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USA > Indiana > Cass County > Biographical and genealogical history of Cass, Miami, Howard and Tipton counties, Indiana > Part 45
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About this time he rented a farm in Bartholomew county and worked by the day, at thirty-seven and a half cents a day, from sunrise to sunset. In 1850 he came to Tipton county locating in the virgin forest west of Tip- ton village, erected a log house and began to improve the place. After a time he exchanged this place for eighty-eight acres at another point, where he built a hewed-log house and improved that tract also. In 1865 he sold that farm and for twenty-seven years occupied and cultivated a rented farm, but owning sixty acres where he now lives he moved upon this place in 1897.
In 1843 he was converted into a professing and zealous Christian, and about 1855 was called to preach the gospel. His first charge as a minister was at Tetersburg, in Tipton county, and ever since then his labors have been mostly confined to Tipton, Howard, Hamilton and Delaware counties. He has preached more funeral sermons than any other man in the county, and has married about as many couples as any other man, and he is now one of the oldest in the living ministry in this county. Also he has baptized hun-
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dreds of people and has been remarkably successful every way in advancing the cause of Christianity.
In his politics he was at first a Whig, then Know-nothing. He is now a stanch Democrat.
He has had eleven children, as follows: Thomas J., Susie E., Lewis J. (trustee of Cicero township), Stephen A. D., Lucy A., and the others are all deceased. Mrs. Bozell. the mother of these children, died December 22, 1865. May 10, 1866, Mr. Bozell married Martha Eiler, and by this union there have been nine children, -John L., Melissa J., Eunice A., Alace, George, Walter, Laura M. and Mattie, and an infant deceased.
JOHN E. TARKINGTON .- Practical industry wisely and vigorously J applied never fails to win success, and the life of John E. Tarkington is but another proof of this statement. With limited advantages in his youth, he started out to make his own way in the world, and his diligence and judi- cious management have brought to him a handsome reward for his labors. He is now one of the wealthy farmers of Clay township, Howard county, and in his life are many principles which might well be followed by those who would win similar success.
Mr. Tarkington was born in Monroe county, Indiana, October 30, 1837, a son of Eli P. and Martha (Gay) Tarkington, the former a native of Tennes- see and the latter of North Carolina. When a child of six years the father came to Indiana with his parents, who emigrated westward in 1817 and first located in Vincennes, Indiana, whence a few years later they removed to Monroe county. While in Vincennes, one of the sons, Joseph Tarking- ton, constructed the first wagon ever manufactured in the state. On the removal to Monroe county the grandfather of our subject entered land and improved a farm, upon which he spent his remaining days. He had owned and operated a distillery in Tennessee, but after coming to this state devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits. In politics he was a Democrat and in religious belief was a Methodist. With the generous hospitality of the frontier he allowed his house to be used as a place of worship before churches were built, and before he was a member of the congregation. His son Joseph, however, became converted, entered the work of the ministry of the Meth- 29
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odist Episcopal church, and afterward received his father and mother into the church.
Eli P. Tarkington was reared to manhood in Monroe county, Indiana, and in 1835 was married there. In 1844 he removed to Decatur county and in October, 1851, came to Howard county, entering a tract of land in Harri- son township, where he developed a very fine farm, upon which he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1876. He was a Democrat and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Honorable in all business transactions he had the respect and confidence of his fellow townsmen and was regarded as one of the leading citizens of the community, for he had long been prominently identified with the growth and development of the county and gave his active support to all measures which he believed to be for the public good. He married Martha Gay, daughter of William Gay, who was of Irish descent and was reared and married in North Carolina, after which he came to Indiana, in 1832, locating in Monroe county, where he remained until his death, his energies being devoted to farming. To Mr. and Mrs. Tarkington were born eleven children: William B., who resides with his brother John, the second of the family; Horace F., of Tipton county; Harriet A., who died at the age of eleven years; Mary M., who became Mrs. Nesbit; Martha J., who was a twin sister of Mary and died at the age of five years; Celeste C., wife of William Honey; Maria L., who died at the age of five years; Jesse A., a farmer of Kokomo; James H., who is managing the homestead farm; and Frances M., wife of J. F. Demit.
