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James C. Rose received a practical business education in his father's store and continued to give his attention to the management until it was closed after the death of his father. In 1880 he came to Liberty and for several years was employed by leading merchants of this place as a clerk. He worked for Sam Ballinger for three years; for Snyder & Gerald nearly
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eight years and for C. E. Hughes three years. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias and for the past seven years has been holding the office of master of finances in the local lodge of the order. He is fond of boating and fishing and spends many a happy hour of his leisure in the midst of the beauties of nature.
April 9, 1878, Mr. Rose married Miss Viola Belle Dubois, daughter of H. N. Dubois, of Union township, in which section of the county she was born and grew to womanhood. Her father, formerly a farmer and dealer in live stock, is now a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio. A son and two daughters bless the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Rose, namely: William, Stella and Pearl. The parents of Mr. Rose were members of the Christian church, while Mrs. Rose's people were identified with the Methodist Episcopal denomination.
JAMES K. DUGDALE.
It is our privilege to pay a brief tribute to the memory of James Kaighn Dugdale. An honorable, broad-minded Christian gentleman in the best sense of the term, he was unusually free from vice and was patient and per- severing. He was born in Haddonfield, Camden county, New Jersey, Octo- ber 17, 1815, his parents being Benjamin and Hannah (Kaighn) Dugdale. The father, Benjamin Dugdale, was born near Mount Melick, Ireland, and removed to America with his parents about the year 1802. In 1811 he was married to Hannah Kaighn, whose ancestors came to America about 1684 from the Isle of Man.
James Kaighn Dugdale was educated in his native state and entered his father's store at Trenton, New Jersey, where he learned the drug business, remaining there until 1834, when he came to Richmond, at the age of nine- teen. He was joined three years later by his father and family, the father once more engaging in the drug business, with his three sons, James K., Thomas and Samuel, as assistants. Upon the death of the father, in 1852, the sons continued together in the business, Thomas retiring soon afterward. James and Samuel sold the stock in 1859 and turned their attention to other matters. James K. Dugdale sold his share of the homestead to Robert Mor- rison, and it is now occupied by the Morrison Reeves Library. In 1865 the subject of our sketch removed to a farm near Whitewater, some nine miles north of Richmond, where he devoted his time to agricultural pursuits and to perfecting his numerous mechanical inventions. He also dealt in real estate, handling both city and farm property, and in 1877 moved back to Rich- mond, where his time was exclusively given to that business and to manu- facturing his inventions, and he was thus engaged up to the time of his death, July 25, 1892. He was united in marriage November 14, 1842, to Miss Eleanor F. Downing, of this city, a sister of Henry R. Downing, a leading
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citizen of Richmond for a number of years. They were the parents of two children: Mary K., wife of C. Edwin Mastin, of this city, and Benjamin H. Dugdale, of Indianapolis, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Dugdale were both birth- right members of the Society of Friends, and for their quiet, gentle ways were loved and respected by all who knew them.
MATTHIAS M. MOORE.
Numbered among the early settlers of Franklin county are the Moores, who for more than seventy years have been actively associated with the development of this portion of the state, always noted for patriotism and public spirit, industry and integrity. They are worthily represented in the present generation by Theodore A. and William D. Moore, sons of Matthias M., and grandsons of William Moore, the founder of the family in this county, and below is given a review of their lives.
The Moores were early colonists of the state of New Jersey, and there occurred the birth of Moses Moore, March 4, 1773. He was the father of five children, namely: Lavina, born in 1794; William, September 21, 1795; Dorcas, in 1796; Rachel, in 1801, and George, in 1802. William, George and Dorcas became residents of this county, William being the first to locate here, as he settled in Fairfield township in 1827, with his wife and four chil- dren, Elizabeth, Moses, Matthias M. and Eleanor. After the death of his wife, the mother of the children named, he married Eleanor Logan, whose- birth had taken place on Christmas day, 1805, and two daughters were born to them: Lavina, who died at the age of eight years, and Mrs. Mary Dicker- son, of Fairfield, this county. His second wife having died, William Moore wedded Sarah Hudson, who was born September 30, 1797. He was a typical pioneer, strong, fearless, undaunted by obstacles, and possessing all of the attributes of a noble Christian man. He served in the war of 1812, and, being somewhat of a musician, he was detailed to play the file, and this honored old instrument, to the music of which the heroes of 1812 marched to do battle for their country and homes, is now in the possession of his. grandson, William D. Moore. He passed to his reward February 1, 1853, and is still held in kindly remembrance by the few of his old friends who still survive.
