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They became the parents of eleven children, ten of whom grew to mature years and seven of whom are now living, viz .: Stewart, the eldest of the sons, is a prominent contractor and builder of Menomonee, Wiscon- sin; Wellington E. is a resident of Plymouth, Indiana; he was formerly superintendent of schools and is now engaged in the insurance business; Walter C. is the next in order of age; Daniel S. is also a contractor and builder of Monomonee, Wisconsin; William H., the youngest of the sons, is a dentist at Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin; Caroline, the elder of the two surviving daughters, is the wife of David Black, of Union township, Miami
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county; and Nancy M. is the wife of Alfred S. Benedict, of Plymouth. The eldest daughter, Melinda, married Decatur H. Eurit and died in March, 1898; Olive J. became the wife of Isaiah W. Eurit and died in Cass county; Mr. Eurit is now postmaster at Macy, Miami county; Laura became the wife of A. P. Carvey and died February 13, 1885, the sixth anniversary of her father's death.
Walter C. Bailey, our subject, was educated in the schools of Plymouth, Indiana, where he also studied law in the office of Judge Horace Corbin, and entered upon the practice of his profession in Peru in 1876, forming a part- nership with N. N. Antrim. These young gentlemen had a reputation to make before business would come to them very liberally, and Mr. Bailey deemed it best, in view of the pecuniary obligations he was soon to meet, to resume the occupation of teaching, which he had commenced even before he had began the reading of law and pursued while engaged at intervals in its study. He taught in Mexico, this state, that year, and again in 1878-9. His partnership with Mr. Antrum, therefore, continued but a year. In the sum- mer of 1879 he forined a partnership with William W. Sullivan. In 1881 he was elected county superintendent of schools and he served in that responsible position for four years, during which time the partnership of Sullivan & Bailey continued; it was terminated in 1886, when Mr. Bailey opened an office for himself. But in July of that year he established part- nership relations with J. T. Cox, which continued till the latter was elected judge of the circuit court. About a year later Mr. Bailey became associated with John F. Lawrence, and February 15, 1897, the present firm of Bailey & Cole was formed. In 1896 Mr. Bailey was elected city attorney, but resigned after a year. In his political principles he is a Republican.
In October, 1876, Mr. Bailey was married to Elizabeth Thompson, a native of Randolph county, Indiana, and a daughter of Dr. Valentine Thompson. She did not long survive their marriage, and in September, 1880, Mr. Bailey was married to Miss Mary Belle McCowan, daughter of Hon. Henry McCowan, of Hillsdale county, Michigan. By this marriage there are four children: Estelle Clark, Henry Stewart, Webster Roy and Linus.
Henry Berry, of Peru, is the only surviving member of the family of Ebenezer Berry. The latter was born in Antwerp, Holland, and was brought to America by his parents in their emigration to this country. He grew to
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manhood at Kinderhook, New York, where the family settled. He was married three times, and came to Miami county about 1845, where he passed the remainder of his days. He was the father of five children who grew to mature years, viz .: Sally, Henry, Adeline, Caroline and Ebenezer.
Henry Berry was born in the city of Albany, New York, July 27, 1820, and in his early boyhood engaged as a driver on the Erie canal. At the age of twelve years he shipped aboard a vessel in New York harbor, grew to manhood before the mast, and followed the life of a sailor for twenty-seven years, and during this time he visited nearly all the waters of the world, leaving the sea in 1859.
In the meantime, all the surviving members of his father's family having emigrated to Indiana, he, too, came to Miami county, which has since been his home. He was married here to Mrs. Olinda Bills, who died a number of years ago. They had three daughters and a son, but only one daughter is now living, namely, Unity Elenora, wife of Charles Coats, of Peru, with whom her father resides.
