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After the war he resumed his old occupation and continued in the same until his health broke down, and it was then that he was elected justice of the peace. His wife, the mother of our subject, died in 1850, a fervent and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. For his second wife Mr. Arnett was united to Mary E. Johns, whose father was a well-known abolitionist and a conductor on the "underground railroad." By this mar- riage there was one child, named Mary. For his third wife Mr. Arnett chose, in 1856, Elvina H. Williams, who is still living, and by this marriage there are three children,-Edward, Emma and Winnie. Mr. Arnett was origin- ally a Whig and ever afterward he has been a decided Republican. In his religious predilections he is a member of the United Brethren church.
Asbury Arnett, father of the latter, was a native of Dublin, Ireland, who came to this country when a small boy. After growing up he became a soldier in the war of 1812, was a cabinet-maker by trade and built the old- fashioned hall clocks, in addition to many other articles of beauty and utility. He moved from North Carolina to Ohio with a one-horse wagon, and later he came on to Wayne county, Indiana, and a short time after that he moved
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again, this time to New London, Howard county, where he died at the age of ninety-two years. He had four sons and two daughters.
Noah Jones, Mr. Arnett's maternal grandfather, was a native of Ohio, ran a large distillery at Mount Holly, in that state, and died there after having reached a very advanced age. His children comprised two sons and three daughters.
Mr. James H. Arnett was five years of age when his parents came to Indiana in 1854, and he lived in Hamilton until 1859. Returning to Ohio he attended school at Buck Run, in a wealthy Quaker settlement, and coming again to Indiana, in the autumn of 1860, he continued to attend school until some time in the year 1863.
On the 12th of December, this year, he enlisted for the cause of his country and the Union, by joining Company L, Eighth Indiana Veteran Vol- unteer Cavalry, and faithfully served until July 21, 1865, when he was hon- orably discharged. He was in all that campaign, then at Bentonville, North Carolina, Waynesboro, Georgia, the capture of Savannah, that state, and in numerous skirmishes. He was wounded in the side by a musket ball, and at Pulaski, Tennessee, his horse fell upon him, injuring him severely in the chest, for which he receives a pension. Mr. Arnett belongs to a soldier fam- ily, in which five generations have characterized themselves by devotion to their country in the hour of peril. His great-great-grandfather's brother was a physician in Napoleon's army, and the great-great-grandfather himself was a soldier in the same great military organization.
After the conclusion of the war Mr. Arnett learned the trade of painting and paper-hanging, which he followed for twenty-seven years. He was appointed court bailiff by Sheriff Isaac Wright, and since then has been filling that position under four different judges, a period of about twelve years. Also he has served as county coroner for four years, and at this writ- ing is a nominee for a third election.
On the 10th day of December, 1867, Mr. Arnett was married to Miss Annie M. Shaw, daughter of Alva B. and Nancy B. Shaw, and they had one child, Mary, who is now the wife of Leland Baker, and has two sons-Allie and Leonard. For his second wife Mr. Arnett was united with Miss India Logan, daughter of Jacob and Barbara (Sands) Logan, and by this marriage there are a daughter and a son-Garcia and Fay. The former became the wife of Howard Cotty, and Fay died at the age of seventeen months,
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after only two days' illness. Mrs. India Arnett died December 6, 1882, a faithful member of the Presbyterian church and an estimable woman. In 1883 Mr. Arnett was united in matrimony with Miss Lucinda A. Martin, daughter of Marquis La Fayette and Rebecca (Fisher) Martin, and by this union there are two children-India M. and Irma A , the former of whom died at the age of eleven years and six months.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnett are exemplary members of the Presbyterian church and are highly respected throughout the community. He also is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and an ex-member of the Uniformed Rank of the order of Knights of Pythias, division No. 6, of Indiana. Polit- ically he is a strong Republican, and, having been a resident of Kokomo ever since 1856, he must be considered one of the " old settlers," and his honora- ble record is known and read of all men in Howard county.
