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JAMES NOBLE, Governor of State of Indiana, was born at. Battletown, Va. He emigrated to the frontier when a youth, first settling in Kentucky, and afterward in Indiana. When the State was admitted into the Union he was chosen a United States Senator, and held the position until his death, February 26, 1831, a period of fifteen years. His decease occurred in Washington City.
HUGH A. PATTERSON was born in this (Harrison) county, March 11, 1826, and is a son of Thomas and Jane (Mc Williams) Patterson ; the former born in Virginia about 1783, died in Harrison county in 1853- the latter was also a Virginian, and died in this county in 1872. Hugh A., whose name heads this sketch, was the youngest in a family of eleven children. He was reared on a farm and received an excellent educa- tion, the best the schools of his neighbor- hood could afford.
He was married Oct. 14, 1849, to Miss Malvina Patterson, a daughter of Alexander and Lydia Patterson, and was born Sept. 1, 1825, and raised in Kentucky. Hugh en- listed Nov. 11, 1861, in Co. D, Fourth Ken- tucky Cavalry, and was discharged Oct. 28, 1862, by reason of disability incurred in the field. His service was hard and severe while in the army. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson have had four children born as follows : Francis E., June 2, 1851; Richard T., Dec. 11, 1854, and died on 22d of same month ; Eliza J., Feb. 22, 1856, and James C., Feb. 22, 1859. After the war Mr. Pat - terson returned home to Hardin county, Kentucky, where he farmed until 1866,
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when he emigrated to Harrison county, Ind., remaining here about two years, when he moved to Illinois and thence to Nebraska.
He remained in that State until 1883, when he removed back to Harrison county and purchased a farm in Webster town- ship, where he has since resided and is set- tled for life.
WASHINGTON POOR was born in Gallatin county, Ohio, December 25, 1816, and is the son of George and Catherine (Hoffas) Poor; the former was a native of North Carolina, and removed to Ohio in an early day. He was a blacksmith by trade, and to this combined farming, which he carried on rather extensively. About 1827 he came to Indiana and settled in Madison county, where he died some years later. Washington Poor remained on his father's farm, and received such education as the neighborhood could boast. In 1838 he was married to Miss Mary Street, by whom he had three children, George, Joseph and Peter, all three of whom en- listed in the army during the late war, and one of whom was killed, and another died of disease contracted while in the service. His wife died, and on the 15th of October, 1852, Mr. Poor married Miss Susan Cap- pick. Her children were as follows : Adam, born December 27, 1857; Mary E. born February 2, 1859 ; George W., born August 2, 1860; Sarah A., born October 24, 1862; and Cyntha E., born September 24, 1864. Adam, Mary E. and George W. died within twenty-four hours of each other, one at 7 o'clock P. M., one the next morning, and the third at 7 o'clock P. M. following, and were all buried in one grave. Mrs. Poor died, and in 1865 Mr. Poor was married for the
third time, to Mrs. Mary Harrison, widow of John Harrison, of Harrison county. Mr. Poor removed to Harrison county, then to Pulaski county, Ind., then back to Madison county, and finally to Harrison county, where he now resides in Taylor township, where he has an excellent farm and a pleasant home, and he and his wife dwell together there in peace and quiet, patiently waiting the summons to the "Better Land." He enlisted in the army at the breaking out of the war, in Co. D, Thirty-fourth Infantry, in July, 1861. He was discharged in October following, on account of disability.
