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Allen Allison volunteered in the 144th Indiana Regiment of Volunteer Infantry in February, 1863, and was honorably dis- charged at Indianapolis in July, 1865; at the close of the war he returned to his home, and has since followed his trade.
JOHN ANSHUTZ was born in Saxony, Germany, April 5, 1830, and is a son of Henry and Margaret Anshutz, who came to the United States and located in Ken- tucky. The former died in Harrison county, Ind., in 1876; the latter still sur- vives, a hearty and hale old lady.
John, the subject of this sketch was brought up in Louisville, and when the war broke out he enlisted Co. D, Twenty-eighth Ohio Infantry, in which he served for three
years, being mustered out June 13, 1864, and returned to Louisville, his former home. His service was long and severe. He took part in all the engagements and marches and hardships of this regiment.
After he left the army he married Miss Dora Sipp, November 1, 1864. She was the daughter of Conrad Sipp, a native of Germany. Mr. Anshutz, after several re- movals, located near Buena Vista, in this county, on a farm of 160 acres, which he purchased and has highly improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Anshutz have two children, viz : Maggie, born July 27, 1865, and Anele born June 27, 1867. Mr. Anshutz stands well among his neighbors, and is an excellent citizen.
JOHN ARNOLD was born in Alleghany county, Pa., in September, 1848, and is the son of George and Amelia (Philbert) Arnold, the former born in Hamburg, Ger- many, came to America in 1846, and located in Pennsylvania. He married Miss Amelia Philbert soon after his arrival at Beaver, Pa., a sister to Col. Philbert of the famous Illinois Zouaves. George Arnold enlisted in September, 1861, and was captain of Co. I, Fifth Pennsylvania Artillery, com- manded by George S. Gallop. Capt.
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Arnold was discharged from the army on account of physical disability. John Arnold, the subject of this sketch, imbued with the martial spirit of his father, and, taking advantage of his absence, entered the army when but thirteen years old as a drummer boy. Capt. Arnold, hearing of his son's escapade, exercised his parental authority, and had him discharged, but Young America was not to be subdued. He entered the service as a page-boy to Gen. Meade and to make himself useful in any capacity about the general's head- quarters. He remained there nearly a year, when he enlisted, and was engaged in the same capacity with Gen. Phil Sher- idan as he had been with Gen. Meade, and was believed to be the youngest enlisted soldier from Pennsylvania. While in the service, he participated in the following en- gagements : Winchester, Piedmont, White Plains, Rectortown, Beach Bottom, etc., also in the raid through the Shenandoah Valley. He was discharged from the ser- vice June 25, 1865, and returned to his home in Pennsylvania. Having learned the trade of a cooper, he resumed that business and followed it, until 1869, when he came to Indiana, settling in Lawrence county. June 24, 1876, he was married to Miss Cecelia Anderson. This union re- sulted in two children, John B., and Mary. His wife died August 12, 1884. He moved to Clay county, Ill., soon after his mar- riage, and when his wife died he returned to Indiana, settling in Elizabetlı, Harri- son county. He is a prominent business man, and an honorable and repectable citizen.
JOHN M. BAELZ, Recorder of Harrison county, was born in the town of Breiten- stein, county of Boeblingen, Wurtemburg,
Germany, December 1, 1844, and is a son of John M. and Magdalena (Schlecht) Baelz.
He was reared on a farm in Germany, and remained there until he was twenty- one years old, when he came to America in 1866, and eventually made his way to Lonis- ville ; here he learned the baker's trade, remaining in Louisville and working at the trade for three years, when he removed to Corydon, and in 1870 opened a bakery, following the business until 1875, when he engaged in farming.
He followed agriculture until 1886, when he was elected Recorder, which office he still holds. Previous to his election to the office of Recorder, he had held the office of trustee for Scott township for four years, the duties of which he faithfully discharged. He is a faithful and vigilant officer, and attends strictly to his official duties.
