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On the 14th of March, 1871, was celebrated the marriage which united the destinies of Mr. Bowyer and Miss Lucretia Smoot, a native of Tipton township, Cass county, whither her parents came from Ohio. Five children grace this union: Lula D., now deceased; and Albert Roscoe, Laura Cath- arine, Clara M. and Arthur Russell, all at home.
Mr. Bowyer is an esteemed member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, is past grand, and also belongs to the encampment, while with the Knights of the Maccabees he also has a membership connection. In his political views he is a stalwart Republican, and takes a commendable inter- est in local affairs, although he is not a politician in the sense of office seeking. However, his fitness for office has occasioned his selection on the part of his fellow townsmen for various public duties, and for five years he served as trustee, while for four years he was assessor. His time, however, is usually given to his farm and home interests, and he is accounted one of
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the practical and progressive agriculturists of the community. In addition to general farming he also raises some stock of high grades, and his business interests are so well conducted as to bring him a good income. He is strictly honorable in all things and he owes his success to energy, industry and per- severance. The old family residence still stands on the hill, but Mr. Bow- yer has erected a more commodious and modern residence down by the river, where, surrounded by his family, he is spending his days in quiet happiness and honest toil.
W TILLIAM M. WAMPLER .- Included among the successful and well- known farmers of Jackson township, Cass county, Indiana, is the gentleman whose name appears above. He was born in Preble county, Ohio, near the town of Winchester, August 1, 1843, son of John L. and Agnes (Mack) Wampler. When he was five years old his parents left the " Buck- eye state " and came over into Indiana, locating on a farm in Wabash county. In 1850 they removed to Peru, where for six years the father ran a tannery. In the spring of 1856 he returned to Wabash county and the next four years were spent near Manchester. Late in 1859 the family home was again changed, this time to Jackson township, Cass county, and in 1863 they moved upon the farm now owned and occupied by the subject of our sketch, and which the father had traded for in 1856. On this farm he spent the rest of his life, and died in 1896, when within eleven days of his eighty-fifth mile- post. By his first wife he had two children, William M. and Agnes. The latter died in infancy. By his last wife, nce Isabella V. Stone, whom he wedded in 1850, he had no children. She survives him.
The subject of our sketch moved with his parents to the various places above indicated and was living in Cass county at the time the war came on. In April, 1864, he enlisted as a private in Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered in at Indianap- olis, going thence to Louisville, Kentucky, and on to Nashville, Tennessee. He shared the fortunes of his command until taken sick with bilious fever, the result of exposure, and for a time was in a hospital. Later he was with his company when it was detached as a provost guard for General Milroy, and participated in the battle of Manchester. At the close of the war he
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returned to Indianapolis, where he received his honorable discharge, in No- vember, 1865.
Shortly after his return from the army Mr. Wampler made a trip through the west, but returned to Indiana, and has since made his home in Jackson township, Cass county. In the fall of 1869 he purchased eighty acres from his father, and has since then been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He now owns one hundred and sixty acres of land, one hundred and forty of which are under cultivation, devoted to general farming.
Mr. Wampler has been twice married. March 16, 1869, he married Miss Tamsey A. Hensley, who died March 15, 1875. leaving one child, Anna A., who is now at home. September 12, 1876, he married his present wife, whose maiden name was Miss Isabella I. Fox. Her father, Jacob Fox, was a captain in the Civil war, with a Kentucky regiment, and saw four years of army service. He died in 1874.
Politically, Mr. Wampler is a Republican. He has long been identified with the G. A. R., having membership in Dan Pratt Post, No. 50, in which he served several years as chaplain. He is a member of the Baptist church of Galveston.
USTUS MINICK is one of the men who went to the front from Cass J county, Indiana, in the troublous days of the Civil war and fought bravely for the old flag, and who still lives, a representative citizen of this county.
Justus Minick was born in Berlin, Pennsylvania, December 29, 1837, and in his native place spent the first five years of his life. When he was five years old his parents came west to Indiana and located in Tipton town- ship, Cass county, which has since been his home. His educational advan- tages were limited to the common schools of the township. When he was eighteen he left the parental home and started out in life to take care of himself. He was employed by the month, doing farm work, until his marriage, after which he lived on the home farm and cultivated a portion of the same. We find him thus situated at the time the Civil war came on.
