A portrait and biographical record of Delaware and Randolph 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 24

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Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Chicago, A. W. Bowen & Co.
Number of Pages: 1474

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EORGE W. FAY .- Among the citi- zens of Delaware county whose life work is ended, few, if any, are held in more grateful and affectionate re- membrance than the late George W. Fay, of Muncie. Mr. Fay was a native of New York, born in the month of July, 1832, and his an- cestors for several generations had resided in the Empire state In the year 1858 he be- came a resident of Delaware county, Ind., and shortly after he arrived in Muncie accepted a clerkship in the dry goods house of Moses Neeley, in which capacity he continued for several years. Subsequently, he effected a co-partnership in the butchering business with Cyrus G. Neely .- Mr. Fay becoming widely and favorably known, not only as a most suc- cessful business man, but as an eminently sociable citizen as well. Later Mr. Fay be- came a street contractor, at which he con- tinued for several years, and to him is due the credit of providing Muncie with a system of streets which, in point of improvement and general utility, will compare favorably with those of any other city in central or eastern Indiana. On abandoning street work he em- barked in manufacturing, and was thus em- ployed for some years, meeting with success and financial profit in the meantime. Mr. Fay was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he took a number of de- grees, including that of Sir Knight, and he was always a man of large sympathy and christian charity. In all the attributes of noble manhood Mr. Fay stood prominent among his fellows, and his one fault, if fault it may be termed, was an open handed gener-

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osity frequently exercised to his own financial detriment, but to the great financial benefit of the numerous beneficiaries of his munificent generosity.

During a long and active business career, which of necessity brought him in contact with all classes, including the many unfortu- nate individuals who became his debtors, he was never known to sue on an account or resort to the courts to collect an obligation, in con- sequence of which his popularity became great, and his friends were numerous in Mnncie and throughout Delaware county. But for his generous and charitable disposition he could have acquired a large fortune, but he preferred to invest his means in those securities which always return a princely income to the pos- sessor, namely: Liberal aid to the deserving pocr, and a financial as well as a heart-felt sympathy for all unfortunates who appealed to him for assistance. In all public and private charities of Muncie, Mr. Fay's name and indi- vidual efforts were ever foremost; he served one term as township trustee, in the discharge of the duties of which office, as well as those pertaining to every trust reposed in him, he brought to bear the strict integrity which char- acterized his life in all its various relations. As a citizen, his private character was above reproach; while his whole life, in whatever capacity he acted, was devoted to the public weal-in short, he was one of those sturdy, upright and popular men, who, in the course of a long and useful career, leave their mark upon the times and the communities in which they dwell. The death of Mr. Fay occurred on the 12th day of June, 1889. His wife, Martha A. Braddock, daughter of Joseph and Margaret J. (Galbraith) Braddock, to whom he was married in 1876, survives him, as does also one daughter, Catherine Fay, an accom- plished young lady of Muncie, just budding into womanhood.

ILLIAM H. FORTNER, one of the most highly respected residents of the city of Muncie, is a native of Franklin county, Ind., born De- cember II, 1838, the eldest of six children- five sons and one daughter-born to Solomon H. and Elizabeth E. (James) Fortner, natives, respectively, of Franklin county, Ind., and the state of Virginia. William H. was reared on the farm of his paternal grandfather Levi, a pioneer of Franklin county, Ind., until fifteen years of age, having, at the age of nine, lost his father. At the age of eleven he began supporting himself, working on the farm in summer and attending school in winter. In 1853 he went to Greensburg, Ind., and during one winter worked in a general store and a hotel for his board; in the spring of 1854 he became clerk of the hotel and held the posi- tion nine consecutive years, interlarding the time as newsboy, in which last capacity he carried the first copy of the Cincinnati En- quirer and Commercial delivered in Greens- burg. In 1861 he enlisted in Company F, Seventh I. V. I., in the three months' service, and did duty in West Virginia at Philippi, Laurel Hill and Carrick's Ford.