He was married in 1870 to Miss Eliza- beth Netz, a daughter of John Netz, of Harrison county. They have eight chil- dren, five sons and three daughters.
Mr. Baelz owns one farm in Scott town- ship, Harrison county, where he now re- sides.
He is a zealous member of the fraternity of Odd Fellows.
JOHN E. BARGER was born in Harri- son county, Ind., January 21, 1838, and is a son of Henry and Delilah (Abell) Bar- ger, the former a native of Harrison coun- ty, and a son of Philip Barger, who was born in Virginia. The latter, Delilah Abell, was a daughter of Ignatius and Catherine Abell. Ignatius Abell was a soldier in the War of 1812, and partici- pated in the battle of New Orleans.
John E., the subject, was the third in a
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family of eight children. He was reared on his father's farm, and educated in the common schools of the time. He enlisted in October, 1861, in Co. C., Fiftieth Regiment, serving gallantly until Decem- ber 5, 1863, when he was discharged on account of disability, being reduced from a strong man, weighing 165 pounds, to a skeleton of ninety pounds. He has par- tially recovered, but is not the man he was before entering service.
He was married March 19, 1865, to Miss Mary I. Moss, a daughter of Benja- min L. and Mellison Moss. She was born in Louisiana, November 27, 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Barger have seven children, born as follows: James W., March 10, 1866; Mary D., September 10, 1867; Henry H., August 26, 1869; Nancy M., March 5, 1872; Benjamin W., December 3, 1873; Philip T., September 10, 1876, and Martha E., June 14, 1880.
Since the war he has devoted his time and attention to farming, and owns a good farm of 120 acres, highly improved and in afine state of cultivation.
REUBEN BARTLEY was born in But- ler county, Pa., September 7, 1832, and is of Scotch-Irish parentage. He was born on a farm, where he remained until he was eighteen years of age, receiving but a lim- ited education in the public schools. He then went to Alleghany City, and became an apprentice to the trade of a plumber. After completing his apprenticeship he served for a time as a steamboat clerk between Pittsburgh and Louisville, but dis- liking the river he quit it and engaged at his trade in a plumbing establishment in Louisville as foreman. In April, 1855, he
was married to Miss Elizabeth Rush, of Alleghany City, Pa., a daughter of ex-Mayor Jonathan Rush. He remained in Louis- ville until the fall of 1858, when he re- moved to Summit, in Clark county, Ind., retaining his position with the Louisville Chemical Works, with Prof. J. Lawrence Smith, remaining until 1860. When the the Civil War began in 1861, he com- menced recruiting a company for the Fed- eral army, but receiving a hurt which pre- vented him from taking the field, he turned his recruits over to another, sold his farm, and removed back to Alleghany City. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. G, 123d Pennsylvania Vol. Infantry, commanded by Col. John B. Clark. He was commissioned second lieutenant soon after the battle of Fredericksburg, and was mustered out with his regiment, at Harrisburg, Pa., May 13, 1863. Soon after quitting the army, he entered the detective service of the United States Government, where he remained a few months, when he was appointed second lieutenant by President Lincoln in the Signal Corps of the United States army, and ordered to report at Washington City. He arrived there in September and went into the Camp of Instruction at George- town Heights. He continued in camp till October 11, when he was ordered to report to General Meade, and remained on duty at his headquarters for some time, when he was selected by Capt. L. B. Morton to go, with Col. Ulric Dahlgren, then making his preparations for an expedition, in connection with General Kilpatrick, to liberate the prisoners in and about Richmond. Lieut. Bartley had charge of all the signal ar- rangements, etc. The expedition failed, Col. Dahlgren was killed in an ambush and most of his men captured, including Lient. Bartley. They were taken to old Libby and put in a dungeon under the prison,
