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construct for himself a home, which in beauty of surroundings, fine finish and tasteful furnishings is something exceptional. This residence, erected in 1906, is located on the Charlestown pike, near Prather, and is one of the landmarks of the vicinity. Standing on high ground, with an extensive lawn in front, it commands a wide view, extending for many miles in every direc- . tion. The structure is surrounded by broad verandas, whose supporting columns are made of rough hewn native stone. The downstairs interior is finished in "mission oak," with fluted columns of the same material, marking the dividing line between the large double parlors. The upstairs rooms are of various finishes, one in light oak, another in mahogany, others of con- trasting woods, and with furniture to match. Other luxuries of this home are the tile-floored bath room with all modern equipments, furnace, hot and cold water, chandeliers of beautiful design, lighted by electricity. An electric plant of most modern construction furnishes both lights and power. Being skilled in everything relating to the art of construction Mr. Lewman has ex- hibited his good taste in the selection of all the furniture and decorations, which enter harmoniously into the color scheme of the entire surroundings.
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Mr. Lewman is a member of the Mutual Construction Company, a cor- poration of contractors which put up large public buildings throughout the . South. His fraternal relations are with the Knights Templar and the Free and Accepted Masons. He also holds membership in Cement Lodge of the Odd Fellows at Prather.
On November 16, 1892, he was married to Daisy, daughter of James Edgar Brown, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Lewman have one child, a daughter named Vere, at present a student in the Jeffersonville schools.
THE GREEN FAMILY.
William Raleigh Green came from England about the year 1750, and settled near Poolesville, Montgomery county, Maryland. About the year 1770 he moved with his family to Iredell county, North Carolina, where his children grew up, married and most of them removed to homes farther west. Of these the names of Isaac, Thomas, William, John and Martha have been preserved.
William Green was born in 1761, grew up in Iredell county, and on March 17, 1796, was married to Chloe Ann Roby. In 1806 he moved to Ken- tucky and in 1809 came to Clark county, where he settled permanently, about four miles north of Jeffersonville. William Green died March 23, 1823, and his wife August 11, 1821. They are buried in the old Jacobs cemetery, about four miles northeast of Jeffersonville. The children of William Green and
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his wife, Chloe Ann Green, were as follows: John Willetts Green, born July 31, 1797; Thomas Wilkinson Green, born October 3, 1799; Martha Green, born November 15, 1801; Lurana Green, born January 7, 1804; Sarah Ade- line Green, born July 19, 1807; Leonard Roby Green, born December 29, 1809; Mary Green, born March 11, 1812, and William Henry Green, born July 13, 1814. All grew up in Clark county. Thomas Wilkinson Green located near Worthington, Greene county, where he died February 16, 1880. Leonard Roby Green engaged in newspaper work in New Albany, where he owned and published the Weekly and Daily Bulletin. He sold out there in 1849 and died in Goliad, Texas, August 7, 1853. William Henry Green learned the printer's trade at the age of seventeen in the office of the New Al- bany Gazette and was engaged in newspaper work for more than fifty years, owning and publishing papers in New Albany, Connersville and Brookville, Indiana. He was Auditor of Fayette county, Indiana, for twelve years, and died at Shelbyville, Indiana, in 1907.
Isaac Green, eldest son of William Raleigh Green, was born.August 21, 1755, and was married to Elizabeth Wilson, May 28, 1780. They remained permanently in Iredell county, North Carolina, where he died November 22, 1833. The children of Isaac and Elizabeth Green were: Zachariah, John, Thomas, William, Isaac, Hetty and Annie. Zachariah Green married Ann Jacobs and located in Wapello county, Iowa. John Green located in Ken- tucky. Thomas Green fought in the Seminole war, received a land warrant, and located in Morgan county, Indiana. Isaac Green remained at the old home in North Carolina. Hetty Green married John Summers and settled in Tennessee. Annie died young, and William Green located in Clark county, Indiana.
William Green was born March 15, 1790, in Iredell county, North Caro- lina. He was married December 19, 1816, to Celia Lewman and in 1819 in company with the Lewmans removed to Clark county, settling near Utica. He remained here a short time and then leased a tract of land near the old county farm. They lived here until 1833, when they purchased a tract of land near Memphis, which became their permanent home the same year.
