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 78

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

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Mr. Lane was united in marriage June 15, 1874, to Mary C. Harlan, daughter of George and Silence (Hamilton) Harlan, the father a farmer of Piatt county, Ill. This un'on has been blessed with the birth of the following children, given in the order of their ages: Jes- sie, deceased at the age of six years; Walter H., Nellie and George H. Mr. Lane is a pro- gressive citizen in all the term implies; he stands unreservedly for public improvements of all kinds, and takes more than ordinary interest in the cause of education, the general

dissemination of which he believes to be one of the effective means of arresting many of the evils extant and elevating the country to a higher plane of moral excellence. He is spar- ing no pains in the education of his children, all of whom will be given the advantages of full courses of study in higher institutions of learning, and, at the same time, he is by no means neglectful of their higher natures, the influence of his life being decidedly religious in its tendency. He is an earnest worker in the Methodist church, holds the positions of steward, trustee and class leader, and, for some years, has been the efficient superintend- ent of the Sunday-school. Politically, he is a republican, but not an office-seeker, although he has frequently been solicited by his many friends and fellow-citizens to accept positions of trust.

EVERLY W. LANE, a younger brother of Willis A. Lane, and one of the progressive young farmers of Perry township, Clinton county, is a descendant of an early settler of Delaware, and in his veins flows the blood of Danish and Irish ancestors. His grandfather was Joseph Lane, who was born in Delaware March 10. 1800, and who married, in that state, Elizabeth H. .. -, whose birth occurred in the year 1799. Elizabeth Lane died December 21. 1824, leaving one son-William Lane. Joseph Lane's second wife, whom he married in Dela- ware February 14, 1826, was Mary Parker, who was born June 5, 1798, and died April 1, 1834; by a previous marriage Mrs. Mary Lane had two children, and her union with Mr. Lane resulted in the birth of three children : Jesse, John, and Solomon. Mr. Lane emigrat- ed to Ohio in an early day, and thence, about the year 1833, came to Clinton county, Ind. He married again. July 30, 1834, choosing, for

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his third wife, Mary Byers, who was born Au- gust 26, 1817, daughter of John and Mary Byers, early settlers of Indiana, who located in Clinton county as long ago as 1833. The children of this marriage were : Samuel B., Jane, Joseph P., Mary, and Elizabeth. Mr. Lane was one of the pioneers of Clinton, mov- ing to the same shortly after the county or- ganization and purchasing lands in various parts, until he became the possessor of over 1,000 acres. The first election ever held in Perry township was at his house, and he took a prominent part in public matters and was an old-line whig in politics. He provided liberal- ly for his children, giving to each $4,000, or its equivalent in land, and otherwise assisted them in life. He and wife were charter mem- bers of the old Shiloh church, and he ren- dered valuable financial assistance in the con- struction of the first house of worship, a log structure which, in due time, was replaced by a more modern edifice of enlarged capaci- ty. After the death of his third wife Mr. Lane married Amanda Broderick, daughter of An- thony and Rachel Broderick, a union severed by the death of Mrs. Lane in September, 1873; Mr. Lane died April 28, 1874, and was laid to rest in the old cemetery at Shiloh.

.Jesse Lane, son of the above and father of Beverly W., was born in Fayette county, Ohio, November 26, 1821. When five years old he was brought by his parents to Clin- ton county, Ind., received his education in such schools as the country afforded, and on arriving at manhood's estate was united in marriage, April 26, 1849, to Prudence White, daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Cloud) White, early settlers of the county of Clinton. The result of this union was the fol- lowing children: Willis A., Joseph (deceased), Edgar W., Ollie J. (deceased), Beverly W., Daniel H., Violet May (deceased), Judson (de- ceased), Mary, Nettie, Sarah, Ralph and Delie.

After rearing her family the mother of these children passed to her final rest on the fifteenth day of August, 1875. She was sadly missed in the home and the church, of which she had been a consistent member for many years, and her many friends and neighbors mourned her death as a personal loss. On the twenty- third of January, 1877, Mr. Lane entered into the marriage relation with Rachel More- head daughter of William and Rachel (Balow) Morehead, a union blessed by the birth of one child- Lottie. Mrs. Lane was in early life a Presbyterian, but later became identi- fied with the church to which her husband belonged. She lived the life of a true de- voted Christian, was beloved by all with whom she came in contact, and departed this life on the fifteenth day of March, 1894. Mr. Lane has been a successful farmer all his life, and, by skillful management and strictly honorable business methods, succeed- ed in accumulating a large amount of prop- erty, the major portion of which has been divided among his children. He has done much toward introducing a high grade of live stock in the township, and for many years dealt quite extensively in Clydesdale horses, short-horn cattle, Poland China hogs, Shropshire sheep and other fine breeds. . He has always been a stanch republican, and as a farmer and in every other relation in life, is justly entitled to mention among the rep- resentative citizens of the township of Perry. .