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with the pleasant assurance of being hanged in a short time. After suffering in- numerable hardships and remaining a pris- oner until in April, 1865, he was declared exchanged. When he was captured he weighed 160 pounds, and when he got back among his own friends he weighed but 118 pounds. Upon being exchanged he reported to Col. Fisher, Chief Signal Officer at Washington, who ordered him into camp at Georgetown to wait assig- ment. Col. Fisher wished him to go to Gen. Sherman, but he declined, because his eyes had failed to such an extent that he could not see to read signals. He was then assigned to Fort Ethan Allen, near the Vir- ginia end of the chain bridge, and soon after was ordered on secret service duty at the War Department, at the request of Hon. Jo. Holt, Judge Advocate General of the United States army. The special and most important work assigned him was to prove to the country that the Confederate authorities at Richmond had placed a mine under Libby Prison, that they might blow it up in case the Dahlgren raiders succeeded in getting into the city, their ob- ject being to kill all the prisoners rather than that they should escape. This proof he succeeded in obtaining, and that from the very men who placed the powder in the mine. He performed the service, and was on duty until after the trial of President Lincoln's assassins. He was then dis- charged by the general order of the War Department, and returned to Alleghany City. He lost his property in 1861 by de- preciation, and he now set about repairing damages. He engaged in the plumbing business in Pittsburgh, remaining there un- til 1872, when he went to Youngstown, Ohio. He remained there two years, when his eyes failed, and he quit the plumbing business and spent two years in the oil re-
gions. In 1877 he came to Harrison county, Ind., where he has since resided.
SOCRATES J. BENCE, Harrison county, farmer and ex-sheriff of the county, was born in Harrison county, within four miles of Cory- don, November 5, 1825. He was reared on the farm, educated in the common schools of the county, and later attended the Corydon Seminary, taught by James G. May. On leaving school he returned to the farm, and was engaged in farming and saw-milling combined; in 1884 he became the nominee of his party, the Democrats, for sheriff of the county, and was elected, and at the end of his term of two years was re-nominated and wasagain elected by an increased majority, his majority being something over four hundred, while some of the other candidates for county offices on the same ticket were defeated.
In 1853 he was married to Miss Ambrosia E. Nelson, of Harrison county, daughter of Franklin Nelson, farmer and Revolutionary soldier, who settled in the county from New York in 1816. To this marriage have been born six children : Walter A., Mary, Jennie, John F., Louanah and Charles W.
Mr. Bence has a farm near town and is also engaged in the mercantile business at Corydon. His parents, John and Elizabeth (Miller) Bence, were born respectively in Jefferson county, Ky., and Pennsylvania.
John Bence settled in Harrison county in 1818. He was a prominent farmer and once made the run for Representative to the State Legislature, and was beaten only eighteen votes by Frederick Leslie, a Whig and at that time the Whig party had a majority in the county of about seven hun- dred. He died in 1852 and was born in
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1802, and Mrs. Elizabeth Bence died in 1874 and was born in 1818.
JAMES H. BENNETT, M. D., was born December 27, 1837, in this county, and is a son of John and Rebecca (Moyers) Ben- nett, the former a native of Kentucky, and the latter of Harrison county. The older Bennett was a farmer, but later engaged in merchandizing at New Amsterdam. Forty years ago he ran a peddling wagon. He was born in 1812 and died in 1882. He was a man of energy and enterprise, and engaged actively in every thing to promote the interest of the community in which he lived. He owned and ran the Amsterdam flouring mill, and was for some time town- ship trustee. Mrs. Bennett's father, Jolın Moyers, was a native of Shenandoah county, Va., came here and entered the land around Amsterdam. James H., the subject, was reared on the farm and received a common- school education, after which he entered Hartsville College where he "finished off." In 1861 he enlisted in the First Indiana Cavalry as hospital steward, which he held for twenty months ; he then became assist- ant surgeon of Forty-sixth United States Colored Infantry, which position he held, not only until the close of the war, but for nearly a year after. For two years of his service, the chief surgeon being absent, lie did all the work. After the war closed he came to New Amsterdam and engaged in the coal business for a year and a half. He then entered Miami Medical College, at Cincinnati, from which he graduated in 1868. His practice in the army entitled him to one course of lectures, so he had to take but one at college. After graduating he commenced practice at Mauckport, Ind.,
in 1868, and in 1873 he came to New Amsterdam, and since that time has en- gaged in merchandizing. He was married in 1871 to Miss Margaret E. Pardy, a na- tive of Ohio. They have had eleven chil- dren, ten of whom are living. He served as postmaster at New Amsterdam until Cleveland's election, when he "walked the plank." He is an Odd Fellow, a member of Wm. T. Jones Post, No. 517, G. A. R., and is a Republican in politics.
