Wayne Township (part 4 of 4)

William W. DilJcs, farmer, stock-raiser and dairyman, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1842. and is a'son of George and Hannah BE. (Ritchie) Dilks. He was educated at the schools of Philadelphia, in which place his father was a lumber merchant. At an early age he began to work in a tannery, where he learned the currier's trade, working at it till he grew to manhood, after which he clerked one year in a mercantile house in Philadelphia. From 1860 till 1867 he followed farming in Preble County, Ohio, and in March, 1867, purchased a farm near Chester, Wayne Co., Ind., where he followed agricultural pursuits till 1870. He also owned a farm west of Richmond, which was cultivated by tenants. In 1870 he rented and removed to the farm where he still resides, which he purchased in 1883, and which contains 120 acres of fine agricultural lands. In 1863 he was married to Annie B. Shoemaker, a native of Pennsylvania, who came with her parents, Charles H. and Mary S. Shoemaker, to Wayne County, Ind., and settled on the farm now owned by Mr. Dilks in 1860. She was a member of the Orthodox Friends, and died in January, 1880, leaving two sons - Charles S., born Nov. 30, 1864, and William W., Jr., born Feb. 27, 1873. In November, 1882, Mr. Dilks was again -married to Sarah E., daughter of Jonathan and Mary Scarce, of Wayne County. Mr. Dilks and wife are members of the Society of Orthodox Friends.

Nathan Edgerton, the first son of Samuel and Mary (Sargent) Edgerton, was born July 18, 1827, in Wayne Township, Wayne Co., Ind., and is a farmer by occupation. He remained with his parents until he was fifteen years of age, and then started in life for himself by working through the summer seasons by the month and going to school in winter, until he was eighteen years of age. He taught school in the winter and went to school in the summer until he was twentythree years of age. During these years he maintained himself and assisted his parents in the maintenance of their family. Later he taught school and pursued his studies for eighteen months, studying for the practice of medicine, and taking one course of lectures at Cincinnati " Eclectic School," making great progress in his studies. In 1853 he was mar- ried to Rntliana Rogers, eldest daughter of Jacob and Christiana Rogers. There were five chihiren by this union - William Rogers, John Owen, Jonathan Owen, Charles Francis, Lydia Jane and Jacob Franklin. The daughter died at the age of one 3'ear four months and thirteen days. These four sons are all of the highest type of manhood, and bid fair to be of the leading men of Wayne County. Farming always being his chosen vocation, he located in Franklin Township, where he remained until his death in 1876, being considered one of the best and most successful farmers in Wayne County. He became a member of the Society of Friends at the age ol twenty-four, and from that date to the time of his death was considered a most worthy member of his church, always working for the up-building of the same, being loved by all that knew him, and counseled by the society. He was always ready to help the poor and needy, and to promote all good movements for public good.

Samuel Erwin was born Oct. 19, 1820, in New Castle County, Del., a son of John and Elizabeth (Flatt) Erwin, the former of Irish and the latter of English descent. When eight years old he came to Wayne County, Ind., where he experienced all the phases of pioneer life. He first attended the logcabin schools, and completed his education at the schools ot Richmond. He was married in 1842, to Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Sibyl (Cook) Shute, who came from New Jersey to Wayne County, Ind., in 1818, where her father owned 900 acres of land, and built the first brick house in his neighborhood. He f>llowed farming through life, and died in February, 1857, in Covington, Ky., where he resided for many years. His wife died in Cincinnati, in February, 1847. Mr. Erwin has followed agricultural pursuits through life, and his farm contains 190 acres of fine land. He also owns a farm of 415 acres in Elkhart County, Ind., all well improved. Mr. Erwin and wife are members of the Society of Hicksite Friends. His father came to Wayne County, Ind., in 1828, and bought 200 acres of land in what is now Wayne Township. At the end of five years he sold his farm, and established an iron foundry in Lafayette, Ind., doing a successful business for several years. He at one time owned

1,000 acres in Randolph County, Ind. He died Kov. 19 1849, in his sixty-eighth year. His wife died Jnly 4, 1846, ' aged sixty years. They had twelve children, six still living - Lydia, John W., Susan B., Samuel, Edwin and William P. George Henry Fetta^ market gardener, was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1843, a son of Clements H. and Anna M. (Snider) Fetta. \n 1846 his parents emigrated to America with their family, settling in Richmond, where his father was porter in the wholesale grocery house of Brown, Myer, Starr & Co., and their successors, for twenty-five years. He died in August, 1874, aged sixty-eight years, and his widow still resides in Richmond, being in her sixty-ninth year. They had nine children - Christian H., Henry H., Frederick H. (died at Nashville, Tenn.), George H., Dora, Edward C. (deceased), Harmon H., John H. and Lewis. Our subject was educated in the schools of Richmond, and at an early age learned the cigar-maker's trade, at which he worked till the war broke out. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Company I, Eighty-fourth Indiana Infantry, for three years. He went through the campaigns of West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. He was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Tenn., and sent to the hospital at Nashville, Tenn., and from there was furloughed home. He returned to his regiment in August, 1864, and participated in the capture of Atlanta, Ga. He was in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, Tenn., and was discharged at Nashville, in June, 1865. He returned and worked at his trade for wages till 1867, when he engaged in the manufacture of cigars, carrying on a successful business for seven years. In 1874 he purchased his present property, where he has since been' engaged in vegetable gardening. He was married April 30, 1868, to Henrietta Aue, who was born in Germany in 1850, and came to Richmond, Ind., with her father, Frederick Aue, in 1858. Her mother, Dora Aue, died in Germany, and her * father married Frederica Fiest, by whom he had three - Frederick, Augusta and Charles. Mr. Fetta and wife have three children - Robert H., Frederick W., and Anna M. Mr. Fetta is a member of Webb Lodge, No. 24, A. F. & A. M.; King Solomon's Chapter, R. A. M., and Commandery No. 8, K. T., of Richmond.

Nathan Folwell Garwood, oldest child and only son b} second wife of Ainassa and Esther (Iredell) Garwood, was born Oct. 18, 1831, in Gloucester County, E". J. He was educated in the schools of his native county, and followed farmiiiij and dealing in stock on his father's farm till he grew to manhood. His father followed blacksmithing in the village, also farming, while his sons worked on the farm. He died in 1853, and the following year JSTathan, in connection with Ephraim Tomlinson, pi'oprietor of the " Laurel Mills " (grist and saw mills), carried on an extensive business in flour and lumber, near White Horse, Camden Co., N. J., our subject having charge of the mercantile department one year. He then engaged in general merchandising in his native county, but at the end of a year sold his interest to his partner. He was then variously engaged in different places till the spring of 1859, when he engaged in the freight office of the Hannibal & St. Joe Railroad, at Hannibal, Mo., continuing there till 1861, when the war troubles suspended business on the road. He then returned to Richmond, Ind., and in February, 1863, he removed to Nashville, Tenn., and was engaged in the Government Quartermaster's office, in the railroad shipping department, until the spring of 1866, after which he was engaged in the freight department of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, at Nashville, Tenn., until June, 1876. He then visited the Centennial at Philadelphia, with his family, and returned to Wayne County, Ind., in November, 1876. In the spring of 1877 he purchased his present farm and residence near Richmond, kuown as " Forest Home," where he has since followed farming. Mr. Garwood was married March 5, 1861, to Anna E. Iredell, born in Wayne County, Ind., in 1837, and daughter of Samuel E. and Marinetta L. (Suffrain) Iredell, and granddaughter of John Suffrain, a native of France. They have four children - Nettie M., Esther C, Josephine S. and Eugene C. Mr. Garwood and wife attend the religious society of Hicksite Friends. Mrs. Garwood's father came to Richmond, Ind., in 1835, and followed the tailor's trade a number of years. He then bought a farm near Richmond, where he farmed and worked at his trade till 1856. He then sold his farm and purchased

