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John S. Pence attended the subscription schools of Sims township until sixteen years of age and afterward entered upon his life's career as a farmer, of which vocation he has made a perfect success.
Mr. Pence has been three times married, his first wedding taking place February 27, 1868, when Miss Elizabeth A. Eakins be- came his bride. This lady was a daughter of Johnson and Matilda (Nesbitt) Eakins, and within a week of her wedding day was called away from earth, on March 6, 1868. The second marriage of Mr. Pence took piace December 26, 1868, when he wedded Miss Martha E. Lindsey, daughter of David and Nancy E. (Lee) Lindsey, and to this union was born one child that died in in- fancy, the mother expiring February 9, 1870. The third marriage of Mr. Pence took place August 24, 1871, to Miss Mary M. Wat- son, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Bals- ley) Watson, and to this happy union have been born nine children in the following or-
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cier : Rolla D., September 11, 1872, of whom a sketch in detail may be found at the close of this article; Earl D., born February 10, 1874; Ivy Myrtle, born April 11, 1875, and (lied December 20 of the same year; Dora Alden, December 12, 1876; Henry R., No- vember 21, 1879; Glenn D., September 24, 1881 ; Blanche E., August 8, 1885; twin sons born May 2, 1884, died respectively on the ciay of birth and on the morning following. It may here be noted that the first Mrs. I'ence was born March 29, 1850; the sec- ond March 4, 1847, and the third March 5, 1846.
Martin Pence, grandfather of the sub- ject of this sketch, was a native of Virginia and was an early settler in Ohio; his son David was reared to manhood in that state and was there married. He reared a fam- ily of thirteen children, as follows: Emily J., deceased; Noah, deceased; Andrew J .; Louisa, wife of William Sanders; Louis C .; J. S., the subject of this sketch; Sarah, de- ceased : Melissa; Jasper N .; Casmer ; Davis S .; Mary Etta, now Mrs. Gowin; and an infant that died unnamed.
The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Mary M. (Watson) Pence was born in Pennsyl- vania and was of German descent, and her maternal grandmother was a native of Vir- ginia; the maternal grandfather was born in Ohio.
Daniel Watson, the father of the present Mrs. Pence, was a son of John and Barbara ( Wyrick ) Watson, and to his marriage were born eleven children, viz .: Isaiah; Mary M., now Mrs. Pence: Daniel .\ .. Jasper, Newton, John Henry, Francis, Marion, Re- becca .A., Susannah S., Samuel L., Isaac N., and Frances A. Of these Rebecca was mar- ried to Frank Keever, and Susannah S. to
Hiram Smith, and Laura L. married Sum- mer Smith, whose grandfather was a sol- d'er in the war of 1812.
Rolla D. Pence, mentioned above as the eldest child of J. Smith and Mary M. ( Wat- son) Pence, was educated in the district schools of Sims township and at the age of nineteen years learned the carpenter's trade, but farming has been his chief occupation. He married, September 8, 1894, Miss Min- nie Weeks, daughter of Thomas C. and Niary Frances (Jackson) Weeks, and by this union has three children, Irelvenier, bern July 12, 1895; Lola Fern, born April 28, 1897; and Noah Lester, born October 8, 1899.
The grandfather of Mrs. Minnie (Weeks) Pence, named Samuel Weeks, was a native of the state of New York, and when a small boy was brought to Indiana by his parents, who settled in Huntington county, where he still resides. He married Eliza- beth Ann Slyer, who bore him six children : Stephen, Chockley, Henry, Sumner, Abram, and Mary, now Mrs. Lincoln Thompson. Chockley married Mary Frances Jackson, (laughter of Robert and Nancy (Lines) Jackson, and to this marriage have been born the following children, viz. : John, Charles, Minnie, Dora (Mrs. Alva Creviston), Amanda (Mrs. Frank Collins), and Avis.
THOMAS W. JOHNSON.