WILLIAM M. BENSON was born in this county, within one mile of Lanesville, January 16, 1832, and is a son of Robert and Malinda (Sampson) Benson, the former a native of England, who came to the United States when only fourteen years of age. He built the first canal at Louis- ville, Ky .; left England in 1818, came to Louisville, Ky., in 1826, and to Indiana in 1832.
William M., the subject of this sketch, was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools of the county.
He was married in January, 1852, to Miss Anna Lemmons, daughter of John Lemmons, a prominent farmer of Harri- son county. They have nine living chil- dren, as follows: James, Kempt, Ella, Alonzo, Arthur, Robert, Ada Retta, Will- iam and Laura. James is married to Miss Martha Felmey, and is farming ; Ella is married to Joseph Brown, now working in the Democrat office in Corydon; Robert is practicing medicine in Gibson county, Ind., at a town called Buckskin ; Laura is married to Joseph Yost, of Lanesville ; the others are all single and live at home.
Mr. Benson is a large farmer and stock- raiser. He owns 350 acres of as good
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land as there is in the county, and raises corn, wheat, potatoes and hay. He was elected trustee of Franklin township three successive terms, serving until 1874. In 1875 he took charge of the treasurer's office, having been elected on the Democratic ticket, and in 1876 was re-elected by a large majority.
He is one among a few treasurers for 20 years who have come out of the office with clean skirts. He was elected justice of the peace in 1880, which he held until 1885, as the town of Lanesville was then incorporated and appointed a justice of the peace of its own.
LEVI BLUNK was the seventh in a family of nine children born to Andrew and Mary (Jolmson) Blunk, the former born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, and the latter of Virginia. Andrew Blunk was son of Andrew and Mary (Calhoun) Blunk, the latter a blood relation to John C. Calhoun, the famous South Carolina statesman, and the former a pioneer who was known far and wide. He was well acquainted with Adam Poe, the borderer who killed the noted Indian chief "Big Foot," in a hand- to-hand figlit; was also a compeer of Daniel Boone, Crawford, Dr. Knight, Slover, etc .; he was Revolutionary soldier in the Virginia Line, and took part in many of the famous battles of that long contest. Mary (Johnson) Blunk was a daughter of Henson and Jane Johnson. Levi, whose whose name heads this sketch, was born September 8, 1837. He was reared on the farm, and received such education as the common schools afforded, together with the advantages of a select school at Elizabeth, this county. One of his brothers was a
soldier in the Mexican war, and died there (at Brazos Santiago), August 6, 1846. Levi enlisted July 16, 1861, in Co. K, Twenty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged December 5, 1862, on account of disability. He was married May 8, 1864, to Miss Sarah E., daughter of James Bailey, Esq., and removed to Daviess county, Kentucky. She bore three children, viz: Nettie C., born May 20, 1866; Mary J., March 20, 1868; John T., November 11, 1870, and died March 10, 1871. Mr. Blunk moved back to Harrison county, and March 7, 1872, was married to Miss Martha J. Shafer. Of this second mar- riage were born six children, viz: Andrew J., Ela M., Levi G., Frank L., Elsa P. and Grover Cleveland; all of whom are living except Frank L., who died August 15, 1881. Mr. Blunk lives upon the old home- stead where he was born, and owns 160 acres of good land.
