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 67

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

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By industry and diligence, Mr. Snider met with much success as a farmer, and the result of his labors was a beautiful home of 230 acres of well improved land, upon which his widow and children now reside. He lead a busy and useful life, and during his residence in Delaware county, gained a host of friends, who mourn his loss as almost a personal ca- lamity. His death occurred on the 4th day of May, 1891, and he was laid to his last rest in the Hillsborough cemetery, where loving hands have erected a beautiful and costly monument to his memory. Born, married, reared a fam- ily and died-thus, as a tale that is told, endeth life's brief history. His widow, a lady widely and favorably known and highly re- spected for her many excellent traits of char- acter, resides upon the home farm, which she manages with care and good judgment.

a HARLES W. SPRINGER was born in Marion county, W. Va., January 3, 1864, the son of John J. and Rebecca (Dodds) Springer, natives of the same state. John Springer and family moved to In- diana in an early day, settling in Henry coun-

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ty, thence moved to the county of Delaware. In his native-state Mr. Springer was, for a number of years, engaged in rafting timber down the Kanawha river, but after coming to Indiana engaged in farming, and bore his part in assisting to clear and develop the country. He died in October, 1883; his wife preceded him to the grave, departing this life the 10th day of May, 1872. They were both members of the Baptist church and people of the high- est respectability in the community in which they resided. Charles W. Springer was less than four years of age when he accompanied his parents to Indiana, and the greater part of his life has been spent within the limits of Delaware county. He has always been a farmer and ranks with the successful agricul- turists of Monroe township, where he is widely and favorably known, not only as a thrifty til- ler of the soil, but also as a man of intelligence and good social standing. Mr. Springer was married July 5, 1890, to Union, daughter of Breckenridge and Euphemia (Gibson) Rey- nolds, to which union one child, Gailord, has has been born.

Breckenridge Reynolds, father of Mrs. Springer, came to Delaware county many years ago, and his sole wealth, upon arriving at his destination in the new country consisted of forty-five cents in cash. It is stated that the first money he ever earned was a dime, which he received as pay for carrying a pail of water for an auctioneer. Shortly after coming to Indiana, he went back to his native state of Virginia, and moved two families through to the west with a lumber wagon, making the journey in the face of many serious obstacles. He was a man of industrious habits, possessed shrewd business tact, and by skillful manage- ment accumulated great wealth, and left his children in good circumstances. Mr. Springer is a democrat in politics, and is faithful in ex- ercising his franchise for that party.

BRAHAM TUTTLE, farmer, and in point of continuous residence, one of the oldest citizens of Monroe town- ship, was born July 10, 1833, in Warren county, Ohio, being a brother of Darlin M. Tuttle, whose sketch appears in this connection. Mr. Tuttle spent his youthful years on the old homestead in Delaware county, and amid the active labors of the farm, receiv- ed a fine physical training in the country schools of that period. He was brought by his parents to Delaware county in October, 1836, and he distinctly recalls the journey to the new home, which was reached by cutting a road through a thick forest; a number of friends and acquaintances, who had proceeded them, meeting the family at a point about three miles northwest of Sulphur Springs, on what is now the Bell Creek turnpike, accom- panied them to their destination, The land on which the family settled had been entered by the father previously, and a more dis- couraging prospect than the first home pre- sented on the family's arrival, would be diffi- cult to imagine.

Young Abraham contributed his share to- ward developing the farm, and he also taught school for some time. With the use of the ax, plow and old fashioned flail, he easily became familiar, and at the age of eighteen he began operating a "chaff piler" in the neighborhood, one of the first threshing machines ever brought to his part of the county. Later he operated a separator, one of the first machines of the kind in Monroe township, and did a good busi- ness threshing wheat for several years. On attaining his legal majority, Mr. Tuttle pur- chased eighty acres of land, from which he afterward developed a good farm; he has met with good success, acquiring a comfortable competence of this world's goods. He now owns IIO acres.

On the 18th day of February, 1858, Mr.

