at ten thousand dol¬ lars. James Fulton married, in Canada, in November, 1871, Jane E. Gray, who was born in New York May 19. 1846, a daughter of George and Jane Charlton Gray, and to this union were born nine children, in the following order: George Thomas, whose name opens this sketch ; William John, a stu- dent at law; Anna E., a teacher in a city school; Robert Bruce, in his junior year in the civil engineering- department of the State University of Illinois; Walter Scott, who was appointed a cadet at the West Point United States Military Academy, Mew York, in [899; James Thompson, attending high school; Frede ck Gray; Ella C. and Marv B., at home. The family worship at the Presbyterian church and are sincere in their profession a faith, as is manifested in their daily walk through life. Mr. Fulton is a Republican in politics, and since 1897 has been a member of the school board.

George Thomas Fulton, the efficient and accomplished young city engineer of Har¬ ford City, Indiana, was but seven years c when brought from Canada by his parents, who, as stated already, located in Water¬ man, De Kalb county, Illinois. He was well educated, in a preparatory sense, in the dis¬ trict schools and academies of Waterman until nineteen years of age, when lie entered the University of Illinois, where for two and one-half years he most assiduously devoted his attention to the study of civil engineer¬ ing, the result being a thorough acquaint¬ ance with the science. In 1893 Mr. Fulton came to Hartford City and for a \ ar was in the employ of his father. In the sum¬ mer of 1894 he was in the employ of the Hartford City Land Company, and in the fall of the same year, being a strong Re¬ publican arid his abilities as a civil engineer having been fully recognized by his party and the public in general, he was elected sur¬ veyor. He then formed a business part rship with William Harley, the then city en¬ gineer and a sketch of whose life will be found on another page of this work. He held this office for two years and was then made city engineer, which office he now

June 19. 1899, Mr. Fulton was joined in matrimony with Miss Nettie Leonard, the accomplished daughter of J. P. A. Leon¬ ard, of Hartford City, Indiana.

Roland L. Manor

Roland L. Manor, city clerk of Hart¬ ford City, Blackford county, Indiana, was born in Xenia, Ohio, October 31, 1852, and is a son of John W. and Margaret A. (Scott) Manor, the former of whom was a native of Virginia, but was reared from 1 hiklhood in Ohio.

John W. Manor was a carpenter and contractor by calling, but still found time to bear his share bravely in defense of his natal flag in its hour of peril, as he served four months as sergeant of a company in the One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at the incipiency of the I Civil war. He was a nan of considerable | local prominence, was an infirmary director, and an active member of the Republican party, a fraternally was an Odd Fellow. His mar* age took place in Ohio, and in that state his 1 eat ii occurred on December 12, 1897, in the faith of the Methodist Episco¬ pal church. His widow still has her home in Xenia, and is a member of the German Reformed church. Of the nine children that graced the marriage of these parents, Roland L. Manor is the fifth in order of birth.

Roland L. Manor attended the public schools of Xenia, Ohio, until nearly eighteen years of age and acquired a solid American education, hut lie was not satisfied with this, as he still attended school during the follow¬ ing four veai . during which he was vaininr a business experience as clerk in a grocery, in 1875 lie went to Cambridge City, Indiana, and apprenticed himself for two years to an elder brother, David to learn stone cut¬ ting, at the conclusion of which time David ' T. and he came to Hartford City and enmother's side from one of the pioneers of Perry county, Ohio. His father, Reason Wood, moved in an early day from Mour-ugahela county, Pennsylvania, to Mormw count.) , Ohio, where be met and nsanL I when Roland L. went to Fort Wayne, hav- i ing been appointed an attendant at the Feeble Minded Institute at that city, and tilling the ! position for a year and a half. He then ; returned to Hartford City, following his | trade until Flay, 1894, when he was elected i city clerk by the Republican party, and gave i such universal satisfaction that lie was re¬ elected in 1898 for a second term of four year), being the present incumbent of the office.

