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Mr. Hollingsworth is a native of the township in which he lives and was born March 5, 1861. He is of Holland extraction. His people, however, have long been residents of America, having come to this country in the colo- nial period. The Hollingsworths were represented in both the Revolution- ary war and the war with Mexico. Joseph Hollingsworth, the grandfather of the subject of our sketch, was born in North Carolina, and his son, Isaac, the father of S. P., is a native of Miami county, Ohio. Isaac Hollings- worth was a miller by trade. He and his father were the first white settlers who came to Howard county, in 1841. In 1858 he came to Rus- siaville, where he owned and operated a mill, and where he made his home until 1892. That year he moved to Alabama, where he owns a large fruit farm and where he still lives, being now seventy-eight years of age. His wife, née Peniah Cosand, died in 1888. Of their six chil- dren, five are living at this writing, namely: Benjamin, a resident of Russiaville; S. P., whose name forms the heading of this sketch; L. M., Ridgway, Indiana; C. J., Howard county; and C. W., also of this county.
S. P. Hollingsworth passed his boyhood days in attending the common schools and assisting his father in the mill. He continued to work in the mill for his father until 1889, when he moved the mill to its present location at Russiaville and has since had charge of the same doing a successful busi- ness. For a number of years Mr. Hollingsworth has been an enthusiastic bicyclist and for four years was a world's champion wheelman. He held the record for a mile and for twenty-four hours' run. Fraternally, he is a worthy member of the I. O. O. F.
Mr. Hollingsworth was married May 2, 1888, to Miss Lottie Haum, and they have two children-Trucy and Lucile.
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G EORGE W. HAUM .- The subject of this sketch has been engaged in milling at Russiaville, Indiana, since 1868. He is of " Hoosier " birth and is the son of a miller. He was born in Boone county, Indiana, May 8, 1840, son of Sheppard B. Haum, whose birthplace was in Carter county. east Tennessee, and whose father was Abraham Haum, a native of Pennsyl- vania. The last named was a soldier in the war of 1812. Sheppard B. Haum came to Indiana when very young, and for years ran a mill in Boone county, moving thence to Warren county, Indiana, in 1863, where he was engaged in milling at the time of his death, in March, 1864. He was a man of generous, genial nature, kind and accommodating, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. His wife, Thersey, was a daughter of William McDaniel, a Virginian and a captain in the war of 1812. She died in Novem- ber, 1897. The fruits of their union were ten children, of whom seven are living at this writing, namely: George W., whose name initiates this review; Martin G., Burlington, Indiana; Ella, wife of A. T. Whittaker, postmaster at Kokomo, Indiana; A. H., Williamsport, ex-sheriff of Warren county, Indiana; Nettie, wife of Thomas Secrist, Kokomo; Mary G., wife of John Sheffy, La Fayette, Indiana; and Katy, wife of William Swadley, of Green- town, Indiana.
George W. Haum in his youthful days attended the common schools, but while yet a mere boy left school and in his father's mill learned the trade of miller. When the Civil war came on his sympathies were enlisted in the Union cause, and in 1862 he showed his patriotism by enlisting as a member of Company I, Sixty-third Indiana Volunteers. His war record covers a period of thirty-five months. He was in sixteen different engagements, and throughout his whole army service he acted the part of a true, brave soldier. The war over, he was honorably discharged and returned home. For a time he was engaged in milling in Boone county, went from there to Kirkland, Clinton county, and two years later, in 1868, came to his present location at Russiaville. That year he purchased a mill here, which he operated until 1870, when it burned. Then, in connection with his brother, M. G., he- built his present mill, which they have since run. He has had a successful career and is ranked with the leading and enterprising inen of the town. Fraternally, he is both an Odd Fellow and Red Man, and at the present writing is treasurer of the Red Men's local organization.
Mr. Haum was married June 14, 1867, to Miss Francis A. Mckenzie,
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daughter of John Williams Mckenzie, of Clinton county, Indiana. They have had four children, two of whom are living: Lottie, wife of S. P. Hol- lingsworth, of Russiaville; and William M., in the mill with his father ..
