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but declined to accept the honor, and was also tendered several other appointments by the general government, all of which he saw fit to refuse. During the war for the Union he was active and rendered valuable service to his country, was commandant of Camp Dick Thompson, near Terre Haute, and also served as provost marshal of the district. He was again a presidential elector on the republican ticket in 1864, and a delegate to the national conventions of that party in 1872, and 1876, in the latter of which he nominated Oliver P. Morton for the presidency. In 1867-69 he was judge of the eighteenth circuit of the state, and on March 12, 1877, he entered Pres. Hayes' cabinet, as secretary of the navy. He served nearly through the administration, but resigned the position in 1881, to become chair- man of the American committee of the Pana- ma Canal company. Mr. Thompson has written many political platforms, and obtained a reputation for his ability -in formulating party principles. He is an eloquent and effec- tive speaker, and a man of benevolence and unassuming manners.
a OL. FRANCIS VIGO, whose name is prominently identified with the early history of Indiana, was born in the kingdom of Sardinia in 1740, and died at Vincennes, Ind., in 1836. Until 1778 he was a resident of the Spanish port of St. Louis, where, as an Indian trader, he acquired the title of the "Spanish Merchant." He re- moved to Vincennes a short time previous to its capture by Gen. George Rogers Clark, whom he was instrumental in assisting, for which he was afterward arrested by the British as a spy. In the Illinois campaigns of 1778 and 1779, Col. Vigo rendered valuable service to the army of Clark by advancing large sums
of money for food and clothing. Through his patriotism and self-sacrifice, he served the army and gave victory to the cause of the col- onies of the west. He was made commandant of the militia of Vincennes in 1790, and in 1810 was one of Gen. Harrison's confidential messengers to the Indians. His name will not only ever be associated with the early history of the Wabash valley. but is perpetu- ated in the name of Vigo county, Ind., for the capital city of which, Terre Haute, he be- queathed a bell for the court house.
J OHN W. DAVIS, one of Indiana's most noted inen, was born in Cumberland county, Penn., July 17, 1799, and died in 1859. He was well educated and graduated in medicine at Baltimore in 1821, shortly afterward removing to Carlisle, Ind. He was soon embarked on a political career and graduated for the purpose in that universal and popular school the state legis- lature. He served several years in that body, and was chosen speaker of the house in 1832. In 1834 he was appointed a commissioner to negotiate a treaty with the Indians. He was elected to congress by the democrats, and served from December 7, 1835, until March 3, 1837, was re-elected, and again served from 1839 until 1841, and from 1843 till 1847. During his last term he was speaker of the house of representatives, having been elected on December 1, 1845. He was United States commissioner to China in 1843-50, and gov- ernor of Oregon in 1853-54. He presided over the convention held at Baltimore in 1852, that nominated Franklin Pierce for the presidency. Mr. Davis was a strong man and a party leader of long continued popularity and well recog- nized ability. He was also a decided feature of the list of self-made Indiana publicists.
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J UDGE JOHN A. ABBOTT, one of Boone county's eminent lawyers and ex-judge of the circuit court, comes from an old colonial family of sturdy English stock. George Abbott was the founder of the family in America, and came over with the Puritans, who settled Massachu- setts. The American branch has always been famous, and included many renowned clergy- men and distinguished authors, such as Jacob Abbott, the writer for the young, and John S. C. Abbott, the author of the life of Napoleon. Samuel Abbott, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in New Hampshire April 8, 1771, and early settled in Concord; he was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was shot by an Indian at the burning of Buffalo, N. Y .; he was married at Concord, N. H., to Mary Currier, daughter of William C. Currier, and to this union were born eleven children, eight of whom lived to manhood and woman- hood, namely: Betsey, Hiram, Harriet, Mary, Belinda, Isaac, Edward and Samuel. In 1816 or 1817, Mr. Abbott relinquished his trade of chair making and removed to New York state, where he engaged in farming until 1818, when he came to Indiana, and settled at Vevay, in Switzerland county, in January,
1819, where he and wife both died the follow- ing year-1820.
