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He then joined his regiment at Pulaski, Tenn., and was in the skirmishes of Spring- hill, and at Columbus, Ga. He was in the severe battles of Franklin and Nashville, where he was wounded. After the fighting was mostly over he was sent to Texas, where he remained until he was discharged. He returned home and has since farmed successfully. He has never married, but like a dutiful son, took care of his mother. His mother died October 1, 1888.
LABAN BROWN was born in Monroe county, Kentucky, October 18, 1834, and is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Otten) Brown, the former born in Virginia in 1787, and the latter in Georgia in 1808. The elder Brown emigrated to Kentucky and settled near Covington, where he re- sided until 1839, when he removed to Indiana and settled in Crawford county ; later he moved to Harrison county, where the remainder of his life was spent. He died about 1871. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, serving first under Gen. Harrison and afterward under Gen. Jackson; was with the latter at New Orleans, and assisted in guarding the body of Gen. Pakenham, who commanded the British army, and was killed in that battle ; was with Gen. Harrison at Tippecanoe. He was wounded while helping to build a fort during his service in the War of 1812, from which he was a cripple the remainder of his life. He was a zealous supporter and a consistent member of the Presbyte- rian Church. His wife, Elizabeth Otten Brown, came with her parents to Kentucky in an early day, where she married. She is still living, making her home with her children. The subject of this sketch, Laban Brown, was raised on a farm, and educated in the common schools. When twenty-four years of age he married Miss Catherine Blair. Her father was a Virgin- ian and her mother a native of Harrison county. Mr. and Mrs. Brown had four children, viz : Levi, Ida, Lela and William. Mrs. Brown died October 16, 1876, after being an invalid for nine years. In 1881 Mr. Brown married Julia Blume, a daugh- ter of John Blume, who was born in Ten- nessee, moved from thence to Shenandoah county, Virginia, and thence to Harrison county, Indiana. Two children was the
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result of this marriage, viz : Ernest R. and Jessie May. Mr. Brown enlisted in Sep- tember, 1863, in Co. D, Thirteenth In- diana Cavalry, in which he served until in December, 1865. He was in the battle of Murfreesboro, the Seven days' fighting, and at Spanish Fort. After the war he returned home and resumed farming. Mr. Brown owns ninety-five acres of fine land, highly improved and well cultivated. He is an active and energetic and prosperous farmer.
DR. JACOB C. CLARKE was born in the State of Vermont, July 12, 1809. His father owned an extensive sheep farm in that State. Dr. Clarke was reared on the farm, attending the schools of the neigh- borhood, and later entered Mt. Piller College, where he pursued his studies for two years. At the age of 17, his father and family removed to New Richmond, Clemont county, Ohio. In this State he entered college at Oxford, and continued his studies for eighteen months, where he received his diploma as Bachelor of Arts. In 1826 he went to Cincinnati, and at once began the study of medicine under the in- structions of Drs. Porter & Bradley ; at the same time attended a series of lectures at the Ohio Medical College, taught by the eminent Dr. Eberle one of the principal professors of the College. In 1835 he again entered a doctor's office as a student, but this time in the office of Dr. Eberle. He again entered the Ohio Medical College, where he graduated with high honors in the winter of 1837. He came to Indiana the same year and located at Salem, Wash- ington county, and began the practice of his profession. He remained at Salem for three years, when, in 1840, he removed to Corydon, Harrison county, Ind., where he
has since resided and where for nearly forty years he has successfully practiced medicine.
He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
In 1833 he was married to Miss Eliza Neal, of Nashville, Tenn. This union has been blessed with nine children, of whom only one is living-Emily, wife of Henry Neely, of Harrison county, Ind. Catha- rine was the wife of Harvey McCarthy ; she died in 1854. Morgan B. lived to be 32 years of age; he died in 1872. Eliza was married to Wm. C. Green; she and lmsband both died within 24 hours of each other, in 1878, leaving two children, Catha- rine and Jacob C. Green. Agnus, Florence, Fannie and Jacob C. all died with the spotted fever in 1864.