Matthias M. Moore, who was born in New Jersey, September 10, 1823, was a child of but four years when he come to this locality, and here, on the old homestead in Fairfield township, he grew to manhood. On the 6th of January, 1848, he married Jane, daughter of Alexander Sims. She was born in Jackson township, Fayette county, but her father was a native of Ireland, and was reared in South Carolina. He became one of the pioneers of Fayette. county. Mrs. Jane Moore died July 22, 1849, and left a son, Theodore A.,.
Um D. Moore
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whose sketch is given below. For his second wife, the father chose Hannah M. Irwin, their marriage being celebrated June 17, 1851. She was born in Darke county, Ohio, December 5, 1824, and became the mother of three children: John Irwin, born May 20, 1852; William D .; and Mary J., born September 29, 1860, and now the wife of Beecher Wilson, of this township. John I. died in Illinois, from the effects of an accident, December 11, 1872. Matthias M. Moore was a successful business man, but did not consider wealth the greatest object to have in view, and was ever ready to perform any act of kindness and sympathetic aid that came to his hand. His cheer- ful disposition and love for the companionship of his fellow men led to his joining several fraternal organizations, in all of which he was held in high regard. He was affiliated with the Masons, the Odd Fellows, and the Knights of Pythias, and in politics he favored the Democratic party. His useful, happy life was brought to a close on May 27, 1896, and his place in the com- munity where he had so long dwelt can not be easily filled.
Theodore A. Moore, the elder of his two surviving sons, was born on the old homestead in Fairfield, October 10, 1848, and as he was but in 'infant when his mother died he was reared in the home of his maternal grandfather, in Fayette county. He married Wilhelmina Norris, who was born in Mary- land, and four children blessed their union. Harry died at the age of twelve years, and Frank, Ethel and John survive. Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, Theodore A. Moore is a systematic farmer and progressive business man, enjoying and deserving the respect of all who know him. He owns a fine farm in Blooming Grove township and is looked up to as one of the substantial citizens of the community. He is connected with the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Red Men's fraternities, and uses his franchise on behalf of the Democratic party.
William D. Moore, the younger son of Matthias M. Moore, was born at the old homestead, north of Blooming Grove, September 5, 1854. He grew to manhood here and attended the common schools of the district. His marriage to Kate I. Minson was celebrated January 16, 1880, and of the four children born to them two, Clarence K. and Walter M., survive. Edith J. died at the age of seven years, and Paul C. when but four. Mrs. Moore was born November 10, 1855, a daughter of William and Barbara (Patri) Min- son. The father, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1802, was a ship car- penter by trade, and for some years ran on a boat plying between Cincin- nati, Ohio, and Wheeling, West Virginia. Later he came to Franklin county and cleared a farm, and was long an honored resident of Blooming Grove township. He died in 1870, and was survived by his wife, Barbara, who died May 18, 1886. He had been married twice before, his first union being with Catherine Castner and his second with Irene Price. For about 32
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five years subsequent to their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Moore lived in Fay- ette county, and since then they have made their home in Blooming Grove township. Like his brother and father, he is a thorough farmer and excel- lent financier, progressive in his methods and earnest in his desire to promote the well-being of his neighbors and the community in general. He is con- nected with the same fraternal orders as is his brother, and possesses the friendship of every one who knows him. In politics he is a true Democrat, and for five years was trustee of Blooming Grove township. .
GEORGE R. DILKS.