ILLER UHL .- Among Logansport's sons who have attained distinc- M tion in fields of active usefulness is Miller Uhl, who was born in the city which is still his home, July 6, 1860, his parents being Joseph and Car- oline (Miller) Uhl. His literary education was acquired in the public schools and supplemented by a thorough commercial course in Hall's Business Col- lege. His father was proprietor of the Empire Mills, and therein he early learned the milling business, which he followed until 1881. For two years he engaged in mining in Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. On the expir- ation of that period he returned to Logansport and entered into partnership with Charles Holbruner, under the firm name of Holbruner & Uhl. This connection was formed in 1883 and has since been maintained with mutual pleasure and profit. They do both a wholesale and retail business in the manufacture and sale of carriages and buggies, and their patronage is quite extensive. They have a well equipped factory, employ a number of skilled workmen, and the products of their establishment, on account of their dur- ability, lightness, pleasing appearance and excellent workmanship, command the best market prices. So well has Mr. Uhl managed his interests that he
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now enjoys the reputation of one whom success always attends, and his con- nection with any enterprise is taken as a guaranty of its success.
In politics Mr. Uhl has always advocated the measures and supported the candidates of the Democratic party. He is a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has passed all the chairs, and he belongs to the subordinate encampment and is major of the Fifth Regiment, Patriarchs Militant.
Mr. Uhl was married in August, 1883, to Miss Jessie M., daughter of William E. Haney, of Logansport, and they have one child, Lucy. Mrs. Uhl is a member of the Episcopal church and Mr. Uhl is an attendant on its services. He has traveled extensively, visiting every state and territory in the Union, and his powers of acute observation and retentive memory have stored his mind with many interesting reminiscences of his journeyings. It is not difficult to conjecture what manner of man is Mr. Uhl. In a repub- lican country, where merit must win, we can tell much of his life. Wealth may secure a start but it cannot maintain one in a position where brains and executive ability are required. Mr. Uhl, however, did not have wealth to aid him in the beginning of his business career. His reliance has been placed in the more substantial qualities of perseverance, untiring enterprise, reso- lute purpose and commendable zeal, and with all his actions have been guided by an honesty of purpose that none have questioned.
R ANSOM P. BARR, one of the honored pioneers and successful farmers of Prairie township, Tipton county, is a native of Indiana, his birth occurring in Jennings county, May 16, 1820. His parents, Henry and Mar- tha (Lemaster) Barr, were natives of Germany and Maryland, respectively, and as far back as the family can be traced its members have been tillers of the soil. Our subject's paternal grandfather, John Barr, emigrated from Germany to America at an early day and settled in Tennessee. He took an active part in the early Indian wars of Indiana, and the father of our subject was a soldier of the war of 1812. The latter settled in Jennings county, this state, about 1816, and after renting land for some time he entered two hun- dred and forty acres, in Decatur county, which he developed into a fine farm. His death occurred in the latter county. He was a faithful member
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of the Methodist church and was widely and favorably known. Of his thir- teen children, two died in infancy and the others were: John F., Lucy P., Mary S., Ransom P., Arnold B., Alma L., Thena T., Clarinda, Martha, C. Ann and Achsah W. Our subject and two sisters were all that came to Tipton county.
Ransom P. Barr was reared to farm life and educated in the common schools. He remained under the parental roof until his marriage, which was celebrated in 1843, Miss Mary C. McIlvain becoming his wife. She was a native of Kentucky, but in an early day came to Indiana with her father, Samuel McIlvain, a farmer, who was born in Kentucky, of Scotch ancestry, and died in Decatur county, Indiana. She was the fourth in order of birth in a family of five children, the others being John, William, Samuel and Sarah. After the death of her mother her father married Sally Meek, by whom he had seven children: James, David, Martha, Newton, Lucinda, Margaret and Frank. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Barr are Mrs. Martha Foster; Sarah, deceased; John, a farmer; Mrs. Mary F. Watson; Newton, a farmer; Mrs. Lucy A. Holman; Ransom B. and William, both farmers; and Eliner E., who operates the old homestead. The wife and mother, who was a consistent member of the Methodist church, was called to her final rest November 10, 1873, and Mr. Barr was again married Feb- ruary 18, 1875, his second union being with Mrs. Augusta Williams, who also was an earnest member of the Methodist church. In that faith she died April 9, 1898. Her father, Cyrus Fields, who was a farmer and shoemaker by occupation, removed from New York state to Miami county, Indiana, but spent his last days in Missouri.
