Washington Township (part 1 of 3)

Washington Township

JAMES BARNES, farmer, P. 0. Lynn, was born in Wayne County, Indiana, May 24, 1817. He is the son of John and Anna (Jones) Barnes, who were native.^ of North Carolina, the former born May 13, 1792. Mr. Barnes, like many of the pioneer youth, received but a limited education, but nature hiw compensated largely for the lack of early opportunities. The event of his marriage took place November 1, 1837. the chosen partner through life being Miss Harriet Mullen, who was born in North Carolina March 18, 1810. Her father, Thomas Mullen, and mother, Nanqy (Koe) Mullen, vfere natives of North Caroliua. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have had born to them tan children, viz., Vllizabeth, born August 23, 1838; Ruth A., March 31, 1844; Charles M., Jlay 21, 1S46 ; Eliza S., November 14, 1848 ; James R., December 16, 1852, and Benjamin F., February 2, 1866. The deceased ones are Nancy A., born October 5, 1839, and died May 31, 1863; Thomas M., born October 16, 1841, and died in Andersonville Prison September 2, 1864; Joseph M., born October 13, 1350, and died March 18, 1861. Mr. Barnes settled in Greensfort Township, of this county, in 1838, where he remained for one year. He then moved to Hamilton County, Ohio, where he remained for about two years. He retusncd to this county, and settled where he now resides, in 1841.. He owns a well-iiriproved farm of 139 acres, which is located in Section 23. A glance at his neat, substantial buildings and well-tilled fields are sufficient proof uf his pride in the avocation he has chosen. Mr. Barnes is a member of Lynn A. F. & A. .M., No. 223, and also of Lynn I. 0. O. F., No. 294.

PAUL BEARD, farmer, P. 0. Lynn, was born in North Carolina December 7, 1812. His father, Paul Beard, was born on the Island of Nantucket October 19, 1770. His mother, Hannah (Pierson) Beard, was born in North Carolina December 8, 1778. The subject of tiiis sketch was educated in the Fitiends' schools. He oamc to this county in 1817 with his parents. He was married, March 20, 1833, to Mary Cox, who was born in Ohio August 20, 1813. Her parents were natives of North Carolina. This union has been blessed with eight children - Levi, born June 12, 1834; Kzra, May 20, 18r>7 ; Anna, May 10, 1859; Eunice, January 13, 1814; Louisa, September 7, 1845; Lindsey, December 20, 1847; Ruth, March 7, 1850, and Henry, born December 1, 1852. Mr. Beard owns a fine farm of 115 acres. He is a member of the Society of Friends, and known by a large circle of aociuaintances as an exemplary Christian gentleman.

LEVI BEARD, farmer, P. 0, Lynn, was born in this county December 6 1SS4. He is the son of Paul and Mary (Cox) Beard, the former was born in North Carolina December 7, 1812, and the latter in Ohio August 20. 1813. The this county May 3, 1832. She is the daughter of John and Jane (Hunt) Benson, the former born in Ohio, and the latter in North Carolina. Mr. Beard settled where he now resides in 1800 ; he owns a fine farm of eighty acres, niid has done much toward improving and developing this county. He is a member of thS Society of Friends, and is an exemplary gentleman, highly respected by all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Beard have been blessed with two children, viz., Alpheus F., born December 22, 18.56, and Luella J., born June 30, 1803, and deceased December 24, 1878. Alpheus wa.^ married, September 14, 1877, to Jennie Nichols, who was born in this county December g, 1860. She is the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Gray) Nichols, who were both natives of this county, the former born February 14, 1832, and the latter December 23, 1836.

EDWARD I. BROWN, farmer, P. 0. Iluml. The subject of this sketch, born in Darke County, Ohio, April 29, 18.50, is the son of Elisha and Nancy (Thomas) Brown, the former born in Darke (Jounty, Ohio, November 17, 1819, and the latter in Wayne County. Ind., November 28, 1823. Ho received a coini:ni.-.schooI education. In 1864, he went to Illinois, where he remained for two years. At the expiration of that time he came to this county, aad for several years was employed as teacher in the district schools. Mr. Brown was married, March 1, 1871, to Melsena Ilinshaw, who was born in this comity i-'cbruary 22, 1852. Her parents, Timothy and Sarah J. (Wrigut) Hinshaw, were natives of Highland County, Ohio, the former born November 3. 1814, and the latter August 17. 1821. Mr. and Mrs. Brown h.avebeen blessed with two children - Arley M., born January 24, 1872, and Ernest W., Februiiry 8, 1878.

WILLIAM It. COGGESHALL. William R. Coggeshall, farmer and County Commissioner, is the son of Caleb and Mary A. (Marica) Coggeshall, and was born in Wayne County, this State, September 18, 1830. He is the second of a family of seven children, all <if whom are now living. His father was born in Lancaster County, Va., Miirch 1797, and his mother was born in South l^arolina March 2, 1806, His fiiilier came to this State in the year 1815, and settled in Wayne County, and liis mother came some years later. His parents are both living, and have made their homes with the mbjeot of this sketch for the past sixteen years. William was raised on a farm in W.ayne County, where he lived until he was nineteen years of ago, v<hen he entered a store at Bloomingsport, this county, in the capacity of a clerk ; he remained here until 1851, when he eng.aKed in the carpenter's trade, which he followed (or three years. His education was almost wholly neglected until he was twenty-one years of age, when he went to work to prepare himself for a teacher. Not having the means to defray the expenses of his education, he worked very industriously through the summer months at his trade for that purpose. By this means he was enabled to attend the graded school at Williamsburg two terms, and one term at the Mantml Labor institute in this county, under the supervision of Prof, Tucker. He began teaching in the winter jf 1854, and continued to leach during the winter season until 1869, Simultaneous with his teaching, he began the study of medicine under Dr. L. P.'Taylor, of Williamsburg. Wayne r:onuty : he continued the study of medicine for about five years, when he was united in marriage to

Amanda K. Cranor, daughter of Joshua and Susanah (Johnson) Cranor, May 22. 1859. His wife is a most amiable and worthy lady, and was born May 31, 1837. Her parents were natives of North Carolina. In 1856, Mr, CoggeshaH was elected Clerk of Greene Township, Wayne County ; he commenced the practice of medicine in the year 1869, at Bloomingsport ; he was a successful practitioner for twelve years, when he retired to private life, but having so many warm friends and patrons this was a difficult task. He is yet frequently called in counsel in important cases. He was elected to the office of County Comtnissioner in the year 1880, and was re-nominated for the same office last spring. As a Commissioner he has 8cr7ed the county with fidelity, and has given general sat. isfaction to his constituents, which is attested by his re-nomination. He is

Mr. Coggeshall is an ancient member of the F. & A. M., and I. 0. 0. P. orders ; he is a stanch Republican, and during his term of office of Countj Commissioner he has assisted in erecting a fine county jail, iron bridges, etc. He is an upright citizen, as well as a faithful county official. He and his excellent family are much beloved by the community in which they reside, and are known and honored throughout the county.

CHARLES CRAMMER, farmer, P. 0. Bloomingsport, was born in New .Jersey September 16, 1822. His father, Abraham, and his mother, Elizabeth (Bowker) Crammer were natives of New Jersey. Mr. C. was educated in the district schools. He was married, October 14. 1840. to Elizabeth Miller, who was born in Ohio May 21, 1825. They have two children living - Abraham, born July 11, 1847, and Margaret, born July 1, 1869. Abrah.am was married August 12, 1875, to Rebecca A. Littclle, who was born in Ohio. Mr. Crammer settled where he now resides in 1863. Owns a farm of forty acres. Is a gentleman highly respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

LEANDER E. CONNER, farmer and teacher, P. 0. Bloomingsport, was born in Grant County, Ind., October 24, 1860. His father, Louis Conner, \)«w born in South Carolina December 25, 1816. His mother, Mary (Jennings) Conner, was born in North Carolina August 10, 1820. The subject of this sketch was educated in the district schools, and at the Oermantown High School, in Wayne County, Ind. Has been reading medicine for the past eight years. He was married. January 18, 1879, to Louisa Ozbun, who was born in this county August 10, 1863. They have had born to them one child - Florence, December 4, 1879, who died September 4, 1880. Mr. Conner has been enjjaged in teaching for the past five years. Owns a farm of eighty acres. Is a nismber of Lynn Lodge, I. 0. 0. F.. No. 294. He is a member of the Methodist Epiicopal Church, and a sterling gentleman, who is highly respected by all who know him.

William A. W. Daly

ye.vrs of age, and located in New York City, where he remained for two years, completing his education in college, from which he graduated with high hon. ors. After graduating, he practiced law for several years, when he abandonoiK the profession on account of a dislike for it, and entered upon the profession of teaching. He continued the latter profession a greater portion of the time until he was sixty-eight years old. His teaching was principally confined to Preble County, Ohio, and this county. He married Catharine Clayton October, 1825, and settled near Dayton, Ohio, He and his family came to this county in 1843, and entered 120 acres of land in Washington Township, where be remained until his death, which occurred February, 1866, and where his widow still resides. She came to this State with her parents from Kentucky in the year 1805, and settled in Franklin County, this State. Indiana, at this time, had but few settlers. They had no neighbors except the uncivilized Indian and howling wolves. Although she is now eighty-one years of age, she still enjoys comparatively good health. William came to this county in the year 1843, at ten years of age. He has spent the greater portion of his life upon the farm, and received his education from the common district schools. He was married to Mary Ilinshaw, daughter of Abel and Nancy (Bookout) Hinshaw, January 7, 1857. His wife was born in this county March 6, 1837. Her father was born in North Carolina May 13, 1799, and her mother was born in the same State December 15, 1799. Mr. and Mrs. Daly are the parents of nine children, of whom eight are living - Catharine, born October 19, 1857; Minerva, July 28, 1869; Nancy D., November 3, 1861, died April 1, 1870; Robert L.. born January 20, 1865; Frank, January 9. 1808; Charles. November 14, 1870 ; Ulysses G., June 10, 1872; Walter II., February 14, 1878 ; Ber' tha, December 4, 1879. Mr. Daly lived on a farm in Washington Tnwnship until the breakirig-out of the war, when he volunteered, August -.JS, 1862, in Company B, Fifth Indiana Cavalry. His army life was full of hardships, dangers and suttering. His experience as a soldier was indeed a severe one, but his patriotism never faltered and he served his bleeding country nobly. He was one of a few soldiers who strictly maintained his moral integrity through.

intoxicants. His first service was against the guerrillas of Kentucky during the spring of 1863. In September, he was transferred with his regiment to East Tennessee, and were among the first to enter Knoxville, They remained in that vicinity until December, when they returned to Kentucky, and remained until the spring of 1804. They were sent to Georgia, and from May 10 to July

