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given his entire time to the road. Col. Freidley was noted as one of the most cele- brated commercial lawyers in Indiana. In 1870 he was elected to the lower house of the Legislature and served on the Judiciary Committee of the House during that session. With others, he induced thirty- four members to resign, thereby frustrating a measure brought by the Democratic party to defeat Governor Morton. In 1872 he was elected to the Senate, over Judge Frank Wilson, deceased, for Monroe and Lawrence counties, designated "the Univer- sity District.“ At the special sessions of the Legislature convened in the November fol- lowing, there being a vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Governor, he was elected President of the Senate. He served through a term of four years as Senator. In the campaign of 1876 he was chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, and in 1880 delegate at large at the Chi- cago Convention. In politics he was an ar- dent Republican. In person he presented an imposing appearance, being six feet three inches in height and well built and proportioned. He was a ready speaker. He was married January 16, 1867, to Miss Edith M. Kelly, daughter of one of the oldest and most prominent merchants of Bedford. They had four daughters. Such is the history of one of Indiana's truly representative men. His death occur- red at Bloomington, Ind., in February, 1889.
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MAJOR WETHERFORD FUNK is a son of Reuben and Lucinda (Spencer) Funk, and was born October 29, 1849. His father was of German descent, was a farmer by oc- cupation, a man of sterling traits of character and moral worth, always taking advanced ground upon questions of agricultural pur- suits and educational questions, was of the old Virginia stock, his parents having emi- grated from that State directly to Indiana in its early history.
His mother, Lucinda Spencer, was of English descent, and daughter of James Spencer, Esq., who was prominent in the political history of his county and State, and was a leading farmer of his time.
The subject of this sketch, Hon. M. W. Funk, was reared upon the old homestead in Crawford county, Ind., and spent his early life upon the farm, and engaged in agricultural pursuits and attending the common schools of his native county until, at the age of 17, he began to teach in the common schools. But early in life such taste was displayed for literary pursuits, that at the age of 18 he quit the farm and used the means procured as teacher to de- fray the necessary expenses of a collegiate education, and at once entered the State University at Bloomington, and completed in that institution the Select Literary Course and graduated from the Law Department, with honor and distinction, in the year 1875. In debt for part of the money spent in his education, but not discouraged, young Funk was, immediately after graduating, admitted to the bar at Corydon, Ind., and earnestly entered upon the practice of his chosen profession, that of the Law. By hard work and close application he rose rapidly into public favor and distinction at the bar, until, in 1882, he was nominated by the Democratic party, on sharp competition, for Prosecuting Attorney of the Third Judi-
cial Circuit of Indiana, and was elected to that office by a handsome majority, and nominated and re-elected in 1884.
In this office Mr. Funk found a fine field in which to display the gift of oratory and natural and acquired ability as a lawyer that he is so well known to possess ; often times in the important criminal cases of that period being pitted alone against the ablest advocates of the district and State, but always fearless in the discharge of his official duty, able in debate, resolute and courageous in action, has been unusually successful in the prosecution of criminals. And when he retired from that office in 1886, he had won for himself a reputation as a lawyer that placed him at once at the head of the profession in the district and State, and now holds a high place in the esteem and confidence of all good people.
Mr. Funk is now a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of Indiana and the United States District Court, and enjoys a large and lucrative practice in his own and other district courts of Southern Indiana, and Louisville, Ky.
Until after the election of 1876, Mr. Funk was in politics a Republican; but, what he terms, the Presidential steal of that year caused him to change his poli- tics, and is now and has been since that year prominent in Democrat councils, al- ways taking an active part in the canvass upon the stump. His name is now the only one prominently mentioned for Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit of Indiana, as the successor of Hon. Wm. T. Zenor.
His eminent and admirable qualifications and fitness for this high and honorable po- sition, as well as the fact that he will be nominated and elected, is now generally conceded.
He was married on the 18th of June, 1876, to Miss Annice C. Wyman, of Mar-
Mayo Dr. Frank
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tinsburg, Washington county, Ind., a lady of rare attainments and social worth.
They, with their daughter Fannie, aged 10 years, own and occupy the most elegant and newly furnished residence in the beau- tiful little town of Corydon, their adopted home.
DR. ZACHARY T. FUNK, born June 29, 1847, in Crawford county, Ind. His parents, Reuben and Lucinda Spencer Funk, were also natives of Crawford coun- ty, the father being a farmer. The family was originally from Virginia, migrated from that State to Kentucky, thence to Indiana.
