Centennial History of Grant County Indiana, Part 111

Author: Rolland Lewis Whitson
Publication date: 1914
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Number of Pages: 1034

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MARTIN LLOYD. For many years a resident of Grant county, Indiana, Martin Lloyd is one of the most respected citizens of this part of the state. He is the owner of the Sassafras farm in Franklin township and has spent his entire life as a farmer in this county. He and his wife are widely known and beloved and hold a prominent place in the regard of the community.

Martin Lloyd was born in Madison county, Indiana, and was a babe of only four weeks when his parents came to Grant county to live. He is the son of David and Hanette (Tudor) Lloyd, who were born in Guilford county, North Carolina, and Ireland, respectively. Both of them came to Indiana from their native places and here they met and

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married. They first located in Grant county and then removed to Madison county, Indiana. After a time, however, they moved back to Grant county, and settled in Franklin township. Here they lived until well along in life when they went to Ohio, and in the latter state Mrs. Lloyd died. Her husband then went to Wells county, Indiana, and here he passed away. Nine children were born to David Lloyd and his wife, seven of whom are living, namely, Martin Lloyd; Hannah, who is the wife of William McCulloch, of Keystone, Indiana; Elwood, of Lowell, Indiana; Jasper, a farmer in Wabash county, Indiana; Hiram, who lives near Fairmount, Indiana; Maria, who is the wife of Frank Builheimer of Winchester, Indiana, and Ambeis, who is a farmer in Michigan.

Martin Lloyd was just a baby when he was brought to his new home in Grant county and so he is practically a native of this county. He received very little education, being forced to go to work as soon as he was able to do anything. From boyhood, therefore, he has earned his own living, and this has been gained as a farmer. Sassafras farm on which he now resides is five miles from the court house in West Marion and he has developed this farm so that it is now one of the good farms of the county.

Mr. Lloyd married Sarah J. Haun on the 30th of June, 1872. Mrs. Lloyd was born in Franklin township, on the 17th of September, 1853, the daughter of Valentine Haun and Elizabeth (Burrier) Haun. Both of her parents were born in Ohio, where they grew up and were mar- ried. They came to Indiana in 1850 and settled in Grant county, where they lived during the remainder of their lives. They became the parents of the following children: Elizabeth, who is unmarried; Sarah J .; Malinda, who is the wife of Leander Presnell, and William of Marion, Indiana.

Sarah J. Lloyd was educated in Grant county, attending first the graded schools of Franklin township and later being a student in the academies at Marion and Fairmount, Indiana. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, five of whom are living, namely, Martha E., who is the wife of Frank Smith of Marion, Indiana; Samuel B., who married Belle Owens and lives in Franklin township; Blanche, who is now Mrs. John Deal of Marion; James, who married May Sharp and makes his home in Franklin township; and George, who married May Shockey and makes his home in Franklin township. They also have six grandchildren and one great-grandson.

Mr. Lloyd is a member of the Democratic party, but he has never taken an active part in politics. Mrs. Lloyd is active in church affairs. She is a member of the Union Baptist church and holds her membership in the Ollobine church in Franklin township.

ARTHUR E. SHUGART is one of the highly estimable young citi- zens of Franklin township of the farming contingent, located on Sec- tion 35, township 24, north, of range seven, just about five and a half miles west of Marion, on the Jonesboro and Kokomo gravel road. Mr. Shugart is the owner of a little farm of forty-eight acres, and here he devotes himself diligently to the work of the place, where he has already realized a generous measure of success.

Born on August 21, 1875, Arthur E. Shugart is the son of Cornelius L. and Anna E. (Eshelman) Shugart, and he was born in Franklin township. The parents have three children living, and one, Alice N., died at the age of twelve years. The others are Nina, the widow of John Martin; Florence, the wife of Frank Strops, and Arthur E. of this record. He was reared on the farm, and gained his education in

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the common schools of Franklin township, and he was twenty-four years of age when on September 20, 1899, he married Mary Mills, a daughter of Clark Mills, one time sheriff of Grant county. Soon after his mar- riage Mr. Shugart moved to Marion and there he was employed as a conductor on the I. U. T. Co., between Marion and Anderson. He was occupied thus for three years, and for two years on the city line, after which he returned to the farm, to which he has since devoted his energies and activities. They have one child,-Mildred Shugart, aged eleven years.

