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MEDARY MONTEZ HATHAWAY.
One of the native sons of Winamac, Pulaski county, the gentleman of whom these lines are penned, has passed his entire life in this immediate locality, and none of our citizens are held in higher esteem. He stands well in the social, fraternal and political circles of the town and county, and takes an earnest interest in the advancement and prosperity of the community among which his lot is cast.
He was born March 11, 1862, in Winamac, his parents being Richard
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Weller and Nancy Allora (Quigley) Hathaway, who are represented elsewhere in this work.
Mr. Hathaway's father died when he was nine years old, and on the mother devolved the bringing up and care of a family of young children, three of whom were: Lola, afterward Mrs. Mac Carper, M. M. and Veston Q. The resources of the mother were limited, and it was only by her energy, economy and ability that the family were brought up in the ways of prog- ress and industry. She designed that the children should have as much education as possible, and planned so that their labor should be given to objects that would add to the family fund. Her desire has been consum- mated. She has lived to see them occupying a good standing in the com- munity, honored and respected residents of the place of their nativity. It is but a slight tribute to her worth to say that they all hold her in the highest reverence and that the community value her for her worth and character. She has attained the age of sixty-six years, and with her youngest son occu- pies the old homestead in Winamac.
The subject of this sketch attended the public schools of this town, and at the age of sixteen years commenced teaching, having charge of the Wal- ters school from 1878 to 1880. He then completed the term of school which had been begun by Miss Ella Dukes, in Winamac, and for five months was thus occupied. During the ensuing summer he taught in the normal school under Professor Scull, and in the winter of 188 I was principal of the A grade, his superior, Professor Scull, being the first superintendent of the schools of Winamac. During that term the young man spent a part of his time in the classes conducted by the superintendent, and thus acquired broader founda- tions of knowledge than he had previously been favored with. When the Keller block was in process of construction, in 1880, he acted in the capacity of foreman, and superintended the work from first to last.
In August, 1881, Mr. Hathway was offered a position in the office of the auditor of Pulaski county, Robert Connor, and so thoroughly and efficiently discharged his numerous duties that he was retained also in the office during the term of W. H. Bouslog. During this period-eight years-he had taken up the study of law under the preceptorship of John C. Nye, and in 1890 was admitted to the bar of this county. He at once established himself in prac- tice, and for some years his time was largely taken up in looking after the interests of the Standard Oil Company, as their local attorney. Of late years Mr. Hathaway has been associated with Henry A. Steis, under the firm name of Steis & Hathaway. He is extensively interested in real estate, and controls about one thousand acres of land situated within this county, and for the most part well improved.
An important event in the life of Mr. Hathaway occurred March II,
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1886, on the twenty-fourth anniversary of his birth, when his marriage to Miss Elsie L. Morrow was celebrated. She was born September 19, 1867, in Porter county, Indiana, not far from the town of Hebron, and is a daughter of Wilson Blaine and Margaret Jane (Hildreth) Morrow. One child, Morrow Quigley, was born to our subject and wife, October 4, 1890.
In political circles Mr. Hathaway is recognized as an important factor in this section of the state. He is an enthusiastic Democrat, and not only has served on all of the local committees, but has also been chairman of the county committee of his party for two terms. Besides, he acted as chairman of the old tenth congressional district committee, serving as such for four years, and is a member of the state executive central committee, serving on this for the past eight years. His name was brought forward at Delphi, Indiana, for the state senatorship in 1896, but he declined the honor. His friends were not content, however, and in 1897, at South Bend, they nomi- nated him for congress from the thirteenth district. In spite of the fact that he had a large Populist vote to contend with, besides his regular opponent, Abraham L. Brick, he ran ahead of his ticket everywhere except in St. Joseph county.
In 1883 Mr. Hathaway became a member of Winamac Lodge, No. 262, F. & A. M., and was its worshipful master in 1892. He has attained high prominence in the order, having taken the thirty-second degree. He belongs to Logansport Chapter, No. 2, R. A. M., is a charter member of Tippecanoe Chapter, No. 115, of Winamac, holds fellowship in Logansport Council, No. 6, St. John's Commandery, No. 24, Knights Templar, of Logansport, and Indiana Consistory, and the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Indianapolis. Both he and his estimable wife are associated with Tippecanoe Chapter, No. 96, Order of the Eastern Star, he having been its first worthy patron.
ROBERT A. LOWRY.
