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Mr. Washington Maynard, whose name introduces this review, mar- ried, September 24, 1859, Martha Jane Thompson, who was born in Wash- ington township, Delaware county, January 10, 1842, the daughter of David and Malinda ( Davis) Thompson. The father was born in Butler county, Ohio, October 27, 1817, and is now living with Mr. Maynard. He is the son of David Thompson, Sr., who came to Henry county, Indiana, in 1823. Mrs. Thompson was born in Licking county, Ohio, and died on the Ioth of September, 1904. On the 24th of August, 1837, in Salem township, Delaware county, Indiana, she gave her hand in marriage to David Thompson, and they became the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters-Alzina, Amanda (deceased), Martha, Reuben (deceased), George ( deceased), and Joseph P., living in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson came to Delaware county in 1837, soon after their marriage, locating in Washington township, where Mr. Thompson erected a little log cabin twelve by fourteen feet and cleared about three acres of timber land. He later bought one hundred and sixty acres of heavily wooded land west of where Gaston now stands, which he also cleared, and in 1874 moved to Muncie. Since IGOI, however, he has been a resident of Gaston, making his home with Mr. and Mrs. May- nard. He became a member of the United Brethren church when twenty- five years of age, and in his political affiliations he was first a Whig, then a Republican, and now casts his vote independent of party ties. He was elected a justice of the peace in 1872 and was the incumbent for twelve and a half years.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Maynard have been born the following children : Mary A., Aggy L., George T., all of whom are deceased, and John, who is living in Whiteley county, Indiana, and David S., a resident of the old home- stead farm in Washington township. They also have five grandchildren. Mr. Maynard was made a Mason in Wheeling Lodge No. 324, A. F. & A. M., was also a charter member of New Corner Lodge No. 425, A. F. & A. M., of which he served as master for eight years, and was demitted to Delaware lodge of that order at Muncie. He is also a member of New Corner Lodge No. 524, I. O. O. F., at Gaston, and of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he is serving as trustee, and is superintendent of the Sunday-school. He is a firm advocate of the principles of the Prohibition party.
BENONI BEUOY was born in the little log house which his father had built on the old homestead farm, which the son yet owns and cultivates, in Washington township, Delaware county, Indiana, September 15, 1838, the youngest son of Thomas and Mary ( Hart) Beuoy, the history of whose lives will be found in the sketch of their son, Randolph Beuoy.
During his boyhood days Benoni Beuoy assisted his father in clearing and improving his farm, and later he and his brothers each received one hun- dred acres of land from their father, continuing to work together until 1884, when their interests were dissolved, and each has since been working for himself. In 1867 Mr. Beuoy of this review and four other men made the
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overland journey by rail to Omaha, and there purchasing four mule teams, passed en route Helena, Montana, and they spent sixty-six days on the road, Mr. Beuoy walking a good deal of the distance. Reaching Helena, they sold their mules and outfit and came back to Bozeman, where he remained for two years, going in 1879 to Ogden, thence to Leesburg and Grantsville. Idaho, for one summer, and was there connected with the Union Pacific Rail- road Company. In the following spring he went to Cassel Rock and took up a hay ranch, where he was engaged in sheep shipping until 1882, but in that year returned to his home in Delaware county, spending thirty days on the return journey. Mr. Beuoy subsequently went to the Wasatch moun- tains in Utah, where he was engaged in the sheep business for two years, and returning thence to his home, engaged in agricultural pursuits with his brother Randolph. Since then he has continued the work of farming and sheep raising, raising principally Merino and Cotswold sheep, and during this year he sheared two hundred and fifty head, usually shearing from two hundred to three hundred head annually. His homestead farm consists of one hundred and eighty-nine acres of well-improved land, located in section IO, Washington township. He is a stanch Republican in his political affiil- iations.
On the 17th of June, 1876, Mr. Beuoy was united in marriage to Mrs. Lydia E. Smiley, who was born in Henry county, Indiana, at Blountsville, July 25, 1845, the daughter of Lee O. and Unis (Templin) Hayworth. The mother was born in 1818 in Highland county, Ohio, and her death occurred in 1875 at the age of fifty-seven years. In Henry county, Indiana, she gave her hand in marriage to Lee O. Hayworth, and of their eight children four are now living: Rebecca, who married John Thompson, and he is deceased; Mrs. Beuoy ; Gerard, who is married and living in Los Angeles, California ; and Hannon O.