Th. POSEY, Governor of the Territory of Indiana, was a native of Virginia. He was born not far from Alexandria, on the 9th of July, 1750. In 1774 he was engaged in the expedition originated by Dunmore, the last royal Governor of Virginia, against the Indians, being present at the battle of Point Pleasant. On the outbreak of the Revolution he was engaged on the patriot side, fought against Dunmore, his former commander, and afterward joined Wash- ington's army. He was at the battle of Bemis Heights, as captain under Colonel Morgan, and his men did excellent serivce as sharpshooters in that conflict. In 1779 he was colonel of Eleventh Virginia regiment, and afterward commanded a bat- tery under Gen. Wayne. In 1793 he was appointed brigadier-general of the Army of the Northwest, and, being pleased with the appearance of the new country, settled in Kentucky not long after. In that State he was a member of the State Senate, being the president of that body from November 4, 1805, to November
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3, 1806, and in addition performed the duties of Lieutenant-Governor. Heremoved to Louisiana in 1812, and was elected to the United States Senate from that State. He was appointed Governor of Indiana in 1813, by President Madison, and served till 1816. He died in Shawneetown, Ill., March 19, 1818.
WILLIAM H. REEDER, M. D., was born November 4, 1851, and is a native of Har- rison county, Indiana. He is a son of Charles B. and Sarah E. (Gilham) Reeder, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Harrison county. The elder Reeder came to the county with his pa- rents when he was but a boy ; was a farmer, served quite a time as justice of the peace and died in 1868, at the age of forty-five. Mrs. Reeder's father, Levi Gilham, was a native of Virginia, and settled in Heth township (this county) in an early day. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. Will- iam H. was reared on his father's farm, and educated in the common schools and at Corydon. He taught school seven or eight years, and attended school in the meantime at Lebanon, Ohio; read medi- cine with Dr. Charles Mitchell, and entered the Kentucky School of Medicine in 1876, graduating the next year. He commenced practice at New Amsterdam, in this coun- ty, and in 1884 attended a course at Mi- ami College, at Cincinnati, after which he returned to his practice. He was married in 1876, to Miss Kate Wilson, a daughter of James Wilson, Esq. She died in 1882, leaving two children, one of whom is living -- George. In 1883 he married Miss Lucy Dawson, of this county. They have three children, viz: Maud, Wilham and Benja-
min. Dr. Reeder is one of the influential citizens of the county, and is an excellent physician with a large practice.
DR. WILLIAM READER (deceased), of Corydon, one of the most prominent and successful physicians of his time in South- ern Indiana, was born April 13, 1819, in Harrison county. He was born and reared on the farm, attending the schools of the neighborhood, and subsequently entered the State University, at Bloomington, and graduated with honor from that institution four years afterward. He immediately began the study of medicine under Dr. Mitchell, of Corydon. In 1840 he entered the Louisville University. In 1841 he be- gan the practice of his profession at Livo- nia, Washington county, Indiana. He moved to Grassy Valley, Harrison county, in 1843, and continued successfully in his practice till 1850, meantime returning to Louisville University, where he graduated in his profession, and returned to Grassy Valley in 1859, when he removed to Leav- enworth, Crawford county, and remained but a few months, when he again removed and located at Corydon. In connection with his practice as physician he was also engaged in the drug business, selling that out in 1874, and continued still to practice up to his death, April 10, 1888. He held the office of Pension Examiner for a num- ber of years. He was a prominent mem- ber of the order of Knights of Pythias. He was an active and influential member of the Presbyterian Church.
In his disposition he was charitable and liberal to a fault, ever ready to assist the poor and needy. During the war he went to Shiloh, and did hospital service
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for some time in taking care of the sick and wounded, and was a man universally liked.
He married Miss Catherine, daughter of Wilford Heth, who held the office of County Clerk of Harrison county for fifty years. Mrs. Reader died in 1885, and was born Septem- ber 17, 1822. Of this marriage there are living two children, Charles H. and Miss Anna E. Reader.
Charles H. and Sarah Applegate were Dr. Reader's parents, born respectively in England and Pennsylvania. Dr. Reader, while living, took an active interest in edu- cational matters, and for many years acted as Trustee of the School Board of the town of Corydon.
