Biographical memoirs of Blackford County, Ind. : to which is appended a comprehensive compendium of national biography embellished with portraits of many well known residents of Blackford County, Indiana, Part 1

Author: Shinn, Benjamin G. (Benjamin Granville), 1838-1921
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Chicago : Bowen Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1440


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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS


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BLACKFORD COUNTY, IND.


TO WHICH IS APPENDED


A COMPREHENSIVE COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY-MEMOIRS OF EMINENT MEN AND WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES, WHOSE DEEDS OF VALOR OR WORKS OF MERIT HAVE MADE THEIR NAMES IMPERISHABLE. OF


FORT WAYNE CHALLEN DO.


TRE PUBLIC LIBRARY


ILLUSTRATED.


EMBELLISHED WITH PORTRAITS OF MANY WELL KNOWN RESIDENTS OF BLACKFORD COUNTY, INDIANA.


EDITED AND COMPILED BY BENJAMIN G. SHINN.


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CONTENTS


GENERAL INDEX.


TABLE OF CONTENTS, 3


INTRODUCTORY, - 11


COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPILY, - 13 COMPENDIUM OF LOCAL BIOGRAPHY, 223


INDEX TO PART I.


COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY.


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF NATIONAL CELEBRITIES.


PAGE


PAGE


Abbott, Lyman.


144


Boone, Daniel. 36 Booth, Edwin. 51


Clinton, De Witt .. 110


Adams, Charles Kendall. 143


Adams, John ..


25


Booth, Junius Brutus. 177 Conkling, Alfred. 32


Adams, John Quincy.


61


Brice, Calvin S. 181 Conkling, Roscoe 32


Agassiz, Louis J. R. 137


Brooks, Phillips 130


Cooley, Thomas McIntyre. 140


Allston, Washington.


190


Brush, Charles Francis. 153


Altgeld, John Peter.


140


Bryan, William Jennings 158


Andrews, Elisha B.


184


Bryant, William Cullen .. 44


Corcoran, W. W. 196


Anthony, Susan B. 62


Buchanan, Franklin 105


Cornell, Ezra.


161


Arnold, Benedict. 84


Buckner, Simon Bolivar. 188


Crockett, David. 76


Arthur, Chester Allen. 168


Burdette, Robert J. 103


Cullom, Shelby Moore 116


Astor, John Jacob. 139


Burr, Aaron. 111


Curtis, George William. 144


Cushman, Charlotte. 107


Custer, George A. 95


Bailey, James Montgomery. 177


Calhoun, John Caldwell. 23


Cameron, James Donald. 141


Barnard, Frederick A. P. 179


Cameron, Simon. 141


Barnum, Phineas T. 41


Cammack, Addison. 197


Campbell, Alexander 180


Carlisle, John G .. 133


Carnegie, Andrew 73


Carpenter, Matthew Hale. 178


Decatur, Stephen. 101


Beecher, Henry Ward.


26


Bell, Alexander Graham


96


Chase, Salmon Portland. 65


Childs, George W 83 Dickinson, Don M .. 139


Choate, Rufus .. 207


Claflin, Horace Brigham 107


Clay, Henry. 21


Douglas, Stephen Arnold


Douglass, Frederick 43


Dow, Neal. 108


Draper, John William.


4075 1


Dingley, Nelson, Jr 215


Donnelly, Ignatius 161


Bierstadt, Albert. 197


Billings, Josh. 166


Blaine, James Gillespie. 22


Bland, Richard Parks. 106


Clews, Henry 153


Dana, Charles A. 88


"Danbury News Man" 177


Davenport, Fanny. 106


Davis, Jefferson. 24


Debs, Eugene V 139


Beard, William H. 196 Beauregard, Pierre G. T. 203


Carson, Christopher (Kit). 86


Deering, William 198


Depew, Chauncey Mitchell. 209


Dickinson, Anna 10:


