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was willing and ready to depart and be with Christ. He was one of the noble men of earth, a known quantity. His word was as good as his bond. He never betrayed a friend or truckled to any schemes. I think he would have died rather than consent to a wrong. He was one who enlisted during the war, and he was always on duty, never having a fur- lough. May our kind father raise up some one to take his place in the church. The writer spoke to a large concourse of friends and neighbors, who had gathered to pay a tribute of respect to him, from Rev. xlv 13, after which at the close of a beautiful day, as the sun was low in the west, we laid him in the beautiful cemetery at Muncie, to rest until Jesus shall call him to his final reward. For his faithful companion who walked side by side with him in all his efforts to do good for nearly fifty-two years, we pray the consola- tions of the gospel of the grace of God. 'Rest, brother, rest, till Jesus calls, and we shall meet again.'" G. W. T.
a APT. EDWIN C. ANTHONY, the son of one of Muncie's greatest bene- factors as well as one of her earliest settlers, was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, May 29, 1818. In order to fully show his in- timate relationship with the growth of Muncie, it is necessary to revert somewhat liberally to the career of his father, Dr. Samuel P. An- thony, who was born December 2, 1792, in Lynchburg,, Va., and at the age of twenty years, removed with his father to Ohio. Dur- ing the war of 1812, he served as a teamster in the United States army, and after the close of the war (in 1814), went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he and his father started the first tobacco manufacturing establishment west of the Alleghany mountains, and conducted a
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very successful tobacco and general merchan- dise trade for several years. While at Cin- cinnati he studied medicine, and after com- pleting his medical education, removed to Clinton county, Ohio, where he was engaged for three years in the practice of his profession. At the end of that time he removed to Cedar- ville, in that state, where he was engaged in the practice for an equal length of time. He then located at Muncie, Ind., in 1831, where he spent the residue of his life, practising med- icine and selling merchandise. He invested largely in real estate, purchasing thousands of acres in this and adjoining counties, and, by close attention to business, amassed a large fortune, which, at the time of his death, was variously estimated at from $250,000 to $500, - 000. He opened a general merchandise store at Muncie, shortly after his arrival here, and for more that forty years was identified with that branch of the public interests of the town. He practised medicine for more than twenty-five years, and, during that time, es- tablished a fine reputation as a successful physician. He was active in all public enter- prises which seemed to him calculated to pro- mote the interests of this city, and county. When the Bellefontaine & Indianapolis rail- road was advocated, he at once enlisted to help the project along, by taking stock to the amount of several thousand dollars, and per- sonally soliciting subscriptions to the road. He served as one of the directors of this road, and, later, was elected president, in which capacity he served about a year. He then re- signed and was succeeded by Hon. John Brough, of Ohio, and again became director. He was president of the Fort Wayne & South- ern railway, and a director of the Lafayette, Muncie & Bloomington railway.
He was active in the affairs of Muncie to the very last, and even on the day preceding his death, he transacted his business as usual,
and at evening, repaired to the residence of his son, with whom he was living. He felt no premonitions of what was to come until late in the night, when he was seized with violent pains, which culminated in paralysis, and, at I o'clock on Saturday morning, July 22, 1876, he died. He was twice married-first in 1817, to Miss Narcissa Haines, who died in May, 1858, leaving one son-Edwin C .; In 1859 he married Miss Emily V. Vannaman, who now resides in Muncie.
Capt. Edwin C. Anthony, the son of Dr. Samuel P. and Narcissa (Haines) Anthony, attained distinguishment equal to that of his father, but chiefly as a merchant and a pro- moter of the interests of Muncie. After hav- ing been fully educated at Richmond, Ind., he entered the store of his father at Muncie, and then became his partner and so continued until the war of the rebellion burst forth. Then Edwin C. Anthony valiantly went to the front, raising a company of cavalry that was assigned to the army or the Cumberland, and of which he was commissioned captain. In the winter of 1861-62 he had an arm broken, his health altogether ruined and he was com- pelled to resign his commission and returned to Muncie, where, after he recovered his health, he entered the dry goods business in which he continued until his father's death, when he. somewhat exhausted, sought relief by passing the winters for nearly ten years at the south. In Florida, during these ten closing years of his life, he became greatly interested in land on which were developed phosphate mines, that were discovered in Marion county, that state, in 1889. This interest, the care of his realty and care of his live stock at "Six Miles," where he had extensive live stock farms, occu- pied his attention during the last decade of his life, which ended at his farm in Florida, known as Anthony, June 7, 1884, at the age of sixty- six years.
