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Among the children of this staunch pioneer family was a son by the name of Job D. Tindall, who accompanied his parents to Indiana when a mere youth and grew to maturity on the family homestead in Shelby county. In 1845 he married Susanna Warner. of Ohio, and in due time cleared and im- proved a fine farm of more than three hundred acres, and became one of the leading agriculturists and stock raisers of the county. He possessed remark- able energy which, with sound practical intelligence, well balanced judgment and business ability of a high order, enabled him to take advantage of circum- stances and accumulate a large fortune. His farm, which was well drained and thoroughly cultivated according to the most approved methods. yielded him an ample income, and the commodious brick dwelling. large barns and other improvements which he erected regardless of expense. not only added greatly to its value, but made it one of the most beautiful and attractive rural homes in this part of the state. Mr. Tindall was a Republican, but took little interest in political matters, beyond voting his sentiments and keeping in touch with the leading questions of the times. He was public spiried in all the term implies and did much to promote the advancement of the community and was held in high esteem by his neighbors and fellow citizens.
In 1895 he and his good wife celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage, on which joyous occasion their home was thronged with their chil- dren, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, who with a large number of neighbors and friends from near and far took part in the festivities and wished the worthy old couple many happy returns of the day. Five years later Mr. Tindall was called to his reward, and ten months after his death his aged and faithful wife followed him to the grave, their prolonged wedded life of fifty-six years being characterized throughout by mutual helpfulness, happiness and prosperity seldom experienced in marriages of much shorter duration. As indicated in a preceding paragraph. Mr. Tindall was a man of great thrift and at his death he left one of the largest estates in Shelby county. For many years he was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as was also his wife, whose daily life, like his own, was in strict harmony with her religious professions. This good couple were the parents of quite a large family. four- teen children in all. four sons and ten daughters. of whom eleven grew to
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mature years, ten marrying and rearing families of their own, the subject of this sketch being the twelfth in order of birth. Aside from her own family. the mother of our subject raised seven orphan children.
Charles A. Tindall was born August 8. 1867. in Shelby township, and spent his childhood and youth on the family homestead, where he early formed habits of industry and learned to appreciate the true dignity of honest toil. He enjoyed the advantages of the public schools until finishing the common branches. The training thus received being afterwards supplemented by a course in the Central Normal College at Danville, where he completed his literary education and fitted himself for the profession which he had pre- viously selected for his life work. Shortly after leaving the above institution he entered the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, where he prosecuted his professional studies until 1887, when he was graduated with an honorable record, immediately following which he located at Shelbyville, where he soon won recognition, as a scholarly, capable and eminently successful physician and surgeon. Without entering into a detailed account of Dr. Tindall's profes- sional career. suffice it briefly to state that his progress since engaging in the practice has been steady and substantial. presenting a series of continued ad- vancements such as few attain. and for a number of years he has ranked among the leading medical men of his city and county. He has always been a student and his ambition to keep in close touch with the trend of current professional thought has enabled him to take advantage of the latest discoveries in the do- main of medical science and to apply his knowledge to the treatment of the various diseases with which humanity is afflicted. His extensive and lucrative practice though largely confined to the city of his residence. also includes many of the best families of the rural districts and not infrequently his services are in demand in distant localities in cases requiring more than ordinary pro- ficiency and skill.
His reading, observation and personal experience has led him to the belief that the prohibition of the liquor traffic by law is the only true and ef- fective means of ridding the country of this dominant evil of the age. In view of the fact he gives his hearty support to the Prohibition party, being one of its leaders and judicious counsellors in Shelby county.
Religiously the Methodist Episcopal church holds his creed and his mem- bership with the church in Shelbyville which extends over a number of years has been characterized by activity in all lines of good work, and a liberality in the support of the Gospel at home and abroad.
The Doctor's domestic experience dates from November 17, 188 ;. at which time he was united in marriage with Bertha Michelsen, of Cincinnati, whose parents, John and Margaret Michelsen, were natives of Denmark and Ger- many, respectively. Mrs. Tindall, like her husband. is also a sincere and de- vout Christian, and manifests her faith by her daily walk and conversation.
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She is an earnest church worker. a teacher in the Sunday school and a member of the choir. in addition to which she labors in a more quiet but equally effective way for the benefit of the poor and distressed of the city and spares no effort to bring cheer to the sorrowing and hope to the erring and fallen.
