Wayne Township (part 2 of 2)

Albert TP. Saint was born in Henry County, Ind., Aug. 24, 1838, a son of Alpheus and Irena (Hiatt) Saint, -of Champaign County, 111. His parents were nativ^ of Horth Carolina, and came to Indiana in 1816, locating in Wayne County, and in 1833 came to Henry County, subsequently moving to Illinois. Albert W. received a good education in the common schools, and then entered Union High School, where he took the full course. He then taught three or four years, and in August, 1861, enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, as a private in the Thirty-sixth Indiana Infantry; was afterward promoted to First Lieutenant. He participated in the battles of Perryville, Wildcat, Stone River, Chickamauga. Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and the 100-days battle with Sherman to Atlanta. He was discharged at Indianapolis in the fall of 1864. In 1866 he was married to Emma Kern, of Greensboro. They had a family of four children; but three are living - Frederick, Grace and George. Harry is deceased. Mr. Saint moved to Nebraska, where his wife died in 1881, and he soon after returned to Indiana. In the fall of 1882 he married Lida, daughter of David and Susannah Edwards. They have one child - Edward. Politically Mr. Saint is a Republican.

Martin Y. Scovell was born in Rush County, Ind., Oct. 6, 1830, son of Elisha and Anna (Ramsey) Scovell, natives of Pennsylvania. His parents moved to Indiana in 1818 and settled in Wayne County; from there moved to Rush County, and in 1831 moved to Henry County, and settled on the farm where our subject now lives. He afterward moved to a farm near Grant City, and from thence to Knightstown, where he died in 1862. There was a family of six children. Martin remained with his father until manhood. He has always followed farming and stock-raising, and is one of the most successful men in the township. Mr. Scov^ell was married in 1856 to Ellen Smiley. They have four children, three sons and one daughter. He owns a fine farm of 380 acres near Grant City, where he lived till 1877, when he moved to his present home, which contains 232 acres. He has a fine two-story brick dwelling and comfortable farm buildings. Mr. Scovell has gained his property by his shrewd business ability and his economical habits, assisted by his estimable wife.

Ithamar TF. Stuart^ farmer and stock- raiser, is a native of Wayne County, Ind., born near Richmond, May 18, 1820. His parents, Jehu and Sarah (Cook") Sluart^were natives of North Carolina, the former born Nov. 10, 1772, and the latter Dec. 12, 1772. They came to Indiana in 1814 and settled in Wayne County. In 1831 they moved to Henry County, and settled on the farm now occupied by our subject, remaining here the remainder of their lives. The father died in 1845 and the mother in 1855. Ithamar W. Stuart has lived in Henry County since he was eleven years of age, a period of fifty-three years. His early education was limited, being unable to attend even the district school more than three months in the year. He remained on the farm with his parents and after his father's death took charge of it for his mother. He now owns 215 acres of second bottom land, adjoining the city of Knightstown. His residence is a two-story brick, surrounded with shrubbery and fiowers. His farm buildings are commodious and in good repair. He makes a specialty of raising cattle and hogs, disposing of the most of them on his farm. Mr. Stuart was married in 1816 to Margaret, daughter of Dayton and Barbara Holloway, of Rush County, Ind. They have had six children - Caroline M., now Mrs. Caleb Ball; Charles S., married Ella Dennis; Sarah E., now Mrs. B. L. Barrett, of Hancock County, Ind.; Laura H., now Mrs J. B. Morrison, of Indianapolis; Horace G., married Lillie M. Bowman, died Jan. 11, 1884; Ithamar H., now attending school at Earlham College. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart are members of the Society of Friends of which he is an Elder. He has served as County Commissioner nine years and as School Trustee several years.