31 there was not ft day but wbiit they were under liri>. William waa taken prisoner near Macon by Wheeler's Cavalry July 31, 1864. He was placed in the prison pen at Andersonville August 2, and remained unlil November, when he was transferred to Charleston, S.C., where he rer-= - " ' ' then taken to Wilmington N. C. Ibence to Ooldsboro, then back to Wilming. ton, wliere he was paroled at (he close of the war. No pen can portray the horrible suffering of our brave boys in the Southern prison pen«. Mr. Daly was one of a few who barely escaped with their lives. We cannot do ttis part of Mr Dalys history justice, hence our pen must remain .silent. The treatment of Union prisoners was so dastardly and uncivilized that if we could we would gladly draw a veil over the pages of this part nf the American history. When the subject of this sketch was taken prisoner his weight was 21fi pounds. When he was released, he was a mere skeleton, weighing only 14.') pounds. At the close of the war, Mr. Daly returned home, and after returning health, lie again pursued hisusual avocalion of farming unlil October. 1874, when the people of the county called I liis brave soldier to the oflice of County Sherifl'. He was again called to the same office in 1870. As a county oHicial, he did his duly nobly and with general satisfa( '' " " '

Orderly Sergeant in the spring of 18<i4; then was com Lieutenant, then First Lieutenant. Mr. and Mrs. Daly »u.. ...>... i.vu daughters are honored members of the .Methodist Kpiscopal Church. Mr. D. is an acceptable member of Lynn Lodge, No. a2H, i'. fi A. M., Winchester Chatiier. No. ;!6, K. A. M., and Richmond CommandSry, No. 8, K. T. He has always been a temperate, moral, upright citizen, and a public and uncompromising advocate of the temperance cause fur years, and has <lone much to advance the cause in the county and State. He has been a brave and palriolic soldier, an efficient county officer and is a splendid type of a true and

William Englk

WILLIAM ENGLK. William EnLrle. a farmer and dealer in real estate, was bom in Burlington 1811. He is the son of Isaac and Sarah (Price) family of eleven children, only two of whom are is sketch, and Mi-s. Lydia A. lli.gers, of Wayneshe son of Robert and .lane Engle, and was born in New'jcrsey March 1/5, 1773. His mother was the daughter of Thomas and Hannah Price, and was born in New Jersey March 17, 1774. His parents moved to Warren County, Ohio, in the year 182."), where they roinained unlil their deaths.

The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, enduring all of the hardships and deprivations common to pioneer life, receiving a fair business educa- ily, Ohio, in 1844, and her muther in Wayne County, Ind., in 1847. iLjcct of this sketch settled in Washington Township, this county, in the 842, when he purchased 240 acres of land with slight improvements ; he owner and proprietor of <1')8 acres of excellent land with 200 acres under stale of culiivaiion. This farm is well under-drained, and issupplied with iidious and convenient buildings. Mr. and Mrs. Engle are Ihe parents of i children, ten of whom are living - Isaac, born December 11, 1834 ; Wes- ., April 21, \SH(i ; Robert, September 21, 1837 ; Elias, December fl. 1838 ; " '.ivin S., September '.». 1844 ; James S., September 13, 1840 ; Daniel H., May 1 1 , 1849 ;'AIbert, May 26, 1861 : Price, October 5, 1802 ; Josiah, B., October 30, 1864. The decensed ones are William, born December 13, 1841, who was wounded at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and died in Ihe hospital at St. Louis May 2, 1802. Samuel R., was born March 22, 1843, and died June 20, 184.5.

Mr. Engle is a stanch Republican, and has been nclivcly intcrcsled in Ihe Buooess of the party of his choice. His fii>t vote was oast for (Jen. Harrison for President of the United States. He has served as Township Trustee for a number of years. He and, his .amiable wife are acceptable members of the United Urethren Church at Bloomingsporl. Mr. Engle'has been a hard working man ; has raised and educated a large family of children, all of whom are well silualed in life, and honomble, upright citizens. His sons, William, Oilvin and lloberl, served in the war of the rebellion, in the regular service, and made honorable records as soldiers. His son James S., enlisted in the hundred days' service, and Elias was engaged in the service during the Morgan raid. William enlisted in the Thirty-sixlh Uegiment Indiana Infantry, and was wounded at the battle of Pittsburg Landing April 6, 1862,

, after retiirning health, he re-enlisled in the Fifth 1 } taken prisoner at Macon, Oa., and was confined in S( luring all of Ihe hardships of prison life for

1 pri.son pens, n moniiiB, ana was hononibly ! draflcil into the service in the year 1864, and served his country faithfully until the close of the war. Mr. Engle, nobly assisted by Win excellent wife, has been cmiDently successful iu a farmer and business man. He has accumulated a large amount of property, and is surrounded by all "f the comforts and many luxuries of life. He is an upright and honored citizen of the counly, and hu and his wife are useful and highly respected members of society.

DANIEL H. ENCLE was born in this county M.iy II, 1849. .le is the son of William and Letitia (("abe) Engle. He was raised on a farm, and cduca

Counly, aad a sash and door faclory attached. .\lr. Engle continued to work in the mill, running it during the night, paying the owners a rental fee for the same. It was by this means that he obtained a start in the world, his adventure being attended with success. He spent the year 1878 in California, Iowa and other Western SlJilcs. He was married, April 16, 1880, to Martha B. Sharp. She is an estimable lady, and was born in this counly June 27, 1800. Her father, Josiah Sharp, was born in New Jersey May 15, 1830, and her Lydia (Neal) Sharp, waa horn in Wayne County, Ind., May 24, 183(1. Mr. and Mrs. Engle are the parents of two interesting daughters. For the past four years, Mr. Engle has had charge of his father's farm, and has been very successful in its management, as well other enterprises in which he has been engaged. Although a young man, Mr. Engle has accumulated property rapidly, and h.as a bright future before him. He and his wife are highly respected citizens, and honored members of Sf^ciely.

HILLEKY GREEN, farmer, P.O. Snow Hill, was born in Bracken County, Ky., August 14, 1803. He is the son of William (ireen, who was born in Maryland. His mother, Lydia (Marshall; Green, was a native of Virginia." Mr. Green was married, June 7. 1828, to Mary A. Blanchard, who was .born in

I Pennsylvania January 0, .1800. Her father. David Blanchard, was born in New Jersey in 1773. Her mother, Sarah (Clark) Blanohard, was a native of

! David, March 1. 1831; William, July 28, 1833; Nancy M., March 26, 1835; Benjamin, April 17, 18 tO ; Lulicia J., April 16, 1842, and John W., born March 29, 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Green have forty-five grandchildren, twenty-four great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. They settled in this county in 1806. Mr. Green is his younger days was engaged in the tanning business, but after coming to this county he chose lo be a farmer. lie owns » well-improveil farm of 120 acres. Mr. and Mrs. Green are members of the Christian Church, and have lived an exemplary Christian life. After they have passed from earth away^ it may well be said of them that their life was one worthy of imitation.

Capt. Robert Washington Hamilton

CAPT. ROBERT WASHINGTON HAMILTON. Capl. Robert Washington Hamilton, physician and surgeon, was born in Monongahela Ounty. W. Va., March 4, 1818. He is the son of James S. and Eliza fCourineyi Hamillon, and the third of a family of twelve children, of whom seven are now living, six in this Sitite and one in Colorado. His father was born in Baltimore, Md., November 5, 1792. His mother was born in Castle Dawson, Ireland, in the year 1796. She came lo the United States with her parents at Ihe age of twelve years, and settled in Monongahela County, W. Va., where she was subsequently married lo James S. Hamilton. They continued to reside in West Virginia until the year 1832, when they movwl lo the State of Indiana, and purcha.sedlandand settled in Fayetle Co. They remained here unlil their dealhs. Mrs. Hamilton died in 1876, and Mr. Hamillon in 19^9. Roberl was tourteen years of age when he came with his parents to this State, and was a diligent laborer on the farm until he was eighteen. He obtained a liberal education from Ihe comnion schools of Virginia and this State - the beat Ihe schools at that time afforded. In 1837, he moved to Richmond, Coles Co., HI., where he engagwl in the grocery business for a short time. While a resident of Richmond, he was united in a first marria<?e to Mrs. .MelindaSlathews, of Coles County, February 13, 1839. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton nettled in Waterloo, InJ.. where they reshlcd for about four years when they removed to Hillsboro, Wayne County, and remained until the death of Mrs. Hamilton, which occurred .Vugust 16, 1864. After a second marriage with Mrs. Sarah (Sletler) Ba.scom, Dr. Hamilton located in Lynn, this counly, in the year 1856, where he ha.s lived ever .since, engaged in the practice of meilicine. He was called lo mourn the death of his second wife May 1, 1881. He was united in a third marriage. May 4, 1882, lo Mrs. Eliza A. Layson. He is the father of three sons, as frui's of his first marriage. Dr. Hamilton commenced Ihe sludy of medicine at the age of seventeen, under Dr. Trimbley, of Brownsville, Union Co., Ind., and completed hi.s studies under Dr. Amos Chapman, of Waterloo, Ind. He began the practice of his profession in 1845 at Hillsboro, and continued in a large and lucrative practice until 1854, when he located in Lynn, this county, where he has remained ever since, wilh the exception of an interval of eighieen months, in which he served his country in the lale war. As % physician, Dr. Hamillon has hail an extensive practice, as much so as any other physician that ha< ever lived in this counly, and wilh eminent success.

pany C of the Nineteenth Indiana Infantry, and was chosen uc, being the firit commissioned officer from tliis counly in Ihe oe. Hon. W. E. Murry, of this county, wai the first man enlisted "in Ihe company, llr. Hamilton wiw a failhful "arid efficient officer and soldier, and served for eighteen uionlhs, when he. was compelled to resign on account of a stroke of paralysis which attacked him in September, 1861, and from the effects of which he hiis never recovered. In addition to the discharge of his duiics as commanding officer, he was regislcred as acting Surgeon, and id much service in this capacity. After his resignation in the army, he reirned to his home in ihis counly, and resum»il Ihe praolice of his profession. 1 addition to the practice qf medicine. Dr. Hamillon has been successfully engaged in Ihe mereanlilc and real estate business. He takes an active interest 1 politics, and has always been an ardent supporlcr of the Whig ami Repnbcan parties, while his father and all of his brothers were stanch Democrats, e is an honored and useful member of Lynn Lodge, No. 223, A., F. & A. M., Ill during the greater portion of the time, furnver twenty years, he has been inored with the position of W. M. of the lodge. Dr. Hamilton is eminently self-made man, a pipuhir physician, and has given largely of his time and isana to the deyclopmout and improvement of this county. He is publicairiled and ever loadv to assist in any and all public and philanthropic enter- 1 faithful and devoted friend, and his

