Washington Township (part 1 of 2)

Washington Township

When the railroad was constructed here, the country was a broad, uninhabited prairie, but this improvement opened up new possibilities, and in 1860 Jesse H. Fordice laid out the village. At Carpenter's Creek, the railroad authorities had established a station and the new village took the name of Carpenter, which was subsequently changed to Remington, after one of its citizens who kept the second store in the' village. The village is situated in what is known as the Grand Prairie ; it possesses a fine, fertile soil well adapted to the successful cultivation of all the cereals usually grown in this latitude. No better corn region can be found in the world; oats and flax produce large crops; barley is very profitably grown, and fruits of all kinds mature early and yield immensely. The grass crop is one of the never-failing resources, and for stock-raising it is hard to conceive of a section that is better adapted for that business. This region is noted for its fine stock of all kinds - horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. Almost entirely free as it is from diseases which make such inroads upon the profits of stockmen elsewhere, stock breeders are sure of good returns for their investments. Such a thing as scarcity of water to that extent as to deprive stock of a necessary supply was never known. Even in the drought of 1881, so general over so great a portion of the United States, no trouble was experienced in procuring a plentiful supply of good where it was necessary to sink wells. These wells now are in favor with stock-raisers, because of the purity of the water and for the reason that they can choose their own location. Furnished with wind purups, they are but little trouble, as stock can go at any time of day and drink their fill. The soil is a rich black loam of good depth, resting upon a clay subsoil, and the surface is sufficiently rolling as to be easily susceptible of thorough drainage, either bj open or tile drains. Where proper attention is paid to keeping the outlets of the water-ways open, there is no trouble about cultivation in the wettest of seasons, and from the nature of the soil, it takes a very severe drought indeed to injure the crops. Schoolhouses and churches have been built at convenient points, and it is very rare that a long distance must be traveled to reap the benefits of educational or religious institutions. As a rule, schoolhouses have been erected upon every alternate section each way, making them but two miles apart jn every direction. A very large portion of the surrounding countrv was before the advent of the railroads pre-empted or bought from the Government by capitalists. Many of the tarms were sold to actual settlers, while many more were leased for a term of years, in consideration that the tenant should improve and fence. These leases have expired and the lands are now in market and offered for sale. Situated upon one of the great thoroughfares between the East and the West, the Pittsburgh, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, Remington lias become the point from which immense amounts of grain of all kinds and vast numbers of cattle, sheep and hogs are shipped both to the East and Chicago. Being in direct communication with Chicago, Cincinnati, Toledo, Columbus, Pittsbun^h and all Eastern cities, gives facilities for taking or sending produce to market, or importing such articles as are of necessity brought from abroad Although the prairie is thickly dotted with fine farms, there are still some unimproved lands for sale of excellent ([uality and desirably located.

The growth of the village has been slow, and has depended for its business upon the grain trade which has sprung up with the firmers in the surrounding country. In 1870, Church & Hartley erected the first elevator, and two years later the Hathaway Bros, erected a second one. In 1879, James Irvin built the third, and these do an increasinv' business each year. The northern part of Benton and the southern part of Jasper find this point a good market for grain and hay, and a good point for the shipment of stock. With a population of some 900, audits complement of good stores, churches and private residences. Remington is a pleasant village, but with no great probability of large growth.

Jasper County is now losing a good many of its citizens by the spirit of emigration that seems to have seized all classes. Their places are largely filled by foreigners, of which there is a large element, especially in the northern part. In Walker Township there are some seventeen Norwegian families, and in Keener there are some fifty Hollanders. The extreme northern part, while principally in the hands of private persons, and generally fenced, is not cultivated, and but sparsely settled. With extensive drainage it is likely to be taken in small parcels by foreign immigrants, and the county will take a long stride forward. The more sanguine of the citizens place that happy period at not more than ten years distant.

Biographical Sketches

JAMES T. ABBETT. County Rcconler, is a native of Johnson County, Ind., born August 30, 1850, and is a sou of Abraham and Sarah A. Abbett, the former born in Kentucky September 4, 1824, the latter in the same State, February 11, 182.5, both of Tvhom yet live, and are parents of eleven children, of whom eight are living. Cm- subject was educated at Franklin Academy, Johnson County, until sixteen years old. April 25, 1880, he married Jliss Orrie E., daughter of Samuel and Anna (Johnson) Thomas, the former a native of Carroll County, Ind., the latter of Virginia. Mrs. Abbett is also a native of Carroll Coanty. This marriage gave issue to two children - Earl R. and Myra L. Mr. Abbett was elected to the office of County Recorder ia 1878, and in 1882 refused to accept a second nomination, intending to enter Garret Bibical Institute at Evanston, 111., at the expiration of his term of office, for the purpose of taking a course in theology, preparatory' to entering the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has been identified with this church for a number of shears, and has always been an energetic worker in all of her interests. March 2.5, 1883, he was licensed to preach and expound the word of God. Mr. Abbett is well known and respected in Jasper County, having lived an exemplary Christian life among its people for several years.

DR. M. B. ALTER, County Treasurer, is a native of Greenfield, Hancock Co., Ind.. and was born in 1838. His father, Simon Alter, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., in 1810. and when twenty-one years old moved to Hancock County, Ind., where, in 1836, he married Nancy Braddock, from Washington County, Penn., a descendant of the old Gen. Braddock stock. Simon Alter was a physician and a graduate of the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, having practiced his profession and also dealt inland in Pennsylvania. He came to this county in 1849, and practiced medicine until his death. He had been Treasurer of Jasper County, and was a man of great influence. He reared a family of six children - Moses B., John Q. A., Sarah E., David H., Nancj' H. and Isaac B., all of whom are living. Dr. M. B. Alter, after preparatory schooling, took a course of medicine in the Rush Medical College, during 1858 and 1859, and began practice at Rensselaer. September 16, 1861, he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan Peacock, of this county. Four children cemented this union - Flora B., Olive H., Anna L. and Floy B. Dr. Alter is a Republican, and was elected County Treasurer in 1880 and 1882. He is also Deputy Grand Master of the Odd Fellows.

N. S. BATES was bora in Butler County, Ohio, in the year 1843, and is a son of Ozro and Mary (Hartman) Bates; the former a native of Vermont, the latter of Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Laban Bates, was of English descent, a mechanic, who lived in Vermont, emigrated to Cincinnati about sixty-five years ago, and came down the Ohio River on a raft. His father, Ozro Bates, was reared on a farm. His parents died of cholera about 1818. He moved to this State in 1848, purchased land in Marion County, and settled there. He reared a family of seven children. Our subject was married to Marj' H. Haven,s, daughter of Rev. George Havens, which union was blessed with the gift of three children - Glen, Lessie and Mar}'.

F. W. BEDFORD is a native of Columbus, Ohio, and was born June 8, 1828. His father, Ellas Bedford, was a Colonel in the war of 1813, was twice made a prisoner, and four times wounded, the last time at Lundy's Lane, by a bayonet stab, after which a silk handkerchief was thrust into said wound, and he continued to fight. After the war he lived at Genesee County, N. Y., and married Mary Maria Scott, niece of the late Gen. Scott. He was aprominent Mason, and belonged to the lodge said to have the dastard William Morgan; he once ran a flat-boat on the Ohio, and had an interest in the first steamboat that ruffled that river; he was one of the founders of Lafayette. Ind., where he died thirty years after, and from the remote effects of the wound at Lundy's Lane, F. W. Bedford was fourteen years old when his father died. September 15, 1857, at La Fayette, he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah Phillips. Mr. Bedford has a steam power brick and tile manufactory, which turns out 2.50,000 brick and 200,000 tile annually; he also has a general store in Rensselaer. He is a member of the Odd Fellows, and is a Republican; he is strictly temperate, a verj- prominent man in the county, and foremost in every cause of advancement and general benefit. Mrs. Bedford is a native of Preble County, Ohio, a member of the Christian Church and a most estimable woman.

RIAL BENJAINIIN was born in Tompkins County, X. T.. in 1809. His father Jared Benjamin, was of English descent, a native of Vermont, and emigrated to New York, where he married Miss Nancy Hemingway, of Scotch ancestry, said to date back to Sir Walter Scott. This marriage was pr(iductive of the following issue; AVilliam, Saloma, Rial and Charles. Mrs. Benjamin died in 1814. Jared Benjamin next married Polly Yeoman. They reared a large family, and removed to Ohio, where he and the Yeomans purchased a large tract of land. He was a soldier of the war of lAl2, and died from causes contracted in that war. Rial Benjamin was reared in Ohio, and apprenticed to a blacksmith, who taught him his trade. He there married Sarah Ann. daughter of Dr. Joshua Clark ; her mother was a daughter of Rev. John Dailey, a Methodist minister. To this union were born twelve children - Jlary Catharine, Ruth Ann, Joshua C. Eliza. Drusilla and Mary Jane (twins). Sarah Elizabeth, Charles R., :Margaret Amelia. Clara. Rial P. and Caddie (deceased)! Charles was a soldier in the late war. in the Forty-eighth Indiana Volunteers, and was wounded at Vicksburg. Our suliject came to this county in 1841, and worked at his trade for twenty-five years, in addition to farnung. ilv. Benjamin is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and takes aelive part in religious and educational matters.

