Wayne Township (part 1 of 2)

Wayne Township

._ ,n.l probably so earrj aa 1819. Daniel an.! Am Huaton were located aboul the present vire i: | . , trading with the Indians as early as 1820. Hfrmi -..ii had n double1 log cabin near 1 1 » « - month «>f

Among the first settlers \\ ithin the present limits of Spiceland township were Daniel Jackson and Solomon Byrkett, on Blue River, near what is known as Elm Grove; Thomas G reeni. <>ii the Hiatt Farm, one-hall mile southwest of Spiceland ; an. I Samuel Carr, on the Henderson 1 1 . >.-i . -!- Farm, two miles north of Spiceland, now owned bj the Hoover boys; Allen Hunt, on the kmor Bond place, two miles wesl of Spiceland. 1 to their lands immediately after the sale, and

First Settlers

HuiT lived about the *ite oi the toll gate at the junction of the New Castle & Dublin, and Hopewell <!fc Flatrock Turnpikes, and Mr. Carter about one-half or three- fourths of a mile west from the site of the Flopewell Me< ting [louse.

Josiah Morris. Daniel Paul. Richard Ratlin' (father of Cornelius Ratlin-;. Richard Thompson, William McKimmy, William Maudlin, William Owen, Joseph iJ. Leak y, Benjamin Straftan, Thomas Lennard, Thomas Gilbert, Elisha Shortridge, and Jonathan Bundy were among the pioneers of Dudley township, who rani' in the winter of 1821 or spring of 1822. Of these veterans J. R. Leaky, Daniel Paul, Josiah Morris, and Jonathan Bundy still live on the spot where they at first located, and have each a fund of the early incidents and trials peculiar to those early days.

Source changes here: from History of Henry County, Indiana : Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Towns ... Also a Condensed History of Indiana, Embracing Accounts of Pre-historic Races, Aborigines, Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History., published 1884; 21,951 words in this source stream.

Wayne Township

Wayne Township, forming the southwestern corner of Henry County, has an undulating surface, good soil and excellent farming lands. It was settled early 'and has been steadily progressive and prosperous. It contains the wealthy town of Knightstown, and other villages of less importance which are mentioned hereafter. It is watered by Blue River, Montgomery Creek, Buck Creek and Six-Mile Creek.

" Ordered by the board, that all that tract of land within the following boundaries shall form and constitute a new township, to be known and designated by the name and style of Wayne Township, to wit: Beginning at the southwest corner of the west corner of Dudley Township, and running thence west with the line dividing Rush and Henry counties, to the southwest corner of Henry County; thence north with the western boundaries of Henry County to the township line dividing townships 16 and 17, range 8, east; thence east on the line dividing townships 16 and 17, to the northwest corner of Dudley Township; thence south with the line of said township to the place of beginning. The said new township of Wayne 'shall from and after the first Saturday in July next enjoy all the rights and privileges and jurisdiction which to

Ordered hy the board, that an election be held on Saturday, the 6th day of July next, at the house of Joseph Watts, for the purpose of electing two justices of the peace for Wayne Township. Ordered still further by the board, that Abraham Heaton be appointed inspector for said township."

The township as then formed was about eleven miles long by six in width, and included portions of the present townships of Franklin, Greensboro and Spiceland.

In 1825 the commissioners directed that elections for Wayne Township be held in future at the house of Prudence Jackson. In November, 1827, the place of election was changed from Mrs. Jackson's to Solomon Byrkett's; J^cpb Parkhurst's house, Raysville, and then Knightstown became successively the election place of the township. The township officers in 1822 were: Elijah Mc- Cray, E. Hardin and Daniel Priddy, Constables; Ebenezer Goble and Samuel Furgason, Overseers of the Poor; Daniel Heaton, Shaphet McCray and Jacob Parkhurst, Fence Miewers.

Probably the first white men who resided in the township were Daniel and Asa Heaton, who were temporarily located at the site of Paysville and trading with the Indians as early as 1818. They became permanent settlers a little later. Samuel Furgason purchased the first land in the township, on the 11th of August, 1821. He built a log cabin at the mouth of Montgomery's Creek as early as 1820, and made enough money by hauling corn from the Whitewater to pay for his claim. Samuel Goble, wJio was a member ot the first Board of County Commissioners, had a cabin and ten acres of land partly cleared, as early as 1821. His land, however, was bought from under him by David Lauderback, who did not settle here.

Besides those above named, the following persons were either born in the township or settled in it at about the dates given : Benjamin Fort, Washington Lewis, P. C. Welborn, 1822; Geo.D. Porter, Edmund Lewis, 1823; Thomas Esteli, Jr., J. I. Furgason, W. J. Welborn, 1824; S. R. Allee, Jacob Burris, W. H. Esteli, Newton Wright, 1825; Jonathan Manlove, W. P. Manlove, Gabriel Fort and Luther Dillee, 1826 ; Abraham Carey, Freeman Fort, 1827 ; W. H. Maxwell, John and Lewis Watson, Henry Watson, 1828; Robert Woods, J. M. Whitesell, M. D., James C. Ramsey, Job Hiatt, John Allee, David S. Heaton, 1829; Joseph Woods, Harvey Bell, Henry Shinn, 1830; John Sparks, Thomas Porter, Levi Stratton, Cyrus Willetts, James McColly and others were also early settlers.

One of the first grist-mills in the county was Abraham Heaton's, at the mouth of Buck Creek, which was in existence when the township was organized. It stood near the site afterward occupied by the White Mill. The second county road ordered by the commissioners ran from New Castle via Heaton's mill, along the Blue River Yalley, to West Liberty. This and the old State road from Richmond to Indianapolis were for several years the only public roads in the township. Paths through the woods from house to house constituted the remainder of the traveled routes.

John Anderson, the founder of Raysville, was an early and prominent citizen, who, for a time, held the ofiice of associate judge. He dug the mill-race for Abraham Heaton's mill, receiving $100 for the job. He at once took the proceeds, walked to Brook ville and entered a tract of land, a part of which is now included in Raysville. -

Among the old residents is Mr. B. Boren, who came to the county and entered land in 1831. He was born in North Carolina in 1801, and was one of the early pioneers.

The oldest woman in the township is Mrs. Jane Manlove, widow of John Manlove. They came to Indiana in 1815, and to Henry County when the country was new and wild. Mrs. Manlove was born in North Carolina in 1791. She is remarkably active for one of her age.

Of recent years the farmers of this township have taken great interest in the improvement of stock by the importation of highgrade blooded animals of known pedigree.

On the farm of J. F. Saddler, two miles west of Knightstown, may be found a herd of five head of Hereford cattle, thoroughbred and pedigreed. They were imported in 1882 from England by Mr. Saddler. He, in partnership with J. F. Bell, is the owner of the above stock. The firm have now twenty head of full-blooded Herefords and twenty-five head of Shorthorns, which they are breeding with them. The Green Mound stock farm of E. E. Elliott is the abode of the well-bred and pedigreed horse Tom Walker, of which Mr. Elliott is the owner, together with other fine stock. The people of this vicinity are fully awake to the importance of fine stock, and there is steady progress in the improvement of every kind of live stock.

West Liberty

The town-plat of this now extinct village was recorded April 8, 1823, Samuel Furgason, proprietor. On the same day and date the plat of New Castle was recorded. West Liberty was situated on the county line, on the old State road, three-fourths of a mile southwest of Knightstown. The first mail route through Henry County was from Greensburg and Bushville, via West Liberty and New Castle, to Muncie, and for some time the only postoffices in the county were at West Liberty and New Castle. At the former place Bicknell Cole was the first Postmaster.

For a few years West Liberty grew and prospered. At one time it had sixteen or more houses and several stores and taverns. The location of the National road north of the village in 1827 caused the incipient town to decline, and at last to fall, no more to fiourish.

The first merchant at West Liberty was Aaron Maxwell. W. M. Cary, who subsequently founded Knightstown, was also an early settler. Maxwell's store was a log cabin, consisting of one room, in which was kept his family, his stock of goods and a whisky barrel. Dr. John Elliott, who afterward moved to New Castle, was the first physician. Dr. J. M. Whitesell settled at West Liberty in 1829, and moved thence to Knightstown in 1831. William Winkoop was licensed to keep tavern in West Liberty in 1826.

This old village is pleasantly situated on the east bank of Blue River, opposite Knightstown. It was laid out by Judge John Anderson about the time the National road was located and named in honor of Governor Kay. It is a pretty, well-built rural village, containing two stores, a postoffice, two churches and a good school building, where an excellent school in three grades is maintained.

Among the early residents of the village were Judge Anderson, Elijah Knight and John Death. The two last named were tavernkeepers, and their houses were situated on opposite sides of the street. Travelers were wont to look at the signs, and say: Knight on one side, Death on the other," and pass on. Isaac Scott was another early settler who kept tavern several years. Joel Pusey, Caleb White and Robert Wilson were early merchants.

Raysville has long been noted for its fine nurseries and vegetable gardens. The nurseries were started by John C. Teas, and are now managed by John Bird. The vegetable gardens are owned by John Brando.

Maple Valley

Maple Yalley postoffice, at Elizabeth City, was established in the fall of 18Y9, and A. F. Yetter was made Postmaster. He was succeeded Oct. 15, 1883, by the present Postmaster, S. W. Overman.

Grant City

This little village, containing about 110 inhabitants, was laid out in 1869, by Jacob Green, who opened the first store in the following year. Grant City has one store, one saw-mill, one tile factory, one blacksmith, one physician and two churches - Methodist and Friends.

This beautiful and prosperous town is situated on the west bank of Blue River, near the southern line of Wayne County. The country surrounding is rich and well improved. The Kational road and the main line of the Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburg Railroad pass through the town. Knightstown is an important trading point and its citizens are enterprising, energetic, and many of them wealthy. For substantial and elegant business houses, tasty private residences, churches and schools, few towns of equal population can surpass Knightstown.

employed by the Government upon the road. AVaitsell M. Cary was the first settler, and the proprietor of the town. He moved from Springfield, Ohio, to the old village of West Liberty about 1825, and there followed the hatter's trade for two years. He purchased the greater portion of the tract now the site of the town and when the National road was surveyed, had the land laid off into town lots. About 1830 he began to furnish entertainment to travelers, and in 1832 opened a licensed tavern. The next house erected after Cary's was built by Dawson Sanford. Sanford died two years after coming here, his death being the first that occurred in the town. George Martz built the third house in the town. A man named Isham, in 1829 or 1830, erected the house now owned by Howell Swain, which is one of the oldest buildings now standing.

