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also participated in the battle at Old Vernon. He owns a farm of 120 acres, seventy of which are in cultivation. In politics, he is an out-and- out Republican.
BENJAMIN F. MUGG, farmer of Clay Township, eldest son and second child of John and Fannie K. (Fidler) Mugg, of Kentucky, was born in Owen County, Ind., January 11, 1852. He was reared upon a farm and educated at the public schools. In the fall of 1872, he went to the State of Missouri and remained fifteen months. Returning to Owen County, he followed practical engineering for the three following years, going then into mercantile business as clerk at Quincy, Ind., for the next two years. January 19, 1879, he was married in his native county to Martha L., daughter of Lysander H. Galaspy. From this union he has had born to him one child-Georgie Blanche, who died at the age of about two years. Mr. and Mrs. M. are members of the Mis- sionary Baptist Church at Quincy, Ind., and Mr. M. belongs to Owen Lodge, No. 273, A. F. & A. M. In politics, he is a Democrat, wide awake and active. For President of the United States, he cast his first vote for S. J. Tilden. In September, 1883, he was appointed by the Commission- ers' Court Superintendent of the Owen County Asylum, which position he holds at present.
ANDREW K. NEILL, farmer and stock-grower, fifth son of Alfred and Rosana (Kerr) Neill, of North Carolina, was born in Iredell County, that State, July 4, 1825, and came into Indiana in 1847, and up to 1873 lived alternately in Owen, Monroe and Greene Counties. Since 1873 he has resided in Clay Township. February 7, 1850, he married, in Greene County, Naomi E. Neill, by whom he has had born to him ten children-Minerva R. (deceased), Martha Ann, Alfred W. (deceased), James G., Sarah Jane, John W., Armilda M. (deceased), two infants (deceased) not named, and youngest, Mary Alice. Mr. and Mrs. Neill belong to the United Presbyterian Church at White Hall. January 2, 1864, Mr. Neill enrolled at Bloomington, Ind., as a private in Company I, Tenth Indiana Volunteer Cavalry (One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Regiment), and served to September 19, 1865. While in the service he participated in the battles of Pulaski, Tenn., Decatur, Ala., Nashville, Tenn., Mobile, Ala., and any number of skirmishes not dignified in his- tory with the name of battle. At Nashville, he received a slight flesh wound, which disabled him a few days. His greatest injury, however, results from chronic diarrhea, contracted while out, and from which he has never recovered. In 1854, he was elected Justice of the Peace of Clay Township, and held the office three years. For the past twelve years he has been carrying the United States mail from White Hall to Bloomington. Mr. Neill owns a nice farm of eighty-six acres, all in cul- tivation, well-stocked and fully equipped with the necessary agricultural im- plements. As a good citizen and neighbor he enjoys the confidence and re- spect of the community where he has spent most of his life, and where he is best known.
SAMUEL OOLEY, farmer and stock-raiser, is the second son and child of John H. and Lucy (Franklin) Ooley, natives of Kentucky and North Carolina, and was born September 19, 1841, in this township. He was reared upon the farm, and educated at the public schools of his na- tive county. January 10, 1861, he was married to one of his neighbor girls, Miss Bishaba Carpenter, daughter of Levi Carpenter. By this marriage he has had born to him five children-McClellan, Maralda
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Florence, Ambrose, James P. and Charles L. Both he and his wife are members of the Christian Church. March 22, 1865, he entered the serv- ice of the United States as a private in Company D, Thirty-third Indi- ana Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war, and was honorably discharged at Louisville, Ky., July 14, 1865. While in the service and at Goldsberry, N. C., he contracted measles, from the effects of which he has never recovered. Mr. O. is the builder of his own fort- une; the recipient of no gratuities. He owns a nice farm of forty acres, about one-half in cultivation. He is also interested in other real estate in the county, and deals considerably in live stock. In politics, he is a Democrat. As a good citizen and neighbor, he is fully respected and appreciated in the neighborhood where he was born and reared.
WILLIAM MOSES OOLEY, farmer and stock-grower, eldest son of John and Mahala (Johnson) Ooley, was born in Greene County, Ind., June 31, 1845. From Green he came into Owen County in the year 1866, and remained about six years, going to the State of Missouri in the year 1872. After a few months' stay in the latter State, he pushed on into Arkansas, and from there came back to Indiana, and with the exception of two years spent in Washington Township, has since resided in Clay. September 21, 1867, he was married to Laura Scott, by whom he has had born to him eight children: William V., Mary M., Ora Izora, Birdie Hixon, Lemuel Dow, Gracie Pearl, an infant not named, and Luella, who died at the age of about two years. As a good citizen and neighbor, Mr. Ooley enjoys the esteem of the community in which he lives and where he is best known. What of the world's goods he has and has had he has worked for. Both he and his wife are members of the Christian Church.
