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CLEMENT H. NUTTER was born in Fayette County, Ky., Decem- ber 7, 1820, and is descended from Hewitt and Susan (Talbott) Nutter, also natives of Fayette County, Ky., the former born in 1785, the latter in 1787. In 1823, they moved to Warrick County, Ind., and thence in 1828 to this county, where, in 1837, Mrs. Nutter died. Mr. Nutter died in 1846, having previously married Catherine Wilson. His family was as follows: Ellen, Rebecca, Sarah, John (deceased), Richard, Edwin, John, Cassandra, Clement H., Daniel G., David, William, Thomas, Mary A., Isaac W., Robert W., and an infant, deceased. Clement H. Nutter married in this county, November 13, 1846, Julia A., daughter of Will- iam H. and Julia Craig, and born in this county February 15, 1831; she died February 13, 1866, having borne a family of six-Sarah E., Mary A., Emma (deceased), Walter E., Hattie and William (deceased). Mr. Nutter is a greatly esteemed gentleman, and a consistent member of the Christian Church.
ALBERT H. NUTTER first saw the light of this world in Morgan County, Ind., on the 2d day of May and of the year 1854. He is a son of John and Sarah Nutter, and a young man of uncommon excellence and much promise. September 2, 1875, he married Miss Charlotte T., daughter of Thompson and Mary J. Hendricks, and a native of this county, having been born August 29, 1858. To this happy union have been born two children-William C. and Edith E. Mr. Nutter is highly respected in his community, and resides on one of the farms belonging to his father, in Section 21.
HENRY H. OLDS, proprietor of the "Eureka House," was born in this county June 6, 1840, where he was reared and has made a home. George W. Olds, father of our subject, was born in Connecticut Janu- ary 11, 1810. He came early to this county, where he married, June 6, 1834, Miss Eliza A. Wall, who died August 18, 1842, leaving two chil- dren-William (deceased) and Henry H. He next married, August 10, 1843, Miss Louisa Rudicel, which union gave being to five children -. Harriet E., Francis A. (deceased), Charles W., Lina E. and Eliza Ann (deceased). Mr. Olds was a carpenter, and worked many years thereat. He built the first steam saw and grist mills in the town-the former in 1848, the latter in 1858. In July, 1861, Henry H. Olds enlisted in Com- pany K, Twenty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which regiment was assigned to the Fifteenth Army Corps, marching to Newport News, and thence to New Orleans. He was in many skirmishes, and was wounded in the battle of Baton Rouge, which wound was severe, shattering a bone and making him a cripple. He served three years, was promoted to a First Lieutenancy, and resigned on the death of his father. February 20, 1863, he married Sarah Koons, who died October 8, 1872, the mother of three children-Butler (deceased) William A. and Perry. He next mar- ried Mrs. Alice Raniez November 23, 1873, and that year he sold his farm interest, moved to Martinsville, worked at carpentering, and in 1880 became landlord of the "Eureka House." Mr. Olds is a Free- mason, a member of the G. A. R. and a Republican, by which party he was elected, November, 1882, County Recorder.
WILLARD E. PARKS was born in Martinsville, November 7, 1855. He was the youngest of nine children born to Perminter M. Parks, a na- tive of North Carolina. He came to Indiana when seven years of age, and in twenty-two years was married and living in Martinsville with a family growing up around him. He was quite a prominent man in In-
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diana; his death occurred on July 24, 1867, in his sixtieth year. The subject of this sketch was reared in Martinsville, and educated in the public schools. In 1873, he entered Wabash College at Crawfordsville, which he attended for one year. In 1875, he entered Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Ky., where he stayed for one year. In 1874, he had attended the Christian University at Indianapolis one year. Shortly after he was through college, he began speculating, and is so en- gaged at present. On December 4, 1879, he was married to Miss Fannie Henderson, daughter of Ebenezer Henderson, of Martinsville. They have two children -- Myra and Robin. Mr. Parks is a member of the K. of P. Anniversary Lodge, and also of the I. O. O. F., Martinsville Lodge, No. 274. In politics he is Democratic.
EATON W. PAXSON was born in Warren County, Ohio, January 13, 1854. His parents, William and Margaret (Shrack) Paxson, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania respectively, and of Scotch, Irish and German extraction, were married in Warren County, Ohio, in 1853. Thence, three years later, they removed to Greene Township, Morgan Co., Ind., and located on a farm of 160 acres, to which the father added 122 acres before his death, which occurred June 26, 1883. The mother is now liv- ing on the home farm, seventy-two years of age. Eaton W. Paxson is the elder of two sons, and was reared in Green Township, Morgan County, where he received a good education. When twenty years of age, he began teaching school. His first two years he taught in Green Township. He then entered Valparaiso Normal College, and three years later graduated. He is also a graduate of the commercial course there. After this time until June, 1881, he farmed and taught school. He was then elected County Superintendent on the Democratic ticket, and in 1883, having faithfully served his term of office, he was re-elected and at present is in discharge of the duties devolving upon him. Mr. Paxson is a member of the A. F. & A. M., of the I. O. O. F. and also of the En- campment. In September, 1875, he was united in marriage to Mary. E. Koons, a native of Morgan County, and a daughter of James and Rebecca Koons, respected pioneers of Morgan County.