Mr. and Mrs. Shugart are members of the Society of Friends, and he is a Republican in his politics, though not especially active.

ROLLA B. DAVIS. A prominent bachelor farmer of Franklin town- ship is Rolla B. Davis, who conducts the College View Farm on Thirty- eighth street, some two miles west of Marion, Indiana, and of which he is part owner. Mr. Davis is one of the most enterprising young agricul- tural men of the county, and his accomplishments in the stock breeding line have already given him a considerable prominence in these parts.

Born in Miami county, Indiana, twelve miles south of Peru, and ten miles north of Kokomo, on October 4, 1888, Rolla B. Davis is the son of Dr. G. W. Davis, a well known physician of Marion, Indiana. Dr. Davis has two sons, the other being Merrill S. Davis, a graduate of the Marion high school and of the Indiana College of Medicine. Rolla B. Davis was ten years of age when he came to Grant county, and like his brother, he was graduated from the Marion high school, following that with attendance at the Marion Normal College. It was no part of his inten- tion to enter the professions, but he wished to prepare himself for an intelligent career in agriculture, and when he had finished his studies he immediately turned his attention to his present industry. College View Stock Farm is one of the fine places in the county, and Mr. Davis is a half owner in the property and all the stock thereon. A fine herd of Holstein cattle is one of the specialties of the place, and twenty-four head of handsome Belgian horses on which he takes first premiums wher- ever they are shown are further ornamental to the place. He specializes in pure blood Jersey Duroc hogs also, and his showing in stock is, on the whole, highly creditable to him and to the county. Mr. Davis is devoted to his business, and is unusually fond of animals, so that his work is a genuine pleasure to him, and never an irksome task.

Soon after Mr. Davis launched out independently for himself, he married, on April 1, 1909, Miss Martha Hamilton, who was born in Marion and received her education in that place. She is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Davis has membership in his college fraternity, the Beta Pi Sigma. He was one who derived the greatest good from his college career, and devoted considerable of his attention to athletics, in which he played a prominent part. He and his wife are socially prominent in their community, and enjoy the high regard of a wide circle of friends throughout the county.

HENRY GOULD. The great aid which science has been to the farmer is now acknowledged by every one, but it was not so long ago that those who talked crop rotation and fertilizer values were laughed to scorn. It took a farmer with courage and independence to apply "book learning" to practical farming and in Grant county, Indiana, Henry Gould was one of these men. He is now an authority in that section on farming matters and is prominent in the Farmers' Institute, and his success has been gained, not only by industry and hard work, but also by a careful study of farming questions. He now owns a fine farm three miles west of

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Marion, and is one of the most respected men in the township and "county.

Henry Gould was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, on the 16th of September, 1857, the son of Andrew J. Gould and Rosamond (Hill) Gould. Andrew J. Gould was a native of the city of Baltimore and lived there until he came to Jefferson county, Ohio. Here he met his future wife, who was a native of that county. After their marriage they removed to Indiana, this being in 1861, and here they located in Adams county, in Morrow township. Andrew Gould was a well educated man and had studied medicine in the East. He practiced his profession in Ohio, but upon coming to Indiana he turned to farming as a means of earning a livelihood. Andrew Gould and his wife became the parents of eight children, of whom two are now living, namely, Lavenia, who is the wife of James Londen of Adams county, Indiana, and Henry Gould. Mr. and Mrs. Gould lived in Adams county until they died.

Henry Gould was reared on a farm and received his education in the district schools. His father, however, added much to the boy's store of knowledge from his own resources, and he was, therefore, better educated than most lads of his time. He worked on the farm as a boy and remained with his father until he was twenty-one years of age. He then hired out as a farm hand and further broadened himself by travelling through the West, Northwest and South, gaining much practical knowl- edge of farming in these different sections of the country, as well as the advantages that a man who has seen many people and lived and worked under varied conditions has over the man who has always stayed by his own fireside. When he finally returned to Adams county, he was well able to operate any kind of a farm.

In June, 1893, he came to Grant county, Indiana, where he has since lived. He rented land at first, but by careful management he saved enough money to buy land of his own and he now owns eighty acres of land in Washington township. He has lived on his present farm for sixteen years. This farm of 187 acres is rented land, and upon it he raises general crops, and is also a raiser of fine stock. In politics Mr. Gould is a member of the Prohibition party and he was one of the three men in his township who voted this ticket in the last election.

