A portrait and biographical record of Boone, Clinton and Hendricks Counties, Ind. : containing biographical sketches of many prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all of the presidents of the United States, and biographies of the governors of Indiana, Part 2

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Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Bowen & Co.
Number of Pages: 1080

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Kreys, G. 1029

Kurtz, H. F 925

Carter, A. W 1023

Fleece, C 959

Hill, S.

952

Carter, J. 1024

Carter, J. D 1082

Foster, J. 977

Hoak, A

1052

Carter, S. 1082

Foster, J. H. 1015

Hoak, C.

1052

Cassity, L .. 934

Catterson, J 1055

Catterson, J. P.

1055

Fowler, S.

976

Hodges, D. L. 992

Hodges, W. 992

Hodson, E. W. 985

Hodson, J. B. 983

Hoffman, D. 962

Hogate, C. F. 1047

Hogate, J. D. 1047

Holcombe, J. W. 932

Christie, T.

.1029

Goodrich, E 995

Goodrich, I. 995

Hornaday, I. .1034

McClain, G. B. 1072

Clay, J. H. 1044

Goodrich, J. 995

Hornaday, S .. 1051

McClain, G. D. .1099

Clay, L. B. 1044

Gorsell, J. 1065

Hostetter, D .. 1045

McClain, M. S. .1035

Clay, S .. 1044

Gossett, B. 1077

Hostetter, J. D ... .. 1045

McCloud, W. H. H .. 1019

Cline, I. C. .1076

Graham, T. F. 1066

Hostetter, S. 1045

Hufford, G. .1074

Adams, J. 972

Cline, W. C .. .1076

Hadley, D. 920

Hill, D. F

952

Kurtz, J. 925

Lakin, W. N. 1079

Lamb, A. 964

Lamb, J. 964

Lambert, J. 1060

Leak, G. W., Jr 981

Leak, T. J. 981

Champion, J. M. .1001

1001

Gambold, J. C. 996

Christie, Family ..

. 1027

Christie, J ...

.1028

Christie, J. P

.1030

Gibbs, H. H. 1036

Christie, L

.1030

Glover, A. R. 1090

Hornaday, E. C .1051

McClain, B. S 1035

Christie, W 1028

Foster, R. J. 977

Hoak, J. 1052

Hoak, M. 1052

Catterson, R .. 1055

Gambold, E. A. 996

Leathers, J. M. .1062

Leathers, L. M ... .1062

Garrison, J. B. .1092

Lindley, A 913

Little, A. 1021

Little, S 1021

McCormick, J. K ... 925

Husey, J. 984

Barlow, J. M. 1033

Davis, J. 946

Davis, R. F. 969

Day, E. 975

Day, T

975

Beason, W .. 1092

Dillon, M. 1052

Bedford, T. L. 952 --

Johnson, W. K.

.1068

Jordon, G. W. .1070

Jordon, J. A. 1070

Bone, G. M. 954

Dooley, T. S. 943

Duncan, G. H. 957

Bowen, N. E., Mrs .. 937

Duncan, H 958

Boyd, O. P. 1017

Dyer, C .. 1010

Hedge, D. 970

Hedge, G. W 970

Hedge, W 970

Hedges, A 1078

Henderson, W 992

Kennedy, J ... 1059, 1060

Brown, S .. 999

Brumfield, W. E ... 1050

Emmons, J. M. 947

Bryant, R. B. 1095

Burgess, T. 914

Etchyson, P. 999

Euliss, M. A.

1099

Byrum, J. 997

Davis, C. W. 969

Hadley, S., Sr 917

Hunter, C. 941

Barber, J. W 960

Huron, B. A. 1085

Barber, T .. 960

Barlow, H. R. 1033

Davis, E. 960

Hylton, W. 1067

Jessee, S 967

Beadle, S. 1091

Johnson, E. 1020

Beadle, W. R. .1090

Johnson, J 1020

Johnson, L. 1020

Keeny, G. 955

Keeny. J. F. 1062

Keeny, J. H. 1062

Keeny, J. I. 955

Keeny, M. 955

Kelso, G. 994

Kelso, W. 994

Brown, N 999

Emmons, J. 947

Kersey, J 983

Kilgore, W 973

King, E. D. 935

King, W. A 935

Bourne, J. N. .1078

Dyer, D. F 1077

Dyer, W. F

1010

Hunt, C. Z. 942

Alexander, H ... .. 1011

Cosner, M. 1015

Hunt, D. 940

Alexander, T. B ... 1012

Cosner, W 1001

Alexander, W .... .1011

Couch, J. . 939

Anderson, T. T .. .. 1082

Couch, J. E. 939

Hunt, Ira 984

Crews, W 1000

Hunt, H 1076

Hunt, I. 1031

Huron, F. H 1085

Bartholomew, E. . 991

Dillon, W. 1064

Fleece, J. H. 958

Hill, W 1041

Fowler, A. 976

Champion, T ...

