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JOSEPH A. DRAKE was born in Wood County, Ohio, September 4, 1845, and reared on a farm. His father, Joseph Drake, was a native of Penn- sylvania, as was also his mother, Mary (Sweny) Drake. They moved to Wood County at a very early period, and Mr. Drake was one of those who assisted in the construction of the old Ohio Canal. He was a class-leader in the
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Methodist Church over twenty-nine years. His wife died in 1847, and he in 1862. May 2, 1864, our subject enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged in August the same year. He went to Indianapolis in November, 1864, in the employ of the Government, and remained there about two years; from there he went to Fos- toria, Ohio, and commenced retailing medicine for Dr. Chance. Having re- ceived considerable experience in this business, he commenced studying, and by diligent study he was enabled to invent several first-class remedies ; some of his leading remedies are, " The World's Benefactor," the " Blood and Liver Tonic," " Drake's Ague Drops," etc. The real value of these medicines is undoubted. Mr. Drake was married August 22, 1867, to Miss Severnia E. Turner, who was born in Ohio April 15, 1848. This lady moved to Seneca County, Ohio, with her parents, when four years old, and from there to Han- cock County. At the time of her marriage with Mr. Drake, she was one of the leading milliners of Fostoria. By their union have been born two daugh- ters-Mary A. and Emma E. Mr. Drake is a Republican and a member of the Knights of Honor of La Grange. Both are members of the Methodist Church of Valentine, near which village they reside on their farm.
M. W. DUNTEN, Superintendent of the County Poor Farm, was born March 6, 1842, in Allen County, Ind., son of F. H. and Sophia (Crook) Dun- ten, who were from Jefferson County, N. Y. The Duntens are of English descent and trace their genealogy back to two brothers who came to America at an early period ; one was a sea captain, the other settled in Boston and en- gaged in mercantile pursuits. As a class, they are farmers, but a few have deviated from this course. The father of our subject came to Allen County, Ind., in 1831, and ten years afterward returned to New York and married our subject's mother ; he then came back to Allen County, where he farmed and kept hotel in Fort Wayne a number of years. In 1845, he came to Ontario, this county, where he was for some time in the hotel business .; before the war he sold his hotel and farmed near La Grange until 1868, when he moved to Johnson Township. Morris W. Dunten was reared a farmer and received a good common-school education. In 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Eighty- eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until he was taken sick and was honorably discharged, June 21, 1863, then came home and began teaching school. On the 15th of July, 1871, he was married to Miss Sarah A. Ayars, and to them has been born one daughter-Linnie G. Mrs. Dunten was born in Sanilac County, Mich., in 1851. Mr. Dunten was appointed Superintendent of the County Poor Farm in March, 1874, and has since continued in that capacity, giving excellent satisfaction. Mr. Dunten is an Independent, voting in all cases for the man and not the party. He is a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F. of La Grange, and an intelligent, enterprising citizen.
JOSEPH ESHELMAN, deceased, was born June 10, 1809, near Har- risburg, Penn .; he was a son of Henry and Jane (Brady) Eshelman, who were natives of Germany and Scotland ; they came to the United States when young and were here married. The husband was born in 1789, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and a farmer; he died in 1854. The wife was born in 1785 and died in 1829. Joseph Eshelman, deceased, was a farmer, and had but an ordinary education. In Pennsylvania, in March, 1832, he married Mary Erford, who was born March 6, 1815. After their marriage, they lived in Stark County, Ohio, and Summit County, Ohio, for a time, and are now at Johnson Township, La Grange County. Mr. Eshelman came to the county in
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1849, and purchased eighty acres of land where his son Levi now lives. He died December 11, 1879; was a member of the Evangelical Church. His widow still survives him and resides in Johnson Township. They were the parents of thirteen children, only eight of whom are now living. Levi Eshel- man was the eldest, born in Stark County, Ohio, August 22, 1838 ; he received but a limited education, and came with his parents to Indiana, in 1850. He assisted in clearing his father's place, and was married in 1861 to Nancy A. Newnam, daughter of Asbury Newnam. For seven years after his marriage Levi farmed in Orange Township, Noble County. In March, 1870, he came to his present place. He is a Republican, owns 200 acres of good land, and he and wife are the parents of six children, and members of the Evangelical Church. Their children's names are John J., George F., Leroy L., Mary E., Henry E. and Harvey G.
