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W. L. DRYER was born in Greene County, N. Y., December 1, 1831, and is the son of Darius and Clarissa (Rogers) Dryer, of English descent. Darius Dryer, who was born in Massachusetts, came from New York to this township, with his family, in November, 1837; he died here in February, 1861. Mrs. Dryer, a native of New York, now eighty years of age, is living with her youngest daughter. The subject commenced learning wagon-making
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at the age of nineteen, but soon turned his attention to carpentering; this he followed a number of years, and in 1857 purchased the farm where he now re- sides. This land was all timber, except 16 acres, and Mr. Dryer has worked hard at clearing it; he now has 120 acres, valued at $60 per acre. Mr. Dryer was married in 1858, December 23, to Lodema Taylor, who was born in this township April 20, 1841. They have had five children-one infant, Laura, Morton W. and Lura, all deceased, and Mary A., living. Mrs. Dryer's par- ents were Theston and Nancy (Blair) Taylor, of English descent, and natives of New York and Vermont, respectively. Mr. Taylor entered land in this township in 1836, and two years later the family came. Mr. Dryer is a stanch Republican ; has served as Pathmaster and School Director a number of terms each. Zenas B. Dryer, the subject's youngest brother, enlisted in 1861 in the Twenty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and now sleeps in a soldier's grave at New Orleans.
PETER ENGLERT, one of the leading farmers of the township, is a German by birth, and came to this country with his parents, Peter and Katha- rine Englert, in 1838, and located in Seneca County, Ohio, removing to this township in 1852, where his parents have since died. The subject was born December 24, 1830, and at the age of twenty-two started in life with $200, and was married November 12, 1853, to Mrs. Katharine Englert, widow of George Englert. She was a daughter of Abraham Rinebold, native of Penn- sylvania, of German descent, and was born April 14, 1833, in Seneca County, Ohio. When Mr. Englert first located on his farm it numbered 80 acres of uncleared land; it is now twice that size, and log cabin and trees have disap- peared, giving way to the modern improvements, and a fine brick residence; entire property valued at about $10,000. He is impartial in politics, always upholding the best man. He and wife are parents of six children-George W., Abraham, Lovina and Jacob F., deceased, and Barbara A. and John P., living. They are members of the Evangelical Church, and have always been hard-working and industrious people.
WELTON FRANCIS is a son of Samuel and Sarah A. Francis, and was born in this county, April 25, 1843. His parents, natives of New York, came West in 1840, and in 1853 to this township, where they lived until 1874, when they moved to Kendallville, where Mr Francis is still living ; Mrs. Francis died October 17, 1877. Welton Francis went in the army as a sub- stitute for John Reed, who was drafted in the fall of 1862, from whom he re- ceived $200. Substitutes of that draft had the privilege of serving the nine months' call, or enlisting for three years, with $100 bounty. Our subject chose the latter, and October 25, 1862, enlisted in the Twenty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under Col. Roy, but was transferred in May to the First Indiana Heavy Artillery, and was immediately called into service at the bat- tle of Port Hudson. He participated in six other active engagements : Sabine Pass, Pleasant Hill, Cane River, Marksville, Schapalier and Franklin. He was wounded twice, on the 27th of May, 1862, but not seriously. He saved $1,000 of his army funds, receiving $360 back pay at the time of his discharge, and upon returning to La Grange, in 1865, received from A. Ellison, with whom he had left his $200, a deed for 80 acres in Section 14; this land he afterward disposed of for $600. In 1866, he purchased a farm of 120 acres, in this township. Mr. Francis was married in March, 1868, to Mary J. Ack- ley, daughter of Lyman Ackley, of Whitley County, Ind. They have had three children-Ada M., Franklin, deceased, and Mary E. In 1878, he be-
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gan the sale of farming implements, at Kendallville, and in the spring of 1881 moved from his farm to South Milford. He has served the people in various ways, though never seeking official prominence.