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Tuttle and Miss Saloma Heath, of Delaware county, were united in the bonds of wedlock; their marriage has been blessed with the fol- lowing children: Marion S., a farmer residing in Wells county; Morton L., farmer of Mon- roe township, also leader of the Cowan Cornet band; Charles E., an employee in the Neff manufacturing establishment, and Cora B., whe lives with her parents. He resides in the village of Cowan. For a number of years he has been a faithful and consistent member of the Society of Friends, belonging, at this time, to the Winchester Quarterly, Muncie Monthly and Cowan Preparative meetings. He pos- sesses a deeply religious nature, dignifies his profession by a dignified life, consecrated to the Master's service, and since the dedication of the Cowan church, October, 1888, has been present and participated in nearly every exer- cise, missing but one prayer meeting, except when prevented from attending by sickness. His chief delight is to know and do the will of the Heavenly Father and to keep a conscience void of offense before God and man; the ful- fillment of his honest obligations, however small, he considers as part of the very founda- tion of his religion, and temperance, without which no christian character would be com- plete, he looks upon as one of the great needs of the age. With consciencious devotion he has ever been growing in the christian graces, and he firmly believes that an intelligent knowledge of the Sacred Record is a potent means of spiritual advancement. With this object in view he began, January 12, 1868, to read the New Testament, betwen which date and July 5, 1892, he perused its pages thirty- six times by reading one chapter each day.

Politically, Mr. Tuttle is a republican, the principles of which party he has ever sup- ported, always favoring, however, absolute prohibition. Although nearly sixty-one years of age, he is still vigorous, and with the excep-

tion of an injury received by a fall in 1892, while descending a stairway, he has always enjoyed good bodily health. He is one of Monroe township's represenattive citizens and the future awaits him with bounteous re- wards for the duties he has so faithfully per- formed.

ORTON L. TUTTLE .- Prominent among the intelligent and popular younger residents of Delaware county is the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch. He was born September 16, 1865, the son of Abraham J. Tuttle, whose biography also appears in this

connection. Morton Tuttle was reared and educated in his native county, and after com- pleting the prescribed course of the common schools, attended the High school of Muncie, where he acquired a good knowledge of the higher branches of learning. For a period of three years he was one of the successful teach- ers of Delaware county, and such was his record during that time, that, had he concluded to remain in the profession, he would no doubt have achieved distinction in educational work. After abandoning the teachers' pro- fession, he began farming on the old home- stead, which place he still operates, and which, under his snpervision, is easily classed with the best improved places of the township. Mr. Tuttle was united in marriage December 20, 1888, in Muncie, with Miss Minnie Myers, who was born in Delaware county on the 19th day of March, 1868, daughter of Thomas and Anna (Hatfield) Myers. These parents were born, respectively, in Ohio and Indiana and are of German and English extraction. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle is brightened by the presence of three children-Herschel G., William Bliss, and Fay Anna. Mr. Tuttle is one of the thrifty farmers of Monroe township

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and occupies a prominent place in the public affairs of the county, being, at this time, a member of the republican central committee, in which his advice and good judgment have been felt in the planning and carrying to a successful issue several important campaigns. He has achieved some distinction as a musician and as a leader of the McCowan Cornet hand has acquired more than a local reputation. Enterprising and progressive in all those terms imply, he is justly esteemed by his neighbors and friends, and has before him a future fraught with much promise.

EV. JOHN S. TUTTLE, deceased, son of Darlin Tuttle, of Rumley, Va., was born January 29, 1804, in Clinton county, Ohio. where he received his education and grew to manhood. In the twen- tieth year of his age, June 3, 1823, he married Hannah Hale, and thirteen years later he came to Indiana, in the prime of vigorous manhood, to carve for himself and family a home from the forests of Delaware county. He settled in the west part of Monroe township and there cleared and improved a farm, upon which he lived the residue of his life. In his youth, Mr. Tuttle gave a great deal of attention to music, and he was a man of much more than ordinary mental endowments. In a financial sense, he became quite successful, and was the owner of a fine farm, which became noted throughout the country as the abode of plenty and hospitality. In the early day he became quite a skillful hunter, and with an old gun, an heirloom in the family, he used to kill from one to three deer each day. He possessed a powerful constitution, was a stranger to weari- ness, and hardly knew, by actual experience, what the word sickness meant. He was a no- ble christian gentleman, a prominent minister

