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This was certainly, in many respects, a remarkable family. Left destitute and doubly orphaned while the younger ones were helpless, the oldest but a boy, and yet, under God's Providence and that heroic devotion of the older member of the fam- ily to the younger, they are all raised to the highest respectability and honorable standing in society.
EDWARD M. WATKINS a native of Clark county, Ind., was born in the city of Jeffersonville, March 22, 1856; the .son of Wilford H. and Anna Watkins, natives of Missouri and Indiana respectively.
His parents, while he was yet a small boy, removed to Harrison county and settled on a farm in the southern part of it. When he arrived at suitable age, he was sent to the Central Indiana Normal School, at Ladoga, in Montgomery county, Ind., an educational institution that ranks foremost among its class in the State. From this Institution he graduated with honor in 1874. Afterward he graduated in a Com- mercial Course at Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1877.
He then read medicine with Dr. W. H.
Reader, of New Amsterdam, in Harrison county, Ind., and Dr. Kelly, of Louisville. He attended the Medical College in Louis- ville, and graduated a full fledged doctor February 20, 1882.
He located at Hawesville, Kentucky, and commenced the practice of his profession, and continued there about a year. While at Hawesville he married Miss Jennie E. Mitchell of that place, in 1882. Not satis- fied with Hawesville, he pulled up stakes and went to Holdridge, Nebraska. Re- mained there until 1885, when he returned to his old native home, the city of Jeffer- sonville, where lie has resided ever since, and besides being engaged in the drug busi- ness is engaged in the practice of his pro- fession, and is an honored member of the Clark County Medical Association, and is succeeding in business beyond his expecta- tions.
Dr. Watkins is a man of energy and de- cision of character, and by his prompt and successful attention to the calls of the sick and afflicted has built up a large and lu- crative practice for so young a man.
JOHN WHITE, SR., was born in Fay- ette county, Penn., February 22, 1787, and came to Indiana Territory in 1804, when the country was almost an unbroken for- est, filled with Indians and wild animals. The Indians, always treacherous, made it necessary to have the trusty rifle close at hand at all times. When a courier arrived from the Collins settlement with the news of the Pigeon Roost massacre, he promptly responded to the call for volunteers to fol- low the Indians and punish them for the savage murder of his friends. The short ' campaign was fruitless of any scalps, as the Indians were not overtaken. He as- sisted in the sad task of burying the dead
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of the Pigeon Roost massacre and returned home to follow his trade of tanning, while the women and children were placed in a fort near by to save them from the toma- hawk and scalping knife of the Indians. He was also a farmer, and a good mechan- ic, inventing plows and other farm imple- ments of a superior pattern, and in that particular was a very useful citizen. He was a strictly moral and temperate man, but was not a communicant of any church. Lived as near up to the Golden Rule as it was possible for mortals to do, and died in 1848.
Hanna Carr White was also born in Fayette county, Penn., December 19, 1786. Her father, Elisha Carr, with his family emigrated to Kentucky and settled near Bryant's Station in 1797. Remained there about three years, when he with his family moved to Clark's Grant, Indiana Territory, where John White and Hanna Carr White were married in the year 1808. The Carr family was numerous and influ- ential. Many of them filled honorable and responsible offices. Hanna Carr White lived to see six of her children reach their majority. She was held in high esteem by all who knew her, and died in 1845.
Colden C. White, son of John and Han- na White, was born in Clark county in 1825, was a farmer by occupation and lived at the old homestead 59 years. Was married to Josephine MeCune in 1853. She was born in Charlestown, Clark coun- ty, Ind., in 1838.
C. C. White has two sons, Oren C. and Frank C.
Wesley Carr White, the older son of John White's family, was born in 1809. Moved to Missouri in 1851. Enlisted in the Union army at the age of 53 years for a three years' service. Was captured at Shiloh and spent about one year in Libby
and Andersonville prisons, when he was exchanged and discharged from service. After recruiting his shattered health he en- listed again for six months. His regiment was ordered to the relief of Nashville, Tenn., but was prevented from arriving there in time to take part in the battle of Nashville by the Rebels destroying the railroad south of Louisville. He was or- dered to St. Louis, Mo., where he died in the military hospital about the close of the war.
