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in the Valparaiso College. He taught one year in the Argos schools. He wedded Miss Cora Davis. Mrs. Voreis' father was born in Pennsylvania June 28, 1906, and died at the age of seventy-eight years, while the mother was born in Ohio and died at the age of thirty-five years. They were married in Wayne county and became the parents of eleven children, of whom four are now living: John, Joseph, William and Mrs. Voreis. In 1852 the father came to Marshall county with his family, settling in Green township. He was a cooper by trade, but here followed farming and in the community was recognized as a prominent and influential citizen, He voted with the Democracy from the time that age conferred upon him the right of franchise and he cast his first ballot for Andrew Jackson. He, too, belonged to the Christian church.
After purchasing his present farm Mr. Voreis and his family lived in the original log cabin until after the birth of four of the children. In 1871 he built a frame dwelling and he now has a good bank barn and other buildings upon his place for the shelter of grain and stock. He has made all of the improvements here and cleared the land from the timber. As the years passed he prospered and he and his sons became owners of seven hundred and twenty acres of well improved land, all in Green township. He has now, however, given to his sons all of his land save the old homestead of one hundred and sixty acres upon which he resides.
Unto Mr. Voreis and his first wife were born five children: Edwin, a prosperous farmer in Green township, was educated in the common schools. He wedded Miss Ella Harrison and they have one daughter, Vera; James, a prosperous farmer on the Voreis homestead, was edu- cated in the common schools, and also at Valparaiso Normal. He wedded Miss Florence Miller and has two children, Ethel and Mabel; Jacob is also a prosperous farmer, and was educated in the common schools. He wedded Miss Stella Castleman, and their three sons are William G., Dale C. and James W. His wife died February 2, 1906. Estella is at home. William died at the age of two years.
Mr. Voreis is a stalwart Democrat and has served as township trustee for two terms and as county commissioner for one term. He was brought to this county when about two and a half years of age and has since lived within its borders, covering more than the allotted scrip- tural age of man. His life has ever been one of industry and integrity, commanding for him the esteem and trust of those with whom he has been associated.
LORENZO D. ELEY, M. D. During a period of twenty-two years Dr. Lorenzo D. Eley has been a member of the medical profession, and since 1897 he has practiced in Plymouth. He began his medical studies in Rochester, Indiana, in about 1883, and in 1887 he graduated in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Keokuk, Iowa. With this thor- ough preparation for his life work he opened an office at Tippecanoe, Indiana, and continued his practice there until the spring of 1891, going thence to Chicago, and in 1897 he came to Plymouthi and has since been in constant practice here.
Although so prominently identified with the interests of Marshall
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county Dr. Eley is a native son of Fulton county, Indiana, born on the 28th of June, 1855, to Sampson and Hannah (Kemmer) Eley, both na- tives of Ohio, and of German descent. On the paternal side the family were from Pennsylvania but became residents of Ohio in an early day. Mr. Eley passed away in death at the age of sixty-nine years, but his wife reached the advanced age of eighty-three years before she was called to the home beyond. In their family were seven children, four daughters and three sons, all of whom are living at the present time with the exception of the eldest, who died at the age of sixty-six years.
Dr. Eley, their fifth child and second son in order of birth, spent the early years of his life in his native county of Fulton, and after attending its public schools he was a student for two terms at Bourbon College and also spent a similar period in the Rochester high school. For one year after the completion of his education he was a member of the teach- ers' profession, and it was at the close of this period that he entered upon the study of the profession which he had chosen as his life occupa- tion. His membership with the Marshall County, the Indiana State and the American Medical Societies enables him to keep abreast of the many new discoveries which are constantly being made in the medical science, and he also has fraternal affiliations with the Masonic order.
Dr. Eley married in 1891 Catherine B. Conroy, who was born and reared in Keokuk, Iowa, and they have one son, Conroy. The political affiliations of Dr. Eley are with the Democratic party, and in 1896 he was the choice of his party for the office of county assessor and he has also served as secretary of the county board of health. He takes an active part in the public life of his community.