Gibbs, G. 1036

Hufford, J. A ....... 1069

INDEX.

HENDRICKS COUNTY BIOGRAPHIES.

McCullum, J. 988

McFall, J. 940

Pattison, G. T .. .1086

Sellers, J. B. 932

Mabe, J. M .... 1094, 990

. Pennington, H. 967

Sellers, J. C .. 933

Mabe, S. 990

Pennington, P 967

Sharp, J .. 945

Marshall, A .. 935

Marshall, J. S 935

Martin, J. R. 1070

Martin, J. S. 942

Martin, P. B. 942

Mason, J.

986

Pierson, D. A. 1078

Shultz, T. 971

Mason, M 986

Pike, W. 1100

Smith, A. F. 1083

Smith, D. 1083

Masten, M. 1042

Plummer, T 1059

Smith, E. J. 1095

Smith, J ... 1066

Mattern, J. 1048

Pratt, J. D. 1093

Smith, S. H., Mrs. . 1008 Smith, W. B. 1009

Mattern, J. Q.". 1047

Maxwell, A. 1087

Ragan, A. 921

Smith, W. J. .1066

Maxwell, H 1087

Rains, H. .1022

Spicklemire, A 947

Merritt, G. S. 1058

Rains, J 1022

Stanley, C. S. 999

Merritt, G. W 1058

Randall, T. 945

Starbuck, S. 1087

Stiles, J. 1007

Miles, J. G .1079

Reagan, J .. .1083

Miller, D. M.

961

Reagan, J. M. 1059

Taylor, J. A. 1050

Taylor, J. T. .1050

Taut, W .. 1063

Templin, J. W. 1053

Templin, S. .. 1053

Thomas, B. F. 1093

Thomas, D. F. 931

Thomas, E. D. 930

Thomas, M. 930

Thompson, T 1088

Wills, G. W .. 1058

Wilson, W .. 922

Wilson, W. B. 922

Winnings, J .. 1099

Oliver, J 997

Oliver, S. 997

Oliver, S., Sr. 998

Osborne, J. A .1096

Pace, W

1002

Sandusky, J. .1055

Underwood, H. H .. 955

Young, M. 974

HENDRICKS COUNTY PORTRAITS.

Hadley, Jehu ...... 1004

Hadley, Job ........ 912

Nichols, T.

928

Wilson, W. B.

.....

923

Hadley, Jehu, Mrs .. 1005

Halfaker, J. H ..... 979

Sandusky, T. J .. .. 1055

Underwood, J .. 1030, 956 Underwood, N ... .. 1031

Vandever, J .. 509

Van Nice, L. L. 926

Vaughn, J. L. 1014

Vaughn, T.

1014

Vestal, B.

.1025

Vestal, J. 1025

Walker, J. 1089

Wallace, L .. 1018

Wallace, W. D. 1018

Walton, J. S. 1080

Warren, Z .. .1080

Watson, T. J. .1065

Watts, G .. .1061

Watts, L. S. 1061

Weavel, S ... 1016

Weaver, A. C. 1056

Weaver, T. J. .1056

West, A 989

Miller, H. 1068

Miller, R. H. 1067

Miller, W. 961

Millman, J. 995

Mills. J ..

1049

Mitchell, W. C. 1091

Newlin, J .1084

Ritter, J. 1035

Robbins, B. 963

Robbins, M. D. L .. 963

Tinder, E 948

Tinder, J. 948

Tinder, J. W. 948

Rosborough, J 932

Trotter, J. M .. 1071

Ross, A. J 968

Trotter, J. W 1071

Woodard, J. H .. .1009

Woodard, P. C .. .1008

Woody, J. 918

Rudd, A 938

Tulley, W. F. 1027

Wynn, J. W. 1081

Underwood Family.1031

Williamson, C. 993

Newman, C. 984

Nichols, A. J. 1079

Nichols, E. D. .1086

Nichols, J.

