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when he had attained the age of sixteen years had acquired sufficient knowl- edge to enable him to teach. From that time forward for twelve successive winters he taught country school during the winter, and in the summer sea- sons was engaged in farm work.
December 23, 1859, Mr. Adams was married to Miss Sophia M. Beale, and the fruits of this union were six children, four of whom are living: Francis, Judson L., Mary S. and Cora. The deceased children were Clara D. and Florence. Mrs. Adams died March 29, 1872. In 1873 Mr. Adams was married to Eleanor Mccullough, who was born in Henry county, Indiana, in 1847. Her parents were William C. and Keturah (McMahon) McCul- lough. The former was a native of Tennessee, reared in Indiana; the latter, a native of Ohio, came with her parents to Indiana when a child. Mrs. Adams' father died in 1893. Her mother is still living. By his second wife Mr. Adams had nine children, eight of whom are living, as follows: William I., Keturah, wife of Jesse Sayler, Bertha Belle, Henry Sanford, Leonard Colfax, Eleanor C., Hartsell and Anna M. A daughter, Lou, died at the age of eleven years.
Mr. Adams was for many years a resident of Jordan township. He was a man of great force of character and of unquestionable integrity. He served as treasurer of Jasper county, to which position he was elected in 1876. He entered the army in the war of the Rebellion, as a member of the Eighty- seventh Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was a faithful soldier, but was discharged in 1863, on account of disability. For many years he was identified with the Republican party, and was an able and earnest advocate of its principles. His opposition to the liquor traffic induced him to join the Prohibition party, and in 1891 he was the candidate of that party for a seat in congress. He was ever forward in whatever tended to promote the best interests of the people. He was a firm believer in the truths of Chris- tianity, and for thirty-five years was a member of the Missionary Baptist church. He was a successful business man, and at the time of his death was the possessor of a valuable tract of land. Fraternally he was a worthy mem- ber of the Order of Odd Fellows and of the G. A. R. Mrs. Adains resides at her pleasant home in Rensselaer.
PARMENAS G. SMITH.
Parmenas G. Smith, who after a life of industry and indefatigable toil is now spending the evening of his span of years in retirement at his pleasant home in West Lebanon, Warren county, is a native of Bourbon county, Ken- tucky, his birth having occurred October 9, 1821. He was one of the eight children, three of whom were sons, of George W. and Mary Smith, who in
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1830 emigrated to Vermilion county, Illinois. Two of the sons and two of the daughters are still living. The father, George W. Smith, died March 30, 1853.
It was in 1840 that P. G. Smith came to Warren county, and Decem- ber IIth of that year his marriage to Eliza M. Shankland was celebrated. She is a daughter of David Shankland, one of the early pioneers of this county. Born in Nicholas county, Kentucky, April 9, 1795, a son of John Shankland, who had located in that state soon after the close of the Revolu- tionary war, he left home at twenty years of age and dwelt for a few years in Ohio. He was married in Preble county, that state, September 27, 1817, to Sally Crawford, whose brother William was a pioneer of Warren county. In October, 1829, David Shankland, wife and six children arrived in this county and took up their abode upon government land in Pike township. There the father cleared a fine farm and resided until his death, June II, 1872, the result of an accident, he having been thrown from his wagon. His wife, who was in the wagon, also, was badly injured, but recovered. She died April 16, 1875. They were esteemed members of the Christian church, and were relied upon to do all within their power in support of good causes. He was very fond of music, possessed a fine voice, and at vari- ous times taught a singing-school, with marked success. In the early days of his residence here he had fine sportas a hunter, as wolves, deer and other wild game were abundant, and he was an excellent marksman. Three of the six children who accompanied him to this state survive: Mrs. Smith; David, now of the state of Oregon; and Mrs. Sarah Byers, of Steuben township, War- ren county.
The eldest child of P. G. Smith and wife, and their only son, Columbus, died when two years and three months old. Their four daughters are, respect- ively: Jane, wife of George W. Compton; Mrs. Amanda M. Cronkhite; Sally J., wife of Joseph Whitten; and Anna M., Mrs. William Siddens.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith are devoted members of the Christian church, and have endeavored to embody in their lives the noble principles in which they believe. They have tried to aid and uplift their fellow men, lending a help- ing hand to the poor and needy, and cheering and sympathizing with those in trouble.