Mr. Gould was married on the 15th of April, 1898, to Miss Burk- head. Mrs. Gould was born in Adams county, Indiana, on the 18th of September, 1874, a daughter of Jonathan Burkhead. She lived in Decatur, Indiana, until she was eight years of age, when her parents moved to a farm. She received her education in the public schools of Adams county, and it was in April, 1893, that she came to Grant county to live, and it was in the latter county that she was married to Mr. Gould. They have three children, as follows: Paul, who was born on November 12, 1901; Percy, whose birth took place on the 9th of October, 1909, and Clyde, who was born on the 6th of August, 1911.

JOHN H. STEWART. Steadily the ranks of those who took part in the Civil War are thinning. One after another the gray-haired veterans are going to join their comrades in a land where bloodshed and suffering are unknown. Few of the defenders of the flag in the great struggle between the North and the South are now left who are able to hold their own in the keen competition of present day life, yet here and there are exceptions. A brave soldier, who fought valiantly during those trying days, and who fought just as bravely during the battles of peace that followed, John H. Stewart was for many years one of the leading agricul- turists of Liberty township, and although he is now somewhat retired from active life, and lives in his residence in Fairmount, he is still alert

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to all of the interests of the day, and with clear mind and undimmed faculties manages his business holdings. Mr. Stewart was born in Clin- ton county, Ohio, September 4, 1843, and is a son of William and Eliza- beth (Seal) Stewart.

John Stewart, the paternal grandfather of John H. Stewart, was born April 19, 1793, in New Jersey, of Scotch-Irish stock. He grew up a farmer, and was married in his native State to Miss Experience Mart, who was born in New Jersey, September 8, 1797, and soon after their union, in 1816, they removed to Clinton county, Ohio, where they settled on a tract of practically new land. There they spent the remainder of their lives, Mr. Stewart dying at the age of eighty-seven years, two months, and his wife when sixty-five years, eight months and eight days old. They were members of the Christian New Light church, and in his political preference Mr. Stewart was a Democrat. Their children were as follows: William, the father of John H .; Mary Ann, deceased, who married Fred Pobst, also deceased, and left descendants in Ohio; Jona- than, who married Sarah A. Snyder, and settled on a farm in Jennings county, Indiana, where both passed away; Abigail, the widow of Henry Sutton, is now living at Franklin, Ohio, with her family, being past eighty-four years of age; Daniel, who married first Cynthia Straw, by whom he had two children, and married for his second wife a Miss Steph- ens, who bore him five children; John, who served as a private throughout · the Civil War, returned to Clinton county, Ohio, where he was engaged in farming, and there married Jane Adair, by whom he had three daugh- ters; Susanna, who died in her fortieth year, unmarried; Rebecca, who died in childhood; and Miner, who served as a soldier during the Civil War, returned to Clinton county, Ohio, and died at the age of sixty- eight years, having married a Miss Mossman, by whom he had a large family.

William Stewart, the father of John H. Stewart, was born in Clinton county, Ohio, August 4, 1819, and died in Liberty township, Grant county, Indiana, April 10, 1861. He received ordinary educational ad- vantages in his native place, and was reared to agricultural pursuits, which he followed successfully in both Indiana and Ohio, becoming a substantial farmer and highly respected citizen. In political matters he was a Republican, although never an office seeker, and with his family attended the Christian New Light church. Mr. Stewart was married in Clinton county, Ohio, to Miss Elizabeth Seal, who was born in that county August 27, 1827, and she died in Liberty township, Grant county, Indiana, May 31, 1869. She was an excellent and helpful helpmeet and loving mother and was in sympathy with her husband in all things, but in the later years of her life joined the Wesleyan Methodist church, in the faith of which she died. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart were the parents of seven children, as follows: John H., of this review; Robert G., de- ceased, who served as a private in One Hundred and Eighteenth, later One Hundred and Thirty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, returned to Grant county and was engaged in farming until he passed away at the age of sixty years, married Martha E. Howe, also deceased, and they had two children-Effie and Mary, both married ; Samuel W., who served in an Indiana volunteer infantry regiment during the Civil War, and now a retired citizen of Fairmount, Indiana, married Mary Kimbrough, and they have four married children-William, Leona, Anna and Elizabeth; Martha, deceased, who was the wife of John T. Kimbrough, a Grant county farmer, by whom she had two children-Eli, a farmer, and one child who died in infancy; James E., a resident of Fairmount, who is married and has had four children-Alice, Frank and Harvey, all married, and one who died in infancy; Ezekiel, a painter

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of Marion, Indiana, who married Anna Fite, deceased, and had a large family; and Catherine, the wife of Joseph Powell, of Jonesboro, who has had three children-Harry, Maggie and one who died in infancy.