Thomas W. Johnson, a well-known breeder of choice importe:1 swine and other live stock, is a native of Sims township, Grant county, Indiana, where his entire life has been passed. He was born April 29,
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1863, and is a son of Theodorick and Eliz- abeth (Hubbard) Johnson, of whom and of whose ancestors some interesting facts may here he related.
Theodorick Johnson was a native of North Carolina and was married in Ohio. He was one of the first immigrants to and settlers of Grant county, Indiana, where, about 1834, he entered the one hundred and twenty acres of government land which he cleared up and occupied until his death, which occurred February 14, 1877. He had ancestors who were inhabitants of this country in the colonial days, and some of whom were heroes in the war of the Revolution, and others who were patriots in the war of 1812, sometimes called the "second Revolution," for the reason that Great Britain insisted on holding sway over her subjects to the third generation and claimed the right of search of American merchantman on the high seas for its so- called subjects. although American born, and this tyrannous conduct led to the second war, in which the United States again curbed the pride and checked the arbitrary acts of the mother country.
Mrs. Elizabeth (Hubbard) Johnson is also of English descent, her mother when five years old having been brought to Amer- ica by her parents who settled in the state of Maryland. Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson is still living on the old homestead in Sims township, Grant county, Indiana, and is a lady venerable in years and venerated by all who know her.
To the marriage of Theodorick and Eliz- abeth (Hubbard) Johnson were born the following children, who were named in order of birth as follows: John; Sarah Jane, wife of John Bradley; James B .; William;
Mary Ann married Henry Roy ; Theodorick; Emanuel; Lemuel; Elizabeth, wife of James Creviston; Thomas W., the subject of this sketch; and Margaret, who is now Mrs. Edward Willcotts.
Thomas W. Johnson attended the dis- trict schools of Sims township until twenty years of age, availing himself, of course, of the winter seasons, while the summers were devoted to the cultivation of the home farm and to such other work as is usually called for from the farmer's lad. After com- pleting his education Mr. Johnson began his career as an agriculturist and breeder of live stock, giving especial attention to the higher grades of swine, for the breeding of which he has achieved a widespread reputation. At the time of this writing he has about one hundred and eighty head of choice Duroc Jersey swine, which he has reared for breed- ing purposes, shipping only the "culls" to market for consumption.
January 1, 1887, Mr. Johnson married Miss Ellora Loring, daughter of Hudson and Sarah ( Beason) Loring, to which union two children were born, viz .: John Paul, December II. 1888, and Freddie L., who was born March 18, 1898, and died August 18th in the same year. Mrs. Johnson un- timely expired March 25, 1898, leaving Mr. Johnson a disconsolate widower.
JOSEPH THOMAS BLOXHAM.
Joseph Thomas Bloxham, son of Ephraim and Clarissa Catherine (Fred) Bloxham, was born in Hampshire county, Virginia, February 11, 1836. When he was thirteen years old his parents removed to
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Granger county, Ohio, and there Joseph T. attended school until seventeen years old, at which age he took upon himself the obli- gations of self-support. He worked at farm labor principally, and in 1858 came to Grant county, Indiana, first locating in Green township. As success crowned his labors he began to look around for a permanent home and this he found in Sims township, where he purchased the nucleus to the splendid farm upon which the family now lives. This is a valuable property, in a high state of cultivation, while the farm build- ings are models of neatness and convenience, wholly the result of his own and his fam- ily's unaided efforts.
In the spring of 1862 Mr. Bloxham re- sponded to the call of his country and vol- unteered his services in the suppression of the great Rebellion. He enlisted as a mem .. ber of Company H. One Hundred and First Indiana Infantry, and was assigned to duty in the west and participated in many of the historic battles of that invincible army, and performed his whole duty as a brave and gallant soklier. His record of battles and skirmishes is a long one and includes every engagement in which his company partici- pated during three years of active service at the front.