EDGAR D. RANDOLPH.
In the law perhaps more than in any other profession, only merit and solid worth count for much. Friends, wealth, social standing and illustrious ancestry are all as naught when the essentials are knowledge of the law, sound common sense and tact, a clear brain and well balanced judgment, the
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ability to penetrate motives and springs of human conduct, and energy and persistence in any course when mapped ont. Mr. Randolph possesses the qualities which insure success and has already won an enviable place in the bar of Tippecanoe county. He is a member of the well known law firm of Vinton & Randolph, of Lafayette. In political circles as well as in his own profession, Mr. Randolph is destined to become a leader, and to-day is recog- nized as an important factor in local politics. Zealous in the cause of the Republican party since he received the right of franchise, he has been an effective worker in its behalf and was honored by being the candidate of the party for Tippecanoe and Clinton counties to the sixtieth general assembly of Indiana. He was elected by a majority of about sixteen hundred votes and served the people to the credit of himself and friends. At this writing he is the Republican nominee for the office of district prosecuting attorney.
In following the history of Edgar D. Randolph it is found that he is of Scotch, Irish and English stock and that both of his grandfathers, Paul Ran- dolph and James Sharp, were natives of Pennsylvania and were farmers by occupation. The former died in the Keystone state, at the age of fifty-nine years, as the result of an injury received while he was plowing. James Sharp was an early settler in Indiana, his home being in Cass county. He reared a large number of children and lived to reach the age of three-score and ten years. The parents of our subject, Alexander L. and Mary Ellen Randolph, are both living in Lafayette. Though they were both reared to maturity in Pennsylvania, and the father was born in that state, the mother is a native of Indiana. In 1878 they removed to Cass county, Indiana, and for four years carried on a farm; then for two years they lived in Monroe county and in 1884 they came to this county and for several years they have lived retired from active life. They are members of the Presbyterian church. Their eldest son, William E., is deceased, and the other three, Edgar D., James Sharp and Alfred P., are all residents of this city.
Born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, June II, 1865, Edgar D. Randolph spent his happy, care-free boyhood on his father's farm. He was a lad of eleven years when he came to Indiana, and, after attending the dis- trict and preparatory schools for a few years in Cass county he attended the state university at Bloomington, but was graduated at Wabash college, in Crawfordsville, this state, in 1891. Soon afterward he took up the study of law in the office of Coomler & Gaylord, of Lafayette, and was admitted to the bar in 1893. Immediately establishing himself in practice here he con- tinued alone until July 1, 1897, when the present partnership was entered upon, Henry H. Vinton, a legal light of high standing, being the senior mem - ber of the firm. In view of the facts that he was for years a farmer's boy, trained to agricultural pursuits; that he worked at whatever he could find to
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do to earn an honest livelihood while he was going through school and that he at last mastered all difficulties; that he taught school for about a year and that he persevered in his determination to enter the law, -there can be no reasonable doubt as to his future success. Now in the prime of early man- hood, he possesses vitality, energy and a strong will that count all obstacles and seeming defeats as merely incentives to further and higher effort.
November 24, 1886, Mr. Randolph married Elizabeth R. Binford, daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Griffith) Binford. Their pleasant and hos- pitable home is at No. 98 South Sixth street. Mrs. Randolph, who is a lady of pleasing address and attainments, is a member of the Second Presbyterian church.
HENRY H. EVANS.
The history of Gordon township, Warren county, would be very incom- plete should the record of the Evans family be omitted, as for more than seventy years they have been actively interested in its development and instrumental in its amazing growth in wealth and importance.
