Biographical history of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski counties, Indiana, Volume II, Part 30

Author: Lewis Publishing Company
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Chicago, Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 604


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On the 29th of January, 1893, Noah Robinson Freeman, Sr., married Mrs. Angie Marie Clark, widow of Frederick E. Clark and daughter of James and Jane Ann (Bellinger) House. She was born at Little Falls, New York.


The youngest child of Asa and Harriet Freeman is Elisha Martin Free- man, born November 15, 1843, now a resident of Cowley county, Kansas. He wedded Adeline Parker and has one child living, John. A twin of Elisha Martin died in infancy. Sarah, Nancy and Silvia Freeman died when young.


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Daniel Ransom Freeman was born January 6, 1827, in Marion township, Marion county, Ohio, but four miles from the town of the same name. He was reared to agricultural pursuits and has been an intelligent, successful tiller of the soil. As previously stated, he was instrumental in getting his father and other members of the family safely and comfortably located in this county nearly forty-five years ago. He planted a crop on his father's farm the first thing after his arrival here, in the spring of 1855, and then set- tled upon his own quarter-section, which was situated on section 28, Frank- lin township. He built a small house on the state land he had entered and paid for in gold, and dwelt therein until 1867. That year he disposed of his own property and went to live upon his father's farm, which was his home for almost a score of years. In the fall of 1886 he removed to Union City, Indiana, where he made his home and engaged in carpentering and building for five years or more. In 1891 he settled on a farm of his own, on section 23, Van Buren township, remaining there until the spring of 1898, when he located upon another farm of similar proportions-eighty acres-the latter being on section 15 of the same township. His son, Anthony, now leases this farm from him, and since May, 1898, Mr. Freeman has lived in Wina- mac. He has owned several farms, on which he has made substantial improvements, and now, in the evening of life, he is enjoying a well-earned rest.


One of the leading interests in the life of Mr. Freeman has been the church and religion. He was baptized near Winamac by the Rev. John Barnhart, October 16, 1863, and since that time has been a pillar in the Dunkard church, serving in various offices and supporting it by his influence and generous contributions. He was the first speaker in this district on behalf of this denomination, and is looked up to as an authority among the brethren.


On the IIth of June, 1847, Mr. Freeman and Nancy Ann, daughter of Friend and Phœbe Biggerstaff, were united in marriage, in Marion county, Ohio, and for almost half a century they pursued the journey of life together. Mrs. Freeman was born March 28, 1824, in Ohio, and died February 12, 1898, and was placed to rest in the cemetery at Star City. The eldest child of our subject and wife, Friend Biggerstaff, born August 16, 1848, is engaged in farming on section 35, Beaver township. Asa Ransom, born December 22, 1849, carried on a farm on section 21, Monroe township, this county. He married, June 22, 1875, Mary A., daughter of Alexander Harrison and Lydia Ann Price. She was born January II, 1854, in Coshocton county, Ohio, and by her marriage has become the mother of the following children: Carry Luella, born October 25, 1882; Harrison, July 2, 1884; Nellie May, October 17, 1887; and Lucy, October 10, 1897. Phœbe Ann, born January


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22, 1852, now of White county, Indiana, is the wife of William Bowsher, and their children are Annie and Hattie. Noah Harlan, born April 20, 1854, resides in Beaver township, where he rents a farm. Frederick Elijah, born April 1, 1857, now a liveryman of Buffalo, Indiana, married Melissa White, and their children are Ora, Blanche, Stella, Addie, Pearl and Jennie. Will- iam Martin, the next child of our subject, born July 17, 1859, owns and cultivates a homestead in Beaver township. Delilah Ann, born November 27, 1861, is the wife of Benjamin Zellers, a resident of Winamac; and Anthony B., born May 16, 1865, the youngest of the family, is located on a farm in Van Buren township. The second wife of Mr. Freeman was formerly Mrs. Electa Stout (Shigley) Ferrell, their marriage being solemnized on May 23, 1898. She was born October 18, 1829, in Greene county, Ohio, removed with her parents to Tippecanoe county, Indiana, in 1836, and with them came to Pulaski county, in 1845. Her father built the first house put up in Jefferson township, and he and his wife continued to reside here until death. Mrs. Freeman first became the wife of Van Sant Morgan, who, with others of his family, settled in Jefferson township about 1848, and after his death married Mr. Ferrell.


ALEXANDER J. KENT.