Dr. Z. T. Funk, after receiving a com- mon-school education in the neighborhood in which he was born and reared, attended the State University to junior year, and graduated from Ohio State Normal College, at Lebanon Ohio, Business College.
He studied medicine under Dr. Hazel- wood, of Valeene, Orange county, Ind., ' graduating from the Kentucky School of Medicine in 1876.
He began the practice of his profession in Dubois county. He removed to Georgetown, Floyd county, and from there to Harrison county, in 1877, practic- ing his profession at Elizabeth for ten years.
In November, 1886, he was elected treasurer of Harrison county, as a Re- publican, over Patrick Griffin, by 126 majority, and served in that capacity for two years.
He is a member of the I. O. O. F., high- ly esteemed for his abilities in the medical profession, very popular among the people, and a faithful, competent public official.
In 1877 Dr. Funk was united in mar-
riage to Miss Mary Summers, of George- town, Floyd county, Ind.
He was a member of Company F, Fifty- ninth Indiana Infantry, during the war of the Rebellion, enlisting in 1864 and serv- ing until the close of the war. He was in the battle of Kinston, N. C., and in a num- ber of small engagements.
JAMES R. FUNK, lawyer, was born in Crawford county, Ind., December 30, 1847, and is a son of John J. and Nancy (Spencer) Funk, the latter a daughter of James Spen- cer, of South Carolina, and a pioneer of Indi- ana. The subject's paternal grandfather, John Funk, was a Virginian, and settled in Crawford county, Ind., in a very early day. James R., the subject of this sketch, was reared on the farm until 15 years old, when he enlisted in the Sixth Indiana Regiment, as a private. The regiment was known as the "Border Guards," and was out on duty some six months. Mr. Funk received a liberal education. After taking a com- mercial course at Lebanon, Ohio, he en- tered the State University, at Blooming- ton, where he spent two years, and one year in the law department, from which he graduated in 1876, in law. He began practice at once at Fredericksburg, Ind., where he remained about six years, then re- moved to Corydon and formed a copartner- ship with Mr. Major W. Funk. They have one of the finest and best furnished law offices in the State of Indiana, and have a large and lucrative practice. Mr. Funk was married in 1876, to Miss Ella House, of North Lewisburg, Ohio. They have four children. He is a member of the Masonic order, and a staunch member of the Republican party.
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W. E. FUNKHOUSER, an influential farmer of Heath township, is a descendant of good old Virginian families. He was born in Harrison county April 7, 1850. His parents, David and Malinda Funk- houser (nce Wiseman), were both born in Harrison county, and the father of David Funkhouser was among the earliest set- tlers in the county, coming as early as 1815 from Virginia, and here combined farming and blacksmithing as his vocation which he continued till his death in 1829.
David Funkhouser was born in 1819; is one of the leading farmers of the county. He stands well as a citizen and is a lead- ing member in the Christian Church. His maternal grandfather, William Wiseman, also a Virginian by birth, and located in the county about 1819; he was a leading farmer of his day and a consistent mem- ber of the M. E. Church. His death occurred in 1863.
Wm. E. Funkhouser was reared on the farm, educated in the schools of the county, and was married in 1881 to Miss Bessie, daughter of Thomas Frank, a prom- inent farmer of the county, a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Frank's death oc- curred in 1879. Of this marriage four chil- dren are living: Frank, Elmer, Belle and Rose.
Mr. Funkhouser's farm of 150 acres is located three miles northwest of Mauck- port, where he resides. He is a member of the Congregational Church, and is also a member of the Knights of Honor.
E. A. GRABLE was born in Harrison county, Ind., July 10, 1834, and is a son of David Grable, who was born in Virginia in 1818, came to this county among the
earliest settlers. His mother, Patie French, was also a native of Virginia, and received but limited educational advantages. All the education David Grable received was at a little log school-house close to Cory- don. The subject, E. A. Grable, was raised on a farm and has followed it all his life. He pays considerable attention to stock- raising, viz : horses, mules and hogs. He was married March 8, 1861, to Miss L. C. Peters, born and raised in the county, and a daughter of Frederick and Caroline Pe- ters. They have three children living: Benjamin H., Joan H. and Ada L. Mr. Grable owns 170 acres of fine farming land which he has well improved; has a good residence and fine barn. He is an earnest Christian, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church. He is an honest and enterprising citizen.