WILLIAM GEISER was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, October 25, 1825, and is the youngest of eleven children born to William and Ann Mariah (Rush) Geiser. Mr. and Mrs. Geiser also determined to cross the Atlantic. Accordingly, in 1838, they emigrated to Richland County, Ohio, where Mr. Geiser began working at his trade-shoemaking. In 1844, Mrs. Geiser died, and on the 30th of October, 1850, our subject was united in marriage with Sophia Smith. He resided in Ohio a number of years succeeding his marriage, working at shoemaking. Mr. Geiser and family, together with his father, emi- grated to Johnson Township, October, 1854, where he has since resided. He purchased eighty acres of land on Section 22, and moving his family into a cabin, began working at his trade, and clearing and improving his land. He and wife are the parents of eleven children-Louisa, Mary S., Henry F., Lelie, Charles W., Etta, John M., Iva, Ellen, and Frank and George deceased. The two oldest daughters are married. Mr. Geiser started out in life a poor boy, but by hard work and economy has been reasonably successful in the acquire- ment of this world's goods. He has never been identified with any political party. He has held the position of Trustee of Johnson Township twelve years. Mr. Geiser is an active worker in the advancement of education, and an enter- prising man. His father died in 1864.
NATHAN K. GREEN is a native of Addison County, Vt., was born in February, 1820; his parents being Truman and Polly (Kinsley) Green. He is one of a family of twelve children, but four of whom are now living. The Greens are of Celtic, and the Kinsleys of Scottish descent. The father served two years as a substitute in the war of 1812. He emigrated to Jefferson County, N. Y., in 1821, and to Sandusky County, Ohio, in 1834. In about 1842, he moved to Ottawa County, Ohio, and in 1856 to St. Joseph County, Mich., near Burr Oak. Some eight or nine years later he came to La Grange County. At the end of three years, he returned to Ottawa County, Ohio, where his wife died. In 1877, he came back to Johnson Township, but went to Ohio soon after, and the following year came to Johnson Township, and resided until his death, in September, 1879. When Nathan K. Green was fifteen years old, he hired to a farmer in Huron County, Ohio, and afterward to one in Erie County, same State. In March, 1841, he married Miss Mary Thomas. This lady bore her husband six children-William, John, George, Mary, Champ and Sarah-William and Mary being dead. Mrs. Green died in February, 1870. The family moved to La Grange County, in 1843, settling first in Lima Town- ship, but in June, 1847, removing to Johnson Township. Here he has since resided, having built a comfortable home. He got his start working by the
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day. He now owns ninety acres of good land. His second and present wife is Maria, daughter of Daniel Martin, and widow of John Stoner, who at his death, left two children-Arthur and Andrew E. They were married in June, 1871, and by this union have one son-Nathan Clair. Mrs. Green was born in New Jersey February, 1836, and is a Free-Will Baptist. Mr. Green is a Repub- lican, and has held various official positions in the township.