To but few is given the satisfaction of seeing the happy conclusion of their life's work and of enjoying those honors which are as a rule only be- stowed after death. Alexander J. Kent, the founder of Kentland, was born in Oneida county, New York, August 30, 1815, a son of Carroll C. and Pheba (Dymock) Kent, and was educated in the common schools of his native county. After the discovery of gold in California, he, in 1849, equipped five men, namely: John Allison, W. R. Fowler, Daniel Shaw, James Izzard and J. B. Chessborough, and furnished transportation for them to Sacramento City, California. Two years later, in 1851, he went to that city and there joined the firm of W. R. Fowler & Company, the name of which was changed to Kent, Fowler & Company, which carried on a successful wholesale gro- cery business for some time, until interrupted by a destructive fire. They at once resumed business on a larger scale than before, conducted the same for the next successive ten years, when they sold out and purchased a vessel, the Anna Welsh, and engaged in trade between San Francisco and China, which was a financial success. On her first return trip the Anna Welsh brought to America the first Chinese colony, and after making three trips the boat was sold to a Chinese mandarin and its owners returned to New York.


Soon after his arrival at the metropolis Mr. Kent's brother, Hon. P. M. Kent, of Indiana, called on him and induced him to invest in wild lands in


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northwestern Indiana, and in 1853 he visited that state and invested largely. In 1855 he removed to New Albany, Indiana, and engaged in the wholesale grocery trade, having one of the largest establishments in the state. He frequently went to northwestern Indiana and each time invested in land, un- til his real estate amounted to more than twenty-five thousand acres. In 1859 he took up his residence in what is now Newton county. About this time a great many people bought farms from him, with little prospect of pay- ing for them, and had Mr. Kent pressed them for payment when it was due many who were afterward prosperous farmers would have been obliged to surrender their lands and become poor men. But Mr. Kent seldom refused to help deserving persons or worthy enterprises, and to the people suffering from drought in Kansas in 1861 his donations were most generous. Onone occasion he replied to a solicitor for corn: "Go to my crib and take out what you think I ought to contribute, as I don't know exactly how to deal out to the worthy unfortunate sufferers." As a result five hundred bushels of corn was taken and the keen edges of hard times were turned. At a later date four hundred dollars worth of clothing went to Nebraska for the sufferers from grasshoppers as an evidence of Mr. Kent's free hand and good will. It is said that this gentleman had from fifty to three hundred dollars invested in every church in Washington township.


In 1861 came the civil war, and untold distress was the result in thou- sands of households. Money was close, but Mr. Kent proved himself to be the man for the times, doing much to relieve the families of soldiers, and re- ceiving the blessings of the widows and orphans whom his generosity had placed beyond the pale of want. On one occasion, as a company composed of his neighbors was marching to the depot on its way to the scenes of war, Mr. Kent came upon the scene and asked Captain Daniel Ash to order " open ranks." When the order was obeyed Mr. Kent passed through the lines and gave each man a five-dollar bill. "That came in good time," said one of the soldiers, " for many of us were leaving home and family without a dollar, and knew not when nor where the next dollar was to come from." It is such instances as these that endeared our subject to all who knew him, and too much cannot be written or said of a man of so much generosity and Chris- tian philanthropy. He was always a busy man and was seldom seen on the street except on urgent business.


Mr. Kent was twice married, the last time to Miss Rosamond C. Chess- borough, daughter of Noyers P. and Clara (Moore) Chessborough, the latter a niece of Thomas Moore, the poet. The death of our subject occurred May 7, 1882, his wife passing away December 24, 1886. They had six chil- dren: Clara, the wife of Dr. D. R. Burrell, of Canandaigua, New York; May L., who married Dr. L. T. Desey, of Kentland; John A., deceased; Levanche


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E., wife of J. L. Morrison, of Kentland; Carroll C .; and one child who died in infancy.


Although not a member of any church, Mr. Kent was a liberal contribu- tor to all denominations and gladly helped them in any way in his power. In his political belief he was a stanch Democrat.


The parents of our subject, Carroll C. and Pheba Kent, were both born on the same day, October, 17, 1777, in Connecticut. Mrs. Kent was a daughter of Colonel Dymock, who served in the English army. Mr. Kent owned land at Oriskany, New York, on which was fought the battle of Oriskany, under General Herkimer, during the Revolutionary war. This land was afterward owned by his son, Alexander J. He died at Whitesboro, New York, aged eighty-three years. Mrs. Kent died August 21, 1827, aged fifty years.


JOSEPH A. SHARP.