February 19, 1864, he enlisted as a private in Company G, Eighty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and at once went to Indianapolis, where he was mustered in. With his command he went south to Chattanooga. Among
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the engagements in which he participated were those of Buzzards' Roost, Resaca, Kenesaw mountain, Peach Tree creek, siege of Atlanta, Lovejoy Station, Franklin and Nashville. At the last named place he was injured by the falling of a stone on his foot, which resulted in his being sent to the hospital. He was in the general hospital at Nashville two months, was then transferred to Jeffersonville Hospital, where he remained until the close of the war, and July 28, 1865, he was honorably discharged.
Returning home at the close of the war, Mr. Minick settled at his pres- ent location in Tipton township, where he has forty acres of land and a com- fortable home.
Mr. Minick married Miss Susan Betchdal, and the fruits of their union are the following named children: Sarah, Martin, Ella, Nelson and Mathias.
In his political views Mr. Minick harmonizes with the Democratic party. His religion is that preached and practiced by the Christian church, of which he is a consistent member.
UDGE HENRY A. BROUSE. - That Virginia is the mother of presi- J dents was a true saying at the time it originated, but it did not remain true long. For many years now, it has been just as true that Ohio is the mother of American statesmanship and legal talent. As an example of honor to this state we cite the subject of this sketch. It was in Stark county, that state, January 10, 1820, that Judge Brouse was born. His father, John Brouse, a native of Virginia, was a potter by trade, and was the first to follow that vocation in Canton, Ohio, establishing himself there in that calling as early as the year 1812. While a resident of that place he was a stockholder and director in the old Canton Bank. After living in Can- ton for many years he removed to Montgomery county, same state, and engaged in agricultural pursuits ten miles west of Dayton, where he passed the remainder of his life, reaching more than three-score and ten years. In his religious belief he was a Presbyterian. His wife, whose name before marriage was Mary Adams, was a native of Maryland, and survived him a number of years, dying at the age of eighty-six, a Lutheran in her religious sympathies. They had six sons and five daughters.
A brother of John Brouse, William by name, was a colonel in the war of 1812. The paternal grandfather of Judge Brouse, named Michael, was a
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native of Virginia, of German descent, a farmer by vocation and a Revolu- tionary soldier. He attained a remarkable age, living to be more than one hundred years old. John Adams, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was a native of one of the eastern states and of English ancestry. He also par- ticipated in the struggle for American independence.
Judge Brouse, who is the subject proper of this brief biographical outline, was reared in the counties of Stark and Montgomery, Ohio, receiving his school education partly in those counties and partly in Oxford University, Ohio. Next he began the study of law, in Dayton, and in due time was admitted to the bar, in Wayne county, Indiana, in 1846. For the first six years after this event he practiced his chosen profession in Centerville, this state, and in 1852 came to Howard county, locating about a mile and a quarter south of the present site of Kokomo, there being no town here at that time. Soon a village was started here, however, and in 1859 Judge Brouse moved into it, and he has ever since been a resident of Kokomo. On moving into the place he purchased a new home and began the practice of law, and after proceeding alone for a time he admitted as a partner Richard Markland, from Cincinnati, and after the termination of this relation the Judge had for his partner in practice Mr. Rawson Vale. The firmns of Brouse & Markland and Brouse & Vale stood highest in this section of the state.
In 1866 our subject was appointed judge of a new circuit, and in that official position served for a number of years. Many important cases came up before him, among them a number of trials for murder. One was the case of a man named White, in Madison county, wherein he was accused of killing a Mr. Copies, and he was convicted and executed upon the gallows, in Madison county. In another case a Dr. Cole was accused of murder before Judge Brouse, in Tipton county, but was cleared, having for his attorneys United States Senator Voorhees and other able lawyers. Both these cases were very exciting and involved a prolonged and severe investigation.
