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Madison county. Charles D. married Marie Cummins, and lives in Wild county, Colorado. George married Bessie Jane Donovant. They live in Rush county. John P. is a widower who had married two times. Joseph B. Ertel obtained his education in the public schools of Washington township and then assisted his father on the home farm until he was twenty-one years old, at which time in recognition of his help, his father gave him a farm of eighty acres. Mr. Ertel has his land under a fine state of cultivation, does general farming and feeds 100 head of hogs a year, attending carefully to his business and making his undertakings profitable. On October 19, 1902, he married Fannie E. Overhiser, who was born in Fayette county, Indiana, daughter of Willard B. and Elizabeth (Kemmer) Overhiser, and they have two children, Ruby E. and Gertrude R., both of whom are attend- ing school. Mr. and Mrs. Ertel are members of the Plum Creek Christian Church, while the children are members of the Christian church at Raleigh. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, a member of the Blue lodge at Raleigh, and politically is a Republican.
ALBERT REED, a well known and progressive young farmer of Orange township, was born in Sugar Creek township, in the neighbor- ing county of Shelby on January 6, 1886, son of Francis and Matilda (Alexander) Reed, both of whom were born in Indiana. Francis Reed was a farmer and followed that vocation all his life in Shelby and Rush counties. He and his wife were the parents of six children, of whom five are still living, those besides the subject of this sketch being George H., Frank C., Andrew J. and Nellie M. Reared on the farm, Albert Reed completed his schooling at Gowdy and from the days of his boyhood has been a farmer. Ile remained at home, working with his father until his marriage at the age of twenty-one when he rented a farm in Orange township, this county, and started out "on his own." For six years he rented and then he bought a farm of eighty acres in Orange township and there made his home for two years, at the end of which time he sold that place and bought the "eighty" on which he is now living in that same township. Since taking up his residence on this latter place Mr. Reed has made nu- merous substantial improvements to the place, including the erection of a silo, and is carrying on his farm operations in strictly up-to-date fashion. In addition to his general farming he gives considerable attention to the raising of live stock, feeding about 150 head of hogs annually and fifteen or twenty head of cattle, and is doing well, getting around him a very well equipped farm plant. Mr. Reed has been twice married. On November 3, 1907, he was united in marriage to Hazel Vernon, who was born in this county, daughter of John and Florence (Harcourt) Vernon, and who died on August 11, 1913, and is buried in the McCarty cemetery. On October 19, 1915, Mr. Reed married Ollie Alter, who also was born in this county, daughter of David and Margaret (Brookbank) Alter, members of old families in Rush county, and to this union one child has been born, a daughter, Mary Marjorie, born on January 7, 1920. Mr. and Mrs. Reed are
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members of the Methodist church at Gowdy and take an interested part in church work as well as in the general good works and social activities of their home neighborhood. Mr. Reed is a member of Blue Ridge lodge, No. 554, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In his political views he is a Democrat. The Reeds have a pleasant home on rural mail route No. 4 out of Rushville.
ORPHEUS M. HARTON, one of the substantial farmers of Rushville township, is one of the representative men of Rush county, where his family has been established for a long period. He was born in Richland township, November 27, 1867, son of Joseph and Emily (Brooks) Harton, both of whom were also born in Rush county, where they became farming people. Joseph Harton was also a trader, and became a man of means, owning at one time 300 acres of land in Rush county. He and his wife had seven children, namely: William E., Charles H., Orpheus M., Clara, Margaret, Ida, and Olive. Orpheus M. Harton attended the common schools of Anderson town- ship, and after he had completed his studies began farming with his father, remaining at home until his marriage. Following that event he rented the homestead and continued to conduct it until 1912, when he bought eighty acres in Rushville township, his present farm. Since then he has improved the place in every way and his buildings, fences and premises reflect credit on his efficiency and show that he is a good manager and takes a pride in having everything in first class order. Here he carries on general farming and stockraising, producing about 200 head of hogs annually. Octoher 16, 1889, Mr. Harton married Ella, daughter of George W. and Nancy C. (McNeal) Poston, both of whom were born in Rush county, which was also the birthplace of Mrs. Harton. Mr. and Mrs. Poston became the parents of five children, three of whom survive; Stella, Elizabeth and Ella. Quincy and Sanford are deceased. Mr. Harton belongs to the Milroy lodge, Knights of Pythias; Rushville lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Phoenix lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Rushville commandery, Knights Templar; and Murat Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Indianapolis. For many years he has been a member of the Christian church of Rushville. In politics he is a Republican, but aside from exercising his right of suffrage, has not been very active in local affairs.
