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GENEALOGY COLLECTION
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 02300 0869 r
PROGRESSIVE MEN AND WOMEN
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KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, INDIANA
TO WHICH IS APPENDED .
A COMPREHENSIVE COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY-MEMOIRS OF EMINENT MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES, WHOSE DEEDS OF VALOR OR WORKS OF MERIT HAVE MADE THEIR NAMES IMPERISHABLE.
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EMBELLISHED WITH PORTRAITS OF MANY NATIONAL CHARACTERS AND WELL KNOWN RESIDENTS OF KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, INDIANA.
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LOGANSPORT, INDIANA: B. F. BOWEN, PUBLISHER 1902 .
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PREFACE
HIEN PLACING the memoirs of Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County before the citizens, the publisher can conscientiously claim that he has carried out in full every promise made in the Prospectus. He points with pride to the elegance of the binding of the volume, and to the beauty oi its typography, to the superiority of the paper on which the work is printed, and the truthfumess depicted by its portraits and the high class of art in which they are finished. Every biographical sketch has been submit- ted for approval and correction, to the person for whom it was written, and therefore any error of fact, if there be any, is solely lue to the person for whom the sketch was prepared. The publisher would here avail himself of the opportunity to thank the citizens of Kosciusko County for the uniform kindness with which they have regarded this undertaking, and for their many services rendered in assisting in the gaining of necessary information.
Confident that our efforts to please will fully meet the approbation of the public, we are,
Respectfully, B. F. BOWEN, Publisher.
CONTENTS
GENERAL INDEX.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
3
COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY 13
INTRODUCTORY -
II
COMPENDIUM OF LOCAL BIOGRAPHY -
223
INDEX TO PART I.
COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF NATIONAL C ELEBRITIES.
PAGE
Abbott, Lyman
144
Adams, Charles Kendall. 143 Adams. John. ... 25
Adams, John Quincy 61
Agassiz. Louis J. R.
137
Alger. Russell A.
173
Allison, William B.
131
Allston. Washington. 100
Altgeld. John Peter 140
Andrews, Flisha B. 184
Anthony, Susan B. 62
Armour, Philip D 62
Arnold, Benedict.
84
Arthur, Chester Allen.
168
Astor, John Jacob.
139
Audubon, John James
166
Bailey, James Montgomery. 177
Bancroft, George. .74
Barnard, Frederick A. P. 179
Barnum, Phincas T 41
Barrett, Lawrence.
156
Barton. Clara.
209
Bayard, Thomas Francis. 200
Beard, William H. 196 Beauregard, Pierre G. T. 203
Beccher, Henry Ward.
26
Bell, Alexander Graham 96 Bennett, James Gordon. 206 Benton, Thomas Hart. .. 5.3 Bergh, Henry 160
Bierstadt, Albert
197
Billings, Josh. .
166
Blaine, James Gillespie.
22
Bland, Richard Parks.
106
PAGE
Boone. Daniel. 30
Booth, Edwin. 51
Booth, Junius Brutus. 177
Brice. Calvin
181
Brooks. Phillips.
1,30
Brown, John .. 51
Brown, Charles Farrar 91
Brush, Charles Francis. 153
Bryan, William Jennings. 158
Bryant, William Cullen
44
Buchanan, Franklin 105
Buchanan, James. 128
Buckner, Simon Boliver 188
Burdette, Robert J. 103
Burr, Aaron.
III
Butler, Benjamin Franklin ... 24
Calhoun. Joldi 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. IIO
Chase, Salmon Portland. 65
Childs, George W
83
Choate, Rufus.
207
Chaffin, Horace Brigham 107
Clay, Henry
21
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne. 86
Cleveland. Grover.
174
Clews, Henry
153
PAGE
Clinton, De Witt.
110
Colfax, Schuyler 130
Conkling. Alfred 32
Conkling. Roscoe 32
Cooley. Thomas MeIntyre. 140
Cooper, James Fenimore. . 58
Cooper, Peter. 37
Copeley, John Singleton 191
Corbin. Austin 205
Corcoran. W. W 196
Cornell, Ezra ..