JOHN JACKSON, proprietor of a livery establishment in Logansport, Indiana, and one of the respected citizens of this place, has maintained his home here since about the time he reached his majority, the date of his arrival in Logansport being 1850.
Mr. Jackson is a native of the Buckeye state. He was born in Stark county, Ohio, March 2, 1829, and is a son of James and Sarah (Stout) Jack- son, the former born on the Atlantic ocean and the latter a native of Penn- sylvania. Grandfather Jackson was an Englishman by birth and by occupa- tion a sailor, and it was on one of his voyages that his son James was born. The senior Mr. Jackson finally left the deep and settled in America, but eventually returned to England and died at Liverpool. James Jackson set- tled on a farm in Stark county, Ohio, where he passed his life. He and his wife were the parents of thirteen children, John, our subject, being the seventh in order of birth.
John Jackson was born and reared on his father's farm in Stark county and in early life learned the trade of wagon and carriage maker. In June, 1850, at the age of twenty-one, he came to Cass county, Indiana, and set- tled at Logansport, where he began working at his trade by the month. Four years later he started in the carriage business for himself, doing an extensive business. He continued in this line of enterprise until 1888, when he turned his attention to the livery business, in connection with which he ran for some time a repair shop. He now conducts one of the best livery estab- lishments in the city. During his business career he has from time to time made valuable investments in real estate in Logansport and to-day is the owner of much desirable realty here. Politically he is a stanch Democrat.
Mr. Jackson has been twice married. His first wife, whose maiden name was Miss Caroline Weimer, was a native of Indiana. She bore him six chil- dren, four of whom are deceased, those living being Allie and Newton. For his second wife he married Miss Emaline Downing, a native of Benton county, Indiana, and she also gave birth to six children, four of whom are living: Charles, Ida, May and Fred.
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D R. WILLIS B. HURON .- In the opinion of the world generally, without any reference to religion or politics, the medical profession is by far the most useful to humanity, notwithstanding the quackery attending it, for the hygienic advice given by physicians generally-which by the way is not sought after as much as it should be-and the many thousand sacrifices the faithful physician is obliged to make with no prospect of pecuniary reward, prove the general statement we have just made. On this account we should revere the practitioner of the healing art, at least until we find him unworthy. Besides, the physician is usually characterized by a knowledge of the sciences generally, and is, therefore, useful in giving interesting and modern information on all points, and, moreover, he is as social as any other professional man. We bear these things in mind when we consider the life and character of Dr. Huron, a homeopathic physician and surgeon of Tipton, Indiana.
He was born in Hendricks county, this state, April 5, 1858, a son of Benjamin A. and Catharine (Harding) Huron. His father was a native of Ohio and his mother of Kentucky, and they had five sons and five daughters, as follows: Othniel; George A .; Francis H .; Lu Ellen, wife of Dr. J. D. Bennett, of Crystal River, Florida; Sarah J., single, postmistress at Crystal River; Esther A., wife of S. H. Kelsey, of Atchison, Kansas; A. Kate, wife of David Gilbert, Mitchell, Indiana; Seth Thomas; Mary, wife of Dr. J. S. Ragan, of Plainfield, Indiana; and Willis B., whose name heads this sketch. All are living, excepting the first named, who died at the age of five years.
Benjamin A. Huron, the father, came to Indiana in 1832, locating in Hendricks county upon eighty acres of land which he had entered from the government and which is still in his name; subsequently he added to this tract eighty acres more. Here his children were brought up, in the pursuits of agriculture. At the age of seventy-six years he was killed by an engine on the railroad near his home, on the 23d of February, 1888. His widow is still living, passing her time at the various residences of her children, and is now eighty-three years old, hale and hearty. She is a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal church, as was her husband. He held a number of town- ship offices, as trustee, assessor, etc. His two oldest sons were soldiers in the Civil war.
Othniel Huron, the paternal grandfather of the Doctor, was a farmer of Warren county, Ohio, and died there at a very advanced age. He had four- teen children. The maternal grandfather of Dr. Huron, Aaron Harding by
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name, was a native of Virginia, of English descent, and a farmer, who moved to Kentucky but soon left there on account of slavery and came to Hendricks county, Indiana. At length he removed to Jasper county, Illinois, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. At the death of his wife and all his children but two, he returned to Indiana, and finally died near Browns- burg, at the great age of ninety-six years.
