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Dr. Shively was married in Middletown, Henry county, January 10, 1864, to Jennie,
daughter of Joseph and Effie (McCune) Moore. Mrs. Shively was born in Pennsylvania and has borne her husband the following children: Minnie, deceased; Augustus, a student of the Medical college of Indiana; Bernie, deceased, and Emma, deceased. Dr. Shively began his practice under circumstances not at all au- spicious, and met with much opposition on the part of certain ill disposed persons who used all their influence for the purpose of embarrassing him. By attending strictly to his business, however, and devoting all his energies to his profession, he succeeded in overcoming the many obstacles by which his way was beset, and his practice is now large and lucrative, and he occupies a prominent place among his professional brethren in Dela- ware county. A democrat in politics, he has never sought official position; and, a firm be- liever in the truths of the Bible, belongs to the Universalist church.
OBERT M. SNODGRASS is one of the leading farmers and stock raisers of Mount Pleasant township, and is descended from Kentucky ancestry, in which state his parents, Samuel and Mary (Polly) Snodgrass, were born, the father on the 4th of October, 1802, and the mother on May 9th of the same year. Samuel Snodgrass left his native state in 1816, accompanying his parents to Preble county, Ohio, where he re- mained until 1835, at which date he removed to Indiana, Kosciusko county, which was his home for a short time, returning thence to Ohio, and settling in Darke county. After a residence there of a few years, he returned to Indiana, and from 1837 to 1843, resided in the county of Randolph. In the year 1847, he be- came a resident of Delaware county, locating near the present farm of Robert M. Snodgrass,
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where he purchased ninety-one acres of land, upon which he resided until his death, Septem- ber 25, 1879. Samuel Snodgrass was a man of excellent parts, a most highly esteemed citizen, and for many years an able minister of the Christian church. He was a farmer by occupation, and during a long and useful life did much, in a quiet way, for the moral and spiritual advancement of his fellow man. His wife, a most consistent christian lady, also a member of the said church, depatted this life the 23d day of May, 1880.
Robert M. Snodgrass was born August 28, 1838, in Randolph county, Ind., was reared to agricultural pursuits, and remained under the parental roof until attaining his majority, hav- fng in the meantime received a fair English education in the common schools. By dili- gent application to his studies he was enabled, at the early age of nineteen, to engage in teaching, which profession he followed suc- cessfully for a period of nine or ten years. In 1862, when the war cloud spread its dark folds over the country, he responded to the call of volunteers, and enlisted August 13, of that year, in company D, Eighty-fourth Indi- ana infantry, for the three years' service or during the war. He remained with his com- mand until honorably discharged, April 24, 1865, and during his period of service partici- pated in a number of battles, including Chick- amauga and Kenesaw Mountain, where he was wounded, and was with Sherman in his celebrated march from Atlanta to the sea. From the effects of disability incurred while in the service, he is now remembered by his country with a pension amounting to $6 per month. At the close of the war Mr. Snod- grass returned home and engaged in farming, purchasing his present place in Mount Pleasant in 1867. For a limited period he was engaged in the mercantile business in the town of Bethel, this county, but since taking charge of
his farm, has given his entire attention to ag- ricultural pursuits, in which his success has been most encouraging, owning at this time a finely cultivated farm and a beautiful and commodious brick residence-one of the best appointed farm dwellings of the township. Having been very fortunate in all his transac- tions, Mr. Snodgrass is now able to live a life of retirement, and knows how to enjoy that quietude which only one, who has successfully battled with the world for so many years, can fully appreciate. He has always taken an active interest in public affairs, and for four years served the county in the responsible po- sition of county commissioner. Mr. Snod- grass was married September 24th, 1861, to Miss Malinda Isley, daughter of David and Isabella Isley, natives, respectively, of North Carolina and Indiana, and of German origin. Mrs. Snodgrass died March 20, 1870, the mother of the following children: Mary I., deceased; Thursy Ann; Robert E., deceased; Orphia and Minnie M., deceased. On the 9th day of April, 1874, Mr. Snodgrass was again married, choosing for his wife Mary E. Jetmore, daughter of Jacob and Martha (Branson) Jet- more, to which union the following children have been born: Emma M., deceased; Marion M., Vena Pearl, Ina Florence, and Eda Ethel. The parents of Mrs. Snodgrass were born July 7, 1833, and May 22, 1833, respectively. Jacob Jetmore was a farmer and stock dealer, a member of the Baptist church, and died in the year 1875; Mrs. Jetmore died in 1870.