Jesse and Catherine Evans, the paternal grandparents of our subject, were natives of Virginia, whence they removed to Fountain county, Indiana, in 1826, there spending the rest of their days. David D., father of Henry H. Evans, was born in Virginia, in 1810, and, being a youth of sixteen when his parents came to this state, he was of great assistance to them in the establishment of their pioneer home. He married, in that county, and in 1830 came to Warren county, where he began housekeeping in Washington township. In 1846 he located in Jordan township, where he lived until his death, May 17, 1883. After the death of his first wife, in 1856, he married Catherine Bottorff, who is still living. By his first marriage he had seven children, and by the last union eight children. Five of those born to the first wife are yet living, namely: Mrs. Amanda Pence, John T., Henry H., Mrs. Jane Swisher and Armstrong A .; and William F. and Mrs. Rebecca Guest are deceased. Of the second wife's children, Mrs. Ella McElhaney alone has passed away, and the others are: Mrs. Mary Flint, Mrs. Lucinda Himmelright, Miss Lydia A. Evans, Mrs. Emma Davis, Mrs. Anna Thomp- son, Mrs. Rossilla Cochran and Francis M. In his political views, Mr. Evans was a strong Republican, and prior to the war was a thorough disbeliever in slavery. Religiously, he was a Christian, identified with the church of that name.
The subject of this sketch was named Henry Harrison, in honor of Will- iam Henry Harrison, who was inaugurated as president of the United States upon the natal day of Mr. Evans, March 4, 1841. The patriotic principles
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which were instilled into him from childhood found manifestation, when, upon the 12th of September, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Thirty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, for a term of three years, faithfully serving his country until July 21, 1865,-nearly four years. During this long period he participated in many of the important campaigns of the great civil conflict, including Resaca and the famous march to the sea, under command of Sher- man. At the battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee, March 5, 1863, he was cap- tured, and for four weeks was held a captive in Libby prison, then being exchanged. At the close of his long and meritorious service, he had the pleasure of taking part in the grand review at Washington.
Upon returning home after the war, Mr. Evans turned his attention to farming, and now is the owner of one of the best improved homesteads in Jordan township, his residence here dating from the spring of 1870. In all of his labors and plans for advancement he has been ably assisted and sec- onded by his faithful wife. She is a daughter of Cunningham and Sarah Brown, her maiden name having been Elizabeth J. Brown, and her marriage to Mr. Evans took place February 26, 1868.
Following in his father's footsteps, he is an ardent Republican, though in no wise a politician. Fraternally, he is a member of W. B. Fleming Post, No. 316, G. A. R.
CHARLES A. HOTTENSTEIN.
The surname which the subject of this article bears was originally Von Hottenstein, and the history of the family can be traced back some three hundred years. His parents were William and Elizabeth Hottenstein, natives of Pennsylvania, in which state their entire lives were passed.
The birth of Charles A. Hottenstein took place in Maxatawny township, Berks county, Pennsylvania, May 11, 1816. In his early manhood he was employed at different occupations, but has made agriculture the chief business of his life. In the spring of 1855 he came to Warren county, where he leased land for about two years, then buying his present homestead in Prairie town- ship. As the name of the district indicates, this property was mainly prai- rie land, and the owner has been very successful in improving it and making a very desirable farm. During the forty years of his residence here he has been a witness of great changes, and has been no unimportant factor in the grand result. He owns two hundred acres, and raises several kinds of crops and live stock.
In September, 1854, Mr. Hottenstein married Mary Sawyer, widow of Felix Sawyer, and mother of Sally, Joseph and William Sawyer. Three chil- dren were born to our subject and his estimable wife. Robert C., whose
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birth occurred in Pennsylvania prior to the removal of the family to this county, has always made his home on the parents' farm, and is a sterling business man and citizen. He married Mary E. Donovan, a native of Foun- tain county, Indiana, and daughter of Clark and Sarah (Swarts) Donovan, and their little son, Charles Clark, was born May 12, 1893. Edward L., second son of our subject, resides in Williamsport, and Mary Elizabeth, the only daughter, died when but three years of age.
CHARLES CARLYLE DRISCOL, M. D.
Among the pioneer families of Tippecanoe county were the ancestors of Dr. Driscol, who is one of the leading physicians of Lafayette, his office being at No. 1610 South street. His paternal grandfather, Jeremiah Driscol, of Irish descent, came to this locality from Ohio, his native state, and entered land from the government. From that time until his death, which event occurred when he was well along in years, he was actively engaged in the cultivation and improvement of his property. The maternal grandfather of the Doctor was Cornelius Morris, also a farmer and probably born in Ohio. He was a typical frontiersman, enduring the hardships incident to life in a new country, as this county was for many years after his settlement here, with fortitude and a courageous heart. He came from fine old English stock and was highly honored by all who knew him. For a number of years he was a justice of the peace and frequently his neighbors urged him to accept other positions of trust and honor. A patriot of the truest kind, he stood by his country in peace and war alike, and was one of those who went to her aid in the war of 1812.
