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upon the organization of the Republican party, he joined its standard, and be- came a warm supporter of its principles. Besides filling many minor positions, he served as County Commissioner for a number of years, and administered the duties of the office of Probate Judge for two terms. His great administrative ability was called into active play by his appointment as administrator of a large number of estates of great and varied interests, and in his discharge of the trust as guardian, in several instances he displayed his usual good judgment and un- yielding impartiality. In religious matters he was liberal, inclining to a con- servative spiritual belief. The free hall erected in the township was projected and built largely through his instrumentality. The organization of Springfield Township, and the location of the county seat at La Grange was due, perhaps, as much to the active co-operation of Judge Prentiss as any other man. He was not of a speculative turn of mind, but by judicious management and attention to busi- ness his interests grew far beyond his youthful expectations or ambition, which had placed the sum to be acquired at $2,000. Mrs. Prentiss is a native of Massa- chusetts, and was reared in the Presbyterian faith, but in after years grew out of that school to a more liberal belief. She came to this locality in 1831. By her union with Judge Prentiss, she became the mother of five children, three of whom are yet living. Mrs. Prentiss makes her home with her son William on the old homestead, and is in the enjoyment of reasonably good health-now in the seven- ty-third year of her age. In the death of Judge Prentiss, which occurred in 1872, the public lost an able and earnest advocate of its best interests, and the family an affectionate and noble head.
RODERICK PRENTISS (deceased), a son of Judge William S. Prentiss, at the age of fourteen years received an appointment through the aid of Judge Chamberlain to the Naval School at Annapolis, where he received a thorough education, and subsequently accepted service in the U. S. Navy, and while gallantly serving as executive officer of the sloop of war Monongahela in an en- gagement during the war of the rebellion, August 5, 1864, he was terribly wounded by both legs being shot to pieces, and died the following day. His remains rest near Pensacola, where a stone, erected by his brother officers, marks his grave. Thus upon the threshold of a brilliant career, at the age of twenty- four years, a brave officer and a noble gentleman was ruthlessly slain in a ruth- less war.
ELISHA RAWLES, son of James and Maria (Williamson) Rawles, is a native of Ross County, Ohio, born May 13, 1821. His parents, natives ' respectively of Kentucky and New Jersey, from Ross, moved to Marion County, Ohio, thence to this township, in April 1839. In 1842, James Rawles was elected County Sheriff, re-elected in 1844, and after the expiration of his services he became a resident of La Grange, where he died in 1853. He served as Justice of the Peace previous to being Sheriff, and was an influential and respected citizen. Elisha Rawles was married to Rosetta Talmage on the 24th of February, 1845. Her parents, Henry and Sophia Talmage, were natives of New York. She died, November 27, 1878, leaving three children, viz., Charles W., Hattie L. and Clinton H. Mr. Rawles, when twenty-one years old, bought his first land-160 acres-on credit, paying for it with the profits. In 1873, he bought the 240 acres he is now farming in this township. For some time he ran a breaking team (six yoke of oxen), and in one season fitted fifty acres for wheat, Fort Wayne then being the grain market. For about fifteen years, Mr. Rawles has raised stock quite extensively, shipping to Chicago and Buffalo. Mr. Rawles is a man of ability, and a worthy citizen.
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HORACE B. ROGERS came to this township, accompanied by his mother, in 1838; settled on land in Section 19, but soon exchanged it for his present farm, where he has lived since, with the exception of two winters spent in Lima, Ind. His parents were Bradish and Polly (Mase) Rogers, of Massa- chusetts, and are of English descent. In their westward journeying they stopped in Ashtabula County, Ohio, where the subject was born in 1822; thence, in 1836, to Sturgis, Mich. Since the age of twelve, Horace Rogers has cared for himself, and has received few advantages. He has 320 acres of land in this township, and has ever been a valued and worthy citizen, having served ten years as Trustee, during which time eight schoolhouses were built and fur- nished ; he was Treasurer of the War Fund, and has served as School Director and Pathmaster. Mr. Rogers was married to Miss Priscilla Gage, April 13, 1848. Their family numbers six, viz., Emery A., Harriet E., deceased ; Albert N., Henry A., Adella M. and Esther L. The three sons are married, and living near home. Mrs. Rogers was born in Pennsylvania, in 1830. Her parents, Isaac and Hannah (Eastlick) Gage, were of English and German descent, and came to this township in 1832.