Isaac Abbott, son of the above and father of John A., was born in New Hampshire, Feb- ruary 22, 1805, and was but thirteen years of age when he was brought by his parents to Indiana, and left an orphan at the age of fif- teen. He was reared in Switzerland and Dearborn counties, living in the latter county with a farmer named Burgess until he was old enough to take care of himself. He learned the trade of a millwright and was, in fact, a natural born mechanic. He married in Dear- born county, at the age of twenty-three, Betsey Faulkner, daughter of Cornelius and Lucinda (Halsted) Faulkner-the former a substantial farmer, who came to Indiana from Rochester, N. Y., in 1819, and whose mother was a Schumacher, of Holland-Dutch descent. To Isaac Abbott and wife were born fourteen children, viz: Mary, Hiram, Martha, Cornelius S., Lewis C., William M., John A., Lydia A., Isaac M., Rebecca J., and Elizabeth C., and Sarah J. (the last two being twins), Marilla M. and Levi E. Of these children eleven grew to maturity and became heads of families, Sarah, Marilla, and Levi dying in infancy. Mr. Abbott remained in Dearborn county,
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working at his trade, until 1865; when he came to Boone county and bought a tract of land one mile northwest of Lebanon, and eighteen months later entered land in Meeker county, Minn. His wife died at Wilmington, Ind., in 1854, and he next married Rebecca G. Flem- ing, who bore two children, now living-Ella M. and Robert L., and one child, Franklin H., who died at about fourteen years of age. Mr. Abbott died in Meeker county, Minn., May 4, 1872, at the age of 67. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott were members of the Free Will Baptist church. In politics he was a free soiler and an abolitionist. For three years his house was à station on the "Underground railroad," which in that time safely landed thirty-eight dusky passengers in Canada. Fraternally he was a Freemason, a member of Boone lodge, No. 9, and was one of the charter members of Allen lodge, No. 165, at Moore's Hill, Dear- born county, Ind. He was greatly beloved by all who knew him; was a true patriot and sent four of his sons to the front to assist in the preservation of the Union, viz: John A., whose military record will be found below; Hiram, who served three years in an Iowa regiment; William. M. and Isaac M., both of whom were three years in company K, Sixty- eighth Indiana infantry, in which William was severely wounded at the battle of Missionary Ridge. Mr. Abbott was an intelligent man, and a very extensive reader, and gave all his children the best education his means afforded.
John A. Abbott was born November 5, 1839, in Dearborn county, Ind. He was edu- cated in the common schools, in the county academy at Wilmington and at Moore's Hill college, and taught two terms of school. On June 5, 1861, he enlisted in company I, Thir- teenth Indiana infantry, Capt. B. F. Myers, with Col. J. C. Sullivan commanding the regi- ment. The regiment left Indianapolis July 4, 1861, and joined McClelland's forces in West
Virginia on the 10th, and on the I Ith engaged in the battle of Rich Mountain; October 3d, in the battle of Greenbriar; in November went on a scout of nine days through the mountains, carrying their supplies on pack-horses, break- ing up the guerrilla band led by McCool and Bennett, and greatly encouraging the Unionists of that section; December 13 it was in the battle of Allegheny Summit, under Gen. Mil- roy; transferred to the valley of Virginia, it took part in the first battle of Winchester, March 23, 1861, and followed Jackson's forces up the valley as far as New Market: from here they marched into the Luray valley, and in May marched through to Fredericksburg and joined McDowell's army; but the second day after started on the return to the valley, on account of Stonewall Jackson's having driven Gen. Banks down the valley and across the Potomac. After the battle of Port Repub- lic, the regiment was taken by transports from Alexandria, down the Potomac and Chesa- peake and up the James, to Harrison's Land- ing, where it joined McClelland's army after the seven days' fight. After the evacuation of of the Peninsula, it went to Suffolk, August 30, where it remained till the last of June, 1863, taking