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SANFORD HALSEY is the owner of considerable land in Michigan, and a fine large farm in this township, on which is a huckleberry marsh that yields a profit of $100 annually. Mr. Halsey raises considerable live stock, and in 1880 raised 1,219 bushels of wheat. Mr. and Mrs. Halsey are members of the Presbyterian Church, and have three children-James A., Alexander and William S. They were married in Lima, this county, and lived in that town- ship, a short time previous to going to Fawn River, Mich., where Mr. Halsey owned 196 acres of land ; he finally has established a permanent home in this township. Sylvanus and Sabrina Halsey, subject's parents, came to this county in June, 1836; they were natives of Long Island and New York. San- ford Halsey was born in Franklin, Delaware Co., N. Y., and was thirteen years old when his parents came to Lima Township. His wife is a native of Stam- ford, N. Y., and was Catherine Hume, the daughter of Robert and Catherine
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Hume. Her father was a Scotchman, and her mother was born in Delaware County, N. Y.
HARLOW J. HERN is a native of this county, and was born in Bloomfield Township, in 1839, December 22. His parents, William and Sarah Hern, came to Indiana from New York, their native State, in 1837; lived in Bloom- field Township, then moved to this township, where he died ; she still survives, and is living in Sturgis, Mich. Mr. Hern owns a good farm in this township, and raises fine cattle and thoroughbred horses. He has served three years as Township Trustee, owns a fine brick residence, and has been married twice. His first wife, Martha, was the daughter of Jar.es and Naoma Mix, and a native of Ohio, where she was married. His second and present wife was Miss Mary A. Mohler, the daughter of William and Esther Mohler; they were married September 28, 1881, at Burr Oak, Mich. Her parents, natives of Pennsyl- vania and Ohio, respectively, have lived in Indiana fifteen years. Mr. Hern is the father of five children-Willis, Charles, Harlow, Mary and Arthur ; two, Charles and Arthur, are deceased.
FLEMING HOPKINS, son of Richard and Jane Hopkins, is a native of Clark County, Ohio, born March 21, 1817. When a boy of fourteen, he went to Sturgis, Mich. He visited this county for the purpose of assisting his brother in improving 160 acres of prairie land they had previously purchased. After returning to Michigan, Fleming Hopkins bought a farm of 248 acres in Burr Oak Township ; married Mrs. Mary Ewing June 28, 1848, at Bronson ; resided there one year, then removed to this township in March, 1849; 100 acres of his farm were improved, and he has since improved as many more ; has in all 320 acres, and 200 rods of hedge fence. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins have had four children-Margaret J., Hannah A., Richard J. and Mary (deceased). Subject's parents came to Whitley County, Ind., in 1846, where his mother died in 1857 ; she was a native of Pennsylvania. His father, who was born in Kentucky, subsequently moved to Michigan, lived there six years, then in Whitley County two years, then on subject's farm, where he died. The parents of Mrs. Hopkins were Amos and Fereba Barr, of Delaware. They came to this township and located in 1830 ; both died here ; he, on the 10th of May, 1838, and she March 9, 1864. Mrs. Hopkins was born in Franklin County, Ohio.
ALEXANDER S. KEIM was born in Fayette County, Penn., February 23, 1828. His parents, Solomon and Elizabeth Keim, natives of Somerset County, Penn., removed to Ohio in October, 1832, where they died. Alexan- der Keim, when he had attained the age of twenty-one, followed droving sum- mers, and school teaching winters. He drove stock from Holmes County, Ohio, to Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland, continuing thus employed until 1860. February 20, 1853, he was united in marriage ·to Miss Eliza Sommers, in Holmes County, Ohio, and eight years subsequently, moved to Owen County, Ind., where her parents, Jacob and Martha Sommers, died. They were natives of Pennsylvania, and came to this State in 1853. Mr. Keim purchased a farm of 260 acres in Owen County, and they resided there until 1865, when they removed to this township on a farm of 160 acres. Mr. Keim, in Ohio, served six years as Justice of the Peace, and as Clerk of the township for the same length of time. In April, 1880, he was chosen Trustee of Greenfield Township, to serve two years. Mr. and Mrs. Keim belong to the Dunkard Church, and are the parents of thirteen children, viz., Barbara E., Alice J. and John C. (deceased), Mary E., Martha A. (deceased), Eliza, Alexander H., Clara, Olive B., Charles E., Joseph W., Susan L. and Sarah.
