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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01872 1982
GC 977.201 M33P
$40,00
6 aven Dee 19 1893
1
PICTORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL
MEMOIRS
OF
INDIANAPOLIS AND
MARION COUNTY
INDIANA
TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHIES OF MANY PROMINENT MEN OF OTHER PORTIONS OF THE STATE, BOTH LIVING AND DEAD.
Chicago Goodspeed Brothers, Publishers 1893
JOHN MORRIS COMPANY,
. . PRINTERS
.
AND
BINDERS.
PREFACE.
HE Publishers, with much pleasure, present this beautiful volume to their friends and patrons for whom it is prepared. It will be found to be a valuable work, full of interesting personal and historical remi- niscences of many of the leading families and many of the most important occurrences in the eventful past of Indianapolis and Marion County. Every individual or family sketch was carefully type-written and submitted by mail, or written with pencil and submitted in person by our representative, to a member of the family, and, in nearly every instance, was corrected and promptly returned to the Publishers, thus insuring almost absolute accuracy. If mistakes are found in the few sketches that were not returned, the Pub- lishers, though not to blame, stand ready, as is their custom, to correct the same by special errata sheet to be sent to every subscriber. The Publishers wish to call special attention to the fact that, in spite of the hard times and a limited patronage, they have issued a work fully up to their promises and one of high merit. The illustrations will be found to add very materially to the value of the book. We are satisfied our work will bear the closest scrutiny and sustain our well-known reputation for accuracy and fidelity.
THE PUBLISHERS.
INDEX.
A
PAGE
Abrams, Randall J
98
Butler, Ovid. 204
Adam, Charles H. 101
Brown, M. D., John Randolph. 211
Ahern, Miss Mary Eileen
120
Brewer, Alfred. 213
Anderson, William Arnold. 134
Boller, Peter 220
Adams, Joseph R. 156
Butterfield, Rev. Luke G 223
Anthony, M. D., Emanuel 188
228
Brown, Dr. Benjamin A 250
Anstin. Edward Ames
233
Bowser, William H 258
Allen, M. D., Wesley
364
Bruce, James P. 289
Armantrout, Harvey J 392
Bergmann, Francis J 299
Anderson, Martin C. 405
Brayton, Dr. Alembert Winthrop. 303
Alexander, Joseph H.
419
Baker, Conrad. 309
Arbuckle, James F 459
Baker, Albert. 310
Bristow, Henry 320
Buskirk, Hon. Samuel 328
330
Bolton, Mrs. Sarah T.
343
Browning, Miss Eliza G
36
Beville, Henry H 38
48
Bieler, Capt. Jacob L.
66
Brown, Demarchus C.
87
Benton, Prof. Allen R.
91
Bowman, William Norman. 404
Backus, Victor M. 130
Black, Charles H 436
Bade, William 442
Barnes, M. D., Henry F
102
Bedford, M. D., C. T.
109
Bowser. Edward Thomas
113
Butler, John Maynard.
132
Bradley, Giles A. 133
C
Bell, M. D., Guido. 138
Belles, Caleb
139
Colfax, Hon. Schuyler 23
Blount, Brazillai M
142
Churchman, F. M. 30
Bullock, Henry W
146
Cady, Frederick W. 44
Brennan, M. D., E. J 150
Cook, George J 49
Barnes, Dr. Charles Almer
174
Comingor, M. D., John A 5]
Barnes, M. D., Carl L. 175
Corbaley, Jeremiah JJ. 52
Ballweg, Frederick . 176
Corbaley, Samuel B. 53
Boring, Ephraim . 180
Compton, Samuel M. 55
Bæckling, George A. 181
Calvelage, August H .. 56
Buchauan, D. D. S., Albert E 189 Cunningham, Dr. Henry S.
88
B
Bailey, George W.
Buehler, Dr. Jacob.
