Biographical memoirs of Grant County, Indiana : to which is appended a comprehensive compendium of national biography with portraits of many national characters and well-known residents of Grant County, Indiana., Part 1

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LILLY LIBRARY


EARLHAM COLLEGE


Gift of


GEORGE E. HEAVILIN


Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016


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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS


OF


GRANT COUNTY, INDIANA


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.


ILLUSTRATED


EMBELLISHED WITH PORTRAITS OF MANY NATIONAL CHARACTERS AND WELL-KNOWN RESIDENTS OF GRANT COUNTY, INDIANA.


CHICAGO: THE BOWEN PUBLISHING COMPANY


1901


Priences 532 BS


1


Biography is the only true History .- Emerson. 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.


EARLHAM COLLEGE JUN 21 1990 LIBRARY


CONTENTS


GENERAL INDEX.


TABLE OF CONTENTS, 3


11


COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY, ~


13


COMPENDIUM OF LOCAL BIOGRAPHY,


-


223


INDEX TO PART I.


COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY.


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF NATIONAL CELEBRITIES.


PAGE


PAGE


PAGE


Abbott, Lyman .. 144


Adams, Charles Kendall .. 143


Booth, Edwin. 51


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


Brown, John. 51


Brown, Charles Farrar 91 Cooper, Peter 37


Brush, Charles Francis. 153 Copely, John Singleton .. 191


Bryan, William Jennings. 158


Corbin, Austin.


205


Corcoran, W. W 196


Cornell, Ezra ..


Cramp, William. 189


Crockett, David. 76


Cullom, Shelby Moore. 116


Curtis, George William. 144


Cushman, Charlotte.


107


Custer, George A.


95


Bailey, James Montgomery 177


Bancroft, George .. 74


Barnard, Frederick A. P. 179


Barnum, Phineas T. 41


Barrett, Lawrence.


156


Barton, Clara. 209


Bayard, Thomas Francis 200


Beard, William H. 196


Beauregard, Pierre G. T. 203


Beecher, Henry Ward. 26


Bell, Alexander Graham. 96


Bennett, James Gordon. 206


Benton, Thomas Hart. 53


Bergh, Henry. 160


Bierstadt, Albert 197


Billings, Josh. 166


Blaine, James Gillespie.


22


Cleveland, Grover


174


Bland, Richard Parks


106


Clews, Henry


153


Dana, Charles A.


88


"Danbury News Man 177


Davenport, Fanny. 106


Davis, Jefferson. 24


Debs, Eugene V.


132


Decatur, Stephen 101


Deering, William 198


Depew, Chauncey Mitchell. 209


Dickinson, Anna. 103


Childs, George W 83 Dickinson, Don M. 139


Dingley, Nelson, Jr. 215


Donnelly, Ignatius. 161


Douglas, Stephen Arnold. 53


Douglass, Frederick .. 43


Dow, Neal.


108


Draper, John William


184


161


Armour, Philip D. 62


Arnold, Benedict. 84


Arthur, Chester Allen. 168


Burdette, Robert J. 103


Astor, John Jacob. 139


Burr, Aaron. .


111


Butler, Benjamin Franklin


24


Calhoun, John Caldwell. 23


Cameron, James Donald. 141


Cameron, Simon. 141


Cammack, Addison. 197


Campbell, Alexander. 180


Carlisle, John G. 133


Carnegie, Andrew. 73


Carpenter, Matthew Hale. 178


Carson, Christopher (Kit) 86


Cass, Lewis 110


Chase, Salmon Portland. 65


Choate, Rufus .. 207


Claflin, Horace Brigham 107


Clay, Henry. 21


Clemens, Samuel Langhorne .. 86


Cooley, Thomas McIntyre. 140


Alger, Russell A.


173


Allison, William B.


131


Allston, Washington


190


Altgeld, John Peter. 140


Andrews, Elisha B. 184


Bryant, William Cullen. 44


Buchanan, Franklin 105


Buchanan, James 128


Buckner, Simon Bolivar. 188


Cooper, James Fenimore .. 58


Anthony, Susan B. 62


Audubon, John James 166


Boone, Daniel.


