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 85

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After his discharge, Mr. Patrick returned to Clinton county and established a boot and shoe business at the town of Kilmore, where he remained for a period of thirteen years. In 1878 he purchased the old home- stead, which he sold three years later, and bought the farm where he now resides in Union township. His place consists of eighty acres of good land, and since moving to the same he has devoted his entire attention to agricultural pursuits with success and financial profit. Mr. Patrick was married January 23, 1868, to Jane

Gillaspie, daughter of John and Theodosia (Bacon) Gillaspie, natives of Kentucky and New Jersey respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Pat- rick are parents of eight children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Lena, wife of Henry Bucher, November 22, 1868; Minnie, wife of Samuel Campbell, February 4, 1870; Lucy, December 6, 1871; Walter, March 4, 1874; Daisy, November 14, 1875; Belle, May 16, 1881; Arthur, April 3, 1884; Imo Myrtle, October 31, 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick are members of the M. E. church, in which he has held the offices of trustee, class leader and steward, and is now superintendent of the Sunday-school. He is a member of the G. A. R. and a republican in politics.

S AMUEL F. PAUL, an enterprising citizen of Hillisburg, Johnson town- ship, Clinton county, Ind., is of Penn- sylvania German descent. His grand- father, Samuel Paul, was born in that state, but lived in Indiana many years, and finally moved to Missouri, where he died. His wife bore the maiden name of Tilda Hetric. Peter Paul, son of Samuel and father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, September 29, 1829, and was reared a farmer. He married Mary Osler, daughter of George and Elizabeth Bishop) Osler; the former died at Kokomo, Ind., November 25, 1894, in his ninetieth year; his wife died March 10, 1871; he was an early settler of Hamilton county, Ind., where his daughter Mary was born April 23, 1852. When she and her husband, Peter Paul, were married, they settled in Hamilton county, Ind., but later moved to Tipton county, where their two children, Samuel F. and George M., were born. Peter Paul met with a sad but instant death in a saw-mill, November 22, 1865, since which time his widow has resided

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with her son, Samuel F. She is a devout Methodist, and her husband held the same religious belief.

Samuel F. Paul was born April 17, 1853, and since his youth has been a mechanic or millwright, and is now running the saw-mill at Hillisburg and also one at Forest; he owns one threshing machine entirely, and has a controlling interest in three others, and this property he has accumulated solely through his own industry. He married Hester Hite, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Gross) Hite. Mr. Hite, now deceased, was a large lumber dealer and mill-owner, and the father of ten children, viz : Sarah, Amy, Thomas, Florence, Nancy, Hester, James, Manda, Julia and Will- iam. The children born to Samuel F. and Hester Paul are named Ada, Frank, June and Fred. Mr. and Mrs. Paul are Methodists in their religious belief, and in politics Mr. Paul is a democrat. He is a member of the Hillis- burg lodge, No. 550, F. & A. M. ; also of lodge No. 593, I. O. O. F., and in the latter has passed all the chairs. He has made a fine reputation for himself as a sound business man, and is much respected for his integrity and fair dealing.

LIJAH PAYNE .- Among the pioneer settlers of Clinton county, Ind., who still linger to recount the incidents of the early days when the country was new, the name of Elijah Payne is deserving of especial mention in this volume. His father, William Payne, was a native of Ohio, but emi- grated to Indiana as early as the year 1830, settling in Wabash county; thence, about two years later, he moved to the county of Clinton and purchased a tract of land in what was then an almost unbroken forest. He was a patriot of the war of 1812, a devout member of the Baptist church, and did much in a

quiet way toward building up and adding character to the community where he lived. He married Rebecca Stag, who bore him the following children: Nancy, Samuel, Daniel, Elijah, Silas, Jane, Washington, Jackson and Ferguson.

Elijah Payne, the immediate subject of of this sketch, was born in Butler county, Ohio, May 25, 1824, was reared on a farm, and spent his early years amid the stirring scenes of the pioneer period. His education, of necessity, was somewhat limited, and owing to the lack of facilities in those days, was acquired in the old-fashioned log school house, a brief description of which is herewith pre- sented. The building proper, constructed of unhewn logs, was in size about sixteen by eighteen feet; a large fire-place, capable of receiving nearly a wagon-load of wood for a single fire, occupied one end of the room, the chimney being composed of split sticks and mud; the floor, made of puncheons, was very rough, and the furniture, consisting of a few split pole benches, and a rough board fastened to the wall for a writing desk, requir- ed the labor of a few pioneers only a day or two in its construction. The scenes and inci- dents of the early day could not help but make a vivid and lasting impression upon the mind of one who grew up in those times, and Mr. Payne delights to recall the exciting days of his youth, when the woods abounded with game of all kinds. His chief sport consisted in hunting, in which he became quite skillful and many a deer, wolf, wild hog, not to men- tion wild turkey and lesser game, fell before the unerring aim of his rifle.