Beverly W. Lane, whose name appears at the head of this sketch, was born in Clinton county, Ind., February 26, 1858. Like the majority of the sons of Clinton, his early years were passed on a farm, and the common schools, which he attended at intervals during his minority, were the means by which his educa- tion was imparted. On arriving at manhood's estate he was united in marriage to Eva M. Bailey, daughter of Samuel and Evaline (Hin-

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ton) Bailey, to which union one child, Beulah May, was born, Mr. Lane is a successful farmer and a leadidg citizen of the commu- nity in which he resides. Politically he is a republican and the Methodist church repre- sents his religious creed. Mrs. Lane is also a Methodist, and noted for her good works both in the church and out.

Samuel Bailey, Mrs. Lane's father, one of the leading old settlers and prominent farmers of Perry township, is descended from German- Irish ancestry and was born in Morgan county, Va., December 31, 1825. When two years old he was taken by his parents to Ohio, thence, when fourteen years of age, came to Clinton county, Ind., where he grew to man- hood. He was married May 27, 1851, to Evaline Hinton, after which he settled on a farm of forty acres, where he lived six years, when he disposed of the same and purchased other land, which he improved. Eventually he became the possessor of handsome prop- erty, owning 360 acres of valuable land lying in one of the most fertile and best improved parts of Clinton county. The names of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Bailey are as fol- lows -- Paulina, Rachel, Morris, Eva, William, Frank, Albert and Myrtle, all of whom are doing well for themselves in life. Mrs. Bailey is the daughter of Michael and Rachel Hinton, the father a native of Washington county, Ohio, and an early settler of Clinton county, Ind., moving to the latter about 1830.

A DAM LEISURE, an enterprising citi- zen of Frankfort, Ind., was born near Dayton, Ohio, August 9, 1830, and is the son of Adamn Leisure, who came from France in 1825 and married, in Philadel- phia, Miss Rosanna Martin, a native of Phila- delphia, of German ancestry. To the elder Adam and wife were born ten children, of

whom Adam, the subject of this sketch, is next to the eldest, and of whom four are still living. Adam Leisure moved from Pennsylvania to Montgomery county, Ohio, in 1830, and in 1846 brought his family to Indiana and located in Peru, Miami county. Here young Adam began life for himself at the age of sixteen, his parents moving west and his father dying in Kansas in 1869 at the age of about seventy- five years; the mother, however, survived until 1878, when she died at the home of her daughter in Spencer, Will county, Ill. July 5, 1847, Adam, our subject, located in Center township, Clinton county, Ind., and worked as a farm-hand until the spring of 1852; in March, 1853, he began carpentering. which has been his business until the present day in the city of Frankfort. first having begun con- tracting in 1857. Mr. Leisure has been an active politician, having first been a whig, then a know-nothing, and finally a republican, and for seven years prior to the spring of 1894 was a most efficient and popular member of the city council of Frankfort.

The marriage of Mr. Leisure took place. August 23, 1855, to Miss Nancy Isgrig, young- est daughter of William and Mary Jones) Isgrig. Mrs. Nancy Leisure was born in Huntingdon county, Pa., August 14, 1836, and is of Dutch descent. In the fall of 1839 her parents and their ten children came to Clin- ton county, Ind., and here the father died the following spring, but the mother surviv- ed until 1878. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Leisure has been blessed with three children, viz: Charles Marion, Jacob Ells- worth and Ulysses Grant. For years the parents have been members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and since May, 1866, Mr. Leisure has been a Freemason, being now a knight templar. His wife is a member of the Eastern Star lodge, an adjunct of the Masonic order. Ulysses Grant Leisure is a worthy son of

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his father, has graduated with credit from the Frankfort schools, and has made quite a repu- tation as a workman in wood.