1020, 929

Nichols, T

929

Reitzel, A. R. 987

Reitzel, D .. 987

Whicker, F 989

Whicker, J .. 989

Williams, J. 1000

Williams, W. W. 1000

Williamson, A 993

Rodgers, A. 962

Rodgers, J. 962

Ross, J. H 969

Tulley, P. R .. 1027

Rudd, J. 939

Sharp, M., Mrs. 944

Peugh, N. .1028

Phillips, E. 991

Shirley, F. M. 1067

Shirley, J. A. 982

Shirley, W. T 982

Phillips, S .. 991

Phillips, W. 991

Shultz, S. T. 971

Masten, J. 1042

Plummer, J. 1059

Masten, N. 1043

Prather, F. B 1077

Meyers, G. 1002

Randall, W 945

Reagan, J. S. 1059

Reese, J. S. .1019

Rhoades, J. L 1089

Richardson, J. 1018

Richardson, W 988

West, C. 1074

West, I. 1032

Whicker, A 989

Phillips, J. W .1089

Patrick, N. N .. .1088

PRESIDENTS

OF THE

UNITED STATES.

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

EORGE WASHINGTON was born in Westmoreland county, Va., Febru- ary 22, 1732. His parents were Augustine and Mary (Ball) Washing- ton. His great-grandfather, John Washing- ton, came from England to Virginia about 1657, and became a prosperous planter. He had two sons, Lawrence and John. The former married Mildred Warner and had three children, John, Augustine and Mildred: Augustine, the father of George, first married Jane Butler, who bore him four children, two of whom, Lawrence and Augustine, reached maturity. Of six children by his second marriage, George was the eldest, the others being Betty, Sam- uel, John Augustine, Charles and Mildred.

Augustine Washington, the father of George, died in 1743, leaving a large landed property. To his eldest son, Lawrence, he bequeathed an estate on the Potomac, afterward known as Mount Vernon, and to George he left the parental residence. George received only such education as the neighborhood schools afforded, save for a short time after he left school, when he received private instructions in mathematics.

He was an acknowledged leader among his companions, and was early noted for that nobleness of character, fairness and veracity which characterized his whole life.

When George was fourteen years old he had

a desire to go to sea, and a midshipman's warrant was secured for him, but through the opposi- tion of his mother the idea was abandoned. Two years later he was appointed surveyor to the estate of Lord Fairfax. In this business he spent three years. In 1751, though only nineteen years of age, he was appointed ad- jutant with the rank of major in the Virginia militia, then being trained for active service against the French and Indians. Soon after this he sailed to the West Indies with his brother Lawrence, who went there to restore his health. They soon returned, and in the summer of 1752 Lawrence died, leaving a large fortune to an infant daughter, who did not long survive him. On her demise the estate of Mount Vernon was given to George.

Upon the arrival of Robert Dinwiddie, as lieutenant-governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia was reorganized, and the province divided into four military districts, of which the northern was assigned to Washington as adjutant-general. Shortly after this a very perilous mission was assigned him. This was to proceed to the French post near Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania. The distance to be traversed was between 500 and 600 miles. Winter was at hand, and the journey was to be made without military escort, through a territory occupied by Indians. The trip was a perilous one, and several times he came near

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

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He was an acknowledged leader among his companions, and was early noted for that nobleness of character, fairness and veracity which characterized his whole life.

When George was fourteen years old he had

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losing his life, yet he returned in safety and- furnished a full and useful report of his expe- dition. A regiment of 300 men was raised in Virginia and put in command of Col. Joshua Fry, and Major Washington was commissioned lieutenant-colonel. Active war was then begun against the French and Indians, in which Washington took a most important part. In the memorable event of July 9, 1755. known as Braddock's defeat, Washington was almost the only officer of distinction who escaped from the calamities of the day with life and honor. The other aids of Braddock were dis- abled early in the action, and Washington alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter to his brother he says: "I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, though death was leveling my companions on every side." An Indian sharpshooter said he was not born to be killed by a bullet, for he had taken direct aim at him several times, and failed to hit him. After having been five years in the military service, he took advantage of the fall of Fort Duquesne and the expulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio, to resign his commission. Soon after he entered the legislature, where, although not a leader, he took an active and important part. January 17, 1759, he married Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Custis, the wealthy widow of John Parke Custis.