Warner Grave, son of Jonathan and Lydia (Howell) Grave, was born in Delaware in 1816. His grandfather, Jacob Grave, was also a native of Delaware, and came to Wayne County with our subject's father and family in 1816, when Warner Grave was an infant. He has participated in the log-rollings and the raising of log cabins and all phases of pioneer life, his education being obtained in the subscription schools. In L820 his father erected the brick dwelling where he now resides, it being the first brick in the settlement. He has operated a saw-mill on the homestead for several years. He was also engaged for a number of years in the manufacture of lime, there being an abundance of the crude material on his farm. His farm contains 320 acres of the finest land in the settlement, situated on Middle Whitewater. His father on coming to Wayne County entered several hundred acres of land and a quarter-section in Ohio. He also purchased a farm of 240 acres that had been entered a few years previous, which is now owned and occupied by our subject. Here he constructed a saw-mill which he operated many years. lie also followed farming. He built a tannery which he caiTied on till his death. He had several children, three still living -Allen, Warner and Howell. Israel, Sarah A., David and Hannah are deceased. Our subject's parents belonged to

WiUiam Grave, only son of Nathan and Margaret (Addleman) Grave, wa. born Dec. U. 1823, on the farm where he now resides. He was reared on the home farm and educated in the country schools. He was married July 2 1863 to Elizabeth M., daughter of John and B.tty (Compton) Mills, ^ h now deceased: They were of English ancestry and members of the -Friends' society. They were the parent of ten ch Idr n of whom three are deceased-Rebecca and two who td ;: infancy. Those living are-WiUiam C, Amos, ^olin Elizabeth M., Henry F., Joseph -^^ ^^^^f ' J' ^/^g^^^^^ and wife had one daughter- Margaret Rosetta, boin m 1864, and one they have taken to raise, Christina Louisa Friesdorff, now in lier twenty-second year, wliom they have reared since eio-ht years of age. She is >x member of Friends. Mr. Grave has tbllovved farming through his life. His wife and daughter are members of the Society of Friends. Our subject's father was born in Delaware and first married Hannah Howell, by whom he had five childran - Stephen, John L. (deceased), Persey, Elwood and Ann P. (deceased). His second wife was Margaret Addleman, a native of Chester County, Pa., and to tiiis union were born six children - Hannah H., Mary H., William, Alida T., Mahala A. and Lydia J. Nathan Grave settled in Wayne County, Ind., on the farm now owned by our subject, in August, 1816. He died in his seven ty-ei^'hth year. His wife die 1 at the age of sixty-six years.

Jacob D' Hampton^ second son of David and Jane Hampton, was born Nov. 14, 1820, in Wayne County, End. He was reared on his f ither's farm and obtained a common-school education. Jan. 25, 1844, he was married to Margaret Reynolds, born in North Carolina in 1823, a daughter of Job and Pho3be Reynolds wiio came to Wayne County, Ind., in 1839. Her mother was a minister in the Society of Orthodox Friends. She died at the age of eighty-six years. His father died aged sixty-eight years. He belonged to the Society of Friends. They had ten daughters and one son; all but two daughters survive. Mr. Hampton and wife have seven children - Oliver H., of Wayne County; Addison L., foreman of Sedgewick's Wire Fence Works of Richmond; Mattie C, widow ot Alvin T. Birdsall; Emma, wife of Wilber J. Austin, of De Kalb County, Ind.; David C, a commercial traveler of De Kalb County, Ind.; Anna M., wife of Fred Buder,draughtsman in the City Mill Works of Richmon.l, and Horace G., at home. Mr. Hampton has educated his children at Earlham Colleo^e. He is enffaored in ao-ricultural pursuits and is making a specialty of horticulture, and is now filling his third term as President of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of the county. He has a fine residence and a fiirni of 120 acres of excellent land. He was one of the stockholders and incorporators of the Richmond and Newport Turnpike Company, also of the Union Pike

Company. He was a member of the Board of Directors and Secretary of the latter company for fifteen years. In politics he is a staunch Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Orthodox Friends, of which he is Elder. Onr subject is of English descent, three brothers coming to America at an early day. One settled in the southern colonies, an ancestor of the celebrated Wade Hampton; the second brother we have no record of, and the third settled in Essex County, N. J., and became the ancestor of our subject. His greatgrandfather, Jacob Hampton, a son of John Hampton, and grandson of John Hampton, who settled in Essex County, N. J., was born Aug. 9, 1731. His great-grandmother, Mary Hampton, was born in Essex County, N. J., Nov. 27, 1734, a daughter of John and Anna Terrill. Our subject's grandfather, Jacob Hampton, a son of Jacob and Mary Hampton, was born Feb. 5, 1759, in Essex County, N. J., where he was married March 2, 1783, to Eunice' Dunham, who was born July 28, 1765, a daughter of Elisha and Elizabeth Dunham. They had twelve children - Andrew, born Sept. 7, 1785; Mary, Sept. 27, 1787; Abraham, Oct. 26, 1789; Anna, Dec. 5, 1791; Jehiel, Dec. 23, 1793; David, Dec. 27, 1795; Elizat)eth, Nov. 4, 1797; Jacjb. May 20, 1800; Elisha, May 8, 1803; Eleanor, June 5, 1805; Sarah and Eunice (twins), born June 12, 1809. Jacob Hampton moved with his family to Fayette Cninty, Pa., in April, 1787, and in 1792 removed to Monongahela County, Ya. In 1808 the family settled in Warren County, Ohio, and in 1816 settled in Wayne County, Ind., where Jacob Hampton entered 200 acres of land, and his son Andrew entered 800 acres. He settled in New Garden Township, and died in 1842. Our subject's father, David Hampton, came to Wayne Caunty, Ind., in 1817, and in 1818 he was married to Jane, youngest of twelve children of Simon and Judith Moon, who came from North Carolina. She is the only surviving member of the family and is now in her eighty-seventh year. David Hampton commenced life empty handed but became one of the successful farmers of his time. He had eleven children - Lewis, of Wayne County; Jacob D., our subject; Dayton and Julia, deceased; Jehiel B., a coach-maker of Indianapolis, Ind.; Emily J., deceased, wife of Dr. J. M. Harris; she was Clerk of Friends' Yearly Meeting for twelve years; William M. and Simon M. (twins), the latDer died in infancy; Sarah A., wife of Mahlon Johnson, of Morgan County, Ind.; John D. and Mahlon T. of Wayne County. David Hampton was a member of the Orthodox Friends. He died in June, 1855.