Bennett, James Gordon. 20G


Benton, Thomas Hart. 53


Bergh, Henry. 160


Clemens, Samuel Langhorne .. 86


Cleveland, Grover .. 174


Cooper, James Fenimore .. 58


Brown, Charles Farrar 91


Cooper, Peter. 37


Copely, John Singleton. 191


Corbin, Austin. 205


Armour, Philip D. 62


Buchanan, James 128


Cramp, William 189


Audubon, John James. 166


Butler, Benjamin Franklin 24


Barrett, Lawrence. 156


Barton, Clara. 209


Bayard, Thomas Francis. 200


Cass, Lewis 110


PAGE


Colfax, Schuyler .. . 139


Alger, Russell A. 173 Allison, William B. 131


Brown, John .. 51


Bancroft, George .. 74


4


TABLE OF CONTENTS-PART I.


PAGE


Drexel, Anthony Joseph. 124


Dupont, Henry. ..


198


Edison, Thomas Alva


55


Edmunds, George F


201


Ellsworth, Oliver.


168


Emerson, Ralph Waldo


57


Ericsson, John.


127


Evarts, William Maxwell.


89


Farragut, David Glascoe.


80


Field, Cyrus West.


173


Field, David Dudley.


126


Field, Marshall ..


59


Field, Stephen Johnson


216


Fillmore, Millard.


113


Foote, Andrew Hull. 176


Foraker, Joseph B.


143


Forrest, Edwin.


92


Franklin, Benjamin


18


. Fremont, John Charles .. 29


Fuller, Melville Weston 168


Fulton, Robert.


62


Gage, Lyman J. 71


Gallatin, Albert. 112


Garfield, James A 163


Garrett, John Work


200


Garrison, William Lloyd.


50


Gates, Horatio


70


Gatling, Richard Jordan. 116


George, Henry 203


Gibbons, Cardinal James. 209


Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield. 77


Girard, Stephen.


137


Gough, John B. 131


Gould, Jay. 52


Gordon, John B. 215


Grant, Ulysses S


155


Gray, Asa.


88


Gray, Elisha 149 Mackay, John William. 148


Greeley, Adolphus W. 142


Grecley, Horace .. 20


Greene, Nathaniel .. 69


Gresham, Walter Quintin


183


Hale, Edward Everett. 79


Hall, Charles Francis. 167


Hamilton, Alexander 31


Hamlin, Hannibal. 214


Hampton, Wade


192


Hancock, Winfield Scott ... 146


Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 169


Harris, Isham G. 214


Harrison, William Henry 87


Harrison, Benjamin. 182


Havenieyer, John Craig. 182


Hawthorne, Nathaniel. 135


Hayes, Rutherford Birchard .. 157


Hendricks, Thomas Andrew. . 212


Henry, Joseph ..


105


Henry, Patrick. 83


Hill, David Bennett 90


Hobart, Garrett A. 213


Holmes, Oliver Wendell.


206


Hooker, Joseph


52


Howe, Elias


130


Howells, William Dean .. 104


PAGE


PAGE


Olney, Richard.


133


Paine, Thomas 147


Palmer, John M


195


Parkhurst, Charles Henry.


160


" Partington, Mrs."


202


Peabody, George.


170


Peck, George W.


187


Peffer, William A 164


Perkins, Eli .. 109


Perry, Oliver Hazard 97


Phillips, Wendell.


80


Pierce, Franklin. 122


192


Polk, James Knox 102


Porter, David Dixon 68


Porter, Noah .. 93


Prenti , George Denison. 119


Presco., William Hickling. 96


Pullman, George Mortimer. 121


Quad, M.


193


Quay. Matthew S.


171


Randolph, Edmund. 136


Read, Thomas Buchanan


132


Reed, Thomas Brackett. 208


Reid, Whitelaw.


149


i.oach, John.


190


Rockefeller, John Davison. 195


Root, George Frederick.


218


Rothermel, Peter F


113


Rutledge, John.