William Green died December 5, 1867, and Celia Green died May 15, 1877. They with all their children are buried in Ebenezer cemetery, near Memphis.
The children of William and Celia Green were: Isaiah Green, born Octo- ber 10, 1817, married Matilda Jane Perry, December 10, 1839, and died Au- gust 18, 1840. No descendants. Elizabeth Caroline Green, born April 9, 1823, married Francis Durment, March 25, 1847, and settled in Carr town- ship; died March 31, 1907. Only two children grew up and married. Al- bert N. Durment married Mary King, of Carr township, and Jennie E. mar- ried George T Dunlevy, of Bluelick. All located in Carr township.
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John Wesley Green, born December 25, 1830, died January 30, 1845. Nancy Ann Green born August 24, 1833, married Joseph Thomas Harrell, December 23, 1855, died August 10, 1860. No descendants.
George Washington Green was born April 9, 1837, married Catherine Whitesides November 16, 1859, and died December 22, 1898. George W. Green was highly educated and spent fourteen years teaching. In 1861 he was ordained a minister of the Church of God, or the Adventists. He served this church for many years, held many public discussions on the articles of faith peculiar to that church and traveled much as an evangelist. He later became a member of the Christian church, with which he remained a faithful member and minister until his death. He lived on the old homestead, near Memphis, and is buried at Ebenezer.
The children of George W. and Catherine Green were: Edwin Orville, born December 26, 1860; Annie Alice, born July 2, 1862; Ella Etta, born April 11, 1864; Alvin Ellis, born June 15, 1866; Oscar Otto, born August 20, 1868; Mary Lizzie, born May 23, 1870: Clara Daisy, born September 18. 1872; William Louis, born September 13, 1874; John Frederick, born March 23, 1877; Eva Myrtle, born June 1I, 1880; Katie Lillian, born December I, 1882; Charles George, born June 1, 1885.
Edwin Orville Green was educated in the common schools of Union township, and the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute; he taught for six years, and was principal of the schools at Raub, Benton county, in 1886-7, and at Memphis in 1887-8-9. He was appointed to the railway mail service June 8, 1889, and assigned to the New York and Chicago Railway post- office with headquarters at Cleveland, Ohio. He was soon promoted and for many years has been clerk in charge of some of the largest exclusive mail trains in the world. He was married May 3, 1888, to Ella E. Townsend, of Blue Lick. Their children are Florence Catherine, born August 14, 1890; Bernice Edna, born August 15, 1893, and Amos Townsend Green, born September 11, 1898. He has recently purchased a large tract of land in Silver Creek township, near Sellersburg, and expects soon to make it his permanent home.
Alvin Ellis Green was married March 3, 1889, to Daisy Forest Town- send, of Blue Lick, and owns a fine farm in Union township, but at present follows the carpenter's trade in New Albany.
Clara Daisy Green was married December 26, 1897, to Joseph L. Shir- ley, a farmer of Union township. They reside near Memphis, and have three children, Lester Louis, Joseph Irvin and George Shirley.
William Louis Green was educated in the common schools of Union town- ship and at Borden; taught school four years, and in 1896 he entered the Western Reserve Medical College of Cleveland, Ohio, where he graduated in 1900; served sixteen months as resident house physician in the Cleveland City Hospital, after which he located at Pekin, Washington county, Indiana,
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where he has since practiced with great success. He was married April 8, 1901, to Jessie A. Scott, of Waucoma, Iowa. They have one son, William Thomas Green, and a daughter, Jean Catherine Green.
Katie Lillian Green was married October 26, 1904, to Virgil Johantgen, of Union township; they live in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and have one child, Inez Catherine Johantgen, born September 13, 1905.
Charles George Green was educated in the common schools of Union township and studied telegraphy at New Albany. He now holds a responsible position with the Northern Pacific, and is located at Missoula, Montana, where he was married June 1, 1907, to Adele Basset, a teacher in the Missoula public schools.
ISAAC F. WHITESIDE.