R dolph county, Indiana, with Miss Elizabe . Morrow, who was born near New Paris, Preble county, Ohio, October 27, 1867, a daughter of James and Eliza (Mitchell) Morrow, natives of the same state. To this marriage was born one daughter, Margaret Helen, in December, 1896. The family at¬ tend the Presbyterian church and own a very pleasant residence on North Walnut street, where they are always surrounded by a gathering of warm hearted friends.

John Goodin Wood

John G. Wood, a prominent business man of Hartford City ancl ex-treasurer of Blackford county, is descended paternal!'; from an old Pennsylvania family and on the this place until 1 882, when he disposed of his real estate and moved to Saline county, Nebraska, where he remained until the death of his wife, after which he returned to this county and purchased a farm a short dis¬ tance west of Montpelier, in the township of Harrison, where his death occurred on he 25th day of July, 1896. By his first mar¬ riage, noted above, Reason Wood became the father of the following children : Sarah E,, wife of John Hart, of Harrison town¬ ship; Mary M., deceased; Maude J,, de¬ ceased; Lucinda, wife of George W. Woolford, of Saline county, Nebraska; John G., whose name appears at the beginning- of this article, and A a Smith, deceased. Mr. Wood was married a second time at Mont¬ pelier, but to this union there was no issue.

Much might be written of Reason Wood as a man and citizen. He belonged to that large and industrious class that do much in a quiet way to advance the material inter¬ ests of the country and by lives directed and controlled by the principles of moral recti¬ tude give character and tone to the commun¬ ity. Intelligent beyond the majority, he was a great reader, fully informed on till the leading questions of the day, and he wielded a potent influence for the Republican pa ty in his township. In religious belief lie was a Baptist, to which denomination he was unswerving in In loyalty during the greater part of his life and in the faith of which he passed from the church militant to the church triumphant.

1853 he was brought by his parents to Black¬ ford county, Indiana, from which date until his twentieth year he' remained on the home farm ill Harrison township, attending mean¬ while the common schools and obtaining a practical knowledge of the branches taught therein, in the spring of 1863 lie responded to the country's call for volunteers by join¬ ing Company H, One Hundred and Eight¬ eenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under Captain VV. G. Lett, with which he served a little less than one year, being mustered out at Indianapolis at the expiration of his period of enlistment. Returning home, he farmed for his father until 1865, on October 13th, of which year, he was united in marriage to Miss Jane Bugh, daughter of Earnhardt and Hannah J. (Coddington) Bugh, and imme¬ diately thereafter engaged in agricultural pursuits for himself on the home place in Harrison township. After three years thus spent Mr. Wood purchased a place of Y own in the township of Wash! ''Ron, i sisting of one hundred and twe: / acres of fertile land, which under his successful man¬ agement became one of the best farms in that part of the county. He made this place his home for a period of ten years, when he removed to the old home farm which in the meantime he had purchased and which is as a farmer more than met his expectations and during the period of his residence in the country he enjoyed the reputation of being one of the most thorough and progressive agriculturists of the count}. In 1894 he was elected to the office of treasurer of Black lord county and the better to attend the duties incident thereto he rented his farm and removed to I Iartford City where he has since continued to reside. After acting as custodian 0! the county funds two years and discharging his official functio; faithfully and efficiently, Mr. Wood, at the expiration of his term, ret red from the office and in partnership with W. II. Cox engaged in the grocery business. Within one month he purchased his partner's interest and since that time has been sole proprietor of one of the largest and best appointed grocery houses in the city. As a business man Mr. Wood easily ranks with the first of Hartford City and his influence on the commercial inter¬ ests of the place has been h as to bring hit into prominent u ice, rot 011I; to the people c.f the count} mong whom he is widely ancl favorably known, but also to wholesale dealers in his line in large business cities of the country. By carefully study¬ ing the wishes of the public and courteously catering thereto, he has succeeded in build - j mg up a very extensive trade. In addition to this he also gives personal attention to his large farming interests in Blackford and other counties, owning a beautiful place of one hundred and sixty acres in Harrison township, two hundred and forty acres in the township of Washington, upon which are six producing oil wells, and other valu¬ able property in city and country, all of which came to him as the result of his careful busi¬ ness forethought and successful operations as a financier.