353
Bnschmann, William 373
Bruner, Henry Lane 378
Bremer, Fred. 395
Buthe, Angust 397
Brown, Arthur V
94
Bell, J. E 97
Brown, Henry J. 101
Boatright, William
444
Butcher Mrs. Ellen 449
Bellemore, William H. 463
PAGE
Brown, D. D. S., Daniel N. 197
Blaker, Mrs. Eliza A
236
Anthony, M. D., E. Grove
Ayres, Judge Alexander C. 464
Brown, Hon. Edgar A 25
Bartholomew. Pliny Webster
Cox, Hon. Millard F. 19
X
INDEX.
PAGE
Carson, M. D., John H.
95
Carriger. John J
96
Dunlap, Joseph A 418
Colter, George R. 114
Donnelly, Maurice. 438
Davis, Robert. 458
Coe, Henry 146
E
Elliott, Byron K. 18
Eastman, M. D., LL. D., Joseph 21
Edenharter, M. D., George F. 35
Emmett, Robert F. 52
English, William Hayden. 73
Eaton, Thomas Sandusky 122
Emmerich, Prof. C. E 132
Caven, Hon. JJohn ..
207
Castor, M. D., Hiram C. 212
Cline, M. D., Lewis C. 217
Caskey, Jacob B. 241
Carter, George H. 248
Coble, Jr., George. 251
Chambers, Smiley Newton. 258
Combs, M. D., George W
294
Carter, M. D., James 298
Cox, Charles E. 319
Coburn, Gen. Jobu. 328
Combs, John W
343
Conroy, John. 352
Cosler, Orval D. 357
Christian, Thomas J. 362
Collins, Andrew.
384
Chambers & Bro., O. C.
389
Fitzgerald, Philander H. 147
Foutz, John W 148
Carson, Peter. 430
446
Cochrane, Samuel W 449
Canfield, Woods P 461
D
Daniels, Edward 81
Driggs, N. S.
Downing, Hon. Michael A 95
Daniels, Milton H. 104
Denny, Hou. Caleb S. 108
Dunning, M. D., L. H 126
Dobyns, John Barger
178
Denny, Robert. .
182
Denny. Theodore Vernon.
199
Denny, Elizabeth (McLaughlin).
200
Dunmeyer, Christian .
225
Duzan, M. D., George N
230
Dollman, Henry . 242 Denny, Austin Flint 259
Dearinger, Frank B
283
George, D. D. S., J. H. 153
Greene. John C. . 169
Graydon, Dr. Robert Geddes 170
Guedelhoefer, John. 215
Dreier, Ernst H. G. 396
Gordon, Willard G
271
Deitch, M. D., Oscar S 398 Gilbreath, Robert. 295
F
Fohl, Bernie A 31
Flick, W. B. 48
Fortune, William 112
Carter, John V. 394
Fitzhugh, Joseph F 149
Fisher, Amos W., M. D
206
Furr, John. 233
Foley, Jobn E 236
Frazier, Simeon
245
Frazier, Jr., Simeon.
246
Fulton. William H.
246
Frankel, Jacob.
.255
Furnas, Robert
286
Fisher, Joseph L. 347
Fairbanks, Charles Warren .362
Ferree, Dr. Shadrach L. .371
Fessler, Levi H .374
.Fetrow, William
413
Field, O. T 455
Gates, Dr. Willard G. 113
Gray, Hon. Isaac P. 117
Greene, James. 147
David, Benjamin F 288
Dale. Charles A 372
Demott. Jolin . 383
Deitch, M. D., Othello L. 398
PAGE
Collins, Ephraim 144
Cruse, James S 152
Craig, John F 153
Clarke, M. D., William Bradley 157
Cockrum, John B. 167
Craft, Hou. William H 173
Collins, Jerry. 185
Cruse, Henry 205
Earp, M. S., M. D., Samuel Evingston 144
Elliott, Joel T. 193
English, Joseph K 245
Eden, Samuel C. 299
English. Hon. Will E 325
Eaglesfield, James T 342
Elbracht, August. 382
Egan, Jeremiah.