36


Clinton, De Witt.


110


Colfax, Schuyler ..


139


Adams, John. 25


INTRODUCTORY,


-


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


Jay, John.


39


Jefferson, Joseph.


47


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


Garrison, William Lloyd.


50


Lamar, Lucius Q. C.


201


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


Greeley, Adolphus W 142


Greeley, 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


Harvard, John.


129


Havemeyer, 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


" Nye, Bill".


59


Howells, William Dean.


104


Nye, Edgar Wilson


59


PAGE


Houston, Sam


120


O'Conor, Charles.


187


Hughes, Archbishop John.


157


Olney, Richard.


133


Hughitt, Marvin


159


Hull, Isaac


169


Huntington, Collis Potter.


94


Ingalls, John James.


114


Ingersoll, Robert G.


85


Irving, Washington ..


33


Peck, George W.


187


Perkins, Eli.


109


Perry, Oliver Hazard. 97


Phillips, Wendell.


30


Pierce, Franklin. 122


Pingree, Hazen S.


212


Plant, Henry B.


192


Poe, Edgar Allen


69


Polk, James Knox,


102


Porter, David Dixon.


68


Porter, Noah ...


93


Prentice, George Denison.


119


Prescott, 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


Roach, 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


Sheridan, Phillip Henry


40


Sherman, Charles R ..


87


Sherman, John.


86


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


Stewart, William Morris ...


213


Stowe,


Harriet


Elizabeth


Beecher


66


Talmage, Thomas DeWitt.


60


Taney, Roger Brooke.


129


Taylor, Zachary ..


108


Teller, Henry M.


127


.


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


71


Gallatin, Albert


112


Garfield, James A 163


Garrett, John Work. 200


Gates, Horatio


70


Landon, Melville D


109


Lee, Robert Edward. 38


Lewis, Charles B ..


193


Lincoln, Abraham.


135


Livermore, Mary Ashton 131


Locke, David Ross.


172


Logan, John A.


26


Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 37


Longstreet, James. .


56


Lowell, James Russell


104


Mackay, John William.


148


Madison, James.


42


Marshall, John 156


Mather, Cotton.


164


Mather, Increase.


163


Shaw, Henry W.


166


Maxim, Hiram S ..


194


McClellan, George Brinton. 47


McCormick, Cyrus Hall.


172


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


Monroe, James.


54


Moody, Dwight L 207


Moran, Thomas 98


Morgan, John Pierpont.


208


Morgan, John T. 216


Morris, Robert. 165


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


PAGE


Paine, Thomas


147


Palmer, John M.


195


Parkhurst, Charles Henry.


160


" Partington, Mrs."


202


Peabody, George


170


Peffer, William A. 164


Jackson, Andrew.


71


Jackson, " Stonewall"


67


Jackson, Thomas Jonathan


67


Field, Stephen Johnson.


216


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


Whipple, Henry Benjamin. 161


Thurston, John M .. 166


Wallace, Lewis 199


White, Stephen V 162


Tilden, Samuel J .. 48


Wanamaker, John


89


Whitney, Eli. 120


" Twain, Mark' 86


Tyler, John 93


Washburne, Elihu Benjaınin .. 189


Whittier, John Greenleaf. 67


Van Buren, Martin ..


Watson, Thomas E. 178


Wilson, William L 180


Vanderbilt, Cornelius


35


Watterson, Henry. 76


Vail, Alfred. 154


Weaver, James B .. 123


Windom, William 138


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. 185


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


99


Quay, M. S. 99


Booth, Edwin


63


Grant, Gen. U. S.


185


Reed, Thomas B. 151


Bryan, Wm. J


63


Greeley, Horace.


81


Sage, Russell


117


Bryant, William Cullen. 185


Hampton, Wade.


16


Scott, Gen. Winfield 185


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


151


Hayes, R. B.


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. De Witt 63


Cleveland, Grover.