When a youth of fourteen years John E. Tarkington was brought by his parents to Howard county and assisted his father in the arduous task of clearing his land and developing a farm. At the time of his marriage he began farming on his own account on a tract of land containing one hundred and seventy-five acres, of which his wife and her brother William were equal heirs, and had only a few acres cleared, while a log cabin constituted the improvements on the place. He then diligently began the struggle to acquire a competence and worked early and late. Plowing, planting and harvesting were carried on with unremitting zeal and as the result of his earnest efforts he acquired a handsome competence. He now owns one hundred and ninety acres of valuable land, one hundred and twenty acres of which is cleared, ditched and tiled and under a fine state of cultivation. Upon the place is a modern and commodious frame residence, a large and substantial barn, the
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latest improved machinery and all the accessories and conveniences of the model farm. It is pleasantly located, six miles west of Kokomo, and there he is successfully carrying on general farming and stock-raising, his sound judgment in business matters and his well directed efforts bringing to him a handsome competence. He has also given his children two hundred acres of land, thus enabling them to start in life without the difficulties that meet those who have nothing to aid them in the beginning.
In 1861 Mr. Tarkington was united in marriage to Miss Amelia A. Honey, a cultured lady belonging to one of the honored pioneer familes of Howard county. Her father, John W. Honey, of Kentucky, came to this county in 1843, and died in 1845. His wife entered land from the government and began the development of a farm, but her death occurred in 1853, and Mr. Tarkington afterward purchased William Honey's interest in the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Honey were intelligent and kind-hearted people, and the lady was especially kind and helpful to the sick, always ready to assist in their care, whether rich or poor. They had many friends and were highly esteemed for their sterling worth. Their two children were William, who died in March, 1894, leaving a wife and three children; and Amelia A. To Mr. and Mrs. Tarkington were born six children: Mary Bell, who died in childhood; Electa A., who became the wife of S. F. Wilson, and died of pneumonia, May 17, 1898, leaving a daughter three years old; William E., who follows farming in Ervin township, Howard county; Minnie C., wife of Ira Keisling; Ernest P., at home; and Amelia M., who died in infancy. The parents are faithful members and active workers in the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics Mr. Tarkington is a Democrat, and is deeply interested in the growth and success of his party, but has never been a candidate for public office. He may truly be called a self-made man, for success comes to the busy toilers of the world, of whom he is one, and in the acquirement of his property his methods have ever been honorable and commendable, winning him the respect and confidence of all with whom he has been brought in contact.
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M ILTON KENWORTHY, of New London, Monroe township, Howard county, Indiana, was born in Henry county, this state, December 15, 1852. His father, Willis Kenworthy, was a native of Ohio, and the father of the latter, Amos, a native of the Keystone state; the last mentioned was
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a son of William, who was the son of Joshua Kenworthy. The first Amer- ican ancestors in the paternal line, Quakers, were from England; Willis, a farmer by occupation, was a Quaker preacher. On his emigration from Ohio to Indiana, in 1835, he settled in Henry county: he located upon his present farm in 1869. He continued to preach and travel until his death, in 1890, which was occasioned by a fall from a high ladder on the 19th of June, 1888, while picking cherries. The fall produced a concussion of the spine which resulted in a complete paralysis of all the parts below the point of injury. Of course his death caused a vacancy in the community which can never be filled. He was a sincere and consistent Christian, energetic in all the work of the church. He married Naomi Kirk, a daughter of Thomas Kirk, of Pennsylvania, and she is still living, now aged seventy years. Of the eight children in their family seven are still living, namely: Allen, a Methodist minister; Milton, who is the subject proper of this sketch; Carrie, who mar- ried Albert Stout, of New London; Thomas C., also of New London: Mary N., wife of Abraham T. Cosand, of Whittier, California; Anna J., wife of Rev. Lewis Stout, of New London; and Ratie, who is the wife of Lewis Taylor, also of New London.
Mr. Milton Kenworthy, after he had grown up to manhood, entered into agricultural pursuits on his own account, in which he is still engaged, with the success that is due to characteristic energy. He owns eighty acres of land at his homestead, besides ten acres near Russiaville. In religion he is a member of the Society of Friends.