Mr. Payne married Nancy Heston, daughter of David Heston, of Tippecanoe county, and has reared the following children: Sarah E., William, George, John, Martha, Kate, Emma, Charles and Curtis. After his marriage he settled on the farm where he now resides in

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Perry township, and has devoted the best energies of his life to its cultivation. All but ten acres of his farm is under a high state of cultivation, and his home, a very comfortable one, is the abode of genuine, true-hearted, old-fashioned hospitality, which he and his good wife know so well how to dispense. Mr. and Mrs. Payne are members of the U. B. church, the teachings of which they try to exemplify in their daily walk and conversation. Mr. Payne is an earnest supporter of the democratic party, and has been for a number of years. At this time his sons Curtis and Charles, both exemplary young men, reside at the old homestead and look after the interest and minister to the comfort of their father and mother in their declining years.

HARLES P. PENCE is a native of Clinton county, Ind., and a son of one of the prominent pioneers, his father, John Pence, having entered the land where Frankfort now stands. John Pence, of German descent, was born in Vir- ginia, came to Warren county, Ind .. with his father, who was one of the pioneers of that county, and married there Judith, daughter of Harmon Aughe. To Mr. and Mrs. Pence were born nine children: Nancy, Mary A., Amanda E., Harriet L., Samuel D., Charles P., John W., Aaron W., and Thomas C. In 1829 he came to Clinton county and entered several sections of land, which were then covered with heavy timber. He built a log cabin, which stood for years east of Main street, on the north side of Barner street, in what is now the city of Frankfort. Several of the old settlers came with him, among them the Gaskills and Blinns, and all settled near. Mr. Pence gave sixty acres of land for the public square and $too in cash to assist in getting the county- seat located here. The other settlers, having

no ready money, gave land. Mr. Pence laid out much of his land in lots, but retained 200 acres for a homestead, 160 acres south of the town, and besides held other tracts. He lived to be eighty-two years of age and left a goodly inheritance to his children. He was the first treasurer of Clinton county and received for his services the munificent sum of $1.25 per annum. He was public-spirited and greatly assisted in all matters of public improvements. He was one of the early Methodists, assisted to build the first Methodist church in Clinton county and was trustee. He had two sons in the Civil war, Samuel and John W. Mr. Pence was born in 1800, died July 31, 1882, and his long life spanned all the existence of Clinton county, from the time of its first set- tlement until his demise. He was a stalwart pioneer, strong and active, and was noted for his honesty of purpose, and straightforward- ness of character.

Charles P. Pence was born June 1, 1838, on his father's farm at what is now the corner of North Main and McClurg streets, Frank- fort, which was then a small village. He at- tended the first school in the place, which was held in an old log school-house, which had slabs supported by pegs for benches, and so high that the feet of the youngest scholar did not reach the floor by a foot. This school- house stood where Cullum's feed yard now is, on North Columbia street. He received the usual common pioneer education and early be- gan to work on the farm. He married, at the age of twenty-two years, Sabina, daughter of Samuel and Eve Kyger. Mr. Kyger was born in Ohio, of German stock, and was a miller; was an old settler in Clinton county and ran and owned a mill five miles west of Frankfort. He reared a family consisting of Peter, James, Henry, Mordecai, Anna, Esther and Sabinia, and died in Ohio. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs Charles P. Pence settled in Frankfort and

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farmed the Pence homestead, where they re- sided for seven years. They then moved two miles east, to a farm consisting of 130 acres in Center township. He bought this land and cleared all except about eight acres, and here he resided until he bought his present farm, consisting of eighty acres, one mile east of Frankfort. To Mr. and Mrs. Pence have been born four children : James W., John K,, Rosa I. and Ella G. He cast his first presi- dential vote for Abraham Lincoln, and has since voted the republican ticket. Fraternal- ly he is a member of Dacotah tribe, No. 42, I. O. R. M., of Frankfort. Mr. Pence has always been a substantial farmer, is a man of integrity of character, and has reard a respect- ed family of children, who may well take an honest pride in the sterling ancestry from which they spring. His son, James W., mar- ried Dora Harland, and is the father of four children: Rosa I. married James W. Young, farmer in Kirklin township, and is the mother of seven children; Ella G. married William Brittain, a farmer two miles east of Frankfort, and has borne two children.