After his first marriage Mr. Barr settled on a portion of the old home- stead, which he conducted until coming to Tipton county in 1858, to locate on the eighty-acre tract which he had entered in 1849. As his land was covered with a heavy growth of timber, he purchased fifty acres of partially improved land that he might at once begin his farming operations, and has since ex- tended the boundaries of his farm until he has now two hundred and forty acres of fine land in one body, of which two hundred acres are now cleared, ditched and tiled, making it one of the best farms in the locality. It is con- veniently located two and a half miles northeast of Goldsmith and is im- proved with good and substantial buildings. On coming to the county deer and wild turkey were plentiful, but he had no time for hunting. He has
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borne an active and prominent part in the development and upbuilding of this region and his name should be among the foremost on the rolls of Tip- ton county's honored pioneers. At the polls he always casts his ballot with the Republican party and takes a deep interest in its success. For many years he has been a leading and influential member of Hopewell Methodist Episcopal church and is one of four of the original members yet living. He assisted in organizing the church, was a liberal contributor to the erection of the house of worship and has filled all of its offices, being a class-leader at the present time.
Elmer E. Barr, the youngest son of our subject, was born on the farm where he yet makes his home. On the 9th of February, 1887, he married Miss Flora Cue, also a native of Tipton county and a daughter of Ira and Martha (King) Cue, who came from Ohio to this county at an early day and here spent their remaining years. They also were Methodists in religious belief. In their family were four children : Flora, Octa, Lewis and Pearl. By this marriage Elmer E. Barr had three children : Oral L., at home ; Ethel M., who died at the age of one year, and one who died at birth. The wife and mother was called to her final rest February 27, 1892. She too held membership in the Methodist church. Mr. Barr was again married Jan- uary 30, 1894, his second union being with Miss Nanna B. Pearcy, of Miami county. Her parents, John and Mary (Carroll) Pearcy, farming people, were natives of Johnson county, Indiana, and in 1880 settled in Miami county. They are identified with the Baptist church. Their children are William, Jacob and Nannie B. Mr. and Mrs. Barr have two children: Perry C. and Mabel R. In religious faith they are Methodists and in political sentiment he is a Republican.
M ARTIN M. HUGHES, one of the leading plumbers, steam and gas fit- ters of Logansport, Indiana, has been identified with this business in this city for a number of years.
Mr. Hughes is a native of the neighboring state of Ohio, was born in Dayton in 1858, and traces his ancestry to the Emerald isle, his parents being natives of Ireland. His father was born in county Roscommon in 1798, was married in his native county to Miss Catherine Keogh, and in early life they came to this country, settling in Dayton, Ohio, where for forty years he was
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an expressman. They became the parents of nine children, six sons and three daughters, Martin M. being the youngest of the sons.
Our subject learned the plumber's business in Dayton, in the establish- ment of Gibbons & McCormick, and in 1876, on completing his trade, came from there to Logansport, entering the employ of his brother, D. L. Hughes, now a prominent business man of Summit, New Jersey. A few years later when his brother went east he accompanied him, and was engaged in work at his trade in New Jersey about four years. At the end of that time he returned to Indiana and again took up his abode in Logansport. The next four years he was in the employ of A. W. Stevens, of this city. In Novem- ber, 1896, he opened a shop of his own, from the first has been fairly suc- cessful, and is now doing a good business. Prominent among work done by him is the plumbing of houses for J. J. Sheerin, D. H. Mull, Mrs. McTag- gert, Mrs. Howe and the Harrison flats.
Mr. Hughes is a man of family. He was married, June 30, 1881, to Miss Rosa McTaggert, a daughter of John McTaggert, a tailor by trade. Mr. McTaggert is a veteran of the Civil war, and lost a limb on one of the battle- fields of that great war. Mr. and Mr. Hughes have an only child, Marie.
Mr. Hughes has been secretary of the local Federation of Labor for two years.
M ILTON F. GREEN .- This highly respected old settler and farmer of section 35, Cicero township, Tipton county, was born in Republican township, Jefferson county, this state, February 22, 1830. His father, Hon. John Green, was a native of North Carolina, who was but three years of age when brought by his parents to this state, in their emigration hither in early day, settling in Jennings county. He was reared on the parental farm there, and when of age studied law at Kent and Hanover, and practiced in Jefferson and adjoining counties until 1848, when he moved to the city of Tipton and became a successful practitioner of his profession in Tipton, Howard and Hamilton counties. For a time he was circuit judge, and he held many other prominent positions, as state senator, elected in 1856, and minor offices. He was a Whig and a Republican. He was identified with many of the material interests of the community, and was in every way a useful and highly honored citizen. He died in August 1887, past eighty years of age.