For his first wife he married Miss Hannah Stout, a daughter of Sylvanus Stout, of New London; she died in 1887, after having become the mother of three children, -Murray S., Earl T. and J. W. ; the last mentioned is deceased and the other two are inmates of their parental home. For his second wife Mr. Kenworthy was united in matrimony, November 3, 1888, with Miss Lucinda Newlin, a daughter of Zimri Newlin, of Monroe township. Mr. Newlin was a native of North Carolina, born October 15, 1820, and was six years old when his parents emigrated to Indiana, locating in Parke county, where he was reared, and in 1846 married Isabella Chapman, a native of England. She departed this life in 1870, after having become the mother of eight children, namely: Mary A., Martha, William, Ruth, Lucinda, Elvin, Cora A. and Ella. In 1872 Mr. Newlin was united in marriage with Nancy Ann Whitson.
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Mr. Newlin died in 1895, and his death was the occasion of widespread mourning, for his character was a marked one, making an indelible impression upon an appreciative community. When he first came to Howard county he found himself to be one of the pioneers here, and here he passed a life worthy of emulation by all well-meaning citizens.
C HARLES F. THOMPSON .-- The Empire state has furnished to Cass county a number of her representative business men, including Charles F. Thompson, who was born in Monroe county, New York, on the 8th of October, 1828, a son of Lot and Abigail (Gillette) Thompson. The parents were natives of Connecticut and were representatives of old New England families. Having married in the home of their youth, they afterward removed to Monroe county, New York, where the father engaged in carriage-making. Later, however, they took up their residence in Ohio, where Mr. Thompson carried on agricultural pursuits until the mother died there, and the father afterward went to Michigan and thence to Lacon, Illinois, where he died.
Charles F. Thompson was only seven years of age when his parents left New York and located on a farm near Kirtland, Ohio. He attended the public schools of the neighborhood and assisted in the cultivation of the fields until he had attained the age of twenty-three years, when he left the parental home and started out in life for himself. In 1855 he located in Lacon, Illi- nois, and in that town engaged in carriage-making with fair success until 1864, when he disposed of his business and removed to Logansport. In 1861 he had become interested in the manufacture of tight barrels in this city, and continued in the cooperage business until 1877, when he sold out. The fol- lowing year he embarked in the wholesale lumber business in Chicago, in connection with a brother, the enterprise being conducted under the name of The Thompson Brothers Company. In 1885 he removed his family to Chi- cago, where he resided until 1888, when, disposing of his lumber interests in Chicago, he removed to Ashland, Wisconsin. As a member of the firm of Mowatt & Thompson, he there engaged in operating a sawmill and dealt in lumber until 1891, when, again selling out, he returned to Logansport, where he has since resided. In 1878 he had established a lumber business in this city, the same being in charge of his son, Harry S. Thompson, until his
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return. In 1892 father and son, under the name of the Thompson Lumber Company, established their present lumber yards and are now enjoying an extensive trade in all kinds of building material.
In 1856 was celebrated the marriage of Charles F. Thompson and Miss Ellen M. Tuttle, who died in 1861, leaving one son, Harry S., who is asso- ciated with his father in business. In 1863 Mr. Thompson married again, his second union being with Elizabeth A. Twells, and their children are Charles F., who is president of the C. C. Thompson Lumber Company, of Chicago; Hattie, who died in childhood; Nella A., also deceased; and Edward J., who is serving as bookkeeper for an oil firm in West Virginia.
As a business man Mr. Thompson has had a wide experience. He is a man of resourceful ability, enterprising and resolute, and carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. He entered upon his com- mercial career with but limited means, and to-day has a very desirable com- petency as a reward for his indefatigable labor. His business methods have been so honorable and his work prosecuted with such diligence that he has won the confidence and good will of all with whom he has been brought in contact, and has the sincere regard of all his business associates. Although never an aspirant for office, he has always ardently advocated the principles of the Republican party, and is well informed on the issues of the day. In Masonic circles he has been prominent for many years, and has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish rite. In 1871 he was worshipful master of Orient Lodge, No. 272, A. F. & A. M., of Logansport; in 1869-70 was high priest of Logan Chapter, No. 2, R. A. M .; and in 1877 was eminent commander of St. John Commandery, No. 24, K. T.