JACOB MARTIN. The city of Argos, Marshall county, numbers among its leading citizens none who are more intelligent, versatile and substantial than Jacob Martin, for many years engaged in educational work and, in the later period of his career, a leader in the lumber interest of the locality. He was born in Tippecanoe township, of the county named, on the 22d day of May, 1860, being a son of Socrates and Margaret (Tarris) Martin. His parents are both natives of Ohio-the father born in 1834 and the mother in 1836-and they are now residents of Mentone, Indiana. In 1856 the senior Mr. Martin located in Kosciusko county, Indiana, and became a "Hoosier school master," and in 1860 removed to Marshall county, be- came identified with its agricultural interests and continued in active pur- suits until his retirement to Mentone in 1882. He is an earnest member of the Baptist church, and an old-time Democrat.
Jacob Martin is of Scotch-Irish blood and the eldest in a family of five sons and three daughters, all of whom are living. He lived on the farm until 1883, when he moved to Argos, Indiana, where he taught in the public schools until 1889, when he moved to Plymouth, Indiana. He taught in the Plymouth high schools fourteen years, 1889 to 1903. He resigned his position in November, 1902, because his continuous and wearing labors had so impaired his health that he was compelled to seek a change of environment and occupation. During this period of his life various indications pointed to the advisability of the adoption of a busi- ness career. Among his other outside works of a practical nature was
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the construction and operation of the first independent telephone ex- change at Warsaw, Indiana. He owned and operated that exchange four years, 1896 to 1900, while teaching in Plymouth. For more than a year succeeding the relinquishment of his duties as a teacher Mr. Martin traveled through the northern and western states, thereby obtaining both required change and recreation, and broadened his outlook over the field of commerce and business. In 1904 he located in Argos, and has since been actively identified with its lumber interests and allied industries. In the following year he assisted in the organization of the Argos Manu- facturing Company, a corporation engaged in the manufacture of furni- ture, and as its president he has evinced strong ability both of an execu- tive and promotional character.
On the 7th of October, 1883, Mr. Martin married Miss Anna M. Goodwin, who was born in Marshall county January 15, 1858, and is a daughter of William G. and Lavina (Whisman) Goodwin. The father is a native of Kentucky and the mother of Indiana. Both Mr. and Mrs. Martin are members of the Christian church at Argos, and also of Eastern Star chapter No. 26, Plymouth. Individually Mr. Martin is an enthusi- astic and leading fraternalist. He is a member of Plymouth Kilwinning Lodge No. 149, A. F. and A. M., and of the Argos Lodge No. 212, Knights of Pythias, having held all of the offices of the latter, and in October, 1907, served as a representative to the grand lodge.
L. W. MCCLURE was born in Holmes county, Ohio, July 15, 1839, a son of Holladay and Elizabeth ( Ross) McClure, both of whom claimed Pennsylvania as the commonwealth of their nativity. In a very early day in its history the father moved to Ohio and became numbered among its honored pioneers, and in 1856 he transferred his residence to Fulton county, Indiana. After remaining there for some time he came to Mar- shall county, where he was identified with its agricultural interests until 1879. In that year he moved to Argos and lived retired until his death in 1867, aged sixty-five years. He was a member of the Baptist church, and politically was a Jefferson and Jackson Democrat. Mrs. McClure long survived her husband, dying in 1882 when seventy years of age. They were married in their native state of Pennsylvania and became the parents of eleven children, of whom the three now living are: L. W., the subject of this review; Lucinda, the wife of Philip Steverns; and Harriett N., the wife of James Woodard. Mrs. McClure's father was a soldier in the war of 1812.
L. W. McClure remained in the parental home until twenty years of age, and learning the carpenter's trade he continued work at that vocation for thirty-five years. At the close of that period he turned his attention to farming pursuits in Walnut township, Marshall county. but on the 2d of August, 1905, he sold his farmi, and has since lived retired in Argos. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has held all of the offices, and in his political relations he voted with the Democracy until twenty years ago, since which time he has been allied with the Prohibitionists.
