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 48
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 48
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fifteen children, and of these the most of them they have reared from childhood. They are worthy members of Pleasant Hill Chris- tian Church, and among the highly esteemed citizens of Jackson Township. In polities Mr. Jones is a Democrat as was also his father. Mr. Jones was one of the original stockholders in the Fort Wayne & Muncie Railroad, and in every enterprise for the advancement of his township or county he takes an active interest.
OHN S. CONRAD, farmer and stock- raiser, Harrison Township, is a native of Virginia, born in Harrison County, March 7, 1507, a son of John and Susan (Smith) Conrad, who were also natives of Virginia. Ilis father died at the advanced age of ninety years. He was a son of John Conrad, who was of German descent, and lived to be one hundred years old. Our sub- ject's maternal grandfather, John Smith, was a native of the State of Virginia, and of Ger- man aneestry. Our subject was reared to manhood on a farm in his native county, where he remained until attaining the age of twenty years. lle then went to Hocking County, Ohio, and some four months later his father's family followed, and there pur- chased 100 acres of partially improved land. Our subject assisted his father clear and im- prove his 100-acre traet, he remaining with his parents until 1836, when he came to Wells County, Indiana, and entered 160 acres of Government land on section 25, Harrison Township. He then went to Noble County, and bought a tract of twenty acres of heavily timbered land, which he cleared and im- proved. He was married June 2, 1844, to Miss Chloe Ann May, a native of Pennsyl- vania, and of the six children born to this
union four yet survive-Frances W., George A., Sarah E. and Susan. Mary and Samantha are deceased. November 15, 1844, Mr. Conrad returned to his Wells County land, then a dense wilderness, and here he built a hewed- log eabin, into which he moved, and began clearing his land, and here he has sinee fol- lowed farming on the farm which he has owned for half a century. Ile is a self-made man, having by his own persevering industry and good management aceumulated a com- petence for his declining years, and by his honorable and upright dealings has gained the confidence and respect of the entire eom- munity. In politics he is a Democrat, east- ing his first presidential vote at the second election of Andrew Jackson, and has sinee voted at every presidential election. Mrs. Conrad is a member of the Methodist Epis- copal church.
ANIEL KAIN, a pioneer of Wells County, engaged in general farming in Chester Township, is a native of Penn- sylvania, born in Westmoreland County, July 31, 1832, his parents, John and Mary (Chain) Kain, who were also natives of West- moreland County, Pennsylvania, and of Irish descent. In 1838 the family removed by team to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, remaining there twelve years, and in 1850 came by team from Tuscarawas to Wells County, Indiana, and located on 160 acres of land in Union Township. This land was entered by a land warrant, received by John Kain for his services during the Mexican war. It was entirely unimproved, and a space had to be cleared in the woods before their log cabin could be built. The first night the family occupied the cabin only half the roof had been put on. The father was a man of
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indomitable energy, and by his persevering industry soon converted his wild land into well cultivated fields, living there until his death, which occurred in February, 1883. Ilis wife died about two years previous. Daniel Kain was eighteen years of age when he came with his father's family to Wells County, and here he has since lived with the exception of the time spent in the service of his country during the war of the Rebellion. lle was united in marriage October 25, 1557, to Miss Rebecca M. Heckman, a native of Stark County, Ohio. Of the eleven chil- dren born to this union nine yet survive- Mary Jane, wife of John R. Newman; Sarah E., wife of Wesley Reading, of Huntington County; Fannie, wife of Pahner Reading; Melinda, wife of Samuel Penrod; Frank and William (twins), the latter married to Ella Lowdermilk; Martha, Rosa and Cora. John and George (twins) are deceased. August 15, 1862, Mr. Kain enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and First Indiana Infantry, and rendezvoused at Wabash, and from there went to Indianapolis, thenee to Cincinnati and Covington, Ohio, and from there to Nashville, where his company was assigned to the Fourteenth Army Corps under General Thomas. Mr. Kain participated in the battles of Chiekamanga, Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain, and was with Sherman in the Georgia campaign to Atlanta, and at the siege and capture of Atlanta. He was with Sherman from Atlanta to the sea, and through the Carolinas to Washington, where he par- tieipated in the grand review of Sherman's army. From Washington he went to Park- ersburg, West Virginia, thence by steamboat to Louisville, Kentucky, and from there by rail to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he received his discharge. During his whole term of service he was never out of the ranks, serving in every battle in which his regiment
and company participated. He with two other soldiers was captured at the pieket line at the close of the battle of Chickamauga, but after a couple of hours made his escape by running away, telling the rebels to shoot, and disappeared amid a shower of bullets. The other two were taken to Andersonville prison, where they were starved to death.
