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It was on the 5th of March, 1861, that Mr. Garwood wedded Miss Anna E. Iredell, daughter of Samuel E. Iredell, who was born in Gloucester county, New Jersey, and in 1835 came to Richmond, where he worked at the tailor's trade until 1850. He then retired to a farm near Middleboro, Wayne county, where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring in 1866. Even after his removal to the country many of his former patrons went to his farm in order to get him to make their clothes. He married Marinette L. Suffrain, a daughter of John Suffrain, a native of France, and her death occurred in 1896, she having survived her husband thirty years. Their chil- dren were Anna E., who was born in Richmond in 1837; John S., in the insurance business at Richmond; Hannah Josephine, who married Benjamin Starr, and died at the age of twenty-five; Virginia E., wife of John Kosgle, of Richmond; Samuel Ellis, a farmer of Wayne township, Wayne county; Horace Greeley, a resident of Richmond; and Lizzie M., wife of Henry Shu- man Jones, a piano salesman of Richmond. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Garwood have been born four children: Nettie M., the eldest, is the wife of Albert Kirby, a farmer and dairyman of Hebron, Nebraska, and they have one child, Cora Marie; Esther C. is the wife of Henry C. Hill, a real-estate and insur- ance agent of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and they have a son, Eugene G .; Josephine S. is the wife of Frederick R. Charles, assistant city engineer of Richmond; Eugene C., the youngest, is with his brother-in-law, in the firm of Hill & Garwood, at Minneapolis.
In his political views Mr. Garwood is a Republican, and he served on the election board for some years. He cast his first presidential vote for Fremont, in 1856, and has since supported each presidential candidate for the " Grand Old Party," yet is not aggressively partisan either in politics or religion. His ancestors were Friends, who when the church separated became Hicksites. His wife is a member of that organization, and both Mr.
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and Mrs. Garwood attend services in that church. Throughout the com- munity they are held in the highest regard, for their sterling characteristics cominend them to the confidence and good will of all. Success has crowned the well-directed and enterprising efforts of our subject, and it is the wish of his many friends that the master of Forest Home may be numbered among the valued citizens of Wayne county for many years yet to come.
NOAH H. HUTTON.
Noah H. Hutton, the manager of the Central Union Telephone Com- pany, ranks to-day among the most successful and leading business men of Richmond. He is a native of this city, almost his entire life has here been passed, and his advancment has been along the lines of the city's growth, due to progressive, resolute purpose and laudable ambition.
He was born August 29, 1844, and is a son of John H. and Anna (Evans) Hutton. He acquired his education in private schools, and putting aside his text-books at the age of seventeen years entered upon his business career as an employe of Gaar, Scott & Company, learning the machinist's trade. He remained there for a year, but in the meantime the country had become involved in civil war and he could not content himself at the foundry while the nation needed the support of all her loyal sons. Accordingly he put aside ali business and personal considerations, and joined the boys in blue of Com- pany C, Eighth Indiana Infantry, in 1862.
In 1864 Mr. Hutton returned to the north and accepted a clerkship in the postoffice department at Washington, D. C., continuing in that service until the early part of 1866, when, on account of ill health, he was forced to resign. He was then for a time engaged in no business, and, when his health was partially restored, turned his attention to cotton-growing in the south, where he remained for a year. In 1867 he became associated with his father in the manufacture of woolen hosiery, which business they successfully car- ried on until the father's death, when the concern was closed out. Mr. Hut- ton was next employed as postal clerk in the United States mail service for nine years, or until President Cleveland's administration, when he resigned to accept the management of the Central Union Telephone Company, which position he has since acceptably filled. He is also representative of a num- ber of fire-insurance companies, having been in this line of business for eight years as a member of the firm of Hutton & Dougan, by whom a large and profitable patronage is enjoyed. He has eighteen towns, besides Richmond, under his supervision as manager of the Central Union Telephone Company, and is justly regarded as one of the most progressive and enterprising business men of this city.
