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George W. Hale, of this notice, was reared to farm labor and attended the district schools in common with other boys of his day. At the age of nineteen years, in the month of August, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, of the Ninety-seventh Indiana Infantry, as a private soldier, serving until June, 1865, when he was honorably discharged at Indianap- olis. He was engaged at the retaking of Jackson, Mississippi, and other, battles in the never-to-be-forgotten Civil war. He was in General Sher- man's command and followed him through the Georgia campaign, and back to Washington, District of Columbia, thence home. Mr. Hale saw much hardship and exposure, but was fortunate in never receiving a wound. For his term in the Union army, in common with his com- rades-at-arms, he is receiving a small pension from the government. He is honored with a membership in the Grand Army of the Republic. After the war had ended he returned to pursue the peaceful vocation of a farmer in Jefferson township, where he continued one year, remov- ing then to Cass township, Sullivan county, where he remained until 1890, at which time he sold his farm, consisting of one hundred and ninety-six acres, and purchased a quarter section of land, upon which he now resides, in Haddon township. Here he carries on farming and stockraising. In his political views Mr. Hale is a supporter of the prin- ciples of the Democratic party.
He has been married three times, first on March 27, 1867, to Jane Parks, born in Cass township, Sullivan county, in 1846, and died in 1869. One daughter was born of this union, Flora, now the wife of W. W. Young, residing in Michigan. For his second marriage, he chose, about 1870, Sarah Clayton, born in Cass township, Sullivan county, who also died there. Four children were born of this union: John T., of Gill township; Charles, of Haddon township ; Anna, wife of Frank Shep- herd, residing in Jefferson township; Hattie, wife of George Unger. After the death of his second wife Mr. Hale married, in February, 1883. Cassie Ann (Evans) Parks, who was born in Grant county, Indiana. One son is the issue by the last union, Henry, born March 6, 1886, married Mabel Ridgway, and lives with his parents. He was educated at the district schools, after which he was a fireman one year on the Vandalia Railroad and then went to California for a six months' stay. He and his father operate the home place together. Henry Hale is a member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 3, which is the third oldest Masonic lodge in Indiana.
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OWEN JACKSON RIDGWAY, whose fine farm home is situated near the thriving town of Carlisle, in Sullivan county, Indiana, was born February 20, 1868, in Haddon township, on Shaker Prairie, a son of Benjamin Wiginton and Mary H. (Hoghland) Ridgway. The father was born in Kentucky and the mother in the vicinity of Indianapolis. The grandfather, Jacob Hoghland, and wife, were both born in Ohio. The grandfather of Mr. Ridgway, Wiginton Ridgway, was born in Ken- tucky, and became one of the early settlers of Shaker Prairie. Benja- min Wiginton, the father, was always a farmer. In politics he voted the Democratic ticket. Both he and his wife were members of the Christian church. Their two children were: Owen Jackson, of this notice, and James T., residing in Haddon township, on Shaker Prairie. Mr. Ridgway's mother married twice, her second husband being Samuel Lillie, a native of Gill township, and they are both now deceased. To . this union three children were born: John W., living in Texas, where he is engaged in farming, and is by trade a blacksmith : Charles, residing in Gill township; Jacob W., now attending college at Purdue.
His father dying when he was but four years of age, Owen J. Ridg- way lived with his mother and stepfather until about twenty years old. when he began farming in Haddon township. He rotated back and forth between Gill and Haddon townships until September, 1891, when he moved onto the place he now occupies, a mile and a quarter north of Carlisle. Here he carries on general farming and stockraising. Mr. Ridgway is the owner of "Duke of Scotland, No. 1140," a registered Clydesdale stallion, and a fine Spanish jack, called "Teddy." He feeds from one to two carloads of hogs annually, mostly of the Poland China breed, and also owns some Black Poll-Angus cattle. In his political affiliations he votes with the Democratic party. He carries a member- ship in the Modern Woodmen of America, belonging to the Carlisle Camp, No. 3332, of this order.
Mr. Ridgway was married September 4, 1887, to Alfretta King, born in Illinois, and reared in Haddon township. She is a member of the Christian church and an exemplary Christian. Six children have come to bless this home circle: Mary Elizabeth, wife of Charles Seever, has two little daughters, Geneva Lucille and Lois; Fred W., in the seventh grade of Carlisle public school: Lillie May, also in the seventh grade; Mildred Marie, in the fourth grade; and Alpha, the youngest, in the second grade.