GEORGE SANDERSON, a retired farmer of this township, came over to this country from England, his birthplace, 1832. He is the son of John San derson, of England, and at the age of eight years was left an orphan. In En- gland, he worked for three guineas (about $15) a year, and finding it extremely difficult to make a living, he was induced to come to America. Although meet- ing with many hardships, his experience on the whole has been satisfactory and profitable. From New York, he proceeded to Detroit, and remained in the vicinity, his services being engaged by a farmer, until, in June, 1834, he came to this township, and while in the employ of Elder Bradford, was attacked by the ague, from which he suffered thirteen months. Being in reduced cir- cumstances, he returned to Detroit, engaged some time in sawing ship timber, and then purchased land-forty acres-in Lenawee County, Mich., that he subsequently traded for eighty acres in this township, where he moved in 1842; but soon sold out and went to Monroe County, Mich. After the death of his wife, Mr. Sanderson returned, and bought 100 acres, where he is now living, in the seventieth year of his age. Mr. Sanderson is a Republican, and an anti- secret man. His first marriage in April, 1839; his wife, Margaret Cooper, a native of Yorkshire, Eng. Their children were Lydia A., now Mrs. John C. Newnam ; Mary E., deceased ; John F., Ellen, an infant, and George O., who manages the homestead farm. His second wife was Mary Tinklepaugh, whom he married in April, 1857. She died in March, 1875. George O. Sanderson was united in marriage with Nancy Stover, of Steuben County, March 30, 1879. Willam C. is their only child.
JOHN SEABURN, a practical and successful farmer of the township, was born in 1835 on the place where he is now living. His estate comprises 532 acres of improved land, including the old homestead, where his parents, William and Nancy A. (Rawles) Seaburn, of Ohio, located in April, 1832, it originally being a tract of 80 acres of entered land. William Seaburn, before his death in 1870, had the satisfaction of increasing the number of acres to 280. He was a prominent citizen of the county, having held the offices of County Commissioner and Justice of the Peace several terms. He was a Re- publican and a member of the Methodist Church. He died in his sixty-third year. Mrs. Nancy Seaburn died about the year 1852. John Seaburn is a Mason and quite a political worker. The proceeds of his farm for the past five
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years average annually a profit ranging from $2,500 to $3,000. He also raises live stock to some extent. Mrs. Ellen Seaburn, the subject's wife, is the daughter of James and Susanna (Lash) Holton, of Pennsylvania, and German descent. They have two sons-Fred H. and Frank H. Mrs. Seaburn's birth occurred in Richland County, Ohio, in 1838, and her marriage to Mr. Seaburn in 1861.
EZRA SEARS, the eldest son of Eleazear and Sarah (Wheaton) Sears, is a native of Onondaga County, N. Y., born December 23, 1826. His parents were of English descent, and natives of New York: They moved to this township in 1842, and for five years rented Judge Wescott's place. Mr. Sears traded his property in New York for forest land here. His family consisted of four children. Ezra, when of age, was given 80 acres of land in Elkhart Coun- ty, Ind., and after numerous changes, located in this township in 1851, and has increased his farm to 424 acres ; he also owns about $2,000 worth of prop- erty in Sturgis, Mich. For the year 1879, the proceeds of Mr. Sears' farm were $3,700, and for 1880, $3,600. Another profitable branch of industry, i. e., sheep-raising, engages Mr. Sears' attention. Mr. Sears, during the years of 1876 and 1877, lived eighteen months in Sturgis, Mich., where the school advantages were better. Mrs. Sears, formerly Jane Tuttle, was born in San- dusky County, Ohio, November 8, 1837, and is the daughter of Halstead and Didama Tuttle, who settled in Lima Township about 1838. She was united to the subject March 29, 1853. They have two children-Charles W., born May 18, 1856, and Florence J., September 12, 1860. Mr. Sears was reared to labor and economize, and as a result, is now worth $30,000. His father died at the age of sixty-eight, from injuries received by an accident while mow- ing in the yard.