Judge Brouse confined himself exclusively to law until about the year 1886, when he retired from its practice. As a member of the Howard county bar he is the oldest in the county, as well as one of the oldest resi- dents here. His dwelling is a fine brick structure at 158 Sycamore street. Years ago he brought into cultivation a good farm, two hundred acres, a short distance south of town, which he afterward sold. He owns, however, 8
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several valuable pieces of property in Kokomo, consisting of both residences and business houses.
In his political principles the Judge is a Republican, and in his younger days took an active part in politics, speaking upon the rostrum and aiding in organization. Fraternally, he is a member of Lodge No. 93, A. F. & A. M., and of the Chapter, R. A. M.
In the spring of 1844 the Judge was united in matrimony with Miss Elizabeth Leopold, daughter of John and Mary (Reese) Leopold. The names of the three sons and five daughters in the family of the Judge are Cerilla, Laura, Emma, Lucy, Dora, William, Charles and Macy. All are living except Dora and Charles, each of whom died at the age of seventeen years. Cerilla married Charles Becktel, and they live in Chicago; they have one child, named Allie. Laura became the wife of Albert Southard, lives also in Chicago and has one son, by name Daniel. Emma is now Mrs. Daniel Russell, in Chicago, and has one son, also named Daniel. Lucy became the wife of Walter Davis, lives in Kokomo and has one child, a daughter named Agnes. William married Miss Nellie Harvey. William is clerking in the clothing store of Mr. Walter Davis, his brother-in-law, in Kokomo; and Macy is an attorney at law in Salt Lake City, Utah, yet unmarried. Mrs. Brouse died in February, 1896, at the age of seventy years, a sincere member of Grace church, Methodist Episcopal, of which religious body the Judge also is a member.
In conclusion we feel justified in saying that Judge Brouse as a lawyer was always honorable and high-minded, as a judge was strictly and consci- entiously impartial, and in both capacities was thorough and punctilious; as a citizen he has always been considered one of the most valuable in the community as far as he is known; and as the head of a family, exemplary. He is a well-wisher to all public movements designed for the general good.
P ROFESSOR SHERIDAN COX .- In one of the most exacting of all the learned professions Professor Cox has attained enviable distinction, being known as one of the most able and successful educators of Indiana. He is now engaged in teaching the various college preparatory studies, including German, French and bookkeeping, in Kokomo, and a liberal patronage is the reward of his well directed and capable efforts.
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The Professor was born in Harrison county, Ohio, near Cadiz, Decem- ber 20, 1833, and is a son of Elijah and Christina (Shepler) Cox, the former a native of Maryland, the latter of the Buckeye state. The paternal grand- father of our subject was likewise born in Maryland and was of English descent. At an early day he emigrated to Ohio and followed farming in Har- rison county, where his death occurred at an advanced age. He reared a large family. Elijah Cox also was an agriculturist and followed that calling in Coshocton county, Ohio, where he owned about one thousand acres of land and a large sheep range. He did an extensive business in raising sheep and selling wool, and was quite successful in his undertakings. He also held a number of township offices, including that of justice of the peace, in which capacity he served for a number of years. He died in 1875, at the age of seventy-five years, and his wife passed away several years previously. They were the parents of four sons and four daughters, and four of the family are now living: Malinda, widow of John Luke, of Coschocton county, Ohio; Sheridan; Jackson, of Coshocton county; and Jonathan, of Mound, Ohio.
Professor Cox, of this review, was reared on his father's farm, in Coshoc- ton county, remaining at home until eighteen years of age. His preliminary education, acquired in the district schools, was supplemented by a course in the McNeely Normal School, at Hopedale, and subsequently he attended the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, where he was graduated in 1862, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. The same institution conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts. Prior to his graduation he had engaged in teaching, and after that event he taught for one year in Marshall College, of Marshall, Illinois. He then returned to Ohio and was superintendent of the city schools of Roscoe and Canal Dover. On leaving his native state once more, he took up his residence in Winchester, Indiana, where he taught for one year, after which he went to Logansport and organized the schools of that city, becoming superintendent, in which capacity he acceptably and faith- fully served for seven years. In 1873 he came to Kokomo, organized the schools of this city and was superintendent for twenty years. Since that time he has conducted a private school, preparing students for college work. He is one of the most successful and able educators the state has known. He is a man of scholarly tastes and studious habits, and his knowledge is broad and comprehensive. Moreover he has the somewhat rare faculty of imparting concisely, clearly and readily to others the knowledge he has
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acquired, and is an excellent disciplinarian, always winning the respect and confidence of his students.