Mr. Hayworth, the father, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, March 24, 1823, but during his boyhood days he came with his widowed mother to Indiana, residing during their first few years in this state in Greentown. Then until 1856 he resided in Blountsville, where he followed his trade of blacksmithing, and removing to Blackford county, Indiana, purchased a farm and carried on its work in addition to his blacksmithing business until 1857, when he removed to New Cumberland, now known as East Mathews. In 1874 he removed to Fairmount, and a short time afterward to Bolivar, Missouri, where he made his home until 1903, and since that time has re- sided at Summittsville, Madison county, Indiana. He is a worthy member of the Christian church and is a Republican in his political affiliations.
His daughter Lydia became the wife of Henry Smiley, February 18, 1874. His death occurred on the 8th of February, 1875, and in the follow- ing year, as mentioned above, she became the wife of Mr. Beuoy. Mr. Beuoy has in his possession one of the old deeds. bearing the date of execu- tion in 1837 and signed by President Martin Van Buren. This is one of the old souvenirs of the county.
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CHARLES T. BECOY, a prominent farmer and stock raiser of Washing- ton township, is a member of one of the oldest and most honored families of Delaware county, and it was within its borders, in Washington, township, that his birth occurred, May 2, 1870, his parents being George W. and Alzina ( Thompson) Beuoy. The father, who was also a native son of this township, born October 19, 1833, spent his boyhood days in assisting his father to clear the farm from the wilderness, attending the district schools during the winter months. Remaining with his parents until twenty-eight years of age, he then purchased eighty acres of school land, heavily tim- bered, and hewed the logs with which to erect his first cabin home, a little building eighteen by twenty-two feet in size. After residing on this farm for about fifteen years he returned to the old homestead and spent his re- maining days there, dying on the 16th of March, 1887. He was the owner of two hundred and thirty acres of rich and well-cultivated land, the larger part of which he had cleared himself. He never cared for the honors or emoluments of public office, and was a Jackson Democrat politically. In his native township of Washington, September 15, 1861, Mr. Beuoy married Alzina Thompson, who was born in Salem township, Delaware county, Indi- ana, October 12, 1838, and yet survives her husband. They became the parents of four children : Nelson R., born August 16, 1862, died June 21, 1902: Amanda A., born September 4, 1863, is the wife of Isaac Parkison, of Washington township; Annie E., born December 14, 1868, died at the age of three years ; and Charles T.
Charles T. Beuoy remained with his father and assisted him with his farm work until his death. About four years after his father's death he married, and in 1902 erected a pleasant and commodious residence, also a fine barn and other modern farm buildings, the farm being one of the most fertile and best-improved tracts in the community. In addition to his gen- eral agricultural pursuits he also breeds Duroc and Poland-China hogs, feed- ing from one to two carloads each year, and he also breeds fine draft horses.
Mr. Beuoy married, February 4, 1892, Allie M. Milhollin, whose birth also occurred within the borders of Washington township, January 27, 1873, and she too is a member of one of the old and prominent families of Dela- ware county. She is a daughter of Nathan and Mary (Carmin) Milhollin, whose history will be found elsewhere in this work. One little daughter has been born of this union, Fern 1., born October 18, 1892. Mr. Beuoy gives his aid and cooperation to the Democratic party. Mr. and Mrs. Beuoy have one of the old parchment deeds, executed under the hand and seal of President Martin Van Buren, and bears the date of August 12, 1838, one of the valuable souvenirs of the county and their home. This is the sixth deed of the kind found so far in the county.