While in front of Atlanta Mr. Bloxham was prostrated with disease, induced by the long, wearisome marches and hardships in- c'dent to that world-renowned campaign. For a period of eight weeks he received treat- mient in the field hospital. after which he returned to duty with his comrades. After final capitulation at Appomattox he re- ceived his honorable discharge from the service. This was at Louisville, Kentucky. and final muster-out at Indianapolis. Mr.
Bloxham returned to Grant county and re- sumed his farming interests, gladly sub- stituting the peaceful vocations of civil life for those of more thrilling interest in the military service.
He was one of that noble army whose later lives belied the statements of the fluent pessimist of war-times, who glibly stated that the "war would create a horde of van- dals, cut-throats and highwaymen who would have no regard for human rights, property or lives." But the prophecy proved untrue, as is well known, and two millions of the bravest and truest soldiers that ever shoul- dered a musket or drew a sword became equally as honored in the civil walks of life as in the conflict of arms.
Mr. Bloxham wedded Miss Lovina, daughter of Peter and Mary (Brooks) Knote, by whom he has a family of seven children, viz .: Mary Clarissa, who was born May 23, 1860, and died May 11, 1881 ; Marion F., born October 7, 1861, married Eva Kilgore; George W .. born November 13. 1866, married Rose Simmons: Ange- line S. was born February 27. 1870, and is now Mrs. John Marshall (see sketch of the Marshall family) ; Suranda B., who was born February 16, 1872, is married to Jesse Collins ; Malinda Jane was born April 28, 1875. and is now the wife of Charles Ebert ; Raleigh A. was born November 26, 1876, and wedded Miss Ruth Marshall.
The Bloxham family is traceable to Eng- lish ancestors, and was established in Amer- ica in Colonial days. William, James and Thomas Bloxham, brothers, came from Devonsire, England, the two first named settling near Washington, District of Colum- bia, and Thomas, the paternal grandfather of Joseph T., settled in Hampshire county,
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(now) West Virginia. His son Ephraim, the father of Joseph T., married in Loudoun county, Virginia, and has a family of seven children, who lived to years of maturity. Of these the subject of this review is the eldest living ; his elder sister, Nancy Jane, died in childhood; Louise Ann is now Mrs. William Howell; Sarah is the wife of George Foster ; John and Peter are deceased. Thomas Bloxham, grandfather of Joseph T., had five children, named as follows: Ephi- raim. William, Elam, Mahala, Rebecca Ann and Eliza.
The subject of this review is a man of modest, unpretentious manners, who, though assuming nothing beyond the sphere of a plain, hardworking farmer, wields a strong influence in the social and business affairs of his township. He has never sought po- litical honors nor taken an active part in politics. In his political and religious life he is tolerant, according to others the same privilege which he claims for himself, abso- lute independence in thought and action.
JOHN W. RUST.
John W. Rust, a prominent manufac- turer of Herbst, Grant county, Indiana, was born in Clarke county, Ohio, on the 22d of February, 1856, and is a son of Henry and Rusilla A. (Cost) Rust. He received a good education in the public schools and high schools of his native county, where he began life's work as a teacher.
In March, 1878, he engaged in the manu- facture of drainage tile in Dileton, Clarke county, continuing that business until 1882, and on the 30th of October, of that year, purchased the manufacturing plant of Lane
& Roy and located in Herbst, Grant county, Indiana. On the 9th of February, 1893, his entire establishment was destroyed by fire and he at once engaged in rebuilding it on a much larger and more modern plan. The capacity of the plant is now one car- load daily of finished products, and gives employment in the various departments to an average of about fifteen men. This in- dustry is one which meets a practical every- day want in the community, besides being a profitable investment for its enterprising owner. Mr. Rust has been prominently identified with the public affairs of Sims township for many years. He is public- spirited and enterprising, and a useful and highly esteemed citizen in the community. For fourteen years he has served in the capacity of justice of the peace, a position of honor and responsibility, which he still holds. This is an evidence of his popularity, in- tegrity and high standing as a citizen.
