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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
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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.
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.
. Mr Garrard then became interested with John K. Ritter, of Muncie, in the manufacture of bed lounges, mattresses, etc., for nearly two years, and then became a partner with I. T. Lake in the general furniture business for three years, and then sold out and engaged in the real es- tate and loan business, in partnership with John A. Keener. The firm of Keener & Gar- rard has done a very extensive business in Muncie and Delaware county, and also oper- ates to a considerable extent in other parts of the state. Mr. Garrard is a substantial citi- zen, quiet and unostentatious, and is very popular with those with whom he has business or other relations. He is an earnest supporter of the republican party, and for twenty-five years has been a consistent member of the Christain church. He is prominently identi- fied with several fraternities, belonging to the G. A. R., I. O. O. F., K. of P. and I. O. R. M. He belongs to the uniform rank of the Pythian order, takes an active interest in the branch of the fraternity known as the Pythian Sisters, and also belongs to the Rebecca degree in Odd Fellowship.
ENRY N. GATES, harness maker, of Muncie, Ind., is a native of York county, Pa., born August 4, 1845, and is a son of John and Mary (Nay- lor) Gates, who were of Pennsylvania German extraction, residents of Little York, and who reared a family of six boys and six girls, nine of whom are still living, although the parents are now deceased. Henry N., at the age of ten, was taken to Cumberland county, Pa., and placed on a farm, on which he lived, at- tending school meanwhile and learning har- ness making, until the civil war broke out, when he enlisted, in June, 1862, in the Twen- tieth Pennsylvania cavalry, company A, at
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Mechanicsburg, being then not seventeen years of age. At the expiration of his term of six months he re-enlisted for three years and served until the close of the war. During his first term he served under Gens. Couch and Hunter, and fought at Piedmont and in vari- ous skirmishes. On veteranizing in January, 1863, he was assigned to the consolidated Twentieth and Twenty-second Pennsylvania cavalry, which was designated the First Pro- visional, under Gen. Philip Sheridan, first divis- ion, second brigade, sixth army corps, and 1863- 64-65, serving at Gettysburg, Lynchburg, Ashby's Gap (near which place he was cap- tured, in Loudoun valley), Cold Harbor, second Fredericksburg and Winchester. At the latter place, with thirty others, he was again cap- tured and taken to Lynchburg, Danville, An- dersonville and Libby prison, and in all was con- fined eight months and three days, during which time Mr. Gates was reduced from 150 to ninety-six pounds in weight. At Richmond he was out on parole thirty days, and in March, 1865, was released, receiving an hon- orable discharge from the service July 13, 1865. Returning to Mechanicsburg, he fin- ished learning the trade of harness making, worked as journeyman until 1868, and then moved to Columbiana, Ohio, where he worked fifteen years. In 1883 he went to Indianapo- lis, worked at his trade three years, and then came to Muncie, and from 1886 until August, 1890, was foreman for Stuckey & Co., and was also with Wachtell & Son until J. C. Cun- ningham opened his store, when he worked for that gentleman one year and ten months, then at the old Stuckey stand for seven months, when he bought out Mr. Cunningham in De- cember, 1892, and has since been the proprie- tor of the oldest harness shop in Muncie, on the west side of the court house square, carry- ing the largest and best assorted stock of har- ness and saddlery, turf goods, etc., in the city.
The marriage of Mr. Gates took place at Columbiana, Ohio, October 25, 1871, to Miss Mary E., daughter of Samuel and Esther (Brown) Sheets, and to this union were born three sons, viz: Robert Egbert, boiler maker, aged twenty-one years; William Ralph, aged seventeen, learning harness making with his father, and John Samuel, aged thirteen, at school in Orville, Ohio. The mother of these children was called away March 27, 1893, at the age of forty-two, and was sadly missed by her sorrowing family. Mr. Gates is a member of the Masonic fraternity, but is no longer an affiliating brother, but he still retains his con- nection with the G. A. R. He is highly re- spected by the community, and is regarded as one of Muncie's most useful citizens.
