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removed to English and opened a livery stable. After continuing this business a while he opened a drug-store. He was married in 1873 to Miss Elizabeth Longest, of Crawford county. They have five chil- dren, viz: Idena, Carrie, Fanny, Joseph W. and Nancy G. Mr. Patton is a pros- perous and energetic business man and an excellent citizen.
NICHOLAS R. PECKINPAUGH, a na- tive of Crawford county, Ind., was born March 7, 1845, eight miles below Leaven- worth, on the Ohio river. His father, Peter Peckinpaugh, was a native of Breckinridge county, Ky., and his mother, Susan (Gold- man) Peckinpaugh, was a native of Craw- ford county, Ind. His father settled in Crawford county in 1818, was a farmer, and kept a woodyard on the river bank for steamboats. N. R. was educated at the Louisville University, entering at 18 and re- maining two years. He began the study of law at Leavenworth in 1868, with his brother, William H., and Col. Horatio Woodbury, and was admitted to the bar in 1869, and later to practice in the Supreme Court of Indiana. Was an Internal Revenue gauger in 1872; was a delegate to the Na- tional Republican Convention that nomina- ted Rutherford B. Hayes to the Presidency ; was an elector on the Garfield Presidental ticket in 1880, and made the race for prosecuting attorney against Judge Rein- hart, and later against John Benz for State Senator, reducing the majority of the Demo- crats about 400. He was married May 8, 1868, to Mary M. Querbacher, of Crawford county, and they have seven children. Mr. Peckinpaugh is a fine public speaker, and a power on the stump in a political cam- paign. He was in May, 1887, appointed by the New Albany Presbytery a commis-
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sioner to the General Assembly that met at Omaha, Neb. He is an active member of the Masonic fraternity, and has been master of Leavenworth Lodge. He is also a prominent and enterprising citizen of Southern Indiana.
Major Peckinpaugh is an applicant for the office of U. S. Attorney for the district of Indiana under the new administration. His supporters for this place are among the best lawyers and politicians of the State. His ability as a lawyer and as an advocate merits the place ; then his Republicanism is of the highest grade. He spares neither time nor money for the success of his party.
JOHN I. PECKINPAUGH was born in Ohio township, Crawford county, Ind., April 1, 1837, and is the oldest son of Nicholas and Eleanor (Shekell) Peckinpaugh; the latter was a daughter of Abraham and Rebecca (Coy) Shekell, of Kentucky. Nicholas Peckinpaugh was born in Breckenridge county, Ky., January 1, 1810, and was a son of John Peckinpaugh, a native of Penn- sylvania, who moved to Kentucky and settled in Breckenridge county among the first settlers. A little later he and his friends removed to Indiana, and settled in what is now Crawford county, when Indians were still plenty.
John Peckinpaugh built the first "wood- boat" on the Ohio, which he kept for years and supplied steamboats with wood. Nicholas Peckinpaugh was a man of some prominence and served three terms in the Legislature. The family settled here how- ever before the era of steamboats. When they first came they had to keep guard over the men to protect them from the Indians, while at work building their cabins, clear- ing grounds and making their first crop. To procure supplies, such as sugar and
coffee, and salt (this was before Moorman's Salt Works at Brandenburg), they went up the river to the Falls in a pirogue, which is a kind of canoe dug out of a tree, and brought down these articles of necessity to their settlements.
John I. Peckinpaugh, the subject, relates the following pioneer incidents of his grand- father's residence in Kentucky: He (sub- ject's grandfather) and one of his brothers were going to school, when he was struck with a presentiment that he must run. His brother was crippled with "stone bruises" and could not run, but he started in a pretty rapid trot, and had proceeded but a short distance when he saw some Indians con- cealed by the path. He sheared around and ran as fast as his legs could carry him, but had not gone far before he hears his brother scream, by which he knew the Indian had captured him. He ran home and told the dismal story, and at once the neighbors were aroused and started in pursuit of the savages, whom they overtook just as they reached the Ohio river. When the savages saw they must be overhauled, they toma- hawked their prisoner and threw him into the river.
Nicholas Peckinpaugli died in 1859; his widow is still living. John I. Peckinpangh, the subject of this sketch, was raised on a farm, and received such education as the country schools afforded. In January, 1860, he married Lavina T. Williams, of Perry county, Ind., a daughter of Garret Williams from Tennessee, a native of North Carolina, and one of the earliest settlers about Troy, Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Peckinpaugh have four children living, viz: Frank, Emma, Nellie and Thomas, all of whom are at home. Mr. P. owns 432 acres of good land on the river, well improved and in a high state of cultivation. He is a zealous member of
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the Masonic fraternity, and with his family are church members. He has never held office, but has devoted his time and talents to his family and their support.