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The marriage of Capt. Anthony took place on the 30th day of September, 1849, to Miss Rebecca G. Vannaman, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Campbell) Vannaman, at that time residents of Centerville, Wayne county, Ind. The parents were from Philadelphia, but Mrs. Anthony was born in Ohio, during a temporary stay of the parents in that state on their journey to Indiana. To the marriage of Capt. Edwin C. and Rebecca G. Anthony were born six children, viz: Florence Virginia, wife of Henderson Swain, fruit grower of Anthony, Fla .; Samuel P., who is still interested in the management of the immense phosphat indus- try established at Ocala, Fla .; Edwin C., Jr., who died at the age of twenty-eight; Ella, who was the wife of George Gamble, of Mun- cie, but who died at the early age of twenty- five years; Charles H., whose sketch is given more in detail in close connection with this, and Addie Anthony, the deceased wife of Frank Robinson. Mrs. Rebecca G. Anthony still lives on the old homestead, in Muncie, an honored and respected lady, whose many acts of charity, indeed, command the respect bestowed upon her. To her, the sight of suf- fering on the part of others is something not to be borne, and her willing heart and ready purse in some way find a means of affording instant relief. Quick in her response to every cry of distress or every call of charity, she has won the gratitude of hundreds of hearts in Muncie, and will hold it until the uttermost end.
HARLES H. ANTHONY, real estate dealer and capitalist of Muncie, Ind., is a son of E. C. and Rebecca G. Anthony, of whom mention is made elsewhere, and was born in Muncie May 10, 1858. Muncie, also, gave his earlier education, which was supplemented with a two years'
course at the Chester (Pa.) Military college. In 1877, having become interested in business with his father, he visited Florida and made investments in lands, and in 1880 planted a sixty-acre orange grove, which he brought to full fruition and five years later sold to an English syndicate. His land investments in Florida were greatly increased, and he now owns a large number of acres, containing beds or the most valuable phosphates, which he mines and ships for fertilizers to European markets for use on impoverished soils. But his active mind is not content alone with the handling of real estate in Florida. The in- dustrial interests of Muncie and development also claim much of his attention. He is presi- dent of the Economy Co-operative Gas com- pany, of which he was the principal organizer, and a member of the Citizens' Enterprise com- pany, is likewise a stockholder in the Delaware county National bank, and his handling of real estate in the city, as dealer and agent, is something immense. In 1880 he and his mother sold in the city and environs over 420 acres of. land, now known as the Muncie Land company's Addition, the Gray Addi- tion, and the Anthony Park Addition. In 1887, Mr. Anthony erected the superb building known as the Anthony block on the northwest corner of Walnut and Jackson streets, which has not its equal in the state. The development of natural gas has always been a matter of peculiar interest to him, in- asmuch as in that great product he foresaw a source of wealth unequaled by any other than his native city. He was among the first to become financially interested in drilling in the Muncie field, and has not yet relinquished the concern he has felt in this great factor of Muncie's prosperity. In 1884 he became a partner in the extensive real estate firm of Heath, Lenon & Anthony, so well known in the city and throughout the county.
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Fraternally he is a member of Delaware lodge, No. 46, F. & A. M., and the Muncie commandery and chapter, and also of the B. P. O. E., and the I. O. R. M. In politics he is a republican. His marriage took place February 10, 1887, to Miss Harriet B. Mitchell, daughter of Dr. Harvey Mitchell, and this union has been blessed with the birth of one child, Harvey M. Anthony, now four years old.
0 AVID R. ARMITAGE, M. D., was for many years a distinguished phy- sician and surgeon of Muncie and. occupied the front rank among the successful medical men of central Indiana. Dr. Armitage was born near Portsmouth, Ohio, October 22, 1831. When he was eight years of age his parents and grandparents removed to the wilds of Delaware county, Ind., and settled the farm about three miles southwest of the city of Muncie, on what is now the Mid- dletown turnpike, where the grandparents, the doctor's father and mother, and lastly the doc- tor himself, resided until their respective deaths. Mr. Armitage availed himself of the best education possible as he grew to manhood, and for several years was engaged in teaching, in which profession he acquired an enviable reputation. He early evinced a decided pref- erence for the medical profession, and, after the death of his first wife, began to study the same in the office of Dr. Samuel V. Jump, at New Burlington, Ind., under the able instruc- tion of whom he made rapid and commendable progress. He completed his professional edu- cation by a thorough course in the Michigan university, Ann Arbor, and also the Ohio Medical college, of Cincinnati, graduating from both of these well known institutions, after which he began the practice of his chosen call- ing at Chesterfield, Ind., where his ability won for him much more than a local reputation.