MILTON F. GREEN.
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The father of the latter, James Green, was also a native of the Old North state and a farmer by occupation. In the early settlement of this state he was at first obliged to dwell in the old-fashioned block houses. He is supposed to be of Irish descent, his first American ancestor landing on the shores of this country twenty years after the landing of the Pilgrims. John Green, a great-grandfather of our subject, was a soldier in the Revolu- tionary war, and lived to be one hundred and four years old.
The mother of our subject, whose name before marriage was Mary Blankenship, was a native of Kentucky, who was four years of age when brought by her parents to this state, was a second cousin of Henry Clay, and lived to be sixty-four years old. Her father, James Blackenship, was born in Virginia, of Welsh descent; and his father, Isaiah Blankenship, was also a native of that state. The original American ancestor came from Wales about 1680.
John Green, the father of Milton F., had five children, all of whom grew up, our subject being the eldest.
Our subject was reared in his native county. In 1846 he enlisted in the war against Mexico, in Company F, Fourteenth United States Infantry, as a private, at New Orleans, and served during the war, being in Mexico from March, 1847, to July 4, 1848, and was mustered out in August follow- ing, returning to Scott county, Indiana.
In October, 1848, he came to Tipton, and after remaining with his father a short time he engaged as a mail-carrier between Tipton and Wabash town, commencing January 1, 1856, and continuing until April, 1858 ; then he commenced carrying the mail between Tipton and Berlin ; the next year Normandy was added, and in 1862 the Pickard's Mill route was added. He continued in the mail service till September, 1877, when the railroad was completed through here, and then he engaged in fencing the land he now occupies. He moved upon the place in 1860. He has a fine farm of eighty acres, besides property in the city.
In politics, like most other old Republicans, he was first a Whig, and a Republican after the organization of this party: but since 1876, the year of the Hayes campaign, he has been a Democrat. Locally, he has held the office of constable in early day. He is a member of the New-Light church, and is well and favorably known in the county.
Mr. Green was first married, in 1856, to Miss J. Caroline Gillmore, a 30
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native of Rush county, this state, her parents being early settlers in Indiana. She died in 1863, the mother of four children: Mary E., now the wife of William R. Smith, of Coal, Henry county, Missouri; John C .; Milton F., also of Coal, Missouri; and Emma A., deceased. For his present wife Mr. Green married, September 11, 1865, Miss Nancy A. Crum, born in Vienna, Scott county, this state, June 24, 1842, and reared in the place of her nativity, and by this union are the following children: Oliver P., who married Luella Tichenor, and resides on the farm with his father; James E., deceased ; William S., also deceased; Nellie G., the wife of Marion Tichenor, of Tipton; and Thomas J., seventeen years old and at his parental home. Mrs. Green's father, Mathias Crum, was born in Kentucky, at the mouth of Bull creek, and was of German descent, and her mother, nce Nancy Higgins, was born in Virginia, and of pure Irish descent.
W. ULRICH .- The subject of this sketch is a representative farmer of G Tipton county, Indiana, and a veteran of the Civil war. His life record, in brief, is as follows:
E. W. Ulrich was born in Snyder county, Pennsylvania, December 11, 1838, son of Samuel and Mary M. (Kline) Ulrich, both natives of the Keystone state. Samuel Ulrich was a son of John G. Ulrich, who was born in Germany in 1753, and when a young man came to America, settling in Pennsylvania, where he spent the rest of his life and died. He was a carpenter by trade and brought with him to this country a set of tools. The children of Jolin G. Ulrich were: George, Benjamin, John, Catherine, Samuel, Elizabeth, Daniel and Jonathan. Samuel Ulrich, when young, was taken into the home of Jacob Bickle, his uncle, a native of Germany, who, having no children of his own, reared him and made him his heir, leaving him his whole estate. Jacob Bickle was a captain in the Revolutionary war and after the war settled on a farm in Pennsylvania. Following in the footsteps of his worthy uncle, Samuel Ulrich became a successful and influential farmer and was identified with the public affairs of his locality. He was first a Whig and later a Republican. For many years he filled the office of county commis- sioner. His religious creed was that of the Lutheran church and he was a consistent and active member of the same. He died in 1873 at the ripe age of
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eighty-five years. His wife passed away March 30, 1878, at the age of eighty- four years. She was a daughter of Bernhart Kline, who was of Pennsylvania birth and German descent. Their children, in order of birth, were named as follows: Jacob, John, Bernhart, George, Samuel, Jonathan, Mrs. Mary M. Mowrer, Henry, Noah and E. W.