JOHN REDICK is a native of Louisville, Ky., and was born March 31, 1846. He came to Indiana with his parents when only four years old, and located in Harri- son county. His parents were Philip and Mary (Fleshman) Redick, both natives of Germany. He attended the common schools of the county, and, after completing his edu- cation, learned the trade of a cooper. This he followed for eleven years in Harrison county, and in 1870 went to Louisville, where he engaged in the grocery business, and remained there for six years. He then returned to Harrison county, and opened a general store at Lanesville, in which busi- ness he is still engaged, and in which he has been quite successful. He is school trustee of Lanesville, and a member of the Lutheran Church. He was married, in 1870, to Miss Christina Voelker, of Har- rison county. They have four children, named as follows: Anna C., Julius C., Clara E. and John E. Philip Redick, the father of subject, came to the United States in 1831; and located in Washington, Pa.,
from whence he came to Jeffersonville, Ind., with his parents, where they died. He was a cooper by trade, and also carried on farming. He died in 1886, at the age of sixty-five years. Mrs. Christina Voel- ker Redick was a daughter of William Voelker, who came from Germany in 1835, and located in Harrison county, where he died in 1870, at the age of fifty-nine years. He was a prominent man and was greatly missed in his neighborhood.
GEORGE W. ROBINSON is a native of Kentucky, and was born Dec. 25, 1830. He is a son of William and Sarah (Lyon) Robinson ; the former born in New York in 1774; the latter born in 1764, and died in 1861. The elder Robinson came from Ire- land in an early day. He served in the Indian wars of the times, and was with Gen. Wayne at the battle of Fallen Timber in 1795, which virtually closed the Revolu- tionary war, though it had been declared over a decade before. He died in 1853, full of years and full of honors. He had settled in Kentucky, and in 1834 removed to Harrison county, settling in Boone township. George W., the subject of this sketch, was the youngest of a family of six children. He was brought up on a farm, and received such education as the limited facilities of the county afforded. When the war of the Rebellion commenced he enlisted in Co. K, Fifty-eighth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Sept. 23, 1864, and was discharged June 30, 1865. He was with Sherman in his "March to the Sea," and participated in all the hardships as well as the fighting of the wonderful cam- paign. He was at the surrender of Col. Joe Johnston, and participated in the grand
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review at Washington after the war was over. He then turned his arms into agri- cultural implements, and resumed farming. He was married April 17, 1856, to Miss Elizabeth Thompson, of Harrison county, and a daughter of Benjamin and Maria Thompson ; the former a native of Harrison county, a farmer and an exemplary mem- ber of the Baptist Church; the latter, Maria Brown Thompson, was a daughter of Robert Thompson, who was born on the ocean when his parents were in transitu to America. He settled in Kentucky, but later removed to Harrison county, Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have had twelve children born to them, viz: Ann M., Lemuel C., Benjamin T., William W., Ulys- ses G., Henry, Ellendor, Cora S., Mary A., George A., James H. and Edgar R. Ann died Aug. 14, 1858 ; William W. died Feb. 13, 1864, and Henry died March 28, 1868. Mr. Robinson has a fruit farm of eighty acres of land, which is in a high state of cultivation, yielding much fine fruit.
WILLIAM S. ROGERS was the fourth in a family of twelve children born to James and Arrenor (Cromwell) Rogers ; the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Harrison county. James Rogers was born in 1802, and was the son of Thomas Rogers, also a native of Virginia. James came West with his parents in an early day, when but a child. But few settlers preceded them, and his father had pick and choice of land, and chose the hill coun- try as best adapted to agricultural pur- suits. James married Arrenor Cromwell, a daughter of Fielding and Sarah Crom- well ; they were from Pennsylvania and were lineal descendants of Oliver Cromwell
("Old Noll"), the "Protector." Her grand- father, Louis Cromwell, at one time owned a large tract of land where Louisville, Ky., now stands.