161
Cramp, William 189
Crockett, David 76
Cullom, Shelby Moore. 116
Curtis. George William. 144
Cushman, Charlotte.
107
Custer, George A.
95
Dana, Charles A. 88
"Danbury News Man' 177
Davenport, Fanny 106
Davis, Jefferson
24
Debs. Eugene V.
132
Decatur, Stephen.
IOI
Deering, William. 198
Depew. Chauncey Mitchell 200
Dickinson, Anna. 103
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
TABLE OF CONTENTS-PART 1.
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
Ingersoll. Robert G.
85
Field, Marshall.
59
Field, Stephen Johnson.
216
Fillmore, Millard.
113
Foote, Andrew Hull.
170
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
163
Garrett, John Work
200
Garrison, William Lloyd
50
Gates, Horatio ..
70
Gatling, Richard Jordan.
George, Henry.
203
Gibbons, Cardinal James.
200
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
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
Miller, Joaquin.
218
Mills, Roger Quarles
211
Monroe, James. ..
54
Moody, Dwight L.
207
PAGE
Morgan, John Pierpont.
208
Morgan, John T
216
Morris, Robert. ..
165.
Morse, Samuel F. B
124
Morton, Oliver Perry
215
Motley, John Lathrop.
130
"Nye, Bill"
59
Nye, Edgar Wilson.
59
O'Conor, Charles
187
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.
30
Pingree, Hazen S.
212
Plant. Henry B.
192
Poe, Edgar Allen.
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
171
Randolph, Edmund.
1,36
Read, Thomas Buchanan
132
Reed, Thomas Brackett.
208
Reid, Whitelaw.
149
Rockefeller, John Ravison.
195
Root, George Frederick
218
Rathermel, Peter
113
Rutledge, John.
57
Sage, Russell.
211
Schofield, John McAlister
100
Schurz, Carl.
201
Scott, Thomas Alexander.
204
McCormick, Cyrus Hall. .
172
Scott, Winfield.
79
Seward, William Henry.
44
Sharon, William.
165
Shaw, Henry W.
166
Sheridan, Phillip Henry
40
Sherman, Charles R. ..
87
Sherman, William Tecumseh. 30
Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow 202
Smith, Edmund Kirby
114
Sousa, John Philip
60
Hill, David Bennett.
90
Moran, Thomas ..
98
Spreckles, Claus.
159
PAGE
Ilobart, Garrett
213
Holmes, Oliver Wendell.
206
Hooker, Joseph.
52
Howe, Elias ..
1,30
Houston, Sam. .
120
Hughes, Archbishop John.
157
llughitt, Marvin.
159
Hull, Isaac. .
169
Huntington, Collis Potter.
94
Ingalls, John James.
114
Irving, Washington.
33
Jackson, Andrew
71
Jackson, "Stonewall".
67
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan .. .
67
Jay, John .. .
39
Jefferson, Joseph.
47
Jefferson, Thomas.
34
Johnson, Andrew.
1.45
Johnson, Eastman
202
Johnston. Joseph Eccleston. .
85
Jones, James K.
171
Pierce, Franklin.
122
Jones, John Paul
07
Jones, Samuel Porter
115
Kane, Elisha Kent
125
Kearney, Philip.
210
Kenton, Simon.
188
Knox, John Jay
1.34
Lamar, Lucius Q. C.
201
Landon, Melville D
109
Lee. Robert Edward. 38
Lewis, Charles B.
193
Lincoln, Abraham.
1,35
Livermore, Mary Ashton.
131
Locke, David Ross
172
Logan, John A.
26
Greeley, Adolphus W.
142
Greeley, Horace.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
37
20
Longstreet, James.
56
Roach, John.
190
Greene. Nathaniel.
69
Lowell, James Russell.
104
Macbay, John Will
Madison, James.
42
Marshall, John. 1,56
Mather, Cotton,
164
Mather, Increase.
163
Maxim, Hiram S.
194
McClellan, George Brinton .. 47
McDonough, Com. Thomas ..
167
Mckinley. William
217
Meade, George Gordon.
75
Medill, Joseph.
159
Miles, Nelson A.