57


Sage, Russell.


211


Schofield, John McAllister.


199


Schurz, Carl ..


201


Scott, Thomas Alexander.


204


Scott, Winfield.


79


Seward, William Henry 44


Sharon, William .. 165


Shaw, Henry W. 166


Sheridan, Phillip Henry


40


McClellan, George Brinton 47 Sherman, Charles R 87


McCormick, Cyrus Hall. .


172


Sherman, John ..


86


McDonough, Com. Thomas. 167


Mckinley, William ..


217


Meade, George Gordon. 75


Medill, Joseph 159


Miles, Nelson A ..


176


Miller, Cincinnatus Heine .. 218


Miller, Joaquin ..


218


Mills, Roger Quarles.


211


Moody, Dwight L


207


Moran, Thomas


98


Morgan, John Pierpont. 208 Stewart, William Morris .. 213


Morgan, John T. 216 Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth


Morris, Robert. 165 Beecher .. 66


Morse, Samuel F. B


124


Stuart, James E. B.


122


Morton, Levi P.


142


Sumner, Charles.


34


Morton, Oliver Perry. 215


Motley, John Lathrop.


130


" Nye, Bill " 59


Nye, Edgar Wilson.


59


Houston, Sam.


120


O'Conor, Charles.


187


Hughes, Archbishop John. 157 Hughitt, Marvin 159


Hull, Isaac ..


169


Huntington, Collis Potter .. 94


Ingalls, John James.


114


Ingersoll, Robert G.


85


Irving, Washington.


33


Jackson, Andrew ... 71


Jackson, "Stonewall "


67


Jackson, Thomas Jonathan 67


Jay, Jolın.


39


Jefferson, Joseph.


47


Pingree, Hazen S.


212


Jefferson, Thomas. 34


Johnson, Andrew 145


Johnson, Eastman


202


Johnston, Joseph Eccleston 85


Jones, James K.


171


Jones, John Paul ..


97


Jones, Samuel Porter.


115


Kane, Elisha Kent. 125


Kearney, Philip 210


Kenton, Simon 188


Knox, John Jay


134


Lamar, Lucius Q. C. 201


Landon, Melville D. 109


Lee, Robert Edward .. 38


Lewis, Charles B. 193


Lincoln, Abraham.


135


Livermore, Mary Ashton


Locke, David Ross. 172


Logan, John A .. 26


Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 37


Longstreet, James ..


56


Lowell, James Russell. 104


Madison, James.


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Marshall, John. 150


Mather, Cotton. 164


Mather, Increase


163


Maxim, Hiram S.


194


Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow 202


Sherman, William Tecumseh .. 30


Smith, Edmund Kirby. 114


Sousa, John Philip 60


Spreckels, Claus 159


Stanford, Leland .. 101


Stanton, Edwin McMasters. 179 Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. 126


Stephens, Alexander Hamilton 32


Stephenson, Adlai Ewing .. . . 141


Stewart, Alexander T .. 58


Talmage, Thomas DeWitt 60


Taney, Roger Brooke.


199


Taylor, Zachary. 108


Teller, Henry M.


127


Plant, Henry B


69


Poe, Edgar Allen


131


Harvard, John ..


129


Monroe, James.


54


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TABLE OF CONTENTS-PART I.


PAGE


PAGE


PAGE


Tesla, Nikola. 193


Vilas, William Freeman. 140


Webster, Noah. 49


Thomas, George H. 73


Voorhees, Daniel Wolsey 95


Weed, Thurlow 91


Thomas, Theodore. 172


West, Benjamin. 115


Thurman, Allen G. 90


Waite, Morrison Remich 125


Wallace, Lewis. 199


Wallack, Lester. 121


Toombs, Robert


205


"Twain, Mark" 86


Tyler, John. 93


Van Buren, Martin.


Vanderbilt, Cornelius


35


Vail, Alfred ... 154


Vest, George Graham 214


Webster, Daniel. 19


PORTRAITS OF NATIONAL CELEBRITIES.


