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 22

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

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children have been born; Thomas J., David, killed by lightning May 16, 1871, John M. and Charles E. Caldwell.

a ALE CANADA is one of the leading farmers of Jackson township, Boone county, Ind., and is of English de- scent. His grandfather, David Can- ada, came to Indiana from North Carolina when a young man, and in 1831 assisted in the organization of Boone county, where he had entered 160 acres of land. . He had served in the war of 1812, and for gallant conduct was brevetted colonel. He first married, in Boone county, Martha Rugg, and had born to him the following-named children: David, Solomon, Caleb and William. For his second wife he chose Patsy Dwiggins. He was a trader in horses, and made several trips back to his native state in the interest of this traffic. He was a Jeffersonian democrat in his politics. His son William, the father of Cale Canada, was born in Boone county and was a great hunter. He married Nancy Martin, daughter of John Martin, and had born to him the fol- lowing family: Solomon, Mary, Cale, Nancy, George, Catharine, David and Margaret C. Mr. and Mrs. William Canada were charter members of the first Methodist church estab- lished in Jackson township, of which Mr. Can- ada was a trustee, and he also hewed every log that was used in the erection of the first church edifice by that congregation. He died in this faith, and his remains were laid to rest in the Mount Zion cemetery.

Cale Canada was born April 12, 1844, in Boone county, Ind., and when young was in- ured to toil. July 22, 1863, he enlisted in company G, One Hundred and Sixteenth Indi- ana volunteer infantry, but was transferred from Indiana to Michigan for three weeks; was then sent to Dayton, Ohio; then to Cumber-

land Gap; was in the battle of Tazewell, Tenn., and in several severe skirmishes; was at Green- ville, Tenn .; at Watkins' Ford the battle lasted a day and a half, and he had to wade the river in early spring, while the weather was yet cold, but the enemy was compelled to retreat. From this chilly wading, however, a severe cold re- sulted, and Mr. Canada was confined by it to the hospital for two weeks and was unfitted for further duty until after his honorable discharge, March 1, 1864, by Capt. J. R. Ashmead, of company E, Forty-second Indiana volunteer infantry. July 21, 1865, Mr. Canada became a recruit of the Forty-second regiment, and was transported from the field, via the ocean, to Wilmington, N. C., where the detachment of 4,000 men were landed, most of them hav- ing suffered from sea-sickness. Immediately they had a fight south of Raleigh, N. C. Here a shell exploded and tore off a wheel from a wagon under which Mr. Canada was lying, blew the wagon all to pieces, but did not injure him. He was then engaged in daily skirmish- ing for two months and on picket duty nearly every night, and in foraging for meat at inter- vals, and in the performance of the latter duty met with many humorous, as well as many dangerous, adventures.

Mr. Canada was united in marriage Novem- ber 22, 1866, with Miss Maggie C., daughter of Benjamin and Hannah Lewis-the former a prosperous farmer of Boone county and the owner of a good farm of 126 acres. The grandfather of Mrs. Canada, Charles Lewis, entered this farm, cleared and improved it. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and a prominent citizen of Montgomery county, Ind .; he married Nancy Adams, who bore him the following children: Washington, Fielding, Benjamin, John W., Charles, Preston, Sarah and Frankie. He came from North Carolina to Boone county, Ind., in an early day; here he has accumulated 200 acres of land for him-

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self, and given to all his children eighty acres apiece. He and his wife died in the Method- ist faith, and in politics Mr. Lewis was an old- line whig. Benjamin Lewis, son of Charles Lewis and father of Mrs. Canada, was born in North Carolina and came to Indiana when small. By his marriage with Hannah Hudson he became the father of the following children: Nancy, who died at the age of ten years; Wil- liam; Lucinda; Maggie; John and Melissa. Mr. Canada bought his present farm of fifty- six acres in 1883 and made all the improve- ments, including a substantial frame house, barn, fencing and ditching. Mr. and Mrs. Canada are members of the Methodist church; both have taught classes in the Sunday school and both take an active interest in church and Sunday school work. In politics Mr. Canada is an ardent republican. He is a member of the Henry Howard post, G. A. R., No. 449, and also a member of K. of P. lodge, No. 294, at New Ross. Mrs. Canada is a member of the Pythian Sisters Temple, No. 74, and is a trustee of the same order. Both Mr. and Mrs. Canada stand deservedly high in the commu- nity in which they have so long resided and their amiable children-Mollie K. and Belle Emmert-are equally well thought of by their neighbors. Mollie K. has been a teacher in the Sabbath school for some time past, and is the present secretary. Belle Emmert was formerly a teacher and is the ex-secretary, and both are highly intelligent and accomplished