He sold out his paper route in 1863, and went to work upon a farm, near Greensburg, for eighteen months in order to regain his health, and then returned to town and worked for J. & J. Pool, marble dealers, for fourteen years, and was then, for six years, in the grain business with John Emmert. In March, 1885, he came to Muncie and here engaged in the wholesale furniture business with L. H. Har- per, but in the December following sold out and engaged as yard foreman and bookkeeper for Joshua Truitt for two years, and then went into the hotel business, which he followed four and one half years. In politics Mr. Fortner is a democrat; fraternally he affiliates with the I. O. O. F. encampment, No. 42, and Dela-

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ware lodge No. 143, and has filled all the chairs in each branch, and was a trustee for six years; he is also a member of the I. O. R. M., the K. of H., of which he was a trustee, and the K. & L. of H., of which last he has served as secretary.

The marriage of Mr. Fortner took place February 18, 1863, to Miss Angelia Dillier, daughter of Joseph Dillier, a native of France. Mrs. Fortner is one of the most fashionable dressmakers of the city, and for years resided at Greensburg.

ONE A. FRANLIN, was born in Delaware county, Ind., July 9, 1863, the son of Pierson W. and Emily (Dragoo) Franklin. He was reared in the city of Muncie, in the schools of which he received a practical English education, and at the early age of seventeen, began business upon his own responsibility as a buyer and shipper of live stock, principally cattle and hogs, which he shipped to the eastern markets. He continued in this line until 1886, at which time he engaged in the livery business, and is now the proprietor of one of the largest and most extensively patronized livery barns in Delaware county.

P. W. Franklin, the father of Lone A., one of the oldest residents of Delaware county, and one of its most highly esteemed citizens, was born in Clark county, Ohio, September 19, 1826. His father, James Franklin, and his mother, whose maiden name was Catherine Stover, were both natives of Botetourt county, · Va., and descendants of early German settlers of the Old Dominion state. James Franklin removed with his family to Clark county, Ohio, early in the twenties, and, in 1831, emigrated to Delaware county, Ind., settling about one and a quarter miles southeast of the public

square of Muncie, where he purchased eighty acres of heavily timbered land. Upon this piece of land not a stick of timber had been cut, and a more uninviting prospect would be difficult to imagine. For a period of nine weeks the family lived in a rudely improvised camp, on which the rain poured down in torrents nearly every day. A small log cabin was in due time constructed, and in this primitive dwell- ing, without floor or windows, life in the back woods began in earnest. Mr. Franklin subse- quently entered two eighty acre tracts adjoin- ing his original purchase, and a part of the homestead farm is now within the corporate limits of Muncie. On this place James and Catherine Franklin spent the rest of their days, rearing a family of eight children. five sons and three daughters, to manhood and woman- hood. Mr. Franklin and his good wife were true types of the hardy pioneers, and their struggles for years with the hardships and trials incident to that period, cannot be ap- preciated by the younger people of the present generation. They lived to a good old age, the father reaching the Scriptural allotment of three score and ten years; the mother was called to her reward at the age of sixty.

P. W. Franklin was but five years of age when his father settled in the woods near Muncietown. The court house square was at that period covered with hazel brush and logs, and wild game of any kind was killed. Mr. Franklin was enabled to attend the indifferent schools of the country only four or five weeks each year. He early assisted in removing the forest growth and developing the farm, be- came strong and rugged, and remained under the parental roof until his majority. He then began life for himself, working in the woods, and the first winter after leaving home he split rails for thirty-three cents a hundred, and later cleared forty acres of land, for which he received the equivalent of three dollars per

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acre in trade. In the spring of 1848 he found himself the possessor of $15.00 in money and a small horse, and with these he started west- ward for the purpose of herding cattle in Illi- nois. Until he could secure such employ- ment as he desired he worked as a farm laborer at $8.00 per month, but eventually he se- cured a place as a herder and continued the same for four or five years. Returning to Indiana he worked at different occupations for some time, and, on the 18th day of December, 1855, was united in marriage to Miss Emily Dragoo, who was born in Virginia, April 4, 1834, the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Prunty) Dragoo, early settlers of Delaware county.

Shortly after his marriage, Mr. Franklin located a piece of land southeast of Muncie, upon which about forty acres had been cleared, and here he and his family resided for twelve years. He developed a fine farm, and became one of the leading agriculturists of Centre township. He came to Muncie for the pur- pose of schooling his children. He owns a substantial home on East Jackson street, which, with his farm of 170 acres of highly cul- tivated land, is the result of his own unaided efforts. Mr. Franklin still manages his farm, driving to and from the same each day, and he yet possesses much of the physical vigor for which he was noted in the days of his youth and early manhood. He is a democrat in pol- itics, and in religion a Methodist. His wife, also a worthy member of the Methodist church, is a woman of many excellent traits of char- acter, and has been a helpmeet to her hus- band during the long years and many struggles of their wedded life. Their children are Carl P., a groceryman; Lone A., liveryman and stock dealer; Cary, dealer in horses, and Laura E., wife of William W. Shirk, hard- ware dealer of Muncie.