The first birth in the town was that of a child born to the wife of George Martz. The first marriage was solemnized in February, 1830, by Judge Anderson, of Kaysville. Asa Heaton, and Mary, daughter of W. M. Cary, were the happy couple.

The first physician was Dr. Hiatt, who was also an early teacher in the town. He remained here about two years. He was a [Quaker, from Richmond, to which place he returned. Dr. Joseph M. Whiteselh now the oldest physician in Henry County, settled in Knightstown in 1831.

Knightstown postoffice was established about 1832. James Mc- Colly was the first Postmaster. His successors in the office have been: John Mayes, Asa Heaton, Fielding L. Goble, George Davis, A. B. Fithian, J. W. White, Edward B. Niles, Valentine Steiner, John Bell and others.

The town grew slowly. Its aspect remained wild and pri mitive. Even after 1830 bears were sometimes seen in the streets of the town, and one well-known citizen had a memorable adventure with one. The morals of the village were not exactly correct, according to modern standards. The amount of fighting and whisky drinking was large in proportion to po})ulation. These features passed away gradually.

An old resident, who came to Knightstown in 1837, ten years after the town was founded, thus describes the place at that time: "The population did not exceed 500. Most of the houses were on Main street or National road, though there were some buildings on the two streets parallel with Main. The houses were small and all of wood. Fielding L. Goble put up the first brick house during the year 1837. The principal merchants were Hart & Tate, Low & McCain, and Woods & Johnson. The principal tavern, which was also the stage office, was kept by H. Dillon.''

According to the returns made by the lister of the corporation of Knightstown, in 1839, the value of the real estate at that date was $226,618, showing that Knightstown, even thus early, was on the way to prosperity. But what of the appearance of the town at that time? June 18, 1839, under the head of Our Town," the Indiana S^ln says editorially:

" What beauties are presented in the town? Alas! They are few. The site is level and extended; the streets are wide, but how they look! unshaded, muddy, unpaved, and without sidewalks. The public square is in part a mud-hole, strewed over with wood and chips and fragments of old timber; the markethouse until recently a hog-shelter; the alleys blocked up with heaps of ofifal. The houses are, many of them, unsightly, being low, ill-shaped, some of them painted only in front and some not at all. Here and there is a good-looking building with handsome shades around, but too many are entirely out of taste. This, however, is incidental to all new towns that spring up in the West, and arises from the poverty of the first settlers and the unskillfulness of artists.

" Our town surpasses many others in the appearance of its buildings already, and is gradually improving. As the wealth of its citizens increases, which will be proportionate to the growth of the country around, mean houses will give place to better ones. The unfinished state of the National road is a great hindrance to the improvement of this town. Its speedy completion would giv the place a new start, and encourage the citizens to bestow pains upon the buildings and streets; but they need not put off everything till our fickle-minded and dilatory Government shall finish the road; it is in their power to make improvements now. Small houses may be made to look neat. There are a few examples of such scattered through the village." names of some of the business men. In the Indiana Sun of March 22, 1839, Fielding L. Goble, Knightstown, advertises 115,- 000 brick for sale; C. & J. T. White request their customers to call and settle; a sale of lots in Knightstown is announced by John Lowry and E. K. Hart; J. C. Ramsey desires his debtors to settle; Daniel Mason has ''a splendid assortment of groceries." The above were the only business men who then advertised in the local paper. Culbertson, Chambers & Co., merchants, advertise in 1841; also Daniel Mason, Low & McCain, James Woods, and A. M. Britain, merchants; G. W. Riddell and J. M. Whitesell, physicians; Tate & Evans, druggists ; George Davis, tailor; Emerson & Foxworthy, tailors; E. & B. W. Evans, hat and cap manufacturers; Harvey Bell, copper and sheet-iron ware manufacturer ; John A. Miller, cabinet-maker; S. Charles & Co., chairmakers, and Win. G. Grubbs, saddler.

The people of this town were wide awake upon the subject of public improvements at a comparatively early date. We find thac on the 17th of February, 1838, an act of the Legislature was approved, incorporating the Knightstown Canal, Manufacturing and Trading Company. This company, with a capital stock of ^500,- 000, was authorized to construct a canal from the stone quarry four miles north of Knightstown to the town; to build houses, mills, etc., and to use the surplus water of the canal as a water-power. The incorporators were: J. W. Macy, Solomon McCain, E. K. Hart, George Davis, W. M. Cary, Wm. M. Tate and J. M. Whitesell. The scheme was never carried out.

The lack of transportati acilities and convenient markets was a serious obstacle in the way of rapid growth of the town. For years Cincinnati, nearly a hundred miles distant, was the principal trading place of Knightstown merchants, and thither produce was shipped by teams, which returned with goods and supplies. When the Whitewater Canal was finished to Cambridge City, the achievement brought great rejoicing to Knightstown people. Twenty miles was but a short distance to transport produce. But still greater advantages were soon afibrded through the completion of the Knightstown & Shelby ville Railroad in the year 1850. A few years later the Indiana Central Railroad reached the town, placing it in direct communication with important business centers, and greatly benefiting business of every kind.

In 1838 Caleb White built a grist-mill, and soon after Joel Pnsey built another, south of town. Flouring mills on the same site are still in operation, doing a large amount of business. There are now four mills in operation in and near Knightstown, operated by Joseph A. Church, Wilkinson, Smith & Co., Holland, and Edmund White.

An important industry, established and carried on by John Casely for several years, was the manufacture of flax goods. The factory was twice burned, once by the striking of lightning. Since the last destruction of the building, in 1881, the business has not been resumed. Mr. Casely formerly employed from forty to fifty persons, and conducted a large business.

One of the most destructive fires ever known in Knightstown occurred Monday, Feb. 24, 1868. The Probasco Block, a large and valuable building, was then destroyed, and several neighboring buildings damaged. The loss was about $30,000, half of which was on the building. Mr. Tenny and Mr. Probasco, merchants, Mr. Thayer, furniture dealer, Mr. Albright, artist, and the I. O. O. F. Lodge were all heavy losers.

The First National Bank of Knightstown was organized April 25, 1865, with a capital of $100,000. The hrst officers were Robert Woods, President; C. D. Morgan, Cashier; W. P. Hill, Assistant Cashier. The same still continues in office. The original Directors were: Robert Woods, C. S. Hubbard, John T. White, Thomas E. Hill, John H. Bales and U. L. Risk. On the 14th of January, 1879, the capital was reduced to $50,000, which is the present capital. The surplus fund is $50,000, and the amount of undivided profits on hand, $22,938. The bank is one of the most substantial financial institutions of Eastern Indiana. Its present Directors are: Robert Woods, Charles Henley, W. P. Hill, Ellison Williams and C. D. Morgan.

The principal manufacturing interests of Knightstown in 1884 are represented by the following firms: Planing-mills and lumber business: Peter Watts, Joseph Pike; John W. Heaton, saw-mill; Robert Forbis, saw-mill. Foundry, James Wilkins. Pump factory: Woods & Sample. Carriage factories: Charles Davenport, A. T. Hart. Wagon manufacturers: Graf & Wallace, Woods &

Church's Premium Mills were erected by ^rank Alexander, in 1863-'4, and purchased in June, 1864, by J. A. Church. The mill is run with* water-power, is provided with good machinery, and has a capacity of about 100 barrels per day. Mr. Church deals both by wholesale and retail in fiour, grain, etc.

Grant City Tile Worhs. - These works were established in 1879 by a Mr. Hackett, who sold out to the present proprietors, Edwards & Saint. They make drain tile, from three to ten inches in diameter, completing about 100 rods per day. Their products have a ready sale and the business is prosperous.

Masonic. - Golden Rule Lodge, No. 16, F. & A. M., was granted a charter in 1844, having worked under a dispensation for two years previously. The early records having been burned, the charter members cannot be given. Dr. J. M. Whitesell, who joined the lodge prior to 1844, states that George C. McCune (the first W. M. of the lodge), Solomon McCain, George Davis, Dr. Tyler, charter members. The lodge now has 116 members. The present officers are: G. P. Graf, W. M. ; James Armstrong, S. W.\ O. E. Holloway, J. W.; John Weaver, Treas.; R. L. Harrison, Sec.; Benj. James, Tyler.

Knightstown Oommandery^ Ho. 9, K. T., was organized under the name of William Hacker Cornmandery, Ho. 9, Feb. 27, 1866, with the following officers: William Hacker^ E. C.; Lewis Burk,

Hall, H. M. Crouse, H. H. Cannaday, B. F. Reagan, J. Weaver, E. Williams and John Shipman. The council now has forty-five members. Officers for 1884:: James Armstrong, 1. M.; H. M.

H. W. Cox and others of Ho. 35, members from Ho. 59, Ho. 39, and Ho. 54:, of Ohio. The first four initiates, who are still active members, were W. M. Lowry, M. F. Edwards, F. M. Lowry and Geo. S. Lowry. The lodge hall was burned and valuable records destroyed, Feb. 23, 1868. The next meeting was, nevertheless, held promptly. A new hall was built, which the lodge occupied in December, 1869. The first celebration was held June 15, 1854:, and addressed by P. G. Oliver P. Morton. The next anniver- sarj celebration was held April 26, 1875, with invited lodges and encampments present. The assemblage was addressed in the M. E. church by P. G. M. Thomas Underwood, and in the banquet which followed over 1,000 persons took part. One of the first initiatives of the lodge, William R. Cloud, was killed July 26, 1854, while at his post of duty as a locomotive engineer on " Old Wayne," the first engine that ran upon the Indiana Central Railroad.