ELIAS RANARD, a prominent farmer and stock-grower of Clay Township, is the fourth son and sixth child of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Massey) Ranard, natives of North Carolina and Kentucky, and of English and German descent respectively, and was born in Pulaski County, Ky., June 4, 1815. He came with his parents to Indiana in 1830, and has since resided in Clay Township. He was reared upon a farm, and at the neighborhood schools acquired a fair English education. October 20, 1836, he married, in Monroe County, Ind., Jane Nesbitt, by whom he has had born to him eight children-Sarintha, William N., Elizabeth, Catharine (deceased), Ella, Nancy Ann, Benjamin F. and Warren T. (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. R. are members of the Christian Church at Richland, Monroe County. From 1868 to 1871, he was engaged in the mercantile business at White Hall, Ind., carrying on his farm at the same time. Mr. R. is a self-made man, and has done as much as any other one citizen toward reducing the forests of Indiana, and bringing the lands up to their present high state of cultivation. He owns two fine farms, mostly under cultivation, fairly improved, and well stocked.
CHRISTOPHER SEAY, farmer of Clay Township, is a native of Tennessee, and was born April 28, 1833. His parents, William and Margaret (Hale) Seay, natives of Kentucky and Tennessee respectively, came to Indiana in 1835, and located in Hamilton County, where they farmed five years. In 1840, they came to Owen County, and have since lived in Wayne Township. Christopher is the eldest of nine children. At the age of fifteen years, he left the parental roof and began in life for himself. August 22, 1858, he married Margaret Smith (native of Georgia), by whom he has had born to him five children -Homer, Will-
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iam, Gertrude, Howard and Carrie. In October, 1864, our subject enrolled in Company I, Seventeenth Indiana Volunteers, and served till the close of the war. Returning home, he removed to Monroe County, and lived eight years. Coming thence to Owen County, he resided two years in Spencer, and in February, 1883, purchased and moved upon the farm where he at present resides. He is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, belongs to the I. O. O. F., and votes the Republican ticket.
VINCENT E. WILLIAMS, farmer, son of Parker and Mary (Farmer) Williams, natives of North Carolina and Kentucky respectively, was born in Franklin County, Ky., February 7, 1822, and came with his parents into Indiana in the year 1828. In the year 1852, he came into Owen County, where he resided until 1860, when he removed into Monroe County, returning to Owen in the spring of 1863, and after living at different places, finally settled down in Clay Township in the fall of 1880. He was reared upon a farm, and received his education at the subscription and public schools. March 31, 1844, he was married, in Lawrence County, Ind., to Amelia Jane Sandsberry, who died March 17, 1873. She bore him six children, as follows: Pryor E., James D., Sarah E., C. Polar C. (deceased), Vincent E. and Amelia J. April 29, 1877, Mr. W. was married in Orange County, Ind., to Caroline Wolfington, by whom he has had born to him two children-Glapha Beele and Mary Evaline. In the spring of 1853, Mr. W. was elected Justice of the Peace of Wayne Township, and served one term. In the summer of 1860, he was a can- didate for nomination for Sheriff of Owen County, and was defeated by one delegate vote. After serving another term as Justice of the Peace of Wayne Township, he engaged in the mercantile business at Gosport, and followed it up to 1868, when he was elected Treasurer of the county, and held the office two terms. From the fall of 1874 to spring of 1876, he was in the drug business at Spencer, and from 1877 to 1879 in the dry goods business at the same town. In the spring of 1882, he was elected Justice of the Peace of Clay Township, and is the present in- cumbent of the office. In politics, he is a Democrat, and that he has the confidence and respect of his party is attested by his record. He is pure- ly the architect of his own fortune. He owns a fine farm of 157 acres, 120 of which are in cultivation, well stocked, and fully equipped for agricultural purposes.
SAMUEL WILSON, farmer and stock-grower, second son and sixth child of James and Mary (Campbell) Wilson, natives of the State of North Carolina, was born in Lincoln County, that State, October 17, 1824. His parents came into Indiana in the year 1834, and located in Monroe County, where they resided two years. They removed thence into Owen County, where the old people spent the remainder of their days, and where the subject of this sketch has since resided. He was reared upon a farm, and received the rudiments of an English education at Indiana's public schools. After arriving at his majority, he learned e trade of carpenter, and followed it for about twenty years. August
, 1852, he married Catharine McNaught, who has borne him three chil- dren-an infant (deceased), not named, Sarah Isabel and Odus L. Mr. Wilson was drafted as a soldier in the year 1865, but upon examination was rejected on account of physical inability. In politics, he is a Republican, and in times past took an active part in that direction. He
wns a farm of 120 acres, all in cultivation, well improved, stocked and quipped with the necessary farm implements.