ENRY C. PERRIN, a highly respect- ed citizen of Edna Mills, Ross town- ship, Clinton county, Ind., is de- scended from a Puritan family of English origin, who on coming to America first settled in Connecticut. Solomon Perrin, the father of Henry C., was married to Sarah Bott, daughter of a sea captain of Scotch descent. Solomon Perrin, after his marriage, settled in Bedford county, Va., where his wife inherited 1,000 acres of land and several slaves, but this property Mr. Perrin sold or exchanged and moved to New Orleans, where he died of cholera at the age of abont forty-eight years. He and wife were parents of eight children,

named as follows: William, Aaron, Mary, Eliza, John, Harriet, Henry C. and James, all natives of Bedford county, Va. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Perrin moved to Botetourt county, Va., where she passed the remainder of her life, dying at the age of fifty- seven years.

Henry C. Perrin was born January II, 1825, received a fair education in his native county of Bedford, and November 23, 1843, was married in Botetourt county, Va., to Miss Susan Secrist, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Flora) Secrist, of Pennsylvania Dutch ex- traction. In February, 1845, Mr. Perrin, with his wife and only child, moved to Breckinridge county, Ky., and located on a part of his mother's estate, where he remained until July, 1845, when he came to Indiana and settled in Ross township, Clinton county, bringing all his earthly effects in a one-horse wagon. He erected a log cabin and cleared up a farm on which he lived until 1851, when he bought eighty acres one mile south of Edna Mills. To this property he added thirty acres, and then sold and purchased 160 acres three-quarters of a mile east of Edna Mills, and to this property he added until he became the owner of 400 acres, 260 of which he has given his children, of whom he is the father of eight, named as follows: Eliza A., Sarah, Mary J., Harriet E, Enna, Charles, who died from an accident at the age of fourteen years; Allen, who died when two years old, and Byron, who died in infancy. Of these children, Eliza married Coulter; Mollie married Samuel Hurley; Sarah married Milton Hockman; Elizabeth married Isaac Horlacher; Enna married Amos Sigler. In 1893, Mr. Perrin retired from active labor and is now residing at Edna Mills, respected by the whole community. The greatest part of Mr. Perrin's wealth, it will be seen, is the result of his own unaided industry, for which he deserves great credit.

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56. SAMUEL ANDERSON.

57 JOHN ANDERSON.

58. WILSON SEAWRIGHT

59. ROBERT KNIGHT.

60. JAMES OSTTER.

61 STEPHEN SHANKS.

67. BARNEY MCNELLY. 68. JAMES KELLY.

69. JOHN BROWN.

:1. S. B. THOMPSON.

72. WILLIAM NEESE.

78. CHARLES GUM.

79. HENRY LEWIS.

80. JOSHUA ARMENTROUT.

SI. MICHAEL SHEETS,

82. ZENOS RIPPEY.

83. GEORGE SCROGGY.

89. WILLIAM S. RICE.

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91. 92. JAMES C. GREY.

93. ABSALOM BRANDON.

94 JOSEPH BAUM

100. JOHN KINDER.

101. B. F. BYER.

102 SAMUEL WALLACE.

103. JOSIAH BATE.

104. HENRY MAISH.

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62. THOMAS M. HUTCHINSON. 63. Exos HOOVER. 64. A. J. ALLEN. 65. JESSE S. DAVIS.

66 JOSEPH PAGE.

73. AARON GHERE. 74. ROBERT YOUNG.

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76. JOEL MCKINSEY.