Lone A. Franklin is a splendid example of

what energy and foresight, coupled with a determination to succeed, can accomplish in the face of adverse circumstances. He started out in life for himself empty-handed, and by his industry, enterprise and perseverance, has overcome the many difficulties by which his path was beset, and has steadily worked his way upward to a position which entitles him to mention with the representative business men in Muncie. Mr. Franklin has given a great deal of attention to the horse, and is considered an authority upon all matters per- taining to the breeding and training of the same. In his barn may be seen some very fine roadsters, among which Charley Ross and Lady Reece are well known beyond the con- fines of Muncie. Recently Mr. Franklin has completed a large and commodious three story brick barn on Mulberry street, which, in its various appointments and equipments, is far ahead of any other barn in Muncie, and second to but few structures of the kind in the state. The ground floor of this building embraces an area of 623x125 ft., has two fine large halls on the second floor for the storage of his vehicles, and the large room on the third floor is used for an armory and a place of public entertain- ment. His line of surreys, buggies and car- riages is very full and complete, representing the workmanship of the best factories, and his horses, of which he keeps from eighteen to twenty head, are in the best condition, and show the skillful care of their owner.

Mr. Franklin supports the democratic party by his ballot, and, as every true Ameri- can citizen should do, takes an interest in po- litical affairs, although he has never been a seeker after the honors or emoluments of office. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to lodge No. 433, of Muncie, and has also taken the degree of Sir Knight.

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ARTIN GALLIHER, a deceased pioneer of Delaware county, Ind., was born near Brownsville, Pa., April 2, 1809, and was reared in Monongalia county, Va. (now West Va.) His early work was at cutting wood in the mountains of Virginia at twenty-five cents per cord, and at farm work at $7.00 per month. In fact, he started in life a poor boy, having, at the age of three years, lost his father by drowning, and beginning to earn a living at the age of eleven. He eventually made a fortune, however, and by his own unaided ex- ertions. On first coming west he engaged in street and turnpike contracting in Covington, Ky., and later, in 1840, coming to Muncie with his savings, amounting at that time, to about $500. In the meantime, however, he had married, September 3, 1837, at Carthage, Ohio, Miss Rhoda A. Ogden.

Martin Galliher, after coming to Muncie in 1840, opened a store, first where Baldwin's grocery now is, and later where Duck Everett's restaurant now stands. He built the three rooms from the alley west, and of these the first is still in the family. He continued in the goods business about nineteen years, and eleven years of that period were employed packing pork, having his packing house on Jackson street, on the present site of Ira Tur- ner's saloon. In this traffic he hauled pork to Cincinnati on wagons, and hauled back his goods for sale in Muncie. He retired from mercantile pursuits in 1852, and retired to his farm, and up to within ten years of his death devoted his attention and industry to develop- ing his agricultural interests, in which he was as successful as he had been in his mercantile affairs. He at one time owned all the land from Bee line to Ohmer avenue, between Madison street and Macedonia avenue, between the railroad and Williard, made four addi- tions to the city of Muncie, and afterward

bought 100 acres south, making in all, before selling the Galliher sub-division, 340 acres, also 10 acres south. In politics Mr. Galliher was a democrat and a co-worker with Adam Wolf and Henry Wysor, and was a frequent delegate to both county and state conventions. In his religious faith he was a Baptist, and his wife was the first actual Baptist in Muncie. He joined the church in September, 1859, and was a faithful member until his death, June 29, 1887, and was very liberal in donations to- ward erecting the Baptist church edifice. He was one of the charter members of the first Odd Fellows' lodge in Muncie, but was non- affiliating during the later years of his life. In his death Muncie never lost a more useful citizen, a more enterprising merchant, or a more charitable man. His surviving children, who live to do honor to his name, are four in number, and are Martin Jerome, Susan Zon- netta, Ida G. and Charles W., of whom fur- ther mention will be made elsewhere in these pages. Six other children were taken away in infancy.