Dr. Clarke's father was a native of Eng- land, coming to America and serving through the Revolutionary war, fighting at the battles Cowpens and King's Mountain. He died in 1856, at the age of 92.
Dr. Clarke's grandfather Clarke was a near kinsman to the Clarke who wrote the Commentaries on the Bible, belonging to one the best families in England. Dr. Clarke's mother died in 1859, at the age of 92 years.
LUKE H. COLVIN was born July 11, 1846, and is the son of Andrew H. and Martha Colvin; the former was born in Hardin county, Ky., in 1813, and was of Irish ancestry, who settled first in Virginia, but afterward removed to Kentucky.
Not satisfied with the latter place, Mr. Andrew Colvin came to Indiana in 1832, and settled in Harrison county. When he settled here he had one horse, and seventy- five cents in his pocket. By strict econ- omy, energy and honesty, he succeeded in
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accumulating considerable property. He boated to New Orleans, making twenty-one voyages thither, with cargoes of produce, and bringing back such goods as his neighborhood needed.
He died December 7, 1884; his wife died some time before him. At his death he owned 600 acres of fair land. Luke H. Colvin, the subject of this sketch, was the second in a family of ten children. He was raised on a farm, and received the benefits of a common-school education. When but eighteen years of age, he en- listed in the 58th Indiana Volunteers, Co. K, October 19, 1864, joining the regiment near Atlanta. He participated in all the battles and skirmishes in which the regiment engaged, until the close of the struggle at Appomattox. He took part in the grand review in Washington City, after the war was over, and was discharged July 25, 1865, and came home.
He was married January '3, 1869, to Miss Lizzie McIntyre, a daughter of Owen and Elizabeth McIntyre, natives of Ire- land. The former died of sunstroke July 1,1855.
The latter is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Colvin have had eight children, viz : Florence, born Jan. 21, 1870; Susan B., July 22, 1871; William, Jan. 7, 1873; Minnie, Dec. 22, 1874, Daisy, Nov. 20, 1879; Robert, May 22, 1881; Addie, April 24, 1884; John, Jan. 7, 1886.
Three of them are dead, viz: Susan B. died Oct. 3, 1871 ; Addie died May 5, 1884; and John died Aug. 28, 1886.
Mr. Colvin has a farm of 73 acres of highly improved land, and which is in a fine state of cultivation.
THOMAS W. COMBS was born in this county, Sept. 20, 1835, and is a son of
David and Jane (Rogers) Combs, both na- tives of Virginia-the former was born in Hampshire county, Virginia, about 1784; was a soldier in the war of 1812, and when it was over he came west and settled in Indiana; the latter was a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Rogers-the former of Revolutionary fame. David Combs was a son of Adam Combs, a Revolutionary sol- dier who served with distinction during the war, in Lee's division of Washington's army. Thomas W., the subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm, and received but a limited education such as was afforded by the public schools. When the war broke out he joined the Home Guard service, but Sept. 23, 1864, he joined Co. G, Fifty- eighth Indiana Vol. Infantry, from which he was discharged June 4, 1865, the war being over. He returned home after his discharge, and resumed his farm work. He was married Dec. 23, 1857, to Miss Mary Shaney, a daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Brown) Shaney, the former born in Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Combs have had five children as follows: David was born Jan. 27, 1859, and died Oct. 15, 1865; Elizabeth, born Dec. 8, 1859; Will- iam E. C., Sept. 2, 1862; Mary J., Nov. 10, 1864; Michael E., Dec. 15, 1866. Mrs. Combs died April 8, 1867 ; and April 18, 1868, Mr. Combs married Martha Kron, whose maiden name was Kingrey, a native of Harrison county. To this marriage was born nine children, viz : Martha, Dec. 6, 1868; Thos. I., Nov. 10, 1869; Sarah A., May 9, 1871; Mary A., Oct. 19, 1873; Rosalie, Feb. 15, 1876; Lydia A., Jan. 13, 1878; Eli R., Oct. 20, 1879; Ura K., July 24, 1881; all of whom are living.