In 1879 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Hutton and Miss Anna
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Wilcox, a daughter of Emmett W. and Martha Wilcox, of Richmond. They had two children, but lost one, Emmett being still at home. Mr. Hutton is a valued member of Sol. Meredith Post, No. 55, G. A. R., and formerly served as its commander. In politics he is a stalwart Republican and takes an active part in the party work, although not an office-seeker. He keeps well informed on the issues of the day, both political and otherwise, and at all times has manifested a commendable interest in everything pertaining to the welfare and advancement of the city of his nativity. He is a man of genial temperament and genuine worth, and is popular and respected in all circles.
AMOS M. SHEAFER.
Mr. Sheafer is a native of the neighboring state of Ohio and was born near the town of Eaton, in Preble county, March 3, 1831. The Sheafer family is of German origin and became identified with this country several generations ago, the first location being in Pennsylvania. The mother of our subject was a Douglas, of Scotch descent. In his early manhood, in Preble county, Mr. Sheafer served an apprenticeship to the trade of millwright, and has worked at that and the carpenter's trade all his life. When the civil war came on he enlisted as a member of the Fifty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was in the service three years, participating in many of the prominent engagements of the war. This regiment entered the service thir- teen hundred strong and came out at the close of the conflict with less than three hundred; was with Sherman's brigade at Shiloh, where it was conspic- uous for gallant service rendered. Throughout the whole of his army life Mr. Sheafer was never sick a day and was never absent from his command. His record before and since the war has, indeed, been remarkable, as he has never been sick in bed a week in his life. Mr. Sheafer is a member of Devall Post, G. A. R., and has been a life-long Republican.
In 1875 Mr. Sheafer came to Liberty, Indiana, to install the machinery for the Rude Manufacturing Company, and was for two years in the employ of that firm. He conducted a planing-mill business, turning out interior finishing work, sash, doors, etc., the enterprise being one of importance in connection with the industrial activities of the locality. He conducted this business from 1887 to 1897, disposing of the same in 1896 to Wilson Poten- ger, who continued operations for two years, when he was compelled to return the property to the control of Mr. Sheafer, who later sold out to Hull & Jones.
He was married April 15, 1852, to Miss Eliza Robenson, who was born and reared in the same neighborhood, in Preble county, in which he was, and who was one of his early schoolmates. They have had a family of six daughters and one son, namely: Maggie, wife of J. B. Nickum, superin-
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tendent of the gas works at Liberty; Mary Frances, who married George W. Rude, of whom further mention is made on another page of this work; Naomi, wife of Henry Culley, died in Kansas one year after her marriage; Belle, wife of George W. Wray, agent for the Chicago, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad, at Oxford, Ohio; Ida, who married Daniel Pooder, a machinist at Rude's mill; Anna, at home; and William, a resident of Liberty. Mr. Sheafer has three grandchildren, Bertha and Mary Rude and Lida Sheafer, who reside with their grandfather.
CLEOPHAS STRAUB.
A native of Germany, born seventy years ago, Cleophas Straub, of Cam- bridge City, has nevertheless been an American to all intents and purposes, during his life, as he was but three weeks old when he was brought to the United States by his parents. That worthy couple, Thaddeus and Priscilla (Rechster) Straub, who have both passed to their reward, made their first home in this country in Columbiana county, Ohio, and in 1835 located in Hamilton, same state, there spending the remainder of their lives.
When he arrived at his majority Cleophas Straub, of this sketch, embarked in business in St. Louis, Missouri. In the spring of 1852 he crossed the plains to California, where he was occupied in mining and in other enter- prises for several years, with more or less success. In November, 1866, he left the Pacific slope, and returned to Hamilton, Ohio, where he carried on a grocery and hotel for a short time. About this time he purchased a part interest in the Cambridge City Brewery, with Peter Stricker, and at the end of a year he bought out the other's share in the plant, thus becoming sole pro- prietor. He conducted the business profitably until 1887, when the brewery was transformed into bottling works, and has been operated as such ever since.
Fraternally Mr. Straub is a member of Wayne Lodge, No. 17, Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, and belongs to Hormah Encampment, No. II. In 1858 Mr. Straub was united in marriage to Barbara Siegwolf, of Cincin- nati, Ohio. They have two daughters, -Laura and Cora. The latter is the wife of Joseph Starr, of Indianapolis.
CAPTAIN SILAS DOUGLAS BYRAM. .