John Hawkins was born in Wayne County, Ind., in 1811, a son of John and Lydia (Corner) Hawkins, natives of North Carolina. His parents were married in South Carolina, and in 180T came to Wayne County, Ind., and entered a quartersection of land, where our subject now resides. At one time he owned 400 acres of land, and was one of the extensive farmers of the county. He died at the age of eighty-three years, and his wife died at the age of eighty-six years. They belonged to the Society of Orthodox Friends. They had four children - Tamar (deceased), Sarah, Nathan and John. The latter was educated at the log-cabin subscription schools ol Richmond. He has followed farming successfully through life, and owns a fine farm of 250 acres, on the East Fork of Whitewater. His father built one of the first mills near Richmond. Subsequently Mr. Hawkins built a mill, and he and his father were engaged in the lumber business sixty years in connection with farming. He was married in 1833 to Sarah, daughter of Josiah and Edith (Callard) Jessup, of Guilford County, N. C. They have had eight children - Levi, Elizabeth (wife or Wm. Brannon, of Wayne County), David, Nathan, Oliver, Albert (deceased), Ellen and Emeline. Mr. Hawkins, wife and family are members of the Society of Orthodox friends. Mr. Hawkins has been School Trustee a number of years. Mrs. Hawkins's parents were of English ancestry. Her mother died at the age of forty-five years, and her father at the age of seventy years. They were members of Orthodox Friends. Of their six children two survive - Sarah and Edith.

Riley Hiatt, youngest son of John and Margaret (Nichols) Hiatt, was born in Wayne County, Ind., in 1824. His father died wlien he was ten months old. He obtained a commonschool education, and when fourteen years old learned the cabinet-maker's trade, which he followed in Fountain City,

Ind., for four years. The following eight years he followed the wagon-maker's trade during the winter, and in the summer he worked at the carpenter's trade. He was married at the age of twenty-four years to Hannah A. Coburn, who died in the year 1849, leaving one daughter - Hannah A., wife o± Dunham Hampton, of Wayne County. In 1852 Mr. Hiatt was again married to Elizabeth P. Stidham, of Wayne County. To them have been born seven children - George R., Mary E. (deceased), Ellen IS", (deceased), John I., Joseph P. Albert C.and Lena M. Mr. Hiatt began life empty-handed, but by industry and good management he has become the largest land-owner in the settlement. He now owns 324 acres of well-improved land, and has some of the best springs of water in the township, the best of which is at his residence. Mr. Hiatt also makes a specialty of stock-raising and dealing in tine stock. He is politically a Republican. Mr. Hiatt's ancestors came from Germany to the United States with William Penn. His parents were born, reared and married in Guilford County, N. C, and in 1809 they came to Wayne County, Ind., where his father entered land near Cox's Mills. His father was a hatter and blacksmith by trade, which he followed in connection with agricultural pursuits. They belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church till their death. To them were born nine children - Ruth, wife of Jonathan Hiatt, had fifteen children; Caleb, of Oregon, had seven children; Leah, deceased, wife of Robert Barr, had three children; Mary, wife of Joseph Unthank, residing in Oregon, had two children; Marue deceased, wife of Eli L. Davis, of Jay County, Ind., had six children; Phares, of Randolph County, Ind., had nine; and Esther, wife of James Sweney, of Kansas, has five children. Samuel Henley was born on the farm where he still resides, March 11, 1824, a son of Micajah and Guliel ma (Charles) Henley, the former born Feb. 6, 1T85, in Guilford County, N. C, of English ancestry, and the latter born April 23, 1792, of Welsh descent. They were married in :Nrorth Carolina, and immediately after came to Indiana and settled on the farm now occupied by our subject, in August, 1812. Micajah Henley cleared and cultivated this farm and followed agricultural pursuits till his deatli, which occurred Dec. 13, 1S57. His wife died Dec. 8, 1860. They were the parents of eight children, four still living - John, Rebecca, Naomi and Samuel. Mary, Martha, Henry and Gulielma are deceased. Although they were subjected to the hardships incident to pioneer life and the rearing of a family, they always gave liherally of their time and money to help in the organization of meetings of the Society of Friends. They were among the earliest and most zealous promoters and workers toward tiie success of the Friends' boarding school, now Earlham College, of Richmond. Our subject was reared to pioneer life and obtained his education in the subscription schools. He has followed farming and stock-raising successfully through lite. April 25, 1850, he married Eliza A., daughter of Jacob and Mary (Butler) Hadley, both now deceased. They have had four children - William E., born May 1, 1851, residing in Richmond; Mary E., born Sept. 13, 1853, wife of George Wiggins, of Richmond; Alva J., born Dec. 25, 1857, and Elwood, born Oct. 15, 1860, and died Oct. 28, 1862. Mr. Heidey and family are members of the Society of Orthodox Friends.

Simon Flavian Herman^ manufacturer of cigars and grower of small fruits, near Richmond, was born Feb. 18, 1811, in Sargaus, Canton of St. Gall, Switzerland. In 1849 his parents, Joseph H. and Walburga(Kohler) Herman, came with their femily of four children to America, landing in New Orleans in February, 1849, where they resided one year. They then resided two years in Cincinnati, Ohio, and three years in Covington, Ky. While residing in the latter place the father and his eldest son, Joseph B., were drowned while going to St. Louis, and the remainder of the family removed, to Evansville, Ind., where the mother died in 1860. Their children were - Mary G., who married Charles Larch; Joseph B., Simon F. and Christiana C Our subject learned the cigar-maker's trade in Evansville, at which he worked till 1861. He then worked at the trade with Andrew C. Fogus, making his home in Mount Yernon till 1869, and during tliis time he worked in various places. In 1867 he was married to Anna M. L. Steinkamp, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, of

German descent. Thej were the parents often children- Frederick W., born June 20, 1868; Marj C, born Dec. 30, 1869, and died in September, 1870; Frank H., born July 1, 1871; Emma L., May 17, 1873; John A., April 11, 1875; Josephs., Nov. 11, 1876; Edward S., July 10, J878; Anna L., Jan. 27, 1880; Louisa C, Oct. 10, 1881, and a son born May 22, 1883, died in infancy. In 1874 Mr. Herman returned in Kichmond and soon after settled on the place where he has since resided, and engaged in manufacturing cigars in connection with the growing of small fruit. He joined the Masonic fraternity in 1862 and belongs to Lodge No. 163, A. F. & A. M. He and wife are members of the German Lutheran church.

Albert Hill, second son of Benjamin and Sarah (Hoover) Hill, was born Aug. 29, 1844, in Wayne County, Ind. He was educated in the schoolsof his native county, and remained with his parents till he grew to manhood. He was married in January, 1873, to Lydia, daughter of Ira and Mary (Thome) Moore, who came to Wajne County from Kew Jersey. Their family consists of three children - Frederick R., born May 30, 1874; Sarah D., born Nov. 22, 1881, and Mary E., born Feb. 12, 1883. After his marriage Mr. Hill purchased a farm in Webster Township, Wayne Co., Ind., where he followed farming four years. In 1877 he sold his farm and purchased his present farm, situated one and a half miles east of Richmond. His farm contains 102 acres of well-cnltivated land, and his farm buildings are first-class. Mrs. Hill has a birthright in the Society of Hicksite Friends.

Benjamin Hill, eldest son of Beiijamin and Martha (Cox) Hill, was born Sept. 23, 1809, in Wayne County, Ind., and was married to Sarah, a daughter of David Hoover, a pioneer of 1806. Their children are - David H., Martha E., Albert G., Henry L., Anna C. and George W. Benjamin Hill resides on a well-cultivated farm three miles east of Richmond, where he has lived for more than forty -five years, and has followed fanning the greater part of his life. His father, Benjamin Hill, was born in North Carolina, June 22, 1770, of English descent, and was married to Mary Jessup. Their children were - John, Sarah, Jacob, William, Joseph and Mary.