Mr. Wool is one of the wheel horses of Republican! a in Blackford county and as such assisted largely in leading his party to victory hi a number of campaigns, and it was in recognition of his efficient services that he was elected to the important official position before mentioned. llis personal standing as a citizen is .without a flaw and his popularity with all classes irrespective of party affiliations is ample proof that the ,trust reposed in him has by no means been misplaced. In a very large sei e the life of Mr. Wood, though in the main juiet, has been marked with great success. He has never been the man to boast of his achieve¬ ments or parade Ins virtues before the \v >lic. From a comparative!)' hui ible o agin, vith all the disadvantag-- of beginning life with but limited capi al, he has succeeds 1 in win¬ ning ccess from adverse circumstances and attaining a standing for moral principles and influence seldom met with. Iris whole life has been most exemplary arid his example is worthy of imitation by those with for¬ tunes yet to be achieved.

Mr. Wood is connected with the Pyth¬ ian brotherhood, the G. A. R. and the Ma¬ sonic fraternity, in the las! of which he has acquired a high and 1 - norable standing. The fo wing are the names uf me children born to Mr. and M 's. Wood : Nora married Charles C. Br a; Austin, deceased; Emma, wife of William Trussel, of Harrison town¬ ship; Norman j., deputy circuit, court clew of Blackford county; Nellie, the wife of L. L. Tyner, of Hartford City; Ollie and Lillie, the last named deceased.

The mother of these children is popular in the social circles of Hartford City and an active worker in the Methodist church. While not visibly connected with any relig¬ ious body, Mr. WoocT is a believer in

Edwin Ii. Ford

Edwin Holton Ford, superintendent of the water works of Hartford City and son of Dr. James and America Ford, was born in the city of Wabash, Wabash county, In¬ diana, on the 1 2th day of January, 1861. In the schools of his native place, which he attended until sixteen years old, he received his preliminary education and later added tv liis - tital acquirements by pursuing the higher branches c learning in Butler Uni¬ versity. Indianapolis, until 1881. In that )-ear he came to Blackford county for the purpose of looking after his father's large real estate interests, the land at that time in possession of the family aggregatingover one thousand acres, known as the Ran ¬ som tract. Upon assuming control of this important charge, Mr. Ford at once pro¬ ceeded to develop the lands and from time to time dispose of the same as opportunity of¬ fered, which he did to great advantage, until there remained but one hundred and sixty acres, which he himself pur¬ chased. While thus engaged Mr. Ford was elected justice of the peace for Harrison township, the duties of which office lie dis¬ charged fo: a period of four years and then accepted a position with the Fort Wayne Gas Company and later with the Silaurian Gas F Oil Company. Then he accepted a position as secretary of the Hartford City Gas Company, where he remained until ap¬ pointed to his present position. In 1891 Mr. Ford accepted the secretaryship of the

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Almerian Glass Company, of Gas City, in which capacity lie continued for a period of three years, rctnni'ng to 1 1 art ford City at the expiration of that t i me for die purpose of entering- upon his duties a superintend ent, to which position he was chosen in 1894. As sir inlcndent Mr. Ford demonstrated to the entire atisfaction of the people that their confidence in his ability had not been misplaced, and with such ebiciencv has he discharged the duties incumbent upon him that by successive reappointments he has i ot dear rut, practical ideas and hb useful | u-.-ss to the city as a clear headed, progressive ! manager of important municipal interest | cannot ; e overestimated. With a genius fo.

| mechanics and executive abilities of a su- | peridr order, to which may he added untir¬ ing industry and firmness of purpose, which laughs at all obstacles, he has discharged ! the duties of his several positions with credit been retained in the position to the present time. His knowledge of mechanical engin¬ eering is practical and profound and -'nee taking charge of the plant lie has added a number of improvements, notably among which is the meter box patented by him in 1899 and now in general use throughout the city. This device is manufactured in Llart- 1 )rd Cii:y by a joint company known as the Ford Meter Box Company, of which he is secretary, and such is the satisfaction the improvement has given that if has been adopted in Hartford City and bids fair to become universally used at no distant day.