J OHN F. LUDINGTON, farmer of Jackson township, Clinton county, Ind., was born in Clinton county, Ohio, March 4, 1833. son of Stephen and Ann Ludington. Stephen Ludington was the son of Thomas, whose father came from Ire- land. Thomas Ludington was born in New York, and died in the state of Ohio. Stephen Ludington was born in New York, early accompanied his parents to Ohio, thence emigrated to Wisconsin, where he lived a short time, and in. 1850 became a resi- dent of Clinton county, Ind., where his death occurred in the month of October, 1857. His wife, whose maiden name was Anna Holdcraft, died in February, 1867. They were the par- ents of six children, namely : John F., Anna (deceased), Lucinda, wife of Joseph Halcy, Harvey, Delilah, wife John W. Witt, and Ellen deceased).

John F. Ludington was reared to to a life of labor on his father's farm and was unfort- unate in not having the advantages of an edu- cation in his youth. He learned to read and write after reaching manhood, and early chose the machinist's trade for his occupation. He first worked in the city of Chicago for one William Tuttle, in whose employ he remained about seven years, after which, for about four- teen years, he ran stationary engines at differ- ent places. He enlisted October 20, 1861, in company K, Fortieth Indiana infantry, Capt. A. E. Gordon, and went into camp at La Fayette, remaining there about a month. Later, his regiment went to Indianapolis, thence to Louisville, Ky., and Mr. Ludington saw his first active service in a forced march through Kentucky and a portion of Tennessee

to Shiloh, in the bloody battle of which he took part. From Shiloh his command went to Holly Springs and Iuka, thence to Tuscum- bia, Ala., and various other places in that state. Later, after devious marching, the regiment reached Munfordsville, Ky., and thence marched back to the city of Louisville. He took part in the battle of Perryville, after which the regiment followed in pursuit of Gen. Bragg.

. It would be difficult, in a sketch of this kind, to narrate, in detail, all the marches, shirmishes, and battles in which Mr. Luding- ton took part, but suffice it to say that throughout his varied experience, covering a period of nearly four years, he earned a repu- tation for duty bravely and uncomplainingly performed, of which he feels deservedly proud. He took part in the battle of Murfreesboro and the Chattanooga campaign, and met the enemy in the bloody fights of Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. From Chat- tanooga he accompanied his command to Knoxville, thence to Georgia under General Sherman, and participated in the battles around Atlanta, among which were Buz- zard's Roost, Ringgold Station, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, Dallas and New Hope Church. At Strawberry Plains his regiment veteranized, after which he went home on a furlough. At the expiration of thirty days he rejoined his command at Round Top, Ga., thence went to Atlanta in time to take part in the battle of Peach Tree Creek. His regiment assisted in the pursuit of Hood to Franklin, Tenn., and after taking part in the battle at that place went to Nashville, where the army of Hood was almost annihilated. After vari- ous other movements in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas, Mr. Ludington was finally dis- charged at Indianapolis in 1865. He was wounded in the battle of Shiloh but refused to be taken to the hospital, and at Perryville he

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also received a severe wound in the arm. At Murfreesboro he received a gun-shot wound in the thigh, and on the twenty-fifth of Septem- ber, 1863, was captured by the enemy and held until the twenty-eighth of December following. After leaving the army Mr. Ludington resumed his trade, but subsequently engaged in farm- ing, which he still carries on. He has been twice married-the first time on the twenty- eighth of August, 1857, to Susannah Dangherty, a union blessed with the birth of six children, four living-Mary J., wife of Frank Gunion; Minerva A .; wife of Samuel West; James M. and Armetta M. The names of those deceased are Anna E., born June 11, 1857, died Febur- ary, 1875; Ida, born November, 1865, died December, 1865. The mother died August 28, 1887, and on the sixteenth day of March, 1890, Mr. Ludington married his present wife, Mrs. Sarah A. Helmick, nec Harbaugh. Mr. Ludington is a member of the Masonic frater- nity, of the Odd Fellows' order, and of the G. A. R. Politically he is a republican and in religion a Methodist.

S AMUEL KYLE LONG, a leading farmer and influential citizen of Owen township, Clinton county, Ind., is descended from sturdy German an- cestry. His grandfather, Samuel Long, was a native of Virginia and a farmer by occupa- tion. He was a democrat in politics and served for a number of years as justice of the peace. In religious belief he was a Presby- terian, and his death occurred at the age of eighty years. His children were John, Sam, Joseph, Maria and David. The last named was born in Virginia in 1793, and he, too, carried on agricultural pursuits. He was mar- ried January 8, 1829, to Annie Harkrader, who was born October 6, 1809, and they be- came the parents of the following children:

George W., who married Sarah Striker; Catherine, wife of W. L. Mabbitt; Elizabeth J., wife of Warren Adams; Martha A., wife of W. H. Weaver; Margaret M., wife of John Lennon; Sarah E., wife of W. McClune; Matilda, wife of J. H. Fennell; Annie S., wife of Robert Young; Benjamin F., who served in the late war as a member of the Third Indiana cavalry and died in hospital; Samuel K., of this sketch; J. D., who married Hannah Her- ron; Mary, wife of Frank Mccrary; and Amanda M., who died at the age of thirteen. The father, David Long, removed with his parents first to Butler county, Ohio, and in 1832 became a resident of Clinton county, Ind., where he entered 160 acres of farm land. This he cleared and improved and to it added a tract of eighty acres. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church, and in politics he was a democrat and took an active interest in the party. His life was one of in- dustry and enterprise until his last ten years, when he suffered greatly from rheumatism. He died in 1871, at the age of seventy-two.

Samuel K. Long, whose name heads this record, was born in the township which is still his home, December 14, 1844. was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads, and was edu- cated in the common schools. He remained at home until October 26, 1872, when was celebrated his marriage with Nancy A. Miller, who was born July 25, 1842, and is a daughter of Solomon and Eleanor (Logan) Miller, who were also natives of Indiana. Mrs. Long is a member of the Presbyterian church. By their marriage they had one son, who was born De- cember 18, 1874, and died March 31, 1882. During the late war, Mr. Long, feeling that his services were more needed at home, sent a substitute to the field and entered upon his business career as a farmer. He had but little capital, but has made the most of his opportuni- ties, and now owns some 400 acres of rich

Samuel. W. Lyon

Clarissa Lyon.

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land, comprised within three farms, which are supplied with good buildings and all modern. conveniences. That on which he resides com- prises 160 acres, and he devotes his time and energies to general farming and stockraising, in which he has met with good success. The home is a beautiful residence, surrounded by large evergreen trees, and is one of the model farms of the community. Mr. Long has led a busy life, yet finds time to devote to public in- terests. He supports the democracy, has at- tended its county conventions, and has served as the honored treasurer of Sedalia lodge, No. 508, F. & A. M. Having accumulated a comfortable competence, he enjoys it largely through travel, and has visited many of the points of interest throughout this country.

S AMUEL W. LYON, a leading farmer of Jackson township, Clinton county, Ind., was born on the farm where he now resides August 25, 1847, and is the only surviving child of Samuel Lyon. Samuel Lyon, Sr., was born in North Carolina in 1792, removed with his parents to South Carolina, where he lived until his fourteenth year, at which early age he entered the army under his father, and served his country as a soldier for some time. Later he engaged in farming, which he pur- sued until 1831, and then sold his property, including a number of slaves, and removed to Indiana, entering an eighty-acre tract of land in Clinton county. He afterward added 168 acres to the original purchase, and became a farmer of considerable means. When over forty years of age he married Mary Mundell, daughter of Isaiah Mundell, who bore him three children, only one of whom is now liv- ing, to-wit: the subject of this sketch; the other two, James and Mary, died at the ages of six and fourteen years respectively. Mrs. 37

Lyon died in 1854, and her husband departed this life four years later.

After the death of his father, Samuel Lyon, Jr., made his home for some time with his cousin, John Brown, and afterward, for five years, lived in the family of his guardian, Stewart Breckinridge. He had then reached an age when he was at liberty to choose his own guardian. Accordingly he selected Wil- liam Salesbury to look after his interests, and he made his home with that gentleman until he reached his majority. He then took pos- session of his own estate, and has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits, following the same with such success that he is now one of the most enterprising and progressive farmers of Jackson township, as well as one of the prominent citizens of Clinton county. On the twenty-seventh of August, 1872, Mr. Lyon and Miss Clarissa, daughter of Nicholas Strain, were united in the bonds of wedlock. Mrs. Lyon was born in Montgomery county, Ind., October 14, 1855. and is the mother of four children-Rosa Ulla, born May 25, 1873, now the wife of N. Jett; Maggie E., born July 18, 1875. a prominent teacher of the county; Fleeta C., born March 12, 1880, and Verna Wilson, born March 4, 1886.

Mr. Lyon, at this time, is the possessor of 300 acres of fine land in Jackson township, and in addition to general farming gives con- siderable attention to the breeding of fine live- stock, making a specialty of full-blooded short- horn Durham cattle, in which his success has been mest encouraging. He takes much in- terest in educational matters, giving his chil- dren good advantages in this direction, and he is indeed one of the public-spirited men of the township in which his life has been passed. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., belonging to lodge No. 413, and the Baptist church, with which both himself and wife are identi- fied, embodies his religious creed.