411
Ernestinoff, Prof. Alexander 423
Ellis, Hiram R 453
Cossell, William
INDEX.
PAGE
Gray, Jonathan 302
Gorby, Sylvester S. .307
Greenleaf, Clements A 315
Giezendanner, William. 331
Gauld, Adam A 400
George, Lewis 425
Gasper, Jolin H. 456
Gall, Albert. 465
H
Hovey, Gen. Alvin Peterson. 17
Hendricks, Hon. Thomas A. 29
Heidenreich, John 32
Harrison, William Henry 34
Heiskell, M. D .. William L.
41
Hasty, M. D., George
54
Hays, M. D., Franklin. 70
Hartje, John. . 75
Hessler, Dr. Robert 80
Hollingsworth, Ira. 84
Hollingsworth, Daniel. 85
Hollingsworth, Francis Marion. 86
Hosbrook, Daniel Bates. 92
Haynes, M. D., John R. 108
Hawkins, W. H. 120
Hervey, M. D., James Walter. 129
Haynes. E. A. P .. 135
Homburg, Dr. Conradin (Jacob) 137
Hendrieks, Allan.
159
Hackedorn, W. E 168
Harlan, L. P.
172
Heath, Dr. Frederic Carroll
182
Hyde, Nelson J.
186
Henderson, J. O 191
Hovey, Alfred R.
196
Harvey, Dr. Thomas B. 201
Harvey, M. D., Jesse Butler 203
Hord, Oscar B .. 218
Honser, M. D., James A. 226
Houser, M. D., Solon K
227
Howard. Hon. Timothy E 231
Harold, Dr. David H. 244
Hilgenberg, Christian A 252
Hall, Hiram Harden .. 263
Hall, Prof. Archibald M. 265
Hansen, Peter C.
Hawkey, Stanton W 271
Holle, Herman C. 281
Hudson, James W 283
Heintz, Valentine 289
Hardin, James Thomas. 293
Hahn, Orville L. 296
Hake, Carl von 297
Hyland, James 301
Karrer, Charles T 403
Kottlowski, Ernest. F
415
Hartmann. Charles F
307
Kissel, Peter
441
X1
PAGE
Holtzman, John W 317
Head, John E 318
Hacker, Hon. Willian 321
Holman, Hon. William S 335
Heinrichs, Charles E. 341
Hannah, Alexander M 348
Hadley, William 353
Habeney, Henry F. 354
Howe, Prof. Thomas Carr 354
Harrison, Gen. Benjamin. 363
Harding, Laban 365
Haeberle, William. 367
Heiny, Eli. 367
Hittle, Joseph. 382
Hollingsworth, William H. 403
Hartley, Col. Benjamin W. 406
Hoerger, Lonis E. 419
Herig, John H. 420
Henthorn, M. D., Leroy S 481
Huls, James H. 447
Hukriede, Ernst 448
Heury, George S. 450
Haeberle, William. 460
I
Ittenbach, Gerhard.
300
Indianapolis Basket Company.
332
J
Jones, Hon. Aquilla ... 24
Jones, Aqnilla Q. 25
Jameson, M. D., Patrick Henry 45
Jennings, Presley 58
Johnston, James.
111
Johnson, George A 253
Johnson, Caleb . 272
Jameson, Hon. Ovid B 375
Johnson, Theodore 402
Johnson, James 402
Johnson, David . 410
Jones, Frederick
432
Jared, Granville 454
K
King, Myron :
28
King, Isaac . 64
Kinsley. Mrs. Elizabeth 86
Kahlo, Hon. Charles. 115
Kendrick, William H., M. D 239
Kemper, Henry Mathews. 263
Kingsley, Adrial Sylvanns. 341
Kraas, William 361
Knerr, Dr. Charles B 373
Kellogg. Charles N. 393
Hardacre, John. 306
270
xii
INDEX.