Mr. Ford is a married man and the faj to himself and satisfaction to all concerned and made for himself a name synonymous with truth and honorable dealing. True to every trust reposed in him, courteous to alb with whom lie has business or other rela¬ tions, he is indeed a worthy son of a worthy father and a citizen who stands for the right as he sees the right under all circumstances

| whatsoever. Few men of Hartford City ; ha e impress d their personality more pow¬ erfully upon the public mind and conscience and a list of representative citizens of the place would be incomplete with his name omitted.

tlier of three interesting childr whose names and dates of birth are a. follows: Holton Neff, November 28, 1894; Wilber Edwin, October 13, 1896. and John Law¬ rence, August, 18 . The maiden name of

Mrs. Ford w s Elizabeth Neff , she being a daughter of John and Mary (Bloomer) Neff, of Wabash county, Indiana, where she first saw the light of day, August 23, 1869. Mrs. Ford is a member of the Methodist church of Hartford City, active in all good j work of the congregation with which she is connected. Politically Air. Ford is a Re¬ publican and fraternally his name appears

John Riley Huffman

John Ri. y Huffman, the popular city treasurer of Hartford City, Blackford coun¬ ty, Indiana, was born near Zanesville, Mus¬ kingum county, Ohio, September iS, 1842, a son of Henry H. and Elizabeth (Shick) Huffman.

Henry II. Huffman, a carpenter, came to Blackford county, Indiana, November q, 1846, by wagon and located in Hartford City, where he resided until his death, March 25, 1883, and where his widow still lives.

He and his wife were parents <>f nine chil¬ dren, who were horn in (lie followine order: John R., the subject of this sketch; William E., of Leed City, Dakota; Nancy A., de¬ ceased ; Mary C, of Hartford City, Inchana; Josephine A., deceased; Jacob (>. ; Jane, deceased; Ella, wife of George Stiver, of Montpelier, Indiana, and Charles, a carpen¬ ter of IE rt ford City. The father of this family was a greatly respected citizen and in quite comfortable circumstances, and died in the faith of the Lutheran church. In politics he was a Democrat.

John R. Huffman, it will have been no¬ ticed, was but four years of age when brought to Hartford City by his parents, and here he has virtually passed his life and grown with the city's growth. He was ed¬ ucated in the city schools, which he attend¬ ed until, seventeen years of age, ai . then began learning the carpenter's trade with his father, with whom lie continued to re¬ main until he was twenty-three years old, when he embarked in business on his own account and conducted it alone until 1882. At this time he was elected county treas¬ urer, served one term of four years and was complimented by being returned for a second term by a largely increased majority. Mr. Huffman next handled ice for a year and a half, then took his family to Charlotte, Michigan, dealt in patent rights three years, returned to Blackford county, Indiana, and for one year engaged in contracting at Montpelier. In 1891 he returned to the city of his first love, Hartford and here followed his trade until 1898, in Septem¬ ber of which year he was Cected to the office of city treasurer for the term of four years, and this o. ice he now fills to the supreme satisfaction of all concerned.

September 3, 1865, Mr. Huffman was joined in matrimony, in Hartford City, with Miss Adaiine If Hi -, a native of Blackford county, and a daughter - f John Ellis, a wellknown citizen. One child. Clara Ada, was horn to this union, but is now deceased ; and on December 23, i860, the mother \va also called away. For his second wife Mr. i luffman chose Miss Rebecca Ellen Cooper, wh- 11 he married in Hartford City. This lady was born near Massillon, Ohio, June 25, 1851, and is a daughter of James and Susan Cooper, prominent residents of that county, but natives of Ohio and Michigan, respect¬ ively. This second marriage of Mr. Huff¬ man has been crowned with six children, as follows: Harry Guy, a carpenter; Finnic May, wife of E. K. Sawyer, a musician; Parker Riley, a butcher; James C. II., Flor¬ ence Ellen and John R. The family worship at the Presbyterian church and in politics Mr. Huffman is a Democrat. They reside in a handsome dwelling on North Jefferson street and socially stand very high in the esteem of all with whom they are associated.