On the 3d of August, 1861, Mr. McClure married Elizabeth Ormsby, who was born in Fulton county, Indiana, June 25, 1842, a daughter of
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Lyman and Eliza (Robins) Ormsby, and her death occurred at the early age of twenty-eight years, in 1870. She became the mother of three children: Ida, the wife of Luther Bowell; William, who married Alma Eidson; and Frankin, who was born April 26, 1868, and died on the 2d of May, 1869. On the 10th of April, 1873, Mr. McClure mar- ried Catherine Gipe. She was born in Richland county, Ohio, July 25, 1841, the daughter of Samuel and Martha (Harnly) Gipe, both of whom were born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, the father on the 3d of April, 1810, and the mother in 1814. In the early days Samuel Gipe moved to Van Wert county, Ohio, where he cleared a farm of one hun- dred acres and continued his residence there until his removal to Mar- shall county, Indiana, in 1868, purchasing hin a farm in West township. His wife died soon after his arrival here, and in 1871 he sold his farm and moved to Roann, Indiana, where he spent his remaining days and died on the 25th of October, 1878. He was a member of the German Baptist church and affiliated with the Democratic party. The death of Mrs. Gipe occurred on the Ist of February, 1871, at the age of fifty- seven years. Of their family of twelve children, eight daughters and four sons, nine are now living: Fannie, Catherine, Amos, Pauline, Amanda, Harriett, Emanuel, Lavina and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. McClure are the parents of three children: Edmund L., engaged in baling hay. and straw; Orlando, who married Lura Hess, and Myrtle, the wife of Clarence Reed.
Mr. and Mrs. Orlando McClure have a family of two children, Katherine Louise and Ray Herbert. He is one of the proprietors of the Wickizer-McClure Printing Company, of Argos, and they are up-to-date printers and their work is of the best. Mr. and Mrs. Reed have one little daughter, Helen McClure.
DR. B. W. S. WISEMAN, postmaster at Culver, Marshall county, is well known throughout this section as a physician of long and substantial standing. The six years of his government service have also proven his executive and administrative capacity and established his reputation as a citizen of broad caliber and continuous progress. He is an Ohio man, born in Hancock county on the 24th of June, 1852, a son of Lor- enzo D. and Agnes (Hufford) Wiseman, both natives of the Buckeye state.
Tradition makes Sir Richard Wiseman, sergeant surgeon to Charles II, one of the great figures in the early history of English medicine and surgery, as also one of the founders of the family in that country. Rev. John Wiseman, a great uncle, was a soldier of the Revolutionary war and a participant of that memorable campaign at Valley Forge. This fact entitles the doctor and his descendants to honorable membership in the Sons and Daughters of the Revolution. Samuel Wiseman, his paternal grandfather, was a native of Pennsylvania, whence (after the Revolution and when but a boy) he removed with his father's family into Virginia, and from the Old Dominion migrated into the wilds of Ohio about the year 1806. The father, L. D. Wiseman, was born in Fairfield county, that state, in 1812; followed the carpenter's trade in his younger years, and in his early manhood removed to Hancock county,
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Ohio, where he resided until 1867. In that year he located at Marmont (Culver), Marshall county, Indiana, where his death occurred January 23, 1890. The deceased was a man of the highest social standing and of deep religious character, faithfully serving the Methodist church for a period of sixty years. He was twice married, first to Frances Hooper, a daughter of Rev. James Hooper, who bore him seven children, and, secondly, to Agnes Hufford, who also became the mother of seven.
The fourth child and second son of the second family, the doctor resided in his native county until he was fifteen years of age, when he accompanied his parents to Indiana, locating at Culver in 1867. The education which was preliminary to his professional course he received in the schools of Ohio and Indiana, this including a training in the common schools of these states and in the high schools of Napoleon, Ohio, and Plymouth, Indiana, as well as courses at the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso. While thus engaged, he also taught school and read medicine under the preceptorship of Drs. Edmunds and Durr, of his home town. In the winter of 1876-7 he attended lectures in the medical department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and entered practice during the following spring at Marmont. He attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, in the winter of 1879-80, receiving his degree of M. D. in March of the latter year, and in 1884 took a post graduate course at the institution of the same name in Chicago. During the spring and summer of 1881 he was en- gaged in the practice of his profession at Hanna, Indiana, but returned to Culver. In 1885 he removed to Chicago, where, in addition to his private practice, he became interested in the work of the Convalescent Women's Home of that city. Ill health in his family compelled him to leave a promising professional field there and relocate at Culver in 1887, and there he has since resided and prospered. He continued to devote himself to his profession with undivided energy and uninterrupted suc- cess until 1902, when he was honored with the appointment of post- master at the hands of President Roosevelt, and was reappointed to the position in January, 1906. The doctor is a member of the Indiana State Medical Society and of the Marshall County Medical Society, having served for one term as president of the latter, and is also one of the surgeons of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Fraternally he is identified with the Knights of Pythias at Culver, being a member of Indiana Castle Hall No. 231.