PAGE


PAGE


PAGE


Alger, Russell A.


16


Field, Marshall 117


Longstreet, Gen. James. 16


Allison, William B.


99


Franklin, Benjamin .. 63


Lowell, James Russell. 27


Anthony, Susan B.


63


Fremont, Gen. John C. 16


McKinley, William. 45


Armour, Philip D


151


Gage, Lyman J. 151


Morse, S. F. B ..


Arthur, Chester A.


81


Garfield, James A. 45


Phillips, Wendell.


27


Barnum, Phineas T. 117


Garrison, William Lloyd. 63


Porter, Com. D. D. 185


Beecher, Henry Ward. 27


George, Henry 117


Pullman, George M. 117


Blaine, James G.


151


Gould, Jay. 99


185


Reed, Thomas B. 151


Bryan, Wm. J.


63


Greeley, Horace ..


81


Sage, Russell 117


Buchanan, James.


81


Hancock, Gen. Winfield S. 185


Seward, William H. 45


Buckner, Simon B .. 16


Hanna, Mark A. . 117


Sherman, John .. 99


Butler Benjamin F 151


Harrison, Benjamin 81


45


Stanton, Elizabeth Cady 27


Chase, Salmon P.


16


Hendricks, Thomas A.


81


Stowe, Harriet Beecher. 27


Childs, George W


99


Holmes, Oliver W 151


Sumner, Charles . . 45


Clay, Henry .


81


Hooker, Gen. Joseph 16


Talmage, T. DeWitt. 63


Cleveland, Grover ..


45


Ingersoll, Robert G. 117


Teller, Henry M.


99


Cooper, Peter. 99


Irving, Washington 27


Thurman, Allen G.


81


Dana, Charles A. 151


Jackson, Andrew. 45


Tilden, Samuel J.


117


Depew, Chauncey M. 117


Jefferson, Thomas. 45


Van Buren, Martin.


81


Douglass, Fred.


63


Johnston, Gen. J. E.


16


Vanderbilt, Commodore 99


Emerson, Ralph Waldo 27


Lee, Gen. Robert E 185


Webster, Daniel 27


Evarts, William M. 99


Lincoln, Abraham. 81


Whittier, John G .. 21


Farragut, Com. D. G .. 185


Logan, Gen. John A. 16


Washington, George .. 45


Field, Cyrus W.


63


Longfellow, Henry W. 185


Watterson, Henry.


63


Whitefield, George. 150


Whitman, Walt 197


Wanamaker, John 89


Ward, "Artemus" 91


Whitney, William Collins.


92


Washburne, Elihu Benjamin .. 189


Whittier, John Greenleaf. 67


Washington, George. 17


Willard, Frances E. 133


Watson, Thomas E 178


Wilson, William L. 180


Watterson, Henry 76


Winchell, Alexander. 175


Weaver, James B 123


Windom, William .. 138


Thurston, John M. 166


Tilden, Samuel J. 48


Tillman, Benjamin Ryan 119


Wallack, John Lester. 121


Whipple, Henry Benjamin. 161


White, Stephen V. 162


Whitney, Eli .. 120


Quay, M. S .. . 99


Booth, Edwin.


63


Grant, Gen. U. S.


Bryant, William Cullen. 185


Hampton, Wade .. 16


Scott, Gen. Winfield. 185


Carlisle, John G .. 151


Hayes, R. B.


Sherman, Gen. W. T. 151


185


INDEX.


PART II.


Historical Sketch of Blackford County, Indiana, 221


Board of Commissioners, 224


The Early Settlers, 235 The Courts of Blackford County, - 241 Bench and Bar of Blackford County, 246


The Medical Profession, 249


Church Organizations, 252


Schools and School Teachers, 258


The Press of Blackford County, 261


Soldiers of Blackford County, 262


Political History, 266


County Commissioners, 268


County Auditors, 268


County Clerks, 269


County Recorders, 269


County Treasurers, 269


County Sheriffs, 269


County Surveyors, 269


Postmasters,


269


History of Townships, 270


Conclusion,


277


INDEX.


