Washington Township (part 9 of 9)

Gei)rye J. Keith is one of tlie \ltv prnmineiu fanners and stock men of Da\iess antl Knux counties, in huth of which lie is well known. Jle is a man of ent^ai^in^ personalitN', and one w hci enio\'s the esteem and conlidence of all the people of Da\iess and Knox counties, whei'c he has li\'ed, and with whom lie has come into contact.

.Mr. \';m d'ree^ was born on I'Y'bruary ii, icS^S, at Washington, and is the sou of 1'. and Sarah Deane ( Alhertson ) \'an I'rees, nati\'es of Washington, and Salem, Indiana. re>pecti\ el\-. They have three children, llarr\-, ilecea^ed ; W.arren ami Thomas, Jr., deceased.

d'homas r. Wan Trees, the father of W.arren, w;is reared in Washington, where hi-^ father was a pork p.acker. ddiMui.is 1'. was emjT'yed by his f. idler to lake jiork ;md potiliry down the While ri\er and the (dhio and Alississipiii ri\ers to New ( )rleans. Oiiring the war he was a ]irospector in the mountains of ('olorado and Mexico, lie also ran a hotel in L\-n\-er when it was a small village, lie finallw retm-ue<l to W;ishingtoii and engaged in the milling business for a mmiber ot years after which time he moved to his father's farm in Washington township, just north of town, and died there in M)I1, at the age of eighty-one vears. J lis wife survived him ;md now is eigluv-one ye.ars old. Mrs. ddiomas I'. \'au Tree< is a 'levoied member of the I'resbvterian cjiurch as was also her deceased husband.

Air, \''an Trees was married on Decemher i^, i()io, to .Mrs. Mariha Glenn .Morris, a widow .d" Kohert Morris, au,l the d.anghter n\ |uhn \' an.'l Indiana (.Mitchell) CTan.lIer. Two children have keen horn to this union, Sarah Deane and Warren, Jr.

Mr, \"aii Tret-'s is an anient Dennicrat, hut he ha> nex'er taken an especially acti\e part in pnlitics. Mr. ami Mrs. \'an Trees are inemhers of the (litterent cliurches. Mr. \'an Trees is a rresh\-terian, and his wile is a niemher (if the Medrndist Mpisn :]ial church.

ICrnest (i. Kitterskruni) was reared in N'incennes and attended the public schiiols of that city, luirlx' in life, he learned the earjienter trade, wdiich he iollowed until alter his marriage. l"or some time he was also engaged in railroad work-, and during this jieriod was a liremau for the Iron Mountain railroad and li\ed at l)e .S^io, .Missouri.

In Jauu;ir_\-, iSiji, .Mr. Ritteiskamp was married again to .\melia 11. Schnlte, the daughter of h'red and .MoUie ( Uitterskanip) Schulte, Ten children were born to this um'on, \'iMla, h'Jla, Otto, W'.dter, David, Oscar, Carl^ and three who died \'omig. All these children are now living at home.

.Mrs. .\melia II. Ritterskamp was born at l''.\ans\'ille, this state. Her parents were nati\es ol ' iermaiu'. who came to .\merica and settled there early in life. Here the\- were married after which thc\' mo\ed to bVeelandsville, lndi;ma. The father died in b'reel;mds\ die, in I'jik). but his wife is still living. They had a number of children, .among whom were: .Vmcdia H., Wilh.am, h'red, hanma, Clara, Lvdia and Louisa. .Mrs. .Amelia Ritterskamp's p.aleiai.al grandfather was Christ Schulte. Her maternal grandfather was William Ritterskamp, whiise wife w.as .Amelia II. Ritterskamp. Their children were h'red, Harriet and Mollie.

Mr. and Alr>. Riltcrskamp arc mi lubeis of ihc I'nited Rrethren church. l-"ralerii,ill\ , .Mr. Riiter>kamp is a iiKinber of l'\thagoras Lodge .\o. 118, Knights of I'ythi.as; also the \\o,idmen of the World, the Len-Hur Society, and the .Modern Woo, linen (d' .\meric.a. P.oth Mr. and Airs. Kitlerskamp are members of the Knights and Ladies of Secnril)'. haaiesl 1 i. Uillerskamp carries a Large stock of fiuaiiture, stoves, etc., .and docs a Large business in Washington, and in I )a\ less count\'. He is well respected ;is a business luan ;md in e\er\' respect is a good citizen ol D,a\dcss county. Air. Ritterskani]) has ne\-er been active in political rdfairs, but h.as devoted his attention raliier to his own i)ri\ate business and to the welfare and C(jmfort of his familv, to which he is \erv luuch devoted.

Luther Johnson

Among the well-known }-oung business men of Daviess county whose enterprise and industry have won iiim distincti\e prestige in the business circles of this county is l.uther Julnison, a well-knuwn clerl< fur llie 1. W. Lutz & Son i''urniture Company. None stands higher m the life of Washington and \ icinity or higher in the esteem and ci.iniidence ui this c*<.)mnumity than r\lr. Julmson.

J^uther Johnson was jjorn on May S, 1872, in Washington township, Daviess county, the son of Milford I), and Usee (Wise) Johnson, l)oth natises of Indiana. They had six chikh-en, (Jla, the wife of Otto Cjberst, of near l.\\'ans\'ille ; Mullie, wlm died in early childhood; .Stella, the wife of William Soloinun, uf Herrington, Kansas; Luther, ni Washington; k2dward H., who died at the age of fourteen years, and I'earl, who is the wife ui W. 15. Allen, ol W'ashingl. m township.

]\lilfurd I). Johnson, the father of these children, was reared in Hax'icss county, and w^as a carpenter by trade. He lived on a farm in Wa-hington township until a few \ears bcforr his death, lie died in ujoo, and his wife is still living at the age of se\eiity-lliree. Mrs. Johnson ;ind her deceased husl)and were memj.iers of the (kiptist church, as are all the f.amily. .Milford 1). [(ihnson was in the service of the L'nion arni_\' during the C'ixil War as a bridge carpenter.

The ])aternal grandparents of Luther Johnson were bahvard 11. and Nancv (.Murphy) jMlm-,on. uatixes ( d' Kentucky and early settlers in Ha\iess count}', where they were farmers. The)- bolh died in this county well advanced in years, ami were llie parents ot five children, Milford D., .Anlhoin-, Robert, .*^us;m ;ind Idc.ra. d"he m.aternal grand] i.areiils of Mr. lolmsoii were John and Leila Wise, who were also earl\- settlers in Lawless eouiil\- and were f.inneis. Tbe\ b:id seven children. Ijeiiry, William, .Alfred, b'hn. .\barv -\iiii, l.ucinda and Os;i.

Luther Johnson was reareil ou the farm and .attended (be district schools. He lived at home until grown and then came to Washington and worked f.>r a transfer companv for three or four years. I'in.ally he began clerking in the furniture store of Iv Ik I'ornwald, who recentiv -old out to (\ W. Keach. and where he worked for sever.il months when he let't this employment and entered the store of 1. W. l.ulz M Sons. Mr. Johnson h.as been in this store for fourteen vears, and is well known for his courteous dealings with the ])ublic and his upright, honorable conduct in all of his business relations.

Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are nienihers of the Haptist church. iM-aternallv. Mr. Johnson is a meniher of the Uoyal Arcanum and is an ardent Repiil)- lican.

Specific meiitiim is made of man\- of the wurth)- citizens of DaviesS County within the pa^es of thi^ hook, citizens who ha\e li^ured in the L;rowth and development ol this fa\ored localit}' and whose interests are ideniilied with its e\er\- i)hase ol progress, each coiitriliiitinL; m his sphere of action to the well-heiiiL; ol the communit\' in which he resides and to the ad\ancenient of its normal and leL;itimate L;rowth. .\mon^ this nnmher is John W. 1 )illard, peculiar mlerest attaching to his career from the fact that tor (|Uite a iiumher o| \'ears he has lieen proniinentU' identified with the real estate and insurance luisiness in Washington, during which tune he has also taken a promiiunt ])aii in the ci\ic and moral adxanceiiient of his ci immunitv.

llenry Dillard, a tanner li_\' tr.ade, was the father of John \\'., and was reared in l\entiick\-. lie c-anie to Indiana ahout iSoS and located in Jackson count\- and eni;a,i;ed in faiaiiiiiL;. lie served ;is a tcniister in the ('i\'il War. lie died in iS(>i) and his wife died on l-'ehrnarv iS. \')\},. at the a,L;e of se\ enl\-si.\ \i-ars. She w.as ,a niemher of the ( hristian church.

The character of a cuniniunit)' is determined in a large measnre liy the li\es of a ci imparativeh' few of its members. If its moral and intellectnal statns be good, if, in a social \\a\-, it is a pleasant place to reside, if its repnlation a?^ h.' the integritx' of ils citizens has extended into iither liicalities, it will lie found lh;u ihe standanl .^el b\- ihe leading men has lieen high and their inlluencc such as lo mi>ld the characicr> and .^h.ipe the lues of tho^e with whom lhe_\- mingle. In placing the Late .Martin Luther L'.onham among the foremost men of his day and generation, only sim[)le justice is done to the menior\- (jf this, worthy nian. Although quiet ami unassuming in manner and with no runbition lor pulilic position or leailership, he contributed much to the ci\ic, m.iterial and moral ad\rmcement oi his commimii\-. I'dr m;in\' \ears he was ;i successtui undertaker and tuner.al director in the cit\' of W.-ishiugton and I )a\ ies-, couutx-. Mis admirable (|ualities of head and heart and his straight lorward, u]>right course won f<ir him the esteem and conlidenci' of the circle in which h</ mo\cd and, although he is now slee|)ing the sleep of the just, his inlluence still li\es and his memcjrv is greath' rexered.

The late Martin Luther I'.onh.un was reared in Dearborn coimty. Indiana, where he li\-e(l until eii;hleen years of age, when the family moved to I]arris(Mi, r*hio, where he learned the cabinetmaker trade. .\fterw.ard he entraued in the undertakinir and furniture business at llarrison for eighteen t'lil'lord (1. Li'iiham married .M.artlia J. ( arn;di:in and the\- ha\e had li\e clnldreu. Ilk' lir--l two were twin li.>\-^. who died in infanc\-; the iie.M two were twin girls, I',iihi\- Ma\- ,ind I'Tankie .Maud, and the fifth child was Alm;i Inez, who was horn ele\eii \ ears after the hirili of the last twins, I'anny .May married l.arl Hair .ind li\es in ("incinnati. They ha\e tliree children, Dorris, John and .Marguerite, twins. h'rankie uMaud married Ldward C'lore and lives in Waslhnglon, Indiana; Alma Inez is a school teacher.

The paternal grandfather nf Mrs. Clifford O. i'-Mnhain was kuhert Carnahan and her maternal grantlparents were (ienri^e and Anna (Morgan) Macklin.

Clifford O. lionham is a Ivepulilican in ])i_)lilics and served three terins in succession as curcmer of Daviess cuunty. The I'.nnham family has Ijeen connected with the history of Daviess cmmty for many years and they have been equal to every duty, public and private. The family is highly respected in Daviess county, where Iwu enterprising suns are carr\'ing on successfully the work of a worthy and highly respected father.

John Wicii.Ma.V.

One of the most enterprising of our younger generati'.m of farmers in Da\'ie^s county, who has belie\ed, from the outset of his career, that the wisdom of yesterday is sometimes the folly of toda}' and that, while the methods of our grandfathers in tilling the soil, were all right in their day, yet in the twentieth centur)-, we are comjjelled to adopt new methods and farm along different lines, in \iew of the fact that conditions of climate, soil, grains, etc., ha\'e changed smce the ila\> ol the ])ioneer. John W'ichman ha> been a close observer ol modern methoils and i^ a student, at all times, of whatever ])ertains to his chosen life-work. He has, therefore, met \\iih encouraging success all along the line and, judging from his jjast record, he will undoubtedly achie\'e much in the future years and take liis place among the leading farmers of Daviess county, noterl for its line farms and progressixe farmers.

John W'ichman was bcuai on June _'S, 1S71, in Decatur countw Indiana. He is the son of .\nton and iLlizabetb ( Kuhlman 1 W'ichman. His father who was born in (lermanv, about iS_^fi, and came to .\merica after receiving his early education in his nati\e country; hi.-^ mother is also a n;itive of Germanv. .\nton W'ichman and wile lived in fJecatur county, Indiana, where they were farmers for a time. Subse(|iiently, the\' mo\xd to Daviess comity, Indiana, and located in Steele township, where he owned eighty acres <if land Thev lived here until his death. He was a member of the Catholic church. Anton and F.lizabeth W'ichman were the |)arents of nine children, .Anton, Jr., Mary, Catherine, John, Jose])h, Rosie, .\ngela, Elizan.WIKSS CDUNTY, INDIANA. 4O3

John W'icliman is inimarrieil. lie receixeil only a C(jmmon-school educati(jn, hut has imprcixx-d his i)]ipiirtunities 1)\' hunie studv and has become a well-informed man. lie is a man highh- respected in the township where he li\'es for his enterprising habits and gooii conm.ion sense. Air. W'ichman h\'es with his motluT and unmarried sifters on the lionie farm in Steele township, ]Je owns two hundred acres of land in Steele township which he rents. The W'ichman family are all members of the Catholic church.

John W'ichman is a man who is not hast\' in making u[) his mind regarding a proiiosition, but w lu'u his nund is once m.ade up, he is fairly inflexible. His conser\-atism and the care which he takes tn decide a proposition ha\-e ])een respnusible largely for bis s|ilendid success as a farmer. Mr. W'ichman is not onl\- well k-nov\ii in Steele tnwuship, but he is a man Imnored and admired f(ir bis frugal h.ibits and his goi id business tnanagement. In e\'ery resjject, he deserves to rank as a representative citizen nf this section of Daviess cmmtv and is, therefore, entitled to representatii in in a \'olume of this character.