E. W. Swaimwa& born in Randolph County, N. C.,May 15,1813, a son of Michael and Susan^i'^^totin, natives of North Carolina, the former of German and the latter of Irish descent. In 1827 his parents moved to Richmond, Ind., and there he grew to manhood. He learned the carriage- maker's trade at which he worked forty years. In 1837 he moved to Knightstown, and subsequently to Ogden, and in 1841 drew up the petition to have Spiceland Township organized. He became one of the first, Trustees of the township and served several years. In 1865 he bought a small farm near Dunreith, but in 1878 sold it and moved to Knightstown. In April, 1882, he was elected Trustee of Wayne Township and is now serving his second term. Politically he has always been a Whig and Hepublican. March 3, 1836, he was married to Catherine, daughter of John Morgan. She was a native of North Carolina, but at the time of her marriage a resident of Richmond. She died in 1877, aged sixty-three years. They had a family of six children; four are living - Julia A., wife of R. B. Breckenridge; Mary E., wife of J. E. Barrett; Sarah E., wife of J. B. An^im; M. Addie, widc»w of W. P. Reid.

Charles H. Thrawley^ is a native of Maryland, born in Caroline County, Aug. 17, 1827, a son of James and Rebecca (Boone) Thrawley. His mother was a descendant of the Boones of iJ^yland, and a distant relative of Daniel Boone. His parents both died when he was quite young leaving a family of eight children. His father was a man of means but lost his property by signing notes as security. When six years of age our subject was bound out but when eighteen ran away and went to Philadelphia and remained three years. In the spring of 1849 he came to Indiana and stopped in Cambridge City for a time. He had $50 when he came to this county. After working on a farm for some time he rented a farm and invested his money in hogs, which all died of the cholera. He then hired out to a farmer to work three years for $1,000. By trading in the meantime he saved all his wages, and then rented a farm for three years. He afterward bought 160 acres of land in Centre Township, Rush Co., Ind., where he lived till 1875. He engaged in general farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of cattle and hogs. He added to his land from time to time till he owned 560 acres. His residence was situated on a high ridge from which was a fine view of the surrounding country. In 1875 Mr. Thrawley came to Henry County and bought the residence of R. Barrett, on Main street, KnightstoVn where he has since resided. He was married in 1855 to Sarah J. Jackson. They have two children - William J. and Anna.

Sarry Watts is a native of England, born Nov. 11, 1835, and when fifteen years of age he with Thomas Frisbie, a boy about the same age, came to the United States. They landed in New

York in March, 1852, and after seeking employment in different places found themselves in Philadelphia and remained there one season. He then returned to New York and worked at bricklaying till 1853 when he came to Indiana and remained three months ; then returned East, but subsequently came again to this State. In 1861 he enlisted in Company F, Twenty-fourth Indiana Infantry, as a private and served three years. He participated in twenty-six regular engagements and received three gun-shot wounds, still carrying one of the balls. At Champion Hills he was wounded in both legs and in the face. He was taken prisoner, but being so badly wounded the enemy did not think it worth while to carry him off, and soon after the Union forces retook the guns and drove the enemy back. He was mustered out at Baton Eouge in August, 1864. The following October he was married to Eveline, youngest daughter of William Lewis, of this township. She died in 1866 leaving one daughter - Lorena. After Jiis mariage he located in Kni ghtstown where he worked at his trade till he formed a partnership with Peter Watts in the manufacture of tile. In 1878 he established his present business in a small building built by H. Y. Peden for a marble shop. He has been successful and has enlarged his business from time to time till he now has the largest trade in his line in the city. In the manufacture of brick and draining tile he employs fourteen men, and also has several men on the road putting on slate roofs. In 1883 B. M. Parker became associated with him the brick and tile business. In 1868 Mr. Watts married his present wife, Mary, daughter of Nathan Parker, an early settler of Eush County, Ind. They have two children - Grace and George. Mr. Watts is a member of the Odd Fellows order and of the Grand Army of the Eepublic, being Quartermaster of his post.