16th of January, 186-2. His father, Jacob B. Hinshaw, was born in North Carolina, and oame north when asmall boy with his parents, Abel and Nancy Hin- Bhaw, stopping for one season in Ohio, and removing thence to Randoph County, Tnd., where ho grew to manhood, and where he has ever since continued to reside ; he is the son of pioneer parents, and has witnessed the many changes and improTements that have taken place in this county within a half century, bearing well his own part in encouraging and advancing these improvements since reaching man's estate. A more extended slcetoh of his life will appear elsewhere in this volume, and we resume the narration of those incidents that go lo maite up the history of his son Uriah. He was reared in Washington Town- 8iiip. and liis early life was not materially different from that of farmer boys in general ; he attended the district schools, acquiring a good English education. Out of school hours, and during the summer months, his time was employed in the performance of various duties about the home farm, and by this daily routine he became familiar with the details of farming, and in his maturer years adopted that pursuit as his chosen vocation in life. At the age of twenty-one years he begiin teaching school, and one year later purchased fifty acres of land in Jay County, Ind. Before the close of that year, however, he traded his Jay County land for the farm upon which he now resides, in Washington Township This tractconsislsof eighty acres, of which al! but ten or twelve acres were totally unimproved when it came into his possession. The balance has been cleared and improved by him, and is now in a fine state of cultivation. In the pursuit of farming, Mr. Hinshaw has met with pronounced success, and although yet a young man, he occupies a place among the leading agriculturists of his township. By industry and close application to his work, he has gained at least an encouraging start on the road to fortune ; and it is but due hira to say that his possessions are the legitimate results of his energy, rather than of any peculiar good fortune ; he has met with reverses, yet he has been cheerful in misfortune, working heroically to redeem his losses. In September, 1878, his residence was destroyed by fire, and all his present property, with the exception of a few articles, was consumed in the flames. But upon the foundation of his former home he immediately erected his present residence ; less pretentious, it is true, but neverthless a cozy, comfortable home. He possesses the proper spirit and energy to insure a successful life, and with the past for a criterion we join in the hope that his life may be crowned with the good results his industry 80 well merits. On the 4th of April, 1874, Mr. Hinshaw was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Baldwin, who was born November 28, 1804, in Washington Township, Randolph Co., Ind. Mrs. Hinshaw is the daughter of Irvin and Hannah Baldwin, who were early settlers and prominent ciiizens of Washington Township. She is an estimable lady, and enjoys the good will of all who know her. Their wedding life has been blessed by three children, viz.: Leary A., Willimetta E. and TuUy Ivanhoe. Both parents are consistent and active church members. Mr. Hinshaw united with the Methodist Kpiscopal Church in March, 1873, his wife uniting with the Christian Church in the same year ; he has never been prominent in politics, but is a stanch supporter of the principles of the Republican party. In private and social life he is highly esteemed for his genial good nature, and his honorable dealing has won for him the confidence of the community in which he resides.

S1LA3 HINSHAW, farmer, P. 0. Rural, was born in North Carolina January T), 18'23; he is the son of Abel and Nancy (Bookout) Hinshaw, who were natives of North Carolina, the former born May 13, 1799, and the latter December 15, 1799. Mr. Hinshaw, like the pioneer youth generally, received but a limited education, but nature has compensated largely for the lack of oarly opportunities; he oame to this county with his parents in 1834 ; was married March 8, 1851, to Sofrouia Mullen, who was born in Wayne County, Ind., Aupuat 21, 1830. She is the daughter of Thomas Mullen, who was born in South Carolina Janua.-y 20, 1791. Mr. and Mrs. Hinshaw have had born lo them eleven children, seven of whom are living - Melissa A., born October 20, 1851 ; Lotitia A., September 2, 1853 ; Nancy E., August 2(!, 186(i ; Arnold B., August 18, 1858; Nettie M., March 13, 18S6; Edward, July 5, 1872, and Addie F., born September 9, 1877. The deceased ones are Hattie, born September 27, 1860, died October 17, 1878; George, born October 19, 1862, died November 3, 1862; Andrew, born October 5, 1864, died November 9, 1864, and Elsie D., who was born May 18, 1871, and died September 28, 1871. Mr. Hinshaw settled where he now resides in 1856 ; he owns 160 acres of land; and is an enterprising farmer ; he Is a kind husband and father, and is universally i.-steemed by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

ELKANAH HINSHAW, farmer, P. 0. Lynu, was born in this county December 2, 1842; he is the son of Abel and Nancy (Bookout) Hinshaw, who were natives of North Carolina, born in 1799, the former May 13, and the latter December 15. Mr. Hinshaw was married December 24, 1803, to Mary E. Norton, who was born in this county December 23, 1840. She is the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Snead) Norton, who were natives of North Carolina. This union has been blessed with six children, viz.: Ida J., born November 21, 1864; William, July 26, 1867; Lillie M., August 14, 1869 ; lea D., November '.), 1870; Nancy E., December 26, 1872, and Stephen, August 25, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Hinshaw are worthy citizens, and are highly respected by all who know them. Mr. Hinshaw owns 102 acres of land in the county. They reside in Section 27.

JONH HINSHAW, farmer, P.O. Snow Hill, was born in Highland County, Ohio, April 3, 1818. He is the son of John and Margaret (Ratoliff) Hinshaw, who were born in North Carolina, the former in 1781, and the latter in 1788. Mr. Hinshaw was educated in the district schools of Ohio ; he came to this county in 1837. The event of his marriage took place September 11, 1841. The eho?en companion through life being Teresa Wright, who was born in Clinton County, Ohio, August 23, 1824. She is the daughter of David and Teresa (Mitchell) Wright, the former a native of Virginia, born January 20, 1784,and thelattc. in Kentucky October 17, 1791. From 1845 to 1860, Mr. Hinshaw was engaged in blacksmithing. He enlisted, in August, 1862, in (Jumpany E, Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry; his first introduction to the battle-field was at Richmond, Ky., where he received a slight wound and was taken prisoner. After being in the hands of the enemy for a few .lays, he was paroled and sent when an exchange was made, and he was again sent to the I'rjnt, joining Gen. Sherman's command at Vicksburg. From Vicksburg he went to Arkansas Post ; from there to MiUigan's Bend, where he was detailed to act as general nurse at Young's Point HospiUl. Shortly after this he was taken sick, and remained at Memphis and other points for about four months, before gaged in farming and stock-raising ; he owns 240 acres of land in the county ; he is a member of the Socieiy of Friends. He is a thorough gentleman, commanding the respect of all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Hinshaw have been blessed with ten children, five of whom are living. : Teresa, born January 11, 1845 ; Sarah E., November 17, 1863 ; Lorinda, A. April 11, 1866 ;-Dclilah, June 5, 1869, and William, born May 10, 1865.

ARMINIOUS A. HINSHAW, farmer, P. O. Lynn, was born in this county August 11, 1H47. He is the son of Timothy and Jayue (Wright) Hinshaw, who were natives of Ohio. Mr. Hinshaw was educated in the district schools of this county. The event of his marriage took place September 4, 1872, the chosen partner through life being Martha A. Baldwin, who was born in this county February 20, 1857. She is the daughter of Urbane and Hannah (Bales) Baldwin, the former born in North Carolina May 4, 1830, and the latter in this county September 26, 1833. Mr. Hinshaw owns a well-improved farni of eighly acres, and is an enterprising farmer; he and his worthy lady are consittent members of the Christian Church, and are highly respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. To brighten and cheer their home, they have been blessed with a daughter - Lulu V., born January 21, 1878.

ELZA HINSHAW, farmer and stook-raiser, P. 0. Snow Hill, was born in Randolph County, Ind., July 4, 1847. He is the son of Absalom and Eliza (Carter) Hinshaw, native! of North Carolina. The subject of this sketch was married, July 31, 1869, to Mary E. Robbins, who was born in this county September 22, 1852. She is the daughter of Ezekiel and Ann (Plait) Hobbins, the former born in New Jersey, and the latter in Ohio. This union has been blessed with Llewelen, born September 2, 1870 ; Laura W., September 7, 1872; Eliza A., September 27, 1874; Viola, October 14, 1876 ; Loliiia M., November 5, 1878, and Josephine, December 16, 1880. Mr. Hinshaw owns a farm of 160 acres; is engaged in farming nnd baying and shipping stuck. He is a thorough gentleman, highly respected by all who him.

ELWOOD HINSHAW, farmer, P. O. Rural, was born in Randolph County, Ind., June 20, 1849. He is the son of Absalom and Eliza (Carter) Hinshaw, natives of North Carolina. He was educated in the district schools of the county. The event of his marriage took place April 21, 1871, to Hannah E. Robbins, who is a native of this county, born March 12, 1850. She is the daughter of of Ezekiel and Ann (Piatt) Robbins, the former born in New Jersey, and the latter in Ohio. Mr. Hinshaw owns a neat farm of fifty acres in Section K, on which he has resided since 1872; he is an enterprising, industrious gentleman, and is highly respected by all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Hinshaw hnve been blessed with a son - Stephen E., who was born September 14, 1876.