The art of photography is an invention of comparatively recent years, and never before have the smiling faces of our friends greeted us from the pho- tograph in such perfection as at the present time. The first photographic production, the daguerreotype, was secured by a most expensive and labo- rious process, requiring care and skill in so preparing the plates that the image might be retained; and although its advent was hailed with delight it was far from satisfactory. Then the photograph in its crude form, and the tin- type had a brief sway, but to-day we have the pleasure of preserving the likeness of our friends, almost life-like and at slight expense. How many carry the loved features of dear ones, long since gone to the better world, only as a memory, and what unspeakable satisfaction would it be to have this fading memory-picture embodied in a photograph of modern art! The artist fills a place in the world that can never be supplied by any other pro- fession or craft. Among the leading artists of the present day is Joseph A. Sharp, a well-known figure on the streets of Rensselaer, where he has resided for over twenty years. He is a Kentuckian by birth, an Ohioan by long resi- dence, and an Indianian by adoption. His father, Andrew Sharp, was a native of Pennsylvania, but moved to Kentucky, and soon after to Marion county, Ohio, where he lived until his death. His wife was a native of Switzerland, her maiden name having been Ann Maria Wirtz.


Mr. Sharp grew to manhood in Ohio, and married Miss Martha Ann Stively, of that state. When about fifteen years old he was afflicted by a serious illness, which resulted in his permanent lameness. He took up the business of photography, acquainting himself with the various details in Marion, Ohio, and is now one of the most proficient artists in that line.


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After locating for short periods in different places, he came to Rensselaer in 1877 and has since made this his home. He is recognized as a first-class artist and one who stands at the head of his profession. His studio is first- class in every respect, and is well patronized. He has made many friends since coming to this place, -friends who bear willing testimony to his ster- ling worth.


JOHN F. BORDERS.


John Fletcher Borders has been a prominent agriculturist of Indiana since early manhood, and for the past few years has resided near Winamac, in Harrison township, Pulaski county, this state. He was born near Green- ville, Darke county, Ohio, July 22, 1834, his parents being Wesley and Sarah Ward (Eidson) Borders.


Christopher Borders was a native of Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, from which state he moved to Virginia, where he married Sarah Blizzards, a daughter of Ruth Wesley and a native of Greenbrier county. The Wesleys were originally from England. The children born to this union were Chris- topher, John, James, Wesley, William, Sarah and Ruth,-all dead but the father of our subject.


Wesley Borders was born August 27, 1807, in Greenbrier county, Vir- ginia, and at the age of four years went with his parents to Greene county, Ohio, where they resided six years previous to locating in Darke county, that state. Here he was joined in marriage, in 1832, with Miss Sallie Eidson, a native of the county in which they continued to live until 1835. At this time he sold the old farm for six hundred dollars, receiving three hundred in cash and the balance in installments of one hundred dollars annually. They then went to Preble county, same state, arriving February 22, 1836, but, not being satisfied with the locality, moved on to Miami county, where Mr. Borders entered a quarter section of land, March 27, 1837. Seven years later he made a most judicious trade, disposing of eighty acres of this farm for a house and lot in West Logansport, Indiana. After holding this property a few years he took advantage of an opportunity offered for ex- changing it for two hundred acres of fine land in sections 21 and 28, Harri- son township, near Winamac, Indiana. This land was owned by John Baker, with whom the trade was made, and had a house upon it and thirty acres in cultivation. This farm is now the property of George Douglass. In the meantime Mr. Borders had disposed of his remaining eighty in Miami county, Ohio, for four hundred dollars, and having lost his wife about the same time he did not again begin keeping house until 1849,. when he moved on his farm near this place and continued there until 1863. He then went


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to Greenwood county, Kansas, where he pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres, which he improved and cultivated, devoting his attention to this work until 1888, when he returned to Pulaski county, Indiana, for a year's visit. Then he once more took up his residence in Kansas, where he remained until 1897, when he came to Pulaski county, and has since made his home with our subject.


Mr. Borders became identified with the Methodist Episcopal church at an early age, uniting with that great organization in 1829. He was ordained or licensed to preach in 1840 and has been one of the most earnest and effi- cient workers in the field for over half a century. His ministrations were conducted both in this state and in Kansas, and he is remembered with kindness and affection by scores of people to whom he brought comfort and consolation. He was eloquent and fearless in his utterances, and many of his sermons were given under the most trying and dangerous conditions. He may well be classed with that grand, old, primeval preacher, Peter Cart- wright, whose fortitude and courage, in bearing the hardships and perils of pioneer life that the words of the gospel might be spread, call for our highest admiration and wonder. In these days of established churches and intelli- gent, cultivated congregations, but little idea can be had of the rude, wild and almost savage crowds that flocked to hear the frontier preacher, caring little for his words and intent only on getting what excitement they could from the meeting. The speaker, by some happy faculty, touches a sympa- thetic cord in these uncouth natures and draws them away from their lawless pleasures, causing them to desire a better life; and the good accomplished in this direction is not to be estimated by power of pen.