ICHAEL MILES CARRIGER, of Ward, Jackson township, Boone county, Ind., is a leading citizen and a native of the township. He was born February 20, 1852, and his proxi- mate genealogy is as follows : His great- grandfather, John Carriger, came from Ger- many and settled in Pennsylvania anterior to

the Revolutionary war. John, son of the above and grandfather of M. M. Carriger, moved from Pennsylvania to Carter county, Tenn., and there was a successful farmer. He had born to him the following-named children : George M., Godfrey, Elliot, Chris- topher, Michael, James, David, John J., and Nancy J. The eldest of this family, George M .. was the father of the subject of thissketch. He was born in Tennessee February 11, 1811, was reared a farmer, but later became a noted school-teacher in Sullivan county, Ind. In that connty he was married, August 15, 1838, to Miss Sarah D., daughter of James and Elizabeth (Noton) George. It was in that year, 1838, that George M. came to Indiana and entered 160 acres of land in the county named above. He resided there until he came to Boone county, where he had bought 160 acres of land as far back as the year of his marriage. Later on, he brought his family to Boone, and increased his landed estate to 470 acres-being one of the largest land own- ers of Jackson township. In 1856 he retired to town, and at his death, March 10, 1891, left his children about $1,800 each. He was very liberal in his aid to the Methodist church, of which he and wife were members, and was untiring in his efforts to promote the cause of education. His remains were interred in the Brockway cemetery, and were followed to their last resting place by a procession of friends and neighbors who were sincere mour- ners of his loss.

Michael M. Carriger was well educated in his youth at the graded schools of Bainbridge and Kokomo, Ind., and later taught school in Putnam county, Ind., with much success, and during all his mature lifetime has been an active worker in the cause of education for the poor, as well as the rich, on the basis of making the school-house doors open to all alike, free of charge, and has done much toward the im-

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provement of the already excellent school sys- tem of the state.

Mr. Carriger was most happily married, February 19, 1879, to Miss Emma Heath, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Neal) Heath, the former of whom was a leading farmer of Center township, Boone county, but is now deceased. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Car- riger have been born the following-named chil- dren: M. Catherine, Louise, Jane, Parley, Samuel, Anna, Bookie and James Morton. After his marriage Mr. Carriger settled on a farm of 110 acres in Jackson towuship, and this plot of land he has converted into a ter- restrial Elysium. He is thoroughly skilled in the science of agriculture-and it may well be called a science -- and by his close attention to his vocation has accumulated so fair a proportion of this world's wealth as to place him beyond the cares and asperities of ordinary human ex- istence. Mr. Carriger is highly educated and has an inborn fondness for books. He is well posted in modern as well as ancient history, and the current literature of the better class claims much of his attention.

J OHN CARROLL, a prominent farmer and influential citizen of Marion township, Boone county, Ind., is descended, paternally, from sturdy Scotch-Irish ancestors and traces his geneaol- ogy back to his grandfather, William Car- roll, who canie to the United States prior to the war of Independence, in which struggle he bore an active and prominent part. William Carroll lived to an advanced age and left a family, one member of which --- James Carroll, father of the immediate subject of this mention --- was born March 19, 1789, in Northumberland county, Pa., where he grew

to manhood and where, on the fourth day of March, 1816, he was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Gregory. Mrs. Lucy Carroll was · born September 12, 1798, in Allegany county, N. Y., the daughter of William and Lucy Gregory, and bore her husband the following children: Elizabeth, born October 24, 1816; William, born May 5, 1819; Moses, born April 20, 1821; Jane, born July 28, 1823; Phebe, born January 30, 1826; Ellis, born August 6, 1828; Ann, born June 10, 1831; Malinda, born October 30, 1833; John, born April 8, 1836; Miranda, born April 24, 1839; Alonzo, born March 1, 1843; all but two of whom, Malinda and Miranda, grew to years of maturity, but at this time all are dead except the subject of this sketch. The mother of these children, a most excellent christian lady, departed this life the 17th of November, in the year 1864; and the father was called from the scenes of his earthly labors at a good old age, May 28, 1873. For a number of years James Carroll was an active and influential member of the Baptist church, the principles of which he exemplified in his daily walk and conversation, and he is re- membered as a man of the utmost probity in the community where he resided. Before going to New York, he followed agricultural pursuits, and in the latter state he purchased a small farm, which he disposed of in 1838 and emigrated to Indiana, locating near the town of Zionsville, Boone county. Subse- quently he became the possessor of a tract of land near Elizaville, purchasing his first farm in that locality, consisting of forty acres, for the sum of three hundred dollars.