Dr. and Mrs. Tindall have two children. Paul R .. born November 6th. of the year 1888, and Carl A., whose birth occurred on April 8th of the year 1804.
The Doctor is one of the leading members of the Pythian fraternity in Indiana, having been initiated in Lodge No. 129. Shelbyville. August 7. 1888. since which time he has advanced to positions of prominence and influence, and has been honored with some of the highest offices within the gift of the order. Eighteen months after his initiation he was chosen chancellor of the local lodge. in which capacity he displayed such marked ability that he soon won recogni- tion among the leading Pythians of the state. the result being his election in 1902 to the office of grand chancellor of. Indiana, which exalted position he filled with distinguished success, presiding with dignity over the session of 1903. and doing much during his incumbency to strengthen the organization throughout his jurisdiction. Before the expiration of his term the order was increased by an addition of three thousand four hundred members in different parts of the state, and some idea of his influence in local fraternal work may be obtained from the fact of his having helped organize every lodge in Shelby county, with the exception of three which were in existence ere he became identified with the brotherhood. He was representative to the Supreme Lo;lge at Boston in 1908. and has already been chosen a representative to the next session of this exalted body, which is to hold its sessions in Milwaukee, Wis- consin. in 1910. He is also identified with the Masonic fraternity, in which he has held various positions of honor and trust, both he and his wife being mem- bers of the Order of the Eastern Star: Mrs. Tindall is also a member of the Pythian order.
In addition to a comfortable and modern home at 186 South Harrison street. Doctor Tindall owns a fruit farm of one hundred and twenty-six acres in Brandywine township. where in close touch with nature. he finds agreeable recreation from his ardu ous and exacting professional duties. He is a member of the Eclectic Medical Society of Indiana. the National Eclectic Association. a lecturer on diseases of women in the Eclectic Medical College of Indiana.
SAMUEL P. STROUP.
The family of this name originated in Holland. the emigrant founder being George Stroup, who came over during the latter part of the eighteenth century. Locating first in Pennsylvania, he and his family came about 1827
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to Montgomery county, Ohio. His son. Reuben, who was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania. came west with his parents and remained in Ohio about fifteen years. He married Mary Ann Hahn, a native of Shenandoah county, Virginia, and daughter of Samuel and Margaret Catherine ( Stover) Hahn, a family of some distinction. Mrs. Hahn's father was Captain Joseph Stover. who earned his rank as a Virginia soldier in the Revolutionary war. John Hahn, father of Samuel. also enlisted from Virginia in a patriot regiment. Until recent years Captain Stover's military cap, which he wore in the Revo- lutionary army, was a prized relic in the Stroup family. The Hahns came to Preble county, Ohio, adjoining Montgomery county, about 1825. and their daughter. Mary Ann. was a young girl in the family at that time. her mar- riage occurring in 1841. Reuben Stroup and his wife came to Shelby county in 1842 and settled on eighty acres of find purchased from the government in Liberty township. It was situated on the Michigan road. at that time the great thoroughfare between the East and the West. Conn's creek flowing through the place and affording an abundance of water for the stock. To Reuben and Mary Ann ( Hahn ) Stroup six children were born, and all except Lucinda. who died when six years old. are still living. Their names are: David P .. George .A., W. L., Margaret C. and Samuel. The father died August 29, 1852. in Preble county, Ohio, and in 1860 his widow married Daniel Cotterman, an old school mate, by whom she had one son. Elmer C. After marriage they removed to Wayne county, remained there until 1870, and then returned to the old Shelby county home. Daniel Cotterman died August 29, 1877, and his wife on November 6. 1906.