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JOHN J. BREWER, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Putnam County, Ind., October 9, 1842, and is the eldest son of Garret and Maria Brewer, natives respectively of Kentucky and Indiana, and of German descent. In 1854, he was brought to Owen County, from which time, until the outbreak of the late war, he worked at cabinet-making. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Thirty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in which he served three years, participating at Shiloh, Fort Donelson, siege of Corinth, Perryville, Stone River and Chattanooga. At Shiloh, he received a buckshot wound in the right hand. After his discharge, he re-enlisted April 9. 1865, this time in Company I, Sixth United States Infantry, in which he served one year. December 24, 1868, he married, at Knightsville, Ind., Fannie K. Davis, which union was cemented by three children-Perry R., Louis O. and Charles L. Mrs. Brewer died October 1, 1875, and later he married Mary McCann, with an issue of four children-Clara Ellen, Odessa M., John A. and Garret H. In 1882, Mr. Brewer was the candidate of the Republicans for Township Trustee, and made a creditable race for said office. Mr. Brewer has been a hard-working man, and has succeeded in acquiring a good saw mill property, in addition to his farm of 216 acres, all cultivat- ed and improved. He and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.
WILLIAM BROWN, stock-raiser and farmer, is the second son of William and Sarah Brown, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania re- spectively, and of Scotch and German descent. He was born in Carroll County, Ohio, March 29, 1834, from which location he came to this State in 1867 and purchased and settled on the farm on which he now lives. William Brown, Sr., was a mill owner, which business of milling our subject followed, to which he added that of millwright, at which he labored until 1862. November 19, 1857, he married, in Carroll County, Ohio, Elizabeth Wilkin, who died in May, 1870, having borne three children- Ella J., John E. and Charles A. (deceased). In April, 1872, he married, in Owen County, Ind., Rebecca J. Hixon, daughter of A. Worley. Mr. Brown is an unyielding Democrat. He has been Justice of the Peace in his native State, at that time the only Democrat holding office in his county. He was elected Justice in this township in 1878. and again in 1882, and has twice canvassed his county for the Legislature. He has been successful in his business affairs, and has always relied upon him- self-a truly self-made, well-read and intelligent man. His farm em- braces 130 acres of good land in good cultivation, with valued improve- ments and stock, some of the latter being among the best blooded in the country.
JOHN CARTER, farmer and stock-raiser, is a native of Montgomery County, N. C., and was born March 25, 1810. His parents were Finch and Sarah (Gibson) Carter, likewise natives of the "Old North State." He emigrated to this State in 1829, and shortly afterward entered and occupied Government land, now his present farm, at which time the re-
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gion of Owen County was wild and very sparsely settled, but in the de- velopment of which few men are more identified than our subject. In 1828, he married Patsy Singleton (nee Parker), to which alliance suc- ceeded four children-Moses, Tabitha (deceased), John and Lively (de- ceased). Mrs. Carter died in 1853, and in 1856 Mr. Carter married Mary Ann Clark, who also died about 1860, and ten years thereafter he married a third wife-Betsy Goss. Mr. Carter has been a hard-working, economical man, and has thereby acquired a provision for his age and needs. He owns 180 acres of well-improved and cultivated land, con- taining varied and necessary appurtenances and a supply of good stock. Mr. Carter is a Democrat, and a liberal and esteemed citizen.
WILLIAM M. CHANEY, farmer and stock raiser, is the eldest son of Jacob and Mary (Mills) Chaney, natives of Virginia, and was born in Pittsylvania County, that State, March 31, 1818. After receiving some schooling, he was brought up a farmer, and March 22, 1840, he married Hannah R. Hagood, who died September 21, 1853, having borne seven children-Jesse J., Henry F., Roann R., Thomas B., John J. (deceased) and two infants (deceased). March 2, 1854, Mr. Chaney married Deborah Hicks, which union resulted in four children-an infant (de- ceased), Elvira E., Louisa H. and Isora F. In 1844, Mr. Chaney re- moved to this State, where he remained until 1856, at which time he changed to this township, where he lived eleven years, thence removing to Jennings Township, and then back to this township, where he settled in his present home in 1875. When Mr. Chaney first came to this sec- tion, the present garden of agriculture was a wilderness, in the trans- formation of which few have done more than our subject. He came hither in a one-horse team, but has now secured a good competence. In 1869, he was elected County Appraiser, and is now Postmaster at Atkin- sonville. Mr. and Mrs. Chaney are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.
