Washington Township (part 8 of 9)

Prof. Hamlet Allen was reared on his father's farm in Washington townshi|), l)a\-iess county. He lirst attended the district sch')ols and later the graded schools of Washington. U]ion completing the C'lur^^c in the local schools, he entered JM-anklin College and from there went to the Indiana State University at lllooiuinglon. He began teaching in the country schools <if P)a\iess count)' in iSfih and received his college training subseciuently. In 1874 he organized the Washington high school and was the princi|),il of this school for li\e vears. lie then remo\c<l to the farm .and for a tiiue taught in the country schools, later taking up grade w orl< in the cil}' schools. Tn iS8() .and iS,S-, Professor .\llcn w;is depuly ]iosiinaster in the ^^'a^hington ])ostolVice, and foui' years later .served ;i term as ilcpul\' clerk of the circuit court. In 1S04 he again was elected priucip.il of the Washington high school, and h.as served cotitinuouslv in that cajjacity .^ince that date.

On Hecember jCi, 1878, Professor Allen was married to Rebecca Hyatt, daughter of Willi.am and l-Icbecca (Read) Hyatt, to which union two children have been born, P.essie Read and Helen llyatt. P.essie luarrieil Stephen I'".. Alvers, a lawver in W.ashingion, a iiiograjihical sketch of whom is presented elsewhere in this volume. 1 lelen married Dr. C. J. P.urris and they live with Professor .\llen. They have one child, Pdeauor Rebecca.

was burn nn a farm adjuining the mirth t-dgc of W'abliingtun. Her father was Ixirii in Mason cuinity, Kentueky, and her nmther m Washington townsliij), Daviess county. Tliey were the ])arents of fue ehilth'en. .Marv. George, Margaret, flelen and Rebecca. W'ilhani H}'att had lieen married twice, his llrst wife iia\'ing been Margaret Me('iure, of Knox county, near \ incennes, to which union there was born one son, Tiiomas. U'iHiam Hyatt was the son of Thom.'is Hvalt. wlio married .Xhirgaret .Mcb'erren. Tliey were nati\'es of Mar\lantl and came from Kentuckv to Da\'iess county in il^uj, setlhng on what is still known as the old Oyatt farm, at the edge of W'ashingtou. They were the ]iarents of seven children, Lucinda, Eliza, John, Elisha, ]\lary Ann, W'ilham and ^Margaret. .Mrs. .Allen's maternal grandparents were Nathan and Mary ( \\'ea\ er ) ivead), the former of wlmm was a nati\'e of X'ermont and the latter of L)a\iess count\', Tiieir children were .Martha, (ienrge C, Sarah, .Miriam, Uichard X., Xath.aii 'i. and Rebecca. Mrs. .\llen was a member of the l!a])tist church, of which Professor .Allen is also a member, serving the congregation as a deacon and clerk of the church. I'rofessor .Allen is a Democrat but, with the exception of four years, diu'ing which time he was a member of the Washington cit\' cnuncil, he has never been especiallv acti\e in politics. ha\ing de\'oted his life and energies to the cause of education.

Air. I'loyd mo\ed from Dearbnrn county to DaN'iess county with iiis ])arents in 1S71. li'ith ])arents died shortl\- after the remosal, the father in iN^r and the mother in 11^73. At the age of sexenieen .Mr. I'.mmI found himself eutireh' U])on his own re--i>m-ce-. lie wurked mu a larm in the >ummer an<l went to the countr\' school-, in ihe winler until be succeeded in .--ecuriiig a license tn te.ach. lie ci'nt,inued at schiml work n ir leu \ears. teaching in country schools Uiv U<\\r ye;jrs ; princip.al of the nd.m M.-hoi)l fcir one year, in llie grammar school, Washington, one year and county sujierintcndent of schotils fuur years - 1883-87. In tlie meantime lie alteiulecl school two summers at Dan\ille, Indiana..

Mr. lliiyd was married on Decemljer jtj, 1887, [n Miss Tillie Scudder, eldest daughter of the late Dr. John \. Scudder, of Washington, d'o this imion li\e children weic born, twc id' whom are dead and three are living - S;inniel, Jr., John .Scudder and Tolly UtUh, aged, res])ecti\ el)', Iwentv-two. nineteen and se\enleen.

Mr. I'.oyd is a prominent member of the 1 )emocratic b^ditori.al Association of Indian;!, in which he ser\Ld as president in r8()5 and was secretar_\- for sexeral years. He has been an Odd h'ellow since i88_> and is an anient member of the I'.piscopal church. lie scr\ ed as a trustee of the Sontlu-ru lndian;i hospital for the in>;ine during (io\ernor .Matthews' adnu'ni>tratiou - i8()3-i)7; also on the city school Ixiard of \\'a>hingtijn.

S])ccilic mention is made of m.any of the wurthy citizens of Daviess counts' within the ])ages (jf this book, citixen> who ha\'e llgiux-d in the growth and de\'elopment of this favorcil locality, and w ho-e iuiere^t^ are identified widi ils e\ei'\' phase i<\ progres>; each comribuling. in hi> -phere o| action, to ihe well-being of the coninunuty in which he re^ides and to the ad\;mcement of its moral and legitimate growth, .\mong this ninnber i'- the geiulem;m who^e name api)ears above, pecidiar interest attaching to the fact th.nt he has s])ent but a few years of his life within the borders of this comity.

George \\'. Dyke was born on Xo\'ember 11, i87r), in Centerton. Morgan county, Indiana, the son of James and Sarah (Dyer) Dyke, the former born in 1840. in Mill .'springs, l\eiUucky; the latter born in 184-', in Morgan county, Indiana. James D\ke was the son of William Dyke, a native of England, who emigrated lo this countr\- and first settled in the state of Mar\dand, where he and his fannlv remained for some time, then went

Xo the state (if Kentucky, I'mni which ^tate they came tn liKhana, locating in Heiuhicks cnunls', later moviiiL;' to Mur^aii cnunly, whence the\' went to the state of Illinois where William Dyke dieil, after which liis wiilow returned to Morgan countw where ^he spent the rest of her life. Tiie maternal grandparents were (ienrge and Maria ( i\nssell ) D\er. George Dyer's father emigrated, in an early day, to Morgan county, Indi:ina, where he to(.ik up a grant uf land frr]m the gox'ernment, spending tiie rest oi his life there, lieorge Dyer died some years ago and his W'idow is living to tlie ]jresent day.

James D\ke was a hlacksmith hy trade and came from Kentucky to Indiana, locating at l'>rookl)n, Morgan coinUy, where he continued to work at his trade and reared a large family. He was somewhat active in politics and while disp(.ised to cast his \iite in an independent manner, )'et his leaning was towards the principles cd" the Kepuhlican party and lo it gave his support, lie and his famil)' were memhers of the Methodist clnu'ch. 'I'o his union with Sarah l)\er were liorn the following children, named in the order of their liirth: George \\'., Angle, deceased; Josephine, Carl, lihenezer, deceased; an infant, deceased; Mary, deceased; Xorman and another infant, deceased.

George W. Dyke li\-e<l with his parents and recei\ed his earl_\' education in the juiblic schools of Morgan cmnity, later acquiring a good working knowknlge of the hlacksmithing trade, which he followed for a ninnher of vears, after which he took up the study of mechanical and electrical engineering. Having ac(iuired a splendid knowledge of these latter lines, he was appointed to the position of manager of the plant of the Central Union Telephone Company in the town of r>rooklyn, and continued as manager there imtil the company transferred him to Washington, this county, where he has heen located since 191.V During the year i<;i4 lie was appointed manager of the otlice "i the We-icrn Cniou I'elegraph I'onipany at Washington, but on account of a statute opposing dual em]iloyment in public service coriiorations, he was prevented from holding the management of the two branch c<impanies, and had to give up the telegra]ib ])roject.

(jn Octoljer 2J, ]><</). George \V. D\ke was married to l'>lie Dalton, a native of Orange county, Indian;i. ilaughter n\ S. W. Dalton, of I'.rooklyn, I\Iorgan county, and to their union h.'ive been born h\e children, name<l, in the order of their births, as follow: .\gnes, deceased; Gladys, Dons, (ieneva, deceased, and George.

Since being transferred to tiie (own of Washington, Mr. Dyke has taken an active p.art in the i)romotion <.f all meritorious enterprises that tend to the welfare of the puljlic. I'ulilicall}', he has always ideiuilied himself with the Uepuhlicaii party and although not an as|iirant fur puhlic oftice, takes an aggressive and active part in political matters. Fraternally, he is a memher of the Knights of l'_\thias, the Order uf Ued Men, and is a thirty-second-degree memher of the Masonic order, going up through the York and the Scottish rite. Personally, Mr. Dyke is a man who. in all the relations of life, h;is heen ;in ad\iicate of wholesome living and cleanliness in pcjlitics as well; ami has e\er heen outspoken in his antipathy to wrong doing, whether hy the humlile citizen or hy the incuml)enl> cd' inlluenlial otifices. In every respect he has merited the esteem in which he is universally held, lor he is ;i man of public-spirit, intellectual attainments and exemplary character.

It is the progressi\-e wide-awake man oi alfairs that makes the real liistor)' of a commiunt)'. liis inllueuce as a potential factor in the liod\' politic is ditticult to estimate. 'J he examples such men furnish c.>f patient jjurpose and sleaillasl nitegrity strongly illustrate what is in the ]iower of each to accomplish. And there is alw;i\s a lull measure (d satisfaction in advertising, even in a casual wax. to their achie\ements in ad\ancing the interests of their fellow men, ,'ind in giving strength and sulidil)' tn the institutions which make Sd nnich for the pfMsperit}' uf the ciiminunit\-. Such a man is .Andrew J. liiddmger, a prominent real-estate dealer antl insurance agent at Washingtun, Indiana. .Mr. Iliddinger's husiness has natural!)- hroughl him in touch with the jmlilic .md ti'day he enjuNS an en\ia!)le reputation i'tv liiinest\' and scpiare dealing. Perhaps u.i class ni ])e(iple c-iutrihute more in tlie material progress of a community than th''-e persiin> who lin\ .and sell real e^lale. .\o class of husiness men coiUrilmte more to the improN'emeni of the communit}' than real estate dealers, (d" which ?ilr. I'.iddingcr is .a leader in l);i\'iess couutN'. In e\ery res])ect he is a rejiresentali\e citizen uf W'ashingtdn ;ind ol I )a\'iess county.

.Andrew J. IJiddinger was horn on Ko\-emher lo, 1^55. in llutler county, Ohio, (he son of Genrge W. and Caroline (llancoek) Ihddinger, the former a nati\e of rennsyl\;uiia. Imrn near (_'armicli:ieltown, and the latter a native of Drewershurg, rranklin county, Indiana. They were the ])arents of six children, J(^hn \\'., id' Washington; Dehurali A., deceased, who was tlie wife of William F. Tranter; Solomon A., a farnier in Wash-

George W. Piidihuger -was reared in lUitler count}-, Ohio, where he owned and iniproxed a large farm. He M)ld uut there in 18O1, and came to tliis CI Hint)-, purchasing a farm in Washiiigt(.in township, where he ihed in 187-', at the age of fifty-eight _\-ears. His widnw (hed in 1875, ;it the age of tifty-iiue. He was a meml>er oi the Lutheran church and liis wife was a niemlier of the L'nited I'rethren chiu'cli. Tlie parents of George W. Bidthnger were h'rederick and Catherine (Hoover) I'lidihuger, nati\'es of I'ennsxlvania. and of ( ierman descent. riie\- were early settlers in Ohio, and their elde^l >on was a soldier in the War of 181 _-. and also a soldier in the Alexican War. h'rederick l.h'ddinger, the son of iM'ederick Lliddinger, was a soldier in the Patriot arm_\' during the Revolutionary War, and also ser\-ed during the War of 181 _>. later emigrating t<> Ohio, where he liecame a fanner in ISuller cmintw and died there, his wile dying in Hamilton county, Ohiii. The fnvmer died at the age of sevenly-^ix and the latter at the age nf eiL:ht\-fMm\ TlieN' had a family of ele\en children, heing; Jaculj. Sokinion, Michael. J.inalhan, James, Genrge, .\ndrew. hrederick, Mrs. Catherine C;mn, .Mr-. .Mary Wall and .Mrs. hdizahelh Cann. hrederick Hidtlinger's parents were horn in (ierman\'. l-'i»llMwing his services in the Revolutionary War, I'rederick liiddinger cut a hickory cane from ;i tree in the war zone to serve as a staff on his long walk iK.iine. .\iidrew J. I'.iddinger is now the possessor of this stout staff, a relic of the Rex'olutioii. which he prizes quite highly.