Robert Allen Lowry is one of the most prominent and substantial citi- zens of Indian Creek township, Pulaski county, Indiana, and is a native of the Buckeye state, having been ushered into existence March 1, 1841, near the town of Carey, Wyandotte county, Ohio. He was a son of John D. and Margaret (Stotts) Lowry, and a grandson of James Lowry. The family were of Scotch-Irish origin, although the grandfather was born in Virginia, and was a stanch Democrat. He was a sparely built man, six feet tall and weigh- ing one hundred and sixty-five pounds, and he lived to pass his ninetieth year, dying about 1845, in Wyandot county, Ohio. His children were as fol- lows: Margaret, spinster; Fannie (Mrs. Samuel Hart), no issue; Elizabeth, deceased, first wife of Samuel Hart and the mother of James, a resident of
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Ohio, and Margaret and John, both dead; John D., the father of our subject; William, unmarried, a resident of Virginia, and a soldier of the war of 1812; and Jeremiah, who married a Miss Montague and lived in Ohio. Of the chil- dren of Jeremiah Lowry, Robert married and lived in Wyandot county, as did Mary Ann, whose husband was Henderson Leitle; Diana married Allen Miller and lives in this county; Ellen married Samuel Good, and lives at the home of Henry Wagoner in Winamac; Susan married Jacob March; John married and resides in Ohio; William lives in Oklahoma; and Edward is a resident of Ohio.
John D. Lowry, the father of our subject, was born January 5, 1800, in Stafford county, Virginia, near Fredericksburg. He left his native state when about twenty-two years of age and went with his parents to the vicinity of Circleville, Ohio, where he met and married Miss Margaret Stotts. He then located in Marion county, and later in Wyandot county, about 1829. September 20, 1853, Mr. Lowry, with wife and five children, left the state of Ohio for Pulaski county, Indiana, coming by wagon and arriving here seven days later. They brought three horses and one wagon with them, hiring two other teams, as they had three loads of goods. At that time he had eighty acres of land in Ohio, about twenty-one hundred dollars in cash and some accounts that would soon be paid in. His daughter Harriet (Mrs. Cyrus Nye), had located here the year previously, and this was one strong induce- ment leading to the parents making their home in Pulaski county. He pur- chased sixty acres of land from Jacob Ginder, paying two hundred dollars therefor, and one hundred acres from Solomon Ginder's heirs, paying three dollars per acre for this purchase. This property is now in the possession of Horace W. Widup, and the log cabin occupied by Mr. Lowry was situated about five yards west of the house now standing on the place. At the time but thirteen acres were fenced and under cultivation. He added to this acre- age by purchasing the one hundred and sixty acres now known as the Weaver property. This was the east half of the southeast quarter of the section 28, forty acres in the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of the same section, and the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of sec- tion 27. . In the spring of 1854 he built a hewed-log house on the site now occupied by the Weaver residence, and here he lived and looked after his three hundred and twenty acres until death removed him from the scene of his activity. His death occurred May 2, 1878, and was followed a few months later by that of his wife, on February 7, 1879.
Uriah Stotts, the maternal grandfather of our subject, lived near Circle- ville, Ohio. His children were Ozias, of Elkhart, Indiana; Uriah, of Pulaski county; Margaret, mother of our subject; and John and Robert, both of whom died in this county.
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Robert A. Lowry continued to live on the old homestead until 1868, when he removed to the farm now owned by him. The place then consisted of two hundred and forty-seven acres, -forty in section 5, Indian Creek town- ship, and two hundred in section 4, upon which his residence and other buildings are erected. He subsequently added to this, fifty-two acres which he purchased of his brother, and one hundred and twenty acres in section 33, Monroe township; but the latter purchase was again disposed of. One hundred and fifty acres of this land are in a high state of cultivation and shows a careful supervision, the result of which is one of the best kept farms in Pulaski county. His residence was constructed in 1884, and was built to meet the requirments of comfort and constant service.
On the 28th of October, 1867, Mr. Lowry was united in marriage to Miss Paulina Bowers, daughter of Jacob and Phœbe (Reisch) Bowers, a short sketch of whom is included in this. The children that have blessed the home of our subject and his estimable wife are: Margaret Ellen, who was born August 14, 1868, married James O. Holmes, an engineer of Logansport, November 22, 1892, and has one child, James Robert, who was born Decem- ber 14, 1893; Jacob John, born August 3, 1869, resides in Pulaski county and was married to Kittie Washburn. Their children are Sylvia, born January 24, 1893; Ivy, who was born May 8, 1895, and died July 27, 1896; and Osie, born May 15, 1896; Phoebe Alice, the second daughter of our sub- ject, was born October 8, 1870, and was married December 6, 1893, to Moses Washburn, a farmer. Hattie May, born October 21, 1871, was mar- ried February 14, 1892, to Joseph Hare, a farmer, and has two children, - Mabel May, born September 25, 1892, and Ruth Ada, born December 9, 1897. Mr. Lowry is a strong Democrat and for six years served as county commissioner, acting as president of the body during the second term. He also acted as supervisor for a short time. He is a member of Star City Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a kindly, whole-souled gentleman.