45


Ingersoll, Robert G. 117


Teller, Henry M. 99


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 2ª


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


Tillman, Benjamin Ryan .. 119


Wallack, John Lester. 121


Whitman, Walt. . 197


Toombs, Robert .. 205


Ward, "Artemus" 91


Whitney, William Collins .. 92


Washington, George. 17


Willard, Frances E. 133


Pullman, George M. 117


Blaine, James G.


151


Gould, Jay .


Harrison, Benjamin


81


Sherman, Gen. W. T. 151


Cooper, Peter


99


Irving, Washington. 27


Thurman, Allen G.


Carlisle. John G.


Winchell, Alexander. 175


Waite, Morrison Remich. 125


Wallack, Lester. 121


INDEX.


PART II.


BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF GRANT COUNTY, INDIANA.


PAGE


PAGE


L'AGE


Abbott, John M


614


Bell, William F


867


Carmichael, J. F. 296


Ackerman, B. G


241


Benbow, Thomas. 450


Careins, Rollin J. 631


Ackerman, John


241


Benbow, Aaron 678


Careins, Robert J. 631


Ackerman, Abraham


241


Berry, C. R. F. 706


Carroll, Jas. H.


800


Alward, F. E.


344


Bloxham, Joseph T 847


Charles, Hon. James. 223


422


Ammon, I. M.


749


Bobbs, Adam 256


Clark, Simon


423


Ancil, James F.


476


Bobbitt, W. H.


431


Clark, S. B.


790


Andrews, Jehu P.


395


Bond, John W


704


Cline, Orlo L


435


Anderson, E. E.


875


Bond, Sylvester


402


Cloud, James


838


Anderson, John T. 590


Bone, William


388


Cloud, Noah 838


Anthony, J. W


424


Bowman, S. S.


411


Cloud, John W 812


Cloud, Joseph. 813


Aveline, F. X 393


Bradford, J. L.


416


Aveline; James


394


Bradford, Isaac


559


Coleman, B. B


551


Bradford, F. A.


562


Cole, Chas. W


725


Babb, James.


630


Bradford, Jesse T


368


Coomler, W. R


886


Babb, Enoch


730


Bradford, C. C.


328


Cooper, H


¥79


Baird, W. R


889


Bradford, Daniel,


340


Cooper, Isaac.


779


Bair, Samuel 809


Bradner, J. J.


399


Coon, George W


302


Baker, Elmer. 549


Bragg, Wm. H


539


Condo, Rev. Samuel. 334


Baker, Andrew


549


Brewer, Richard.


786


Condo, Gus S 333


Condo, John 334


Baldwin, Asa T


766


Briles, John


463


Coppock, J. H.


823


Baldwin, Thomas


767


Brownlee, Hiram


222


Coppock, John


823


Baldwin, Terah


370


Brownlee, John


222


Cory, H. W. 517


Coulter, James. 322


Coulter, S. A. 322


235


Ballinger, Mrs. A


491


Brundige, S. P 707


Croke, Wm. J


776


Ballinger, David ..


492


Burson, Robert. 371


Cravens, Joseph.


548


Ballinger, A. M .


612


Butler, Alpheus 447


Cranston, William.


437


Banter, G. M


593


Butler, Alex 447


Cranston, Enoch.


436


Barley, J. L.


565


Butler, Curtis H. 257


Cravens, Levi F


534


Barley, Henry


565


Burge, William 543


Creviston, H. C.


769


Barley, A. R.


754


Bundy, Elias 336


Creviston, H. M .


307


Bartholomew, W. H. S. 854


Creviston, Daniel


309


Bartley, R. W


439


Callantine, H. J. 361


Cronkhite, C. C. .


276


Barton, John T


733


Callantine, Abraham 362


Cronkhite, Elijah 276


284


Bechtel, Samuel


Cammack, James 764


Crowell, Joseph. 284


Bechtel, Jonathan


270


Cammack, Wm. T. 312


Curless, A. E 536


Beck, Samuel H 485


Carey, Elias. 343


Custer, J. L. 232


Bell, Christopher 814 Cartwright, C. E 583


Custer, Paul.


