USA > Indiana > Adams County > Biographical and historical record of Adams and Wells counties, Indiana : Containing portraits of all the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with accompanying biographies of each : a condensed history of the state of Indiana : portraits and biographies of some of the prominent men of the state : engravings of prominent citizens in Adams and Wells counties, with personal histories of many of the leading families, and a concise history of the counties and their cities and villages, pt. 2 > Part 20
USA > Indiana > Wells County > Biographical and historical record of Adams and Wells counties, Indiana : Containing portraits of all the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with accompanying biographies of each : a condensed history of the state of Indiana : portraits and biographies of some of the prominent men of the state : engravings of prominent citizens in Adams and Wells counties, with personal histories of many of the leading families, and a concise history of the counties and their cities and villages, pt. 2 > Part 20
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more, where he took a ship for North Caro- lina. There he met the rebels near Kingston, and drove them back to the vicinity of Raleigh, where Johnston surrendered his army. lle marched with Sherman through the Carolinas to Washington, and participated in the grand review of the victorious armies at the close of the civil war. From Wash- ington lie was sent to camp at Louisville, Kentucky, where he remained one month, and was then sent to Indianapolis, where he was discharged in August, 1865. Ile is a member of the Campbellite church, and his wife of the Christian church. Has been a Republican since coming to the county.
HOMAS A. F. DOAN was born in Staffordshire, England, June 10, 1845, and immigrated to America in 1870. Ilis first permanent location was made at Ossian, in 1870. Ile is a miller by trade, and for several years was engaged in a large merchant mill at Burton-on-Trent. His parents were John and Elizabeth ( Foundling) Doan, also natives of England, and they reared four children-Mary A., who is the wife of Samuel Kirby, miner; Emma, wife of John Blackshaw, laborer; Sarah deceased, and Thomas; all are in England except Thom- as. After his arrival at Ossian Mr. Doan was employed in the stave factory of L. M. Cary, and later at Decatur, Adams County. In 1871 he returned to Ossian, and the 18th of August, the following year, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States, and identified himself with the Republican party. In 1875 he purchased an interest in the saw and planing-mills of Koons & Co., which has continned to the present time. Ile is book- keeper of the firm and looks after the general interests of the mill. Mr. Doan was first
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married in England, to Annie White, and they had one son, Richard, who died at the age of three months. Mrs. Doan died Oeto- ber 8, and the son October 28, 1869. Mr. Doan's second wife, whom he married Oeto- ber 17, 1872, was Miss Mary E. Metts, the marriage ceremony being performed by Rev. . L. Roberts, of Ossian. Mrs. Doan is the daughter of James and Miranda (Sutton) Metts, who were among the pioneer families of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Doan are the parents of two children-Maggie Mabel and William Metts. Mr. Doan has become one of the foremost business men of Ossian, and is very highly esteemed in his community.
AVID KERSHINER, farmer, Chester Township, was born in Miami County, Ohio, October 14, 1827, son of Henry and Esther (Wagner) Kershner, natives of Berks County, Pennsylvania, where they were married, then removed to Miami County. where they lived until 1832, thenee, by team, to Union County, where they were pioneers. Seven years later the family re- moved to Wayne County, thence to Black- ford County, this State, in 1849, where David was married, and came to Wells County in 1851. They settled on 120 aeres of land one-half mile from where he now lives, which was then in its primitive condition. Mr. Kersh- ner went at once to work to clear a space sufficient for a building, and with the logs thus ent down erected his first log cabin. Ile gave no attention to hunting, although deer and wild game were abundant. lle eleared about thirty aeres of his land, then removed to Sentlle Creek, Chester Township, upon a partly eleared piece of land. He lived there one year, and in 1865 bought eighty
aeres of land where he now resides. About forty acres were cleared, and now about sixty aeres are tillable. Ile has himself made all the improvements on his place. About a year after he came to Wells County, his parents also came to Chester Township, which was their home until 1863, when they removed to Appanoose County, Iowa. In 1872 they returned to Wells County, where the father died in 1877, and the mother in 1881. Mr. Kershner was married in 1850 to Miss Eliza- beth M. Putnam, a native of Blackford County, who died in 1856. To this union were born two children, of whom one, Will- iam K., is living; Alonzo is deceased. Janu- ary 9, 1863, Mr. Kershner was married to Miss Peggy Palmer, born in Wayne County, Indiana, and died October 19, 1871. Their two children, Josephine and an infant un- named, are deceased. Mr. Kershner married his present wife, Naney Jarrett, July 24, 1879. She was born in Wells County, a daughter of John and Mary (Sills) Jarrett. They are the parents of four children-Elva, Esther, Amanda and Lydia. Mrs. Kershner is a member of the Christian church. Mr. Kershner is a Republican in politics, and has held the offices of supervisor, assessor and land appraiser of his township.
