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their letters of transfer, which were de- posited in the new home and loving hands did all in their power to alleviate the trouble which had visited the newcomers. The family now consisted of three children, namely : Mary Ann, who was born August 31, 1841, was married to Jesse Rich, and passed to her reward February 28, 1865; Elizabeth S. (Mrs. Peacock), who was born June 9, 1843; and Alice, born February 21, 1845, and the wife of William S Elliott, of Radley, Liberty township. Mr. Radley was a plasterer and brick mason in his na- tive country, and on reaching here he gave his time and attention to agriculture and his former trade, which he continued to do throughout his life. There were but few residents in Fairmount township when they came, and in the village there were but two stores, one grist-mill, one saw-mill and two residences comprising the improvements in the entire township. In later years they lo- cated more in the center of the township, and through heritage they received a large tract of land in Librty township, and in honor of this family the village of Radley was named. Samuel Radley was a man of strict integrity, to whom an honorable name meant far more than aught else. He was born September 4, 1816, and on March II, 1877, his soul passed into the great Un- known-a good man gone to his reward. His wife was born August 30, 1807, and survived him eleven years, entering the dreamless sleep to awake in the eternal morning October 23, 1888. They are well and kindly remembered by the older resi- cents, and in their case it may be truly said that the good they have done lived after then.
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JAMES HUTCHINSON CARROLL.
James Hutchinson Carroll, son of Jacob and Frances (Hutchinson) Carroll, was born in Scott county, Kentucky, April 7, 1835. He attended the old subscription schools until about sixteen years of age, when he engaged in farming. He left Ken- tucky in 1854 and came to Marion county, Indiana, where he was located until 1883, and then settled in Fairmount township, where he owns one hundred and thirty acres of fine farm land. In 1866 he engaged in the mercantile business in Indianapolis, con- tinuing about one year. He was reared in the Christian church, but is not a member. Politically he is a Democrat.
On March 15, 1861, James H. Carroll married Eleanor Martin, daughter of Alfred and Eliza ( Webster) Martin, who has be- come the mother of ten children, six living and four dead. Florence, born January 30, 1862, was married in August, 1887, to Le- ander Perry Tacket; Clara C., born No- vember 4, 1864, died in October, 1870; Ar- lotte, born January 8, 1868, died in October, 1870; William H., born July 25, 1870, married, in 1893. Myrtle Antrum; Omer O., born September 28, 1872, married in January, 1893, Alice Lewis : James F., born February 18, 1874. married Minnie Lewis in 1894: infant, died in 1876; John, born June 24, 1876; Albert H., born May 18, 1882; Charles Ora (deceased), born Feb- ruary 4. 1888, died January 15, 1889, at the age of eleven months. His father, Ja- cob Carroll, was born in Virginia, and was a soldier in the war of 1812. His mother was a native of Kentucky.
Mr. Carroll follows stock-raising and mixed farming, is enterprising and ever
ready to assist in improving and developing the county. He has paid personally nine- teen hundred dollars for ditches, giving thirteen hundred dollars towards the con- struction of one that has been of no bene- fit to him whatever.
Mrs. Carroll was born May 30, 1840, in Marion county, Indiana, where she was educated in the public schools, attending until she was sixteen years of age, and af- terward lived with her widowed mother until she was married. Her father died when Mrs. Carroll was but ten years of age, leaving her mother heavily burdened with a large family of children. He was born in South Carolina, and received an excel- lent education, after which he entered into school teaching, which he had always after- ward followed as his principal vocation. He also took great interest in farming, and had purchased land and established himself a home, and this he also brought under his direct supervision with great success. He and his wife were devout members of the Baptist church, and had always taken an active interest in all religious matters and did all in their power to have the religious advantages extended to people in all walks of life as well as the educational privileges, in which he also was a leader.
He and his wife became the proud par- ents of twelve children, and it was with great sorrow that one by one these children have been called from this life until now there are but three left. The first born was Martha Ann, who later married Cyrus Cat- terson, and she is deceased; Catherine (Mrs. John Leverton), deceased ; James, who gave up his life as a soldier in the Union army after one year's service; Malinda, who was burned to death when but a child; Sarah
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(Mrs. Daniel Catterson) is now deceased; Mary E. (Mrs. George Morgan) deceased; Louisa (Mrs. Marion Kelly), deceased; Rhuben H., who is a progressive farmer of Marion county, Indiana, and who mar- ried Harriet Kelly and has a family of eight children; Alfred, of Johnson county, Indi- ana, a widower living with his son; Ellean- dor (Mrs. James H. Carroll ) ; and Lyman Leonard, who also died in the Civil war af- ter serving two years.