part in numerous scouts and skir- mishes in the vicinity, and in the siege of that place by Longstreet. In July, 1863, it embarked at Portsmouth for Charleston, S. C., where it remained till February, 1864, taking an active part in the siege of Fort Wagner and Fort Sumter. In February, 1864, it went to Jack- sonville, Fla., and from there to Gloucester Point, opposite Yorktown, in April. Here it was attached to Butler's command; went to Bermuda Hundreds, where it took part in every engagement prior to May 26th, at which time it was again sent to the army of the Poto- mac at Cold Harbor, where it took part in the unsuccessful assault on Lee's works; June 13th it again ascended the James river, landed at
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City Point, and, on the 15th, assisted in taking | ried, March 22, 1868, to Miss Laura Williams, the outer works at Petersburg. All this time daughter of Eliphalet and Mary (Harding) Williams, at Lancaster, Jefferson county, Ind. To them have been born five children, viz: Edgar W., Mabel, Gracie, Walter A. and Edith. Gracie died in infancy. The others are living, and, with their parents, are mem- bers of the Missionary Baptist church at Leb- anon, of which Mr. and Mrs. Abbott are con- sistent members, he having been its first clerk, and now being one of its trustees. Edgar W. and Mabel are engaged in teaching in the graded schools. Mr. Abbott was with the regiment, except from May 30 to June 11, 1864, and was in every expedition and engagement in which the regiment took part, except the battle of Cold Harbor. He was promoted to second lieuten- ant June 1, 1863, and was discharged with his regiment at Indianapolis, June 1, 1864. On the 26th of December following. he re-enlisted at Washington, D. C., in company B, First U. S. veteran volunteers (Hancock's corps), was on detached duty in Washington city from January II to April 21, 1865, and witnessed the demonstrations of joy over the fall of Richmond and surrender of Lee, and of sorrow over the assassination of Mr. Lincoln. June 12, his regiment was a part of the guard at the hang- ing of Mrs. Surratt, and he was the sentinel immediately in front of the scaffold. The regiment'was sent to Baltimore to relieve the Eleventh Indiana regiment in July, and com- pany B went on duty as provost guards, at the old slave market; and here Mr. Abbott was discharged, at the expiration of his term, January 26, 1865.
Returning to Indiana, he came to Lebanon and attended the Presbyterian academy six months, and then studied law with Messrs. Cason & Harrison and Boone & Harrison, of which latter firm he became a memberin 1871: but retired in 1873 to engage in the newspaper business, purchasing an interest in the Leban- on Patriot, the county organ of the republican party, of which party he was a zealous mem- ber. Five years of newspaper experience. covered the panic period from 1873 to 1878. served to bankrupt him, and he returned to the law practice in 1879. In 1888 he became a democrat, and in November of that year was appointed judge of the Boone circuit court, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. T. J. Terhune. Mr. Abbott was mar-
ENRY ADAMS, a substantial farmer of Center township, Boone county, Ind .. is a veteran of the Civil war, and almost totally disabled through service in defense of his country. He is of English extraction, but comes directly from a long line of Kentuckians, his grandfather, Gowan Adams, having been a pioneer of Old- ham county, that state. Absalom, father of Henry, was born in Kentucky in 1801, and married Sallie. daughler of Henry and Polly A. (Beasley, Varble, the former a German and an old settler of Kentucky, and to Absalom and Sallie were born ten children, viz .: Reu- ben, Armilda J .. John, Henry, William, Har- rison, Polly A .. Willis, Eliza and Absalom. The father of this family was a much respected farmer, a member of the Baptist church and a strong Union man, which latter fact caused him a great deal of trouble with his neighbors, who persecuted him and at times caused him to sleep out at night to avoid annoyance at their hands. Although too old to take an act- ive part in the conflict himself, he gave to the Union cause two sons, both of whom, Henry and Willis, served in company F, Ninth Ken- tucky cavalry.