Professor Cox was united in marriage to Miss Bessie Goodbarne, daughter of William and Esther (Towse) Goodbarne, of New Philadelphia, Ohio. They hold membership in the Grace Methodist Episcopal church, and Professor Cox is a prominent Mason, belonging to Howard Lodge, No. 93, A. F. & A. M .; Kokomo Chapter, No. 104, R. A. M .; Kokomo Council, No. 60, R. & S. M., and Kokomo Commandery, No. 36, K. T. He and his wife are also members of the Order of the Eastern Star. In the line of his professional labors Professor Cox also has several society relations. He belongs to the Indiana State Teachers' Association, to the Northern Indiana Teachers' Asso- ciation and the National Educational Association. In his political views he is a Republican, and he is well informed on the issues of the day. He is a proficient, successful and popular teacher, and in his present school is ably assisted by his wife, who also has had a number of years' experience in the work. They have reared two children, one of whom, the Professor's nephew, Dr. Cox, is now a practicing physician of Kokomo. The Professor is a prominent and influential citizen, a leader in public thought and action. He is a man of high intellectuality, broad human sympathies and tolerance and imbued with fine sensibilities and clearly defined principles. Honor and integrity are synonymous with his name, and he enjoys the respect, confi- dence and regard of the community.
BID J. SHARTS .- Among the well known farmers of Cass county is Abid A J. Sharts, who was born in Preble county, Ohio, on the 24th of October, 1845. He came to this locality when four years of age, and is one of the representative citizens of the community. His parents were George P. and Frances (Bear) Sharts, both natives of Maryland, born in the vicinity of Hagerstown. From there they removed to Preble county, Ohio, locating near Germantown, where the father operated a gristmill until 1848, when he came to Cass county, Indiana. The following year he located in Tipton township on the farm now owned by N. B. Richinson. His first home was a log cabin which he occupied for a few years, when the primitive dwelling was replaced by one of more modern construction. He cleared and improved
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his land and made his home on that farm until his death, which occurred in 1853, at the age of fifty-two years. His wife survived him until 1875, and passed away at the age of seventy-two years. They were the parents of eleven children, namely: Mary M .; Rose Ann, deceased; Elizabeth; Cath- arine; Abraham, deceased; John, who also has passed away; Eliza J. ; George P .; William O .; Abid J .; and Caroline.
Spending his early boyhood days on his father's farm in Tipton town- ship, Cass county, Mr. Sharts acquired his education in a log school-house, which is still standing but is not in use at the present time. There he acquired a fair knowledge of the common English branches of learning and at the age of fifteen he started out in life for himself, assuming the manage- ment of the home farm, which he operated until 1879. He then removed to the farm he now occupies and has since given his attention to its care and cultivation. Here he owns one hundred and fifty-five acres of valuable land, all under a high state of cultivation and improved with the accessories and conveniences of the model farm of the nineteenth century. The fields are well tilled, fences and buildings kept in good repair, and everything about the place is neat and thrifty in appearance.
In 1867 Mr. Sharts married Miss Ellen Alice Wilson, and they are now parents of six children: Harry, deceased; Benjamin F., exchange teller of the State Bank of Logansport; Elmer, at home; Walter deceased; Blanche and Charley, who are still at their parental nome.
Mr. Sharts takes a deep interest in all that pertains to the welfare of the community, and faithfully performs every duty of citizenship. During the war of the Rebellion he enlisted as a private of Company F, One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana Infantry, in June, 1863, and was mustered in at Indian- apolis. From there he went with his command to La Fayette, Indiana, and later to Detroit, Michigan, where he was in camp until sent to Cleveland, Ohio. Later he was transferred to Camp Nelson, Kentucky. He partici- pated in the battle of Knoxville, and most of the time was under the com- mand of General Burnside, doing guard duty at Cumberland Gap, Greenville and Tazewell, Tennessee. He served until March, 1864, when he was mus- tered out, at La Fayette, Indiana. To-day he is as true and faithful to his country's interests as when he "donned the blue " in her defense, and gives his loyal support to every measure which he believes will promote the public good.