John W. Rust was married on the 21st clay of August, 1877, to Miss Sarah E. Friermood, daughter of Reuben and Mary (Kiblinger) Friermood, who were descend- ants of German ancestors.
Mr. and Mrs. Rust are the parents of five children, named as follows : Clifford G .. born June 29, 1878; Clara Edna, born De- cember 6, 1881, and died April 9, 1884; Guy L., born September 14, 1888; Roger V., born December 13, 1892; and Hobart Mc- Kinley, born December 27, 1895. The name of the youngest child furnishes a clue to Mr. Rust's political affiliations.
John W. Rust, like his estimable wife, is descended from German ancestors. His great-grandfather, Abraham Rust, was the founder of the family in America. He emi- grated from Germany and settled in Vir-
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ginia. There his son Jacob, paternal grand- father of John W., was born and married Elizabeth Baker. He subsequently removed to Ohio, where he died. Mr. Rust is at present remodeling his plant with modern machinery, and when finished it will double its present out-put.
JAMES HARRISON KIRKPATRICK.
James Harrison Kirkpatrick, son of Jos- eph and Sophia (Knup) was born in Guil- ford county, North Carolina, May 11, 1854. In 1869 his parents came to Harrisburg, Indiana, and later settled in Madison county, Indiana. He is practically self-educated, as he attended the public schools but one term. He has always devoted his time to farming. They settled in the woods on John Vincent's farm, worked at ten dollars an acre clearing the land and was also given one-half of the proceeds that was raised. It was about two years before they got in their first crop, on ten acres they had cleared. The family worked in this way until 1877, when Mr. Vincent sold the farm and they then came to Grant county and located on William Duling's farm, where they, stayed until De- cember, 1880.
Mr. Kirkpatrick married, March 17, 1880. Samantha, daughter of Michael and Anna (Coleman) Mason ; she was born Au- gust 7, 1864. To this union have been born Jseven children : William, born September 14. 1882: Etta, born August 2, 1884 ; Nora, born January 17, 1886: Emery, born Febru- ary 21, 1890; Bessie, horn June 27. 1893; Lindley, born March 27, 1895 : and Harvey, born July 2, 1899.
In December, 1880, Mr. Kirkpatrick
moved on a farm owned by his wife's mother and three years later moved to Mill town- ship, where he was located until 1892. He then purchased eighty acres of fine farm land in Fairmount township, located four miles from Fairmount and three and one-half miles from Jonesboro, where he has since resided. In 1899 Mr. Kirkpatrick had the misfortune to have his home destroyed by fire, but subsequently erected a very comfort- able modern dwelling, which is conspic- ious for miles in the surrounding country.
The Kirkpatrick family is of English an- cestry, three brothers, Harvey, Joseph and Alexander, having came from England in an early day. Alexander settled in North Carolina, Harvey in Maryland and Joseph in Ohio. It is from the North Carolina branch that James H. Kirkpatrick descended, and being of the sixth generation.
Thomas, a son of Alexander, the pro- genitor, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, served under General George Wash- ington, and through terrible exposures, was badly frozen, was taken sick, and died under an American flag that was put over him as a blanket. This man's brother Joseph, was the great-great-grandfather of James H., and another brother, Rufus was a soldier of the war of 1812.
John Kirkpatrick, son of Joseph, was the grandfather of James H., and reared seven children : Ingram, Thomas, Rufus, Joseph, John, Betsy and Nancy.
The children of Joseph and Sophia ( Knup) Kirkpatrick were William Pacely, born March 20, 1848; Anna Elizabeth, born .April 29, 1851 (Mrs. Thomas Little ) ; Mary Jane, born March 20, 1853, died March 31, 1853: James Harrison, the subject of this sketch; Rufus Alexander, born March 9,
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1861, died in November, 1876; Nancie Re- becca, born July 16, 1866 (Mrs. Frank Cun- ningham).