ABRAHAM N. PECKINPAUGH was born in Crawford county, Feb. 13, 1839, and is a son of Nicholas and Eleanor (She- kell) Peckinpaugh, who were among the first permanent settlers of the county. (For particulars of family history, see sketch of John I. Peckinpaugh.) Abraham, the subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm near Alton, Ind., and was educated in the old time subscription-schools of the county.
In 1860 he was married to Emma Will- iams, a daughter of Garret Williams, of Per- ry county, but who came from Tennessee and settled in that county in an early day. Mrs. Peckinpaugh died in 1865, having borne one son, who preceded her to the "land of shadows" a few months.
Mr. Peckinpaugh again married in 1874, to Miss Bettie Wilson, at Sweet Springs, Mo., a daughter of Thomas Worth Wilson, who was born in North Carolina in 1792. He was a man of prominence. His father, William Wilson, was made poor by the war of the Revolution, and Thomas was com- pelled to earn his own living, at the same time, through his own exertions, he received more than an ordinary education, having attended Washington College, in East Ten- nessee two years. He studied law and had a lucrative practice.
Under the administration of President Van Buren he was appointed Indian Agent, and as such had charge of the removal of the Indians from Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, to their reservation beyond the Mississippi. Mrs. Peckinpaugh still retains the certificate of his appointment, signed by President Van Buren. She also
has the marriage certificate of her grand- father, William Wilson, which was issued in 1779. Her great grandfather was kid- naped in his native couutry (Scotland), and brought to the province of North Car- olina, about 1725-30. Her father, Thomas W. Wilson, removed to Texas about 1850, and was admitted to practice law in that State, but some years prior to his death, which occurred in October, 1862, he gave his attention to farming.
Mrs. Peckinpaugh's mother's maiden was Catherine Calhoun Caldwell, whose father, William Caldwell, was a Revolutionary sol- dier. A price was set upon his head by" the British during the struggle, for his strong principles of liberty; he was of Scotch- Irish descent. Mr. and Mrs. Peckinpangh have two children, Winonah E. and Calhoun C., aged eleven and eight respectively. When Mr. P. commenced business he en- gaged in farming, and then with his brother in a general store at Alton, Ind.
At the close of the civil war he went into the lumber business. He is one of the pro- prietors of the Peckinpaugh, Harrison & Co.'s Mills, situated on the Ohio, near the mouth of the Little Blue river. It is one of the inost extensive manufactories of the kind in the State.
The novelty department is one of the largest, and turns out all the work of such an establishment. Mantels are built and all the material for finishing the finest houses. Mr. Peckinpaugh is a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity, and has a handsome and comfortable home in the suburbs of Alton.
ELIJAH E. RICHARDSON, a merchant of Leavenworth, was born in Jefferson county, Ind., March 7, 1859, and is a son of John Richardson, who was born in But- ler county, Pa., removed to Indiana in 1855,
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and settled in Jefferson county, where he engaged extensively in farming. His moth- er, Margaret Martin, was also born in Butler county, Pa., when she was married to John Richardson, the father of Elijah E. John Richardson served in the regular army five years as a private soldier, and in the late civil war three years as captain in the Union army.
Joseph Richardson, the grandfather of Elijah E., was a native of Butler county, Pa., and settled in Jefferson county among the earliest settlers of that county. Elijah E., the subject of this sketch, was educated chiefly in the public schools of Jefferson county, where he was reared, attending Hartsville (Ind.) College one term, working on his father's farm meantime until 1883, when he removed to Crawford county, and traveled a circuit as a minister in the United Brethren Church of Christ, carry- ing on also a country store. In January, 1889, he sold out his store and entered into partnership with William Everdon in a general merchandise business in Leaven- worth, Ind. This he is now engaged in, and carrying an excellent stock, valued at $6,000. He still preaches for the United Brethren Church, of which he is a consist- ent and exemplary member. He married Bessie E. Everdon, July 23, 1885, a native of Crawford county, Ind. They have two children, viz : Lilly Jane and Annie. Mr. Richardson's father is still living, resides in Jennings county, and is a hale old gen- tleman.