of the Protestant Methodist church, and his kindness of heart and generosity of disposition were such that all who knew him united in pronouncing him a good man. He was the friend of all public improvements, and every enterprise that had for its purpose the moral or commercial well being of the community was sure to receive his encouragement and co- operation. He took an active, though unsel- fish, interest in political affairs, and labored earnestly for the success of his party in all its campaigns. He died April 4, 1872, in the sixty-ninth year of his age, deeply lamented by those who had known him in life. His wife, who had been his companion for so many years, departed this life April 4, 1873, and lies by his side in the Taber cemetery. John S. and Hannah Tuttle reared a family of fourteen children, all of whom lived and married and had children of their own. Their names are as follows: Delilah, wife of Solomon Clevenger, deceased; Mary J., deceased; Isaiah, deceased; Thomas W., Elizabeth, wife of Henry Reming- ton, deceased; Hannah, wife of Morris Kid- nocker; Abraham J .; Amanda, wife of Addison Stafford; Ellen, wife of Elisha Clevenger; Dar- lin M .; Minerva, deceased; Catherine, wife of Isaac Lake; John W .; and William F., de- ceased.

Darlin Marion Tuttle, tenth child of John S. and Hannah Tuttle, was born in Monroe township, Delaware county, Ind., July 7, 1839, and grew to manhood on the home farm, attending, in the meantime, the public schools, in which he received a fair English education. He spent fourteen seasons thresh- ing wheat, receiving for his labor seven bush- els out of every hundred the first two years, and continued the same until 1858. On the 1 Ith day of June, 1858, he was united in mar- riage to Susan Lake, a native of Licking county, Ohio, where her birth. occurred July 10, 1840. She is the daughter of George D.

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and Nancy (Roe) Lake. By her marriage with Mr. Tuttle she is the mother of the fol- lowing children: John S., Mary R., wife of Walter G. Shiry; George A., Oliver F., Mari- on H. and Lillian. Mr. Tuttle, with the assistance and economy of his faithful com- panion, has accumulated a sufficiency of worldly goods to place him in comfortable circumstances, owning at this time a beautiful farm of 100 acres, the greater part of which is well cultivated. He has served as justice of the peace in his township, besides filling other official positions, and since attaining his legal majority has exercised the elective franchise in behalf of the republican party. He is a member of the United Brethren church; his wife is a member of the Society of Friends. In May, 1864, Mr. Tuttle enlisted in company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana volunteer infantry, and served until honorably discharged at Indianapolis on September 2, of the same year. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to lodge No. 334, and is also a member of the G. A. R, Williams post, at Muncie.

R OBERT TURNER. - Among the well known citizens of the township of Monroe was the late Robert Turner, who was born in Greene county, Ohio, July 17, 1845, the son of George and Fanny Turner. His early life was passed amid the scenes of farm labor, and until his marriage he found employment at different occupations, but agriculture was practically his life work. He came to Delaware county a number of years ago, purchased a tract of woodland, from which he developed a comfortable home, and at the time of his death was an owner of a farm of 120 acres of highly cultivated and well improved land. He began the struggle of life with but a sinall amount of this world's

goods, but possessing an energy, born of a determination to succeed, he overcame the many difficulties and obstacles by which his pathway was beset, and accumulated a com- fortable competence. Personally, he was a genial and intelligent citizen, whose integrity and social standing were never questioned, and in his immediate neighborhood he was held in the highest esteam by a host of friends, with whom he was always popular. He was de- voted to his family, earned the reputation of a loving husband and kind father, and died in full assurance of the christian faith October 15, 1882.

Mr. Turner was married to Rebecca, daughter of John and Cynthia (DeWitt) Gib- son, to which union eight children were born, whose names are as follows: John, deceased; George, Martha, deceased; William R., Clark E., Phillip E., Francis M. and Emma F. The following are the names of the brothers and sisters of Mrs. Turner: Martha, wife of Valen- tine Shockley; Mary, wife of James Ross; Jane, wife of John Nelson; Francis, deceased, and Clark Gibson. The father and mother of Mrs. Turner died in June, 1882, and in De- cember, 1844, respectively. They were na- tives of Ohio and were highly respected by all who knew them. Since her husband's death Mrs. Turner has resided upon the home farm, which her son manages. She is a woman of excellent tact end judgment, and occupies a prominent position in the society of Monroe township and in the United Brethren church, of which she has, for years, been a consistent member.