Peter Watts, dealer in lumber, lath, shingles, coal, lime, etc., is a native of Lorain County, Ohio, born Dec. 5, 1838, a son of William and Mary Watts, natives of England. When he was fourteen years of age he began learning the mason's trade and worked at it several years. In the spring of 1858 he came to Knightstown and worked at his trade till 1870 when he opened a lumber yard, the first one in the town. He started on a small scale but has added to his stock from time to time till he now has a large business, the gross receipts last year being $35,000. His location on the main line of the Chicago, Pittsburg & , St. Louis Eailroad gives him first-class shipping facilities. He has a large brick shop in which he manufactures sash, doors, blinds and does a general repairing and carpentering business. He came to the county a poor man, but his energy and business integrity have made him one of the substantial business men of the place. Mr. Watts was married in June, 1866, to Sophia Eoach, of Lorain County, Ohio. They have two children - William H. and Maud E. Mr. Watts is a member of Lodge Ho. 99, 1. O. O. F.

^ John Weaver^ dealer in drugs, medicines, paints, oils and chem- ^ icals, watches, clocks, jewelry and silver plated ware, Knight stown, Ind., is the eldest living son of Peter .Weaver, a native of Berks County, Pa., who removed to Germantown, Montgomerv Co., Ohio, with his parents, Jacob and Catherine (Gephart) Weaver, in 1806. His maternal grandmother, Catherine Bea^hler, was a daughter of Jacob and Susan n^^unckul, of Pine Grove Township, Berks Co., Pa. Our subject was born near Germantown, Dec. 10, 1819. He remained on the farm till sixteen years of age, when he entered school at Germantown. About this time he became a member of the Lutheran church, and soon after entered the Lutheran College at Columbus, Ohio, remaining there a year. He then returned to Germantown and took up the study of medicine with Dr. Christopher Espech. In April, 1842, he came to Knightstown and was employed as clerk in the drug store of David A. Zeller. Mr, Zeller died before the close of the year and the following spring Mr. Weaver succeeded him in business. In 1850 he added a stock of jewelry and watches and has since carried a complete assortment of everything in his line. In 1851 Mr. Weaver joined the Masonic fraternity and is now a member of Golden Rule Lodge, Ho. 16; Knightstown Chapter, Ho. 33; Cryptic Council, Ho. 29, and Knightstown Commandery, Ho. 9. He is Treasurer of each of the bodies, has served in that capacity for the Blue Lodge since 1851; for the chapter since 1856; for the council and commandery since organization, in 1866 and 1868, respectively. He has also served as Treasurer of the town corporation. Politically he has always been a Democrat. July 29, 1843, he was married to Elizabeth Hottle, who was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, Oct. 20, 1826, and died at Knightstown, Sept. 30, 1864. To them were born seven children - Orange R. ; Ellen W., deceased; Walter S.; Sophia L.jWife of J. E. Keyes; Charles H., deceased; Frank E., and Fannie F., wife of Henry Walls. Feb. 1, 1866, Mr. Weaver was married to Mrs. Jusitta Weaver, of Ogden, Ind. Mr. Weaver being continuously in business in Knightstown since 1842 is consequently one of the oldest merchants in Henry County.

^ Allen S- White^ dealer in groceries, queen's-ware, etc., Knightstown, Ind., is a native of Henry County, Ind., born Sept. 20, 1848. His father, John T. White, was a native of Horth Carolina and his mother, Hannah A. (Park) White, of Ohio. His father came to this State in an early day and settled in Haysville. Our subject was educated in the public schools of Raysville and at Earlham College. When eighteen years of age he was employed as assistant bookkeeper in the First National Bank, Knightstown, retaining the position eighteen months, when he was obliged to resign on account of failing health. He then engaged in trading in stock three years, and in 1871 went to St. Louis, Mo., and manufactured woven wire mattresses two years, and sold teas for his brother. In 1876 he returned to Knightstown and in 1879 became associated with James Mills in the grocery business. In 1881 he bought Mr. Mills's interest and subsequently bought the building on Jefferson street to which he moved his stock. He has a steadily increasing trade, having gained the confidence and esteem of the community. Mr. White was married in 1876, to Anna Bathbone, of Brooklyn, N. Y. They have three children - Frederick M., Francis J. and Kellie B. Mr. White is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has taken the Knight Templar degree. He and his wife are members of the Society of Friends.