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F SQUIRE JAMES W. DEHAVEN, justice of the peace, of Kokomo, has long been a resident of Howard county, and is well known as an esti- mable citizen. He was born in Greene county, Ohio, March 21, 1833, a son of John and Athaliah (DeHaven) DeHaven. His parents were natives of Frederick county, Virginia, and had seven children, of whom three are still living, -Henry F., of Peru, Indiana; James W., our subject; and Harriet, widow of Ira Collier. Mr. John DeHaven, a miller by trade, moved to Greene county, Ohio, by wagon over the Alleghany mountains before the day of railroads. He followed his vocation as a manufacturer of flour at his new home for many years, and died at the comparatively early age of forty- one years, in the year 1851. His wife, however, lived to reach the age of eighty-nine years, closing her life at Springfield, Ohio. She was an exem- plary member of the Methodist church in her later years, and was a noble woman.
William DeHaven, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Vir- ginia and of French descent, who moved to Ohio at the same time that his son John made his emigration to that state, and he finally died, in Greene county, about 1863, well advanced in life. In his family were five sons and several daughters. The maternal grandfather of Esquire DeHaven also was named John DeHaven. He, too, was a native of the Old Dominion, and participated as a soldier in the war of 1812 with Great Britain. His father was a manufacturer of guns and ammunition during our Revolutionary war and held a responsible position at or near Philadelphia under the Colonial government. John DeHaven died in Virginia, in old age, after having been the parents of a large number of children.
Mr. DeHaven, whose name honors the introduction of this brief bio- graphical record, was reared to manhood in his native county, learning the trade of miller. His schooling was of the usual character. His patriotism was demonstrated early in our late war, as on October 19, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until August, 1862, being always found faithful to his post of duty. A nervous affection, however, interfered with his desire to continue in the service, and he returned home, partially paralyzed.
In 1863 he emigrated to Indiana, settling in Howard county and resum- ing his vocation as a miller at Dorman's mill, as lessee and employer, and continued the management of the institution for a period of eight years; and
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for many years afterward he had the management of other mills-at Gordon, Fairfield, Jerome, and West Liberty, and even in DeWitt county, Illinois. In the year 1880, being elected sheriff of Howard county, he abandoned the business of milling and devoted his time and energies to the duties of his office. This responsible public position he filled for the full term of two years, with a fidelity that was marked, and he continued to be connected with the office as bailiff for ten years longer. In 1892 he was appointed justice of the peace, an office for which he is peculiarly fitted and which he still holds.
The 17th of April, 1863, was the day he united his fortunes in marriage with those of Miss Mary V. Crouse, a daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Milburn) Crouse, a noble woman who was compelled to succumb to the fate- ful grasp of death on the 12th of July, 1880. She was a pious and intelli- gent member of the Methodist church. By the marriage just mentioned there were two sons and two daughters: Charles A., an attorney in Kokomo: Ada, deceased; Nora, now the wife of T. W. Richardson and has one child; and John, of Kokomo. On the 1st of October, 1884, Mr. DeHaven was united in marriage with Mrs. Evaline Ray, widow of Milton Ray and daughter of Jacob Brunk and Mary (Robey) Brunk. Esquire DeHaven and his wife are both consistent and honored members of the Methodist church. In other social relations, he also is an appreciative member of the Masonic order and of Thomas J. Harrison Post, No. 30, G. A. R. In his political principles he coincides with the Republican party. His home is at No. 267 South Main street, Kokomo.
A NDREW WILSON .- This gentleman was numbered among the pioneers of Cass county who laid the broad and deep foundations of the present prosperity and advanced position of the county. Coming here at a very early day he took his part in subduing the wild land and converting it to purposes of civilization, and through more than half a century he was numbered among the leading and substantial farmers of the community.
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