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J. W. ANDERSON
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of many splendid qualities of character and is deservedly popular in his community.
JOHN W. ANDERSON, better known throughout this region as "Trim" Anderson, one of the substantial agriculturists of Anderson township, but whose operations as a general farmer, feeder of stock and large landowner cover an area extending into Decatur county, was born on a farm in Richland township, Rush county, September 29, 1869, a son of John Samuel and Priscilla (Hopkins) Anderson, the former a native of Decatur county and the latter of Kingston, this state. John Samuel Anderson received only limited educational advantages, but was a youth of ambition and industry, and when still young in years became the owner of an extensive property, in both Decatur and Rush counties. He moved to the latter county shortly before his death, which occurred when he was yet a young man, in 1869, his widow surviving him only one year. They had two children: John W., and a child who died in infancy. John W. Anderson was an infant when left an orphan by the death of his mother, and at that time was taken into the home of his uncle, James W. Anderson, who furnished him with a public school education. When he laid aside his school books he began farming with his uncle, whose associate he was until the time of his marriage. Ile then moved to the property on which he now lives in Anderson township, his home being situated on R. F. D. No. 1 out of Milroy. Mr. Anderson is now farming about 600 acres of the home place, and is the owner of about 1,700 acres of land in Rush and Decatur counties. All of his property has received the benefit of his inclination toward improvements of a modern character, and the general prosperity which surrounds his farms is demonstrative evidence of the presence of able and ener- getic management. As an operator in live stock, Mr. Anderson feeds out about 120 head of cattle each year and in the neighbor- hood of 1,000 hogs. Politically he adheres to the principles of the Republican party and has always supported its candidates. He is a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Milroy and is a member of the board of trustees of the same. On February 14, 1895, John W. Anderson married May Davis, daughter of Samuel H. and Mary E. Davis, and to this union have been born five chil- dren : Lois, Leland, Alice, Marjorie and John Samuel, all unmar- ried and living with their parents. Mr. Anderson is justly ac- counted one of the substantial men of his community, and a citizen who has kept thoroughly informed as to current events and faith- fully discharged all the duties pertaining to an enlightened citizen- ship.
GEORGE B. MOORE, SR., a retired farmer of Posey township and a well-known citizen of Rush county, was born in Posey township on August 20, 1844, and is a son of James and Mary (Haywood) Moore, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Tennessee. James Moore was a farmer by vocation and for many years followed that line of work in Posey township, where he owned eighty acres of
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land. He was the father of four children, John W., Martha A., both of whom are deceased, Henry W. and George B. The subject of this review received his elementary education in the Offutt school house in Posey township, and on the completion of his studies he devoted his energies and activities to the home farm, working for his mother until her death. He then bought out the interests of the other heirs in the home farm and has since continued to make that his home. being thus numbered among the oldest continuous residents of Posey township. He gave his active attention to the operation of the farm until 1902, when he retired from labor and moved to Rushville, hav- ing rented the farm. He remained in Rushville until after the death of his wife in 1913, when he moved back to the farm and is now living there. On November 28, 1891, Mr. Moore was married to Lillie Foster, a native of the state of Illinois, but who was educated in the schools of Rushville township, this county. She was the daughter of William and Margaret (Wheid) Foster and her union with Mr. Moore was a most happy and congenial one. IIer death occurred on May 8, 1913, and her remains lie in the Arlington cemetery. Mr. Moore is a member of the Christian church at Arlington, while in politics he is a firm supporter of the Democratic party. He has always been known as a man of excellent qualities of character, who, by years of indefatigable labor and honest effort, not only acquired a well-merited prosperity, but also richly earned the highest esteent of all with whom he has been associated.