HARRY S. THOMPSON, the junior member of the Thompson Lumber Company, was born in Lacon, Illinois, on the 4th of January, 1859, and having acquired a fair Eng'ish education, entered upon his business career in connection with his father, under whose direction he mastered the lu ber industry. He then assumed charge of the lumber yards established by his father in Logansport, in 1878, and displayed great skill and judgment in con- trol of the same. Since 1892 he has been associated with his father, and the Thompson Lumber Company is in control of a liberal share of the public patronage. They carry a large stock, and their reasonable prices, earnest desire to please their patrons and honorable dealings have secured to them a good business which is constantly increasing.
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In 1884, Harry S. Thompson led to the marriage altar Mi s Minnie L. Snyder, of Kokomo, Indiana, and their pleasant home is the center of a cult- ured society circle. Mr. Thompson exercises his right of franchise in . up- port of the men and measures of the Republican party, but ra her than seek office he prefers to devote his energies to his business interests, in which he is meeting with signal success. He is a typical western man, possessed of the enterprising, progressive spirit which dominates this section of the coun- try, and is regarded as a valuable addition to the ranks of the business men of Logan port, among whom he enjoys conside able popularity.
N EWTON CAMPBELL, a leading and representative farmer of Jefferson township, Tipton county, is a veteran of the Civil war, and bears an honorable record for brave service in the cause of freedom and union, while in the paths of peace he has also won an enviable reputation through the sterling qualities that go to the making of a good citizen.
Mr. Campbell was born in Johnson county, Indiana, December 26, 1842, and is a son of David and Mary (Jenkins) Campbell, natives of Kentucky and Virginia, respectively, who came with their parents to Indiana and were mar- ried in this state. The paternal grandfather, James Campbell, was born in Greenbrier county, West Virginia, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and brought his family to Indiana about 1836. By trade he was a saddle and harness maker. Thomas Jenkins, the maternal grandfather, was a native of Cheat Mountain, Virginia, and in 1837 emigrated to Indiana, where he rented a farm, but died the year of his arrival. He was of English and Welsh descent.
David Campbell, our subject's father, was born February 1, 1816, in Kentucky, whence he removed to Indiana about 1838, and located in John- son county, where he purchased a small piece of land and made a home for his father and mother. He worked as a farm hand until coming to Tipton county in 1846, when he " squatted " upon land not yet surveyed and later proved up his claim, entering two tracts-one of sixty acres and the other of fifty-eight acres-when the land came into market. There were a few squat- ters already living here, there being about a half-dozen families within a radius of five miles of his home. Prospering in his farming operations, he became the owner of twelve hundred acres of land, which he divided among
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his children before his death. He cleared and put under cultivation between four and five hundred acres, erected a commodious brick residence thereon, and successfully engaged in general farming and stock-raising. Politically he was first a Whig and later a Republican, but he never aspired to office. He gave freely to all charitable institutions, churches, etc., and took an active interest in the welfare and prosperity of his adopted county. He died July 3, 1886, and his wife passed away February 3, 1887. In their family were nine children, namely: Maria, deceased wife of E. Wheatley; Newton, of this sketch; Thomas, deceased; John, a farmer; Elizabeth, widow of George Phares; O. P., a resident of Tipton; James J., deceased; Sarah, wife of W. Wheatley; and T. D., a farmer.