WILLIAM HEALEY is a native of the Albion Isle, his birth occurring in Bulby, Lincolnshire, in March, 1828. His parents were Joseph and Eliza- beth (Holton) Healey, to whom was born a family of eleven children, five of whom are yet living. Joseph Healey was a poor but industrious man, and owing to the peculiar laws of England could not give his children even a com- mon-school education. William grew to manhood, and in July, 1849, married Jane, daughter of William and Elizabeth Hubbard. One daughter was born to them in England. They boarded the sailing ship " Continent," and at the end of six weeks were landed in New York. They reached Lima, La Grange Co., in July, 1851, almost destitute of everything to make life comfortable. They entered a small cabin north of the village, using two saw-horses with boards for a bed, a meat bench for a table, and boxes, trunks, stools, etc., for chairs. They labored hard, saved and suffered, living in Lima Township some eight years-a portion of the time on a farm. By 1860, they had saved enough to buy a forty-acre farm, and have since added eighty more. They have nine children-Ann, William, Elizabeth, Jane, Joseph, Edward (deceased), George, John and Clayton, four of whom are married, one living in La Grange County, two in Noble County, and one in Minnesota. Mr. Healey is a member of the Lutheran Church, is a Republican, and a good citizen.
D. LIVERGOOD is a son of Jacob Livergood, who was born in Phila- delphia, Penn., October 31, 1791. Jacob Livergood was a house-joiner and carpenter, but made farming his principal occupation. He married Rachel Buffington, 1818, in Chester County, Penn., and they moved to Tucarawas County, Ohio, in 1821, then to De Kalb County, Ind., in 1847, and lived there until their death. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The father died March 25, 1855. The mother was born in Chester County, Penn, July 23, 1796, and died November 7, 1856. They were the parents of seven children, four of whom are living. Jacob L. served in the war of 1812. Davis Livergood was born in Perry Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, June 12, 1828. At the age of seventeen, he went to Guernsey County, Ohio, where he learned the tanner's trade. In 1849, he came to Auburn, De Kalb County, Ind., and in spring of 1850 established himself at his trade. In 1851, he came to La Grange, and engaged at tanning, in connection with a harness and shoe shop, until 1857, when he sold all his interest and removed to Johnson Township. He first purchased sixty-five acres of land, on which Jacob Mills now resides. He sold that in 1865, and in 1866 moved to his present place, which now comprises 160 acres of well-improved land. Mr. Livergood was married February 19, 1852, to Editha Stevens, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Wilson, and widow of John Stevens. By this marriage were born four chil- dren-Mary N., deceased ; Lycurgus, a hardware merchant of La Grange ; Alice E. and Maggie E. Mrs. Livergood, by her first husband, had two chil- dren-Thomas and Minerva. The former served his country in suppressing the rebellion, and died at Cairo, Ill., from disease contracted while in the service. The daughter is the wife of T. H. Sefton, a partner of Lycurgus Livergood, at La Grange. The mother was born in 1824, in Wayne County,
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Ohio. Mr. Livergood is a Republican, and a member of the I. O. O. F. of La Grange, also a member of La Grange Encampment.
JOHN MCKIBBEN, deceased, was born in Richland County, Ohio, April 6, 1827. His parents, James and Sarah (Smith) Mckibben, were of Irish descent, and farmers. John Mckibben was reared in Richland County, Ohio, receiving a good common-school education. November 12, 1850, he married Miss Nancy D., daughter of George and Mary Ann (Hayes) Shipley, and in April of the following year he and wife, with his father and family. emigrated to Johnson Township, La Grange County, Ind., where they had purchased land the year previous, of which twenty acres were partially cleared, and had a rude log cabin on it. Mr. Mckibben moved his family into the cabin, and then commenced reclaiming his property from a forest state. He was a hard working man, and died February 10, 1878. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a respected resident. He left a farm of 340 acres of Johnson Township's best land, on which his widow yet lives, aged fifty-one. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Mckibben are James S .; George R .; William B .; Frank A., deceased ; Thomas, deceased; Sarah M., deceased ; Harvey, deceased ; Adeli, deceased ; Mary B. and Anna. George R. married Lottie E. Vesey, and resides on a part of the old place. William B. married Miss C. B. Putney, and lives in Johnson Township. James Mc- Kibben was born in Johnson Township March 29, 1852. He was married May 2, 1876, to Lissa A. Van Kirk, who was born in Bloomfield Township April 3, 1856. They have two children-Orley Ray and Ledger Dey.