ISAAC N. HOOVER, a prosperous farmer of section 34, Washington I township, deserves the honored title of "old settler," having lived in this county ever since 1852, in which year he emigrated from Butler county, Ohio. Learning the trade of carpenter early in life, he followed it as an occupation while in Ohio. His father, Daniel Hoover, was a native of the Keystone state, a farmer, who soon after marriage emigrated to the southern part of the Buckeye state, thence to Fayette county, Indiana, where he died at the age of fifty-four years. He was united in marriage with Miss Mary Patton, formerly of Maryland, and she passed to the other world while on a visit to her son in Illinois, at the age of eighty-two years. Daniel and Mary Hoover had nine children: Jeinima, Nancy, Catharine, Mahala and Thomas, all deceased, Isaac N. (our subject), Mary and Christina, of Shelby county, Illinois, and Jacob, who is deceased.
Isaac N. Hoover, the sixth in order of age in the above family and the oldest of the living children, was born in Fayette county, Indiana, Decem- ber 22, 1824, moved to Ohio when young and later returned to his native state, where the most of his life has been spent. He had but little school- ing, and that was obtained in the limited and meager subscription schools of the pioneer period, kept in the old-fashioned log school-house so often described elsewhere in this volume. He has, however, obtained a high
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degree of practical education, such as is more needed in practical life than the most of what has been taught in the school text-books. In Ohio he was united in marriage with Miss Jane Guinnup, whose father died in the west a number of years ago and whose mother departed this life here in Indiana, at the age of eighty-two years. Of their children only three are living, namely: Mrs. Jane Hoover, Mary Jones (at West Point) and Elias, of Peru, Indiana.
Mr. Hoover has always been a supporter of the Democratic party. He is now spending the evening of his life quietly upon his farm. He has always been an honorable, upright man, industrious, temperate, economical and in every way exemplary, and well deserves the rest which he is now enjoying, surrounded as he is with a host of friends.
ACOB JESSUP .- The agricultural interests of Howard county are well J
represented by the subject of this review, who is a practical and enter- prising farmer of Taylor township. He was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, on the 7th of June, 1823, and his parents, John and Mary (Smith) Jessup, were natives of Pennsylvania, the former of Scotch descent and the latter of German lineage. They were married in the Buckeye state and in 1823 removed to Parke county, Indiana, where the father entered land from the government and also purchased some that had previously been improved to a limited extent. Indians still lived in the neighborhood, and the work of development and progress seemed scarcely begun. The father, however, opened up a good farm there and became one of the leading and influential agriculturists of the community. In politics he was a stanch Democrat, but never aspired to office. He died March 4, 1841, and his wife passed away previously. They were the parents of nine children, namely: Smith, who died in Indianapolis; Stephen, who died in Illinois; John, who died in Parke county; Mrs. Jarutha Wolverton; Aaron, who went to the west; Jackson, who died in Parke county; Catherine, also deceased; Jacob; and Mrs. Liddia Curren.
During his early infancy our subject was brought by his parents to Indiana, and midst the wild scenes of frontier life in Parke county was reared to manhood. To the common schools he is indebted for the educational privileges which he received. He was eighteen years of age at the date of
Jacob Peswe
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his father's death, at which time he took charge of the home farm. The father had given land to his other sons, and Jacob and his sister remained on the old home place. He was married March 15, 1848, and continued to reside at the parental home until 1852, when he came to Howard county and purchased a large tract of land upon which he yet resides. It was covered with timber, which he cleared away and let the warm sunshine sweeten the plowed land and ripen the golden grain. He placed many rods of tiling upon the place and has made his home one of the most desirable in the county, for the well-tilled fields surround a comfortable residence and good barns and outbuildings. He uses the latest improved machinery in the cultivation of his land and the conveniences of the model farm may be found upon his place. He also raises all the stock which he utilizes. Very ener- getic and industrious, he has steadily advanced from the starting point of limited means to the goal of prosperity, overcoming the obstacles in his path by determined purpose.