DAVID S. MAYNARD has made his home within the borders of Delaware county, the place of his nativity, throughout his entire life, and is now prom-
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inently identified with its farming and stock-raising interests. In the mean- time, however, he has been an extensive traveler, thus obtaining that thor- ough knowledge which travel alone can bring. In 1902 he visited Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Denver and Cripple Creek, and in 1903 traveled exten- sively through the west and northwest, spending some time in Kansas City. In 1904, with his wife, he again visited the northwest, attending the exposi- tion at Portland, also visiting Seattle, Spokane and other points, touring in all ten different states. In 1906 he visited northwestern Canada, and on that trip passed through Assiniboia, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Mr. Maynard was born in Washington township, Delaware county, In- diana, October 6, 1870, a son of Washington and Martha (Thompson) May- nard, whose history will be found elsewhere in this work: He remained at home with his parents until his marriage at the age of twenty-one years, after which he resided for two years in Muncie. Removing thence to Gas- ton, he spent a similar period there, after which he returned to his father's farm, and has since carried on its work with the exception of the periods spent in travel. He breeds full-blooded Jersey and Duroc hogs and also full-blooded Shorthorn cattle and a good grade of horses and Shropshire sheep. He is at the present time experimenting with the raising of Turkey Red wheat, he having brought his seed wheat from Washington, and he ex- pects to make of this a success.
On the 10th of October, 1891, Mr. Maynard was united in marriage to Ida May Marshall, who was born in Alexandria, Madison county, Indiana, May 2, 1872, a daughter of George and Mary (Rathell) Marshall. Mr. Marshall was born in Delaware county, Indiana, December 16, 1840. He was a farmer up to the time of his enlistment for the Civil war, in February, 1862, in Company B, Thirty-sixth Indiana Regulars, and was discharged in December, 1865. He participated in the raid after Hood from Chatta- nooga to Nashville, from Frankton to Nashville, through Texas, and from Chickamauga to Atlanta. After his return from the army he resumed his agricultural labors in Madison county, but since 1907 he has resided at the Soldiers' Home in Marion. He is a stanch Republican in his political affilia- tions. Mrs. Marshall was born in Ohio and died in 1875. They were mar- ried in Anderson, Anderson county, Indiana, March 12, 1867, and became the parents of three children: Charles E., who married Addie Bays and was killed in a runaway accident ; Ida May, the wife of Mr. Maynard; and Mollie, who died in infancy. For his second wife Mr. Marshall married, in September, 1877, Miss Elizabeth Paugh, and their two children were Norah, the wife of C. Turner, and one who died in infancy. By his third wife, Mrs. Sarah Jane Grubb, he had one son, Frederick A. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Maynard, George F. and Urbane V., born respectively September 28, 1893, and February 19, 1900. The family are members of the United Brethren church, in which Mr. Maynard is serving as a trustee at the present time.
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MICHAEL CORY, who has been identified with the business interests of Delaware county throughout many years of his life, is a representative of one of the lionored pioneer families of the Hoosier state, who trace their descent to the land of Scotland. John and William Cory emigrated from that country to the United States, and to them belongs the honor of estab- lishing the family tree in the new world. The former, born October 9, 1611, died March 7, 1685. He was married at New London, Connecticut, July 2, 1638, to Ann Solomon, who was born in that commonwealth February 5, 1617, and died January 17, 1681.
Daniel Cory, the father of Michael, was born in Ross county, Ohio, July 7, 1808, a son of Nathan and Sarah (Wright) Cory, the former a farmer and Baptist minister. Daniel Cory came to Indiana in the spring of 1826, entering one hundred and sixty acres of land in Blue River town- ship, Henry county, where he erected a little log cabin in the wilderness and became numbered among the commonwealth's earliest and honored resi- dents. He withstood all the hardships and privations which were the lot of the frontier settlers, but in time he built him a two-story hewed log house, in which the remainder of his life was spent. With the passing years he also purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Washington town- ship, Delaware county. He was recognized as one of the leading farmers of Henry county. His two brothers, Joseph and Abraham, located in that county in 1823, also purchasing land in Blue River township, and they were both soldiers in the war of 1812. Mr. Cory was a Jefferson Democrat po- litically and was a member of the Baptist church.
On the Ist of December, 1826, in Ross county, Ohio, Mr. Daniel Cory married Mary Howard, who was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, August 22, 1800, and died on the 14th of September, 1872, while her hus- band survived her for one year, dying on the 29th of August, 1873. They became the parents of eleven children: Israel, who died December 13. 1888, and his twin sister died in infancy, January 9, 1827; John, born March 18, 1828, died October 11, 1841 ; Henry C., who was born January 24. 1830, and died in July, 1892, in California, married Hannah Eller, also deceased; Na- than, born November 11, 1831, died September 27, 1893; Adam, born Janu- ary 15, 1834, died March 17, 1903; William, born January 22, 1836, died April 29, 1836; Michael, the subject of this review ; David L., born February 14, 1839, died October 30, 1884; Nancy L., born August 10, 1842, married William Barner, and is living at Keystone, Wells county, Indiana; and Solo- mon, born October 20, 1843, died December 3, 1846.