This honored veteran of the civil war, now three-score and ten years old, is the postmaster of Liberty, county seat of Union county. He was first appointed to this position when President Harrison was in power and served acceptably to the people, and in May, 1898, he was again honored with this office by President Mckinley. Always faithful to the welfare and best interests of the Republican party, a true patriot and devoted citizen in
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times both of peace and war, he merits the high regard which is universally bestowed upon him.
The Captain is one of the native sons of Liberty, his birth having occurred here September 20, 1828. His father, William Byram, came to this locality from New Jersey as early as 1817, and in company with his brother Joseph engaged in the business of manufacturing brick, following this trade until 1834, when he settled on a farm adjoining the village on the south. His brother removed to Illinois about 1836. William Byram con- tinued to dwell upon his farm here until his death in the Centennial year, when he was seventy-six years of age. For eight years he served in the capac- ity of county treasurer of Union county, during the'40s, and was zealous as an old-line Whig and Republican. A strong temperance man from principle, he always refused to have anything to do with liquor, and that at a time
when its use was common. He was one of the most valued members of the Presbyterian church of Liberty, being one of the founders of the same in 1827, and was influential in the building of the house of worship in 1852. For forty years, or until his death, he was one of the elders of the con- gregation and set an example of Christian piety well worthy of being followed by all. His wife was a Miss Abbie D. Miller at the time of their marriage and her death occurred some years prior to his own. Of their three sons and two daughters, John Christopher, who served in the Thirty-sixth Indiana Regiment in the civil war, died in California; and Ellis is at present a resi- dent of Glendale, California. The founder of the Byram family in America was Nicholas Byram, of county Kent, Ireland, who was forced to be sold or bound out for seven years' service upon his arrival here, to pay for his passage. He subsequently married, and his grandson wedded a granddaughter of Priscilla Alden, who, in turn, was a child of the famed John Alden, the New England Puritan.
The most important event in the early manhood of Captain Silas D. Byram was when he enlisted in the Sixteenth Illinois Infantry as a private in Company F, his own state quota being filled at the time. After the battle of Bull Run he was assigned to the signal corps, on detached duty, and served in that department from August, 1861, to May, 1862. He was mus- tered out as a second lieutenant and afterward raised a company, known as the Burnside Guards, for the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Regiment, of Indiana, called the State Legion. He was actively engaged during the battle of Laurenceburg, where nine of his men were killed, chased Kirby Smith, and Morgan in his raid into this state, and was otherwise effectively employed against the encroachments of the enemy. His army record is one of which he may be justly proud, for it is the record of a brave soldier, faithful to the least as well as to the greatest of his duties, prompt, reliable and self-sacri-
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ficing. When peace had been restored he quietly took up the ordinary duties of life and for ten years was engaged in running a grocery. He then embarked in another line of business and was for eighteen years proprietor of the well known Central Hotel of this city, now Corrington House. He made a popu- lar " mine host " and numbers many warm friends among the traveling pub- lic. Since he was made postmaster he has dropped his former business and attends strictly to the affairs of the office. Forty years ago he became affil- iated with the Masonic order and is still an active member of Liberty Lodge, No. 58, F. & A. M.
Captain Byram was first married, in 1851, to Elizabeth Goodwin, who died in 1854, leaving two children, Flora (who married John B. Russell, resides in Marysville, Kansas, and has two children, Charley and Lloyd) and Charlie (deceased). In 1863 Mr. Byram married Miss Lancetta Harris, whom he had met and admired while he was a soldier in Maryland, of which state she was a resident. Their eldest daughter, Addie J., has received excellent advantages in art and music in European schools and is now the wife of Henry Sharp, superintendent of the Cincinnati Ohio Art School; Liz- zie died at the age of eleven years; Mary Harris is a clerk in the postoffice here at Liberty; Margaret is deputy postmaster; Louise is a musician of abil- ity and has enjoyed five years of training in vocal music in Europe; and Morris, the only son, is a telegraph operator.
JAMES I. DEHAVEN.
James Isaac Dehaven, of Connersville township, Fayette county, Indi- ana, represents one of the pioneer families of this county. He was born in Harrison township, Fayette county, February 17, 1821; hence his whole life of nearly four-score years has been passed in this county.