The first officers of the lodge were: John S. Ballard, N. G. ; John Doble, Y. G. ; J. Weyer, Sec.; J. M. Yermule, Treas. The lodge has prospered greatly. It now occupies a large and commodious hall, elegantly furnished, and its property is worth about $20,000. The present membership is 117 ; present officers: Alonzo Howard, N. G. ; W. R. Stage, Y. G.; J. E, Barrett, Rec. Sep.; Gordon Ballard, Perm. Sec.; C. H. Hoffier, Treas.

as delegate the Grand Encampment held at Denver, Col., in July, 1883. T. B. Wilkinson and J. L. Furgason were the delegates to the State Encampment at Indianapolis in February, 1884. The post occupies splendid quarters and is prosperous.

Evening Star Lodge^ iV7>. 503, /. O. 0. F.^ was organized at Elizabeth City, Aug. 19, 1875. The charter members were; A. J. Keeves, O. S. Coon, John Miller, C. F. Bundy, Jacob Gipe, D. H. Miller, G. H. Jackson, Lewis C. Wink, Rufus A. Johnson, M. W. Brewer, Elisha Burris, A. W. Hammers and J. E. Albright. The lodge is now in good condition with twenty-five members. Present officers: Alonzo Hiatt, H. G. ; R. A. Morris, Y. G.; A. F. Tetter, Sec.; J. M. Jackson, Treas.

Religious History

Knightstmvn Methodist Episcopal Church^ - The Methodist Episcopal church * was organized in Knightstown in 1824, and formed a part of Rushville Circuit, which was included in the Illinois Conference. In 1832 the Indiana Conference wag formed. In 1843 Indiana was divided into two conferences, and was again divided into four in 1852. Knightstown Circuit was formed in 1839, and has held its place ever since in the calendar as a regular pastoral charge.

The following ministers have served the charge, at the time ot and since the organization of the church, as regular pastors, and in the following order: 1824, Thomas Rice; 1825, Stephen R. Beggs; 1826, Hehemiah B. Griffith; 1827-'28, James Havens; 1829, J . Tarkington and William Evans; 1830, A. Sparks and J. C. Smith; 1831, C. Bonner and C. Swank; 1832, S. Hunter and Isaac Kimbel; 1833, I. N. Ellsbury and David Stiver; 1834, Joseph Carter and an assistant; 1835, Robert Burns and T. Gunn; 1836, F. C. Holliday and J. F. Truslow; 1837, J. F. Truslow and Joseph Harriman; 1838, William Hibbin and James Hill; 1839, J. B.

andD. F. Stright; 1842, George Havens and G. McLaughlin; 1843, John S. Donaldson; 1844, Hezekiah Smith; 1845, John B. Birt; 1846, H. H. Calvert; 1847, Milton Mahin; 1848, Orville P. Boyden; 1849, Daniel Demott, three months; L. Hancock, three months, and James Scott, six months; 1850, Abraham Koonts; 1851, Y. M. Beamer and William H. Metts; 1852, S. T. Stout and

Among the early members of the Knightstown church was Reuben White, Class-leader for many years; Joseph and Samuel Barrett and Daniel Frailey, local preachers; Thomas Miller, Allen Jones, Mrs. Heaton, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Stratton, Mrs. Cary, E. K. Hart, John Lowry, M. F. Edwards and Levi Griffith. The first church building was erected in 1837, on the lot where Heller's stable now is. The present house was built in 1855-'56. Present value of church property, including Raysville church and Knightstown parsonage, $8,000. Membership, including Raysville, about 325; Sabbath-school scholars, 390.

Knightstown Presbyterian Church. - The congregation now known as the Knightstown Presbyterian Church was organized in 1832, as Bethel Church. Concerning this the church records say: ''A number of individuals, who had formerly been members of the Presbyterian church, having met, according to previous appointment, at the house of John Bell, in West Liberty (one mile southwest from Knightstown), on the 24tli day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. The Rev. David Monfort was present, by request, for the purpose of moderating the meeting, and to organize a Presbyterian church. After prayer by the moderator, the following persons presented certificates of former membership, viz.: John Bell and Sarah liis wife, with their son John M. and daughters Margaret and Rebecca; William McCutchan and his wife Margaret, with their sons James and Samuel and daughters Rebecca and Isabella, who came from the church of Bethel, Augusta Co., Va. ; also Rachel H. McCutchan, from the church of Tinkling Spring, same county and State; and from the church of Lewisville, Ind., Harvey Bell and wife Nancy; David Byers and wife Elizabeth; William Edmondson and wife Mary. Of these but two are living - Harvey and Rebecca Bell. The first Ruling Elders chosen were William Edmondson, David Byers and Harvey Bell.

In 1635 the name was changed from Bethel to Knightstown, it having been decided to erect a place of worship at the latter place. The first house of worship was a frame bnildin^, and the second also. The latter was built in 1840. The present house is a beautiful and commodious brick building, erected at a cost of about $10,000. The fiftieth anniversary of the organization of this church was celebrated Dec. 24, 1882, on which occasion the pastor delivered a historical sermon, from which we make the following extracts:

''The ministers of the gospel associated with this religious history, including both pastors and stated supplies, number twelve, of whom five have been pastors. Of Ruling Elders there are nineteen, whose names are: Harvey Bell, William Edmondson, David Byers, James M. Campbell, William M. Tate, Solomon McCain, John Abernathy, C. W. Riddell, S. D. Smiley, W. T. Hatch, E. Raymond, Joel B. Low, Chas. D. Campbell, Reuben Beden, W. P. Hill, John Morris, Dr. M. M. Wishard, T. C. Woodward, W. M. Edwards. Of Deacons there are fifteen, whose names are: John Alexander, Chas.D. Campbell, Samuel McCutchan, Sydney Muzzy, James Hall, John Byers, W. P. Hill, Joseph C. Campbell, William M. Byers, John Cameron, James A. Hall, John Weaver, Joshua I. Morris, W. M. Edwards, Lee A. Furgason. There have been added to the church by certificate 275; there have been added to the church by examination, 424; total, 699. During the first three years the church had only occasional preaching, by Revs. David Monfort, Thomas Barr, William Sickles and J. McKennan. The first pastor. Rev. D. V . Smock, was installed Hov. 17, 1836, and served six years. Rev. John Dale next acted as supply for six months, and was succeeded by Rev^ John Dale, pastor, 1845-'50; Rev. David Stevenson, supply, 1850-'51; Rev. David Monfort, Jr., pastor, 1853-'57; Rev. Chas. Axtell, pastor, 1860- '64; Rev. R. B. Abbott, supply, 1864-'66; Rev. L. B. Shryock, pastor, 1867-'71; Rev. Gf. G. Mitchell, pastor, 1871-'76; Rev. D. A. Tawney, Rev. A. C. Wilson, supplies; Rev. W. A. Hutchison, pastor, 1878-'82, and Rev. Mr. Bartlett, present pastor.

Baptists. - The Baptists organized and built a church north of Knightstown as early as 1826. Early preachers were Jacob Parkhurst, who lived near by and was the main-stay of the church, Wilson Thompson and others. The present Baptist organization is small, has a small frame church and holds services once a month.

"The Rev. Daniel Maloney, residing at Indianapolis in 1857, was the lirst priest, it appears, who administered to the spiritual wants ol* Catholics at Knightstown. After him the Rev. Aug. Bessonies also paid occasional visits. After that it was attended regularly by the following priests, residing at Cambridge Cit}", Wayne County: Rev. Joseph O'Reilly, Rev. Yincent de Yilas, Rev. H. Alerding and the Rev. J. B. Kelly. After that Knightstown was attended from Indianapolis by the following priests: Rev. Francis Mousset, Rev. J. L. Brassart and the Rev. Franciscan Fathers. When, in November, 1881, Rev. John Ryves became pastor of New Castle, Knightstown was attended by him on two Sundays of each month.

The present church was built in 187^, and blessed by the Rev. Henry Peters, on the 13th day of October, and placed under the patronage of St. Rose. Rev. P. R. Fitzpatrick preached the sermon. In 1881 the Rev. P. Yictor, O. S. F., built an addition of two rooms for the accommodation of the visiting priests. The church has no debts."

Christian. - The Knightstown Christian church was organized Feb. 3, 1868, by Elder W. F. Sloan, with about thirty-five members. The first church officers were: Jesse Reeves, Elder; Madison Hinchman, Wm. Addison, Daniel White and Jabez Reeves, Deacons; Jabez Reeves, Clerk and Treasurer. The church was built in 1870, at a cost of about $7,000. It was blown down by a cyclone June Id, 1882, but was rebuilt during the same year. The congregation now numbers about sixty members. The number of pastors has been many.

Knightstown Meeting. - The Knightstown Friends' meeting was organized in the fall of 1873, with about twenty-five members, who met at the call of Dr. Wilson Hobbs at his office, and there organized. At first they had no meetingdiouse and no minister. In 1874 David Douglas, from Maine, settled here, and under his efficient work a meeting-house was undertaken and erected in 1876, at a cost of $3,500. It is of brick, 40 x 60 feet. The meeting there asked and received recognition from the Spiceland, and was duly constituted a preparative meeting. The membership was then seventy; it is now 125. The following ministers have labored here: Henry A. Merrill, Sarah P. Morrison, Seth Reece and wife, and Amos Ken worthy, who is still here.

RaysvilU Meeting.~T\iQ Friends' church in Eaysville was established about 1845 and a house of worship built at the same time. Early and prominent members were Eichard J. Hubbard ^mnel Pri tchard, Amos Ken worthy, Samuel White and John T White. About 150 members now belong to this organization. The prese^ ministers are: C. S. Hubbard, Edmund Littlewood and Chas W Pritchard. A large and flourishing Sabbath-school IS maintained.

Rlrn Grove Meeting, of the Friends, was organized about 1835. It is among the smallest of the Friends meetings in the county. Ihe house of worship is probably worth about $600. The membership is small.