DAVID FIANDT, one of the enterprising self-made men for which this county is noted, was born in Ohio December 19, 1835. In 1833, his father, Martin Fiandt, began farming in Ohio, which occupation he followed in Wayne and Seneca Counties, moving to Wood County in 1868, where he died in 1877 ; his widow is now living with her second son, the subject, at the advanced age of ninety-one years. David Fiandt, one of four children, began learning the trade of a carpenter at the age of twenty, and made that his business until about ten years ago, when he began the practice of farming. He came here with his family in 1869, and has accumulated property worth $5,000; his farm of seventy-five acres is in a flourishing condition. In the fall of 1862, he was drafted in the army, and paid $300 to be exempted. Mr. Fiandt at one time was School Director and Pathmaster, and has been a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge. He is a Republican. September 9, 1858, he was married to Su- sanna Longnecker, daughter of Michael Longnecker, of German descent; they have had seven children-Ephraim, Harvey and Viola, deceased ; Lando, Eliza F., Heward and Hattie.
VALENTINE FREY, the youngest son of Adam H. and Anna C. (Fleck) Frey, was born in Rhine Province, Provelia. He came to America in 1839, and was followed by his parents in 1840. The subject was apprenticed three years at the shoemaker's trade in New York, and worked two years over that time, then went to Cleveland ; thence to Wooster on foot, and engaged to work for his brother-in-law, the following year, for $75. Valentine Frey, in 1847, entered eighty acres of land where he is living, and now has 280 acres valued at $14,000. His time has been principally spent in clearing and grubbing land. Mr. Frey was drafted for the nine months' service, but, after nine days in camp at Indianapolis, he hired a substitute and returned home. Mr. Frey was married, January 17, 1855, to Isabel Cravatt, a native of Ohio, of German parentage ; she died in August, 1865, and the following December Mr. Frey married Maria A. Vesey, who was born in Vermont, of English, ancestry. By his first wife, Mr. Frey had seven children, three of whom are living-Frank- lin H., Mary A. and Marshall. Mr. Frey has served a number of terms as Pathmaster.
A. GETTINGS, a reliable farmer of Milford Township, is a native of Cumberland County, Penn., born October 10, 1823 ; his parents were natives of Ireland; his father, Thomas Gettings, was a farmer, and was killed in Penn- sylvania by a falling limb, after which event the mother, Sarah Gettings, moved to Richland County, Ohio, with the family, to a place her husband had pur- chased previously. She lived there until her death, and was the mother of seven children, among them our subject, who, at the age of seventeen, began an apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade, which he followed about five years, then purchased a farm of 120 acres in Lucas County, Ohio; began farming in 1845, and, February 10, 1847, was married to Sarah Pricket, of New Jersey, by whom he had three children-Thomas J. (deceased), Ella, and William W. (deceased). His wife died September 23, 1857, and within a year afterward he married Lovina Repine, born June 25, 1825, daughter of John Repine, a native of Scotland. They have three children-Franklin V., born January 17, 1859; James D., born June 2, 1860, and Alma, born July 20, 1868. Mr. Gettings came to Wayne Township, Noble County, in 1848, and for some time
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was engaged in the grocery trade at Kendallville while still farming, but traded his stock for the Air-Line Hotel ; then sold his farm and went into the livery business ; continued about four years ; sold out in 1869, and purchased the farm of 160 acres where he is now living. It is excellently improved and ably managed. When in Wayne Township, Mr. Gettings served as Trustee, and was a member of the I. O. O. F. at Kendallville.