WILLIAM JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Johnson, was born in this counly January 1, 1823. His parents were natives of North Carolina. He was married, March 16, 1843, to Ruth Moody, who was born in Randolph County, Ind., March 4, 1824. Her father, Isaac Moody, was a native of Virginia, born io 1797; her mother, .Mary (Heston) Moody, was born in Pennsylvania in 1796. This union has been blessed with twelve children, seven of whom are living - Luzena, born January 16, 1844; Calvin, January 16, 1846; Mary J., October 9, 1849; Isaac H., October 13, 1863; Elkanah, August 23, 1858; Silas W., July 13, 1863, and Rbodena, born August 27, 1865. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Friends Socieiy; he owns a fine farm of 319 acres. Mrs. Ruth Johnson is recorded minister in the Society of Friends, and is widely known as a lady who is ever ready and willing to encourage and support all enterprises that tend to enlighten and elevate the standing of society,

ISAAC V. D. R. JOHN.SON, saw and grist mill, Bloomingspnrt, was born in this county December 3, 1843. He is the son of John Johnsou, who was born in Ohio August 9, 1812. Mr. Johnson received his education in the district schools of this county. The event of hit marriage to Martha A. VandcrgriSF, took place November 28, 1866. She is a native of this State, born March 10, 1845. Her parents were natives of New Jersey. Their children are - William G., born November 9, 1868; Sarah E., .Vugust 21, 1870; Effie, June 14. 1874 ; Or* S , July 26, 1870, and John A., December 12, 1879. In 1876, Mr. John-on purchased the saw and grist mill at Bloomingsport. Since tho purchase of this property, he has associated with him in the business, W. S. Robinson, and they are now enjoying a large patronage. Mr. Johnson enlisted in 1862, and took part in numerous battles, among which may be mentioned Richmond, Ky. ; Arkansas Post and Vicksburg. He belonged lo Company E, Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry ; was discharged in July, 1865. He is a minister in the Christian Church. As a soldier, he was brave and fearless. As a Christian, he ia always found at his post of duty. Hospitable to friend and strnnger, a kind husband and father, and ever willing to aid in any Inu

JONATHAN 0. LANE, station agent a born in Ohio June 16, 1826. His father, Julius Lane, was a native of North Carolina; his mother, Sarah (Gest) Lane, was born in Georgia. Mr. Lnne was educated in the district schools of Ohio; was married January 4, 1849, to Lavina J. Simpson, who was born in Ohio May 2, 1828. They have had horn to them - Winfield S., December 23, 1849 ; John H., June 4, 1851 ; Lauretta J., December 6, 1857; Charles H., September 11, 1869; William B., October 28, 1861; and Ulysses G., born October 16, 1805. Mr. Lane settled in Hancock County, Ind., in 1850, and was engaged for three years in the saw-milling business; he then moved to Noblesville, Ind., and opened a grocery, and after reiimining io ihat business for one year he relumed to Hancock (Jounty, and Again engaged in llie saw-milling business until 18G5, wlien he went into the nrniy. Company D, Fifiy-third Indiana Infantry, but, on account of ill-health, discharged July 10, 1865. He then purchased a sawmill, and was thus engaged until July, 187G, when he settled where he now resides, and took chnige of the station and post office. He is a member of the M. E. Church and a thorough gentleman.

.MOSES LASLEY, farmer, V. 0. Winchester, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, April 1, 1810. He is the son of I'eter Lastey, wlio was born in I'ennsylvania; his mother, Christina (Carnee) Lasley, was a n.itive of Maryland. iMr. Lasley, with his parents, settled in this county in 1SI'.>. He w,w married iMarcli 28. 18S3, to Margaret .Johnson, who was born in Virginia August 12, 1812; her father, Henry, and mother, Agnes (Umphres) Johnson, were natives of Virginia. They have had born to them four children, three of whom are living - Andrew J., July .SI, 1836 ; Levi J., August 16, 1845; and Henry H., September !), 18i9 ; Livina, born March 4, 1842, is deceased. Mr. L-aslcy owns a farm of 735 acres: his house, barns ami improvements show that he is an industrious, enterprising, prosperous farmer, and one worthy of imitation. He is a member of Winchester Lodge, F. & A. Jil., No. Mi.

BENJAMIN JIILLER, farmer, P. O. Snow Hill, was horn in Ohio May 22, 1807. He is the son of John and Susanna aVilkens) Miller. The subject of this sketch came to this county, entered land and settled where he now resides in 1H3I. He was married in 1833 to I'hoebe Forecytho, and for five years they journeyed through life toge:her, but, at, the expiration of that time, Mrs. Miller was called from earth away. Mr. Miller was again married December 26, 1840, to Martha J. Calvert, who was born in Virginia August 15, 181G ; she ia the daughter of Francis Calvert. This union has been ble3.se<l with eight children, four of whom are living - Uobert S., born January 23, 1843 : Mary T., November 24, 1814; Catharine E. S., January II, 1847; and Esther August 3, 18.-)2. Mr. Miller may truly be termed one of the pioneers of the county, having been a resident for over fifty years; he has, by his untiring industry, made for himself a very fine fann of H'.O acres ; he is a gentleman who has gained the confidence and resiect of a large circle of aci|uaintance3,

JOHN MILLEIi, farmer, P. 0. Trenton, was born in Ireland March 15, 1833. His father, William, and mother, Sarah (Clyde) Miller, were natives of Ireland, The subject of this sketch left his native land, and settled in this county in 1844; was educated in the district schools of i' married June 6, 1801, to Margaret J. Porter, who was bf 1845; her fiuher, John, and mother, Margaret (Neal) Po Ireland. They have had born to them - Sarah B., June 12, 18fj4; Minnie J., August n. 1867; Letilia C, July 17, ISlJ'.l ; Thomas Ueoeniber 7, 1871 ; and ,)ohn, October 3(1, 1874, Mr, M, owns a fine farm of 140 acres, and i,s known by a large circle of friends and acquaintances as an enterprising, industrious gentleman.

WILLIAM T. MILLEIi, farmer, P, O, Trenton, was born in this county March 22. 1845, His father, William, and mother, Sarah (Clyde) Miller, were born in Ireland, the former in J.anuary, 1804, and the latter August 15, 1803. Mr. Miller was educated in the district schools of this county. He was married April 15. 1808, to Eunice Dennis, who was born in North Carolina, In 1870, death entered the home circle, and took from it Mrs. Miller and an iu'ant child. .Mr. Miller then lived with his mother until June 3, 1871, when lie was married to Viola llaynes, who w.is born in this county September 2.'), 1855; she is the daughter ot Jesse Haynen, who was born in New York; her mother, Matilda (Cropper) Haynes, was born in Ohio. Their union has been blessed with - Eunice D.; December 4, 1873; Jesse 0., February 10, I.H75: William \V. C, .March 10, 1878: and AldeK J. and Ahlen A., who were born January 3, 1880. »Ir. Miller settled where he now resides in 1871; his entire farm was at that time a huge forest, but, by industry and hard work, he hns made of it one among the neatest and best improved farms in the county. In 1877, Mr. M. erected on his farm, at a cost of $1,000, a barn, which is a model of beauty and convenience. .Mr. M. is a consistent member of the Society of Friends, peaceable, temperate and kind to his family, ami better by far would the improvements of tlie county be had we more such uien as William T. Miller.

LSAAC A. MILLS, farmer, V. 0. Trenton, is the son of Jesse .Mills, who was born in North Carolina December 8, ISO'.t. The subject of this sketch was born in this county February 13, 1843. He enlisted in 1801 in Company K, nick ; after remaining in a field hospital for three weeks, he was .sent home, where he remained until 1862, joining his regiment just before going into the bi\iileof I'iltslmrg Landing. In .May, while assisting to unload a boat, Mr. .Mills met with a severe accident, which almost cost him his left hand, on cook and nurse until he was discharged. Mr. Mills was married in 1805 to Catherine L. Thornburg, daughter of Daniel Thornburg. This union na-* blessed with Daniel N., born April 12, 1860, In 1808, Mr. Mills was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife. He then bntlled the hardships of life alone born in Indiana Ja'nuary'o, 1844 ; she is the daughter of Isaac remberlon, who was a native of Ohio, The result of this union has been three children- Ollic April 6, 1S73; Henry (>,. March 2!l, 1875; and (ieorge E., February 6, 187'.). .Mr. Mills owns a farm of fifty-seven acres in Section 25, and is a sterling gentleman, highly respected iiy a large circle of friends and acquaintanty. In.: and joiner. He wius married, November 10, 1856, to Cynthia Keard, who was born in this county May 19, 1840. Their union has been blessed with six children - Caroline E,, born October 27, 1856 ; George W., March 24, 1869; Cassius C, September 24, 1801 ; Martin L , April 21, 1864 ; Kosa December 15, 18G7, and Eva N., February 21, 1874. lo 1878, Mr. Mills was elected Township Trustee, and was again elected to the same office in 1880. He is a member of the Friends Church. Owns a fine farm of 308 acres in Sections 10 and 15. Is a thorough gentleman, highly respected by a large circle of friends

JOEL A. NEWMAN, farmer P. 0. Bloomingsport, w.as born in Ohio June 30, 183M. His father, Joseph, and mother, Kebecca (I'ugh) Newman, were natives of Ohio. Mr. Newman was educated in the district schools of Ohio. He settled in this county in 1855. Mr. N. was married, in 1865, to Sar.h E. Cornelius, who was born in Wayne County, Ind. Mrs. N. departed this life in about ten months after their marriage. Mr. Newman was again marjied, July 14, 1858, lo Margaret A. Ellis, who was born in this county June 2l>, 1841. This union has been blessed with four children- William W., born June 30, 18-59 ; Sarah E., August 17, 1801 ; Emma, February 24, 1864, and James L,, September 7, 1865, Mr. N. enlisted in 1861, Company C, Nineteenth Indiana Infantry; was promoted to First Lieutenant. Took part in numerous battles and among them the one at Gainesville, where he was wounded, on account of which, he shortly afterward resigned, la 1804, Mr, N. was choseu by the people of this county to act as their Sheriff. He was again elected to the same office in 1860. Since he retired from office, he has been eitten«ively engaged in farming. Owns 408 acres of land in this county, and is a gentleman who is highly respected by a large circle of acquaintances.

AAllON OREN, farmer, P. O, Lynn, was born in this county September 18, 1842. He is the son of Jacob L. Oren, who was born in Ohio April 3, 1813. His mother, Mary (Frazer) Oren, was horn in Ohio May 10, 1813. Mr. Oren was educated in the district schools of the county. He was married, November .30, 1805, to Martha Thornburgh, who was bom in Delaware County, Ind , April II, 1840. Her father, Eilward W. Thornburg, was born in North Carolina. Her mother. Susanna Thornburg, was born in Ohio. They have had born to them Albert E., October 25, 1866; Charley J., August 5, 1808; Edward D., June 28, 1870; Mary L., August 25, 1874; Ira S., January 30, 1877, and Lindley I., June 13, 1879. Mr. Oren enlisted in 1864, Company C, Thirteenth Indiana Infantry. He spent most of his time in Georgia and Tennessee until June, of 1805, when he was discharged. He owns a farm of 122 acres, and is en enterprising farmer.

JOHN F. OKEN, farmer, P. 0. Trenton, was born in Randolph t^iinty, Ind. October 10,1848. His father, Jiujob L., and mother, Mary (Frazer) Oren, were born in Clinton County, Ohio, the former April 3, 1813, and the latter May 10, 1813. Mr. Oren was educated in the district schools of this county. He was married, October 10, 1869, lo Mary E. Kennedy, who wa'* Iwrn in this county March 12, 1862. Her father, Jesse, and mother, Jane (Hodson) Kennedy, were born in Randolph County, Ind, Mr, Oren owns a well-improved farm of 120 acres in Section 30, and is classed among the enterprising farmers of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Oren have had born lo them Elizabeth A., March 2, 1877, and Leslie J., Marcli 25, 1879.

