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In 1853 Mr. Hines married Abigail Mansfield, the daughter of Charles Mansfield, and her death occurred about nineteen years ago. The issue of this union was nine children, two of whom died in childhood, and a son, Charles, died at the age of forty-nine years. He had married Lydia Langdon, and at his death left three children, Chester, Mabel and Ruth. Those living are: Hannah, who married Oliver McConnell, and has five children, Frank, Jane, Jesse, John and Hendricks : Frank, a prominent farm- er of Center township, married Lucy Armitage and has eight children, Ina, Claude, Berle, Grace, John, Nellie. 'Walter and Blanche; George, an agri- culturist in Kansas, married Ella Pearson and has five children, Eleanora, Edith, Henry L., Albert and Otto; Eleanor married Eldon Canada and has two children, Abigail and Cora ; Lucy married Oliver Williams and has two children, Walter and Evangeline; and William, a resident of Muncie, mar- ried Catherine Neeley and has three children, Glendola, Hugh and Paul. Mr. Hines has eight great-grandchildren. Mrs. Hines was a faithful wife and a devoted mother and was a good and worthy member of the Christian church. The political affiliations of Mr. Hines are with the Republican party. He has devoted his entire business career to the work of the farm, in which success has attended his efforts, and since 1858 he has resided on the Hines homestead in Center township.
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A. H. GOOD, M. D. As a medical practitioner Dr. Good has won distinction, and thoughi but a short time has passed since he became a resident of Muncie, he enjoys an extensive and remunerative practice. He is progressive in all his methods, constantly reading and studying, and keeps in close touch with the spirit of the times. The family have been identified with the interests of the Hoosier state during a long period, for it was during his boyhood days that John W. Good, the father of the Doctor, came with his widowed mother to Wayne county, where he continued to reside until advancing age made it necessary for him to lay aside the active cares of a business life, when he went to Selma and spent his remaining days there, his death there occurring in 1900, when he had reached the eighty-fourth milestone on the journey of life. In his young manhood he had married Mornin Howell, a native of Indiana, but of North Carolina parentage.
Dr. Alonzo H. Good, their son, was born on the old family home- stead in Wayne county, Indiana, September 22, 1843, and was therefore but a lad of nineteen years when called upon to lay aside for a time the ambitions of his youth and serve his native land, enlisting in 1862 in Company D, Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry, in which he served for three years. During a part of that time he was a member of the medical department, for he had read medicine a short time before entering the service. After the close of the conflict Dr. Good found employment in a store, but shortly resumed his medical studies under the preceptorship of Dr. Clarke, of Economy, Indiana, with whom he remained for two years. During the following fourteen years he was engaged in the practice of medicine in Bloomingsport, this state, and from 1880 until September, 1906, was a member of the medical profession in Selina, Indiana. It was in the latter year that Dr. Good came to Muncie, and the large practice which he has received in the short time which has since elapsed is indicative of his skill and ability.
In 1866 Dr. Good was married to Nancy Green, and after her death Miss Sadie B. Personette, a daughter of Dr. Personette, of Wayne county, became his wife. By the first marriage there were four children, but only two are now living, Lillian May, the wife of Professor Bowers, of Muncie, and Edna Luella, now Mrs. Somers, and also a resident of this city. Dr. Good is a member of the County, District, State and American Medical Associations. He was honored by the chairmanship of the county at different times and by the secretaryship and presidency of the District Society. He was appointed and served as a member of the United States Pension Board under the Harrison administration, and as an examiner for several life insurance companies.
NOAH D. BERRY. For many years Dr. Noah D. Berry has followed the practice of medicine in Muncie, and his name has become a household word in the homes of this community. His long identification with the
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city and his prominence here entitles him to more than a passing notice in a work of this character, devoted as it is to the portrayal of the lives of representative men and women of the county. He was born in Darke county, Ohio, June 10, 1854, the son of Elisha and Jane (Perry) Berry, natives also of Darke county, Ohio, where the father was well known as a farmer and contractor, his death there occurring in 1897, when he had reached the age of seventy-four years, while the wife survived until 1902, passing away at the age of seventy-nine years.