COL. GEORGE W. RIDDLE was born in Crawford county, Ind., in 1832, and is a son of Jesse Riddle, a native of Maryland, who settled in Indiana in 1825. The sub- ject of this sketch was reared on the farm, and educated in the common schools of the county. At the age of 22 he was married
to Louisanna Wiseman, a daughter of David Wiseman, a native of Kentucky, and whose people were among the early settlers of that State. They have eight living children, four boys and four girls. The subject served in the war, and rose to the rank of colonel. He was elected to the surveyor's office in 1854, and, with the ex- ception of the time he was in the war, he has held it ever since, and now in connec- tion with it he holds the office of real estate appraiser of land, and is one of the highly respected citizens of Crawford county.
GEORGE W. ROBERTSON was born in Crawford county, Ind., June 18, 1842, and is a son of George W. and Sarah (Kintner) Robertson, the former a native of Kentucky, and a son of Daniel Robertson, of Virginia, who came to Kentucky in 1799 and to Indiana in 1820; the latter a daughter of John Kintner and a native of Washington county, Pa., whose family came to Indiana at a very early day.
George W., the subject of this sketch, was raised on a farm, and educated in the common schools. At the age of 18 he enlisted in Co. E, Thirty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in which he served for three years and seven months. At the end of three years he veteranized, and re- mained in the service until the close of the war, participating in all the battles in which his regiment engaged, the most im- portant of which were Perryville, Stone River, Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga, Look- out Mountain (the battle above the clouds), siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro, and was witlı Sherman in his "march to the sea;" was present at the surrender of Gen. Joe John- ston. He saw the war in all its phases, was in many close places, but returned home without receiving the slightest wound.
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Mr. Robertson was married in 1865, November 7, to Miss Maria Martin, a daughter of Squire John Martin, who was born in Harrison county, his father being one of the earliest settlers of that county. Squire Martin was a justice of the peace for twenty-six years; was a consistent member of the Methodist Church, and a class-leader, and at the time of his death had been an official in that church for for- ty-one years. His wife, whose maiden name was Cassie Yates, survived him nine years. Her father, Robert Yates, was an early settler in Crawford county, and a miller. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson have had three children, viz: Cora A., Emma and Jesse. Cora married Marcus Benham, and lives at Woodsdale, Kan .; Emma is at home, and Jesse died at the age of 11 months. Mr. Robertson is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a prominent member of the G. A. R. He owns a com- fortable competence in the little town of Grantsburg, and at present is engaged in the hotel business.
HENRY H. SELSER, M. D., was born in Meade county, Ky., December 7, 1851, and is a son of Harvey G. and Mary (Pop- ham) Selser, natives of Kentucky. Henry H., the subject of this sketch, was reared on his father's farm and received an aca- demical education. He read medicine with Dr. Clarence J. Prentice, a son of the re- nowned George D. Prentice, formerly of the old Louisville Journal, now a part of the Courier-Journal. He graduated from the University of Louisville in March, 1875. In 1877, he began practice at Leavenworth, where he has since remained, doing the largest practice of any physician of the place. From April, 1877, to Decem- ber, 1880, he was a partner of Dr. Harris.
He was married June 4, 1888, to Amelia Benz, daughter of ex-Senator Benz, of Leavenworth. Dr. Selser is secretary of the County Board of Health, which position he has held since 1881, except the years 1883-84. He is a member of the K. of H. and Deputy Grand Dictator of the Leaven- worth Lodge. He is a member of the County Medical Society, and the year(1877) it was organized he was chosen its first president.
GEORGE W. SLOAN is a native of this (Crawford) county, and was born July 6, 1841. He is a son of James G. and Martha (Sands) Sloan; the latter was born in Kentucky, November 7, 1807, and came to Crawford county, with his parents, when but nine years of age. The elder Sloan (James G.) was born near Raleigh, N. C., February 20, 1800, and when but six years old moved with his parents to Kentucky, where they lived until 1819, when they re- moved to Indiana, and settled in Crawford county. James G. was a man of some prominence in local politics, and was elected to the Legislature from Crawford county in 1840, by the Whig party. He held the office of justice of the peace for a number of years, also that of County Com- missioner. George W. had the experience in his young days of country lads generally. He was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools. When the civil war broke out in 1861, he enlisted in Co. F, Forty-ninth Indiana Volunteer In- fantry, and served to the close of the war. He was married November 5, 1871, to Miss Sarah A. Dooley, of this county. They have five children living, viz: Will- iam W., James O., Lee Elwood (deceased), Sophia Ann, John G. and Archibald. He is a member of the Masonic order. He owns a good farm. In 1867 he went into
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partnership in a store at Englishi, with R. L. Sloan, which he continued until 1873, when he withdrew and returned to his farm.