SAMUEL B. ANDERSON, one of the leading farmers and stock- raisers of Rushville township, was born in Richland township, this county, September 29, 1857, son of James W. and Livonia (Hopkins) Anderson, both of whom were born in Decatur county, Indiana. The parents of James W. Anderson died when he was about five years old and he was taken by his uncle, William Anderson, with whom he lived until his marriage which took place about the time he reached his majority. With his bride he came to Rush county and settled on 190 acres of land in Richland township that his guardian had bought for him and his brother John from the proceeds of their father's estate. When he came here this land was all covered with timber,
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which he removed, placed the land under cultivation and added more to his holdings, at one time owning about 2,000 acres in different parts of the county. He and his wife had six children of whom four now survive, namely : Mary, Lyle, James W. and Samuel B. Samuel B. Anderson was reared in Richland township, where he attended school and made himself useful to his father on the homestead. Following his marriage he worked for his father until the death of the latter, when he moved on to a farm of his own containing 250 acres in Richland township that he had previously bought. This continued to be his homestead for ten years, but he then sold it and bought a part of his present home farm. His first purchase was of 270 acres in Rushville township, but he has since added 177 acres to it, and has one of the finest farms in the township. Since he moved onto his farm he has made many improvements, and is planning others and takes great pride in his property. On March 4, 1884, Mr. Anderson was married to Lola, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Thomas) Bartlett. Mrs. Anderson was born, reared and educated in Rush county, where her father was a prosperous farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson became the parents of children as follows: Bernice, who married Alfred Senour, superintendent of the graded schools of Indiana Harbor, Ind .; Samuel, who married Grace Megee and has two children, Richard and Amelia E., and is a farmer renting 320 acres of land in Decatur county; Jessie, Mary and Lucian, all of whom are unmarried, and Esther, graduate of DePauw University, of the class of 1921. Mr. Anderson is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Rushville. IIe is a Republican but does not participate very actively in politics.
O. P. MORTON HINCHMAN, one of the well known and sub- stantial farmers and landowners of Union township, was born on the place on which he is now living and has lived there most of his life. He was born on November 8, 1863, son of James H. and Anna (Saxton) Hinchman, the latter of whom, now living at Rushville, was born in the neighboring county of Fayette, a member of one of the pioneer families there. James HI. Ilinchman, who died in 1912, was a member of the pioneer Hinchman family of Rush county, numerous representatives of which are found here in the present generation, and was born in the old Hinchman settlement, which was grouped about the old Stringtown church. He grew up as a farmer in this county, and in time became the owner of the farm now owned by his son, Morton, where he continued actively engaged in farming until his retirement from the farm and removal to Rushville, where, as noted above, he died in 1912, and where his widow is still living. James II. Hinchman and wife were the par- ents of four children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the first born, the others being J. Gurney, who married Clara Kirkpat- rick ; Delta, who is living iu Rushville with his mother, and Oscar, who was killed at the age of thirteen years by the explosion of a
Ilinchman Family: Left to right-O. P. Morton Hinchman, Bethel Ilinchman, Mrs. O. P. Morton Hinchman, Mrs. Leila (Hinchman) Mever.