Joseph M. Whitesell^ Z)., is one of the oldest physicians in the State of Indiana. He is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Alleghany County, Oct. 19, 1804, the youngest of nine children of Jacob and Catherine Whitesell, his father a native of Holland, and his mother of Pennsylvania. His father was a soldier in the Bevolutionary war, serving under General Washington, and was wounded at the battle of Brandywine, from the effects of which he died in 1809. His mother survived her husband but a few months and thus at an early age he was left to fight the battle of life alone. His early life was one of hardship, spent in working on a farm with scarcely any school advantages. He possessed an insatiable desire for an education and when seventeen years of age had acquired sufficient to enable him to enter college, working outside of school hours to defray his expenses. In 1825 he began the study of medicine with the celebrated Dr. Speer, of Pittsburg, with whom he remained studying and practicing three years. In 1829 he came to Indiana, locating in West Liberty, near the present site of Knightstown. His possessions at that time amounted to $5.18. He loaned the $5 to a man who never paid him and commenced life with 18 cents. He soon gained the confidence and esteem of the people, and won friends both professionally and socially. To practice medicine at that time required strength of character and force, but the Doctor was ready for any emergency. For many years he was the only physician in this part of the county, and was called upon to endure hardships unknown at this day, often having to walk or ride many miles to visit those who required his attention. His professional life has been successful and he is now giving up the practice to younger hands. His first certificate giving him the right to practice in Indiana was granted May 7, 1832. Aug. 19, 1831, he was married to Eleanor D., daughter of Waitzell M. Cary, the founder of Knightstown. They have two sons. Dr. and Mrs. Whitesell are members of the Methodisf Episcopal church. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1840. He enlisted in the war of the Hebellion, but on account of physical disability was obliged to resign after a service of six months.

Ellison 'Williams^ of the firm Williams & Carroll, dealers in dry-goods, hats, caps and carpets, Knightstown, Ind., is a native of Indiana, born in Franklin County, Jan. 28, 1825, a son of Kichard and Mary (Curry) Williams, his father a native of Pennsylvania and his mother of Virginia. He was reared in Hancock County, Ind., receiving a common-school education. After attaining his majority he worked on the farm a few years and then embarked in the mercantile business, opening a general store. In 1882 the present partnership was formed. The storeroom is 20 x 115 feet in size with a large room on the side which is used for groceries. Mr. Williams was married in 1852 to Margaret M., daughter of William Oldham, of Hancock County, Ind. They have two children - Charles E., and Emma B., wife of A. E. Carroll. Mr. Williams was for ten years a Trustee of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home. He is one of the Directors of the First Hational Bank of Knightstown. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity. Mrs. Williams is a member of the Methodist church.

Solomon S. Winh is a prominent farmer of Wayne Township. His farm contains 215 acres of choice land, the greater part under cultivation. His residence is a two-story frame building erected in 1874. His farm buildings are large and comfortable. Mr. Wink is a native of Monroe County, Ohio, born Jan. 24, 1822, a son of John D. and Elizabeth Wink, both natives of Pennsylvania. In 1829 his parents moved to Bush County, Ind., where his mother died. His father then returned to Ohio, but subsequently came again to Indiana and located in Wayne Township, Henry County. Solomon S. was fourteen years of age when his father came to Henry Count3^ He spent his youth on the farm and thus early in life learned the principles of farming, and since putting them in practice for himself has been successful. He was married Dec. 28, 1848, to Sarah A., daughter of John Carr. They have two children - John M. and Lewis C. Mr. Wink is a member of Golden Kule Lodge, Ho. 16, F. & A. M., and Commandery Ho. 833, K. T. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Wink's parents came to Indiana from Kentucky in an early day and settled in Hew Castle. Her father afterward started for the West to buy land, and when crossing the Wabash E-iver on horseback, was drowned. His body was recovered and buried near the river at high-water mark. Her mother afterward married again. They had a family of three children - Mary J., now Mrs. Frances Overman; Mrs. Wink, and John W. who was drowned when ten years of age in White River.