232


350


Bowman, Ethel


414


Baldwin, D. A


765


Brooks, William 705


Ballard, J. M.


780


Brown, T. P.


320


Ballard, James


780


Brunner, Prof. J. D


695


Cox, Jeremiah.


Baker, Cyrus.


870


Briles, Jacob. 462


Clark, John E.


Alward, Cyrus


344


Bobbs, A. J., M. D. 256


Clunk, H. F 529


Aveline, J. B


Barnett, C. E. 877 482


Cammack, Willis. 763


Crowell, Benj.


INDEX.


PAGE


Daniels, Geo. W 459


Gauntt, Hon. J. A 761


Johnson, Charles W 721


Johnson, Thomas W ×46


Jones, Orlando S. 39%


Jones, Byron H. 399


Jones, John F., Capt 505


Jones, Charles R ×17


Jones, Henry.


Jones, Charles P


>51


Doyle, Michael 526


382


Drook, James M


546


Drook, John.


545


Drook, J. F.


545


Druckemiller, F


413


Duling, Thomas D


841


Duling, George E. W 892


Ham, A. G


203


Keever, Frank


Kelley, Susannah. ¥30


Kelley, William H $30


Kelley, James 31


Kelley, John W


272


Edwards, N. W. 475


Edwards, Henry 475


Elliott, H. M


245


Hankins, B. F. H 663


Harris, David, Rev


Harrell, Elijah. 306


Harvey, Ellsworth


266


Kimball, Moses. 250


Kimball, A. I). 427


Kiley, John. 277


Kirkpatrick, James H. >50


Knox, Samuel H 401


Kocher, George MI


Ladd, J. A. 405


Landess, O. E


Landess, Lewis 172


Landess, John.


Ferree, Evan H 532


Fisherbuck, H. 469


Fite, C. H .. 442


Flanagan, Martin 789


Himelick, Geo. M


713


Lawson, J. H


594


Ford, Rev. J. B . .. 608


Highley, LeRoy


Forrest, J. H., M. D 240


Highley, Clark.


879


Leach, Esom.


Leachman, William. 724


Lee, James R.


Lefavour, John J


621


Foster, Basil. 377


Fowler, Ada A .. 437


Francis, W. R., M. I). 267


Hollingsworth, Eli


Lewis, M. J ..


372


Lightle, Levi 579


Lillard, William. 734


Lillard, L. C


Little, Thomas


Little, John. -60


Lobdell, Aaron T


Long, D. P.


Lowe, W. E. 429


Lucas, I). C.


696


Futrell, Isaac M 355


Futrell, Abraham 356


Futrell, Jordon 440


Futrell, Michael 441


Jay, Volney B 829


Jay, Isaac 668


Jeffrey, H. S. 490


Johnson, James. @14


Johnson, J. E. 3:4


Gage, Clyde C .. 510


Gaines, Oliver. 499


Johnson, Jesse.


Gardner, J. K. P 417 Johnson, A. M 839


PAGE


Gibson, A. E. 4:31


Davis, O. S 567


Davis, George. 879


Davis, Joseph 880


Dawson, John 504


Dawson, Henry 503


Golding, Aaron.


404


Goldthwaite, E. L 159


Gossom, John 873


669


Keene, D. P. 510


Keever, Addison.


Keever, Daniel C.


Keever, John W.


Keever, Daniel C'


Keever, E. E


569


Haisley, Waldo E +11


Haisley, Dennis


Eakins, Johnson 584


Haisley, John.


Hamilton, Asa A .


Hamilton, Thomas J 392


Hannah, Joseph Q.


723


Kennedy, M. W 540


Kersey, John A 414


Kilgore, James 711


Embree, John. 295


Entsminger, John 827


Eshleman, L. H.


418


Evans, M. F. 776


Eviston, Geo. E 680


Fankboner, S. R 737


Farr, S. M .. 591


Hasting, R. W


824


Hasting, Carter.


825


Fergus, O. W 626


Fergus, Sawyer 626


Hayes, J. C.