WILLIAM WARREN BAILEY, the owner of more than a half section of fertile farming land within Haddon township, all in one body, is an extensive stock raiser and farmer. He is a native of Sullivan county, Indiana, born near Carlisle, February 2, 1850, a son of Salathiel Jackson and Mary (Gobin) Bailey. The father was born in Georgetown, Ken- tucky, about 1818, and died in Haddon township, Sullivan county, Indi- ana, in 1863. The mother was born near Carlisle. The maternal grand- father, William Gobin, was a native of Kentucky, and among the early
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settlers of Haddon township, this county. He always followed farming and also operated a tan-yard at Carlisle. He was a very successful busi- ness man and highly respected in his community, and had a family, including two sons. Politically he was a Democrat of the old type. Salathiel Bailey, the father of William W., of this notice, came to Haddon township when fifteen years of age, and later married and began farming. He owned a farm of eighty acres at the date of his death. He, too, was a supporter of the Democratic party, and in church connection, both he and his wife were members of the Christian church. Their children were as follows: Frances, deceased; Finley, deceased ; Ardillia, deceased; Margaret, wife of John Nesbit, of Haddon township, Sullivan county ; William Warren, of this biography; Hammett, deceased.
William W. Bailey was reared on a farm and began to work for himself independently at the age of seventeen years. He began by work- ing for others by the month, but when twenty years of age he farmed for himself in Haddon township upon a ten-acre tract, to which he had fallen heir. He has continued in agricultural pursuits to the present time. In 1894 he purchased his present farm, consisting of three hun- dred and forty acres of choice land, upon which he carries on both grain and stock farming. He raises about two carloads of hogs annually, besides some cattle. He has been a stock drover for over thirty years, and has shipped from all along the line, including Oaktown, in Knox county, and Carlisle, Sullivan, Dugger, Riverton, etc., buying and ship- ping, both hogs and cattle. He is a large stockholder in the Peoples State Bank of Sullivan and is a thoroughly up-to-date agriculturist and competent business man.
Mr. Bailey has been married thrice, first in 1871, to Elizabeth Snyder, born in Sullivan county, Cass township, and who died in 1877. The issue by this union was: Frenchie Eugene, deceased ; one who died in infancy; and Grace, wife of Harry Mason, residing in Gill township. For his second wife Mr. Bailey married Jennie Creager, also a native of Sullivan county, who died a few years subsequent to her marriage to Mr. Bailey, leaving two children : Oma, who was born June, 1889, a graduate of Carlisle high school with the class of 1908; Dessie E., born July 3, 1891, now in the high school. For his third wife Mr. Bailey married Emma Walker, a native of Haddon township, Sullivan county. The issue by this marriage is one daughter, Helen Pauline. Mr. Bailey's daughters are members of the Christian church and his present wife belongs to the Baptist church.
ERNEST M. DEPUTY, M. D .- A man of high mental attainments, cultured and talented, Ernest M. Deputy, M. D., of Dugger, Cass town- ship, is successfully engaged in the practice of his profession as a physi- cian and surgeon of skill, being widely known and having a fine patron- age. A native of Indiana, he was born August 5, 1877, in Paris, Jen- nings county. His father, Sylvester Deputy, was born January 3, 1834,
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in Woods county, Virginia, which was likewise the birthplace of his father, Andrew Deputy. A well-established tradition says that the first known ancestor of the Deputy family was a babe left at the door of a deputy sheriff in France. The deputy sheriff and his wife being child- less, gladly welcomed the foundling, took it in, and as it was found on the door sill christened it Sylvester, and gave it the surname of Deputy.
The Doctor's great-grandfather and two of his brothers came from Virginia to Indiana via the Ohio river, landing at the present site of Madison. One of the brothers subsequently settled in Illinois, but the Doctor's progenitor bought a tract of government land in Jefferson county, and was there engaged in tilling the soil the remainder of his life.
Andrew Deputy, the Doctor's grandfather, came with his parents to Sullivan county, and subsequently entered government land on the bank of the Muscatucket river, where he cleared and improved a farm. He afterwards sold that property and removed to Jennings county, set- tling in Montgomery township, where he resided until his death.