He moved to Virginia in 1802, and in the autumn of 1806 removed with his family to Indiana, and settled in the unbroken forest, about three miles east of Richmond, and was subjected to the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life. Shortly after coming to Wayne County his wife died, and he was afterward married to Martha Cox, who was born in Randolph County, N. C, Nov. 28, 1779, and came to Indiana in 1807. Their children were - Benjamin (our subject), Harmon, Rebecca, Ezra and Enos. Benjamin Hill, Sr., was extensivel}^ engaged in farming, and built the flour and sawmills east of Richmond, long known as " Hill's Mills," which he managed successfully. He died Feb. 9, 1829, in his tiftyninth year. Martha Hill, his widow, died Jan. 25, 1867, in the eighty-eighth year of her age.

David Hoover, son of David Hoover, Sr., was born July 4, 1828, in Wayne County, Ind., in the house where he now resides. He was reared on the home farm, and obtained a fair common-school education. He was married in 1858 to Phoebe L., daughter of Seth and Rebecca (Simmons) Macy. They have three sons - Andrew, born Oct. 20, 1861, married Florence Fulghum; Henry I., born Jan. 15, 1864, and David S., born Dec. 25, 1871. Mr. Hoover has followed farming through life and now owns a highly cultivated farm. His views are independent both in politics and religion. His great-grandparents, Andrew and Mary Hoover, immigrated from Germany and settled in Maryland, where they resided many years, and where our subject's grandfather, Andrew Hoover, Jr., was born in 1740. In 1850 they removed to North Carolina, where Andrew was reared, and married Elizabeth Waymire. Of their ten child^-en only one survives - Sarah, who married Jacob Sanders. Those deceased are - Mary, wife of Thomas Newman and mother of John S. Newman; Elizabeth, who married William Bulla; David, who married Catherine Yount; Frederick, who married Catherine Yount, David's wife's cousin; Susannah, who married Elijah Wright; Henry, who married Susan Clark; Rebecca, who married Isaac Julian, and was the mother of the eminent statesman George W. Julian; Andrew, who married Julia Ratliff, and Catherine, who married John McLane. Andrew

Hoover, Jr., moved with his family to Ohio and resided near Lebanon four years, but ague being so prevalent there they resolved to see the then new territory of Dearborn, now Wayne County, Ind., and in the spring of 1806 David Hoover, Sr., entered the land now owned by our subject and the following spring the family settled in their new home, where Andrew Hoover, Jr., died at the age of eighty-four years, his wife having died one year previous, at the age of eighty-one years. David Hoover, Sr., was born in JSTorth Carolina in April, 1781. He subsequently resided in Ohio, where he was married in 1806, and in 1807 settled in Wayne County, Ind. He was for many years Justice of the Peace, and for fourteen Clerk of Wayne County. He was for many years Associate Judge of the county, and represented Wayne County in the State Legislature many terms. He died in his eighty-sixth year in 1866. His wife died in her seventysixth year. They had ten children, seven still living - Elizabeth, wife of S. T. Powell; Hiram, married Mary Price; Susan, wife of Wm. Brady; Sarah, wife of Benjamin Hill; Isabel, wife of J. M. Brown; Esther, wife of Henry Shroyer and our subject. Those deceased are - Mary, Rebecca and William.

Isaac Yore Homey was born in Kichmond, Wayne Co., Ind., in 1839, eldest of two children of Solomon and Ruth W. (Vore) Horney. His father was a native of Guilford County, N. C, and settled in Wayne County, Ind., in 1832. He was married in Richmond and established the first plow manufactory in that city, known as the Horney Plow Works, where he was successfully engaged a number of years. Isaac Y. was educated in the schools of Richmond and also attended Commercial College in Dayton, Ohio, one term. At the age ot eighteen years he entered his father's shops where he was engaged twelve years, and in 1869 he purchased the farm where he has since resided. His farm contains seventy-six acres of fine land, and since purchasing Mr. Horney has made many valuable improvements, and he may be classed among the progressive farmers of Wayne Township, He was married in 1864 to Harriet A., daughter of Elizabeth Rhoads and granddaughter of John E. Elderkin, one of the pioneers of Wayne

County. They have had two sons - Charles, born in 1865 and died in 1866; William E., born in 1866, now at Commercial College. Mr. Horney is a member of Whitewater Lodi^e, No. 41 I. O. O. F., and of Oriental Encampment of Richmond.

David Little, eldest son of Thomas and Mariam (Nicholson) Little, was born March 12, 1811, in Randolph County, N. C. He received a limited education in the subscription schools and in 1827 he came to Indiana with Aaron Hill, with whom he resided in Wayne, Randolph and Grant counties until 1831. He was married in 1833 to Nancy Thomus, born in 1812, in North Carolina, and a daughter of Stephen and Hannah (Mendenhall) Thomas, who came to Wayne County, Ind., in 1813. They were the parents of eight children - Isaac, born March 5, 1834, in Randolph County, Ind.; Rebecca, born Nov. 13, 1835, and died in 1859; Hannah, born Nov. 20, 1837, wife of John W. Smith, of Kansas; Daniel, Sept. 12, 1840, and died in infancy; Nathan, born Nov. 26, 1841; Mariam, born Nov. 26, 1844, wife of John K. Thomas, of Wayne County; Anna, born June 24, 1847, wife of W. H. Commons, of Iowa; Jane, Nov. 2, 1850, wife of O. D. Addleman, of Wayne County. They also reared the following children - Hepsa A., a niece, daughter of Amiel and Abigail Hunt, born Oct. 31, 1855, and died July 29, 1878; William S. Zeek, born Jan. 10, 1868. Mrs. Little died Aug. 18, 1858, and Jan. 17, 1861, Mr. Little was again married to Mrs. Mary Cook, daughter of Jeremiah and Ruth Andrew Cox. She died Nov. 16, 1882, aged sixty-six years. She was an Elder in the Society of Friends till her death. Mr. Little removed from Randolph County, Ind., to the farm where he has since pursued farming. He joined the Friend's society when twenty years old, and he and his first wife were Overseers in the society for many years. He was also an Elder in that denomination. His father was reared in North Carolina, where he married Mariam Nicholson, a native of Nantucket, Mass. Their children were - David, John (deceased), Nathan, Rebecca (deceased) and Zimri. Their mother died in 1859 aged seventy-seven years.

Benjamin Lloyd was born March 22, 1831, in Wayne County, Ind., a son of Humphrey and Kachel (Clark) Lloyd, natives of North Carolina. They were among the first settlers of Wayne County where they were married. They were the parents of ten children, of whom only four survive - Milton, Edward, Benjamin, and William, all living in Wayne County except William, who resides in Grant County, Ind. Those deceased are - David, Sallie, Esther A., and three sons who died in infancy. Their mother died in 181:4 aged thirty-six years, and their father died in Grant County, Ind., in 1879, aged seventy-nine years. Our subject was reared on the home farm till he was thirteen years of age, after which he lived with James Neal, of Wayne County, till he grew to manhood. After attaining his majority he was engaged as a teamster about three years when he worked as a brakesman on the Richmond & Chicago Railroad one year. Nov. 16, 1856 he married Louisa F., daughter of Henry and Louisa F. (Loggaman) Hessman. They have two sons - John W., born Oct. 25, 1857, and Charles H., born Sept. 16, 1859. After his marriage Mr. Lloyd rented and farmed near Richmond until 1861. He then rented a farm near Indianapolis where he farm, ed during the summer for live years, and during the winter seasons worked in slaughter houses. In 1866 he purchased his present farm of eighty acres for which he paid $8,000 and which is now worth $150 per acre. After residing here a number of years he returned to Indianapolis and worked several years for wages when he again settled on his farm. Mrs. Lloyd's father was born in 1800 and died in 1861, and her mother was born in 1804 and is living in Richmond. They came from Germany and settled in Wayne County in 1833. They had eight children, five still living - Henry, Louisa F., William, Charles and Lewis.