The twentieth century farmer knows \'erv little of the disacK'antages which siUTiiunded the jiioneer f;n-mer of this state. Xo longer is the farmer Ciimpeiled lo rise eai'l\' in the morning anil cuniinue his kibors int<i the evening. The larmer o| toda\' can dn as much work in a half dav as his father could, lifty \ears ago, in a whule day. The free mail deli\-ery leaxes the (k'lily pa])er on his doiM'step e.ach morning. His telei)hone i)uts him into communicati<in with his neighburs, while the interurban cars and automobiles enable him to i>articii.)ate in all of tlie fcatiu'es of city life. The present generation of farmers has no forests to clear, few swamps to drain, while hundreds of iinentiMus, designed to lighten the labors t>i the f:u-mer. b.axe been put into their hamls. The Iku'l of our fathers h;is gi\en wav to the threshing machine of today and e\'cn the old-fashioneil cnm-cutter is laid on the shelf and the corn is now cut l)v machinery. Tlie old-fashioned

.\fier the marriage of .\li-. and Mrs. W itsinan. the\ liegan housekeeping Mil Ihe f.arm where .Mr. W'itsman now Ii\es. They had six children, Oioldie, horn on (V-toher 13, 1SS3; Walter l.yle. Xoxemher 30. 1NS7: W'illi.am 11.. |nlv 3, iS()(): James ( )li\er, .\pril 13. iSc)^: Sadie I'e.arl. .\pril jf'i, iHqh. and Lewis Nor\-ell,^la\- 30, : S(;S. Tlie last is now a student in the high school. .\11 of these children are lixing and .all are still nnm.arried.

Mr. W'itsman owns one hundred and eighty-lA'C acres of land at the edge of I'lainville, where he is engaged in farming and stock raising. He Iiandles ; business.

It is the farmer whu make-, it ]>i)ssil)le fur men in other 1 >ccu|iati(ins to li\e. l-'armiuL; was the uri^inal 1 iccn]iati( lU of man, and it is the c>nl\- husiness which cnuld exl.^t independenth' of the others. Indeed e\er\- other (jccu])ation is dependent upon the larmer. 1 he pi"o(lucts of the farm ha\e made onr railroads what the_\ are loda\', and the L;reat hulk- of manufacturing; is made nece^sar\- l)ecau>i' ot the larmer's needs. The ]ieo|)lc of the city Could not live a week without the larniei"'s products, lie holds uni only the pur.-.e .Nlrim;s ol the nation, hut e\en the \er\ life itself of the people, h'or this rea>oii, the larmer ha'-, in realitv'. the most important hu^ine^s of all. I )a\ iess couul\- has fine faian^ and as i;ood farmers as can he found anywhere in the state. And amoUL; the ^ood fanner^ of this .section, is (. harles .\. Littell, of Steele township.

Absalom Littell moved from Pi.-nnsyl\ania to L'lark county, Indiana, in l/yj, and there remained until his death. He enteretl one hundred and ninety acres of land in Clark county.

Josiah T. l.ittell, the grandfather of Charles A., married h^lizahelh Gilrnore, whu was ijurn on January 2/, 1801. They had ten children. Absalom, Ijorn on December 25, 1823; Mary J., March 7, 1825; Lucinda K., September 16, 1826; John Gilrnore, October 9, 1830; Matilda; Anna M., April 10, 1832; William F., March 4, 1834; Jusiah T., February 27, 1838; Margaret R., April 2, 1840, and Indiana, March 23, 1S44. Josiah T. Littell was a farmer in Clark county, Indiana. He was a soldier in the War nf 1812, and also a member of the slate militia. He was a member of the Christian church, and identilied with the Whig party. He (jwned one hundred and ninety acres of land in Cl.ark comity.

John Gilrnore Littell, the father of Charles .\., came to Daviess coimty in 1870, and owned two hundred acres of land at one time, but later in life, sold it and lived retired in I'laimille, Indiana. He ser\'ed in Company li, Twent_\--se\enth Indiana \'olunteer Infantrv, during the Ci\'il War, and was a sergeant, lie w.-i-^ a member of the Chri>tiaii church. John G. and Hannah 1 llnrns) Littell has fixe children, as follow: W. C)., born laniiarv 18, 1855; Thomas \i., l.ujrn J.aiuiary 2. 1858; Flla .\., born December g, 1859; George C.. born November 24. 18O7, and Ch;irles A., born July 7, 1 870.

Charles .\. Littell was educated in the common scIkmiIs and .at the ;ige of tliirteen learned the harness maker's trade. ,\t one time he li;id a hardware store in 1 'lain\-ille, Indiana, but quit that business in 19116. .\fter (|uitting the hardware business, he locatetl on his present farm, in I'ebruarv,- 1906. The farm consists of eighty acres and is located in Steele lownshii). Mr. Littell is engaged in general farming.

Charles .\. l.iiiell w;is married on ( )ctober 2, iSi)3. lo Lillian Toinew born on March 12, 1N77, in I ';i\iess coum_\ , Indiana, and the daughter of William 1'. and Mary F. (Hastings) Tomey, the former of whom was Ijorii on Ma\' 4, 1831. in Daxiess county, and who ilie<l in August, 1905, and the latter of whom was born in D;i\'iess couutv on May 22, 1857, ami who is now lix'ing in I'lains-ille. \\'illiam P. Tomey w.'is the son of John J. Tomey, whri was born on .\'o\ ember 20, 1824. and who died on December -7- ''^77- ^^^' niarrieii lulith l\o,irh. John J. Tomey was a shoemakei' by trade and a farmer. He owned sixt\' acres of land. The children of John J. and F.dith I Loach) Tomey were as follow: Willi:iin P., born on May 4, 1851; Dollie I-., March 12, 1854; M.artha. .April 25, 1857: Ida K., May 25, i860; Joseph iV., May 20, 1863; Mary E., Dcceniber 13, 18C6, and Margaret M., March 6, 1870. John J. Tupiey was the son of Armistead Tumey and DolHe (Myers) Tunie}', wlio had nine children, John J., Carohne, Ehas 1'., Wilhani A., EHzabeth, Mary J., Martin, Martha and Erederick ]i. William i'. Tumey, the father of Mrs. Littell, was a farmer and school teacher, lie was educated at the Central Nonnal College at Danville, and lived in Daviess county durin;.^- his entire life, lie owned one hundred and lifty acres of land in iiogard township. lie and his wife had five children. Cscar, born on April 5, 1875; Lillian, March 12, 1877; Ortho, October 21, 1879; Delia, August ly, 1881, and Alma, June 27, 1884.

To Charles A. and Lillian .\. (Tcnney) Littell four children ha\e been born, \''erna Irene, on October 4, Djoi ; Mary Almira. January 13, 1911; Edith, March 20, i8(j8, died on August 17, 1900, and a .-^on who died in infancy.

Mr and Mrs. Littell are members of the Cln-istian church. Mr. Littell is a member of the Prohibition |)arty, and a strung and ardent belie\er in tempciTMU'e. The tamih- are liighh- respected residents of Steele township, and ;n'e well known ni thii section of Da\ ie.ss coumy.