Michael Cory was born in Henry county, Indiana, February 1, 1837, and received his educational training in its early public schools, which he at- tended only from two to three months during the winter months, in the meantime assisting his father to clear the home farm and place it under cul- tivation. When he had reached the age of twenty years he engaged in teaching school, and also taught a singing school, using a melodeon, which he has owned for over forty years. Coming to Washington township, Dela-
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ware county, March 20. 1861, he continued his residence here until 1867. when he removed to Sulphur Springs, Henry county, continuing mercantile pursuits there for one year. For two or more years thereafter he worked at carpentering, was also a justice of the peace, and for about five years served as the postmaster of Sulphur Springs. He was also engaged in the dry goods business there for one year, and was then in the grocery business for about eight years. On the 5th of February, 1878, he returned to Washington township and resumed his agricultural pursuits, and in 1884 he erected on his farm a commodious and substantial frame residence.
Mr. Cory married, February 21, 1861, Miss Louisa Canaday, who was born in Wayne county, Indiana, December 8, 1842, a daughter of Enos and Hannah (Chamness) Canaday, the father born in North Carolina, Sep- tember 27, 1819, and now living with his youngest son, Emanuel Canaday, on the old homestead in the northwest corner of Wayne county; but the mother, born August 8, 1812, died September 6, 1888. They were married near Hagerstown, Wayne county, Indiana, and became the parents of seven children : Louisa, the wife of Mr. Cory; William, born June 22, 1844, died February 9, 1866; Walter, who was born April 1, 1846, married Ellen Roe, and is living in Henry county ; Jesse, born December 13, 1847, married first Jane Wright and second Delia Brown, and is living in Winchester, Ran- dolph county, Indiana; Matilda, born May 6, 1851, married M. D. Harry, and is living in Henry county ; Mary E., born September 1, 1853, married O. Williams, their home being in Wayne county, Indiana; and Emanuel, born August 10, 1856, married for his second wife Catherine Milspaw, and is living on the old homestead farm in Wayne county. Mr. Canaday mar- ried for his first wife Luella Taylor, and she is deceased. Enos Canaday came to Indiana in an early day in its history and located in Wayne county, where he owned at one time over two hundred acres of land. He cleared his land from its dense growth of timber, placed his fields under an excellent state of cultivation, and replaced the little log cabin which first served as the home for the family with a large frame dwelling, beautifully finished in walnut, and in this pleasant residence he yet makes his home, surrounded by the many comforts and luxuries which years of past labor have brought him. He is a member of the New Light or Christian church, and since 1856 he has been affiliated with the Republican party, to which he transferred his relations from the Whigs.
Six children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Cory, namely : William L., Wesley ( who died at the age of thirteen months), Mary H., Laura E., Ina I., and one who died in infancy. Mr. Cory has served as the trustee of his township for one term, representing the Democratic party, and he is a worthy and acceptable member of the Baptist church.
LEVI L. CARTER. One of the oldest and most prominent of the early families of Indiana is now worthily represented in Washington township, Delaware county, by Levi L. Carter. His paternal grandfather, Isaac G.
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Carter, a native of Northport, Waldo county, Maine, born September 6, 1797, took up his abode in Grant county, Indiana, during a very early epoch in its history, where he built him a little log cabin home in the wilderness, and was thereafter prominently identified with the county's history. In Perry county, Ohio, on the 16th of December, 1819, he had married Hen- rietta Joslin, who was also a native of Waldo county, Maine, born June 9, 1802, but when a little lady of thirteen years, in 1815, she became a resident of Ohio. Ten sons were born of that union, and the parents both passed away in death in Grant county, Indiana, the mother on the Ist of April, 1863, and the father six years later, in 1869.