DR. LEWIS B. STEWART, of Marengo, Crawford county, State of Indiana, was born December 22, 1819, on the farm where the said town of Marengo was afterward laid out in 1838, and has lived here ever since. Received a limited education in the crude and common sub- scription schools of the country. In 1837 married to Cynthia A. Weathers ; to whom was born nine children-six boys and three girls-James C., Chloe A., Virgil A., Mar- tha A., Richard D., Charles L., Millard E., Mary F., Oscar H .; the latter is now a Homeopathic physician. Dr. Stewart's occupation has been mixed: Farmer, mechanic, doctor, miller, merchant, justice, two terms; Notary, two terms; post- master, twice, merchant, twice; has been a member of the Church of Christ for fifty years, and an elder in same for thirty years; was a soldier in the late Rebellion, was on active duty seven and half months, acting as first-lieu- tenant ; belongs to the G. A. R. ; was for the Union then, now and forever ; Republican in politics. His wife died November, 1885. He was married to Lizzie Paterson in 1886, who is now his wife. His father, David Stewart, was born in North Carolina, July, 1775; was married to Anna Sloan in 1799. Moved and settled in Georgia for five years; then moved and settled in Kentucky, 1804; and in 1813 moved and settled on the site where the town Marengo now is and when the State was a Territory and was almost a wilderness. He lived here until November, 1854, when he died in his eightieth year. Anna Stewart's, his wife, death preceded his in 1846; in 1847
he married Elizabeth Springer, who sur- vived him. He was one of pioneer settlers of this country ; was a farmer, blacksmith and Christian minister, and held some prominent offices in Crawford county, to- wit : Associate and Probate Judge, and Representative to the State Legislature and presided over the first Whig convention ever held in the county in 1840. He had a father and two brothers in the Rev- olution, and to him and Anna Stewart were born nine children, seven boys and two daughters, as follows : John, James, Da- vid G., May, Eli, Samuel M., Martin T. Martha A. and Dr. Lewis B., two of whom were physicians, two Christian ministers. Three of the family still survive .- S. M., M. T. and L. B.
ARTHUR E. STEWART, Treasurer of Crawford county, was born in Marengo, Dec. 16, 1859, and is a son of William M. and Catharine (Watts) Stewart, natives of Floyd and Crawford counties respectively. The former resides at Marengo, and is a farmer. Samuel M. Stewart, the grand- father of Arthur E., came from one of the Carolinas and settled here early. His father, David Stewart, was one of the earliest set- tlers in Crawford county, and laid out the town of Marengo.
Arthur E., the subject of this sketch, was reared in the town of Marengo and educated at the Marengo College. He be- gan life as a dry-goods clerk, which he continued for five or six years. In the fall of 1886 he was elected Treasurer of the county on the Republican ticket, by 135 majority, when the county was actually 300 Democratic, which demonstrates his general popularity. He was re-elected in 1888 by 155 majority. He is a Mason and an Odd Fellow, and an exemplary citizen.
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JAMES L. TEMPLE, of Temple, Ind., was born in Crawford county, June 10, 1818, and is a son of Caleb and Lettie (Osborne) Temple, the latter a native of North Carolina. Caleb Temple was also a native of North Carolina, born in 1794, and was a farmer.
He was an early settler in the county, and died in 1859. James L., the subject, was raised on the farm, and educated in the common schools of the county. He has followed farming, trading, and saw- milling through his life. He now owns between 1,500 and 1,600 acres of land in Crawford county, and 320 acres in Kansas.
He was married in 1863 to Miss Annie S. V. Hughes, of Crawford county, a daugh- ter of Anamas and Mary (Craig) Hughes. They have two children living, Alphonsa- and Clara Bell. He has a saw-mill at Temple, worth $2,000. He laid Temple Station, on the Air Line railroad, which bears his name.
JOHN H. WEATHERS, a native of Orange county, Ind., was born April 28, 1860, and is a son of James and Sarah (Ellis) Weathers, natives, the former of Crawford and the latter of Floyd county.
Richard Weathers, the great-grandfather of John H., was born in North Carolina, and settled very early in Indiana, among the first settlers of his county. He served in the Indian wars of the early period, and was one of that hardy race of pioneers who fought to clear the country of the sav- ages and make it a pleasant home for the whites. The family is of Scotch descent. James M. Weathers, the father of John H., enlisted in the One hundred and forty- fourth Indiana Vol. Infantry, and went to the field with his regiment, remaining in active service until the close of the war. He is a carpenter by trade.