JOHN N. COOPER was born in this (Harrison) county, Sept. 12, 1830, and is
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the son of John and Mary (Chappell) Cooper, the former a native of Virginia, born in 1798, and the latter a daughter of Jesse Chappell, a native of Kentucky. The elder Cooper was a son of Isaac Cooper, born in Virginia, and emigrated to Indiana in an early day, where he and his wife and one two children died with small- pox about 1830.
To John and Mary Chappell Cooper, were born nine children, John N., the sub- ject of this sketch, being the fifth. He was brought up on a farm and educated in the common schools of the county. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Peyton, June 27, 1853, a daughter of Abraham and Rachel Peyton, natives of Harrison county, Indiana. They had nine children, born as follows : William L., Aug. 21, 1855 ; Rachel A., Oct. 1, 1857; Sarah J., Dec. 5, 1859; Edward L., Dec. 22, 1861 ; Mary E., Feb. 25, 1864; John T., Nov. 19, 1865 ; Delilah E., Oct. 5, 1867; Geo. C., Dec. 10, 1871; Robert H., Jan. 4, 1876. Rachel died April 19, 1876 ; Sarah died April 12, 1883; Delilah died May 4, 1881, and Robert died Jan. 4, 1876. Mrs. Cooper died June 4, 1888. Mr. Cooper enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, in Co. E, Eighty-first Indiana Vol. Infantry. He was wounded at the battle of Stone River Dec. 31, 1862, and came home and resumed farming. He is an active man in his neighborhood, and takes a prominent part in all enterprises for the good of the county. Politically his sympathies are with the Labor party.
JESSE E. CRITCHLOW was born in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1830, and is the son of James and Dorcas (Holt) Critchlow, natives of Pennsylvania; the
former was a farmer and miller. Jesse E., the subject of this sketch, was the oldest in a family of nine children. He served a full apprenticeship to the wagonmaker's trade, under J. Cleffer, and became a skillful mechanic. On completing his trade he began work as a journeyman with his former employer. After traveling considerably, and working at his trade in different places, he returned to Pennsyl- vania, and was married September 23, 1852, to Miss Lavina Stepp, a native of Pennsylvania, and born March 12, 1832. She was a daughter of Michael and Cathe- rine (Heckhast) Stepp, also natives of Penn- sylvania. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Critchlow emigrated to Indiana, and settled in Harrison county.
In 1861 he enlisted in Co. I, 37th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. His term of service expired November 10, 1864, when he was mustered out and discharged. He then returned home and settled down again to farming ; he pays considerable attention to fruit culture, in which he has been quite successful.
Mr. and Mrs. Critchlow have had five children, born as follows : Ephraim, Octo- ber 11, 1855; Annetta, Angust 8, 1857; John C., July 22, 1859; Sarah Adda, May 16, 1861; and Francis Marion, August 6, 1865; all of whom are living.
JOHN F. CROMWELL was born in Webster township, Harrison county, June 20, 1844, and is the son of Lewis and Mildred (Fields) Cromwell ; the former a native of Virginia, and an Englishman by descent, who emigrated to Kentucky early. He followed flatboating for many years to the South, carrying produce, etc., to
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the Southern markets. Twelve children were born to him, of whom John F. was the youngest but one. He (John F.) was raised on a farm and educated in the com- mon schools. He enlisted in Co. C, 66th Indiana Vol. Infantry, Aug. 9, 1862, and was mustered out in 1865, when the war was over. He saw much hard service. April 19,1869,he was married to Mary F.Frakes, a daughter of Harvey and Ellen Frakes. They have had five children: James A., born April 20, 1870; Charles L., born March 27, 1872 ; Emma W., born October 14, 1876; Edward C., born November 18, 1878 ; and Olga G., born January 2, 1881, all of whom are living.