Dr. Wiseman's marriage to Miss Roseline M. Buswell occurred in 1877, and they have become the parents of the following: Charles S., M. D., a graduate of the Fort Wayne College of Medicine and an alumnus of Purdue University, located in active practice at Lakeville, Indiana, and married to Miss Irma Garver, who has borne him one child, Richard Scott; Gertrude A., wife of Clarence Behmer, assistant postmaster at Culver, and who is the mother of Glenn, Ruth and Donald; Donald H. and James S., both deceased; Clara B., who is a graduate of the Culver High School and taught one term in the county ; Allie E., in the last year of her high school course and a talented musician, being a performer both on the piano and the violin; Ethel H., also living at home. The. parents have fulfilled the duty of good Americans in that they have given
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their children not only a thorough mental training, but have not neg- lected to furnish them with that culture whose nature is indicated by their natural tastes.
WILLIAM EVERLY, one of the prominent citizens of Plymouth and of Marshall county as well, is a native Hoosier, having been born in Kosciusko county, Indiana, October 3, 1854. He is a son of Joseph and Sarah Mackay-Everly, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. They were the parents of seven children, four boys and three girls, of whom the subject of this sketch is the youngest. His father was of German extraction, and his mother of Scotch-Irish descent. In his general physical and mental make-up he partakes largely of the admirable quali- ties of the lineage from which he is descended. He is of robust build, six feet in height, black sparkling eyes and ruddy complexion.
He was educated in the public schools of Kosciusko county and in the Warsaw High School, and at the age of eighteen, one year after his father's death, which occurred in Kosciusko county, he commenced teaching in the public schools of that county, in which profession he continued for a period of fourteen years. After abandoning his work as a teacher he has since been closely allied to school work, being engaged in the supplying of schools with the much needed apparatus which his former experience as a teacher convinced him was essential to good work. He was reared under the influence of the Christian faith, of which both his father and mother were ardent and devout members. Po- litically he is and always has been a Democrat, as were all his family from the time of the formation of the Democratic party. But beyond being elected and serving as trustee of Harrison township, Kosciusko county, the township in which he was born and reared, he has never been an applicant for office, believing the victory he achieved by his election as trustee in a township in which the Republican majority was largely against him was political glory enough for a lifetime.
He was united in marriage with Miss Amanda A. Dunnock, No- vember II, 1877, to whom were born three children, one son and two daughters, only one of whom grew to womanhood-Lola-who is hap- pily married to Harry B. Lamson, of Plymouth, and resides in South Bend, Indiana. His first wife having died October 25, 1902, he was united in his second marriage to Miss Harriet B. Kelly, July 3, 1905, and resides in a palatial mansion in the city of Plymouth.
In 1886 he removed from Kosciusko county and settled on a small farm which by industry and economy he had managed to acquire. In 1895 he entered into the general contracting line of business, and up to the present has occupied a goodly portion of his time in that line of work. Being reared on a farm, his liking for that profession clings to him still, and a portion of his time is devoted to managing his large landed estate, which, having added to his first farm here a little and there a little, now covers an area of five hundred and twenty acres, most of which is among the best lands in this section of the state.
In the social and society circles of life he is a popular and prominent figure. He belongs to the Masonic orders in Plymouth, and has filled the highest office in the Masonic lodge, Royal Arch Chapter and Knights
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Templar Commandery ; is also a member of the Council of Royal and Select Masters, and a member of Indianapolis Consistory, Scottish Rite. He is also a member of the Plymouth lodge, Knights of Pythias.