PHILIP BLUE. i>rn|irietor of tlic :\lcKeever House. Rensselaer, Ind., was born in Kosciusko Comity. Ind.. Doemiber IS. 1840. and is the son of David and Sarah (Bolirer) Blue, the former a native of Ohio, the laller of Virginia, and of English and German extraction. Mr. Bhie enlisted July 20. 1863, in Company G. One Hundred and Eighteenth Rcgimi'ut Indiana Volunteers, under ('apt. H. A. White and Col. (George AV. Jackson. AVas located in East Tennessee; kept on detached duty, and henee withheld from engiigemrnts. He was discharged Jlarch 1. 1864 and came to .lasper County in 1876. Philip Blue was married. Ju'lv 13. 1867. to Bdle Baylor. daughliT ,,1' .laeob and Sarah (Stacker) Baylor, natives'of Pennsylvania ami of (!erm;in descent. Four children have crowned tliis union - Luella T born November 21), 1S6S; Charles M., born May 17, 1870; Lerov. born i\Iay 'm' 1870- Pearlie, born Janu.'iiy 11,1880. Mrs. Belle Blue was born Februarv 13.1847. Jlr Blue IS a member of the Masonic fraternity, an active Republican, a wide-awake and gen

GEORGE H. BROWN, ex-member of the Legislature, was born in Jackson County, Ohio, May, 1816. His father, Zephaniah Brown, was born in Vermont in 1789, and removed with his parents to Cayuga County, N.Y., where he was reared and educated, subsequent!}' removing to Pickaway County, Ohio, where he married Miss Elizabeth Headley, a resident of that State. They had eleven children. Heremovedto Tippecanoe County, Ind., in 1837. His wife died in 1843. He married again, and bought a large tract of land, on which our subject was reared. Zephaniah died in the spring of 1875. George H. Brown came to Jasper'County in 1840, and settled in Barkley Township, where he entered a quarter-section in Section 34. This he improved and exchanged; he now owns 1,395 acres, which he has obtained by unremitting toil and good management. He has also given his children as much land as he now owns. He was educated at the common schools, and in 1844 married Miss Nancy Welch, by which union they had one child, which died in infancy. Mrs. Brown died a few years after, and he next married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of George W. Nichols, who came from Ohio to this county in 1843. By this marriage they have had the following children - Caroline, Evaline, Cecilia, George H., La Fayette (deceased), Rebecca, Margaret M., Elizabeth, Isabella and Rachel A. Mr. Brown is not a member of any party, but votes for the man. In 1878, he was elected to the Legislature on an independent ticket; his majority was about 500 in the county. He was opposed b}' Mr. M. F. Chilcote, a Republican. He is principally self-educated; has acquired considerable wealth, and is a member of the Christian Church.

GEORGE W. BURK, County Commissioner, was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., July 31, 1833. His father, John Burk, was a native of Jamestown, Va. ; was reared a farmer, and came with his parents to Tippecanoe County, where he afterward married Miss Sarah E. Philips, whose father, Simon Philips, settled in said county in 1823. He had served as Captain in the Revolutionary war, and died aged sixty-eight. John Burk's family were Lavina J., George W., Maria L., Joseph, Mary A., Delilah A., Cornelius, Clarise F. and Charles. Our subject, February 19, 1857, married Miss Amanda J. Kenton, born in Champaign County, Ohio, January 1, 1838, to which union succeeded six children - Sarah E., born December 14, 18,57, married David B. Nowels; Lilly Ann, born November 35, 1859, married Wallace Robinson; Eva A., born November 25, 1861; EdmondJ., born September 7, 1863; George M., born August 9, 1875, and Bessie A., born February 9, 1879. The Kentons (originally O'Canton), emigrated from Ireland to Virginia. According to an old record in possession of Mr. Burk, Mark O'Canton was born in Ireland in 1701, and died in Pittsburgh, Penn., on his way to buy land in Kentucky, October 16, 1783. His son, William Kenton, was born in Fauquier Couutj', Va., September 30, 1737; married Slary Clelland, December 15, 1763, and died after fasting for forty days. The record also has : Mary Clelland, wife of William Kenton, died in 1783. Edmond C, Eliza, William H., Rebecca F., Elizabeth Ann, Marj' J., and Benjamin F., were the children. Edmond C. was the father of Mrs. George Burk, and died July 16, 1852. George Burk is an industrious and worthy farmer, a strong advocate of education, and a friend to every enterprise that promises good. His own education was much neglected, but he made up for that deprivation by diligent and systematic study. His farm lies in the north part of the township, and is well improved.

MORDECAI F. CHILCOTE, one of the leading attorneys and counselors at law of Rensselaer, and son of Mordecai and Elizabeth (Culbertson) Chilcote, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, November 4, 1840, where his early life was spent on the farm, and where he received a fair school education. Moved by a desire for knowledge, and purpose to be and do something, he made the best use of such lim- ited facilities as were afforded for storing his mind with useful information. Thus, like many others who have risen to eminence, he studied at home, and memorized rules and definitions while at work. In this way he added to the little gained in the short terms of the schools, until by the time he had reached the proper age to support himself at school, he had acquired a fair knowledge of the primary branches of learning. After the removal of his parents to ilichigan, he attended the seminary, and at the age of eighteen entered Olivet College in that State, at which time Mr. Fairchild, who was after elected Lieutenant Governor of the State, was President. After his graduation, he taught several terms of district schools. At the breakingout of the war in 1861, he enlisted for three months' service in the Ninth Indiana Infantry, and at the call of the President for more troops, he joined the Forty- , eighth Regiment, and after six months was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and came home Captain; he served in the department of Tennessee and "West Virginia, and was with his regiment in all its marches and engagements. At the close of the war, he taught school, and afterward engaged in the practice of law in Rensselaer. In September, 1805, he married Miss Lizzie H., daughter of .Nathaniel and Hannah (Sering) Hammond, and sister of the Hon. E. P. Hammond, all of this State. The result of the union was three children - Fred L., Gaylord H. and Mary T. Nathaniel Hammond was born in Blue Hill. Me., in 1786", and died in 1877; his wife, formerly Hannah Sering, was born in Ohio in 1803.

JOHN COEN was born in Knox County, Ohio, March 14. 18i4, and Is a son of John and Asenath (Mills) Coen, the former a native of Washington County. Penn., born in 1793, the latter of the same State, born in 1794, and of Irish and Welsh descent. These parties removed in the early times to Jnox County, Ohio, where they reared a family of nine children - Marilla A. (widow of James A. Porter), Isaac Joshua (deceased), Rachel (deceased), John, Rhoda (deceased), Thomas. William Sand Hugh E. The maternal grandfather of our subject. Isaac Mills, served seven years as a Revolutionary soldier. John Coen, our suliject. was reared a farmer and was married, in 1844, to Sarah, daughter of James Miller, of Ohio, whose mother Mary McCabe, is said to have been the first white child born in Cincinnati Ohio To this union were granted the following children: TesziaP.. Charles F (deceased) Mary McCabe (deceased), Jennie 3Iarrilla, Rosilla and Hattie AV. ^h: Coen came to this county in 1852, and purchased 160 acres two miles northwest of Rensselaerhe IS now proprietor of one of the finest nurseries in the county, keeps a varietv of the best bearing trees, and is located one-quarter of a mile north of Rensselaer '

F, L. COTTON, of the firm of Cotton & Patton. grain, lumber and live stock merchants, was born in West. Virginia in the vear 1849; his father W R Cotton was likewise a native of Virginia; he is still living, a-cd sixtv-four F L Cotton was married October 6, 186!., to Miss Lee A. Patton, who was born in Greene County Fenn. To these parents were born three children-Ella Mav, Homer and Don of whom the two first are deceased. Richard Patton, father of Mrs Cotton is also a native of Greene County, Penn.; he has reared a fa.uily of three ^^irls and one bov E vira marricl George A. Nolan, Chief Examiner in the patent office at AVashin^ton' who died m 1873, and his wif.. a few houfs later on the same day, leaving onediild' George, who is now m the keeping of his Grandfather Patton. J[r Cotton has been m business near Rensselaer for almost, seven years, and is an energetic and respected which he sold to John Haddocks, as afterward known b.y his name. He also built other mills, and now resides in Pulaski Covinty, where he is a Justice of the Peace. His family comprises three girls and five boys, three of whom died in the late war - Daniel and Jesse at Nashville, and Hezekiah at Louisville. Thomas H. Davisson was a member of Company G, Ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantrj', and was wounded at the battle of Stone River December 31, 1863, from which he is yet crippled. He was wedded, March 4, 1864, to Helen M. Draper, who died in October, 1876, and was next luarried, in 1877, to Nancy McColley, of this county.

JOHN W. DUVALL, livery keeper, is a native of Darke County, Ohio, and was born January 9, 1827. His father was Daniel Duvall, a native of Pennsj'lvania, who died in 1845, leaving .seven children, of whom but three survive. Daniel Duvall was an early settler of Ohio, whence he removed to Kosciusko County, Ind., about 1835, and from there to Jasper County in 1842. John W. Duvall was married, July 15, 1850, to Rebecca Ann, daughter of Crawford Anderson. Mrs. Duvall died August 20, 1867. In 1868. he married Elizabeth, daughter of Edmond Kenton, of this county, and a native of Jasper County, to which union succeeded two children - Edmond D. and Ora. Mr. Duvall engaged in the liverj' business, in companj' with a brother, Samuel 0., in 1856. but now carries on said business alone. Mr. Duvall is an enterprising, benevolent gentleman, upon whose shoulders fell the main support of his brothers and sisters. The children born to his first marriage are Martha J., Cyrus W., Samuel H., Mar_v D., .Jennie and Albertie.

ROBERT STARBUCK DWIGGINS was born November 12, 1834, in Clinton County, Ohio. His father, Daniel Dwiggins. moved to Grant County, Ind., in 1836. The country was then wild, there being many Indians and much game. In March, 1858, he came to Rensselaer, where he has since resided. He was born in 1807, and married Mary Starbuck, born in 1811; they are both living in good health. Their ancestors came from the Island of Nantucket, Mass. Edward Starbuck, great-greatgrandfather of our subject, was one of the original purchasers of that island in 1659. Robert attended the common schools, and when seventeen years old went to Antioch College, Ohio, but, being afflicted with inflamed eyes, was vmable to continue his studies for five years. He worked on a farm until twenty-four years of age, and in March, 1859, came to Rensselaer, and entered the law office of R. H. Milroy (Gen. Milroy), and commenced practice in 1860. In 1861, he enlisted in the Ninth Indiana Regiment, undei' Capt. Milroy, for three months, and served through the West Virginia campaign. In 1862, Gov. Morton commissioned him a recruiting Lieutenant; he enlisted over 200 men for the Eight3r-seventh Indiana Volunteers, and also a company for the Ninety-ninth Regiment, but, being taken sick, and the , quota of the State being full, he did not again enter the service. He continued practicing law until 1879, when he and his brother Zimri organized the Citizens' Bank of Rensselaer, in which he is still engaged. He was elected Prosecuting Attornej' in 1860, and appointed Inspector of tobacco, snuff and cigars in 1867. He was Presidential Elector on the Republican ticket 'in 1868, and elected to represent the counties of Jasper, Benton, Newton, White and Pulaski in the State Senate in 1870; he was an Abolitionist before the organization of the Republican party. One of his brothers died from sickness contracted in the army. In 1862, Mr. Dwiggins married Miss Fannie Travis, born in Clarion Countj', Penn., May 1, 1836. They have two sons - Elmer, aged nineteen, now at Michigan ITniversity; and Jay, aged sixteen, now at the Military Academy at Orcliard Lake, Mich. ; they had also one daughter, Gertie, who died when two years old. He is a member of the Church of God, and holds a letter from the Indiana Conference, recommending him as a proclaimer of the Gospel.