When the British parliament had closed the port of Boston, the cry went up through- out the provinces that "The cause of Boston is the cause of us all." It was then, at the suggestion of Virginia, that a congress of all the colonies was called to meet at Philadel- phia, September 5, 1774, to secure their com- mon liberties, peaceably if possible. To this congress Col. Washington was sent as a dele- gate. On May 10, 1775, the congress re- assembled, when the hostile intentions of Eng-

land were plainly apparent. The battles of Concord and Lexington had been fought. Among the first acts of this congress was the election of a commander-in-chief of the colo- nial forces. This high and responsible office was conferred upon Washington, who was still a member of the congress. He accepted it on June 19, but upon the express condition that he receive no salary. He would keep an exact account of expenses and expect congress to pay them and nothing more. The war was conducted by him under every possible disad- vantage, and while his forces often met with reverses, yet he overcame every obstacle, and after seven years of heroic devotion and match- less skill, he gained liberty for the greatest nation of earth. On December 23, 1783, Washington resigned his commission as com- mander-in-chief of the army to the continental congress sitting at Annapolis, and retired im- mediately to Mount Vernon.

In February, 1789, Washington was unani- mously elected president. In his presidential career he was subject to the peculiar trials in- cidental to a new government; trials from lack of confidence on the part of other govern- ments; trials for the want of harmony between the different sections of our own country; trials from the impoverished condition of the coun- try, owing to the war and want of credit; trials from the beginnings of party strife.

At the expiration of his first term he was unanimously re-elected. At the end of this term many were anxious that he be re-elected, but he absolutely refused a third nomination. On the fourth of March, 1797, he returned to his home, hoping to pass there his few remain- ing years free from the annoyance of public life. Later in the year, however, his repose seemed likely to be interrupted by war with France. At the prospect of such a war he was again urged to take command of the armies. He chose his subordinate officers and left to

JOHN ADAMS,

PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

them the charge of matters in the field, which he superintended from his home. In accepting the command he made the reservation that he was not to be in the field until it was neces- sary. In the midst of these preparations his life was suddenly cut off. December 12, he took a severe cold from a ride in the rain, which, settling in his throat, produced inflam- mation, and terminated fatally on the night of the 14th. On the 18th his body was borne with military honors to its final resting place, and interred in the family vault at Mount Vernon.

The person of Washington was unusually tall, erect and well proportioned. His features were of a beautiful symmetry. He commanded respect without any appearance of haughtiness, and was ever serious without being dull.

J OHN ADAMS, the second president and the first vice-president of the United States, was born in Braintree, now Quincy, Mass., and about ten miles from Boston, October 19, 1735. His great-grandfather, Henry Adams, emigrated from England about 1640, with a family of eight sons, and settled at Braintree. The parents of John were John and Susannah (Boylston) Adams. His father was a farmer of limited means, to which he added the busi- ness of shoemaking. He gave his eldest son, John, a classical education at Harvard college. John graduated in 1755, and at once took charge of the school in Worcester, Mass. This he found but a "school of affliction," from which he endeavored to gain relief by devot- ing himself, in addition, to the study of law. For this purpose he placed himself under the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. He was well fitted for the legal profession, pos- sessing a clear, sonorous voice, being ready and fluent of speech, and having quick perceptive

powers. In 1764 he married Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister, and a lady of superior intelligence. Shortly after his marriage (1765) the attempt of parliamentary taxation turned him from law to politics. He took initial steps toward holding a town meeting, and the resolu- tions he offered on the subject became very popular throughout the province, and were adopted word for word by over forty different towns. He moved to Boston in 1768, and became one of the most courageous and prom- inent advocates of the popular cause, and was chosen a member of the general court (the legislature) in 1770.

Mr. Adams was chosen one of the first dele- gates from Massachusetts to the first conti- nental congress, which met in 1774. Here he distinguished himself by his capacity for busi- ness and for debate, and advocated the move- ment for independence against the majority of the members. In May, 1776, he moved and carried a resolution in congress that the colo- nies should assume the duties of self-govern- ment. He was a prominent member of the committee of five appointed June II, to pre- pare a declaration of independence. This article was drawn by Jefferson, but on Adams devolved the task of battling it through con- gress in a three days' debate.

On the day after the Declaration of Inde- pendence was passed, he wrote a letter to his wife which, as we read it now, seems to have been dictated by the spirit of prophecy. "Yesterday," he says, "the greatest question was decided that ever was debated in America; and greater, perhaps, never was or will be decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, 'that these United States are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states.' The 4th of July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated by succeeding generations,

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'as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as- the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illu- minations from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward for ever. You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to main- tain this declaration, and support and defend these states; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than all the means; and that posterity will triumph, although you and I may rue, which I hope we shall not."