The subject was educated at Marengo Academy and at New Albany. He first engaged in teaching school, then studied law. When admitted to the bar he entered the office of Peckinpaugh & Zenor in 1883. When Judge Zenor was elected judge Mr. Weathers was admitted to the partnership with Major N. R. Peckinpaugh in 1885.
He married Miss Nattie Holcroft, of Meade county, Ky., in November, 1888. He belongs to the Masonic and Odd Fel- lows fraternities ; is senior warden in the Masonic lodge and secretary in the Odd Fellows lodge. He takes an active part in politics, and is the chairman of the Repub- lican central committee of Crawford county.
FLOYD COUNTY.
FRED AILER was born in Baden, Ger- many, in 1822, and is a son of Dennis and Barbara Ailer, natives of that country. They came to America when Fred was seven years old and located in Baltimore, when he (Fred's father) worked on a rail- road at fifty cents a day. Two years later they moved to another part of the State and he engaged in the lumber business, which he followed for three years, when he went to the Alleghany mountains and kept a boarding house for a year and a half. He then removed to Ohio, where he lived two years ; then came to Floyd county, Ind., and kept a boarding house on the Paoli Pike, near Mooresville; then moved on a farm in Daviess county, near Washington ; from there he went to Celestine, Dubois county, where he kept a grocery and was squire. He died in 1845, while holding that position.
Fred went to the Mexican war with Lieutenant Colonel C. C. Knafe of the First Regiment of Indiana. In 1847 he returned from there to his home in New Albany, where he has been ever since en- gaged in contract work.
He was married January 9, 1847, to Nancy A. Brands, daughter of Tobias and Violet (MacFarland) Brands, of this county. They have one child, adopted,-Hattie, wife of Edward C. Burton, of Indianapolis. He is a Democrat and a member of the Catholic Church.
STEPHEN J. ALEXANDER was born in York county, Pa., Feb. 10, 1812. His father,
Robert Alexander, was a native of Penn- sylvania, belonging to an old Scotch family.
His mother, Elizabeth Mckinley, was also a native of York county, Pa.
When the subject of this sketch was only ten years old, his parents removed to Belmont county, Ohio, where he was edu- cated in the common schools until old enough to enter upon the study of medi- cine, in which he graduated with honor in 1839, and took up his residence in Cler- mont county, Ohio, where he practiced his profession with success until 1853, when he located at New Albany, where he has since resided, and where he stands in the front rank of his profession, with a large practice as evidence of his ability and success as a physician.
During the war he ranked high as a hospital surgeon, in which capacity he served, during its continuance, in the hos- pitals at New Albany.
He is now, and has been for a number of years, a member of the board of ex- amining surgeons of pensions, and whether as a private practitioner or in the responsi- ble positions he has held under the Govern- ment, he has honored his profession by his skill and fidelity to duty.
Dr. Alexander has been three times married, and ten children were born to him of these marriages. For forty years he has been a member of the Masonic Fra- ternity. In all the relations of his life he has been an honored citizen, and his pro- fessional career has won for him an honor- able position among his medical brethren.
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JACOB ANTHONY (deceased) was born in Paris, Ky., March 25, 1799, died in New Albany January 5, 1878. He came to New Albany about the year 1820. Was married to Sarah Ann Marsh July 21, 1822. He was a business man, being at one time a dry goods merchant, also in the grocery business, livery stable, etc. He served two terms as sheriff of the county, one term in the Legislature, and was collector of customs at this port under both admin- istrations of Lincoln and both terms of Grant, holding the office up to the time of his death, when the office was abolished. He left six children.
He married Sarah A. Marsh, a daughter of Samuel Marsh. She was born in Mid- dletown, N. J., August 4, 1805. They moved from New York City to New Albany in September, 1814, where she has resided ever since-coming out from New York in wagons to Cincinnati, from Cincinnati to New Albany in flatboats. New Albany was at this time a very small village of log cabins. Mrs. Anthony is supposed to be the oldest living resident in New Albany at this time. Her father, Samuel C. Marsh, was born in Amboy, N. J., May 16, 1777, and died in New Albany December 21, 1858. He came to New Albany in September, 1814, and was engaged in boat building until disabled by age. Her mother was Martha Seabrook, born in Middletown, N. J., April 27, 1787; died in New Albany April 12, 1878.
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