R. FENDIG, merchant, is a native of Bavaria, Germany, was born in 1836, and is a son of Benjamin and Nancy (Abraham) Fendig, the former a native of

Germany. These parents had seven children, three of whom are deceased. Our subject emigrated to America in 1854. He went first to Hartford, Conn., for two years, thence to Macon, Ga., in whicli State and in Alabama he resided and did business six years, and in 1862 removed to New York, dodging the rebel forces on the way. He was in business at Chicago until 1870, when he came to Rensselaer and became a partner with Mr. Leopold, and afterward began general mercantile business on his own account. Mr. Fendig was married in Milwaukee to Miss Ruble, from wliich union descended live children - Tillie, Benjamin, Albert, Louis and .Samuel. Mr. Fendig has been successful, although utterly without means after coming to the United States. He is Treasurer of a Masonic Lodge, and has been School Trustee. He is a liberal, enterprising man, and greatly esteemed in the

BRAZILLER F. FERGUSON was born in Randolph County, N. C May 31, 18.J0. His father. George W. Ferguson, was a native of the same county, was reared a farmer, and married, in North Carolina. Miss Nancy Miller, with an issue of four children - Eliza S., Braziller F., William H. and one deceased. Mr. Ferguson was a school teaolier up to 1863, and about 186.=) engaged in mercantile business in Tippecanoe County, where Mrs. Ferguson died January 2^), 180.5, aged thirty-six. In September, 1865, Mr. Ferguson married Miss Malinda Clevinger, and died October 9, 1869. Our subject finished his schooling at Battle Ground and commenced to work Avhen about thirteen years old; taught school, studied theology, entered the ministry, and preached at Badger's Grove, Francesville and Rensselaer. In 1874, he engaged in the lumber trade, and did business also at Francesville, and in the same year he married Miss Martha Robinson, who died January 2, 1881, leaving one child - George W. March 7, 1883, Mr. Ferguson married Miss Hattie Coen, of Rensselaer, daughter of John Coen. The parents of Mr. Ferguson were Methodists, but lie is a Baptist.

DANIEL GRANT was born in Faucpiier County, Va., in 1707. T^Tien a boy, he emigrated to Kentuckj' with his parents, where he was reared, meagerly educated and afterward married Rebecca Hale, born in Fleming County, that State, in 1803, daughter of Abraham and Amelia (Pickerel) Hale. Daniel Grant, father of the above, was for seven years a Revolutionary soldier, and was the parent of nine children, of whom Daniel was the only survivor. Our subject's famih'are; James W., born in Fleming County, Kj'., in 1831, and in 1848 married America, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Gin) Bantham, of Wabash Count}', in this State, which union produced six children - Leslie C, Laura E., Serepta (deceased), Charles B., Amanda and Thomas W. ; Mrs. America Grant died in 1869, and Mr. Grant married Eliza James, daughter of Daniel James. Thomas H. married, in 1847, JIartha, daughter of John and Catharine (Coon) !McDanicl, of AVabash County; to this union were born five children - Livonia. Rebecca C Daniel F., John A. and Schuj-ler C; Mrs. Grant died in 1860, and 5Ir. Grant married, in 1863, Hannah Hemphill, formerly of Ohio. Washington S. was born in Kentuck_v in 1826; married Lovina Hurley; he has sixty acres of good land, and five children living - Josie, Harvey, Delia, Rollie and Warner. Francis Jlariou was born in Kentucky in 18'.}6, and married in this county in 1846 to Pbebe Morland, daughter of Joseph and Almond (Hayes) Morlanil, residents of this county, to whieli union were bestowed five children - Lucy G., IT. S., Nellie, Edmund H. and Grace. Ruth married Fleming Philips. Evaline C. (deceased) was the wife of David Carr. Amelia (deceased) was the wife of Jacob Troxel. Josie is the wife of Norman Warner. Alton was born in Wabash Clounty, Ind,, in 1839, and married, in 1875, to Miss Maggie Dilon, whose parents were old settlers of that county, and now deceased; the fruit of this union was Iwo children - Charlie and Garland. Shelby was born in Wabash Countv in 1843, served a period of two years in the late war, and was married, in 1869, to

Caroline Israel, a native of Indiana, born in 1844, daughter of Archibald and Amy (Parr) Israel, formerly of Tennessee. Daniel Grant is one of the best farmers in this section. He emigrated to Rush County in 1827, to Wabash County in 1834, and to Jasper County in 1850, where he purchased 600 acres of land. Mr. Grant made his way b}' energy, having begun life poor. He is well preserved, mentally and physically, and is now in his eightj'-sixth year. Fifty children and grandchildren celebrated his anniversary in 1803.

REV. D. T. HALSTEAD is a native of the State of Ohio, was born in 1823, and came to this State with his father in 1831; they settled in La Porte County, where they rented a farm, and afterward entered land in Lake County. His father, Samuel Halstead, was born in Kings County, N. Y., in 1797. His mother was Susan Webster, likewise a native of New York, who came to Ohio with her parents when very young, where she and Mr. Halstead were married. These parties were parents of the following children : Letta, D. T., Merryman (deceased), William, Micah B., and one who died in infancy. In 1839, Samuel Halstead moved westward, since which nothing has been heard from him, and it may be supposed that he died there, and was unknown, Mrs. Susan Halstead died near Ottawa, 111., in 1838. D. T. Halstead came hither in 1854, and was elected Auditor in 1859. He has taken care of himself since the date of his mother's death, has done worthily, and is a universally esteemed gentleman.

EDWIN POLLOK H.A3IM0ND, Judge of the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit, was born at Brookville, Franklin Co., Ind., November 26, 1835. His father, Nathaniel Hammond, was born in Maine November 2, 1786, and died in Jasper County, Ind.. February 2, 1874. He was a temperate, industrious man, and was blessed with a happy old age. He left four sons and five daughters, among the former Abram A., fonnerly Governor of the State, and Willmm P., once a representative of the State in the Indiana Legislature from Jlorgan County, and aftei-ward a prominent lawyer at Albia. Iowa. The widow of Nathaniel and mother of Judge Hammond is now in her eightieth year. Her maiden name was Hannah H. Sering. Our subject, in early life, engaged in farm and other labor. He had fair school advantages, and with diligent application obtained a good education. He became a law student in 1855, in the office of his half-brother, Abram A. Hammond, and Hon. John Thomas H. Nelson, in Terre Haute. In the winter of 1856-57, he was admitted to the Senior Law Class of the Asbury Cniversity at Green Castle, and graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In 1858, Mr. Hammond located at Rensselaer, and opened a law office. Upon the breaking-out of the rebellion, he enlisted under Capt. (afterward Gen.) Robert H. Milroy, in Company G, Ninth Indiana Volunteers. He was commissioned Second, and afterward First, Lieutenant, and served in the three months' campaign in West Virginia. He was with the force that surprised the rebel camp at Philippi, and in the engagement at Carrick's Ford, in which the confederate Gen. Garnett was killed. Returning to his home in Rensselaer, he resumed the practice of the law. In October, 1861, he was elected, without opposition, as Representative in the Legislature from the counties of Newton, Jasper and Pulaski. In August, 1862, he assisted in organizing Company A, Eight3'-seventh Indiana Volunteers, and was commissioned as Captain of the company. He was promoted, March 22, 1863, to the rank of Major, and November 21, 1863, as Lieutenant Colonel. In the battle of Chickamauga, the regiment lost 190 m killed and wounded, Out of 363 officers and men. Col. Newell Gleason, the head of the regiment, having been placed in charge of the brigade, Lieut. Col. Hammond commanded the regiment during the last year of the war. They were at Chattanooga, and at the siege of Atlanta, and with Sherman on his march to the sea. Mr. Hammond enjoyed the respect and goodwill of the officers and men under his command, and the confidence of his superior officers. At the close of the war, for gallant and meritorious services, he was appointed by the President to the brevet rank of Colonel in the United States Volunteers. Col. Hammond again entered into the practice of the law at Rensselaer, and at once had a profitable business. In March, 1873, Gov. Thomas A. Hendricks appointed Col. Hammond to be Judge of the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit. This appointment was ratified I13- tlie people at the next Oct.ol)er election. In October, 1878. the Judge was unanimously re-elected. May 14, 1883, he was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court from the Fifth District, by Gov. A. G. Porter, to fill the vacancy caused l)y Judge W. A. Woods, who was appointed Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Indiana, to succeed Judge Gresham, who had been appointed Postmaster General. Previous to the war, Judge Hammond was a Democrat, l)ut since then has been a Republican. He was a delegate to the National Convention in 187'3, which nominated Gen. GJrant for his second term. He has been an Odd Fellow twenty-three years, and a Mason twenty years. His first wife was Miss Lucy J. Sayler. She died a few months after the marriage. She was a daughter of David and Ann Sayler, who were early residents of Rensselaer. His present wife, Marj' V., whom he married in 1864, is a daughter of Col. George W. and JIalinda Spitler. Mrs. Hammond is an amiable and accomplished lady, and highly cultivated in vocal and instrumental music. By this m.u-riage there are five children - Louis, Birdie, Eddie, Jean and Nina Van Rensselaer. The Judge is still in the prime of life, and there are probalily many years of usefulness before him.

FRANK HENGESBACH, manufacturer of brick and tile, is a native of Germany, born in 1S39. and came to the United States in 1863. He received an academic education in his native country, after which he studied architecture, and which was his first business in this country. While residing at Chicago, he became interested in the business of tiling, and was the first person to begin a tile factory in Barkley Township; he is also interested in the same l.msiness with F. W. Bedford, at Rensselaer, in one of the largest factories of the kind in Northern Indiana. Mr. Hengesbaeli is one of the enterprising men and valued citizens of Jasper County, and a successful bu.'^iness manager.