PART III.


BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BLACKFORD COUNTY, INDIANA.


PAGE


PAGE


PAGE


Dick, Richard 722


Dildine, J. 686


Dildine, Sampson. 687


Dowell, F. P. 666


Dowell, J. H. 676


Downing, S. J. 578


Drayer, Peter, M. D 454


Edwards, W. C ... 592


Emshwiller, Abraham 742


Emshwiller, A. G 484


Emshwiller, J.


741


Emshwiller, M. A. 580


Ervin, William L


495


Evans, Zophar 628


Fargo, David M 313


Fargo, Henry S. 313


Farrell, Samuel J 463


Fiddler, Nathan 589


Fishback, J. S ..


610


Fleming, C. C ..


695


Fleming, Charles O 293


Fleming, J. A. 696


Ford, A. J 616


Ford, Edwin H. 342


Ford, O. S. 582


Fordney, Calvin HI. 302


Fortner, W. B 720


Frash, Levi. 366


Frazier, W. F. M 574


Fulton, George T. 336


Bugh, Barnhart W 723


Bugh, Jesse 723


Bugh, Perry 7713


Burchard, J. M. ,14


Burns, John. 482


Burns, Joseph. 483


Baird, J. G .. 625


Baker, A. J. D. 596


Caldwell, B. F. 692


Caldwell, D. C .. 691


Campbell, A. M. 507


Cantwell, John. 391


Cantwell, S. W. 384


Bantz, Henry


675


Barnes, S. M 536


Barnes, T. H. 609


Barr, C. W. 639


Barr, Henry . 639


Beath, John W 501


Beath, John. 423


Beath, Mrs. Mary J. 423


Beath, Owen V. 416


Beath, William A


414


Bell, William HI.


348


Blankenbaker, A. L. 655


Blankenbaker, R. B


598


Cooley, C. R ..


526


Bonham, George W 470


Bonham, John M .. 470


321


Bonha, William A 316


Borden, Stephen B. 318


Bowen, Harvey. 594


Bowman, Charles W 406


Boyd, J. T 488


Brickley, John W 404


Briscoe, Thomas S 492


Brown, George O 394


Bryson, D. A 483


Davisson, H. C., M. D. 563


Dean, D. G .. 606


Dean, Thomas ..


607


Fulton, James.


336


Futrell, Joseph. ....


Abbott, Eugene. . 422


Adams, William 521


Armstrong, E. C. 684


Baker, T. J 719


Baker, Z. J 596


Baker, Rev. B. P 525


Bales, William 590


Capper, F. M. 552


Capper, Michael 431


Carroll, William 566


Chandler, Alvin . 640


Clapper, Manford M., M. D . 304


Clapper, Theodore. 508


Clark, Ashley W. 427


Cline, W. W 546


Clore, George W


635


Clouse, A. H ..


605


Clouser, Nelson D


308


Conrad, John Q.


401


Cooley, Edward C. 371


Cooley, W. B 524


Coulson, R. J 469


Covault, J. F 481


Cox, E. E 528


Craft. Thomas E 412


Curry, Aaron.


298


Curry, William A. 298


Davis, John. 423


DeChevigny, Joseph A. J. 327


Bonham, Hon. John A


Buckles, John .. 616


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INDEX.


PAGE


Gable, Alexander 467


Gadbury, George 460


Gadbury, Samuel L. 461


Gable, William HI 328


Gannon, L 583


Garr, H. W 656


Geiger, James F 446


Gettys, John R.


433


Gettys, Joseph N 499


Gettys, Samuel .. 426


Gochnauer, Samuel. 434


Gothrup. J. E. 538


Gothrup, W, M 581


Gilbert, Isaiah. 424


Greenlee, T. J. 668


Haney, T. M. 657


Hayes, J. J 671


Hart, Abner 519


Hart, Henry


518


Hart, John ..


