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WILLIAM J. SUFFAL, saddlery and harness store at Freedom, was born October 26, 1845, near the village of Vandalia, Owen Co., Ind., and is the second of the children of Jacob and Susan (Shease) Suffal, the former a native of Germany, and the latter of Ohio. William J. was brought up to the business of agriculture, and remained at home until September 9, 1864, when he enlisted in Company F, Twenty-first Indi- ana Volunteer Heavy Artillery. He was assigned to detached duty, and while in charge of a team of mules in New Orleans, was kicked by one of them, and sustained a fracture of the ankle; notwithstanding this, however, he served his time, and was discharged at New Orleans August, 1865. On returning, he was disabled from active labor, and June 4, 1873, endured amputation of the leg. After being engaged in the shoe business, he moved to Freedom in 1876, since which period he has been engaged in his present trade, of which he has done a satisfactory amount. Mr. Suffal has been twice married; first, to Miss Mary Johnson, in 1870, which was followed by two children-Julia A. and Samuel; and second, to Mrs. Emmasetta (Gray) Green, September 2, 1877; this union also was followed by two children-Emma G. and Olie J. Mr. Suffal is a liberal and respected citizen, an independent Democrat, and a member of the G. A. R. Mrs. Suffal is a communicant of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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JAMES P. ALVERSON, farmer and stock-grower, is the fourth of the ten children born to Thomas and Margaret (McCarley) Alverson, na- tives of Kentucky. He was born in this township April 12, 1833, and was reared on a farm, receiving his education at the public and subscrip- tion schools, and at the Asbury University, preparatory to becoming an educator, which profession he followed for two years, and then aban- doned, returning to the farm. He owns 360 acres of well-improved land,
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with brick residence, and gives much attention to live stock, which he ships to New York, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, New Orleans, Cincinnati and Indianapolis. January 1, 1857, he married Louisa A. Bartlett, a native of Owen County, and daughter of James and Sarah (Alexander) Bartlett, and to his union have been born six children-Curtis E., Emma F., Min- nie, Jessie, Effa (deceased) and Nota. Mr. Alverson has held the office of Justice of the Peace for eight years, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Alverson and a number of his neighbors, including Messrs. Hill, Hensley and others, are much in- terested in breeding the German cat-fish; have constructed hatching- ponds, and are about to engage largely in the enterprise.
ALBERT B. HENSLEY, one of the enterprising farmers and stock- growers of Montgomery Township, was born in Owen County, Ind., Oc- tober 1, 1850, and is the third of six children born to John and Nancy J. (Steele) Hensley, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of In- diana, and of English and German extraction respectively. Mr. Hensley remained with his parents upon the farm until December 18, 1868, when he was married to Martha A. Mugg, a native of Owen County, Ind. Af- ter this marriage Mr. Hensley continued farming in Montgomery Town- ship. Mrs. Hensley departed this life March 4, 1880, being a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Hensley was next married September 5, 1880, to Emily A. Minnick, a native of Owen County, and the daughter of John and Catharine J. (Fowler) Minnick, natives of Virginia and Ken- tucky, and of English and German descent. Mr. Hensley owns 160 acres of well-improved land in good state of cultivation, embellished with a splendid residence, barn, fences, orchard, outhouses, etc., stocked with horses, hogs and cattle, fully equipped with the necessary farming im- plements. Mr. Hensley was liberally rewarded by his parents for his in- dustry while at home, and has since been economical in his earnings and saving in his labors; by so doing has accumulated a sufficient living for himself and family for the remainder of his days. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, is a wide-awake uncompromising Republican, and to strike a blow in this direction lets no opportunity pass him unim- proved. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
JAMES N. HILL is the third of four children born to Jeremiah and Clarcy (Hughey) Hill, natives respectively of Maine and North Caro- lina; he was born in Owen County February 11, 1833; was reared on a farm and educated at the public schools. The early death of his father threw upon him the charge of the farm, which he conducted until his enlist- ment, September 6. 1861, in Company E, Thirty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, for three years. He was chosen Second Lieutenant. After being sworn in, and before his withdrawal, was elected as Second Lieutenant. At the battle of Spring Hill, a musket ball entered his left shoulder, and passed out through the right, and the same day he was taken prisoner and was incarcerated at Columbia, Tenn., Pulaski, Tenn., Huntsville, Ala., Chattanooga, Tenn., then Richmond, Va., where he was exchanged and sent to the hospital at Annapolis, Md. He partially recovered, and re- joined his regiment, but found himself incompetent for duty and resigned in September, 1863. October 18, 1865, he married Mary E. Steele, a native of Owen County, and daughter of Howe and Margaret (Killough) Steele, of Kentucky. To this union there have been born four children -Lucy, Alice, Jeremiah and John. Mr. Steele is owner of 240 acres of cultivated land, improved with a brick residence and all the necessary
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outbuildings. He has held the office of Township Trustee two terms, and he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
JOHN HUGHES is an enterprising farmer, was born in this town- ship November 6, 1842, and is the fourth of five children born to Jacob and Sarah (Galliher) Hughes, of Kentucky. John was reared a farmer and was educated in the public schools of Owen County. July 15, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Fifty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged in November, 1862. In the spring of 1863, he enlisted in Company E, Thirty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. Whitson; took part. at Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, and many other famous battles; was with Sherman on his great march, and was honorably discharged August 3. 1865. December 22, 1866, he married Mary A. Crawley, a native of Putnam County, and daughter of Alexan- der and Elizabeth (Meyers) Crawley, of Tennessee. To this union were born four children-Minnie M., William F., Hattie (deceased) and James E. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, he is a Republican, and at present holds the office of Township Trustee. He is owner of 107 acres of well-improved land, well stocked and fully equipped for agriculture and stock-raising.