This family is one of the oldest ini America, and the name has been prominent- ly identified with the history of the United States since its origin. Mrs. Carroll became a member of the Christian church in her girlhood days in Marion county, Indiana, but never removed her membership when she left.
Mrs. Carroll's father was born in Vir- ginia and his mother was a native of Ken- tucky, where they both died. He was a noted teamster in his younger days, but in his declining years lived the life of a farm- er. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll had born to them eight children, of whom the subject of this review is the youngest. The first born was Archibald, of Marion county, Indiana; Eliz- abeth (Mrs. Oscar Crevington by her first husband and after his death married a man named Kirby) ; Polly Ann (Mrs. William Baty), deceased; John, deceased; Sarah (Mrs. Robert Kirby, of Kentucky) ; Cath- erine ( Mrs. George Angel), deceased; Alex- ander Scott, of Tipton county, Indiana ; and James H.
James H. Carroll is a man who has been exceedingly successful as an agriculturist, and has bought over two hundred acres of land in the rough in Fairmount township, and through his personal efforts he has
brought his land to a high state of cultiva- tion and has now one of the finest farms in Fairmount township. After spending hundreds of dollars of hard-earned money on this property and others adjoining, of which he has never received the least bene- fit, he has kept on working diligently, bound not to give up to disappointment, and has got now where he can see the time when he and his beloved wife can sit down and reflect over the past and see the wonderful effect one man's efforts has accomplished in the history of this grand county.
Mr. Carroll is a man who has always been kind and loving as a husband and fa- ther, having become widely known through+ out the county, and has made hosts of friends, who extend their kindest wishes to him. Mrs. Carroll also has been a devoted helpmate to her husband, and has accom- plished a great deal of good in the commu- nity in which she has lived. She is a good conversationalist and is ever ready to ex- tend the kindly hospitality which she alone possesses and which has gained for her the friendship of people in all walks of life.
Mr. Carroll is a man whose educational advantages have been very limited, but he believes in having his children obtain the best education that can be had, and if they do not grasp the opportunity open to them there is no one to blame but themselves, and two of his children have passed beyond the limits of the common schools with great credit to themselves.
AUGUSTUS NEWTON LUCAS.
Augustus Newton Lucas, son of Dennis and Elizabeth (Scott) Lucas, was born in Highland county, Ohio, August 23, 1851.
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When he was ten years of age the family removed to Fulton county, Indiana, and one year later to Mill township, Grant county, where they lived until 1872, then removed to Jay county, where they now reside. His father was born February 15, 1830, and his mother July 15, 1831. They became the parents of thirteen children, viz. : Augustus N., the subject of this sketch; Benjamin, deceased; Ella, deceased; John; Charles ; Elizabeth (Mrs. Horton Barnell), of Red- key, Jay county, Indiana; Edwin; Frank, of Farmland, Randolph county, Indiana; Elmer, deceased; James, deceased; Albert, of Albany, Delaware county, Indiana; Mol- lie, deceased; and Margaret (Mrs. Oliver Stout ).
Mr. Lucas has always lived in Grant county, and now has eighty acres of fine farm land, and devotes his time to general farming. Ile is a member of the M. P. church, and has been parsonage trustee, class leader and superintendent of the Sun- day-school, and is at the present time one of the examining committee. He has al- ways been a liberal supporter of all religious undertakings in his community.
On February 20, 1876, Augustus N. Lucas married Sarah Bell, daughter of John and Hannah (Thompson) Mc Wilson. She was born December 23, 1855. They be- came the parents of two children : Glenolia, born February 4, 1877, and died October 8, 1894; and Preston Elonzo, born March 5, 1882, who resides with his parents. His paternal grandmother came from Germany and her husband came from England and stopped first in Pennsylvania, then in Ohio and finally settled in Indiana, where they now reside. The Wilson, or McWilson, family is one of the oldest in Grant county
and have been prominently identified with its development. John McWilson, father of Mrs. Lucas, came from Virginia in a very early day on horseback and was one of the first to settle in the township. He was a man of wonderful will power, full of business, a great worker, and soon gained the confidence of his neighbors through his honest dealings.