HORACE EDWARDS JAMES wa"^ born in Evansi.ort. Ohio. :\Iay 2. IMl. His father, Reuben B. James, was born in Deerrield. N. IL. July IT. "isiO. His mother was Miss Sarah Norton, born in New York Decemlier i-'i. 1>;-,\1. These parents moved from Ohio to Michigan in 1847; to Erie Countvin 18411. and to Rensselaer, Ind., July 31, 1854. The elder James was a pioneer settler of Northwestern Ohio, where beheld several otliees. among whit-h were Postmaster and Assnci;ite Judge. lie abandoned the profession of law to beciune a minister in the Baptist denomination. After moving to Indiana, he lived on a farm, and tau^'ht school. He held the ofiieeof County Surveyor a term or two. When the war broke out in 1861, he was among the first to enlist, carrying a ritle during the three months' eimpaign. although over fifty years old. A few months after this, he received a conimi.ssi,.n as Commissary o|- Subsisten.'e. with rank of Captain, and was to duty on the staff of Gen. Cooper, of East Tennessee, in Gen. Schofield's Vnnv of the Oluo, and serve.l as such until the close of the war. when he was mustered'out witli tlie rank of Brevet JIajor. Three of his sons were in the armv durin.. this period. Keturnii,.; to Rensselaer, Maj. James bought the material and will of the local newspaper, and published the Prairie T.JegrapJi from lsti,-> to I8li8 He moved to Crawford County. Kan., in 1870, and died there JIarch 'Jil 1877 He wis a, vigorous thinker, .a ready debater, a v.ilumiiunis writer, a man' of pro-re-sive ideas and strong eoiivii'lions, espe.'ially in religion and politics, llj^ ehiruUu- wis bold and aggressive, an.l lu' left his impress upon the society of everv commuuit v in which he lived. 1 he work of which he was most proud-the great work of his iifo as he termed it-upon which were spent his best years, is a 'religious volume eu- titled "Prophetic Revelations." now out of print. The entire edition, -nith tlie e.xception of perhaps a few dozen copies, was destroj'ed by fire directly after publication, and he never afterward found means to issue another edition. Maj. James' family consisted of four sons and four daughters, who lived to years of maturity. Horace E. was the first born. Owing to the semi-nomadic life led by the family, which kept them upon the frontier settlements, and the itinerant clergyman's slender purse, the schooling of this flock of children was not extensive; still the training of the parent was such that at the age of sixteen years this oldest child procured a license and taught a successful term of district school. This occupation was followed in winter, with employment on the farm in summer, until he was twenty years old. when the war broke out and he enlisted in Company 6, Ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteers. He re-enlisted as a veteran, and was in the service from August, 1861, until October, 1865. In February, 186.5, he was granted a furlough. This occasion was improved to secure for a wife Miss Frances J. A., daughter of Chauncey and Julia (Jenks) Wilson, of Lake County, Ind., and a native of New York. Upon receiving his discharge, Mr. James took a position at a casein his father's printing office. Three years afterward, October 1, 1868, he bought the office material and formed a copartnership with Col. Joshua Healj', who was then conducting a rival paper in the town, and the Eenssdaer Union was thus established. The firm of James & Healy was dissolved in the summer of 1875, Col. Healy retiring. Soon afterward Charles M. Johnson brought over the material of the Republican office and the two papers were consolidated. During the year, Mr. Johnson withdrew. In 1878, Mr. James was made chairman of the Republican Committee of Jasper County, and was also elected a member of the Republican State Committee of Indiana, representing the Tenth Congressional District. In the same year, President Hayes sent his name to the Senate for United States Consul to Turks Island, which nomination was confirmed, but the honor declined. In March, 1879, he was appointed Postmaster at Rensselaer, and entered on duty on the 1st of April following. In October, 1880, he sold the Union newspaper and retired after eleven years of editorial life. February 14, 1881, he was commissioned Postmaster for a term of four years. In the Indiana State Republican Convention of June, 1880, he received the second highest number of votes for nomination for Secretary of State. Mr. James is the father of three daughters and three sons. The sons onlj' are living. Their names are Francis H., Chase M. and Otto D. The subject of this sketch is an extensive reader and a hard worker; is liberal in thought and progressive in ideas rather than conservative. He has been a member of the Board of School Trustees of his town, and for 1880. 1881 andl88'3 was Secretary of the Jasper County Agricultural Society.

ABRAHAM LEOPOLD, merchant, was born in Grunstadt. Bavaria, in 1836. Simon Leopold, his father, was also a native of Bavaria, where he died in 1873. His mother, Sarah (Stanfeldts) Leopold, was born in the Duchy of Darmstadt, and also died in 1878. Our subject came to America and landed at Pliiladelphia in 1850, where he clerked for a time, then went to Pittsburgh, and thence to Cincinnati, where he clerked two years. Afterward, he removed to La Porte, Ind., where he kept a store for three years. He then went to Iowa, and thence to Rock Island, 111., and opened a confectionery store; thence he went to Fraucesville, where he engaged in mercantile business with one Heidelberg, which was continued until 1862, when he removed his stock to Rensselaer. Mr. Leopold married Miss Amelia, daughter of Philip Eltzbacher, and a native of Prussia. This union was productive of ten children - Milton, Rachel, Simon, Bernhart, Isaac, Louis, Moses, Sadie, Julia and an infant (deceased). When Mr. Leopold landed in this country, he had but 95 cents. He commenced business at Francesville with a capital of $800, and now has one of the finest stores in tlie town, besides seventy acres known as Leopold's Addition to

Rensselaer. This is now laid off in lots, and the streets named for his children; he has also much other property. Mr. Leopold has been School Trustee.

JAMES W. McEWEN, editor and proprietor of the Democratic Sentinel, is a native of Lewistown, Mifflin Co., Penn., born December 10, 1831. He is the eldest of seven children born to John S. and Isabella (Hylands) McEwen, both natives of Pennsylvania, where they reside. James W. McEwen received a common school education in youth, and at the age of seventeen began learning the printer's trade in his native town on the True Democrat, afterward on various other local papers imtil 1856, when he became editor of the Clinton, Penn., Democrat. In 1857 and 1858, he conducted the Didependent Press, of Lewistown, Penn., and in March, 1859, emigrated to Indiana and assumed control of the White County Democrat, of which he remained editor and proprietor for eighteen years. In February, 1877, he removed to Rensselaer, established the Democratic Sentinel, and has since remained engaged here in journalistic work. (For history of Democratic Sentinel, see " Press of Jasper County," to be found in this work.) Jlr. McEwen is an unswerving supporter of the principles of the National Democratic part)-, and, in religious principles, a member of the Presbyterian Church. September 11, 185."), he married Sarah J., daughter of Henry and Ann (Willard) Jenner; she was born in Rochester, N. Y., July 1(3, 1837. Five children have been the result of this union - Cordelia Q., William H., George B,, Anna B. and Frances E., only the last two named being now among the living,

GEORGE E, MARSHALL, editor and proprietorof the Reniie\a.ev Republican, was born in Will County, 111., October 5, 1850, and is one of eight children, six of whom are living, born to George and Margaret (Paddock) Marshall, who were natives of the State of New York and of English descent. George E. Marshall was reared in his native State, receiving the major part of his schooling at Joliet, Englewood and Champaign, He read law about two years, but gave this up in order to pursue some branch of business more suitable to his disposition. For a number of years he was engaged in various occupations, teaching principally in Illinois and California, but in 1881 he came to Rensselaer and purchased an interest in the Republican. In August, 1883, he became sole proprietor, and at present has the only Republican paper in Jasper County. Mr. Marshall is a Republican, a member of the I. O. 0. F. and the V. W., of Rensselaer.

DAVID NOWELS. a native of Holmes Coimty, Ohio, and the pioneer of Jasper County, was born Septemlier 15, 1821, and is the seventh sou in a family of eight sons and tliree daughters liorn to John and Hetty (Vulgameu) Nowels. natives'^of Kentucky and Ohio, respectively, and of English and German descent. John Nowels was among the pioneers of Ohio, and as a hunter in that State and Indiana became justly celelirated. He removed with his family to the "Hoosier State" when our subject was three years old, and selected for his iionie the town of Portland on the Wabash, then county seat of Fountain County. Here Jlrs. Nowels died abcmt 1830, and in 1834, together with his daughter and her luisbaud. Joseph Yeoman and David Nowels, our subject, he removed to what is now Jasper County, and became the lirst settler. They made homes where Rensselaer now stands, but aft'erward moved to the nortliern part of the township, where Jlr. Nowels died :May 01 1805 ao-od over ninety-five years. David Nowels has made Jasper County his home' since I8.M. He received no educational advantages, and in his vouth and earlv manhood partR.ipated m the hardships of all i>ioneers. He puiehased his time of his father when seventeen years old, went to Cass County, and obtained a position as mail earner from Lngausport to Iroquois County, 111. Atter three months he returned tu Jasper County and Mar,-!. 10, 18-12, nuuaied Pbebe A. Benjamin, daughter of Jare.l and Mary (^ eoman) Benjanun. Mrs. Nowel's parents were born in-Conneeticut and New \ ork State respectively, and were of English descent; this familv removed to Ohio in 1814. After the death of Mr. Benjamin, the widow and the family, in 1838, emigrated to Indiana, and settled in this county. David Nowels has been .engaged in farming and stock-raising since his marriage. He began life without means, but with industr}' and good management has secm-ed a competence. Besides giving to each of his six cliildren about 340 acres of improved land, he has retained some eighty lots in Rensselaer, the Nowels House, and other valuable business property, forty acres of land in Jasper County, and 700 acres thirty-two miles from Little Rock, Ark. Mr. Nowels, throughout his long life in this county, has acquired mam' friends; he and wife are living retired in Rensselaer. Mrs. Nowels is a member of the Baptist Church. The}' have had nine children born to them in this order: Jared. born August 29. 1843, died December 39, 1843; Ezra C, born January 30, 18-15; William R., August 2, 1846; Charles D., November 14, 1847; Mary H., November 9, 1849; Eliza Jane, born July 1, 1853, died April 33, 1854; Eliza Jane, born April 1, 18.54, died March 30, 1860; David B., born in 1856; and Ida A., January 14, 1859. The mother was born February 33, 1819, in Ohio. In politics, Mr. Nowels is a Democrat.

EZRA C. NOWELS, County Auditor, was born in this county January 30, 1845. He was reared a farmer, and has followed the same the greater part of his life. He received a practical education, and began doing for himself on attaining his majority. October 25, 1868, he married Sarah J., daughter of Andrew J. and Americus (King) Busey, and to this union have been born six children - Myrta E., who died, aged nine years; EveretteM., Lucy M., Trellyen E., Lennie E. and Odessa L. The mother was born April 5, 1853, in Miami County, Ind. Mr. Nowels is now serving as Auditor of the county. He is owner of 400 acres of good land, is a Democrat, and a member of Iroquois Lodge, No. 143. I. 0. O. F. Mrs. Nowels is a member of the Baptist Church.