George Jacob Bowers, the father of Mrs. Lowry, was born in Wurtem- berg, Germany, October 16, 1802. He grew to manhood in that country and was there joined in marriage with Phoebe Reisch. They sailed for America in 1830, arriving in New York and remaining there one year. Those of their children who came with them were Jacob, Michael, Margaret, Rosanna, Frederick, and another son. They came inland, stopping first in Wayne county, Ohio, and later locating in Seneca county. The trip was made in 1848, by wagon and team, the household goods and family alike being transported in this manner. Mr. Bowers was a blacksmith by trade and car- ried his tools with him. He located on the farm now occupied by our sub- ject, and lived in an old log house owned by a Mr. Hall. Here he resided
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from the fall of 1848 until the following summer. His first purchase of land was deeded by Peter Hoover and wife to Jacob Bowers on November 6, 1848, and was land which had been entered from the government, August 6, 1835, by John Tilman, Sr., and by him sold to Dan Tilman in 1843. He in turn sold it to Peter Hoover two years later, for the consideration of two hun- dred dollars. This was the east half of the northeast quarter of section 4, township 29, range 2. On May 13, 1848, he bought of John McClelland and wife the north half of the same quarter-section. This land was entered by one Rogers in 1838, sold to Thomas I. Boyd, and by him to John McClel- land. April 16, 1858, he bought of Henry McBrown, the east half of the northeast quarter of section 5, township 29, which was secured from the gov- ernment the same year.
March 18, 1868, he bought from Joseph LeCutho the old Tilman farm, which had been entered by Anderson Tilman Decem- ber 16, 1839. George Jacob Bowers died October 20, 1872, and was mourned as an industrious, enterprising citizen who was active in advancing the interests of the community in which he lived. His wife lived to the advanced age of eighty-three years, her death occurring July 28, 1894. John George, a son of Jacob and Philena Bowers, died November 17,. 1865, aged twenty-five years and twelve days; Elizabeth, his sister, died Novem- ber 5, of the same year, aged eighteen years, one month and fifteen days. Jacob, son of John Jacob and Phœbe Bowers, died February 18, 1857, aged twenty-three years, three months and eleven days; John Henry Bowers died October 28, 1865, aged thirty years, seven months and eighteen days; and his daughter Paulina, died November II, 1865, aged two months and twenty-one days.
JAMES NATHANIEL HAYWORTH.
James Nathaniel Hayworth, auditor of Pulaski county, is one of the most efficient and popular of the county officials. He stands for progress and is in thorough accord with the spirit of the age, -a wide-awake, ener- getic man, in the prime of life. In honoring him with the responsible posi- tion which he holds at present, his fellow citizens manifested great wisdom, and he has fully justified their expectations. The good of the public is the paramount object of his ambition, and no self-sacrifice is considered too great for him, if thereby this object may be conserved.
It is supposed that the Hayworths were originally Scotch, and the name has been variously spelled by different members of the family. An uncle of our subject omitted the "y," making it Haworth, and another distant rela- tive, Wade Hayworth, spelled his name Heyworth. The great-grandfather of our subject on the paternal side, was the father of seven sons and nine
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daughters. The sons were named respectively: Joseph, Nathaniel, Samuel, Isaac, James, David and Wade. The last mentioned had a very eventful history. When a boy, he ran away from home and went on board a sailing vessel. Later he joined the great Arctic explorer, Dr. Kane, and went with him on the famous expedition which was sent to the relief of Dr. Frank- lin. He returned with a wonderful collection of curiosities and relics, which he had gathered with great care and labor in the far north. About 1860, when he was an old man, he married the daughter of a wealthy land-owner in Illinois, eloping with her in order to evade her parents' authority. He was a man of many peculiar characteristics, and though small in stature wore an immense silky beard, which extended below his waist. He was a decided mechanical genius, and was the inventor of the sulky plow, the corn- planter and numerous improvements in agricultural implements. He owned large tracts of land in Illinois, and established the town of Heyworth, that state.