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ROBERT B. KELLETT came to America in 1848, with his parents, Charles and Margaret Kellett, from Ireland, where he was born March 14, 1845. The family settled in Brooklyn, N. Y., and Mr. Kellett, Sr., was engaged in clerking for a wholesale house until his death, which occurred April 5, 1853. Three weeks afterward, the bereaved family came to this township where an uncle of the subject had preceded them, and where Mrs. Kellett is yet living at the age of sixty-four. Robert Kellett was married on the 18th of January, 1870, to Miss Jane Kelso, a native of this township. They have three children -- Kate M., Charles R. and Grace. Her parents were Matthew and Martha Kelso, the former a native of New York State, the latter of England. They died in this township, where they came at an early day. Mr. Kellett is a member of the Masonic Star Lodge, No. 225, at Orland, and also of the Angola Chapter. His farm consists of 200 acres of land that is especially adapted to the production of grain ; he first purchased seventy acres, but subsequently increased it to its present size ; he raises stock, also, to some extent.
JOHN W. KNIGHT was married in Whitley County, Ind., to Miss Mar- tha J. Collins in February, 1842. They settled in that county on eighty acres of unimproved land, and Mr. Knight improved half of this land ; then sold and removed to Kalamazoo County, Mich .; purchased a farm of 120 acres and lived there six years ; again sold and invested in 160 acres in Barry County, Mich. Here their home was located four years ; then removed to this county on 110 acres of land in Pretty Prairie, residing there five or six years previous to lo- cating in this township, where he owns a farm of 140 acres, well cultivated and replete with the usual number of buildings. In Whitley County, Mr. Knight filled the office of Justice of the Peace five years ; he belongs to the Masonic Lodge, No. 225, of Orland, and is the son of Henry and Mary Knight, of Mary- land; the former, after the death of his wife in Ohio, emigrated to Indiana, where he died. The subject was born September 18, 1818, in Ohio, and lived there until the age of sixteen, going to school and assisting his parents. Mrs. Knight is a native of Wayne County, Ind., and the daughter of John and Jane Collins, who were pioneers of Indiana, and who died in Whitley County. Mr. and Mrs. Knight have had five children, viz., Eliza and Melvina (deceased), Byron, My- ron (a resident of California), and William (of Iowa). Mrs. Knight is a mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church.
JAMES LARIMER (deceased) died in this township on the 19th of May, 1878, leaving a wife and three children. He was born in 1830, March 11, in Fairfield County, Ohio, and was the son of Ebenezer and Diana Larimer ; his father came over to this county from Ireland and married a Virginia lady, who survives him at the age eighty-two or eighty-three, and is a resident of Fairfield County, Ohio, where Ebenezer Larimer died. The home of James Larimer was in Ohio with his parents until after he was married, December 23, 1855, to Miss Nancy Shearlock in Perry County, Ohio. Prior to removing to Indiana, they lived in Ohio on forty acres of improved land, owned by the subject. Upon coming to this township, he invested in 300 acres of land, which, at the time of his death, was well improved in every respect, and here his widow with her two sons, James S. and John C., continue to reside, the daughter, Flora J., having married and removed to Orland. Mr. Larimer was a member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 225, at Orland, and was a Presbyterian, having united with that church in 1857, in Ohio, and is mourned by many friends. Mrs. Larimer is a native of the county, in which she was married, and the daughter of James and Elizabeth Shearlock ; she has been a member of the Presbyterian Church since 1849 ; her father was born in Pennsylvania, and her mother in Ohio.
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AARON MARTIN is a native of New Jersey, and the son of Daniel and Maria Martin. He was born January 10, 1827, and the first thirteen years of his life were passed in his native State, and the following five in Ohio; then, in 1845, came with his parents to this county, and here they have found a last resting-place. Aaron Martin, at the age of eighteen, began working for himself, receiving from $10 to $12 monthly compensation. November 3, 1861, he was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Montgomery, and having previously purchased a farm of 120 acres, immediately located thereon and began the work of improving and repairing. Mr. Martin subsequently purchased 80 acres adjoining, to where they removed, until the erection of a fine frame residence on the site of first location, where they are now comfortably domiciled. They had six children-Judson B., Frank G., Nellie, Grace and Harry A., twins, the latter deceased, and Fred P. John A. Montgomery, deceased, was the son of Mrs. Martin by her first husband. Her parents were Joseph and Eliza Reynolds, the former a native of England, and the latter of Pennsylvania. Mr. Martin is a good farmer, and raises Durham cattle, and a medium grade of sheep. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Church.