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sawmill at Sexton, this county. Reared on the home farm in Union township, O. P. Morton Hinchman received his schooling in the old Black schoolhouse, and from the days of his boyhood was an assist- ant to his father in the labors of the farm. He married at the age of nineteen years and about a year later rented a farm in the neigh- borhood and began operations on his own account, continuing thus engaged as a renter for about ten years, at the end of which time, in 1910, he bought his father's farm and has since made his home there, he and his family being very comfortably situated. On No- vember 15, 1882, O. P. Morton Hinchman was united in marriage to Ann Eliza Kirkpatrick, who also was born in this county, daughter of James W. and Lucinda Kirkpatrick, members of old pioneer families here, and to this union two children have been born, a daughter, Leila, who married Charles G. Meyer, and Bethel, who is at home, a valued assistant to his father on the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Hinchman are members of the Plum Creek Christian church, and have ever taken an interested part in church work. Politically, Mr. Hinchman is a Republican. The Hinchmans have a pleasant home on rural mail route No. 7 on the state highway out of Rush- ville, and have long been hospitably interested in the community's general social activities.
CYRUS HILLIGOSS, a well-known general farmer and stock- raiser in Orange township, was born in Walker township, this county, June 18, 1865, a son of Sylvester and Jane (Mull) Hilligoss, both of whom were born in Walker township. The father of Mr. Hilligoss was a successful farmer and acquired 440 acres of land in Walker and Orange townships. He had four children, two of whom are living, Frederick and Cyrus. Cyrus Hilligoss obtained his educa- tion in the district school near his father's farm. He early began to help his father on the home place and when he married he rented land from his father and has continued on the same farm until the present. He carries on a general line of farming and raises about 100 head of hogs yearly. Mr. Hilligoss has been twice married. By his union with Emma Alter, who was a daughter of Abraham and Hulda (Willey) Alter, of this county, he has one child, a son, Claude Hilligoss. On June 18, 1910, Mr. Hilligoss married, secondly, Lillian Burton, who was born in Rush county, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Collins) Burton. Mrs. Hilligoss has two sisters, Mary and Nellie. Mr. and Mrs. Hilligoss have two children: Juanita L. and Cyrus C. Mr. Hilligoss and his family belong to the Big Flat Rock Christian Church. Politically he is a Democrat and fraternally is a member of the order of Red Men at Arlington, and of the Odd Fellows at Homer.
JOSEPH H. SCHOLL, superintendent of schools at Rushville and for many years one of the most active and influential factors in the elevation of educational standards in Rush county, is a native son of Indiana and has been a resident of this state all his life. For more than a quarter of a century continually he has been devoted to the
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teaching profession and in that period has done much to promote the cause of education hereabout. Mr. Scholl was born in the neighboring county of Fayette on February 13, 1865, third in order of birth of the five children born to his parents, David and Mary (Job) Scholl, both of whom also were natives of the Hoosier state, members of pioneer families in this section of Indiana. David Scholl was born in Fayette county, a son of John Scholl, a substantial pioneer farmer of that county. Reared to the life of the farm he continued that vocation upon reaching manhood's estate and became a successful farmer, continuing thus engaged until his death, which occurred in 1898. His widow survived him for about eight years, her death occurring in 1906. Of their five children all are living save one, a daughter, Ella, those besides the subject of this sketch being Lewis, a well-to-do farmer of Fayette county, this state ; Henry, now a resident of Tacoma, Wash., and Iva, wife of George Jenkins, of Fayette county. Reared on the home farm in Fayette county, Joseph H. Scholl received his early schooling in the common schools of his home neighborhood and early became inclined to the teaching profession. After some years of practical experience as a teacher in the district schools of his home county Mr. Scholl entered the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute and was graduated from that institution in 1893. He served for a year, 1893-94, as principal at Brownsburg, Ind. In the following year, 1894, he was made superintendent of the schools at Milton and continued thus engaged for three years. In the meantime he was not neglecting his further scholastic acquirements, in this direction continuing his studies at the Indiana State University at Bloomington, from which institution he was graduated in 1898, later taking a post-graduate course during two summer sessions of Columbia University. Upon receiving his diploma from the state university Mr. Scholl was selected by the school board of Carthage as superintendent of schools in that pleasant village and for six years he served in that responsible capacity. The excellent work done by him there in the meantime had attracted the attention of school authorities elsewhere and in 1904 he was called by the school board of Rushville to accept the superintendency of the schools of that city, a position which he accepted and which he ever since has occupied. During his long incumbency as superintendent of the Rushville schools Mr. Scholl has done much to modernize the local school system and to bring the same up to the high ethical standards demanded by the cultured community these schools so admirably serve. Along all other lines having to do with cultural extension Mr. Scholl also has given his thoughtful attention and has rendered excellent service as a member of the Rushville city library board and as a member of the local chautauqua board. On August 26, 1896, Joseph H. Scholl was united in marriage to Sarah Marlatt, daughter of the Rev. A. N. Marlatt, and to this union two children have been born, daughters both, Mary Ann, born in Bloomington, this state, who was graduated from DePauw University and is now a member of the teaching staff of the
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Greenfield (Ind.) schools, and Sarah Josephine, born at Carthage, who is now (1921) a student at DePauw University. Mrs. Scholl also is a graduate of DePauw and has ever been an efficient coadjutor of her husband in the unselfish and invaluable service to which they have for so many years been devoted. Mrs. Scholl and daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Rushville and take a proper interest in church work as well as in all social movements designed to promote the cause of community betterment. Mr. Scholl is a member of the English Lutheran church. Mr. Scholl is a Republican, a member of the local Masonic lodge, the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Rushville Rotary Club.