L PAGE
Linn, T. B.
77
Martin, Johu 275
Lange, Gustave C
156
McClain, Rev. Matthew 277
Lockwood, Virgil H
192
McClain, William T 278
Lander, William F.
195
Mann, Winfield Scott. 279
Lewis, A. M., M. D., Edwin R
209
Mills, Joel
280
Long, M. D., John B.
220
Lambert, M. D., John A.
221
Laut, Henry W
257
Lieber, Peter
261
McConnell, J. P 330
Lieber, A. 262
McGuire, Joseph A. 333
Lanktree, James W 268
276
Mayhew, Harry M 370
.387
Lawler, Francis M. 287
McGinnis. William 389
Landmeier, William 291
Lang, John A .. 295
Miethke, Robert
398
Larimore, George W 350
399
Lange, W. C .. 435
McConnell, Thomas 427
Leeman, William. 44-4
Laituer, Louis. 459
M
Matthews, Gov. Claude. 19
Morton. Hon. Oliver Perry. 20
Mitchell, Maj. James L 39
Morrison. Frank W.
50
Maxwell, M. D., Allison
57
Malott, Volney Thomas
67
Mack. Fred J.
75
Mueller, Ferd. A.
81
Mosier, Hou. Cyrus F
88
Murphy, Martin J
100
McBride, Hon. Robert W
110
McMaster, Jobn L 124
Nixon, Le
Mount, Thomas R
141
McGuffin, John B
142
Moore, William
143
New, Hon. John C.
466
McGregor, William.
150
Mills, Thomas P.
160
Mason, Augustus Lynch.
164
Miller, George W
174
McNutt, J. C 176
Morgan, Sylvester A. 194
P
Pickerill, M. D., George Washington 26
Patterson, M. D., Amos W. 40
McCormick, John Lewis. 230
Prunk, M. D., Daniel H. . 59
Moorhous, Hiram . 239
Prunk, Mrs. Harriet Angusta. 62
McKee, Thomas M 240
Pressly, John T. 65
Moran. Thomas. 247
Pearson, John R. 83
McCormick, William S
260
Pfendler, Samuel. 121
McDonald, John W 262
Prather, Augustin B. 125
Morse, Thomas J. 266
Potter, A. M., M. D., Theodore
159
Mansfield, Joseph B.
266
Penn, Joseph
162
Miller, George F. 427
Magel, Henry 436
McOuat, Andrew W 447
Mitchell, William J. 452
Metsker, John T
457
Mason, Charles
457
Miller, Samuel 458
Miller, W. H. H
464
N
Newland, Abner L .. 165
Nash, M. D., George W. 193
Norris, William F. 229
Neal, Capt. J. Stut 256
Nelson, Thomas H. 269
Nnerge & Reinking 285
Nuerge, Charles 293
397
Noble, Daniel W. 439
O
Outland, M. D., Edgar M. 241
O' Meara, Patrick ).
428
Myers, D. A 198
Martindale, E. B. 221
Magennis, James.
401
Meyer, Frederick J.
406
Lowe, Sr., Nahum H
McFarland, William 338
Langenberg, Henry W
285
LA l'age, John P.
Myers, Vincent.
Matlock, James B 395
Leatherman, M. D., A. Lincoln 318
Millhous, Henry 281
Meadows, Charles 296
Martin, D.D.S .. G. B. 297
PAGE
McCarty, Nicholas 273
INDEX. xiii
PAGE
Pfaff, M. D., O. G. 166
Page, M. D., Lafayette F. 168
Schroer, Edward E 127
Pauli, Henry . 186
Spafford, Thomas E 140
Sherer, E. J. 153
Schmidt, Anton
154
Pantzer, M. D., Hugo Otto. .253
Prange, Fred W. . 289
Phillips, William Henry Harrison. 292
Park, John Thomas. 349
Purman, M. D., Darius M 352
Pumphrey, Edward M.