WILLIAM R. NOWELS was born in Marion Township, Jasper County, August 2, 1846, and was educated in the common schools and at Tippecanoe College. He was married, in 1868, to Miss Emma Rock, daughter of William and Eliza Rock, who reside in Tippecanoe County. Mr. Rock was formerly from Pennsylvania. Their union has been blessed with the following children; Charles E., Maybelle, Adehna Vernon, Gaylord, Bertha and Lillie. Mr. W. R. Nowels owns 391 acres of tine land in Section 36.

CHARLES D. NOWELS was born in Marion Township, Jasper Co., Ind., November 14, 1847, and has made Jasper County his home. At the age of eighteen, he began doing for himself, although remaining with and assisting his parents until twenty-three years of age. September 33, 1870, he married Miss JIargarct J. Burns, daughter of Oliver S. Burns, of Carroll Countj', Ind. ; and the month of March succeeding this event, moved to a farm on Section 1 in Marion Townsliip, and remained there nearly eleven years, actively engaged in farming and stock-raising. He then removed to Rensselaer on account of the ill-health of his wife. For about a year, he was engaged in the lumber and coal trade at this place, then sold out the lumber interest, and has since dealt in coal exclusively, besides attending to his stock interests. Mr. Nowels secured an academical education, has taught three terms of public school in Jasper County, and at present owns a good farm of 320 acres in one place, and in another 240. He is a Democrat, and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church. The}' are parents of two children - Arthur S. and Floy Latrue. ^Irs. Nowels was born October 9, 1850.

D. B. NOWELS was born in Jasper County in 1850, and finished his education at Lebanon, Ohio. He began teaching at the age of eighteen, and taught five years. In 1879, he married Miss Sarah E. Burk, daughter of George Burk. They have one child - Auburn. jMr. D. B. Nowels was chosen County Commissioner in June, 1879. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church, and reside on the old homestead.

JOSEPH V. PARKISON was bora in Logan County, Ohio, May 16, ly29, and is a son of John and Matilda (Kenton) Parkison, both natives of Kentucky. John Parkison came to this county about 1837 and purchased land. He was the father of ten children - Eliza Ann, William, Anderson, Juliet, Margaret, Joseph V., Emma, Mary J., Isabel, and Frank, who died in the volunteer service of the late war. Mrs. Matilda Parkison's father was the celebrated Indian fighter, Simon P. Kenton, a native of Virginia, who in consequence of a love imbroglio at home, was compelled to flee to Kentucky, where, in association with Daniel Boone, he engaged in a wild life, but was afterward engaged in surveying that State. He received much land from the Government for thinning out the troublesome "redskins." and also was largely remunerated for locating the lands of others. Joseph V. Parkison was reared a farmer, and when of age was given 240 acres by his father. About 1852, he married Miss Fannie Kenton, whose father was one of this country's early pioneers. Their union was graced by seven children - Mary M., born October 9, 1852; William W., born November 5, 1854; Eveline, born January 1, 1837; Amanda E., born November 14, 1858; Josephine, born January 1, 1862; Margaret, born October 9, 1865, and Jaley A., born April 24, 1868.

BEliRY PARRIS is a native of Clark County. Ky., was born in 1823. and is a son of James and Anna (Jlay; Parris. the former a native of Penns^dvania. the latter of Virginia. They reared the following family : Sarah. John. Nancy, Fannie, Stephen, Joshua, Mary, Berry. Asa, Amanda, James M., Harrison. George, Eliza and Pamelia. Mr. Parris died in Highland Couuty.iOhio. and was a soldier of 1812. Berry "Parris was brought to Highland County, Ohio, as a child, but afterward returned to Kentuckj' and remained nine j'ears. when he moved to Grant County. Ohio, lived to manhood, and married Sarah, daughter of Daniel and Mary Starbuck. natives of North Carolina. Mr. Parris is an enterprising farmer, and has a good farm near Rensselaer, all the acquirement of his industry and thrift. He is also a much esteemed citizen.

SIMON PHILLIPS was born in Darke County, (^hio. in 1823. and is a son of Valentine and Abigail (Crawford) Phillips. Valentine Phillips was a native of Maryland, who emigrated to Ohio at an early day. and there luarried. In 1825. he removed to Rush County. lud.. where he died in 1842. and Mrs. Phillips in 1845. leaving the following issue ; John. Susan and Simon. Valentine Phillips was a soldier of the war of 1812, as were also his tw-o brothers - John and Simon, the latter having been a Captain. Our sub,iect came to this county in 1847, where he married Miss Nancy Irvin, daughter of Alexander and Chaiity Irviu. to which union succeededeight children - William. Elza. Abigail, Emily. Nancy. Robert. Agnes and Augustus. Mr. Phillips first located in Hanging Grove Township, then on a farm near Rennselaer, which contained the only stone quarry in the county. He was Cap tain of the vigilance committee in the earlj^ time, and was a terror to horse-thieves and such people; he was made SheritT in 1856. and in 1882 a keeper of the county house. The grandfather of Jlr, Pliillips was a Revolutionary soldier, and was wounded by a bayonel thrust from tlie kiu-e to the groin.

CHARLES 11. PlilCE. Cireviit Clerk, was born in Portage County, Ohio, in 1849. His father. AVilliaiu 15. Price, was born in Camula in 182ii. and came to Jasper County, Ind,. in 1867. lie w.is elected Commissioner in 1S76. and re-elected in 1878, was an able oIIicim-. and gave great satisfaction. Charles H. Price was educated in the common scJmols, and suliscciucntly took a collegiate coiu-se at Stockwell, Ind. He was married in 1874 to Miss Lizzie A. Jones. They have two children - Max and Don. Mr. Price, on the paternal side, is of Irish, and on the maternal side is of Scotch progenitors. He is a Knight Templar in the JIasonic order, an Olid Fellow and Knight of Pythias, and in the last two has passed the chairs; he is also a (harter member of Uie Knights of Pythias at Remington, and Grand Guar- dian of the State, having organized the lodge in Rensselaer. In 1874, he was elected Circuit Clerk, and re-elected in 1880. Mr. Price is an efficient officer, and a fine orator. He was a delegate to the convention which nominated AVeaver for President; also Secretarj' of the Greenback County Central Committee.

J. T. HANDLE, retired farmer, is a native of Hampshire County, W. Va., and was born in 1831. His father and mother, Thomas and Nancy (Culp) Randle, were natives of the same count j', the former born in 1798, the latter in 1802, and were married in their native count}-. Thomas Randle, in company with a brother-inlaw, came to this State, having been induced so to do by a brother of Mr. Randle, who had previously located on the Wabash River. They came in four-horse wagons, and were twenty-seven days on the journey. Mr. Randle entered a half section in this county, on which he lived until his death, in 1870. Mrs. Randle died in 1852. They were the parents of eleven children, eight of whom are living - James. Mary, Isabel, Henry, John, Nelson, Nancy and Savia. J. T. Randle was married in 1854. to Miss Mary E. Overton, who died in 1877. He afterward married Mrs. Ruth A. Harris, by which union thej' have live children - Robert, Thomas, John, Emeline and Edward. Mrs. Randle is a daughter of Rial and Sarah Ann Benjamin.

NELSON RANDLE was born in Jasper County, Ind., December 22,1^844. In 1865, he was married to j\Iiss Caroline Brown, born in 1848, daughter of George H. and Elizabeth (Nichols) Brown. Thej' had a family of five children - Edward, Virginia (deceased), Juliette, Addie May (deceased), and James, Mr. Randle ia owner of 500 acres of laud in Section 30, Township 30. Range 6. Jlrs. Handle's father, George H. Brown, was a pioneer settler, and was twice elected to the Legislature from Jasper County.

JOHN G. REYNOLDS was born in White County, Ind., in 184.5. His father, Benjamin Reynolds, was the second settler inWhite County, where he resided thirty-nine years, anddied June 6, 1869. He was one of the most sympathizing, determined and remarkable men of his time. He was a kind husband and father, whose motto was ecjuity. He left a wife and nine children, with innumerable friends to mourn for him. A Logansport paper said; "Benjamin Reynolds, Esq., of White County, died at his residence after an illness of some days. Mr. Reynolds was one of the oldest settlers in this section, having come to Indiana in 1830, and has long been identified with the progressive interest of that portion of the State. Mount Jackson, the home of Mr. Rejnaolds, was known far and near, and no one knew better how to entertain after the old-fashioned, hospitable manner, and none made his guests more at home, than did ' Uncle Ben,' as he was familiarly called. He leaves a large property, that he accumulated through economy and industry, to a family of nine children, and is gathered to his rest in the fullness of his years. May he rest in peace! "

CHARLES RHOADES, eldest child of Rufus and Tabitha (Reynolds) Rhoades, was born at Winslow, Kennebec Co., Me., in 1813. His father, Rufus Rhoades, was born in Massachusetts, and married in Winslow, Me., where he reared a family, and died in 1873. Charles was reared and educated in his native county, and married Miss Mar3' Ann Duren, who was born in 1814. They reared seven children, all living except two. Their names were Wilham, Charles (killed at Cheat Mountain in the late war, and was a musician), Marshall D. (all three members of the same regiment), Amanda, Edward, Caroline, and one who died in infancy. Our subject came to Indiana twenty-eight years ago, to attend to business for Charles DeLaney, a large land owner here. He started a harness shop, a trade at which he had worked from his fifteenth year. He and his son William are associated in business. They sell harness, robes, whips, organs, sewing machines, and have one of the best stores in the town. William graduated at Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, and taught two terms in the Union School at Lockport. He enlisted in the Ninth Indi- ana Infantry for three months, and again joined the same regiment. He was promoted to Lieutenant, and also served as Adjutant. He was married in 1865 to Miss Fannie O. Yorlc, of Indianapolis, daughter of John G. and Susan (Howard) York.