He entered one hundred and sixty acres of land and was one of the first to hold a political office in Grant county, it being trus- tee, the meetings being held in his home and also in the home of Thomas D. Duling, these being the most convenient places to hold their meetings at that time.
Mr. McWilson was born November 9, 1807, and died November 12, 1865. He married first Mary Ann Lucas, whose fa- ther was an early settler, he having entered the land now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Lu- cas. She was born February 11, 1822, mar- ried January 5, 1840, and died November 16, 1853. Their children are Robert Hugh Alexander, born May 9. 1842, died June 20, 1862; Matilda Jane, born June 30, 1844 (Mrs. William Duling) ; William Thomas, born October 21, 1847; James Philander, born January 21, 1849; Joseph, born De- cember 14. 1851, died the same day; Mary Louisa, born November 4. 1853, died No- vember 19, 1853. Mr. McWilson next mar- ried Hannah M. (Fallas) nee Johnson. She was married first to Turner W. Fallas, Oc- tober 1, 1844, by whom she had two chil- dren : Amos L., of Gaston, Delaware coun- ty. Indiana; and Mary Ella (Mrs. Lewis N. Jones), of Upland. He died October 22, 1850, and she married second time Ga- briel Johnson, who died October 17, 1869.
By the marriage of John McWilson and
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Hannah M. (Johnson) Fallas there were three children : Sarah Bell; Samuel Alonzo; and Turner Mackey, who died June 29, 1859, aged one month and nine days. Mrs. McWilson was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, December 10, 1824, and died March 8, 1894. She came with her parents from Pennsylvania to Ohio in October, 1829, and was one of nine children.
Mr. McWilson was always a member of the Presbyterian church, was elder, act- ed in this capacity for many years, and held this position at the time of his death.
FRANCIS M. HAYNES.
Francis M. Haynes, a successful farmer of Fairmount township, is the son of Solo- mon and Clara (Andrews) Haynes, was born in Franklin county, Indiana, August 22, 1842. His parents moved to Delaware county, Indiana, when he was about eight years old, where he was educated in the old subscription schools. The first school he attended was located in the house of Jacob Jones, who was the teacher. Mr. Haynes attended school two months cach winter until he was nineteen years of age.
In January, 1864, he enlisted in Dela- ware county in the Second Indiana Battery and participated in the battles of Prairie De Ann, Arkansas, April 11 and 12, 1864; Moscow, Arkansas, April 14, 1864; Poi- soned Springs, Arkansas, April 18, 1864; Jenkins' Ferry, or Saline River, Arkansas, April 29-30, 1864; Fort Smith, Arkansas, July 29-30-31, 1864; Nashville, Tennessee, December 15-16-17, 1864. On account of exposure he was taken sick at Nashville,
Tennessee, and was confined to hospital. The experiences undergone while in line of battle are beyond description and the expo- sures very severe. After two years of act- ive service he was discharged from service at Indianapolis, October 22, 1865, and re- turned to Grant county, Indiana, where he became a leading agriculturist of Fairmount township, residing in the northeast corner of the town adjoining the Mississinewa river.
On August 6, 1868, Mr. Haynes was united in marriage with Rachael, daughter of Daniel and Mary Ann (Johnson) Cole- man, by whom he has had five children : Alpharetta, born March 28, 1869, and died November 18, 1896; Daniel, born Febru- ary 4, 1871; an infant (deceased), born in September, 1873; Arthur D., born Decem- ber 6, 1875; and Clara S., born December 22, 1880. Mrs. Haynes was born October 19, 1845. Solomon Haynes, the father of the subject, was born in New York state, and when a young man came to Ohio and later to Grant county, Indiana, where he died in 1890. The paternal grandfather came from England, and the maternal grandfather was Silas Andrew.
Mrs. Haynes' parents (the Coleman family) came from Ohio in a very early day and settled in Grant county, Indiana, where they were one of the earliest settlers and where they lived until their deaths. Her father entered government land and be- came a prominent, honored and respected citizen. They became the parents of twelve children : Charlotte (Mrs. Henderson Nel+ son), of Gas City; Racael, the wife of the subject; Daniel, of Marion; an infant, de- ceased; Thomas, deceased; Gabrial, of Gas City; Mary Ann (Mrs. Harrison Dorton),
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of Mill township; an infant, deceased ; Nancy (Mrs. Alexander Myers), of Jones- boro; Henderson D., of Gas City; Mattie (Mrs. William Folk), deceased; and An- drew, deceased, aged eleven years.