James J. Maddox

James Jackson Maddox, ex-soldier, law¬ yer, justice of the peace and a man of more than ordinary career, was a resident of Blackford count)', Indiana, since 1839. He was born in Highland county, Ohio, March 7,1827, a son of Michael and Francis (Jones) Maddox, natives of Virginia, who were mar¬ ried in Adams county, Ohio, came to Black¬ ford county in . e year named above, bought one hundred and forty-seven acres of land in . irrison township, on which they lived until the death of the father in 1845, and that of the mot! r in 1870. By a former marriage Michael was the father of ten children; by his second lie was the fa t her of. eight, viz: Mary A., deceased; Jos¬ eph C., deceased; Wesley H., a retired farmer of Wells county, Indiana William M. C K., .retired and living in Falls City, Nebraska; Wilson M., also of Falls City, an ex-soldier of the Civil war and a prom¬ inent politician; James J.. the subject of this sketch; Eliza, wife of William A. Campbell, a carpenter in Nebraska, and Sarah in Kansas. The parents of this family were m< hers of the Methodist Episcopal church. The father was a Democrat in politics and although a poor non comparatively, owning only his farm, reared his children, who reached mature years, in respectability and to usefulness.

Tames T. Maddox was about twelve and one-half years of age when brought to Black¬ ford county. Indiana, and here amid the swamps and forests was reared to manhood. He lived with his father until 1845, when upon the latter's de t.h he began laboringout as a farm hand at six dollars per month and so continued until about 1847, when he went to Omaha, Nebraska, and engag d in general labor until 1S48, then went to Fort Des Moines, . wa, whence he walked back > Blackford county, Indiana, averaging twenty-eight miles per day. Here, Febru¬ ary 15, 1849, he married Miss Sophia M. Miller.

Immediately after marriage Mr. Mad¬ dox began housekeeping in Harrison town- | ship on the old homestead, of which he had purchased a portion, but within a year had removed to a farm his brother owned and which comprised < ghfy acres. In 1852 lie had begun auctioneering, which took up most of his time until i860; but in the mean time, in 1856, he contracted for two hundred and fifty thorn md in lies of star mail routes in Iowa, went there and sold them, and came back with a profit of two hundred and fifty dollars farm, which he continued to make his home. In i860 he was admitted to the bar by judge Jeremiah Smith and followed the practice of law until 1869, though during the inter¬ val ho was engaged in Hartford City and Montpelier in merchandising as well as law practice and auctioneering. In 1869 he re¬ linquished the practice of tiie law entirely and turned his attention to shipping stock, buying wheat and other grain and to general trading.

In 1865 Mr. Maddox had moved from Montpelier to Hartford City and had pur¬ chased two 1 mndi d acres of land adjoining, for which he paid thirty-one dollars penacre, but which is now worth more than one hundred dollars, many factories beinglocated in the vicinity, and he also pur¬ chased other land in the county which has likewise greatly improved in value. lie continued in active business until 1895, since when lie lived in retirement, having parti tioned his property among seven children, apportioning to each from eight thousand dollars to ten thousand dollars.

Mrs. Sophia M. Miller was born in 1825 and the seven children she bore her husband were named as follows: William McKin¬ ley, deceased; Elizabeth A., wife of Harry Caffrey, a painter and printer, of Goshen, | Indiana; Jacob G., a trader of Hartford City; Peter L., the popular liveryman, whose biography will he found on a contiguous page; Alonzo C., also a trader, of Hartford City; John W., on tho farm, and James II., similarly occupied. The mother of this fam-