Philip Turner, son of Robert and Rebecca Turner, was born in Delaware county on the 9th day of February, 1866, He was reared on the farm, and remained with his mother until his marriage, which occurred on March 17, 1888, to Indiana, daughter of Breckenridge and Euphemia Reynolds. After his marriage,

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Mr. Turner resided on the home farm for one year, and then removed to his present place, a valuable farm of eighty acres, where he has since resided. Mr. Turner has some very valu- able improvements upon his place, among which may be noted a handsome residence, erected in the summer of 1892. He has been a very successful farmer, and is not only a leading agriculturist but is recognized as a very valuable citizen in the community. In 1886, Mr. Turner met with a serious accident, by having his leg broken in a fall, and the next year was similarly unfortunate in having his shoulder broken, from the effects of which he never expects to recover. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Turner, namely: Estella L., deceased; and Glenn W.

HAD. TUTHILL, farmer and stock raiser of Monroe township, was born in Delaware county, Ind., May I, 1856, the son of Phineas and Amanda (Horner) Tuthill, natives respectively of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Phineas and Amanda Tut- hill were among the early pioneers of Dela- ware county, locating here as long ago as 1830. He was by occupation a shoemaker, but en- gaged in farming on coming to this county, and now lives a retired life at the town of New Burlington. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and the parents of the following children: William, a plas- terer of Muncie; Nettie, wife of George Wil- son, and Tbad. Tuthill, whose name appears at the head of this paragraph.

Thad. Tuthill was reared to manhood in Delaware county, within the bonndaries of which his life has been spent, and he early chose agriculture for his life work and has met with most encouraging success in that voca- tion. In addition to tilling the soil he gives

considerable attention to stock raising, paying special attention to hogs, and keeps upon his place the finest of thoroughbred Poland China and other valuable breeds. He has served as justice of the peace one term, and is in every respect an intelligent and progressive citizen, and a man worthy of the high esteem and con- fidence with which he is held by his many friends and neighbors. His large and beauti- ful farm contains 210 acres of valuable and highly improved land, beside which he owns good property in the city of Muncie. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and is prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity and the Improved Order of Red Men.

Mr. Tuthill was married August 20, 1891, to Mary J., daughter of James and Harriet (Armprister) Clark, parents natives of Mary- land. Mr. and Mrs. Clark entered 160 acres of land in Delaware county as early as 1832, and their deaths occurred March 7, 1858, and October 17, 1866, respectively. Mrs. Tuthill's grandparents are buried on the old home farm, which has been in the family for three genera- tions, over sixty-five years. Grandmother Glark died August, 1830, and her husband followed her to the grave on the 5th day of December, 1840. Mrs. Tuthill has one sister, Martha, wife of W. F. Anderson.

J AMES WATSON, a retired farmer, re- siding in Monroe township, Delaware county, Ind., was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, January 1, 1834, a son of James and Frances (Frantz) Watson, natives of Virginia. In an early day these parents moved to the above named county and state, where they married, and where James Watson followed the occupation of farming until 1840, at which time he moved to Delaware county,

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Ind., and purchased eighty acres of land. Re- turning to Ohio he died the following year, and his wife in 1843 came to Indiana and occupied the farm which her husband and pur- chased until her death, in 1853. James Wat - son was a soldier in the war of 1812, and is remembered as a man of strong power of mind, and a most exemplary neighbor and citizen. James and Frances Watson reared a family of fifteen children, fourteen of whom reached maturity, the following now living: Frances, Stephen, James, Strawder, Miranda, Tacy, William F., Levi and Abraham.