E. W. Ulrich was reared on his father's farm and in his youth had the educational advantages of the public schools. At the age of twenty he began learning the trade of carpenter, remaining at home, however, until he was twenty-three. In 1860 he came to Indiana and located in Tipton county. Here for twenty years he worked at his trade. In 1880 he settled on a farm he owned, south of Sharpsville, and there carried on farming operations for seventeen years, at the end of which time he sold out. He then purchased the farm he now owns and occupies, comprising one hundred and seventeen acres, in Liberty township, Tipton county. During his short residence on this place he has done much work in the way of improvements, clearing, ditching, etc. He has a comfortable home and his land is in an excellent state of cultivation.
Mr. Ulrich tendered his services to the Union in 1864 and became a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He also enlisted the same year in the One Hundred and Fortieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, the fortunes of which he shared until the close of the war, seeing some hard service. He was honorably discharged, at Indian- apolis, at the close of the conflict, and returned to his home in Tipton county.
In 1880, the year he settled on his farm, he married Miss Anna Feather- stone, a native of this state and a daughter of James Featherstone. Mr. Featherstone was a native of Kentucky. Coming to Indiana, he engaged in merchandising in Indianapolis and later came to Tipton county, where he purchased a farm, and here he passed the rest of his life and died, his death occurring in 1897. He was a justice of the peace and a man of some local prominence. Both he and his wife were identified with the Baptist church. They were the parents of three children: Anna, Edward and Emma. Mrs. Anna Ulrich departed this life October 22, 1884, leaving three children, namely: Jonathan, Mary M. and Charles C. She was a member of the Lutheran church. In 1887 Mr. Ulrich returned to the place of his nativity, in Pennsylvania, and while there wedded Miss Amelia T. Fisher, a native of Snyder county, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Asa and Mary (Bowersox)
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Fisher, natives of that state and descended from German ancestors. Her parents, both now living, are farming people, standing high in their com- munity. She is a member of the German Methodist church, and he belongs to the German Reformed church. Of their family, Mrs. Ulrich is the eldest, the others being Charles, who resides at the old home- stead in Pennsylvania; George, a blacksmith and carriage trimmer of Kratz- erville, Pennsylvania; and Laura, who died unmarried. By his present wife Mr. Ulrich has one son, Dwight P., born in July, 1889.
Reared in the Lutheran church, Mr. Ulrich still maintains his identifica- tion with this organization, his wife also being a member of the Lutheran church. In his politics he is an adherent of the Republican party, and at different times has filled local office.
W ILLIAM MILLS, a prominent representative farmer of Clay township, Howard county, was born in Clinton county, Ohio, September 28, 1834, and reared on a farm in Preble county, that state, and given his edu- cation in the common school. His parents were Joseph and Ann (Brown) Mills, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Virginia. His grand- father, also named Joseph, was a native of the Emerald isle, a weaver by trade, who married Miss Gaddis, a descendant of the distinguished Stuart family of Scotland. Her family rejected both the parties to this marriage and they came to America, settling in Ohio.
Joseph Mills, the father of William, was from the age of eight years brought up on a farm in Ohio and continued to reside in that state for the remainder of his life. He married a daughter of David Brown, of Virginia. Mr. Brown's parents were from England, moving from Virginia to Ohio, where they passed the remainder of their days. All of Mr. Mills' grandpar- ents were Presbyterians, and some members of the Brown family were pro- fessional men.
The children of Joseph and Ann (Brown) Mills are: William, whose name heads this sketch; John, who served in the late war and is now deceased; and Mrs. Jane Adams, whose husband is a real-estate dealer in Elwood. Joseph Mills died in 1839, and his widow afterward married William C. Ran- dall and had one child, named Rebecca A., who is now Mrs. Judah. Mrs.
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