WILLIAM R. MONTGOMERY, one of the pioneer farmers of this township, was born in Fleming County, Ky., June 4, 1815, and is the second of four children born to John and Polly (Donovan) Montgomery, natives respectively of Virginia and Mason County, Ky. He was edu- cated at the subscription schools of his neighborhood until 1827, when he came to this township with his parents from Bourbon County, Ky. The township was then little more than a wilderness, but is now covered with beautiful pastures and cultivated fields, and to this family, as much as any other, can this great change be accredited. Mr. Montgomery now owns 440 acres in a good state of cultivation, improved with residence, barns, outbuildings, fences and an orchard, and stocked with horses, cattle, hogs and sheep, together with every variety of farming imple- ments. At the age of sixteen, he began an apprenticeship at blacksmith- ing at Spencer; served four years and then returned to the farm. Jan- uary 31, 1839, he married Nancy Ann Devore, a native of Owen County, and daughter of Henry and Anna (Barnes) Devore, of Kentucky. There were four children born to this union, now living-Mary J., Louella, Anna B. and Elizabeth. Mr. Montgomery is in rugged health, though past sixty-eight years of age, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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WILLIAM H. PETTIT was born in Jennings Township, this county, April 19, 1840, and is the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Kelley) Pettit, who were born in Ohio. who there married in 1830, and who came to Indiana in 1832, locating in Henry County, and in 1839 coming to this county. William H. was reared on the farm, his parents cleared from the wilderness, and was educated at the public schools. August 26, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Thirty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. Winans; served three years, and took part in the engage- ments at Shiloh, Stone River, Corinth, Perryville, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, and marched with Sherman to At- lanta, where his time expired and where he was discharged in September, 1864. The following April he enlisted in Hancock's Veteran Corps for one year; did duty about the capitol, and was honorably discharged in the spring of 1866. He returned to the home farm, and, his father hav-
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ing died, he has been managing for his mother ever since. The farm is a well improved one of 160 acres; his attention is given to raising live- stock and the usual farm products. His mother and himself are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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JONATHAN BRANAM, a prominent farmer, stock raiser and dealer of Clay Township, eldest son of Levinston and Susan (Mead) Branam, natives of North Carolina and Virginia respectively, was born in Roane County, Tenn., August 28, 1823. He came to Indiana with his parents in the year 1833, and settled in Monroe County. From Monroe, subject came into Owen County in the year 1843. He was reared upon a farm, remained with his parents until about twenty years of age, and at the common schools acquired the rudiments of an education. Up to the be- ginning of the war, he devoted about half his time to the carpenter's trade. August, 1862, he enrolled at Spencer, Ind., as a private in Com- pany H, Ninety-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served about eight months, when he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company C, First Tennessee (Colored) Infantry. May 3, 1864, he resigned on account of physical disability. While in the service, he participated in the battle of Moscow, Tenn., and a number of skirmishes. While in charge of some Government mules on board a Mississippi River steamer, he was thrown accidentally down the hatchway, and received such injury as to permanently disable him. In addition to this injury, he contracted neuralgia and rheumatism, from which he has never recovered. In Sep- tember, 1844, he was married, in Owen County, to Nancy Baker, who bore him eight children, and who died in May, 1864. In November, 1865, he was married to his present wife, Louisa Beam, by whom he has had born to him three children, all living. Mr. B. is a prominent mem- ber of the Grand Army of the Republic, and in politics is an out-and-out Republican. He has been the recipient of no gratuities; has made and lost a fortune or two, and though an invalid and in his declining years, he has lost none of that energy characteristic of his early manhood.