But a child when he was brought by his parents to Jefferson county, ยท Sylvester Deputy was here reared to agricultural pursuits. He was very energetic, enterprising and ambitious, and soon after attaining his major- ity bought a tract of timbered land in Montgomery township, Jennings county, where he built up an extensive business. In addition to clearing the land and carrying on farming, he operated a shingle mill and manu- factured molasses from sorghum which he raised, making a large quan- tity each fall. Improving a valuable farm, he erected a substantial set of buildings and was there prosperously engaged in his chosen labors until his death in 1895. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Hud- son, was born in Jennings county, Indiana, in August, 1836, and is now living near the old homestead. Her father, Boyd Hudson, was born, it is thought, in New York state, and was a pioneer of Jennings county. He was a tanner by trade, and established a tannery in Jennings county, it being one of the first in the state, and in it carried on an extensive, business. He bought large tracts of timber land, taking especial pains to get that containing mostly oak trees, as he needed oak bark for use in his tannery. He employed a large force of men in his work, and the locality in which he lived was known as Boydtown. He cleared large tracts of land, and in addition to operating his tannery was prosperously engaged in general farming until his death. His wife, whose maiden name was Frances Shepherd, survived him and married for her second husband William Johnson.
Sylvester and Sarah (Hudson) Deputy reared five children, as fol- lows: Velmore, Alban S., Emerson J., Frank (deceased), Ernest M. Educated in the public schools of Montgomery township, and at Lan- caster, Velmore Deputy began his career as a teacher at the age of eighteen years, being first employed in the public schools of Kansas. Returning . to Indiana he was principal of the high school at Vernon until his death, at the age of twenty-two years. Alban S. Deputy took a normal course at the Blinn Academy, and in addition to teaching and farming, was superintendent of a canning factory. He died August 20,
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1909, and was interred in the Jennings county family cemetery. Emerson J. Deputy is a contractor for the building of public highways.
After his graduation from the high school Ernest M. Deputy studied for a year at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana, after which he taught school for four years, in the meantime reading medicine. Entering then the medical department of Kentucky University he took a course of four years, and was graduated from that institution in July, 1903, receiving the degree of M. D. Locating in Dugger, Sullivan county, in the following month, Dr. Deputy has since built up an extensive and lucrative practice, obtaining an assured position among the leading physi- cians of this part of the county. Deeply interested in his professional work, he makes a close study of all newer methods employed in detecting and treating diseases, keeping abreast of the times in regard to medicine and surgery. He is a member of the Sullivan County Medical Society and is president for 1909, and is also a member of the Indiana State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Fraternally he is a member of the Elks Lodge, No. 866, at Linton, Indiana, and exam- ining physician for the Modern Woodmen of America.
On December 11, 1904, Dr. Deputy married Fletie Staples. She was born in Jennings county, Indiana, in Marion township, a daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Belle (Rogers) Staples. The Doctor and Mrs. Deputy have two children, Sherrill S. and Mary C.
SAMUEL O. CARTY .- Among the many intelligent and enterprising men who are devoting their time and attention to the tilling of the soil is Samuel O. Carty, of Cass township, who is meeting with as much success in using agricultural implements as he formerly did with his mining tools. A native of Virginia, he was born January 14, 1857, in Russell county, which was likewise the birthplace of his father, James L. Carty. His paternal grandparents were, as far as known, life-long residents of the Old Dominion state.
Reared on a farm, James L. Carty continued a resident of Virginia until 1848. In search then of a more favorable location for securing a living for himself and family, he moved to Kentucky, purchased a farm in Carter county, and was there a resident for ten years. In 1868, push- ing still nearer to the frontier line, he came to Sullivan county, Indiana, settling in Hamilton township, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, in 1906. He married Rachel Dickerson, who was born in the same county of Virginia that he was, a daughter of Organ and Nancy Dickerson. She died in 1872, leaving five children, namely : Robert, Samuel O., Thomas, Mary and Lucy.
But eleven years old when he came with his parents to Indiana, Samuel O. Carty completed his early education in the schools of Ham- ilton township, Sullivan county, and obtained a license to teach school. Deciding, however, not to adopt teaching as a profession, he began life for himself as a miner, and for a number of years followed that vocation.