John H. Stewart was born at Westboro, Clinton county, Ohio, Sep- tember 4, 1843, and there received his early education in the public schools. He was fourteen years of age at the time he accompanied his parents to Grant county, and here he completed his education in the public schools. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, and was so engaged at the time of his enlistment, July 24, 1862, in Company C, Twelfth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry; Captain, David Cu- berly ; Colonel, Wm. H. Link. Thirty days later, Mr. Stewart received his baptism of fire at Richmond. He participated in all the marches, skir- mishes and battles of that great campaign, his regiment a part of the Fif- teenth Army Corps, Gen. John A. Logan commanding, taking part among others in Vicksburg, Jackson, Missionary Ridge, Chickamauga, Resaca, Dalton and Atlanta, and assisting in the annihilation of Hood's Confed- erate forces, also accompanied Sherman in his "March to the Sea." At the battle of Atlanta, Mr. Stewart had a narrow escape from death, a minnie ball passing through his cap and inflicting a scalp wound, which, had it been one-half inch lower, would have caused his instant death. After much hard fighting, during which he won the respect of his officera and the admiration of his comrades. Mr. Stewart was honorably dis- charged at Indianapolis, Indiana, having been previously mustered out at Washington, D. C., June 9, 1865, and returned to his home.

Mr. Stewart at once resumed the duties of peace, taking up agricul- tural pursuits, in which he continued to be engaged in Liberty township until his retirement in 1903. He was industrious, enterprising and pro- gressive, made a success of his ventures, and accumulated a highly- improved tract of eighty acres of land. For some years he was engaged in breeding fine stock, and in this connection was also successful. On com- ing to Fairmount, in 1903, he built a handsome home at the corner of Seventh and Morton streets, and here he is spending his declining years, content in the knowledge of a well-spent life.

On November 3, 1868, Mr. Stewart was married to Miss Almira Shull, who was born in Clinton county, Ohio, January 18, 1849, and came to Grant county with her sister in 1865, her parents having passed away in Ohio. She died in the faith of the Wesleyan Methodist church, December 2, 1880, having been the mother of five children: James C., born April 15, 1868, now engaged in cultivating his father's farm in Liberty township, who married Nancy Murray, and has four children, John A., Anna, Mary and Harvey; Eva A., born August 18, 1870, who died unmarried January 29, 1887; Alvah M. born September 23, 1872, who died unmarried September 6, 1891; Martha, born November 19, 1875; who married Arvel Swain, the owner of oil wells in Oklahoma, and has two children, Lola and Eva; and Emma N., born August 14, 1878, who is the wife of Jesse Hipple and lives in Fairmount.

Mr. Stewart's second marriage occurred in Liberty township, October 29, 1881, when he was united with Mrs. Elizabeth (Powell) Carey. She was born March 14, 1848, in Grant county, Indiana, daughter of Harri- son and Nancy (Hale) Powell. Mr. Powell was born in England in 1800 and was there married to his first wife, who died in that country. When forty-five years of age he came to the United States with his oldest son, Thomas, and located in Liberty township, Grant county, Indiana, in 1845, where he spent the remainder of his life, passing away in 1881, at the age of eighty-one years. Here he married Nancy Hale, who survived him several years and was sixty-one years of age at the time of her death, August 8, 1886. She had nine children, of whom five

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are still living. Mrs. Stewart has had no children. She and her hus- band were both prominent members of the Lynwood Friends church, in which both served as overseer and elder, but they are now members of the Fairmount Friends Church.

WASHINGTON JOLLY, of Herbst, Indiana, has spent his entire life in Grant county, and he is widely known and highly respected. He has been a farmer during all of his active life and has made a success of agriculture, owning at the present time one of the fine farms in Sims township. He has been an enthusiastic farmer, devoted to the work and life of the farm and his love for the soil has been well repaid. His upright character, and the kindliness and geniality of his disposition have won him many friends and made him one of the popular men of the community.

