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JOHN LOWETH was born in Hunting- tonshire, Eng., the same county in which
Oliver Cromwell was born, May 31, 1839. He was a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Roycroft) Loweth, who still reside in England. Mr. Loweth came to the United States when a boy. He received a good busi- ness education in the mother country. His family on both sides were millers, which occupation was followed by the male mem- bers. At the age of 18 he located at Cleve- land, Ohio, with his uncle, and in 1867 came to Corydon, Ind., and engaged in running the Red Mills with Hisey & Denbo. Subsequently he bought a part of the Eclipse Mills; now he owns the whole establish- ment. He is putting in the new patent roller process at considerable expense. Six months the mill runs by water and six months by steam-capacity 100 barrels in 24 hours. It is a four-story frame 50x50 feet. Mr. Loweth was married in 1862, to Miss Mary J. Scott, of Floyd county, and a daughter of Moses Scott, one of the early settlers of Floyd county, originally from near Shelbyville, Ky. Moses Scott laid off the town of Scottsville, Floyd county, which bears his name.
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JOHN McRAE was a son of Daniel A. McRae. Was born February 12, 1820. He was the eldest in a family of six chil- dren, and was brought up on a farm, receiv- ing such education as was to be obtained at that day. When twenty-two years old he obtained a position on a steamboat on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, rising to the head of the river profession.
During the war he was captain of the steamer "Diana," a prominent vessel in the Government service. She was sent down the Mississippi river to rid the country of the swarms of guerrillas then depndating upon all people alike.
Under the name of the Mississipsi Marine Brigade, in command of Gen., Elliott, they paroled the lower rivers, and treating guerrillas who fell into their hands to a short shrift. The fleet was composed of six mammoth side wheelers and four stern wheelers. Mr. McRae served as captain of one of these vessels about a year, when he was discharged for disabil- ity. The Marine Brigade accomplished the purpose for which it was formed-it cleared the river country from guerrillas, and recovered a large quantity of contra- band goods. Capt. McRae is now the only surviving captain of that famous fleet, the Marine Brigade, which left New Albany, April 5, 1863.
He married Miss Tilbartha Robinson, the daughter of James T. and Christiana Robinson-the former a native of Dela- ware, born in 1785, and died in 1867 ; the latter born in 1823, and died June 11, 1888. To them were born five children.
Capt. John McRae, whose portrait ap- pears in this volume, after meeting with the misfortune of being paralyzed on one side, arm and leg, he retired from his ac- tive duties as a "river man," to his farm near Evans' Landing, where he has a beau-
tiful home, surrounded with the comforts of life, and a happy family of children.
There is no farmer or citizen in Harrison county more widely and favorably known, or a man who values honor and integrity among men higher than Captain John Mc- Rae.
A genealogical account of the MacRas was written by John MacRa, some time minister of Duig Wall, in Ross-shire, who died in 1704. This was transcribed and extended by Farquhar MacRa, and, from manuscript received from Scotland, was printed for private circulation by Colin MacRae, of Camden, S. C. In the account there is reference to a tradition of a "des- perate rencounter betwixt two of the petty Princes of Ireland, in which a certain young man signalized himself by his prow- ess, defending himself from a particular attack of the enemy, which others observ- ing said, in Irish words, "he was a fortu- nate son." The spelling of the original name, McRath, was variously modified, ac- cording to the pronunciation in the dialect of the particular locality, Thus: Mac- Grath, MacGraw, MacGrow, MacRay, MacRae; sometimes from an "ill-founded prejudice," the Mac was dropped and the name became Craw, Crow, Ray or Rae. In this country, a John McRae adopted the spelling McCrea, that he might be distin- guished from other John MacRaes. Some of the Mac Ras, adherents of Colin Fitz- gerald, came to Scotland as early as 1265.
At a somewhat later date, probably, Mac- Ras came to Kintail, whence they widely diffused. The genealogist cited maintains that the MacKensies, the MacRaes, and the MacLains were of the same people in Ireland. He gives as an evidence to which the manners of the times would give force, the fact that a MacKensie, a MacRa, and a MacLain had a tomb in the same place.
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He also maintains that the Campbells of Scotland were of the same stock, a MacRa having married the heiress of Craignish, and changed his name to Campbell. He seems to be proud of the fact that this Mac- Ra, in changing his name did not change his blood. The Campbells and the Mac- Ras maintaining a close intimacy through- out successive generations. Whatever may have been the degree of relationship, or the comparative prominence of the four clans, they were all brave in battle, constant in friendship and true to public trusts. A large portion of the MacRas in the United States of America are descendants from those who landed at Wilmington, N. C., before the Revolution. Others are descended from an Episcopal minister sent to Virginia by the British Crown. At an early period one MacRae is known to have emigrated to New York. From these progenitors have sprung many families of local prominence, and not a few of wider distinction. Their chief merit, however, does not consist in the fact that they have furnished heroic soldiers, prosperous farmers, successful merchants, able professionals and wise legislators, but rather in the fact that their law-abiding habits are such that their names do not appear in the lists of convicts.
