A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of Laporte County Indiana, Part 68

Author: Rev. E. D. Daniels
Publication date: 1904
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Number of Pages: 1273

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of his life he exerted a powerful influence in many ways. He was especially interested in the de- velopment of the city of LaPorte, and one of the enduring monuments which he left is the Tee- garden Hotel, for forty years one of the noted hostelries of northern Indiana.

As a member of the Whig party during its later days, he was elected in 1849 to represent the counties of Lake and Porter in the state senate. This was the occasion of an exciting contest between him and his Democratic opponent, Major McCoy. He served as senator with great ability through the sessions of 1850-52, the latter being an extra session. In 1860, having in the meantime joined the ranks of the new Republican party, he was nominated for the same office to represent LaPorte and Starke counties, and was elected. His service was during the stormy days of '61-'62, and he participated in the stirring de- bates as a strong Union man, his voice ever being raised and his means and influence used to sup- port the government and crush the rebellion. He did not enter the service during the war, nor did he ask for a commission, but many times patriotic- ally volunteered his professional help as a sur- geon. What he did for the sick and wounded at the battles of Fort Donelson, Pittsburg Land- ing and Vicksburg, will always be remembered by the survivors. He was also one of the first two surgeons that met the retreating army of McClellan from Richmond, and his aid was freely given in this six days' fight. But in the homes, as well as on the field, he was the friend in need to many of the lonely sick and helpless who had sent their children to the front, and to such his sympathy and means were generously offered.

His religious faith was that of the New Jerusa- lem or Swedenborgian church, and he was one of the founders of this denomination in LaPorte, and one of its most devoted supporters. His life exemplified the poetry and beauty of his religion. His death occurred on October 2, 1883. It was the result of a fall while he was attending to a little item of repairs at the Teegarden Hotel, and occasioned general mourning and cast a gloom over the whole community.

Dr. Teegarden was married in 1840 to Miss Lura, daughter of Samuel Treat, of New York, of which state she was a native. Their two children were Mary T., the widow of Albert B. Clark, and Myra B., the wife of John H. Bradley, Esq.

MRS. MARY T. CLARK, of LaPorte, Indi- ana, was born and reared in LaPorte, receiving a good education, and on November 21, 1872, in that

city, married Albert Barnes Clark. The four chil- dren of this union are Mrs. Elsie Clark Parker, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Marjorie Clark Barker, of Michigan City; Miss Kate Clark and Donald Clark, both of LaPorte. After Mr. Clark's death in California in 1883, Mrs. Clark returned to her old home in LaPorte, and her beautiful residence is now the center of interest and hospi- tality for her many friends. She is very promi- nent in social affairs and in the religious interests of the New Church.

She has a cultured mind and is a very fine writer, though she is so unobtrusive with her talents that this latter fact is known and appreci- ated by comparatively few in the community where she resides. She is thoroughly patriotic. and worked earnestly through our two last wars to sustain a patriotic spirit at home and to send necessary articles to soldiers in the field.

The Treat family, to which Mrs. Clark's mother belonged, is of English origin, with its original seat in Somerset, England. It was transplanted to America in 1637, to Wethersfield, Connecticut. Since then among its many mem- bers have appeared distinguished judges, minis- ters and physicians. Robert Treat was colonial governor of Connecticut, and there is a massive memorial tower erected to his memory at Milford, Massachusetts. Theodore Treat, the great-grand- father of Mrs. Clark, was born at East Hartford, Connecticut, August 15, 1754, and died in Herki- mer county, New York, March 28, 1828. He was a member of Captain George Pitkin's company in the Fourth Connecticut Regiment in the Revolu- tionary war and served throughout that conflict. Samuel, the son of Theodore, was born at East Hartford, July 7, 1787. He came to LaPorte, Indi- ana, in 1834, and became a prominent citizen of the city, where he died February 3, 1849. His wife Elcy Tracy, was remarkable for intellectual attainments, and lived to be ninety-four years of age, her death occurring at LaPorte, December 22, 1880. Lura (Treat) Teegarden, the mother of Mrs. Clark, died at LaPorte, January 12, 1868.

Albert Barnes Clark, the son of Amzi Clark, a noted old-time merchant of LaPorte county, was born at LaPorte, August 24, 1842. He at- tended Wabash College, and later entered the junior class at Yale, where he was graduated with honors in 1864. He was a member of the Skull and Bones, and received prizes for scholarship and oratory. He was tendered the position of paymaster in the United States navy, and was assigned to duty under Admiral Farragut in the Gulf squadron, after which for a number of years

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his life was a varied and eventful one,-engaged in the general insurance business, conducting an extensive business as a stenographer in Chicago, New York and Washington; private secretary to Hon. Matt Carpenter, then president of the United States senate; and later in charge of the private bank of J. Y. Scammon, the Chicago millionaire. In 1870-71 he was stenographer to Clarence King, then in charge of the geological exploration of the fortieth parallel. In 1875 he drifted to the Pacific coast, and located in Los Angeles county, naming his home there Yale Orange Grove after his alma mater. What was originally a mustard patch became through his intelligent management the garden spot for miles around, his specialty being the raising of oranges. Mr. Clark organized the Santa Anna Valley Irri- gation Company, acting as its president. At that time he was one of the few college-bred men in that part of the country, and became very influen- tial in public and business affairs, so that his early death, at the age of forty-one, caused by typhoid fever, was regarded as a calamity in the com- munity, and was greatly lamented by his many friends.