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In the meantime, having accumulated some money, Mr. Carty wisely invested in land, purchasing the farm where he now resides, and on which he has been successfully employed in general farming since 1894. Showing excellent judgment and much skill in his operations, he is meet- ing with good success as a tiller of the soil, reaping satisfactory harvests each season.
In 1876 Mr. Carty married Mrs. Lucy (Blevins) Timmons, who was born in Kentucky, a daughter of James Blevins. She married first Harvey Timmons, who died in early life, leaving her with one child, William Timmons. Mr. and Mrs. Carty have reared four children, namely : Bertha, George, James and Harry. Bertha, wife of Marion F. Walters, has children: Marie, Marion, Mabel, Margaret and Evelyn Verle Walters. George married Nellie Smith, and they have three chil- dren, Cecil, Earl and Bertha L. James married Emma Goodman, and they are the parents of three children, Ruby, William and Rupert. Harry married Chloe Shipman, and they have two children, Geneva and Pauline. Politically Mr. Carty is identified with the Republican party, and relig- iously both he and his wife are members of the Baptist church.
JOSEPH A. CRAWFORD .- Among the enterprising and successful agriculturists of Cass township, Sullivan county, may be named Joseph A. Crawford, whose skill and energy in the direction and prosecution of his chosen industry have given to his work a value and significance of which few have deemed it capable. A son of the late Hugh Crawford, he was born in this township, and has here spent his entire life, his birth having occurred March 24, 1862.
Born in 1808, in Ohio, Hugh Crawford was there reared and mar- ried. With his young wife he came to Indiana in search of a home, and for a while lived in Grant county. Coming from there to Sullivan county, he resided first in Cass township and then moved to Hamilton township, where he bought two hundred acres of land. A commodious hewed log house and a few acres cleared constituted the improvements on the place at the time of his purchase. By dint of energy and persistent toil he cleared the greater part of the land, placing it under cultivation, and was there actively engaged in farming until his death, August 11, 1873. His wife, whose maiden name was Marion McCormick, was born in Ohio, a daughter of William McCormick, and died in Sullivan county, Indiana, August 19, 1892. She reared eight children, namely: John W., Robert, David O., Lewis L., George W., Thomas W., Susanna and Joseph A.
Beginning when young to assist on the farm Joseph A. Crawford received his education in the usual manner, gleaning his early knowledge of books in the district schools. Leaving his mother's home after his marriage, he began life for himself on rented land, and continued thus to make his living until 1892, when he bought the farm which he now owns and occupies. This is pleasantly located in Cass township, about four miles from the village of Sullivan, and contains one hundred and
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thirty acres of rich and productive land. Here Mr. Crawford is profitably engaged in general farming and stockraising, in both branches of his work meeting with satisfactory results.
On April 17, 1884, Mr. Crawford married Lydia E. Brodie. She was born March 20, 1862, in Cass township, Sullivan county, Indiana, a daughter of William A. and Mary J. (Maxwell) Brodie. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Crawford six children have been born, namely: Maude, Mary Ann, Clio, Hugh (deceased), Lester and Russell Homer. Politic- ally Mr. Crawford is a stanch Republican.
CAPTAIN JOSIAH STANDLEY .- In the annals of Sullivan county we find no name more worthy of recording in a work of this character than that of Captain Josiah Standley, who has the distinction not only of being a pioneer settler and a hero of two wars, but of being descended from a Revolutionary soldier, of being the son of a soldier of the war of 1812, and of representing two honored pioneer families of Indiana. He is a native of Indiana, his birth having occurred November 18, 1827, in Washington county, near Pekin, making him one of the oldest native- born citizens of this state. His father, Joseph Standley, was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, a son of Thomas Standley. Thomas Standley was born, it is thought, in England, and on coming to this country lived for a number of years in North Carolina, from there com- ing to Washington county, Indiana, where he spent the remainder of his life.