IMOTHY C. STEWART, one of the popular farmers of Mount Pleasant township, is a native of Delaware county, Ind., and dates his birth from the 18th day of January, 1830. His parents were Timothy and Catherine (Criswell) Stew-
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art, the former born in Kentucky August 15, 1793, and the latter October 19, 1799. Tim- othy Stewart, Sr., was a pioneer of Delaware county, moving to the same as early as 1827, and for some years thereafter was engaged in making pumps for the settlers, which trade he followed, at different places, for a number of years. Previously to locating in Delaware county he had lived four or five years in the county of Tippecanoe, and in 1837 he engaged in farming in Delaware, which he followed the remainder of his days, departing this life December 23, 1866. His wife followed him to the grave August 27, 1877. Mr. Stewart was a man prominent in local affairs, an earnest supporter of the democratic party, and for several years had been a consistent mem- ber of the church of the Christian Connection, to which denomination his wife also belonged.
Timothy C. Stewart assisted his father on the farm during the years of his minority, and at the age of twenty-one, began life for him- self as a tiller of the soil, farming in Tippeca- noe county, Ind., for a share of the proceeds until his twenty-sixth year. At that time, thinking that the west afforded better advan- tages than Indiana, he went to Gentry county, Mo .. and bought land and farmed for three years, and then to Colorado, where, for three years, he was engaged in mining, which, not proving remunerative, he abandoned, and went to Illinois, locating in Champaign county, where he purchased a farm of eighty acres, upon which he resided for a period of three or four years. Disposing of his interest in the latter state, Mr. Stewart returned to Delaware county, Ind., and purchased eighty-two acres of land in Mount Pleasant township, which he subsequently sold, and invested the proceeds in a 180 acre tract, also in Mount Pleasant. He afterward exchanged this land for 160 acres, which he still owns, and has also purchased twenty-five acres additional, where he now
resides, his land being well improved and un- der a successful state of cultivation. Mr. Stew- art is one of the progressive farmers of Dela- ware county, and takes front rank among the representative citizens of the township in which he resides. He is a pleasant and affable gen- tleman, well informed on the current events of the day, and is highly respected by all with whom he has business or other relations. In 1868 Mr. Stewart was united in marriage with Miss Malinda Jones, daughter of Henry and Nancy Jones. The father of Mrs. Stewart was born in Virginia and came to Delaware county as early as 1827, and was one of the pioneer school teachers for a number of years. He be- came a successful farmer and was a prominent man of Mount Pleasant township. Mrs. Stew- art was born in Delaware county, February 5, 1841, and is the mother of the following chil- dren: Lewis R., Lettie, Dora Augusta, Pres- ton DeSoto, Marcus Clinton, Emma Pearl, George Harvey, Lenora and Walter Scott, the last three deceased.
J ESSE SWIFT, of Mount Pleasant town- ship, has for many years been identified with the agricultural interests of Dela- ware county, and is regarded as one of her most respected and reliable citizens. He was born in Butler county, Ohio, March 25, 1816, a son of John and -Louisa Swift, who were natives of the state of Delaware. They moved to Butler county, Ohio, and located upon a farm, where they continued to reside for forty-five years, and then removed to Franklin county, in the same state, which was their home for a short time before coming to this township, where they lived until their respective deaths occurred Mr. Swift was born in 1792, and died in 1872, and Mrs. Swift was born in 1793, and also lived to a good old
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age, departing this life at the advanced age of eighty years. At one time Mr Swift had ac- cumulated considerable wealth, but he was the victim of misplaced confidence, and lost it all, at the time of his demise owning very little of this world's goods. Through all of his troubles he was a good man, and both he and wife were among the valued members of the Methodist church. He was an ardent democrat, and voted with that party from principle. The remains of this excellent old couple repose in the Hawk cemetery.