The maternal gr.amlparents of Andrew J. Riddinger were John W. and Debt)rah ( St;ui>lierr\' ) Hancock, natives ui Maryland, the former of English and the latter nf Germ;in descent. 'Idiey lived to rear a large family in iM-anklin countv, Indiana. John W. Hancock was a merchant ;ind al;0 owned a farm i>\ live or six hundred acres, lie .^hipped a great (inantity ui produce liy wagon and operated a large number of huckster wagons. He died at the age of liftv and his wife at the ;ige of eighty-seven. Their children were i'liiux, I,lo\(l, Green, Ch.arles, Seneca, CaroliiK- and Julia .\mi.

Antlrew J. llidi linger was reared on his father's farm in Washington townsliip. He attended the district sciiools and later I'ort Scott College at Fort Scott, Kansas. He then returned to Daviess county and began fanning, continuing in this vocation until 1880, when, for ;i time, he soM sewing machines. Since Xoveniber, 1880, he has been engaged in the insurance business, and for twenty years he als(i has been engaged in the real estate Inisiness.

On April 5, 1894, Ainlrew J. Iliililinger was married, to Dora llcnry, a teacher in the \Va>liini^tc)n sclio^ls; daugliter (jf Isaiali and Xancv (Taylor) Henry. She died in 1004, and on October 28, 1906, Mr. l;!iddinL;er niarrietl, secondly, Kiith Waller, who was horn on a farm in Harr tuwnship, tlii.s C(jnnty, dani;hter tA Gecjrge and Lncretia (McDonald) Waller, natives of this cnnnty, and both of whom are now deceased, she being their .mly child. Mrs. IJiddinger's paternal grandfather was John Waller, who married Mary A. Goodwin. Their children were (Jeurge, William S., Edward lA, John j\I., Uiciiard, James, .\nna \\.. Alary and .Margaret. Mrs. Biddinger's greatgrandparents were .Varon an<l Margaret ( .McCAilImigh ) Goodwin.

Mr. and .Mrs. ni(l<linger are members of the CTinslian chtn-ch, in which Mr. Diddinger is ser\ing as a deacon. iM-aternally, he belongs U> I.iverp(.»>l Lodge Xo. I 10, Independent Order of C)(\A lA-llows. Politically, he is identified with the fortnnes of the I'rohibitiim party, .\ndrew J. l;id<linger is highly re>pected in Daviess connty and has been forenKJsl in all worthy public enterprises.

William H. Kiefer

Washington, the metro])olis of Daviess county, has a uni(iue character in the person of Wdliam 11. Kiefer, the clerk of the Daviess county circuit C'jnrt and a man known throughout the cotnitry as a successful composer of band and orchestra music. .According to the Musical Mcssciu/cr, Mr. Kiefer is "a band organizer, instructor, director and cornetist." "iMther designation or title is (li^ti^ction enough for any one man to wear, if he bears it as well as .\lr. Kiefer." says the Musical Mcssciujcr. 'A\"e don't know which he ])refers, but we suspect that the public will call him composer, for he h;is cerlainl}- made himself popular wilh his compositions, and thousands arc inducticed through his writings, where hundreds are [lossiblv benelited b\' his du'ccting or cornet pla\'iug."

William hi. Kiefer was born into a musical f;imil\' and inherited the musical spirit, absorbing musical notation ,aud rules wilh his alphaliet and arithmetic. Living in a musical atmosphere, be began as a child to pl.ay on everything he could get hold of th;it wnuld ]>roduce ;i m\isical somid. .\t ten years of age he pla\ed in a bo\'s' band that had been orgam'zed and instructed by an uncle, Joseph 1'. Kiefer. This uncle to(jk a sjiecial interest in him and instructed him pri\;ttely in the rudiments of music, teaching him \'iolin and cornet. William was an aijt |iupil and fully ajipreciated his uncle's interest. Mr. Kiefer attributes most of the credit for his musical attain- ments tu this good uncle ulio eiK-oiiragcil and directed him tUirinj; tlie tMrniative i;eri(i(l ot his career. The anihitinn to write a l)and or ijrcliestra ])iece took hold of him at the rit;e of fifteen years and at tliat early ai^e he liegan work on a compositiein. It was a march and when ^mi^^hed was caMed, "Salute t(i \\"ashin,L;ton," which was ])layed hy his home hand and was well receiveil. Later .Mr. Kiefer he,!;an tC) [juhlisji hand and orchestra selections. Most i)f his selection.-, have heen |uihlished hy C. 1.. Barnhouse, of 0.~kaloosa, Iowa, whom Mr. Kiefer met during a three-years' sojourn at Oskaloosa.

Ciusta\-e Kiefer came to .\merica when ei.inht years old with his parents, who located on a farm in Duhois county, Indiana, where he ,t;rew- to manhood. He en^a^i^ed in the lumher and saw-mill husiiiess near Lrench Lick for a lew ye.ars and then moved to W'asliin^ton, where, for some years, he enga.i^cd in the manufacture of hricks. Suliseiiuently he enga.^ed in the hutcher husiness and afterward comhicted the (ierman Hotel, on West Main street, which hurned some years a!;o. He died in \')0]. at the at^e of sixty. His widow died in \[)\o, at the ai^e of t'lfty-nine. Thev were memhers of the (ierman Catholic chiircli.

Ihe p:ilciii.il .giandiiarents of our suhjcel wi'ie .\iiton Kiefer and his wife Caroline. .\iUon Kiefer was a hrick-maker and died .at \\'ashiii,i,non at an old ;ii;e. lie and his wife were the p.arents id' five children, (iusta\e, Mary, Jose]>li, Lawrence and Ste]ilien. The maternal .grandfather of William H. Kiefer was William I'eck, a native of h'rance. He was a gener.al merchant in I'arkville, Indiana, and died there. William L.eck was twice married, .Mary and Christ heing the only children horn to the first union, and Rose and Nellie to the second union.

William II. Kiefer w.as lioin and reared in Washington, and attended tlie iJarochial and jiuhlic schools. Later he took a course in the Jasper Lusiness College. He served as a deputy in the county recorder's oi'tlce for two years and was city clerk for four years, from kjoj to 1906. Llpon retiriiii^- from this office lie enti-Tcil liie real estate liu--ine>s, in which he was engaged from 1907 t<> iiju. in wiiicli latter year he was elected clerk of the Daxiess circuit court ini the Democratic ticket. IMr. Kiefer is the leader df the Citizens hand and has served \ery acceptahl)- in this ca[)acity during the past twenty }ears.

On Decemher 24, 1906, William H. Kiefer was married to Maud Helphinstine, ilanghter id" Jnhn and Mary (llvatt) 1 lel])lienstine, Id which union two sons, William R. and jdhn ('. ha\e heeii horn.

.\s the M iisiciil M cssciu/cr sa\'s: "The man whu writes ])leasing music, music that hecomes popular, endears himself tn a great host of his fellows whom he ma\- ne\er ha\e the pleasure ot meeting persouall}'. Yet there is a sense ot comradc-hip felt h\' him with those who pla\- his music. The knowledge that comes to him of his music ])layeil in xarious sections of the country estahlishes a hond of fellowship lietween himself and these unknown friends, for a real friendship has heen estahlished. Wdien we i)la\- music ihal we like we want to know to whoui wr are uidelited lor it. We --eek the name ol the author and lindiug it we rememher it and liegin to form in imagination a ])ictnre ol him: that is, il no ])ictiu'e ot him is tnrnished us with his music." Thus is the name of William II. Kiefer known throughout the country. Mr. Kiefer makes himself useful musically wherever he may he. for years he has heen identified with, if nut the chief leader in, the musical perfrjrmances l.ty Idcal talent in and ahmtt Washing! nn, his home cit_\-, such as light operas, minstrel ])erfdi-uiances and the like, and is persiniall)- \ery |)opular. His latest march, "The S])ecialist," was ])ul)- lished in the Miisidil Mrsscii(/cr for Septemher, 1014. and had a \'ery large sale.

Daviess Couxtv, Indiana Milton Simpson Hastings

The welfare of mir countr_\' ilepends in a threat uieaMire u])r]ii those men in an unassuniinL;" manner work .steaihl}' a\\a\- in their chosen lielil of en(le;ivor. anil who are \'et In'oad-minded men; ni^t Mind to the nee<ls of their coinnninit)-, nor to those thins^s that stand for real i)roi;ress. Daxiess county ha> reason to he prouil of tiie inan\- true men she has priMhiced who now are eni.;aL;cd in \ariotis lines of acti\ities, anionic whom is .Milton Simpson Mastin,t.;s. a well-known and snccessfnl lawyer of Washington.

John .\ithiir Hastings was reared in Lawrence and Daviess counties. Imliana, and was a teacher for mativ vcars. lie lived most oi the time in Ilogard townshi]), this conntv, where he also ran a taian. During the Latter |)arl of his life he was for several vears, a merchant at L'orneltsv ille, hnt teaching was his iJiancipal work, lie lived a lew vears iti Washington, lie -was admitted to the har in 1S57, hnt never practiced law. John .\. I lastings died in iSi>i, at the age of lifty-nine. His widow died in 1005, aged si.\tylive. Thev were originallv memhers of the Christian church, hut later of the United llretliren clnu'ch. Mr. Hastings' father was a (juaker.

The maternal grandparents ot Mr. Hastings were lliram and Keziah (Cook) Allen, early settlers of Daviess county, fndirma. Hiram .Mien was a farmer and did some teaming from New Alhany and Louisville to Washington. He died a voung in.an. His widow remarried and lived to an old age. Hiram .Mien and wife were the ]iarents of three children, Ltmretta, Milton L., and Mary L.

1907. The firm oi Hastings, Allen & Hastings acts as alttirneys for the Peoples National Bank (jf \\'ashingtt)n and the Washington National Bank, and practices in all the conrts, hax'ing been called before the state supreme court in a large nuniher t>f cases, M. S. Hastings, allhongh a prominent and able lawyer, is (piite modest and unostentatious in his general demeanor. Freijuently he has been called upon to ])reside as judge of the circuit comets of Daviess ami adjoining counties, in special cases, and is generally known as Judge Hastings, but his retiring and modest (lis])osition makes him prefer to lea\e off the title, "judge'', and to be known simply as Air. IL'istings. Ikis genial and kindh' in his attitude toward all and nu one is too humble to recei\-e hi^ attention and respectful consideration.

While Mr. Hastings' ambition as a lawver is to contimie to grow and be eniinenth' successful, there is perhaps nothing that gi\es him more satisfaction ;mil enioxnient than teaidiing his splendiil llible class and looking after the interests of his family; his exem])lary liome life being a source of intinile gratification to them. M. S. Hastings is held in highest esteem by the citizens of A\'ashington for his integrity, his genuine Christian character and his real uKjral worth.

The suliject of this re\iew is a rei>resentati\'e farmer and stock grcjwer ol Washington township, Haviess countv, Indiana, who is known as one ot the alert, [jrogres^ive and successlnl agriculturists ot this favored section of the lloosicr state. In his laboi's he has not ])erniitted hini>elf to follow in the rut in a blind, apathetic \\a\-, but has studied and experimented and tiuis .secured the maxinunn returns from his enterprising efPirts; which he has so ordered his course at .all times as lo command the conlidence and regard of the [jcople of the coninunnty in which he lixes, being a man of lujiiorable business methods and aihocating wliate\er lends to ])roinote the public welfare in any wa\-.

Leonidas Se.xton Horrall was Ixnai in this count\' on March iS, 1S71, the son of ICdwin Ray and lohanna ( .Mexander ) Horrall, both natives i.it this Count}'. The paternal grandfather of Air. Horrall w.as t'leaser llorrall, who arrived in \\'ashington in an earl\- (la\-, and conducteil a tannery on the site where the I'laltimore iK: ( )hio r;u'lroad sl.ation now is situated. In the early days he would haul leather to IA-ans',-ille, Jndiana. for the markets. He and his wife died in Washingtt.m. The maternal gramlparents of Mr.