In November, 1777, Mr. Adams was ap- pointed a delegate to France to co-operate with Benjamin Franklin and Arthur Lee, who were then in Paris, in the endeavor to obtain assistance in arms and money from the French government. He left France June 17, 1779. In September of the same year he was again chosen to go to Paris, and there hold himself in readiness to negotiate a treaty of peace and of commerce with Great Britain, as soon as the British cabinet might be found willing to listen to such proposals. He sailed for France in November, from there he went to Holland, where he negotiated important loans and formed important commercial treaties.

Finally a treaty of peace with England was signed January 21, 1783. The re-action from the excitement, toil and anxiety through which Mr. Adams had passed threw him into a fever. After suffering from a continued fever and becoming feeble and emaciated he was advised to go to England to drink- the waters of Bath. While in England, still drooping and desponding, he received dis- patches from his own government urging the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to nego- tiate another loan. It was winter, his health

was delicate, yet he immediately set out, and through storm, on sea, on horseback and foot, he made the trip.

February 24, 1785, congress appointed Mr. Adams envoy to the court of St. James. Here he met face to face the king of England, who had so long regarded him as a traitor. As England did not condescend to appoint a minister to the United States, and as Mr. Adams felt that he was accomplishing but lit- tle, he sought permission to return to his own country, where he arrived in June 1788.

When Washington was first chosen presi- dent, John Adams, rendered illustrious by his signal services at home and abroad, was chosen vice president. Again at the second election of Washington as president, Adams was chosen vice president. In 1796, Wash- ington retired from public life, and Mr Adams was elected president, though not without much opposition. Serving in this office four years, he was succeeded by Mr. Jefferson, his opponent in politics.

While Mr. Adams was vice president the great French revolution shook the continent of Europe, and it was upon this point which he was at issue with the majority of his countrymen led by Mr. Jefferson. Mr. Adams felt no sympathy with the French people in their struggle, for he had no confidence in their power of self-government, and he utterly abhorred the class of atheist philosophers who he claimed caused it. On the other hand Jefferson's sympathies were strongly enlisted in behalf of the French people. Hence origi- nated the alieniation between these distin- guished men, and two powerful parties were thus soon organized, Adams at the head of the one whose sympathies were with England, and Jefferson led the other in sympathy with France. In 1824, his cup of happiness was filled to the brim, by seeing his son elevated to the highest station in the gift of the people.

THOMAS JEFFERSON.

PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

The 4th of July,, 1826, which completed the half century since the signing of the Dec- laration of Independence, arrived, and there were but three of the signers of that immortal instrument left upon the earth to hail its morning light. And, as it is well known, on that day two of these finished their earthly pilgrimage, a coincidence so remarkable as to seem miraculous. For a few days before Mr. Adams had been rapidly failing, and, on the 4th, he found himself too weak to rise from his bed. On being requested to name a toast for the customary celebration of the day, he ex- claimed "INDEPENDENCE FOREVER." When the day was ushered in, by the ringing of bells and the firing of cannons, he was asked by one of his attendants if he knew what day it was? He replied, "Oh, yes; it is the glorious Fourth of July-God bless it-God bless you all." In the course of the day he said, "It is a great and glorious day." .. The last words he uttered were "Jefferson survives." But he · had, at one o'clock, resigned his spirit into the hands of his God. The personal appearance and manners of Mr. Adams were not particu- larly prepossessing. His face, as his portrait manifests, was intellectual and expressive, but his figure was low and ungraceful, and his manners were frequently abrupt and uncour- teous.

THOMAS JEFFERSON, third presi- dent of the United States, was born April 2, 1743, at Shadwell, Albemarle county, Va. His parents were Peter and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson, the former a native of Wales, and the latter born in Lon- don. To them were born six daughters and two sons, of whom Thomas was the eldest. When fourteen years of age his father died. He received a most liberal education, having been kept diligently at school from the time

he was five years of age. In 1760 he entered William and Mary college. Williamsburg was then the seat of the colonial court, and it was the abode of fashion and splendor. Young Jefferson, who was then seventeen years old. lived somewhat expensively, keeping fine horses, and was much caressed by gay society. yet he was earnestly devoted to his studies, and irreproachable in his morals. In the second year of his college course, moved by some unexplained inward impulse, he discarded his horses, society, and even his favorite violin, to which he had previously given much time. He often devoted fifteen hours a day to hard study, allowing himself for exercise only a run in the evening twilight of a mile out of the city and back again. He thus attained very high intellectual culture, and excellence in philoso- phy and the languages. The most difficult Latin and Greek authors he read with facility.

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Author: Publication date: 1895 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Bowen & Co. Number of Pages: 1080

Author:
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Bowen & Co.
Number of Pages: 1080