Elizabeth City M. E CAuroL-Thk church was organized by bamuel Carr at his own house about 1840. Among the earliest members were Carr, Wni. White, Wm. Oyerman, Lewis Morris, Timothy Craft and others with their wives. Worship was held at Mr. Carr s house and at an old log: school-house until about 1854 when a church ^ was erected. The present church was built in 1876 at a cost ot $1,200. The present membership is about forty-

Biographical

John H. Bales was born in North Carolina, Aug. 16 1810 the only son of Jesse and Ann (Hoskins! Bales, natives 'of North Carolina, of .English descent. .His grandfather, Joseph Hoskins witnessed the battle between Lord Cornwallis and General Greene' the battle being fought on his farm, only a few steps from the house. Marks of the battle are still to be seen on the old farm His father was born Feb. 14, 1788, and died July, 1811. In 1826 JohnH. and his mother came to Henry County" Iiid., where she died at the age of eighty-six years. In the fall of 1826 Mr. Bales went to work in a saddler's shop in Milton, serving an apprenticeship of three and a half years. In the fall of 1830 he opened a shop of his own in Knightstowii and made the first saddle in the county. Ho carried on this shop twelve or fifteen years. In 1841 he began farming and now owns 270 acres of land. Feb 2 1832, he was married to Ann, daughter of Isaac and AnniHasy J: kett, of North Carolina. She was born April 2, 1810, and died in August, 1880. They had a family of six children - Oliver, Superintendent of White's Institute, Wabash County, Ind. ; Melissa A., wife of Owen S. Hill; Mary, wife of John T. Charles; Louisa, wife of Edward Taylor, Superintendent of Yincennes public schools; Samira and Jesse. Politically Mr. Bales is a member of the National Greenback party and is a strong prohibitionist. In his early life he was deprived of the benefit of the public schools, but having a desire for an education, he devoted his leisure time to study and acquired a fair knowledge of general subjects.

J. F. Bell was born in Virginia in 1831, a son of H. Bell, of Knightstown. He received a common-school education and then went into a shop to learn the trade of a tinsmith. He followed that and the hardware business till 1871 when he moved to his present home and has since been engaged in farming and stockraising. He was Postmaster of Knightstown ten years. He was married in 1851 to Angeline, daughter of John Pride, a native of Indiana. The}" have no children. Politically Mr. Bell is a Republican. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

'William Call^ a son of Jacob Call, was born in Decatur County, Ind., Dec. 15, 1839, of Dutch descent. His mother died in 1840 and his father was killed by a falling tree in 1843. He was reared by Robert Scott, of Knightstown, and passed his youth on a farm, receiving a common-school education. He has made farming his life work and now owns 115 acres of fine land, also paying special attention to stock-raising. He was married Oct. 29, 1862, to Ellen, daughter of James Tinney, of Virginia. They have five children - Hattie, Clarence, James, Emma and Eddie. Politically Mr. Call is a Democrat.

Waitsell M. Cary^ founder of Knightstown, was born in Pennsylvania, March 2, 1786, a son of Abram and Maryjypary, the former of French and Welsh and the latter of English descent. His father was an early settler of Cincinnati, Ohio, and served as the first Sheriff of Hamilton County. He afterward moved to Springfield, where he died in 1816. The early life of our subject was spent in the vicinity of Cincinnati and Springfield, Ohio. During the war of 1812 he served as a teamster. In 1823 he entered a quarter-section of land in Henry County, Ind., and in 1825 moved with his family to it. In 1827 when the National road was surveyed it was run through his land. Soon after a town was laid out and surveyed by Thomas E. Stanford and named Knightstown in honor of the Government surveyor, Mr. Knight. As soon as the lots were surveyed Mr. Cary built a frame house, on the north side of Clay street, between Washington and Adams streets, and soon after opened a hotel and hatter's shop. He afterward erected a hotel building on the corner of Wasiimgton and Clay streets, which he carried on a number of years, at the same time superintending his farm. The latter part of his life he devoted exclusively to farming. He was married in Ohio to r^Hancy Eock, who was of Irish parentage. They had seven children Abram 5 Martha, deceased, wife of Jesse Hinshaw; Mary, widow o^Asa Heaton; Elinor, wife of Dr. J. M/WInteseil; Phoebe, wiJLof Eobert Hudelson; Eose A., wife of Morris F. Edw^^rdsT and Caroline, deceased, wife of David Macy. Mrs. Cary died in 1856, and Mr. Cary afterward married Elizabeth Elder. For many years prior to his death Mr. Cary was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died in Knightstown in June 1863.

Milto7i H. Chappell^ D. D. dentist, Xnightsto wn, Ind., was born near Liberty, Union Co., Ind., Aug. 23, 1841. He is the youngest and only son living of Eeuben and Mary A. (John^n) Chappell, early settlers of Union County. They subsecjuently moved to Wayne County, where the mother died in 1849, and the father in 1882. Milton H. received his early education in the common schools, and completed it at Oakland Institute of Eaysville, Ind., a school under the control of the Society of Friends, of which his parents, himself and family are members. After leaving school he began the study of dentistry with Dr. J. W. Jay, now of Eichmond, and remained with him two years. He began practice in G-reensboro, Aug. 20, 1860, remaining there eleven months. From there he went to ISTew Castle, but six months later returned to Greensboro and remained till October, 1865, when he located in Enightstown, and now occupies the spacious rooms where he first opened his office. He has built up a large practice, and an extensive reputation. He is the inventor of a number of instruments and appliances bearing his name, and now manufactured by a firm in Philadelphia, and sold all over the world where American dentistry is known. The degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery" (D. D. S.) was conferred upon him by the Ohio Dental College of Cincinnati, years ago, after coming up to the requirements of its faculty. He has been honored with being Secretary and then President of the Easter.i Indiana Dental Society, member Mississippi Valiev Dental Association of Cincinnati, member of State Dental Society, and when the dental lavv of Indiana was passed, in 1879, he was selected as one of the members of the board of Examiners under the law, and has been twice re-elected, and has served as its Secretary and Treasurer ever since, or for hve years.

He is a member of tlie American Dental Association and a member of the National Board of Examiners, and for the year 1881 President of tlie Indiana State Dental Association. In the organization of the Indiana Dental College of Indianapolis, 1879, he elected Vice-President, and selected as one of its Professors, and filled the chair of Clinical Dentistry, Oral Surgery, Oral Deformities and Pathology and Therapeutics two terms, until the close of the mssion of March, 1884, lecturing each week during the sessions.^ His essays on various professional subjects are to be found in theoental ioiirnals and the published proceedings of the State Society. A present he is engaged in writing a text-book. Dental Pathology and Therapeutics, for the use of dental students, preparatwy and in college Dr. Chappell was married in 1871 to Miss Carrie C. Mong, daughter of R. H. Mong, of Miincie, Ind. Tliey liave four children living and one deceased. The Doctor lives in a beautiful residence on East Main street, which he built with modern conveniencies in 1873, handsomely furnished, and presents every appearance of a prosperous, happy home. He is a prominent Odd Fellow, a Free-Soil Equal Suffrage Republican and a Prohibitionist, and active in all the moral enterprises of the town. The Doctor on being asked why he remains in Knightstown, he rop le . "Family ties are very strong." His father, who recently die , lived here, and he was very much attached to him, also a widowe sister with a family of five small children requiring his attention, the excellent schools, good society to raise a family, and a healthy location, with a large number of friends, and life here is as desirable as elsewhere, having traveled East, West, North and South,

Eli Charles was born near Richmond, Wayne Co., ind., Aug. 26 1823, a son of John and Elvira (Pejmock) Charles, natives ot Nortli Carolina, who canm to Indiana in 1809. His father died in . 1826:iand his mother iffT827. Tlioy had a family of eight children; five of whom are living. ^J^rles^e reared by us grandfather, Samuel ChariesTlfen^^.tfi him till twenty-one years of age. In 1844 he came to Henry County and worked at house-paintinj: in Knightstown a number of years. He was married m 1849 to Eliza T. Newby, who died in 1870, leaving three children. In 1874 he married Mary J., daughter of Henry and Harriet and widow of H. D. Maxwell. She has two sons - Henry M. and Charles M. Mrs. Charles owns the farm of forty acres were they reside. Mr. Charles was elected Assessor of Knitrhtstown, and served ten or twelve years. In 1881 he was elected Assessor of Wayne Township for a period of four years. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 184A In relio'ious faith he was reared a Friend, but is very liberal in his views'; has not been a member of any religious organization since 1850.

John T. Charles; is a native of Wayne County, Ind., born Feb. 9, 1832,^ a son of Samuel and Eunice S. Charles, natives of North Carolina. His paternal grandparents came to Indiana in 1809, and his maternal grandparents in 1816, and located in Wayne County. In 1834 the family moved to Knightstown, where, for mamy years Samuel Charles engaged in the manufacture of chairs and worked at the painter's trade. He died in 1848, leaving a widow and three children - Oliver, Minnie and John T. The mother is still living, and is in the seventy-sixth year of her age. She has nobly performed her part in the rearing and caring for her children. John T. Charles has lived in Knightstown since two years of age, and was educated in the city schools. He began his mercantile career as clerk in the store of A. B. Fithian, remaining with him two years. He then, in 1859, engaged in business for himself, and has, by diligence and honest integrity, become well established, having a good trade and the confidence of his customers. Mr. Charles was married in 1869 to Mary, daughter of Joh"S\ H^_Baigs, a lady of culture, and a leading spirit in many humanitarian movements, and a member of one of the most influential J familie8_pf__the_county. They have one daughter - Cora. Mr Charles is a member of Lodge No. 99, I. O. O. F. He has served as a member of the Citj Board.

John V. Ooohe^ merchant, Knightstown, was born in Fayette County, Ind., July 25, 1830, a son of George K. and Sarah (Hampton) Cooke, bis father a native of Yirginia, born in 1792, and his mother a native of CharKston, S. 0., born in 1794. His parents were married in Hew Orleans and soon after moved to Kentucky.

In the fall of 1826 they came to Indiana and settled in Fayette County, on Williams Creek. They subsequently moved to Wabash County, Ind., where they spent the remainder of their days.