While at Chesterfield he became acquainted with Miss Clara E. Sharpe, a very estimable lady, who subsequently became his wife. Miss Sharpe was born in South Salem, Ross county, Ohio. April 27, 1840, and is a daughter of Robert and Ann (Davis) Sharpe, natives of Ohio, who moved from Ross and Union counties, Ohio, in 1851. In the latter county Robert Sharpe served as sheriff four years, but in 1883 moved to Kansas, where he died in June, 1892, his wife, however, having pre- ceded him to the grave in Union county, Ohio, in 1863. They were the parents of four chil- dren, viz: Matilda ; William, killed in the army ; Russell, of Middletown, Ind., and Clara B., wife of Dr. Armitage. The parents of these were devout members of the Metho- dist Episcopal church, of which the father had been appointed a class leader by Adam Poe, an essential factor in that religious body. To the union of Dr. Armitage and Miss Sharpe was born one child, Nellie M., February 7, 1869, now the wife of Charles B. Fudge, to whom she was married June 14, 1892, Mr. Fudge is a son of John S. Fudge (whose sketch appears elsewhere in the volume), and was born in Xenia, Ohio, September 24, 1863. He was educated in the common schools and remained at home until twenty years of age, when he engaged as a clerk in a clothing store at Albany, Ind., where he remained two years, and then came to Muncie, and entered the employ of Bliss & Keller, clothiers, etc., and is now their genial and obliging foreman. To Mr. and Mrs. Fudge has been born one child -Mildred Marie-May 10, 1893. Mr. Fudge is in politics a republican. Fraternally, he is an Odd Fellow, and a member of Muncie lodge, No. 74, and of Canton Muncie, No. 4, Patriarchs Militant.
After his marriage, Dr. Armitage moved to his farm southwest of Muncie, where, during the many years that remained of his life, he
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devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits in connection with the practice of his profes- sion. As a physician, Dr. Armitage was suc- cessful in all the term implies, and no man in the community, where he was raised and lived so long, enjoyed a greater degree of popularity of the people. He was indeed the friend of the common people, and to him it seemed a special pleasure to relieve the suffer- ings of the aged with whom he had been asso- ciated from his early boyhood, He was a public-spirited man, and took an active and prominent part in all enterprises having for their object the moral and material welfare of the community and county. In religion he was an earnest member of the Methodist church, and, as such, did much to the growth of that denomination in Delaware and other counties. He was also member of Delaware lodge, No. 146, Free and Accepted Masons, and of Muncie Commandary, No. 18, Knights Templar and was a chartered member of Rich- woods lodge, No. 499, Knights of Honor. In a business sense, the doctor exercised prudence and forethought, and during his life accumlat- ed a comfortable competence for his wife and daughter, both of whom live in Muncie at this time. He died suddenly at his home August 21, 1891, at the age of sixty years, and left, as his choicest legacy to his family, a name against which no breath of suspicion was ever known to have been uttered. He was mourned by all who knew him, and in his death Delaware county lost one of its most successful physicians and high minded philan- thropic citizens.
GAGE ARRASMITH, the leading photographer of Muncie, Ind., was born near Eaton, Preble county, Ohio, February 17, 1859, son of R B. and M. J. (Lewis) Arrasmith, the former a
native of Ohio and the latter of Kentucky, who were married in Putnam county, Ind , in 1848, and moved to Preble county, Ohio, in the same year. In 1860 Mr. Arrasmith, Sr., changed his residence to Miami county, Ind., where he engaged in farming until 1880 Since 1880 he has led a retired life, engaging a tenant to work his farm. Mr. and Mrs. Arrasmith, Sr., were Universalists in religious convictions and in this belief Mrs. Arrasmith died July 21, 1886, her remains being laid to rest in Miami county, Ind. They were the parents of seven children, as follows: Emma L., wife of John Parks, Peru, Ind .; Willie and Alonzo, deceased; Horace F., of White county, Ind .; Mary, wife of C. Strode, of Miami county, Ind .; A. Gage and L Josephine, wife of S. A. Holt, of London, Ohio.