The father of the Doctor, James Driscol, is a well-to-do farmer of Wabash township, Tippecanoe county. He was born in that locality and has passed his whole life there, enjoying the friendship and good will of hosts of friends. His wife, Mary Jane (Morris) Driscol, is likewise a native of this county, and, with her husband, is a member of the Baptist church. Their children were nine in number, those living being as follows: Dr. Charles C .; George T .; Richard O .; Alice; Nancy C., Mrs. Samuel Calhoun; and Rosie M.
Dr. C. C. Driscol was born on the old homestead in this county, July 10, 1865, and received an excellent education. For some years he attended the public schools of Lafayette and Purdue University. Then he entered the Kentucky School of Medicine, in Louisville, and was graduated there June 20, 1893. He lost no time in getting established in practice, for he was ready for business in this city within two weeks from the date of his grad- uation. His success has been good from the start and year by year he is
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adding materially to the number of his clients and proportionally to his income. Always a great student, he keeps thoroughly posted on all modern methods of combatting disease and is meeting with gratifying success in his loved field of work. Modest and unassuming in manner, he yet impresses one as having a reserve force and power of character that is abundantly equal to any emergency. The gentleness and sympathy so necessary in a skilled physician are manifest in his disposition, and whenever he enters the room of suffering his hopefulness and helpfulness are immediately infused into the mind of the patient, thus materially aiding recovery.
July 10, 1889, Dr. Driscol married Mrs. Rose Hattie McCormick, daughter of Isaiah and Rebecca (Shanks) Campbell. Mr. Campbell was one of the ster- ling pioneers of this county, and for years was engaged in farming in Wabash township, four miles from Lafayette. His father came to this state from Ohio, but was a native of Virginia, and was of English descent. Isaiah Campbell went to California in 1849 and engaged in mining for several years, returning to this county in 1860. He was a native of Ross county, Ohio; his wife of Clinton county, Indiana. He died July 28, 1898, when in his eightieth year, and is survived by his widow, who is still living at her old home in Wa- bash township, four miles from Lafayette. The latter is a daughter of Rich- ard Shanks, who was born in Ohio, and was one of the early settlers of Clin- ton county, Indiana. One of the great-grandfathers of Mrs. Driscol, a Mr. Knight, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was related to General Washington. The brothers and sisters of Mrs. Driscol are Ella; Phebe, Mrs. Walter Higley; Stephen, and two who died in infancy.
Dr. Driscol is a Democrat, and belongs to the Improved Order of Red Men and to the Modern Woodmen of America. He and his estimable wife have a pretty home at No. 101 Lincoln street. They are members of the Baptist church of this city, and are active in various religious and charitable enterprises.
WILLIAM H. MILLER, M. D.
Five years ago the enterprising young physician whose name heads this sketch came to Lafayette, but at that time had no expectation of making this city his permanent place of abode. However, he succeeded so well in prac- tice and became so thoroughly interested in the place and its inhabitants that he concluded to remain, greatly to the satisfaction of the many sincere friends he had made. The charms of this flourishing little city impress the visitor at first sight, but a lasting affection springs up in the minds of those who linger here, and if they are obliged to go, they do so with genuine regret. In a place of this size talent is more apt to be recognized; there is less of the
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stress and strain, the competition and struggle for wealth, and more of the quietness and beauty of life than in the larger centers of commerce. These, and other considerations, led Dr. Miller to cast his lot with the citizens of Lafayette.
The Miller family, of which the Doctor is a worthy representative, is one of the old and highly honored ones of Virginia. He, however, was born across the line in Hardy county, West Virginia, not far from the celebrated Orkney Springs, Virginia. His parents were Edward T. and Harriet (Haman) Miller, natives of the Old Dominion. Born October 5, 1867, the Doctor spent the first five years of his life in his native place and then accom- panied his parents to Louisville, Kentucky. After five years' residence in that city the family went to Florida, on account of the father's poor health, and in the town of Waldo, that state, he died, in 1878. The mother and son went north to Maryland, and the latter entered an endowed school at McDonough, near Baltimore, there receiving a liberal literary education.