A review (jf the life of the honored and lamented Joseph Edwards must of necessity lie brief anil general in its character; for to enter fully into the interesting details of his career, touching the struggles of his earl}- manhooil and sncce!^^es of later da\-s, would far transcend the limits of this article. Lie held a large place in the ranks of the enteriiri.sing and ijublic-spirited men of hi.s da\' and s^cneralii lU. and the luster of his deeds and the memories which allacli In his name and chai'acler foini n.i inconsiderable cli.apter m the lnstor\- of the comnnnntv where he did his woi'k and achieved his success. Sufficient il is. we belie\e, to pro\'e him entitletl to the hipiiorable position be long occni)ied among the bra\e and energetic self-made men of hidiana. who, by enterprise and unswerving integrity, forged to the front. des[)ite ;dl opposition. ;md won for the grand old TToosier commonwealth a place second tn none other in the bright constellation com]irising Ihe nninii of American states. That he did bis part nobly and well caniKrt be gainsiiid. and though dead, he yet sjieaks in the works which he acconi])lislied ;md in

The late jusei)h lulwards was horn nn \ii\einlier _'5, 1840, in Da\dess county, Indiana, where he also (hed un March j(), 18.S:;. in Daviess CDimly. ] le was the son of Tlionias and J:lhzal)eth ( I )iinkin ) lulwards, the former a native of Kentucky, and the latter of I'ike county, Indiana. Th(.imas h'.dvvards lived in Daviess countv, where he was a farmer, and an inllueatial niemljer of the llaptist church.

Jiiseph lulwards was educated in the common scho<.)ls and was a farmer througliMut his life, lie owned one hundretl and twenty acres of land. ( )n l'"el>ruary 7, i.Si)^, he was m.arried t(j Ava ISyrer, who was born, March 4, 184I1. and who is the daughter of (^(.ittliel) ami .Matilda (Killgore) llyrer, the liirmer of whom was a native of I'ennsvivania, and who died m Septemher, iNij/, at the age oi ninetv-lvv o, and the latter a native of Lawrence count)', Indiana, died on April jS, iNSj, at the age of si\tv'-fi lur. (iottlieli r.yrer was a tarmer ;ind also a merchant at Kagiesv ille, Iniliana, where he purchased the store of John Ragle, which was the lirst in that town, (iottlich and Matilda (Killgore) T.yrer had twelve children, William and lunilv are ilecea>ed ; .\\a is the widiAV uf the late josejih l'".dw;irds ; Demma, I'hoehe and ficnrv are living; Xnah ;uid lliram .are deceased; I'retta is living, and j(ihn, Kliza and an inf.ant, arc deceased, (iotlliel) I'.vrer was a member of the Lhiiv ersalist church, lie was a son of Casper llvrer, a native of (!ermanv, a member of the I'nitarian church, who came In America ;md settled in the state of J'ennsv Ivania. lie hrul three suns, h'rederick, |cihn and 'ioltlieb. Matilda Killgore, (ioltlieb ISvrer's wile, was ;i daughter of lliram Killgdre, who was born in South ('ai"()lina, and who Later moved to Indi.ina, settling on a farm in Lawrence countv. !-^ub>ec|ncnll\', In- inmed to Daviess cotinty, Indiana, and settled in \'an I'tncn lo\viishi]i. lie was a pioneer tarmer. lie married .Xancv (ir.ant, who was boiai in .South ('arnlin.a, a daughter nf William (Irant, a southern plantation owner, and a soldier in the Reviilulionarv War. lliram and .\';inc\- (( Irani 1 Ixillgore had ten children. Ina, Ketm-ah, I'ollie, .Matilda, Keuben, l\Mllen, I 'errv, Lva, Sallie and Malinda. lliram Killgore was a son of Charles Killgnre, whit also fought in the Revi ilnliiinarv army.

I he late [oscph Ldwards is rememhercd as a m;in n\ kind and generous impuKes, one who was kind to his wite and to his faniih', who were his lirst cousider.-itiou ;md his lirst care. He was a man who todk a dei'|) interest in public c|ueslions ;nid has heen luissed in the communit\' where hv was so well known.

Thomas ()d'.r\an \\'as horn on januarv 3, iNjg. in ?\Iartin count}', Inrliana. He is the son of SvKester and Sar.ah ((jueeni ()dlr\an. the former of whom was Imrn in l\entnck\-, in 1S04, and who died in \Sji:. and the Latter, the daughter of .Masnu (jueen, a n;lti^e id" Mai'iiu couiUw where he was a farmer and also ;i de\oted meniher of the ('atholic church.

-\tter the death of .S\|\ester (~)' Ihw.an's father and niolln'r in Kentuckw. lie was taken to l.)e reared kiy an uncle in Indian.i. When he grew up. he returned tu liis nati\e state and li\ed there fur a lew \-ears, Ijut, sulisequently, returned lu Martin cuunty, Indiana, where lie fanned the remainder of his life. He uwned si.\ hundred and forty acres in Martin county and during the latter part of his life, he was a member of the Catholic church. He was married twice, his first wife being Julia Clemons. To this union two children were l.jorn, Joseph and William. After the death of his fir.^t wife, he married Sarah Queen, and to this union were Ijorn two chihlren. Th(.)mas, the subject of this sketch, and James, who is now residing in Arkansas.

Thomas C/Bryan was educated in the c<-immon schools of .Martin count\- and grew u[) on his father's farm. He performed the usual tasks which fall to the lot of the a\-erage country Ijoy, working on the farm during the suiumertime and attending school in the winter.

On .April i S. iS^j, Mr. O'l'iryan was married to .\nn 1 lurch, the daughter of Lcnuiel and lunily (Jones) Ijurch, l.ioth nati\-e^5 of Daviess county, and now deceasetl. Lemuel Ikirch was burn on .April jo, 1832, and died at the age of furty-nine \ears. He was a farmer and a dev<iut meiuber of the Christian church, and he and his wife were the parents of se\en children, .\nn. George, luigene, deceased; Darius, Christopher, \\'ile\- and .Milletus. j^enuiel llurch was the son of Christopher IJurch, who was born in a tort, who was a farmer In- occupation and a member of the Christian church. He married Mary ( )'Callahan, a native of Ireland. Christopher Hurch was a Soldier in the War of 181J. He was the .son of ( liarles I.lurch. a nati\'e of Ireland.

Mrs. l'".mil\' P.urch, tiie luotlier of Mrs. ndlryan, was the daughter of Wiley 1\. and .Aim ( h'oriling") Jones, the former a native of North Carolina and a slave-holder in the South. ;ind the latter a native of Kentucky. Wiley I\. Jones was the son of b'.bene/er Jones, a native ot Wales ;\nd .a .Methodist minister who came to .\mcrica and si'ttled m South ( arolina. Later he moved to 1 )aviess count)-, Indiana, with bis laiuily. where he was probably the lirst settler in that county.

After his marriage, Thomas OTiryan began farming in Daviess county and, with the exce|)tion of seven months, which he spent in .\rkansas, he has lived in Daviess count)- during the entire tinie since. He is now living a retire life in Llainville, w-here he owns several lots. He alsri owns seventy acres of land south of Plainville in Steele tuvvnshi|).

To Thomas and .Ann ( Rurch ) OTlrvan. six children have been born. Tames, Sarah, Nellie, fohn Weslev. Lngeiie, who graduated from tlie Stale

Normal School at Terre Haute in 1915, and Pearl. Of these children, James married Helen Hurst and they have three children, William, Mable and Geraldine; Sarah married Jacob Ragle and li\'es in Arkansas. They have five children, lierlha. Hazel, Alma, Ah'a and Tlmmas; Nellie, who lives in Plainville, was a teacher and married R(jscue JNlcCormick and has three children, Cecil, Ch'de and Gordun ; Jnhn \V., who li\es in Bcjgard townshiii, also taught scIkioI, and married Mary Boj'd and has two children, Merle and Elva.