JAMES RITCHEY was born in Erie County, Penn., June 6, 1804. When nine years old, he was brought by his parents to Butler County, Ohio, where he was reared and educated. He afterward studied medicine, and attended the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. In 1829, he located at Franklin, Johnson County, Ind., where he remained until 1865, when he came to this county and purchased 400 acres. November 2, 1829, he married Miss Sarah, a daughter of William Vanhise, who died in 1831, leaving one son - Leander. His second marriage was to Miss Louisa A. Huntington, who died in 1849, leaving four children - Emily, Angeline, Louisa and Clara. His third marriage was to Mrs. Catherine Williams, at Franklin, with the following issue: Omar C, Kate, Ella, Anna and Irene. The father of our subject, John Ritchey, was a native of Pennsylvania, where he practiced medicine, and married Mary Conej^. Their children were James, Jane, Samuel W., Powers, John, Lucinda, Clarinda, Lawrence P., Louisa, Andrew J. and Sarah. James Ritchey was elected to the Legislature from Johnson County in 1840, bj- the Democrats; was two years in the House and three in the Senate, and was chairman of educational affairs; was the first to make a report favorable to the Insane Hospital at Indianapolis; was a delegate to the National Conventions that nominated Polk, Lincoln and Fremont;was a Cass elector, for whom he stumped the State, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1851. He is now a Liberal Republican, refined in manner and affable in intercourse.

JOSEPH ROBINSON was born in New York January 2, 1815, and is the son of Edward and Martha (Capron) Robinson, natives of Rhode Island. Edward Robinson removed to Washington County. Ohio, where he married, and subsequently went to Medina County, then to Summit County, where he died in 1834, affed fortynine years. He had the following children: Welcome, .ledediah, Simeon. Orlan, John, Daniel, Barton, Lydia, Rosalind and Joseph. Our subject worked in Oliio .as a cooper, also farmed in Summit County, and then bought sixty-seven acres at Montrose. In 1837, he married Miss Gretta. born September 8, 1818, a native of Susquehanna County, Penn., and daughter of Levi and Waitsell Aldrich. both natives of New Hampshire, and parents of six children The marriage of Joseph resulted in a family of five: Charles L.. born July 29. 1838. killed at Port Republic June 9. 1863; he was a member of the Twenty-ninth Ohio Regiment; Jane M.. boru Julv 3, 1840; George M., SherilT of this county in 1876. re-elected in 1878. and Auditor in 1882; he married, in 1868. Miss jMary E. Catt, with a result of eight children; Oliver P., born December 7, 1845, and Deputy Sheriff for seven years; and Welcome Dewitt, born October 16. 1848. Jlr. Robinson came to this county iu 1864. and purchased 100 acres, on which he now resides. In 1882. Jlrs. Robinson, at the age of sixty-four, wove more than 800 yards of carpet,

FRANCIS J. SEARS was born in Connecticut September 15. 1837, and is a son of Elijah C. and Ann B. (Hill) Sears, both natives of Connecticut,' Elijah C. Sears Avas born June 23, 1805. and was a farmer. His wife, a daughter of David Hill, a native of Connecticut, was born in 1807. and died in 1860, Both were members or the Baptist Church, Francis J. Sears was reared and educated in Orleans County, N, Y. In Jlay. 1846. he c:ime to Jlellenry County, 111., and in 1849 moved to Warren County Ind., and taught several terms of school. In 1855. he opened a .grocery store at Ruinsville, and in 1859 moVed to Milford, 111,, where he continued merchandising. Iu 1860, he took a partner, and opened a dry goods store at Watseka. 111., remaining there nine years. During that time he was three times' Township Trustee, also Supervisor of Middlcport Township, and Overseer of Countv Farm. In 1869, he and partner sold, moved to Chicago, and opened a wholesale store ou Lake street, where the}' remained until October 9, 1871, when all the hard earnings of twenty-two years were swept by fire. In 1872, Mr. Sears went to Clinton, Iowa, opened a dry goods store, and stayed there two years; then came to Rensselaer, and was in the dr_y goods business until 1879, when he sold to John Purcupile, and opened a furniture and carpet store. Mr. Sears has served two terms in the Town Council, and is now County Coroner. He was married, Januarj- 1, 1848, to Mary J. Denney, who died July 39, 18.50, leaving two girls - Mary F. J. and Sarah Ann; the latter died September 17, 1850. July 3, 1855, he married Mattie J. Fi'eeman, who died December 3, 1871, leaving four childi-en - Willie E., Charlie G., Hattie and Sallie; the two girls are deceased. August 12, 1873, Mr. Sears married Arabelle Coats, widow of J. W. Coats. By this union there was one child, born February 2, 1880, died August 21, 1883.

GEORGE SIGLER was born in Lake County, Ind., in 1840. His father, Samuel Sigler, a native of ^Maryland, was bom February 13, 1816, the third of eight children born to Samuel and Nancy (Taylor) Sigler. Samuel Sigler, Sr., was a merchant, and later a reed-maker, and of Dutch descent. His father (great-grandfather of subject), Adam Sigler, was for fifty j'ears a preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Samuel, Jr., at the age of six years, went with his parents to Clarksville, Va., and in 1834 the family settled in Elkhart Count}', Ind., near Goshen, and three j'ears later on 160 acres of laud in Hobart Township, Lake County. March 21, 1837, Samuel married Nancy Stockdale, a native of Washington County, Penn., by whom he had four children - Mrs. Margaret A. Arnold, George, Mrs. Eliza Willey and John N. In 1859, he located at Wheeler, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1866, he was appointed Postmaster, succeeding his son George. Mr. Sigler has been a successful man. Besides town property, he owns sixty-flve acres near Wheeler. He is a Republican, an active temperance advocate, and during the war was a member of the Union League. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which he has been identified over forty years. George Sigler came to this county March 1, 1869, and was married in 1864 to Miss Jane Willej'. They have two children - Annie and Joseph. Mr. Sigler is a member of the firm of Willey & Sigler (Trade Palace); the}' have a fine store and are doing a good business.

C. D. 8TACKH0USE was born in Butler County, Oliio, in 1838. The Stackhouses (two brothers) came to America from Wales, and settled near Philadelphia, where they married Dutch women, and where the father of our subject was born. He emigrated from Kentuckj' to Ohio in the early days, and there ended his life. In 1853, C. D. Stackhouse married Delilah Obernchain, which marriage was productive of two children, a boy and a girl. .Mrs. Stackhouse died in 1856, whereupon our subject married Jane Obernchain, sister of his former wife. To these nuptials were born eight children - Alice, Venrick, Milroy, Clara Elizabeth, Byron, Willard, Lucy and George. Mr. Stackhouse came to this county in 1851, and purchased 120 acres near where he now resides, on which land was an abandoned log cabin. His first settlement in the State, however, was in Montgomery County, at a period when game and wild cats were alike abundant. Mr. Stackhouse is a good farmer, a generous, clear-headed gentleman, and has a fine farm and residence.

CHARLES C. STARR, merchant, is a native of Tippecanoe C'ountj', Ind., was born October 6, 1840, and is a son of Henry and Lydia P. ( Webb) Starr, the former a native of Botetourt County, Va. Henry Starr was an early settler of Tippecanoe County, where he died when our subject was six years old. Charles C. Starr attended the common school, and afterward a high sdiool in Bartholomew County. After working some time on the home farm, he clerked for Mr. Austin. In 1861, he enlisted in the Eighty-seventh Indiana Volimteers, but by reason of sickness was discharged after six months' service. After his return, he became a partner with

Mr. Austin, under the firm name of Austin & Starr; this partnership continued one year. In 1863, he married. Lucy C. Warner, who died in 1879; he was next married, in August, 18S1, to Miss Emma E. Rhoades, with an issue of one child, Feme. In 1864, Mr. Starr engaged in business alone, and now continues the same, with a stock valued at from !?r),0()0 to S7,n00. and does a yearly business of from 12.^,000 to |3.j,00().

SIMON P. THOMPSON, counselor at law, was born in Hancock County, Ohio. May 8, 1838, and is a son of David M. and Eliza (McCoy) Thompson, the former a native of Virginia, the latter of Columbiana County, Ohio. Our subject began attending school when four .veai-s of age, and began teaching at the age of fifteen; he afterward attended an academy for one term, and Otterbein University one year, and graduated at the Southwest Normal School in 18.^9; he is also a graduate of the School of Law at Ann Arbor, Mich. "While a student, the recent civU war was inaugurated, and he enlisted, but did not serve; he afterward taught school in Rensselaer, and has served three terms as School E-x:aminer. In 1873, he was made Prosecuting Attorney of this circuit for four j-ears. In 1876. and again in 1880, he was a candidate for nomination at the Congressional Convention, and since that time has lieeu engaged in the practice of his profession, in which he holds a prominent rank.

NORMAN WARNER was born in Rush County, Ind., March 15, 1883: he is the son of Daniel K. and Elizabeth (Phillips) Warner, the former a native of Connecticut, the latter of Ohio. Daniel K. went to Cincinnati, Ohio, in l3-t3, and was married in Rush Count}', Ind., and reared tlie following children: Norman, Martin, John, Marshall, Chauncey, William, Sarah, Lucy and Elizabeth. He was a carriagemaker by trade, and carried on the business in Cincinnati until his return toJiiis native State. In 1849, he went to California. Norman commenced learning carriage-making in Cincinnati, and finished at La Fayette. Ind. February 24. 18.57, he came to this county, started a small shop and married Miss Josephine, a daughter of Daniel Grant. They reared three boys - D. G.. Norman Hale and Charles C. Tlie two first named are with their father in the hardware business. Charles is a student at Greencastle. Mr. Warner is the leading hardware merchant in the town, and is doing a fine business, huvins; liL'guu the same in 1871; he has worked his way up from nothing, and is mucli liked by his fellow-citizens.

MARSHALL P. WARXER w:is liorn in the month of April, and the year 1839; his father. Daniel Warner, was born in the ye:ir ISUij. and removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, in is4t. In 1849. he went to California, luu afterward returned to the States and came to Rensselaer, where he died in 185(i; his first settlement in this State was in Ru.sh County, whence he removed to Connecticut, thence to Cincinnati, and thence to California. Our subject. ^larshall P. Warner, was brought to Rensselaer wlien six years old, where he was brought up. In 1859, he removed to Colorado, but returned in 1872, went back in 1874. and returned to Rensselaer finally in 1881, where he is located and engaged in the grocery basiness. Mr. Warner is an agreeable gentleman, a successful merchant and estimalile citizen.