176
Miller, Cincinnatus Heine.
218
Sherman, John.
86
Hendricks, Thomas Andrew.
212
Henry, Joseph.
105
Henry, Patrick.
8,3
Gresham, Waher Quintin
18,3
Hale, Edward Everett.
79
.
llowells, William Dean.
104
1
Morton, Levi P ..
142
TABLE OF CONTENTS-PART I.
PAGE
PAGE
PAGE
Stanford, Leland. .. IOI
Stanton, Edwin McMasters .. 179
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady.
. .
126
Tillman, Benjamin Ryan
Watson, Thomas E. 178
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton
32
Toombs, Robert.
205
Watterson, Henry.
76
Weaver, James B.
123
Stewart, Alexander T.
58
Stewart, William Morris. 213
Stowe.
Harriet
Elizabeth
Beecher 66
Stuart, James E. B. 122
Sumner, Charles.
34
Talmage, Thomas De Witt. 60
Taney, Roger Brooks. 120
Taylor. Zachary
108
Teller, Henry M. 127
Wallace, Lewis. . 199
Whittier, John Greenleaf. 67
Tesla. Nikola
193
Thomas, George H.
73
Wallack, John Lester 121
Wilson, William L.
180
Thomas, Theodore
172
Wanamaker. John
89
Winchell, Alexander
175
Thurman, Allen G. 90
Ward, "Artemus"
91
Windom, William.
1,38
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
Anthony, Susan B.
63
Fremont, Gen. John C. 16
McKinley, William. 45
Armour, Philip D). 151
Gage. Lyman . 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
Pullman, George M 117
Blaine, James G. 151
Gould, Jay. 99
Quay, M. S .. 99
Booth, Edwin 63
Grant, Gen. U. S. 185
Reed, Thomas B 151
Bryan, Wm. 63
Greeley, Horace .. 81
Sage. Russell. II7
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
Sherman, Gen. W. T 151
Carlisle. John G. 151
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady 27
Chase, Salmon P 16
Hendricks, Thomas A 81
Stowe. Harriet Beecher. 27
Calde George W 00
Ilelmes, Oliver W.
Talmage. T. De Witt 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. I17
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. 27
Farragut. Com. D. G. 185
Logan, Gen. John A. 16
Washington, George.
45
Field, Cyrus W 63 Longfellow, Henry W 185
Watterson, Henry. 63
"Twain, Mark"
86
Tyler, John. 93
Webster, Daniel.
Webster, Noah. 49
Van Buren, Martin. 78
Weed, Thurlow.
West, Benjamin. 115
Whipple. Henry Benjamin .. 161
White, Stephen V.
162
Vilas, William Freeman. 140
Whitefield, George. 150
Whitman, Walt. 197
Voorhees, Daniel Wolsey
95
Whitney, Eli. 120
Waite, Morrison Remich. 125
Whitney, William Collins. 92
Wallack, Lester. 121
Willard, Frances E. 133
Vail, Alfred. 154
Vest, George Graham. 214
Vanderbilt, Cornelius. 35
Thurston, John M. 166 Washburne, Elihu Benjamin .. 189
Tilden, Samuel J. 48
Washington, George. 17
Clay, Henry 81
Harrison, Benjamin. 81
Hayes, R. B. . 45
Summer, Charles 45
Hooker, Gen. Joseph 16
Lowell, James Russell. 27
Stephenson. Adlai Ewing. .. . 14I
INDEX.
PAGE
A.
- Andreas, Josiah
540
Anglin, James
523
Anglin, James H.
335
Anglin, John W.
523
Anglin, Mrs. Maggie
506
Anglin, Samuel D 335
Armey, Jacob 593
Armey, Joseph S. 593
Arthur, John L.
351
Arthur, Shelby
351
B.
Baker, William 425
Baker, William E. 375 Baker, William E. 375
Ball, Henderson W
280
Ball, Thomas 419
Ball, William D 280
Balliet, David 537
Balsley, John
499
Balsley, William
499
Banning, Jefferson
485
Banning, William.
484
Barber, Sylvester.
