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In the autumn of 1873, Dr. Haughton was urged to accept the chair of descriptive and surgical anatomy in the Indiana Medical College, at Indiana- polis, after which he was professor of physiology and physiological anatomy in the College of Physicians and Surgeons., in the same city, for a period of four years. In the summer of 1879 he witnessed the fulfillment of a long cherished desire,-the establishment of a new college which should occupy a much higher plane than any of its predecessors. Thus, largely owing to his influence and zeal, the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons was founded in the capital city of the state. This institution was the first one of the kind in the west to require students to pass a general examination ere they were admitted, and the numerous restrictions and regulations which were put in force have proved a safeguard and benefit to the college, whose graduates are proud of their alma mater, in consequence.
A ready, clear and comprehensive writer, Dr. Haughton has wielded his pen for years on a variety of subjects. A valued contributor to the lead- ing medical journals of the day, his articles on the diseases of the nerv- ous system and on surgery (in which department he is especially expert) have been widely copied. Desiring to further qualify himself in special lines, he took a post-graduate course in Jefferson Medical College a few years ago. Since 1859 he has been a member of the American Medical Association, and is identified with the Indiana State Medical and the Tri-state Medical Association (of Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky). He is an honorary member of the Ohio State Medical Association, and belongs to the societies of Wayne, Marion and Union counties. He assisted to organ- ize the Wayne County Medical Society and that of Union District. Since
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1895 the Doctor has again been engaged in practice in Richmond, many of his old patients returning to him, and others, who have known him by repu- tation, have been glad to retain him as their family physician. He takes great interest in local affairs, and was one of the projectors and original stockholders in the Richmond Street Railroad Company.
In his religious views the Doctor is liberal and independent, as might be expected of one who has been a deep student and has had wide experience. Though he was reared in the Society of Friends, and has the most genuine esteem for that body, he prefers no other guide or rule of conduct than what he finds in the Scriptures, and is opposed to ritualism and formality in wor- ship. After four years' special study of religion, he was ordained a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church, in 1898, though for two-score years he has preached the gospel of Christ, and from his boyhood he has endeavored to lead the life of a Christian.
In the First Presbyterian church of East Cleveland, Ohio, on the 1 3th of February, 1853, a marriage ceremony was performed which united the destinies of Dr. Haughton and Miss Catherine Meeker. She died December 20, 1867, and left two children: Edward Everett, who is engaged in the real-estate and insurance business in Chicago; and Louanna. The present wife of the Doctor was Miss Elizabeth Mather, a pupil of Earlham College, and a lineal descendant of the famous preacher, Rev. Dr. Cotton Mather. She is an earnest Christian worker and has been for years connected with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union as a national evangelist.
BENJAMIN STEWART.
No citizen in College Corner, Union county, enjoys the confidence and high esteem of his associates and neighbors in a greater degree than does Benjamin Stewart, who came to this place in 1853; and from that time to the present he has taken an active share in the development of the resources of this immediate locality. Since he became a permanent resident of this thriving little village, he has materially aided in church and charitable enter- prises and has ever used his influence on behalf of everything making for good citizenship.
Born in Juniata county, Pennsylvania, December 10, 1830, Benjamin Stewart is a son of John and Anna (Harris) Stewart, likewise natives of that state. In 1838 they removed to Preble county, Ohio, and in 1844 to Hamil- ton county, that state. For several years the father worked at the tanner's trade, and the remainder of his life was chiefly devoted to farming. A life- long member of the American Bible Association, he was very active in dis- tributing and selling Bibles, giving considerable time to this occupation. He died at the age of sixty-five years, having survived his good wife some years.
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Of their children, three sons are now living, namely: Joseph M., who went to Nebraska a quarter of a century ago and is a resident of Pawnee City, that state; John R., of Osceola, Nebraska, and for thirty-five years a citizen of that state; and Benjamin, of this sketch. Joseph M. was formerly an extensive land-owner in Union county, Indiana. A daughter, Mary Jane, married George Black, whose fine farm was situated two miles west of College Corner. Mrs. Black is deceased, but some of her family still dwell in this vicinity.