I. B. WASHBURN, M. D., is a son of Moses L. and Susanna (Brown) Washburn, natives of ( )hio, the former born in Brown County, April 2. 1815, the latter in Prelile CoinUy in 1814; she was daughter of Jleri'er Brown. Dr. Washburn was Iiorn in Cass (\')unty, Ind,. in 1838; was reared on his father's farm, trained in the county school, and later sent to Franklin College, Ind., where he took a scientific course. (hi leaving college in 1857, he taught school in Fulton and Pulaski Counties during winter and worked at farming during summer. In March 1858 he began reading medicine with Dr. Thomas, of Cass County, with whom he remained two years; afterward read with Prof. Powell, of Chicago, for a time, and attended two courses of lectures at Rush Medical College, from which he graduated January

25, 1861. as third in a class of tliii-ty-six. In November, 1862, he enlisted in the Forty-sixth Indiana Volunteers, and was detailed for field hospital service; in December, he was made Assistant Surgeon, and one year later appointed Surgeon. After his discharge, December 28, 1864, he located at Star City, Ind. In 1870; he was elected to the House of Representatives from Pulaski, Jasper and Newton Counties. In 1873, he resumed practice at Logansport, and remained until November 1, 1877, when he removed to Rensselaer and was at once appointed County Physician. He was made a Mason in 186.5, and an Odd Fellow in 1861. He is a Republican, and a member of the Christian Church. Dr. Washburn was married, .luly, 1864, to Mattie A., daughter of G. B. and ilary (Beckley) Moore. Dr. Washburn's paternal grandfather was from Scotland, settled in New Jersey, and later removed to Virginia and Kentucky; his maternal grandfather was from Wales, and lived some time in Georgia.

HENRY H. WATSON was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., in the year 1840, and is a son of Charles M. and Amanda (Babcock) Watson, the former a native of Virginia, born in 1808. At the age of nine years, he moved with his parents to Wabash, and later to Jasper County, where he was reared to the plow. On the 11th of August, 1863, he enlisted in Company A, Eighty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Col. Hammond, and served three years. He was in the Lexington campaign, in the pursuit of Gen. Hood, in all the battles of Atlanta, and with Gen. Sherman in his march through the State of Georgia. In 1879, he married Mary Shortridge. b.y which union they had seven children - Dee, Daisy, Bernice, Frank, Harry, Lizzie Amanda and Charles. Mr. Watson has a productive and wellimproved farm, and is a worthy man and esteemed citizen.

JAMES F. WATSON is a native of Carroll County, Ind., was born June 23, 18-14, and is a son of Charles M. and Amanda (Babcock) Watson. Charles M. Watson moved to Jasper County in 1849, where three of his children were born, the whole number being Henry H., who resides on the original farm; Charles B., born about 18o2. died in infancy; Amanda, born June. 1849, and James F., born 1844. On his arrival in this county, Mr. Watson entered ei.ghty acres, and afterward purchased land adjoining. He died, aged about seventy-two years, at which time he was owner of 600 acres. He had previously been a resident of Greene County, Ohio. James F. Watson was married, in 1880',cto Miss Kate Ritchey, daughter of Dr. Ja mes Ritche}', who was once a member o||litt Legi|laturc from Johnson County. Mr. and Mrs. Watson are parents of two ^(^I^Bea^rEliaie. born October 20, 1880, and Ella, born in April, 1882. '^^fe' "*'^%4,--

JAMES WELSH was born in 183.5, and in 186.5 married jrislBiary-,- dau^i^fe. of Dr. Samuel W. Ritchey, to wliich union succeeded two children - Carrie A., born ' 1867, and George H., born 1875. Benjamin WsfSh. father q| our subject, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., in 1796. In 1821, in Adahis County, Ohio, , he' m.arried Mary Moore, born in Pennsylvania May 3, 1795. Jlr. and Mrs. Welsh had the foUowine children, beside James, our subject: Nanc)^,^'born in 1823; Henry, born in 1.838, and Rhoda, l)orn in 1833. Mr. ^^"^'shj^^y trade a millwright, and built the first cotton-gin in Arkansas; he also tra'^llpRhs^ugh the West as a surveyor. In 1834, he moved to Tippecanoe County, iFcompany with others, one of whom. John Compton, was a brother-in-law. After six years. Mr. Welsh removed to this countj', and purchased 720 acres of land. Prior to 1852, he was elected County Commissioner and Probate Judge; he was also elected C.unty Surveyor. His daughter Mary was the tirst person to be l)uried in the Welsh Graveyard in 1840, and for whom the cemetery was named. During the period of his service as Surveyor, his son James was Deputy, and was afterward appointed to that office. He has also served as Assessor and Ditch Commissioner.

G. M. WILCOX was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1847, and is a son of Jesse and Eveline Wilcox, the former a native of Pennsylvania, the latter of Ohio.

Jesse Wilcox moved to Ohio with his parents many years ago, and purchased eighty acres; this he sold, and in 1854 came to this county and purchased 245 acres, which he yet owns. Mrs. Wilcox died in 1803. They had eleven children - Martha, Lewis. Jacob R., Josiah, Charles, G. M., Abner C, Zebedee, Mary, Mahala and Jehu. Lewis was a member of the Forty-eighth Indiana Volunteers, and was killed at luka. G. M. Wilcox was reared and educated in this county, was a soldier of the One Hundred and Thirty-lifth Indiana Regiment, and was married, in 1874, to Lucy Busey, from which union descended three children - Ferry, Louis and Treaver. He opened a store at Surrey May 10, 1.S82. Mrs. Wilcox's parents were prominent settlers of Indiana. Iler father, S. A. J. Busey, was a native of Kentucky, and married America King. They lived for a long time in the south part of what is now Miami County. Durmg the land sales, he purchased land fourteen miles south of Peru, then the principal trading point for the Indians, where he lived until 1860, when he removed to this county. He had the following family: William H., Samuel Greenburg, John Franklin, Andrew Jackson. Mary Catharine, Lucy A. and Sarah Jane. ilr. Busey died in 1866, and Mrs. Busej' in 1852.

HARVEY W. WOOD is a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, was born in 1838, and there re as a farmer. His parents were .John and Salome (Rasor)

Wood. The family is of French and English descent. John Wood was born in 1804, and in 1827 emigrated from Virginia to Ohio on horseback, where he bought 'and, married and reared the following family: Elizabeth. Sarah A., Aldeva, Eli H., II. W., Mary M., J. H., Amanda J., Clara "h.. Malissa E., Clayton, Charles W., Loretta and Justina. Mr. Wood died in ilontgomery County, Ohio, in 1871. Mrs. Wood's father, Daniel Rasor, was a man of wealth and influence, and once owned much valuable mill and other property near Dayton. He was the parent of ten children - Daniel, Salome, Susan. Elizabeth, David. Jacob, .lohn, Abraham, Christina and Maria. Mrs. Wood now resides with the subject of this sketch. Harvey W. Wood was married, in 1871. to ^[ary C. daughter of Mordecai ,and Caroline (Sampson) Crocket, as a result of which were four cliildren - John P.. Mabel. Van M. and Harvey. Mr. Wood was in the Xhiety-third (Uiio Regiment during the last war, and was wounded at Chickamauga; his brother. I. 11. Wood, was also in said regiment. Mr. Wood is a Republican, has been County Clerk and Treasurer, and is the owner of one of the best farms in this county.

WILLIS J. WRIGHT was Imru in 1814. in what was then Union County. lud. His father, Charles G. Wright, a native of North Carolina, moved hitlier in a wagon when a boy, where his father located on and entered land, which he improved and sold in 1830. at which time he removed to White County and purchased sixty acres- Charles G. Wright was married in the then Territory about the year 1808, and reared the following family: Jane, Andrew W., Willis J., .lames M. and Elizabeth A., of whom all except our subject and Elizabeth are deceased. In 1832, 'Mr. C. G. Wright came to this eounty and established a trading post at Rensselaer, where he died De" ceml)er 22, 1845. Willis J. Wright was reared a farmer's boy. and when fourteen apprenticed to learn Ibe carpentering, wliit-li he followed for many years, and made tlie first frame house nuule in Rensselaer. In 1845. lie married IMiss Minerva Ferris, to which marriage were granted Ave children - Charles P., Truet P.. Mattie M. and Mellie M. (twins) and Elizidieth. j\[r. Wright served as Sheriff from 18,55 to 1862. and was an ellieient ollieer. His oldest son, Charles P., was a soldier of the Eightv seventli Indiana Volunteers during the late war. and served about two years. He and (uie George Miu-gan were among the youngest soldiers in the service.

I>. It. YKOMANisa son of Joseph D. and Sarah CXowels"! Yeoman, and was born in Jasper County, Iiul., Septen\ber 26, 1841. His parents were among Ihe early settlers of the county, who came hither with a yoke of oxen luui settled in what is now Rensselaer, where they planted a crop of corn. Joseph D. Yeoman was a school teacher in Ohio during his early days, and among- his pupils was Sarah Nowels, whom he afterward married, and to which uniou descended the following family: Cynthia, Helen, Thomas J, (the first white child born in this county). D. H. and Sarah O. Mr. "i'eoman came here with scarcely an}' means, but acquired a property of 200 acres of land. He was a man of great enterprise and strong .personal influence; he served some time as Justice of the Peace. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and their remains lie in Bluegrass Cemetery in Newton Township. D. H. Yeoman was reared on the farm of his father, and received a fair education in the schools of the county. October .5, 1865, he married Mary E,. daughter of James and Elizabeth (Hurshman) MoiTis, with a result of the following children: Effie L., Morris D., Pleasant Victor, Daisy, Ettie Belle, James F., Hattie M. and David V. Mr. Yeoman is a man of prominence in the community. He enlisted in the recent war, was discharged from reason of sickness, but was afterward valuably instrumental in raising troops, and was afterward First Lieutenant in the Eighty-seventh Indiana Regiment. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. His portrait is in the history of the State.

LEWIS K. YEOMAN was born in the county of Fayette and State of Ohio, in the year 1853. In the year 1875, he married Miss Sarah, daughter of A. C. and Elizabeth Norton, the former a native of Maine, born in the year 1810, and the latter of Pennsylvania, born in 1816. Mrs. Yeoman is a native of Indiana, born in the year 1853. Her parents moved to Vermillion County, 111., and reared a family of thirteen children - William, Mary A., Adaline, Harvej', Madison, Jefferson, James, Laura, John, Sarah, Zerenah, Rebecca and Lizzie. Our subject, Lewis K. Yeoman, has a good farm of eighty acres, solely obtained by his own industr}-, labor and economy. He is a highly respected citizen and a good farmer.