He donated a lot for a cemetery ; but the conditions having been violated, the ground reverts to the original owner. James Rog- ers died July 11, 1885, at an advanced age. William S., the subject, was born August 30, 1830, was brought up on his father's farm, and received a common- school education. In September, 1864, he . enlisted in Co. G, Fifty-eighth Ind. Vol. Infantry, and was discharged in June, 1865, at the expiration of his term of serv- ice.
He was married October 9, 1855, to Miss Mary Jameson, born May 22, 1839, in Harrison county, and a daughter of Rich- ard and Mary Ann Jameson; the former born in Pennsylvania abont 1791, and died in Harrison county in 1861; the latter is .still living. To Mr. and Mrs. Rogers were born nine children, as follows : Thomas, April 15, 1857; Sarah, May 2, 1859; Reener, January 11, 1861; Annie, June 26, 1864; Katie, July 30, 1868; Liz- zie, February 18, 1870; James, October 12, 1872; Claudia, June 18, 1875; and Clar- ence, October 8, 1878. Katie died April 15, 1869, and James died July 15, 1875.
At the close of the war Mr. Rogers re- turned to his farm and has continued farming ever since. He is an energetic man and an exemplary citizen.
JOHN SAMPLE is a sample of a good old stock. He was born in Clinton county, Indiana, January 15, 1843, and is a son of David and Harriet (Millspangh) Sam- ple; the former born in Butler county,
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Ohio, whose father was a native of Lon- donderry, Ireland, and came to America in an early day, settling first in Pennsyl- vania, then in Butler county, Ohio, where he resided until his death at a good old age. Harriet Millspaugh Sample was the daugh- ter of Peter and Hyla Millspaugh, and a native of New York. She was the only daughter in a family of twelve children. She educated herself under many difficul- ties for a teacher, and followed teaching un- til her marriage. John Sample, the sub- ject of this sketch, was the youngest of seven children, and was but two years old when his parents died in 1845. He was brought up by his mother's parents. In June, 1861, he enlisted in Co. B, First Ken- tucky Infantry, and at once entered upon active service. He participated in all the battles engaged in by the First Kentucky regiment up to November, 1861, when he was discharged for disability, but in a short time re-enlisted in Co. C, Fiftieth Ohio Infantry. He served in this regiment until his term service expired in September, 1865, hav- ing a part in about all the fighting done by the Fiftieth Regiment, being wounded in the Atlanta campaign. Mr. Sample, during his army life, was captured at the battle of Franklin. He was held a prison- er four weeks, and while a forced march to another prison he broke ranks and made his escape, notwithstanding he was fired at and pursued a considerable distance by a company of Infantry. He secreted himself in hollow stump within the enemy's lines, where he remained four days without food, and until the enemy renewed their march, making it safe for him to leave his hiding place. After many hardships and risks he finally reached Naslıville, Tenn., 150 miles from his place of escape in Alabama. He made the above trip on foot and alone. At the close of the war he commenced
teaching school. For some time he taught in Ohio, and then went to Illinois, where he continued to direct the "young idea how to shoot." Finally he came to Indiana and settled in Taylor township, Harrison coun- ty. He was married to Miss Maria Craft, a very successful school teacher, a daugh- ter of James and Maria Craft, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Sample had seven children, five of whom are living. Hyla J., born March 5, 1871, and Hattie J., born March 23, 1878, are dead. The others were born as follows: Charles S., June 1, 1873; Elmer A., March 13, 1876; John D., June 10, 1881; Nellie N., July 18, 1885, and Gracie M., July 21, 1888.
ISAAC SANDS was born in Boone township, Harrison county, Ind., May 1, 1834, and is the son of Dorsey and Eliza- beth (Mussulman) Sands; the former was born in Kentucky about the year of 1800, and was a son of William Sands, a native of Ireland, who emigrated to America in an early day. Dorsey Sands was a mill- wright, and also followed farming.