JACOB MILLS was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., March 19, 1822. He was one of nine children born to Jacob and Catharine (Cornwell) Mills, the father being of English and Scotch and the mother of Welsh and Germanic descent. Jacob Mills, Sr., was three times married; his second wife being Margaret Passage, and his last wife, who is yet living, being Samantha Sprague. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, was a farmer, and died in the year 1849. Jacob Mills, subject of this sketch, lived on a farm until fifteen years old, when he began learning the carpenter's trade. Having relatives who had come to La Grange County in 1844, he emigrated to the same place in 1846, and lo- cated on the site of his present home. His family, at that time, consisted of his wife, Jane E. Somers, to whom he was married February 2, 1843, and one child. He purchased 80 acres of land, then entirely devoid of clearing, and built a log cabin, and then began to build up the home and property he now owns. Mr. Mills has been a very hard-working man, and with his wife's help has risen to a position of comfort in old age. They own 200 acres of good land, and are the parents of five children-Charles H., James W., Mary J., one that died in infancy, and Ida A. Charles and Ida are married, and reside in La Grange County. Mary is dead, James W. is single, and is a traveling salesman, with headquarters in Chicago. Mr. Mills was a Democrat up to James Buchanan's administration, but since then has been a Republican. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace four years in Johnson Township.
C. R. MOON, a prominent merchant of Wolcottville, was born June 28, 1836, one of eight children of Salma and Caroline (Morton) Moon, who were natives of the State of New York. The father was a carriage-maker, and moved with his family to Wayne County, Mich., where he is yet living on the land he entered. His wife died in 1863. Charles R. Moon lived on a farm, until sixteen years old, in Wayne County. In 1852, he began working for himself at the carpenter's trade in Kalamazoo and Coldwater. In 1857, he
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came to La Grange, where he worked at his trade a number of months. He then went to Ypsilanti, Mich., where he took a thorough course in music under Profs. Foote, Pixly and Pease, during which time he taught school to pay his expenses. At the end of three years, he graduated and returned to La Grange and engaged in selling organs, teaching music and holding musical conventions. Owing to throat troubles, he has not made it a permanent busi- ness, but to some extent has followed it. In 1861, he entered into a partner- ship at La Grange in the manufacture of carriages, but discontinued that the spring of 1862, when he came to Wolcottville, where he had charge of a branch carriage-shop until he disposed of it. For three years he then traveled in the interests of C. R. Moon & Co., but his family still lived at Wolcottville. In 1877, he returned to Wolcottville, and established a trade in the furniture business. He was married in 1861, to Margaret J. McClaskey, and they are parents of three children-R. Ellsworth, C. Alton and Mabel K. Mr. Moon is a Republican, and has held the township office of Justice of Peace. He has had charge three years, and ably edits the Wolcottville department in the La Grange Standard. Mr. Moon has been Sunday school Superintendent of M. E. Church, at La Grange and Wolcottville, for twenty years, and he and wife are adherents of that church. Mr. Moon is the author of some celebrated music, among which are "Leave me and Save the Glorious Flag," " Some- body's Darling is Slumbering Here," etc .; the latter piece being known all over the United States as a fine production. Beside the above, Mr. Moon liberally contributed to the Musical Review, of Detroit, and other musical periodicals.