Capt. John McRae's grandfather, Alex- ander McRae, was born in Scotland about 1745, married Catherine McRae, and, with one child, left their native coun- try and came to America in 1773. He located in Wilmington, N. C. He was a weaver by trade, and engaged in farming and weaving in his new home. Four chil- dren were born to them, and then his wife died. He afterward married Flora McRae, by whom he had six children. Of the four born of his first marriage, Daniel A. McRae was the youngest.
He (Daniel A. McRae) became a man of
considerable prominence, receiving, for that day, a liberal education. The early settlers of North Carolina, of whom a large settle- ment, when the McRae's located, were from Scotland. They were not willing to rear their children in ignorance, and so brought teachers from their native country, at their own expense, and by this means Daniel A. McRae was well educated, becoming pro- ficient in the art of surveying as well as in other branches of learning. He married Christina McDonald, in 1813, daughter of Angus McDonald, and came to Harrison county the next year, locating upon the land the village of New Middletown now stands upon.
He followed surveying for eight or ten years, and was the second county surveyor. He was also a millwright, and built many of the best mills in the county. In 1840 he removed to Crawford county, and soon after was appointed surveyor of the county. He was elected to the lower house of the Legislature in 1845, and made an efficient and working member. When his term ex- pired he was again appointed county sur- veyor. And about the year 1850 he moved back to Harrison county, where he died Aug. 16, 1875, "full of years and full of honors."
The subject of this sketch is descended from the North Carolina MacRaes.
SAMUEL P. McRAE was born in Web- ster township, Harrison county, January 29, 1843, and is the son of Malcom and Mary (McRae) McRae, which makes him a full-blooded McRae. They came to Indiana in an early day, and settled in Harrison county. His grandfather was Christopher McRae, a native of North Carolina; was
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born about 1775, and a soldier of the War of 1812. He married Mary McRae, a daugh- ter of Alexander McRae, a Revolutionary soldier, who was a son of Duncan McRae. Malcom and Mary McRae had ten children, of whom Samuel P. (the subject) was the eldest. He was raised on a farm and re- ceived such education as afforded by the common schools. He enlisted September 23, 1864, in Co. G, Fifty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged June 25, 1865, by expiration of term of service. He was, besides other service, with Gen. Sherman in his march to the sea, and bore a part in all the hardships of that long and toilsome march. He was present at the surrender of Gen. Joe John- ston, and then went to Richmond and thence to Washington, D. C., where he was dis- charged as above. He was married Dec. 26, 1878, to Miss Harriet Marsh, born March 20, 1852, a daugliter of James and Nancy Marsh, natives of Harrison county. The live on the farm entered by Malcom McRae, subject's father, many years ago.
JAMES A. McRAE, a son of John Mc Rae, born in Harrison county, February 16, 1845. He was raised on a farm and attended the common schools, finishing off his education at the Corydon High School. He enlisted in the army December 8, 1861, though but 17 years of age, in Co. K, Fifty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was dis- charged in February, 1863, for disability. After leaving the army he taught school several terms. He was married March 14, 1865, to Miss Zerilda A. Safford, a grand- daughter of the Hon. William Safford, who served as representative in the Legislature, and a daughter of Jesse Safford, a promi-
nent farmer. Mr. and Mrs. McRae had five children : Nellie V., born December 8, 1865; Jesse A., October 17, 1867; Frank E., August 23, 1870; John D., February 13, 1873, and Claudius, June 24, 1875. Mrs. McRae died March 1, 1878, and on April 26, 1881, Mr. McRae was married to Elizabeth Kirkham. To them were born three children as follows : Edna and Ethel (twins), August 11, 1883; Walter C., May 12, 1885, and died May 6, 1886. Mrs. McRae died November 17, 1887. Mr. McRae has twice been chosen trustee of Taylor township, and owns a large and ex- cellent farm. He is an exemplary citizen and an energetic business man and farmer.