His father, Isaac Dehaven, was born in Pennsylvania September II, 1789, and was a son of Samuel Dehaven. The latter emigrated with his family to Kentucky from Pennsylvania when his son Isaac was a lad. From Kentucky the entire family, consisting of Samuel Dehaven, the grandfather of the immediate subject of this sketch, and his sons and daughters, came to Fayette county in 1816 and settled in Harrison township. Samuel Dehaven had lost his first wife in Kentucky and was the second time married when the family came to Indiana. Samuel Dehaven was the father of quite a numer- ous family, which included the sons Jacob, Samuel, Jr., Isaac and Christo- pher. There were also two other sons, by his first marriage, who joined the Mormons and went west with those people and were afterward reported to have lost their lives by drowning. There were two daughters, named Polly and Sally. There were also two sons and two daughters born to Samuel Dehaven, Sr., by his second marriage. The grandfather of the subject of
James & Dehaven
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this biography entered land in Harrison township and lived there the rest of his life. Isaac Dehaven, father of James I., was a soldier in the war of 1812, as was his brother Jacob. James Isaac has often heard his father tell of his experiences in that war, in which he had some narrow escapes and thrilling experiences.
Isaac Dehaven was married in Kentucky, before the emigration, to Nancy Stucker, daughter of Jacob Stucker. The latter was born in Ken- tucky August 11, 1764, and his wife March 26, 1773. They became the parents of eleven children, and Nancy was born January 11, 1792. Isaac Dehaven and wife spent all their lives after coming to Indiana in Harrison township. He died March 25, 1875, and his wife December 21, 1865. They became the parents of the following named children: Elizabeth, William, Sally Ann, Jacob, James, Isaac and John H. The last two are the only sur- viving members of the family. John H. resides in Harrison township.
James Isaac Dehaven grew up, as he says, "in the brush." He had no .opportunities for getting even the common rudiments of an education. He lived at home till he was married. The writer was highly amused to hear him relate some of his experiences when a boy. When too young to take part in the clearing up of the land and other heavier work, other duties were required of him such as a boy could attend to. The brush in the early days was exceedingly thick, and the cattle in browsing through it in "fly time " would often get their tails so wound around the brush that they would be held fast and totally unable to extricate themselves, and were liable to perish unless relief was afforded them. One of the duties of our subject as a boy was to follow the cattle and when one became entangled cut it loose. It was a proud day for him when his father purchased a knife for which he paid two dollars and presented the same to the boy, to use in freeing the cattle that might become entangled by their tails in the thick brush. His boyhood and youth were spent at the homestead of his father in Harrison township.
May II, 1844, he was united in marriage to Eliza Ann Hamilton, a daughter of Nathaniel Hamilton. He remained at home for a short time after his marriage and then removed to a piece of land at Yankeetown; but in 1846 he settled where he now lives, on section 22, Connersville township, and this has been his home for fifty-four years. He and his wife started in life with nothing but good health and a willingness to work to build for them- selves a home. Only very little improvement had been made on the place. Their first residence was a round-log house, made of poles and daubed with mud. Their cooking outfit was a skillet and an old-fashioned iron oven for baking " corn pone." Mr. Dehaven has still in his possession this little iron oven, a memento of the early days when he and his good wife started in life together. The first lard-can that the young couple possessed Mr. Dehaven dug 19
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out of a poplar log. This the good wife would also use for other purposes. Fin- ally, after a few years, his father-in-law, who lived near him, substituted for his log house one made of brick, and Mr. Dehaven was permitted to remove the logs of the old house to his place and reconstruct a house for himself, and this was the second residence of Mr. and Mrs. Dehaven. His present resi- dence was built many years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Dehaven, by hard work and careful management, made good progress in material affairs, and children to the number of nine were given to them. Six of these are living, in 1899, namely: Lucinda, Flora, Minnie, Mary Myrtle, Elbert and John. The other three died in infancy. Mr. Dehaven lost his wife February 3, 1893, after a long illness.
In the accumulation of his property-a fine farm of two hundred acres -and all the success he has attained in life, Mr. Dehaven admits that much of it is due to his wife's judgment and advice. He always consulted her in matters of business and generally followed her advice. He is now passing his declining years in comfort, respected as an honest, upright citizen.