A representative business man of Spring Grove, a suburb of Richmond, Wayne county, is the subject of this biographical sketch, George R. Dilks. Born in the city of Philadelphia, October 20, 1854, he passed the first seven years of his life there, but from the opening year of the civil war until the present he has looked upon Richmond as his home, though he has been absent, as his business interests required, for perhaps several years at a time.
George Dilks, father of our subject, was a very successful business man and able financier. Nearly all of his active life was spent in the Quaker city, where he carried on a large wholesale and retail lumber trade, also doing contracting and building to quite an extent. Among the business men of his .city he was very highly esteemed, and bore a truly enviable reputation for uprightness, reliability and fairness in all his transactions. In the Society of Friends he was a prominent and valued member, filling many official posi- tions in his own church. He was a native of Gloucester, New Jersey, born in 1804, and died in his prime, at his pleasant home in Philadelphia, Feb- ruary 16, 1855. He had married Hannah H. Richie, May 30, 1837, and she survived him about a quarter of a century, her demise occurring July 5, 1880, in Richmond, when she was in her sixty-fifth year.
It has always been a matter of regret to George R. Dilks that he lost his noble father ere he was old enough to have his parent's memory impressed upon his mind. The loving mother strove to fill the lack of a father's judi- · cious care and guidance in her son's life, and to her watchfulness, wisdom and example he attributes much of his success in later years. In 1861 the family came to the neighborhood of Richmond, and in the public schools of ithis place George R. received his elementary education. Subsequently he :attended the excellent old boarding school of the Friends at Westtown, Ches- ter county, Pennsylvania. At eighteen or twenty years of age he left his studies and launched his bark on the uncertain sea of commercial life. For a short time he was in the employ of the Richmond Church & School Furni- ture Company, and then for four years he worked for George H. Grant & Company. His next employment was with T. H. Hill in the grain business,
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and in the autumn of 1880 he engaged as superintendent of the Chicago Lin- seed Oil Company. At the end of a year he resigned his position with that firm, and, going to Indianapolis, became superintendent of the linseed-oil works of J. P. Evans & Company, a large and wealthy concern, with which he was connected for some five years, or until the death of Mr. Evans. In 1886 Mr. Dilks became superintendent of the plant of Haynes, Spencer & Company, manufacturers of church furniture, in Richmond, and, at the end of two years' service with that house he associated himself with the firm of W. J. Benners & Sons, of Philadelphia, wholesale dealers in hardwood lum- ber, and ran a branch office in Richmond, also representing them on the road, up to 1891. The five years that followed he traveled in the interests of M. B. Farrin, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and since 1896 he has been engaged in the wholesale lumber business on his own account in Richmond, and has suc- ceeded in establishing a large and constantly increasing patronage. Strictly upright, prompt and thoroughly reliable in his business methods, he merits the custom which he enjoys and the confidence which is freely reposed in him by those who are acquainted with him. As he was reared in the faith of the Society of Friends, his whole life has been strongly influenced by the example and precepts of the same. In political matters he is to be found on the side of the Republican party. Socially he belongs to the Central Traveling Men's Association, whose headquarters are in Indianapolis, and he was actively identified with the organization of Post C of the Travelers' Pro- tective Association, in Richmond, and he is now president of the same. Per- sonally, he is very popular with all who know him, for he readily wins friends by his genial courtesy and kindliness of heart.
The pleasant home of George R. Dilks is at Spring Grove, a pretty suburb of Richmond. He was married October 31, 1876, to Miss Alice J. Hill, a sketch of whose parents, George and Tacy (Hibberd) Hill, is pre- sented elsewhere in this work. The six children of Mr. and Mrs. Dilks are Grace R., George H., Benjamin H. (deceased), Harrie R., Annie G. and Dorothy E.
THOMAS A. MOTT, A. M.