M. GOODSELL is the only son of Capt. Stiles and Lucinda (Bostwick) Goodsell, of English-Scotch descent, who changed from their native State, Con- necticut, to Pennsylvania, April, 1833, and is the second oldest settler in this township, locating here in October, 1835. The subject was born in Litchfield, Conn., May 29, 1818, and came here with his parents, reaching Lima on the 26th of October ; they lived in a log house for some time, and found sufficient wild game for meat, and went to Toledo, Ohio, with an ox team, to procure groceries, a twenty-one days' trip, until the canal was completed, when supplies were received from Fort Wayne. Stiles Goodsell died February 22, 1850, aged eighty-three years, and his wife February 28, 1858, aged seventy-six. The subject took charge of his father's farm when they first arrived here, and was married March 3, 1840, to Ellen Dier, daughter of Norman Dier, who came to this county in 1836. They had seven children-Marshall, Josephine, Mills, Eugene, Ida, Augusta and Frederick. Marshall and Eugene are living. His wife died August 24, 1856, and November 22, 1857, Mr. Goodsell was mar- ried to Nancy Johnson, who was born in Ohio February 15, 1840, daughter of John and Eliza Johnson. They have five children-Jennie, Ella, George, Imogene and Theodore M. Mr. Goodsell owns 450 acres of excellent land, and is worth about $30,000. He is a temperance man and served his township sixteen years as Trustee and Justice of the Peace. His first experience in clearing was in 1836, and he chopped ten acres in twenty-six days.
ELI GUNN, son of Ralzamond and Betsy (Osband) Gunn, was born in Tompkins County, N. Y., July 23, 1827. His father, a native of Connecticut, was a farmer, and came to Seneca County, Ohio, and located on the Indian Reserve ; then, in the spring of 1856, came to this township, where for a num- ber of years he ran the Milford hotel, but is now living in retirement, at the age of eighty-one. His mother was born in New York, and both parents were of English descent. The subject, when seven years of age, hired out by the month, and his school advantages were limited. He located in this township in October, 1854 ; after making some improvements on his farm, sold it and bought the place where he now lives. For two years he was engaged in run- ning the hotel at Milford ; then returned to his farm, and lived three years in an old log house, but has since built a fine frame residence. He is a Republican, and has served as Pathmaster and School Director several terms each. He was an active worker among the Regulators, and at one time was away from home four weeks. He was married, August 4, 1850, to Mary J. Dawsen, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, May 29, 1827. Her parents, John and Lydia (Huddle) Dawsen, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and of Irish and German descent, came to this township in 1853. where they lived until within a few years of John's death, which occurred August 27, 1871 ; his widow is now living in Kendallville, at the advanced age of seventy-seven. Mr. Daw- sen, at the age of sixty-six, enlisted in the army of the rebellion in October, 1861, but was honorably discharged in February, 1862. Mrs. Gunn is an active member of the Methodist Church.
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GEORGE E. GUNN, son of Ralzamond and Betsy (Osband) Gunn, was born March 1, 1837, in Huron County, Ohio. Having learned the carpenter trade, he came to this township in 1858, but did not permanently locate until about two years later, having returned to his home in Ohio in the meantime. Before buying his present farm of eighty acres, in Section 35, he purchased land in Section 29, which he afterward sold. The year of 1864 Mr. Gunn spent in California, and was in Huron County, Ohio, in 1871 and 1872; since has worked at his trade in connection with farming. Mr. Gunn and Katha- rine A. Ridley were married on the 8th of February, 1866. She was born September 6, 1841 ; her parents, Jacob and Elizabeth Ridley, were natives of Pennsylvania, from where they went to Ohio, and are yet residing in Sandusky County. Mr. Gunn is a Republican. There are two children in Mr. Gunn's family-Emma A., born June 19, 1876, and Anna A., born February 8, 1867. WILLIAM HAYWARDis the youngest of thirteen children in the family of Isaac and Ann (Shepard) Hayward. His parents were natives of England, and