The parents of Mr. Haynes were also very early representatives of Grant county, and became widely and prominently known. Mr. Haynes has held the office of commis- sioner of the town of Fairmount for twenty years. Not wanting to be burdened with the cares of political matters of the town, he did not want to accept this office at the last election, but it was forced upon him, and his good work and thorough knowledge makes it necessary for him to serve.
Since these notes were taken Mr. Haynes was elected as one of the members of the advisory board of Fairmount township, and is now serving in that capacity.
JOSEPH A. WINSLOW.
Joseph A. Winslow, a leader in religious, political, social and commercial circles in Fairmount, Grant county, Indiana, is also a farmer of prominence and one whose pro- gressive ideas have led to the success he enjoys to-day. He was born in North Car- olina December 6, 1859, and is a son of Jonathan P. and Jane ( Hanley ) Winslow. During his infancy his parents came to Grant county and located in Fairmount township, where he burned brick and built him a fine residence. This old landmark is still stand- ing in the village of Fairmount and is now occupied by a mother and sister of Joseph A. When it was built it was thought to be a mansion, superior to any of the buildings then in the vicinity, and it is yet in a splendid state of preservation.
Joseph A. Winslow received his educa- tion in the public schools of Fairmount, and then took up the occupation of farming and has since followed it, bringing to his aid a sound judgment and far reaching in- telligence which has been responsible for his success in the undertaking. He chose as his bride, Miss Margaret A. Gurnea, whom he led to the altar March 16, 1883. She is a daughter of George A. and Margaret (Morrison ) Gurnea, and a lady of superior attainments. Six children were sent to sanctify their marriage, viz .: Jonathan G., who was born January 23. 1884; Donald E., born November 7, 1886; Joseph H., born November 9. 1888; Paul, born August 17, 1893. and passed away the 24th of the fol- lowing August : George W., born May 20, 1895; and William Clarke, born May 5, 1898, and after a brief life of five months, was taken to the better world October 10, 1898. For many years Mr. Winslow was identified with the Quaker church, but in 1890, he severed his connection with that organization and united with the Baptist denomination. He is an enthusiastic worker in the church and was elected clerk, holding the office three years. He is the able and efficient superintendent of the Sunday-school, and during the years it has been under his supervision it has grown in numbers and strength until it is now one of the most flourishing schools in the village and is far reaching in its influence for good.
George G. Gurnea, the father of Mrs. Winslow, traces his ancestry to France, whence his grandfather, Francis Gurnea, emigrated to America, taking part in the battles of the Revolution. George G. and two brothers were sokliers in the second war with England, in 1812. George was
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born in Montgomery county, New York, February 24, 1819, and was a lad of four- teen when he came with his father to the state of Ohio, where he lived until his mar- riage, January 16, 1844, to Miss Mary Mor- rison. Miss Morrison was of Scotch birth and came to America at the age of eight- een years. Their marriage resulted in the birth of ten children, as follows: Eliza- beth, now Mrs. Martin Griswold, was born May 24, 1846; Mary Barbara, born Decem- ber 9, 1850, died November 9, 1867; Don- ald M., born December 9, 1851 ; Jennie, born April 15, 1853; Hattie J., born April 14, 1857, married R. T. Morgan; Margaret A., wife of Joseph Winslow, was born De- cember 16, 1860; Minnie C., born April 2, 1864, is Mrs. Chauncey L. Hayes, of Los Angeles, California ; Ocella, born December 22, 1844, died in infancy ; George, born July 19, 1843, died the following January; and Samuel, who was born April 13, 1855, died at the age of eight months.
THOMAS WINSLOW.
Thomas Winslow is too well known to need an introduction to our readers, as he is one of the foremost and most prominent men of Grant ! county, Indiana, having passed his entire life here since his birth in Fairmount township, this county, July 14, 1849. His parents, Milton and Mary (Roberts:) Winslow, were also well and favorably known as this was their home for very many years. His grandparents, Thomas and Nancy (Nixon) Winslow, were also residents of the county during its pioneer days. The family was founded in
America by three brothers who ran away from their homes in England and worked their passage to . America on the "Mayflower" in 1620. Their father learned of their plans, but saying nothing to them sought the captain and paid him the price of their voyage, requesting him to give it to the boys when they should reach their destination. This he did much to their surprise. One of the brothers settled in Baltimore, one in Pennsylvania, and one in North Carolina, and it is from the latter that this branch of the family springs.