COL. BEN. Q. A. GRESHAM, a brother of Judge Walter Q. Gresham and a hero of two wars, was born on a farm near the vil- lage of Lanesville, Harrison county, Ind., September 21, 1826. He grew to man- hood on the farm, and received a knowl- edge of the text books taught in the country schools of that day. In June, 1846, he en- listed in Co. I, of the Second Indiana In- fantry, Mexican army, and was elected or- derly of his company. He was discharged in June, 1847, having enlisted for one year. He fought with his regiment at the battle of Buena Vista. At the expiration of his service in the army he returned home and learned the millwright and carpenter busi- ness. In connection with his farming inter- est he continued in these callings until the breaking out of the Rebellion in 1861. In July of that year, he joined Co. B,
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3d Indiana Cavalry, as a private soldier. In the following month he was elected first lieutenant of his company. He ar- rived with his company at Washington City, September 3, 1861, and was imme- diately ordered to Virginia, thence to Maryland, and subsequently ordered to Mill Stone Landing on the Pulaski river, and while there was engaged in picket duty and scouting and was very successful in cap- turing military stores, cavalry horses, etc. At this point Col. Gresham was promoted . to the captaincy of his company. He par- ticipated with his company in the battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville, and at the last battle he was severely wounded. After being restored to health he was transferred to the Cavalry Bureau and remained in that department during the winters of 1863 and 1864. Here, in the latter year, he received two promotions-Major and, later, Lieuten- ant-Colonel of the 10th Ind .- Cavalry, and was assigned to duty at Pulaski, Tenn. He was engaged in all the battles of that sec- tion, and on the 17th of December, 1864, was again wounded near Franklin, Tenn. His final discharge from the army was at Cincinnati the day President Lincoln was assassinated. Such are the salient points in Col. Gresham's military career. He was married to Miss Sarah Harbison, of the county, in October, 1852, and they have six children : Lucy, Annie, Oscar, Amy, Joyce and Jonathan W.
Col. Gresham is the son of William and Sarah (Davis) Gresham. His father, Will- iam Gresham was born in Kentucky, and removed to the county in 1806, and, while performing his duties as Sheriff of the county, was killed February 17, 1833. His maternal grandfather was an uncle of Jef- ferson Davis, ex-President of the Southern Confederacy. Col. Gresham has been un- able for work since the war, from the
wounds he received. He is at present holding the office of Township Assessor of his township.
GEORGE K. GWARTNEY, editor of the Corydon Democrat, was born at Mauckport, Harrison county, Ind., July 7, 1855.
His parents, Robert and Mary Sherman, Gwartney, were both natives of Harrison county, Ind. Both his grandfathers, Will- iam Gwartney and Jacob Sherman, were Virginians and among the early settlers of Harrison county.
His father was engaged on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and is dead.
George K. Gwartney left home when but fifteen years old, and started out in the world to hew his own fortune, working for a time on a farm for $10 a month. He was edncated in the schools at Corydon, afterward taking a course at the Indiana University. To obtain an education and afterward enable himself to study law, he taught school in the winter and went to school in the summer.
He read law with Stockslager & Douglass, at Corydon, and was admitted to the bar in 1880. The same year he took charge of the Corydon Democrat with Hon. S. M. Stockslager (now Commissioner of the General Land Office), on his election to Congress, and soon after purchased the office. At the time of the purchase he had but $50 in money and incurred a debt of $1000; this debt he discharged by pay- ments, and has his rewspaper clear of en- cumbrance, and a good deal of valuabla real and personal property besides.
Mr. Gwartney was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the Third Judicial District in November, 1887, and served in that office for two years.
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His paper, the Corydon Democrat, is the oldest newspaper in Harrison county, and enjoys a large circulation and profitable patronage. It was founded in 1856 by Hon. Simon K. Wolfe, ex-member of Con- gress, and has always wielded a wide influ- ence, both politically and in local affairs.
On May 10, 1883, Mr. Gwartney was united in marriage to Miss Kittie Wolfe, daughter of Dr. H. S. Wolfe, of New Albany, Ind. His wife died in 1885.
HENRY HAYS was born October 20, 1824, in Harrison county, and is a son of James and Maria (Faith) Hays; the former a native of England, and who came to the United States in 1803, locating in Pittsburgh, where he remained for five years; in 1808 came to Harrison county, locating on a farm, continuing the same to the end of his life, in 1851, at the age of 66 years.
His wife (mother of subject) was a native of Kentucky, and came to Indiana with her parents in 1808, when but eight years old. She was a daughter of Henry Faith, a carpenter and farmer.
Henry, the subject of this sketch, was reared on the farm and received a common- school education.