Jesse Swift, now one of the prominent men of Mount Pleasant township, started out for himself at the age of twenty-one, with but a very limited supply of this world's goods. He had a brave heart and strong hands and soon engaged in work of various kinds, chop- ping and making rails, and, in fact, doing any- thing honorable that came to his attention. When he was thirty years of age he married Miss Martha Gray, a most excellent lady, who departed this life June 5, 1890. Her remains lie in the cemetery at Hawk, beneath a beau- tiful and costly monument which her sorrow- ing husband erected to her memory. Her father was a native of Ireland and her mother a Kentuckian. Mr. Swift now owns 117 acres of fine land in Mount Pleasant township, all of which is well improved. He is a republi- can in his political belief, and both himself and wife were members of the New Light church, in which they had long been esteemed.
RS. ETHALINDA TUTTLE, a well known and highly respected lady, was born in Delaware county, Ind., March 27, 1831. Her parents, William and Tamer (Thornburg) Daugherty, were both natives of Clinton county, Ohio, but came to Indiana at an early day, locating in Delaware county, where Mr. Daugherty
entered 160 acres of government land, from which he developed a home, and upon which he resided until his death at the advanced age of eighty-seven years, having been born in 1783. Both himself and wife were members of the Christian church, and were among the well known pioneers of this county. The marriage of Ethalinda Daugherty with Daniel Tuttle was solemnized June 24, 1851, from which date until the present she has been a resident of Mount Pleasant township. Daniel Tuttle was born in Butler county, Ohio, but came to Delaware county in early manhood, where for a number of years he was alternately engaged in farming and working at his trade of carpentering. Late in life he abandoned agricultural pursuits, and purchased a number of lots in the village of Reed Station, to which place he removed and in which the residue of his years were passed. Mr. Tuttle's birth oc- curred December 14, 1831, and he was called away by death October 13, 1892, his remains being laid to rest in what is known as the Hawk cemetery. He was a faithful member of the Methodist Protestant church, with which he had been identified for a number of years, and was not only a christian in name, but his daily walk was a practical exemplifica- tion of the genuineness of his religious profes- sion. He earned the reputation of a devoted husband and kind father, and those who knew him best bear testimony to his true worth as a citizen and neighbor. The following are the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle: Re- becca, wife of A. Hayden; Mary E., deceased; Thomas, married Clara Conard; Lydia C., deceased; Marion, deceased; Silas Franklin; Monroe (deceased); Viola Florence, wife of Charles Mahoney; John William; and Sarah, wife of C. Ensley. Mrs. Tuttle, like her husband, is a member of the Protestant Metho- dist church, in which she is highly respected for her christian character.
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J OHN WALKER .- Prominent among the agriculturists of Mount Pleasant township is John Walker, a native of Delaware county, Ind., where his birth occurred on the 23d of November, 1848, son of Hugh and Mary Walker. He lived with his parents until attaining his majority, at which time he began life for himself as a farmer, renting part of the home place, which he tilled very successfully for some years. He inherited sixty acres in 1878; later, in partnership with his brother, bought 120 acres additional. He then exchanged his interest in the former tract with his brother for sixty acres adjoining the first purchase, thus giving him 120 acres in a body, upon which he has made many valuable improvements, and which is considered one of the most fertile and productive farms in the township of Mount Pleasant. Mr. Walker is an intelligent and energetic farmer, fully abreast with the times, and is classed among the representative citizens of the township of which he has for so many years been a promi- nent resident. On the 10th of February, 1881, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Huldah Fosnaught, daughter of Peter and Emily Fos- naught, both parents natives of this country but of German descent. Mr. and Mrs. Walker are the parents of three children, namely: Marshall, deceased; Mary E. and Bessie. They are active members of the Christian church, and highly respected by all who know them.