Thomas O'Bryan has lived a long and useful life and has been an influential figure in his community. He enjoys the entire confidence and respect t.if hi.s neighbors and is admired li\' them fur ha\'ing reared a large familv t(i useful and liDUorable li\'es.

For many years Ernest KillidU has been identified clusely with the business atfairs of Plainville and Steele township in L)a\ ie.ss cnuntw Indiana. Atlhough a comparatively young man, his life has jjeen one of untiring acti\'ity, and has l)een crowned with a degree of business success attained by coniparati\-el\' few ijf tlnjse who aspire to eminence in busine^s. Se\-eral years' conscientious w(_>rk as a Ijanker have brought with them nrit only increased business for his bank, liut also a growth in banknig knowledge and that wide and accurate judgment, the pos-^e.^sion of which constitutes maturit\- in the business relations of life. iJy a straightforward, honorable course, Mr. Killion has built up a large and lucrative banking busine<>. wliich is a splendid tribute to hi-; priigressive ifleas and native executive abililv. lli< iife-wi'il^ i> a --plenilid example nl what an .\nieiican \(>ulh. ]ilenlifull\ endowed with gond common sen>e, energ\- anil iletermination, can accomplish.

Ernest E. Killion, the subject of this sketch, w.as born iiii January <). 18S7, in Steele towiisliip, Daviess count\', Indiana. He is the son ni Nathrm E. Killion, a nati\'e of Daviess count\', the life histurv ot whom is pre--ented elsewhere in tiiis volume.

Ernest E. Killion, after receiving a good cnniiui 'n-schiml eihicatiun, .ittended the Northern Illinoi-, Normal School for twelve weeks, and after that. returned to Plainville. Indiana, where he farmed for ruie vear. In addition

.Mr. Killion is identified with the hemocralii' parlw lie is a memher of ihe Independent ()r<ler of ( )dd l-'ellows, the .M.is.ais and the Ahxlern W'oochnen of .\merica. lie is well l\'no\\n in Steele township, and is highly respected 1)\' all classes of pt'ople with whom he >s \er\' ])o|)nlar. 'J he success of the Plain\ille ha.nk, ol which he is cashier, is largeh due to the persistency with which he has sought husiness and to his keen discrimination in selecting onh' that husiness which wmild prove the hest for hi^ hank. .Mr. Kilhou has the entire coiihdence, net onlv ol the dii-ectors ( d' his hank, hut (d the comniunit\' at large.

With the death of e\er\- pioneer, this age is Insing touch with that period whi(di saw the .Middle West eiuerge In'm ihe wilderness. I'.ecause we ha\e the things which much (Tier ci 'innniiuiies eniii\- and e^leciu a- the marks of ci\ ili/alion, ihe \Mnugcr generation ni,i\- leel that the .Mississippi \alle\- is no longer \irgin terrilor_\-. Perh:i])s it is not, hut its lieginniiig and lat(.'st (kwelopment can he spanned hv the li\'es of a few men still known aniong us. (.)ne of these |)assed away a tew \'e;u"s ago. (leorge W. l)Mulin .sa'v the first pike, the first railrn.axl and the first i:inal huill in this part of the cnuntrx-. lie was one of the earl\- settlers in l)a\iess couiU\- and in serene, hul not inactise, cTl age, ])a>sed awa\- in .Steele tnwn,--hi]), Haxiess coimtv, liuli.ana. (lenrL'.e W. 1 'ilin helMiiged to the sti.cl< of which the coii- (|uerors of the West were made. Men id' his kind were coui|uerors not nier<-l\- of the ])h\'sical aspects I'd" the new counlrw hut of the nigral, religious aiul ci\ic as well.

Cleurye W. Denlin was hum on April id, iS-|S, in (Ireciic county, huliana, and dicil on June 10. \<n)j. lie was a larnicr north ol lMain\illc. Jndiana, one and one-half miles and there owned i.me lunulred and ninetytwo acres of land, lie was the son of William Doolin and Comfort Baker, wh(j were farmers in (ireene comity.

Mrs. Martha .\. Duolin, the widow of (George W. D.K.liu, liveil on the old homestead farm and looks .after the operations u])ou it. She is a woman of keen hnsiness judt;nieut and is hi;.,dily respected in Steele township. C;cor,<4e W. Doolin and wife were menihers of the Chi'isti.au church. ITe was a Democrat.

Willi A.M Chaulls Foust. ' '

There is nu occupation wliich j^ivcs a man tiie .same independence of life, wiiich hriui^s him closer tn naUnx-, than does farming. In pioneer times farming was very much of a drud^rery, hut with ah tlie m(_idern improvements tile farmer is reheved of much of the iiard wdrk which was the portion of iiis fiirefatiiers. Then, tuo, farmiiii;- has risen in dignity, until now it is olten referreil to as a profesbioii rather than as ;m occupaticjii. For fifty years the science of agriculture was in its mere infancy, and the idea that a man had tn take a C(jurse in college in ortler to he a successftil farmer, would have heen laughed at, hut today our C(jlleges are teaching agriculture as a .science and are turning out thousands of young men who are well trained in the scientilic methods of farming. .Another ad\aiitage which the present-day farmer commands, which was totally unknown to hi.s pioneer lorefather.s, is the matter of (juick transportation. Good roads are running through e\-ery jjortioii id' our state, and the interurhan and autoni(.>hile keep the farmer in close touch, not only with his neigliliors, hut with the life in the city as well. Daviess is one (jf the oldest counties in the state, and. consei|ueiitl\', has iiian_\' tine farms and good farmers within its horders. .\nioiig the enter[)rising and progressi\e farmers of Daxiess county, there is nr>ne who stands in higher esteem than d^ies William ( liarles F'.)ust. of Steele to\\nshi[).

William Charles h'oust was I Mini on March [(). 1S77, near .Vnderson, Madison count\', liitliana. He is the son of John N. and Susan E. (Damewoinl) Foust, the former of whom was born near Knoxville, Tennessee, and who (lied, April i, 1904, and the latter of whom was also horn near Knowille, Tennessee, and who died. .-\].)ril i, i(;io. She was the daughter of i'io,i(iii and May ( Cacaryn ) hamcwood. John .\'. I'mist was the son of lianiel I'tiiisi, a iiali\e of Xorlh (.arolina, and a soldier in the War of i8i_'. lie moved to Tennessee, where he lixed the remainder of his life, and it was in Tennessee that he reared his family.