OTTO F. ZIMMERMAN was born in Germany, October 1, 1846, and emigrated to the United States in 1868, and located in the city of Jeffersonville in the same year. He had served his apprenticeship to the trade of silversmith in Germany, before he left that country. He went to work, after locating in Jeffersonville, for Mr. Drabnick, who was the leading jeweler of the place at that time. He remained with Mr. Drabnick only some six months, when he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and worked there for a while for a wholesale jewelry house. From there he went South and traveled all through that country, working at his trade from city to city. In 1875 he once more returned to the city of Jefferson- ville, and in 1879 opened a jewelry store for himself, and has continued there in the business ever since. He has prospered beyond his expectations. By doing good work and dealing honestly and fairly with his patrons and customers, and by giving strict attention to his business, he has built up a large trade, and is now the largest and most complete house of the kind in the city of Jeffersonville. He de- serves the highest commendation for his success in business, and is but another ex- ample of what pluck and perseverance will do for a man.
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Mr. Zimmerman was married to Miss Amelia Baude, a niece of Mr. Drabnick, for whom he first worked when he came to Jeffersonville, in 1868. The union has been blessed with two children, a boy and a girl,-Stanley and Clara. He is a member of the orders of the K. of H., and the K. of P., and is a member of the German Evan- gelical Reformed St. Lucas Church, of Jeffersonville.
JOHN C. ZULAUF is a native of Swit- zerland, and was born Oct. 26, 1864. He was brought to the United States by his par- ents in 1865, who located in the city of Jeffersonville, Clark county, Ind., where he was reared from his early infancy, and where he resides now. He is a graduate of the DePauw University, at Greencastle, Ind., having graduated from that institution in 1885; and in fall of 1885 he entered the law department of University of Louisville, and graduated in April, 1886. He was, after graduation, admitted to the bar in Oc- tober, 1887, and entered upon the practice of his profession the same year. Although Mr. Zulauf is yet quite a young man he has become public spirited and has interested himself in the development and material progress of the city. A bridge for all pur- poses between the cities of Louisville and Jeffersonville would seem to be of the higli- est importance to the prosperity of the lat- ter, and a company was organized under the name of the Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge Company, of which Mr. Zulauf is one of the directors ; he has taken a strong interest in making it a success, and has made several visits to Washington City to to secure from the War Department the right of way across the Ohio river at the most suitable landing place on the Jeffersonville side.
The Ohio Falls Street Car Company has
been organized for constructing and oper- ating a street railroad in the city of Jeffer- sonville, composed of capitalists of Louis- ville and Jeffersonville. John C. Zulauf is president and business manager of that concern.
He is Republican in politics and re- ceived the unanimous nomination as a candidate for Representative in the State legislature.
He is the son of John Zulauf and Wel- helmina (Schoch) Zulauf.
His father, John Zulauf, was born in Thurgan, Switzerland, December 27, 1818. He received a good education in the schools of his native country and in the college of Murten, Switzerland. After graduation Mr. Zulauf spent several years in per- forming clerical services in some of the large manufacturing establishments and banks in the different parts of Europe, which so eminently qualified him for the dis- charge of the many responsible duties which awaited him in this country. He spent one year in a bank at Marseilles, France, and several years in a large manufac- turing establishment in England. After which he returned home to Switzerland ou account of his health. After rest and re- cuperation, he performed the reponsi- ble duties of head book-keeper for the large firm of Benziger & Co., but soon other duties awaited him, which brought him from the Old World to the United States, and thus changed the whole tenor of his life.
A Mr. Fischli, a native of Switzerland, had previously come to the State of Indi- ana and had died there, leaving a large es- tate, mostly in lands, much of it where the city of Jeffersonville now stands, and in Jackson county and in other places, to his heirs, seventeen in number, residents of Switzerland. The amount and kind of
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property, hard to realize from at that time, and the large number of heirs, all in a for- eign land, complicated matters to such an extent that it required an executor of more than ordinary abilities to settle the estate and make equitable distribution of the same among the heirs. Mr. Zulauf was, from his known ability and integrity, cho- sen for that service, and sent to the United States for that purpose.