Dr. Huron, of whom we more particularly write, was reared at his parental home on the farm. After the usual attendance at the public schools, he pursued the curriculum at the Central Normal College at Dan- ville, this state, graduating in 1881. Then he taught for three years as principal of a town school at Farmland, Indiana; next he attended Hahne- mann Medical College, at Chicago, graduating in 1886, and began the prac- tice of his chosen profession at Charleston, Illinois. In October, 1887, he came to Tipton, where he has ever since been engaged in successful practice.
He is a member of the Indiana Institute of Homeopathy, and is secre- tary of the Board of United States Examining Surgeons; is one of the direct- ors of the Standard Building, Loan & Savings Association. From 1890 to 1896 he was a member of the city council, when much of the street improve- ment was made and the water-works system established. Politically he is a Republican and fraternally he is a member of the Masonic order and of the order of Knights of Pythias. In religion he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which religious body he holds the office of steward.
September 13, 1882, is the date of the Doctor's union in matrimony with Miss Jennie Osborn, a daughter of Mahlon and Arcadia (Phillips). Osborn. The Doctor and Mrs. Huron are the parents of three children- Glen O., Loyd B. and Esther. Mrs. Huron was originally a Quaker, but is now a member of the Methodist church. The residence, which was built by the Doctor in 1888, is at 204 North West street, Tipton.
B ENJAMIN C. STEVENS, M. D .- In a comparison of the relative value to mankind of the various professions and pursuits to which men devote their time and energies, it is widely recognized that none is more important than the medical profession. From the cradle to the grave human destiny is largely in the hands of the physician, not alone on account of the effect he
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may have on the physical system, but also upon men's mental and moral nature. A cheery presence, a bright smile, a sympathetic disposition often do as much for the patient as the medicines administered, and are, therefore, essential qualifications to the successful practitioner. In none of these is Dr. Stevens lacking, and for twenty-five years he has been a member of the profession in Logansport, where he has gained marked distinction by reason of his broad knowledge, his skill and his honorable efforts in the line of his chosen calling.
Dr. Stevens was born near Montreal, Canada, on the 6th of April, 1850. The Stevens family was founded in America about the time of the settlement of Massachusetts by the Puritans, and in later years its representatives removed to the New Jersey colony. The grandfather, John M. Stevens, was a native of Plymouth, New Jersey, and when twelve years of age accompanied his parents on their removal to New Brunswick, Canada. This was immedi- ately after the Declaration of Independence was written, and, as the family were among those who opposed the continental government, they were per- mitted to leave the colonies.
When Dr. Stevens was five years of age he was adopted by an uncle, who resided in St. John, New Brunswick, and with him he remained until fourteen years of age, after which he was employed for three years in a drug store in St. Stephens. It was during this period that he began the study of medicine. At the age of seventeen he went to the west, where he was employed in various ways until the spring of 1869, when he came to Logans- port, Indiana, and worked at the carpenter's trade, but, stimulated by his love for the profession with which he is now connected, he took up the study of medicine, continuing his reading privately until 1871, when he matricu- lated in the medical department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. There he was graduated, on the completion of the course, in the spring of 1873, and immediately afterward opened an office in Logansport, where he has since engaged in a successful practice. His business has steadily increased as the years have passed and he is now physician to many of the best fam- ilies in Cass county. Keen discrimination in the diagnosis of a case, sound judgment in prescribing medicines and methods of treatment, thorough under- standing of anatomy and marked skill have won him rank among the ablest physicians in his section of the state. He holds membership in the Cass County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Society, the American
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Medical Association and for eight years held the position of county physician, and for one term was county coroner.
In his political associations Dr. Stevens is a Democrat, and on the issues of the day he keeps well informed, thereby giving an intelligent sup- port to the measures of his party. Socially he is connected with the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Masonic fraternity, and in the last named his membership is with Orient Lodge, No. 272, A. F. & A. M .; Logan Chapter, No. 2, R. A. M .; Logansport Coun- cil, No. 11, and St. John Commandery, No. 24, K. T.