272
Bartholomew, Henry S. K. 362
Bartholomew, Moses
362
Baugher, Charles
456
Beagle, Calvin 597
Beagle, john C 596
Beagle, Stephen.
597
Bear, Benjamin F
407
Beck, Hudson.
327
Beck, Metcalfe 258 Bentley, Charles B 314
Berger, Henry. 618
Berger, Henry J 617
Best, John.
562
Black, Edward G
252
PAGE
Black, James.
600
Black, Joseph. 599
Blue, Benjamin 395
Blue, James H. 395
Blue, Peter B 397
Blue, William J 441
Bowman, Isaac. 372
Bowman, William. 372
Bowman, William H 371
Brindley, Milton H.
550
Bruner, George.
409
Bruner, John 410
Butterbaugh, George W 448
Butterbaugh, John. 370
Butterbaugh, Theron D. 447
Butterbaugh, William H
370
Bybee, Allen. 389
Bybee, John. 389
Byrer, Albert
635
Byrer, Reuben
635
.
C.
Carpenter, Daniel H
461
Carpenter, Harvey
461
Chipman, Isaac.
223
Chipman, Silas W
223
Chivington, Philip
364
Clay, John 611
Clay, William H. 610
Colbert, Thomas
430
Cook, Peter S
326
Crow, Nathaniel
579
D.
Dausman, David.
530
Davisson, William C
586
Day, Benjamin F.
263
Deaton, George W
274
PAGE
Deaton, Jacob O
274
Dunlap, John W
444
Dunlap, William 444
Dye, Charles T.
595
Dye, Marshall A
595
E.
Eaton, Levi H
414
Eddinger. Elmer M
439
Eddinger, Frederick
439
Edmonds, Andrew.
577
F.
Farber, Curtis C.
590
Fermier, P. G., M. D
631
Fisher, James.
293
Fisher, John
294
Fisher, Stephen.
293
Foreman, Robert
408
Frantz, Christian E
353
Frantz, Christian.
353
Frantz, Jacob
353
Frantz, Michael
353
Frantz, Michael 353
Frazer, Hon. William D
228
Funk, Henry B
332
G.
Garwood, Amasa.
450
Garwood, William 451
Gawthrop, Amos
552
Gawthrop, John
552
Gerard, Orlando F
469
Gerard, William E
549
Gripe, Jacob 340
Gripe, Nicholas G .:
336
Gripe, Samuel
340
Groves, Omar F
557
Carr, Samuel j.
431
Frazer, James S.
228
INDEX.
PAGE
Guy, Andrew 574
Guy, Richard. 574
H.
Ilaines, Jesse. 446
Haines, Robert. 297
Haines, Samuel. 446
Hall, Isaac.
588
Hall, Sylvester 588
Hamman, David 476
Haney, Abraham 614
Haney, John F 614
Hardman, Peter J.
290
Harlan, Charles E 486
Harlan, William 4-6
Hays, Elijah 234
Heagy, John S. 534
Heckman, William 640
Heeter, Solomon 333
Heeter, David
Heisler, John.
249
Heisler, William.
249
Hepler, Jacob. 618
Hepler, John D 564
Hepler, S. 632
Hepler, Samuel C. 636
Hepler, Simon 563
Higgins, Smith 401
Hoffer, Samuel 360
Hohman, Emanuel H. 405
Hohman, George 405
Hollar, George W
680
Hollar, James E. 619
Hollar, Joseph. 622
Holloway, Thomas C. 404
Hossler, Quincy A 253
Huffman, George .L
277
Huffman, William B.
278
I.
Isenbarger, John. 391
Isenbarger, William
391
J.
Jamison, Samuel 28S
John, Calvin N 377
John, David. 377 John. David M 378
Johnson, Benjamin 478
Johnson, Isaac.
478
Jones, Mrs. Allie.
400
Jontz, Robert M.
349
.
PAGE
K. PAGE
King, Hiram O. 536
Kinsey, Benjamin D 568
Kinsey, Francis A
568
Kinsey, Henry E.
567
Kirkpatrick, William
328
Kirkpatrick, William W 828
Kline, Henry.
464
Kline, John. 464
Kline, Nat. W.