.lAMES A. YEOMAN was born February 3, 1855. His father, Eli Yeoman, < was a native of Dryden, N. Y., and born in 1816. When young, he moved to Fayette County, Ohio, where he learned farming, married Jane Knox, and reared the following family: Joseph, Andrew, Jane, Robert, Ogle, Lewis, James A., Charles, Frank and Marcus. In 1856, Mr. Yeoman built a sleigh, and removed therein with his family to this county. They were twelve daj's on the journey, during eight of which it snowed continually. On his arrival, he purchased some land of James and Andrew Ferris. Most of the land was so wet that Mrs. Yeoman declared that she could, by springing up and dovim, shake the ground for several feet around her. Mr. Yeoman improved this land bj' ditching, as a result of which it became the most productive in the county. Mrs. Yeoman is still living on the home place, now farmed by her son James A., who in 1880 m.arricd Miss Amy, daughter of Whit and Frances (Kenton) Israel. Mr. and Mrs. Yeoman are parents of two children - Guy and an infant unnamed. Mrs. Amy Yeoman's father was killed at the battle of Chickamauga, just previous to which event he had received a commissioQ as First Lieutenant of his company. He left two children - Amy and Maggie.

LYMAN A. ZEA is a native of La Salle County, 111., and was born in 1849. His father, William Zea, was born in the State of New York in 1813, and his mother, Laura (Blakman) Zea, in Connecticut in 1813. These parties settled in La Salle County in the fall of 1847, where they entered land and lived for several years. They were parents of nine children, eight of whom are living - Jane, John, Catherine, James, Francis, Peter, Joseph and Lyman A. On the 15th of 5Iarch, 1871, our subject married Stella Aldrich, daughter of Henry Aldrich, of this county. Mr. Zea was elected Constable in the year 1880. He began life's struggle as a poor boy, and acquired his property by his own unaided efforts, but has speculated to some extent, and successfully.

LEWIS S ALTER. County Surveyor, is a son of John and Mary Aun (Chamberlin) Alter, and was born in Jasper County, Ind.. June 23, 185L His father was born in Westmoreland County. Penn., July 1, 1801, moved to Indianapolis in 1836, and to this county in 1848, where he entered a tract of land and died in 18/6. He was well known as an early pioneer, and left the following record of the family : --Grandfathers on both sides were of Swiss origin. My father's father, Jacob Alter, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., and during the Revolutionary war made shoes for the army; he was afterward elected to the Legislature, and served fifteen years. My father was born in York County, Penn., and emigrated to Westmoreland County, Penn., in 1800. My mother's father settled in York County, followed the trade of a jeweler, and made a clock which played seven tunes. My grandmothers on both sides were American born. My father removed his family on a farm. When twelve years of age, spent a few months in school to Uncle Abraham Alter, who was studying Greek under Alexander Campbell. My uncle and aunt united with the first organization of the Campbellite Church as disciples."

r>. H. BATES was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1846, and is a son of Ozro and Mary (Hartman) Bates. His parents moved to Marion County, Ind., when he was six years old, where they purchased laud, and our subject assisted in the improving thereof. When twenty-one years of age, he began farming for himself on eighty acres. In 1873, he went to Texas, where he engaged in farming in Clay County, which county he assisted to organize, and lived there long enough to see the county seat grow to be a good town (Henrietta). While in said State, he was appointed Land Commissioner by Gov. Coke, an appointment wholly unsolicited by him, and one generally satisfactory. After two years, he returned to Indiana, and carried on the furniture and undertaking business, in connection with farming. In 1881, he commenced buying grain, which he has continued as a business; he is also interested in fine stock, of which he has a full supply. Mr. Bates was married, in 1876, to Miss Rachel Hughes, daughter of Michael Hughes, a descendant of the Calhoun family, of Kentucky. The Hughes family are descended from Robert Burns.

G. F. BLOOM, Remington, was born in Bradford County, Penn., in IS'28. He is a son of David and Mar}' Bloom, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German and Scotch descent, respectively. David Bloom purchased land thirtj'-five miles southwest of Chicago, in 1834; this he improved and sold, thence removing to near Kankakee River, where he made a home, and died in 1876; his wife died in 18o4; they reared a large family. G. F. Bloom was reared a farnu'r. At the age of twenty-one, he worked at civil engineering, and afterward as a clerk. In 1860, he began a store in Illinois, and later at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Some time afterward, he came to Uemingt(m, and purchased grain; he finally engaged in the furniture and undertaking business. In 1870, Jlr. Bloom was married to itiss Caroline E. Jones, of Raynham, Jlass., a union crowned by two children - Ellery E. and Clara M. Mrs. Bloom's father, Samuel Jones, resides at Plymouth, where the elder Mr. Bloom first settled. The Jones family is connected with the Tildens, of New York. Mr. Bloom is a member of the Presbyterian Cliureh, and a Democrat in politics.

SAMUEL BOWMAN was born in Maryland June 17, 1840, and is the sixth of nine children born to Samuel and Jlary Bowman, natives of Pennsylvania. His father died in Cumlierlaud County, Penn., in 1866, and his mother five years earlier.

At eighteen years of age, our subject began a three j'ears' apprenticeship to the blacksmith's trade. In 1870, he came to Remington, where (excepting about nine months) he has since resided. For some time after coming here, he worked by the day at his trade. In 1874, he began business for himself, and in 1876 formed a partnership with his brother Ezra, which firm still* carries on busine.ss. Mr. Bowman was married, September 19. 1875, to Miss Frances B. Blood, a native of Erie County, N. Y., and daughter of Horace and Nancy Blood. They have two children - Florine E. and Charles. Mrs. Bowman is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Bowman is a Republican, and would have cast his first Presidential vote for Grant (second term), but went on a visit to Pennsylvania. He has been successful in his business. When he came here, he possessed SlOO, now he is worth §3,000. He is an enterprising citizen, and an lionorable man.

EDWARD H. BRIGGS was born in Schoharie County, N. Y., September 1. 1859. and is the only child of John M. and Mary H. (Bilyea) Briggs, natives of New- York, and of Scotch descent. His parents came to Remington in 1877, where his mother died in December, 1880. His father married again, and is now living in Albany. N. Y., engaged in mercantile pursuits. In February, 1881, our sul)ject began the drug business in Remington, and is now doing a prosperous trade. He has from $5,000 to §6,000 invested in the business. Mr. Briggs was married, December U. 1883. to Miss ReneBranhan, a native of Madison, Ind, and daughter of Edward and Farmy Branhan. He is a Democrat, and cast his first Presidential vote for Hancock. He is an enterprising citizen, and a leading business man of Remington.

JAjMES BROADIE was born in Piqua, Ohio, June 16, 1831, and is the third of eleven children born to .John and Elizabeth Broadie, natives of Delaware and Ohio respectively, and of Scotch descent. In 1836, his parents came to this State, and settled five miles from La Fayette, in Tippecanoe County. His mother died September 8, 1855; his father, after residing in Tippecanoe County nearly halt a century, is now living with his children. James Broadie attended what was known as "Frog Pond Schoolhouse," in Tippecanoe County; he now has a good business education. When twenty years old, he began farming for himself. August 18, 1853, he man-ied Miss Mary Stidham, a native of Wayne County, Ind., and daughter of Thomas A. and Amelia Stidham. They have had four children - Elizabeth A., Erama J., Priscilla E. and John W. In 1858, Mr. Broadie moved to Montgomery County, Ind.; remained two years, and then returned to Tippecanoe County. In 1872, he came to this township, four miles northwest of Remington; two years later he came to Remington, where he still resides. He is now a butcher and stock dealer, and has been very successful. He is a Republican, and became a member of the Odd Fellows in April, 1882. Mrs. Broadie is a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Broadie is an influential citizen.

W. H. COOVER, is a native of Cumberland County, Penn., and was born April 18, 1847; his parents, grandparents and great-grandparents were natives of Eastern Pennsylvania, on his father's side of French and German, and on his mother's of English. Scotch and Irish descent. His father, Adam Coover, was identified with the public schools and educational interests in Cumberland County, Penn.. for twenty years; his mother, two sisters and two brothers are residing in Remington, with one brother in Goodland, Ind., and one in Dorrance, Russell Co., Kan. W. H. Coover lived on his father's farm, and worked and attended district school until he was sixteen years old, at which time he began teaching and attending the Normal School at Millersville, Penn., during the spring and summer; he taught six years in Penns^dvania, two years in Illinois, one year in Colorado in 1879, and commenced the boot and shoe business in Denver in 1880. Shortly afterward he came to Remington, Ind., and in 1881 began the publication of the Remington News. which, after about two years, he sold to 0. B. Mclntire, and engaged with him in the grain business, but continued to manage tbe News. Mr. Coover has always been active in matters of education and public benefit, and is a prominent and respected citizen. t j t

HENRY C GOLDSBERRY. was bom in Tippecanoe County, Ind., January 15 1836, and is of French and Irish descent; his parents were Jacob and Nancy (Bowsher) Goldsberry, botli natives of Ohio, wliere they were married, and reared four children-Thomas, a physician, who resides in Kansas; Mary, deceased; Rachel deceased, and Henry. The father died in 1836, and the mother in 1875. After the death of his parents, he lived with his uncle, George Bowsher; he began clerkmg m Remington when twenty-three years of age, and is now one of the firm of " Goldsberry & Co.," who carry the best stock of goods to be found in the county. In 1875, he was married to Miss Mary J. Coover, daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Coover; the former is deceased. Mr. Goldsberry began life in a poor state, but has made his way by energy and industry. He is a Freemason, an Odd Fellow, a Knight of Pythias; he 'is also a member of the Independent Order of Workmen and an expert business man. In politics, he is a Republican. Mr. and Sirs. Goldsberry have one child - Opel E.

A. 6. HARDY was born in Carroll County. Ind.. ^March 3, 1851, and ia the third of eleven children born to Christopher and Elizabeth (Guss) Hardy, both natives of Pennsylvania, and of German-Irish descent. His parents came to Indiana in 1848, and settled in Carroll County. They now reside in this township. Our subject worked on his father's farm until twenty-two years old; then began on his own account; he was married, December U, 1S81, to Miss Mabel Besse, a native of Will County, 111., and daughter of G. H. Besse. They have one child - Bruce B. In March, 1879, Mr. Hardy came to Carpenter Township, where he still resides; he is a Republican, and cast his first Presidential vote for Grant; he is a farmer and one of the principal stock men in Remington, and an honored citizen.