Etlwin Ray Horrall, the lather (if lA-onidas S., \vas educated in the schools of Wasliington, where he grew to maturity, antl liegan life for himself on a farm in Wale township, uperating one hundred and twenty acres i.if land which he nwned in 'I'oShum llullow. I,ater he purchased another farm on diie Innuh-ed and forty acres in the same township and mo\'ed toit. In addition to his farming interests, Mr. llnrrall, in partnership with ilirani ilngshead, nwncil and ()perate<l the lh>t steam threshing machine south of \\'asliingt(jn, in this cuunty. Mr. Horrall also oiicraled a saw-mill in \ eale township, lie nio\ ed to t)klahoma, hut later returned to Da\iess county, locating (jn the farm where his son is now living, lie ser\'ed in the Union army during the Ci\il War as a memher of the h'orty-second Regiment Indiana \'olunteer Infantry. Ivlwin Kav and Johanna (Alexander) llorrall were the parents of eight children, L'\nthia Ann, DanieL C lea\'er, Alfred, I'.lizalieth, Carrie llelle, Leonid.a^ S., Lawrie Isatic and \'idetta, all of whom are still Ii\ing with the exception of Carrie Ilelle.

heoiiidas S. 1 lorr;ill grew to manhood on his father's farm in X'eale township, recei\ ing his e<lucatio)i in the di.strict schools of his hi.ime township, lie assistetl his father in the operation ot the honie farm and alsowith his thresher-machine and saw-mill, and he lore his marri;tge had Ijought and paid lor lorly-se\en acres id" land. hi iSi)^ he engaged in farming on his own account, llis wile owned one hundred acres of land, and to this Mr. llorrall .added until they owned three hundred and ten acres of land in Harrison township. Later they .sold this farm and i)urchased one hundred and fort3--eight acres, where they now li\e, on the 1 'orters\dlle road, aliout one and i.me-fourth nules out of Washington. The family mo\cd to this pl.ace in ion.4, and Xlr. llorrall now does a ro.id contracting husmess in coimection wUh his farming.

In iiSo5 Mr. llorrall married .\una Wilson, who was horn and rearetl in Harrison townslhii, a daughter of William Wilson, a pioneer oi Harrison township. William Wilson came from ()hio in an eaiiv il.ay, luaking the trip on foot, with ;ill his heloiigings in a small carpethag, which he carried, lie settled in Harrison townslii]), where he graduall\- .accumulated a com|)etency, and at the time of his death was the owner of eight hundred acres of land. lie was an inllueiitial citi/en in his da_\' and generation, fieing a man of sterling integril\- and of much streni;th of char;icter.

dren, Steward Sextun, Kniicl I'.tlifl, Lil\' Jewel, (.ilenn Irene, i\uy and Nellie I.issie. The family are ;ill lu^'al and earnest members ol the Alethotlist JCpiscupal church, in whuse welfare the\' are aeli\ely interested, and to whose support they are liberal contriliutors.

Mr. Ihirrall is a Uepiihlican, and for \car^ ha> taken an active part in the political affairs of his county. On January i, 1915, he assumed the duties of the ottice of county commissioner, to which office he had been elected in tlie prex'ious electinn. I le is a member of ihe Independent Order of C)dd h'ellows and also nf the encampment, and takes an active intere>t in the welfare of those fraternal ortjanizations. As a citizen Mr. Horrall stands hij;h in the esteem of hi^i fellnw nien, beinj; public-spiritetl ami ])r(igressive, and at all times willing; to lead his aid and inlluence in l.iehalf of enterprises for the material ad\ancemcut of his county, and for the intellectual, Social and moral goijd of the people.

Paris A. Hastings

P.aris A. ITa>tinLis is a man, wlm, liy clip>e attentifn to business, has achie\'ed marked success and ha> ri^en to an himorable position anion^i; the leadini( men of the county with which his interests are identifie<l. It is a plain record rendered remarkable by no stranj^'e or mystericjus adventures; no wonderful ami lucl<\- accidents and no traL;ic situatii_)ns. Air. blastings is one of those estimable citizens whose inte<^ritv and [jersonalily must force them into an admirable distinctii in, which their modesty never seeks, lie is one (if that type nf men wIm conmiand the respect nf contemporaries ami posterity alike and lea\-e the inipressidii nf then' indi\idualil\' iqion the ai;e in which they b;i\e lived.

1891, at the age of hfty-nine. His wife survived him and died in WashingtLin in Deceinljer, 1005, at tiie age of sixty-h\e years. In their early cla_\s tiiey lielnngetl to the Cln-istian churcii hut later united with the United lirethreu chureh.

The paternal gi'amlparents of I'aris A. Hastings were Idowell and Judith ( h.dwards ) Ilastings, nati\es of Xurth Carolina, who were among the first settlers of Madison lowiiship, this eounty, where they owned coiisideralile land in the (Jdoii neighliorhood. Howell Hastings died in middle life, aticr which hi^ wid(nv iiiii\ed to Kansas with her children and lu'ed at Wellington for a time. She died in Kansas, at an aihaneed age. They were the parents of >ix children, Henry H., who died mi his eighty-fifth birthda\-; Thomas, who died in the service of the Union army, during the C'i\il War; John A.. Zachariah S.. a (liri-tian minister; hdizalielh and Charlotte. 'I he maternal grandparenls of .Mr. lla-^llllgs were lliiam and Iveziah I ("ook ) .\llen, n:iti\es of Xorlh ("arolma and earl\ settlers in \'an laireii lowiiship. this county. Ilirain .Mleii died in iS.p), while slill a \-oung man. Hi.s widow married, secondly, William Wilson. I'.y the first marriage there were three children, ],auretla, Milton H. and Mary. lA the second marriage there were four children, (.ieorge, Keziah, John and Cordelia.

In the cami)aign of 1902, Mr. Hastings was chairman of the i\e|)ulilican coniily central committee, of Daviess county. He was elected to the Indiana Legislature al a special election that year, serving in the session of 1903. He was a city treasurer of Washington for four _\-ears and was interested, while in the iiews]iaper hnsiness, in mad huilding. He built more than one hundred miles of gra\el and rock road in Da\-iess count}-, in partnersliip w ith M. H. Wilson.

dricks, uf Hendricks cnunty, tlie daui^lucr of Miltun and AJnrv E. (Sparks) Hemlricks, lu which union six children liavc hccn Ijorn, Frank H., Mary, Laura, Cliarles, luhlh and J'auL l-Vank II. is a gracUiate of the Central Normal Collet^e and is nuw principal of the hiyh school at Arcadia, Indiana. Mary and Laura were .!j;radualed from the scientific course at Central Normal College in 19 13 and are in school there now, taking the classical course. Mary taught t)ne term of school in T.arr township. Charles is a junior and Paul a freshman in the Washington high school, lulith died in infancy. During Laura's twelve \ears in school, .she never missed a day; ne\er missed a ses.-^ion of her Sunday school, nor was she tardy at either place in the entire twehe years. This is ;i remarkalile record.

Mrs. Hastings was horn in Hendricks -c-ounty, Indiana, Decemher 5, 1861. Her parents were natives of Indiana. Iler father died in KjoS at the age ot se\ enly-eight ami her mother is still living, ddiey were the ]iarents of si.\ children, Cora A., Myra jane, Orestes LL, \'ada. Lora and Crace.

^Ir. and Mrs. Hastings and all of their children are members of the Christian church, the local congregation of which ]\Ir. Hastings is serving as an elder. He was su|ierintendent oi the llihle school for six \ears. He is a niemlier of Charily Lodge Xo. 30, l-'ree and .\ccepleil Masons; Washington Chapter No. ijj. Royal Arch Ma.sons, and the Washington council, Royal and Select Masters. He and his wife are charter niemhers of Washington Chapter No. Jio, Order of the Lastern Star.

Because of his long experience in jmhlic and semi-official life, I'aris A. Hastings is well known in I)avie>s comity, and it is (.nily fair to say that he enjoys the uni|ualified esteem (jf the people of this county. He has made success of many ventures and. although still in middle life, has earned a competence which is his reward for hi-- toil an<l planning.

The men of most inlluence in promoting the advancement of society and in giving character to the times in which they live are of two classes, students and men of action. Whether we are more indehteil for the improvement id the age to one class or the other is a question of honest difference in opinion. Neither class can he spared and hoth should he encouraged to occupy their respective s])heres of lahor an<l inlluence, ze.ilouslv and without mutual distrust. In the following paragraphs are hrieflv outlined the lead- ' (-'3)

ICImer Knzan was hurn nn .May 13, \i>~[). in Washington township, Daviess county, Indiana, the son of AUjcrt and Sarah Adaline ( [ones) lUizan, liolh nati\es of this county, the former of whom was horn in I5arr tciwushi)), and the latter in Washington township. The parental grandfather of Mlmer Ihizan was John lUizan, an early settler of l)a\'iess count\', who died in this county, his wife dying in Kansas. John I'.nzan and wife h;id six children, .Maria, .Mhert, William (deceased), Lafa\etle (deceased), John and .Mattie .\. John I'lUzan ser\ ed as a soldier in the L'nion armv during the Ci\il War for almut three years. 'Idle maternal gr.andparents of Klmer iiuzan were Thomas and Lorraine ( ITeeland ) Jones, pioneers of this C(.iunty, who were the parents of five children, .Mary C, Jlosea, Mlijali, Theodore and I'dla. 'Jdieodore Jcmes, now deceased, was a ciie-time treasurer of Daviess county.

.Alhert lUizaii, the father of hdnier lluz;m, was formerlv a farmer and a coal jirospector. Though self-learned, his earl_\ educational o]>portuiiities having been limited, he is a well-inf<irmed man. lie and his wife, the latter of whom is now deceased, were the ])arents of four chililren, Theod(.ici;i (deceased), hdmer, Dertha S. and .Maria S. (deceased). .Mhert lUizan is a memher of the Christi.au chinch, as was his wife, and their cliildren were reared in the faith of that church.

l-.lmer I'.uzau was reared on ;i f;irm and was educated in the pulilic schoiTs ol Da\iess county, as well as in the Indiana State .\ormal School at 1 erre Haute, where he spent more than three years. .Mr. Iiuzan hcgaii teaching when twenty-one years of age and was engaged in teaching until loll, when he was made deput\ county treasurer, hy a])poiutment, a position he held fi>r tWii _\ears, at the end of which time he was emploxed hv the I'rudential Insurance Companw In 1014 .Mr. Ihizan w.as elected countv treasurer of Daviess county and will take office on Januarv 1, kmG. lie is a man who is well known throughout Daviess county and who has made a host of triends. ddie |)eople of Daviess county ha\e ahsdlule confidence in .Mr. lUizan, and he will he the last man to ahuse that confidence.

The true measure of individual .success is determined hy the character of work in which mie has heen eni^a^ed. The measure of success is what one has acconi])lished. An enumeration of the li\ini; resiileiUs of Da\iess county, who ha\-e succeeded in \arious S]ihcrcs of endea\'or, and who at the same time are impressing; their iier^onalities on the citizenship nf this count}- - men who liaxe heen ci m feri-iui;- honor on the localities where they reside, WDuld he iucumplete were there failure lo make specilic mention ( d' Xathan h".. Killinn, proident i;f the hannerh iSank >>f I'lauuille, and one uf the most inlltiential citizens in that section of Da\iess count\. The splendid success wliicli has come to liim has heen tlie direct result of i;reat plusical and mental eiiert^y. Mr. Killi(jn has a mind capahle id' kayin.i;- judicious l)lans, and a will strong' enont^h to carr)- them into execution. Ills eneri;v, foresii^ht and perse\erance carr\- him forward to ;i |)o>ition in the front rank of the successful men ot this cniint\-. Nathan Killion has carried forward to successful completion wh,Uc\er he h;is undertaken. I lis husiness meth- ("Is lia\e e\er heen in strict CMnfurmity with the >t.in<lard ethics id" commercial life, lie h;is t.akeii an inlelliL;enl interest in the ci\ic life of the conimnnily and has eaiiied the hiL;h le^ard in which he is held 1)\ .dl who know him.