Hugh Walker, father of John Walker, was the son of an Irish immigrant who came from the old country many years ago and settled in Ohio. Hugh Walker was married March 28, 1838, to Mary Richards, and afterward lived for a short time at Clinton, Ohio, moving thence to Indiana and locating in Mount Pleasant township, Delaware county, where he purchased eighty acres of land from the ยท government at $1.30 an acre. The county
was at that time an almost unbroken wilder- ness, and Mr. Walker at once went to work clearing and improving his land, and within a reasonable period had a goodly number of acres under cultivation. He afterward pur- chased an adjoining eighty acre tract, and being a man of great industry and determina- tion, worked diligently until he had made a number of substantial improvements. On locating in the wilderness the family encoun- tered many hardships difficult to surmount, and for the first few years were forced to rely largely upon wild game for their principal food supply, while their nearest neighbors, except the red men, lived a number of miles distant. Mr. Walker paid for his first land with money earned by working by the day for Judge Kil- gore, and on going home at night would fre- quently toil in his own clearing until within a few hours of morning. He lived to see the greater part of his farm brought under a high state of cultivation, and witnessed the devel- opment of Mount Pleasant township from a wilderness condition to its present state of civilization. Hugh and Mary Walker were the parents of ten children, four of whom reached their majority and are still living, as follows: Matthew S., married Mary Pittser; Eliza, wife of Levi Watson; John R., whose name introduces this sketch, and Nancy, wife of John Burk, all of whom reside in Delaware county. Mr. Walker, Sr., was a man of good mind, excellent judgment, and at one time held the office of trustee of Mount Pleasant township. Politically, he acted with the dem- ocratic party until after the election of Buchanan to the presidency, after which he identified himself with the republican party and so remained until his death. He was a Presbyterian in his religious belief, and in all the relations of life earned the reputation of an honest and law abiding citizen.
Mrs. Walker, who is still living with her
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son Matthew, was born August 13, 1812, in county Antrim, Ireland, of which county her parents were also natives and in which they lived and died. She came to the United States in 1834 in company with her brother, and landed at Philadelphia after a long and tiresome ocean voyage of six weeks' duration. She has been a faithful mother, and has the satisfaction in her old age of seeing her chil- dren grown up to be honorable men and women.
ATTHEW WALKER .- Prominent among the representative farmers of Mount Pleasant township is Mat- thew Walker, who was born on the Ioth day of November, 1844, in Delaware county, Ind. His parents, Hugh and Mary (Richards) Walker, are appropriately mention- ed in connection with the biographical sketch of John Walker, which appears above. Like the majority of men reared on the farm, the life of Matthew Walker has been uneventful, he having grown up amid quiet rural scenes, and having early become acquainted with the rugged duties of country life. He was reared on the farm which he now owns, attended the country schools at intervals until his majority, and then began farming upon his own respon- sibility, which he has since successfully con- tinued. His farm consists of 120 acres of finely improved land, which his father pur- chased from the government, and in addition to tilling the soil, he pays considerable atten- tion to the raising of stock, in which he has also met with most gratifying encouragement. Mr. Walker is one of the substantial citizens of Mount Pleasant township, is highly respect- ed in the community where he resides, and has always manifested an active interest in the growth and material prosperity of the town- ship. He is married and has a family of three
interesting children, whose names are as fol- lows: Mary, Chester and Ward. The maiden name of Mrs. Walker was Maggie Pittser, daughter of a well known citizen of Delaware county.
J ONAS WARFEL was born in Lancas- ter county, Pa., June 19, 1819, and is a son of Daniel and Fannie (Warfel) Warfel, both parents natives of the same state. Daniel and Fanny Warfel left Pennsylvania in 1840, emigrated to Indiana, and, settling in Delaware county, in Centre township, Mr. Warfel purchased a large tract of land and engaged in farming. These parents both resided in the county of their adoption until their respective deaths, which occurred in the years 1860 and 1870. Mr. Warfel was a master mechanic in iron work- ing, which he followed in his native state a number of years, and both he and wife were members of the religious order of Menonites. They reared a family of nine children, namely: Amelia, Jonas, Emanuel (deceased), Tobias (deceased), Adam (deceased), Andrew, Daniel (deceased), Elizabeth (deceased) and Jacob. Jonas Warfel was reared to agricultural pur- suits, received a limited education in such schools as the country afforded, and at the age of twenty-one began teaching, having in the meantime succeeded, by diligent applica- tion to his studies, in acquiring a fair knowl- edge of the various branches of learning. He was engaged in teaching for several years, principally during the winter seasons, and taught, in all, about eleven terms. Mr. War- fel has been a farmer all his life, in which use- ful calling he has been very successful, owning at different times valuable lands in Delaware county, beside good town property, all of which represented his own unaided labors and skillful financiering. He is, at this time, the
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possessor of a good home in Mount Pleasant township, and though practically retired from active life, still pays considerable attention to business affairs as well as to current events. He is essentially a self-made man, and from a very unfavorable beginning has made his way, in spite of the many obstacles by which his path was beset, and in his declining years is in the possession of a competency which places him beyond any fears so far as this world's goods are concerned.