Benjamin Stewart spent his boyhood on his father's farm, and when about seventeen years old he commenced learning the business of manufactur- ing coffins. He was in that business in the town of Twenty Mile Stand, Ohio, and in 1853 he came to College Corner. Here he established himself in the same line of business, being the first undertaker of Union township. At the end of ten years or more Benjamin Stewart settled on a farm in Posey township, Fayette county, eight miles west of Connersville, and for twelve years he operated the homestead, making extensive and valuable improve- ments in the meantime. At last, having sold the place to a good advantage, he returned to College Corner and invested in village property. One of his most prosperous ventures was the purchase of the J. M. Ridenour block, which he has leased to business houses, and for twenty years it has never been vacant, nor has the owner had the keys in his possession during that long period. Besides this he has built not less than half a dozen excellent stores and houses for himself, and has taken contracts and erected numerous buildings in and around the village. More than forty years ago he put up the old school building, and therefore it was fitting that the contract for the new union school district building should fall to him, and it was erected at a cost of about ten thousand dollars. He still owns several residences in addition to his own. When the railroad was being constructed, he and his brother built and operated a saw and grist mill and supplied much material to the rail- road. Later the brother added a planing mill, and thus it may be easily seen that they were really founders of this town, for in its infancy they met many of its most urgent needs by their enterprise and well invested money. The first regular meat market in this place was carried on by our subject, and for thirty years he has been more or less engaged in the business, even now supplying the local market in his own block.
While the affairs of this life have justly claimed a large share of the time and attention of Mr. Stewart, he has not neglected liis duties and priv- ileges in the wider sense of the life to come, and from boyhood has been a devoted member of the Presbyterian church. For forty years he served as one of the elders of the congregation, being ordained the same day as was George Wilson, and by mutual consent they both resigned on the same day,
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the five other members of the board of elders following their example. The others were Dennis.Ward, James Shultz, Thomas Gaston, Scott Hurd and John Witter; and the reason which impelled them to this move was their long service and advanced years. When the church was being built Mr. Stewart was chairman of the committee of the same, and for fifteen years he was the superintendent of the Sunday-school. Throughout his life he has been strictly temperate and has kept the highest ideals ever before him, striving to become what he surely is to-day, a noble, well developed Christian character.
In 1855 Mr. Stewart married Miss Eliza Ann Pearson, of Dublin, Indi- ana, and her death took place in 1876. In September, 1877, he married Mrs. Maggie R. Robb, née Stewart (but not a relative of our subject), of Lebanon, Warren county, Ohio. By this union there are three children : Pearl, Lee and Ray, all at home. By the first marriage of Mr. Stewart there were five sons, namely : Elmer, now engaged in the practice of dentistry in Richmond, Indiana ; Oliver Morton, who has been engaged in the meat- market business in Muncie, Indiana ; Homer M., a painter by trade, and now a resident of Mount Carmel, Indiana ; David Clinton, who was in the meat business and died in May, 1898, aged twenty-eight years ; and William R., who is employed as a dealer in meat in Muncie, Indiana. Oliver M. was recently a United States regular in the war with Cuba, being a member of Company M, Twenty-third Infantry, stationed at San Francisco, California. He was discharged in September, 1898, and is now at home, visiting his rel- atives. In his political affiliations Mr. Stewart inclines to the principles of the Republican party.
THOMAS CAMPBELL.
The deserved reward of a well spent life is an honored retirement from business in which to enjoy the fruits of former toil. To-day, after a useful and beneficent career, Mr. Campbell is quietly living at his beautiful home in Richmond, surrounded by the comforts that earnest labor has brought to him. He is a prominent citizen of this section of Indiana, and the splendid accomplishments of his life should serve to encourage others who must look to themselves for the prosperity which they may enjoy. The story of the founders of this nation and that of the Revolutionary forefathers are interest- ing, not only from a historical standpoint, but also as a source of inspiration and encouragement. Yet we need not look to the past: the present fur- nishes many examples worthy of emulation in the men who have risen through their own efforts to positions of prominence and importance in pro- fessional, political, mercantile and industrial circles. To this class belongs Thomas Campbell.