HIRAM SMITH was born in Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., N. Y., in 1817, from which place he emigrated in the summer of 1834, stopping in Greenfield Township, on Pretty Prairie, until 1840, when he located at Mongoquinong- now Mongo. He is the son of Oliver and Polly Smith, natives of Vermont and Massachusetts, and of Welsh descent. Oliver Smith came West, to Green- field Township, in 1836, thence to Orland, Steuben County, where he died in 1840, at the age of seventy-four years. In 1840, Hiram Smith opened a wagon-shop, where he was employed about ten years ; then engaged in mercan- tile business, continuing it twenty-five years. He next began the undertaking business, which he still follows. Mr. Smith at one time, in company with three companions, went on an expedition down Pigeon River, into the St. Joe, thence across Potato Creek, down the Kankakee into the Illinois River, near Ottawa. They sold their skiff and took steamboat for St. Louis, returning home via Wisconsin, in time to vote for Gen. Harrison. Mr. Smith held the office of Justice of Peace twelve years, being first elected in 1842, and has served as Notary Public. He has been a member of the Republican Central Committee, and was elected County Commissioner, but resigned. Under Presi- dent Polk, Mr. Smith received an appointment as Postmaster, and served twelve years. He has been married three times, first in 1842 to Mary J. Cleveland. Of three children born to them, one, Theodosia, is living; she is now Mrs. James Bixler. His second wife was Olive B. Farr ; their only son, Eugene, is a resident of Kansas. He is living now with his third wife, Mrs. Margaret Appleman. They have five children-Cassius, Arthur, Walter, Willie and Jennie.
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G. W. SMITH is a wealthy and retired farmer of this township; came here and located in 1837. His land at that time was entirely covered with timber, with the exception of a clearing of four acres, where stood a rude log cabin. Mr. Smith worked by the month four years. In 1842, he married Mrs. Jane Shepherd, widow of Starr Shepherd, and daughter of Joseph Gray, native of Connecticut, and of Irish descent. She was born in Connecticut in 1808. Mr. Smith is a native of Madison County, N. Y., born in September, 1812. His parents, Calvin and Sophia Smith, of English ancestry, were born in New York. Mrs. Smith had two children by her first husband-Annie E., deceased, and Jerome F., now landlord of the Central House at Mongo. By Mr. Smith she has three children-George, Sophia and Charles. The sons are both living on the homestead farm, and Sophia, now Mrs. Emery A. Rog- ers, is living in this township. Mr. Smith has marketed wheat at Fort Wayne at 50 cents per bushel, when it required three days to make the trip.
JOHN SNYDER, SR., is the son of Samuel C. and Elizabeth Snyder, descendants of the Germans, and natives of Pennsylvania. Samuel Snyder was a blacksmith by trade. At the age of fifteen, John Snyder went to Wayne County, Ohio, subsequently moving to Adams County, Ind., where he lived twelve years. In the fall of 1863, he moved to Noble County, lived three years, then bought his farm of 153 acres in this township. Previous to this, he had been principally engaged at his trade-masonry-at which he was a first-class workman, and has assisted in laying the foundation of numerous buildings in Fort Wayne and Waterloo. Mr. Snyder was born in Franklin County, Penn., December 29, 1819, and was married March 24, 1841. He was reared among religious people, and has long been a member of the Church of God; his wife belongs to the same church. Mrs. Snyder was Elizabeth Kahl, daughter of John and Christina (Garn) Kahl, of Pennsylvania, of Ger- man descent. By Mr. Snyder's foresight in detecting an accident about to take place, while at work on the main sewer in Fort Wayne, the lives of at least twenty men were saved, and a calamity averted. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have had thirteen children, seven of whom are living -- Mary, Susan, Marga- ret, Samuel, Henry, John and Elizabeth.