In 1876 he married Miss Luella E. Malott, He is esteemed for his social qualities, his fidelity to the duties of citizenship and more than all for his honorable record as a medical practitioner, for through his own efforts he has attained an enviable position in the profession and gained a financial suc- cess which indicates his superior ability.
OHN HARDING .- "Biography is the best form of history, " says an emi- J nent writer. In this sketch we study the career of an honest and indus- trious laborer who is now enjoying the restful evening of life which he has so faithfully earned, at his pleasant home, which he purchased in 1872, at 136 North Main street, Tipton, not far from the business center.
Mr. Harding is a native of this state, born in Brownsville, Union county, February 18, 1834. His father, Thomas K. Harding, a native of Butler county, Ohio, learned and for a while followed the trade of blacksmith in Cincinnati, and emigrated to Indiana, locating first in Union county. In Brownsville, that county, he worked at his trade for several years, and then moved to Marion township, Boone county, this state, settling on a farm of eighty acres, which, with the aid of his family, he cultivated while he also continued blacksmithing; and this trade, indeed, he followed until near the close of his life, his death occurring January 10, 1867, in his fifty-sixth year. His wife, before marriage named Rachel Knott, was a native of North Caro- lina and was six years old when she was brought to Indiana by her parents in 1817, who located at the present site of Brownsville. They had six sons and four daughters, namely: James W., who met his death in infancy by the accident of falling into a tub of scalding water. The other children were 12
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Samuel, John, William K., Rebecca (deceased), Mary Hannah (deceased), Margaret J. (wife of Alexander McConnell), Thomas J. (deceased, dying when a soldier at Nashville, Tennessee, in the hospital, during the war of the Rebellion), Martha Ann (widow of Abraham Kutz) and Francis Marion. Mrs. Rachel Harding left this " world of sin and sorrow " May 25, 1887, at the age of seventy-six years and four months. Both were faithful members of the Christian church.
The paternal grandfather of our subject, Samuel Harding, was a native of Ohio, married Margaret Kane, and was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died three weeks after arriving home from the battle-field, in middle life. His three children were Thomas K., Samuel and Mary.
James Knott, our subject's maternal grandfather, was a native of North Carolina, a farmer by occupation and died at the age of fifty-seven years, in 1845, in Union county, this state. His wife, a native of Virginia, lived to be one hundred and three years and three months old, spending the last twenty-three years of her life at the home of the subject of this sketch.
Mr. John Harding was eleven years of age when the family to which he belonged removed from Union county to Boone county, Indiana. Tempora- rily they dwelt in the log school-house which was upon their place until they could build a cabin, and it was in this school-house that young John after- ward obtained his education. On approaching manhood he began practical life for himself by running a blacksmith shop and a hotel. These establish- ments he afterward sold and purchased eighty acres of land northwest of Kirklin, raised one crop, moved back to town and was employed at a dollar a day to help pay the balance due on his farm.
In 1862 he enlisted in the army for the Union, in Company A, Eighty- sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, at Lebanon, Indiana, and served twenty- seven and a half months. On the 25th of November, 1863, he was wounded at the battle of Missionary Ridge; and he also participated in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga and many skirmishes. His wound proved so serious that the limb affected (the left leg) had to be amputated, at the upper joint, and he is still a great sufferer on account of this trouble.
After the close of the war he entered the harness business in Kirklin, and after following that for two years he went into the grocery trade, in part- nership with D. McKinsey, and was thus engaged for three and a half years. Returning to his farm, he cleared seven or eight acres, erected a house upon it,
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and lived there until 1872. On the last day of January, that year, he came to Tipton and was again engaged in the grocery business for a year; then he exchanged his stock for a harness shop and sixty acres of land in Tipton county, which he disposed of in 1875; and after that he followed teaming for a time. Then he formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, Milford Downard, and opened a grocery store, which they ran for several years. Next he engaged in buying and shipping timber, hauling saw-logs, etc., for two or three years, then for twelve years sold sewing-machines and organs; and he is now retired, as before stated.