Joseph Woods^ deceased, a prominent and successful business man of Knightstown, was born in Salisbury, the old county seat of Wayne County, Ind., Feb. 9, 1818, and died Sept. 24, 1880. His parents, Samuel and Mary Woods, were natives of Horth Carolina, the former born in 1770 and the latter in 1785. They moved to Indiana in 1812. In 1834 our subject taught school for a time near Richmond, Ind.; then he came to Knightstown and clerked in the store of his brother James. His first experience in business for himself was in Lafayette, Ind., where he had a general store for a number of years. He afterward was at Carthage and Raysville, and in 1850 he came to Knightstown and carried on an extensive mercantile business a number of years, when he retired from active life and gave his attention to his small farm just outside of the corporate limits of the town. Mr. Woods was twice married. His first wife was Minerva Sanger, to whom he was married Jan. 22, 1848. She died April 8, 1856, leaving four children - James M., Alice A., Clarence and Greely. Jan. 26, 1858, he married Elizabeth Zimmerman, a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Farris and Mary Zimmerman. To them were born four children - George W., Wilbur, Eliza and Samuel. Mr. Woods was a man of decision, shrewd and sagacious in business, with a clearness of foresight possessed by few men. He was successful in his business operations and from a poor boy came to be one of the wealthiest men in the township. He was widely known and eminently respected, and by his death the county was deprived of a good citizen and an enterprising promoter of all good works.

Robert Woods^ President of the First National Bank, of Knightstown, Ind., was born in Bracken County, Ky., Dec. 26, 1806. He is the second of ten children of Jeremiah and Margaret Woods. In 1810 his parents moved to Ohio, and in 1815 to Union County, Ind., where he spent his young days and received a fair business education. He was a Whig from the start, and gave his first vote for John Q. Adams for President of the United States. On the third of January, 1828, he was married to Hannah Heaton, who lived with him until the Yth day of March, 1884, when she departed this life at the age of seventy-six years, having lived together for over fifty-six years, and having reared a family; seven children no waiving. In 1829 with his wife he removed to Henry County, Ind., and settled in West Liberty, a small village near where Knightstown now stands, but which has entirely disappeared, not a single house now remaining to mark the spot. Mr. Woods kept a grocery at West Liberty for a short time and soon after entered eighty acres of land, which in 1833 he sold for $750, and in 1873 bought the same land again for $7,500. He now owns some 1,200 acres of land in Henry County. Mr. Woods has been an active business man for nearly fifty years, at times doing a large business. For a number of years he was in business in Cincinnati in packing pork and buying and selling hogs, and was well-known at that time by all the drovers of Eastern Indiana. At the close of the war when everything depreciated in value, the loss of the firm to which he belonged was something over $160,000; all the members of the firm either went into bankruptcy or failed to foot up their share of the loss and he had to face this indebtedness himself, which he did and finally paid every cent of the indebtedness. Since the above misfortune he has been engaged largely in raising and fattening cattle, and has fully recovered from his disaster. At this time he is President of the First National Bank of Knightstown, Ind., and is also attending actively to his farms and stock. Mr. Woods is a well-preserved man at the ripe old age of seventy-eight years, and always has been regarded as a man of remarkably good judgment, which he still maintains with almost its youthful vigor.