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He was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, on the 13th of January, 1817, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Parsons) Campbell. His father was accidentally killed in February, 1820, leaving the responsibility of rearing a large family of children to the mother, who with great fortitude assumed the task and bent every energy to the faithful discharge of her duties. As soon as the children were old enough they began to earn their own living and thus relieved the burden that rested upon the mother. When a lad of fourteen summers Thomas Campbell started out in life for himself, and served a seven-years apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade. During that time he attended school for six months only. After attaining his majority he continued to follow carpentering for seven years more in Center county, and then, in 1845, left Pennsylvania for Indiana. Locating in Richmond, he soon afterward entered the employ of the firm of J. M. Hutton & Company, with whom he remained until 1849, when the firm was changed to A. Gaar & Company. He worked as a pattern-maker and con- tinned his connection with the latter firm until 1876, first as employe and afterward as partner. He discharged the duties assigned to him in a most prompt, faithful and efficient manner, and accordingly won promotion from time to time. His salary being accordingly increased, he invested his earn- ings in the business until he became one of the heaviest stockholders in the mammoth concern. He continued his connection therewith until 1876, when, having acquired an ample fortune, he laid aside business cares and retired to private life. The policy of the company was, and is, a commend- able one. All transactions have ever been conducted on strict business. principles, and the trust of those with whom they have had dealings has been unequivocally given. In the establishment there has been retained a large number of employes, who have been the more faithfully devoted to their work because they have known that fidelity to duty would at the proper time win recognition.
On the 27th of March, 1851, Mr. Campbell was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Gaar, daughter of Jonas Gaar, deceased. They have three children: Howard, a director, treasurer and general manager of Gaar, Scott & Company; Elizabeth, wife of George R. Williams, ex-clerk of the circuit court of Wayne county; and William Herschel, who is acting as assistant to his brother.
Mr. Campbell is always courteous, kind and affable, and those who know him personally have for him high regard. A man of great natural ability, his success in business from the beginning of his residence in Richmond has been uniform and rapid. As has been truly remarked, after all that may be' done for a man in the way of giving him early opportunities for obtaining the requirements which are sought in the schools and in books, he must essen-
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tially formulate, determine and give shape to his own character; and this is what Mr. Campbell has done. He has persevered in the pursuit of a definite purpose and has gained a most satisfactory reward. His life is exemplary in all respects and he has ever supported those interests which are calculated to benefit and uplift humanity, while his own high moral worth is deserving of the highest commendation.
JOHN H. HUTTON.
In the death of John H. Hutton, in 1878, Richmond and Indiana lost one of their most prominent and highly respected citizens. As the day, with its morning of hope and promise, its noontide of activity, its evening of com- pleted and successful efforts, ending in the grateful rest and quiet of the night, so was the life of this honored man. His career was a long, busy and useful one. He was the founder and promoter of many enterprises which advanced the material welfare of the state and added as well to his individual prosperity, but although an earnest business man, devoting his whole daily time and attention to the further development of his industrial interests, he never allowed the pursuit of wealth to warp his kindly nature, but preserved his faculties and the warmth of his heart for the broadening and helpful influences of human life, being to the end a kindly, genial friend and gentle- man with whom it was a pleasure to meet and converse.
A native of Maryland, he left his home near New Market, that state, and came to Richmond at an early period in the history of this city. He was among the early settlers of the town, and at once became a potent factor in its substantial development and improvement. In 1836 Isaac Jones began the manufacture of stoves here, and three years later, in 1839, sold his foundry to John H. and Jesse M. Hutton, brothers, who enlarged and renovated the establishment, and called it the Spring Foundry. In 1841 they constructed the first threshing machine ever made in Indiana, it being of the style known as the "chaff piler." They carried on a constantly increasing business until 1849, when they sold out to what is now Gaar, Scott & Company All the members of the Gaar family of the older genera- tion worked for the Hutton Brothers, and eventually purchased the foundry, which has grown into one of the most extensive concerns in the world. For a number of years thereafter our subject and his brother engaged in conduct- ing a general iron store, under the firm name of J. M. & J. H. Hutton.