JOHN MILLER TRUMP is a practical and enterprising agriculturist, who is now operating three hundred and seventy acres of land, con- stituting one of the valuable and highly improved farms of LaPorte county, pleasantly located near Union Mills. He was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, on the 21st of January, 1862, and is a son of Joseph and Rebecca (Miller) Trump, also natives of the Keystone state. His father was born January 30, 1835, and in early manhood worked at the miller's trade and later followed farming, but is now living a retired life, enjoying a well earned rest and the fruits of former toil. His wife's birth occurred in Northumberland county, Pennsyl- vania, November 14, 1833. They were married on the 5th of February, 1861, and became the parents of two children, of whom John M. is the elder. Daniel Lowry, who was born Decem- ber 27, 1863, died March 22, 1872.

The family continued to make their home in Pennsylvania until 1867, when they removed to Miller county, Misouri, but after spending a year and a half in that locality they came to Indiana and were residents of Jasper county, this state, for six years. At the end of that time the father sold his farm there and removed to LaPorte county, where he bought a tract of ninety-seven acres and engaged in its cultivation for five years.

He then disposed of that tract and purchased two hundred and thirty-one acres in Noble town- ship, which he successfully operated until his retirement from activity in 1895, when he re- moved to Union Mills. In the meantime he had added to his property, and is to-day the owner of three hundred and seventy acres of land, upon which are good and substantial buildings. The fields are well tilled and everything about the place is in a flourishing condition.

Mr. Trump continued to live with his parents until their removal to Union Mills, when he re- mained on the farm, which he has since carried on with marked success, being a thorough and painstaking agriculturist of good business ability and sound judgment.

John M. Trump has been twice married, his first wife being Miss Malinda Snavely, by whom he had four children, namely : Bessie, born July 26, 1884; Amanda, born April 25, 1888; Mirl, born August 5, 1889; and Kenneth, born July I, 1894. Mr. Trump was again married Novem- ber 3, 1898, his second union being with Miss Margaret Kemp, who was born July 20, 1864, and is a daughter of Solomon and Maria (Thomas) Kemp, residents of Cass county, Indiana.

During his boyhood Mr. Trump received a good district school education, and by reading and observation has become a well informed man. Fraternally he was an honored member of the Odd Fellows lodge and encampment, and politically is a stanch supporter of the Republi- can party and its principles. He is a citizen of worth and ability and stands high in the esteem of his fellow men.

ROBERT BROWN, one of the highly re- spected citizens of Clinton township, came to LaPorte county in 1855 and has since borne an active part in its development and improvement, especially along agricultural lines. He has made farming his life occupation and has met with well merited success in his undertakings.

Mr. Brown's early home was on the other side of the Atlantic, for he was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, his natal day being November 6, 1827. His father, Andrew Brown, was born in Craigie, Ayrshire, in 1795, and in early manhood married Miss Annie Bain, who was also a native of Ayrshire, born in 1806. The father never left his native land, but died there in 1876. In his family were the following children : Robert; John, who was born in 1830; David, who was born in 1832 and died in 1851; Mary, who was born in

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1834 and died in 1880; and William, who was born in 1836.

Robert Brown was reared and educated in Scotland, his early life being rather uneventful. Before leaving his native land he was married, in 1847, to Miss Jane Ingraham, whose birth oc- curred in Ayrshire, January 8, 1824, and to them were born seven children, as follows: Andrew, James, Annie, Agnes, John, David and William. Scotland was the birthplace of the two oldest, the third was born in New Brunswick, Canada, and the others in LaPorte county, Indiana. The daughter Agnes was a successful teacher for fourteen years in LaPorte county, and eight of the fourteen years in her home township. She was educated in the common schools and was also a student in the normal training department at Valparaiso, Indiana. Annie, her sister, was a teacher in LaPorte county for four years, and was educated in the Wanatah high school.