This biographical memoir has to do with a characer of unusual force and eminence, for Isaac F. Whiteside, whose life chapter has been closed by the fate that awaits us all, was for a long lapse of years one of the prominent citi- zens of the Falls Cities and one of Jeffersonville's most distinguished native sons. He assisted in every way possible bringing about the wondrous trans- formation from the primitive conditions of the early days to later day progress and improvement. While he carried on a special line of business in such a manner as to gain wide notoriety, he also belonged to that class of representa- tive citizens who promote the public welfare while advancing individual success. There were in him sterling traits which command uniform confidence and re- gard, and his worthy personal attributes, enshrined in the hearts of hosts of friends, will long be honored.
Isaac F. Whiteside was born in Jeffersonville, Indiana, July 16, 1858, and was therefore only in the fifty-first year of his age when summoned to join the great phantom army on May 4, 1909, but although cut off in the . zenith of his powers he left behind an inheritance of which his descendants may well be proud-the fruits of a successful career and a good name. His parents were William S. and Rebecca (Friend) Whiteside, the former a native of Charlestown, Indiana, and the latter a native of what is now Danville, Ken- tucky. His father passed away several years ago, but his mother, a woman of gracious personality and beautiful Christian character, is still living at Jeffersonville. They were the parents of eight children, Isaac F., of this review, being the fourth child in order of birth. After reaching as far as the third year in high school he cut short his educational career to become an actor in 1874, his inclination being towards elocution, and his talents were recognized by Benjamin Cassesay, of Louisville, under whom he studied, after which he was offered a position with the stock company at the old Macauley
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theatre and he made his debut at the Academy of Music, Indianapolis, in 1875. From that time until 1877 he remained on the stage and assisted in supporting many of the greatest actors and actresses of that time, among them being Ed- win Booth, John McCullough, the elder Sothern, John T. Raymond, Larence Barrett, Mary Anderson and William J. Florence. Ada Rehan was a mem- ber of the company to which Mr. Whiteside belonged. At one time he was a roommate of \V. H. Gillette, the playwright.
After leaving the stage Mr. Whiteside became connected with his father in the grocery business in Jeffersonville, and in 1880 took charge in his own name. He proved to be an alert business man from the first and two years later built a bakery in connection with his grocery. Branching out fur- ther he purchased the produce business of J. S. Fry and established the firm of I. F. Whiteside & Brother, the junior member, Harry R. Whiteside, being placed in charge. In 1893 he abandoned the grocery and devoted his energies to the bakery and soon pushed his way into the Louisville market with such suc- cess that in 1895 he decided to move there and build a plant. Later he made additions and in the summer of 1908 opened what is probably the most ex- tensive and best equipped bakery in the South and excelled by but few plants in size and none in equipment throughout the United States. It was opened to public inspection on Mr. Whiteside's fiftieth birthday anniversary, July 16, 1908. Mr. Whiteside had the novel experience in the winter of 1893 of send- ing his wagons and teams across the Ohio river on the ice. His bakery in Louisville was at first located at Fourteenth and Maple streets, later it was removed to Fourteenth and Broadway where the great plant described in detail on another page of this work is now located. Its emergence from the little plant across the river with an investment of about one hundred and fifty dol- lars recalls the maxim, "how tall oaks from little acorns grow." The fully developed plant has a capacity of one hundred and forty-four loaves per min- ute and employes one hundred men. Bread is daily shipped from this busy establishment as far southeast as Cumberland Gap, and as far south as Decatur, Alabama. The daily capacity foots up to the tremendous aggregate of one hundred and seventy thousand loaves,
Mr. Whiteside was one of the most indomitable of workers in the Falls Cities and it was the popular belief about him that he could make no error in a business way. He appeared to have an unerring sense of what was the right thing to do and the best course to pursue and he never lacked the necessary courage to carry through any resolution or scheme upon which he determined. To the last, although his business interests remained in Louis- ville, Mr. Whiteside retained his affection for his home city in whose welfare he never ceased to take a keen interest. It is also remembered with high ap- preciation by the people of Jeffersonville that it was to Mr. Whiteside's faith, courage and will that the city owes her first steps upon the road to improve-