JESSE WINKLER, the progressive proprietor of a flourishing grain elevator business at Rushville, was born in Johnson county, Indiana, April 14, 1877, a son of George and Lorinda (Jamison) Winkler, natives of Estill county, Kentucky. His father, an agri- culturist by vocation, followed farming throughout his life in John- son and Rush counties and was a man held in high respect and esteem. There were ten children in the family, of whom six are living : Lona, Orie, Lennie, Girtha, Delbert and Jesse. Jesse Winkler received his education in the public schools of Henry county, Indiana, where his boyhood was passed, and entered upon his inde- pendent career in the capacity of a farm hand. Industrious and thrifty, he accumulated sufficient means with which to establish himself as a renter, and after two years was able to buy forty acres of land, which he subsequently sold. For a number of years he bought and sold different properties, and at one time had accumu- lated through industry and good ability 204 acres of valuable and well-cultivated land in Rush county, principally in Noble township. Mr. Winkler continued to be engaged in farming until 1914, in which year he traded his farm for the grain elevator which he now owns at Rushville, which he operates as the Winkler Grain Company, and. which has a capacity of about 25,000 bushels. Mr. Winkler deals in grain, coal and flour, and has built up an excellent business, his patronage extending all over the territory surrounding Rushville. December 9, 1900, Mr. Winkler married Laura M., daughter of Frank and Emma (Webster) Trennepohl, farming people of Rush county. Mrs. Winkler was born in this county and is the eldest of four chil-
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dren, the others being Raye, Opal and Francis. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Winkler, Merle C., Loren and George, who are attending school at Rushville, and Robert J. Mr. Winkler is a member of the Odd Fellows and Red Men's lodges at Arlington and the Elks lodge at Rushville. He is a Republican in his political allegiance and he and Mrs. Winkler belong to the Christian church. Mr. Winkler's operations have met with deserved success and he is justly regarded as a thorough, reliable and progressive business man. JOHN . G. HAMMOND, a substantial landowner, real estate dealer and retired stock buyer, of Milroy, this county, is a native son of the neighboring county of Franklin, but has been a resident of Rush county for about twenty years and has no cause to regret the step which caused him to move over here, for he has done well in his operations since coming here. He was born on a farm in Franklin county on June 29, 1848, son of John and Charlotte (Davis) Ham- mond, the latter of whom also was born in Indiana, a member of one of the old families of Washington county, and both of whom spent their last days in Franklin county. John Hammond was a Ver- monter who left the Green Mountain state when thirty years of age and came to Indiana, where he married and established his home in Franklin county. He started there on a tract of "Congress land" to which he had entered a claim and as he developed that tract added to his holdings until he became the owner of a well improved place of 300 acres on which he and his wife spent their last days, substantial and influential residents of the community in which they lived. They were the parents of seven children, of whom but four are now living, the subject of this sketch having two brothers, William P. and Robert Hammond, and a sister, Sarah. Of these children John G. Hammond is the only one to make his home in Rush county. Reared on the home farm in Franklin county, John G. Hammond received his schooling in the local schools of his neighborhood and when he grew to manhood engaged in farming and presently also became engaged in the business of buying live stock, a business in which he continued interested for thirty-five years, during which time he was an exten- sive buyer of cattle and hogs throughout Franklin, Decatur and Rush counties and of horses all over southern Indiana. In 1904 Mr. Hammond moved to Rush county and located at Milroy, where he since has made his home. In 1914 he abandoned the live stock busi- ness and has since given much of his time to the sale of farm lands and a general real estate business in which he has been quite suc- cessful, but his chief attention is devoted to the direction of his fine farm of 200 acres, on which, besides carrying on general farm- ing he raises about three car loads of hogs annually. Mr. Hammond is a Republican, has ever given considerable attention to local civic affairs and during his residence in Franklin county served for some time as trustee of his home township. In 1872 John G. Hammond was united in marriage to Marie Matthews, who also was born in Franklin county, and to this union have been born five children, Marshall, Katie, who married Albert Ross; Ella, who married Otis Murray and has one child, Marshall M .; Cora, who married Scott
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Dawson, and Mary, who married Rex Innis and has three children, Robert Perry, Jeannette and Esther Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Ham- mond are members of the Methodist church and have ever taken an interested part in church work, Mr. Hammond having served for years as a member of the official board of the church.