360
Pape, Fred W. .367
Prange, Frank. .376
Pearson, Charles L
396
Pierson, John W.
399
Pahud, Alfred .
409
Pendergast, John G 412
Prindle, David J 435
R
Rieman, Charles. 93
Rieman, Henry William 93
Reynolds, Charles E. 139
Rowe, M. D., Louis M. 163
Roache, Judge Addison L. 210
Rathsam, John G. 211
Russe, Hemy 212
Reichwein, Philip
248
Riley, James Whitcomb
255
Reynolds, Jesse Allen.
282
Reinking, Henry E 286
Rauh, Henry . 291
Rink, Joseph A.
304
Roberts, George H
.305
Rothert, John H
339
Roach, William J
340
Roberson, William N. 358
Roller, Phillip J 366
Roth, John H. 390
Randall, Nelson A. 400
Robinson, Lew. 415
Reading, William A 424
425
Rutledge, Dr. E. D
433
Ratliff, Nathan. 443
Read, Charles W. 452
S
Schley, Hon. John 41
Saak, Frank. 47
Schuck, Samuel . 69
Shinn, William J .. 80
Swan, Rev. George E.
83
Shilling, Stephen A 417
Swartting, Lawrence 421
Smock, R. M. 423
Stanley, George W 429
334
Slater, Jacob H
345
Sawyer, Iredell
351
Shea, James 355
356
Stroluneyer, Deitrich F 361
Seerley, Martin 369
Scott. Adam 370
Schad, Charles H. 372
Smither, Theodore F .376
Schmidt, Edward. 378
Sloan, William 379
Schilling, Charles 380
Schilling, John Frederick Henry 381
ShatTer, George W. 391
Schmid & Sons, John C. .391
Smith, George F 393
Shimer, Corydon K. 407
Sanders, John.
411
Sears, John W. .413
Siegmund, William. 415
Sullivan, W. A. 90
Sterne, Albert E 91
Sindlinger, Peter 100
Small, Samuel . 167
Sullivan, Cornelius W.
173
Scheideler, V. G., Very Rev. Anthony 177
Scott & Sons, William A. 180
Stein, M. D., Frederick 184
Stein, Theodore 184
Smith, William P 187
Smith, George M. 190
Scherer, M. D., Simon P. 195
Spahr, George W .. 215
Sloan, Phar. D., M. D., George W 219
Schaefer, M. D., Constantine R 224
Schrimsher, Jasper W 227
Smythe, William H. 238
Senour, Richard. . 242
Schmidt, Christian Frederick 260
Schmidt, John W 261
Spielhoff, Henry 265
Shimer, Asa N. 268
Schweikle, Jacob F 288
Stone, Dr. Richard French 311
Streight, Gen. Abel D. 313
Sutcliffe, M. D., John A. 316
Sewall, Theodore Lovett. 321
Sewall, Mrs. May Wright 322
Springer, Isaac. 332
Smither, William.
Swain, James
Roberts, Prof. J. B.
Shaw, Benjamin C. 105
Pressler, Guido R. . 228
Perry, Ph. D., M. D., Joseph Robert. .235
XIV
INDEX.
PACK
PAGE
Sheehan, Thomas .429
Webster, J. H. 13
Smith, James H. 433
Wilson, Hon. John R 50
Singleton, John W
434
Wallace, Gen. Lew. . 59
Stoops, Philip 440
Wishard, M. D., William H. 76
Sanders, William. 442
Wehrman, M. D., Ernest A. 82
Stout, Furman . 445
Williams, Gov. James D 98
Stout, George W 453
Walker, Col. I. N 124
Slack, Jobn K ..
45-4
Woodard, M. D., Nathan D 134
Schoershusen, Charles H .