Mr. Warfel was married in Delaware county, July 14, 1842, to Miss Samantha Baxla, a native of Greene county, Ohio, where her birth occurred April 28, 1822, the daughter of Julian and Catherine (Turner) Baxla. Julian Baxla was a native of Tennessee, and his wife, whom he married in Greene county, Ohio, was born in the city of Cincinnati. They reared the following family of children: Sa- mantha, Susanna, Mary, Elizabeth, Jane and Hiram. The family removed to Delaware county in 1840, where the parents died, the father on the 31st of May, 1862, and the mother October 21, 1887. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Warfel were born thirteen children, whose names are as follows: Alfred, a soldier of company E, Nineteenth Indiana regiment, now deceased; Catherine, wife of James A. Jester; Fannie, deceased; Isabella, wife of Perry M. Miller; David, deceased; Adam, Dottie, deceased; Jonas, Lizzie, de- ceased; William and Samantha, twins; Mark and Daniel. Mr. Warfel held the office of justice of the peace of his township for some time, and since 1837 has been a member of the Methodist church, in which he is now a class leader. He is interested in the York- town Corporate company, and in politics votes with the republican party.
The standing of Mr. Warfel and his family with the residents of Mount Pleasant town- * ship is all that could be desired.
J AMES WATSON is a well known citizen of Mount Pleasant township, and a son of Strawder and Emeline (Driscoll) Watson, both parents natives of Indi- Strawder Watson is one of the most ana. successful farmers of Delaware county, and is, at this time, superintendent of the poor farm, in the management of which he displays great wisdom and forethought, and under his super- vision a number of very important reforms have been effected. He is in every respect a representative man of his class, stands high in the community where he resides, and but few people of the county are as widely and favora- bly known. Mrs. Watson, whom he married in 1857, is of Irish descent and a woman of most excellent judgment and intelligence.
James Watson has lived all of his life in Delaware county, Ind., where he was born on the 2d day of November, 1860. He was reared on the farm, received his educational training in the country schools, and on attaining his majority rented the home place, which he has since operated and where he resides at the present time. In many respects he is a model farmer, and in addition to the cultivation of the soil, gives considerable attention to stock rais- ing, making a specialty of fine hogs, in the raising of which he has achieved well merited success.
Mr. Watson was married on the 18th day of November, 1880, to Martha McGriff, daugh- ter of James and Delila McGriff, who moved in an early day from Ohio to Madison county, Ind. James McGriff is living at this time in the state of Minnesota, but his wife, the mother of Mrs. Watson, died when the latter was but six years of age. Mr. Watson, while an ear- nest supporter of the principles of the republi- can party, has never aspired to official honors. His live stock and his farm claim his chief and most serious attention, and the result is his present highly prosperous condition in life.
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EV. JOHN R. WELLINGTON, a farmer and stock raiser, was born in the state of Ohio, August 7, 1840, and is a son of William Wellington, a native of Pennsylvania. William Wellington moved to Ohio in an early day, and after a few years' residence in that state, immigrated to Indiana, settling in Grant county, in which, it is stated, he built the first frame house in Fairmount. He was, by occupation, a car- penter and followed that calling a few years after coming to Indiana, later engaging in the manufacture of lumber at the town of Summit- ville, where he operated a saw mill until the time of his death, which occurred in 1858, at the age of fifty-one. For some years he held the office of justice of the peace, took an active interest in public affairs as a republican, and in religion was a member of the Wesleyan Methodist church. John R. Wellington was eighteen years old when his father died, after which event he resided with his mother for a period of two years, looking after her interests. He early selected carpentering as the occupa- tion to which he would devote his life, and has followed that useful calling for twenty- five years. He purchased his present farm in 1858, since which time he has had consider- able farming done.
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