Reared and married in his native state, Joseph Standley kept pace with the moving tide of emigration, and in his early life journeyed by teams to Ohio, where he lived a few years. Then, still pushing his way westward, he came across the country to Indiana, locating at first in Martin county. He subsequently lived for a time in Washington county, from there going to Putnam county, and afterward settling near Bowling Green, Clay county, being one of the earlier pioneers of that locality. Subsequently taking up his residence in Sullivan county, he pre-empted a tract of government land in section nine, Cass township, and lived on it without securing a title to it until his death. He was a man of patriotic spirit, and served for a year in the war of 1812. He married Mary Bar- ham, who was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, a daughter of Hartwell Barham. Mr. Barham was born and bred in England, from there coming to America in colonial days, and taking an active part in the great struggle for independence, serving in the Revolutionary army for seven years. He spent the winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge with Washington, and he handed down to his descendants the pass word there used, it being "Suffer Liberty or Death." Returning to Guilford county, North Carolina, after the war, he subsequently spent the remainder of his life in that place. Mrs. Joseph Standley survived her husband a number of years. Of the children born to her twelve grew to years of maturity.
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About eight years old when his parents moved to Clay county, Josiah Standley spent all of his early life on the frontier, his parents moving from time to time to a newer country, taking advantage of every opening made. Inheriting in a marked degree the patriotism that characterized his ancestors, he enlisted at the breaking out of the Mexican war in Company H, Fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, went with his command to Mexico, and there fought until peace was declared. He then marched with his comrades from the interior to Vera Cruz, and from there sailing by way of the gulf and rivers to Madison, Indiana, where he was honor- ably discharged from service. Returning home, Mr. Standley received a land warrant for his services, and with that secured the land that his father had previously pre-empted. There he was afterwards engaged in farming until the tocsin of war again rung through the land. Then, in 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Forty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, was appointed second lieutenant of his company, and went with his com- mand to Missouri, where he took part in the battle of New Madrid. Early in 1862 he was taken ill, and on March 29 of that year resigned and returned home to recuperate. Recovering his health, he enlisted during the same year in Company I, Ninety-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was made second lieutenant of that company. He was afterwards promoted to first lieutenant, and later received his commis- sion as captain of his company. While in service Captain Standley par- ticipated in more than forty different engagements, including those at Jackson, Mississippi, where he was wounded; at Vicksburg, Kenesaw Mountain, Dalton, Resaca and the siege and capture of Atlanta, where for a time he commanded a regiment. The Captain was with his com- mand on the memorable march to the sea, thence through South Carolina to North Carolina. There, at Lynch Creek, while in command of a mounted squad in detached duty, he was captured and taken to Anderson- ville. His experience there, however, was brief, as he was transferred to Libby prison, and there confined until the close of the war, when he joined his regiment at Alexandria, Virginia, where he was honorably discharged. Returning home, Captain Standley was for several years actively engaged in farning, and at one time had title to over four hun- dred acres of land. Much of this he has since deeded to his children, although he has now one hundred and twenty-five acres in his possession.
Captain Standley has been three times married. He married first, at the age of twenty-two years, Margaret Hinkle, who was born in Illi- nois, a daughter of Samuel Hinkle. Her grandfather, Nathan Hinkle, came from Germany, his native land, to America in colonial times, and fought with the colonists in their struggle for liberty, serving as a soldier in the Continental army for seven years. Subsequently coming to Indiana, he was a pioneer settler of Sullivan county, and at his death his body was laid to rest in Hymera, where his friends have erected a monument to his memory. Mrs. Margaret Standley died about two years after her marriage, and a year later Captain Standley married her sister, Mahala Hinkle, also deceased. In 1905 Captain Standley married Mrs. Nancy J. Ooley. By his first marriage he had one son, Hartwell Barham Stand-
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ley, M. D., a successful physician and surgeon of California. By his second marriage he had the following children: Elihu E., James H., William H., Josiah S., Emma, Nettie, Asenath R., and Fannie. Fraternally the Captain was made a Mason at Sullivan, Indiana, when young, and he was formerly a member of Fletcher Freeman Post, G. A. R., located at Cass, Indiana.
GEORGE A. EXLINE .- Especially worthy of more than mere mention in this biographical volume is George A. Exline, a venerable and respected resident of Cass township, a veteran agriculturist, and one who fought for his country during the Civil war. For more than half a century he has lived upon his home farm, and in the meantime has greatly enhanced the value of his property by his many excellent improve- ments, rendering it one of the most attractive and desirable estates in this part of the county. A son of Adam Exline, he was born June 25, 1829, in Coshocton county, Ohio, near Dresden. His grandfather, Ber- nard Exline, migrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio, becoming a pioneer of Muskingum county, where he spent the remainder of his life.
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