In 1848 Mr. Jessup was united in marriage to Miss Nancy J. Sparks, daughter of Wesley and Eliza A. (Mitchell) Sparks, both natives of Virginia and pioneer settlers of Parke county, Indiana, where they lived to old age. In their church relationship they were Methodists. To Mr. and Mrs. Jessup were born the following children: Elizabeth, wife of James Lorts, a farmer; Mrs. Mary Mugg, now deceased; Minerva, wife of Ira Folk, a farmer; Emily, deceased; Anna; Mrs. Sarah Garr; Lidda, who became the wife of Wesley W. Reed, and died leaving four children; John; Normanda, wife of A. J. Werts, of Anderson, Indiana; and Florence, deceased. John, the only son of the family, is now operating the homestead farm. He married Georgia Hobson, a lady of intelligence and culture and a daughter of Absalom and Martha (Foster) Hobson, the former a native of Indiana and the latter of Ohio. Her father is now living retired in Greentown. To John and Georgia Jessup has been born a son, November 29, 1887, and named Fred. Mrs. Nancy Jessup, wife of our subject, died January 19, 1866. She was a con- sistent member of the Christian church and many friends mourned her death. In 1872 Mr. Jessup was_again married, his second union being with Mrs. Hester A. Morgan, whose maiden name was Sprunce. By this marriage there is a daughter, Gertrude, now Mrs. Coburn. She has been twice mar- ried. Mr. Jessup, his daughter Anna and his son John are all members of the Christian church, while the wife of the last named belongs to the Meth- 17
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odist church. In his political views our subject is a Democrat, and is a pub- lic-spirited citizen who manifests an intelligent interest in political affairs and in all movements or measures which have for their object the promotion of the social, material, moral or mental welfare of the community.
W TILLIAM D. AUGHE, of Logansport, Indiana, is a retired railroad man who was for thirty-four years a faithful and trusted employee of the Pan Handle Railway Company, twenty-five years of this time being spent as foreman of the company's blacksmith shop at Logansport. His history is of more than passing interest in this connection, and is as follows:
Mr. Aughe is a Virginian by birth. He was ushered into life in Rock- ingham county, Virginia, February 17, 1826. William Aughe, his father, was born in the same county, while his mother, née Catherine Tofflemire, was a native of Essex county, Upper Canada. Pope Creek, Albemarle county, Virginia, was the earlier home of the Aughes, for it was there that Jacob Aughe, the grandfather of our subject, lived and ran a gristmill. The Aughes trace their ancestry back to England, while the Tofflemires are of Holland origin. Adam Tofflemire, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was closely related to the original representative of the family who emigrated to this country.
Turning now to the immediate subject of this review, William D. Aughe, we find him to be the eldest of seven children and the only survivor of the family. He left home at the early age of seven years, and was bound by an uncle of his to what was afterwards known as the Tredger Works, one of the most prominent establishments in Virginia before the war, for the manufact- ure of coaches, steamboat work, etc. To this concern young Aughe agreed to sell his labor for a term of seven years for the privilege of acquiring the blacksmith trade. After half his term of apprenticeship had been served he became dissatisfied and decided to "jump" his contract. Accordingly, he left without notice and went to Berksville, Virginia, where he secured work at a dollar per day, a condition much more to his liking just then. He was, however, not long to enjoy his freedom, for he was sought by his old masters and upon their discovery of him he was compelled to return and complete his trade as per contract.
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After completing his apprenticeship in the above named establishment, Mr. Aughe went south into Alabama and worked at Livingston, Montgomery and Mobile. From the last named place he went to New Orleans and thence to the republic of Texas, working his way, and, among other places, being employed at San Antonio.
While in the south Mr. Aughe tendered his services to the United States for the war with Mexico. He enlisted in the Seventh Kentucky Regiment, under the name of William D. Achy, going out under an assumed name in order to successfully elude pursuit by his father, fearing the latter would try to reclaim him on account of his youth. He saw service and remained on active duty until the close of the war.
In 1849 Mr. Aughe came north, stopping at Dayton, Ohio, to which place all his brothers and sisters had moved, and there for four years he was engaged in repair work. At the end of this time he entered the employ of the Indiana Central, now the Indianapolis division of the Pan Handle, as a blacksmith in their shops, under John Farnesworth as foreman, Yankee Smith as superintendent, and H. L. Pope as road-master. Inside of two years he took a job on the Richmond division, under Superintendent Morse, the road at the time being only twenty-eight miles long. He was in charge of the shop and yard property of the company and was notified not to per- mit any hand-cars to be used for other than in the interests of the company. He, however, took the responsibility to do this upon one occasion when a party wanted to make a trip to an adjoining town for an evening's outing, assuring Mr. Aughe that they would keep in the proper mental condition and restore the car to him in safety. The car never came back to him, and he resigned from the company's service without letting them know of it and without asking for his balance of salary.