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Lucinda Dejpboye^ Middletown, Ind., is a native of Ohio, born near Hillsboro, Dec. 1, 1821, a daughter of Lewis and Diana (Marsh) Sommers, who were among the earliest settlers of Henry County. Her parents were married in Ohio, and in 1829 moved to Henry County and settled on a farm in Fall Creek Township, near the present site of Middletown, where the mother died Feb. 8, 1850. The father died at the residence of Mrs. Depboye, July 23, 1879. They had two children - Lucinda and Elizabeth M., the latter born Aug. 21:, 1827. The family experienced all the hardships of pioneer life, the inconveniences of having few church and school privileges. Their children received only a common-school education, their attendance being limited to the winter months. Lucinda Sommers was married Sept. 17,181:0, to Joseph Depboye, a native of Hew Market, Kockingham Co., Ya., born Oct. 30, 1816. His parents were Abraham and Hosanna (Goodyear) Depboye. He was reared a farmer and always followed that vocation. To Mr. and Mrs. Depboye were born live children - Emma E., born Aug. 16, 181:1, married Hobert Carter, Feb. 15, 1858; Margaret G., born Sept. 23, 184:3, died March 10, 1853; Arbena K, born Sept. 28, 1845, married Abraham Hopper, Jan. 1, 1865; Lewis S., born Oct. 28, 1849, died in infancy; Annie, born June 16, 1851, married James H. Welsh, March 16, 1871. May 3, 1861, they moved to Middletown where Mr. Depboye died Aug. 17, 1868. Mrs. Depboye is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Depboye was a member of no religious organization, but always gave his influence to the side of morality and business integrity. Before the war he was a Know-nothing, but since the war affiliated with the Democratic party.

Henry Warren Jones^ M. i>., was born near Pleasant Hill, Miami Co., Ohio, Feb. 23, 1845, the eldest son of Samuel B. and Rhoda (Coate) Jones, natives of the same county, his father born Dec.

13, 1820, and his mother, Dec. 25, 1825. His paternal grandfather. Philander Jones, was born in South Carolina, Hov. 21, 1795, a son of Wallace and Kachel (Patty) Jones, also natives of South Carolina and early settlers of Miami County, Ohio. His paternal grandmother, Haomi (Tucker) Jones, was bprm^n Tennessee, Feb. 12, 1799, a daughter of Abraham and Maryxucker. His maternal grandfather, Samuel Coate, was born in South Carolina, July 8, 1799, a son of Henry and Mar\y,Coate and grandson of Marmad uke a^ Mary (Hasket) Coate. His maternal grandmother, Mary (Miles) Coate, was a descendant of the royal family of England. Our subject was reared on a farm, receiving his early education in the Friends' boarding school. When twenty-eight years of age he began reading medicine with Dr. Thomas E. Teague, of Miami County, and subsequently attended the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, graduating in the spring of 1875. He located in Charlottesville, Ind., the following summer and continued his practice there till the spring of 1878, when he removed to Spiceland and formed a partnership with Dr. John Hunt. May 10, 1879, Dr. Hunt withdrew and Dr. Jones has since practiced alone. He has built up a fine practice, having the confidence and esteem of the entire community and standing high in the estimation of his brother physicians. Dr. Jones was married Dec. 9, 1876, to Carrie Thornburg, a daughter of William and Elizabeth Thornburg, of Charlottesville, Ind. They have two children. Dr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the Society of Friends. Politically he is a Republican.

John Wesley Miller^ pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, Middletown, Ind., is a son of Isaac and Mary (Witter) Miller, the former a native of Rockingham County, Ya., born in 1782, and the latter a native of Schuylkill County, Pa., born in 1792. His ancestors came to the United States from Germany about 1680 or 1700. His parents moved to Montgomery County, Ohio, in early life and were there married in 1812. In 1829 they moved to Cambridge City, Ind., and settled on a farm, where the father died in 1862 and the mother in 1863. They had a family of ten children - Samuel, Susan Shideler, Elizabeth Shideler (deceased), Isaac (an attorney of Paris, Ilk), Abraham (of Crawfordsville, Ind.), Sarah Barnes, Aaron B., George W. (of Indianapolis), Catharine White (deceased) and John Wesley. Our subject was born near Cambridge City, April 27, 1832, and remained on his fathers farm till seventeen years of age. He then worked four years at the blacksmith's trade in Cambridge City, Dublin and Fairview, and subsequently taught school and attended Asbury (now De Pauw) University, where he took a partial course, including the English branches, mathematics, chemistry, philosophy and theology. In 1855 he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church and has filled appointments as follows: Anderson Circuit, South