Killion was William Ivillion, a nati\e ijf Xijrlii Carnlina, who married Dicey Ballard, and \vh(;), alter their marriage, nioxed to Tennessee fur a year. While the Killinns were in Tennessee, (ine ui William I\illie)n's S(jns lra\eled to Indiana. lie wrute hack to his lather that he had tunnd a splenilid place in which tu h\e. \\'ilham Killiun, w 1 k- and familv then mo\'ed to Indiana. His children were Ale.xantkr, Allred, Da\itl. James, Sallie, l'.\a, William, I'.etsie, iMimk and Wiley. The lir^t wile ui Alexander Killiun was America lUncli, who I" ire him three children, DicL-y, John and Uachel. Alter her death Air. Killicni marrieil jemimah Ca_\'wuud, ami she hore him >i.\ children, Martha ]., William, Xathan, Albert, F.va and Cora. Uijon the death of his second wife, Alexander Killion married j\larv M\ers, hnt ik.i children were horn to this last marriage. Alexander Killion was a farmer cd' great wealth and owneil lour ihoiisand acres of land in haviess connU, the most of which was in Steele township.

J\l;m\' mteresting things are to he recorded in the lile history ol Alexander Killion. ]le started in life with a small farm, which his father had gi\en him. It was co\ered with limher and the only wa\' he was alile to secure the mone)- \\itli which to pa\- li\ing expenses was hy "working out" at twenty-live cents a day. Alexander Killion went hack to his father and asked the latter to take part of the farm hack and give him the money. Iinl the father refused to dci this. Alexander and his wife li\ed in a h(.illuw sycamore ti'ee for a time, and linalK- erected a log hut. .\tler man}' \'ears .Me.xander Ixillioii hecame \ery wealth)' and his life was continually iu danger of lliie\es and rohhcrs. who sought to get hold of his money. A letter w;is once thrown into his \aril demanding li\e thousand dollars ;it once, this nionev to he placed under ;i certain cnKert, de.ath heing the threatened penally for failure lo com]il\- with the terms of ilie letter. Xeithing e\'er came of the incident, howe\er. ( )n another occasion Alexander killion was held n]i ou his reinrn from W .ashinglon. Indi.ina, lau it happened th.U Wehh (. )s;den and his son, Xaihan, were nearhw one of them throwing a rock which fractured the skull of the rohher ami relieved Alexander from danger. It is said that this highw.avman was a man from Martin count}', Indiana.

Xathan l-".. Killion was eilucated at the Central Xormal (Jollege at ]~)anville, Indirma, and was married on March 5, 1S85, to Cordeli Singleton, daughter ni George and I.yda ( Kagsdale ) Singleton, who were Indiana fanners, (ieorge Singleton was a soldier in the L-niou army during the Civil War. To Nathan E. and Cordelia fSingletou) Killion three children have been born, Krnest E., Clarence !-'. and Ralph .\. He is cashier of the bank there and a biographical sketch of liini is presented elsewhere in this volume. Clarence is deceased. Ralph A. married Eiila Barnes, and they live in Steele tnwnship, this county. They have Uiree children, Kalph, Jr., Clarence and Mildred. Nathan Iv Killinn lived for twenty-one \ears on While river, on a bottom farm in Steele township, owinng sexen hundred acres of the richest soil in Steele Icnvnship and two hundred acres in Knox and Pike coimties, Indiana. Mr. Killion is president of the b'armers Bank of I'lainville, a positirm he ha^ occupied bince the establi.-.hmenl of that sound fmancial institution in 1907. lie also is a lar^e stockholder in the I'lainville Flouring Company, v>hich is one of the most up-to-tlate mills in' the state of Indiana.

Mrs. Killion is a member of the Methodist Ei)iscopal church. Mr. Killion is a meml>er of the lndei>enilent Order of Odd h'ellows and both he and Mrs. Killion are memliers t>i the order of the Daughters of Kebekah.

Xathan E. Killion is known throughout the length and breadth of Daviess county, and in fact throughout thi> section ai the .'^tate ; not only a^ a successful f;n'mer, but a> a succcN^ful banker, a man who is wellinformed (jn all current, political and ci\ic ipie.-^tions and one whose advice and council is stniglit upon all ^ort,s of (piestion^. .Xaturally, he is a man ^\ho enjoys the cunlidence and oteeiii of a large numljer of people.

The character of a connnunity is determined in a large measure I.iy the li\es of a conip.aratixely few u\ its members. If it.- moral -.[ud intellectual status be giiod, in a s.'ci.al way it is a pleasant place in which to icMde; it il- i-eputaliou as to the iulegru\- of its cui/ens has extended int<t other localities, it will be fcjund th.it the stand.ard set b_\- the leailing men has been high and their inlluence such ;is to mold the characters and ^ha])e the ]i\'es (d those with whom the_\' mingle. In placing the late lames llar- \ey (iarten in the front ranks of such men justice is riiidered to .Mr. (iarten. Although a (|niet and una<sunn'ng man with no ambition for public ]iositii>u or leadershi]), he contributed nuicli tn the ni.alerial, ci\ic .and moral advancement ol his community, while bis .atlmir.ible (pialitie.- of liead and heart and the straight forw ,ird, upright course ^f his d;iil\' life, wou for him the e>teem and conl'idence of the circle in which he mo\ed. .Mlhoutih he is

James ]]ar\ey Garten was llrsl married to Lncinda Sears. 'I'hey located on a farm ahoiit one mile from ( )don, and to their union was horn one child. Delight. Mr. (Garten was married, secondlw on .\la\' jj. 1894. to Mrs. Mary I'Heanor (l)unl.ip) IvMhr, of ( )hio, widow <.f Henry iSooih Kohr, ;ind to this union two chiklren were horn, Heilha Jane and James F.dward.

lame- J Iar\e\' (iarten was a farmer and stock ra'ser and \\'as \'ery suc-- cessful. lie was a soldier in the (nd War, and at > >ne lime w a- townshi]) trustee. Jle owned two hundred and forty acres of ihe lauvl in the home ]ilace and .another farm in the ri\er hoUoms. Mr. G.arten died on .\iiril It, 1')I4. ;uid was widely mourned, for he was >ne ot the best known men in thai pari of the county, for years h.axing taken a prominent pari in c. nnnuuiit\- alf.airs. He w.as a Republican and had seiA ed ln\ township a- trustee, lie was a member of the Grand .\rm\ po-i at ( )don.

ilenrv 1'.. Kohr was educated in liu common -cliools of his home neighborhood and in a normal school. Uefore Ins marriage he came lo Indiana and located at Odon, where he lived for some years before the ('i\il War. lie was .a teacher in Maviess county and followed this \oc<ation all his life, clerking in stores during \acalions. .\boul three years before his death he moved to Tennesr-ee in order to teach in a norm.al schoul ihere, bul aboul two weeks after bis arrival sicknes.- seized him and after a ))eriod of iiualidisin of about three )ears he died nu .March 4, i87<j.

Henry I'.. Kohr was married in iS()3 to .Ma.ry Ideancir Dunla]), who was born on January 13. 1X43, in ( )hio, ihe daughter of Ray and Ruth (White) l)unla[., the former a nalixe of Ohio and the laller of N'irginia.

Riiv nunlap was llie stm of James Dunla]). a native of Ohio, who hvcd ni t!ie \illai;c of Lecshur-. where he was closely coimeeted wiUi the public schools. Ruth White was the daui;htei- of Th.jmas White, native of \"ii-- ginia. who moved U> Ohio, wliere he was a farmer. Kay Dunlap ami Uuth White were married in Ohio, and in 1S56 settled at l-Jaglesville, this C(jimty, where Mr. IJunlap followed the trade of blacksmith. 1 [e later lived at \ari..ius places about the country, includint; l.o..-, .ntee. lie finally returned to Oddii ;uid operated a blacksmith shop there fnr many years. ]le was a soldier in the I'ivil W;ir and >er\ed as a drum majcr, but was di.scharged on account of ill health. He and his fannly were all members of the Methodist I'.piscopal church. The children of Kay and Kuth 1 )uidap were Drusilla. -Mary Fdlen and Samuel. Samuel served as a substitute during the closing (lavs of the ( ivil War.

There is no class tn whom greater gratitmle is due from the world at large than to the scl l-sacrilicing. sympathelic, iiMble-miiided men whM>u lite work is the alleviatiMii of hum.an Miffering and the administering ol ciiinf..ri I,. iIr- afihcieil. riiere is no .-tandard bv whidi their benelicent indueiice can be measured. Ilieir helplulness is hmiied only by the extent of their kn.iwledge and .skill, while their power goes hand in hand with the wonderful laws of nature and springs from the very snurce .d' hie itself. Some one has aptly said, "lie serves (iod best wh.. .serves humanity most." Among the ])hysici.ins and surgCMiis of Daviess county who ha\ e risen to eminence in tlieir chosen field of endeavor is Dr. J.ames IX'Motte, of Od.ni. Doctor DeMotte's career has been marked In' bnxid-miiuled and conscientious service in a sphere to which his life's energies lia\-e been devoted. His lirofound knowledge of his pndession has W..11 for him a leading place

Jerome DeAIotte was l)(jrn in Pike county, Inchana. in 1869, tlie son of Albert and EHzaljeth (Andersini ) DeiMtjtte, llie former a nali\-e of I'ike county and tlie latter of Duliois county, Indiana. Albert DcAbjtte's parents were Lawrence and Phoebe ( llanta ) DeMotle, who came from Mercer Count}', Kentucky, and settleil on the farm where, twn generations later. Dr. jercjme ] )eMotte was burn, entering their land at the \'incennes land office on January 15, iSiS. Lawrence DeAlutte entered aU)ut two hundred acres of land, clearetl it and established a home in the wilderness, and there he spent the rest of his life, his death ncciirring in I1S7J. The father of Lawrence JXAIotte was John DeMutte, uf Alerccr ccunty, Kentucky, whi> lived and died in that cuunty. where he was a farmer. 'I"he family originallv came fmm I'rance and settled in New |erse\- and from that stale Certain members <if the family mi)\cd in Kentuc!:\'.

The maternal grandparents iti Doctor DeMotte were William and I'^lizabeth (Marris) Anderson, who came from Kentucky to Dubois county, hidiana, in 1816, and entered a tract of three hundred acres uf land. The home which they established in the wilderness is still in possession of the family, lioth William Anderson and his wife died upun this farm. LTi)oii coming frLun Kentucky to Indiana, W'illiam An<!erson dro\'e se\enty hogs through from Kentucky and these \\'erc the lir.sl lame hogs in this section of the country. Tlie following winter was \'ery se\ere and bears killed all except five of the numl)er.

Albert DeMotte receiveil onh' a verv limited education in the early schools of his (lay, it being necessary for liim to go through the woods three and four miles ti) school, lie was a f.armer all of his life on the old DeAIotte farm, which is still owned bv the f;nnilv. The children of Albert l''.h/a1ieth ( .\nderson ) I'eMotle were l\ll;i. Llar.a, I'.K is, Jerome .-ind Sebastian.

Jerome De.Motte recei\ed a comuKin school edncatii'U .and in lN8() attended the Southern Indiana Normal School, now extinct, ;it .Mitchell, Jndi;ma. lie also was a student at the Princeton Xormal C'oUege in iSgo and iSoi ;uid w;is graduated from this institution in the latter }ear. SubsecpientK' he taught scliool |or three vears .and then, in iSuJ. entered the L'ni\ersity of Michig.an. remaining there mitil 1803. lie then spent one year at the ( Jhio Medical College and was gr.adualnl with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. ] fe took- n]i the practice of medicine in i8</') at Odon i)(x'tor DeMotte is a memher of tiie Daviess (,"ounty Societv and the Indiana State Medical Association, and he and his family are memhers of the Christian church. Doctor DeMotte ha^ ac([uireil an enviahle standing; among the ])rnfessioii;il men of Da\ ie>s coiinlv. lie possesses, in the highest degree, the conlidence <and re>pect of his p.atients, and enjos-s a large and dourishing practice in that section of Da\'ie,^s comity.