The next ten years Mr. Aughe was employed in the shops of the Dayton & Michigan Railroad Company. He came thence to Logansport in the year 1860 and became connected with the Air Line Road, now the Richmond division of the Pan Handle, and since that date has not been off its pay roll. In 1869 he was made foreman of the blacksmith shop, and at the end of twenty-five years' service was retired, according to a rule of the company in recognition of like service.
At Troy, Ohio, October 16, 1856, was consummated the marriage of Mr. Aughe and Miss Catherine Browne, daughter of William and Catherine (Sim-
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mons) Browne, and the last survivor of a family of twelve children. Will- iam Browne was a native of York county, Pennsylvania, and by trade was a cabinet-maker. Mr. and Mrs. Anghe have children and grandchildren as fol- lows: Catherine, wife of Martin Granger, of Logansport, has five children, Catherine, Frederick, William, Ganelle and Carroll; Susan, wife of Walter Chapman, of Logansport; May, wife of John Richardson, of Logansport, has one child, June; and Miss June, at home.
Mr. Aughe has been a Democrat since the early days of the party. He voted for James K. Polk a little before he was twenty-one years old. Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Improved Order of Red Men.
AMES B. KIRKPATRICK, M. D .- The world instinctively pays defer- J ence to the man whose success has been worthily achieved, who has attained success by honorable methods, acquired the highest reputation. in his chosen calling by merit, and whose social prominence is not less the result of an irreproachable life than of recognized natural gifts. Greater than in almost any line of work is the responsibility that rests upon the physician. The issues of life and death are in his hands. A false prescription, an unskill- ful operation, may take from man that which he prizes above all else-life. The physician's power must be his own; not by purchase, by gift or by influence can he gain it. He must commence at the very beginning, learn the very rudiments of medicine and surgery, continually add to his knowledge by close study and earnest application, and gain reputation by real merit. If he would attain prominence it must come as the result of superior skill, knowledge and ability, and these qualifications are possessed in an eminent degree by Dr. Kirkpatrick.
He was born in Rush county, Indiana, July 31, 1855, and is a son of John and Abalena (Mock) Kirkpatrick, also natives of the Hoosier state. They had five children: Nancy Jane, widow of M. M. Reeves, of Columbus, Indiana; Clara, wife of Perry McBride, of Knightstown, Indiana; Mary Mag- dalene, wife of S. B. Purvis, of Kokomo; Sarah M., wife of Will McBride, of Rushville, Indiana; and the Doctor. The father of this family was a farmer, and, reared in Rush county, he continued a resident of that locality
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until 1864, when he came to Howard county, where he purchased a farm of six hundred and forty acres, improving and cultivating the samne until his death. While driving across the railroad track with a mower he was struck by an engine drawing a freight train, and was killed. He was at that time sixty-nine years of age. His wife died in June, 1868, at the age of thirty-six years. He afterward married Mrs. Millie Hamilton, and they had a family of two children, son and daughter, Jesse D. and Carrie M.
The paternal grandfather of the Doctor, David Kirkpatrick, was a native of Kentucky and was one of the pioneers of Rush county, Indiana, where he resided for about sixty years. He was of Scotch-Irish descent, and was a "hard-shell " Baptist in religious faith. The maternal grandfather, John Mock, was born in the east, came to Indiana at an early day and followed farming in Rush county until after the Mexican war broke out, when he raised a company for the service. He was drilling them preparatory to going to the front, when he was taken ill and died.
The Doctor remained in the county of his nativity until nine years of age and then accompanied his father on his removal to Howard county, where he has since made his home. He acquired his education in the district and normal schools and in the high school of Kokomo. In 1876 he began study -. ing medicine and was graduated in the Ohio Medical College, of Cincinnati, in 1879. He entered upon the active practice of his profession at Center postoffice, six miles south of Kokomo, and in 1884 came to this city, where he has since remained, building up a very extensive business. He is now con- ducting an electro-medical institute, consisting of ten rooms, thoroughly equipped with the latest improved and approved instruments and appliances for the successful treatment of chronic diseases. He has a very large home practice, and is often called to distant parts of the state, for his reputation has extended far beyond the limits of his adopted county. He has always been a close student of his profession and has made constant and rapid prog- ress, keeping well informed concerning all the theories and discoveries relating to medical science and leading the way in some lines of original investigations. He has been most successful, and the public and the profes- sion accord him a prominent place among the leading practitioners of north- ern Indiana.