Wesley Borders was twice married, wedding for his first wife Sarah Ward Eidson, the mother of our subject. She was born August 9, 1807, in Marion county, Kentucky, and was a daughter of John Eidson, who is mentioned later in this biography. Her death occurred January 22, 1846, and she was laid to rest in the town of Gilead, Miami county, Indiana. The children born of this marriage were as follows: Martha J., born in Preble county, Ohio, May 12, 1833; John Fletcher, our subject; Sarah Elizabeth, October 27, 1835; Frances Marie, October 19, 1837, who married Milton Venard March 29, 1855, and resides in Winamac; Miranda Annice, born May 22, 1839, who married John Smith and died in her thirtieth year; Ezra Watson, born March 15, 1841; Emeline, who was born in 1843 and resides in Arizona with her husband and family. Martha Jane, the eldest child, married Douglass Moore on May 18, 1851, and after his deatlı was a second time united in marriage, her second husband being William Dixon, with whom she is now living in Illinois. Sarah Elizabeth was married September 9, 1852, to Jasper Newton Mullins, who was born in Fayette county, Indiana, June 29, 1829, and died January 8,


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1868. His tomb is in Olive Branch cemetery. The children of this union are Loretta, born June 29, 1853, and married to William Smith, of Mechan- icsburg, Illinois, and is the mother of the following children: Eula Lee, born February 17, 1878; Pearl, December 14, 1880; Frankie and Geneva, born May 12, 1896. Rosella Mullins was born December 18, 1855, and died September 19, 1857; Mary Ann was born May 13, 1859, and died October 27, 1889; she married Eli C. Morrow and gave birth to three children,- Madge, Zura Lee and Archie; Marcellus was born November 12, 1860; Ells- worth, born March 14, 1862, married Miss Ida Young and has two children, -Edward and Maggie,-who were born December 17, 1894; Hortense was born August 30, 1866, and died in November, 1869. Ezra Watson Borders is a resident of Columbus, Nebraska. By his first wife, Miss Ora Doud, he has two children, -Fred and Blanche.


Wesley Borders chose as his second wife Mrs. Lydia Jane Gregory, to whom he was united January 25, 1849. She was born June 27, 1821, and was a daughter of William Smith and the widow of Nathan Gregory. She was a native of Delaware county, Ohio, and was married at the age of twenty years to Nathan Gregory, who was born February 22, 1817, in Tioga county, New York. He was a victim of the Mexican war, losing his life July 5, 1847, at Camaign (Camargo?). The children of this marriage were Mary Jane, born March 2, 1842, and died May 15, 1857, at the age of fifteen years; George, born January 25, 1845, and Sarah Elizabeth, born August 25, 1847. The union with Mr. Borders resulted in the following children: Albert, born November 26, 1850, is a resident of Cripple Creek, Colorado; William, born April 28, 1853, died at the age of fifteen years; Ophra Elnora, born October 7, 1855, is living in Kansas; Ida Rebecca, born July 10, 1858, also lives in Kansas; Emory Firman, born November 11, 1861, is a resident of Colorado; and Wesley Strange, born January 7, 1863, is also a resident of the state of Colorado. In 1899 Mr. Borders' grandchildren and great-grandchildren num- bered over one hundred, while that genial gentleman, in his ninety-second year, was in the enjoyment of excellent health and the pride of his descend- ants. In politics he has always been a Republican, and has served as justice both in Ohio and Indiana, where a large circle of warm friends bear tribute to his noble and praiseworthy life. John Eidson, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was united in marriage to Miss Martha Gibson, by whom he had five children, namely: James, Nelson, Sarah, Annie and Matilda.


John Fletcher Borders, our subject, bought the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 33, Harrison township, in the year 1855, built a house and began to care for himself. The following year he moved to Fulton county, this state, where he took charge of the Nail's farm in Wayne town- ship, which he cultivated two years.


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His next change was to this county, where he cultivated the Martin Venard farm for two years. At that time the civil war was in progress and the president had made a call for men. Mr. Borders was among the many who left family and friends to take up arms for their country, and enlisted November 14, 1861, in Company H, Forty-sixth Indiana. He was promoted to the rank of sergeant after six months' service, and was mustered out in October of 1862. Then, with John Smith, he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in sections 21 and 28, Harrison township, upon a part of which he erected a house. He followed farming there two years, when he once more became a soldier, enlisting in the fall of 1864, in Company G, One Hundred and Fifty-first Indiana, and serving until the close of the war. He was in active service as provost guard one month and discharged the duties in a manner to call forth the commendation of his superiors.