Fortified by full powers of attorney by the heirs of the Fischli estate, he came to America in 1846 and immediately entered upon the discharge of the duties intrusted to him, with full intent to close them up and return to his native land at the end of the year. But how little did he realize at that time the full extent of the business which he had assumed. But it soon came to him, that it was a labor of years if not a lifetime. While it dragged itself along through the courts, in 1848 he opened a lace store on Fourth avenue, in the city of Louisville, and about this time he was ap- pointed by the Swiss Government as Con- sul for the Western States. He held this position for several years, but desiring to return to his native home he relinquished it, and also closed his business house. About this time the building of the Jeffer- sonville & Indianapolis Railroad was being agitated in Jeffersonville, and also along
the contemplated line. Mr. Zulauf compre- hended at once the grand importance that the building of the road would be to the estate which he represented, and invested largely in the enterprise. At the death of William G. Armstrong, its president, Mr. Zulauf was elected to the vacancy. He held the position and ably performed the duties for a number of years. It had never been his intention to make the United States his permanent home. He still had his longing for his mountain home. After he had retired from the presidency of the Jeffersonville & Indianapolis Railroad he made a visit to Switzerland and remained there five years, but was again forced by business necessities connected with his trust to return again, which he did, bring- ing a wife and two children home with him. He was married in 1857 to Miss Wehle- mina Schoch. Her father was a promi- nent Government official of Bavaria, her native country, where she was raised and finely educated, who is now residing in Jef- fersonville.
Mr. Zulauf's death occurred November 7, 1873, occasioned, not only a loss to his devoted family, but to his neighbors and to the citizens of his adopted country in gen- eral. He was a finely educated gentleman, a fine linguist and well read in ancient and modern lore.
CRAWFORD COUNTY.
DR. GEO. W. BAYLOR was born in Crawford county, Ind., March 27, 1849, and is a son of Andrew and Eliza (Hammond) Baylor, the former a native of Augusta county, Va., and the latter of Indiana. The elder Baylor, Andrew J., was a son of George Baylor, of German descent ; he came to Indiana in an early day and settled near Georgetown. George W., the subject of this sketch, was raised on the farm and educated in the public schools and at Salem Academy. He began reading medi- cine in 1869, with Dr. Saunders, of Mill- town. He graduated at the Louisville Medical College in 1876, and in 1882 grad- uated from the Kentucky School of Medi- cine, at Louisville, Ky. He has practiced at Milltown since his graduation. He was married September 4, 1870, to Miss Sallie J. Vance. She died November 4, 1872, leaving one child, Cora I. He married a second time, October 20, 1874, Alice A. Rhodes, a daughter of Rev. Jacob B. Rhodes. She has one child, Nellie E. Dr. Baylor has been one of the surgeons of the Air Line Railroad since its completion, and was health officer of the county one year. He is a prominent member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows' orders. Is a member of, and one of the trustees of the M. E. Church.
JOHN BENZ, ex-State Senator, one of the prominent merchants and leading poli- ticians of Leavenworth, Crawford county, was born in Germany, March 9, 1834. He is the son of Jacob and Mary Benz. After
receiving a thorough and complete educa- tion, at the early age of 16 he came to America to seek his fortune, landing at New Orleans March 25, 1850. He speed- ily acquired a knowledge of our language and identified himself with American inter- ests, customs and institutions.
He proceeded to Louisville, where he worked at his trade, that of tailor. After remaining there five years, he removed to St. Louis, where however he only remained some nine months, when he returned to Louisville. Not, however, feeling perfectly satisfied, he shortly after removed to Hawes- ville, Ky., and from there to Cannelton, Ind., where he was employed some four years.
Having by that time, through the exercise of care and economy, accumulated a fair amount of money, he resolved to go into business on his own account, and decided upon Leavenworth as the point, it being a young and rising town. He there embarked in business as a general merchant, and such has been his success, through his own energy and perseverance, that he is now one of the largest and most successful merchants of the town. He is a man of enterprise, tact and energy, and one who enjoys in a high sense the honor and respect of his fellow-citizens wherever he has become known. Successful in his business career, he now enjoys a competence.
Early in life he associated himself with the Democratic party, and has served most efficiently as Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Crawford county for
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about four years. In 1864 he was elected County Coroner for Crawford county; in 1874, School Trustee of Leavenworth; in 1876, to the State Legislature from Craw- ford and Orange counties; in 1878, State Senator for Crawford and Harrison coun- ties.