- ANIEL JONES, farmer, Nottingham Township, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, June 12, 1831, son of John and Mary (Foster) Jones. His father was a native of Maryland, and a farmer by occupa- tion; the mother was a native of New York. The family removed from Wayne County to that part of Medina County that afterward became Summit County. After the close of the civil war the parents came to this connty, where the father died in March, 186S. The mother afterward returned to Summit Coun- ty, Ohio, where she now resides at the advanced age of eighty-one years. Daniel was but a year old when the family removed to Summit County, and there he was reared to manhood. In 1852 he came to Wells County, and commenced working at the ear- penter and joiner's trade, an occupation lie followed until 1877, sinee which time he has given his entire attention to farming. He purchased his present farm of seventy-five acres in 1865. February 5, 1857, he was married to Miss Naney Jane Gracy, a native of Fayette County, Ohio, and daughter of Samuel and Rachel (Shiveley) Graey, who are now deceased. To this union were born four children, of whom two are deceased- Mary Ellen and John Preston; the living are Harvey A. and Daniel. December 20, 1863, Mr. Jones volunteered in the service of the Union, and at Kokomo, Indiana, was assigned
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to Company F, One Hundred and Thirtieth Indiana Infantry, under Colonel Parish. From Kokomo they went to Louisville, Ken- tucky, where they camped out two weeks, where his regiment became a part of General Ilovey's division of the Twenty-third Army Corps under General Schofield, Corps Com- mander, Army of the Ohio. From Louisville he went to Nashville, thence to Charleston, Tennessee, then marched to the front and joined the main army at Buzzard's Roost, near Dalton, Georgia, on the 5th of May, 1864, in time to take part in the campaign which commeneed the next day. Ile was with Sherman through to Jonesboro, Tennes- see, and after the fall of Atlanta his command was sent, under Thomas, after Hood. Mr. Jones was with his regiment through all that chase. He was in the battles of Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Georgia, Allatoona, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Franklin, and at the two-days battle of Nashville. Ile was honorably discharged June 20, 1865. After the pursuit of Hood he was taken sick with typhoid fever, and went to the hospital at Jeffersonville, Indiana. Previous to the war he was a Democrat, but since that time he has been a Republican. His first presidential vote was east for Franklin Pierce. Hle is a member of Lew. Daily Post, G. A. R., at Bluffton. At Allatoona he was promoted to Second Duty Sergeant, for meritorious con- duct, his commission dating June 1, 1864.
OIIN N. LUSK, one of the self-made men of Wells County, residing in Lan- caster Township, on section 31, was born in Butler County, Ohio, May 12, 1829, a son of James and Julia A. (Beeler) Lusk, natives of Tennessee and Virginia respectively. They were married in Ohio, and to them were born
three children, of whom John N. is the only one living. When he was a child his father died in Ohio, and his mother subsequently married Rev. D. II. Drummond, who died in Ilarrison Township, Wells County, about the year 1870. The mother now lives in Bluff- ton with Mrs. Ann Eliza Crosby, a daughter by her last marriage. JJohn N. Lusk, the subject of this sketch, was reared, after his father's death, by his maternal unele, C. C. Beeler, in Union County, Indiana, his youth being spent in assisting his uncle on the farm and in attending school, receiving sneh education as the district schools of that early day afforded. At the age of twenty-one years he became his own master and began to do for himself, commencing with no capi- tal but strong hands, industrious habits and a determination to succeed. A few years after reaching his majority he visited Wells County and purchased 160 acres of heavily- timbered land on section 31, Lancaster Town- ship, although he did not make his home in the county until several years later. Ile did some chopping on his land, and sold it a few years later, but subsequently purchased eighty aeres in the same section, npon which his residence and farm buildings now stand. Mr. Lusk was married January 24, 1861, to Miss Mary Jane Robinson, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of Alexander and Deborah Robinson. She died February 17, 1862, leaving one son named David Robinson, who died at the age of two years. For his second wife Mr. Lnsk married Miss Martha E. Routh, August 23, 1866. She was born in Wayne County, Indiana, September 27, 1846, a daughter of John R. and Louisa Routh, who were natives of Ohio and North Caro- lina respectively. Her parents settled on section 29, Lancaster Township, in 1856, and improved a farm from the wilderness, where the father died in March, 1877. The mother
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now lives in Bluffton. They were the parents of eight children, of whom seven are yet living, Mrs. Lusk being the third child and eldest daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Lusk have two children, named Mary Jane and Charles R. After his first marriage Mr. Lusk settled on his parents' farm in Lancaster Township. He bought back eighty acres of his original purchase in Wells County, which makes the 160-acre farm he now owns, this being one of the best quarter sections in the township where he resides. Ile has 100 acres of his land well improved and under cultivation, the remaining sixty acres being reserved for timber. He is one of the active, progressive men of Lancaster Township, and is always interested in any movement for advancing public good.