The present superintendent of the public schools of Richmond, Professor Thomas Abbott Mott, is the son of Z. W. and Harriett (Gilbert) Mott, and was born in Gansvoort, Saratoga county, New York, January 22, 1857. On both the paternal and maternal sides he is of English lineage. His grand- father, William Mott, was a native and life-long resident of Saratoga county, where he engaged in farming. Like all of his ancestors, he was connected with the Society of Friends, or Quakers. He married a Miss Merritt and to them were born four children. His death occurred in 1894, when he had reached the age of ninety-four years. Z. W. Mott, the father of the subject
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of this sketch, was born in Saratoga county, New York, in 1818, and for many years engaged in farming and in the grocery business, devoting his energies to those two pursuits throughout his entire activity in connection with industrial and commercial interests. He is now living a retired life in Glens Falls, New York, enjoying a rest which he richly merits. He had been twice married, his first union being with Mary Leggett, by whom he had two children. After her death he wedded Harriett Gilbert, and they had two daughters and a son.
The only son, Thomas A. Mott, attended the public schools of the city which is now his home and was graduated in the high school with the class of 1876. During the years he was in the high school his father rented a farm near Richmond, and he walked into the city and attended school. His mother had been a teacher in her early life, and to her efforts in giving him instruc- tion in the house while at work on the farm he owes much of his success in getting through school. Later he attended Oberlin College and subsequently was a student in Earlham College, which institution conferred upon him the degree of A. M. in June, 1898. Throughout his professional career he has been connected with educational interests and has gained marked prestige as a teach- er of superior mental force and ability. He began teaching in 1878 and has since devoted his energies to that calling with the exception of one year, which he passed as a student in college. He has always kept in touch with educational advancement, and has given special attention to the improvement that is continually being made in methods of teaching. His own original ideas on the subject have also proved very valuable and have had the test of practical experience in schools of which he and of which others have had charge. For twenty years he has taught in the schools of Wayne county, and for one year was employed as superintendent of the schools of Madison, Indiana, occupying that position in the scholastic year of 1895-6. For four years he had charge of country schools, for four years of the graded schools of Wayne township, for four years was superintendent of the schools of Dublin, for two terms of two years each has been county superintendent, and in August, 1896, he came to Richmond as superintendent of the city schools. At all places his labors have greatly advanced the standard of the schools, his new and progressive methods working many needed reforms. He has a keenly analytical mind, is quick in comprehension, and is a good judge of human nature, -qualities which are very essential to the successful instructor. Under his superintendency the schools of Wayne county made marked prog- ress and showed the effect of his careful guidance. The educational system of Richmond is one of which the city may well be proud and most satisfactory results are being obtained under his practical and superior methods. At one time Professor Mott engaged in the study of law for two years under the
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direction of Judge Henry C. Fox, and was admitted to the bar in 1882, but his success in his chosen calling is such as to cause one to believe that he has remained in that sphere of life for which nature intended him; it is certain that the educational circles of Wayne county could ill spare him, and all acquainted with his work acknowledge his prestige in the profession.
In his political affiliations he is a Republican and takes an intelligent interest in the questions and issues of the day, as every true American citizen should do. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, doing all in his power to promote its growth. Socially he is a Royal Arch Mason, and also belongs to Coeur de Lion Lodge, No. 8, K. P., and Olive Branch Lodge, I. O. O. F. On December 23, 1885, Professor Mott married Lida J. Iliff, a daughter of Rev. George W. Iliff, of Richmond, and, like her husband, she enjoys the high regard of many friends. Professor Mott and his wife occupy a prominent position in social circles, and along educational lines he has left the impress of his individuality upon the history of the state. For five years he was one of the managers of the State Reading Circle Board. His labors have done much to quicken literary interest and to pro- mote intellectual activity, and the measure of his influence upon the best development of Wayne county is incalculable.
W. B. BAREFOOT.
W. B. Barefoot, one of the progressive, wide-awake young business men of Cambridge City, is a native of Wayne county, his birth having occurred on the 8th of January, 1862. His parents, S. R. and Barbara (Armstrong) Barefoot, were both born and reared in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. In 1860 they became residents of Indiana, which state was · thenceforth their place of abode. For some time Mr. Barefoot, Sr., was engaged in business at Dublin, Milton, Germantown and Jacksonburg, but from 1871 until his death, in 1890, he lived in Cambridge City. For a period of fifteen years he was extensively interested in the poultry trade, and suc- ceeded in building up a large and remunerative business in this line.