ORLANDO C. MACY, a well known retired farmer of Walker township, was born in that township, August 2, 1858, a son of Tristram and Dorcas (Gardner) Macy, who were born in North Carolina and were young people when they came to Rush county. His father entered eighty acres of land from the Government and developed this pioneer tract into a fine farm, subsequently acquiring additional tracts and at the time of death he owned 550 acres situated in Rush and Shelby counties. Orlando C. Macy is one of the three survivors of a family of six children, having one brother, Erasmus D., living in Shelby county, and another brother, Thomas B., living in Hancock county. Orlando C. Macy attended the district school near his father's farm in Walker township during boyhood and afterward assisted his father at home until ready to start out for himself. When he married he rented one of his father's farms containing eighty acres, contracting to meet the rent problem by paying the taxes and keeping the entire farm in repair, a contract that both he and his father lived up to, and when his father died the farmt became his property. Until he retired and rented out the farm Mr. Macy carried on the usual farm industries and gave much attention to raising poultry. On October 16, 1881, he married Mary Adams. born in Rush county, daughter of Garland B. and Flora (Miller) Adams. The father of Mrs. Macy was born in IIenry county, Indiana, and the mother in Ohio. Mr. Adams owned a farm of eighty-five acres in Rush county. They had three children, all now deceased. Mrs. Macy died on March 4, 1919. On October 19, 1919, Mr. Macy married Ella Wilson, who was born in Johnson county, Indiana, daughter of William L. and Margaret F. (McCollum) Wilson, who had a family of six children, John D., Mrs. Mollie Wilhelm, Mrs. Etta Worden, Mrs. Ella Macy, Eunice and Lilly, the two youngest being deceased. Mr. Wilson was an undertaker. Mr. Maey is a member of the Christian Union church at Homer. In politics he is a Republican.
L. E. DYER, superintendent of the Ripley township consoli- dated school, is one of the younger members of the educational pro- fession in Rush county who is making rapid strides in his calling. Mr. Dyer was born in Greene county, Indiana, November 25, 1894, a son of Charles F. and Delia (Breeden) Dyer, natives of that county, and for a number of years engaged in agricultural pursuits there. The early education of L. E. Dyer was secured in the public schools of Worthington, Ind., and after his graduation from the high school at that place he took a course in the Central Normal School at Dan- ville, Ind., from which he was duly graduated. Since that time he has done post-graduate and educational work at DePauw and Colnm- bia Universities, and one summer was instructor in agriculture in Central Normal College. In 1917, after two years of teaching in
W. HI. MCMILLIN
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rural schools, Mr. Dyer was appointed principal of the Carthage high school, a capacity in which he served for two years, following which he was appointed superintendent of the consolidated school of Ripley township. In this position he has done much to vindicate the faith reposed in his abilities and has brought his school up to a high grade of educational efficiency. Under his supervision are twelve teachers and 350 pupils, among all of whom Mr. Dyer is popular. On September 22, 1916, Mr. Dyer married Estella Dayhoff, who was born in Greene county, Indiana, and educated there in the graded and high schools. Later she attended DePauw and Columbia Universities, where she took special teacher's work. Mr. and Mrs. Dyer are members of the Carthage Methodist Episcopal Church. In political matters he is a Republican.