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ment upon which road she is now making rapid progress with confidence of a great future. The first granitoid walks and the first brick roadway were laid in Jeffersonville under the inspiration of Mr. Whiteside's counsel and are monuments to his determination since they were built in the face of much shortsighted opposition. Mr. Whiteside had faith in the future of his native city and the fact that the future looks brighter to Jeffersonville than the past is due in no small measure to the course he marked out and pursued for himself when he became Jeffersonville's chief magistrate in 1894. He had long been faithful in his support to the Republican party, but had never cared to take part in local politics until pursuaded to enter the mayoralty contest of the year mentioned above. He filled his four years of office with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of his constituents and all concerned and with benefit to the city at large. It was during his administration that the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic was held in Louis- ville and Mr. Whiteside saw to it that Jeffersonville did her just part in entertaining the visitors to this vicinity, even, it is said, outstripping Louisville, proportionately to her size, upon this occasion. Mr. Whiteside always retained his citizenship in Jeffersonville, and several years ago purchased the old and attractive Henry Peter property on West Front street and that remained his home until the last. Being hospitable and always desiring to entertain his friends, his home and social life were delightful. He was happy in his family relationship, warmly attached to his family and his pleasant home was always a place of harmony and good cheer. Mr. Whiteside's domestic life began when he had just passed his twentieth birthday, having married on August 13, 1878, Miss Louise F. Smith, daughter of John F. and Elmira Smith, the latter still living in Jeffersonville, and by this union there were two children, William S. Whiteside who is in the bakery business, having long been associated with his father, and he resides in Louisville. His sister, Miss Nora Whiteside, resides at home. Their mother was called to her rest in 1888, and two years later Mr. Whiteside married Katherine Beatty, daughter of John J. and Louise (Woodruff) Beatty, of Louisville, and this union resulted in the birth of two children, Sue May and Katherine, both members of the home circle. They and their mother are well known in social circles of this vicinity and are held in high esteem by a large circle of friends by reason of their culture, refinement and kindness.
Mr. Whiteside was never much of a secret order man, but was a member of Jeffersonville Lodge, No. 362, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and he was not a member of any church, holding to no man-made creed. However, his daily life was exemplary and evinced religious principles. His mother is a Methodist and his inclination was toward Methodism.
Mr. Whiteside showed unusual fortitude and courage during his long illness and never complained. His death was announced to the citizens of
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Jeffersonville by the tolling of bells and the various city buildings were draped in black as a mark of esteem for the honored dead. He was laid to rest in Cave Hill cemetery with universal regret.
WILLIAM E. BOTTORFF.
The subject of this sketch holds a conspicuous place among the success- ful business men and public-spirited citizens of Clark county and is an hon- orable representative of one of the oldest and best known pioneer families in the southern part of the state. He is a son of William J. and Eliza J. (Nett) Bottorff, whose sketch appears elsewhere in these pages, and dates his birth from the 19th day of May, 1857, having first seen the light of day on the old family homestead, in Charlestown township, where his ancestors located when the few sparse settlements of Clark county were but niches in the deep and well-nigh impenetrable forests. Reared amid the beautiful rural scenes by which his childhood home was surrounded and familiar with the rugged duties of the farm he grew up a strong and well developed lad and when his services could be utilized took his place in the fields where he was able to do a man's work long before reaching the years of maturity. Meanwhile in winter seasons he attended the district schools of the neighborhood and after finishing the branches taught therein entered the Charlestown Academy, where for two years he pursued the prescribed course.
Mr. Bottorff began his business career as a merchant, conducting for a period of thirteen years a general store and built up a large and lucrative patronage, during the greater part of which time he also had charge of the post-office at Vesta. For the purpose of educating his children he finally dis- posed of his mercantile interests and moved to Greencastle, but after a brief residence in that city went to New Albany, where he again embarked in general merchandising and millinery business, devoting especial attention to the latter line of trade, which he conducted for some time on a very extensive scale. Mr. Bottorff's commercial experience at New Albany was financially successful but after some years he sold his stock and returned to Clark county. He invested his capital in land, purchasing one hundred and eighty acres in Charlestown township, since which time he has devoted his attention very largely to his agricultural and real estate interests, meeting with gratifying success the meanwhile and earning an honorable reputation as an enterprising, far-seeing business man and praiseworthy citizen.