A. LOCKWOOD, farmer, Nottingham Township, was born in Madison County, Ohio, October 31, 1838, son of Alonzo and Eliza (Stanley) Lockwood. Ilis father is a native of the State of Maine, and followed boating while in that State. Ilis mother is a native of Ohio. When he was eight years of age his parents removed to this county and located in Nottingham Township, where they still reside. He was reared to manhood in this county, and has always
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lived here since his first advent here. Hle purchased forty acres of land where he now resides in 1559, and has since added to it un- til he now has 120 acres. He was married in Wells County, July 14, 1859, to Miss E. Schooley, born in Martin County, Indiana, and a daughter of Harvey and Mary (Mitch- ell) Schooley, who reside in Nottingham Township. His children were ten in nunt- ber, of whom seven are living-Mary Eliza, wife of Thaddeus Hurst; Alice Albina, wife of Peter Shoemaker; William Ulysses, Lita, Harvey, Oliver and Thaddeus. The deceased are -- Litha, Henry Stanley and an infant unnamed. Mr. Lockwood enlisted in the sery- ice of the Union in October, 1864, as a member of Company K, Fifty-third Indiana Infantry, and was assigned to the Seventeenth Army Corps, under General Sherman. Ile went to the front at Nashville, thence to Dalton, Georgia, thence to Nashville again, thence to Pittsburg and Baltimore, thence by ship to Morehead City, North Carolina, thence to Kingston, where they drove the rebels to Goldsborough, thence to Raleigh to meet Johnston; but after the line of battle was formed, Johnston refused to fight and laid down his arms. Mr. Lockwood then went to Richmond, thence to Louisville, where he was mustered ont, and was dis- charged the 21st of July, 1865, and returned home. Politically Mr. Lockwood has been identified with the Republican party since the Rebellion.
ON. JOSEPH S. DAILEY is a native of Wells County, Indiana, born May 31, 1844, and has always been a resident of the county. Ile is the fourth son of James Dailey, who in 1850 was elected auditor of said county, when he removed from his farm
to Bluffton, where he lived and faithfully discharged his duties as auditor to the satis- faction of all. The subject of this sketch, after attending the public schools of his native county, received a thorough training in the law department of the State University at Bloomington, Indiana, where he graduated in the winter of 1866, and immediately entered upon the practice of law at Bluffton, Indiana, with Hon. George S. Brown. In October, 1866, he was elected district at- torney for the common pleas distriet in which he resided, and in 1868-'70-'72 and '74 he was elected prosecuting attorney of the judicial circuit to which Wells County was attached. In 1870 he formed a partnership with Hon. Levi Mock, with whom he has since been associated under the firm name of Dailey & Mock. When the Narrow Gange Railroad was in process of construction Mr. Dailey was attorney for the road, and was at one time a director thereof, and has at all times been an active promoter of public improvements. Ilis acquaintance and rela- tionship is very extensive, and he is affable and obliging in his manners, and his snecess as a lawyer has been very great. So large is the number of his friends that when the question is asked by one needing a lawyer, " To whom shall I go for advice," the answer springs from many lips, " Go to Joe Dailey." No deserving poor person goes in vain to Mr. Dailey for such aid as is in his power, though he is by no means a rich man. Mr. Dailey's mother was Lydia Garton, a daugh- ter of the well-known Judge Jonathan Garton of Wells County, who died recently at the age of eighty-three years, respected by all who knew him. Mr. Dailey's mother died in 1850, but his father is still living, an upright and intelligent farmer, active still in his labors, at the age of seventy-one years. Mr. Dailey was elected a member of the
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Indiana House of Representatives in 1878, serving his constituents with fidelity. In 1882 he was the nominee of his party for Congressman from the Eleventh Indiana Dis- triet, but though defeated, he reduced the National Republican majority of that district from 1,050 to 333. Mr. Dailey was married March 15, 1870,at Marion, Indiana, to Emma, daughter of John P. and Henrietta Gutelius. Ilis wife was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, January 17, 1852, and came with her parents to Wells County in September, 1868, and is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Dailey are the parents of four children-Frank C., born December 22, 1870; Lewis W., born March 8, 1874; Charles G., born March 29, 1876, and Blanche, born February 9, 1856. Mr. Dailey's qualifications as a lawyer are recog- nized by both bench and bar, and he has been several times called by court and coun- sel to sit as special judge in the trial of important law suits.