[oliii \. h'oust received a common-school education and, ;it the outbreak of the C"i\il W;ir, enlisted in the LTnion army, lly birth and by location he was by rights ideiitilled with the interests of the ' ', m feder;icy, but he did not belie\e in slasery, so he escaped by night to the Xorlh and to the Ihiioii armv and ser\eil during the entire war. He enlisted in the Third Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, as a private soldier. He was hit 1)\- ;i spent ball, and the wound on his foot caused him a great deal of trouble during the remainder of his life. .After the close of the war, he moved to

Indiana, and scttletl in Madi^nn ciuinly, where lie [uirchased ei_i;luy acres of huul and where he hved, until 18S3, when he sold his farm aiul came to Daviess count)', Indiana, locating near I'lainville. Here he IjMiight one hundred and twenty-live acres. He was a niemher of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he was very active. He was alsu acti\'e in local affairs and especially in those ui Daviess county. At ime lime he was a guard at the hanging of an innucent man in Madison county, which afterward changed his wIkjIc attitude toward capital punishment. He was a memher of the Odd Fellows, both suljordinate lodge and the encanipnicnt. J>ihn \. antl Susan E. (13amewood) Foust had four children, 1j. L., William ('liarles, Theotlore Claude, and Alary Edna. The last two are deceased. !>. L. I'nust has been married twice, the first time to Anna Heinhnugh, wIid Imre him one child, Ralph, deceased, and the secuiid time tu Xora Staiidley, liy wliiiiii fuiir children, Cleo, .Stan<lle\-, l,\'man and Juanita have been burn. 11. L. Fiiust lives in l'lain\ille, and is in the dry goods business.

William Charles housl was etlucated in the I'lainville schools and in the iiigli school, where he was able to (jbtaiii a good education. .Mr. I'^nist was married i.m April 19, 1904, to Morence Hastings, the tlaughter of John and Elbe (Littell) Hastings, wlnj are farmers of jioganl township, Dax'iess county. Mrs. Foust is the onl)' child of lier parents who grew t^j maturity. Mrs. Ellie (Littell) Hastings is the daughter of John (1. Littell, and a sister of Charles A. Littell, whose life history is trild elsewhere in this volume.

After his marriage, Mr. Ff)ust moved to the farm upon which he now lives, which is located about one-half mile north of Plainville, and consists of liiie hundred and twentv-fne acres, William Charles and I'loreiice (Hastings) l-^mst had five children, Alildred Alzora, Florence Margarite, named after her mother; Charles Hastings, and twin brother and sister, Dorolhy F.llen and John Donald. The mother of the.-e children i^ a faithful and de\cited nieniber of the t hri>tian church, while Mr. I'oust belongs \.<r the Methodist I'.piscopal church. Mr. bou^t is a member of the AFasonic lodge and of the Knights of Pythias.

Besides ]Mr. Foust's farm, he also owns a store builchng and lot Xo. ()i| in Plainville. William Charles Foust is commonly known as Charles. His buildings are perhaps the most up-to-date of any in the community in which he lives and are e(|ui]i|)ed with electric light, while the new home in which Mr. and Mrs. boust and children li\e, li;is .all modern coiu'enience^.

Air. Foust is an enter])rising farmer and a public-siiirited citizen. He is a man who is honored by the people of Daviess county, among wliom he is well known and resix'Cted for his many good (|ualitieN of heart and head.

Xatlian ("i. Uoail is one of ilmsc .strmiq-, self-reliant and deterniinL'tl who are oceasioualh' met with and who are of ^uch a distinct type as to become leaders of their fellowinen. Not that Mr. kead coinls this tlistinction, for he is entirely unassuming, hut his yreat force <jf character, his zeal and energy in whatever he inidertakes, natin'ally place him in the front rank of those men who ha\e lieen potent factors in the de\elopnicnt of l)a\iess connl\', Mr. Read has long maintained his lionie in this count)', and here he i> well known lo all cla.sses hy reason of his honorable and intlustrious life, both in his puliiic and private capacitw.

Xathan G. Uead, the president of the Washington National liank, of Washington, Indiana, was born in Washington townsln'p, iJaviess C(junt\', Indiana, on March _:;C), iS4_', the mjii of .Nathan ;md Mary A." (Weaver) Kead. the former a native cjf Massachusetts and the latter of I'ennsv Ivania. Nathrm Uead and his wife were earlv settlers in 1 )av iess county and were the ]iarents of the following children: Richard .N. ; ( Jeorge G. : .Nathan G. ; Martb.'i. who wa> the wife of d'hoinas U. Rradford; .Mary, who was the wife of William llvatt; .\liri;im, who married William ."^.-mford; Sarah 1)., who was the wife of I'dijah .Artlun': I.vilia, who dii,il when a child. ( )f these, Nathan ( i. Read is the onlv one now living. '

The elder Nathan Read w.is leared in .Massachusetts and came to Daviess Countv when a voimg man. lleie he purchased two hundred acres of land, two miles northeast of Washington. Me improved this farm and there he reared liis family.

Nathan Ti. Reail was reared on his father's farm in \\'';ishington townshi|). lie attended the district schools and the W ;ishington ])ubhc schools. .After leaving the farm, he became dejuUv conniv autlitor nuiler his brother, Richard X. Read, and served iu this c.ipacilv for four or live years. lie was then elected county auditor, November I, 1S07, and served two terms in this oflice, or until November 1, 1S75. In .\iigust, 1877, Air. Kead was elected sheriff and held that office for two years. .After his term as sheriff expired, he engaged in the general inercautile business, and, lor a tew vears, was in iiartnership with William W. b'eagan.s. Mr. l\cad entered the ^\'ashington National Rank on January 10, 1S88, as assistant cashier. Tn Janttarv, iS(;7, he was elected ])resident and has held this ofl'ice since the date of liis first election, lie served on the Washington board of education from 1S85 to 1907. and during that period was instrumental in forwarding

Nathan G. Uead was married on January 21, 187S, to Mrs. Fannie T. McCulloch, the widow nf lilliutt McCulloch and the daughter of John and Mary Teney. Two children ha\'e been bom to this union, Robert Roy and Louis I. Robert Roy died when about eight years old. Louis I is now cashier of the Washington National Bank. He was graduated from the Washington high scIk.ioI and attended Purdue L^nixersity for some time. He married Cleo Hcirrall and they ha\e two children, Richard H. and Mildred.

Mrs. Nathan G. Read died on No\-ember 3, 1913. She was born near Aurora, Indiana, antl was a woman of strung Chi"istian character and much loved h_\- all who knew her. Mrs. I'lead was a member of the Presl.)yterian church practically all (jf her life. Air. Read als(j is a member of this church and is an elilcr in the congregation with which he is associated. Nathan G. Read is a Dcnuicrat and is a man of i|uiet and modest demeanor, inU of sterling worth. Me has lived all of his life in l)a\'iess count}- and is one of the best-known men within its borders. "Still w;Uers run deep," savs an old pruxerl), and this particularly applies to Mr. Read. Wv the things he has accomplished m a material way: by his wholes mie e\er\(la\- life, his strict integrity and genuine, manly, Christian character, he has drawn arf)und him a host of friends who hold him in the highest esteem. He has been a good citizen in every sense of the word, public-spirited and benevolent, and throughout his life has always taken an interest in the upbuilding and welfare of Ins cil\' and count)'.