John Carroll, whose name introduces this mention, was born in the year 1836, in Alle- gany county, N. Y., and when two years of age was brought to Indiana, where he grew to manhood amid the stirring scenes of pioneer times. His early educational training was re-

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ceived in the pioneer log school-house, a structure familiar in those days, and he recalls with pleasure the time passed within the walls of the rude building, the furniture of which con- sisted of a few split pole benches, a rough board fastened to the wall for a desk, and puncheon floors, the whole lighted by a win- dow made by removing a log from the wall, in which greased paper was placed in licu of glass. His school days were by no means many, as he was obliged to work early and late in the field and clearing, and, while still a mere boy, his share of the work in bringing the farm under cultivation was considerable. On the seventh day of October, 1858, Mr. Carroll entered into the marriage relation with Miss Rebecca English, a descendant of an old Scotch family, several members of which came to the United States in an early day and set- tled in Kentucky. From that state Mrs. Carroll's grandparents, Andrew and Martha (Porter) English, emigrated to South Caro- lina; thence in an early day came to Indiana, settling in the county of Boone. Mrs. Car- roll's parents, James H. and Jane (Maze) Eng- lish, reared a family consisting of the following children-Isabell, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Samuel B., Andrew F., and Rachel A., all but one of whom grew to maturity and became heads of families.

After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll moved to a piece of woodland in Boone county, where, by industry and the practice of most rigid economy, a farm was in due time cleared, upon which, with the exception of about one year, their lives have since been passed. Mr. Carroll's original purchase consisted of eighty acres, and the dwelling in which he began housekeeping was a log cabin of the most primitive pattern, with stick chimney, puncheon floor, dirt hearth, while the household furni- ture and utensils were of the rudest kind, nearly everything then in use being of home

manufacture. Mr. Carroll's early life was one of toil, and privations not a few beset him upon every hand for several years after beginning · work in the forest home. Within a reason- able length of time, he was able to increase the area of his landed property, and, at this time, he is the possessor of 313 acres of valuable real estate, all of which represent the fruits of his industry and well-directed business energy. His home farm is a model in many respects, having good buildings, fences, etc., while the fertility has been greatly enhanced by a suc- cessful system of tile drainage, consisting of over 6,000 rods, the entire place bespeaking the presence of a thrifty farmer and intelli- gent man of affairs.

In addition to general farming Mr. Carroll pays considerable attention to the raising of live stock, making a specialty of fine cattle and hogs, always keeping a number of superior breeds on his place. In April, 1865, Mr. Car- roll entered the service of his country as a member of company G, One Hundred and Fifty- fourth Indiana infantry, with which he served until discharged at the close of the war, his regiment seeing its only service in the Shenan- doah valley, Va.

Mr. and Mrs. Carroll have not been blessed with any children of their own, but in a true spirit of charity have at different times afforded homes for children of relatives and others, and those thus assisted have grown up to call their benefactors blessed. As a citizen, few men of Boone county stand higher in the estimation of the public than Mr. Carroll, and he is noted as being an active promoter of all movements having for their object the moral well-being of the community. For a number of years he has been actively identified with the United Presbyterian church, and the G. A. R. finds in him one of its most enthusiastic support- ers; his membership is with Kirklin post, No. 48.

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ON. ISAAC N. CASTER, of Jefferson township, Boone county, Ind., was born in Montgomery county, Ind., July 21, 1843, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Robbins) Caster, the former of whom was born in Hardin county, Ky., and was a son of Isaac Caster, a native of New Jersey, but subsequently a resident of Ken- tucky and Indiana, in which last named state he died March 12, 1874. John Caster came from Kentucky with his parents to Indiana and was educated in the pioneer schools of Mont- gomery county, and here inarried Elizabeth Robbins, a daughter of Jared R. and Barbara (Carr) Robbins and a native of Shelbyville, Ky. John Caster was here engaged in farm- ing until his death, May 9, 1863, in the Baptist faith; his widow survived until August 13, 1868, when she expired in the faith of the Presbyte- rian church. There were born to them five children, named as follows: Abraham, Isaac N., Jacob, Charity (wife of John Trimble), and Sarah (wife of John Finch), all of Montgomery county, Ind.