OHIN F. TEMPLETON, farmer and stock-raiser, Rock Creek Township, was born in Putnam County, Ohio, July 3, 1837, a son of Robert II. and Fannie (Sehit- fenly) Templeton. The father was a native of Trumbull County, Ohio, born April 9, 1807, a son of William Templeton, who was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and whose father came from Scotland to America before the Revolutionary war, and was a General in that memorable struggle for inde- pendence. While taking a dispatch from General Washington to some point he was probably killed by Indians or by the British, as he was never heard of afterward. Robert II. Templeton was first married to Sarah Regle, November 8, 1828, in Trumbull County, Ohio, and to them were born two
sons-Warren, who died at the age of thirty- one years while in the service of his country during the late war, and Nelson, who was born June 9, 1834, is now living in Trumbull County, Ohio. Mrs. Robert HI. Templeton died in June, 1834, and Mr. Templeton was afterward married to Miss MeCollum, of Pennsylvania, who lived but a few months after her marriage. September 13, 1836, lic was married to Miss Fannie Schiffenly, who was born near Berne, Switzerland, and when twelve years of age was brought by her par- ents to America. They first located in Wayne County, Ohio, and shortly afterward moved to Putnam County, where she grew to womanhood, living there until after her mar- riage. By his last marriage Mr. Templeton had eight children, of whom six still survive. lle followed farming in Ohio until the spring of 1848, when he came to Indiana with his family, which then consisted of his wife and six children. They settled on the Indian re- serve in Jefferson Township, Wells County, where he entered 160 acres of Government land, where he followed farming the rest of his life, clearing his land and bringing it under good cultivation. He died March 14, 1871, his wife surviving until September 17, 1879, dying in her sixty-first year. John F. Templeton, whose name heads this sketel, was ten years of age when he came with his parents to Wells County, and here he was reared to the avocation of a farmer, his youth being spent in assisting his father on the farm and in attending the subscription school. Ile resided with his parents until his mar- riage, January 24, 1860, to Miss Martha A. Quackenbush, a daughter of William and Mary (Allen) Quackenbush, the father born in New York, of German descent, and the mother born in Rhode Island, of Puritan ancestry. Her parents were married in the State of New York, where she was born, they
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moving to Trumbull County, Ohio, when she was six years old, and in that county she grew. to maturity. Her parents came to Wells County, Indiana, in 1850, and settled in Jefferson Township, where they lived till their death. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Templeton-Ida B. and Mary E., of whom the latter died in infancy. Ida B. married 1. E. Brinneman, October 20, 1SS3, who died February 5, 1886, leaving one child-Ora F. After his marriage Mr. Templeton followed farming in Jefferson Township, Wells County, for five years. In 1873 he bought eighty acres of unimproved land on section 12, Liberty Township, which he cleared and improved, living there until 1883. Ile then sold his land in Liberty Township and purchased his present farm in Rock Creek Township, where he has eighty neres of well-improved land under fine eulti- vation. Mr. Templeton is a member of the Masonie fraternity, belonging to Lodge No. 45, at Bluffton. In politics he is a Repub- lican.
M RS. MARTHIA GARDENOUR, of Uniondale, was born near Sharps- burg, Washington County, Mary- land, in 1837, daughter of Abram and Mary Gritlin, who were the parents of eight chil- dren-Henry, Thomas, Mary A., Caroline, Elias, George, Abram and Martha. All are living and married except the eldest daugh- ter, who is deceased. Our subject was mar- ried to Jacob Gardenour in 1850, and they settled in Maryland, where they lived until five children were born -- Alice, John, Cath- erine, Sarah and Ann. In 1864 they re- moved to Indiana, where Mr. Gardenour purchased the farm upon which his widow now resides, and which was then owned by
his brother John. The latter made his home with them during his life-time, as he was unmarried. In the first place Jacob bought eighty acres, and in 1877 John made his brother a present of the other eighty. When Mrs. Gardenour came to this county with her husband and family they moved into a log house, which is yet standing; but the wild- ness of the country, even at that late date, was almost sufficient indueement to make him wish to return to his native county had Mrs. Gardenour given her consent. They remained, however, and he became one of the most prosperous farmers. The land has been mostly eleared by himself, and one of the neatest country residences in the township was erected by him prior to his death. Lit- tle did they dream when a home was made in the leafy woods of Union Township, that a few years later a beautiful and thrifty village would stand upon a part of their land, and that a railroad would pass their door. Yet all of this has transpired, and Jacob Garde- nour and his family have become well known throughout the county. Mr. Gardenour was born in Washington County, Maryland, where he was reared and remained until his mar- riage. Of his aneestry but little is known. Ilis brother Joseph married Ellen Dewitt, and resides in this county; George is a resi- dent of Smithsburg, Maryland; Maria mar- ried Peter Havermale, and lives in Canton, Illinois. These are his brothers and sisters. Ile was a practical farmer and never held official positions of any kind, preferring to improve his farin and enjoy his home and family. ITis death occurred in March, 1885. After their location in Wells County, three other children were born-William, Frank and Elvia. Alice married John Crum, and has six children-Frank, Charles, Delbert, Eflie, Attie M. and Ivy; John is the husband of Addie Brichley, and they have one son-
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Earl T .; Ann wedded William Scott, who re- sides on his father's farm in Union Town- ship. The other children live with their mother on the home farm at Uniondale.