HBNRV OVLER, farmer, P. 0. Rural, was born in Randolph County, July 10, 1821. lie is the son of Valentine and Catharine ( Wysong) Oyler, The subject of this sketch was married, March 1, 1857, to Mary A. Heaston, who Wiis born in Montgomery County, Ohio, August 21, 1827, Her father. Christian Heaston, was a native of Virginia, born October 19, 180f. Her mi pi her, Sarah (Jessup) Heaston, was born in Kentucky December 5,1802. Mr. Oyler owns 312 acres of land, and is an extensive farmer. He is a sterling genileman anil is highly respected by all who know him, Mr, and Mrs. Oyler have had born to them five children, four of whom are living - John C, January 25, 1868; William H., June 21!, 1859; Arnta A., August 10, 1852, and Henrietta, November 24, 1809. The deceased one, Sarah C, was born November 19, 180.5, and died January 8, 1800.

JOHN OYLER, farmer, P. O. Rural, was born in Randolph County, Ind., January 22, 1831. He is the son of Valentine Oyler, born in Pennsylvania January 12, 1783. His mother, Catharine (Wysong) Oyler, was also a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Oyler was educated in the district schools of the county. He was married, Fcbru.iry 13, 1868, to Sarah C. Locke, who was born in Pre- I ble County, Ohio, March 30 1850, Her father, William Locke, was a native 1 of North Carolina, horn September 1, 1820. Her mother, Mary J. (Robbins) Locke, was born in New Jersey October 15, 1827, Mr. Oyler owns a fine farm of 120 acres in Section lo, in which he resides. His house and barn are both models of neatness and convenience. He is a kind husband, father and an accommodating neighbor. He has by his integrity and uprightness gained a large circle of warm friends. To brighten their home, Mr. and .Mrs. Oyler have been blessed with four children - Thirza, born November 21, 1868 ; John, December 15, 1S71 : Ota, August 22, 1873, and Lettie, May 31, 1878,

JADEZ DZHUN, farmer and minister, P. 0. Bloomingsport, was horn in this county April II, 1824. lli-< father, John, and mother, Rebecca (Sargent) Ozbiin, were natives of North Carolina. He was educated in the Friends schools of Wayne County, Ind, He was married, October 9, 1853, lo Cynthia Holloway, who was born in Indiana February 22, 1837. Her father, Isaac, and mother, Tillie (Thornburg) Holloway, were natives of this county. They have hud born to them Isaac II., July 25, 1802; Matilda J., April 11, 1805; Orus E., July 3, 1869, and Elisba J., August 30, 1871. Mr. Ozbun settled where he now resides in 1853. Was employed as teacher in the district schools of this and Wayne County for over ten years. He owns a farm of fifty-two acres ; is a licentiate minister in the New Light Church, and is known as a genileman whose aim nnd desire is to encourage and leach his fellow-man lo live an exemplary Christian life.

L. F. PEIIiSON, carpruler and miller, Lyrn, is a son of William and Anna Peirson. His father was burn and raised in North Carolina, and moved io this county aVout 1828. .and died in September, 1801. His moiherwas born in

North Carolina, and cmigrAlcd to Wayne County, Ind., wilU lier inotlier while incliiMliood,aud then, a few years laici-, came totliis county, anilin the spring of 18:n married William I'eirson, fatlierof tlie subject of Ihia sketch. Mother is elill living in WashinRton Township, this county. L. F. married Klizibeth M. Kinder March 27, 1857. The fruits of this union were two boys, viz. : Edvardo and Christian, and are now living in the vicinity of Arcadia, Hamilton Co . Ind. He was raised a miller, his fa-.her bein? a miller. He enlisted in Company E, Eleventh Cavalry One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Indiana Volunteers, December 19, 1803; mustered out .June 19, 18tj5. In September of same year, he went to railroading as brakeman on what is known as the Pan Handle Road, and gradually worked bis way to the position of conductor on first-class passenger trains. Was in several bad smash-ups. Last one was between Dayton, Ohio, and Michigan Crosiing, when the engine lind baggage-car rolled into the Miami River. Resigned June 10, 18iVJ. iSiuce that time has been engaged in carpentering and various occupations. In politics, he is a Re-

JOHN PRICE, farmer, P. 0. Lynn, was born in Warren County, Ohio, September 30, 1818. His father, Thomas Price, was born in North Carolina in 1796. His mother, Mary (Detrow) Price, was born in Pennsylvania in 1709. In 1819, Mr. Price was brought by his parents to Wayne County, Ind., where he remained until 1844, when he came to this ooiinly. He was married in 1842 to Jane Whicker, who was born in North Carolina in 1823. This union was blessed with one child - Mary E. - who was bora in 1847. Mrs. Price died in 1861. Mr. Price was again married, September 20, 1863, to Martha A. Piersori, who was born in Kentucky July 24, 1835. This union has been blessed with one child - Harriet A., born March 30, 1805. Mr. Price owns a neat farm of seventy-nine acres, one mile north of Lynn, on which he has been residing since 1872. He is a thorough gentleman, and is highly respected, by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

JAMES PRICE, farmer, P. O. Lynn, was born in Wayne County, [nd., August 23, 1828. He is the son of Thomas and Mary (Delrow) Price, the former born in Chatham Cjunty, N. C, in 1796, and the latter in Pennsylvania in 1799, Mr. Price was married, October 18, 18-50, to Lydia Woofier, who was born in Wayne County, Ind., October '>, 1832. She is the daughter of John and Frances (Budge) Woofter, the former orn in Virginia in 1800, and the latter in North Carolina in 1804. Mr. Price became a resident of this -. ty in a gentleman who believes in advancement. He settled where he now resides in 1870. He owns 240 acres of land in the county, and is an exemplary farmer and stock-raiser. Mr. and Mrs. Price hav; eight children, viz. : Armilda J., born July 22, 1851 ; Philip O., December 24, 1853 ; Thomas J., February 2, 1859; Edward R., April 12, 1803; Frederick 0., October 12. 1805; Albert II. and Alpheus H., November 9, 1807, and Evy E., born December 28, 1870.

Abraham Sheelv

ABRAHAM SHEELV. Abraham Sheely, the subject of this sketoh, has been a long known and honored citizen of this county. lie was born in Greene County, Ohio, .\ugiist 0. 1838, and is the s>n of William and Permelia (Hanby) Sheely. Of six children, Abraham is the third, three of whom are now living. His father and mother were both born in Greene County, Ohio, the former in 1811, and the latter in 1813. They were never residents of this State, but lived and died in Ohio. Abraham was raised on a farm, and received a limited eduction from the common district schools of Ohio. His youthful days were uneventful, save that his lot as a farmer boy was beset with many privations and hard labor. In August, 18C2, he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Tenth Ohio Infantry, and served his country with fidelity fir three years. He look an active part in the battles of Winchester, Locust Grove, Mine Run and the terrible and bloody battles of the " Wilderness." In the last-named battles, he was severely wounded in the left limb, above the knee, from the effects of which he has never entirely recovered, and ou account of which is drawing a small Governmunt pension. After being wounded, he was placed in the hospitals of Fredericksburg and Washington city, whore he remained until the close of the war. He was discharged July 10, 1865. He entered the army as a private ; was a gallant and faithful soldier, never sought promotion and was always ready for duty. At the close of the war, he came to this State, and settled on a farm in Delaware County, where he remained for four years. Ho then came to Randolph, and settled on the farm where he now resides. He is owner and

Mary (Wentworth) Palmer, was born in the State of Maine March 30, 1794. .Mr. and Mrs. Shoely are the parents of one child, a very interesting daughter - Mary Louisa, born December 10, 18lj5. Mr. Sheely has been a very industrious and frugal man. All that he possesses, he owes to his industry and enterprise. He is a useful and honored member of the Christian Church, lie is also an active member of the Randolph County Agricultural Society, ami has filled several important offices in this society. He gives especial attention lo the raising of hogs and cattle, in addition to the cultivation of all kinds of grain. Mr. and Mrs. Sheely and their daughter are honored and useful members of society.

BENJAMIN SMITH, farmer, P.O. Bloomingspurt. Born iu this county August 10, 1828. His father. Temple Smith, was born in Kentucky July 20, 1805. His mother, Priscilla (Crosby) Smith, was a native of Alabama, born May 5, 1810. Mr. Smith was married, April 12, 1849, to Ellen Engle, who was born in New Jersey October 3, 1828. Her father and mother, Job and Louisa C. (Foreman) Engle, were natives of New Jersey Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had born to them - Isaac, June 23,1850; Wesley 0., September 15, 1857; John, March 12, 1800; Mary, August 12, 1865; Priscilla, March 12, 1808, and Rosella, born March 20, 1871. Mr. Smith owns a well improved farm of 160 acres in Section 13, on which he resides. He is always frank nnd always hospitable to friend and stranger; a kind husband and father, and genial as a companion and associate.

OBEDIAH STILWELL, farmer, P. O. Lynn. This estimable gentleman, born in Preble (^ounly, Ohio, March 25, 1832, is the son of Obediah and Margaret (Francis) Slilwell, who were natives of New Jersey, the former born April 18, 1789, and the latter September 27, 1790. The subject of this sketch has been - with the exception of one year during 1857-58, which was spent iu Joe Daviess County, III. - a resident of this county since 1839. The event of his marriage took place .September 23, 1852. The chosen companion through life, Miss Achsah Hill, was born in Randolph County, Ind., January i2, 1830; she is the daughter of Henry and Achsah (Peacock) Hill, who were natives of Randolph County, N. 0. Mr. and Mrs. Stilwell have been blessed with two children- George A., born June 28, 1863, and deceased August 14, 1854, and Henry C, born August 11, 18.58. Mr. S. is a fliember of Lynn F. & A. M., No. 223; he owns a well improved farm of eighty acres in Section 4, on which he resides; he and his worthy lady enjoy the respect and confidence of a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

JE.SSE THORNBURGH, farmer, P. O. Bloomingsport, was horn iu this county January 17, 1836; he is the son of N. Thornburgh. Mr. Thornburgh was educated in the district schools of the county ; he was married, December 9, 18.55, to Elizabeth Bales, who was born in Wayne County, Ind. They have born to them, Melinda E., June 15, 1800. In 1862, Mr. Thornburgh was called upon to mourn the loss of his beloved wife; he then battled with the hardships of life alone until .lune 9, 1804, when he married Sarah J. Hiatt, who was a native of Ireland, born October 10, 1837. She is the daughter of William and Sarah (Clyde) Miller, who were born in Ireland, the former January, 1804, and the latter August 15, 1803. They have had born to them - Martha W., November 1, 1867, and Jesse E, January 18, 1877. Mrs. Thornburgh had by her first husband, Mr. Hiatt, Rebecca E., born October 20, 1858, and William L., April 17, ISeO. Mr. Thornburgh owns a farm of eighty acres in Section 1, and is a genial gentleman.