JOHN SPAERO, SR., born in Lancaster County, Penn., January 12, 1831; son of James Spearow, of this Township, formerly of Pennsylvania. In 1854, the subject rented land of Benjamin Jones ; then two years later journeyed to Polk County, Iowa, where he lived three years, and after a brief visit to this county started for Pike's Peak, but returned within a year. He then enlisted in Company H, Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in the fall of 1861, and, owing to disabilities, was honorably discharged at Nashville, Tenn., January 20, 1863. Among the battles he participated in may be men- tioned Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Perryville. After returning home, he worked four years for Peter Mckinley, then purchased 160 acres of land where his home is now located. Mr. Spaero has been mail carrier since July, 1880, and expects to serve four years. October 24, 1853, he was married to his first wife, Louisa J. Curtiss, a native of this county, and daughter of Alanson Cur- tiss, of New York. She died March 1, 1879, and left three children-John A., James H. and Schuyler C. The present Mrs. Spaero and the subject were joined in marriage June 13, 1880; she was Anna G. Maybe, daughter of Cornelius Maybe, of New Jersey. Mr. Spaero is a leading Republican citizen.
A. M. SPAULDING, M. D., the successful practicing physician in this vicinity, is a native of Essex County, N. Y., born near Crown Point in 1827. Until he began the study of medicine at the age of twenty-four, he was a stock-
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drover and lived with his parents, Miles and Theodosia (Nichols) Spaulding. His father, who went to Richland County, Ohio, in 1838, and came here in 1879, is living with the subject at the age of eighty-four. His first experience in read- ing medicine was with Dr. Cyrus Damsell, of Lexington, Richland Co., Ohio, who died about two years subsequently, and for one year the subject was under the tutelage of Dr. U. P. Anderson. During the winter of 1849-50, he was a student in the Starling Medical College, Ohio. In 1852, after practicing two years at Lexington, he went to California, returning in the spring of 1854, to begin his medical carcer in this township, having located his home at Spring- field Village. The Doctor is widely known and has built up a large practice. His first year's work was not very encouraging, however, as he came out $100 in debt, but he has striven and succeeded. Dr. Spaulding was married Octo- ber 10, 1851, to Miss Lovina Holtom. Her parents, James and Susan (Lash) Holtom, were natives of Ohio, and descendants of the English. Dr. and Mrs. Spaulding have two children-Isadora Minnette, now Mrs. Joseph Newnam, and Frank, who is now engaged in farming. Dr. Spaulding is a Republican, and was chiefly instrumental in causing to be organized a lodge of Good Tem- plars and establishing a permanent mail route. He was a charter member of the Regulator Society, serving twenty-one years as secretary.
JAMES SPEAROW, SR., was one of seven children born to William and Rosanna (Ruth) Spearow, and the first to leave his native State, Pennsylvania, to seek a Western home. He was married in October, 1829, to Susanna Stauver, born in Pennsylvania, in 1801; Mr. Spearow was born in Lancaster County September 18, 1808. About 1832, they went to Stark County, Ohio, and in the spring of 1846 came to this county, and Mr. Spearow traded his team for 160 acres of land, never questioning the honesty of the parties with whom he bargained, but afterward discovered that they had no claim on the land. He soon after moved to land in this township ; his wife was unequal to the tasks and hardships, and died in February, 1849. They had ten children-Rosanna, John, Samuel, Susanna (deceased), William, James, Daniel, Jacob, Solomon and Mary. September 13, 1849, Mr. Spearow married Mrs. Martha Millis, widow of John W. Millis and daughter of Robert and Mary (Connel) Burke, natives respectively of Kentucky and Virginia, and of Irish descent. Mrs. Spearow is a native of Madison County, Ky., born in 1811, and by her first marriage had four children-Elnora E., Helen S., Estella and Sarah C. By Mr. Spearow, three, viz., Sarah A., Amelia and Gibson-Amelia only living. Subject and wife belong to the U. B. Church. He is a Republican, and owns 240 acres of fine land, and has retired from active work. Four of Mr. Spea- row's sons served during the war of the rebellion.