They had a family of five sons and five daughters; but three of their children are livino:. John Y. was a boy when liis parents moved to Wabash County. His education was received in the common school and finished at Asbury University, Greencastle, Ind., spending two years at the latter institution. After leaving school he began clerking for Isaac Bedsarel, of La Gro, Ind., one of the first merchants of the State, and remained with him five years. He then went to California and engaged in gold mining. Returning to his home in Wabash County, he clerked in a dry-goods house for a time and then traveled for a clock company two years. For four or five years he was engaged in the wholesale notion business in company with John D. Evans & Co., and after this partnership was dissolved he invested his money in land in Hancock and Mont_ gomery counties. He now owns one stoi'e in Carthage, a grocery and drug store, which are carried on by partners, while he for the past five years has 'been traveling for a firm in Covington, Ky. Mr. Cooke was married in 1857 to Amanda A. Hale, daughter of Mathew Hale ,of Wabash County, Ind. They have two daughters - Nellie and Millie. Mr. Cooke is a member of the Masonic fraternity.Golden Rule Lodge, No. 16, and Knightstown Chapter, No. 33.

Ilenry M. Crouse^ M. D.^ is a native of Knox County, Ohio, born July 25, 1830, a son of George and Lydia (Melcher) Crouse, natives of Yirginia. His father is still living in Ohio. His mother is deceased. He received his early education in tlie district school, afterward attending the academy and Kenyon College. He left college when in his senior year and commenced the studv of medicine with Hr. J. W. Russell, an eminent phj^sician of Knox County, Ohio. He subsequently entered Cleveland Medical College, where he graduated in 1855. That same spring he located in Knightstown and is now one of the leading physicians of the county. He is a hard student and thoroughly understands his profession. In the late war he enlisted in the Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry as Assistant Surgeon. Six months later he was promoted to Surgeon and served till ill-health compelled him to resign. He was at the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Perry ville and Stone River. Dr. Crouse is a member of the State and county medical societies. He belongs to the Masonic raternity and has passed all the chairs in the Knightstown lodge. He has served efficiently on the School Board and in other of the city offices. He was married in 1857 to Helen M., daughter of Robert and Hannah Woods, of Knightstown. They have one son - Colman F., now of San Francisco, Cal.

L. S. Dille is a native of Belmont County, Ohio, born July 14, 1812, a son of Absalom and Thirza Dille, his father a native of Pennsylvania, of English descent, and his mother a native of New York. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812, serving under General Harrison, and was present at the siege of Fort Meigs. He died in 1816, in Ohio. L. S. was reared by his grandfather, Caleb Dille, remaining with him till seventeen years of age, receiving a fair education for that day. In 1826 they came to Wayne Township, Henry County, Ind., where his grandfather died at an advanced age. He split rails at 25 cents a hundred and thus earned the money with which he bought his first forty acres of land. Afterward worked one year for $50 and bought forty acres more. It was in the dense foresjfc, but he went bravely to work and in a few years had converted it into a good farm. He has steadily accumulated property till he now owns 320 acres of fine land, all well improved. Nov. 23, 1823, he was married to Margaret, daughter of Joseph and Mary Fort. They have had a family of eight children, but four are living - Mary L., Malinda E., Luthur S., Jr., and Margaret A. The deceased are - Thirza, Harvey, Yerlin and Josephine. Mr. Dille has been Treasurer of the Knightstown and Warrington Turnpike a number of years. Politically he is a Republican and a strong believer in the doctrine of the final holiness and happiness of all mankind.

Squire Dilleei^ a native of Monroe County, Ohio, born Dec. 18, 1827, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth Dillee, his father a native of Pennsylvania and his mother of Virginia, and a grandson of Caleb Dillee. When he was three months old his parents came to Indiana and settled on Montgomery Creek, where his mother died, and his father afterward went to Fortville and lived with his daughter till his death in 1875, aged eighty-four years. Our subject was reared a farmer, a vocation he has always pursued. He now owns a little farm of twenty-five acres. He was married in 1849 to Margaret, daughter of George Creath. They have two children - Mary J. and Clara. Politically Mr. Dillee is a Republican. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted in Company A, Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry, and the following June was discharged on account of disability. In September, 1864, he was drafted and assigned to Company A, Thirty-eighth Indiana Infantry. He participated in the battles of Nashville, Smithfield and at Goldsboro joined General Sherman and was with him till the close of the war.

Isaac 0. Dovey^ dealer in wall-paper, window-shades, paints, oils, etc., Kni^htstown, Ind., is a native of England, born in Staffordshire March 29, 1833. When fourteen years of age he came with his parents, William and Eleanor Dovey, to the United States and settled in Wellsville, Ohio. About 1841 he went to Three Rivers, Mich., and was employed as traveling salesman for Shaler, Becker & White, of the Lockport Baper Mills. He remained with them six years. He then went south and worked for a firm in Murfreesboro, Tenn., till the breaking out of the Rebellion, when he came North, and in 1862 located in Knightstown, and in 1863 established his present business, in partnership with his brother. In 1880 he bought his brother's interest in the business. He has a good trade, and is one of the most substantial citizens of the city. Mr. Dovey was married in 1858 to Kate Scenell, of New York City. She died in 1871, leaving a family of four sons and three daughters. Mr. Dovey is a member of the Masonic Traternity. He is an active worker in the Episcopal church.

E. E. Elliott was born in Henry County, Ind., Nov. 20, 1853, a son of Richard P. and Martha Elliott, natives of Indiana, his father of Scotch descent. His parents were early settlers of Henry County. His father died in 1873. His mother is living in Wayne Township. He received a good education, and when twenty years of age began clerking in a drug store, where he remained three years. Since then he has devoted his attention to farming and stock-raising, at which he had been very successful. He was married Oct. 24, 1879, to Alice A., daughter of Ellwand Jennie Hod son. They have two children - Raymond and Ada. Politically Mr. Elliott is a Republican.

Thomas Frederick^ farmer and stock-raiser, Wayne Township, is a native of Snyder County, Pa., born Jan. 3, 1831, a son of Christian and Ann (Yetter) Frederick. When he was eleven years of age his parents moved to Henry County, Ind. His mother died in 1852 and his father in 1872. They had a family of seven children, all living. Thomas Frederick learned the brickmaker's trade and worked at it ten years. He then bought the farm where he now resides. He has 280 acres of land, lying on the Knightstown and Warrenton Pike. He was at one time engaged extensively in buying and shipping hard-wood lumber to Eastern cities. He was in meager cii'cumstances when he commenced life, but has been successful and now owns a good property. He was married Oct.

15, 1874, to Jane Dill, of Cass County, Ind., daughter of Thomas and Nancy (Wilej) Dill. They have two children - William Penn and Nellie. Mr. Frederick is a member of Golden Kule Lodge, No. 16, A. F. & A. M., at Knightstown, Ind.

Freeman F ort was born in Henry County, Ind., December, 1827, a son of Joseph and Mary Fort, natives of Yirginia, who moved to Ohio in an early day, and in 1825 to Indiana and settled near Knightstown, where they died when Freeman was about sixteen years of age. Our subject's earl}' life was one of hard work and poor pay, often receiving but 25 cents a da}^ for his labor. He has been industrious and now owns between 500 and 600 acres of land, well improved, with good farm buildings. He was married in 1848 to Sarah, daughter of Edmund and Mary Lewis. They have a family of five children - Oscar, Almira, Lowrey, George W. and Henry M. Politically Mr. Fort is a member of the National Greenback party.

Milton Fm^t is a native of Wayne Township, born Dec. 25, 1835, a son of Benjamin and Alsie (Clark) Fort, his father a native of Yirginia, born June 28, 1803, and his mother of Ohio. Benjamin Fort came to Indiana with his father, James Fort, when eighteen years of age. He was a farmer the greater part of his life, but in later years retired and moved to Knightstown, where he died in 1883. His wife died in 1840 and he married again. He had a family of eleven children. Milton remained with his father till his marriage and then began farming for himself. He subsequently moved to Knightstown and carried on a livery stable four years. In 1870 he moved to the farm where he now resides, which contains eighty acres of the choicest second bottom land. He has been raising the sacred cattle (Zebu), and sold a pair to the city of Eichmond, Ind., for its public park. Mr. Fort was married in 1857 to Mary E., daughter of John N. and Hannah Eobinson, of Ohio, who came to Indiana in 1840. They have three children - Oliver P., Bennie L. and Willard M.

J. C. Hardin was born in North Carolina in March, 1835, a son of David and Elizabeth Hardin, natives of the same State. He remained with his parents till seventeen years of age, and then lived with an uncle two years. In 1854 he came to Indiana and worked by the month four or five years, when by his economy and perseverance he had saved enough money to buy^ some land, and began farming for himself. He now owns 228 acres of fiine land, and devotes his entire attention to his farm, also making stock- raising a prominent part of his business. He was married Hov. 30, 1859, to Ann Hiatt, who was born April 14, 1840, a daughter of James and Betty Hiatt, natives of Ohio, but early settlers of Henry County, where the father died in 1841, aged forty-one years, and the mother in 1848, aged forty-eight. Mr. and Mrs. Hardin have two children - I. Edwin and Horace L. They are members of the Society of Orthodox Friends. Politically he is a Republican and cast his first vote for President for John C. Fremont.

Moses Heller is a native of Bavaria,- Germany, born July 1, 1829. He was educated in his native country and when twelve years of age began to learn the tailor's trade of his father. When twenty years of age he came to the United States in company with a younger sister, who has since died. They landed in New York and proceeded from there to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained till 1852, working at $8 a month. In April, 1852, he came to Knightstown and opened a clothing store. He came here an entire stranger but applied himself to business and his trade steadily increased, making it necessary to enlarge his stock from time to time. He continued in business till August, 1873, when he retired and is now living a quiet life in Knightstown. He was married in January, 1857, to Barbara Weil, daughter of Myer and Jennetta Weil. She is a native of Germany, coming to America with her parents when seven years of age. To Mr. and Mrs. Heller have been born four children - Sally, wife of Emile Kahn, of New Castle, Ind. ; Ettie (deceased); Myer and William Herbert. Mr. Heller is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity. Lodge No. 99, and Encampment No. 48. He has served several years acceptably as Councilman of the city of Knightstown.