CHRISTIAN K. MAST, son of Christian and Susanna (Kurtz) Mast, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., in March, 1822. His parents were na- tives of Pennsylvania, and both died in Ohio ; his father was a local preacher. The education of Christian K. Mast was acquired at a district school in Ohio, while living with his parents on a farm. He was married in Wayne County to Miss Rebecca Hartzler, and settled in Holmes County, Ohio, where he owned and improved 160 acres of land. In November, 1864, they emigrated to Indiana, and Mr. Mast bought 233 acres of land in this township; subse- quently added 100 acres. Here, until his death, he was engaged in farming, raising live stock, and threshing, to some extent. In 1871, his wheat crop averaged twenty-eight bushels to the acre, making a total of 1,650 bushels. Mr. Mast was a member of the Omish Mennonite Church, and was respected by all. Mrs. Mast is the daughter of John and Sarah (Zook) Hartzler, who moved from Pennsylvania, their native State, to Wayne County, Ohio, where . they died. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Mast-Lydia, deceased ; Susanna, a resident of Elkhart, Ind. ; David, deceased ; Isaac, Levi, Jacob, Daniel and Amos. The two latter are single, and reside at home ; Isaac, Levi and Jacob are married, and residents of this township.
JOHN U. McMAHAN, deceased, was the son of John U. McMahan, of Scotch descent. His father's birth occurred October 17, 1790, and his mother, whose maiden name was Beck, was born November 30, 1796 ; they were mar- rsed in 1818, and in 1831 removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio, where they re- sided three years, at Mansfield, traveling West, thence to Fremont, Steuben Co., Ind. The subject was born in Harrisburg, Penn., December 6, 1821, and his boyhood days passed principally in Steuben County, Ind. His opportuni- ties for acquiring an education were limited, and before he was of age was in the employ of one Samuel Burnside, about two years. After attaining his ma- jority, he worked one year for his father, but never received the stipulated com- pensation. He was unfortunate in purchasing land from Mr. Burnside, for whom he afterward worked, being obliged to give double the price agreed upon. Through perseverance and industry he had accumulated and improved 424 acres of land before his death, which occurred February 9, 1879. He was married November 21, 1853, on English Prairie, to Miss Emeline Francis, a native of this county, and the daughter of Isaac and Prudencia Francis. She died V
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April 28, 1874. To their union seven children were born-Leona, Will- iam, Emma and Julia have all died ; Raymond P., Lucy J. and Frank are liv- ing together on the old homestead in this township.
JAMES MILLER was born and married in New York, the former event transpiring on the 13th of April, 1817, and the latter on the 4th of July, 1844. From the age of thirteen to twenty, he lived with an uncle, then re- turned to the home of his parents, Thomas and Sarah Miller, who died in New York, and were natives respectively of that State and Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1850, he came to this county, and lived six years in Lima Township, where he owned a farm of 160 acres; then bought 160 acres in this township. This he has noticeably beautified, improved and increased to 316 acres. He has three miles of hedge fence that was raised from the seed. Mr. Miller held the office of Trustee of his township five years. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are Presbyterians. She was Elizabeth Hutchinson, and was born in England. Her parents, Ralph and Jane Hutchinson, of England, both died in America, the former in Allen County, Ind., and the latter in New York. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Miller are William, Charles H., James H., Sarah J., Mary E. and George.
TOBIAS MOORE is a native of Highland County, Ohio, his birth oc- curring July 9, 1819. Samuel and Phebe Moore, his parents, died in Van Wert County, Ohio ; the former was a native of Kentucky, and the latter of Pennsylvania. The subject was reared in Ohio, and remained there six years after his marriage to Miss Cynthia Rose, who was born in that State, and was the daughter of Cornelius Rose. Then removing to Indiana, he settled in this township, where he owns a farm of 85 aeres, the soil of which is especially adapted to grain. Mr. Moore subsequently removed to Ohio, and in Mercer County, May 12, 1875, his second marriage was consummated, his bride, Catherine Rhodes, being the daughter of Jacob and Mary A. Rhodes, and na- tives of Pennsylvania. They have since lived in this township, and have an only son, Jacob. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are members of the Wesleyan Metho- dist Church. Her parents removed from their native State, Pennsylvania, to Mercer County, Ohio, where her father died and her mother yet resides, at the age of sixty-six. The subject has been a church member since 1840.