Samuel P. Stroup was born on the Liberty township farm. in Shelby county, Indiana. November 12. 1846. He remained with his mother on the farm until 1872, when he branched out for himself as a farmer for two years. at the end of which time he located at Waldron and engaged in the saw and planing mill business. He and his step-father bought the plant and conducted it together until Mr. Cotterman's death. Mr. Stroup bought his partner's interest and continued the business until September 24. 1879. when the mill was destroyed by fire with a loss of ten thousand dollars, and no insurance By the 25th of December in the same year the mill had been rebuilt and was again cutting lumber. In 1893 he bought two saw mills in southern Missouri. one in Cape Girardeau and the other in Stoddard county, his partner in the venture being Thomas Hoskins. The panic of that year caught them with a large stock of lumber and the falling off in demand caused a loss of eleven thou- sand dollars to Mr. Stroup. Closing up his business there he returned to Wal- dron and engaged in entting timber. In 1902 he dismantled the mill at Waldron and built a planing mill at Danville. Illinois, starting a lumber yard at that point, with an investment of twenty-four thousand dollars. Fire destroyed this plant on the night of July 3. 1903. but insurance and salvage reduced the
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loss to sixteen thousand dollars. With his farm and real estate in Shelby county still intact he purchased the interest of the junior partner in the Pennell & Kumper lumber yard, and has continued to conduct this Shelbyville plant. In December. 1908, he bought out his partner and since has been sole pro- prietor. In 1900 he built sheds and yards on his own ground at 139 East Broadway, and moved his lumber yard to that point.
On January 5. 18;2. Mr. Stroup married Elizabeth C., daughter of Dan- iel Cotterman. his step-father. The youngest of their four children died in early infancy, but Charles R., Minnie M. and Stella E. survive. Charles re- sides in Kokomo, and owns a half interest in a lumber yard and planing mill. He is married and has one child. Elizabeth C. Minnie is the wife of Alfred M. Glossbrenner, half owner in Levy Brother's Printing Company. Indianap- olis; their children are Daniel I .. Albert Reuben and George L. Stella E. married Frank Lansingkamp, a coppersmith, resident of Indianapolis, and they have one child. Frank S. Mr. Stroup's first wife died March 27. 1886, and on October 2. 1888, he married Margaret, daughter of John De Prez. In 1900 he and his wife built a residence at the corner of Washington and Tompkins streets in Shelbyville, where he has since resided. Mr. Stroup has for years been quite prominent in fraternal circles. In 1889-'90 he was grand patriarch of the Indiana Odd Fellows. in 1892 represented the Sovereign Grand Lodge at Portland. Oregon, and in 1893 at Milwaukee. In 1896 he was elected grand camp trustee, and has been re-elected at every election since. His name ap- pears on the copper plate at the entrance of the grand lodge building, Indian- apolis, as one of the trustees that had charge of the erection of that imposing structure. Mr. Stroup is also a Mason of prominence. being a member of Baldwin Commandery No. 2. Knights Templar. also of Murat Temple, Mystic Shrine, having reached the thirty-second degree in Masonry. His other con- nections are with the Elks lodge at Shelbyville and the lumbermen's organiza- tion, the Hoo Hoos.
JOHN W. YARLING.
What may be done by pluck and energy, persistent determination and industry, is well illustrated by the case of Peter Yarling. Born in 1810. of poor parents who eked out a hard living in the city of Darmstadt, he found himself in boyhood condemned to the same life of drudgery and toil. He had heard. however, of the great new republic across the sea, and longed to try his fortunes in the land of promise, which held out a welcome to all who were willing to become men among men. So one day in 1830. just as he was finishing his twentieth year. Peter bade farewell to the Fatherland. got on board of the first ship he could find, and sailed in the steerage for the Western wil-
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(lerness. Eventually finding his way to Cincinnati he worked for a while as a common laborer, but his ambition was for better things, and, as a step forward. he started on foot to Indianapolis to make an entry of government land. This was in 1835. He secured eighty acres of wild land. located in Marion town- ship. Shelby county, and then walked all the way back to Cincinnati to make arrangements for taking possession. Peter Yarling worked very hard placing his forest grown land into shape, but in time, after much hardship and priva- tion, he had converted it into a very respectable farm. He prospered and ac- cumulated, adding on new purchases as he could, and at the time of his death. which occurred in April. 1876. on the place where he had labored so assid- uously, he was the owner of five hundred acres of fine Shelby county farm- ing land. In the same year and about the same time he was crossing the ocean another ship was bringing over a poor German girl. by the name of Mary Miller, and shortly after her arrival they met each other in Cincinnati. She was just a year his junior, having been born in 1811. Their marriage oc- curred in 1835. and she made him a devoted wife, sharing in all his labors and trials, his joys and his sorrows. Of their nine children, five are still living : Mary, who married George W. Phares, resides in Shelbyville with her husband, who has retired from active business. They have five children. and the two sons are physicians. Michael, who married Rexie Talbert, has three children, all married. Jacob married Anna Branson, and Catherine, who is the wife of Samuel Herthel, has three children.