On the 22d of April, 1880, Dr. Kirkpatrick was united in marriage to Miss Kate M. Longfellow, daughter of George W. and Jane (Hazeltine)
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Longfellow and a distant relative of the poet. They have three children, LeRoy E., Monell and Laura. The Doctor and his wife are faithful members of the Christian church, in which he is serving as trustee. Theirs is one of the most beautiful homes of Kokomo, the large brick residence being sur- rounded by an extensive and lovely lawn, and the hospitality of the house- hold is proverbial.
The Doctor is a member of Kokomo Lodge, No. 19, A. F. & A. M; Kokomo Chapter, No. 104, R. A. M; and Kokomo Commandery, No. 36, K. T. He also has membership connection with the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. In politics he is a stalwart Democrat, and for two years, from 1889 until 1891, was mayor of Kokomo, being elected over a usual Republican majority of four hundred. He has been a member of the school board since 1891, and is now serving as its president, his effect- ive labors and wise judgment largely advancing the cause of education in his adopted city. His administration in the mayoralty was also progressive and business-like, and he has ever been earnest and public-spirited in support of all measures for the general good. Of quiet manner and kindly disposition, he is highly respected, and his long residence and successful practice here have gained him a wide acquaintance and won him prestige in his chosen calling.
J N. POUNDSTONE, a resident of Cass county for more than half a century and now living retired in the little town of Young America, is a native of the " Keystone state." He was born in Fayette county, Pennsyl- vania, January 11, 1817, and in his native state passed the first thirteen years of his life. At that age he accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio, the family home being established in Licking county, in a pioneer settlement, and there the subject of our sketch grew to manhood, receiving his education in one of the primitive log school-houses for which early Ohio and Indiana are noted. On attaining his majority, he left the parental home and commenced working out on farms by the month. He remained in Ohio until 1841, when he came to Indiana and settled first in Carroll county. In 1843 he came to Cass county, selecting a location in Deer Creek township, where he entered eighty acres of government land, the purchase price of same being one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. Here he
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made a little clearing, built a log cabin, and settled down to pioneer life. The Indians had not yet abandoned this part of the country and the white settlers were few and far apart. On this farm Mr. Poundstone lived and labored for a period of forty-one years, developing it from a tract of land in nature's state to a well-improved farm. In 1884 Mr. Poundstone retired from the active duties of the farm and moved into Young America, where he is spending the closing years of his life in quiet retirement.
He has been married twice. In 1838 he wedded Miss Magdeline Hamp- shire, by whom he had five children, namely: Richard, Henry, George W., Elizabeth A. and Caroline. In 1878, some time after the death of his first wife, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Nancy Welty, widow of David Welty and a daughter of Abner Ratcliff. She has six children by her former marriage, as follows: Marion, Marcus, Angeline, Alonzo L., Aralius and Oscar.
Mr. Poundstone has always given his support to the Democratic party, and earlier in life was for six years assessor of Deer Creek township. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.
S ILAS STORER .- The farming interests of Cass county are well repre- sented by this gentleman, who resides on section 14, Washington town- ship, where he has made his home for thirty-eight years. He was born in Preble county, Ohio, on the 3d of October, 1847, and is the third child of Samuel B. and Mary C. (Miller) Storer, also natives of Ohio. On leaving the Buckeye state for a district further west, Samuel Storer journeyed by wagon, and finally purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Pulaski county, Indiana, which he afterward traded for the farm upon which our subject now resides. He literally hewed his farm out of the forest, for the land was covered with a dense growth of timber, which alternating with swampy regions formed the surface of this section of the state. The devel- opment of a farm necessitated much hard labor, but with characteristic energy the father continued the work of clearing, plowing, planting and harvesting until he was the owner of a valuable property, which yielded to him a golden tribute in return for the care and labor he bestowed upon it. He died at the age of seventy-three years, but his widow is still living and makes her home with our subject.
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