471
Koontz, Jacob. 313
Koontz, Jacob S.
343
Krull, Frederick A
558
L.
Latimer, Marion M 303
Leckrone, Daniel 422
Leckrone, Samuel.
422
Leighty, Samuel
338
Lentz, Cyrus. 584
Lentz, Moses F 583
Lessig, David H. 319
Lightfoot, James Wm 321
Lloyd, Amor
403
Lloyd, John M. 402
Lones, Jerome H 260
Long, Charles R
535
Lutes, Mathias W
442
M.
McConnell, George. 311
Mckinley, James 520
Mckinley, William W 519
McNamara, Francis.
538
McNamara, John G
539
McSherry, Frederick
316
Magee, Albert
233
Magee, John W.
233
Makemson, John
526
Makemson, Marshall 526
Malcolm, Charles B
556
Malcolm, Landon C.
555
Marquart, George.
623
Marquart, John.
623
Metheny, Andrew
437
Metheny, F. M.
437
Metheny, William. 437
Michaels, George. 394
Michaels, John.
394
Miller, Aaron. 546
Miller, Charles M
504
Miller, David. 386
Miller, David K
625
Miller, Giles
296
Miller, John M 264
Miller, Lewis 296
Miller, Samuel. 386
Miller, William
504
Mock, George 459
Mock, John. 459
Mock, John A 459
Mollenhour, Amos T. 392
Mollenhour, Lyman L. 440
Mollenhour, William 393
Moon, Edward. 303
Moon, Hon. George. 246
Moon, Jonathan
247
Moore, Sidney T
385
Moore, William
570
Morehead, Frank 467
Morehead, Joseph 468
Musselman, Cyrus
291
Musselman, John
291
N.
Neal, William F.
420
^Neff, Henry E.
452
Nighswander, Robert
346
North, Samson J
612
0.
Ogden, George R
584
Oldfather, Henry L
424
Ott, Francis M
572
P.
Plummer, James
492
Plummer, John.
492
1
Pound, John F
606
Pound, Philip.
607
Powell, Isaac M
495
Powell, John
496
Priser, John.
313
Puntenney, Noah.
604
Q.
Quackenbush, J. A.
638
R.
Reed, John.
*634
Rhodes, John
309
Rhodes, David
309
Rickel, George W
354
Rider, Daniel.
543
Rider, Samuel.
542
Ring, Henry D
300
Ring, Joshua.
257
Robinson, Jonathan P
282
INDEX.
PAGE
Guy, Andrew 574
Guy, Richard. 574
H.
Haines, Jesse 446
Haines, Robert 297
Haines, Samuel. 446
Hall, Isaac. 5.88
Hall, Sylvester 588
Hamman, David 476
Haney, Abraham 614
Haney, John F. 614
Hardman, Peter J 290
Harlan, Charles E 4×6
Harlan, William 4-6
Hays, Elijah 234
Heagy, John S 534
Heckman, William 640
Heeter, Solomon 333
Heeter, David. 333
Heisler, John 249
Heisler, William.
249
Hepler, Jacob 618
Hepler, John D 564
Hepler, S. 637
Hepler, Samuel C 636
Hepler, Simon 563
Higgins, Smith 401
Hoffer, Samuel 360
Hohman, Emanuel H 405
Hohman, George 405
Hollar, George W
Hollar, James E 619
Hollar, Joseph 622
Holloway, Thomas C. 404
Hossler, Quincy A 253
Huffman, George .L 277
Huffman, William B
278
I.
Isenbarger, John 391
Isenbarger, William
391
Jamison, Samuel 288
John, Calvin N 377
John, David. 377 John, David M 378
Johnson, Benjamin 478
Johnson, Isaac.
478
Jones, Mrs. Allie
400
Jontz, Robert M.
349
Miller, Giles.
296
.
PAGE
K. PAGE
King, Hiram O 536
Kinsey, Benjamin D 568
Kinsey, Francis A 568
Kinsey, Henry E. 567
Kirkpatrick, William 328
Kirkpatrick, William W 328
Kline, Henry 464
Kline, John. 464
Kline, Nat. W 471
Koontz, Jacob 313
Koontz, Jacob S.