GEORGE BOONE was born in Boone township, Harrison county, Ind., March 16, 1837, and is the son of Craven and Sarah (Newman) Boone, natives of Jeffer- son county. Craven was the son of George Boone, and the latter the son of Samuel Boone, and he the son of Moses Boone, and he the son of Squire Boone, who was a brother of Daniel Boone, pioneer of Ken- tucky. (For sketch of Squire Boone, see body of the history.)
Craven Boone was born May 3, 1807, and died June 16, 1886. His wife, Sarah New- man Boone, was a daughter of Benjamin Newman, Esq., and was born in 1811. They had eleven children, of whom George Boone, the subject of this sketch, was the third. He (George) was brought up on a
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farm, and educated in the common schools. He enlisted in the late war, August 18, 1862, in Co. E, Eighty-first Ind. Vol. Infantry. and was discharged June 13, 1865, on ac- count of the war being over. He went in as a private and came out as a first lieu- tenant. He was in the battle of Stone River, Nashville, Columbia, Tenn., and of Chickamauga ; was at the battle of Atlanta, and in all the engagements of that cam- paign, and several other minor battles and skirmishes, and after the war was sent to Indianapolis and thence to Louisville, Ky., where he was discharged.
He married Miss Heneria Inman, a daughter of Charles and Hersalia Inman, of Harrison county, the former born in Rising Sun, Ind., and the latter in Floyd county, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Boone have had five children, viz: Frank F., born No- vember 3, 1869; Navaston W., July 24, 1871; Gertrude L., August 28, 1874; Charles T., November 1, 1883, and Claude N., January 4, 1886; all of them are living. Mr. Boone is a successful farmer, and an exemplary citizen.
CAPT. N. B. BOONE was born in Boone township, Harrison county, Ind., June 12, 1835, and is a son of Craven Boone, a grandson of George Boone, who was a cousin of Squire Boone, the latter a brother of the old pioneer Daniel Boone, and an early settler in this county. Capt. Boone's mother was Sarah Newman, a daughter of Benjamin Newman, a native of Virginia, who moved to Tennessee and from there to Indiana.
Capt. Boone is the second in a family of eleven children born to his parents, Craven and Sarah (Newman) Boone. He was reared
on a farm and educated in the common schools of the county and in the higher schools of Corydon. He was elected Re- corder of the county, 1858, and after serv- ing three years resigned to enter the army. In 1862 he enlisted in the Eighty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. E., of which he was a captain. He resigned in October, 1863, and returned home.
He was married October 8, 1867 to Miss Anna R. Helms, born August 1, 1846, and a daughter of Dr. H. N. and Mary Helms - the latter a daughter of Rev. John Davis, a Methodist preacher, and a sister to Hon. John W. Davis of Sullivan county, Ind., a member of Congress from that district.
Capt. and Mrs. Boone have had nine children, as follows : Rush H., Mary M., Ida, Lola V., Fay N., Bonnie A., Ham- met N. and Anna C. (twins), and Daniel E. The twins, Hammet and Anna, both died in a few weeks after their birth. Capt. Boone was in the mercantile business, and sold goods at Laconia in 1864. From there he moved to New Albany, and after several other removals returned to Harri- son county, and located at Corydon.
Remaining at Corydon (merchandising), he then removed to Mauckport, where he sold goods about eighteen months, and bought a store-boat, on which he made two trips, one to Cottonwood Point, Mo., and one to Memphis, Tenn.
He followed merchandising from 1864 to 1874, since which time he has been de- voting his time to agriculture, and owns an excellent farm of 130 acres.
PHILIP BORDEN was born in Scott township, Harrison county, in 1839, and is a son of Levi Borden, a native of Virginia,
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and a grandson of Jonathan Broden, who came from Virginia in an early day and settled in this county, and was a farmer of considerable means.