OLIVER CROMWELL is a historic name, and withal has a rather sanguinary hue to it, but Shakespeare tells us there is nothing in a name, and doubtless the sub- ject of this sketch bears no relationship to the author of the English Commonwealth.
The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was born July 26, 1841, and is a native of Harrison county. He is a son of Sanford and Lavina (Meek) Cromwell, the former a native of this county and the lat- ter of Kentucky. Sanford Cromwell was a son of Fielding and Elizabeth (Rucker) Cromwell, being one of nine children born to them.
Lavina Meek Cromwell was a daughter of Edwin and Rachel Meek, natives of Kentucky, and born about 1816-17.
To Sanford and Lavina Cromwell were born four children, of whom Oliver, the subject of this sketch, was the second. He was brought up on the farm and received such education as was to be obtained in the common schools of the county.
When the war broke out he enlisted in Co. K, 59th Ind. Infantry, in 1862. At the expiration of his first enlistment he veteranized and served until peace was conquered at Appomattox. He was in the first expedition down the Mississippi, was in the Vicksburg campaign, and participated in all the principal engagements in that division of the army, including Sherman's march to the sea. After the war was over he returned home and resumed his farm- ing.
He was married to Miss Ann J. Highfill, February 15, 1866, a daughter of Edward and Adaline (Bean) Highfill, and born April 12, 1842. They have eight children, born as follows : Mollie C., December 15, 1866; Hattie A., February 2, 1869; Low- ell, December 3, 1871; Julia B., April 1, 1873; Lottie O., October 10, 1875; Will- iam R., January 6, 1878; Manford E., April 14, 1881, and Mayzo, October 1, 1886.
Mr. Cromwell has 160 acres of land, well improved and in a fine state of cultivation. He and his family are members of the M. E. Church.
ROBERT CROSIER was born in Har- rison county, Indiana, July 25, 1842, and is the son of Adam and Sarah (Douglas) Crosier; the former a native of New York, . born October 13, 1805, and a son of Robert Crosier, who was born in Northumberland, England, February 8, 1782; and he was the son of Adam Crosier, a native of Eng- land, who emigrated to America about the year 1800, and died in New York, within seven miles of Geneva, about 1828. His wife's maiden name was Isabel Renwick, and she died about 1858.
Robert Crosier married Eleanor Stokoe about 1804, and Adam Crosier, the father of the subject of this sketch, was the oldest
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child of this union. He (Adam Crosier) moved to Indiana and settled on a farm in Boone township which was originally en- tered by Edward Stokoe in 1816.
He married Sarah D. Douglas, born in Westchester county, N. Y., August 1, 1806, and a daughter of Adam and Sarah Douglas, natives of England. To Adam and Sarah Douglas Crosier were born seven children, of whom Robert, the subject of this sketch, was the youngest but one. He was brought up on the farm and received a good practical education in the public schools of the county. He enlisted Febru- ary 7, 1862, in Co. B, Fifty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was dis- charged April 10, 1865, on account of ex- piration of his term of service. He returned to his home in Harrison county and re- sumed farming. January 17, 1867. hẹ married Miss Martha E. Grass, a daughter of Iguatius and Elizabeth (Marsh) Grass," born November 19, 1846. They have three children, viz: Ida M., born October 29, 1867; Walter G., December 9, 1870, and Sidney W., June 24, 1883, all of whom are living. Mr. Crosier lives on the farm where he was born, and is an energetic and prosperous farmer and an excellent citizen.
JAMES CURRENT was born in Harri- son county, April 4, 1822, and is a son of Samuel and Mary (Applegate) Current, natives of Pennsylvania, who came to In- diana in 1815. He settled on a farm and continued to farm until his death in 1851. Both he and his wife were consistent mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church. She died in 1844. James, the subject of this sketch, was reared on the farm and edu- cated in the common schools. He was
married in 1846 to Miss Susan Deen, a daughter of Jeremiah G. and Catherine (Lopp) Deen ; the former a native of Mary- land, who came here when a young man, and the latter a native of Kentucky, who also came here in early life. They have but one child living, Jeremiah G. D. Cur- rent, who married Miss Adaline Haas, a daughter of Rev. Jacob Haas, of Harrison county. Mr. Current is a member of the United Brethren Church, and has been township trustee for four years.