517


Harley, Sr., William .. 632


Hart, William 532


Harley, William 334


Heagany, Richard. 396


Hindman, Jay A. 306


Hiles, Isaiah 687


Hiser, J .: 542


Hitesman, J .. 539


Hollingshead, David H. 347


Hollis, Samuel, M. D.,. 323


Holcroft, James. 363


Holcroft, J. E. 667


Holdcroft, Franklin. 645


Holdcroft, G. W.


644


Hoover, J. B.,


544


Hoover, J. L.


448 365


Horn, Jeremiah A


Howard, Isaiah J.


381


Howland, Henry. 651


Hudson, J. 554


Hudson, Lewis J 370


Huffman, Henry H. 343


Huffman, John Riley 343


Huffman, S. H. 535


Hughes, Eli .. 434


Hughes, Isaac L. 503


Humphreys, George. 520


Hurrle, Charles J. 456


Hutchinson, G. W 463


Jay, S. N .. 747


Johnston, John R. 333


Johnson, L ... 696


Johnson, W. J. 558


. Kegerreis, H. L 534


Regerreis, J. C .. 636


Kegerreis, Thomas A. 314


Kesler, A ... 661


Kesler, M. J. 559


Kinsley, Arthur F 303


Kleefisch, Philip 410


Knight, L. G. 658


PAGE


PAGE


Shinn, Benjamin Granville 283


Shinn, Daniel .... 284


Shinn, Elmer E. 436


Shinn, Eugene M 465


Shrack, W. M 612


Shrader, J. M 669


Shrader, J. R 669


744


Shull, E. L


620


Shull, H. B


744


Simmons, Luther B


400


Sipe, Orlando ..


673


Smith, Charles L


485


Smith, H. B. 451


395


Smith, Hon. Jeremiah 453


Snyder, D. O.


Maddox, Peter L 631 347


638 Mannix, Peter 294


Manor, Roland L.


337


Mason, Charles Rickets.


326


Mason, George A.


489


Melick, D. R.


564


Miller, J. A. G. 577


Miller, D. D. S., J. Milton 372 Swingley, Charles L.


522


Swift, Dodge ..


510


Swift, Sylvester.


514


Taylor, J. A., M. D


486


Thompson, G. H


647


Thompson, M. M


663 Thompson, W. M. 665


Townsend, A. J .. 557


Townsend, Ira L. 510


Townsend, J. S. 705


Tracy, Archie W. 292


Turner, Samuel W 405


Twibell, Lewis 515


Vance, David.


619


Vernon, Ira.


732


Waltz, Aaron M


359


Waltz, Solomon. 359


Wayman, A. K. 599


Weiler, Abe .. 373


Weiler, Adolph R 373


Weiler, Meyer M 374


Weller, J. H 665


Wells, J. M. 533


Whitaker, J. W. 681


Williams, J. P. 562


Willer, Henry. 374


Willman, Peter 689


Willman, Stephen 689


Williams, H. 712


Wilt, J. B. 733


Wingate, Isaac W. 449


Winklebleck, Levi. 477


Wood, John G .. 338


Wood, Norman J. 348


Woodard, Oliver 737


Wright, John F 296


Wyandt, G. W


541


Zeigler, HI. C.


702


Knox, J. W 726 Shick, Jacob K. 413 Zimmerman, A. B 683


Landon, Daniel 649


Landon, E. C. 648


Lanning, Aaron 653


Lanning, M. W 615


Leach, J. I. 545


Leonard, Charles S. 443


Lennox, John 403


Listenfeltz, J .. 553


Luzadder, J. A. 682


McColly, J. ( 561


McDirmit, W. M. 588


McFarland, J. E. M. D., 634


Simonton, S. S.