John W. Yarling, second of the surviving family, was born in Marion township, Shelby county. Indiana, February 12. 1844. He spent his boyhood on the home farm, learned all the ins and outs of the business, and was well qualified to take charge when the place fell to him by inheritance Altogether he spent forty years of his life in the place adjoining that entered by his father. He owns five hundred and sixty acres of excellent land, located in four different townships. In 1908 he removed to Shelbyville, and has since been taking things easy at his comfortable home, contented and happy with all his surroundings. Though a Democrat by conviction and a voter of the ticket. he has never aspired to office or wasted time in political wrangles. On February 1. 1866, he married Eliza J. Meaks, by whom he has seven children ; Carrie, now Mrs. Edward R. Maberly, lived on a farm in Marion township. Jessie, who married John T. Devening, resides on a farm in Hanover town- ship. William H., who married Lizzie Dipple, lives in Marion township. John L., who married Lucy John ( died last December ). has four children, and is a farmer in Addison township. Jacob O., who married Anna Billman. has three children, and farms in Addison township. Connie, wife of Arthur Williams, has three children and resides in Union township. Thomas E .. who married Grace Vaught, is on the home place in Addison township.
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MRS. NANCY H. WRIGHT.
This lady, daughter of pioneers and widow of a distinguished man. receives and deserves general respect as one of the interesting relics of the older times that has passed away forever. Her life covered the whole history of Indiana, as she was born not a great while after the state was admitted into the Union. She has seen several generations come and go, has known all the prominent people of Shelby county for half a century, and has spent a blame- less as well as useful life, in connection with educational reformatory and re- ligicus movements. Mrs. Wright was born in Clermont county, Ohio. October 19. 1819, and was the daughter of Adam and Sarah ( Hitch) Simmons. Her father was born in Pennsylvania in 1788, and came to Ohio with his parents. who entered land during the formative period of the state. Sarah Hitch was born in Pendleton, Kentucky, September 19. 1798, and her marriage occurred in Clermont county, Ohio, October 14. 1814. After her husband's death she removed to Shelbyville and died there in 1875. Her children were John H .. Eliza Jane, Nancy H., William L., Mary E., Sarah H. and Eliza.
Nancy Hitch Simmons obtained her preliminary education in the common schools of Ohio, and for several years attended "Philistia" Academy, followed by a twelve months' course at Worthington Female Seminary, near Columbus. Immediately after leaving college. she began teaching, and for fifteen years bad charge of schools in Ohio and in Shelbyville, after her removal to this county. June 20. 1848. she married Dr. E. T. Small. of Ohio, who died in 1857. In November. 1859. she married Cyrus Wright. a prominent attorney of Shelbyville, who was elected Judge of the Circuit Court and became a man of distinction. He died October 22, 1875, since which time his widow has devoted her life to looking after the welfare of her children and other near relatives and work in connection with the church. Judge Wright had five children by his first marriage : none by his second marriage. These children are now living in various states and cities engaged in different pursuits. George M. is now in retirement after a long life of activity at the Shelby County Bar. John A. is in the men's furnishing business at Indianapolis. Frank F. is in South Carolina, carrying on Sunday school work. Charles is in Georgia, and Elizabeth H., who married George Avrett, is a resident of Georgia. A mem- ber of Mrs. Wright's household is Mrs. Mary S. Yount. a niece, who was born in Jefferson county. Ohio, being a daughter of Newton and Sarah (Williams) Simmons. When her mother died she was eighteen months old and was taken in charge by her aunt, who always treated her with the utmost kindness and affection. She was graduated as Asbury, now De Pauw Uni- versity, in 1874, and in October of the same year married Andrew H. Yount. who had been her college classmate. For several years he practiced law in Lafayette, but for some time has been city editor of the Chicago Record-
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Herald. Mrs. Yount died April 23. 1909. Mrs. Yount taught school for several years in Kansas, Missouri and Chicago. Charles M. Richey, son of a former Shelbyville physician, is an inmate of Mrs. Wright's hospitable home. For almost her entire life Mrs. Wright has been one of the pillars in the Meth- odist Episcopal church, and she reared all of her children in the same faith. She is a member of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, and for thirty- three years has been its corresponding secretary. No week passes without many letters from her relating to this subject, which is one that has always been very near to her heart.