456
Schwegman, William 460
Sieg, Jacob. 462
T
Thrasher, Prof. William
30
Taylor, Napoleon B 71
Thompson, Hon. Richard W. 98
Turpie, Hon. David 104
Todd, Dr. Robert Nathaniel. 117
Todd, Levi L., M. D 119
Taggart, Thomas. 128
Todd, Isaac Montreville
229
Teneyck, Samuel Hanway
270
Tanner, Harry C
333
Tallentire, Thomas
355
Thornton, Charles E.
377
Thurtle, Jobn St. George
Wright, M. D., Ivy E.
331
Tall, William R.
417
Truemper, C. J
437
Tobin, James
451
Teckenbrock, John H
451
Turpie, Hon. David
463
U
Wulff, Conrad C. 420
Weaver, O. R. 422
Wright, T. M. 426
Wright, Winfield Taylor
445
Worthington, Robert
450
Wehking, Charles F 455
Woods, Robert E 462
Y
Young, A. A. 99
Youart, Dr. John Milton. 336
Youart, Dr. Joseph D 337
Wright, Harvey A 32
Wiegand, Antoine 33
36
Zion, Alonzo A
203
Woodburn, Dr. Frederick C. 37 Zener, Robert 305
Wood, Horace F 136
Wishard, Dr. William Niles 155
Williams, William. 161
Wright, M. D., William M 179
Wilson, M. D., Amos L. 191
Wagner, William Henry. 208
Wollenweber, Charles L. 222
Watts, James M . 223
Wright, Isaac. 234
Wright Noah. 243
Wright, Jasper Newton
244
Wharton, J. W 252
Wocher, John 267
Wright, Jesse 273
Wacker, John
284
Wishmeyer, Christian F. 290
Wyenberg, Peter C. 300
Triesy, Augustus E
Witty, Capt. John B. 337
Wiese, Christian F. 350
Wenning, Dick. 359
White, William Woodford. 385
Webb, James. 386
Webb, Ira C 416
Udell, Eugene. 158
V
Voorhees, Hon. Daniel W 87
Varney, Major A. L. 141
Vernon, M. D., V. S., George W. 214
Von Hake, Carl . 297
Van Deman, Joshua H 346
W
Z
Woodburn, James H.
404
414
XV
ILLUSTRATIONS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
PAGE
Gen. Alvin P. Hovey Frontispiece
John B. Cockrnm facing page 167
Gen. Benjamin Harrison
Lafayette F. Page, M. D 168
Gen. Lew Wallace
George A. Boeckling 181
Gen. A. D. Streight. ..
William F. Lander. " 195
Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks. ..
Theodore V. Denny 199
Hon. Albert G. Porter .. 66
Elizabeth Denny. ** 200
Hon. Joseph E. McDonald.
Hon. John Caven . " 207
Hon. Oscar B. Hord ..
George W. Vernon, M. D., V. S " 214
George N. Duzan, M. D
: 230
Hon. Millard F. Cox. facing page 19
Joseph Eastman, M. D., LL. D. 66
21
Hon. Edgar A. Brown. 25
Hugo Otto Pantzer, M. D
" 253
George Washington Pickerill, M. D. 26
Thomas J. Morse # 266
F. M. Churchman 30
John Martin " 275
George F. Edenharter, M. D 35
39
George W. Combs, M. D " 294
* 315
WV. B. Flick. 48
John W. Holtzman.
" 317
Hon. John R. Wilson
50
Hon. Will E. English
" 325
Robert F. Emmett.
52
Joshua H. Van Deman
" 346
Allison Maxwell, M. D
57
Joseph L. Fisher
" 348
Joli T. Pressly 66
65
Edward M. Pomphrey
" 360
Volney T. Malott. 67 66
..
70
A. W. Fisher, M. D.
408
Hon. William Hayden English.
73
J. G. Pendergast.
412
Fred J. Mack. 75 ..
77
Byron K. Elliott, 66 424
429
Dr. Henry S. Cunningham
66
88
WV. H. Potter.
431
Albert E. Sterne, M. D
91
Dr. J. A. Sutcliffe.