While member of the Senate, was Chair- man of the Committee on Mines and Min- ing, and member of the Committee on Manufactories, Banks and Railroads,
In 1883 his Senatorial District had been changed to include Orange county, and of this District he was again elected Senator, being the first time any man was ever hon- ored with renomination by his party. He was elected and served as Chairman of the Committee on Prisons, and also served as a member of the Committee on Military Affairs. In 1888 he was elected Township Trustee. He was appointed Marshal by Gov. Gray to collect the vote of his county and deliver it at Indianapolis in general election of fall of 1888. He was educated as a Lutheran, and now attends that church.
He was married July 4, 1856, to Caro- line Nybauwer daughter of Carl Nybauwer, of Germany. They have had six children, three girls (one of whom is dead, one boy dead) and three boys. The two eldest sons are now employed in their father's store.
Such is the record of one of Crawford county's most prominent citizens and one upon whom honors have been bestowed for his worth alone.
DR. WILLIAM C. BIRD was born in Smith county, Tenn., March 14, 1833, and is a son of M. B. and Nancy (Mitchell) Bird-the former a native of North Caro- lina, and the latter of Smith county, Tenn. Dr. Wm. C. Bird worked on the farm until
he was 21 years old, when he entered a store at English, Ind., and clerked for four years. He was married to Mary Newkirk in 1854, who bore three children, Mins B., John K. and Charles J., and then died. He entered the army in 1861, in Forty- ninth Indiana Vol. Infantry, and served three years. He began the study of medi- . cine in 1866, and left the Medical College at Indianapolis in 1870, entering upon practice at Brownstown, Ind., where he re- mained two years, and then came to Eng- lish; here he is the leading practitioner. In 1869 he married Melissa Turner, of Craw- ford county. She had three children : Dora M. Bird (deceased), James W. and Queen Victoria. Dr. Bird has served as township trustee and township treasurer. He has been a member of the Masonic Order since 1866, and has filled all the offices in the lodge.
JAMES BOBBETT was born in Orange county, Ind., September 12, 1854, and is a son of John H. and Catherine (Goble) Bob- bett, natives of Tennessee and North Caro- lina respectively. The father of James, the subject, came to Crawford county in 1877. He had five sons, three of whom served in the late civil war. He has been a minister of the Gospel in the Christian Church for forty years, and has preached in many of the counties of Southern Indiana. He is about 73 years of age. James Bobbett was educated in the schools of his native county (Orange) and in Marengo Academy, under Prof. Johnson. He came to Craw- ford county and taught school for twelve years. In June, 1885, he was elected county superintendent of schools, and in 1886 was elected county auditor, the county being over 300 Democratic. In 1885 he began preaching the Gospel, and still preaches on Sundays. He was married in June, 1876,
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to Miss Mattie E. Smith of Crawford county. She died in May, 1884,and he was married again in June, 1885, to Miss Lizzie Gresham, of Harrison county, a daughter of Elias Gresham. He had four children by his first wife, and one by his last wife. He belongs to Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities.
CHARLES A. A. BULLINGTON, law- yer, was born at White Sulphur Wells, Crawford county, Ind., January 26, 1858, and is a son of Dr. Wm. H. Bullington, who was born at Marengo, in this county, August 16, 1822, and has been a practic- ing physician in this county for thirty- seven years ; he studied medicine with Dr. R. R. Houston, of Stephensport, Ky. He was first lieutenant of Co. H., Twenty- third Indiana Vols., in the late war. His wife's maiden name was Louisa Kennedy, and she was born at Brandenburg, Ky., in 1823. Her parents died when she was very young, and she was raised by the Warfield family, of Kentucky. She mar- ried Dr. Bullington in 1843. Charles A., the subject, was brought up on the farm, and educated at Marengo Academy. He studied law, and graduated from the law department of the University of Louisville, April 13, 1888. He located at English, having lived there before graduating in the law; he was postmaster of English under Presidents Garfield and Arthur. He was in the mercantile business at English, the firm being Bullington & Temple Brothers ; the partnership was formed in 1881, and continued for three and a half years. After this he went into the law school, and entered upon the practice at English. He is a Mason and a member of Crawford Lodge, No, 470, English, Ind. His grand- father, Robert Bullington, was born in Jonesboro, Tenn., and moved to Crawford
county in 1800, among the pioneers. His Grandmother Bullington was Mary Weath- ers, of Marengo, who was born in North Carolina. Mr. Bullington's brothers and sisters are-Willis W., Edward L., Lewis M., Delila A., Martha F., George Ann and William Louisa.