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R OBERT McCLAMROCH is a promi- nent factor in the financial history of Frankfort, and a citizen whose judg- ment in all matters pertaining to mon- etary transactions is seldom or ever at fault. Mr. McClainroch's ancestral record is traceable back through several generations to Scotland, from which country his great-grandfather emi- grated to America many years ago and settled in North Carolina. His grandfather, James McClamroch, was a native of North Carolina, and there married Elizabeth Cornell, who be- came the mother of several children, the names of whom are as follows: Thomas, father of Robert; James, John, Mrs. Martha J. Longfel- low and Mrs. Sarah Beal. Thomas McClam- roch was born in August, 1808, in North Car- olina, grew to manhood on a farm in Butler county, Ohio, where his parents settled as long ago as the year 1809, and was there united in marriage to Nancy Baldridge, who was born in Ohio November 15, 1815. The parents of Mrs. McClamroch were Daniel and Sarah (Woods) Baldridge, both natives of Ohio and members of old and highly respected families of Butler county. After his marriage Thomas McClamroch engaged in farming, which he carried on in Ohio till 1838, at which time he emigrated to Indiana, locating in Boone county, where he purchased a tract of wild land, from which he afterwards cleared and developed a good farm: He possessed abilities as a trader of a high order, and during a residence in Boone county, covering a period of about . eleven years, he became the possessor of over 600 acres of land, beside other valuable prop- erty. In 1849 he moved to Indianapolis, from which time until his death, December 15, 1859, he lived a life of retirement He was a man of excellent judgment and wise intelligence, an earnest member of the Christian church, which he assisted liberally with his means, and until 1854 supported the democratic party, but after

that year was a strong adherent of the princi- ples taught by the republican party.

Robert McClamroch, one of two children born to the above, first saw the light of day in Butler county, Ohio, on the twenty-fourth day of October, 1834. He was only four years old when brought by his parents to Boone county, Ind., and in his youth assisted his father in the work of the farm, and such edu- cation as he gained was that afforded by the common schools, which he attended during the winter season until his twenty-first year. He remained under the parental roof until reach- ing manhood's estate, and then accepted a position with what is now known as the Big Four railroad company as bridge repairer, which he held for a period of about four years, and then married and engaged in the pursuit of agriculture on the old home place in Boone county. He continued farming successfully until 1860, in which year he moved to Indian- apolis, but remained there only a short time, and then began tilling the soil in Clinton county, purchasing a farm in the township of Kirklin, where he made his home until 1891. In 18;4 Mr. McClamrodh became interested in the banking business in Frankfort, since which date he has been identified with the Farmers' bank, first as director and since 1881 as president. He moved to Frankfort in 1891, the better to look after his various business in- terests, and is now one of the prominent men of the city. Mr. McClamroch is a man of un- impeachable integrity and correct business methods, and by his upright life has won the esteem of his neighbors and fellow-citizens in a marked degree. To him, more than usual to the lot of men, came the endowment of a wealth of physical, mental and moral qualities which developed into the highest conception of manhood, and an illustration of an upright, pure and successful life; a man of decisive character, open, frank and fearless in the ex-

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pression of the right; cautious and deliberating in all of his transactions, he possesses in a high degree the powers of self-content amid exciting surroundings. Unambitious, he has ever exhibited a broad and liberal respect for and consideration - of the rights of those with whom he has come in contact in business re- lations or otherwise. Thoroughly honest and just, he has always been relied upon to be the same to others. He has fine business abilities, is a well preserved and fine appearing man, and his genial disposition and urbane manners have made him universally popular. By strictly legitimate and honorable methods he has greatly increased his possessions, and at this time stands financially among the wealthy men of central Indiana. He owns over 1, 000 acres of fine land in Clinton county; 320 acres in the county of Boone, beside valuable real estate in the city of Frankfort and elsewhere. In politics Mr. McClamroch is a republican. He was married on the seventh day of Febru- ary, 1858, to Elizabeth J. Hollcraft, who was born in Clinton county. Ind., July 19, 1835, the daughter of Abraham and Mary Hollcraft. Mr. and Mrs. McClamroch are the parents of the following children : Mary F., wife of Charles K. Smith, a merchant of Clinton county; Charles B., a farmer of Clinton coun- ty; Thomas, deceased; Abraham, a well known business man of Frankfort; James, connected with the Farmers' bank; Nancy and Grace, the last two living at home with their parents. Mrs. McClamroch is one of the active workers of the Christian church of Frankfort.

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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