Whitley, Pierceton, Akron, Monroeville, Leo, Angola, Leesburg, Osceola, Oregon, Bristol, Jerome, Kew Waverly, Montpelier, Warren, Perryburg, Williamsburg and Middletown. He was married June 26, 1858, in Wesley Chapel, Summit Co., Ohio, by Kev. S. Heard, to Rebecca H. Tousley. To them were born five children - Brittannia Arabelle, Lilly Lauretta, Mary Alice, George Wilberforce, and an infant daughter, all deceased save Mary Alice, who is attending De Pauw University. Mrs. Miller died, and April 8, 1872, Mr. Miller was married to Esther A. Tousley, of Akron, Ohio, by Rev. W. W. Ramsey. They have two children - John Earnest and Susan Grace. Politically Mr. Miller is a Republican. He is a member of the Masonic, Odd Fellows and Good Templar fraternities and has held the office of King in Masonic chapter.

John W. Moore^ M. 2>., Mechanicsburg, was born in Blue River Township, Oct. 29, 1848, a son of Philip and Elizabeth Moore, a sketch of whom will be found in the chapter devoted to Blue River Township. His early life was spent on the farm. He received a good common-school education and then began the study of medicine with Dr. John Heedham, of New Castle. He graduated from the Physio-Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1875. He practiced six years in New Castle, and in 1879 moved to Mechanicsburg where he now has a good practice. He is a member of the First District Physio-Medical Association of Indiana and has been President of the Association three years. Dr. Moore was married May 29, 1869, to Nancy E. Keesling. To them have been born three children; but two are living - Neva I. and Genevieve. Dr. and Mrs. Moore are members of the Christian church. He was a member, of the Town Board of New Castle three years.

Joseph Showalter^ postoffice Mechanicsburg, is a son of Abraham and Frances (McCormick) Showalter,' his father born within thirteen miles of Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 1, 1778, and his mother, April 5, 1785. Abraham Showalter went to Virginia in 1781 and was there married in 1801. He was a soldier six months in the war of 1812. In 1828 he moved with his family to Wayne County, Ind., and six years later, in 1834:, moved to Fall Creek Township, Henry County. The mother died Aug. 15, 1866, aged eighty-one years, four months and ten days. The father died in Harrison Township, Feb. 8, 1869, aged ninety years, six months and seven days. They had a family of fourteen children; thirteen lived till man and womanhood - Polly, born May 8, 1802; Haney, March 23, 1804:; Elizabeth, Aug. 9, 1805; William, Dec. 28, 1806; Julia, March 19, 1808; John, Jan. 6, 1811; Barbara, Feb. 18, 1813; Heomia, April 10, 1814:; Anderson, April 13, 1817; Catherine, March 5, 1819; Samuel, Oct. 27. 1821; Henry, Feb. 21, 1824:; Joseph, April 17, 1826; Francis J., May 22, 1828. Joseph was born in Franklin County, Ya., and was a mere child when his parents moved to Indiana. He received a common-school education and since reaching manhood has devoted his attention to farming. He was married Aug. 22, 1844:, to Sarah Biley, from whom he was divorced. June 6, 1857, he married Sarah Helson. He has three children - Mary F., born June 17, 1858, married Isaac Myer, March 25, 1877; Wilson H., born Oct. 10, 1861, married Elizabeth Zyrkle, June 7, 1884; Minnie, born Oct. 18, 1863, married Charles Keesling, Feb. 21, 1884. Politically Mr. Sho waiter is a Democrat. He has been a prominent man in the township and has served in many official relations. He has. been a member of the Christian church twenty-five years and of the Masonic fraternity twenty years.