SAMUEL SPEAROW, who owns 240 acres of land in this township, came here with his parents in 1846, and has spent his time since in working hard to possess himself of a good home and improved farm. He lived for some time in a log house, and during the month of May prepared and planted ten acres of corn. He was married on the 25th of December, 1847, to Frances Deal, the daughter of Conrad and Elizabeth Deal, who came to this county in 1834. Mr. and Mrs. Spearow had eleven children, six of whom are living, viz .: Charlie F., Fred, Joe, Agnes E., Ned and Maggie B. Mr. Spearow is a native of Stark County, Ohio, and was born October 14, 1832 ; his parents were James and Susanna Spearow. He lived under the parental roof until twenty-four years of age; then went to Van Buren Township, and rented a farm one year; then returned and bought 80 acres of his present farm, which
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is now worth about $11,000. He is an active Republican and energetic citizen ; paid $150 to assist in clearing the township draft.
SOLOMON SPEAROW was born August 15, 1843, and when a child came to this county with his parents, James and Susan Spearow. He remained with his father until the age of twenty-two, and October 25, 1868, was united in marriage with Mrs. Lydia A. Gage, the widow of Samuel Gage, deceased, and daughter of Elias and Roxia Gilbert. They have four children -Addie, Hattie H., Flora and Rollin. By her first husband Mrs. Spearow had one child, Ella R., who is now teaching school. Mr. Spearow's farm is well cultivated, and for the past three years the proceeds have averaged about $1,800 a year. He is a member of the U. B. Church. Mrs. Spearow's father, Elias G. Gilbert, was born in New York State August 2, 1808, and moved thence to Clark County, Ohio, when but a boy. In 1833, he was married to Mrs. Roxia (Hammond) Nickelson of New York. He moved to this county in 1835, three years after its organization. He first settled in Green Town- ship on the farm of Judge Seeley, and in two years had accumulated enough to purchase 80 acres of land in Springfield Township, on Brushy Prairie. Hav- ing partially cleared his land he built a log-cabin, where they dwelt until 1851, when they built the frame structure that is yet standing. Mr. Gilbert was an industrious man, a kind father and accommodating neighbor. At the time of his death he owned 500 acres of land, well improved with good buildings. He died at his home on Brushy Prairie, of typhoid fever, September 22, 1865.
ELISHA TALMAGE is one of ten children in the family of Enos and Polly (Barber) Talmage, who were natives of New York, of English descent. He learned carpentering at the age of twenty-one and followed it two years at $10 a month; then in the summer of 1836 worked in Auburn, N. Y .; the suc- ceeding fall went to Michigan, made a brief sojourn in Lenawee County, returning to his home via Canada. In the spring of 1837, in company with his brother-in-law, came to Indiana, settling in the fall on 120 acres, for which he paid $500. He now owns 169 acres, worth $75 per acre. Mr. Talmage's first wife, Lucy Williams, native of New York, died in April, 1849, after nine years of married life, during which time five children were born to them- Joseph, Harriet, Enos, Mary E. and Calista E. Mr. Talmage in 1851, Octo- ber, married Miss Jane Griffen, a native of Spaxton, England, who came to this country in 1833, with her parents-Robert H. and Mary (Polman) Griffen. They have ten children, viz .: Lewis E., Isaac G. (deceased), Charles E., Harvey H., Herbert J., Locy L., Arthur F., Ernest E., George G. and Eva J. (deceased). Joseph W., son of subject, in 1861 enlisted in the Twenty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, but soon after was transferred to the Twenty-first Heavy Artillery. He is now a resident of Nebraska, and donated land for the church on his farm. His wife belongs to the Methodist Church. Mr. Talmage, since 1856, has raised considerable live stock, is an enterprising man, and was born in 1813 in Milton, Saratoga County, N. Y.