WARREN W. SNIDER.
A native of Shelby county and one of its prominent and respected citizens is Warren W. Snider, who was born August 18. 1849. in Addison township, a son of Albert and Elizabeth ( Landingham) Snider. Albert Snider was born August 4. 1812. in Ohio, and came to Indiana with his parents when a boy. He grew to maturity on the farm of eighty acres two miles west of Shelbyville. which his brother. Peter Snider. purchased from the Government for the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, the land today being conservatively estimated at one hundred and twenty-five dollars per acre, the entire tract on the basis of representing a value of ten thousand dollars. The subject now owns twenty acres of this farm. This land subsequently came into possession of Albert Snider by purchase, and in due time became one of the finest and most valuable farms of its size in the county.
The following are the names of the children born to Albert and Elizabeth Snider : Mrs. Melissa Hulsapple and Mrs. Sarah E. Springer, both deceased : Dr. John W. Snider, of Fairland, who married Mary Laws, and is the father of three children : and Waren W., of this review.
The early experiences of Warren W. Snyder on the family homestead in Addison township was conducive to well rounded physical development. and he grew to manhood strong of body and independent of mind and with a proper conception of life and the dignity of honest toil. After finishing the common school course he attended the schools of Shelbyville and later taught five years in the counties of Shelby and Rush and achieved an honorable record as a capable and popular instructor. Discontinuing educational work he en- gaged in the pursuit of agriculture on the farm of ninety acres two miles west of the county seat, which he owns and on which he lived and prospered until 1904. when he turned the place over to other hands and moved to Shelbyville. where he has since lived in honorable retirement.
. Mr. Snider was a successful tiller of the soil and during the time thus
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engaged succeeded by industry, thrift and economy in amassing a sufficiency ni this world's goods to place him in independent circumstances, since which time he has practically discontinued physical labor, though still interested in agriculture. He devotes considerable attention to political and public ques- tions, voting the Democratic ticket and using his influence for the success of the party.
Mr. Snider. on March 10. 1870. was united in marriage with Lydia D. Kent, daughter of Rev. Eliphalet and Fannie ( Henderson ) Kent. the father a native of Vermont and a distinguished minister of the Presbyterian church. who came west in an early day and bore a conspicuous part in the pioncer history of Shelby county. One child was born to Mr. and Mrs. Snider, which died in infancy. Mrs. Snider was educated in the public schools of Shelbyville and the Western Female Seminary at Oxford. Ohio, and before her marriage taught some time in the public schools of the county. She is a lady of fine mind and many amiable qualities. She is a devoted member of the Presby- terian church. Mr. Snider is a member of the same ecclesiastical body. con- tributes liberally to the support of the local church in Shelbyville with which the family is identified. besides giving a generous support to religious and charitable enterprises irrespective of church or creed.
CHARLES H. CAMPBELL.
The Shelby county family of this name originated in Virginia, filtrated through Kentucky, but finally settled on solid ground in Indiana But when Andrew Campbell. the pioneer founder, was a good sized boy andi able to take notice of things as they are. there was nothing round about that looked par- ticularly pleasing. As he was born on November 25. 1785. before Washington became President. the student of history will understand that Indiana Territory was at that time a howling wilderness filled with wild beasts and still wilder men. It seems that he made his way into Kentucky early in the last century, later crossing into Indiana, and left a family of six small sons. One of these. named Abraham H .. was born at Lexington, Scott county. Indiana, in 1825. and in after life became a mechanic and cabinet maker. In 1862 he enlisted in the Sixty-sixth Regiment. Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was electe 1 first lieutenant of one of its companies. He made such a good record that he enjoyed the rank of major at the time of his discharge in 1865. On returning home he resumed his old business and followed it until his death in 1895. He married Mary Jane Doolittle, who was born at Lexington in 1825, and died in 1895. after becoming the mother of five children, of whom two sons and one daughter are now living. Edward. the oldest of these, is a farmer in Scott
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