Isaac N. Caster was reared on the home farm and attended the old-fashioned school- house until seventeen years of age, when, July 12, 1862, he enlisted in company B, Seventy- second regimen+, Indiana volunteer infantry, under Capt. Carr, and was assigned to the army of the Cumberland. He participated in the battles of Stone River and Hoover's Gap, and, while on the march from Murfreesboro to Glasgow, was taken ill with chronic diarrhea, and was confined six weeks in the hospital at Murfreesboro; at the end of that period he was honorably discharged from the service on ac- count of disability, in September, 1863. He rested in Montgomery county, Ind., until June, 1864, when, having recuperated, he enlisted in company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Indiana volunteer infantry, for one hundred days, at the end of which time he was again

honorably discharged. In 1868 he entered Wabash college and attended two terms. With his brothers he engaged in farming on the home place until 1877, when he married, Feb- ruary 1, Miss Mary Moore, who was born in Boone county, Ind., November 7, 1848, a daughter of William and Rebecca (Ross) Moore, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania respect- ively. On marrying, Mr. Caster resided in Franklin township until 1879, when he came to Boone county, Ind., and located on his present beautiful farm of 160 acres, still own- ing, however, ninety acres in Montgomery county.

Mr. Caster has for many years been an active and ardent republican, and has always been a favorite leader of his party. In 1888 he was elected, by a majority of 600 votes, to the state senate of Indiana, and served in the sessions of 1889 and 1891. While a member of that august body he was active and efficient, and introduced a number of important bills, among them one prohibiting the sale of to- bacco, cigarettes, etc., to boys under sixteen years of age, and also a bill to limit fares on railroads, etc., showing that he had at heart the welfare of the entire community. In reli- gious faith, Mr. Caster is a Presbyterian, and fraternally is a member of the K. of P. lodge, No. 124, of Thorntown, and of the G. A. R. post, No. 184, of the same place. As a farmer he is the peer of any agriculturist in the county of Boone. Socially, Mr. and Mrs. Caster en- joy the friendship of a wide circle of acquaint- ances, and no family in the community is more highly esteemed ..

3 OHN C. CHAMBERS, a native of Preble county, Ohio, born May 28, 1820, is the son of William and Barbara (Deem) Chambers, of Irish extraction. The grandfather of Mr. Cham-

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bers lived to the extraordinary age of one hundred and seven years, and lognevity more than ordinary seems to be a characteristic of this family. William Chambers came to Indiana in 1839 and located in Decatur county, where he followed farming until his death in 1843, his wife dying the same year. They were the parents of thirteen children, named as follows: Polly, Barbara, Catherine, Wil- helmina, Jane, Nancy, Julia, Margaret, Will- iam, Joseph, Alexander and Thomas, all deceased, and John C.

John C. Chambers was reared to manhood in Decatur county. In 1848 he bought a small farm in Tipton county, on which he lived a year, moved back to Decatur county, and remained two years, and then came to Boone county, bought eighty acres in Perry township, and lived thereon until 1882, when he sold and bought the forty acre tract, in the same township, on which he now lives in re- tirement. Mr. Chambers was married in Decatur county in 1841 to Miss Nancy Holmes, who was born in Decatur county, March 25, 1825, a daughter of John C. and Rachel (Long) Holmes, natives, respectively, of Vir- ginia and Kentucky. To this union have been born eight children, viz: William; Mary, wife of P. Shirley; Sarah, deceased; Matilda, de- ceased; George; Nancy, deceased; Maggie, deceased, and Ida, wife of E. D. Worrell. Mr. Chambers and his wife are members of the Baptist church, and in politics he is a demo- crat. The family is held in the highest esteem by the citizens of the township.

J OSEPH CLARK, a prosperous and well- to-do farmer of Washington township, Boone county. Ind., where he has been most favorably known for a number of years, is a native of Ripley county, Ind., and dates his birth from September 16, 1821. He

is the son of James and Anna (Hewey) Clark, who were natives of Kentucky and North Carolina respectively. They each removed to the state of Indiana while it was yet a territory, coming with their people, and later they were married in Ripley county, where they resided for a number of years and subsequently removed to Jennings county; thence to Marion county, where they resided until death. They were the parents of eight children, all but one of whom were born in Jennings county, and their names are as follows: Henry, Nancy J., James, Harriet, Elizabeth, Celia, John, and Joseph, our subject, the youngest member of the family. James Clark and his wife Anna were among the pioneers of Indiana and knew well the hardships and privations that frontier life entailed. Mr. Clark was also one of the first commissioned officers of the Indiana terri- tory, being well acquainted with its first gov- enor as well as the first governor of the state of Indiana. He was one of the leading men of the day, taking an active part in everything that would lend a helping hand toward the growth and development of his adopted state.