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homestead, December 19, 1837, was educated in the subscription schools of his neighborhood, and in 1861 enlisted in the Home guards at Covington church, Oldham county, under Capt. Morris, in an independent company, and was principally on guard duty, although he took part in a skirmish near Campbellsburg, and another near New Castle. He next enlisted August 1, 1862, at Eminence, Henry county, Ky., in company F, Ninth Kentucky cavalry, alluded to above, in which his brother Willis also served twelve months. With this regi- ment Henry took part in the battle at Crab Orchard and a skirmish at Cumberland Gap. The last of August, 1862, at 12 o'clock at night, Mr. Adams and his brother were gnard- ing prisoners, and, their company being at a distance on picket duty, the brothers joined Capt. Lucket's company of the same regiment and engaged in the two days' fight at Rich- mond, Ky., and here Mr. Adams was struck by a piece of shell in the side and his horse killed under him. Mr. Adams had the ribs of his right side crushed, was paralyzed, placed on horse-back and ridden 185 miles to Louisville, unconscious of his condition or his actions, and .did not recover his senses until the lapse of a month, when he found himself in the hospital, in which he was confined from September I, 1862, until February, 1863. He was dis- charged for disability in January, however, and sent home in February. He was granted a pension, at first of $18 a month, with a little over $1,000 back pay; in 1887 it was increased to $30, and in 1890 to $72 per month; he also received $200 on account of total disability of right leg, with $100 to be allowed every three years. The marriage of Mr. Adams took place July 25, 1858, to Louisa E., daughter of James and Nancy C. Padgett. Mr. Padgett was a highly respected farmer of Trimble county, Ky., and the father of nine children, who were named as follows: Louisa E., Mary J., John
W., Julia A., Mildred, Sally, James H., Thomas and Mitchel. He died at the age of sixty-five years in Kentucky, a member of the Baptist church. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Adams have also been born eleven chil- dren, who are named James W., Thomas, Willis, Nancy J., George, Joel,Sarah E., John, Vina, Agnes, and an infant, deceased. In 1886 Mr. Adams came to Boone county, Ind., where he owns a snug farm of fifty-six acres and a neat home. He and wife are members of the Christian church, and in politics he is a stanch republican. He is a member, also, of the Silas J. Long post, G. A. R., of Elizaville, Boone county, Ind., and is a man of sterling worth and a good citizen.
J UDGE JOSHUA G. ADAMS .- One generation has passed away since the young men of the nation were aroused to action by the outbreak of the rebell- ion. At that time, the subject of this sketch was a boy at school, with as little thought of becoming a soldier as any little boy of to-day. Possessed of a strong frame, sturdy limbs and an intelligent mind, he was of good material for a soldier, and he promptly volunteered his service in behalf of his country, and on serving out his first term he re-enlisted and served to the close of the war. His battles, skirmishes and marches are the best evidences of his valor as a soldier, and his patient endurance of prison life his most noble tribute of love to his country. A boy thrown at so early an age under the rough influence of army life either developes and strengthens character or' takes the downward course. Young Adams, after his long service of four years and four months as a soldier, came out of military life with his ambition strengthened and a determi- nation to make his life a success and become a useful citizen. How well he has fulfilled his
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resolution, will be attested by every citizen of In- diana who is familiar with his record as a man, a lawyer and a jurist. Judge Adams is of English stock and an old American family. His grandfather was one of the pioneers of Kentucky, contemporaneous with Daniel Boone. He settled in Bath county, where he reared four sons-James, Aaron, Thomas and Solomon the father of our subject, who was born in Bath county, Ky., in 1803 and was reared a farmer.
Solomon Adams married Nancy, daughter of William J. and Catharine (Sequist) Griffiths, and a large family, consisting of eleven chil- dren resulted from this marriage: John, Mary, Catharine, William J., Thomas J., James M., Gabriel H., Joshua G., Hiram F., Caleb F. and Solomon T. This is the proper order of birth and all were born in Indiana-the first two in Switzerland county, but reared in Hen- dricks county. Mr. Adams came to Indiana and settled in Switzerland county about 1825- 30, and moved, after thirty-five years of age, to Hendricks county, where he made his home, clearing up a farm from the wilderness and be- coming a substantial farmer. He was a well- known pioneer citizen, much respected by the old settlers, and was justice of the peace, and held other township offices. He was an officer in the Christian church, of which his wife was also a member. He was an old-line whig, afterward a republican and a strong Union man during the war, in which he had four sons- Thomas J., Gabriel H., Joshua G., and Hiram F. The two latter were in company I, Ninth regiment, Indiana volunteercavalry. Thomas J. served through the war and was in all the battles of his regiment; Hiram F. was taken prisoner at Florence, Ala., and was never after heard from; Gabriel H. was in company C, Fifty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry as a private, but was promoted through the grades to captain. He was wounded at the
battle of Nashville, and he was a prisoner, be- ing captured at Rome, Ga., in Gen. Straight's raid, and was confined at Belle Isle. Solo- mon Adams died on his farm in Hendricks county, aged sixty-three years. He was one of those American patriots who sent an unus- ual number of sons to fight for the Union.