Mr. Kirkpatrick's father, Joseph, was born October 18, 1820, and died April 17, 1895, and his wife was born February 23, 1825, and died October 16, 1891. She was of German parentage, and was born in Row- an county, North Carolina. His father, be- ing a southerner was drafted into the Con- federate army and served for three years and three months, acting as shell-bearer for large guns in General R. E. Lee's command. In the battle of Horseshoe Bend' he had five bullets shot through his clothes in less than five minutes. -
James Harrison Kirkpatrick is a mem- ber of the Methodist Protestant church, and in politics is a Democrat.
CHARLES PRESTON JONES.
Charles Preston Jones, son of Hiram A. and Anna (Hardy) Jones, was born in Fairmount township, Grant county, January 12, 1868. He was educated in the public schools, and at the age of twenty-one en- gaged in farming. In religion he is a free thinker and in politics he is a Republican.
On March II, 1893, he was married to Nora Foster, daughter of Henry and Mary (Hazebecker) Foster, by whom he has four children, viz. : Harry, born April 18, 1894; Wilber, born December 3, 1896; Myrl, born November 18, 1897, and Emerson, born December 8, 1900. Mrs. Jones was born December 27, 1872. Her parents were from Delaware county, Indiana, where they have lived for a good many years. Her mother was born here and her parents came from Pennsylvania.
ALPHEUS HENLEY, M. D.
Alpheus Henley, M. D., has comforted and healed the sick in Grant county for more than thirty-five years, having had an office in Fairmount since 1865. He was born in Randolph county, North Carolina, July 21, 1836, but the family came to Indi- ana soon afterward and settled in Grant county, where the Doctor has passed nearly all the years of his life.
The American branch of the Henley family descended from Patrick Henley, who was an Irishman by birth but reared in Eng- land. Patrick Henley came to America dur- ing the colonial days and first 1 cated at Philadelphia, but some years later emigrated to North Carolina and founded a home in Randolph . county, where various descend- ants of his have resided since, some of whom have attained prominence in social, business and political affairs. One of these, Phineas Henley, removed from North Caro- lina to Indiana in 1837 and settled his family in the wilderness of Grant county, where they were numbered among the sturdy, hon- est and valuable pioneers.
Alpheus Henley's school days began at Fairmount, where he attended subscription schools held in a log building of pioneer style and here he passed a few weeks each year until twenty years of age, when he en- tered the Bloomdale Academy, where he at first took a special course and later was graduated. He then spent two years in Kansas and experienced many exciting scenes known only to frontier life. Returning to Fairmount, he began the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. David S. Elliott, with whom he remained two years. He then entered the medical department of the Uni-
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versity of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he took one course of lectures, then attended the Starling Medical University, at Colum- bus, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated June 31, 1865. Soon after re- ceiving his diploma he located at Fair- mount, where he has since attained an en- viable reputation as a physician and surgeon.
When he began practice in Grant county the county was new and practice extended over a large territory, thus causing many hard drives and severe exposure, and, as the roads were bad, he was obliged to travel on horseback and many times the only road he had to follow was an Indian trail; but, as he was kind to all-more eager to alleviate suffering than he was to get money-he soon became a favorite in the community. He has always kept abreast of the times and has attained a high standing in the medical fraternity. He is a member of .Grant County Central Medical Society and has served as its president. He is also a mem- ber of the Indiana State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association.
In September. 1864, Dr. Henley was en- rolled into the United States service and acted as assistant surgeon until May, 1865, when he was honorably discharged, and after a short stay at Columbus, Ohio, returned to Fairmount.
September 2. 1869, Doctor Henley was married to Louisa, daughter of Joseph and Lydia Jane (Stanfield) Baldwin, by whom he has two sons: Glenn and Richard.