Joseph Clark was reared upon the home farm and received the advantages of the com- mon schools of that day. When about seven- teen years old Joseph began as an apprentice at the tanner's trade, which vocation he fol- lowed for about ten years. His marriage oc- curred December 2, 1840, with Miss Eliza E. Clark, who was born in Muhlenberg county, Ky., September 15, 1826, and was a daughter of Archibald G. and Susan (Alexander) Clark, who were also natives of Kentucky and were among the very best families. In about 1848 Joseph Clark moved to Johnson county, Ind., where he purchased land and engaged in till- ing the soil, which vocation he has since followed. In December, 1863, he answer- ed to his country's call by enlisting in company H, Ninth Indiana cavalry of the

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One-Hundred and Twenty-first regiment, and served until the close of the war. Mr. Clark saw active service from the time he entered the army until he was honorably dis- charged, and no man served more willingly and honorably in behalf of the Union. He returned to his home in Johnson county, where he resided until 1881, at which time he removed to Boone county and purchased his present farm in Washington township, which consists of 100 acres of fine and well improved land, on which he has resided ever since. To Mr. and Mrs. Clark have been born ten chil- dren as follows : Susan A., James G., Delilah J., Sarah A., William H., Mary J., Emily, Thomas J., Ellsworth and Frank, of whom Susan A. is deceased. Mr. Clark is a member of the Presbyterian church and is also a mem- ber of the Masonic order, while Mrs. Clark is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church .. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are highly esteemed citi- zens and have surrounded themselves with a host of friends since locating in Boone county.

LOYD CLEAVER is one of the most enterprising and industrious farmers of Center township, Boone county, Ind. He is one of the energetic and hard-working, self-made men who are a com- fort to Boone county. Descending from an old colonial Maryland family, his ancestors have been in America for more than 200 years. His four great-grandfathers were in the war of the Revolution-one was a Cleaver, one a Simmonds, one a Stamsbury and one a Han- cock. John Cleaver, great grandfather, was a physician from Maryland, settled in Butler county, Ohio, near Hamilton, coming from Maryland, and moved to Franklin county, Ind., settling among the pioneers, where he prac- ticed medicine for many years and rode as many as thirty to sixty miles to visit patients, 12

and was known far and wide. He married Miss Rebecca Taylor, of Baltimore. John Cleaver, son of the John mentioned above, was in his eighteenth year when he entered the American army, and was about to depart from Cincinnati with a number of other youths to join Gen. Jackson at New Orleans, when the news of peace arrived, and the boys returned home. He afterward married Mary, daughter of Robert Simmonds, who also came from Mary- land, where he had a large plantation. He mar- ried Sarah George. They were both Quakers. Robert Simmonds, of English descent, was in the American navy in the war for independence. To John and Mary (Simmonds) Cleaver were born nine children-George, Samuel, Henry, Jane, Lucinda, Laura, Almira. Helen and Maria. His first wife died and he married Mary Sealy, and they were the parents of John, Franklin P .. Richard, Lucy, Rebecca, Percilla, Clara and Cora. Mr. Cleaver lived to be over seventy years of age. In political opinions he was a Jacksonian democrat, and died in December, 1874. He was a member of the Methodist church, and a respected and prom- inent man of Franklin county, which he rep- resented in the state legislature. George Cleaver, his son, and the father of our subject, was born in Butler county, Ohio. in 1822. He received a common education and became a farmer. At an early day he went to Franklin county, Ind., with his parents, and married Julia A., daughter of Jolin and Deborah (Stamsbury) Hancock. Mr. Cleaver passed all the reinainder of his days in Franklin coun- ty, Ind., where he became a substantial farmer, owning a good farm, upon which his widow is still residing. He and wife were the parents of seven children-John, died an in- fant, George, Emma, Lloyd, Fred, Ella, died an infant, and Clement. Mr. Cleaver was killed by the falling of a tree while chopping in the woods. He was a very hard-working

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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