Noah D. Berry, the youngest son in a family of six children, three sons and three daughters, received his literary training in the schools of Darke county, and after his education was completed he taught school for two years. In that time he had formed the determination to engage in the practice of medicine, and as a means to that end began study under the preceptorship of Dr. J. E. Fackler, while later he attended the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati. Thus with an excellent foundation on which to begin his life work he began practice at Losantville, Indiana, where for one year he was in partnership with Dr. Franks, now of Muncie. After leaving that city Dr. Berry practiced for nine years in Ohio, going thence in 1885 to Spartenburg, Indiana, and came to Muncie in 1898, and has remained here ever since engaged in the practice of his profession. His long professional career has been attended with marked success, and those who have known him longest esteem him most highly. He is a Democrat in his political views, having always taken a deep interest in the political and public affairs of his locality, and during his residence in Darke county, Ohio, he served for four years as the county coroner.
In 1877 Dr. Berry was united in marriage to Annie M. Apple, also a native of Darke county, born in 1859, the daughter of William Apple, who was the father of four children, three sons and a daughter. Dr. Berry is deeply interested in the affairs of the city which has been his home for so many years, and in private life he has gained that warm personal regard which arises from true nobility of character, deference for the opinions of others, kindliness and geniality. He is a member of many of the city's social organizations, and fraternally is connected with Harmony Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Red Men, Aknob Tribe No. 449, of Muncie, Indiana.
QUINCE WALLING. During a number of years past Mr. Walling has been prominently identified with the public affairs of Muncie. His entire life has been passed in the city and has been one of uniform honor in business and fidelity in places of public trust. Born in the city of Muncie, June 1, 1865, he is a son of Joseph A. and Elizabeth ( Wachtell) Walling, the latter a native of Delaware county. Mr. Joseph A. Walling came to Muncie with his father during his boyhood days and became one of the well known and prominent merchants of this city, spending the remainder of his life here.
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After completing his education in the public schools of Muncie, the son, Quince Walling, was identified with the bakery business for two years, and then became connected with the artificial gas business. In 1886 he became associated with the water company, where he began at the very bot- tom of the ladder, gradually working his way upward and familiarizing him- self with every detail of the business until he assumed his present high posi- tion of superintendent and manager, having discharged the duties of those offices during the past sixteen years. In that time many important improvements have been instituted in the works, the most recent of which is the new and up-to-date filter plant. He has been efficient and faithful in the discharge of his duties, making a most competent official and thus winning the regard of his fellow citizens.
In 1889 Mr. Walling was united in marriage to Gertrude A., a daughter of Leonard Shick, one of the honored early residents of Delaware county, and they have three children, Helen E., Joseph C. and Martha G. The family are identified with the Presbyterian church, and Mr. Walling also affiliates with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
G. R. ANDREWS, M. D. During the years which mark the period of Dr. Andrews' professional career he has met with gratifying success, and though his residence in Muncie dates back but a few years, he has won the good will and patronage of many of the leading citizens and families of the place. Many years have passed, however, since the family became identified with Delaware county, for the paternal grandfather, Daniel H. Andrews, was one of its early pioneers and became well known within its limits as a physician. The great-grandfather, Goldsmith Gilbert, was also numbered among its earliest residents, and his daughter Mary was the first girl born within its borders; also the first white child born in the township. John E. Andrews, the father of our subject, was a native son of Delaware county and is now a miller and a well known business man of Muncie. He married Hannah Youngling, a native of Connersville, Indiana.
Dr. Andrews was born in Noble county, Indiana, August 20, 1874, but his early literary education was obtained in the public schools of Muncie, and his medical training in the Medical College of Indiana, from which he graduated with the class of 1897. In 1905 he completed a post- graduate course. During seven years and a half he practiced his profession in Mount Summit, Indiana, coming thence in 1905 to Muncie, where his professional career has been attended with marked success. In April, 1906, he established a private hospital for surgical cases, which is supplied with the most complete and modern appliances and is one of the valued institutions of the city.