Newton Campbell obtained his education in the subscription schools near his boyhood home, and early became familiar with the arduous labor of transforming wild land into highly cultivated fields, as he remained with his father on the new farm in Tipton county until after the outbreak of the Civil war. In response to the country's call for aid he enlisted in August, 1862, in the One Hundred and First Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which was first assigned to the Army of the Ohio, and later to the Army of the Cum- berland. They were with Sherman on the march to the sea and saw some hard service. Mr. Campbell was wounded at Milton, Tennessee, in March, 1863. While in the act of shooting with his left arm up, he was shot through the wrist, the ball lodging in his left shoulder, making him a cripple for life. After lying on the battle-field for several hours he was taken to an old cabin, and the following day was borne by the ambulance to the hospital at Murfreesboro. Two months later he was honorably discharged and returned home, but was unable to work for about three years. After his marriage he devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits, but later sold his first farm and purchased the place where he now lives, the same consisting of two hundred and forty acres of partially improved land, on which he has erected commodious and substantial buildings. He now has five hundred and fifty- six acres in his homestead and also owns two other farms, making in all six hundred and twenty-nine acres; he is successfully engaged in both farming and stock-raising. Being a public-spirited and progressive citizen, he gives his support to all enterprises for the good of the community, and has aided in building the turnpikes in his locality and assisted in promoting the general welfare along other lines. Politically he is an ardent Republican, and
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socially is an honored member of J. T. Steward Post, No. 382, G. A. R., of Goldsmith.
In 1869 Mr. Campbell led to the marriage altar Miss Sarah Smith, a daughter of John D. and Ada (Adamns) Smith, honored pioneers of Tipton county. Her father, who was born in Isto and died in June, 1896, came here from Belmont county, Ohio, in 1839, and entered a half section of land, which he developed into a fine farm, and at his death left a large and valuable estate. He assisted in the conducting of the affairs of the county, was one of its first commissioners, and later served as township trustee. He was one of the most popular as well as one of the most useful citizens of his locality, and had a host of warm personal friends. In his political views he was first a Whig and later a Republican. He was twice married and by his first wife had six children, namely: David, deceased; Melissa; Benjamin F., who was a member of the Twenty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil war and died in the service; Sarah, wife of our sub- ject; Nancy, wife of D. F. Vanbuskirk, now of Kansas, who was a member of the Forty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry; and Allen, who also wore the blue in the Rebellion and died after being sent home. For his second wife John D. Smith married Mrs. Phoebe McFarlin, daughter of Stephen Bingham, of Ohio, and to them were born four children: Mrs. Elizabeth Cole; John D., a farmer; Jesse, a farmer; and Laura, who first married a Mr. Smith and later a Mr. Martz. The mother of these children is still liv- ing. To Mr. and Mrs. Campbell were born three children: Mary, now Mrs. Watson; Laura, deceased; and Ada at home. They have also reared an orphan nephew, Carl M. Campbell, who is now in the army, having aided in the conflict with Spain.
W ALTER C. BAILEY .- The science of justice and statutory law are distinct branches of what is technically termed " law," and both require keen perception and a powerful brain. The simple fact that one is even "admitted at the bar " is of itself prima facie evidence that he possesses superior intellectual endowments, although some " lawyers " are unprincipled and some are incompetent as such, in competition with the profession gen- erally; but when lawyers are selected for office, especially executive and
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judicial, those of the best reputation for honesty are preferred. The life career of the subject of this sketch has been such as to render its principal points interesting to the public of Miami county, and we proceed to state them as well as we can.
Mr. Bailey was born in Allen township, this county, a son of Stewart and Sally (Berry) Bailey. His father was born in Onondaga county, New York, February 20, 1813, and his paternal grandfather was a native of Massa- chusetts and of English ancestry. The last mentioned moved from Onon- daga county to Genesee county, same state, where they were comparatively early settlers. Many years later they came to Miami county, Indiana, where they passed the last years of their lives.
Stewart Bailey and Sally Berry were married at Batavia, Genesee county, New York. Mrs. Bailey was a native of that state and a daughter of Ebenezer Berry, a native of Holland. In 1837 Mr. Berry emigrated to Miami county, Indiana, settling on land near the line of Union and Allen townships. About 1850 he disposed of this place and purchased a home within the limits of the present city of Logansport, in Cass county. In 1854 he returned to Miami county and located in Union township, about three miles south of his former home, and there he passed the remainder of his life. His wife died in October, 1872, and he passed to the other life Feb- ruary 14, 1879. In 1845 he became connected with the Methodist Episcopal church, and five years later was licensed to preach a's a local minister. He was a most worthy and esteemed citizen, practicing in his daily life the religion he professed. He was a successful revivalist and an especial friend and counselor of the young, whose confidence he ever possessed. Both him- self and wife were worthy representatives of the honored pioneer element that is rapidly passing off the stage of action.
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