He has a fine farm of 140 acres, lying one and a half miles north of Mauckport, highly improved and well cultivated. Mr. Current is a liberal-minded man, and a ready contributor to every enterprise cal- culated to promote the interest of his sec- tion of the county.
JACOB A. CURTS, farmer, of Scott township, is a native of the county, and was born in 1844. He is a son of Moses J. and Fannie (Cole) Curts, who were both born in Illinois. Jacob A.'s grandfather Curts was a soldier in the War of 1812. His father removed from Illinois to Harri- son county previously to the civil war. When our subject was 18 years of age he enlisted in 81st Ind. Vol. Infantry, and served his country well, until he was hon- orably discharged in 1865, having enlisted for three years. He participated in the battles of Perryville, Nashville, Stone River, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Franklin, (Teun.), and was at the surrender of Sa- vannah and wounded at the battle of Stone River. Was captured at the battle of Chick- amauga, but was soon retaken by his own men. In 1866 was married to Miss Lu- cinda Swartz, who was born in the county.
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They have nine children : Minerva M., John D., Leonard L., Agnus M., Minnie E., Har- vey Dudley, Jacob W. and Benson.
Mr. Curts has a small farm of 127 acres, and is an enterprising and honorable citi- zen.
WILLIAM DANIEL, M. D., was born in Crawford county, Ind., October 7, 1852, and is a son of Wm. S. Daniel and Sarah Catherine (Russell) Daniel, the former, a native of Floyd county, Ind., and the latter a native of Virginia.
They were married at New Albany, Ind., in 1851, and settled at Milltown, Ind., the same year. The mother died at Milltown, Ind., in the year 1871.
The father was a private in the regular army of the United States in early life, and entered the volunteer service as orderly sergeant of Co. G, 23d Indiana Infan- try, in June, 1861, and was finally dis- charged as sergeant-major of the 144th Regt. Indiana Infantry, in the year 1865.
The subject of this sketch was reared at Milltown, Crawford county, Ind., and received the benefit of the common schools. He then took an academic course at Mar- engo Academy, Marengo, Ind., and com- menced the study of medicine with Drs. Hon and Byrn, at Milltown, Ind. He grad- uated from the Louisville Medical College, of Louisville, Ky., on the 25th day of February, 1875. In March of the same year, he was elected house physician to Louisville City Hospital, upon competitive examination for the position, standing second in point of proficiency among four successful candidates. Having resigned the position, he entered general practice with Dr. H. S. Wolfe, at Corydon, Ind., in August, 1875, and remained with him until April, 1876, when he settled at Mill-
town, Ind. Remaining here one year, he removed to Marengo, Ind., at which place he remained until September 1, 1886, when he again located at Corydon, Harrison county, Ind., where he now resides and enjoys a large and lucrative practice.
He received the " Ad eundem" Degree of the Hospital College of Medicine, of Louis- ville, Ky., in the year 1886.
In 1875, March 18, he was married to Miss Frederica Martin, daughter of Fred- eric Martin, at Milltown, Ind., at that time the home of her parents, who now reside in Harrison county, Ind.
They have four children.
The Doctor is secretary of the Harrison County Medical Society and of the Harrison County Board of Health.
He is a man well read and intelligent, a careful and painstaking physician, and is deservedly popular in his community.