Returning to the farm in Pulaski county, he continued on it until 1867, when he moved to Moorsburg and rented a mill which was operated by him and Joseph N. Mullins for three years. This work was not so pleasant to him as agriculture, and he accordingly moved back to his farm, which received his attention until 1895. He was a shrewd, careful manager and his farming operations were carried on in the most systematic manner, yield- ing him the most abundant returns. He saw an opportunity to secure a bar- gain in a tract of forty acres lying in the same township and took advantage of it, later deciding to make it his home. Accordingly, in 1895, he built a comfortable and commodious residence upon the land, with other suitable buildings, and moved there the same year, having sold his large farm. He also owns a farm of forty acres in section 23, this township.


John Fletcher Borders was married September 9, 1855, to Miss Nancy Elizabeth Benefield, daughter of William and Jane (Kane) Benefield. She was born January 21, 1837, in Delaware county, Indiana, and is a woman of many excellent attributes, loved and respected by the entire community but more especially in the little circle about the home. Her children are as fol- lows: Burlingame, who was born November 9, 1856, and is a lawyer of prominence in Hammond, Indiana, and whose sketch is elsewhere given; Minerva Anise, born September 19, 1858, married Jay Edwin Wagner on Oc- tober 7, 1884, and resides at Wagner, Arizona; Elmina, who was born Decem- ber 31, 1860, is the wife of William Robert Frazier; Martha, born July 25, 1862, is the wife of Frederick Rorenbangh, who resides on the N. A. Murphy farm and to whom she was wedded December 25, 1891; Franklin was born November 15, 1864; Addie, born November 31, 1866, married Frank Long March 7, 1889, and is the mother of Tolbert, Cleo, Argene, Elmer and Maude; Warren William was born March 11, 1870, and is a rising attorney whose biography will be found in these pages; Walter, born May 10, 1872,


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lives with his parents; Fred was born April 8, 1874, and has been engaged in teaching for the past six years, being at present connected with the Fair- view school; and Charles Hayes, born May 14, 1876, is a teacher at the Helm school, and he has been a most successful teacher for five years. Will- iam R. Frazier is a butcher of Winamac, and was married to Elmira Borders May 6, 1884. Three bright children have blessed their home, namely: Nel- lie, born March 7, 1888; Estella, June, 1890; and Raymond, June 22, 1896.


Mr. Borders is an influential citizen of Pulaski county, and in no uncer- tain manner does he stand in his political convictions. A Republican both by education and conviction, he has held the office of township trustee for eleven years to the entire satisfaction of his constituents, whose interests were paramount to all else. In every walk of life he has been upright and hon- orable.


William Benefield was born June 6, 1797, in Pennsylvania. He was a carpenter by trade and worked at his craft in Delaware county, Indiana, where he lived for many years. He had the misfortune to cut his right knee in early life, from which wound he suffered all his life, being a cripple from the time of the accident. In 1848 he located in Pulaski county, where he entered forty acres in Harrison township, and later bought another forty of Joseph Reed. He built a frame house, in which he was living at the time of his death, October 19, 1870. He was joined in marriage with Jane Kane, who was born January 31, 1837, and is a daughter of John Kane. The Kane family were from Ireland, and the grandfather of Mrs. Borders is thought to have married a Miss Wilson, by whom he had three children. The eldest of these, Rebecca, married Harry M. Ketcham and reared the following chil- dren: Mary, born December, 1823; Joseph, born October 21, 1826; Rob- ert, born February 19, 1829; Thomas, born in February, 1831; Nancy Jane and James. John Kane was born in 1795, and Jane Kane, born in 1801, was the mother of Mrs. Borders. She died February 7, 1873, and is buried beside her husband. Their children were as follows: John Kane, born February 4, 1820; Mary Ann, September 21, 1821; Levi, March 27, 1823; Steward, May 28, 1825; Isaac, April 30, 1827; James Jackson, March 19, 1829; William Harrison, July 4, 1831; Enoch, December 28, 1833; Jane (Mrs. Borders), January 31, 1837; Sarah Jane, May 24, 1839; and Lydia Margaret, February 24, 1844. Of these children John Kane Benefield mar- ried, on July 8, 1841, Mary Melissa Mullins. He served in Company H, Forty-sixth Indiana Infantry, and died in Louisville, Kentucky, April 14, 1865. His children are John Wesley, who served with his father through the war; John and Rosa. Mary Ann married Moses Nelson Dunlap and lived in La Porte county, Indiana. Her children are Joseph, Marilla Jane and Adeline. Levi married Jane Dukes, a sister of J. M. Dukes, and his widow




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