R. WILLIAM JOHNSTON was born in Wayne County, Ohio, Jannary S, 1825. Ile read medicine with Dr. Pardee, of Wadsworth, Medina Connty, Ohio, and attended lectures at Cleveland, Ohio, in the winter of 1848-'49. Ile came to Ossian, Wells County, Indiana, in the spring of 1849 and began the practice of medicine, and re- mained there until August, 1835, when he removed to Black Hawk County, Iowa, and engaged in his profession until the spring of 1857, when he returned to Wells County, Indiana, and settled at Murray. In the win- ter of 1864 he again attended lectures at Cleveland, Ohio. In November, 1866, he moved to Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, where he practiced until his death, which occurred January 20, 1879.
M ILES N. NEWMAN, M. D., was born in Van Buren County, Iowa, Deeem- ber 29, 1843, son of William and Hannah (Halliday) Newman. The Newman family are of German ancestry, and were residents of Virginia. William, the father, was born in Ohio, and married in Morgan County, Illinois. After marriage they emi- grated to Iowa, settling in Henry County, about 1838. A few years later the family removed to Van Buren County, entered a half section of land, and the parents are yet living upon the original entry. They have six children-James II., of California; Ellen, widow of Lafayette Spencer, of California;
Lorenzo D., of Montana; John . D., Hannah M. E. and Miles N. The latter was employed upon his father's farm until he was sixteen years of age, and then matriculated at the Iowa Wesleyan University, at Mount Pleas- ant; but after attending one year, enlisted in Company II, Third Iowa Cavalry. Until 1864 his regiment was on duty west of the Mississippi, and was then transferred to Nashville, Tennessee. Ile was actively en- gaged during the war for four years, and participated in the battles of Moore's Mills, Kirksville, Missouri, Hartsville, Batesville, and Little Rock, Arkansas, and numerous other engagements. IIe enlisted as a private, was early appointed Corporal, and by virtue of merit promoted to Orderly Sergeant, in which capacity he remained during his term of service. After his return from the army Mr. Newman completed his classical course, and in 1867 began the study of medicine under the tutelage of Dr. J. N. Norris, of Birmingham, Iowa, and matriculated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Keo- kuk, Iowa, in the fall of 1868. IIe attended a sceond course during the winter of 1870- '71, and graduated in the spring of that year. Prior to his graduation he was actively en- gaged in practice at Bainsville, Kansas, and later returned to that village, where he re- mained until 1873, at which time he located at Birmingham, Iowa. June 11, 1874, he was married in that eity to Miss Mary G. Wilson, daughter of William P. and Susanna Wilson, well-known residents of this county. February 20, 1887, a permanent location was made at Ossian, where he has since been act- ively engaged in the practice of his profes- sion. In 1885 he was elected trustec of Jefferson Township, and at the expiration of his term was re-elected. Ile has charge of the schools in his township, and has exerted his powers in securing the most competent
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teachers for the sixteen schools in Jefferson, and the graded school at Ossian is second to none in the county. More school-houses have been built, and the cause of education more largely promoted, during the doctor's term as trustee than ever before, and his re- election is ample evidence that the public appreciates his services. Dr. Newman and his wife have had one son, Sidney, born Sep- tember 7, 1875, and died August 26, 1883.
OMER LEAKE MARTIN, an attorney- at-law of Bluffton, Indiana, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Butler Coun- ty, October 13, 1851. Ile received his ele- mentary education in the common school, completing it at the Witherspoon Institute at Butler, Pennsylvania, and at the age of twenty-three years began the study of law in the law department of the Columbia Univer- sity at Washington, D. C., completing a full course from that institution in June, 1875. The following November he came to Wells County, Indiana, and began the practice of his chosen profession.