emigrated to this country in 1833; resided in Pennsylvania about five years ; then moved to Marion County, Ohio, where the subject was born June 30, 1838, and in 1848 came to this township to the farm now owned by William Hayward, our subject, who was poorly educated, and when of age commenced with nothing, and in three years had saved $500. In partnership with his brother, he purchased the homestead farm at a consideration of $5,000, then, in the following January, bought his brother's interest, agreeing to maintain his father as long as he lived ; his death occurred February 27, 1881; he willed $100 to each of his grandchildren, and the remainder of his property divided equally between his children. Two years previous to his death, all settlements had been made. Subject's mother died May 4, 1860. William Hayward has been successful in nearly all of his undertakings, and is now one of Milford's best and influential farmers. Of the 640 acres of his land, 400 are in good farming condition, and yield good crops annually. The wheat crop alone in 1879, was 2,600 bushels ; clover seed crop, 175 bushels, and the proceeds of the farm that year were $4,000; for the years of 1880 and 1881 were $3,000 for each year. His property is free from incumbrance, and is valued at about $32,000. He was married April 26, 1859, to Louise H. Chaffee, and by her had nine children-Walter, John B., Dora, Stella, two infants, Cora M., Olive and Ida. She died March 21, 1873, and he was again married November 27, 1873, to Mrs. Caroline Drecher, widow of George P. Drecher. They have four children-Mary, Willie C., Arthur F. and Frank E. Mr. Hayward is an active Republican, first voting for Lincoln, and has served several terms as School Director and Pathmaster.
IRA S. HELMER, son of Peter and Esther Helmer, was born Septem- ber 23, 1849. His parents were natives of New York, and in 1846 traded property there for the farm where their youngest son is now living with his mother, who is sixty-two years old. Peter Helmer experienced all the hard- ships of pioneer life, but lived to see his farm cleared and well improved. He died November 9, 1873, aged seventy-two years seven months and nine days. By his third wife he had two children, Angelia, wife of John K. Spears, of Steuben County, and Ira S., who is a native of this county. He was united in marriage October 9, 1879, to Mary L. James, whose father, George W. James, was an early settler of this township. Mr. Helmer is a scrupulous farmer, and is now serving his first term as Justice of the Peace. He is liberal in his views, votes the Democratic ticket, and has been an active worker in the Sabbath
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Schools. His father, Peter Helmer, was born June 27, 1801, and his mother, Esther Helmer, July 24, 1818.
JAMES M. HESLIP, M. D., is a native of Scotland, where he was born March 26, 1826. His father, Samuel Heslip, was a Methodist clergyman, and died in Glasgow in 1829. James Heslip came to America in 1845, and for two years occupied a position as prescription clerk in New York, and after that he followed teaching four years in Pennsylvania, then entered the office of Dr. James Drew, at Mifflin, Penn., where he studied and practiced his profession two years ; he next proceeded to Philadelphia, and after a thorough course at the Medical College there, began his practice at Flat Rock, Ohio, where he re- mained two years, and in 1860 came to this township, where he has since resid- ed, and has an active practice. Mr. Heslip has dealt in real esate to some ex- tent, and for the past year has been engaged in the mercantile business. He was drafted in the army, but went out as an enlisted soldier with the Thirtieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, but was rejected owing to disability. When in Pennsylvania, Mr. Heslip was married in 1855 to Mrs. Elizabeth Albright, widow of Samuel Albright, and a native of Pennsylvania. His second mar- riage occurred January 10, 1871, to Mrs. Maria Westbay, widow of William Westbay, and daughter of George M. Butts, who came to this township in 1842, and died here in 1859. She was born December 29, 1832, and by her first husband had six children, five living, viz .: Martha, born April 19, 1850; Nellie, June 17, 1852; Sarah, March 30, 1854; George W., May 3, 1856 ; and James, May 16, 1859; Henrietta, deceased, was born January 10, 1861.