Nathaniel Hayworth, the grandfather of our subject, was born in North Carolina, February 12, 1803, and removed to Ohio and thence to Cass county, Indiana, in 1845. At an early day he came to Pulaski county, and then lived in White county for about ten years. Returning to Pulaski county, he bought the William Crane farm, where he passed five years, and then sold the place and invested his capital in the purchase of the C. M. Kuhn home- stead, which he managed five years, and then sold. His last years were passed at the homes of his children. He died February 10, 1871, in the home of his son, David, near Star City, and was buried in the cemetery there. He weighed about one hundred and forty pounds, was only three inches over five feet in height, and was quick and active in mind and action. He was a Whig and Republican, and, religiously, was connected with the Christian church. His wife, Deborah Forguson, to whom he was married in Miami county, Ohio, was born, in Virginia, February 24, 1805, and died July 16, 1871. Their eldest child, (1) Sarah Ann, who died in 1890, aged fifty-five years, was the wife of John Benson, a farmer of Jasper county, Indi- ana. Their children were as follows: James, who married Letitia Priest, and has five children; Nancy, wife of Charles Nobes; Samuel, who wedded a Miss Laushbaugh; Ella, wife of Frank Smith; David, who married Belle Johns, and has six children; Ida, who is married and resides in St. Joseph, Michigan; John, of Logansport, whose wife was formerly Margaret Brewer; and Amanda, unmarried. (2) James is the father of our subject. (3) Will- iam, who died in infancy. (4) Elizabeth first became the wife of Ransom Mcconahay, who was a merchant at Monticello, Indiana, and for several years served as county clerk of White county. Their eldest son, Calvin, married a Miss Brown, and has two daughters, Grace and Cleo. William 45
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married Melissa Randall, and their children are Claude, Henry and two deceased. Elizabeth McConahay became the wife of Mr. Stiers after the death of her first husband, and she is now Mrs. Lewis Parkinson, of Long- ton, Kansas. (5) Malinda Hayworth died at three years of age. (6) David and (7) John, twins, were the next children of Nathaniel Hayworth. David married Mary Shuler and had one son, M. D. Fonda, and two daughters, Myrtle and Oba. He removed from this county to Kansas in 1875, and died a short time afterward. ' John is a veteran of the civil war, now in the Sol- diers' Home at Lafayette, Indiana. He owned the old Bruce mill at Win- amac for some time prior to its destruction by fire, for a period was engaged in farming near Francesville, Indiana, and ran a hotel at Yountsville, this state, for a few years. He married Melissa Mcconahay, and their eldest born, James, of Francesville, chose May Garrigues for a wife; Lewis E. and George W. died in infancy; Dora married Bonaparte Stalnaker, and has five children; Mollie married Allen Love and has two children; and Bert, also, is married. (8) Nancy Ann, born November 8, 1839, in Delaware county, Indiana, married James Polk Schell, August 3, 1870, and departed this life March 17, 1898. Their children were: Edith Ann, born November 17, 1872; Charles Walter, born November 24, 1874, died September 22, 1895; John H., born October 10, 1876; and Jubal Earl, born June 30, 1880. (9) Sampson died young. (10) Mary Jane, born March 4, 1846, married Anthony Swayze, March 5, 1863, and died September 4, 1884. Their chil- dren are: David William Grant, born March 6, 1864; McHenry, November 30, 1865; Charles L., born August 4, 1867, died August 30, 1868; Albert Anthony, February 7, 1869; Leota Jane, September 4, 1872; and Carrie May, May 12, 1880. David W. G. married Ida Stewart, December 31, 1887, and their children are: Clarence Henry, born in October, 1888; Cecil, February 14, 1890; Myrtle, in November, 1891; and Lena, in October, 1893. McHenry, who wedded Elizabeth Small, had four children: Nellie, born March 4, 1887, died at the age of five years; Ford, born December 18, 1888; Claude, born in September, 1891; and Levisa, in August, 1896. Albert A., who married Dillie Timmons, has two little girls, Hazel, born in July, 1892, and a baby. Leota Jane, who is the wife of Charles Timmons, is the mother of Goldie, born November 2, 1889; Floyd, born February 2, 1893; Frederick, born in October, 1894; and Edward, born in 1896.
James Hayworth, the father of our subject, is a native of Miami county, Ohio, his birth having occurred October 17, 1826. He accompanied his parents to Cass county, Indiana, in 1845, later lived in Logansport and in Grant county, and about 1848 came to this county. He was living near Star City at the time of his marriage, in January, 1850, to Sussanna Miller, daughter of Captain John Miller and his wife, whose maiden name was Neff.