Glenn Henley. M. D., the eldest son of Doctor .Alpheus Henley, was born in Okla- homa territory, in 1870. He attended the district school, the high school at Fair- mount and the Fairmount Academy, be- ing graduated from the last-named insti-
tution with the class of 1891, He then be- came identified with the Marion Leader as reporter, in which capacity he served one year. He then entered the University of Michigan, where he pursued both a literary and a medical course for several years, and also attended clinics in several Chicago hos- pitals. He entered upon the practice of his profession with his father at Fairmount, where he is rapidly gaining prominence as a physician. He is health officer of the city of Fairmount, is an active, energetic young man, and besides attending to the duties of his profession devotes more or less interest to political matters, being counted among the active young Republicans of Grant county.
Richard, the younger son of Dr. Henley received his education in the public school of Fairmount and Friends Academy, from which he was graduated : he then took a business course at Marion Business College in shorthand and typewriting, and now holds a responsible position as stenographer and bookkeeper at the Tin Plate Works, of Gas City. He is a young man of commanding personal appearance and enjoys the esteem of those who know him.
JOSEPH RATLIFF.
Joseph Ratliff, township trustee of Fair- mount township. Grant county, Indiana, from 1895 to 1900, was born in Henry county, in the same state, March 27, 1838, and is a son of Gabriel and Catherine ( Pear- son ) Ratliff, both natives of North Caro- !ina, who came to Indiana when still chil- dren of five and three years respectively, the parents of both settling near Richmond,
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where the children grew to years of matur- ity. Both families subsequently moved to Henry county, where Gabriel and Catherine were married. The family remained in Hen- ry county until the death of the father, which occurred in 1842, when the mother removed to Miami county, was married to a man named Atkinson, and died in Grant county in 1877, at the age of seventy-five years.
To Gabriel and Catherine Ratliff were born thirteen children, all of whom, except- ing two, lived to years of maturity, and of the thirteen there are only three yet living, viz .: Joseph, whose name opens this sketch ; Mrs. Martha Macy, living in Miami county ; and John, a farmer residing near Converse, in the county last named. The deceased children were named Seth, Mary, Catherine, Mahlon, Benaghe, Huldah, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca and Asenath. Of these, Huldah, Sarah and Asenath were married; Catherine died in infancy ; Mahlon and Benaghe were young men when they died of typhoid fever ; Seth served through the Civil war as a mem- ber of the Twenty-first Indiana Battery, lived several years after the war had ended, and died at his home, leaving a wife and four children.
Joseph Ratliff was preliminarily educated in the subscription schools of his neighbor- hood in Miami county. At the age of thirty- one years, Joseph came to Grant county after his marriage and settled on the farm now owned by himself, one mile northeast of Fairmont.
The first marriage of Joseph Ratliff took place in Miami county in April, 1859, to Miss Mary A. Lamb, a native of Madison county, Indiana, and a daughter of Caleb and Sarah Lamb, natives of North Carolina,
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pioneers of Madison county and parents of eight children, all deceased. The death of Mrs. Mary A. (Lamb) Ratliff occurred in 1881, in her forty-first year. Of the eight children she bore her husband, four are still living, viz. : Charles N., of the firm of Rat- liff, Houck & Wiley, lawyers in Marion; he was graduated from Amboy Academy, il Miami county, Indiana, then studied law in Marion, and now resides on his farm three miles southwest of Fairmount; Ansel E., the second of the four living children, is a civil engineer and once served as county sur- veyor of Grant county, but now resides on his farm near Fairmount, and is extensively engaged in both general farming and stock- raising; Milo E., a dentist in Converse, Miami county, was graduated from Fair- mount Academy, from Earlham College, at Richmond, Indiana, and from the Chicago Dental College ; William, the youngest of the living children, and also a dentist, passed through the same educational course which his brother Milo E. had experienced, and is now in practice in Fairmount. These four sons are all married. The deceased four of the children born to Joseph and Mary A. Ratliff were Elmira, who died when about twenty-five years of age, unmarried; John Henry died when seventeen years old; Sarah died in infancy, and Alice at the age of eleven years.
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