He emigrated to Harrison county about 1810, with his parents. Elizabeth Mussul- man Sands was born February 14, 1808, and died June 24, 1888. She was a daugh- ter of Daniel and Christina Mussulman, natives of Pennsylvania. Isaac Sands, the subject of this sketch, was the seventh in a family of fourteen children ; was raised on a farm, receiving such education as the common schools afforded.
He married Phila A. Dewees, November 14, 1852, a daughter of John and Sarah Dewees, natives of Kentucky; their par- ents were natives of Virginia. Mr. and
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Mrs. Sands have had eleven children, as follows: Martha A., June 2, 1853; Sarah E., September 8, 1855 (died August 26, 1857); Daniel W., October 7, 1857; Mary E., February 13, 1859 (died March 6, 1859) ; Rachel J., August 20, 1861; Georgie E., March 1, 1865; Ida A., November 23, 1866; William H., March 24, 1868 (died November 25, 1871) ; Charles F., March 5, 1870; Elnora B., February 9, 1872; and John D., October 20, 1874.
Mr. Sands enlisted August 20, 1862, in Co. F, Eighty-first Indiana Vol. Infantry, and was discharged June 13, 1865, the war having closed. Becoming disabled he was sent to the hospital for several months, and never was in active service afterward.
Mr. Sands is a lineal descendant of Rev. Edwin Sandys, one of the translators of the Bible from the Greek, and, in acknowledg- ment of the service, was made Archbishop of York. Declining to support the Church of England, he came to America in 1636, and his estate was confiscated to the En- glish Crown. A few years ago, however, it was, by special act of Parliament, deeded back to the legal representatives of the Archbishop, and is to-day worth some $75,000,000.
The corruption of the name Sandys to Sands, cansed considerable delay in trac- ing lineage; but this has been corrected and the whole is now in a fair way for adjustment and recovery. Mr. Sands, after the war was over, returned to Harri- son county, and took up the old farm life.
DAVID SHAFFER was born in Harrison county, Ind., February 27, 1851, and is a son of John and Rebecca (Pitman) Shaf- fer; the former born in Crawford county,
and the latter in Harrison county. David, the subject was reared a farmer, and re- ceived a limited education. He was mar- ried in November, 1872, to Miss Mary E. Davis, a daughter of Samuel B. and Mary (Breedon) Davis, both natives of Harrison county. Mary Davis Shaffer was born in October, 1851. She is the mother of seven children, viz : Floyd, Charles E., John P., Daniel O., Ona B., Samuel J. and Cordie E. Mr. Shaffer owns 240 acres of fine land, well improved and in an excellent state of culti- vation. He devotes considerable time and attention to raising fine stock, horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. Mr. Shaffer is a mem- ber of Corydon Lodge of Odd Fellows.
GEORGE K. SHERMAN was born in Shenandoah county, Va., Sept. 15, 1820, and is the son of Jacob and Margaret (Boyer) Sherman, natives of Virginia.
They came to Indiana in 1824, and set- tled in Harrison county, where the remain- der of their lives were passed. The former died in 1846 at the age of fifty-three years, and the latter in 1863 at the age of sixty- seven years. They had a family of five children, viz : Eliza Ann, Mary Ann, Re- becca, Jacob and the subject of this sketch. Eliza Ann married Robert Barr, of Capon Springs, Va. She now lives in Missouri. Her husband died in 1885; Mary Ann married Robert Gwartney. He died and she married John Simler, a farmer of this county, and who has represented this county one term in the Legislature; she died in 1880. Rebecca married George McCarty, a farmer of this county, he died in 1875; Jacob married Martha, a daugh- ter of Reverend Jacob Lopp in 1847, and
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died in 1880, and his wife died some time later in 1884, leaving seven children.