DAVID BROWN, pioneer farmer and stock-grower, fourth son of William and Elizabeth Brown, natives of North Carolina, was born in Burke County, that State, December 1, 1803, and came to Indiana in the year 1826. For nine years he lived in Lawrence County, and from the wilderness there wrought and improved a farm. Coming thence into Owen County in the year 1835 or 1836, he entered the land upon which he has since resided. In the spring of 1827, he was married, in Lawrence County, to Sarah Litton, who died October 29, 1874, at the age of sev- enty years. The children she bore were William R. (deceased), Thomas G., John Wesley, Eliza, Charles (deceased), Francis M., David A., Polly Ann, Laura (deceased), Elihu C. and an infant (deceased) not named. Mr. B. has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1868. He was reared upon a farm, and received but little schooling. What of the world's goods he has, he has acquired by the sweat of his brow. When he came to Owen County the country was new. His nearest post office
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was eleven miles away, and the price of a postage stamp was a quarter. The settlement was so sparse that it required the united effort of the men in a radius of five miles to raise a common log cabin. The grists were ground by horse-power; the roads were indicated by the blazes on the trees; the fields were but patches; the schools were in some other man's neighborhood, and the minister preached-if at all-without pay. Our subject is grandfather to sixty-four children, and great-grandfather to seven. He owns a fine farm of 260 acres, of which 200 acres are in cultivation, and receives much of his personal supervision.
THOMAS B. BROWN, farmer and stock-raiser, eldest son and second child of William S. and Sallie (Crump) Brown, natives of North Car- olina, was born in Burke County, that State, January 15, 1825. His parents came to Indiana in the year 1835, and the following year entered and settled upon land owned and occupied by them up to 1874. Subject was reared upon a farm, and at the neighborhood schools acquired the rudiments of an education. In the fall of 1846, he went to the State of Illinois, where, on December 28, 1847, he married Sallie Ann Carter, of Tennessee, and by whom he had born to him four children-William C., Jesse A., Nancy P. and Julia Ann. The mother of these children died September 19, 1856, and on April 28, 1857, Mr. B. married, in Greene County, Ind., Hettalee Cooper, who has borne him seven children-Catha- rine, Thomas J., Joseph A., Jehu B., Elmira, James M. and Floyd M. Both Mr. and Mrs. B. are members of the church-he of the Baptist, and she of the Christian. In March, 1865, he enrolled at Terre Haute, Ind., as a private in Company H, Thirteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served to the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged at Goldsboro, N. C., September 5, 1865. While at Raleigh, N. C., he was seized with some spinal disease, from which, in addition to chronic diarrhea, he has never recovered. What of this world's goods he has had he has worked for. His father and mother are living at the ages of eighty-five and eighty·three respectively. In politics, subject is a Dem- ocrat, though in his early manhood he was a Whig, and for President of the United States cast his first vote for Gen. Taylor.
ELIHU C. BROWN is a native of Clay Township, Owen Co., Ind., is the sixth son of David and Sarah (Litton) Brown, of North Carolina, and was borh March 15, 1840. , So far in life he has been a farmer. His education, which was limited to the elementary studies, was acquired at the public schools of his neighborhood. March 16, 1861, he was mar- ried, in Monroe County, Ind., to Sarah Hansford, by whom he has had born to him seven children-Uriah H., Ninnie Belle, Verma Dell, Luella, Oscar, Stella Blanch and Ida May. Mr. B. owns a nice farm of eighty- five acres, upon which he lives but a few hundred yards from the house in which he was born. In politics, he is an umcompromising Democrat, and for President of the United States his first vote was cast for S. A. Douglas. Subject is a self-made man, and is one of Clay Township's very best citizens.
LEVI CARPENTER was born in Green County, Ky., in 1810, and died September 17, 1883, at the age of seventy-two years six months and twenty-four days. He came into Owen County in the year 1825, and entered from the Government a large tract of land in the valley of Rac- coon Creek, and here spent the remainder of his life. In the year 1829, he married Mary Ooley, who died December 27, 1859. She bore him nine children, eight of whom are still living. August 28, 1861, he was
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married, in Greene County, Ind., to Mahala Ooley, née Johnson, widow of John Ooley. By this marriage Mr. Carpenter had born to him one child, which died in infancy. By her first husband, his second wife had five children-William M., Mary E. (deceased), Mary L., John W. and Elisha M. (deceased). Mr. Carpenter was reared upon a farm, and in his youth received such education as was practicable to one in his circum- stances. He was the recipient of no gratuities. What he had he worked for, and the sum of his successes outnumbered his failures .. He was at the time of his death possessed of considerable property, leaving those dependent upon him in comfortable circumstances. In the summer of 1863, he was stricken down with paralysis, from which he only partially recovered, and receiving a second stroke in the year 1877, he was con- fined to his bed the rest of his life. August 27, 1883, he received the third and last stroke of the dread destroyer, and survived only about twenty days. He had been a consistent member of the Christian Church since the year 1829, and when he had grown so feeble as to be unable to travel without assistance, his children carried him to the chapel, which was built upon a tract of land donated by him for that purpose. As a good citizen and neighbor, he was respected and beloved by the commu - nity, of which he was virtually the father.