3:5


Fergus, Warren 627


Haynes, F. M


803


Henley, A.


Henley, Glenn .. 852


Langley, I


Lake, Julius C. 449


Leach, Wm. J


Forrest, John M. 240


Hobaugh, W. H


Hobaugh, Van I).


Hogin, I. S.


Hogin, Benoni C.


Leisure, W'm. H


718


Holmes, John W .. 512


Hoover, P. A. 274


Hoppenrath, Frank O


666


Horner, J. C.


619


Friermood, John T


668


Friermood, W. A 844


Horner, David.


689


Friermood, Z. T. 747


Horner, Andrew.


689


Horne, Samuel S


Hummel, M. S.


×36


Hulley, William 333


Hulley, Samuel


Lucas, A. N


Luther, Ivy


:96


Lytle, J. B.


365


McClure, Samuel 252


McClure, E. P.


McDonaugh, H. 692


Johnson, Rev. Alfred P 374 Mckay, J. I) 533


Mckinney, E. W


325


Mckinney, William


325


Davis, S. H 453


Gillespie, Jas. M .. 792


Glass, David P. ×43


Glasgow, George 253


Golding, W. L 403


Doyle, William 526


Dooley, A. J.


Gowin, J


Graham, Vance


Haines, George 585


Haines, H. C. 56x


Haines, James. 5×5


Echelbarger, C. 832


392


Kelley, Lewis 272


Kimball, T. C., M. D). 249


Harvey, Sidney.


266


Harvey, Rev. Enos .. 774


Harvey, Mahlon.


174


Harvey, Zilpha.


Harper, John. 843


Haupthof, Christ. 380


Lane, Peter


Herbst, August William 820


Forehand, Timothy 716


Foster, Lewis 376


Fraizer, W. K 345


Fraizer, Elisha. 346


Friermood, A. W 756


Horner, Andrew


619


Frost, John S. 863


Furnish, John. 884


Furnish, James 884 Hulley, E.


324


Lucas, Elijah. 696


Gage, William 508


Gage, Mark .. 508


Gage, Harry . 509


Leisure, N. J


Fenstermaker, G. W 421


Elliott, Marcus Delos 245


Duckwall, Geo. F 634


l'AGE


INDEN.


PAGE


PAGE


PAGE


Pemberton, E. W 822


Slater, William ... 690


McRae, H. C ..


311


Pierce, D. B. 598


Sloderbeck, W. L 782


McVicker, Davis.


674


Pierce, J. T. 599


Small, Samuel. 395


McVicker, Dennis.


555


Pilcher, Chas. D 390


Smith, Joseph A. 387


McVicker, Thomas I)


622


Plackard, W. E. 651


Smith, Ansel R 781


McVicker, David.


622


Poole, Joseph 795


Smith, Ephraim 782


Mclicker, Mrs. David. 676


Props, James M 547


Smith, John M .. 819


McVicker, David.


677


Presnall, A. M. 712


Smith, Rev. Francis. 659


Mark, James B 5,96


875


Pulley, Adam 376


Smith, W. J.


821


Marshall, Eli B


304


Masquelet, John.


520


Ratliff, Joseph. 852


Snodgrass, D. B. 386


Mayn, James R.


514


Ratliff, Charles L 811


Spence, LaFayette, M. D 244


Mathias, John . .


501


Ratliff, John Hon. 856


Spencer, J. A 454


Malott, Riley O


493


Ratliff, Joseph. 857


Stanley, Jesse. 518


Stanley, Evan. 519


Stebbens, E .. 402


Street, John J. 423


Mather, C. F.


262


Reece, John. 248


Strange, John T 755


Strange, George .. 632


Strange, Joshua. 698


Strange, George .. 698


Strange, James B 577


St. John, R. T. 221


St. John, Samuel 221


Stout, W. E .. 617


Stout, John. 617


Stout, O. L. 570


Stout, John 572


Stout, A. Y. 749


494


Stevens, Benj. F


495


Streib, Jacob.