Mr. Harding is a pleasant-mannered man, well informed on the issues. and current topics of the times and is a good converser.
November 17, 1859, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Downard, a daughter of James T. and Mary Cynthia (Miller) Downard, and they have three children, -- Ora B., Dell Uba and William Thomas. Ora B. became the wife of Joseph A. Innis, of Tipton, and had three children, only one of whom is now living. named Bertram; Dell Uba married Professor William H. Clemmons, and they now live in Fremont, Nebraska, where Mr. Clemmons is the principal and owner of a college; and William T. is at his parental home, being the proprietor of the " Model " shoe store in Tipton. Mr. and Mrs. Harding are members of the Christian (Disciples') church, and politically Mr. Harding is a Republican.
JEROME TAYLOR, who has resided on his present farm in Jackson town- - ship, Cass county, Indiana, for nearly thirty years, is well known as one of the representative farmers of his locality. His history includes an honor- able war record, and, briefly, his biography is as follows:
Jerome Taylor was born in Putnam county, West Virginia, May 4, 1845. When he was eight years old his parents came west to Indiana and settled in Cass county, his father, Ruben Taylor, being among the pioneers of Tipton township. Here the subject of our sketch grew to manhood. When the Civil war came on both he and his brother, George I., entered the Union ranks. The latter, a member of Company A, Thirty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, fell in the engagement at Stone River and died on the battle-field. Jerome Taylor enlisted in May, 1862, for three months'
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service, in Company B, Fifty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and as a member of that command was a participant in the battle of Richmond, Kentucky. Returning home at the expiration of the three months, he re-enlisted, joining Company A, Thirty-ninth Volunteers of Indiana, but did not pass muster, being rejected on account of his weight. Afterward he made an effort to join the navy, but was again rejected, for the same reason, his his weight being only one hundred and twelve pounds. Finally, however, he was accepted and in August, 1863, as a member of Company K, One Hundred and Eighteenth Indiana Volunteers, went to the front. His term of enlist- ment was for six months, but he was in the service seven months and ten days, and among the engagements in which he took part where those of Bull's Gap and Walker's Ford. But this did not end his service. The war was not over, and he was not one to remain at home when he felt he was needed in battle line. Accordingly in March, 1864, we again find him enlisting, this time as a member of the Ninth Indiana. Sickness, however, at this time kept him at home. After his recovery from a siege of typhoid fever, he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Fifty-first Indiana, for a year, and was in the battle of Nashville, after which he was on provost duty. September 19, 1865, he received his honorable discharge, and immediately thereafter returned home.
After the war Mr. Taylor worked on a farm by the month until his marriage in 1869, and after marriage he brought his bride to his present farm, where they began housekeeping and where they have ever since resided. Politically, Mr. Taylor is a Republican.
Mrs. Taylor was formerly Miss Mary E. Beebe. They have four chil- dren: Charles A., Samuel S., George R. and Donnie.
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D R. S. O. DUNCAN, a druggist and practicing physician of Russiaville, Howard county, Indiana, is a native of this county, born in Honey Creek township, on a farm, June 2, 1868.
Dr. Duncan traces his lineage back to Scotland, his great-grandfather Duncan having been chief of a Scottish clan. At an early period in the his- tory of America he left his home in Scotland and came to America, settling in North Carolina, where his son Peter, the grandfather of our subject, was
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born. Peter Duncan came in early life to Indiana and located in Switzerland county, and his son, F. M., the Doctor's father, was born in that county. In 1848 the Duncan family removed to Howard county, and here F. M. grew to manhood, was for many years engaged in farming and still lives, his present home being in Russiaville, he having recently retired from the farm. During the Civil war he served as a private in the One Hundred and Eighteenth Indiana Volunteers, enlisting August, 1862, and being honorably discharged at the close of the war. He married Miss Hannah Runk, daughter of Samuel Runk, the third white man to settle in Honey Creek township, Howard county. Mr. Duncan is now fifty-one years of age and his wife fifty-two. They are the parents of five children, three of whom are living, namely: S. O., the subject of this review; Orpha, wife of Joseph D. Van Sickel, Miami, Indiana; and Earnest, a student in the Indianapolis Law School.
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