Indiana has alw;i)'s heen distinguished for the high rank of her bench and liar. Perhaps nMiic of the newer state.-- can justly l)o;ist ol ahler jurists ur attornecs, man\' of whom ha\e heen men of national fame. .Nmi.mg those whose lives ha\e been passed <jn a quieter ])lane, there is scarcely a town or cit_\' in the state that cannot Imast of one fir more lawA'crs capable of crossing swords in fcirensic combat with mrmv <if the distinguished legal lights of the coiuUry. While the grcAvlh and dexelopment of the state in the last half cenlur_\' has been must marvelous, \'iewed from ;iny standpoint; }'et (jf no one class cd' her citizenship has she greater reason for just pride than her judges .ami altornews. In lulgar d". l.aughliu. a \velhkn(:iwn attornev of ( )don, Indiana, are found manv of the rare (|uah'lies which go to m.ike the successful lawyer and jurist, lie ]ii>s-'esses perhaps few of those brilliant, dazzling, meteoric (pialilies which sometimes ll.ash along the legal horizon, riseling the gaze and ]>lintling tlie \ision for tlie moment, then ilisappearing, le.ix'iug little or no tr.ace behind: but rather h.as those solid and more substantial <|n,alities which shine with CiiUslani lusler, shedding light in llie d.irk pl.ices with steadiness an<l continuitx-.

lulgar T. I.;mghlin was born at ( )don. Indiana, on December S, 1S75, the son of Joseph D. and h.akie j. ( 1 .edgerw (h id ) l.aughliu, .and u;i- educated in the ( )don public schools, spending ,a short time, in the years iNS(')-8j-, in the Washington ])ublic schools. His father was county ])riisecuting alloruev a part of this time, ^'olnlg l.aughliu to.ik the hiiuors of

An nnele of Joseph D. kan-hlin, Joseph C. kan-hlin, had three sons in C'onipanv 1'., Twent\-se\ entli Ke-iment, Indiana \olnnteer Inlantry. They were James k.. John R. ,ind Josei)h 11. lame-^ I'., was wounded at Ihiektoii Station and :it .\ntietam. km snrvi\ed the war. John U. was wounded at Aiuietam an<l some years after the war died of his wounds.

were tlie parents of eleven chiklren, as fullow : Eliza Jane, Margaret,. Thomas, Barbara, Elizabeth, James, William, Amanda, Charles, Lakie Jane and AliUon. James Ledgerwood, wIkj lixed until ii;io, ser\etl in Company C, Ninety-tirst Indiana \'«ilunteer Infantry, during- the Civil War.

b'leven children were burn to Joseph 1). and I.akie J. ( Ledgerwood ) Laughlin, as follow: Laura, lidgar T., Lily, Maude, llertha, Oliver IJ., I'^lizabeth, Jane, Nellie, Ci>ra and Daisy Eay. Joseph D. Laughlin and family are memliers of the Methodist l^jiscnpal church, and he is a niemlier of J. W. Thornburg Post No. 474, Grand .\rmy ni the l\e])ul>lic, at Od.in, Lidiana. Mr. Laughlin is the m.ni wlm olitained the construcliDii of the railroad into Odon. It was through his efforts th;it the name of Clark.sburg was changed to Odon.

Among the men of sterling W(]rlh and strengtii of character who created a profound impression on the communal life of this localitv, no one achieved a larger meed of popular respect than the Late Hiram Hyatt. His life-long residence in one locaIit\ ga\e the peo]i]e an (ipportunitv to know him in every pha>e of his character. That he was true to life in its every ph;L>c is manifest by the esteem and reg.ard in which he w.as held during his life and the reaped that is paid to his memory, lie won success b\- his own honest endeavor and indomitable energy, lie ]ilaceil him.self in the front r;mk of the enterprising cilizen^ of l)a\iess county by exercising these excellent ipialities. 1 k- oiit.sirippi'd the less ;icti\e ploilders on die highwav ol liU' and achieved a marked success. His i.-, ,1 name that all men who remcmlier him delight to h'.iior llecau-^e of ||i^ u]>ri'^ht life and whi'lc-oine habit-.

Hiram Hyatt was born on June o, 1847, -'"'' 'l''-''' "" I'ebruary 16, iSi/i. He was a son of bdisha Hyatt, Sr., a large landowner of Daviess county. Hiram fly.alt was educated in the common schools ,,{ D.aviess counl\-, and when a \oung man entered a bank in Washington. f.ater he became a grain merchant, and looked after his father's estate. He was ritv treasurer ol Wasbiiigtou for a number of years and prominent in the Councils ol the Kcpnblican p;irt\ in D.ixiess countw He was a prominent member ol the .\l;isonic fralernit\ and was a Knight Teni]ilar, beini; past eminent commander at the time of his death. .\t the a-e of eighteen he became a deacon in the I 'iJe-byterian church and served throughout his h fe in that

Daviess Countv, Ixdiana

Col. John \'an Trees, the father id" Mrs. Ilyatt, was l.>orn on September 4, 1N04, on llie Little Miami ri\iT, near (Cincinnati, Ohio, a snn of Emanuel and Julia (.Storms) \'an Trees, hananuel \';ui Trees was a nati\e of Penns\l\'ania, and his father was a nati\e nf I leidelliurg, (ierman_\-. Emanuel \ an Trees came to Daxiess tount}- in iSk^ and helped la}- out the town of Washington. He had conie west, h(iwe\'er, about nine years ])reviously. lie died in a log house that stood on \\hat is now the corner of h'ast Sixth and Main streets, in the county seat, lie was tlie lirst clerk of the court in Da\'iess county, and was succeeded in that office Ijy his son, Col. bihn \ an Trees, at the time nt his death.

Cnl. Jdhn \'aii Trees was educated in the pinneer schools of Daviess comit}-, but was alnmst wholly seif-educaled. lie .stocd high in the educational affairs of l)a\iess c<)iuity in his ilay and generation. lie wa- a thorougit master id' the (ierm.ui l.ingu.age, a> this language was s])Mken in his hi line. After retiring from the office of count}' clerk he became a merchant, and fur m,in}- \-ears was engaged in the mercantile business, lie died on Januar}- iN, t<Si;5, at the ad\-anced age of ninety }-ears. Cul. John \'an Trees erected a tine house in the cnlonial st}le in the place of the log house which his father had built, and li\-eil there the rest of his life, this liouse still being owned b}' the famil}-. b'.arh' in life Colonel \'an Trees was a ^\'hig, but later became a Republican, and was mice a candidate lur state treasurer. Ciilunel \'an Trees had twn sous. Charles R. and llenr}' ]'.., who parlicipaled in the l'i\il War. I lis f:uiiil\- ciiisistcd nf li\e -mis and fue daughters, all of whmii lived tn reach middle age. d'hree smis and three datighters are still li\ing, nameh' : Jnhn, u\ St. Eouis, Missnuri; llenr}- E., a resident of Californi,-i ; William E, id' Washiugtmi; Mr-. Helen S. Scudder, of Wasiiington ; Eida, living on the nld hmne pl;ice, and Mrs. bjnm;i R. Hyatt, the widow of Tliram Ilyatt.

'I'hL- carLcr of Gc-nrm.' Godwin, head nf ihc lirni uf (icorge Godwin iV Son, contains no exciting cliapter of tragic e\ents, hut is replete with welldelined jmrposes which, carried tu snccessfnl issne, ha\e unn for hint an inllneniial phice in the hnsiness circles of Washington and IJ^aviess couni\'. as well as high personal standing among his fellow citizens. His life work lias heen on of unceasing industry and ])erse\-eran'ce. The ssstematic and hoiioralile methods which he has ever followed haw resulted not only in winning the confidence ot those with whom he has had dealings, hnl also in hnilding nj) a large and prolitahle Inisiness in the sale of drv goods and groceries.

(icorge ('io<lwin was horn in l\ee\-e townslii|), Daxiess count''., Indiana, on May 5. iNdj, a son of Ivlward and Mother ( .Mien 1 Godwin, the former a native of Maryland, and the latter of Indiana, who were the ]iareiUs of ti\-e children: .\lfred M., deceased; lunma Jane, deceased, who was the wife of Keuhen .\. I'erkins: George, of Washington, this count\": lesse, of Mitchell, Indiana, and Martha, the wife of James Iv. (iillew of Washington.

h.dward fiodwin c.une to Indi.ana with his parein^ in iS.^l. rhe\- settled in I'.arr township, this county, and soon afterward ino\-ed to Knox county, near lulwardsport ; hut hefore the hreaking out id" the Cixil W'ar they retiu'ued to |)a\'ii.'ss conntx'. and here h'dw.ird GMilwiu grew to manh'lod and hecame a suhstantird farmer, lie first i)m'ch;isrd ;i claim of f.irtv acres and added to it inilil at one lime he owned ahout two hundreil and loity acres ol land in Ree\e township, dhei'e he reareil his famih', and there he died at the age of se\-ent\ -three \ears. Ills widow still sur\i\es and now Ih'es with her daughter, Mrs. Alartha Gilkw. I'otli were memliers of the (dirisiian church, in which Mr. Godwin was ;ui elder for more than fort\' \ears. _

'i he paternal grandfather of Geiirge Godwin was Jesse Godwin, who married in Greenwood and came from I.i\eri)oo|, hjigland, to the Gnited States, settling first in Maryl.and. .Suhsei|nenll_\- they came to I );i\-iess comity, arrix'ing here in 1 N,^ 1 . Jesse Godwin's wife died at hMwardspi u't, Kno\

George (iodwin was reared I'li his father's farm in Kee\'e town>hii), atlendini; the district schools, and !i\ed at home imtil he w.is twenty-four \ears of ai;e. He he.gan his career as a merchant in ihe town ol' Altord-.- ville. where he conducted a general >tore for twn years hefore hi^ marriage. ( )n the ^th of lannarw 1SS5, this store was destroyed liy fire and .Mr. ( iodwin lost all his goods. (Jn April nj, 1SS5, he opened the Inisiness again on the same s]iot, where lie continued in husiness until 19(17, in which _\ear he moved to Washington. In H)af> Mr. (jodwin was elected county treasurer, serving four \ears, coni|jrisiiig two terms, lie became connected with the State llauk of \\'a^hington in the meantime, ha\-iug assisteil in its organization, and acteil a^ its president for two years. Sul)^e(|Uently he resigned tlii^ office and purcha-ed his iire<eui dry-goinls and grocery store in i()i-'. .Mr. (iodwui has a-^ociated w uli him in ihi.- luisiness hi> three >ons, Xeil. Iseuli and Ralph.

On Jaiiuan- 15, lyu, Mr. Gndwin married, .secondl)-, Airs. Carrie B. Danle)', widow of Joseph Daiile_\-, and a daughter of I'di and Sarah Gill. She was liorn in C)hi(j, of which state her parents aLo were natives, the latter inoN'int^" to Illinois about the time of the C'i\il War, settlings at Idora. Her father died there at the aye of se\ent) -one, while her nn^ther is still li\ing. Mrs. Carrie l'>. Codwin is a member of the Westminster I'resl/yterian church in Washington. Mr. (iodwin i> a member ot Loogontee Lijdge Xo. 6j(), l''ree and Accepted Ma.sons, and nf Ci\eri)0ol Lodge N(j. ] 10, Independent Order of ( )dd bellows, lie also belongs to the hnpro\'e(l Order of iiL-d Meri, the lien llur Society, the .Mndern Woodmen of the World, and the Modern Woodmen of America.

bew men li\ing in the cil\' of Wa>hington are belter known than George Godwin and tew men mure tli'iroughh' de^er\e the confidence and esteem of their fellnw citizens than he. lie has been successful in business affairs, and has managed tn ac(|uire a substantial C(ini]ietence for his old age, when ihat time cniiies. llis success in life is founded upon a reputation for hone.stN' and si|uare-dealing. Mr. God\\iu's three sous, who are now associated with him in business, are ei|nalh- devoted to the methods which !ia\e been established by their wnrihy father, and are regardeij as among; the rising young business men id' the coinU\- seat.

l'erse\'erance and sterling wirth are .almost alwa\s certain to win conspicuiius recognition in any lucality. .\l\a ( )ns b'ulkersi .u. die jiresent Cimnty supeiMniendeiil of schools of haxicss ccuiiuy, Indian, i, and fnnnerlx- a wellknown teacher in the Washington high school, is a splendid example of the successful self-made man. lie not only eminently deserxes the CMulidence reposed in him by the trustees of the warious townships (d' Da\'iess county and the people of l)a\-iess county as well; but he also possesses the talents and forcefulness which ha\'e made him one of the leading count\- superintendents in the state of Imliana. lie is now ])resident of the State Counts- Superintendents' Association, lie was a successful instructor and in his present position has dmie much tn raise the stand.ard of the iniblic schools of Daviess county, lie is a man of strong liber and vigorous mentality.

ideiititied with llie Democratic party, ami during (Uic campait^'ii sctn ed as cc)unl\' chairman nf his partv. Mr. I'"u1kcr--nn is a director in the Stale I'ank of \\'a>hin,i;ton, and a (hrector in the L'nion Sa\'in,<;s an<l Loan Association of tile same city. He is ])rominent. not (jnl\' in the edncalional life of l.)a\iess conntw l)nt in the social, financial and commercial life as well.