A. G. Arrasmith was reared on the home farm and when but eighteen years of age en- gaged, as an apprentice for two years, with J. Wharton of Wabash, Ind., in a photograph gallery. For the three following years he studied as a portrait artist and became thoroughly competent to undertake all classes of fine art work. Until 1886 he led a roving life, traveling through many states, mostly en- gaged in the practice of his chosen profession. Finally, deciding to locate, he selected Muncie as his place of residence, and purchased the gallery he is now in, and equipments, and has since been recognized as the leading photog- rapher of Delaware county, Ind. Mr. Arra- smith's success has been very marked and is due to the excellent quality of the work and to his faithfulness in the smallest detail. He began with very limited capital, but by his energy, the excellence of his work and his courteous manner, has placed his studio in the front rank and has made it popular with all classes.
February 1, 1888, Mr. Arrasmith married Miss Ida M. Miller, of Hartford City, Ind.,
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who was born April 11, 1862, a daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Brue) Miller. One child has been born to this union, a son, Glenn. Politically Mr. Arrasmith is a repub- lican, and socially he is connected with I. O. O. F. lodge No. 74, and also of the Twa Twa tribe of Red Men.
ENRY B. ATHEY was born in Hardy county, a part of what is now the county of Grant, in the state of Vir- ginia, on the 27th day of September, 1853. His father, Daniel Lewis Athey, was a native of New York, but early accompanied his parents to Virginia, and from early boy- hood was engaged in driving cattle to the eastern markets, principally to Philadelphia and New York city, before the days of rail- roads. He married Lavina C. R. Smith, daughter of Henry Smith, Esq., of Virginia, and became the father of eleven children, six girls and five boys, nine of whom are living at this time, Henry B. being the eldest son. Mr. and Mrs. Athey left Virginia in 1855, emigrat- ing to Illinois and settling in the county of Piatt when that part of the state was almost wholly unimproved. Mr. Athey is now living in Farmer City, Dewitt county, Ill., practical- ly retired from active life. He has followed agriculture, in which he has met with reason- able success, is independent in his political views, and for a number of years has been an active member of the Methodist church. He is essentially a self-made man, his sole capital on reaching his new home in the west amount- ing to but $5, from which insignificant begin- ning he succeeded, by his unaided efforts, in acquiring a comfortable competence.
At the age of two years, Henry B. Athey was taken by his parents to Illinois, in which state he grew to manhood on a farm, and early
became accustomed to the hard work incident to that useful occupation. His early educa- tional training, owing to circumstances over which he had no control, was sadly neglected, and his attendance at school was limited to about eighteen months, divided among several years. His first school experience was in a little frame smokehouse upon his father's farm, and the teacher, by no means a classical scholar, received his pay by the subscriptions of his patrons. Possessing an inquiring mind, Mr. Athey was not content to remain in igno- rance of books, and by wide reading and self- culture, together with a practical education acquired from contact with business men in various capacities, he has since become a well informed man.
At the age of twenty he left the parental roof and began life for himself as a farm labor- er, and later found employment in a lumber yard, in which he subsequently purchased an interest. He continued in the lumber business for a period of seven years, selling out at the end of that time and accepting a position as traveling salesman for the Champion Machine company, of Springfield, Ohio, in which ca- pacity he continued until 1889. While trav- eling for this firm, Mr Athey in June, 1883, located in Muncie and for some time thereafter kept books for R. H. Mong. Subsequently he became manager of the Muncie Foundry and Machine company, in which he now owns a one-fifth interest, but he still looks after the business of the establishment, which owes much of its present success to his careful fore- sight.
March 27, 1878, Mr. Athey was married to Miss Ella L. Green, daughter of George W. and Nancy (Fleming) Green, who has borne him one child, a daughter, Georgia G. Athey, born December 24, 1879. Mrs. Athey was born September 24, 1854 on Walnut street this city. In politics Mr. Athey is a democrat,
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and as such wields an influence for his party in Muncie and Delaware county. He served in the village council of Mansfield, Ill., for four years ; acted as treasurer or tax collector for some time in the county of Piatt, that state, and for one year served as village clerk and afterward as trustee for the village of Mans- field. Mr. Athey is not identified with any church or religious order-being quite liberal in his views concerning all movements having for their object the welfare of his fellow-men. He is progressive, takes an active interest in the material developement of Muncie, and is deserving of mention with its representative citizens.