Benjamin Franklin Martin, Postmaster and dealer in general merchandise, Chester, was born April 21, 1838, in Chester County, Pa., and is the third son of Benjamin L. and Sarah (Christraan) Martin. His parents moved to Wayne County, Ind., when he was young, and he was educated at the Centreville College. He held the position of clerk in the auditor's office, and was with his father in the Govern- raent disbnrsinj^ department for some time during the late war. He was Second Lieutenant of Company F, Seventyeiffhth Indiana Infantry, and was on duty near Yicksburg, Miss., wliere the poor water and warm climate caused the death of a great many of the members of his company. He was married in October, 1863, to Sarah A., daughter of Benjamin and Eliza (Dakin) Jemison, both now living. They have two children - Benjamin F. and Maud E. In February, 1876, Mr. Martin engaged in his present mercantile business in which he has been very successful. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1861, and belongs to Lodge No. 42, Centreville. His political affiliations are with the Eepublican party.

Benjamin Lloyd Martin, son of John and Ruth (Stephens) Martin, was born in 1806 in Cliester County, Pa., where he grew to manhood and attended the common schools, completing his education at the commercial college in Philadelphia. In 1831 he was married to Sarah, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Moyer) Christman, of Chester County, Pa. They have seven children - Nathan W., of Wayne County; John W., of Raleigh, Ind. ; Benjamin F., of Chester, Wayne County; William C, of Topeka, Kan.; Isaac N., in the Treasury Department at Washington, D. C. ; Theodore S., their youngest child, residing in Wayne County, and Rebecca A. S., wife of William L. Boyd, of Richmond, Ind. In October, 1839, Mr. Martin moved with his family to Wayne County, Ind., and was engaged in teaching school till 1848. In December, 1812, he became Deputy Auditor of the county, filling that position till 1855, when he was elected Auditor, which office he held two terms of four years. In the meantime he with a number of others organized the First National Bank of Centreville, of which he was chosen Cashier. About this time, 3 863, he was appointed additional Paymaster in the Federal army, and at once resigned his position in the bank to attend his duties at St. Louis, Mo., remaining there till the fall of 1864, when he was transferred from the Mississippi to the Cuinberland department, headquarters Louisville, Ky. In the spring of 1865 he was ordered to North Carolina; reached Washington, D. C, and was soon sent back to Louisville, where he remained some time. He was then sent to the Northwestern department, headquarters at Indianapolis, Ind., where he was on duty till the close of the war. He was mustered out in November, 1865. His position in the army was one of trust and responsibility as he had the disbursing of millions of dollars. During the war Mr. Martin purchased a farm of 360 acres, where he now resides. In 1869 he was elected to represent Wayne County in the State Legislature, where he ably represented the county two years. In 1870 he was elected to the same position, serving two years. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, lodge, chapter, commandery of Hichmond, Ind., and in politics is a Republican. He and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. In 1840 he was licensed a local preacher. Mr. Martin's parents were of English and "Welsh ancestry. They were reared in Pennsylvania, and were the parents of seven children. They belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church, and died in Iowa, both living to be over ninety years of age. Mrs. Martin's parents were of German ancestry and died in Chester County, Pa., her father aged sixty years and her mother aged seventy-three years.

Nathaniel Davis MoClure, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Sellers) McClure,was born on the farm where he now resides, Feb. 15, 1830. He was reared a farmer, receiving a limited education at the subscription schools, but by his own exertions he has acquired a liberal education. He rented land, which he sowed with wheat, and with the proceeds of the crop he was enabled to attend school at Richmond. He then attended a seminary on Green's Fork, and completed his education at the Spiceland Academy. He worked at the carpenter's trade in Richmond two years, and in 1852 began the manufacture of steel plows in Fort Wayne with Adam Reed, under the firm name of Reed & McClure, in which business he continued till 1857, when he was married to Letitia, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Devose, of Decatur, Adams Co., Ind. They have had six children - Mericus R., Nathaniel F. (deceased), Joseph M., John M. A., Emma F. and Sarah I. Soon after his marriage Mr. McClure sold his manufacturing interests and purchased a farm near Springdeld, Ind., where he resided two years. He then returned to the hotueetead and cared for his father till his death, when he purchased the heirs' interest, and has since successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits. Mr. McOlure is a Republican, and is a meniber of the Presbyterian church. His wife was reared in the doctrines of the Methodist church. His grandfather, Nathaniel McClure, was born in Virginia, and when nineteen years old married and settled in Kentucky. In

1808 he came to Wayne County, Ind., with his sons Thomas and Nathaniel (our subject's father, then eighteen years of age), and cleared a quarter-section of land, and in the fall of

1809 the remainder of the family moved to Wayne County. Nathaniel McClure, Sr., was one of the founders of the first Presbyterian church in this county, and was an Elder in the church. He followed farming through life; died at the age of eighty-two years. His wife died at the age of eighty-three years. Our subject's father remained with his parents till 1815, when he returned to Kentucky, where he was first married, and the same year returned with his wife to Wayne County and entered a quarter-section of land including the farm now owned by our subject. His wife died at the age of fifty-seven years, and he was again married to Jane Thompson. He had five children by his first wife, all deceased except Sarah A. and our subject. He died at the age of seventy-two years.

Itees Mendeiihall, farmer, stock-raiser and horticulturist, was born Dec. 13, 1823, in Wayne County, Ind. He grew to manhood on the home farm, receiving a liberal commonschool education, and in 1849 he was married to Lydia A., daughter of Joseph and Alice (Clawson) White, They had nine children - William, farming in Michigan; Alice, wife of Stacey Bevan, of Arkansas; Albert and Joseph E., of Arkansas; Anna M., Ellis G., Lizzie H., John R. and Flora E., at home. In 1854 Mr. Mendenhall settled on the farm where he has since resided. He makes a specialty of fine stock and also of the best variety of fruits. His cherry orchard alone contains 300 trees. Mr. Mendenhall and wife are members of the Society of Friends, and he has served a number of years as Elder. The Mendenhall family were originally

Englisli, and figured conspicuously in the War of the Eosesv and on account of the part taken in that war their estateswere confiscated. Three brothers emigrated to America with William Penn, and from one of them our subject descended. His grandfather, Caleb Mendenhall, was born, reared and married in JSTorth Carolina, and where our subject's father, Griffith Mendenhall, was born Oct. 4, 1793, and when eight years of age came with his parents to Miami County, Ohio. In 1818, in partnership with Daniel Anthony, Griffith Mendenhall built and operated the first wool-carding mill in Richmond, He was married to Elizabeth Airey, by whom he had seven children - Bentley, Rees, William (deceased), Caleb John (who died from disease contracted while in the war), Lindley (deceased) and Martha. Griffith Mendenhall died at the advanced age of eighty-five years.