GEORGE W. JAMES, one of five children in the family of William and Rebecca (Hodges) James, was born in Tymochtee Township, Wyandot Coun- ty, Ohio, in October, 1824. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, were married in Wyandot County, and died in Ottawa County, Ohio, where they had previously moved and cleared a farm. The subject was the eldest son, and after the death of his mother went to live with his uncle William Hodges, at the age of eight years, and came with him to this county in 1835, but after three years was compelled to return to Ohio in search of health. After six years he came again to this State, and worked by the month, making his home with his uncle until he was married, April 20, 1851, to Rachael Carpenter, daughter of William Carpenter, born July 23, 1827. He had previously purchased forty acres of his present farm, and now owns 290 acres, finely cultivated, and with other property is worth about $22,000. The proceeds of his farm for 1879 were $1,700, for the year following $1,800, and $1,200 for 1881. Besides his extended farm practice, Mr. James raises considerable live-stock. He was an active worker among the Regulators, and was a follower of the Whig party during the time of its existence. Mr. James was among the first comers to the county, and has served several terms as Pathmaster. Mr. and Mrs. James are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and have had four children, Will- iam A. (deceased), Mary L. (now Mrs. Ira Helmer), Isaac W. and Rebecca (de- ceased).
MICHAEL KIMMEL, one of nine children, was born in Somerset County, Penn., February 16, 1827; his parents, Jacob M. and Elizabeth (Mowery) Kimmel, of German descent, moved to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1832, and from there went to Seneca County. Ohio, where the father died in August, 1872. Michael Kimmel enlisted in the One Hundred and First Ohio Volunteer Infantry August 16, 1862, but his health failed and he was dis- charged April 29, 1863. He has never entirely recovered, and is afflicted in
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other ways; he has had three strokes of paralysis, and is badly disabled besides, having some impediment in his speech. He was married in 1856, May 8, to Rebecca Logenecker, and soon after came to Milford Township, and located. Their family consists of seven children-Alva J. (who married Luella Cox), Harriet C. (who married Augustus J. Kent), Celia A. (deceased), Emma J. (married to John Duboise), Noah E., Mary A. and Charles W. Mr. Kimmel has served two terms as Township Trustee, and had previously been Director of Schools and Pathmaster. His farm numbers 100 acres, well improved, and is valued at about $8,000. He is a Republican.
ELDER F. KOMP is a native of Germany, where he was born in Hesse- Darmstadt April 13, 1828, and was brought to America by his parents, Henry and Elizabeth (Deetz) Komp, in 1831. They lived three years in Pennsylvania, then moved to Clark County, Ohio, and came to Whitley County. Ind., in 1843; cleared two farms and lived near Columbiana City until their deaths. The subject, when twenty-two years old, began his calling as a minister in the Church of God. In early times he had many difficulties to contend with, and received but slight remuneration for his services among the pioneers as a mis- sionary minister, and frequently, to keep appointments, made ten trips of 300 miles each annually. For the year of 1856, he received $17.50 for his con- tinual services, and for several succeeding years was rewarded with $50 annu- ally. In the fall of 1863, Mr. Komp was drafted and went in the army with Company F, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. In September, 1864, he was honor- ably discharged, and after his return, while engaged in farming, preached locally until 1871, when he came to his farm of eighty-one acres in this town- ship, where he now lives. For two years he was engaged in the ministry, and since then has given his attention to farming, preaching when occasion requires. Mr. Komp is an anti-secret society man, a believer in divine inspiration and total abstinence, and entertains the views of the Republican party. He was married, in 1856, May 22, to Elizabeth Parker, daughter of Isaac and Margaret Parker, natives of Pennsylvania. She was born June 22, 1832, in Armstrong County, Penn. Mr. and Mrs. Komp have had eight children, five now living -George E., Margaret D., Lodema L., Eva R. and Freddie.