Rev. Horace N. Herrick., B. Z>., pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, Knightstown, Ind., was born in Allen County, Ind., June 17, 1846, a son of William R. and Ruth (Williams) Herrick, natives of New York, now of Fort Wayne, Ind. He was reared on a farm, attending the district schools, and subsequently attended Fort Wayne College. His father being in moderate circumstances he was obliged to rely on himself and wlien fifteen years of age began working at the carpenter's trade, to defray the expenses of his education. When sixteen years of age he began teaching school, which was better suited to his tastes. He subsequently attended Asbury University two terms, and in 1868 was licensed to preach, and admitted to the North Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He preached eight years.

one year; New Comer, three years ; North Muncie, one year; Ridgeville, two years; Hartford City, one year. In the spring of 1876 he took a supernumerary relation to the conference, and moved to Evanston, 111., where he took a full course in the Northwestern University and in the Garrett Biblical Institute, graduating from both institutions in the spring of 1881. He then returned to the conference and was appointed to the church in Winchester, Ind., remaining there three years, when he was sent to his present charge in Knightstown. His church here has a membership of over 350. June 28, 1868, Mr. Herrick was married to Mary E. Erick, daughter of Samuel Ei-ick, of Allen County, Ind. They have two children - Bessie R. and William Y.

Wilson Hobhs, M.D.^ was born in Salem, Ind., Aug. 21, 1823. His parents were among the earlj^ settlers of Southern Indiana, from North Carolina. In 1829 his mother died, and July 3, 1833, his father died, leaving a fainilj^ of six children dependent on the charity of the world. When he was fourteen years of age he was apprenticed to learn the saddle and harness maker's trade, but on account of the man's cruelty, his guardian took him away after a year's service and sent him to live with his uncle, Elisha Hobhs, near Carthage, Ind., till another place could be found for him. He remained there till November, 1841, working at such odd jobs as^ he could find, and then made an arrangement with the Superintendent of the Friends' boarding-school at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, to split wood for the Dutch oven connected with the school, out of school hours and during vacations, to pay his expenses at the. school one year. In the fall of 1842 he began teaching school and continued till his health failed and he was obliged to seek other employment. In 1848 he began the study of medicine with Dr. Williamson, of Harveysburg, Ohio, still teaching, however, to meet his expenses. In 1850, with his wife and two children, he went to the Shawnee mission in what is now the State of Kansas, to take charge of the mission school, and there among the Shawnee Indians he began the practice of medicine, remaining till October, 1852. During the winter of 1852-'53 he took his first course of lectures at the Michigan University, Ann Arbor, and was graduated by the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in the spring of 1869. In April, 1853, he located at Annapolis, Ind., and began the practice of medicine, remaining there till after the breaking out of the Rebellion. Sept. 4, 1862, he was commissioned

Surgeon of the Eighty-fiftb Indiana Infantry, organized at Terre Haute, and went immediately to the defense of Cincinnati against Kirby Smith. All his military service was at the front, the most of the time detached as brigade, division or corps Surgeon. He was in- the Army of the Cumberland till the capture of Atlanta, and then went with Sherman to the sea, and through the campaign of the Carolinas. He was mustered out in June, 1865, and in July located and resumed his profession at Carthage, Ind., remaining there till his removal to Knightstown, June, 1873. Dr. Hobbs is a member of the Henry County, Union District, Indiana State, and American medical societies. He was president of the State Association in 1874, and a delegate to the International Medical Congress at Philadelphia in 1876. He was for many years a member of the Board of Trustees of the Medical College of Indiana, and is now a member of the examining board of Fort Wayne Medical College. Many of his papers can be found among the published transactions of the Indiana State Association, as well as in many of the leading medical journals of the country. Of late he has devoted his time largely to the matter of legal medicine and expert testimony, and to that his pen has been chiefly directed. Before the war he was School Examiner of Parke County, Ind., several years, and for the past four years he has been President of the School Board of Knightstown. Dr. Hobbs was married Oct. 12, 1846, to ZalindaL. Williams, a daughter of Achrlles Williaips, at^dia^time Treasurer of Wayne County, Ind. They have had a family of five sons and two daughters, all living save one son, Robert W., who died at Canon City, Col., in 1879, aged twentytwo years.

Holloway^ M. D.^ is a son of E. B. Holloway, now retired and living in Indianapolis. He was born in Richmond in 1856. His early education was received at Anderson, Ind., his later at Asbury University, Greencastle, Ind., now known as Depauw University. He began the study of medicine with Dr. G. C. Smythe, of Greencastle, Ind., in 1876, and graduated in 1880 from the Indiana Medical College, Indianapolis. He began his practice in Rush County, with Dr. Dillon, but in the fall of 1881 came to Knightstown where he is building up a good practice. Although young in the profession his ability and skill is recognized and he has the prospect of a brilliant future.

(Swain) Hubbard. When he was ten years of age his parents moved to Henry County, and located on a farm a mile and a half from Knightstown. He was born without a right hand, yet, in spite of this disadvantage he was able to plow, chop wood, and do almost all kinds of work. He acquired a fair education and when sixteen years of age began teaching school, receiving $10 a month and boarding himself. He taught and attended school alternately till the summer of 1847, when the Friends' boarding school now Earlham College, was opened and he entered that institution. He attended three terms, and while there his father went to Raysville, and engaged in the mercantile business. Charles continued to teach some time but subsequently joined his fatlier, and after clerking for him three years was admitted as a partner with a third interest. A year later his father sold his interest and he and his brother-in-law. Hr. Cochran, became equal partners, but after another year Charles S. became sole proprietor. His business continued prosperous, and in 1862 he retired from active life. After a year of idleness he opened a dry-goods store in Knightstown, in partnership with Timothy Harrison, of Richmond. They did a large and successful business for several vears. In 1864 he was elected one of the three Trustees of the Soldiers', Seamen's and Orphans' Home, a State institution established that year near Knightstown. This position he held four years. In 1868 he was appointed one of the managers of Earlham College. An endowment fund being needed he canvassed many of the States in its interest and secured by his efforts $53,000 as a permanent fund. This was placed under the control of a board of five trustees, of which he has since been a member. In 1866 Mr. Flubbard was made a Director of the Franklin Life Insurance Company, of Indianapolis, and served several years. He was for a number of years one of the Directors of the First Kational Bank, Knightstown. In 1876 he was elected to represent Henry County in the Legislature, and was re-elected in 1878. While a member of that body he took a great interest in providing an institution for imbecile and feeble-minded children of the State of Indiana. By greatx effort he succeeded in procuring the passage of a bill locating suclJ an institution in connection with the Orphans' Home, near Knight^ town. In State and local church and Sunday-school work he has long been an active worker. He has been a life-long member of the Society of Friends, and for a number of years has been a minister of the church. He was married in November, 1854, to Mar-

Daniel C. Jackson^ Knightstown, Ind., is a native of Spiceland Township, Henry Co., Ind., born May 14, 1824, a son of Daniel and Prudence^JacJ^son, natives of North Carolina. In 1812 Daniel Jackson came with his family to Indiana and settled on the land where the town of Milton, Wayne County, is now located. In 1818 he came to Henry County and squatted on land in the western part of Spiceland Township, and when the land came into the market he bought 380 acres, 240 acres being unimproved. He was a man of determined will, great force of character, prompt and active in all business transactions. He was widely known and universally respected. He served on t,hp. first grand jury impaneled in Henry County. The first election was held at his house which was the voting place for three years. He engaged for a time in buying hogs, which he butchered and took to New Orleans on a fiatboat. While on one of these trips he was taken with yellow fever and died in October, 1823. His wife, who was born in 1776, lived till 1869, being at her death ninety-three years and three months old. They had a family of eleven children, all of whom lived till maturity. Daniel C. Jackson was reared on the farm entered by his father. Being deprived of a father's care his educational advantages were limited. He and his brother were assisted by a neighbor, who paid their subscription at the district school, and they husked corn for him in return. Being the youngest of the family he remained on the old homestead, having twenty acres of land as his share. He has been industrious and energetic and has accumulated property, adding to his inheritance till he now owns 307 acres of improved land. He has been one of the most successful stock-raisers in the county. In 1883 he moved to Knightstown, where he built a large two-story brick residence with all modern improvements. Mr. Jackson was married in August, 1851, to Eliza Ann, daughter of Elisha and Ann Scovell. They have four sons - Winfield E., Emery M., Charles R. and Nelson H. Mrs. Jackson is a member of the Christian church.

John Judge^ a prominent farmer of Wayne Township, is a native of Knox County, Ohio, born Sept. 23, 1825, a son of John and Mary (Drake) Judge. When about fourteen years of age he came with his parents to Henry County, Ind., and settled in Greensboro Township, and six years later moved to Iowa, where they both died. They had a family of ten children ; three are de- ceased. John Judge was the second son, and his parents being in meager circumstances he was obliged early in life to assist in the maintenance of the family. He received but a limited education. When twenty years of age he bought his time of his parents and began life for himself. He bought a piece of land in the woods, in Harrison Township. He improved the land and lived on it six years, when he traded it for Western land and bought a farm in Greensboro Township. In 1874 he bought the farm where he now resides, which is known as the Billy Foutz farm. His buildings are all first class. His residence is a large two-story frame, with all modern improvements. He owns 525 acres of land, 330 acres where he lives and about 200 in Greensboro Township. He was married in 1846 to Sarah, daughter of William Jones. They had a family of eight children four of whom are living. Mrs. Judge died in 1864 and Mr. Judge afterward married Haney Muterspaugh.

J. P. Julian^ M. Z?., son of Emsley and Mary Julian, was born in Henry County, Ind., Oct. 5, 1854. He lived in Cadiz till 1861, when his father was elected County Treasurer and removed to Hew Castle, remaining there four years. He received a good education in the common schools and afterward attended Spiceland Academy. He subsequently taught school four or five years, and in 1878 began the study of medicine with Dr. Hasty, of Indianapolis. In 1879 he entered the Physio-Medical College of Indiana, at Indianapolis, and graduated in March, 1881. He began the practice of his profession in Middletown, but in 1882 removed to Elizabeth City, where he is building up a good practice.