A Democrat interested in the success of his party and in touch with the leading questions and issues of the times he has never entered the political arena as a partisan or office seeker. He is essentially a business man and
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while ever striving for his own advancement he has also been mindful of the interests of his friends and fellow citizens.
Mr. Bottorff on September 13, 1881, was united in marriage with Sallie S. Sandifer, a native of Kentucky, and a graduate of the Midway Female School of that state.
Mr. and Mrs. Bottorff have four children, the oldest of whom, Minnie, born July 5, 1882, is a graduate of the Charlestown high school and now chief operator in the telephone exchange of the same city. Garnett E., born May 16, 1884, married Bertha Dellinger and lives in Owen township. Mary K. is the wife of James H. Taggart, of Charlestown township, and Earyl is still a member of the family circle.
HON. CURTIS W. BALLARD.
The career of the present Clerk of Clark county's Circuit Court affords a practical illustration of the truth of the statement made by Shakespeare when he said "The purest treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation, that away, men are but gilded loam or painted clay." Through right living Mr. Ballard has gained the confidence of the people of his adopted county and a distinctive evidence of this popular esteem was given in 1906 in his election to the important office which he now so ably fills.
Curtis W. Ballard is a Kentuckian by birth and a worthy member of an old and highly respected family of Shelby county, that state. His father, William Jordon Ballard, also a native of Kentucky, and for a number of years an honored resident of the above county, served with a creditable record in the Civil war as a private in Company A, Fifteenth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and shortly after retiring from the army entered the railway postal service, to which he gave about thirty of the best years of his life. When a young man he married Mary Moody, who was born and reared in the Blue Grass state, and in due time became the father of two sons and one daughter; the latter deceased, the older of the sons being the subject of this review. The younger, John Ballard, is a merchant of Jeffersonville, and one of the well known and successful business men of that city. After spending a number of years in the state of his birth William J. Ballard moved his family to Jef- fersonville, Indiana, where he made his home until about 1875, when he re- turned to Kentucky, but about 1887 again changed his place of abode to Jeffersonville and since that time has been living in this city and taking an active interest in the public affairs of the same.
Curtis W. Ballard was born in Shelby county, Kentucky, on the 13th day of October, 1868, and spent his childhood and youth under the grateful
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influences of rural scenes. As soon as old enough for his services to be utilized to advantage he bore his full share in the cultivation of the family homestead and during the time spent on the farm received a good education in the schools of his native county, prosecuting his studies at intervals until a youth in his teens.
When twenty years of age Mr. Ballard severed home ties for the purpose of making his own way in the world, and for some time thereafter was em- ployed in a foundry at Jeffersonville, where by diligent attention to duty he not only became familiar with the business in its every detail but in due time rose to the responsible position of foreman. After spending ten years in that capacity and acquiring a profound knowledge of the trade and great skill as a mechanic he resigned his position to make the canvass for the Legislature, having been duly nominated for the office by the Democracy of Clark county and triumphantly elected on November 6, 1904.
Mr. Ballard proved an able and creditable representation and during his one term of service spared neither labor nor pains in looking after the in- terests of his constituents and the welfare of the state. He was placed on a number of important committees, where his judgment and counsel carried weight and commanded respect and in the general deliberations and debates on the floor of the chamber he bore an active and conspicuous part. At the close of his term he resumed his trade and continued the same until 1906, when he again entered the political arena as an important candidate for offi- " cial honors, having been nominated in the spring of that year for the office of Clerk of the Clark County Circuit Court and defeating his opponent by a decisive majority at the ensuing election the following November.
Mr. Ballard entered upon the discharge of his duties as Clerk in Feb- ruary, 1908, and thus far has fully realized the high expectations for his friends and the public and justified the Democracy in the wisdom of their choice, proving a capable and courteous official. When a young man Mr. Ballard. laid a substantial foundation for a life of usefulness and the firmness of his purposes is carrying to conclusion all of his undertakings, has enabled him to achieve a larger measure of success than the majority attain.
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