Nathan H. Starr ^ farmer, postoffice Middletown, is a son ot Charles W. and Elizabeth (Wilson) Starr. His father was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1795, and his mother near Wilmington, Del., in 1797. They were married in Delaware in 1818, and in 1825 moved to Wayne County, Ind. The father died in Eichmond. May 1, 1855, and the mother, July 10, 1884. They had a family of ten children, six of whom are living - William C. and James M., of Richmond; Hannah A., of Liberty, Dak.; Hathan H.; Joseph W., of Steele City, Heb., and Benjamin, of Richmond. John, Samuel, Mary and Lydia are deceased. Hathan H. Starr was born in Richmond, Dec. 29, 1835. His education was limited, and when twenty-one years of age he began to learn the trade of a machinist with Gaar, Scott & Co., of Richmond. He remained with them eight years and then bought wood for the Chicago & Great Eastern Railroad three years. He then bought a farm near Middletown, where he has since resided. He was married Sept. 1,

1862, to Clara Gastln, of Chesterfield, Ind. They have had three children - Benjamin, born Sept. 7, 1869, died May 6, 1872; Amos C., born July 13, 1872; Margaret C., born Sept. 30, 1877. Mr. Starr is a member of the Society of Friends. He takes an active interest in politics, casting his siiftVage with the Republican party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Webb Lodge, Ho. 27.

Nelson Wlsehart^ farmer, Fall Creek Township, postoffice Mechanicsburg, is a native of this township, a son of James and Sarah Wisehart, natives of Virginia. They subsequently moved to Ohio, and later to Fall Creek Township, Henry Co., Ind., where the father died. The mother is still living in Middletown. They were among the earliest settlers of the township. Of their ten children but four are living. Our subject was reared on a farm. His educational advantages were limited to the district schools, when his services were not required on the farm. He was married in Hancock County, Ind., to Haney McCarty. To them have been born eight children; but six are living - Sarah Jane, Benjamin F., John J., Laura, Luella, and Charity E. Mr. and Mrs. Wisehart are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Daniel Waltz-, a prominei\t and successful farmer of Blue River Township, was born in Schuylkill County, Pa., Dec. 7, 1817. He is the youngest of nine children, five boys and four girls, of Frederick and Charlotte (Dreschin) Waltz, bothnatives of Schuylkill County, Pda His great-grandfather, John Randall Waltz, came from Switzerland to America in 1744: and located in Pennsylvania. Frederick Waltz and two brothers are buried in the Germantown Cemetery, Wayne County, and one brother is buried at Hagerstown, Ind. They were among the earliest settlers of the county, Frederick coming to this State in 1818 and his brother about the same time. Frederick Waltz died in 1849, aged sixty -nine years; Jacob died in 1868, aged eighty-one years; Daniel died in 1866, aged sfeventy-tive years; Peter died in 1864, aged seventyfive years (buried at Hagerstown); another brother, John Henry, settled in Brant, Ohio, and died in 1874, aged eighty-nine years. The mother of our subject died in Germantown, aged ninetyseven years. She received a fright from robbers entering her house and the shock shortened her life. Her friends had every reason to hope that she would reach the age of 100 years. Daniel Waltz was a year old when his parents moved to Wayne County. He was reared and educated in the county, attending school in the old lo^ school-house with a puncheon floor and seats and the wide fire-place. When about twenty years of ao^e he begin learning the carpenter's trade, serving an apprenticeship with his brother Jacob who was a skillful workman in wood. He showed such aptitude for the business that he was soon able to command good wages. He followed his trade twenty years and became one of the most prominent contractors of Wayne and Henry counties, building some of their finest residences and barns. In 1848 he turned his attention to farming and stock-raising and settled in Henry County. He cleared a farm of 280 acres, doing the entire work on 130 acres himself. His farm is located on the waters of Flatrock Creek and is the choicest land in the county. His residence is a large two-story frame building, surrounded with beautiful shade and oirnamental trees. His farm buildings are commodious and comfortable. He is a thrifty and energetic farmer and has been rewarded with success. He has been one of the most extensive hog raisers in the township. He is an enterprising man and is not content to settle down in the old rut of his father's.

He started in life in meager circumstances and has gained his property by his own energy. He is a plain, unassuming man^ quiet and temperate in his habits and mild in his manners. He was born a Democrat and has always adhered to the party. He has been a member of the Lutheran church since eighteen years of age, his wife being a member of the same church. Mr. Waltz was married April 11, 1844, to Mary Fonts, of Liberty Township. They have a family of six children - Jefferson, Lewis,