343
Krull, Frederick A
558
L.
Latimer, Marion M 303
Leckrone, Daniel. 422
Leckrone, Samuel
422
Leighty, Samuel
338
Lentz, Cyrus 584
Lentz, Moses F 583
Lessig, David H 319
Lightfoot, James Wm 321
Lloyd, Amor 403
Lloyd, John M. 402
Lones, Jerome H 260
Long, Charles R
535
Lutes, Mathias W
442
M.
McConnell, George. 311
Mckinley, James 520
Mckinley, William W 519
McNamara, Francis.
538
McNamara, John G
539
McSherry, Frederick
316
Magee, Albert
233
Magee, John W 233
Makemson, John
526
Makemson, Marshall
526
Malcolm, Charles B
556
Malcolm, Landon C.
555
Marquart, George 623
Marquart, John. 623
Metheny, Andrew
437
Metheny, F. M.
437
Metheny, William 437
Michaels, George. 394
Michaels, John.
394
Miller, Aaron 546
Miller, Charles M.
504
Miller, David.
386
Miller, David K
625
Miller, John M 264
Miller, Lewis 296
Miller, Samuel 386
Miller, William 504
Mock, George. 459
Mock, John. 459
Mock, John A 459
Mollenhour, Amos T. 392
Mollenhour, Lyman L. 440
Mollenhour, William. 393
Moon, Edward
Moon, Hon. George. 246
Moon, Jonathan 247
Moore, Sidney T 3-5
Moore, William 570
Morehead, Frank 467
Morehead, Joseph 468
Musselman, Cyrus
291
Musselman, John
291
N.
Neal, William F
420
Neff, Henry E.
452
Nighswander, Robert
346
North, Samson J
612
O.
Ogden, George R.
584
Oldfather, Henry L.
424
Ott, Francis M
572
P.
Plummer, James
492
Plummer, John.
492
Pound, John F
60€
Pound, Philip
607
Powell, Isaac M 495
Powell, John
496
Priser, John.
313
Puntenney, Noah.
604
Q.
Quackenbush, J. A.
638
R.
Reed, John
'634
Rhodes, John.
309
Rhodes, David
309
Rickel, George W
354
Rider, Daniel.
543
Rider, Samuel 542
Ring, Henry D
300
Ring, Joshua .
257
Robinson, Jonathan P
282
INDEX.
PAGE
Robinson, Samuel S 306
Robinson, Silas M 265
Robinson, William 306
Rockhill, Mrs. Rachael 434
Rohrer, John
616
Rohrer, Thomas J. 616
Rosbrugh, A. W 602
Rose, George D 324
Royse, Hon. Lemuel W 237
Rupe, Andrew P 250
Rupe, Jacob. 250
S.
Sarber, Abraham 240
Sarber, Adamı. 240
Sarber, Andrew E
554
Sarber, Edson B
230
Sarber, Mrs. Susan
438
Sarber, Thomas B
240
Sechrist, David.
368
Sechrist, Solomon. 368
Sheneman, Isaac.
615
Shipley, Francis M
382
Shoup, John H
417
Smith, Andrew J 318
Smith, Arthur 283
Smith, George W
Smith, Given K 433
Smith, Henry T.
517
Smith, James E 516
Smith, James S., M. D 301
Smith, Rev. Joel R. 301
Smith, John C. 317
Smith, Mark.
231
Stettler, John 575
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Stinson, James H 541
Stoler, David 529
Stoler, John 529
Stoler, Martin
529
Stoneburner, Andrew 286
Stoneburner, Elias A 286
Stoneburner, James
287
Stout, Christian
232
Stout, William 232
Swanson, Hans
501
Swick, Henry 413
Swick, Prof. J. W 412
Swick, William .. 412
Swihart, Gabriel
357
Swihart, Jacob
357
T.
Teegarden, George
4:34
Teeple, Davis. 58]
Thayer, Rev. George H 225
Thomas, B. A. 366
Thomas, Samuel.
366
Thompson, William C 449
Thorn, John.
532
Thorn, William H.
Tom, Daniel
488
Tom. John 488
Troup, Jacob J 490
Troup, John B.