Ira J. Carter, a son of these brave and honored Indiana pioneers, was born in Washington county, Ohio, March 15, 1822, and during his early boyhood days he assisted his father in the clearing and cultivating of his farm in Grant county. He at one time was the owner of one hundred and sixty-nine acres of land, but this he divided among his children. During his younger days he taught school, and he also served as a justice of the peace and as the postmaster of Trask, receiving his commission as such in 1865, and he held that important office for twenty-seven years, or until advancing age compelled him to resign. He was a devoted and worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and politically was a Jackson Democrat. On the 25th of July, 1844, in Jefferson township, Grant county, Indiana, Mr. Carter was united in marriage to Eliza Ann Corn, who was born in Rush county, this state, June 5, 1825, and they became the parents of eleven children, seven of whom are now living: Joseph N., who married Jane Patterson ; Olive, the wife of John E. Kibbey ; Levi L., of this review ; Mary E., the wife of Elmer E. Hiatt; Isaac L., who married Margaret Fitch ; Jerusha, the wife of John R. Crouse; and Amy A., the wife of Wilbert A. Helms. Mr. Carter, the father, died on the 21st of March, 1899, in Jeffer- son township, Grant county, and thus another of the brave and honored early residents of Indiana was called to his final reward. Mrs. Carter came to Delaware county in 1836, when Muncie had not over a dozen houses, and the hotel was a double log house, called an inn.
Levi L. Carter was born in Jefferson township, Grant county, April 13, 1855, and as a boy he worked on his father's farm during the summer months and attended the district schools in the winters. As his father was in poor health, it devolved upon the son in his early years to take charge of the old homestead, which he conducted until his twenty-seventh year, also working sixty-seven acres during this time. In the spring of 1883 he came to Washington township, Delaware county, and began farming on one hundred and sixty-five acres, while at the present time he is superintending the work of two hundred and five acres. He carries on general farm work, and also breeds a good grade of stock, cattle, sheep and hogs. In 1895 he completed the erection of his attractive and modern farm residence, and he is numbered among the progressive and leading agriculturists and business men of Washington township.
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On the Ist of October, 1882, Mr. Carter was united in marriage to Mary Amanda Slater, who was born in Jefferson township, Grant county, Indiana, May 5, 1858, a daughter of William and Mary T. ( Marks) Slater, natives respectively of Richhill county, Ohio, and Loudoun county, Vir- ginia, the father born on the 12th of September, 1826, and died December 15. 1874, and the mother born November 25, 1824, died on the 16th of Jan- uary, 1879. They were married in Guernsey county, Ohio, January 9, 1851, and of their six children, three sons and three daughters, four are now living : Uree Ann, the wife of Thomas F. Scott ; Mary A., the wife of Mr. Carter : John William, who married Inez Horner; and George F., who married Cora Atkinson.
William Slater came to Indiana in April, 1853, and located in Jefferson township, Grant county, on the east bank of the Mississinewa river, where he had previously purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, and in time he added to this tract until he was the owner of four hundred and ninety acres, all in Jefferson township. His entire business career was devoted to agricultural pursuits, although when a young man he had learned the car- penter's trade. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and affiliated with the Republican party.
One daughter, Dora Ethel, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Carter. She graduated in the grammar school of district No. 4, Washington, township, when but twelve years of age, while later she completed the course in the Summitville high school of Madison county, doing four years' work in three, and for fifteen months thereafter she attended Hiron's Business Col- lege in Muncie, Indiana. She has since served as a stenographer for the Grant County Bank of Upland, and also teaches music on both the piano and organ. In his political affiliations Mr. Carter votes independent of party ties, and is an active factor in the work of the growth and upbuilding of his community. Mrs. Carter is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
GEORGE W. HUBER, M.D. The Gaston Milling Company is one of the leading industrial institutions of Delaware county, and its manager, Dr. George W. Huber, is therefore well known to its residents. He has been identified with this business throughout his entire business career, having operated the mill for his father from 1882 until the latter's death, and since that time he has conducted it for himself. Gaston also claims him among her native sons, his birth occurring in this city on the 7th of May, 1867, his parents being Frederick and Susan (Boyle) Huber.
Frederick Huber was born in Germany, eight miles from Stuttgart, in 1838, and his death occurred in Gaston in 1898. In Gaston he was mar- ried to Susan Boyle, who was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1840, and of their ten children, eight sons and two daughters, seven are now living-George W., James F., William E., 'Amanda C., Albert L., Freder- ick, Jr., and Frank. The two last named are twins. Mr. Huber, the father,
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