Levi Borden resides in Crawford county, and is over eighty years of age. Philip, the subject, was reared on the farm, partly in this and partly in Crawford county. He enlisted, in 1862, in the 66th Indiana Vol- unteer Infantry but was discharged in four months for disability. While in the serv- ice he took part in the battle of Richmond, Ky., was captured by the Rebels, remained a prisoner four days and was then paroled. He returned to Crawford county. He owns 240 acres of valuable land, well improved.
He was married in 1866 to Miss Sarah H. Sharp. They have seven children, viz : Perry, Lucilla, Leander, Daniel J., Ira, Julius and Benjamin.
AMOS BRANDENBURG was born in this (Harrison) county, August 27, 1883 and is a son of Philip and Lydia (Char- ley) Brandenburg, natives of Kentucky. The father of the former, Jonathan Brand- enburg, was born near Winchester, Va., and came to Harrison county, in 1816, from Meade county, Ky. George Charley, Sr., Lydia Charley Brandenburg's father, was a native of Virginia, and served through the Revolutionary war, and came to Har- rison county in 1811, and settled on a farm, on which was built the first water grist-mill in the county, on Big Indian creek.
His pioneer neighbors were a Mr. Sam- uel Bell, from Kentucky, Mr. Nicholas Weadman and Jacob Fleshman. Jona- than Brandenburg died in 1854 at the age of seventy-nine years. Philip Brandenburg,
father of Amos, was born December 8, 1803, and was a farmer and saw-mill man. Absalom Brandenburg, the great uncle of Amos, settled on the now site of Branden- burg, Ky., and for him the town was named. Matthias Brandenburg, the great-grand- father of Amos, was born near Berlin, Germany.
Amos Brandenburg, the subject of this sketch, was reared on the farm and edu- cated in the primitive schools of the time. He was captain of Co. H in the 6th Regi- ment Indiana Legion, and served through- out the war. He was in the John Morgan raid and in the battle of Corydon, under the command of Col. Lears Jordan, of this county.
He was married, in 1861, to Miss Dor- thula Blankenbaker, native of the county, and daughter of Jesse Blankenbaker, an early settler. They had three children by this union-Wm. R., Charles S. and Flor- ence E. His wife having died in 1879, he married again in 1880, Miss Emma E. As- kew a native of the county, and daughter of Thomas Askew, a native of Kentucky. They had by this union two children-Jen- nie L. and Kittie M. The Brandenburg family have a large estate in Germany, exceeding 29,000,000 dollars.
JOSEPH BRANDENBURG was born March 22, 1830, and is the son of Philip and Lydia (Charley) Brandenburg, natives of Meade county, Ky. (For particulars of family history, see sketch of Amos Brand- enburg.)
Joseph, the subject, was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools. During the war was a member of the Home Guards, commanded by Capt. George La-
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Hue, and was in an engagement with Mor- gan during his raid through Indiana, in June, 1863.
He was married, in 1859, to Miss Per- lina Myers, a native of Harrison county, and a daughter of Perry Myers. They have three children: Sarah Ellen, Mary Ann and Cora E.
GEORGE W. BRINLEY was born Jan- uary 17, 1841, in Harrison county, and is a son of Hiram and Amanda (Lefler) Brinley, also of this county; the former was born about 1817, and was a farmer-died in 1847; the latter was a daughter of Peter and Catherine Lefler, natives of Kentucky, and was born about 1810.
George W., the subject, was the fifth of six children, and was raised on the farm and received but a common-school educa- tion. He followed farming until the war came on, when, in December, 1863, he vol- unteered in the Eighty-first Indiana Volun- teer Infantry, Co. F. His term expired in December, 1865, when he was mus- tered out of the service and honorably discharged. He joined his regiment at Bridgeport, Ala., and was immediately taken with pneumonia and confined to the hospital for three months.
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