Milton Winslow was born May 21, 1821, in the state of North Carolina, and came with his parents to Grant county, In- diana, when a lad of fifteen. The parents remained in Fairmount township until their deaths, and here he also died November 15, 1893. He assisted his father in clearing the old farm and remained at home until his marriage with Mary, daughter of Wal- ter and Hannah (Johnson) Roberts, on April 23, 1846. They became the proud parents of ten children, viz .: Walter R., who was born March 2, 1847, married and became the father of two children. His present residence is unknown as he lias not been heard from since 1883; Charles, who was born April 5, 1848, married Clara Viola Fellows, by whom he had two children, Iva, born March 9, 1877, now the wife of E. C. Modlin, and Vernie, born October 6, 1879. His wife died November 17, 1887. and he was married to Miss Martha Hoffhines, by whom he had three children, Vivia G., Bertha M., and Estella Blanche; Thomas, the third child of 'Milton Winslow, was born July 14, 1849; Nixon, born October 28, 1850, died ,September II, 1853 : Oraan- na, born July 25, 1852, died September I,
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1853 ; Milton, born December 23, 1853, mar- ried Miss Viola M. Miller, and is the father of four children, Ray, Bertha, Merlie, and Tressie ; Elihu, born February 6, 1855, was married in Kearney county, Nebraska, and now lives in Greeley, Colorado. He has nine children; Wilson was born December 3, 1856, and married Loisa Ball, who has borne him eight children. They reside in Elm Creek, Nebraska; and Jesse, born De- cember 28, 1858, died September 23, 1861. Milton Winslow was actively engaged in farming the greater part of his life, and was an ordained minister of the Quaker church, following the ministry for twenty- three years. He was a forcible and elo- quent speaker and had an unusual knowl- edge of the Bible, his words being eagerly listened to by large and attentive audiences. He was also a writer of some pretentions, composing a number of poems which he afterward compiled and had published, the book having a wide circulation and con- taining some gems of superior merit. That he was a man of exceptional ability along many lines, there can be no doubt. He held a warm place in the hearts of those whose privilege it had been to come under the charm of his presence, and the news of his pasing away was felt to be the announce- ment of a personal loss by the entire com- munity.
Mary Roberts Winslow was born July 15, 1818, in Wayne county, Indiana. Her parents were from a Quaker settlement in South Carolina and in company with sev- eral other families, enough to form a set- tlement wherever they might choose to stop, departed from their native land for new scenes. Arriving in Kentucky, they noted the bluegrass which grew so abundantly
and thought it a most desirable country in which to form their settlement, but first they wanted to find out all about the country. Learning that the state had been wrested from the Indians without recompense, and that slavery was carried on there, they said Quakers would never prosper there, and they continued their journey until they reached Wayne county, Indiana, where they located. There has never been a Quaker settlement in the state of Kentucky, on that account, and looking back at this time, to all the trouble and bloodshed that has been carried on within her borders, it wouldl almost appear as if a spirit of proph- ecy had taken hold of the little band when they showed their disapproval of the state obtained by blood and kept up in the same godless manner. Her grandparents on both sides settled in Wayne county, where Rich- mond now stands, and made that their home until death removed them. Her great- grandfather came from South Carolina in his boyhood and located in Ohio. The Quakers were a peace loving people, who would neither go to law or to war, and because her father refused to enlist in the war of 1812, the soldiers wreaked their vengeance on him by taking everything he had, even to the bedding of his first wife, and the saddle of her horse, leaving them perfectly destitute. Her father was of English origin, his mother, Nancy Whit- son Roberts, being a resident of Nantucket Island in her girlhood. Large numbers of birds of all kinds came there to build their nests and rear their young each summer, and it was customary for the residents of the island to gather the eggs for food. In order to make this work more easy the girls had large pockets placed in their dresses
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which were to be filled with eggs when out on a hunting expedition. On one excursion of this kind, in which the grandmother par- ticipated, all the pockets were filled and the young hunters were on their return home, when one of the boys so allowed his feel- ings to overcome him that he hugged one of the girls until he smashed every egg in her pocket, much to their astonishment and chagrin.
Thomas Winslow received his education in the subscription and free schools of Fair- mount, applying himself with diligence to the task of learning until he hadl attained his twenty-first year, when he left the school- room.
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