ETER BAILEY, deceased, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, May 29, 1818, son of Jacob and Barbara (Rupright) Bailey, early settlers of that eouuty. Ile learned the carpenter's trade when a young man, and worked at that business for some time after coming to this county. He was reared to industrious and economical habits and always saved his money. In 1827 Jacob Meyer, with his wife Catherine, came from Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and settled near Lordstown. They were the parents of ten children - Nathan, Daniel, Polly,
Catherine, Sarah, Lovina, Eliza and Lydia; two are deceased. Lydia Meyer became the wife of our subject in April, 1842, and they began housekeeping near the village of Lordstown, where Peter had purchased twenty acres of land. Six of their children were born in Ohio-Sarah, wife of William Goldner; Mary, wife of Jacob Loo; Catherine, now Mrs. Calvin Spencer; Elizabeth, wife of Christian Loo; Jacob, who married Mary Rodgers, of Lockport, New York, and resid- ing at Paulding Center, Ohio; George, who married Emma Lamb, and living at Union- dale. The following were born in Union Township -- Joseph E., who married Annie Lepper; Eliza, wife of Isaac Christlieb; Ma- tilda, wife of John Burnsides, and Jennie, wife of Levi Shorey. Mr. Bailey removed to this county with his family in 1851, settling upon the farm where his widow now resides. A poor log cabin and one acre eleared were all the improvements that had been made, as the land was situated on the Indian Reserve, which had been open for settlement only a short time. A part of the cabin had no floor, and for several years they lived in a very primitive way. Ile was able to pay cash for his land, and being the happy possessor of a watch, sold that to his father, who moved the family here, for money enough to buy a cow. While the wife and children were picking brush and rolling up the smaller logs, Peter was work- ing hard at his trade. Their meat was wild game. Wolves howled around the cabin at night, and the babes would nestle closer to their good mother's side as the mournful notes rose high on the midnight air. They could not then foresee that in a few short years railroads would pass so near to them, and that enterprising towns would spring up, where there was nought but an unbroken forest and not a settler's cabin could be seen. They came to the township over the plank
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road leading from Fort Wayne to Bluffton, and the early settler depended on the ax to clear a road to the land owned by each; and had they not carried a compasss, would fre- quently have been lost in the woods. Mr. Bailey was one of the first supervisors in the township, and helped to clear up the line and locate the roads running in both directions from his land. During his later years he de- voted his time entirely to his farm, and at his death, which occurred May 15, 1573, left a quarter-seetion of land to his family. Ile was a member of the Lutheran church, and was one of the first to assist in the establish- ment of that church in the neighborhood. He was highly respected and his loss was deeply regretted. His wife is now sixty-six years of age, is yet sprightly and cheerful. She resides on the homestead, which is man- aged by her grandson, Edward L. Gokher.
TORN W. MARKLEY, farmer, section 18, Harrison Township, was born in that township February 3, 1843, seeond son and third ehild of Gabriel Markley, now deceased. IIe was reared on a farm, and obtained his education in the subseription and common schools. He remained with his parents until the breaking out of the late civil war, when he enlisted, August 15, 1862, in Company B, One Hundred and First Indiana Infantry. He participated in many hard fought battles. Among the most prom- inent were the battles of Chiekamanga, Atlanta, and with Sherman to the sea. Dur- ing the fight at Chickamauga he received a wound from a ball passing aeross his breast, which disabled him from active duty for about two months. While following Mor- gan's troops he met with a narrow escape from the rebel prisons; he was captured, and
released the same night. After serving three years he was honorably discharged June 19, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky. lle was married October 24, 1867, to Miss Araminta, daughter of David and Catherine (Gates) Powell, the former a native of Han- cock County, Maryland, and the latter of Belmont County, Ohio. They came to this county in 1845, where Mr. Powell died in 1877. Mrs. Markley was born in this county October 26, 1848. After his marriage Mr. Markley settled upon his present farm in Ilarrison Township, where he owns 272 aeres of improved land in a high state of cultiva- tion. They have had five children, four of whom are deceased-Leora died January 19, 1881, aged ten years and four months; Alma died January 28, 1884, aged eight years and seven months; Hannah C., born February 9, 1881, died May 13, 1882; Franklin, born January 13, 1873, still survives; one child died in infancy. Mrs. Markley is a member of the Christian church. In politics Mr. Markley affiliates with the National party.
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