RASTUS BASCOMB MCDOWELL, Recorder of Wells County, Indiana, was born in Greenville, Darke County, Ohio, the date of his birth being September 21, 1847. His parents, George and Eliza (Henning) MeDowell, were natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania respectively, the father of Scotch-Irish origin, and the mother of Ger- man parentage. They were the parents of eight children-Erastus B., our subjeet; Thomas J., of Bluffton; Kate, wife of War- ren Tappy, of Muncie, Indiana; Engenia, wife of T. W. Barton, of Bluffton; Douglas E., of Ness City, Kansas; David, of Bluff- ton, and two who died in infancy. The father came with his family to Wells County, Indi- ana, locating at Bluffton in 1848, and opened the first drug store of the place. He carried on the drug business about eight years, after which he was engaged in no particular busi- ness for a time. In his political affiliations
he was a staunch Democrat. In October, 1851, he was elected a member of the Lower House of the Indiana State Legislature, to represent Wells County, being a member of the first Legislature after the adoption of the new State constitution. In 1856 he was elected clerk of Wells County for a term of four years. In 1868 he was again elceted and served one term as a Representative in the Indiana State Legislature. In 1870 he received the appointment of steward of the Northern Indiana Prison at Michigan City by its directors, and served as such until 1872. In 1876, the Democratic party again coming into power, he was again appointed steward of the Northern Indiana Prison, which position he hekl until his death, which occurred February 14, 1873, at the age of sixty-two years. Mrs. MeDowell died at Bluffton in 1876, at the age of fifty-three years. She was a member of the Universal- ist church at Bluffton. Erastus B. MeDowell, whose name heads this sketch, was but an infant when brought to Wells County by his parents, and here he was reared and educated in the publie and high schools of Bluffton. At the age of sixteen years he began learn- ing the painter's trade, which he followed at Bluffton for twelve years, after which he was varionsly employed until 1883. Ile was united in marriage at Bluffton, March 9, 1871, to Elizabeth J. Wilhelm, a daughter of Simon and Mary (Willis) Wilhelm, former residents of Hancock County, Ohio. They have four childen-George B., James E., Homer Lee and Harry Tombs. In Novem- ber, 1883, Mr. McDowell became recorder of Wells County, having been elected to that office in November, 1882. During 1881-'83 he was chief of the Bluffton Fire Depart- ment, and in 1882 was State statistician of the Indiana State Fireman's Association. Mr. McDowell is a member of Bluffton
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ACOB GETTY, proprietor of the Ossian llouse at Ossian, was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1834, son of William II. and Melinda (Swinchart) Getty. When he was four years of age his mother died, and he was reared by J. G. Smith, residing in Wayne County, Ohio, near the Western Re- serve. In 1855 he came west and located in this county, where he began farming, con- tinning in that avocation until his marriage and the breaking ont of the civil war. The wedding of Jacob Getty and Miss Mary, daughter of Peter and Jane (Fergus) Shaffer, was celebrated April 2, 1860. Their first daughter, Lida, was but one year old when the cry "To arms !" was sounded, and Mr. Getty, full of patriotism, left his wife and child and hastened to the defense of his country's flag. llis enlistment was made August 20, 1862, in Company G. One Hun- dred and First Regiment Indiana Infantry, and his regiment was assigned to duty in the Fourteenth Corps, Third Division of the Army of the Cumberland. Mr. Getty was in active service during the entire campaign, and participated in the battles of Milton, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta, Resaca, with Sherman to the sea, and faced the shot and shell at Rocky Face and Bentonville, North Carolina. He returned to his home at the close of the war unseathed, but with a con- seiousness of having fought nobly and well. Rachel A. was born a few months after her father's enlistment, and the home of the parents has been brightened by their presence until the present time. Both daughters are graduates of the Fort Wayne Conservatory
of Music, and are now engaged in teaching that art. Soon after his return from the war Mr. Getty purchased his present hotel, and for more than a score of years he has been the popular landlord and liveryman of Ossian. Since the war he has grown corpulent, and now enjoys the distinction of being the heaviest man in Wells County, bringing down the scales at 300 pounds. Politically he is a strong Republican, and is a member of William Swaim Post, No. 169, G. A. R., of which he is one of the charter members. In 1869 he was made a Master Mason at Ossian, and became a member of Ossian Lodge, No. 297, A. F. & A. M. Peter Shaf- fer, father of Mrs. Getty, was one of the carly settlers of this county, and entered 200 aeres of land on section 10, intending to make this new country his home. lle made some improvements and returned to Ohio for his family, but was taken sick and died. Ilis wife and family, consisting of Mary, William F. and Rachel A., accompanied by General James Fergus, came to the new home and took possession of the land entered by Mr. Shaffer, thus carrying out his intention. General James Fergus was a noted man in the State of Ohio, having been a member of the General Assembly two terms previous to coming to this State, and his popularity was as widespread as was his acquaintance.