HENRY TALMAGE, SR., began farming for himself when twenty-one years of age, and has followed that occupation since ; has retired from active work and is living on the farm where he and family located in the fall of 1840, which is now under the skillful management of his youngest son. Ira Enos and Polly (Barber) Talmage were New Yorkers, of English descent; their son Henry, the subject, was born in 1804, in Saratoga County, N. Y .; he married Sophia W. Corwin, January 7, 1827 ; she was born October 22, 1807, and is the daughter of Horton and Betsey (Armstrong) Corwin, natives of Connecti-
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cut. They have had five children-Rosetta, (deceased); Louisa, Henry C., Ira C. and Werter, (deceased). Mr. Talmage owns 160 acres of land, and is versed in the experiences of pioneer life. At one time he worked three weeks making hay in water twelve to eighteen inches deep. He is one of the charter mem- bers of the Regulator Society, and assisted in constructing the first school building in the vicinity. Ira Talmage was married, December 15, 1871, to Ellen Knight, who was born in Ohio June 22, 1844, the daughter of Daniel and Lucy Knight, Virginians by birth. They had two children-Clara B., and Marion G., deceased.
GEORGE THOMPSON, son of Barnabas Thompson, was born in Berk- shire County, Mass., in 1812, December 24. His father was a shoemaker, and located, about 1830, at White Pigeon, Mich., and then came with his family to Greenfield Township, this county, and died while with his son. When of age, George Thompson left his native State on the 1st of September and arrived in this county on the 20th. For two years he worked, variously employed, then entered eighty acres of land, and, shortly after, two lots of forty acres each ; he has since improved and increased it to 217 acres; it is worth about $55 per acre. Mr. Thompson is considered a leading farmer and citizen, and has never belonged to any secret society except the Regulators. Mr. Thompson's first wife, Caroline F. Butts, to whom he was married in 1837, died in March, 1848 ; she was a native of New York and had three children-Marshall, George W. and Ithai. September 10, 1848, the subject was married to his second wife, Cassia Searles, a native of New York ; their children are Emeline, Let- tie, Dora and Charles, who reside near the home farm.
CHARLES W. WADE is the son of Robert and Jane (Jiles) Wade, his birth occurring in Upper Canada in 1840. Robert Wade was an English- man, and came to America with a brother in 1829, locating at White Pigeon, Mich., as a farmer. Jane Jiles came to Detroit, from England, with her par- ents in 1830, but from some discouragement, they returned to England the same year. Being again induced to cross the ocean, they located on English Prairie, in this county. In 1833, Jane Jiles and Robert Wade were married, and four years later moved to Canada, where they were residents until 1849, when they returned to this township. In 1853, Mr. Wade went to California and a few years later met his death; he was one of the passengers on board the "Central America," when that ship went down, shortly after passing Low- er California. He was a soldier in the Black Hawk war. His wife yet sur- vives, aged seventy-three years, and lives with her son, Charles W. For more than forty years she has been actively connected with the Methodist Church. Her father, John Jiles, was the first on English Prairie to grind wheat by hand, with a stone, an invention that served a good purpose at the time. Charles W. Wade was first married in 1870 to Harriet Waterhouse, who died in 1873, January 23 .. March 18, 1875, his marriage with Harriet A. Newnam was solemnized. She is the daughter of Nicholas B. and Susan (Greenfield) New- nam, her birth occurring on the 26th of February, 1845. Mr. Wade owns the old homestead farm where they are living, and in addition to farming, Mr. Wade is engaged in stock-raising.
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