Anioui;" the men of sterling worth and strenL^th of character in h)a\ ie^s cuinU\ who ha\e made an impression npon the life of the locahl\- in which they li\e, none has achie\ed a larger meed of ]iopnlar respect and regard than l.)aniel W. ilaye.s, the president c d" the ( )don K'eallv (.oniijanv. llis life-long residence in 1 )a\ less connl\- has given the people an op[K)rinnit\' to know- him thoronghlw .and that he has heen trne to life in its e\-erv phase is maniicsted h\- the conlidenie and reg.ird m which he is held Ij\- th<'sf who know him. In a hnsmess \\;i_\-, ]\lr. 1 laves is a man of nnnsnal aitainnient and has achievetl a s[)lendid success in life.

John lla\es was educated in f Iermany and tlu.-re Ic'irned the Meacher's tr.ide. I le c. line to America ai llicagcoi eighicen v ears .md located m I lliio. lie lived in that stale niuil 1S03. iu which vear he came to this countv-, and ])urchased land in \ .-m lUiren township. lie larmed there until iS()^, when he moved to the \illage of ('don, where his death occurred ahont one year later. lie was a memher of the L'nited lirethreii clinrch. to which faith his family adhere, ihough while living in ( )hio he was ideiitiried wilh the Lutheran church. To John and l-'osanna \). (Snyder) l]a_\es were horn tlie following children: Mrs. .Sar.-di lAans. who lives near k,-Lglesville, this County; Fred (].. who lives at Xevada, fowa : .Mrs. jnlia Oval, ol Raglesv-ille ; Mrs. Mary Rasler, deceased, who lived at Uaglcsv illc ; (iideon, who lives at (/odv, Wvoming; ?\[rs. Dollv Ward, of St. Louis. .Michig;ni;

Haiiiel W. Ila_\es was educated in the public schouls <if Daxiess county and in the Southern Indiana Xoruial School, now extinct, at Mitchell, Intliana. lie also attended the normal schodl at Odou ,'uid later a liusiness college at Xew Alham', Indiana. .Mr. 1 laves taught >ehool in l);i\ie-;s county fi.ir foiu' \ears, alter which he entered the mercantile htisiuess at (.)don, ha\iug ser\ed one \-ear's Imsiness a]}iiretiticeshiii at Washington, with t .able \: C'oH'man, previous to going to ( )d. .u. Mr. Hayes operated a general store at ( )don for se\enleen years, and in 1007 he went into the reall\' business, h.i\ing been elected to the otlice of iire^idenl ol the ( )dori Ueall\- tomp;m\-, which ol'lice he ^till holds.

In iS<)f Daniel "W. Hayes waN married to Cor.a 1',. W'.ard, daughter of J'hili]) ,S. and .Margaret Ward. To this union .se\en children li.axe been born, r.eatrice, Dow, Dwighl, llarold. bihn, Robert and Margaret. Mr. and Mrs. Ila\es are members of the United I'.rethreu church, acli\e m both the work- of the church and the Sutiday .->cho.il, ;nid their children ha\e been reared in that failli. JM-aternallw Mr. lla\es i> a member of the l\night^ of IMlnas and of the Tribe of I'.en Mm-. In his capacity as ]in.sident ot the ( )dou KealtN ( 'ompanw he has done much tow.ard promoting the material growth .and prosperity of this couimunity. lie is houore<l .and) re-^ijceled by his fellow townsmen and is entitled to i-;mk as a representative citizen and btisiness man of Da\aess counl\'.

It i-- uUeresling to uoie tiom the beginmiig the growth and de\Hopment of a cominiinil\-: to note the lines aknig which progie.ss has been m.ade and to take cogmzance of tlio,e w ho-e industry and leadership in the wurk of athaucement have rendered possible the present i)ro>],erity of the locality under consideration, C.eorge W. C'orrell, of this re\iew, is one of the strong, sturd) individuals who has contributed l.argel)' to the material welf.are of Daviess countv, and particularly to the wi'llare of the vicinity of Odou, where he resides, lie is an up-to-date b\isiness man, pnblie-s]>irited as a citizen, and jirogressixe in all that the term nnplies.

riement I'orrell learned the tailor's trade fnun hi.^ father, and w.as ent;a,!;ed in wcrkint; at this trade and in the mercantile l)n^ine^.^ all his life. He made many unifcirms diirinj; the Civil War. In iX^cj he reni()\-ed tu (.)d(in and from that time until his death he was in in that villaf^a*, bein,L; eni;-a[;ed in tailoring;- until ;iliout iSi)^, after which he eni;a<^ed in the general mercantile husine.ss. lie als<j was an auctioneer and :i justice <if the peace. Clement I'orrell was drafted hy tlie authorities for service in the L'nion army dnriiiL; the Ci\il War, hut was rejected on account of his wei,L;lit. lie and hi.-, fannl}- were memliers of the Unhed lirethren clnu'ch. Clement and Xancy (Shr<iyj Correll were the parents of four children, Marvey, Charles, C.eoriL^e W. and John. ll;ir\ey Correll ser\ed three years in the Union army din-iny- the Ci\il War. Charles Correll, al>o .i soldier, died in a hos]iital following the battle of Chattanooga.

Ceorge W. Correll was educated at ( )don, and began learning the stonecutter's trade in iS^^. He sl.arted working at (.)ilon, but sub-,equenllv moved to iJedford, and w<irked there and ;it other places. In iSjj he established a business for himself at Odou and in (SSo mo\ed the business to Loogo(.)tee. In iS'()i he returned to t )don and established his pi-esent business, in partnership widi J. .\. Ilurrell, under the lirm name of Correll & lUu'rell. Ibis lirm deals in Hediord rock in a wholesale waw and has business dealings all o\er the countrv. It ;ilso is engaged in an cxteiisixe retad trade in momunents. 'i'his lirm erected the memorial bridge at .\tlanta, Georgia, in honor of .\rchib;ild PiUtt, President Taft's aide-de-camp, who went down with the ill-fated Titanic.

In i''^^^ George W. Correll was married to Rachel Wallick, of Odon, daughter of Mich.ael Wallick, ;md lo this union si.x children ha\e been born: Ira, Richard, Beldwin, Walter, Roberta and Hilary, of whom Walter an<1 Mary are deceased.

A respect which shonld ;d\\a\s he accorded the hraxe sons of the Xorlli ^\hu left their homes and the peacefnl pnrsnits of civil life to gi\-e their ser\'- ices and their li\es, if need he, to [ireserxe the iniej^rity of the American Union, is certain!) due Alfred 1'".. hihnson, a well-known lelired farmer and a memjjcr of a \'ery old famil) at \\ ashingtcjn, this county. Mr. Johnson pru\ed his lo\e and lo\ah\' to the L;ci\eriimenl on tlie lonL;' ami tiresome marches, on the loncK' picket lines, on the tented Tiehh and amid the llames and smoke of Ixitlle, and then, retnrninL;' to ci\'il life, manfnll_\- to(ik up the strnj^'^le ot as^ricnhnral lite, in which he was rewai'ded with a dei^ree uf success commensm-ale with his ellort.s. The ^reat secret ot his success has heen his (le\dlion to dul}', whether th.at dut_\' i)ertained to his own pri\ale aliairs or matters alfectnij^- the pulilic welfare. In war and in ]ieace, his record has heen signalized h\- honest\- ol ]iur|)ose and inlei;rit\' of thouyhi and action; so that he has full}' de-er\ed the e.xalted ])osition which has heen accorded him hv the |)eo])le with whom he has lixed so loii^'.

-Alfred E. Johnson was Ixjrn on a farm f(jur miles soutli of the cit}' of \\''ashin;;ton, in l)a\'iess county, on .March 27, 1N40, the .-on of h'lijah and Mildred illorralll Johnson, the former a native of Indian.a. horn in \ inrcnnes m irod, and the latter a native of .'<ouih C'arohna. h. .rn in iSoS, who were the ii.n-enls of nine children, namely: -\nson 1'.., who tjied at the a<;-e ol ninety-two; ilulda, who died in July, 1014, at the ai;e of nearly ninctv-two, was the wife of William Sini^letoii; Alalina, who died at the a£;e of ci,i;hty-si-K years, was the wife of William R. Thomas; h'.zra, who died in 1S5.:;, at the at^e of twenty-four; IMalild.a, who died at the ai^je (jf si.\ty-two, was the wife of J. 1'.. Ilouts; .Velson, who died at the at^e of seventy-four; Norvan, who died at tlie age of sevenl\ -four ; .Alfred ]!... the suhject of this sketch, and Lcnson, wlio died in California in 191 3, at the age of sixtA'-uine \e;irs and six nionths.

Elijah Juhnsuii was a farnuT and a great hunter, his prowess as a deerslayer ha\ing been widely reeugnized ihruuyliuut this seetimi. lie came to Daviess cuunty in i8i(), and was niarrietl in i8->o. lie died in i.S-|N, liein'' crushed to death by a falling tree. His wile died in 1855. J'.oth were devout Methodistb, and all their cliildren were members of the same church. All were old line Whigs and later Repul.>lieans, the husband^ of the girls being members of the .same part). The eldest .son, Anson 1!., who lacked a few days of being ninety-two \ears old, voted for e\-ery Jvepublican President from llarris.in V> d'aft, exce])t that, up to i8ho, the presidential candidates were Whigs. I'.lijah belonged to the old territorial militia.

Allred Johnson's [jaternal grantlparents were lames and Polly (Lindsey) Johnson, natives nf PennsyKania who came to Indiana in 1785 and settled in the then small \illage of \'incennes. Jame.-, JohnsMU was a lieutenanl-CdlMnel in the Re\(ihitii mary army, .attached in a .Maryland lirigade. llolh be and his wife were buried at .St. Francis\ ille, Illinois; he at the age of eighty-three and she at a somewhat younger age. 'Ihev were tlie parents of fnurteen children: John L., William, Friend, Joshua. Tames, Idijab, i\eu]ien, .Mnier. ( ieorge, Rebecca, .Maria, Pollv, Sally, ami one whose n.ime is lost to the ])resent generation.

Air. Johnson's maternal grandparents were John Al. and PolJv ( Idorrall ) Ilorriill, lirst cousins and naii\es id" Xorih Carolina, the f.>rnier of whom was liorn in 1780. He and bis wife came to I)a\iess conntv in i8i_>, four years before Indi.ana became a stale, and settled on the farm ucjw owned by the Shanks heirs, three miles south of Washington, where he died. His widow went to Illinois with a son-in-law. and died in that st.ate. 'I'hey were the parents of six children: J:ison, .Mildred, William, Xancy, l'd\ira. and one who died in infancw

.\t the age ol twenty-oue Mr. Johnson enlisted as a Um'on soldier in tlie Civil War, and ser\ ed three and one-half years. He enlisted ;is a member ot Com|jany ^^]. l''ifty-eighlh Regiment, Indiana N'olunteer Infantrv. and later was attached to Coinp.inies 1 "> rmd C. Twenty-fourth Regiment. Indiana X'olunteer Infantry. He p.articipaled in many l)attles, antl was wamnded slightly at the battle of Champion's Hill, Alississippi.

On Octtilier 1^5, iSju, Alfred I'.. Julinsdn was married tn JManees 1'". Tlatelielor, daughter of Jnhn T. and Indiana (I'urcell) liatL-helor, Iniih of wlumi jjelonged In ])i(ineer families nf this cumit}, and In this iminii li\-e children were born, Hugh Clinton, Lena, I'.h'a Myrtle. I'.dith Llewelhn and Grant C. Hugh l'lint«ni earried the mail fnr eighteen years and is nuw ;i piano tuner. He married Maud L. W'interholtom and the\' ha\e two ehildren, Malcolm and Norma. Lena died at the age (>( two and one-half year^,. hd\a Myrtle married 1'.. R. Wright, a conductor in the serx'ice of the ISaltimore & Ohio Railroad Oom|iany, lixing at Last St. Liaiib, Illinois. Judith L. is bookkeeper for the \'ose I'iauo (.'oinpan)' in Chicago, Illinois, and recei\-es a splendid salary, (irant has a fine position with the lUirronghs Adding iMachine ('ompany and tra\els out of Chii'ago.