Hugh Moffitt^ eldest son of Charles and Elizabeth Moffitt, was born in Randolph County, jS". C, March 21, 1806. His father, Charles Moffitt, was born in JSTorth Carolina, and in 1798 removed with his father, Hugh Hoffitt, Sr., to Ohio, where the latter died in 1799. Charles Moffitt returned to Randolph County, JSf. C, where he was married in 1804 to Elizabeth, daughter of Jeremiah and Margery Cox. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom six still survive - Hugh; Tacey, widow of William Cloud; John, of Indianapolis; Ruth, widow of Dr. J. J. Perry; Abijah; Anna, wife of Eli Stubbs, of Richmond, Ind. Jeremiah, Eunice, Hannah, Mary, Nathan and Elizabeth are deceased. In 1811 Charles Moffitt removed with his family to Richmond, Ind., and settled on a quarter-section of land, a portion of which is owned by our subject. In 1816 he erected a grist-mill on the present site of the Stafibrd, or Quaker City, Mills, which he operated till his death, together with farming. He also owned a saw-mill where Aikens' Woolen Mill now stands. He died in his seventy-second year. His widow survived till Kov. 30, 1860, and died in her seventy-seventh year. They belonged to the Society of Friends, both being Elders of the society. Hugh Moffitt was five years of age when his parents moved to Richmond. His youth was spent in helping his father clear the farm and in taking charge of the saw-mill, and his education was obtained at the subscription schools. In 1828 he was married to Sarah, daughter of William and Martha Childre, who came from Ohio to Wayne County, Ind., in 1827, and in 1830 they, with Mr. Moffitt and wife, removed to Boon County, Ind., where Mr. Moffitt followed fanning till 1840. He then carried on the trade of cabinetmaking in Thorntown, Boon County, till 1845, when he and his brother Nathan purchased the mill and a part of the homestead, where he still resides, and where Nathan Moffitt died in 1846. He has since sold the mill, but still owns the farm, and also owns some fine land in the county. Mr. Moffitt and wife have no children, but have reared the following from childhood - Mary Barker, wife of William Baxter, of Richmond; John Moffitt's children - Ann, Elizabeth and Charles; Martha Tyler, wife of Oriu S. Mote, of Richmond; Ann McFerreor, wife of Albert S. Hunt; and Alice Maud Thomas, now living with them. Mr. and Mrs. Moffitt are members of the society of Friends, and he has served as Elder many years. Mrs. Moffitt's parents also belonged to the same society till their death. They had three children - Sarah, Phoebe and LTriah (deceased).

James Moore was born in Columbia County, Ga., June 15, 1798, the sixth and only living child of Alexander L., and Phoebe (Edwards) Moore, his father a native of South Carolina, of English descent, and his mother of Georgia, of Welsh descent. His paternal ancestors came to the United States prior to the Revolutionary war. His grandfather, Mordecai Moore, was born in Pennsylvania. He was by trade a millstone cutter, and went south to work at his trade. He and his son Alexander L. were soldiers in the war of the Revolution. In 1808 our subject's parents removed to Butler County, Ohio, and when he was seventeen years of age, he induced his father to enter land, in what is now Wayne County, Ind., and in 1817 he entered a half section on Middle Fork of Whitewater River. James built cabins for the family, and in February, 1818, they removed to Indiana. His father was a well-informed man, and a fluent conversationalist. Having seen the evils of the slavery system in his native State, he was bitterly opposed to it, and for many years was a Whig, and later a Eepublican. He and his wife were consistent members of the Society of Friends. They lived to see their youngest child settled in life, and died at an advanced age. Oar subject has experienced all the vicissitudes of pioneer life, and has seen Richmond grow from a place only in name, to the present flourishing county seat of Wayne County. His early educational advantages were limited, but having a desire for knowledge, he became a diligent reader, and became one of the best informed men in the county. Politically he has been a Whig and Republican. He is an advanced thinker, and an able advocate of his theories. He has been principally engaged in farming through life, but being a natural mechanic, can apply himself to any branch he has need of. After the death of his parents he became the owner of the homestead, 136 acres, which he has sold to his son, and now owns a desirable residence a mile and a half north of Main street, Richmond. He was married in 1828 to Esther, daughter of Jehu and Lydia (Stanfield) Hiatt. Her parents settled in Wayne County in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have two children - Lydia S. and Clarkson T. Mr. Moore has been Trustee of Wayne Township several years. He is a member of no societj', but in religious faith is a Friend.

Robert Moore was born Feb. 13, 1808, in Lancaster County, Pa., a son of Andrew and Ann (Walker) Moore, the former a native of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent, and the latter of English ancestry. They were the parents of nine children, of whom only three survive - Andrew, Robert and Isaac. Mary, Asahel, Anna, Massey, Moses and Sarah, are deceased. Andrew Moore died in 1818, and his wife in 1848. They and their family were members of the Society of Friends. Robert Moore was educated in the subscription schools of Pennsylvania, and at the age of fourteen years began learning the painter's trade. March 13, 1833, he was married to Ann Rain bo, born July 3, 1809, in Chester County, Pa., and daughter of JSTathan and Elizabeth (Ash) Rainbo, the former of Welsh and the latter German descent. They are now deceased. Their children were - Ann, AVilliam A., Elizabeth, Nathan M., Samuel A., Rachel L., Sarah J., James R. and

Mary E., of wliom tlie daughters only survive. Mr. Moore and wife have tliree children - Ann Elizabeth, who married John Maxwell, and died, leaving two children - Robert M., and Sidie H. ; Nathan A., and Mary, wife of John M. Maxwell, of Richmond, Ind., who has one daughter, Miriam A. Mr. Moore settled in Richmond, in May, 1837, where he followed painting for many years. In 1848 he settled on his farm, where he was successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits more than twenty years, and has now retired from active business life. Mr. Moore and family belong to the Society of Friends. His son, Nathan Andrew Moore, was born May 3, 1838, in Richmond, Ind. He grew to manhood on his ftither's farm, and attended the common schools. He has followed farming through life. He was married March 12, 1873, to Anna, daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Elliott) Gilbert, of Dublin, Wayne Co., Ind., of Welsh and English descent respectively. Her father is deceased, but her mother survives, and is an Elder in the Society of Friends. To this union were born four children - Thomas G., born Jan. 29, 1874; Robert P., May 24, 1876; Ann E., Aug. 6, 1878, and Herbert N., Sept. 2,1880. Our subject's grandfather, Robert Moore, was a native of Ireland. He emigrated to America, settling in Pennsylvania, where he was married.

Nathan Morgan^ eldest son of John and Mary (Albertson) Morgan, was born in Blackwood town, N. J., Oct. 9, 1792. He received a common-school education, and at the age of thirteen years he was apprenticed to Nehemiah Fowler, of Haddenstield, N. J., to learn the cabinet-maker's trade, serving live years. He then worked at his trade several years, and in 1813 was married to Beulah Beetle, who was of English descent. They had four children - William A., a native of New Jersey, died in 1851, in Cincinnati, Ohio; Beulah A., married James Smith, died in January, 1884; Mary, born in New Jersey, and Nathan, born in Wayne County, Ind., Nov. 15, 1823. Mr. Morgan came with his family to Wayne County, Ind., in July, 1823, located in Richmond, and bought property. He settled on Pearl street, where lie erected a shop and engaged in cabinet-making and under- taking iiutil 1850, when he purchased the farm where he has since resided, one mile north of Richmond. His wife died in 1824, She belonged to the Friends' society, Mr. Morgan was again married March 7, 1827, to Margaret, daughter of David and Hannah Holloway, by whom he had six children - Hannah, wife of Thomas Woodnutt, of Philadelphia; Charles D., attorney at law, Knightstown, Henry Co., Ind. ; Elizabeth, died Nov. 7, 1851; David, of Wabash County, Ind.; Abbie, wife of E, F, Hirst, of Richmond, and John E., of Montana Territory. Mrs. Morgan died in 1876. Her parents were natives of Virginia, and after living in Waynesville and Cincinnati, Ohio, many years, settled in Richmond, Ind., in 1825, where Mr. Holloway engaged in merchandising. He died in Richmond, at the age of seventy-seven. Mrs. Holloway resided with the subject of this sketch until her death, in her eighty-fifth year. They were members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Morgan was of Welsh and English descent. His father was a Presbyterian and his mother a Friend, and he adhered to the faith of his mother.