77. JOHN YOUNG.

84 CHARLES SIPE.

85. JOHN GROVER. 86. JACKSON DOUGLASS.

87. GEORGE THATCHER.

88. LEONARD WHITCOMB.

95. CYRUS PENCE.

96. JOHN H. EGNER.

97. J. H. MINOR.

99 JONATHAN PETER.

99. WILLIAM ISGRIGG.

106. GEORGE MAISH.

107. JOSEPH K. STEELE.

108. NOAH T. CATTERLIN.

109 WILLIAM REED.

110. GEO N. WAITT

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e DWARD LAUREL PETER, M. D., a prominent and successful physician of Moran, Ind., occupies a place in the medical profession that may well be envied by many an older practitioner. He was born in Ross township, Clinton coun- ty, Angust 12, 1861, and is of German descent on the paternal side, while on the maternal side his ancestors came from the Netherlands. His grandfather, William Peter, was a Penn- sylvania farmer, and in 1830 immigrated to Clinton county, where he entered 160 acres of land. By subsequent purchases he become one of the largest land owners in the county. He and his wife were members of the Reform Lutheran church, and in politics he was a whig. Their children were William, Jonathan, Henry, Daniel, Emanuel, Adam, Reuben, Joseph, Polly, Leah and Betsy. Reuben Peter, the doctor's father, was born in Penn- sylvania, in 1820; at the age of ten went with his parents to Ohio, and shortly after came with them to Indiana. His father gave him 160 acres of timber-land, which he transformed into a fine farm. He altogether owned 320 acres. In politics he was a whig in early life, but afterward became a republican. For six- teen years he served as trustee of Ross town- ship. In religious belief he was a Presbyterian and served as elder of the church. In con- nection with farming and stock dealing, he afterward engaged in the sale of agricultural implements. His death occurred at the age of sixty years. He first married Miss Perrin and they had three children: Julia A., Jane and William. The mother having died, he then wedded Leah Van Nuys, who was born in June, 1834, and is a daughter of John Van Nuys. The children born of this marriage are James C., Isabella, Irvin S., John A., Henry F., Lenora A , Edward L., Emanuel C., Orion F. and Eliza D. The mother is still living.

Upon the home farm Dr. Peter remained until eighteen years of age. Having attended the public schools he then entered the Ladoga Normal college of Montgomery county, Ind., and on his return home a year later began teaching in the schools of Clinton county. In 1883, he entered upon the study of the medi- cal profession, and began reading with Dr. Sigler of Gettingsville, and was for two years with Dr. Youkey of the Rossville. He then entered the Medical college of Indianoplis, Ind., in 1887, and was graduated with honor in the class of 1889. In March of that year he came to Moran, where he has since engaged in practice. The doctor was married July 31, 1883, to Cora Robinson, who was born No- vember 7, 1863, and is a daughter of Thomas P. and Madelaine Robinson of Indiana. They have had two children-Nellie G., born Jan- uary 18, 1885; and Thomas D., born Febru- ary 20, 1886. They have a pleasant home, and the doctor has erected a fine office, which is supplied with every convenience in his line. His business has constantly grown and he now has a large practice, which he well deserves. In politics he is a republican, and has served as delegate to the township, county, and con- gressional conventions. He keeps abreast with the times in all particulars, and occupies a front rank among his professional brethren.

RANK T. PETERS, of Michigan township, Clinton county, Ind., is of Pennsylvania German descent, his grandfather, Daniel, a farmer, having lived and died in Lehigh county, that state. He married Elizabeth Dybert. Charles Pe- ters, son of David, and father of Frank T., was born in Lehigh county, and still lives there, engaged in farming. He married Sarah Trox- ell, daughter of John Troxell, and to this union were born Frank T., Mary and Oscar. The

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mother died while the children were yet small, and the father next married Louise Kern, and to this marriage were born Louisa A., Eliza- beth and Newton O.

Frank T. Peters was born in Lehigh coun- ty, Pa., June 2, 1859, and has always been a farmer. While yet a young man he came west to Indiana and settled in Clinton county, where he has since lived. He here married Ida Pay, born in Clinton county, July 30, 1855. She is the daughter of William E. and Eliza M. (Knapp) Pay. William Pay, the grandfather, married Rhoda Babbitt, of Vermont. He came from England and settled in Ohio. Mrs. Eliza M. Pay was a daugher of Daniel Knapp-a sol- dier of the war of 1812. William E. Pay was born in 1821, in Ohio, was partly educated in London, England, and subsequently returned from England, with his parents, and married in Ohio, and later purchased a good farm of 160 acres near Frankfort, where he resided at the time of his death. For a number of years he had represented a wholesale house at Hamilton, Ohio, and had thus acquired his wealth. He was prominent in the democratic party, and fra- ternally was a member of Jefferson lodge, F. & A. M. William E. Pay died May 4, 1882, and his widow October 7, 1893. When first mar- ried, Frank T. Peters and his wife settled on her father's old farm, coming to their present farm in the spring of 1892. This comprises eighty acres of very fertile land and is well taken care of ; is improved with a neat dwell- ing and good farm buildings, and Mr. Peters is recognized as a thorough and progressive young farmer and useful citizen.

ANIEL PETRE, a substantial farmer and ex-soldier of Michigan township, Clinton county, Ind., was born in LaPorte county, Ind., July 4, 1834, and is of German descent. His grandfather,

Daniel Petre, a Revolutionary soldier, was born and reared in Tennesee and there mar- ried Margaret Snyder; their son, John Petre, was born in Hamilton county, Tenn., and came to Clinton county, Ind., in 1838; he married Margaret Haines, daughter of Henry and Lu- cinda (Nailer) Haines, of Union county, Ind., and to this marriage were born the following children: Mary J., Daniel, John, Lucinda, Samuel, Henry, Sarah and Margaret. Henry Haines, father of Mrs. Petre, served in the war of 1812, with Gen. Jackson, at Horse Shoe Bend. John Petre died in 1849, and Mrs. Margaret Petre in 1853.