JEREMIAH OUTCALT, farmer. The Outcalts are of Germanic de- scent, and came to America three generations prior to the birth of the subject of this biography. Jeremiah Outcalt was reared as a farmer, receiving but a meager education, and residing with his parents until the age of thirty years. He first visited La Grange County in 1839, where, at that date, his brother moved, and, admiring the country, he, in 1846, came with his family to On- tario, where he remained, working at coopering during the succeeding winter. His land in Johnson Township had been purchased previously, and upon this he moved in the spring of 1847. Here he and his family have since lived. From hard labor and good management, the undrained and unhealthful land has been converted into good farming land. One hundred and ninety-seven acres of well-cultivated land, with substantial and comfortable buildings, are among the rewards of this patient labor. Mr. Outcalt was born in Portage County, Ohio, October, 1812, his parents being Schobey and Clara (Sa bins) Outcalt, to whom were born ten children. The father had served as a tea mster in the war of 1812, and was throughout life a respected citizen. Both parents died in Illinois, whither they had moved in 1848. Jeremiah Outcalt's mar- riage with Elizabeth Ingraham was solemnized in 1840. To them have been born four children-Charles (deceased) and Adelaide, twins; Maryette and Hortense, the latter also deceased. Mrs. Outcalt's maiden name was Irwin. She married Lewis Ingraham, by whom she had two children-Elizabeth and Sarah J .- both dead. Maryette Outcalt and Nathan Wiggins were married in April, 1869. Mr. Wiggins was accidentally killed in March, 1875. Mr. Outcalt is an enterprising and respected citizen, and has been a good Repub- lican since the organization of the party.
WALTER H. RODGERS Wolcottville, is a member of the firm of Moon & Rodgers, who do a general business of wagon and carriage manufact- uring and repairing. The junior member of this firm, Walter H. Rodgers,
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was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., December 27, 1848, and is one of a family of four children. Three only of these are living, one giving his life in defense of his country in the late war. His parents were Edgar and Lydia A. (Remick) Rodgers. Mr. Rodgers was a jeweler at Brooklyn, N. Y. He died in 1861, but his widow and two children are yet residents of Brooklyn. Walter H. Rodgers lived in that city until fourteen years of age, when he came to Indiana, and worked on a farm near Lima until 1865, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifty-second Regiment, Company F, Indiana Volunteer In- fantry, and served until the close of the war. After a visit East, he returned to Lima, and learned the blacksmith trade, and then went to La Grange, where for about six years he was employed by Moon & Co. He then took charge of that firm's shops at Wolcottville, but shortly afterward engaged in business in Cleveland, Ohio, Waterloo, and then back to Wolcottville, where he has since resided. In September, 1877, he formed a partnership with S. D. Moon, of La Grange, in the manufacture and repair of wagons and carriages at Wolcott- ville, Mr. Rodgers having charge of the entire business. They commenced on a small basis, but by honesty and industry have increased their efforts, until they now do a comfortable business of from $8,000 to $10,000 per annum. Mr. Rodgers was married in the spring of 1868 to Amelia Moon, of La Grange, and they have two children-Guy and Earl. Mr. Rodgers is a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F., and is a Republican. Mrs. Rodgers is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
A. J. ROYER is a son of Jacob and Mary (Mitchell) Royer, and was born in Beaver Township, Union Co., Penn., February 5, 1824. With his parents, he moved to Stark County, Ohio, in 1825, and was there reared on a farm to manhood. His father was a farmer. Mrs. Royer died in about 1865, and Mr. Royer in 1878. At the age of nineteen, A. J. Royer com- menced learning the carpenter's trade. December 3, 1849, he was married to Miss Martha Stall, and to them were born three children-only one son, Norman H., yet living. This son married Josie Cosper, and resides in Johnston Township. After his marriage. Mr. Royer continued at his trade in Seneca County, Ohio, where he and his wife had moved, but after two years, returned to their former home. The summer of 1852, Mr. Royer came West. Not having sufficient means to purchase the location he desired, he returned to Ohio; but again returned to this township in 1853, and purchased 60 acres of his present farm. The fall of 1854, he moved his family out to the then new county, and immediately began clearing his farm and working at his trade. His wife, unable to withstand the hardships, died February 22, 1856. Mr. Royer's second and present wife is Catharine (Wert) Royer, to whom he was married January 29, 1857. Mrs. Royer was born in Vernon Township, Craw- ford Co., Ohio, May 5, 1834, and is a daughter of William and Jane (Patten) Wert. To Mr. and Mrs. Royer were born ten children-Albert J., deceased, Mary M., Charles S., William A., one that died in infancy without a name, Ida M., Eliza J., Laura B., Ira B., deceased, and Luella. Mr. Royer came to La Grange County a poor man, but by economy and industry has acquired 165 acres of good land. He is a Republican, and he and wife are leading members of the Evangelical Church.