James Watson grew to manhood a farmer, and remained with his parents until his elev- enth year, at which early age he was thrown upon the world and obliged to rely upon his own resources for a livelihood. Until his eighteenth year he was variously employed, earning an honest dollar whenever a favorable opportunity presented itself, and by the exer- cise of the most rigid economy, succeeded in laying up sufficient means to purchase a home of his own, consisting of 172 acres of land in the state of Iowa. He resided in that state until 1855, conducting his farming operations very successfully in the meantime, and one year later exchanged his western land for an eighty acre tract in Delaware county, Ind., which he afterward sold to good advantage, the money realized from the same being in- vested in 160 acres he purchased in 1863. In 1876, he bought his present farin, consist- ing of 320 acres of fine, arable land, which is well and substantially improved, and its high state of cultivation stamps its owner as one of the most intelligent and progressive farmers in the township in which he resides. On the 12th day of August, 1858, in Monroe

township, Mr. Watson and Miss Tilda Losh, daughter of John and Mary (Thompson) Losh, became husband and wife. To this union seven children were born, the following of whom reached the years of maturity, namely: Mary, wife of Charles Fleming; Martha, wife of Frank Nottingham: Laura, wife of John Pickingpaugh; George; and Homer. On the 9th day of May, 1890, the mother of these children was called away by death; she was a consistent member of the Christian church, greatly respected by all who knew her, and an imposing monument, erected to her memory, marks her last resting place in the Sharp cem- etery. Mr. Watson's second marriage was solemnized June 9, 1892, in Indianapolis, with Miss Louisa Eglis, a native of Delaware county, Ind., where her birth occurred Novem- ber 5, 1854. Mr. Watson is justly recog- nized, by all who know him, as a man of sterling worth and integrity. Genial and hos- pitable in his home, honest and upright in his dealings with the world, he has won the con- fidence of all with whom he has been associ- ated. As already stated, his farm is one of the best improved in the township, and he pursues his chosen calling with a system of one whose heart is in his work. The citi- zens of his township elected him to the posi- tion of trustee, which office he held from 1884 to 1886, aside from which he has not been an aspirant for any other official honors, Frater- nally he is connected with the I. O. O. F., being a member of the grand lodge; and also stands high in the society of Red Men. He is a republican in politics but liberal with those with whom he differs upon the great questions of the day. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

MOUNT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP.

3 W. BLACK, one of the well known farmers of Mount Pleasant township, Delaware county, Ind., was born in Wayne county, Ind., June 4, 1860, a son of Washington and Sarah (Mahoney) Black, the former born in Wayne county, Ind., June 3, 1830. Washington Black has been a resident of Indiana all of his life and is a large land owner of Madison county, owning a fine farm of 173 acres, all of which is finely culti- vated. He is considered one of the best citi- zens of the county, and is a representative farmer of southern Indiana.

J. W. Black made his home with his par- ents until his marriage, which took place December 2, 1880, to Miss Elizabeth Han- cock, daughter of Pollard S. and Sarah J. Hancock, natives of Indiana, the father and mother both having been born in 1832. Mr. Hancock was quite a successful man in his lifetime, owning at the time of his death, in 1875, 220 acres in Delaware county. J. W. Black is a strong advocate of the principles of the republican party, with which he works and for the nominees of which he casts his vote. Mrs. Black is a consistent member of the Methodist church, in which body she is a faithful worker. Socially inclined, Mr. Black has united himself with the order of Odd Fellows, and takes a great deal of interest in the meetings of his lodge. By this marriage four interesting children have been born, namely: Sarah Ferne, Flotia May, Ocie Inus and Charles Webster. Mr. Black is a young

man, full of energy, devoted to his work, and one who is destined to make his mark in the world. He has the happy faculty of making friends and a large circle of them testify their appreciation of his many good traits of char- acter.

J L. BLACK .- To be an honorable and successful agriculturist in the state of Indiana, where the soil responds so generously to the hand of him who cultivates it, is to be almost insured in having a comfortable home and happy and congenial surroundings. Upon a fine farm of 120 acres of land in the northwestern part of Mount Pleasant township lives a prosperous farmer, the subject of this sketch. Since coming to the township about five years ago, Mr. Black has taken an active interest in all the affairs of the place and has become one of the lead- ing men of the community in which he resides. J. L. Black was born July 10, 1862, son of Washington and Sarah (Mahoney) Black. Mr. Black, Sr., was born in Wayne county, Ind., June 3, 1830, and has always remained a resi- dent of the state. He has a fine farm of 173 acres in Madison county, all of which he has put under a fine state of cultivation. The mother of the subject is a native of West Vir- ginia.

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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 67

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