It was in 1852 that Mr. Brown and his little family, then consisting of wife and two children, crossed the broad Atlantic and took up their resi- dence in St. John's, New Brunswick, where he followed farming for three years. At the end of that time he came to LaPorte county, Indiana, and farmed rented land until 1875, when he pur- chased his present farm on section 20, Clinton township, and to its further development and cultivation he has since devoted his energies with good success, becoming one of the well-to-do men, as well as one of the most highly esteemed and respected citizens of his community. He is a supporter of the Republican party and its principles, and holds membership in the Christian church. Upright and honorable in all things, he well deserves the prosperity that has come to him, and merits the confidence so freely accorded him by his fellow citizens.

EZRA T. SCOTT is an enterprising mer- chant of Westville, conducting a good store in which he carries a large and well selected line of staple and fancy groceries, drugs, oils, paints and kindred commodities. He has been connected with commercial interests in this county almost continuously since 1874, and in business circles he has sustained a very enviable reputation, win- ning the trust of his fellow men through honor- able methods and earnest desire to please his patrons.

Mr. Scott is a native of Cass county, Indiana, born on the 13th of November, 1849, and is of Scotch lineage. His paternal great-grandfather, Alexander Scott, was one of the Revolutionary

heroes and afterward received a pension from the government in recognition of the aid which he rendered the cause of independence. He died in 1844 at the advanced age of eighty-four years, and his remains were interred in Spring Creek cemetery in Cass county, Indiana, about six miles northeast of Logansport.

The parents of Ezra T. Scott were Joshua and Mary A. (Hill) Scott. The father was born in Ohio October 27, 1820, and died June 3, 1901, having passed the eightieth milestone on life's journey. He was largely reared in Cass county, Indiana, the family having been established there in early pioneer times. In his youth he was sur- rounded by the hardships and trials as well as the pleasures of frontier life, and he assisted largely in the development of the home farm. He afterward engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods near Logansport, and at a later date went to Minnesota, removing to that state in 1870. There he turned his attention to agricult- ural pursuits and became a successful farmer. His name is enrolled among the pioneers of Cass county, Indiana, and he was educated there when the schools were of a most primitive character, the building being erected with logs and supplied with slab seats. He did his writing with a goose- quill pen, and his text books were very few, for little more than reading, writing and arithmetic were taught in those days. However, he read quite extensively in private life and became a well informed man. In his early manhood Michigan City formed the nearest market for the products raised in and around Logansport, and he fre- quently drove an ox team there, taking a load of wheat and bringing back a load of salt. Joshua Scott was a man of high moral principles and a faithful adherent of the Christian church, as was his good wife. In politics he was a Whig until the organization of the new Republican party, when he joined its ranks and became one of its stalwart advocates. Both he and his wife died in Minnesota and were laid to rest there. In their family were five children, of whom Ezra was the fourth in order of birth. There were three sons and two daughters, and four are yet living, namely : Ann E., the widow of John Conrad and a resident of Logansport, Indiana; Sarah Ett, of Howard, Minnesota, the widow of Alex- ander Thompson, who was a soldier of the Civil war; Ezra T .; and B. Franklin, who has for a number of years been in the employ of the city railway company of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Ezra T. Scott remained a resident of Cass

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county, Indiana, until eighteen years of age, and ing supported the party since he cast his first was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads. presidential ballot for General U. S. Grant. Fra- ternally he is connected with Westville Lodge No. 136, I. O. O. F., and also with the Knights of the Maccabees. He assisted in the work of the fields and was also employed in his father's woolen mill, becoming familiar with that line of industrial activity. In the common schools he obtained his preliminary education, and in the fall of 1867 came to West- ville, Indiana, in order to enter the high school of this place, which had gained prestige as one of the best schools of this part of the state. Mr. Scott continued his studies there six terms, and then ceasing to be a pupil entered educational ranks as a teacher, following that profession in LaPorte and Cass counties for about four years. He did good and satisfactory work in the school room, imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he had acquired. In the spring of 1874 he entered a general store owned by. E. S. Smith of Westville, with whom he remained for six years as a salesman, but in the spring of 1879 he went to Howard, Minnesota, where he began business on his own account as proprietor of a drug store, which he conducted for seven vears. In that undertaking he prospered, secur- ing a large and profitable patronage, but finally he disposed of his store in Minnesota and in 1887 returned to Westville, where he purchased the store of his former employer Mr. Smith. Here he has since carried on business. His stock now consists of a good line of drugs, wall paper, pat- ent medicine, paints and oils, groceries and queensware, school books and stationery, and he has a good trade and it is constantly growing. He enjoys the entire confidence of his patrons because of his fair dealing and honesty of pur- pose, and he certainly merits the confidence which is given him as well as the success which has crowned his efforts.