556


McGeath, Milton Hess,. 382


McGeath, T. T 519


McIntire, L 718


McConkey, J. N 740


Maddox, James J. 344


Maddox, L. E., M. D 631 490


Snyder, J. N


Stahl, Ezra M.


Stallsmith, Ezra A. 505


376


Storms, E. C.


727


Storms, L. O. 710


Swingley, A. B ..


346


Moffitt, George K 409


Monfort, D .. 428


Moon, John W. 442


Morse, William H. 466


Mount, H. C. 478


Mulvey, C. B., M. D. 602


Neal, Charles W 565


Neal, T. C., 565


Nelson, Frank M. 460


Newbauer, John A


375


Ort, W. G .


627


Palmer, W. W 736


Parker, J. P .. 685


Patterson, S. R. 386


Peterson, J. W.


749


Pierce, Hon. Elisha


352


Pierce, Little Berry


353


Quackenbush, Elwood. 502


Raines, J. M. 543


Rapp, George .. 424


Rawlings, James P 436


Reasoner, R. B


472


Remy, John A. 430


Ritter, W. L. 497


Robbins, M. H. 473


Roberds, M. H. 699


Robey, N. M. 730


Sanderson, A. M. 601


Schmidt, Michael


416


Schmidt, William.


717


Secrest, J. M .. 560


Sellers, J. S., M. D. 584


Sharpe, Thomas W., D. D. S .. 315


Shull, Thomas.


487


Smith, Jeremiah


Stewart, Clark.


716


Moffett, E. D.


Shull, C. Q., M. D


INDEX.


PORTRAITS.


PAGE


Bonham, Hon. John A 216


Bonden, S. B .. 319


Bowman, Charles W, 407


Briscoe, T. S. 493


Burns, John.


246


Carroll, William 567


Chandler, Alvin.


641


Cline, Mrs. Harriet A


549


Cline, W. W.


548


Clouser, N. D


309


Cox, E. E ..


529


Curry, W. A


299


Dowell, J. H.


677


Frash, Levi.


367


Frash, Mrs. Sarah.


368


Gable, Mrs. Emily


Schmidt, Michael. 418


Schmidt, Vers. Catharine


Sellers, John S


Shinn. B. C.


Shull, E L ..


Shull, Mrs. Electa 1


Simmons, Luther B. 246


Stewart, Mrs. Alice.


Stewart, Clark


Townsend, Ira I. 511


Waltz, Aaron M 246


Wood, Mrs. Jane


340


Wood, John G.


Wood, N. J


Rawlings, Mrs. Lillie ..


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Gable, W. H 329


Heagrany, Richard


397


Hindman, J. A. 246


Hurrle, C. J ..


457


Knight, L. G. 659


Mulvey, C. B.


603


Patterson, Mrs. Effic M 388


Patterson, S. R.


387


Rawlings, J. P.


488


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INTRODUCTORY


HE greatest of English historians, Macaulay, and one of the most brilliant writers and profound thinkers of the present century, has said: "The history of a country is best told in a record of the lives of its people." This is a fact which is becoming more and more recognized as our people advance in education and intelli- gence, and our own great Emerson, whose name stands at the head of American writers of his day, in carrying forward and emphasizing the great fact expressed by Macaulay, says: "Biog- raphy is the only true history." It was for the purpose of gathering and preserving this biographical matter in enduring form that the design for this volume originated.


COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY.


Regarding the fore part of this volume, "Part I," which is devoted to a "COM- PENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY," but little need be said. The lives of the great men and celebrities of America are so inaccessible to the general public, and are so often in demand without being accessible, that it has been deemed wise to gather together a vast nun ber of the biographies of our nation's greatest men and include them in this work as a fitting preface to the life histories and biographies of the local parties which follow and embrace the latter part of the volume. It is not given to all men to become great in a national sense, but the life history of those who do, makes up the history of our nation, and as such the history of their lives should be in every home and library as a means of reference and education.