WILLIAM H. MCMILLIN, former auditor of Rush county and who for years has been regarded as one of the most substantial far- mers and stockmen of Union township, where he is now living, was born in this county and has lived here all his life. He was born on a farm in Union township on Christmas day, 1866, son of John T. and Nancy B. (Pentecost) MeMillin, the latter of whom was born in Union county, this state, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bishop) Pentecost. Thomas Pentecost was born in Union county in 1805, son of John and Jemima Pentecost, and his last days were spent in Henry county. His wife was born in 1808, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Freel) Bishop, the latter a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Wood) Freel. William Bishop, who was a soldier in the War of 1812, was born in Maryland, son of Robert and Rachel Bishop, also natives of Maryland, and his last days were spent in Preble county, Ohio. John T. McMillin was a member of one of the pioneer families of Rush county. IIe was born on a farm in Union township, in the immediate vicinity of the place on which his son, William H. McMillin, now resides, August 30, 1831, son of John and Susanna (McConnell) McMillin, the latter of whom was born in what is now Brown county, Ohio, in 1800, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Downing) McConnell, both natives of Pennsyl- vania, of Colonial stock, the latter a daughter of John and Susan (Ellis) Downing. Thomas McConnell was born in 1772, a son of Arthur and Elizabeth (Wilson) McConnell and grew to manhood in Pennsylvania, leaving there after attaining his majority for Mason county, Kentucky, where he married Mary Downing. Not long afterward he moved over the river into Brown county. Ohio, and was living there when the War of 1812 broke out. He enlisted his services and was commissioned a captain, his company becom- ing attached to the command of General Hull and was with that general at the time of the latter's inglorious surrender at Ft. De- troit. John McMillin, the Rush county pioneer and grandfather of William H. MeMillin, was born in Washington county, Pennsyl- vania, in 1793, son of Thomas and Mary (Young) McMillin, who had come to this country from Ireland and who were the parents of six children. When he had passed his majority John McMillin left Pennsylvania and went to Brown county, Ohio, where in the
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summer of 1824 he married Susanna McConnell and almost imme- diately afterward he and his wife came over into Indiana and set- tled on a farm in Union township, this county, locating on a tract of land he previously had entered in section 13 of that township, and there he spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring on May 29, 1850. He was successful in his operations and at the time of his death was the owner of 600 acres of land in Union township. His widow survived him for more than thirty years, her death occur- ing in 1885. Reared on the home farm in Union township, John T. McMillin continued to reside there after his marriage, farming a portion of his father's broad acres, and in time became the owner of a fine farm of 260 acres in section 12, besides two other farms in the county and was accounted one of the leading farmers of the county. When the Rush County Agricultural Society was organ- ized in 1857 he was one of the directors of the association and after- ward served as president of the same and later as a member of the executive board, his efforts in that behalf having done much to make of the Rush county fair one of the best annual events of the sort in Indiana during that period. He took an active interest in the breeding of horses in the days of Rush county's supremacy in the line of horse flesh and did much to develop the heavy draft strain hereabout. He was a member of the Christian church, was an elder in the same until his death, and from the days of the organ- ization of the Republican party was a staunch Republican. John T. MeMillin was twice married. On November 25, 1852, he was united in marriage to Sarah Buzan, daughter of Wills and Maria (Kendall) Buzan, of Union township, and to that union there were born three children, Clara A., Laura B. and Sarah Belle. The mother of these children died in January, 1857, and in November of the following year Mr. McMillin married Nancy B. Pentecost, whose lineage is noted in the introductory paragraph of this sketch. To this union were born five children : Emma J. (deceased), who was the wife of John L. Shauck; John A. (deceased) ; Ora M .; William H., and Lyda O. William H. McMillin was reared on the home farm in Union township and from the days of his boyhood maintained an active interest in the development of the place, after his marriage continuing to farm the place in association with his father until the latter's death on October 3, 1900. For some time prior to that date he also had been operating the grain elevator at Ging's Station, which his father owned, and he continued to oper- ate the same until in 1905, when he sold the elevator and bought the old home place, a well improved farm of 260 acres, of which he since has sold off an "eighty," and is now making his home there. From the days of his boyhood Mr. MeMillin has been interested in the breeding of live stock and of late years has given his particular attention to hogs, feeding out about 250 head a year. For years Mr. McMillin has been regarded as one of the leaders of the Repub- lican party in Rush county and in 1916 was elected county anditor. During his period of public service he still maintained oversight of
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his farm interests and upon the completion of his term of office returned to the farm and has since devoted his entire attention to the operations of the same. On October 14, 1885, William H. Mc- Millin was united in marriage to Cora A. Bell, who also was born in this county, daughter of Joseph and Melinda Bell, and to this union three children have been born, namely : Edith B., who mar- ried Walter E. Smith, and who died on April 12, 1915; Nellie J., who married Frank Logan and has three children, Russell W., Wayne and Wava; and Ruby May, who married Ross Logan, and died on February 26, 1920, leaving one child, a son, William J. Mr. and Mrs. McMillin are members of the Plum Creek Christian church. Mr. McMillin was a member of the first board of trustees of this church, has been an elder for twenty-one years and is assistant secretary of the Sunday school. IIe is a thirty-second de- gree Mason, affiliated with the blue lodge at Rushville and the con- sistory at Indianapolis and is also a noble of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, affiliated with Murat Temple at Indianapolis. Mr. McMillin also is an Odd Fellow, in which order he is a past noble grand, and is also affiliated with the Knights of Pythias.