When our subject was a small child the family removed to Cambridge City, and hence the association and memories of almost his whole life cling around this vicinity. His education was obtained in the public schools of this place, and in his boyhood he assisted his father in business, and learned the various features of the trade. Thus familiar with the enterprise, he was enabled to assume the management of the business at the death of his father, and has since continued it with marked success. His trade is exclusively wholesale, and the points to which he chiefly ships are Boston, New York and Philadelphia, from four to five thousand chickens and turkeys being crated and sent to the eastern markets each week. Mr. Barefoot is method-
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ical, prompt and far-sighted in his business transactions, meeting his obliga- tions faithfully and inspiring confidence in all with whom he has dealings. He is a member of Cambridge City Lodge, No. 5, Free & Accepted Masons, and is connected with Cambridge City Lodge, No. 9, Knights of Pythias.
GUY B. HOWREN.
One of the rising young men of Union county is Guy B. Howren, who is now serving in the capacity of county recorder, and has practically had the work of this important office upon his shoulders for over five years. He is conscientious, prompt and thoroughly reliable and has won the praise and regard of all who have had dealings with him. .
Newton Howren, the father of the above named gentleman, died March 23, 1896, when in his seventy-third year. His parents were natives of North Carolina and his birthplace was in Union county, Indiana. Before the days of railroads Newton Howren drove a stage from Cincinnati to Lib- erty, and from Liberty to Richmond for several years. For two terms, from 1872 to 1876, he was sheriff in this county, and in 1891 he was elected to the office of county recorder. He served as such for one term of four years, after which he was re-elected and started on his second term, but was stricken with paralysis. He lived two and a half years after that sad blow, but was unable to meet the requirements of his public position, and his son Guy took charge as his father's deputy, in October, 1893. At the end of the term the young man was honored by being elected to the place, and no one more eligible or more thoroughly acquainted with the manilold duties of the office could have been chosen. His term closed in November, 1899.
In the Republican party Newton Howren was very active and interested. In the Odd Fellows society he was one of the first members of the local lodge, and in DuVall Post, No. 188, Grand Army of the Republic, he was likewise an honored member. His funeral services were held under the auspices of both organizations. Religiously he was connected with the Methodist Episcopal church, and was an ardent worker in the same. During the civil war he enlisted in Company D, Ninth Indiana Cavalry, and was detached from the regular service and assigned to the commissary depart- ment, after a short interval. He had a severe attack of typhoid fever in the hospital at Nashville, and was subsequently discharged from the army on that account. His widow, the mother of our subject, and in her girlhood Martha A. Miller by name, is still living, her present home being in Liberty.
Guy B. Howren was born in this town on the 26th of April, 1872, and here he has spent his whole life. His education was gained in our public schools and in 1889 he was graduated from the high school. Following in the foot- steps of his honored father, he gives his allegiance to the Republican party.
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In 1895 he joined Orinoco Tribe, No. 184, of Red Men, and has been chief of records ever since he identified himself with this growing and popular order. A great lover of athletics, and particularly of base ball, he formerly belonged to a town club and played frequently. He is succeeding in a busi- ness way and is making abstracts, in addition to attending to his official duties.
JAMES N. ARDERY.
Born in Springfield township, Franklin county, April 23, 1825, James N. Ardery was a son of James and Mary (Watson) Ardery, both of Harrison county, Kentucky. The grandfather, James Ardery, was a native of Scot- land and was married in Ireland, after which event he came to the United States and located in Kentucky. The parents of the subject of this memoir came to Indiana in 1817, and, settling on the farm which was the birthplace of their children, spent the rest of their useful and happy lives there. The father, who was born in 1791, died at the age of sixty-eight years, and the mother survived him some seven years. Of their children, Martha Ann, wife of Thomas Appleton, resides on the old homestead; William, a retired farmer, of Columbus, Indiana, died in April, 1899; Caroline, whose second husband was John Doty, died at the age of forty years; Augusta, who died at sixty-eight, married Jesse Burton as her second husband.
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