ARCHELAUS COFFEY, an old citizen and farmer of Clay Town- ship, Owen County, Ind., eldest son of James and Hannah (Alloway- Strange) Coffey, of North Carolina, was born in Wilkes County, that State, March 1, 1810. He came with his parents into Indiana in the year 1834, and located in Monroe County, where he lived until 1860,, removing thence into Owen County, where he purchased the land upon which he has since resided. He was reared upon a farm, and educated at the subscription schools of his native State. January 23, 1834, he was married, in Ashe County, N. C., to Rachel Wilson, who bore him eleven children -an infant died not named; Sallie Ann; James D .; John W .; Jonathan, deceased; William A .; Zacariah, deceased; Noah; Joseph M .; George M. and Levi W. With the exception of a small inheritance from the estate of his father, who died in 1869, subject has been depend- ent upon his own labors for the competency he has acquired. He owns a fine farm of 200 acres, nearly all in cultivation, well improved, stocked and fully equipped with the necessary agricultural implements and ma- chinery. Though upward of seventy years of age, he enjoys good health, is in possession of all his faculties, keeps mind and body occupied, and bids fair to live yet many years of usefulness in a community where he is universally known and esteemed.
SAMUEL W. CULVER, farmer, is the youngest son of James and Nancy (Bray) Culver, of Maryland and Kentucky respectively, and of Irish descent. He was born in Vevay, Ind., September 18, 1830. His parents came into Owen County in the year 1850, and with the exception of about three years, he has since made his home in Clay Township. December, 1854, he was married to Elizabeth Mills, by whom he has had born to him five children-Nancy Jane (deceased), Marietta, John William, Melvin Ellsworth and Minnie Maud. \Our subject and wife are both members of the Missionary Baptist Church, with membership at. Spencer, Ind. Mr. C. was reared upon a farm, and received the rudi- ments of an English education at the neighborhood schools. He owns a nice farm of forty acres, nearly all in cultivation, and well-improved. He has fought the battles of life unaided, except by his ever patient,
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Christian wife. He educates his children, votes the Democratic ticket, is a good citizen, a kind neighbor, and enjoys the esteem of the people among whom he has spent most of his life.
JOSEPH DANIELS, farmer, fifth son of William and Eliza (Hite) Daniels, was born in Shelby County, Ky., January 27, 1843, and came with his parents into Greene County, Ind., in the year 1848. In the spring of 1861, subject removed to Owen County, and lived in Clay Township until August 20 of the same year. He then enrolled as a private in Company D, Fiftieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until September 20 1865. While in the army, he participated in the battles of Munfordville, Ky., Salem River, Ark., Mobile, Ala., Parker's Cross Roads, Tenn., and any number of skirmishes. At Bardstown, Ky., he contracted measles, and at Camp Wickliffe, the chronic diarrhea, from the effects of neither of which has he ever recovered. April 5, 1866, he was married at White Hall, Ind., to Mollie Watts, who has borne him six children-Orfie, Wesley (deceased), Judson, David M., Eliza E. and Evaline. Mr. Daniels has had nothing given him. He has made his way in the world by hard knocks. He owns a small tract of land, and runs a rented farm of 300 acres, upon which he has some of the best blooded cattle in Owen County. As a good citizen and neighbor, he en- joys the confidence and respect of the people among whom he lives.
ALFRED C. DEAN, deceased, was born in Dearborn County, Ind., November 24, 1831, and died in Clay Township, Owen County, June 26, 1883. He was the youngest of eight children born to Noah and Sarah (Ellett) Dean, natives of Maryland, and who settled in Dearborn County in a very early day. At the death of his father, which occurred Janu- ary 25, 1845, Alfred C. Dean removed to Ellettsville, in Monroe County, Ind., and there followed the carpenter's trade till the year 1859. Sep- tember 14, 1856, he was married to Sophronia E. Jackson, who bore him five children-Homer H., Mary B., Emma F. (deceased), Ida J. and William H. From 1859 to 1862, he followed farming in Monroe Coun- ty, whence he removed to Owen County, and for the four years following plied his trade of carpenter in the town of Spencer. In 1866, he re- moved upon his farm in Clay Township, where he spent the remainder of his life, and where his widow, a good Christian woman, yet lives. Our subject was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a Master Mason, and in politics an earnest Republican.