MOSES DAWSON, who is now living retired in Argos but in former years was actively engaged in business as a farmer and stock-raiser of Marshall county, was born in Walnut township, June 29, 1846, his parents being William and Sarah (Greer) Dawson. The father was born in Tennessee, April 26, 1801, and died December 30, 1887, at the advanced age of eighty-six years. His wife, who was born in Virginia May 5, 1814, passed away in November, 1848, at the comparatively early age of thirty-four years. They were married in Vigo county, Indiana, having in childhood days become residents of this state. When only five years of age William Dawson accompanied his parents on their removal from Tennessee to Kentucky, and was there reared to manhood. On attaining his majority he accompanied his parents to Indiana, locating in Vigo county, where in 1832 he wedded Sarah Greer. He then removed to Illinois, living in that state until 1836, when he came to Marshall county, Indiana, making the journey across the country with ox-teams. He then located in Walnut township, near the Bethel church, and purchased eighty acres of land upon which stood a log cabin. In this pioneer home . the Dawson family soon began housekeeping, and there they remained until 1849. The wife and mother died in this pioneer home in 1848. Having built a new log cabin, the family took possession of it in the spring of 1849, and it continued to be their place of abode until 1860, when he built a two-story frame house that was his place of abode until 1865, when he removed to the vicinity of Lafayette, Indiana, where he continued until 1880. In that year he became a resident of Argos, where he spent his remaining days, and at the time of his death he was the oldest citizen in Walnut township, having lived here for sixty-six years. Soon after coming to Marshall county he joined the Baptist church, and when that congregation ceased to have an existence he identified himself with the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a good citizen and Chris- tian man, beloved by all who knew him. He patterned his life closely after the teachings of the church, and at all times commanded the confi- dence, trust and respect of those with whom he was associated. His political support was given to the Whig party. Unto him and his wife were born nine children, of whom six are yet living, namely: John, Delilah, William, Elizabeth Ann, George R. and Moses.
In taking up the personal history of Moses Dawson, we present to our readers the life record of one who is widely known in Marshall county. Upon the old homestead farm he was reared, remaining with his father until he reached the age of seventeen years, when he started out in business life on his own account, following boating on the Wabash and Erie canal. Twelve years passed in that way and when the canal business ceased to be profitable, owing to the more rapid transportation brought about by means of the railroads, he returned to Marshall county and settled upon a farm in Walnut township. His time and energies were then given to general agricultural pursuits and to stock-raising until 1899, when he retired to Argos and has since enjoyed a well earned rest.
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While upon the farm he successfully tilled the fields and also gained a good profit in the raising and sale of cattle, hogs and sheep. His busi- ness affairs were carefully and systematically managed and he was never known to take advantage of the necessities of another in a business transaction.
On the IIth of November, 1877, Mr. Dawson was united in marriage to Miss Judith Fox, who was born in Wayne county, Indiana, July 3, 1852, a daughter of William and Judith A. (Brooks) Fox. Her father, who was born near Richmond, Wayne county, Indiana, March 23, 1823, died in Walnut township, near Argos, May 16, 1891. The mother was born in North Carolina January 17, 1819, and died in Argos August 7, 1905. When a little maiden of six years she accompanied her parents on their removal to Wayne county, Indiana, and it was there she gave her hand in marriage to William Fox. In 1861 they came to Marshall county, settling in Walnut township, east of Argos, and later they estab- lished their home a half mile south, where the father spent his remaining days. At one time he was quite an extensive landholder and was a well known and prominent citizen of this community. He held membership in the Christian church and gave his political allegiance to the Whig party until its dissolution, after which he became a stalwart Republican. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Fox were born eight children, of whom six are now living: Lorenzo, Jesse B., Charity L., Mrs. Dawson, William L. and John H.
Mr. Dawson exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party, but has never sought office. He belongs to Argos lodge No. 212, K. P., and is interested in all the pro- gressive measures which have bearing upon the welfare and npbuilding of this part of the state. His life has been one of untiring industry and perseverance, and to these qualities he owes the success that he is now enjoying, making him a substantial agriculturist of the community.
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