Mrs. Rhoda A. Galliher was the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Parnell) Ogden born at Cedarville, New Jersey, January 29, 1814. At the age of fifteen she was converted and joined the Baptist church at Roadstown, New Jersey. In the year 1834, before the advent of railroads, she emigrated to southern Ohio, and Septem- ber 3, 1837, at Carthage, Ohio, she was mar- ried to Martin Galliher, then engaged in con- tracting and building streets and turnpikes in Ohio and Kentucky. In the year 1840, she came with her husband to Muncie, Ind., then only a hamlet of a few hundred inhabitants. Here Mrs. Galliher became a positive and potential factor, in promoting and building up the religious interests of the town. Being among the earliest of her denomination to settle here, her home was the nucleus of the first Baptist Missionary efforts to plant a

M. GALLIHER.

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church in this community. After nearly a score of years, in the year 1859, a little band of twelve believers, of which she was one, effected a church organization, and from that time forth she and her worthy husband were its most devoted members and stanch supporters. They gave material aid in erecting the old church on Jackson street, and her munificent contributions to the new church, made its erection a possibility. She further contrib- uted a beautiful memorial window, and made provision for the pastor's salary for the next ten years.

The closing years of her life witnessed no diminution of her interest in the Master's work. Feeling a profound interest in the religious welfare of our industrial classes, she, with her devoted daughter, Mrs. Ida G. Rea, who contributed the site, and without materi- al help from others, built Calvary Chapel, a mission church in that suburb of Muncie, known as Industry. Thus, with the benedic- tion of a useful life, of nearly four score years, service in the Master's Vineyard, she passed from this life, July 31, 1893, in the blessed hope of a glorious immortality beyond the grave.

ARTIN JEROME GALLIHER, son of Martin and Rhoda A. Galliher, is a native of Muncie, Delaware county, Ind., and was born Febru- ary 15, 1847. At the age of eleven he went on his father's farm of 160 acres, which the elder Mr. Galliher had first become possessed of in 1852, but which, in 1858, had been but partially cleared, and improved with a log cabin and a barn, and this tract Martin J. assisted in clearing up, and also a tract of eighty acres to the east, on which are now lo- cated Ball's glass factory and nail works.

Here he was engaged in farming until the discovery of natural gas, when, in April, 1887, 217 acres were sold to the Heekin syndicate, there being only twenty-three acres retained for the family and known as Galliher's reserve. This was sub-divided among Mr. Galliher and his two sisters, Mrs. Rea and Mrs. Nutting. Mr. Galliher has been living in retirement for a number of years, in the enjoyment of the society of his family.

His marriage took place, in this county, September 24, 1872, to Miss Caroline Moore, daughter of Parker Moore, and to this happy union have been born four children, viz: Er- nest J., Edward M., Homer (deceased at two years) and Adelbert. Mr. Galliher has been a member of the Baptist church for twenty years or more, is a trustee, and was a member of the building committee when the new church edifice was in course of construction. Mr. Galliher has proven himself to be the worthy son of a worthy sire, and his walk has been through life such as to show that he is conscious that he does not live for himself alone.

I DA (GALLIHER) REA, daughter of Martin and Rhoda A. Galliher, was born on the Galliher homestead at Muncie, Ind., April 24, 1856, gradu- ated from the high school in 1872, and was married, July 3, 1878, to Dr. George N. Rea, of New Castle, Ind. Dr. Rea was born at Louisville, near New Castle, Henry county, Ind., in 1852, and graduated from the Ohio Medical college in Cincinnati, in 1878. He practiced medicine with great success at New Castle and Ft. Wayne until his death, Febru- ary 19, 1885, when his mortal remains were laid to rest at New Castle. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Rea were born three children,

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viz: Clarence G., Rhoda O., and Martin J., the latter having died at the age of sixteen months. On the death of her husband, Mrs. Rea hastened and ministered with loving hands to both her father and mother in their last sickness.