AMES B. PLESSINGER was born near Greenville, Darke County, Ohio, Sep- tember 7, 1837, a son of John and Eliza- beth (Thompson) Plessinger, his father a native of Pennsylvania, of German parentage, and his mother of Chillicothe, Ohio, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. In 1842 his parents located in Bluffton, where the father died in 1875, aged sixty-one years, and his mother
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in June, 1879, aged sixty-seven years. They had a tunily of six children, three of whom are living- James B., Benjamin F. and Sarah Adaline, wife of Charles Gary, of Fort Wayne. From his fifth year James B. Plessinger was reared in Bluffton, obtaining his education in the public school. When fourteen years old he began elerking for Heilebroner Brothers, remaining with them six years, and was then employed a short time in the store of S. Oppenheimer, when, in 1861, he enlisted in the Union army as a musician, and was assigned to Company A, Forty-seventh Indiana In- fantry, and served two years, in the meantime being promoted to Principal Musician of the regiment. He was with the regiment at the battles at New Madrid, Riddle's Point, Island No. 10, Tiptonville, Fort Pillow and Memphis and numerous skirmishes. Ile was discharged, on account of disability, March 10, 1863, at Hospital No. 5, St. Louis, Mis- sonri, after a sickness of five months. Ile then returned to Bluffton, and as soon as he regained his health again entered into the employ of S. Oppenheimer, with whom he remained until January, 1865, when he em- barked in the grocery business, which he con- tinned until 1576, when he was elected on the Democratic ticket sheriff of Wells Coun- ty, and was re-elected in 1878, and since 1880 he has been engaged in general trading. Mr. Plessinger has been an Odd Fellow twenty- five years, and is a member of both lodge and encampment at Bluffton, and has passed all the chairs in each, serving now his fifth term as chief patriarch of the encampment. Hle has frequently represented both lodge and encampment in the grand bodies of the State. He is a comrade of Lewis Daily Post, No. 33, G. A. R., and is a past commander. In 1879 he was one of the principal organizers of the Bluffton Fire Department, and for seven years has been chief engineer. May
13, 1864, he was married at Bluffton to Mar- tha Kellogg, a danghter of Nelson and Rachel (Wiley) Kellogg. To them have been born six children -- Laurence K., a telegraph opera- tor at Marion, Ohio; Charles II., telegraph operator at Bluffton; Fred, Augustus N., Bessie, Louise and Carrie, at home.
- ANNALS WALSER, one of the prom- inent citizens of Wells County, is a native of Indiana, born in Dearborn County February 7, 1825, his parents, Mark and Sally (Gray) Walser, being natives of North Carolina and Indiana respectively. The father came to Indiana when a lad, and his first land purchase was in Dearborn County, where he was married, making his home in that county until 1852. He then removed to Missouri, and made that State his home until his death, which occurred in February, 1885. His widow still survives, and is now residing in Dakota. Rannals Walser, the subject of this sketeli, remained with his parents until attaining his majority, being reared to the avoeation of a farmer. Ou leaving the parental roof he went to Ohio, where he worked as a farm hand for two years. Ile was united in marriage Au- gust 8, 1848, to Miss Cynthia Ann Anderson, a daughter of John and Margaret Anderson, and to this union were born ten children- Lafayette P., Ellen Maria, John Anderson, Sarah Margaret, Warren Perry, Harrison Waymore, Lewis Sellers, Mary Elizabeth, Eriek D., and Oscar Elsworth (deceased). After his marriage Mr. Walser rented land in Ohio, in which State he followed farming until the fall of 1854, when he came with his family, then consisting of wife and four children, to Wells County, Indiana, and lo- cated on his present farm, which he had pre-
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viously purchased. From a traet of 160 aeres of dense timber he has made one of the best farms in the county, having by his persever- ing industry eleared his land and put it under fine cultivation, and to his original purchase he has added to his home farm 240 acres, making his landed estate 400 aeres. Mr. Walser was bereaved by the death of his wife February 23, 1887, who left a devoted hus- band, an affectionate family and a host of friends to mourn her loss. Mr. Walser is classed among the publie-spirited men of Wells County, and in every enterprise for the publie welfare, or the advancement of his township or county, he takes an active inter- est. In his political views he affiliates withi the Democratic party. He has served seven years as township trustee, and in 1874 was appointed to the office of land appraiser of his township. Ile is a member of the Chris- tian church at Buena Vista, his wife having been a member of the same church until her death. Mr. Walser lives a retired life, hav- ing rented his property to his boys.