ROBERT McDANIEL was born in Mem- phis, Tenn., March, 30, 1845, and is the son of Hiram and Rebecca (Rainey) McDaniel; the former born in Kentucky in 1816; the latter also born in Kentucky, and a daugh- ter of Robert and Mary Rainey. Robert Rainey was a son of Wm. Rainey, the lat- ter a soldier and scout in the United States army for eleven years. He was with Gen. Wayne in his campaign which resulted in suppressing Indian outrages in Ohio, In- diana and Kentucky. Hiram McDaniel was a son of Peter and Mary McDaniel, natives of Kentucky. About 1844 he went to Memphis, Tenn., where he remained several years, and then removed to Louis- ville, Ky., where he located and engaged in teaming. Later he came to Indiana, and settled in Harrison county. He fol- lowed farming and teaming to the end of of his life, and died May 18, 1864. Rob- ert McDaniel, the subject of this sketch, was the eldest in a family of nine chil- dren born to his parents. He was raised
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on a farm and received such. education as afforded by the schools of the neighborhood. He enlisted in Co. M, Forty-fifth Indiana Volunteers (Third Cavalry), and was.dis- charged April 15, 1865, by expiration of his term of service. His service was long and severe, but he lived through it and re- turned in safety to home and friends. March 30, 1870, he married Miss Cinder- illa Detrick, a daughter of John and Eu- thora Detrick. They have nine children, viz : Ticia, born January 13, 1871; Eugene, born April 15, 1872; Euthora, October 9, 1873; Mary, February 12, 1875; Robert E., September 25, 1876; Charles, Septem- ber 20, 1879; Samuel, May 23, 1881; Hiram W., July 16, 1884 (died August 23, 1885) ; Martha K., November 30, 1886. Mr. McDaniel is an industrious and pros- perous farmer, and a highly respectable citizen.
GEORGE M. MCCARTY, deceased, was born in Meade county, Ky., April 14, 1827, and was the son of William T. and Sophia (Bentley) McCarty, the former a native of Kentucky, and the latter of Pennsylvania -they came with their parents to Indiana when children. George M. was brought up on the farm, and received a good practical education, and when a young man followed school-teaching. In 1856 he married Miss Rebecca Sherman, a daughter of Jacob Sherman, who was a prominent farmer of this county, and in his young days was a leading merchant at Mauckport. Mr. McCarty, after teaching awhile, engaged in farming, and became one of the leading farmers of the county. He owned 340 acres of land, 200 of which was in the Ohio river bottom opposite Brandenburg, and as productive as any that "ever a crow flew
over." Mr. and Mrs. McCarty had six children, viz: Augusta, Charles M., Will- iam H., Margaret E., Julia and Benjamin S. Augusta married Tarrence Connor, of Rome, Ind., but who now lives at Baxter Springs, Kansas; Charles M. married Miss Laura Carroll, of this county, and is a far- mer; William H. married Martha E. Faith -she has since died ; Margaret E. married Stephen H. Carroll, formerly of this county, but now of Baxter Springs, Kas. The others are all at home. Mr. McCarty died in 1875, and was mourned by a large circle of friends and relatives.
CAPT. JOHN W. MARSHALL is a native of Hardin county, Ky., and was born January 22, 1833. He is a son of John W. and Margaret (Hughes) Marshall, of Kentucky, and of the illustrious family so prominent in Kentucky and Virginia.
Capt. Marshall came to this country thirty-eight years ago, and has lived most of the time in the township where he lives now. In 1861 he raised a company of home guards 100 strong, which he drilled thoroughly. Subsequently he raised Co. C, Fifty-third Infantry, commanded by Col. Gresham. He was captain of Co. C, over two years, and was discharged on ac- count of being disabled at Big Black river in the latter part of 1862. He returned home and engaged in farming, which he has continued ever since.
He has one of the finest farms in Har- rison county, comprising 468 acres of very productive land, well improved.
Capt. Marshall was married to Miss Elizabeth Sieg, daughter of Daniel F. Sieg, a native of Virginia, who came here among the pioneers ; his father was John Sieg,
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also an early settler, and a native of Vir- ginia.
Capt. Marshall has been commander of Nevin Post, G. A. R. As a farmer, he is one of the best and most successful in the county, and owns one of the finest farms.