S USAN ZONETTA ( GALLIHER ) NUTTING, daughter of Martin and Rhoda A. Galliher, was born in June, 1850, opposite the court house, on Main street, Muncie, Ind., and was but two years of age when taken by her parents to live on the home farm, now within the city limits, and then the best in Muncie. She graduated from the high school in 1869, made a traveling tour with her father, and in June, 1873, was married to Edward Nutting, who was born at Evesham, England, within nine miles of Lon- don, in 1847, but who, when a young man, came to the United States, and to Muncie in 1872. He had landed in New York city with three dollars in his pockets, but he had learned carpentering in England, was an expert stair builder and architect, having been entrusted with the supervision of the new Wysor Grand opera house here, and is now engaged in de- signing and contracting. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Nutting have been born six children, Earl Galliher, Esther Louise, Carl Edward and Eugene, living; two, Rhoda Alice, aged two years and eight months, and Beatrice, aged fourteen months, were taken away within twelve days of each other, dying from scarlet fever.

a HARLES W. GALLIHER, the young- est member of the family of Martin and Rhoda Galliher, was born Oct- ober 26, 1864. He was educated at the Muncie schools until within one year of

graduation, when he entered the carriage fac- tory of J. B. McFarland, of Connersville, for the purpose of learning the trade of carriage painting. After an apprenticesnip of two years at this business, he became a traveling salesman for the Chicago Eagle Rubber works, and passed some months in their employ; then he visited southern Indiana and passed a year and a half, at the end of which time he returned to Muncie. In March, 1888, on the opening of the Boston store in this city, he took charge of its carpet department, and, being an accomplished salesman, he has retained the position ever since. Mr. Galliher was married June 28, 1888, at Rushville, Ind., to Miss Mary E. Boyer, daughter of the late Rev. Henry Boyer and Amanda (Griffin) Boyer. He is a member of the order of Knights of Pythias and of the Knights of Mac- cabees, and is held in high esteem by the citi- zens of Muncie generally.

J EREMIAH GARRARD, a prominent real estate dealer of Muncie, is a na- tive of Ohio, born in the county of Warren, January 29, 1845. His father, Harvey Garrard, was the son of John and Mary (Kirby) Garrard, who emigrated to Ohio from their native state, Pennsylvania, and settled in Warren county shortly after their marriage. Harvey Garrard was born March 22, 1812, and grew to manhood on a farm. At the age of twenty-two, he married Hannah Gustin, daughter of Samuel Gustin of Warren county, Ohio, and engaged in farming for him- self, which calling he followed in his native state until his removal to Delaware county, Ind., in the year 1857. He settled in Union township, where he resided until 1874, at which time, he retired to the village of Royer- ton, where his death subsequently occurred.

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Harvey Garrard was a man of great industry and energy, was a republican, and for fifty years belonged to the Christian church, of which his good wife was also a faithful mem- ber. Harvey and Hannah Garrard were the parents of ten children, namely: Huston, Amelia, George, Mary, Joseph, Jeremiah, Clara, Sarah, Emma and an infant (deceased.) Of these, Huston and Mary are deceased.

Jeremiah Garrard came to Delaware coun- ty with his parents at the age of twelve years and was reared on a farm near the village of Shindler, attending the common schools at intervals during his minority. In January, 1864, he enlisted in company C, Twenty-first regiment, First Indiana heavy artillery, army of the Gulf, under Gen. Canby, who was after- ward killed by the Modoc Indians in Oregon. Mr. Garrard participated with his company in all the battles in which it was engaged, and bore the hardships of camp life until mustered out, January 10, 1866, at Baton Rouge, La., and on the 21st day of the same month was honorably discharged at Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. Garrard returned to Delaware county, and for some time thereafter attended school for the purpose of preparing himself for teaching, but he never saw fit to engage in that profes- sion. On quitting school, he was united in marriage to Miss Savanna Green, daughter of Dr. A. J. and Massy (Johnson) Green, of Dela- ware county, after which he rented a farm in Hamilton township and followed agricultural pursuits for three years. In the fall of 1872, he engaged in merchandising at the town of Royerton in partnership with his father-in-law, and carried on a successful trade until 1880, in the meantime serving as postmaster of the town for six or seven years. He next engaged in the furniture and undertaking business at Muncie with W. K. Wright, under the firm name of Wright & Garrard, which partnership was continued very successfully for four years.

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A portrait and biographical record of Delaware and Randolph 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 24

Author: Publication date: 1894 Publisher: Chicago, A. W. Bowen & Co. Number of Pages: 1474

Author:
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Chicago, A. W. Bowen & Co.
Number of Pages: 1474