GEORGE T, LOVETT was born in Stark County, Ohio, December 24, 1831. His parents, R. and Katharine (Martin) Lovett, natives of Pennsyl- vania, came to Stark County, Ohio, in the fall of 1830, and resided until after her death, August 18, 1851, when the father came to Indiana and located in this township in 1856. George Lovett is the eldest of nine children, and began working for himself when twenty-two years old. The first year he lost only two days' work, and in the fall of 1854 came to Milford Township. He has one brother who is a minister, and one brother went to the war and received fatal wounds in the battle of Murfreesboro. The subject was married, March 13, 1856, to Katharine Brady, daughter of David and Elizabeth Brady. Their children are Mary F. and George R., living, and Laura E., deceased. Upon his arrival in Milford Township, Mr. Lovett had only $6, and started by running a threshing machine and farming. He now owns one of the finest farms in the township-155 acres under excellent cultivation, and supplied with every convenience. He is a Republican, and for the past twenty-six years, with the exception of two summers, has been Superintendent of the Sun- day school, and with his wife is a member of the Church of God.
DAVID LOWER was born in Northumberland County, Penn., Septem- ber 12, 1816, the son of Conrad and Hannah (Cramer) Lower, of German de-
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scent and natives of Pennsylvania, whose grandfathers served in the Revolu- tionary war. Conrad Lower served under Gen. Jackson in the war of 1812. He came to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1829, where he died in 1860. David Lower's first vote was cast for Gen. Harrison, and he has since been a strong party man. Previous to his marriage, in 1843, September 28, to Annie M. Showalter, daughter of John Showalter, he spent about three years in the Southern States. In 1853, they settled in Paulding County, Ohio. They had six children-John, Isaac and Hannah, and three deceased-Ephraim, Conrad and William. After his wife's death, April 29, 1856, Mr. Lower came to this township. His present wife was Mrs. Catharine Menely, daughter of Melchoir Fordney, of French descent. She was first married to Alexander Menely, December 3, 1835, by whom she had five children-two living. Mr. Lower owns 125 acres of land, well improved. In 1860, he erected a barn at the cost of about $2,000. He is prominent in the township and always assists in bene- ficial enterprises. His annual income is about $1,000. Mr. and Mrs. Lower are both active members of the Church of God. John Lower, eldest son of the subject, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, October 11, 1844. At the age of seventeen he enlisted in the Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Company D, in the fall of 1861. During the battle of Shiloh he was absent on sick leave, but joined the regiment at the siege of Corinth, and was fore- most in the fight at the battles of Stone River and Mission Ridge. He served as teamster three months during the autumn of the battle of Lookout Mount- ain; then returned to his company and followed them closely until he was dis- charged, in October, 1865, receiving two flesh wounds during his service. March 11, 1866, he was married to Rebecca M. Martin. She was born Janu- ary 4, 1843. They have three children; two are living-John D. and William I. John owns ninety-four acres of good land and has been a member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 380.
EMANUEL R. MARTIN is a native of Lancaster City, Penn., and son of George and Katharine (Croft) Martin, natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent. His father was a shoemaker and died in 1825; his wife maintained the family, and, when they were about grown, came West to Stark County, Ohio, where she kept house for the subject until her death in February, 1848. He was born April 7, 1823, and married in 1848, November 6, to Mary Smith, of Stark County, Ohio, and by her had three children-Belinda, John and George. After her death, Mr. Martin married Harriet Clayman, daughter of Henry and Henrietta Clayman, who came from Germany to Stark County in 1834, where they resided until they died. They have five children-Alice, Cora, Hattie, William and Francis. The subject, when sixteen years old, be- gan working at $2.50 per month, turning the wheel for a rope-maker six months, then worked at blacksmithing five months, after which he resumed rope-making. He saved all his earnings, and after setting type three years, accumulated enough to buy a small farm in Stark County, Ohio, which he sold in 1862, removing to this township where he has lived since. His farm of 110 acres is located on Section 28, and his property is valued at about $9,000. He is an active Democrat, and, before coming to Indiana, was quite prominent in political matters. During the war he paid $532 for exemption of the draft of the township. Mr. and Mrs. Martin are both members of the church.
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