Daniel Petre was reared on his father's farm and was educated in the log school-house of his district. He commenced life on his own account by working out at twenty-five cents per day. He worked hard for several years on farms and as a driver of canal-boats, to get a start. August 9, 1862, he enlisted in company K, Seventy-second Indiana volunteer infantry, for the term of three years. He par- ticipated in the battles of Frankfort, Ky., Salt River, Perryville and Bardstown. At the last- named place he was stricken with measels, but unaware of the fact exposed himself to a heavy rain. He was sent to the hospital at Bowling Green, and was honorably discharged on account of disability, but never has recov- ered, nor never will recover, from the disorder, which has settled on his lungs. To his credit be it said, however, after six months of nurs- ing and a partial recovery, he again offered his services, but was unable to pass medical ex- amination. On his case being investigated by the proper authorities he was granted back pay amounting to $1,400, and a monthly pension of $17. Mr. Petre married Mary Lamberson, daughter of Levi and Sarah (Mason) Lamber- son. Mr. Lamberson was born in Maryland and is of English descent. His children were named William, Amy, Eliza, Peter, deceased;

Daniel Pitre.

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Peter, Hettie, and Mary. After his marriage, Mr. Petre and his wife, settled on a farm of fifty acres, and in 1873 moved to his present farm of ninety acres, which he keeps in an ex- cellent condition, and which is improved with a neat and substantial barn, etc. Mr. Petre is a stanch republican. He has one married son, James, residing near his parents.

J OHN ABNER PETTY, ex-sheriff of Clinton county, Ind., and now a popu- lar liveryman of Frankfort, was born in New Market, Va., May 19, 1837, and is a son of Charles M. and Diana D. (Pence) Petty, both natives of the Old Dominion. Charles M. Petty came to Clinton county, Ind., in 1837, bringing his wife and only son, John A., in a covered wagon. He settled in Frankfort and here established a tannery. He was an exemplary Christian and was one of "the founders of the Methodist Episcopal church at Frankfort, within the fold of which he died, his remains being interred in the old South cemetery of that city. His wife was born in Rockingham county, Va., in 1810, and died July 2, 1881-the day on which President Garfield was shot. Her children were three in number and were named: John Abner, Charles M. and James F.

John A. Petty grew to manhood in Frank- fort and was educated in the city schools, but, at the age of seven, having lost his father, he began early to work out by the month on the farm and was thus inured to toil and his mus- cles hardened for the experience of his after life. He eventually drifted into the livery business, for which he seems to be peculiarly adapted, and his present extensive barns at 309 and 311 North Main street, near the Lake Erie & Western and Clover Leaf depots, are the most commodious and among the best patronized in the city, the business, since

October, having been conducted under the name of Petty & Cripe, L. E. Cripe being the junior member. Mr. Petty is a stanch democrat in his politics, and under the aus- pices of that party has served three terms as city councilman, and in 1884 was elected by the same party to the responsible position of county sheriff, which office he filled most satis- factorily to all concerned. He is a member of Frankfort commandery, No. 29, Knights Tem- plar, and also of Dakota tribe, No. 42, Im- proved Order of Red Men, and is equally pop- ular with both fraternities.

The marriage of Mr. Petty took place Feb- ruary 10, 1865, to Miss Nancy C. Kelly, a na- tive of Clinton county, Ind., and this happy union was blessed November 20, 1865, by the birth of one son, Charlie E., now a resident of Frankfort, Ind. Mrs. Petty is a member of the Christian church, and in her daily walk manifests the sincerity of her belief in the teachings of that religious denomination.

EVI E. CRIPE, of the firm of Petty & Cripe, the popular livery men of north Main street, Frankfort, Ind., John A. Petty being the senior mem- ber, was born in Ross township, Clinton coun- ty, Ind., March 9, 1858, and is a son of William and Susan (Blickenstaff) Cripe, both of German extraction, both Indianians by nativity, and both early settlers of Clinton county. Levi E. Cripe was reared on the home farm until eighteen years of age, and then began his business career on his own account, in which he has met with flattering success. Having always been a lover of horses, his taste naturally gravitated toward trade in them; yet other industries have claimed his attention. He at one time operated the Edna flour-mill in Ross township, and at another time operated a saw-mill at the village of Edna

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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