In 1846 he was married to Miss Eliza- beth Beanblossom, a daughter of Philip and Frances (Love) Beanblossom. They have six children, four boys and two girls, viz : Philip B., Zack T., Henry C., Daniel W., Lucy J. and Anna C. Henry C. is married to Miss Stella Bean, of this county, and is a lawyer at Corydon; Daniel W. is married to Miss Mary J. Lopp, and is a practicing physician in Kansas. Mr. Hays was captain of Co. I, of the Sixth Indiana Legion, and was engaged actively with Gen.
Morgan when he made his raid through this State in 1863. His first lieutenant was killed in one of the skirmishes with the bold Confederate raider.
Capt. Hays, son of Philip, enlisted in the 144th Infantry, and served with it until it was mustered out. Capt. Hays has two farms in this county ; the one on which he lives contains 270 acres of choice land and in a fine state of cultivation; the other has 134 acres. He is one of the most prosper- ous farmers, and is always foremost in everything calculated to promote the pros- perity of the community in which he lives.
DENNIS HICKMAN was born in Floyd county, Ind., October 5, 1813, and is a son of James and Elizabeth (Cicloff ) Hickman ; the former, a native of Virginia, emigrated to Indiana and settled in Floyd county in 1808, among the earliest settlers of the county ; the latter, Elizabeth Cicloff Hick- man, was born in North Carolina, and was a daughter of Philip Cicloff, who came to Indiana in 1817. Dennis Hickman, the subject of this sketch, was reared on the farm, and received but a limited educa- tion in the schools of the time. He par- ticipated in the Morgan raid, when the rebel General Morgan essayed to capture the "Northern Confederacy," and crossed the Ohio river, at Brandenburg, Ky., for the purpose of "carrying the war into Af- rica." Mr. Hickman was with the gallant Home Guards that pursued the Confederate chieftain through Indiana and Ohio, and assisted in his final capture. He was mar- ried in 1840, to Miss Lucy Engleman, a daughter of Jacob Engleman, of Floyd county. They have eight children, viz : Levi, Ephraim, Eliphat, Mary Elizabeth,
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Annie M., Martha A., Sallie C., and Ja- cob. Mr. Hickman has a fine farm of 400 acres of finely improved land, 150 of which is in cultivation. He is engaged ex- tensively in stock-raising, and is a prosper- ous farmer and a worthy and exemplary citizen. Both he and his wife are earnest members of the Lutheran Church.
PHILIP HICKMAN, a brother to Den- nis Hickman above mentioned, is a son of James and Elizabeth (Cicloff) Hickman, and was born in Floyd county, May 29, 1817, natives of the "Old Dominion" and of North Carolina, and early emigrants to Indiana. The subject of this sketch, Philip Hickman, was brought up on the farm, with but limited educational advantages, the common school system then being in its infancy. He was married in 1840 to Miss Elizabeth Burkhardt, a daughter of Jacob and Catherine Burkhardt, born and reared in Harrison county. They have five children-two at home and three married, and battling with the world for themselves. Mr. Hickman owns a fine farm of 267 acres, highly improved, 200 acres of which is under cultivation. He makes a specialty of stock-raising, viz: horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. He is an excellent farmer and upright and honorable man and a prosper- ous citizen.
WARFORD HICKMAN was born in Floyd county, June 29, 1820, and is a son of James and Elizabeth (Cicloff) Hickman. He is a brother of Dennis and Philip Hick- man, whose sketches see. for further an- cestral history. Mr. Hickman, the subject of this sketch, was reared on the farm, and,
like his brothers, received but limited edu- cational advantages. He was married in November, 1844, to Nancy Ross, a daugh- ter of John Ross, of Floyd county, but a native of Virginia and a prominent farmer. They had nine children, as fol- lows : Martin, Lavina, Phoebe, Andrew J., Preston, Mary A., Philip, Harvey and El- len. Through fatal sickness in 1864, he lost wife and five children within a few weeks ; another son died at his post of duty in the Union army, during the late civil war. He married a second time, in 1865, to Adaline Foster, a daughter of William and Dorcas Foster, born and raised in Harrison coun- ty. This union resulted in three children, viz: Albert C., Lydia E. and Joseph. His wife died, and he married again Decem- ber 18, 1885, to Catherine Battles, a daugh- ter of William Battles. She was born and reared in the county, as were her parents. Mr. Hickman owns a valuable farm of 200 acres of land. It is well improved, and in an excellent state of cultivation. He raises stock, principally horses and cattle, and devotes some attention also to raising hogs.