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Captain John Miller was born in 1802, and died October 5, 1869. They commenced housekeeping on the old homestead in Harrison township, where they dwelt for seventeen years. That farm, a finely improved tract of one hundred and twenty acres, is situated on section 32. In 1865 Mr. Hayworth removed to Jasper county, this state, and owned a farm of two hundred and forty acres in Hanging Grove township. He dealt extensively in cattle dur- ing his residence there. In 1880 he went to Elk county, Kansas, and bought a ranch of one hundred and sixty acres, situated on the Elk river. There he engaged in general farming and cattle-raising for two years. Then, selling his place, he located in Longton, Kansas, where he is still living. As early as 1850 he started in the business of buying furs, and has followed it more or less ever since, during the winter season. It was his practice to drive through the country in a wagon, making a canvass from house to house, buying up all the mink, raccoon, muskrat, opossum and skunk skins he could find, and in the early days he dealt extensively in deer skins. From 1860 to 1865 he paid about thirty cents for the skin of a muskrat; from six to eight dollars for mink; two and two and a half dollars for 'coon skins, and black ones brought three dollars; while skunk skins were from fifty cents to two dollars and a half, and opossums from ten to forty cents, while deer skins sold from fifteen to thirty cents a pound. The chief market for these furs was in Detroit, the firm of F. Buehl & Company buying nearly all of the skins which Mr. Hayworth could find in the counties of Pulaski, Stark, Jasper, Newton, White, Porter and Laporte, and even as far as Kankakee, Illinois. After going to Kansas he continued the same occupation, going into the Indian Territory and buying at various Indian agencies, traveling also in different parts of Missouri and Arkansas. He is a very active, energetic man for his advanced years. A Republican in politics, he served as a township trustee in Jasper county, Indiana, for some time, but has never aspired to public positions.
For a companion along life's journey, James M. Hayworth chose Sus- sanna Miller. She was born August 16, 1832, and died November 6, 1894. Eleven children blessed their union. (1) John Ransom, born November 8, 1850, is a resident of Francesville, Indiana, and is engaged in the cattle busi- ness. He was married December 20, 1875, to Canzada, daughter of Abram and Ruth (Maggert) Hullinger. She was born in Grant county, Indiana, in 1854, and her eldest child, David A., died at the age of seventeen years. The younger children are: Bertha Gertrude, Della Olive, James Abraham and Ruth. (2) Sarah Elizabeth, born January 18, 1852, makes her home with her parents in Kansas. (3) David Allen, born February 4, 1853, died No- vember 9, 1878. (4) Melissa Jane, born September 20, 1854, died February 7, 1881. (5) Nancy Ellen, born December 5, 1856, married Thomas Stil-
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well and resides on a farm in Elk county, Kansas; they have one child, Fay. (6) William Reiley, born May 2, 1858, is a dealer in wool and furs, at Val- paraiso, Indiana, and head of the firm of W. R. Hayworth & Company. This business, located at numbers 38 and 40 South Washington street, was estab- lished by James Hayworth in 1845. William H. married Edith, daughter of Dr. Robert M. Mattingly, and they have a son, Raymond, while two other children died in infancy. (7) Mary Miranda, born October 11, 1859, died July 1, 1881. (8) James Nathaniel is the subject of this sketch. (9) Charles Ellis, born March 1, 1866, lives in Longton, Elk county, Kansas. He mar- ried Melissa Stow and has three children. (10) Edwin Day Hayworth, born April 29, 1871, is unmarried and lives at Francesville, Indiana, while his twin sister, Evalyn May, lives with her father in Kansas.
The birth of James N. Hayworth occurred February 3, 1863, on the old homestead in Pulaski county, and he dwelt with his parents until 1885, farm- ing and clerking in a dry-goods store at Longton, Kansas. In 1886 he re- turned to the state of his nativity, and was engaged in business with his brother at Francesville for one year. While there he was married, and soon afterward returned to Longton, Kansas, where he opened a meat market and carried on business in partnership with his father and brother Charles. Six months later he went back to Francesville, where for three years he was the proprietor of a restaurant. Then, in association with John Tillett, he carried on a dry-goods and grocery store for two years, at the end of that time buying his partner's interest. After running the store for six months more he sold out to Henry Jentz and J. A. Hayworth, and turned his atten- tion to live stock, wool and fur. Two years later he opened a meat market and carried on that enterprise for five years, buying wool to some extent in the meantime. In November, 1898, after his election as auditor, he closed up his own business affairs and removed to Winamac.
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