0 LIVER E. BALDWIN, one of the leading grocers of Muncie, is a native of Wayne county, Ind., and dates his birth from the 30th day of September, 1830. His father, Elias Baldwin, a North Carolinian, was brought to Indiana when a mere child, and in early manhood worked at the tanner's trade in Wayne county, later en- gaging in agricultural pursuits, which he con- tinued to follow until his death, in January, 1892. Financially, Elias Baldwin was more than ordinarily successful, and he was fortunate in accumulating a comfortable portion of this world's goods. He was a member of the So- ciety of Friends, a republican in his political affiliations, and in every relation of life proved himself to be a high minded, an honorable man, and a true type of the courteous christian gen- tleman. His wife, whose maiden name was Lydia Hough, was a daughter of William Hough, a prominent citizen of Wayne county, and she became the mother of six children, namely: Ella, Emma, Alice, Oliver E., Charles and Mary, all living but the first named, who died in 1890.
Oliver E. Baldwin remained under the parental roof until his eighteenth year, assist- ing his father on the farm and attending the country schools at intervals in the meantime. His first practical experience in life was as a clerk in a drug store at Fountain City, where he remained two years, at the end of which time he accepted a position as salesman in a grocery house at the same place, continuing in the later capacity for a period of about eight- een months. In 1884 he came to Muncie and ยท accepted a position in the wholesale grocery. house of Jos. A. Goddard, in whose employ he continued until the latter part of 1887, from which date until 1889 he was similarly employed with James N. Cropper, one of the leading grocery dealers of Muncie. In the latter year, Mr. Baldwin purchased an interest in the grocery house of A. B. Phillips on Main street, and the firm of Phillips & Baldwin con- tinued until 1891, when Mr. Baldwin became sole proprietor. He has since conducted the business with success and financial profit, his patronage having constantly increased until, at this time, he is recognized as one of the leading dealers in general groceries in the city. Mr. Baldwin possesses superior business quali- fications and by judicious management has built up a large and remunerative trade. He has accumulated a competence of worldly ef- fects, enjoys the prosperity acquired by years of industry, and occupies a deservedly con- spicuous place among the successful commer- cial men of Delaware county. Socially he is very popular, and fraternally he is prominent- ly identified with the Improved Order of Red Men, belonging to Muncie tribe, No. 144. A republican in politics, he has never been an office seeker. He is a birth right member of the Society of Friends, and his daily life and conversation are practical exemplifications of the pure precepts of that simple but sublime faith.
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Mr. Baldwin was married in the year 1882 to Miss Sadie E. Lister, daughter of John and Judith Lister, of Randolph county, to which union two children, Earl L. and Clarence W., have been born, both living. Mrs. Baldwin is a respected member of the same religious or- der to which her husband belongs.
ETER H. D. BANDEY, late promi- nent manufacturer of Muncie, was born in Westminster, London, Eng- land, on the 27th of February, 1837. He came to the United States at the age of eighteen years, and settled in Iowa, where a brother who had preceded him resided ; later, he located at Indianapolis, where he remained for a limited period, and about the year 1858 came to Muncie, Ind., where for some time he was employed as a laborer in a saw mill. Sub- sequently, he purchased an interest in the mill, which, under the firm name of Matthews, Ryan & Bandey, did a very successful business for some time, the name afterwards changing to Matthews & Bandey. Eventually, Mr. Bandey became sole proprietor of the mill, which, under his efficfent management, con- tinued to do an increasing business until it be- came necessary to enlarge its capacity in order to meet the demands of trade ; accordingly, new and improved appliances were added from time to time, including a full set of machinery for planing lumber, and the estab- lishment soon became one of the leading manufacturing enterprises of Muncie. Under the name of The Bandey Planing mill it was operated with the most gratifying success until Mr. Bandey's death, since which time it has been under the able management of T. J. Zook with Miss Maud Bandey as assistant, and is still one of the firmly established and financially successful manufacturing establish- ments of Delaware county.
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