Dr. Miller then located in Dover, Maryland, and for the following four years was engaged in the drug business at that place. Going thence to Philadelphia, he matriculated in the College of Pharmacy, and was duly graduated therein in 1890. Desiring further qualifications, he next pursued a thorough course in the Jefferson Medical College, in the Quaker City, being graduated there in 1893, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. The same year witnessed his arrival in Lafayette, where he was employed for two years in the capacity of registered drug clerk. In 1895 he opened an office and established himself in regular medical practice, in which he has been very successful. He is a member of the Tippecanoe County Medical Society and of the Indiana State Medical Association; the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. In his political faith he is a pronounced Democrat. He is very popular in professional, political and social circles, and a most prosperous future can safely be predicted for him.
HENRY ROSSITER.
One of the respected citizens and progressive agriculturists of Warren county is Henry Rossiter, who has been associated with Indiana's growth and prosperity for the past forty-five years. A native of Ireland, he was born in county Wexford, in 1830, and was reared to manhood in the Emerald Isle. His parents, Nicholas and Bridget Rossiter, died in that country.
When he had entered his twenty-fifth year, Henry Rossiter determined to seek his fortune in the United States. For two years, however, after landing upon this continent he made his home in Canada, coming then to Lafayette, Indiana, where he dwelt for two years. Later he located upon a
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farm in section 13, Prairie township, Warren county, whence, some nine years subsequently, he removed to his present home, in the same township. Few improvements had been made at that time on the place, which, under his able management, has become one of the best in the locality.
Mr. Rossiter married Miss Margaret Foster, a daughter of Zachariah Foster, a pioneer of Medina township. Two sons and four daughters bless the union of our subject and wife, namely: Lydia, Mary, Luella, Gertrude, Chester (an attorney at Williamsport) and Samuel (who is on the old home- stead). The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and are always prominently connected with all worthy enterprises here. Politic- ally Mr. Rossiter has given his allegiance to the Republican party ever since he cast his first presidential ballot, for John C. Fremont, in 1856.
HENRY B. FLESHER.
Sixty years ago the family whose only representative to-day in Warren county is the subject of this notice, arrived in this portion of Indiana. His paternal great-grandfather was a native of Germany, but at an early day set- tled in Virginia. There his son Henry, the grandfather of our subject, was born, lived and died, and in the same Old Dominion state John and Elizabeth E. (Graham) Flesher, the parents of H. B. Flesher, were born and reared to maturity.
Subsequently to their marriage this worthy couple left Virginia, and, going to Preble county, Ohio, made their home there for about two years. In December, 1839, they arrived in Warren county, Indiana, and in 1841 made a permanent settlement on the property now in the possession of their son, our subject. Here the parents spent the remainder of their lives, the father dying September 2, 1885, and the mother, February 8, 1872. After her death Mr. Flesher married Mrs. Mildred Hunt, who survives him. Our subject's parents were consistent members of the Christian church, the father being identified, however, with the Methodist Episcopal denomination for a few years prior to his demise. Strictly upright in word and deed, loving and kind in his treatment of his family and neighbors, he was highly esteemed by every one. Of his five children three died while young, and a daughter, Mrs. Mary Newson, lives in Bartholomew county, Indiana.
Henry B. Flesher, who was born in Virginia, January 1, 1835, was a child of about five or six years when he was brought to the old home place where he has spent the years since. Growing to manhood, he was of much assistance to his father in clearing and developing the homestead, which later came into his possession and has proved a valuable, fertile farm, suit- able for the raising of a variety of crops and all kinds of live stock.
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When the civil war had been in progress for more than a year, and it had become evident that each side, the north and the south, was determined to fight to the bitter end, Mr. Flesher acted upon conviction that it was his duty to enlist in the defence of his country, and in August, 1862, he became a member of Company E, Eighty-sixth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry. For three years he stood faithfully at his post, participating in many of the most important campaigns of the war. The first im- portant battle in which he was actively engaged was that of Stone river. At Chickamauga he was on duty in the hospital department, and remained on the field after Rosecrans had fallen back, taking care of the wounded. He was captured by the enemy and suffered confinement in Libby prison for three months, when he was released on parole, and afterward exchanged. Returning to his regiment, he continued to render efficient assistance in the medical department, as hospital steward, until the close of the war.
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