WILLIAM G. MASON was born March 5, 1840, and is the son of Lincoln and Laurania (Dugan) Mason; the former born in the Green River country of Kentucky, about 1806, came to Harrison county, Ind., when young; the latter was born in this county about 1818. Lincoln Mason dis- appeared very singularly. He was a cooper by trade, and it was his custom every fall to go to Louisville, Ky., and work at his trade there during the fall and winter. In the fall of 1851 he made his usual trip to that city. He was seen by several ac- quaintances after his arrival there, and then suddenly was lost sight of, and to this day has remamed lost to his family and friends. William G., the subject of this sketch, is the third in a family of nine children. He was but 12 years of age when his father so suddenly disappeared, and he became the main stay and help of his mother. In September, 1861, he en- listed in Co. A, Forty-ninth Indiana Volun- teer Infantry, for three years or during the war. He participated in every battle and skirmish in which the Forty-ninth took part, and their service was no child's play. He escaped without a wound. At the close of the war he was discharged from the army, and returned home to Harrison county, when, on the 24th of May, 1867, he was married to Miss Rebecca Hornbeck, a native of Harrison county, and a dangh- ter of Abraham Hornbeck, also a soldier in .
the late war, serving in Co. E, Eighty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry. To Mr. and Mrs. Mason were born nine children, as follows : Abe Lincoln, March 5, 1868; Minnie, December 24, 1870; Doc, May 1, 1872; Patty, May 1, 1875; Daisy, August 29, 1877; Florence, October 16, 1880; Leoma, June 16, 1882; Alice, September 9, 1884, and Lilly, March 7, 1887. Mr. Mason lives on a farm in Taylor township, and is what may be termed a successful farmer. He and his wife are consistent members of the Baptist Church.
SANFORD MARTIN was born in Wash- ington county, Ind., April 6, 1848, and is a son of Manoah Martin, who was born near Shelbyville, Ky., about 1816. He came to Indiana with his parents in infan- cy, his father, Lewis Martin, being one of the pioneers of Washington county. He (Lewis) was a native of Virginia, emigra- ted to Kentucky, and some years after to Indiana. Manoah Martin married Sallie A. Wood, a daughter of one of the early settlers of Wood township, Clark county, a township that was named for him.
Sanford Martin, the subject of this sketch, was reared to farm life and educa- ted in the public schools of the county. He was married in 1870 to Elizabeth Da- vis, a daughter of Robert Davis, a native of Kentucky, but who come to Indiana with his parents in 1819. Mr. and Mrs. Mar- tin have six children, as follows : Robert, Stella J., Manoah, Ida B., Bethsadia M. and Arvle. After marriage Mr. Martin lived for some time in Clark county, but finally removed to Harrison county, where he has since resided. He settled near the site of an Indian village in what is now
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Spencer township. His wife, the mother of Elizabeth Davis Martin, was a daughter of Dennis Pennington, who was a prominent man in the early history of Harrison county.
He represented the county in the Legis- lature at the first session, and at several successive terms after the State was or- ganized. He built the old State House now standing in the public square of Cory- don. His wife, the maternal grandmother of Mrs. Martin, who was Elizabeth Eng- lish, was captured by the Indians when she was but seven years of age, and kept in captivity until she was fourteen. Her step- father went on horseback to what is now the State of Minnesota for her, but she would not return with him. One of her brothers then went on foot for her, and she wasinduced to return to her people and to civilization.
Mr. Martin owns 120 acres of choice land in Spencer township, which is well im- proved. He devotes some attention to growing small fruits, although he carries on general farming.
He is a member of the Christian Church.
JOHN J. MAUCK, farmer and miller, and a member of one of the oldest families in the county, was born in Harrison county, Jan. 1, 1826. David and Elizabeth (Sni- der) Manck were his parents, who emi- grated from Shenandoah county, Virginia, to Harrison county in 1802, and were among the very first families to locate in the county. They both came with their parents when quite young, and were among the eight or ten families who came to the county in wagons. At that time the Wyandotte Indians were indifferent toward
the Whites, and a few years later became highly incensed and lead what is known as the "Pigeon Roost Massacre," on the edge of Scott county, which occurred about the time the battle of Tippecanoe was fought, the exact date being Sept. 3, 1812. David Mauck was married in 1808. His first settlement in Harrison county was on Blue river one and a half miles from Wyan- dotte Cave. He was a noted hunter in pioneer days, when the bear, elk and deer, were as numerous as were the Wyandotte Indians. He stood his draft for the War of 1812, and furnished a substitute, who fought at the battle of Tippecanoe, and was successful in bagging several red skins ; after dressing his game, gave the hides over to Mr. Mauck, who was extensively engaged in tanning in those days as well as hunting. Mr. Mauck, after enduring the hardships of pioneer life, lived to be a very old man, dying in 1876, at the age of 92 years ; his wife, who shared with him in the vicissi- tudes of such a life, died in 1871, at the age of 71 years.
John J. Mauck was married in 1861 to Mrs. Sarah B. Charley (nee Hayden). She was born in Hardin county, Ky. Two children have blessed this union : Addie L. and Annie B. Mr. Mauck when a boy learned the trade of miller, and for thirty- five years has been engaged in this business. His flouring mill is located on Indian creek, one-half mile below Corydon, and his farm of eighty acres joins Corydon. He is a public-spirited, progressive citizen, always ready to aid in any landable enterprise that is for the good of the people and for the building up and development of the county.