GEORGE W. NEIHARDT is a native of Ohio, and son of Jacob and Anna M. Neihardt, natives of Pennsylvania; the former died in Williams County, Ohio, where Mrs. Neihardt yet lives at the advanced age of seventy- five years. The subject went to a district school until the age of fifteen, when he entered the Academy at Williams' Center ; he afterward taught three terms of school, subsequently went to Orland, Steuben Co., Ind., where he at- tended school two and a half years; then went to Ann Arbor University, where he graduated. He was born October 29, 1835, and married October 27, 1861, in this township, to Miss Mary McGowan, daughter of Samuel and Susanna McGowan. They resided at West Unity, Ohio, where Mr. Neihardt taught school two years, and next removed to this township, where they farmed one year, then went to Orland, where Mr. Neihardt was Principal of the Seminary from 1864 to 1868, and has taught school since permanently locating in this township on his farm. He pays special attention to the culture of bees, but met with a severe loss in the winter of 1880-81; he has at present sixty stands of bees. Mr. and Mrs. Neihardt have five children, viz., S. Emmett, Dora, G. W., Mabel and Jonas J. Mr. Neihardt is a member of the Star Lodge, 225, at Orland, and belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church, while
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his wife is an adherent of the Baptist faith. Her parents, natives respectively of Maryland and Pennsylvania, came to Indiana in 1854, locating at Orland,. where Mrs. McGowan died. Mr. McGowan died in this township. Mrs. Nei- hardt was born December 27, 1840, in Mahoning County, Ohio.
SAMUEL PARHAM is a native of England, born June 25, 1816. In 1830, he accompanied two brothers and sisters to America; Samuel was the youngest of the five. They landed in New York in April, and purchased a farm in Jefferson County, N. Y., where they lived for several years ; then the subject and a brother went to Ohio, where they spent three years, mostly in Portage County, engaged in clearing land. In November, 1836, Samuel came- to De Kalb County, Ind., and entered 160 acres of land, which he afterward sold. April 7, 1841, Mr. Parham and Miss Nancy Selby were united in mar- riage in this township ; her parents were natives of Delaware; her mother, Elizabeth Selby, died in Ohio, and her father, Charles W. Selby, at the home of his children in this township. Subject and wife settled on Pretty Prairie, where they rented a farm five years, then bought 120 acres of their present. farm, removing to same in 1847. Mr. Parham owns 400 acres of land with good buildings ; was Township Assessor two years, and himself and wife belong to the Methodist Church. They have had eight children-George W., resides in Iowa; Julia, deceased ; Jane, a resident of Michigan ; W. J., of this town- ship ; Samuel M., of Michigan; James. G., Charles A. and Ida. Mr. Par- ham's parents, James and Ann (Bristol) Parham, were English people; after- emigrating to America, in 1836, resided twenty years in Jefferson County, N. Y., where they died. Mrs. Ann Parham was a member of the Methodist. Church for sixty years.
CHRISTIAN J. PLANK was born on the 13th of September, 1833. He was married in Adams County, Ind., to Miss Catharine Musser, January 3, 1856, the contracting parties both being natives of Wayne County, Ohio. Her parents, Abraham and Catharine Musser, came to America from Ger- many, where they were born, and died in Adams County, Ind. Mr. Plank came to this township in November, 1859 ; then moved to Michigan, where he- lived one year ; then returned to Elkhart County, Ind., where he farmed and ran a threshing machine four years. His farm in Pretty Prairie, this town- ship, consists of 155 acres of land. Mr. Plank, by his first wife, had nine children, viz., Amos F., Catharine A., Rebecca E., Susanna, Mary A., Daniel, Samuel, Lydia A. and Elizabeth, all living. He was married to his second wife, Fannie Morrell, in Noble County, Ind., February 2, 1873 ; they have- one son-Harvey. Mrs. Plank is the daughter of David and Catharine Mor- rell, natives of Pennsylvania, and was born in Fairfield County, Ohio. Her mother is yet residing in Noble County, where Mr. Morrell's death occurred. Christian and Elizabeth Plank, parents of the subject and natives of Mifflin County, Penn., came to Indiana in 1872, and died in this township.
GEORGE PRESTON was reared in Ohio, although born in Beaver County, Penn. His parents, James and Rachael Preston, were natives of New Jersey ; they moved to Ohio at an early day, where they died. George Pres- ton's birth occurred December 24, 1820, and at the age of eighteen learned wagon-making, and followed that industry about twelve years. January 18, 1849, his marriage to Miss Sarah Wheeler, the daughter of Chauncey and Sarah Wheeler, was consummated. She was born in Connecticut, the native State of her parents, who died in this county. In Ohio, Mr. Preston owned six acres of land and an interest in a saw-mill. He came to this county in
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1850, and bought eighty acres in Bloomfield Township, which he farmed about twelve years, rented two years, then located in this township. Besides his farm of 120 acres, he owns eighty acres in Springfield Township. Mr. Pres- ton deals in live stock, and the staple products of his farm are wheat and corn ; he keeps from eight to ten horses, and has his farm well improved and in good repair. Mr. Preston lost his wife November 20, 1880, and was married De- cember 17, 1881, to Miss Matilda Hungerford, in Coldwater, Mich. She was born in that State, and is the daughter of Matthew H. and Sarah M. Hunger- ford, who were born in New York and died in Michigan. Mr. Preston has had a family of six children, two of them-George A. and Chauncey-have died; those living are Joseph A., of Colorado; A. Judson, Sarah E. and Willie M.