SAMUEL P. EVINS, prominent farmer, was born in Bath County, Ky., June 3, 1821. and is the second son of Thomas and Anna (Martin) Evins, natives of Kentucky, and of Welsh and Irish extraction. About 1824, his parents came to this State and settled in Putnam County, Ind., whence our subject came to this county in 1844, and located on the land he now lives upon. December 16, 1842, he married Mary Swift, by which marriage these parties had four children-Lewis Benson (died in the Union army, March, 1862), Ezra B., Catherine (now Mrs. Spear) and Thomas (deceased). In 1854, Mr. Evins was elected and served one term as Township Trustee. In 1864, he entered Company B, Fifty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of Franklin and Nashville. Without any private aid or brilliant successes, Mr. Evins has by hard work and good management secured a genteel com- petence, and is the owner of lands aggregating 458 acres, all under good cultivation and with varied and modern improvements. Mr. Evins is a benevolent and an esteemed citizen, and he and wife are leading mem- ers of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
JOHN FREEMAN, stock dealer and farmer, was born in this town- hip June 15, 1839, and is the eldest of the four children of King and Amy (Humble) Freeman, natives of North Carolina and probably of English descent. John was reared on the parental farm, and attended the common schools of his early day. July 4, 1864, he married Queen Victoria Newport, daughter of John Prather. In 1878, he made a can-
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vass for the nomination of Sheriff, but, being defeated, he thereafter devoted himself to his farm, and has become the most extensive stock dealer in the township. Mr. Freeman began the race of life without means or aid, and has acquired a competence. He is the possessor of 801 acres of good land, 700 of which are now under excellent cultivation, and having fine buildings and improvements, also well stocked with cattle, sheep and hogs.
GEORGE GARRARD, farmer and stock-raiser, is the fourth of the family of John and Maria (Flatman) Garrard, and was born in Suffolk County, Eng., April 15, 1827, whence, in the year 1832, he was brought to America by his parents, who settled in Allegheny County, Penn., and with whom he remained until twenty-one years old. Mr. Garrard has been thrice married-first, with Mary L. Middlesworth, who died in 1851, having borne one child, Maria (deceased); second, June 23, 1853, with Ann King, who died September, 1876, leaving seven children- John, Mary E., Emma J., Margaret A., William, Robert and James; third, to Elizabeth R. King, whereby he became the father of two chil- dren-Otis and Oscar. In 1852, Mr. Garrard moved to this State, and the following year to his present home. Mr. Garrard has made his way to competence unaided, except by a small inheritance through a mar- riage, but has now 472 acres of well cultivated and improved land, and well stocked with cattle, sheep and hogs. Mr. Garrard has served two terms as Township Trustee, also as Township Treasurer and Constable. He is a member of Spencer Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Both he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which body he is a Steward.
NATHANIEL HALLEY, stock-raiser and farmer, is the eldest son of William and Isabel (Groves) Halley, natives of Virginia and of En- glish descent; was born in Brooke County, W. Va., August 8, 1821, from which locality he removed to Pennsylvania in 1841; remained there until 1856, at which time he removed to this commonwealth and settled where he now owns and lives. Mr. Halley lived on the parental farm until of age, and, except for fourteen years spent in milling, he has devoted his life to the cultivation of the soil. February 1, 1849, he married Eliza Jane Sharp, by which union he became the parent of nine children- Narcissa, Sarah Jane, John S. (deceased), Isabel, Emma, Joseph (de- ceased), Sayer (deceased). Clara and William. In 1867, Mr. Halley was elected Township Trustee, and served one term. Mr. Halley began the world poor and unaided, but has succeeded in acquiring a competence. He has a fine farm of 265 acres, in good cultivation and with important improvements; he also has some fine stock of high blood. Mr. Halley is a Democrat politically.