COMPENDIUM OF LOCAL BIOGRAPHY.


That portion of the volume devoted to a "COMPENDIUM OF LOCAL BIOGRAPHY," or "Part II," is of the greatest value, and its value will increase as the years go by. In this department of local biography is carried out the object which led to the com- pilation of this work, in gathering together and placing in enduring form, before it becomes too late, the life history of those who have helped to build up this region and who have taken part in the progress and development in business, political, social, and agricultural affairs. The rank that any county holds among its sister counties depends largely upon the achievements of its citizens. Some add to its rep- utation by efficient public service, some by increasing its manufacturing or commercial


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interests, and some by adding to the general wealth and prosperity in cultivating and improving its lands. To give a faithful account of the lives of old settlers and rep- resentative citizens of this region is to write its history in the truest sense. Each year, as it rolls its endless way along the mighty pathway of time, is thinning the ranks of those hardy pioneers and old settlers whose lives are so thoroughly identi- fied with this region. The relentless hand of death, pursuing its remorseless and unceasing avocation, is cutting down, one by one, those whose life histories should be preserved as a part of the history of the growth and development of this region. The necessity for the collection and preservation of this matter, before it becomes too late, is the object of this work.


Instead of going to musty records and taking therefrom dry statistical matter and official generalities, which can be appreciated by but few, our corps of writers have gone direct to the people, to the men and women who have by their enterprise and industry, brought about the development found in this region, and from their lips have written the story of their life struggles. No more interesting or instructive mat- ter could be presented to an intelligent public. In this department, devoted to LOCAL BIOGRAPHY, will be found a record of many whose lives are worthy the imitation of coming generations. It tells how some, commencing life in poverty, by industry and economy have accumulated wealth. It tells how others, with limited advantages for securing an education, have become learned men and women, with an influence widely extended. It tells of men who have risen from the lower walks of life to eminence, and whose names have become famous. It tells of those in every walk in life who have striven to succeed, and records how success has usually crowned their efforts. It tells, also, of many, very many, who, not seeking the applause of the world, have pursued "the even tenor of their way," content to have it said of them as Christ said of the woman performing a deed of mercy,-"they have done what they could." . It tells how many, in the pride and strength of young manhood, left the plow and the anvil, the lawyer's office and the counting room, left every trade and profession, and at their country's call went forth valiantly "to do or die," for the cause and principles they held so dear. In the life of every man and of every woman is a lesson that should not be lost upon those who follow after.


Coming generations will appreciate this volume and preserve it as a sacred treas- ure, from the fact that it contains so much that would never find its way into pub- lic records, and which would otherwise be inaccessible and lost forever. Great care has been taken in the compilation of this work, and every opportunity for revision possible given to those represented to insure correctness in what has been written, and the publishers feel warranted in saying that they give to their readers a work with very few, if any, errors of consequence.


In closing this brief introductory the memorable words of Carlyle fittingly express the hope, aim, and desire of the publishers in the compilation of this volume: "Let the record be made of the men and things of to-day, lest they pass out of memory to-morrow and are lost. Then perpetuate them, not upon wood or stone that crum- bles to dust, but chronicled in picture and in words that endure forever."


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PREFACE.


N laying this edition of the Biographical Memoirs of Blackford County, Indiana, I before their patrons, the publishers take a pardonable pride in the fact that they have fulfilled conscientiously every promise made to the public in their Prospectus. They point with pleasure to the neatness of the typography, the quality of paper upon which the work is printed, and the elegance and durability of its binding; and as to its contents, the patrons have already had an opportunity of approving of their biogra- phies before they were placed in type, while the illustrative department is the ne plus ultra of the art.


The compilation of the volume by B. G. Shinn has been a work of long and tedious care, and the result is a minute and accurate History of the County, derived or deduced from the acts of the true creators thereof, as depicted in their biographies, from the day of the pioneers to the present time, and biography is, in fact, the true source of all social and political history.




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