Edmund Lewis was born on the farm he now owns Dec. 5, 1823, a son of Edmund and Mary Lewis, his father a native of Virginia . In 1818 emigrated to Dayton, Ohio, and in 1821 to Henry County, Ind. He and his wife were the first settlers of Wayne Township; he was here at the land sale. The Indians camped on his farm for several years, and frequently visited his house. Our subject's grandfather, Alexander McHight, was a soldier of the Bevolutionary war under General Washington. Edmund Lewis received his education in the log cabin subscription schools. He has always followed agricultural pursuits, and now owns a fine farm of 256 acres. He has paid considerable attention to stock-raising, owning a fine herd of cattle. He was married in 1853 to Louisa, daughter of Bartholomew and Leah Fort. They had five children - Maurice S., Eosa B. (wife of James Eoof), Walter B., Flora

A. (wife of Charles Addison), and Harry D. Mrs. Lewis died May 13, 1871, aged thirty-eight years. Jan. 19, 1884, Mr. Lewis was married to Amanda, daughter of Jacob Brooks. Politically he is a Democrat.

Washington Lewis^ one of the most prominent farmers of Wayne Township, was born in Montgomery County, May 2, 1822, a son of Edmund and Mary (McNight) Lewis. When he was two years of age his parents moved to Henry County, Ind., where he was reared and educated. In 1844 he took a trip to Missouri, returning the following year. He was married in 1845 to Eliza, daughter of William and Elizabeth Albright. They have one son - William Edmund. Soon after his marriage Mr. Lewis settled on the farm where he now lives. It contains 109 acres of choice land and is well improved. His farm buildings are .comfortable and commodious. His residence is a neat, two-story frame, surrounded with beautiful shrubbery and shade trees. He also owns fitt}^-five acres of land in Hancock County. Mr. Lewis is one of the most successful farmers and stock-raisers in the township. He is a member of Charlottesville Lodge, No. 252, F. & A. M. His son is a member of Golden Rule Lodge, No. 16.

James Mills is a native of Wales, born in April, 1840. He came to the United States when a mere lad and was reared in Columbus, Ohio, receiving his education in that city. When eighteen years of age he went to Granger's Commercial College and took a full course. After his graduation he was employed as bookkeeper for J. D. Osborn & Co. eighteen months. He then went South, but on the breaking out of the civil war returned to Columbus and was employed as chief clerk for George McDonald until 1862, when he enlisted in the Ninety-fifth Ohio as a private. Soon after he was detailed Secretary for Colonel W. S. McMiljan. and shortly after as Clerk on General Nelson's staff*, serving in that capacity till discharged on account of ill health. Returning to Columbus he was employed in the general freight office till his old employer. General McDonald, reorganized his business, when he was again employed by him as clerk 'and bookkeeper. In January, 1864, he was offered the position of chief clerk in the general accepted. A year later he accepted the agency of the Cincinnati, St. Louis & Pittsburg Railroad at Knightstown, a position he held fifteen years. He then embarked in the boot and shoe business, in which he continued three years, when he sold out and bought the retail grocery which he still owns. Mr. Mills was married in 1862 to Elizabeth A. Jones, of Columbus, Ohio. He is a member of the Odd Fellows order; was initiated in 1862, in Capital Lodge, Columbus. He is a member of the City Council of Knightstown.

Samuel H. MoGufin^ a representative of one of the oldest families in the county, was born Feb. 18, 1847. He was the fourth ot nine children of James H. and Rhoda (Goble) McGuffin. His father was born in Yirginia, Aug. 29, 1811, and when a young man came to Henry County and located in Knightstown where he worked at the carpenter's and cabinet-maker's trades several years. He then lived on the Goble farm six years, and subsequently moved to the farm now owned by Samuel H. His wife died in 1856. He now makes his home with our subject on the old homestead. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity many years. Samuel H. McGuffin received a common-school education. He was reared to the life of a farmer and has always followed that vocation; has 120 acres of the finest bottom lands, situated on Blue River and on the Knightstown and Greensboro pike. He was married in 1876 to Mattie, daughter of J. K. Robinson. They have three children - Emma O., Zola L. and May E.

James H. McKillip^ M. Z>., was born March 7, 1852, a son ot James T. and Malinda McKillip, natives of Korth Carolina, ot Irish descent. In 1867 his parents moved to Indiana and settled in Henry County, where his father died in 1876 aged fifty-one years. While in Korth Carolina he held the office of Sheriff twenty years. James H. received a fair education, and when fourteen years of age began the study of medicine with Dr. K. H. Kennedy, of Knightstown, and remained with him four years. He then began the practice of his profession and has become well known in the county, holding a high position in the medical brotherhood. He was married June 19, 1873, to Ada L, daughter of Levi C. and Ruth A. Jackson. They have two children - Lucy A. and an infant. Politically Dr.. McKillip is a Democrat.

Jo fin Morris^ a prominent farmer of Wayne Township, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, April 18, 1824, a son of Lewis and Rebecca (Hoskinson) Morris, his father a native of Maryland and his mother of Yirginia. His parents were married in Yirginia, and afterward moved to Ohio, and from there to Henry County, Ind., in the spring of 1833. They settled on a farm north of Knightstown, where they lived the remainder of their lives. They had a family of nine children, but three of whom are living. John

Morris was reared on a farm in Henry County, and on reaching manhood engaged in agriculture and stock raising on his own account. He is one of the most successful stock-raisers in the county. He owns a fine farm of 210 acies, on which he lived forty years, but in 1874 moved to the farm in Wayne Township, where he now lives, somewhat retired. His homestead contains fifty -five acres of choice land, and his residence is a fine two-story frame building. Mr. Morris was married in 1845 to Hannah, daughter of Elisha Scovell, of Henry County. They have had a family of ten children, seven of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Morris are members of the Presbyterian church.

Robert I. Morrison was born in Salem, Washington Co., Ind., ISTov. 3, 1835. His father, John I. Morrison, was a native of Pennsylvania, his mother of North Carolina. In 1865 J. I. Morrison was elected State Treasurer, and moved to Indianapolis. He served but one term, and afterward engaged in the wholesale grocery business, a member of the firm of Wiles, Pro. & Co. In 1873 he moved to Knightstown, where he died July 17, 1882. He was a prominent educator of the State from 1840 to 1843, being Professor of Languages in the State University, and President of its Board of Trustees for many years after. Coming to Knightstown he served as School Trustee, and superintended the building of the fine school-house there. Robert I. Morrison was reared in Salem. He graduated at the State University, Bloomington, in 1855. Soon after his graduation, in 1856, he was employed as civil engineer on the Grove rnment surveys in Minnesota, where he had a contract for sub-division of six townships, which he successfully performed. In 1857, during the Indian troubles, all surveying had to be abandoned. In 1858 he was appointed clerk in the General Land Office at Washington. In April, 1861, on the call for 75,000 men, he enlisted for three months, and was in the first company mustered into the service, viz.. National Rifles, Washington, D. C., the company being formed of clerks in the different Government departments. They served on the Potomac and about Harper's Ferry; and July 15, 1861, were mustered out and re. instated in their previous positions. Mr. Morrison served in th Land Office till 1864. When his father assumed the duties State Treasurer, Feb. 10, 1865, he was appointed cashier and bookkeeper. He filled the position two years under his father and four years under General Nathan Kimball. In 1871 he retired from the Treasurer's office, and resumed civil engineering; was em- ployed in Indianapolis till 1873, when he served as U. S. Inspector on Wabash River improvement. He made a map of the river from Yincennes to its month, and included in his surveys the Ohio up to Evansville. In 1876 he was employed in the construction of a dam at New Harmony. The contractors having abandoned it in November, on account of the disastrous floods of that year, he hired laborers and successfully completed it in the midst of winter. It was inspected and received by Major W. E. Merrill and Jared A. Smith, H. S. Engineers, on Jan. 22, 1877. In 1878 he was appointed County Surveyor by the Commissioners of Henry County, to fill the vacancy caused by S. C. CowgilPs failure to qualify, and in 1880 and 1882 was elected to the same position, his term expiring November, 1884.

Edward G, Mostler^ boot and shoe manufacturer, Knightstown, Ind., is a native of Pennsylvania, born Aug. 20, 1830. He was reared and educated in his native State, and when nineteen years of age began working at the shoemaker's trade. In 1852 he came West and located at Huntsville, Madison Co., Ind., remaining there till 1860. He afterward moved to Pendleton and then to Stockwell, Ind., and in 1865 came to Knightstown. He was employed by Murray & Burt, as foreman of their manufactory, till 1873, when he commenced business on his own account. He thoroughly understands every detail of his business, and by giving it his personal attention has been successful. His gentlemanly deportment and afiable manners have won him many friends. In 1879 he was elected City Treasurer, and has since held the ojffice by re-election. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity twelve years, and is one of the oldest Odd Fellows of the county. He was married in 1856 to Mary R. Maul, of Huntsville, Ind. They have a family of four sons and two daughters. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

L. P. Pfewhy^ attorney at law, Knightstown, is one of the most promising young members of the bar of Henry County. He is a native of this county, born in Franklin Township, April 9, 1856, a son of Jacob N. Newby. He was reared in Greensboro, residing there till 1872, when his parents moved to Knightstown. He graduated from the Knightstown Academy in 1877, and subsequently taught school several terms, two years of the time in the academy. He studied law at intervals with C. M. Butler and J. Lee Furgason, till the fall of 1877, when he was admitted to the bar, and in 1880 was admitted to practice in the Supreme

Court. The same year he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Soon after his nomination he was appointed by the Governor to fill the vacancy of C. M. Butler, and thus served nearly two terms. At present he is City Attorney for Knightstown. He was married in 1876 to Elizabeth Breckenridge.