' 435
John J. Carriger.
96
Charles F. Hartmann
" 438
Peter Sindlinger
100
Charles Rieman (deceased) ..
" 446
Henry F. Barnes, M. D
" 102
Thomas Taggart ..
" 446
C. T. Bedford, M. D
66
109
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison.
458
Hon. Charles Kahlo. 66
115
Mrs. T. A. Hendricks
458
May Wright Sewall.
458
Col. I. N. Walker.
124
Miss E. G. Browning 16 458
Miss M. E. Ahern. . 458
James Walter Hervey, M. D 129
Nathan D. Woodard, M. D 134
Central College of Physicians and Sur- geons.
460
P. W. Bartholomew 66 152
66
82
Hon. C. S. Denny. 66
66
W. H. Hawking.
120
A. Q. Jones "$ 402
Franklin W. Hays, M. D.
Henry W. Langenberg " 276
Maj. James L. Mitchell.
J. H. Webster.
43
Clements A. Greenleaf.
James Whitcomb Riley
Hon. Timothy E. Howard " 232
William H. Smythe
238
John M. Butler 4 418
T. B. Linn 6.
Ernest A. Wehrman, M. D
L. H. Dunning, M. D. 126
Medical College of Indiana
462
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS
ALBERT G. PORTER.
GEN. LEW. WALLACE.
GEN.A.D. STREIGHT.
JOSEPH E.MSDONALD.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
ALVIN P. HOVEY
OSCAR B.HORD
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
PICTORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL
MEMOIRS
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INDIANAPOLIS AND MARION COUNTY, INDIANA.
EN. ALVIN PETERSON HOVEY, who died while serving his first term as governor of Indiana, was a native Hoosier, his birth occurring in that widely famed county of Posey September 6, 1821, and, like thousands of others who attained prominence in American history, his lot in youth was one of hardship, and gave no hint of the honors that a strong intellect, fairly used, coupled with unwearying industry, was to bring him. In the common schools of his native county, which were then of the poorest, and are not now much better, he managed to pick up a rudimentary education which he supplemented by hard study after the active work of his life had begun. He studied law, and having been admitted to the bar in 1843, when about twenty-two years of age, he entered at once upon what his youth and surroundings considered was a successful and lucrative practice as an attorney at Mount Vernon. For seven years he devoted himself to his profession, but about 1851 he was elected a member of the constitutional convention by which the constitution of Indiana was revised, and so greatly did he distinguish himself in that body that in the next year he was chosen circuit judge of the Third Judicial District of his State, and, after three years' service upon the bench, was in May, 1854, made one of the judges of the Supreme Court of Indiana, but held the position only a few months. He was appointed by President Pierce, in 1855, United States district attorney for the District of Indiana, from which he was removed by President Buchanan because of having been an ardent supporter of Douglas. During the war with Mexico he was a lieutenant, but his company failed to secure an entry into one of the regiments assigned to Indiana. When the war of the Rebellion came upon the country, although he had never had any military training and had never shown the slightest aptitude or inclination for the military profession, he instantly cast aside his personal consid- erations, enlisted in the service and started out as colonel of volunteers, by appointment of Gov. Morton. His command was first employed in Arkansas, where, without any opportu- nity of becoming distinguished in battle, he so bore himself that he won the admiration of his superiors. Shortly after the reduction of Fort Donelson, for meritorious service, he was commissioned brigadier general, and a short time after was made major general, although he did not receive his commission until two years after it was granted. In time his chance came to show the mettle of which he was made. Transferred to the Army of Tennessee, just before the opening of the memorable campaign which ended on July 4, 1863, in the surren- der of Vicksburg, he was assigned to an important command. At the battle of Champion's