JAMES W. ARBUCKLE, one of the leading business men of Homer, this county, where he is engaged in the manufacture of tile, has spent practically his entire life in this community where he stands high in the confidence of the residents. He was born in Orange township, Rush county, February 23, 1867, a son of Nathan and Martha (Lawrence) Arbuckle, natives of Rush county, where the father followed farming and tile making all of his life. There were three children born to the parents, all of whom survive: Fred, Ida and James W. James W. Arbuckle obtained his early education in the public schools of Walker township, following which he took a preparatory course in a school connected with DePauw University. He next attended the university, and graduated therefrom in 1892. Mr. Arbuckle not only made a good record as a student, but was prominently known in college athletics, being a member of the foot- ball and baseball varsity teams in 1891 and 1892. On leaving college he came to Homer and was employed by his father for several months, following which he went to Windfall, Ind., and becames superintendent of a drain tile factory of that place. After one year he returned to Homer and began teaching school, and after one year was made principal, a position which he retained two years more. He then rejoined his father in the manufacture of drain tile at Homer, which has a capacity of one carload of tile per day, in the production of which four kilns are used and employment is given to twelve persons. In 1908 Mr. Arbuckle and his father built a tile factory at Williamstown, on the southern border of the county, which is operated under the same management. The business is now a flourishing one, and Mr. Arbuckle is numbered among the substan- tial men of his commmunity, being likewise known as a man of sound business judgment and keen foresight. He is a member of the
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Masonie lodge at Manilla, a thirty-second degree Mason and Shriner, and holds membership also in the lodges of the Improved Order of Red Men and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Homer; and Elks Lodge, No. 1307, of Rushville. With his family, he belongs to the Homer Baptist church. His political support is given to the Democratic party. On April 7, 1892, Mr. Arbuckle was united in marriage to Julia Robertson, who was born and educated at Homer, daughter of James T. and Delilah (Cassady) Robertson. Mr. and Mrs. Arbuckle have one daughter: Ruth, born in March, 1894, a graduate of Shortridge high school, Indianapolis, now the wife of Harry M. Carr, of Indianapolis, with two children, Virginia R. and William H.
HARRY F. McFATRIDGE, the well known farmer whose name forms the caption to these paragraphs, was born in Posey township, this county, on October 11, 1883, and is the son of James W. and Jessie (Conaway) MeFatridge, both of whom also were born, reared and educated in that same township. The father followed agricul- tural pursuits all his active years in Posey township, operating the land now owned by the subject, and at the time of his death he was the owner of 200 acres of good farm land. To him and his wife were born five children: Fred, Charles, Golda, Evelina and Harry. The subject of this sketch received his education in the common schools of his native township, attending the Beaver Meadow school. From his boyhood days he followed farming and remained on the home place up to the time of his marriage. He then started out on his own account, buying eighty acres of land adjoining the home farm, and thereafter he devoted himself to the operation of both farms. Mr. MeFatridge carries on general farming operations, raising all the crops common to this section of the country, and also gives some attention to live stock, feeding about 200 head of hogs annually. On June 23, 1913, Mr. McFatridge was married to Anurice Tarbet, who was born, reared and educated in Rush county, the daughter of John and Mary (Scott) Tarbet, both natives of Rush county. Of the six children who were born to Mr. and Mrs. Tarbet, four are living. Anna, Charles, Anurice and James. Mr. and Mrs. McFatridge are the parents of three children, James, Wesley and Ralph. Mr. MeFat- ridge is a wide-awake, progressive man, keeping in close touch with the trend of public affairs, and gives his support to every movement for the general welfare. He is a good business man and has made a success of his vocation. In addition to his local farm holdings, he is the owner of 200 acres of land in Perkins county, South Dakota, which is mainly devoted to the raising of wheat. Mr. MeFatridge gives his support to the Republican party and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Arlington.
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