DiVIU W. WILMORE, teacher, P. 0. Johnson; he is the son of John L. ami Mary (Lasley) Wilmore, who are natives of this Slate, the former born in Wayne County September 19, 1831, and the latter in Randolph County May 23, 1833. The subject of this sketch was born in Adams County, Ind., June 22, 1854; he was educated at Union City and at the high school of Winchester; began teaching in 1872, and since then has spent the larger part of his time in the school -room as teacher. The event of his marriage took place November 1, 1879, the chosen partner for life being Mi.«3 Alice Lasley, who was born in this county March 1, 1855. Mr. Wilmore is a genial gentleman, and is univer«.ally esteemed by all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmore have had boru to them a son - Jay C, August 20, 1880.

FTS l.mindmics ;it invscut are as follows: North by White River 1 and StDUV CrtM.k. cast liy Washinjjtou, south liy Waynt< County, wi'st l.y Nettle Creek and SUmy Creek.

West Kiver Townslii(> was laid oft' in May, 1831. then coml.risiiif,' all west i\t Huut-sville and eij,d)t miles north and south, takiiJif the whole southwi^steni portion of the county, and by w(wif>ral changes tjocame what it now is. Its extent is forty square miles, eight miles north and south, and livd miles f^ast and west. It embraces the north half of Townshi]> 18 and the south half of TownsShi-i) 111 (except a strip of one mile wide on the oast side), and is wholly in Rantre Vd east. The sections in the township me: as follows: Township 18. Range 13 oast: Sections 2. 3, 4, 5 ('.. 7. 8, il. 10. 11, 14, 15. 10, 17, 18; Township lU, Range i:i: Sections 7, 8. It, 10, 11, 14, 15, 10, 17, 18, 1«, 20, 21, 22, 23. 20, 27. 28, 2'.l, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35.

The township takes in West River Valley (so far as it lies in Randolph County), as also the head-waters of Mai-tindale Creek, running southward into White Water, and of Cabin Creek, flowing northward into White River.

The re;_ri,in is rich and beautiful, the surface is rolling and the scenery pictmesque; the country is capable of a high cultivation, and much of it is already brought to that condition; the farms are fertile and well tilled. The muddy roads of the past have lai'gely given ])laco to the smooth, leveled, graveled pikes of the ]iresent era. Avhich extend i)i several directions along and across the surface. It was settled as oai'ly as 1810, and perhaps even sooner than that. Hugh Botkin entered the township in ISIO, settling southeast of Huntsville, near where now rises to view the stately, hospitable mansion of his worthy and enterprisiug sou. William M. Botkin, Esq. AVhen he came he found already here several settlers, the exact date of whcse urrival, however.' is noi now known. Among them were those: Mr. Odle, one mile .v>utli of Botkins; Joshua Wright, one-half mile south of Br.tkin's; .lesse Cox, east of Mr. Wright's; Jonah Heaton. tliice miles northwest of Huntsville. Seven entries had l«r,.i, made iu 1S15. and three were made in 1810. IMi-. Botkin rireeted his entry of land September 2'.», 1817, ^V. N. E. 3. IS. 1;!, 80.20 acios, and before his had been sixteen entries. Joshua Wright (probably with his brother James) purchased his tract nine days before, and Jesse Cox seventeen days after Mr. Botkin. The other names toxce])! Jonah Hoaton's) do not appear at all as patentees. They were either " squatters " or liviuT on lan<l entered by some one else. Jonah Heaton "entered" iu ISI',1. William M. Botkin says that in 1817 there came to the re.i.m several settlers, viz.. Joshua Ballingor, Samuel Jacks,m, \^ileiiliiiM (iil.s.n, William Gil>.s(jn. Joseph Hollingsworth (luiugUI I'lit ,Mj-. Oilli'i, W illiiim I'eacock (afterward Associate J\id'">i. Mu-t of 11). 'SI. uaiiirs stand among the list of entries, some ,,f 111,. in. Ii.,w..v..r, not till the lai)se of several years. William Smill. (MH..' n|,..n West Itiver siniKnvhere west of Botkiu's, ih.ai- til.. l...iin.liLiv,"" .\n;.ni^t, ],SI7, and Jeremiah Smith says thai 111. foll-.^Mii' ill the neighborhood when his father

I place now. All of these except two were located on Sections 7, 8, 17 and 18. Township 18, Range 13, in West River Vall.^y. Those near Hugh Botkin's were farther east. William Blount made the first entry in the township, in Section 8, now tlie Ret/, homestead farm, Ai^ril 10, 1815. H(jdge and Barnes made their entry in July, 1815. They did not move to their land till 1818. Mr. Smith states that tlu^y came out from Pennsylvania and mado their purchases, and returned to the East, coming back tn settle in 1818. Moses Martindale was unquestionably a very early settler, among the first if not the very first in the region. He made his first entry September 2, 1817, E. i N. E. \ 14, 18, 13, the extreme boutheastern corner of what is now West River Township. In two weeks' time, ho took up ouothor tract, E. 1 S. AV. \ 11, 18, 13. on the head- waters of the stream which gained the name (doubtless from him as the first settler upon its banks) of Martindale Creek. These entries of Martindale's were south and southeast of Botkin's, and near the other settlers in that vicinity. Of course, others also had found their way into the wild woods, but we have not been able to trace them.

The Congressional townships with the sections have already been named. The number of acres in West River Township is about twenty-five thousand six hundred.

The " new boundary" pp.sses through the western part of the township in an angular direcHon, yet the sections are not fractional, since the survey is reckoned frdm the Second Meridian. The meridian and the base line were located and the range lines estimated, and then the land east of the "new boundary" was surveyed first, and, in process of time, that west of the twelvemile strip was surveyed also.

We have boon able to trace but few " first things " for West River Township. The beginning and progress of religious work may be seen in the detailed statomeut for the churches.

The mills were mostly in other portions of the county, and West River was not miucli of a. mill stream near its upper course, and these settlecs went chiefly down into Wayne County to find milling faqilities already in o[>era'ion. William Smith is said lo have started a mill of some kind, but whether by horse or water power wo cannot state. He was a blacksmith as well as a farmer, and one of the earliest things he did was to put up a shop in, which to work at his trade. Thase smith shops were scattered over the county at variovis points, though we can name but few. Richard Robbins had one farther north in Stony Creek; James Frazier and his son Francis after him worked as a smith east of Lynn. The Fraziers were of a superior sort, being bell-makors as well as smiths. Fr.incis Frazier, still living, boasts highly of the bells and the razors he can make. He declares that he has heard ono of his cow bells seven miles, and that he can oven now hammer out a razor that will beat the "boughten razors all hollow," At any rate, the old pioneer is a hale, cheerful octogoaarian, and has been famous as Francis Frazier, the boll-maker, for half a century.

Several families of Hunts came into thai locality from Kentucky - shrewd, energetic, upright people, who have left their mark, and many of their posterity also in this region. Most or all of th<'m were Methodists, and one at least was a preacher. Rev, William Hunt, or "Old Billy Hunt," as he was familiarly called, for many years until his death not very long ago. Coming from Kentucky as they did, and Ijelonging to the well-to-do classes, it was but natural that they should oppose the Abolitionists, which most ot them did with a hearty good will for years during the early days of that struggle. The logic of events, however, is its own teacher, and most of their descendants of the present day are, like the mass ot Randolph citizens, stalwart Republicans. One notable exception exists, however, in ono of the sons of "Old Billy Hunt," Hon, Miles Hunt, who, in spite of all the turnings and ovort-urnings in National affairs during fifty j'ears, clings still to the name of Democracy, except that of late yeai's he has " nailed his flag to the mast " on the " Prohibition ship," and intends to stick to the colors, " sink or swim."

scene of a most terrific Ixjrnado, which tore and twisted the giant forest trees for miles into inextricable confusion. This immense mass of timber lay for a decade or less upon the surface of the ground, and ]iresented a literally imj)assable banner. The fallen timber furnished in fact abundant opportunities for concealment, and in some cases fugitive slaves hid themselves in its coverts from their pursuers. In one instance, a man-hunter, baffled of his prey by this im)>regnable refuge, asked one ot the old Aliolitiohists how far the fallen timber reached. The stu''dy pioneer, determined both to keep the truth on his side and to inystify his (juestioner, replie<l: "Four or five miles west, and how far int<j Ohio I never heard." The fact hidden beneath this verbiage was that the fallen timber extended perhaps a mile east, and to the Ohio lino wa.s fiftecm or twenty miles. But the slave-catcher never got any runaways out from that awful tangled, twisti^d, piled-up mass of tree trunks and brush and fresh-grown shrubs, all heaped into ono vast untraceable labyrinth of mystery.

This same gang of man-hunters (for there were sevt>ral) threatened to come and clean out that terrible place. "Do," was the reply; " we wish you would; it ought to be away, but none here has ever had the courage to begin the work." The villains swore awhile and cursed the Abolitionists, and then they let the fallen timber stay where it was, as other peojile before them had done. The jangle is said moreover to have been employed also as a den for a gang of robbers and counterfeiters, whose operations caused much trouble, some arrests and several trials in the attemjit to rout the pestilent gang from the county.

One party is stated to have been in so desperate a pinch upon trial for jiassing counterfeit money, that, on asking to let him 800 the bill a moment, it was handed to him, when lo, (jniok as a fla.sh, he swallowed the bank note, and the case against him had to bo dropped, for the evidence had gone down his throat. U^ion the coui't record the name of this very man apjiears coupled with a criminal charge, and upon that entry Mr. Smith makes substantially thi.s comment: " Here is the first appearance of this name in the court records of Randolph, but not by any means the last, for it adorns (or otherwise) these pages off and on for at least twenty-five years to come. "

Some old men tell tales, not needful to repeat at length, of charges and arrests and attempts at rescue, of prominent names coupled with rumors of forgoiy and counterfeiting, of surmis(ts against residents of the region for the concealment of the haunts and the implements of crime among the secret coverts afforded by the fallen timber. But the gangy, if there were any, are long ago scattered, and the guilty parties, if there were such, have gone to meet the Judge of the living and the dead, and no special good could arise from imoarthing the ancient charges made, and the ugly surmises indulged in, and the evil rumoi-s afloat upon the air, against any or all the parties supposed or oven known to havb belonged to these ancient gangs of men in league for unlawful purposes. God is just; let Him administer the penalty for crime, if any there may have been, in His own appointed way.