ROBERT F. DAVIS, JR., Harrison coun- ty, trustee of Spencer township, farmer and auctioneer, was born April 16, 1852. His father and mother, George W. and Re- becca (Haas) Davis, were respectively born in Kentucky and Virginia. His father was born in 1823, and with his father moved to Harrison county in his youth. Robert F.'s maternal grandfather, Jacob Haas, a Vir- ginian by birth, settled in the county, al- so. George W. Davis, who is one of the substantial farmers of the county, served as county commissioner from 1872 to 1875. Robert F. Davis was brought up on a farm, receiving his education in the county schools, and was married October 5, 1873, to Miss Henrietta, daughter of Preston H. and Elizabeth Taylor (nee Dob- son), who were born in Kentucky and for
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many years resided in Harrison county. They have living two children : Daniel R. and Floyd L., aged respectively thirteen and eight years. Mr. Davis owns a farm of 100 acres of well improved land in Hick- man Valley. Was elected trustee of the township in 1886 by his party, the Demo- crats, and in 1888 was re-elected, and has so managed the affairs of his township that bespeaks well of his business qualifications. As an auctioneer Mr. Davis is very success- ful and few in the county better.
SAMUEL B. DAVIS was born in Har- rison county, Ind., August 5, 1826, and is the son of John and Mary M. (Bell) Davis; the former was born in Kentucky, on the Big Sandy river, March 25, 1803; the latter was also born in Kentucky, and was a daughter of Samuel Bell, who came to Kentucky from Pennsylvania, where he re- mained for some years, and then removed to Indiana among thie earliest settlers. Samuel B., the subject of this sketch, was raised on a farm and educated in the com- mon schools until nine years of age, and what knowledge he received after that was by his own efforts, unassisted by anyone. At the age of 22 years he commenced flat- boating to New Orleans and other Southern markets, transporting produce and lime- the latter principally from Harrison county.
He was married in 1850, to Miss Mary J. Breeden, a native of Harrison county, and a daughter of Bryant Breeden. They have ten children, seven of whom are liv- ing, viz: Mary E., Lafayette, Minerva, Elva Ann, Ida, Ira and Ella. Mrs. Davis died in 1876.
Mr. Davis has held several township and county offices : township assessor, justice
of the peace for six years, and six years as county commissioner. During his service in the last named office, the county jail was built and likewise the first iron bridge in the county. He owns 713 acres of valuable land, and is one of the county's prosperous farmers and exemplary citizens.
THADDEUS DOBBINS was born in Green county, Ky., May 17, 1845, and is a son of Charles G. and Catherine (Gra- ham) Dobbins, natives of Kentucky ; the former moved to Harrison county in 1858- 59, where the remainder of his life was spent. His wife's parents came from Ger- many. When the war broke out he en- listed in Co. M, Third Indiana Cavalry, in which he served until in October, 1863, when he was discharged for disability. He afterward re-enlisted in Co. C, Seven- teenth Indiana Infantry, and served until the close of the war-his final discharge being dated August 10, 1865.
There were born to Charles G. and Cath- erine Dobbins thirteen children. 'Thaddeus, the subject, was reared on his father's farm, and when the war came on, thougli but a youth, enlisted February 25, 1864, in Co. C, Eighty-first Indiana Infantry, and was discharged August 10, 1865. He participated in the following battles and skirmishes: Resacca, Woodland, Kingston, Connersville, Russell Facto- ry, Blackjack Mountain, Buckhead, Cross Keys, Seige of Atlanta, Jonesboro, and ac- companied General Sherman in his march to the sea. He has many relics of his honorable services, among them his badge as color-bearer, regimental badge, rank and file badge, etc., showing his different grades of service. After the war he twisted
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his arms into agricultural implements, and engaged in farming. He was married November 2, 1865, to Miss Catherine Al- burn, a daughter of George and Barbara (Dietrich) Alburn, natives of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Dobbins have had eight children, born as follows: Laura, Octo- ber 28, 1866 ; Dora A., November 25, 1867 ; Elizabeth H., December 16, 1869; Maud M., October 27, 1872; Charles B., Febru- ary 21, 1875 ; Fanny B., June 23, 1877; Robert W., April 13, 1881; Nelly E., June 14, 1883; all of whom are living, except Elizabeth, who died August 12, 1874, when five years old.
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