George K., the subject of this sketch, was reared on the farm and received a common- school education. He has engaged in several pursuits, but principally farming and milling, merchandizing and trading on the river to New Orleans and inter- mediate towns. He and his brother would buy up produce, load boats and take them to New Orleans. He was in partnership a part of the time with his brother Jacob. In 1863, when the Confederate General, Morgan, crossed the Ohio river into Indi- ana, he landed on the land of Mr. Sherman and his brother, at the mouth of Buck creek. About 300 of his cavalry stopped with Mr. Sherman, got provisions and fed their horses, and when they left took a mule and a horse belonging to Mr. Sher- man in payment of what they had received. This was perhaps a prophetic knowledge of what Mr. Sherman's namesake would do in his "March to the Sea," and was partly in requital.
Mr. Sherman is one of the old and re- spectable citizens of Harrison county, and prides in his descent from an old Virginia family. He is popular and well liked among his neighbors. He is an Odd Fel- low, and a member of the M. E. Church. Charitable as he has been prosperous, he is a liberal contributor to the poor and needy and to the church.
JAMES W. SHIGLEY, of Scott town- ship, Harrison county, was born near
- Lowell, Ohio, on the 25th of March, 1845, and is a son of Enoch and Catherine (Shaf- fer) Shigley, natives of Virginia. The for- mer moved to Crawford county, Ind., in
1854, and located five miles from Leaven- worth. Both he and his wife are of Ger- man descent.
James W. was reared principally in Crawford county, and received such educa- tion as the schools afforded. In 1863 he joined an independent company known as Charles Lamb's Mounted Scouts. This organization remained out nine months, and was mustered out in 1864. He then returned to the farm, and in 1881 came to Scott township, this county. He owns 240 acres of good land, well improved and in a fine state of cultivation.
He was married in 1864 to Miss Lydia Rothrock, born in Crawford county, Ind., and a daughter of H. P. Rothrock, Esq., a native of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Shigley have eight children, viz: Rosa Marshall, Clara I., Edward C., Alva D., James O., Julis C., Bertha M. and Ethel May.
JAMES I. SIBERT was born in Crawford county, Indiana, July 20, 1843, and is a son of Hiram J. and Harriet A. (Miller) Sibert ; the former a native of Virginia, came to Indiana in an early day with his parents, and settled in Crawford county, near the Wyandotte Cave; the latter was born in Tennessee, but came to Indiana, with her father's family, when quite small. James I., the subject, was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools. At the age of eighteen he enlisted in the Federal army, in Co. E, Eighty-first Regi- ment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and on the 13th day of June, 1865, he was dis- charged at Camp Harker, Tenn., his term of service having expired. He participated in the following battles : Stone River, Chick- amauga, Resacca and Kenesaw Mountain.
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He was wounded at Chickamauga and also at Kenesaw Mountain. After the war was over he returned to his plow, and in No- vember following his discharge from the army he was married to Miss Laura Mc- Cullum, a daughter of James and Abigail (Sharpe) McCullum, natives of Tennessee. They removed to Kentucky, and later they came to Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Sibert have had seven children, as follows : Henry W., Willis I., Mary A., Joseph O., Charles H., Ida R. and William J. Mr. Sibert owns 117 acres of good land in Scott town- ship, and is an enterprising farmer. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and votes the Republican ticket.
JOHN SIMLER was born November 29, 1812, in this (Harrison) county, on the old Charlestown road, six miles northeast of Corydon. He is a son of John and Susana (Winter) Simler; the former a native of Pennsylvania, who emigrated to Indiana in 1809 and settled in Franklin township, where he died in 1846 ; the latter a daugh- ter of Christopher Winter, also a native of Pennsylvania, and an early settler in this county, and who died in 1844. John, the subject, was one of a family of eight chil- dren, and was brought up on a farm, and received the meager education to be ob- tained in that day in the country schools. He was married, in 1836, to· Miss Isabel Stephenson, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Stephenson, natives of Virginia. They have had born to them twelve chil- dren, four boys and eight girls-all of whom are living. They are as follows : Elizabeth, Mary Ann, John J., James S., Elmira, Sarah, Emily, David A. (at home), Clara, Seth W., Atlanta and Laura M.
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