REV. JOHN MELTON, a local minister of the Methodist Church, was born in Floyd
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county, Ind., February 22, 1835, and is a son of Daniel and Malinda (Bolton) Melton, the former a native of Harrison county, and the latter of Kentucky. The elder Melton entered the army in the late war, died, and was buried at Harper's Ferry. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. After the age of 17 he went to New Albany, and learned the cabinet-maker's trade, which he followed for a number of years. In September, 1858, he entered the ministry, in the United Brethren denomination, for which he labored until in 1870, when he joined the Methodist Church. He was married, in 1855, to Miss Anna Busby, a daughter of John and Catherine Busby. They have twelve children, all of whom are living. He owns 240 acres of excellent land, highly improved and in a fine state of cultivation. His farm is well stocked, and he devotes some attention to raising blooded cattle. His specialty, however, is fruit growing, to which he gives most of his time. He has a fine fruit orchard of 3,500 trees of the best varieties.
WILLIAM J. MILES, SR., was born in Harrison county, June 24, 1817, and is a son of Joseph Miles, who came from Ken- tucky, but was originally from Maryland. He was raised on a farm and grew up with few educational advantages. When seven- teen years old he engaged to work in black- smith shop of Edward Marsh, who still lives in New Albany.
At the age of twenty he married Miss Malinda Arnold, a daughter of George Arnold, Esq., one of the pioneers of Harri- son county, who came from Virginia and settled here about 1806. He was born in
1796, served a number of years as justice of the peace and was one of the first civil officers of the county. His father, Richard Arnold, was also one of the earliest set- tlers, and worked on the first mill built in Harrison county,-the mill built at the Harrison Spring.
W. J. Miles, Sr., and Mrs. Miles have eight children, as follows : Nancy E., mar- ried to William Barks; Anna, George E., Lou Dorcas, Adaline, William J. Miles, Jr. Rebecca J. and Bell. Mr. Miles owns 160 acres of land, well cultivated and well im- proved. He has always carried on black- smithing, and is the inventor of the plow known as the "Captain Plow," used ex- tensively in Harrison, Floyd, Crawford and other counties.
His son William manufactures edge- tools iu Newton, Kan., known as the "Da- mascus process temper."
JOHN W. MORGAN was born in Du- Bois county, Indiana, October 12, 1844, and is the son of William and Margaret (Robertson) Morgan ; the former was also born in DuBois county, June 2, 1822, and the latter a native of Kentucky, and a daughter of Addison and Eliza Robertson.
William Morgan served in the late war, enlisted in the Forty-ninth Regiment of Indiana Infantry, and was discharged in September, 1865, his term of service hav- ing expired. He died in 1887, at the age of sixty-five years.
John W., the subject of this sketch, was the oldest of eight children. He was raised on the farm and received his education in the common schools of the neighborhood. At the commencement of the war he enlisted in Co. D, Capt. Daily, Fifty-third Indiana
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Infantry, commanded by Col. Walter Q. Gresham. He was mustered into the ser- vice January 7, 1862, and was discharged February 22, 1865, his term of service hav- ing expired.
At the conclusion of the war he located at Elizabeth, Harrison county, and on the 25th of February, 1866, he married Miss Mary Jane Storms, a daughter of Michael and Annetta Storms. She died June 6, 1876, and he married a second time to Miss Milarna Curry, a daughter of Isaiah and Sarah Curry; the former a native of Pennsylvania, emigrated to Indiana and jomed the army in 1864, in the Thirty- eighth regiment. He was in the hospital at Goldsborough, N. C., and was discharged in 1865.
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan (first marriage) had three children, viz : William D., born November 19, 1868; Cora, Feb. 16, 1871, and Benj. F., September 28, 1873. By his second marriage Mr. Morgan has had two children-Jasper L., born May 26, 1878, and Mary B., November 23, 1885.
Mr. Morgan saw some hard service while in the army. He was at Shiloh; in the siege of Corinth, and on the skirmish line continually fighting for eleven days, using five hundred cartridges. After the siege he scouted through to Memphis, marched back to Bolivar, then to Holly Springs, then to Germantown, then again to Bolivar-was several times engaged with the enemy; at Tallahatchie fought seven hours-his regiment losing 113 men -captured four pieces of artillery and six hundred men. He was next at Vicksburg, then to Grand Gulf, back to Vicksburg, and there at its fall. From this time on duty constantly until his term of service expired.
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