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YRUS S. MARSII, farmer, Washington Township, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, February 28, 1837, son of Alexander and Margaret (Stanley) Marslı, the former a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, and the latter of Virginia. In 1852 the family removed to Indiana and located in Nottingham Township, this county, where the father died the same year. The mother now resides in Bluffton. Our subjeet was reared to the age of fifteen years in his native county, and has followed farming ever since coming to Wells County. Ile has owned his present farm, consisting of eighty acres of land, since 1879. He was married in this county, April 8, 1859, to Miss Nancy Heller,
born in Wells County, whose parents came from Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and both parents died in this county in 1884. To this union were born fourteen children, of whom two, Oliver and Noah, are deceased. Those living are-John Wesley, justice of the peace of Nottingham Township; George Washington, William Alexander; Eliza Ann, wife of Dan Bashaw, residing in Allen Coun- ty; Amanda, wife of William R. Sehooley; Jacob, of Salina, Ohio; Emma E., wife of Jacob Reinhardt, residing in Blackford Coun- ty; Mary C., Lewis Edwin, Fred Lee, Elmer and Norah Alice. Politically Mr. Marsh is a Democrat, and has held the office of con- stable. He is a member of the Lutheran church, as is also his wife, and he served as elder in that church for several years.
JOHN R. DAVIS is a native of Wells County, Indiana, born in the village of Murray, March 31, 1839, his parents, William P'. and Lucinda (Richey) Davis, be- ing early pioneers of the county. The father being a farmer, our subjeet was reared to the same avocation, remaining on the home farm until his marriage. He was united in marriage June 23, 1864, to Miss Catherine Falk, a daughter of Albert and Catherine Falk, who were of German birth, both coming from Hesse, Germany, to Amer- jea before their marriage. They were mar- ried in Richland County, Ohio, and in 1849 settled in Rock Creek Township, Wells County, Indiana, where both died, the mother dying in 1856, and the father Mareh 8, 1880. Two of their sons, John and Peter, live in Bluffton; three sons, Jacob, Joseph and Henry, reside in Rock Creek Township; William lives in Kansas; their daughter Mary is married and lives in Kansas; Mrs.
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Davis is the third child, and was born in Richland County, Ohio, June 5, 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are the parents of two sons, promising young men -William HI., who was born April 20, 1865, is a school-teacher, and George E., who was born May 29, 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Davis still occupy the home on section 30, Lancaster Township, where they settled after their marriage. The homestead contains ninety aeres of well improved and well cultivated land. His land is thoroughly drained, having 1,400 rods of tile drainage, making it one of the most productive farms in his township. William P. Davis, the father of our subjeet, was born in Tennessee, a son of George and Susan (Miller) Davis. When he was ten years old he was brought with his father's family to Indiana, and lived in Union and Henry counties until coming to Wells County. He was married in Henry County, in 1834, to Lucinda Riehey, a native of Butler County, Ohio, a daughter of Jacob and Mary Richey, who were formerly from New Jersey. Their eight children were as follows-Leander I'., of Union Township; Milton M., living on the homestead on seetion 30; John R., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Juliette Scotton; George W .; Mrs. Maria Bulger, a widow living in Lancaster Town- ship; Mrs. Ammert I. Bulger, and Mareel- lus, the youngest child, who died in 1861, aged seven years. The parents came to Wells County in 1837, settling in the then wilderness on the present site of Murray among the first six families. William P. Davis was not an ambitious man, as far as acquiring property was concerned, looking only to actnal needs for the present, which he always amply provided. Ile built and made some improvements on seetion 19, where he owned eighty aeres, now the resi- denee property of Rev. J. J. Markley. This was his second home in the county. From
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