Mr. Scott has been twice married. In the spring of 1872 he wedded Miss Fannie Harris and to them was born a daughter, Etta, but she is now deceased. Mrs. Scott died in January, 1881, and on the 27th of April, 1882, Mr. Scott was married to Miss R. Ella Evans, by whom he has one son, Fravel C., who is now a senior in the high school of Westville. Mrs. Scott was born in LaPorte county April 16, 1857, pursued her edu- cation in the schools here, completing a high school course in Westville, and afterward was a teacher in Kosciusko county, Indiana, for a num- ber of years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Scott are mem- bers of the Christian church, and their faith per- meates their lives and is manifested in their daily relations with their fellow men and women. Mr. Scott is a Republican in his political views, hav-

His business record has been commendable and will bear the closest investigation and scru- tiny, and while he has won creditable success he has also found time to devote to public interests and to the advancement of his church. Perhaps the trend of his mind can best be indicated by an extract from one of his writings: "If a man could go into open market and for a certain sum in dollars and cents purchase the life-long devo- tion of a friend, how long would it be until we would have bargain hunters in friendship? Some friends cost a mint of money, it is true; but the real friend, the one on whom you can depend, the one who remains steadfast when all others have forsaken, the one which sticketh closer than a brother as it were, is not bought with money. Such a friend is priceless, and is valued far above rubies." "Sympathy, fidelity and need are some of the bonds of such friendship." "A word fitly spoken, an act kindly done, a friendly greeting real and not assumed, are some of the prices paid for such a treasure. If you can boast of having such a friend, it is because you are in some way accounted worthy."

The ideas which he advances in the above quotations have been exemplified in his life and have made him a man whom to know is to re- spect and honor, while the circle of his friends is very extensive in LaPorte county. The cosy home of Mr. and Mrs. Scott is equipped with a select library of books, choice literature of stand- ard character as well as cyclopedias and commen- taries and good books of reference. This is an acquisition which graces any home, from the hum- ble cottage to the mansion.

HARRY BEAKES TUTHILL (Written by C. W. Hendryx, Esq., of Dowagiac, Michigan). Whether the subject of this sketch is a descendant of O'Tuathail, the chieftain of Hy Muiread- haigh, whose ancestor was Tuathal, one of the greatest of the early Irish Kings, or on the other hand from Richard de Toothill, whose son Matthew had received lands in Hipperholm, Yorkshire, England, in 1314, and whose descend- ants maintained their rank and had their large possessions down to the Elizabethan and Crom- wellian wars, is of little importance to him as a citizen of the Great Republic.

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Genealogy is traced with certainty from Rich- ard de Toothill above mentioned, to Henry of Kingsham, Norfolk county, whose son the pil- grim John settled in 1638 at New Haven, Connecticut, and moved in 1640 to Southold, Long Island. The line of descent is thence as follows: Henry (I), John (II), John (III), Fregift (IV), Nathaniel (V), Benjamin (VI), Gideon (VII), Cyrus (VIII), Harry (IX).

Nathaniel, fifth in descent, was a sergeant in Captain Thomas Terry's company of Colonel Delancey's regiment in the French and Indian war. He was also a soldier of the colonial army in the Revolutionary war and was with his command at Fort Montgomery when it was taken by the British, but escaped. His home was in Goshen, Orange county, New York, where he died Septem- ber 16, 1803.

On his mother's side Judge Tuthill is de- scended from William Beakes, a quaker of Somersetshire, England, who must have been a man of strong religious convictions, as the rec- ords of the North monthly meetings (of Friends) of that shire, and extracts from Bessie's Sufferings of the People called Quakers, show that in 1657, 1662, 1665, 1667, 1670 and again in 1681, he was imprisoned for allowing congregations of that faith to meet and sit in silence at his house. He arrived at the mouth of the Delaware, in Decem- ber, 1682.

William (II), son of the pilgrim, married Ruth, daughter of Mahlon Stacy, who erected the first grist mill on the Delaware at Trenton, New Jersey, and there ground the grain for the early settlers for miles about. The records show that William (II) and his sons were prominent and useful members of the community, their names being constantly on committees. The sons and their sons, being Quakers, did not take up arms in the war of the Revolution, but Stacy Beakes, the maternal great-grandfather of Harry, cheer- fully paid the rapidly increasing tax, which in 1780 was one hundred and sixty pounds.

The home farm in the town of Wallkill, Orange county (then a part of Ulster county), New York. had been purchased in 1771. It lies partially within the corporate limits of the present city of Middletown, and is still held in the family, the present owner being Henry L. Beakes.

In early manhood Cyrus Tuthill was united in marriage with Frances Beakes, daughter of Joseph and Annie (Witter), who resided upon the old home farm in Orange county. To them were born five children, Julia, who died in in- fancy ; Annie J., now the wife of John Canright,

of Portland, Oregon ; Harry Beakes ; Willie, who died in infancy ; and Victor Maxwell, of the firm of Baldwin, Tuthill and Bolton, large manu- facturers at Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of Laporte County Indiana, Part 68

Author: Rev. E. D. Daniels Publication date: 1904 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1273

Author: Rev. E. D. Daniels
Publication date: 1904
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1273