331


Studley, J. W. 406


587


Stanley, Jesse.


736


Stover, S. G 682


Sutton, Henry A ..


323


Sutton, Daniel B. 323


Newby, Thomas W 868


Norton, Arthur. 330


Oliver, L. B 575


Oren, E. J 580


Oren, Jesse 580


Osborn, Hon. G. A 279


Osborn, Geo. C. 280


Overman, Nathan H 458


Overman, C. D .. 484


Overman, David 287


Overman, John. 288


Overman, Joel. 318


Overman, Eli 319


Oyster Bay Hotel. 888


Paulus, H. J. 261


Paulus, William 231


Parks, Charles F 684


Parks, Eli 787


Parks, William. 684


Peacock, Joseph.


798


Shugart, John 414


799 Shugart, Rev. C. L 426


Pence, David S


629


Shugart, A. E. 305


Schulz, L. C. 430


Sieben, Michael 665


Pence, George W. 438


Sieben, Mrs. G 664


Pense, J. S. 845


Simon, George L. 481


Pence, Solomon 474 Slater, George F. 690


Sanders, John. 642


Scott, Thomas F 680


Sexton, E. G 719


Seegar, J. N 357


Thomas, Eli .. 234


Thomas, Jesse .. 234


Thomas, Oliver M . 285


Thompson, James H 353


Thompson, A. B. 300


Thompson, Thomas 300


Thompson, Nelson 418


Thurston, Isaiah .. 808


Trook, William H. 760


Troyer, Jacob. 389


Unthank, A. H. 473


Unthank, A. H


784


Veach, George.


461


Wall, David .. 472


Wall, Isaiah .. 488


Wall, M. M ..


497


Wallace, W. B


351


Needler, Marcolenius. 693


Needler, James. . 693


Rohrer, Rev. F


236


Rohrer, Samuel H 236


Roush, Wm. P


818


Roush, Isaac.


818


Rush, Moses 833


Rust, John W 849


Rybolt, Frank 881


Taylor University 729


Taylor, R. R 615


Teilmann, G. . 738


Thomas, Henry D 268


Thomas, James 269


Seegar, Jonathan. 357


Seale, John. 743


Secrist, John 243


Secrist, Henry 243


Sharen, James 521


Shields, John 415


Shields, Jas. M 367


Shively, James 278


Shively, M. T 278


Shockey, Anthony 355


Shugart, George .. 414


Pence, L. J 890


Pence, Emanuel.


890


Richards, L. W. G.


651


Morrish, W. H 859


Richards, Jacob.


654


Moorman, Levi. 649


Riley, Rev. G. P.


600


Moorman, Lewis. 649


Moorman, Albert. 651


Rogers, John W .. 541


Roehm; Victor R 703


Robbins, Cyrus G 420


657


Modlin, George A. 297


Richards, Isaac.


624


Modlin, William 299


Richards, L. G.


635


Modlin, W. O. 678


Richards, Rev. Jacob


652


Modlin, William. 678


Resoner, W. S


752


Meredith, Andrew


269


Meek, J. A


566


Retz, Charles.


595


Minnick, John. 516


Rich, Jesse H. 742


Mock, Hon. Jas. F 360


Modlin, Dillon. . 298


686


Reece, Nathan


248


Marine, Asa.


687


Reed, C. W.


670


Mendenhall, W. K


563


Retz, Edward L


595


Mason, Michael


616


Reade, Dr. T. C. 727


Martin, C. N


433


Reasoner, H. D., M. D. 261


Massena, J. L. 396


Reece, Charles. 248


Marine, Daniel.


Richards, A. B 656


Richards, John


Rippy, George A. 889


Strausburg, Fred


Sweezy, Field W 443


Swinney, R. J 834


Swing, George .. 601


Pulley, H. W 375


Smith, John F. 504


Marshall, Joseph F


Snodgrass, Samuel. 386


Mckinney, F. S 523


Peacock, Elizabeth.


Stephens, J. E. A.


Nelson, Jesse W 364


INDEX.