Mrs. Johnson was born in na\iess connt\, imliana. on August 10, 1854. Her f.ather was bi;rn in ( Ihio and her mother in Indiana. Thev died in l)a\ ies^ coimt}", he at the age of si.\t\-niiie, and >he at the age of sevent}'- ti\-e. They were the ])arents of eight children, Sarah j., ?\liiier\-a. r\Iartha,. I'aioch, John, Mary, Laura and I'rances. Mrs. Johnson's paternal grandjiarents were \Villi;un and Catherine (I'luher) Latchelor, nati\es of (.)hio, who were among the pmneer settlers of this county. Sul>se()nentlv thev mo\ed to Iowa, where they died. Thex' were the parents of eight children, John, Get)rge, Catherine, Rachel, William, Aliel, Juli.a and Sarah. Mrs. J(jhnson's maternal grandfather w.as Jesse l'in"cell, ;i natixe of Xorth Carolina and a pioneer in l)a\iess count\-, who li\ed to I)e ninety-two years ot age. He and his wife were the parents of eight children, Indiana, Rachel, Rienjamin, William, Charlotte, I'rudence, lames and llii'.am.

Mr. and Mrs. Tohnson are members of the Melhodi,i h'piscop.al church, and lor uioie than fort\' consecutive \cars Mr. Johnson was an oliicer in the church. He has been a menibei- of the Independint ( trder of ( )dd I'ellnws for llfty \ears. He is a l\epublican, .and was a school director for ten conseciui\e years; also serxing one term of three years .as a member of the board of education in Washington. He w.as elected to one term of four years in the city council of Washington. Xo m;m in Haviess county is more highly resjiected or merits more honor th.an Alfred L. Johnson, a man who has lived a consistent life ,and who h.as taken ;i worthy interest in iiniiortant public matters.

John S. .Mitchell was reared in .\ew \'ork state and when a young man, came to Indiana, settling in hdoyd comity,, where lie studied medicine. He began ])racticing in Harrison county and mo\ed to llaysville, iJtibui.s Count)-, in iS5_:;. Two years later he came to this county, locating at I Indson\ille, where he practiced for IwcKe _\ears, at llie ^\y'.\ of whicdi time he mo\ed two miles north and laid out the town of (ileiidale. A few \eais later he sold out to Doctor I lark and located at Mitchell, Indiana. In 1 SSX he returueil to l)a\Mess connt\- and settled at .\1 fords\ ille, where he died in

1890, at the age of sixty-two _\ears, his widiiw dying three iiKjiiths later, at the age of tifty-eight. Txitli were aeti\e nieinliers of the Methnch'st ehurch. Dr. juhn S. Mitehell liad gi\-en hi^ serxiees to the L'liiMii army as as^^istant surgeon of the Sixty-lifth Regiment, Indiana \'ohinteer Infantry, (hu'ing the Cix'il W'ar. He was one of the leaders in the Independent (Jrijer of (3dil I'^ellows in this state, having ser\ed ;is district de])uty. Doctor Mitchell was a son of Solomon and Alehitahle Mitchell, the former a native of Ireland ami the latter of Scotland, who were the parents of three children, .\mbrose, John S. and luiiily. Solomon Mitchell died in middle life and his widow married. secondK'. (jeorge 1. Wolf, to which latter union no children were horn. lioth George I. Wolf and his wife died at the age of seventy-tl\-e )'ears and from the same cause, a Iracture of the hip, their deaths occurring six weeks apart. I )r. R. S. Mitchell's maternal gr;mdfather, Flliott. dieil when a coinparati\el\- \oung man. Icaxing a wife .and two childi'en. Martin A. and h)hn. Ili^ widow married, >c-condl\-, a Mr. Ahmlden, luit to thi-^ latter union no children were horn.

Ringgold Scott .Mitchell was re;ired in the \illage of Oleiidale, Da\-iess county, and attended the common schooK. When a .\'onug man, he hegan stud\ing medicine under his lather, and in iSSS was graduated Irom the Kentuckw .""School of .Medicine, at Louisville. lie had practiced, ho\ve\er, twehe vears Iielore his grachi.ation. lie was pi'acticiug m (i;irdeu Citv, Kaus.as, when the hot w iiuK of 1 SSX hurned up the crop, in three da\s' tiiue and he mo\cd to Xew .Mhany. Indiana, where he practiced for a short time. wIkii he was called home, to .Mlords\ illc, on account ot the sickness of his father, lie reiuained there until after the ilealh of his father and lurither and then located at hlora. Illiucjis. He jiractieed there for six \-ears, or until 1004, at the end cd' which time he returned to this county, locating at W'.ashington. where he li.as ])racticed since that time.

( )n .\l.i\ JJ. 1S7J. hoci..r Miichell wa- married lo Luc\ t'ros>, ilic daui.;liter of Alhert ( ross. wlio-c wife wa- an .\kester, and to this union three children wei'e lioin, t'lare, ( laude and Charles. ( lara married S. 11. Ihtrton, of Washington township, this couiitx. (laude is a fanner in Minnesota, li\ing near I'lue Ri\'er postoliice. He- is uiarrieil and h;is lour children. ( "h.arles is unmarried and is larmiiig with his lir(]ther in Minnesota. He is cit\- clerk of I'ine Ri\er. The mother (jf these children was horn in Iowa, and her parents, hoth iiow deceased, were natives of Indian.! an<l Iowa, respecti\eK-. 1 lie\- were tlie parents of scvt'U children, Laura, Lucv. .\lfred, Judson. (ileiidor.a, ( arrie and Lizzie.

JZlizal)eth WiK'ni Cill, who was IiMni at Carlliaj;(j, Ohio, daii^luer of I'.li an.l Sarali (lill, both natives of Dliio. I''.li (Jill was a well-known nicrcliant ami dealer in live stoek, who has heen dead for s<jnie years, his widow making her home with Jloetor and Mrs. .Mitehell. I'di (dill and his wife were the parents of the foUowini^' children: J'"rank, Jacoh (ileceased), Allx'rt, k'red, Carrie, hdizaheth, Maggie and I .ucy.

In examining the life recnrds td" self-made men it will in\'ariab!v be found that indefatigable industry has constilnled the b.asis of their success. True, there are other elements which enter into and cuiiserxe the adwmcemeiit ol jiei'sniial inleresls, as pi'isex ei .nice, di-crmniiatii 111 and the mastering ol expedients, but the loundatMii ut all achie\ement is earnest and persistent labcjr. At the (jutset ni his career, .Mr. lUirrell recngni/.ed this fact, and he has never sought any royal ro.ad to the goal of ]iri isperit\- and independence. .He began \\-ork earnestly and diligently in mder In aihance him- .self, and the result is that he is now numbered among the priigressi\e and influential business men of Da\iess cniintv.

Eli Sua Iivatt

EHsha H\'att, Sr.. was nine years uld wlien lie came witli his i)arents to Da\iess cciuntv. Tliev settled just north i>l Washingti.in nn what is called the uld llvatt hduieslead. where he grew to nianhoud. He was a inercltant. during his earlier \ears and accunnilaled CMiividera.hle iiru]ierty. lie ownetl, at one time, eight tlunrsand acre^ id' l.and and was one uf the organizers oi the pri\aie liank nf Hyatt. I.evings & (_'i mipany. which, on account of its failure in later _\ ear>. lost Mr. Hyatt considerahle money, ile operated a sta\ e factoiA' and saw-mills and bought gi"am. in addition to running llathoats to Xew Orleans, being regarded as one nf the leading men in Dasiess counl\- in his da_\' and generaliim. He died at Washingli 'U on 1 )eccml)er 31, 1NN5, at the age of se\enty-six _\ear^ and two months, and his wile (bed on her birtlidaw .\ngust _'(i. looi. at the age of eighty-four _\ears. She was a member of the Presbyterian clun-ch and her husb.and. while not a member of the elnn-ch, w.is als<i partial to that failh. J le was a Uepulilican and was at one time a member of the citv cmnicil. but thd not lil<e to hiild public oflices.

l-'lisha Hv'att. jr., ^vas reared in ^^'ashington and attended tlie public schools of tliat cit\-. Tie remained at home mitil he reached his majority, at which time his father gave him a start, and he later fell heir to a share of his father's cst.ate, which he helped to settle. Ile h.as always followed farming, stock raising and buving of grain, but ha^ ke]it his residence in W.ashington. Ile imw owns abuut six hundred acres in Knox ;uid Daviess Counties.

.Mr. I halt i^ a niemher of ihe kepnhlican p;irl\- and was a city councilman for twc or three terms. -Mr>. Ilyatt i.- a meinher of the i're'-hyterian chmxdi ami is interested in all clun-ch work. .Mr. and Mi's. lly.atl .are well and fa\ iji-alil\- known in Washington and Daxiess county, and are In'yhly respected ami CNteemed 1)_\" all who kiii.w them.

d'he |ialernal grandfather of Rnherl J. l'..irr was James Rarr, who came from Kentuckv to Indiana ah.iut \^\f' and Incated in what is now Rarr lownshi]), l)a\ iess county, lie cleared the land anil made a home for

) himself and family in the wililcriK'ss. lie was a farmer all his life and was a priiminent and inllnenlial citizen in the earlv days in the tnwnshiii which hears his name. The maternal grandparents of Air, I'.arr were Uiihert and Mahala lUirris, nati\es (if Kentncky wlm came tn Indiana in an early day and located in what is now Martin connt)', near the Daviess connt)- line. They were pioneers in that section, and s]ient the re>t of their lives there,

Mr, llarr is ,in adherent of the Re]inhlican p.arty. and for wars has lieen actively interested in puhlic affairs, lie serveil his fellow ci.tizens two terms as trustee ol Reeve lovynshi]), .and in iNijo w.as elected to the oflice cif County treasurer, servin,i; one term, lie also served two terms as county

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-commissioner. ATr. I'arr i.-^ a man of iiigh moral character, persistent industry and excellent iu<lL;nieiu, and thronghout the locality where he has lived for so many }'ears he occui)ies an ensiahle position ami)ng his fellow men.

The Union soldier during the great w.'ir between the states Ijuilded wiser than he knew. Through four years of suffering and wasting hardship, through the horrors of prison [tens and amid the shadows of death, he laid ihe .superstructure nf the greatest temjile e\er erected and dedicated to hvuuan freedi.im. The wnrld look'ed on and called these soldiers sublime, for it was theirs to reach nut the mighty- arm of power and strike the chains off from the sla\c, and i)reser\'e the coimtr}' Irom dissolution and to kee[) unfurled \.o the breeze the only ilag that e\er made a t)-rant tremlile. I'or all their uniue.'isured deeds the li\'ing present wdl ne\'er repa\' them. Attenliun and pnliiical power mav be thrown at their teet; art and scul]iture may pre.ser\e upon can\as and in granite aiul bronze their unselli.sh deeds; history ma\- eoniimt to lioof:s, and cold iy]nr ma\- gi\e to the future the tale of their suffering and triumph, but to ihe children of the generations unbiirn will it remain to recijrd the full measure ni api)reciation and und\ing remembrance of the immortal character car\ed out b\- the American soldiers in the dark days of the sixties, nmnbered among whom was William S. Wrdler, ihe tx'ler of the Masonic lodge at Washington, Indiana.