Nathan Overman is a native of North Carolina, born near Elizabeth City, Nov. 8, 1830, the only son of Bobert and Fanny (Boper) Overman, natives of North Carolina. In 1832 his parents moved to Wayne County, Ind., and entered land on Six-Mile Creek, near Elizabeth City, which his father laid out. His mother died in 1865, and his father subsequently married Isabel Cameron, of Knightstown, and moved to Elizabeth City, where he died in 1873. Nathan remained with his parents till manhood, and in 1861 was married to Elizabeth Y. Wales, a native of North Carolina, who came with her parents to Indiana when she was nine years of age. After his marriage he settled on some wild land in the woods, which he improved and made one of the finest farms in the county. He has a fine farm of 146 acres in Greensboro Township, and the farm of twenty-nine acres in Wayne Township, where he resides. His farm buildings are commodious and comfortable, and his residence is a neat two-story frame building with all modern improvements. Mr. and Mrs. Overman have five

Mound City, Kas. ; Marion, wife of Benton Byrkett, of Elizabeth City; Easter L., who was born on Easter Sunday, and George M. Mr. Overman is a member of Golden Buie Lodge, No. 16, F. &

Reuhen E. Overman^ dealer in pianos, organs and all kinds of musical instruments, sheet music, etc., is a native of Henry County, Ind., born Aug. 16, 1852, a son of Nathan and Elizabeth (Wales) Overman, natives of North Carolina. His mother came to Henry County in 1828, and his fiither in 1831. Beuben E. attended the district schools when a child, and completed his education at the Spiceland Academy. In 1873 he engaged in the mercantile business in Cleveland, which he followed three years. He then followed agricultural pursuits four years, and in 1881 established his present business on South Jefferson street, Knights- town. He was married in 1873 to Leeanna, daughter of Jacob and Catherine Ashburgh, of Hancock Conntj, Ind. They have three children - Adolphus L., Lillian A. and Perna G. Mr. Overman is a member of Lodge Ho. 99, I. O. O. F. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Rev. William Paxton was born in Preble County, Ohio, Hov. 27, 1831, a son of Dr. James and Polly Paxton. In 1839 his parents moved to Push County, Ind., and settled on the line of Henry County, and in 1815 moved to Greensboro in Henry County. His father was a physician and also a preacher in the Wesleyan Methodist connection. He finally gave up his practice and gave his whole attention to the ministry. He was a radical reformer and took an active part in the anti-slavery agitation. In later life he bought a home in Marion, Ind., and retired. He died in May, 1859, aged forty-nine years. William Paxton received a good education and when sixteen years of age began teaching school. He taught seven terms and then turned his attention to farming for about twenty-five years. In 1865 he moved to Grant County, Ind., and while there was licensed to preach and was subsequently ordained an Elder in the Wesleyan Methodist connection. In 1882 he came to Henry Couut}^ and located in Maple Valley, where he has a fine farm of 156 acres on sections 6 and 7. He is still a member of the Indiana Annual Conference and preaches as health will permit and occasion requires. William Paxton was married in 1819 to Lucinda, daughter of Jacob and Christiana (Hiatt) Burris, who came to Henry County in 1821. They were among the first pioneers in settling Wajme Township and were among the leading and most prominent citizens of the county. Mrs. Burris died in 1865, and Mr. Burris in 1879. Mrs. Paxton is an estimable lady of great firmness of character and a thorough reformer as well as her husband. Miss Laura Campbell, a promising young lady of some twenty summers, has been a member of their family some sixteen years.

Milton Pedeiiy Knightstown, Ind., is a native of Washington County, Pa., born March 23, 1823. In 1835 his father, James Peden, removed with his family to Hew Paris, Preble Co., Ohio, and in Hovember of the following year moved to Madison County, Ind. In the fall of 1812 Milton Peden came to Knightstown and worked as a farm hand for two years; then at the cabinet-maker's trade one year, and then at millwrighting with Oliver H. Armstrong till October, 1819, when under the goldexcitement he went to California and worked in the mines till September, 1851, when he returned to San Francisco, took passage on the ill-fated steamship Carolina, which was caught in the equinoxial storm on the 19th of September and driven ashore on the coast of Central America, in a disabled condition, from which point he traveled through the Republic of Nicaragua to Sangrean Del Nort, where he took shipping for New York and reached Knightstown, Ind., Dec. 24, 1851. He then engaged in farming for some years. In 1854 he was elected to the State Legislature and served one term. In 1860 he was elected Justice of the Peace and served till the breaking out of the Rebellion. In August, 1861, he assisted in raising Company K, Thirty-sixth Indiana volunteers, and was appointed its First Lieutenant, serving till April, 1862, when the Captain resigned and he was promoted to fill the vacancy, and served till the expiration of his term of service. In 1863 he was appointed Brigade Provost-Marshal, on the staff of General William Grose, Third Brigade, Second Division, Twenty-first Army Corps. He participated in all the great battles fought by the Army of the Cumberland, from Shiloh, April 6 and T, 1862, to the fall of Atlanta, September, 1864, and at the battle of Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862, was wounded in the right thigh and disabled for duty four months. After his return home he was elected to the Indiana State Senate from Henry County, and served in the session of 1864-'65. He then resigned his seat in the Senate, re-enlisted and was appointed Colonel of the One Hundred and Forty-seventh Indiana Infantry, and was ordered to the Valley of Virginia and served till the close of the war; was mustered out of the service the 4th day of August, 1865, at Harper's Ferry, Va. He returned to Knightstown, Ind., and engaged in the stove and tinware business till June, 1882, when he was appointed special timber agent, under the General Land Office, and assigned to duty in the pineries of Northern Minnesota, to look after and protect the Government's interest therein, which position he still occupies. In July, 1866, he^ was married to Mrs. Mary A. Furgason, daughter of Sidney Muzzy, Esq., wdio died in 1875, and widow of S. W. Furgason, Esq., who died in February, 1864. She had two daughters but one of whom is now living. Mr. Peden did not remove his family to Minnesota, but still maintains his home at Knightstown, Ind.

site Yal ley House, Knightstown, Ind., was born in Wabash, Ind.,in 1849. In 1853 his parents moved to Monroe County, Iowa. In January, 1864, ;his father, Jordan Pike, enlisted in the Thirty -sixth Iowa Infantry, under command of G-eneral Banks, and April 25, 1864, was killed at the battle of Bed Biver, Ark. In 1867 his mother with her children returned to Indiana and located in Knightstown, where she died in 1873. Her four children are all living, three in Henry County and one in Huntington County. Ind. In early life Mr. Pike learned the brick and stone-mason's trade, working at it several years. June 20, 1880, he became established in his present business, where he now employs from twelve to fifteen hands, and Is the leading dealer in his line in the city. He was married in 1877 to Mary E., daughter of Thomas James. They have two sons. Mr. Pike is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities.

Joseph Pritchard^ Baysville, Ind., a son of Samuel and Harriet Pritchard, was born in Wayne County, Ind., March 12, 1840. His parents were natives of Horth Carolina, and emigrated to Indiana in 1833, residing in Wayne County two years, and then removed to Henry County, where the father died May 13, 1878. His mother is still living. They endured the privations incident to pioneer life, and by their industry gained a competency and were enabled to give their children good educations. Samuel Pritchard was a prominent man in the early history of the county, and was well known throughout Eastern Indiana. Joseph Pritchard received a good business education. He is a practical farmer, and has made his knowledge the means of providing him with a good home. He owns 175 acres of fine land, well improved. April 19, 1871, he married Annie, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Binford, of Bush County, Ind. They have four children - Henry, Frank, Mary and Hattie. Politically Mr. Pritchard is a Bepublican. He is a member of the Society of Friends.

J. G. Pamsay is a native of Virginia, born March 12, 1828, a son of H. B. and Jane Bamsay, natives of Pennsylvania, and greatgrandson of Thomas Bamsay, who came to America from Ireland in an early day, and entered a claim of 900 acres of land. Oct. 12, 1829, his father came to Indiana and settled in Wayne County, where he died in 1870, aged seventy-two years, his wife following him in twenty-nine days. J. C. Bamsay received a good education, and then began farming, at which he has been very successful, now running 240 acres of fine land. He was married June 10, 1863, to

F, J, C. Rawlins, M. Z>., is a son of John and Patsey Rawlins, natives of Delaware, of Welsh descent. His grandfather, Lot Rawlins, was a native of Wales, and when a young man came to America and located in Delaware. His parents moved to Scott County, Ky., in 1803. His father died March 29, 1851, and his mother, September, 1859. Dr. Rawlins was born in Scott County, Ky., July 1, 1827, and spent his early life in Georgetown, where he attended school till eighteen years of age. He began the study of medicine in 1847 with Dr. James Rawlins, and then entered Transylvania University, where he graduated in March, 1850. After graduating he began the practice of his profession in Cleveland, Ind., but a short time after removed to Knightstown, where he remained two years. He then moved to Rush County and from there to Spiceland, but subsequently located permanently at Eliz a beth City, where he has built up a large practice. He was married May 12, 1852, to Mary C., daughter of Jacob and Hannah Weaver, of Welsh and German descent. They have three children - Patsey C. (wife of William Lewis), John W. and William E., now at the State University, Bloomington. John W. read medicine with his father four years, and in 1880 entered the Indiana State Medical College, from which he graduated in 1882. He is now practicing with his father. He was married Hov. 1, 1882, to Alice, daughter of B. Brown, of Cumberland County, 111. Tliey have one daughter - Elsie C. Dr. Rawlins is a member of the Methodist Episcopal, and his wife of the Presbyterian church.

Jesse Reeves, Knightstown, Ind., is a native of Brown County, Ohio., born Sept. 16, 1818, a son of Ila and Frankie (Stephenson) Reeves, natives of Kentucky. In 1828 his parents moved to Rush County, Ind., and settled in the woods. They cleared the land of timber and cultivated it, making a good farm and living there over forty years, when they moved to Knightstown, where the father died in 1872, and the mother in 1875. They were the parents of ten children, eight of whom lived till maturity, and four of whom are living. Jesse Reeves spent his youth in assisting his father, remaining with him to manhood. His early education was limited to the subscription school, but arriving at the years of discretion he had an insatiable thirst for knowledge, and spent his leisure hours in reading such books as could be obtained. He began life as a farmer, but subsequently engaged in the manufacture of wagons and carriages, being associated a part of the time with T. P. Meridith. He continued in business till 1873, when he withdrew from the firm and has since lived somewhat retired. Mr. Reeves was married in October, 1840, to Sallie A., daughter of Jacob and Ann Johnson, of Rush County. They have three children - Alfred C.,TFrankie A. (wife of William H. Peters), and Eliza J. (wife of Edward L. Jones). Mr. and Mrs. Reeves are members of the Christian church. In politics he has always been an adherent to the Jefifersonian doctrines. In his public life he was Justice of the Peace, Township Trustee, Assessor and Councilman from his ward, in each office for several years.