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Hill, which was the pivotal one of the brief and brilliant series of engagements by which Gen. Pemberton was forced back with his entire army into Vicksburg, Gen. Hovey so executed the task which fell to his lot that Gen. Grant spoke of him, in his official report, in terms of highest praise, awarding him the honor of the victory at Champion's Hill, which Grant himself called the " key battle" of his movements to get in the rear of Vicksburg. After the fall of this place he was sent to the field of duty where he could gain no military laurels, but where his services were of vital value to the Union cause, for he was put in command of the District of Indiana, where, with the powerful aid of Oliver P. Morton, then governor, he prosecuted and kept the disaffected element under control. The war being ended bc resigned his commission in the army in October, 1865, and soon after was appointed United States minister to Pern, having declined the mission to Buenos Ayres, which had been tendered him. After holding the post of minister to Peru for five years, he resigned it in 1870, when he returned to Indiana and resumed the practice of law, to which he confined himself for the next sixteen years; but all the time having a keen interest in public affairs, both national and State, be put his ability as a public speaker at the service of the Republican party, having, prior to the war, been a Democrat. In 1886 he was a candidate of his party for Congress and was elected in a close district. In the House of Representatives he showed so much civic ability that in 1888 he was made the nominee of his party for governor of his State, and entered at once upon the hottest political campaign the State has ever known. As a result of the canvass he received a plurality of votes of 2,200 over his competitor, Gen. Matson, who had been a gallant Union soldier, bad shown a capacity for civic office, and was in every way the strongest candidate the Democrats could have nominated. Being thus chosen as the first Republican governor Indiana has had since the war, Gov. Hovey entered upon the duties of his office, and in their discharge displayed the same courage, clear intel- lect and unsullied integrity with which he ever met every other function allotted to him. While fulfilling the requirements of his office he was taken ill and died November 23, 1891. He was a ripe Latin scholar, was determined and self reliant, a frequent contributor to mag- azine literature, and a poet of more than ordinary ability.
BYRON K. ELLIOTT. This well-known jurist and author was born in Butler County, Ohio, September 4, 1835, of that sturdy Pennsylvania stock which has furnished to nearly all parts of the country some of their most progressive and substantial citizens. James Elliott, his grandfather, emigrated to Ohio from Pennsylvania in 1799. Until 1849 Judge Elliott lived at Hamilton, Ohio. Later he made Cincinnati his home until December, 1850, when he took up his residence in Indianapolis, where, at the "Old Seminary," under the tutelage of Mr. Lang, he completed the education he had begun at Hamilton Academy and continued at Furman's Seminary. In February, 1858, he was admitted to the bar, and in May, 1859, was elected city attorney, though he was then only twenty-four years old and was in the first year of his practice. After the outbreak of the Rebellion he was in the hundred days' service as a captain in the One Hundred and Thirty-second Regiment, and later was assistant adjutant-general on the staff of Gen. Milroy. Returning to Indianapo- lis, he resumed the practice of his profession, and in 1865, 1867 and 1869. successively, was elected city attorney. In October, 1870, he was elected judge of the Criminal Court, an office which he resigned in November, 1872, to accept the office of city solicitor, which was unanimously tendered him by the Common Council. In 1873 he was again elected city attorney. In 1876 he was elected to the bench of the Superior Court. Four years afterward the Republicans elected him judge of the Supreme Court for the Central District of Indiana. He was nominated by acclamation for the same position in 1886 and elected. In 1892 he was again nominated for the office, but in common with all the other candidates of his party, was defeated. He has served many terms as chief justice of the Supreme Court. In and out of his profession he is regarded as one of the purest, fairest and clear- est-sighted judges in the State, and there is not a judge anywhere in whose rulings and opinions more implicit confidence is placed than in his. He has gained a national reputa- tion as a writer of legal literature. Three volumes, "The Work of the Advocate," "The Law of Roads and Streets" and "Appellate Procedure," were the joint production of the Judge and his son, William F. Elliott. These works are published by the Bowen-Merrill Company, of Indianapolis. "The Law of Roads and Streets" has the largest and most
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