A. A. SNYDER, merchant, the present Postmaster of Wolcottville, was born in Adams County, Penn., January 6, 1825. He is one of ten chil- dren, who through their parents, John and Mary (Kuhnes) Snyder, were descended from an old and honored German family that came to America
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many generations back. John Snyder was a carpenter by trade, but through life was employed much at cabinet-making, etc. In 1835, he and family moved into Wayne County, Ohio, where Mr. Snyder worked at farming in connection with his trade. Mrs. Snyder died in Ashland County, Ohio, in 1845, and the fall of 1847, the father with the rest of the family, removed to Wolcottville, Ind., where he had friends. Early in life, Mr. Snyder was in good circumstances, financially, but through the unfaithfulness of seeming friends, he was reduced to straitened circumstances. On his arrival, he began working at his trade. In 1851, he removed to La Grange, where he died in 1868. He was an honest, unassuming man, respected by all who knew him. A. A. Snyder received but the common education. When twenty years old, commenced learning the shoemaker's trade in Ohio. After coming to Indiana, he worked at this business in Northport over a year, after which he entered partnership at Wolcottville in the manufacture of boots and shoes. The partnership continued two years, and then Mr. Snyder continued it alone, making in all about twenty years at that business in Wolcottville. He was commissioned Postmaster in 1861, by a Republican administration, and with exception of three months, during Johnson's administration, has retained that position. In 1868, he opened a grocery store, which has since been continued with the addition of drugs. Mr. Snyder is doing a good business. He mar- ried Phebe A. Littlefield March 8, 1849, and they are the parents of four children-John A., deceased ; Mary S., wife of J. C. Scheffler ; Susan E., deceased, and Albert E. Mrs. Snyder was born in Canada, May 17, 1828. Mr. Snyder is a leading Republican, and a respected citizen.
THOMAS G. STARKEY, retired, was born in Mifflin (since Juniata) County, Penn., January 22, 1819, the youngest of nine children, born to Ben- jamin and Sarah (Frantz) Starkey. His father was a blacksmith by trade, at which he worked after his removal to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1836. Thomas G. Starkey received an ordinary education. On the 5th of December, 1840, he married Miss Sarah, daughter of William and Susan (Raum) Holsinger and sister of John Holsinger. Mr. Starkey farmed in Ohio until January, 1843, when he came West and looked up a place for a home. He returned to his family in Ohio, where he farmed until he removed here in 1847. He settled on a part of the farm now owned by the heirs of Joseph Eshelman, in Johnson Township, where he remained, clearing and farming, until 1859, when he traded for property in Milford Township. He farmed here until his removal to Wolcottville, in March, 1880, where he has since been living retired. He is a Democrat, and in Johnson and Milford Townships has held the position of Justice of the Peace twenty-five years. During this time, he has solemnized over one hundred marriages. He and wife are parents of fourteen children- William, Jennie, Sue, Benjamin, Dell, Daniel, Addie, Ida F., Ada, Lettie, Bessie, Alice, Rhoda and Johnny. All are living, except the eldest, who en- listed in his country's cause in Company H, Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, but was afterward transferred to the Fourth Indiana Cavalry. He was wounded while on a scouting expedition, from the effects of which he after- ward died. Mrs. Starkey was born in Stark County, Ohio, September 25, 1822. Mr. Starkey is one of the substantial men of Wolcottville and owns two farms in Milford Township, one of 105 acres and the other of 108 acres.
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