GEORGE W. PRICE is the son of Jonathan and Margaret Price, natives of Pennsylvania ; they both died in Coshocton County, Ohio, where George W. was born February 4, 1834. He was reared in his native State, and began blacksmithing there when sixteen years old, subsequently establishing himself in that business, at a town called Chili, in 1854. He was married October 1 of that year to Miss Elizabeth Long, and, after residing twelve years in Ohio, came to this county, locating in Springfield Township on a farm of forty-five acres. This he sold after a short period, and went to Lima, where he was en- gaged seven months at his trade; then came to Lexington, where he owns two lots and has the only blacksmith-shop in the village. A · farm of sixty-seven acres that adjoins the town is also owned and managed by Mr. Price. George and Rebecca Long, the parents of Mrs. Price, were born in Pennsylvania and died in Ohio. Of the former State Mrs. Price is a native ; she is a member of the Baptist Church, and has borne her husband seven children, viz .: Maria, Marietta, Susan, Lucy, William B., Sarah E. and Delia A. Mr. Price has served five years and six months as Trustee of his township.
CASSIUS A. SHATTUCK is the son of Levi and Polly Shattuck, and a native of Huntington, Vt. His father, a native of Massachusetts, died at Lexington, in this county, and his mother, a native of Connecticut, died in Vermont. In 1844, they located at Ontario in this county. Cassius Shattuck was reared on a farm in Vermont, and for twelve years followed shoemaking, and afterward learned masonry, which he has been engaged in for about twenty years, and has built a number of fine brick residences in this township. He was married in this township, at Lexington, April 24, 1846, to Miss Jane Brown, a native of Canada. Her parents, William and Sarah Brown, came to this country from Ireland; they died in Steuben County, Ind. For some time after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Shattuck resided in Lexington, then sold their property there, consisting of two lots, and began farming on 132 acres of land in this township. They have had two children-Henry F., mar- ried and residing at Lexington, and George, deceased. Mr. Shattuck served two years as Township Assessor, and was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, but resigned after three months' service.
JAMES SMITH, at the age of thirteen, came to Indiana with his par- ents, who located in Lima Township, where they died. Eighty acres of land in Lima Township was the subject's first investment in real estate, and sub- sequently he purchased another eighty acres adjoining, from his brother. He was married April 4, 1849, to Miss Sarah Burnell, and they lived fourteen years in Lima Township, then came to their present home in this township in 1863, where he owns a farm of 134} acres. Mr. Smith held the office of
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County Commissioner for a period of eighteen years, and served one year as Township Assessor. He is the son of David and Elizabeth Smith, of Virginia, who came from Ohio (where the subject was born, in Clark County, June 16, 1820) to Indiana in 1833. Mrs. Smith is English by birth; her mother, Eleanor Burnell, died in England ; her father came to Indiana in 1830, and died at Lexington, Greenfield Township. Mr. Smith and wife are parents of ten children-Jewison W., a resident of this township; David T., of Kansas ; Frank M., of Lima Township; Burnell S., of this township; James C., a col- lege student at Danville, and Tasso K., Clyde H., Nellie B., Maggie E. and Joseph, at home.
JOSEPH STEAD was born in Yorkshire, England, December 21, 1830, and came to America in 1833 with his parents, William and Hannah Stead, natives also of England; they settled at White Pigeon, Mich., subsequently removing to this township, where they died. Joseph Stead worked at home for his parents until he was married, December 23, 1852, to Miss Lydia Alcott in this township, where they located on rented property. Six years afterward, Mr. Stead bought and settled on 40 acres of his present farm, that he subsequently increased to 160 acres. Mrs. Stead is the daughter of Samuel and Nancy Alcott, and a native of Marion County, Ohio. Her parents came to Indiana in 1836, locating in Jackson Township, Steuben County ; her father died in Springfield Township, this county, and her mother (who was seventy-five years old October 24, 1881) is living at the home of the subject. Three chil- dren have been born to Mr and Mrs. Stead, viz., Annie E. and George M. (deceased) ; Caroline B., at home. Mr. Stead has one of the best farms on English Prairie ; he preserves as an heirloom an ancient brass clock, that belonged to his grandfather, Stead; it is over 100 years old, about seven feet high and keeps perfect time.
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