DR. WILLIAM A. COLE is a native of Harrison county, Ind., and was born Sept. 7, 1854. He is a son of Jonathan P. and Lettie (Briscoe) Cole, the latter also a na- tive of Harrison county. Jonathan P. was born in Harrison county in 1818. He was a farmer, stock-dealer and merchant; his grandfather, Richard Cole, was an English- man, and was sent to Ireland as an officer of the Crown, but was banished on account of his outspoken views.
He came to America, settling among the early pioneers in Harrison county. Jona- than P. was in the pursuit and at the cap- ture of the Rebel Gen. John Morgan, when he made his raid through Indiana and Ohio. Dr. William A.'s maternal grandmother was an own cousin to President Lincoln. His maternal grandfather was of the Bar- low family of Kentucky. Dr. William A., the subject of this sketch, was reared on the farm until he was fifteen years old, when he entered the Blue River Academy, in Washington county, then the Paoli High School. During vacation he clerked in his father's store, run a huckster's wagon, and did various other kinds of work to take up his time. Also taught two schools in Craw- ford and Martin counties.
In 1875 he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Lee Hazelwood, of Valeene, Ind., and the next year entered the Miami Medical College at Cincinnati. Graduating from the Medical Department of the University of Louisville, Ky., in
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1879, he entered upon the practice of med- icine in Martin county, and practiced in that county and Dubois, Pike and Daviess counties until 1885, when he took charge of Hazelwood Springs, at English, Ind., opening them as a summer resort, and superintended them for two years. In 1888 he severed his connection with the Springs and resumed active practice of his chosen profession at English, Ind., where he still lives. Dr. Cole's brothers and sisters are : Dr. John A. Cole, Nancy E., Margaret I., Carrie F., Ollive H., Emma H., Prof. Mon- ford M., Alice J., Cora C.
He was married April 25, 1883, to Miss Alice Hazelwood, of Valeene, oldest daugh- ter of Dr. Lee Hazelwood. They have two children, Mary L. and Georgia L.
Dr. Cole has been a Mason twelve years, and is Senior Warden of Crawford Lodge, No. 470.
ROBERT MARION CRAIG was born in Harrison county, Ind., July 28, 1833, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Meyers) Craig, natives of Pennsylvania and Virgin- ia respectively. William Craig was the son of Jesse Craig, who emigrated from Pennsylvania about the year 1811, and set- tled in Harrison county, on Blue River. Elizabeth Meyers Craig was a daughter of John Meyers, a native of Virginia. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools.
He enlisted November 7, 1861, in Co. F, Forty-ninth Indiana Vol. Infantry, and served until Nov. 29, 1864, when, his time having expired, he was honorably dis- charged.
He was in all the battles in which his regi- ment took part, including the siege of Vicks- burg. He entered the service as a private and was mustered out as a first lieutenant, which is a guarantee of his good service as
a soldier. After his term of service had expired he returned home and settled down to the quiet life of a farmer, and was mar- ried January 5, 1865, to Sarah C. Breeden, daughter of Bryant Breeden, a native of Harrison county. They have three chil- dren, viz : Dora, Alta and Robert M. Mr. Craig commenced clerking in 1875, con- tinning the same until 1887, when he en- gaged in the mercantile business for him- self in Leavenworth. He carries a good stock, worth about $3,000, and is an ener- getic and active business man. He has filled several township offices with great acceptability. He is a G. A. R. member.
CLARK H. CRECILIUS was born Octo- ber 7, 1847, in Crawford county, Ind., and is a son of Philip and Drucilla (Enlow) Crecilius, natives of Tennessee, but who came to this State among the pioneers. His grandfather came from Germany in an early day. His parents died when he was but four years of age, and his early life was marked by toil and poverty. For a few years after the death of his parents he found a home with John Glosson, and was then bound to Thomas Highhill, of Harrison county, with whom he remained eight years, when his master died. He then lived with James Highhill until 1862, when he came to Leavenworth, and was given employment by J. H. Lyon, a merchant of that place. Up to this time he had had few advantages for receiving an education, but while with Mr. Lyon he studied at odd times and clerked at $10 per month with "board and washing" included. In June, 1863, he en- listed in Co. C, Seventy-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. On his discharge from the army he returned to the employment of Mr. Lyon, remaining one year. Afterward he
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