Our subject was also one of the organizers of the Eaton & Hamilton Railroad Company, and was made its president. This company built the first railroad into Richmond, the line extending from Cincinnati to Eaton, and thence to Richmond. Its importance to the city cannot be overesti- mated, and Mr. Hutton deserved honorable recognition for what he did in
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that and in other directions toward promoting the welfare and progress of Wayne county. He was a man of resourceful business ability, of sound judg- ment and keen discrimination, and carried forward to successful completion whatever he undertook, brooking no obstacles that could be overcome by honorable effort. He was engaged in the nursery business, under the firm name of Railsbach & Hutton, for a number of years, but retired therefrom in 1865. Later he was associated with his son in the manufacture of woolen hosiery, carrying on that enterprise until his death. His excellent business and executive ability won him marked success, and, though the architect of his own fortunes, he builded wisely and well.
Mr. Hutton was thrice married. He wedded Margaret Malsby, and to them was born one child, Rebecca, now the wife of Walter Cole, of Hartford county, Maryland. The mother died, and Mr. Hutton afterward wedded Anna Evans, who died in 1853, and his third wife bore the maiden name of Sarah Evans. By the second marriage there were two children who grew to mature years: Albert R., who resides in Richmond, and is special agent for the Central Union Telephone Company; and Noah H., who is also a promi- nent business man of Richmond, and manager of the Central Union Telephone Company.
In his political adherency in early life Mr. Hutton was a Whig, and on the dissolution of that party he joined the ranks of the new Republican party, with which he affiliated until his death. He was very zealous in its support, believing earnestly in its principles, and on its ticket was again and again elected county commissioner, continuing in that office to the entire satisfac- tion and approbation of the public until he declined to serve longer. Through the long years of his residence in Richmond he was ever true to the trust reposed in him, whether of a public or private nature, and his reputation in business circles was unassailable. He commanded the respect of all by his upright life, and engraved his name indelibly on the pages of Wayne county's history.
GEORGE W. WARD.
This well known farmer of Center township, Union county, Indiana, was born on a farm adjoining the one he now owns and occupies, October II, 1830, his parents being David G. and Eleanor (La Fuze) Ward. Mrs. Ward was a daughter of Samuel La Fuze. David G. Ward was born at Madisonville, Ohio, a son of New Jersey parents, Stephen and Mary (Gunung) Ward, who came from their eastern home to the Western Reserve in early life and in 1815 moved over into Indiana, settling on the farm on which the subject of this sketch was born. Here they spent the closing years of their lives and died, each reaching a ripe old age, he being ninety- two at the time of death and she eighty-eight. They had two sons and one
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daughter, namely: Silas, who spent the whole of his life on the home farm, and who died at the advanced age of ninety-two years; David F., the father of the subject of this sketch; and Laomi, who was the wife of John G. Leon- ard, of Union county.
David G. Ward lived in Union county until 1852, when here moved to Madison county. Later he took up his abode in Montgomery county and still later he moved to Thorntown, this state, where he still lives, at this writing being in his ninety-second year. · In his active life he was a farmer, merchant and miller. He was in the dry-goods business in Liberty, Indiana, in 1837, afterward erected a mill on Hanna's creek, which he operated for a time, and from milling returned to farming. He had twelve children, of whom six are still living, George Washington, the subject of this sketch, being the only one now living in Union county.
George Washington Ward in his youth learned the blacksmith trade, but never followed it as a business. In 1855 he went to Montgomery county, Indiana, where he lived two years, after which he came to his present farm in Center township, Union county. He purchased the greater part of this farm, one hundred and eighty-five acres, in 1872, and three years later, in 1875, built his present residence. He has carried on general farming, rais- ing grain and stock and giving special attention to fine hogs, exhibiting his thoroughbred stock at the local fairs.
Mr. Ward is a public-spirited man and has always been active in promoting the general welfare of the people of his county. He served six years as county commissioner, having been first elected in 1876. His political faith is that of the Republican party, and frequently he has served his party as delegate to conventions. For years he has been a member of the Methodist Epis- copal church at Liberty and is a trustee of the same.