William S. Waller was born at the coiaier ol birst I'.ast an.d \'an Trees streets, W .ishington, Indiana, the town at that time luing known as I.i\erpool, on b'ebiuary 4, iS.V' t''^^ '^"" "f John W. and Mary .\nn ( fioodwiu ) Waller, the I'ormei' of whom was a n,-iti\e of Kentucky aiul the latter of reiins\ l\ ani.i. who came lo tins county from l\enlui;k_\- in lN|-, locating at Liverpool, now Washington. John W. A\'aller w;is a merchant and held several public oftices in the earh' days, among which were those of cit\' treasurer and cciunt)' assessor. 1 le assessed the taxables of the cciiuitv at a time wheti he received only ninety dollars for the entire work. He also served as justice of the peace for a number of years, ;md w;is a man of large influence in the early affairs of Daviess county. Later he purchased a farm east of Washington, consist itig of a hundred and twenty .acres, which he imi)ro\ed, and where he died in J^74. at the age of seventy-six. (25)

The m.aternal grandp.ireiits of Mr. Waller were Aaron and Margaret ( Mclnlldugh ) ( ioddwin, the fi)nncr of wliuiii w a> a n.ili\e ol Ireland and the latter of Scutland. Aaron ( ioodwin w.as a tanner hy trade, who mo\ed from I 'enns\d\ania to M.arietta, Ohio, and thence to Li\-er[)ool, now Wa.^hingtoii, Indiana, where he operated a tanner)-, the lirst in the tnwn. This tannery was on the corner of what is now lor^t We>t and W'e-^t Main streets, i'loth he and his wife liv'cd to \ery advanced ages, and were prominent in the early affairs of \Vashingt<jn. They were the jjarents of the tullnwing children: William, Aikman, Aaron, J;ine, Mar\' .\nn, Knth, Laura and .Matilda.

L)n .March 4, 1S51S, William S. Waller was married to .Mary Kendall, daughter of John and Xancy (J))er) Kendall, U< which union only one child was horn, .\dda, who married John W. Coleman, a resident of Washington, to which union has heen ln.irn one daughter, Helen. .Mrs. Alarv Kendall Waller, who died in .Septemher, 1S51J, was horn on a farm in this county, east of Washington. ller ]i;irents were natixes of Kentucky, who came to this countr_\' in pioneer days and spent the rest of their lives here. They were the parents of seven chddren, luioch, William, Cieorge, Joseph. .Sarah, .Mary and .Martha. ,, in tlic history of Washington the name of John 1'. Cavanaugh occupies a conspicuous place in the husiness circles, lijr during a nuaiher of years he has heen one of the representative citizens in the city's commercial life, progressi\'e, enterprising and persevering. Such qualities al\\a\'s win success sooner or later and to i\Ir. Ca\'anaugh they ha\e hruught a satisfactory reward for his well-directed efforts. While he has benehted himself and the conununity, in a material way, he has also been an intiuential factor in the moral, educational and social progress of the community. Left an orphan when he was se\-en weeks old, John W Ca\-anaugli has achie\-ed a worthy success, uvercoiuing handicaps and surnujunting obstacles.

Juhn I-". Cavanaugh, a well-knuwn general merchant uf Washington, was born on April jo, 1857, in Saline county, Missonri. lie is a son of Patrick and .Margaret (^Cavanaugh j Cavanaugh, natives (jf Wexford Cuuntv, Ireland, and Cincinnati, Ohio, respecli\'ely. John 1'. Cavanaugh was the only child of his p.'irents, both dying when he was but seven weeks old. His father was reared in Jrelaud and came to America when a young man. He settletl hrsl in Keiiluckv, and A\as married in Cincinnati. In company with some other men he went to L'eltis county, Missouri, where he was among the hrst settlers. They intended to take slaves there, but Mr. Cavanaugh died soon alter his arrixal in Missouri, in 1N5-, at the age of forty years. His wile afterward came to Indiana to h\e with her pe<jple, who had moved to this state and settled in Daviess county, and her death occurred two weeks later in 1857, at the age of twenty-seven. Doth were devout members ni the Catholic church.

The maternal gnmdfallier of John P. Cavanaugh was James Cavanaugh, who married Pdizabeth Maloy in Ireland and came to .\merica with two chil(h-en. They started on the voya-e, however, with three children, but one died in mid-ocean. They settled in Cincinnati in iS_:;_5, where he was c-nipluVLil as a linukkcepuT, and litre lie spent the remainder of his life. After his death, his wife eaiiie to Daviess cuiiuty, Jiidiana, where her (.leath dccnrred in 181)4, "i 'i^'"" ninetieth year. The}' were the jiareiits eif live children, William, Dennis, Mars', Alartfaret and Sarah.

Jnlin I'. l"avanau,L;li w;is reared li\- his _^'randiiicither cm her farm, atteiulini;' the district schools nl his lurme iieighhorhood. I.;iter, he was a student in the parochial schools. SuliNei|ueiitl_\-, he c;inie to Washington and ilrove a ninle in the coal mines iov the linn of I'ahel & Kanggman for some time, lie ne.xt drove a deli\er)' wagon for this s;nne (inn for three \ears, after which he was employed as a clerk in this conipan\''s store fcjr a period of eighteen years. At the end of that tune he conducted a general store in partnership with Leonard l'"arm\\ald ami J. k". Crane, on the corner of J-'ourih and Main streets, Washington. Two years later Mr. ("avanaugh Sold his inlerests in this store and mo\c(l to the coiner of l~ifih and flefroii streets, where he hatl formerly ]iurcliased a lot. .\t this time he opened a general store which lie is still o])er,-iting. The jienple wlm reared .\lr. Cavanaugh, owned this pro]ierty, ;ind he purchased it Liter at a court house sale, lie has heeii a resident of Wasliingloii for al/oiit fort\'-li\e years.

Mr. (.'a\aii;iugirs niatern,-il gramlmodier niarrieil a second time, her second husband lieing I'eter k'ee, and to this union twn children were horn. Jcilin 1'. C'avanaugh was married, on ihe lotli of Xovemher, [XSo, to .Mary Kiley, a (kuighter of Tcrreiice and I'ridget ( I.enahan ) Kiley, and to this union eight children were horn. William, Margaret, John, Clara, Joseph, Cieorge, John and Charles. The tirst four of these children died in infancy; Joseph is connected with the lloston store in Chicago, and is unmarried; George is eni])loyed in the store with his father; John is a student in the high schnol ;nid (_'harles is a student in the p;irochi,al school.

Mrs. Cav.-inaugh was a nati\e cjI ("ouniy M.avo. Ireland, and her p.areiits were aCo liMrn there. Tlu-y came to America diirmg the t'ivil War and settled in Daviess county, where they lived the remainder of iheir lives. The\- were the jLarenls nf six children, Michael, .Mar\-, liridget, fohn, Anthony and William.

In addition to his mercantile husiness, Mr. Cavanaugh owns a farm of one liundreil and sixt)' acres in Washington township, in this connlv, to which he devotes considerahle attention. lie is also interested in the dairy husiness. and has made a notahle success in this line.

Mr. and Mrs. Ca\anangli and family are de\oui niemliers of the Catholic church, and contrihute liher.ally lo the support of this denoniiii.-nion. Mr. Cavanaugh helongs to the Knights of (/olumhns and the Ancient Order of HilxTiiians. He is identiticil with ihc Democratic party, hut has never taken an acti\'e pari in jidhtics, and ha^ never iield nor aspired to office. He is devoted, primarily, to tlie welfare of his family and the interests of his business. In every respect, John 1'. Cavanau^h must he regariled as one of the he>t livin,L; citizens of ]Ja\iess county.

George 1. Keith

The name Keith has lont; lieen. connected with the prOL^ress and de\'elopinent id l)a\iess count\', and the name has been liorne by men who ha\'e reflected threat credit u|ion the state and upon their re^pectix'e communities. It is a well-attested ma.xiin ih.at the greatness ( d' a coinmunit)- lies not in the machinery of {^mernment, nor even in its institutions; but rather in the slerliny (jualU)' of the individual citizen in his capacitv hir high and unselfish effort and his devotion to the public welfare. /VmciUg- tlie citizens of 1 )av less countv, who have not (jiily w i m success and honor for themselves in their specific fields of cudeavur, but who have also conferred honor mi their respective comuumities, is George J. Keith, one of the prominent members of the Keith faniilv, a substantial and successful farmer and a well-known Iianker. .Vlthough .\lr. Keith resides in Washington, he owns nearly twelve hundred acres (d" land, and devotes a considerable amount of .attention to the details of directing operations on this land.

.Mr. Keith is a son of jarit and Khoda Jane (Lester) Keith, and was born on .March 14, 1X41;. in Knox countv, Indian.a. His fathei- and mother, natives of I'aviess countv. mo\ed to Knox countv, where they lived tor about fifteen ve.ars. .at the end of which time they relurne<l to Daviess coimlv, and 111 1 Soo purchased from the heirs of Jaril Keith's lather the farm in Washington townslii|i, still known as the Keith farm, Mrs. Keith died in looJ, and from that time until his death in 1013 Mr. Keith lived with his different children. At the time of his death he w.as nearly ninetythree ve.ars ni age. He owned about two thousand .acres of land.

The p.aternal grandfather of George J. Keith was George H. Keith, and his wife was Abbie (Perkins) Keith. They were natives of Kentucky and pioneers in Daviess county. They ini])roved the old Keith farm in Washington township and there reared their family. (Jeorge H. Keith died ill Washington in iN^K, at the age of .-seventy years. His wife survived him some twienty years, and died at the age cd" eighty-seven. George H.

The maternal grandfather iil George J. Keith was William Lester, whose wife was Julia ( W'aynian ) Lester, 'i'hey were hoth nali\'es of Kentuck}' and were also pioneers in Da\ less county. In tact, there were only three houses in the town of W'abhington wlien they arri\ed in Da\iess count\-, and these three houses were huilt of higs. They settled in what was known as the I )utch settlement, se\en miles northeast of Washington, and later mo\ed farther north into Steele township, where he tiled welt ath'anced in _\ears. I lis wife sur\'i\'et.l him and li\ed to he eighty-li\-e years old. 'Ihey reared three children, Khoda jane, l.nuisa Ann anil William Harrison.

(leiirge 1. Keith was reru'ed i>n his father's t;irm and attended the district ^cho(Jl of Ua\ iesN ciiinit\- and also id Kud.x count}', where he lived until he was twentx-fciur _\'ears old.

Mr, Keith rented a farm nf hi- father in Knnx cnunt)' after his marriage and li\ed there twn \ear^, when Mrs. Keith died, and he then niuved to Sugar Land, in l)a\iess count\', on i>ne id histather's tarms. I'A'eiituall}' he ])urchase(l i)art of this farm and later inherited the remainder.

.Mr. Keith's lir.-t marriage was to Mary hV.'inces ("arrull, the daughter of llenirunin Rufiis and Harriet Carroll, She died in March, il^Jj, and left no children.

county, Ijut was reartal in Uarr township. She tHcd on August J, i8t)9,. at the age of forty-^ix years and ten months. IJer parents were born in Da\iess count}- and died here. They liad ten children, Wdhani, UeU, JNlartha, Etta, Dora, Henry, lihza, Charles, 'I'honias, and anuiher who died in infancy.

Mrs. .Margaret Keith's maternal gr.andf.'ither was a Mr. Ju\enall, whose wife was Betsey (AJc(.'racken ) juxenall. They were nati\es cd" Kentucky and ])ioneers in Daviess couniw He was a stage dri\'er in the early da\s. 'l"hc\' had onl\- one chiM, hdiza A. .Mi'. Ju\enall died snme tiiue after his marriage and hib wiilnw alterward married a man Ijy the name of Peachy.

The ])aternal grandfather of Mrs. Lola AI. Keith was .Vrchihald Mc- Kinney, whose wife was Margaret (lulwards) McKinney. lie w.as a Scotchman and his wife was of Welsh stock. Tlie\- had lA'e children, Arcliihald. Kc'hert, (irit'lin. .Margaret and ( ';iilicrinc. .Mrs. I .dki M. Keith's uiaieriKil grandfather was \'iiicent Williams, ;iiid his wife was hdizabcth (liart) Williams.

.\fter mmiug hack" to Sugar Land, Mr. Keith cmuinued to farm there until I90(;, when he rented out his farm and mo\ed to Washington, where he purchased a comfortahle liome and where he now li\-es, at 507 North Aleridian street. Me owns four hundred and se\ent)--si\ acres of the houie farm in Sugar Land, and .also seven hundred acres in Steele townsliiii. .Mr. Keith is \ice-|)resident and ;i director of the .State Lank of W.ashingtou.

Mr. and .Mrs. Keith ;ire inemhers of the Christian cluu-ch id' W.ashington. He is one nf the trustees of this church, and is identified with the Republican ])arly. He is a member-at-large (if the county council.