Let not the oblocpiy existing against men in those wild and uncouth times be revived or renewed against their relations smd descendants, now fi-ee from reproach and innocent of evil intent or conduct.

The same region was remarkable also, moreover, as having furnished the place for an enormous pigeon roost located in the woods not very far from Huntsville during several years. Season after season would gather at the same spot countless millions of those feathered and winged bipeds, remaining for months to lay their eggs and hatch and rear their young. Subjected as they were to ceaseless attacks by men and boys, and losing hundreds and thousands of their number every year, after some time had elapsed, the annual gatherings seemed gradually to decrease in amount, and finally the famous pigeon roost became entirely deserted. The merciless cruelty of the featherless and wingless bipods, who would tramp for miles through the woods to reach this helpless mass of fluttering and roaring life to make their causeless and deadly attacks upon these unsuspecting and bewildered victims was fearful. Mention may be found, slightly more at length po.ssibly, in the reminiscences, of both the matters briefly touched upon nljovc. Tho pigeuunjostlicasbuon forsiikon probably for full fifty years, and the fallen timber has been cleared away In- natural decay, by human foil and by lire, that terrible destroyer of the works both" of nature and of man. for nearly ;ls long a time; and now no visiliie token, no trace is left to t^-U of the imspeakable havoc which on that sulti-y July afternoon in the summer of 1S24 was made by that rumbling, crashing, thundering tempest as during those hom-s of mortal terror it lay in most terrific power, 'whirling and tearing and twisting thos(i giant tree trunks as though thoy had been but chaff and stubble beneath its might. Nothing is left, in fact, except the memory of tho terrible storm in the minds of a very few elderly ]iersons, and a name - Fallen Timber - a potty country post office at a lone farmhouse miles away from even tho pretense or semblance of a town. It o.ight to be said, perhaps, that this post office finds it habitat not iu West Kiver. but in Nettle Creek Township, which lies adjoining tho former on the west.

FIRST scnooi.. Ira Swain, whoso father came in JMD to Wayne County near Randolph line, savs that the first school in that neiglioorhood was hehl in a little cabin. ]4xlS feet, near David Moore's, probably in ISKi or 1817. The floor was puncheons and .so was the door, and the lienches were si)lit poles with legs put iu with an auger hole, The (jider pupils got wood enough at noon. That could be done without much trouble, though it took a large quantity of wood. But the ti-eos wer(^ close at hand, and all that was needed was to take care that in felling they did not hit the house nor tho children.

Hugh Botkin was a tanner, and he had a tanyard iu'operaon imly a short time after making a settlement in the county; id sonic of the old troughs that were made and put into the u-th more than sixty years ago are there in tho ground yet, and and sound and solid still.

Tho business now is as follows: Two stores, one saw-mill, one smith shot), one tile fiictory, one wagon shop, one church, a post office. Tlie princi|.al mei'i are: Robert Starbuck, farmer, landlord, merchant; .loshuu . I ohuscm, blacksmith; Isaac Vaughn, sawmill man; David (hay. tile maker; Simeon Gray, tile maker. Robert Starbuck owns 000 acres of land; Joshua Johnson owns two or three hundred acres. Buena Vista contains fifteen houses and seventy-five people. The town is much decayed. It is si.\ miles from Winchester, three and one-half miles from Huijlsville, eight miles fi-om Farmland. The name of the post office is CeiTo Gordo, and the Postmaster is Joshua Johnson. The country around Buena Vistti is very g.iod. Residents near Buena Vista are John Jenkins, Leroy Starbuck, Welcome Starbuck, Walter Starbuck, Jesse Ryuard, Tyre Puckett, William Demory, etc.

Buena Vista is joined by ]ukes with Winchester, Unionsport, Huntsville, Economy, etc. It has no railroad. Its most convenient railroad point was at Winchester, but the Indianapolis. Bloomingtou & Western ro.ad, built in 1881-82, lies not very far from the town. The region is well settled, and tilled with thriving and prosperous farmers. Unionsport is quite near Buena Vista, only two miles distant. A meeting-house connected with a burying gi-ound is about half a mile west of the town on the pike between the two villages. The church was built a short time ago by a union effort, and was given into tho care of the Friends, who occupied it for a time, but their oc cupancy has measurably ceased, and it stands nearly or quite vacant, at least for the present.

There used to bo a Wesleyan Church in the vicinity, but it has ceased its activity, the members having died or moved away or, as in some cases, joined other branches of tho Christian body.

Twenty eight lots. Miles and William Hunt, proprietors. Location, Sections 27 and 28. 19, 13, near the head of Cabin Creel.-. Recorded March (5, 1834.

Distances - Arba, fifteen miles; SpartansbiU'g, fifteen miles: Bloomingsport , seven miles; Lynn, eight and one-halt miles; Winchester, nine miles: Losnntville, eight and one-halt miles; Unionsport, three miles; Macksville, nine miles.

James Pugh had a tanyard in 1834; MilesHuut kept store; Parker Jewett had a smith shop. Huntsville stands i u a tine and f niitful region far enough from other and larger towns to have some room to flourish. It has become quite a tiu-iving country village, and seems likely to grow somewhat in time to come. Merchants in the town have been: Absalom Hunt, J. W. Keener. Andrews Bros.. S. Holhster. Richard Jobes, Harvey Patty. Stephen Coffin, Rufus K. Mills. James N. Cropper. Levi Johnson. Crop])er & Bro.. R. C. Miller & Son, C. S. Htint (druggist). Edward Cox (druggist). Physicians: Drs. Hunt, Chcnoweth, Miller, Jordan Jobas, Eikenbery. Smith. Harvey, Parsons.

J, C. Pascal established a wagon shop thirty years ago. J, C. Harvey has a wagon shop now, and so has C. Pastor. The business ot tho town is as stated below: Two carpenters, three dry goods stores, one drug store, throe smith shops, two -wagon shops, one milliner store, one green house, one church (Methodist Episcopal), one schoolhouse. one shoe shop, one grist mill, two saw-inills. ona harness shop, one post office (Trenton), one butcher shop, two hotels, two tile factories, one cabinet shop, one i>ictm'o shop, three physicians, one lodge F. A. M., one lodge 1. O. O. F.. one Porter's Temperance League, one at-

James Harris, smith: Jacobs & Gwj'nn, carpenters; John S. Hiirvey, shoemaker; Josepli C. i'uttlo, cfibinet shop; L. H. Graham, butcher; Sylvania (iaiTett, milliner; Eikonbcrry Bros., picture shop: Gordon & Willi.s. tile factory: Jeny Ely. tile factory; Peck, Methodist Episcopal Pastor; AVilliam Gnnn. harness shop; Edward Cos, druggist.

Hesidents In Vicinity

W. M. Botkin. ex-Commissioner and farmer, two and one-half milo.'i Boutlicast; W. S. Hunt, farmer, etc., one mile northwest; J. J. and \y. T. Farqnhur. sheep growers; Joshua J. Shepherd, farmer and hog-raisor; .Jesse Haines, farmer and liog-raiser; John H. Lewis, farmer; Robert B. Hunt, farmer; A. J. Christopher, cuttle-raiser: Ira Swain, farmer and Postmaster. Swain's Hill: A. S. Crojiper. farmer and carpenter; Charles W. Osborn. farmer; .lohn Jenkins, farmer; John T. Hnnnicutt. fanner; Joseph Cox, f.irmor; Stejihen Keener, farmer and cheese-maker; Jacob Faniuhm-. farmer and stock-raiser. There are in Huntsville forty dwellings, twenty-one bnsinass houses, fifty familias. forty-two voters and 103 inhabitants. Distances: Economy, seven miles; Lynn, seven miles: Bloomingsport, seven miles; Winchester, eight and om-half miles; Unionsport. three miles.

Huntsville is connected by pike with Winchester. The town is incor|xjrated for school jmrposes, though why it is hard to see. The village is so small and the i)eople so few that one is at a loss for any good reason for such a movement, yet if they are suited wo do not know as other jieople have any right to complain.

The jTOst office at Huntsville is called Trenton. It would be liettor to call the place so, too. To have the tf)wn differ in name from the post office is a needless trouble, and brings much cdiifusioii. The Indianapolis. Bloomington & Western llailroad is near the town.

Swain's Hill is simply a post office. Mr. Swain is a proniinent settler, and an inHuential partisan, and desired u |>ost dllire to be located in the vicinitvfor the convenience ,.r his ii,.igl,l)nrs and himself; and his dwelling being on a siglitiv nud beanlifnl hill, the name of Swain's Hill was conferre.! uu (!ie nlKce. and Ira Swaiii himself wai3 made Postmaster.

Location, 3, 4. S and '.I. llj. ].3, in AVhite River and in West River 'J'owuships. two miles Avistof Buena Vista: Hiram Mendenhall, projirietor; thirty-two lots; S. D. Woodworth, surveyor. Recortled March 30, 1S37. Streets: north and south. East, Summit, Meridian; east and west, North, Franklin, Main. The town seems to have been well supplied with streets.

Bloomingsport, six miles: Maxville, three and one-half miles; Himtsville. three miles; Winchester, seven miles; Lynn, nine miles; Buena Yista, two miles.

John O. Wattles lectured in this region some forty years ago. and induced a company to fomi a comnmnity in about 1840. It wont on for a short time, but before long " winked out." A woolen factory was established in IS.'if;. The mill was burned and another built in its place in ISW). It is now owned by Amos Jlendordiall. A grist mill once stood where the factory now is.