The following is a briel sketch nf the lite oi one, who, b\- close attention to business, has achieved a salistactor_\' degree ol success in the agricultural life ui I)a\iess count)-, Indiana, and who has arisira to an ImnMrable position .-miong the enterprising young farmers of Daviess county, with which his interests are identilled. 11 is recor'A is a ])lain one, rendered remarkable by no strange or mysterious .'id. ventures, no w-onderful ami lucky accidents, no tragic situations. Jnh',) Thomas is fine of those estimable characters whose integrit)- and per-;,'onalit)- niust olitain for them an admirable public notice which their moi'.tst)- ne\'er seeks. Mr. Thomas commands (27) tilt.' respect i)f his neighbors and I'ehciw citizens ami lias left I he inipressiun (»1 his nulivickiality upun the cuninuinity where he li\es.

John Thomas was liorn un Se[)teinlier 13, iNjn, in Alurgan countw Indiana, lie is the sun uf Harrison and Martha A. (Ilothwell) 'J'JKjnias, the tornier of whom was also Ijorn in Ah.irgan coinn\' c)n April _'5, 185-', and the latter ijf whom was liorn in the same coinit)' un lime 4, 18^4. -Martha A. Llothwell was the danghter of John and Martha ( 1 Imds ) I'.uthwell. John l!olh\vell was horn in Ireland on March 17, 18(13. He and his lirst wife, Xancy l.oraign, came to America and setlle<l in I'emisyKania in Mi..intgoniery c<innty, where his wife died. He was married, a secoiul time, to Martha A. Hotlnvell, the widow of Kichanl Weathers. John L'.othwell had twehe children by his second wife, Samnel, Anna, iMar)', DaN'id, lohn, Hugh. Sarah, James, Isahelle. .\iin, Martha and Margaret.

The lather of Harrison Tlmm.as, .and the grandfather uf J.,hn Thomas, the snhject ol this sketch, was John Thomas, Sr., a native of Tennessee, horn on Jannary j, 1817. He was in.arned the lirst time to Nancv Maxwell, the daughter of Thomas and I'dizaheth Ma.xwell. l!v iln> nnion three children were born, Sarah, Harrison and an infant daughter. He was a f.armer by occnp.itioii and was married a second time lo i.uc\' Harper, tlie widow of Jc.slni.a King. The great-grandfalher ni Ji,hn riKunas, the subject of this sketch, w.as I'eter Thomas, who was Ixirn in Xnrih ('aroliii.a. He and his wife came to Ohio in 1823.

liniclme Shircniaii was the .laui;lucr ol Maxwell ShirLinan, who was horn ill Xoilh e'arMhna on .Xovcinher -', i.'^-'i, and whu married Sarah Cramer, who was horn in New Jersey. iMaxwell Sinrenian and wile were farmers in Ah.irgan connty, Indiana, and were memhers of the .Methodist Jipiscupal ehnreh. Ahraham ilarl, Mrs. Thomas' paternal ^grandfather, was horn in North Carolina and married Sarah Cliipps. He and his wife were farmers in .M(jrt;an county, Indiana, and members of the Methodist I'.i)iscopal church. .Mrs. 'Jliomas' father, A. S. Hart, was a farmer and owned one hundred and thirty-five acres in ^h.irgan county, lie was a Democrat m pcjlitics and was active through.uit his life. He served at one time as county chairman and reprehCiUed Mor<;an county in tlie slate l.ei;islature. He and his faniilv were memhers of the Methodist hipi^copal church. .\. S. Hart and wife had six children, (Jra. Mari;ai-et, Laura. Mary .\da, X'ictor and lAerett. Of these children, Ora married Nettie Avery and lives in Indianap.ilis, Indiana; Alari;aret married I'.ert Leoiianl and lives in Martinsville; Laura married Miner Leonartl and lives in M.irtinsville ; X'ictor married Ida Prin,<,de and lives m Martinsx illc, and I'.xerctt married Cecilc L'nversaw and li\es in Martin^\ ille.

Mr. and Airs. Tolin Thomas lived in Alori;:in county until three years after their marriage, when they came to Steele township, Daviess county, Indiana. They moved to Daviess county, ahout 191 i, and jjurchased one hundred and one acres, a part of the old Killion farm. They have no children. Air. Thomas is engaged in ijeneral farniinf; in Steele township and is ;i youii^ and ])n ii^ressive citizen. He has very i;< lod land and is known as a succes-<ful fanner in this conimunity.

.Vnioiis; the represeiit.iti\e citizens of Washington, Indiana, w^liose residence has contributed m no Miiall de-ree to the inor;i] and civic aihancenieiit of the city, is James A. Cill, a well-known funer;il director .if Washington. While LaboriuL; for his mdixiilual ad\ ancemeiit, Mr. Cill ha-- not forg-otteii his obli,i;,ition to the public and his sup]iorl of Mich measures and movements as h.ave been made for the ,L;ener,il j;o,,d n\ the community, has always been depended upon, .\ltlioii-h his life li.is been a busv one, lie has iK-\er .allowed it to interfere with his obligation as a citizen -Am] nei-hlior. Thr.iU'di hi.s loiii; vears id' residence in this locality, he has e\er been true to tliL* Irusl inipuscd in him wliclhcr uf a puljlic ur prixate nature ami his reputaliiin lias heen unassailahlo. Possessing ni a marked degree those sterling traits which lia\e commanded the miitorm conlidence, regartl and sympath}', necessary tu his \ocatiiin, he is toda}' hon(jred by all who know him and is numbered among the representative men of Da\"iess ciAint\'.

James -A. Gill was born on i\o\eml>er 29, I1S73, in Washington, Indiana, the se^n of Joseph 11. and Mary li. (Carnalian) Gill, the former a nati\-e of Illinois and the latter of Indiana, who were the iiarents of six children, Jennie, the wife ni D. 11. i'ennett, of Logansport ; James A., of W'ashingtiin ; Gharles, of Washington; l.anra, the wife of Kussell L. Schwindler, of Logansport; llelen. who is unmarried and li\es at Ti|)ton, rmd Joseph, of Washington.

Joseph M. Gill was i)arli;dly reare<l in lllimiis. His parents died when he w.as ten years old when he cime tu W ashingiou, before the war, learning the cabinetmaker's Ir.ide here. W hen the war bn)ke out, he enlisted for three years ;md re-enh\tetl for three .iddilional \ears. >er\ing altogether four xears and three months. He was ;i sergeant ;md ser\'ed in m;mv of the hardfiiught battles of the war. .\lter the war, he retnrne<l to Washington and resumed his trade until iXjj, when he went into piartner'-hi]) with M. L. I'ltjuham in the iurniture and umlertaking business, which I'lrin continued in I.iusiness until iSi^j under tln' n.ime of llonham iSj (iill. lie kater ])urcliased the old establishment of William k'oster and S'lnn aftei'ward assuciated with him his son, Jrunes A., under the firm name of biseph Gill \- Sou. This firm continued until Mr. Gill's death. .\ugn>t if'), ]Soo, at the age of lifiy-niue )'ears, llis wife died on M.'irch n. \')\\. at the ,ige of si.xty. Iloth were de\'oted members nt the iMethodisi b'piscop.al church.