R. B. COOK, a well-known and progressive farmer and horseman and proprietor of a fine farm in Union township, is a native Hoosier and has lived in Indiana all his life, a resident of Rush county since the days of his childhood. He was born on a farm in Hamilton county, this state, June 28, 1867, son of William M. and Susanna (Johnson) Cook, both of whom were born in Rush county, members of old fam- ilies here and the former of whom is still living. William M. Cook grew to manhood in Union township, this county, where he was born, and for some time after his marriage to Susanna Johnson continued to make his home here, but presently moved up into Hamilton county, where he was engaged in farming for a few years, at the end of which time he returned to Rush county, and established his home on his farm of 170 acres in the Glenwood neighborhood in Union township, where he remained until his retirement from the active labors of the farm and removal to Rushville, where his wife died on November 20, 1919. Since the death of his wife Mr. Cook has been making his home with the family of his son, O. J. Cook, in Richland township. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, of whom but two now survive, the subject of this sketch and his brother O. J. Cook. As noted above, R. B. Cook was but a child when he came to Rush county with his parents from Hamilton county and he was reared on the home farm in Union township, receiving his schooling in the Glenwood schools. As a young man he continued on the farm, assisting his father in the operations of the same until his marriage at the age of twenty-two when he rented a farm and began operations "on his own." Some years later he bought sixty acres of the tract he now owns in Union township and has since made his home there. It was in 1895 that Mr. Cook bought that "sixty." His affairs prospered and in 1910 he bought an adjoining "eighty." In 1918 he bought another "sixty" and now has 260 acres, which he has brought to an excellent state of cultivation. For years Mr. Cook has given much attention to the breeding of fine horses and from the days of his boyhood has been an exhibitor of thoroughbred horses at the Indiana state fair and at local fairs in this section of the state. For the past year or more he has made a specialty of the breeding of Belgian draft horses. In addition he feeds out 150 or 200 head of
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hogs each year and is widely known as a painstaking stockman. On December 30, 1890, R. B. Cook was united in marriage to Hettie Hood, daughter of A. B. and Margaret (Gifford) Hood, and to this union three children have been born, sons all, Gifford, Donald and Fred, who are valued assistauts to their father in the operations of the farm. The Cooks have a very pleasant home on rural mail route No. 1 out of Falmouth and have ever taken an interested and helpful part in the general social activities of the community in which they live. Mrs. Cook is a member of the Fairview Christian church. In their political affiliations the Cooks are Democrats.