JAMES H. ELLERS, retired farmer, fifth son and seventh child of John and Susan (Smith) Ellers, natives of Virginia, was born in Wayne County, Ky., April 12; 1820, and came with his parents to Indiana in 1831. The two old people spent the remainder of their lives in Monroe County. James H. Ellers came into Owen in the year 1846, and located upon the land since owned and occupied by him. At the beginning of the Mexican war, he enrolled in Company A, Third Indiana Regiment, and served about one year, when he was discharged on account of expira- tion of term of service, participating in the meantime in the battle of Monterey. In October, 1841, he married, in Monroe County, Ind., Pheraby Sanders, by whom he has had born to him eleven children-John W., James W., Lucinda Jane (deceased), Mary E. (deceased), Sarah E. (deceased), Na- than H., Joseph M., Martha E., Emma F., Clara S. and Charles A. Mr. Ellers has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since about the year 1853. August 22, 1862, he enrolled as a private in Company I, Eighty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served about five months,
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when he was discharged on account of physical disability. While near Louisville, Ky., he was injured by an accident, from the effects of which he has never recovered. Two of his sons were also in the army. From the estate of his father, Mr. Ellers inherited about $600; the rest of his property he has earned by his own labor and management. Though somewhat damaged in latter years by indorsing for trusted friends, he is so situated as to be able to take life moderately easy. In politics, he was formerly a Republican, but of late years has been and is recognized as an active Democrat.
DAVID N. ELLIS, farmer and stock-raiser, eldest son of Abraham and Sarah (Couchman) Ellis, natives of the State of Virginia, and of Irish and German extraction respectively, was born in Berkeley County, Va., November 3, 1818. From Virginia he removed, in the year 1847, to the State of Ohio, where he resided in Champaign County until the spring of 1872. Coming thence into Indiana, he located at Spencer, and for one year carried on the manufacture of brick. In the spring of 1873, he moved upon the farm where he has since lived. February 20, 1845, Mr. Ellis was married in his native county to Susanah E. Small, who has borne him eight children-Henry L. (deceased), Rebecca H. (deceased), Mary Ellen, John B., James L., Sarah, Charles B. and Arminta. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis are members of the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Ellis belongs to both the Odd Fellows and Masons. He was reared upon a farm, and educated at the common schools of Virginia. In politics, he is an out-and-out Democrat of the old school, having cast his first Presi- dential vote for James K. Polk.
ORLANDO E. FOSTER was born in Nicholas County, Ky., June 16, 1818, and was the eldest son of James M. and Rachel (Nesbit) Foster, natives of that State, and of English and Scotch extraction respectively. He was reared upon a farm, and at the neighborhood schools of his native State acquired the rudiments of an English education. He accom- panied his parents to Indiana in 1835; they settled in Monroe County, where the two old people spent the remainder of their lives. His father came to his death by an accident, at the age of fifty-seven, caused by the falling of a tree, in the year 1839; and his mother lived to the age of about seventy-two years. In 1837, Orlando entered the State University at Bloomington, Ind., and staid about three years, fitting himself as an educa- tor. He taught in the public schools for ten or twelve years successively. August 14, 1839, he married, in Morgan County, Ind., Louisa Archer, na- tive of Kentucky, and daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Allison) Archer. This union was crowned with six children-James M., a farmer; Julia Ann, wife of Henry W. Augustus, Paris, Ill. ; Laura E., wife of J. F. Hodge, of Charleston, Ind. ; Sarah E., wife of William H. Cooper, of Worthing- ton, Ind .; Orlando E., merchant,"Worthington, Ind .; Mary, wife of C. C. Barnett, of Clark County, Ind. Both Mr. and Mrs. Foster are members of the Christian Church. In January, 1840, Mr. Foster removed with his family to Paris, Ill., where for the next five years he alternated the duties of farmer and school-teacher. In the year 1845, he returned to Monroe County, Ind., where he lived up to the year 1858. Removing thence into Owen County, he settled down in the village of White Hall, where he has since resided and carried on the mercantile business. In Monroe County, he was Justice of the Peace for thirteen years, and in Owen he held that office for four years. He owns a nice town property where he lives, about seventy-five acres of land, all in grass, and the business prop-
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