In 1897 Dr. Andrews was united in marriage to Elizabeth Haymond, a daughter of William Haymond, who was a native of Virginia but an
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early resident of Delaware county and a gallant soldier of the Civil war. They have one son, Edwin, who was born on the 9th of December, 1899. The Doctor is a member of the county, state and national medieal societies, and also of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities.
LEWIS L. PERDICE. The Perdine family is one of the oldest in Delaware county and since the time of its foundation here its members have been noted for their sterling traits of character. Its founder, Rev. Abner Perdiue, was the father of Lewis L. and was one of the earliest ministers of the Methodist church in this section of Indiana. He devoted himself without ceasing to the interests of humanity and to the furtherance of all good works, and his power and influence upon the early history of Delaware county was of no restricted order. A more complete history of the family will be found in the sketch of S. B. Perdiue in this volume.
When Lewis L. Perdine was but eleven years of age he suffered the loss of his honored father, and he then went to live with his cousin, Harvey Heath, in Monroe township, Delaware county, where he was employed at farm labor. During that time he saved some money and when twenty-one years of age engaged in the mercantile business in Cowan, becoming the proprietor of a general store, also serving as postmaster under Harrison, as the agent for the Lake Erie & Western Railroad and also as an express agent. The year 1892 witnessed his arrival in Muncie, where he has gained an enviable position in its business circles as a broker and real estate dealer, having by honorable and correct methods gained the confi- dence of his fellow townsmen. In polities he has been a Republican since age conferred upon him the right of franchise, though not an active partisan and in no sense a politician.
On the 23d of September, 1888, Mr. Perdiue was united in marriage to Laura A. Lykins, a daughter of Philip Lykins, who was born and reared in Delaware county. Two children have been born of this union : Lula V., whose birth occurred on the 10th of December, 1891, and Clarence C., born July 25, 1895. The fraternal relations of Mr. Perdiue connect him with the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He keeps well informed on the issues of the day, both politically and otherwise, and at all times has manifested a commendable interest in everything pertaining to the welfare and advancement of the city of his adoption. He is a man of genial temperament and genuine worth and is popular and respected in all circles.
CLARENCE W. DEARTH. Clarence W. Dearth, who recently served two terms as prosecuting attorney of Delaware county and is one of the leaders among the younger generation of lawyers in this county, was born near Lebanon, Warren county, Ohio, September 26, 1872. His parents moved to Royerton, in Delaware county. in the fall of 1879, and later to Muncie. Born and reared on a farm, Mr. Dearth got the foundation of his education in the common schools of Royerton, where he completed the work at the
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age of fifteen. Among his earlier experiences, work as a farm hand and in the Ball Brothers factory at fifty cents a day gave him the money with which he completed his education. By these means he saved a hundred dollars, after which he entered school at Valparaiso and pursued a com- mercial and scientific course. Now followed another interim during which he resorted to wage earning in order to accumulate enough to carry him further in the desired training for his profession. For two years he was bookkeeper for O. W. Crabbs, and in a similar capacity with T. J. Ault & Company for some time : also taught six terms of school in Union township and a normal school at Eaton. Returning to Valparaiso he laid the founda- tion for the study of law, and in May, 1897, entered the Indiana Law School at Indianapolis, where he was graduated in May, 1899.
On receiving qualifications for practice he formed a partnership with George E. Cox, their office being at 2061. E. Main street. In November, 1899, he was elected to the office of prosecuting attorney and by re-election held that office four years. Mr. Dearth made a good record while in office as representative of the state and people, and as a part of his official duties he was called upon to prosecute twelve murderers. He has taken an active part in politics during the last ten years, having spoken in nearly every schoolhouse in Delaware county. Since retiring from the prosecutor's office he has resumed the practice of law, having an office in the Wysor block.
Mr. Dearth married November 15, 1899. He is affiliated with several fraternal orders, and Mrs. Dearth is active in club work.