Isaac Overman^ fifth son of Nathan and Tamar (Brothers) Overman, was born Nov. 6, 1800, in Randolph County, N. C, and in 1808 came with his parents to Wayne County, Ind., where he grew to manhood and attended the common schools. He followed farming, in Randolph County, Ind,, from 1826 till 1856, inclusive, when he bought a farm and saw-mill near Williamsburg, Wayne County, where he was successfully engaged till 1876, He then rented his land and purchased property in Darke County, Ohio, where he resided till recently, since when he has made his home with his widowed sister, Mrs. Nancy Longfellow, Mr, Overman was first married in 1819 to Margaret, daughter of John Davis, She died in 1861, and he was again married to Julia A. (Mathis) Slater, widow of Ephraim Slater, She died in 1881. Mr. Overman belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, of which both his wives were also members. His sister Nancy is the sixth child of Nathan Overman, and is a native of Randolph County, Ind., being born in 1798. She was married to James Longfellow, who followed farming till his death. Thev had ten children - John, of Tipton County, Ind. ; Tamar, deceased, wife of Eli Boswell; William, of Tipton County; Cornelius, of Richmond, Ind.; Julia A., at home; Jane, deceased, wife of Harlan Hunt; Polly, deceased wife of Jesse Hunt; Zebulon, deceased; Matilda, wife of Kinsey Mains, of Randolph County, Ind. ; Albert, of Wayne County. Mrs. Longfellow is at present residing near Chester, She belongs to the New Light church. Our subject's grandfather was a native of Germany. His father came with his family to Wayne County, Ind,, in 1808, and entered a quarter-section of land east of Richmond. In 1816 he removed to Randolph County, Ind., where he followed farming till his death, at the age of sixty years. His wife died when seventj^-six years of ace. They belonged to the Friends' Society. Their children were - Joseph, died at ninety-two years of age; Reuben, died when sixty years old; Mabel, died when eighty years old; Cornelius, deceased at fifty-seven years; Abner, when sixtyeight years old; Nancy, widow of James Longfellow, living, in her eighty-sixth year; Isaac, our subject, aged eighty-four years; Jesse, died at ninety-two years of age; Rebecca when fifty -two years, and Zebulon when fifty-six years of age.

Joel Railsbach^ farmer and horticulturist, was born Jan. 29,- 1808, in Wayne County, Ind. He has experienced all the phases of pioneer life, and was educated at the log-cabin subscription schools. He was married in 1830, to Elizabeth, daughter of William and Sarah Fouts, early settlers of Wayne County, from North Carolina. Of their twelve children nine are living - William, of Pendleton, Ind.. married Elizabeth McHenry ; Nancy, wife of Daniel Goozykoontz, of Anderson, Ind.; David, at home; Permelia, wife of Fleming Aydlott, of Xenia, Ind. ; Mary, wife of Aquilla Watkins, of Anderson, Ind.; Sarah, wifeof Robert Williamson, of Wabash, Ind.; Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Pence, near Anderson, Ind.; Maria, wife of Charles Bulla, of Wayne County, Ind. Those deceased are - Lucinda,wife of Robert Grimes, who is also deceased; Larkin and Eliza. Mr. Railsback first bought land near Boston, Wayne County, where he followed farming till 1837, when he sold and purchased another farm and followed horticulture and agriculture till 1852. He then sold his farm and removed to the place where he still resides. His farm contains 182 acres of valuable land, situated on the Newport pike, near Richmond. He has a first-class residence, and one of the best orchards in Wayne Township. His father, David Kailsback, was born Dec. 12, 1769, in Rowan County, N. C, of German ancestry. Our subject's mother, Sarah (Stephens) Railsback, was born in Loudoun County ,Ya., in 1774, and was married in North Carolina. This couple removed with their family to Wayne County in 1807, where David Railsback followed farming through life. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and died Oct. 12, 1857. His widow died a few years later. She belonged to the Baptist church. They reared twelve children to maturity, five of whom were born in Wayne County. Those living are - Judith, widow of Thomas Cobb; Caleb, married Nancy Barnhills, and resides in Marshall County, Ind. ; Joel, the eighth child; David, married Mary Smith, and is living in Wayne County; Mary, Enoch, Edward, William, Matthew (twin to Caleb), Nathan, John and Sarah.

William C. Rich, youngest living son of Joseph and Margery (Cox) Rich, was born June 24, 1830, on the farm where he resides. He was educated in the common schools, and in 1854 was married to Margaret, daughter of John and Mary (Allred) Duke, of Wayne County, Ind. They have seven children - Francis M., Willis D., Emeline (wife of Horace Ratliff, of Wayne County), Joseph, May, Oscar and Anna M. Immediately after his marriage Mr, Rich began farming on a portion of the homestead, and soon owned the entire farm. He then purchased land lying south and east, and now owns the Roberts farm, for which he paid $6,000. He has followed farming and stock-raising with success, and has his lands highly cultivated, and his residence is one of the best in West Wayne Township. In politics he is a Republican, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Our subject's parents were born, reared and married in Randolph County, N. C, and in 1821 came to Wayne County, Ind., where Joseph Rich built a saw-mill which he operated a few years. He then bought 160 acres of land where William Rich resides. He died at the age of seventy years, and his wife at the age of sixty-eight years. They had eight chil- dren, four still living - Abijah, Polly, Daniel and William C. Jane, Reuben, Henry and Martha are deceased. Mrs. Rich's father was born in 1808 in North Carolina, and came to Wayne County, Ind., in 1834. He was married in 1834 to Mary Allred, born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1816. Their children are - Heramiss (deceased), Margaret, George W., Rhuhama, Ann E., James K., Serepta, Dora, Thomas (deceased) and John S.

Jesse Starr, eldest son of John and Mary (Willitts) Starr, was born March 24, 1810, in Berks County, Pa., where his parents were born, reared and married. In 1819 they settled in Preble County, Ohio, residing there till 1832, when they settled in Wayne County, Ind., on the farm now owned by our subject. John Starr was a successful farmer and business man, and he and wife belonged to the Society of Friends till their death. They were the parents of four sons and three daughters, all deceased except our subject. He was reared on his father's farm and received a common-school education, and afterward attended the Richmond high school six months. In 1846 he was married to Sarah M., daughter of Joel and Hannah Mathews, who came to Wayne County in 1834, remaining till their death. They were members of the Society of Friends. They had eight children, all living except Benjamin Mathews, who was a soldier in the Sixtyninth Indiana Infantry, and died soon after reaching home in 1863, from disease contracted in the army. Mr. and Mrs. Starr have had nine children, of whom five survive - Mary, wife of A. L. Hampton, of Richmond; John, married Alice Brannon, and resides in Richmond; Edward, married Emma Cook and lives on the homestead, and Joel E. and Carrie at home. Henrietta, William, Libbie and Hannah are deceased. Mr. Starr is a Republican in politics, and he and wife are members of the Society of Friends.