Joshua G. Adams, our subject, was born in Hendricks county, Ind., February 19, 1845, on his father's farm. He first attended the district school, and at the age of sixteen years enlisted at Lizton, Hendricks county, Septem- ber 10, 1861, in company C, Fifty-first regi- ment Indiana volunteer infantry, for three years. He was honorably discharged at Louden, Tenn., where he re-enlisted as a vet- eran on January 1, 1864, and was honorably discharged January 10, 1866, at Indianapolis, as a corporal, serving in all four years and four months. He was in the battles of Shiloh, the two days' battle with Buell, and in the cam- paign from Pittsburg Landing to the siege of Corinth. This campaign was almost one con- tinued battle until the evacuation of Corinth. He was also in the battle of Stone River from beginning to end, Missionary Ridge, Dalton and Nashville. He was in Gen. Straight's raid, his regiment being mounted, the‘ horses having been captured from the surrounding farmers. On this raid he was in the battles of Day's Gap and Crooked Creek, the fighting continuing five days and nights, during which time the command marched a great distance, from Decatur, Ala., to Rome. Ga., and des- troyed a great amount of Confederate property and railroad communications. The brigade lost one-fourth of their men in killed and wounded. They had no sleep during the night except such as they could get upon their horses. This brigade consisted of 1, 300 select men from different commands. They were vigorously pursued by Confederate forces of 8,000 cavalry under Gen. Forrest from the
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beginning to the end of the raid. At Rome, Ga., the bridge was destroyed, and on May 3, 1863, Col. Straight was obliged to surrender the brigade near Rome, Ga., and our subject found himself a prisoner, his brother-Capt. Adams-being with him. They were taken in cattle cars to Atlanta, thence to Danville Junction, Va., and from there to Richmond, and confined at Belle Isle four months. Gen. Straight and his officers were confined in Libby prison, and he planned and successfully carried out, with the help of his fellow-officers, by means of a tunnel, their famous escape from that den of misery. During Mr. Adams four months' confinment he had barely enough corn bread and rotten bacon, filled with ashes and maggots, to subsist upon. This bacon, with nigger peas, was often made into soup, from which the soldiers would skim the maggots before eating. The island was a sand bar, and there was no shelter of tents or shade, and the camp had been used so long as to be alive with vermin.
Mr. Adams was young and had a powerful constitution, and endured the terrible ordeal with little sickness. He was paroled and marched to City Point. Va., where they embarked on a vessel and went to Baltimore, thence to Columbus, Ohio, and Camp Chase. The regiment reached Columbus about 350 strong, ragged, filthy, bare-footed and bare- headed. Here they received supplies and went to Indianapolis on a furlough, where they were exchanged, and in the fall of 1863 went to Chattanooga. As the officers were in Libby prison, the regiment for awhile worked in the National cemetery. Receiving officers, the regiment was assigned to Wood's division, Fourth corps, army of the Cumberland, and was in the battle of Nashville and down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to Cairo, and were at New Orleans on July 4. 1865, on their way to Texas, where they remained until late in
December. January 10, 1866, they were dis- banded. Mr. Adams was neither wounded nor in the hospital, and his regiment was never on a march or in a single battle or skirmish, in which he did not take active part. He was a brave, efficient, and gallant soldier during the long service of over four years, and was not yet twenty-one years of age when honorably discharged from his country's service at the close of the war, after which he returned home to find his father and mother both dead. The April following he entered Danville academy for one year, and taught and attended school for two years. He then attended the North- western university at Indianapolis, now Butler university, for two years, and began the study of law with Hon. Levi Ritter, also teaching school at Coatsville, Amo, and other places. Judge Adams was admitted to the bar in 1871 at Danville, Hendricks county, where he began to practice, continuing until 1876. He was here appointed deputy prosecuting attorney, and this year. 1876, was elected prosecuting attor- ney for the circuit comprising Hendricks and Marion counties, and in 1878 was elected judge of this circuit, after which he moved to Indian- apolis, while he held this office, and remained for six years. In 1885 he moved to Frank- fort, where he practiced law until 1893, when he moved to Lebanon, where he is now prac- ticing his profession. In political opinions he is a stanch republican. He is a non-affili- ating Odd Fellow and K. of P. Judge Adams married July 2, 1873, Augusta F., daughter of William and Rachael (Piper) Brown. They became the parents of two children-Mary E. and Paul B., who died aged eleven years. Judge Abbott is a member of the law firm of Adams & Carter. He has always taken an active interest in educational matters, and was a member of the school board at Danville, and has aided in all public improvements. The judge is a man of broad ideas and liberal views
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