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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS
OF
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.
CHICAGO: THE BOWEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1900.
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Biography is the only true History .- Emerson. BIOGRAPHICAL 4
A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote generations .- Macaulay.
INDIANA STATE LIBRARY
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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.
4"
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
8
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 ..
439
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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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