AMOS O. STANLEY. The name of Amos O. Stanley is inscribed high on the roll of the representatives of the legal profession. His superior ability has won him marked success, has crowned him with high judicial honors and has placed him among the leaders in his profession. His birth occurred in Marion county, West Virginia, May 11, 1869, his parents being Henderson and Margaret (Bunner) Stanley, both also natives of that commonwealth. After completing his studies in the common schools of the county of his nativity young Stanley became a student in the Fair- mont State Normal, and later, in 1898, graduated from the law department of the West Virginia University with the degree of LL. B. From the time of his graduation until 1906 he practiced his chosen profession in Fairmont, West Virginia, coming at the close of that period to Muncie, he having married one of Delaware county's native daughters. Since becoming a member of the legal profession Mr. Stanley has been the recipient of many political honors, having from 1903 to 1904 served as a representative from Marion county in the West Virginia legislature, while for three years he was also city attorney of Fairmont, having resigned that position to come to Muncie.
On the 28th of June, 1899, Mr. Stanley was united in marriage to Mattie Shuttleworth, a daughter of Hezekiah and Elizabeth ( Felton)
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Shuttleworth, and a representative of two of the honored pioneer families of Delaware county. One little son, Myron Dwight, has blessed their union, his birth occurring on the 8th of July, 1900. Mr. Stanley holds membership relations with the Fraternal Order of Odd Fellows and is also a worthy member of the Methodist church.
IRA J. YOUNG. An attorney at law, has been a resident of Muncie since 1899, in which year he took up his abode in this city to engage in his chosen profession of the law, coming from Ripley county, Indiana, where he was born on his father's farm July 31, 1870. His parents were Joab and Margaret E. (Mullan) Young, both natives of Indiana, where the father was a successful farmer, stock raiser and dealer. He is now deceased, but the wife and mother is living. They resided near the town of Osgood and there the son was reared, receiving his elementary education in the Osgood schools. Thereafter he was a teacher for four years, attending and teaching school alternately, and in the meantime was a student in the Danville ( Indiana) Normal, from which he graduated in the literary department in 1891 and from the law department in 1896. To further prepare himself for the profession which he had chosen as a life work he entered the law department of the Indiana University, in which he graduated in 1889, and immediately thereafter he came to Muncie. During the intervening years of his residence here Mr. Young has gained an excellent clientage and is fast forging his way to the front in the line of his profession.
He is a Master Mason, a Red Man, a member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity, and in politics is a stanch Republican, active as a worker and forcible as a speaker in the support of the men and measures of the party.
BEECHER W. BENNETT. For many years Beecher W. Bennett has occupied a conspicuous place among the leading business men of Muncie. He is prominently connected with its manufacturing interests and through the channels of trade has contributed not alone to his individual prosperity, but to the welfare of Delaware county as well. His birth occurred near Frankfort, in Clinton county, Indiana, April 1, 1857, his parents being Samuel and Nancy (Kyger) Bennett, both also natives of that county.
Beecher W. Bennett attended the public schools of Clinton county and also the Valparaiso University, and after his graduation from that well known institution he taught for a number of years, finally engaging in the mercantile business. In 1882 he entered upon his manufacturing enter- prises, from that time until 1888 extensively manufacturing tiles in Hoopston, Illinois, in company with Byron C. Moore, but in the latter year the firm sought a wider field for their endeavors and came to Muncie. Here they enlarged their operations to include the manufacture of brick, and in 1892 Mr. Bennett purchased Mr. Moore's interest, and from that
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time until 1906 was the sole proprietor of the large institution. His career has been that of an honorable, enterprising and progressive business man, and in all life's relations he has commanded the respect and confidence of those with whom he comes in contact.
On the 19th of September, 1883, Mr. Bennett was united in marriage to Minnie P. Payden, a daughter of William Payden, of Dayton, Indiana, and they have one child, Bertha Frances. Mr. Bennett is prominent in the Masonic fraternity, holding membership relations with Muncie Lodge, No. 433, F. & A. M., Muncie Council No. 16, R. & S. M., and Muncie Com- mandery, No. 18, K. T., and has filled all the chairs in the order. He is also a member of the Indianapolis Consistory, and his religious affiliations are with the Presbyterian church. He is a valued factor in business, church, fraternal and social circles, where his upright life and genial temperament make him a favorite.