JAMES HENDERSHOT, stock-raiser and farmer, was born in Bel- mont County, Ohio, February 23, 1823, and is the third of the family of Daniel and Mary (Brewer) Hendershot, natives respectively of New Jer- sey and Ohio, and of German descent. James was reared on a farm and acquired during boyhood a fair English education. In 1847, he emi- grated to Indiana, and entered on the land which is now his home, and on November 13 of that year he married Malinda Stukey, to which al- liance have been born eleven children-Mary (deceased), Melissa, Cla- rissa, Minerva (deceased), Laban, Perry B., Ioma, Viola (deceased), Dan- iel, Marietta and Irvin. Mr. Hendershot has a good farm of 150 acres, nearly all of which is cultivated, also stocked with horses, cattle, hogs
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and sheep, and provided with first-class farming implements and valua- ble improvements. Mr. Hendershot is a Republican, but leans somewhat to the Greenback party. 4 He is a worthy and respected citizen, an ad- vocate of the common schools, and a promoter of every public advance- ment. He and wife are members of the Christian Church, in which Mr. Hendershot is a Deacon.
JOHN ANTON HOFFMANN, farmer and stock-raiser, is the fifth of the seven children of John G. and Barbara (Bolz) Hoffmann, natives of Germany, and was born in Bavaria August 26, 1834, whence he emigrated to America in 1851, and directly thereafter moved to Cincinnati, where he remained and was variously engaged for eighteen months. In 1853, he came to this State, where he first lived in Union and then in this county. From 1854 to 1863, he worked at plastering, since when he has given his time to farming and stock breeding, and in 1867 he purchased his present farm. August 21, 1856, he married Mary E. Kerschner, who died March 11, 1869, leaving five children-William F., John George, Henry, Louis O. and Edward E. On July 3 of that year, he married Mary S. Hahn, a union resulting in five children-Benjamin F. (de- ceased), Mary E. (deceased), Barbara Ann, John I. and Susan Elmira. Mr. Hoffmann was educated in his native country, but has acquired a creditable knowledge of the English tongue. He is the possessor of 404 acres, improved and cultivated, and stocked with cattle, sheep and hogs. Mr. Hoffmann is a lover and promoter of learning. His son, Will- iam F., is Principal of the Washington High School, and his fourth son, Louis O., a teacher in the public schools. Mr. Hoffmann is a Mason, and he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.
MATTHEW KING, Township Trustee, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, February 3, 1835, and is the second of the four children of William and Margaret (Moffet) King, natives of Penn- sylvania and of Irish extraction. In 1849, his parents moved to this State, and located on the site now occupied by himself. Matthew was reared on the farm of his father, and attended the public schools in Ohio and Indiana, to which preparation he added by careful and continued reading. February 23, 1860, he married in this township Margaret W. Hall, to which union was born nine children-Mary M., William V., Albert H., Howard A., James C., Ida May, Frances B., Parmelia F. and Le Roy. Mr. King is a self-made man, and has done much toward the development of the township, having come hither when the district was a wild, but now controls by ownership 292 acres, containing a good res- idence and other valuable improvements, together with considerable cat- tle and from 200 to 300 sheep. In 1880, Mr. King was elected Trustee of his township, and afterward re-elected. He is a straight-out, earnest Democrat and esteemed citizen. Mr. and Mrs. King are members of the Presbyterian Church.
JOHN H. LUCAS, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Owen County, Ind., August 3, 1843, and is a son of Meredith and Rebecca (Halton) Lucas, natives of North Carolina. John H. was reared on the home farm, now his own. In April, 1869, in Clay County, Ind., he married Margaret Perry, from which union descended six children -- Isaac S. (de- ceased), Emma, Everett E., Florence M., Albert C. and Theodore. The success of our subject in life is due wholly to his energy and industry, he being now the owner of 200 acres, 175 of which are cultivated, improved, stocked with horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. and supplied with all the
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necessary implements. In politics, Mr. Lucas is a determined Democrat, an honored citizen and enlightened gentleman. He and wife are consistent members of the Missionary Baptist Church.
STEPHEN D. MEDARIS, M. D., of Jordan Village, is the second son of Jonathan H. and Sarah A. (King) Medaris, natives respectively of North Carolina and Virginia, and was born in Owen County, Ind., March 16, 1845. He lived on the parental farm until his sixteenth year, and October 10, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Fifty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until May 9, 1862, when he was discharged for reason of physical disability. After attending school for about one year, he re-enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Fifteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, served six months, and was again discharged. While in the service he contracted bronchitis and diarrhea, from which he never wholly recovered. In 1865, after having taught two terms of school, he began the study of medicine, and in 1868 commenced prac- tice. He afterward attended lectures at the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, and has since remained at Jordan Village. In May, 1874, he married Sarah E. Hutson, a union productive of four children-Nora, Charles, Thomas and Walker. By means of study and labor only, Dr. Medaris has placed himself foremost in his profession and obtained a lucrative practice. He is a valued citizen, a good physician, and a stanch Republican.
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