491
Tucker, Albert
454
Tucker, Charles M 416
Tucker, Horace 242
Tucker, John.
243
Tucker, Norman 350
Tucker, Ora.
384
Turnbull, Eli.
356
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U.
Ulrey, Gabriel 426
Ulrey, Hiram 545
Ulrey, Jacob.
358
Ulrich, Joseph.
285
Ulrich, Stephen
285
V.
Vance, George.
458
W.
Wainwright, J. M 428
Warde and Tucker Families .. 242
Warner, Joseph
543
Warren, John
279
Warren, Samuel.
279
Weaver, George 330
Weaver, Jacob S.
:29
Webber, Irvin B
266
Webber, John 267
Welch, David S
513
Welch, Joseph
514
Wells, Ephraim.
270
Welty, Ulrich .. 560
Whitehead, John W. 627
Whitehead, Lewis.
627
Wiley, Rev. Thomas. 298
Williams, Gen. Reuben. 221
Willis, Henry 483
Wood, Capt. Andrew G. 304
Woods, john.
565
Woods, Milton 565
Worley, G. W 399
Worley, William W
474
Wright, John
511
Wright, Oliver.
608
Wright, Thomas J
511
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Smalley, Joseph.
322
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WWWWWWWERE EORGE WASHINGTON, the first president of the Unit- ed States, called the "Father of his Country," was one of the most celebrated characters in history. He was born Feb- ruary 22, 1732, in Washing- ton Parish, Westmoreland county, Virginia. His father. Augustine Washington, first married Jane Butler, who bore him four children, and March 6, 1730, he married Mary Ball. Of six children by his second marriage, George was the eldest.
Little is known of the early years of Washington, beyond the fact that the house in which he was born was burned during his early childhood, and that his father there- upon moved to another farm, inherited from his paternal ancestors, situated in Stafford county, on the north bank of the Rappahan- nock, and died there in 1743. From earliest childhood George developed a noble charac- ter. His education was somewhat defective, being confined to the elementary branches taught him by his mother and at a neighbor- ing school. On leaving school he resided some time at Mount Vernon with his half
brother, Lawrence, who acted as his guar- dian. George's inclinations were for a sea- faring career, and a midshipman's warrant was procured for him; but through the oppo- sition of his mother the project was aban- doned, and at the age of sixteen he was appointed surveyor to the immense estates- of the eccentric Lord Fairfax. Three years were passed by Washington in a rough fron- tier life, gaining experience which afterwards proved very essential to him. In 1751, when the Virginia militia were put under training with a view to active service against France, Washington, though only nineteen years of age, was appointed adjutant, with the rank of major. In 1752 Lawrence Washington died, leaving his large property to an infant daughter. In his will George was named one of the executors and as an eventual heir to Mount Vernon, and by the death of the infant niece, soon succeeded to that estate. In 1753 George was commis- sioned adjutant-general of the Virginia militia, and performed important work at the outbreak of the French and Indian war, was rapidly promoted, and at the close of that war we find him commander-in-chief of
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all the forces raised in Virginia. A cessation of Indian hostilities on the frontier having followed the expulsion of the French from the Ohio, he resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Virginia forces, and then proceeded to Williamsburg to take his seat in the Virginia Assembly, of which ,he had been elected a member.
January 17, 1759, Washington married Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Curtis, a young and beautiful widow of great wealth, and devoted himself for the ensuing fifteen years to the quiet pursuits of agriculture, inter- rupted only by the annual attendance in winter upon the colonial legislature at Williamsburg, until summoned by his coun- try to enter upon that other arena in which his fame was to become world-wide. The war for independence called Washington into service again, and he was made com- mander-in-chief of the colonial forces, and was the most gallant and conspicuous figure in that bloody struggle, serving until Eng- land acknowledged the independence of cach of the thirteen States, and negotiated with them jointly, as separate sovereignties. December 4, 1783, the great commander took leave of his officers in most affection- ate and patriotic terms, and went to An- napolis, Maryland, where the congress of the States was in session, and to that body, when peace and order prevailed everywhere, resigned his commission and retired to Mount Vernon.
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