James ;\. Gill was born ami reared in Washiugti iii ;nid has lifed here all c)f his life, lie .attended the ]inblic schools, but subsei|uently Wdrked ru tlie ni.'uTinist's tr.ade for abiuil three vears. He then went into (he uiidert.aking business which he h.as followed e\-er since, a period of twent\-one years. !\lr. Gill does a large business anil is ;m active member of ihe St.ate I'unend Directors .Association.

j\lr.s. Gill Ava.s horn in Wa^liin^ti.m, and her father and mother were natives of this state. Her mother died in iSiji at the a,L;o "i lhirtv-ei_L;ht }ears, and her father is still lixinj^. They had three children, Mrs. Helen ?>IcGaughey. Mrs. M.ayme G. ( ,ill :iml Mrs. I'stella Keller. Mrs. Gill's mother was one of hve children hurn to her [)arents, Mrs. Addie niickner, Mrs. .Mice \'. l"..>ter, Mrs. Stella Jloffman, Mis. Winifred Hayes and James.

burg-. Washington county, Indiana. lie is the son of Juseph C. and Lida E. (Morgan) Longhmiller, tlie former a n:iti\e of Tennessee and the latter of Frederickslnirg, Jn(hana. They had ei,!;iu eliilih-en. W'ilHain \'.., the subject of this sketch; Clara !'>., the wife of John ShuU, of llarr ti iwnshi]), IJa\iess county: Sarah Elizabeth, the wife of Thonias Katchlf, of I'.arr township; J\lary, the wife of George McCracken, of llarr township; Xettie May. the wife of h'.phraini Williams, of I'.arr township; lulith, the wife of Claude Ragle, of llarr township; Marry and John, both of I'.arr township.

Joveph C. Longhmiller, the father of these children, was f(.ur years old when he came with his parents from Tennessee to Washington comity, fndiana. where he grew to manhood. Me has been a farmer nio.st of his life, came to l);i\iess connl\- in the fall of 1N71 and located lirst in Washington. Me Wdrked a while at coal nnning ;md also followcil f.irming. .\bont iN.'^4 he mo\ ed to r,;irr townshi]) and, snb>e(|neinly, b. mght a farm of eighty acres South t.)t .Montgomer\' and still resides in liiis neighborhood, where he reared his family. Mr. l.oughmiller has sold all but t\\c-iu\- acres of hi-, f;irni. Mis wife died on December -'4, njoj. -'^ t-'i^' ''.v^' of rifts'-fue. I'.oth were members of the Methodist church.

William L. l.oughmiller was reared in l)a\'iess connt\-. in Washington .and r.arr townships, on his father's fai'ni. lie attended the district schools and remained at home imtil grown, .\fter re;iching matnritw he rented a farm, married and oper.ated this farm for sex en years. In the meantime, he I)urc!i;ised a farm of eight}' acres in Larr township .and farmed there, niuil 1910, when he rented out the farm and mo\ed to W.ashingt. .11, where he engaged in the hardware and iinjilement business. Mr. Longhmiller still owns a half interest in the f.irm.

Ouilliam, the daughter df Jnhii j. and Anna hdizabeth (Myers) Ouilham. One son, William Russell, has 1/een burn tu this uiiiuu. lie graduated from the Washington high sclmol at the age of se\'enteen _\'ears anil is now a student of inu^ic.

Mrs. Liiughmiller was horn in Washington, Indiana, August lo, 1871. Her father was li(.irn on the Isle of Alan and her mother in Ohii.i. Her lather dietl in Decenilx-r, 11)13, and her mother is still lixing. Thex' had se\-en children, Clara, hrank, Wnii;un, James, Roy. IJertiard and a daughter who died \oung.

Devoted in the nulile wurk which his professinu implies. Dr. Charles llenry \'enne, [ihysici.an and surgeon of Washingti iii, Indiana, has keen faithful and indefatigable in Ins endeaxcirs. lie ll;l^ nut onl\- earned the due rewards <if his efforts in a temporal wav, but h;is also proved himself eminently wnrthv tu exercise the im]ioitant fiuictions nf his calling by reasonot his ability, his abiding s\inpalh\' and his earnest zeal in behalf of his fellow men. His understanding nf the science of medicine is regardeil bv those who kunw him as being brnad and comprehensive. The protessinn and the ]>ublic accord him a distinguished place rnnniig the men of this class

Ceorge ^'enne, the father i.)\ Dr. Charles when a small child, went tu Oliiu with his parents. \vh(j settled in Carroll CMunt\-. Mere he grew tu inanhu(jd and w ai married m the luwn of kilgure. ile worked at the wagonmaker trade in (Jhio, and came {d Indiana, in 1S54, settling near !^hoals ow a farm.

Upon the breaking out ( d" the Civil War, trieurge Venne enlisted in Company A, Se\entecnth Regiment, Indiana X'olunteer Infantrw under CaiJtain Ilenley in Colonel Wilder's brig.ade. Colunel Wilder afterward biecame (ieneral Wilder, and this brigade became tam(jus in the annals of the ("i\'il War. .\lr. \'enne <hed in Murlreesburo, Tennessee, of txphoid fe\cr. lie left ;i wife and eight children at home. .\t the time uf his ileath he was a corporal in the Union army. He h;id blazed the way and Imilt the buildings on the farm which his sons aftciward deseluped and there grew up.

Dnctor \'enne's inateriral granilt;ubcr wa> William .\lbrmgb, whose wife was a Aliss .Sinnnon^. The\' were natives of ( )hio .and farmeis, Inith died in Carroll count\', ( )hio. the grandfather .at the .age of sevent\'-nine, .md the grandmother at the age t<\ eighty-fum-. They ha<l eight children, .Melinda. \ Elizabeth, Lavina, Sarah, Samuel, Basil, I'eter and Eli.

Charles IL-nry was reared on his father^ farm and attended the (h'striet sehudls near Shoal.^. lie also did some hi-li school work at the Shoals hi,^h seh.iol, alter he lau-ht school for li\e years in the district schools cif -Martin ci.unty. J le -radiiated from the .Medical Colle-e of Ohioat Cincinnati, and lie^.an practicing at .Shuals. After two years he moved to Owensliur- ni tirecne county, ;ind iiracticed there fur nine \-ears. In 1894. Diicior \'eniie came to Washington, and has ]}racliced here continuously tor more th.an twenty vears.

.Mrs. Dor.a \'enne died on June 18, lX(/), at the ,a.i;e of thirl\'-ei^ht. She was a member of the Alethodist church, and was born at l)o\er llill, Indiana, on .September 20, iN5,S. ]ler parents were natives of (.-)hio, and nio\'ed to Indiana in their early married life and settled in Martin countv. .Mrs. \'enne's mother dieil about 1904, .at the as^e of si.xty-nine. Iler father is still li\inL;' at the a.L;e of ei.i.;lity-three. lie was a soldier in the Civil War and serx'ed his country in the .Sixty-hfth Ke,i.;imenl, Indiana X'olunteer Infantry, lie was with Sherni.an on his famous m.ai'ch to the sea. Michael .S|mc\ and wile were ilie p.ircnt-- ol se\cu chiKlren. I rank .M . .V.ldic, Dora, Sic-el, t landia, .Merhii W. and tdiarle> \'.

Old liarrisoiivillc, Martin C(iiint\-, Indiana, now '["rinity Springs. 1 k-r fatlicr was a native nt Xurtli Carolina, her niotlKT of Imliana. Doth are now deceased. They had six children as follow: Su^an, Aleli>.sa. lienjaniin U., Walter T., William and Mar\'.