Washington Jolly was born in Franklin township, Grant county, Indiana on the 22nd of February, 1852. He is a son of Elijah and Keziah (Sharp) Jolly, who were residents of Grant county for many years. Elijah Jolly was born in Frederick county, Virginia, on the 16th of April, 1822, and when he was only a little child both of his parents died. He went to live with Henry Groves and the latter brought him to Clinton county, Ohio. Here he grew up and here he married Keziah Sharp. In 1851 they came to Indiana and located in Franklin township, Grant county. Here they lived until 1868 and in the fall of that year he purchased the farm in Sims township, which is now owned by his son. He moved hither and here he lived until his death December 7, 1908. Elijah and Keziah Jolly became the parents of five children, all of whom grew up and were married, but all are now dead with the exception of Washington Jolly. Both Elijah Jolly and his wife were members of the church. He began life as a poor orphan boy but when he died he was accounted one of the successful men of the township, all that he made having been earned by his own unaided efforts.

Until Washington Jolly was sixteen years of age he lived in Franklin township on his father's farm. He attended the district school, in the summer aiding his father on the farm, while during the long winter months he was free to go to school. At the age of sixteen his father moved to Sims township and here the boy went to school for two years longer. He then went to work in earnest on the farm and until he was married he lived at home and assisted his father.

Washington Jolly was married to Miss Sarah A. Spurgeon, on the 28th of March, 1872. She was born on the 30th of January, 1854, in Adams county, Ohio, the daughter of Joseph and Cynthia A. (Powell) Spurgeon. She came to Indiana in 1866 and received her education in the common schools of Indiana and Ohio. After he was married Mr. Jolly went to farming for himself and he has continued to farm for himself since that time. He owns a farm of one hundred and fifty acres in Sims township, on the township line between Sims and Franklin townships, two and a half miles north of Herbst, Indiana. He left his farm in December, 1912, and moved to Herbst. Here he now resides, owning a beautiful lot of one and a half acres. Mr. Jolly is a member of the Democratic party, but he has never been very active in politics. Mrs. Jolly is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church in Herbst.

Mr. and Mrs. Jolly have had four children, two of whom are living today, namely, Orville A., who is a traveling salesman for the Kokomo Steel and Wire Company, and lives in Marion, Indiana, and Virginia A., who is the wife of Samuel A. Krick, of Indianapolis, Indiana.

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PRESTON SHIELDS. From a single team of horses to one of the finest farms in Grant county, Indiana, is the life history of Preston Shields, told in a single sentence. All that such an accomplishment implies can be easily imagined. It has taken years of patient, industrious effort to gain success, but Mr. Shields has been equal to the task. He is not only a successful farmer, one who is considered an authority on agri- cultural matters, but he is also well known as a breeder of fine stock. He has spent nearly all of his life in Grant county and he is respected and honored by the entire community.

The father of Preston Shields was James M. Shields, who was born in Ohio, the son of Preston Shields. James M. Shields grew up in Ohio, and there he met Margaret Cline, to whom he was married at Cedarville, Ohio. They came to Indiana shortly afterwards, locating first in Jay county. They next removed to Clinton county but lived there only a short time. In 1863 they came to Grant county where they lived for a time and then returned to Jay county. It was not until the winter of 1869 that they finally located permanently in Grant county. Here they made their home on the farm which Mr. Shields owned until the death of the latter in November, 1903. Mrs. Shields, who was born in Virginia, on March 6, 1832, is now living in Marion, Indiana. They became the parents of eight children, four boys and four girls. Of these children Hannah is the widow of John Fenstermaker and she lives in Marion; Anna married Philemon Pugh of Marion; Preston is the third; Benjamin W. lives in Franklin township; John, who is a carpenter lives in Marion; Emma is the wife of William Biscke, of Pleasant township; Arthur is a mail carrier on route No. 1, in Marion; Margaret married Mira Smith of Van Buren township.

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Centennial History of Grant County Indiana, Part 111

Author: Rolland Lewis Whitson Publication date: 1914 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1034

Author: Rolland Lewis Whitson
Publication date: 1914
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1034