Ithamar and .John Pegg lived one and one-half mile north of the town; John and William Hollingsworth lived eiust of the village, near Friends' Meeting-House: Samuel S])ray settled southeast of Unionsport. There aT<< now in the t<iwn one church (Methodist Episcopal), one smith shop, two stores, one schoolhouse, one carriage shop, one post office, twonty-iive houses, one woolen factory, one physician. KtO people (estimated), one tollgate. Principal citizens: Stephen Havnes, Samuel Briggs, llnfus K. Mills, Thomas W. Botkin, ].hysician; Foster, Mendenhalls (sons of Hiram Mendenhall). George Slack, merchant. Unions port is on Cabin Creek. A pike connects the town with Win^ Chester, Buena Vista and HiinlsviUe. The village is boantifullv

Hugh Botkin, born Virginia 1775; Tennessee, 1786; married Rachel Keener 1801; Wayne County, Ind., 1815: Randolph (Jounty 181(5; thirteen children, seven boys and six girls. All thirteen lived to be grown, aid all but one were maiTiod; seven are living now. He died in 183(5 and his wife in 1837. He was a farmer and a tanner, as also an active Methodist, and a prominent and respected citizen. He lost his dwelling by tire, and did not succeed in amassing a fortune, but his children rank among the thriving and substantial citizens of the region. I William M. Botkin, son of Hugh Botkin, born in Randolph County. Ind., 18'23; married Martha A. Hiatt in 18411, and Dosha i Butler in 18(58; ten children. He hius 300 acres of land, arid I has a fine brick residence, one of the best in the township. He : is an enterpising, wide-awake, prosperous farmer and business i man, and has been County Commissioner one term (thi-eo years). I He is an active Methodist, a thorough Republican, and an j earnest temperance man, and is altogether an honor to the cora- I munity in which he dwells, having been a resident of the neigh- I borhood during his whole life, fifty-nine years. j Wm. Chamness was born in North Carolina in 1793. and came I to Randolph County in 181(5, settling west of Bloomingsport on a ' farm now owned bv'Elijjih Bales, where old Billy Rish once lived, the land having boon entered by Benj. Jones. Ho married Charity IMoore, and aft(M-ward Margaret Hinshaw. He has had elevini children, ten of them coming to be grown and married, and seven iiiiw living, one in Howm'd Ctmnty, one in WincHrster. two in Wayne County, one m^ar Bloomingsjwrt, two in A\isconsin. He ; was bi-dught up a Friend, but about twenty-five Vears ago he I joined the United Brethren, to which he now belongs. He residi-s in West River Township near Wayne Countv line, and has <lone so for twenty eight years past. His children are as follows: Abigail Howard Cimnty. ten children: Sarah, Winchester, tw(?lve children: I'.itsv (Hnrdwick), Wavne Countv, thirteen children : Isaac, M.mroe. Wis., four chihlr.m; Martin.' dead, fom- childn-n; , Mary(Hocketl). dead, ton children; Ruth (Love), Wayne County, I nitiett'on chililren, fifteen gi-own; Margaret (Davis),' dead, four j children; Joshua, Bloomingsport, ten children; William, Sauk j County. Wis., seven childi-en: Rachel, died an infant. There have been eighty-six gi'andchildren; number of great-grandchili di-en unknown. Nathaniel Case, Isaiah Rogers. Benjamin Jones lived near Bloomingsport when he came in 1810. Joseph Jay, Samuel Smith, William Peacock, James Smitli came he thinks in 1818. Mr. Chamness is eighty-nine years old, and feeble in health, but is cheerful and patient, waiting the hour of release from earthly cares, and happy notwithstanding all his hardshijts and trials in the soul-cheoriug presence of his Savior. He is an excellent si)ecimen of the citizen of the middling class, with which our county and our State also abounds, and which are the strength and the glory of our beloved native land.

John Charles was born in A\ayne County, Ind., in 1828. He is the son of Daniel Charles, who came from North Carolina to ^Vayno County in ISl'J, and who is still living in his eightythird year, having been born in 170S). John Charles came to Randolph County in 1845. Ho married Eunice Swain in the same year, and Nancy Clark in 18(i'2, He has had six childi-en, and is at present a farmer, though he can-ied on a drug store also in Economy duj-ing several years. He was elected Justice of the Peace for White River Township, but the burden of labor or of honor proved too gi-eat, and ho resigned the position before his time was half out. He was Township Trustee three years. He is an Eliler among the Friends; was an old Abolitionist, and is a Republican. He is an intelligent and enterprising citizen, has a goo<l and somewhat select library, and keeps himself well informed as to the jjrogress of events in the coimtry and in the world. The Undcrgi-ound Railroad had one of its prominent stations in the vicinity, the Worths, the Osboms, tho Hunnicutts, the Swains, the Botkins, etc., being residents not far away, and nrolinu, came to Stilltv, Ind., in 1S'J3, and W lives, in West River, years, lie had been married ives wore Elizabeth Thomas. ;iio first wife died in 184'.», nd in ISat), and the third is living still. She had been his wile only about two weeks, and she is now seventy five years old, though at her marriage she was only a little abovo fifty. She was a inaiden of tifty, and a wife of two weeks, and for twenty-fonr years she has been a widow.

Daniel Ch-oppcr. son of Bola W. Cropper, was born in Kentuck v in .1825; went to AVarron County, Ohio, iu 1S2S, and moved to Kaiulolph County, Ind., in imS. He rnarrjed Elizabeth Thornburg in 1841). and has five children. He resides in Huntsville, and is a farmer and hotel keeper. Mr. Cropper has a powder horn which Ijelonired to his grandfather iu Marvlaud before he emigrated from Mar^ laud to Kentucky. His uncle carried it for years in the war of ISI'2. Ahvr that, Mr. Cropper's father had it, and gavt^ it to him. His fafher entered 100 acres of land, and after paving for that, and paying also the man who moved them from Ohio to Ruudoljih Cotuity, he had just S-'."> left. A. rich man he was, farm all paid for 'and money to 1 worthy member of the Baptist Church.

Jesse C<ix's, and als(5 at Mr. Lank's. >: William, dead, had seven children; L'ss) si.x children: ijetsey (Ballinger), children: Sarali (Hutchens). Iowa. 1 Winchester, twelve children: Anna ,en children; Jemiiuii (Cox), lives in three childi-en; Rebecca (Owens), reiveu children; Jacob, dead, had seven Captain in the Sixty-ninth Eogi-

Peyton Johnson was born iu 1800 in Campbell County, Ky ; married I^^lizabeth T. Butler; came to Randolph County, iiul. in 18;U; has five children, all living, all grown and all mamod; owns a saw-mill and a farm also; is an enteiiirising citizen, and an active business man.

Robert Lum])kin was born in 17D0; married Elizabeth Forrest in ITS"), who -was bom in 1706; moved to Tennessee; then loRandoliih Couutv, ISIJl. He was a wagoner iu the Revolutiouarv war. He had twelve children, and raised eleven of the twelve. He died in 184'J, eightv-sis years old, and his wife diinl in 1840. eii^htv vears old. His children were as given below: John. l7S(i.IivesinTenue.-,see,and has twelve children: Marv, 17S8 (How.-ird. Ma-.M V. I^el^i. I, idia.ua, three children: James 17'.I1. lives in liidiiiiKi, li:i. -even ehildreu; Robert, I Tllli. lives in Ten-

Rufus K". Mills was born in AVayue Coiinty, Ind., iu 182:1. married I'^li/.abeth McPhorsonin 1844, and came to Randolph County iu 1807. They have three children. Ho is a farmer, ?rchant and trader, and nisides at liuionsport. Ho has be.Mi jwushi]) Trustee five years, and Assessor several 3 ears. He is ckou.'d an upright and reliable man, and a worthy and subuitial citizen. He is ime of the old line Abolitionists and early diod Bhortly afterward, but Houry is still livinj^, in oitlior Miami or Fulton County, Ind., ninety-six yoars old (ISSI). Hhortly after their coming, the Indians stole four ln'ad of hin'scs frmn thorn. Evan's son John was four vfars old at tlu' tijiu' when his father oamo to Kandolph, and ho dii'd in IMW. buiu^; sixty -thrc.' y(!ars old. John took care of his mother's family wliilo they wore growing up, his father having died while he was a halfgrown boy. His mother married a man named Oai'twright, and moved to Union County, lad., bub John continued to reside in Kandolph, and, having lost his first wife about 1885, marripd Martha Kerr, who was living with his mother, then Mrs. Cartivright, in Union County, Ind. Note. - This relation is givotl by Mrs. Nancy (Shoemaker) Pierce, now residing near Thomas ^larshall's, northeast of Economy, i Ind. She says that her father, John Shoemaker, came with his father, Evan Shoem,aki'r, in 1S09, when he was^four years old to Itaiidnlpli Coi\ntv, Ind.; that he died in 1S68. at sixty-three years old. If this statement is true, Mr. Shoemaker settled in Randolph five yeai-s earli(^r than the one who hds been heretofore reckoned the ,first settler. We have at jireseut no other means of testing the cori'ectness of the lady's statement. Later researches seem to indicate that the lady is mistaken; that he did not come to llaudolph before 181(5 or thereabouts.

Robert Starbuck, Buena Vista, is a native of North Carolina, having been born in Stokes County in that State in 181 1. He came to Virginia ip 1823, and to Randolph County, Ind., in 1833, settling ileai- Buena Vista. He married late in life, hc.hig lif ty-six years old at the time. His wife was Lucy Ann (Green) Gillam. They have one child. He has been a famer, merchant trader, hotel keeper, etc. He is a large land owner, liaving iJOO acres in the vicinity of Buena Vista. His residence has been for many years at that town. He is a prominent and energetic citizen and business man.

Ira Swain, Swain's Hill, youngest son of Elihu Swaiu. born in Tennessee in 1S09; Wayne County, Ind., 1815, near Randolph line; married Lydia Macy; came early to Randolph Cojinty ; has several children; has been a farmer and an active business man. H e was Treasurer of Randolph County diu'ing one term. In some way he was technically declared a defaulter for some amount, yet he is generally believed to have been tbo innocent victim of some mistake, and no onfe thinks that he willfully or knowingly misused a dollar of the public funds. Mr. Swain therefore still i-otains the confidence of his fellow-citizens, and lias the sympathy of the public as for a misfortune instead of its condemnation as for a crime. He has lived near or in the county for sixty-live years, and is an active, intelligent, enterprising and reliable citizen. During the anti-slavery struggle, he was a wide-awake Abolitionist and was honored and trusted among them; and during the existence of the Republican party he has been one of the foremost among tlie members and supporters of that organization. He is DOW in his seventh-fourth year, but retains his vigor and activity, both of body and miml, in a remarkable degree, as does also his worthy wife.

Thomas Worth was ii native of North Carolina, and oaino to Randolph County in 1812. He was born in 1S02, and mai-ried Sarah Macy, and afterward Nancy (Macy) Marshall. He had ten childi-en - Theodore, Eliza, Aaron, Mary, Lucinda, Anna, David, Emily and two others. David was a member of the Sixty-ninth Indiana, and died in the service. Aunm has long been an active and efficient preacher in the Wesleyan Church. T. W. was a hearty supporter of the Weslcyans, and an old-fashioned Abolitionist and an out and out Republican.

He is said to have been liberal in his gifts to the Gospel ministry. He was a good, thorough, thriving farmer, and a ijuiet, steady, reliable man, being one of a family of ten children, and the brother of Daniel Worth and Lydia (Worth) Osborn. Lydia, was the wife of Isaiah Osborn. who was the son of Chai-les Osborn, famous in the anti-slavery movement among the Frionds, and perhaps the pioneer in Abolition work in this country. [For Daniel Worth and the Osbonis see Religion. |

Frederick Zimmerman was born in Tennessee. Ho moved first to Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River, and then to Oliio. and after that to West River, Randolph County Co., Ind. The