ALBERT LOCKE WINSHIP. It is not often that the genea- logical records of a family are preserved with the degree of accuracy or for the length of time of those of the Winship family. It is there- fore possible here to present a complete account of this old and honored family. How truly did Ernest Byron Cole, the compiler of an excellent record of the Winship family in America, say: "This country is fast filling up with foreigners, and the time is coming when it will be an honor to be able to show that our ancestors for two hundred and fifty years have been instrumental in developing, making and defending this, the greatest country under the sun." The genealogy prepared by Mr. Cole is as nearly a complete record of the descendants of Edward Winship, the founder of the family in America, as could be obtained from the records of the towns in which they lived, and from a thorough search through the princi- pal libraries of New England for facts connected with their lives. The name of Winship was spelled in many ways, namely: Win- shepp, Winshop, Winshape, Winshope, Winchep, Windchepp and Windship. Edward, the founder of the line in America, spelled his name Winshipp, but his descendants dropped one p, and spelled it as it is now commonly spelled, W-i-n-s-h-i-p. The record of Ed- ward Winship will entitle all of his descendants to membership in the societies of the Sons of Colonial Times, the Colonial Dames, and other colonial organizations. The record of Jabez Winship will entitle all his descendants to membership in the Sons of the Revolution and the Daughters of the Revolution. It is a matter of indisputable record that the Winships are descendants of William the Conqueror, first Norman King of England, from whom the line of descent passed through thirty generations to Jabez Lathrop Winship, of Brookville, Ind., (1752-1827), and by examining "The Line of Descent of the Royal Family," on page 38 of John O'Hart's "Irish Pedigrees," there may be found the full line of descent of William the Conqueror, from Adam, the first man. A more com- plete genealogical record than this would be difficult to find. Ed- ward Winship embarked for America in the good ship, "Defiance," at Harwich, England, August 10, 1635; arrived in Boston, Mass., October 3, 1635, and two days later located at Cambridge, a suburb of Boston. He purchased land, and was for many years one of the
LEWIS ERWIN WINSHIP
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most active and energetic citizens of the town, holding several mil- itary and civil official positions. Jabez Lathrop Winship was the great-great-grandson of Edward, thus: Edward, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph. Ile was born at Norwich, Conn., in 1752, and during his life was active in the military affairs of the country, having served with the Colonial arms during the Revolution, and it is believed that he held a commission as captain. He married IIannah Forsythe (date unknown) in New London, Conn., and after the war was over located on the Susquehanna river in New York state, where for several years he owned and kept a hotel. Here it was, on April 23, 1787, that Jesse Winship was born. He grew to manhood in the old Empire state, but in the year 1811 decided to come west, and accordingly crossed the mountains, came down the Ohio river, and thence to Brookville, Ind., where he married Celia Lafforge. He hen removed to Fayette county, Indiana, and bought eighty acres of land, which is now included in the site of Connersville, and there, on November 27, 1820, Lewis Erwin Winship was born, the sixth child in a family of ten. In 1821, Jesse Winship moved to Ander- son township, Rush county, and here the boy, Lewis E., was reared. At the age of fourteen, his father having died, he assumed the active management of the home farm, and such was his energy and ability that he increased his land holdings to 1,200 acres in this county before his death. On June 14, 1850, Lewis Erwin Winship married Mary Jane Bennett, but on the fifth day of the following June became a widower. On March 10, 1853, he married Margaret Ruddell, and to this union five children were born: Albert Locke, born on June 3, 1854; Augustus Miller, September 10, 1855; Mattie, February 26, 1858, who died on March 24, 1871; Lillie, October 27, 1860, who died on March 4, 1880, and Jennie, March 18, 1970, who married Rush G. Budd, of Rush county. Albert Locke Winship was educated in the common schools of this county, and upon leav- ing scholastic halls took up farming with his father, with whom he continued until he became the recipient of a farm of 120 acres. He then pursued agriculture on his own account until 1904, when he was elected county auditor, and moved to Rushville. His election was a fair indication of the esteem in which he was held by the people of the county, and came as a partial reward for the faithful and efficient services he had rendered the Republican party. After his term in the office of auditor, Mr. Winship was elected cashier of the Rushville National Bank, in which he had become interested, and after a period of service of three years in this capacity was elected to the presidency of that institution, a position which he still retains. In addition to his large interests in financial circles, Mr. Winship has increased his property holdings to about 1,100 acres of as fine land as is anywhere to be found. On December 23, 1875, Albert L. Winship was married to Mary E. Moor, a daughter of Artimus and Eunice Moor, and to this union six children have
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