GEORGE W. BROOKS is the well known proprietor of the Brooks Creamery. This prominent industrial institution of Muncie was established in June, 1887, and has been in continuous operation since that time. It is a modern establishment in all its appointments, furnishing a valuable addition to the business interests of Delaware county, and during his career it has gained a widespread reputation. The stations of the creamery are located at Parker and Gaston, to whichi milk is brought from a wide extent of territory, and from there is brought to the creamery in Muncie.
Mr. Brooks is a native son of New Jersey, born in Cumberland county on the 11th of September, 1850, but when only six years of age, at the time of his mother's death, he left his native county, and during the fol- lowing fourteen years he made his home with an uncle in Chester county, Pennsylvania. His parents were Lewis M. and Rachel (Wilson) Brooks, and the father spent his life in New Jersey, dying at the age of seventy-four years. He was twice married, and by his first wife, the mother of George W. Brooks, he had two sons and three daughters.
During his boyhood days Mr. Brooks received a fair common school education, and in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, he learned the trade of a miller, but he never followed that calling and instead was engaged in agricultural pursuits from 1870 to 1886, first in Cumberland county, New Jersey, for two years. In 1873 he came to Delaware county, Indiana, where he worked for wages for a time, and after his marriage he bought land and lived in Hamilton township until 1885. In that year he took up his abode in Muncie and in the following year established his creamery. Success has attended his efforts from the start and with the passing years he has gained prominence in the business world until now he occupies a distinctive place among the leading men of affairs in Delaware county.
Mr. Brooks married, in 1880, Naomi, the daughter of Aaron Moore, and her death occurred in 1884, leaving one child, Mary E. In 1894 Mr. Brooks married Mrs. Emma Howell, nee Moore. He is a Republican in
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his political affiliations, has fraternal relations with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Red Men, and both he and his wife are members of the High Street Methodist Episcopal church.
ROBERT ELDRIDGE STEVENSON. Although one of the younger members of the Delaware county bar, Mr. Robert E. Stevenson is fast forging his way to the front as an attorney, winning for himself marked distinction in one of the highest callings to which man can devote his energies. He has been a resident of Muncie since 1904, and during the intervening period has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession and has gained a desirable clientage. A native of Hendricks county, Indiana, Mr. Stevenson was born on his father's farm near North Salem, August 24, 1874, his parents being Wesley and Mary C. (Dodd) Stevenson, both of whom were born in Indiana. The father has devoted his business career to farming, and during the Civil war he also served as a valiant soldier in the Union cause.
Robert E. Stevenson was reared on the homestead farm, attending the public schools and graduating from the high school of his native county. Predilection led him to the study of law, and after studying for a time under the preceptorship and in the office of a practicing lawyer he took a law course in the Central Normal School at Danville, Indiana. In 1902 he was admitted to the bar and has since been admitted to practice in the Indiana state supreme court and also in the United States courts. In politics he is a thorough Democrat. His fraternal relations connect him with the Masonic order, in which he has reached the thirty-second degree, and also with the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Stevenson by his own exertions and energy has forged his way to the front in all the relations of life. He gained his education at his own expense and from an early age has been thrown entirely upon his own resources.
GEORGE R. ANDREWS. The Andrews family is one of the historic ones of Delaware county. Many years have passed since they became identified with its history and one of its honored representatives was Dr. D. H. Andrews, who in an early day practiced his profession here, and his name became a noted one in this section of the state. He married Mary J. Gilbert, whose father, Goldsmith C. Gilbert, was also numbered among the honored early pioneers of the county.
G. R. Andrews, a son of Dr. D. H. and Mary (Gilbert) Andrews, was born in Delaware county, Indiana, on the 2d of February, 1855. His educa- tional training was received in the schools of his native county, and in the early part of his business career he became a bookkeeper. In 1879 he engaged in business in Muncie, where his efforts have been attended with success, and he is numbered among the public-spirited and progressive citizens of the place.
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