J OSEPH A. GODDARD, prominent among the active business men of Muncie, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, December 19, 1840, and is a son of John H. and Ann (Wilson) Goddard. He was reared in and near the above city until his seventeenth year, attended the public schools, in which he obtained a practical edu- cation, and attained his majority well equip- ped to do battle with the world. On leaving the parental roof he went to Cincinnati, in which city he found employment in the grocery business, and, with the exception of . the time spent in the army, continued there until the year 1874. In 1862, with thousands of other young men who responded to the country's call for volunteers, Mr. Goddard entered the army, enlisting in company M, Fourth Ohio cavalry, with which he served for a period of six months, when he was as- signed to company D, of the same regiment, with the rank of second lieutenant. Later he was promoted captain of the company, be-
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coming quarter master on the staff of Gen. W. L. Elliott, and later on the staff of Major Gen. W. H. Wilson. He was with his com- mand in several battles of the rebellion, among which were Chickamauga and Nash- ville, and served in the army of the Cumber- land, taking an active part in many of the en- gagements of the southwestern campaign. At the close of the war he returned to Cincin- nati and took service with his former employers, later becoming a commercial traveler for the firm, and was thus engaged until his removal to Indiana in 1874. On locating in Muncie, Mr. Goddard engaged in the grocery business with Mr. B. R. Adamson, which partnership continued until 1880, when the firm dissolved, Mr. Goddard, at that date, engaging exclusive- ly in the wholesale trade and eventually be- coming one of the leading jobbers in Indiana. He has now an extensive and lucrative busi- ness, which is constantly increasing and re- quires the services of three traveling salesmen, the house supplying the trade in many of the counties of eastern Indiana, besides being very extensively patronized by all the grocery establishments of Muncie. Mr. Goddard is a self-made man in all that term implies, and his present high standing in commercial circles has been attained by his own unaided efforts. He possesses business qualifications of a high order, his integrity and honor have never been questioned, and his fair and upright dealings have borne legitimate fruits in the large busi- ness which has made his name popular among the representative men of Muncie.
Mr. Goddard was one of the organizers of the Citizens' Enterprise company, and for the past seven years has held the responsible po- sition of president of the Muncie school board. Politically he is a republican. In 1866 Mr. Goddard was united in marriage to Miss Mary Hough, daughter of William Hough, of Wayne county, Ind., to which union three children
have been born, namely: William H., Grace and Annie-the last named being the wife of Mr. C. M. Rich. Mr. Goddard and family are prominent and consistent members of the Friend's society in Muncie, in the organization of which he was a leading spirit, and in which he now holds the position of elder. While his standing in the commercial world is that of a first-class business man, sound in judgment and wise in counsel, he also possesses in a generous degree the confidence of the public, and all movements having for their object the moral and educational welfare of the com- munity, find in him a liberal patron and gen- erous benefactor.
3 OSEPH MILTON GRAY, the effi- cient manager of the Muncie Casket company, is a native of Delaware county, Ind., born November 22, 1854, on a farm in Salem township. His father, James M. Gray, was born in Tennessee in January, 1829, went to Ohio when a youth, and became a resident of Delaware county, Ind., in early manhood, locating in the town- ship of Salem, where he carried on farming for several years. Later he embarked in the mercantile business at Daleville, where he car- ried on a fairly successful trade for twenty- eight years, removing, at the end of that time, to the city of Anderson, where he engaged in the sale of buggies and carriages. His first marriage was consummated with Elizabeth Shoemaker, of Salem township, who died November 20, 1866, the mother of seven chil- dren-two sons and five daughters-Joseph M. being the third in order of birth. Mr. Gray's second marriage took place in the year 1868 with Mrs. Mary A. McClanahan, widow of the late Elijah McClanahan, the union re- sulting in two children-a son and a daughter
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-the latter dying in infancy. For a number of years James M. Gray has been a leading mem- ber of the Christian church, and a prominent Mason. He met with encouraging success in his various business ventures, but suffered severe financial reverses during the panic of I873.
Joseph M. Gray first attended the district schools, and after the removal of his parents to Daleville became a pupil in the school of that village, obtaining thereby a fair English education. After the death of his mother, which occurred when he was twelve years old, he went to live with his uncle, P. M. Rudy, whose house was his home for about two years, or until his father's second marriage, when he returned to the village of Daleville and entered his father's store. At the age of nineteen he purchased an interest in the business, which from that time until the fall of 1881 was car- ried on very successfully under the firm name of J. M. Gray & Son, the latter retiring at that date, and effecting a co-partnership in the general mercantile and grain business with his two uncles, J. P. and S. B. Shoemaker, under the firm name of Shoemaker, Gray & Co. The relationship thus constituted lasted about nine years, at the end of which time Mr. Gray disposed of his interest, and with J. P. Shoe- maker purchased a controlling interest in the Muncie Casket works, of which he was made secretary. Subsequently he assumed general management of the concern, a position he still retains, and under his able supervision the volume of business has been greatly increased, being over one hundred per cent. in excess of what was done when Mr. Gray became a part- ner. Mr. Gray has met with the most flatter- ing success in his various enterprises, and his judgment is seldom wrong in matters of busi- ness policy. He possessess rare executive abilities, is prompt and methodical in the management of his affairs, not given to specu-
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