Mr. Ward was married February 14, 1852, to Miss Eleanora Heaven- ridge, of Union county, who died in 1868. October 7, 1869, he married Miss Martha J. McCreary, of Union county, daughter of John and Mary (Williams) McCreary, both now deceased. The children of his first wife are Samuel, of Liberty, Indiana; George, of Union county; Lucy and Laura, twins, the latter the wife of David Girt, of Mount Comfort, Indiana; the former, wife of Frank Hamilton, died in Missouri; Addie, unmarried, lives with an uncle in Boone county, Indiana; Mollie, wife of Samuel Flanningan, resides in Montgomery county, Indiana. The children of his second marriage are Retta, wife of Bert Shriner, of Liberty, Indiana; and Bessie, Grace and David, at home.
Mr. Ward is a member in good standing of the Masonic order, with which he has been identified for a period of thirty years.
Of Mrs. Ward's father, John McCreary, we record that he was born,
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reared and married in Warren county, Ohio. In 1833 he removed with his family to Indiana, settling in Union county on a farm that is now owned by Mr. Ward. On this farm they both lived until old age, and both died in Center township, he at the age of eighty-three years and she at eighty. In their family were five children, viz .: Almira, widow of Samuel Borden, of Campbell county, Kentucky; Mary, wife of Charles Paddock, died in 1895; Cynthia Ann, wife of Samuel Duvall, is a resident of Liberty, Indiana; Martha, wife of the subject of this sketch; and Sarah, wife of Alexander Beard, Center township, Union county, Indiana.
ISAAC C. DOAN.
One of the pioneer families of Clinton county, Ohio, was that which now finds a worthy representative in Richmond, Wayne county, Indiana, in the person of Isaac C. Doan. Both he and his ancestors have belonged to the Society of Friends, and have exemplified in their daily lives the noble prin- ciples of kindness, peace, justice and benevolence. Whatever has been con- ducive to the peace and permanent welfare of this, their native land, they have earnestly supported, and for the most part they have led quiet, pastoral lives, in direct communion with nature.
· Born near Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio, November 26, 1837, Isaac C. Doan is a son of Joseph and Eliza (Carpenter) Doan, who were of English and Welsh descent respectively. The father was a son of Josiah and grandson of John Doan, both of whom were residents of North Carolina, the former born in Guilford county, that state, in 1759. There he married Jemima Vestal, and some years afterward he removed with his family to Clinton county, Ohio, where he was one of the earliest settlers. He took up a tract of land in the forest, and often hunted panthers, bears, deer and other game on the present site of Wilmington. He died May 28, 1838, and all of his nine children also are deceased. They are named as follows: William, Thomas, Jesse, Jacob, Jonathan, Elisha, Joseph, Rachel and Elizabeth.
Joseph Doan, the father of our subject, was born in Guilford county, North Carolina, in 1794, and was a lad of ten years when he came to the north. Arrived at maturity, he bought a farm situated three miles to the northwest of Wilmington, and there he reared his children. For his day, he was a man of good education, and for a number of years he taught success- fully in the local schools. He was a natural mathematician, and having learned the principles of surveying he was employed to some extent in that ·calling. At times he worked as a stone and brick mason, and as a carpenter he was likewise an adept, building many of the houses and barns in his sec- tion of the county. With these diverse interests he did not neglect his farm, which he cleared and greatly improved. His homestead comprised one hun-
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dred and thirty acres. In view of the fact that he commenced life a poor boy, his success was truly remarkable, and his influence in his community was always exerted for the good of his neighbors. He was a strong Whig, and when the Republican party was organized he enrolled his name under its banner. Loved, admired and looked up to by all who knew him, he at length received the summons to the better land, his death occurring March 1, 1861. In the Friends church he was a zealous member from boyhood, and in later life was an elder and preacher. Of the ten children born to himself and wife, Eliza, all grew to maturity save Edward, the eldest son, who was killed by a falling tree when he was ten years of age. The other children are as follows: Mrs. Phoebe Timberlake, who lives near Wilming- ton, Ohio; Nathan and Thomas, deceased; Jacob, of Santa Clara county, California; M. Jemima, wife of Dr. Edwin Hadley, of Richmond; Mary and Joseph, deceased; and Isaac C. and Elizabeth, of Richmond. Thomas offered up his life to his country, dying after four years of hard and active service in the defense of the union. For one year he was captain of a company in the Twelfth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and later he was a lieuten- ant-colonel and brevet colonel of the One Hundred and First Indiana.
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