John Siiffrain, deceased, was born in France, and at the age of eleven years enlisted in the French service and served on a war vessel two and a half years, when he returned home. He was, soon after his return, pressed into service and was at sea eleven years, and two and a half years during that time he was blockaded at the Island of Malta, being many times near starvation. He, in company with some others, attempted to escape by night, but was captured by General JSTelson, but were soon after exchanged. He fought at the battle of the Nile, and was made prisoner by the English, but made his escape by swimming two and a half miles, with his bundle of clothing on his back, when he was picked up by a French vessel. In 1802 he was sick with yellow fever and was left at San Domingo. On recovering he came to Philadelphia, intending to return to France, but liking the place so well he remained till 1836. He then removed to Richmond, Ind., residing there till his death, which occurred Sept. 13, 1855, in his eightieth year,

Fleming Wasson was born in Bourbon County, Ky., Jan. 1, 1807, and was taken to Preble County, Ohio, when an infant, where he was reared and educated in the log-cabin subscription schools^ At the age of nineteen he began working for John Chayes and Dudley Andrews, pork packers and dealers in boat supplies, of Cincinnati, Ohio. He superintended their packing a number of years, and during the summer season was engaged in their store, remaining with the firm twelve years. For twenty consecutive winters he was superintendent of W. Coleman's slaughter-bouse in Cincinnati. He superintended the same business at Princeton, Ind., Nashville, Tenn., and other places till 1855, when he, in connection with Brown and Morrow, engaged in slaughtering and packing in Richmond, Ind., superintending the business four years. He also managed the same business in Richmond for Yanneman, Reed & Co. He superintended the packing for George Ellis & Co., of Anderson, Ind., for five years, and for Colonel Slute, of Marion, Ind., some time. Since retiring from the business he has f Jlowed agricultural pursuits on the farm entered by his grandfather in 1806. He was married April 10, 1831, to Priscilla, daughter of Eli and Dorcas (Brice) Minor, both now deceased. Mrs. Wasson died in November, 1860. Of the twelve children born to this union six survive - Fanny; Josephine, wife of Sanders Widup, of Kosciusko County, Ind.; Minor B., of Wayne County; George W., of Nebraska; Emma, wife of J. F. Parsons, of Danville, Ind.; and Louise K. Tliose deceased are - John,

Willie, Harry, and three who died unnamed. Mr. Wasson was made a member of Bolivar Lod^e, A. F. & A. M. of Richmond. His grandfather, Joseph Wasson, was born and reared ia South Carolina,and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, where he received seven wounds. He subsequently removed to Bourbon County, Ky., and in 1806 settled in Wayne County, Ind., where he entered a quarter-section of land which is now owned by our subject. He died at an advanced a-e. Our subject's father, David Wasson, was born in South Carolina, and was married in Kentucky to Elizabeth Fleming, and to them were born six children - John, Fleming, Miles (deceased), Martha (deceased), James and Sally He came with his father to Indiana in 1806, and in 1808 re' moved with his family to ^ew Paris, Ohio, and followed farming till his death, at the age of forty-two years After her husband's death our subject's mother* was married to Jonathan Matchett, by whom she had one son - David J She died in Wayne County aged fifty-five years.

Be7i?y Linwood Wetherald was born in Boynton York shire England, Dec. 4, 1812, and when six years old came wuh Ins parents, George and Joana (Linwood) Wetherald, to America, locating in Concord, Chester Co., Pa. When thir teen years of age he began working for farmers for $4 per month, continuing this till he was seventeen years old. Having saved all his earnings, he went to Wilmington, Del and served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade. He'only

Toil Lsfr\"r '^^^^^^^^^^"^^ -'' ^^- leisure hour, to study he has acquired a limited education. The parend of his apprenticeship he was left almost destitute. In 1833 he came o Richmond, Ind., and followed his trade till ^^m:i^'t^i:;rTt7^ blacksmithingin Con- business until 1863, wlien he sold his property. He purcjliased land in Wayne County, and engas^ed in farming and stock-dealing, and in 1864 he bought a half interest in the Quaker City Mills, of Richmond, where he was associated with Ezra Hill three j^ears. During this time he purchased the foundry at Connersville, Ind., which he converted into a grain elevator. He soon after, with his son, Edgar K., and son-in-law, P. B.Wood, bought the Hydraulic Mills, and sometime later he sold his interest in the mill to the remaining partners. In 1869 he bought an interest in a mill at Beatrice, Neb., of which he soon became sole proprietor, and which he soon after sold to his children. He also erected an elevator for grain at this place. He then built a mill iu Thayer County, Neb., at a cost of about $20,000, where he carried on a large custom work. In 1835 Mr. Wetherald was married to Ann, daughter of Mark and Mary Kirby, of Wayne County. To this union were born nine children- Mary, wife of' P. B. Woods, of Connersville, Ind.; Edgar, of the firm of H. L. Wetherald & Sons, Hydraulic Mills, Connersville; Amanda, widow of A. E. Gordon, who represented Boon County, Ind., in the Legislature two terms; Emily, deceased; Newton T., died at Connersville; Henry, enlisted in the Fortieth Regiment Indiana Infantry, and was killed at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. ; Oscar, belonged to the same command, and died at Nashville, Tenn., soon after the battle at that place; Charley and Frank, proprietors of Hebron Mills, Neb. Mrs. Wetherald died Nov. 20, 1875, and July 18, 1883, Mr. Wetherald married Mrs. Mahala Frybarger, of Connersville, and daughter of William W. and Jane Dixon Wilson, who came to Fayette County, Ind., in 1831. Mr. Wetherald has been very successful in most of his undertakings. He now owns 1,000 acres of fine lands m Nebraska; thirteen town lots and a grain elevator in* Beatrice, Neb. ; twenty lots in Hebron, Neb. ; eight in Fanbury, Jefi'erson Co., Neb.; thirty-five acres adjoining Hebron, Neb.; a small agricultural farm in Wayne County, Ind., and ten lots in Indianapolis, Ind. He is a member of the Friends' society, and Mrs. Wetherald is a member of the Presbyterian church.

James White^ second son of Josepli and Alice (Clawson) White, was born July 18, 1825, in Wayne County, Ind. He was reared to pioneer life, receiving only a limited education. He was married in 1856, to Anna T., daughter of John and Alice (League) Steddora, of Warren County, Ohio. She is a descendant of the Furnas family, of Standing Stone,Cumberland Co., England. Her parents were pioneer settlers of Warren County, Ohio, and her father was one of the wealthiest men in that county. They had five sons and six daughters, all living except one. Mrs. White is the youngest child and was born Feb. 28, 1829. Her parents are deceased. To Mr. White and wife have been born six children - Sarah Josephine, Charles S., Ellen S., Joseph Selden, Albert F. (deceased), and Hettie P. The three eldest children were educated at Earlham College. Mr. and Mrs. White are members of the Society of Orthodox Friends, and in politics Mr. White is a Republican. He has followed agricultural pursuits through life, being at present engaged in farming, stock-raising and horticulture. He takes great interest in raising fine stock, and is one of the leading horticulturists of Wayne Township. He was for several years engaged in the dairy business near Richmond, under the name of Pyle and White, Greenway Dairy. Our subject's father was born in Kentucky, in 1800, where his father died and he came with his mother to Wayne County, Ind., in 1808, where she entered a tract of land near the present village of Middleboro, and died at the age of eighty-one years. Joseph White experienced all the phases of pioneer life and in 1821 was married to Alice Clawson, who was born in North Carolina in 1799, and died at the age of seventy-five years. Joseph White died when sixty-eight years old. They belonged to the Society of Friends. Of their ten children, six sons and two daughters survive.