LARKIN HOOVER.
One of the historic old families of Wayne county is that which is repre- sented in Clay township by the third and fourth generations, descendants of Henry Hoover, who, in the year 1812, located on a tract of land which is now in the possession of the subject of this article. This old homestead, which was given under patent by the government, has thus been owned and cultivated by the Hoovers since the early part of this century. The original parchment deed to the property, bearing date of February 15, 1812, and having the signature of James Madison, president of the United States, is now in the possession of Larkin Hoover. Here his grandparents lived and died, and here his father, John Hoover, was born, October 28, 1816, and died August 26, 1881, when nearly sixty-five years of age. His wife, whose maiden name was Catherine Wise, was likewise a native of Wayne county, and her death took place in 1864. Of their eleven children, three sons and three daughters are living. Milton, the eldest, now owns and carries on a portion of the old paternal homestead, which he received as his inheritance. He was born November 26, 1841, and served in the war of the Rebellion as a member of Company C, Ninth Indiana Cavalry. His first wife, whom he married in 1867, died in 1883, leaving a son, Sidney. His present wife was formerly Sarah Goddard, a native of Charlottesville, Indiana, and they have one son, Guy.
Larkin Hoover, the youngest child of John and Catherine Hoover, was born on the old homestead, in 1860, and has always devoted his entire time and attention to its cultivation. He is considered one of the substantial and
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progressive agriculturists of this community, and enjoys the esteem of all who know him. He strives to act the part of a good citizen, and casts his influence on the side of the truth and right.
In November, 1892, Mr. Hoover married Miss Clara Foland, a daughter of Jacob Stanley and Mary Louisa (Brown) Foland, and granddaughter of Elisha Brown, one of the oldest citizens of Wayne county. Mrs. Hoover's parents are now residents of Kansas, whither they removed several years ago. By the marriage of our subject and wife a beautiful little daughter, Ruth Marie, was born in August, 1893.
MICAJAH B. BALLARD.
It is not infrequently the case that the narrative of a good man's life can be summed up in a few lines, for the story is so simple, plain and devoid of great events. The same life, however, as it has been lived, day by day, that has been an example and shining light in a community, has been an incentive to many a lesser soul, doubtless; and only those who have the wisdom to read between the lines of such a man's history judge him aright.
The subject of this memoir, a quiet, unassuming citizen of Richmond, and for thirty-three years one of her leading business men, is held in the highest esteem here, as he richly deserves. Now in his seventy-third year, he was born in the neighborhood of Lebanon, Warren county, Ohio, August 7, 1826, a son of Thomas and Sarah (Lewis) Ballard, and grandson of Byram Ballard. The latter was a native and life-long resident of Lynchburg, Vir- ginia, in which city our subject's father likewise was born. Thomas Ballard married Miss Lewis, of Frederick, Virginia, and in 1819, they located in the wilderness of Highland county, Ohio, at some distance from the town of Leesburg. Later they removed to the vicinity of Lebanon, Ohio, where they resided until 1847, subsequent to which they dwelt in Richmond, Indi- ana. The father died the year after his arrival here, but the mother lived until 1862. The former had learned the trade of a stone mason, but devoted much of his later years exclusively to farming. In religion he was a member of the Society of Friends, as had been his forefathers for generations.
Until he was about fifteen years of age, Micajah B. Ballard attended the district schools in his home township, and in 1841 he came to Richmond, where he became a clerk in the store owned by his elder brother, Achilles. Having determined to enter the medical profession, he took up the study under the guidance of the late John T. Plummer, M. D., of Richmond, and from 1849 to 1850 he attended lectures in a medical college at Cincinnati. In 1854 he entered the employ of Plummer & Kelly, druggists, and continued with that firm until the summer of 1864. He enlisted as a private in Com- pany H, One Hundred and Fortieth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, in July,
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1864, and in the following October, was made assistant surgeon of that regi- ment. He remained in active service as a surgeon until the close of the war, when he returned to Richmond. In 1866 he embarked in the drug business on his own account, and for twenty-seven years his store was on Fort Wayne avenue. In 1893 he removed his place of business to his present fine quar- ters at No. 1031 East Main street.
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