PAGE


PAGE


PAGE


Warner, W. M


502


Wise, Samuel


644


Winslow, Henry


,93


Ward, W. M.


397


Wise, Jacob.


645


Winslow, John.


793


Waite, S. T


646


Wise, Daniel


7×4


Winslow, Nixon


40×


Waite, Sullivan


646


Wise, Jacob


1×4


Winslow, J. P.


264


Weisenburger, George.


574


Wise, Solomon


808


Winslow, J. A.


¥04


Webster, George Jr


289


Wise, Henry .


648


Winslow, Thomas


805


Webster, William C.


247


Wise, Daniel


64×


Winslow, Milton


805


Webster, George W., Sr.


247


Wise, John M.


:46


Williams, D. A.


391


West, J. A ..


893


Wilson, John.


239


Williams, Joseph J


391


Wharton, A. F.


445


Wilson, Cyrus.


239


Williams, Thos. W


671


Wilson, Eugene N


×2×


Williams, Lewis C.


Wharton, William.


446


Wilson, James S.


×28


Williams, J. T


597


White, Levi


314


Wilson, John.


140


Wood, John


419


White, William


317


Wilson, D. E.


290


Woelfel, J. N. C.


745


White, George


317


Willson, Jason


251


Wright, John M


516


Whybrew, Daniel


791


Willson, Osborn


251


Wright, Lewis S


746


Wharton, W. L.


638


Winger, Daniel ()


468


Wright, Isaac M


515


Wharton, William


640


Winger, Joseph.


468


Wright, Joel B .. ××3


Wigger, Harman, Sr


316


Winger, John M.


750


Wright, Jesse D


Wise, Jacob.


479


Winger, Joseph.


750


Wise, Daniel


479


Winslow, Hugh W


506


Zirkle, Perry


White, Bert.


372


Wilson, Hon. S. C.


740


Woods, F. C.


PREFACE.


AVING brought to a successful termination our labors in Grant county, in compiling and editing the sketches herein contained, we desire, in presenting this book of Biographies to our patrons, to make a few remarks, necessarily brief, in regard to the value and importance of local works of this nature. We agree with Ralph Waldo Emerson that "Biography is the only True History," and also are of the opinion that a collection of the biographies of the leading men of a nation would give a more interesting, as well as authentic, history of their country than any other that could be written. The value of such a production as this cannot be too highly estimated. With each succeeding year the haze of obscurity removes more and more from our view the fast disappearing landmarks of the past. Oblivion sprinkles her dust of forgetfulness on men and their deeds, effectually concealing them from the public eye, and because of the many living objects which claim our attention, few of those who have been removed from the busy world would linger in our memory. Even the glorious achievements of the pres- ent age may not insure it from being lost in the glare of greater things to come, and so it is manifested a duty to posterity for the men of the present time to preserve a record of their lives and a story of their progress from low and humble beginnings to great and noble deeds, in order that future generations may read the account of their successful struggles, and profit by their example. A local history affords the best means of preserv- ing ancestral history, and it also becomes, immediately upon its publication, a ready book of reference for those who have occasion to seek biographical data of the leading and early settled families. Names, dates and events are not easily remembered by the aver- age man, so it behooves the. generations now living, who wish to live in the memory of their descendants, to write their own records, making them full and broad in scope, and minute in detail, and insure their preservation by having them put in printed form. We firmly believe that in these collated personal memoirs will be found as true and as faith- ful a record of Grant county as may be obtained anywhere, for the very sufficient reason that its growth and development are identified with that of the men who have made her what she is to-day, the representative, leading men, whose personal sketches it has been a pleasure to us to write and give a place in this volume. From the time when the hand of civilized man had not yet violated the virgin soil with desecrating plough, nor with the ever-ready frontiers man's ax felled the noble, almost limitless forests, to the present period of activity in all branches of industry, we may read in the histories of the county's leading men, and of their ancestors, the steady growth and development which has been going on here for a century and a half, and bids fair to continue for centuries to come. A hundred years from now, whatever records of the present time are then extant, having




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