LEVI HICKMAN was born March 1, 1847, and is a son of Dennis and Lucy (Engleman) Hickman, whose sketch is given, and which see for family history. He was brought up on his father's farm, and received a common- school education. He was a member of Home Guards, and took part in the pursuit and capture of the rebel Gen. John Morgan when he made his raid into Indiana and Ohio during the late war. In 1879, he was married to Miss Cornelia Davis, a daughter of Thomas and Lavina Davis; the former was born in Ken- tucky, March 1808, and in 1816, came to this county; the latter, Lavina Davis,
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was born in Harrison county, Ind., Febru- ary 11, 1819. Mr. and Mrs. Hickman have two children, viz : Ethel E. and Guy R., aged respectively nine and five years. Mr. Hickman owns a farm of 160 acres of good land, which he has well improved, and has it under an excellent state of cultiva- tion. He pays considerable attention to raising fine stock.
The Hickman farms are among the very finest in Harrison county and the Hick- man brothers are among the most proper- ous and successful farmers in the county.
CHARLES L. HILDEBRAND was born in York county, Pa., January 30, 1831, and is a son of John and Emily (Schultz) Hildebrand, natives of Pennsylvania and of German origin. The former came to New Albany in 1837, and soon after re- moved to Lanesville where he spent the re- mainder of his life. Charles L., the sub- ject, was reared in Lanesville and educated in the common schools. For forty years he has been engaged in the milling busi- ness-flour mill and saw mill. He owns the Elizabeth Mills, which have a capacity of from sixty to seventy barrels of flour a day. The building is 40x60 feet, and three stories high. It was fitted up at an ex- pense of about $17,000. Mr. Hildebrand was married in 1853 to Miss Sarah Hand, of Floyd county, Ind. They have seven children living and three dead. He owns several farms in the county. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, to the Odd Fel- lows and the Knights of Honor. He is a pushing, energetic and prosperous business man and a prominent and influential citi- zen.
GEORGE HILT, a farmer, was born in Germany, June, 20, 1813. He is a son of John and Kate Hilt, they both being Germans. Refore emigrating to this coun- try George served a term of six years in the German army, with great credit. In 1845 he landed in America, and after a few months he settled in Harrison county, Ind. He received a limited education and is now considered one of the most reliable farmers in that locality. In the year 1837 he was married to Lizzie Keller, who is also of German parentage. Unto them were born six children : Henry, William, Kate, Mary, John and Lewis. Mr. Hilt owns a large farm of 227 acres, and raises some of the finest stock in the State. He is a member in good standing of the Lu- theran Church.
WALDO HISEY, liveryman, and one of the progressive young men of Corydon, is a son of William and Susan (Ogle) Hisey, both born in Harrison county. William Hisey was born in 1818, and died in 1884; was twice elected treasurer of the county previous to the war. His father was a Virginian by birth, and was among the first settlers in the county. Waldo Hisey's maternal grandparents emigrated to the county from Pennsylvania, and were also among the first settlers. Waldo Hisey was born in Harrison county May 28,1860, and for some years was engaged at Cory- don in the mercantile business. In 1888 he opened out in the livery business.
JACOB S. HORNER, M. D., was born near Charlestown, Clark county, Ind., Oc- tober 1, 1826, and is the son of John and
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Margaret (Whitehead) Horner, the former a native of Miami county, O., whose father, Jacob Horner, came to Indiana in 1813, and located on the Blue river, twenty-three miles from New Albany, on the Vincennes Road. He kept a "house of entertainment" there at the crossing, and carried on farm- ing extensively. Margaret Whitehead Hor- ner's father, Arthur Whitehead, was a slave-holder in North Carolina, liberated his slaves and came to Indiana in 1813. Some of the slaves refused to be set free, and came to Indiana and remained with him as long as they lived. He located on the Blue river about six miles from the present town of Fredericksburg.
Jacob S., the subject of this sketch, at- tended the common schools until he was 18 years old, when he entered Asbury Uni- versity at Greencastle, Ind., but left there while in the freshman's class on ac- count of his father's death. He conducted the farm for three years, and then com- menced reading medicine with Dr. John S. DuKate, who was then practicing medicine at Fredericksburg, but is now at Wheatland, Ind. In the winter of 1853-54, he attended a course of lectures at Kentucky School of Medicine, Louisville, Ky., after which he returned home and began practice at Lanesville in the spring of 1855. He con- tinued there until the spring of 1863, when he was commissioned assistant surgeon of Fifty-third Ind. Vols. In March, 1865, he was promoted surgeon of the regiment, in which capacity he remained until he was mustered out of the service in July, 1865. He was with Sherman in his "march to the sea." After the close of the war he re- turned home and resumed practice, which has actively continued ever since. Dr. Horner was married in 1848 to Miss Nancy Sensency, of Palmyra, Ind. They have six children living, viz: Francis Asbury,
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