VAN B. PEARCY was born in Johnson County, Ind., September 15, 1843, and is one of the thirteen children of Henry and Lovina Pearcy, natives of Kentucky and Indiana respectively. The grandfather of our subject, Robert Pearcy, was a native of Kentucky, where he married. Subsequently he removed to Jennings County, Ind., where he died about 1852. He was twice married and reared a large family. Henry Pearcy was the eldest of his father's family. He was born July 24, 1815, and after coming to Jennings County married Miss Lovina Whitsitt, then moved to Johnson County, and in the spring of 1847 to Morgan County, where he closed his life. His children were by names-Jacob, Robert, John, George, Van B., Mary, Martha, Charity, Harriet, William, Joseph, Nancy and Hiram T. Van B. Pearcy, our subject, married November 9, 1865, Miss Caroline, daughter of Charles and Louisa Hess, and a native of this county, born August 22, 1844. Shortly after marriage, Mr. Pearcy moved to Crawford County, Ill., and remained until 1867, when he re- moved to this county, and located on a good farm of 139 acres, all well improved. Mr. and Mrs. Pearcy have had seven children-George R. (deceased), Charles H., John W., Wilford B., Annettie, Robert and an infant daughter (deceased).
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FRANCIS P. A. PHELPS, attorney at law, was born in Jackson County, Ind., December 4, 1822. His parents, George A. and Rebecca Phelps, removed to this county in 1824, shortly after its organization, and settled on what was subsequently the site of Brooklyn. In 1826, Mr. Phelps was elected Sheriff, the second person who held that office, and removed to Martinsville. In 1828, he was elected Clerk of the county, the second incumbent of that office, which position he held at his death, February 25, 1833, aged thirty-six. He served as Drum Major of a Bal- timore regiment in the war of 1812; his wife survived him until February 25, 1863, and, strangely true! died on the same day and month thirty years afterward. They were the parents of five chil- dren, two of whom are living and reside in Martinsville. Francis P. A. had but meager facilities for education in boyhood, yet later attended two sessions at the county seminary. At the age of twenty-one, he served as Deputy Sheriff, with full management of the office. In 1846, he was elected Sheriff, re-elected in 1848, and on October 21 of that year mar- ried Miss Eleanor E. Tull; they have seven children-Zerilda, Tull, Al- len H., Francis P. A., William C., Eleanor E. and Thursa R. After this time, Mr. Phelps engaged in the drug business at Martinsville for five years, during which he studied law, engaged in its practice in 1857, and in February, 1883, was appointed Prosecuting Attorney for this district. He was a Whig, is a Republican, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. He has a good residence in town, and 220 acres adjacent.
TULL PHELPS, eldest son and second child of F. P. A. Phelps, was born January 26, 1851, in Martinsville, where he was reared and educated. When nineteen years of age, he went into the employ of N. T. Cunningham, a general merchandise merchant of Martinsville, and re- mained with him for about one year. He then attended Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College at Indianapolis, where he took a course in book-keeping. Returning to Martinsville, he began the study of law with his father, which he continued for some time, afterward being again em- ployed by the same firm, in which he had formerly been as book-keeper. In 1875, he took an interest in this business, and it was continued under the firm name of N. T. Cunningham & Co. for five years, when a third interest was purchased. The business has since then been conducted under the firm name of Cunningham, Bollinger & Phelps, and is in a flourishing condition. Mr. Phelps was married December 20, 1876, to Lina E. Olds, daughter of George Olds, a pioneer of Morgan County, the Rev. W. T. Furgeson performing the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps are identified with the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Phelps is a prom- inent member of the Republican party.
JAMES PRATHER, SR., was born in Fleming County, Ky., August 4, 1806, and is the eldest of the family of Basil and Mary (George) Prather, natives respectively of Virginia and North Carolina, the former born in 1785, the latter in 1784. They were married in Kentucky, and remained there until 1817, when they moved to Jackson County, Ind., where Mrs. Prather died in 1839. Subsequently, Mr. Prather married a Mrs. Dobson, and died in 1874, the father of six children-Susan, Mar- garet, Thomas, Elizabeth, Jane and James. February 6, 1824, in Jackson County, Ind., James Prather married Josephine Hagard, born January 1, 1808. In 1834, he moved to Morgan County, where Mrs. Prather died August, 16, 1846, and March 5, 1847, he married Mrs. Almira Taylor, widow of Simeon Taylor, a native of Plymouth County, Mass. Mr.
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Prather has been the parent of twelve children-John, Martha, Mary, Judith, Basil, Thomas, James, William, Edward, Elizabeth and two that died in infancy.
JOHN PRATHER is a native of Morgan County, Ind., was born October 10, 1849, and is a son of James H. and Susan (Townsend) Prather, both natives of Indiana, the former born in 1817, the latter in 1815. They were married in Morgan County, where Mr. Prather died in 1879, and where Mrs. Prather now resides on the homestead. Their family consisted of William E., Hannah, Robert, Julia A. (deceased), John, George, Jennie, Amanda and Joseph. Our subject, John Prather, married, February 27, 1876, in this county, Mary E., daughter of Henry and Jane Remer, and born February 10, 1856. The issue of this union was two children-Emma J. and James M. Mr. Prather resides at Ma- halasville, where he is proprietor of fifty acres of superior land. He is now engaged in the lumber business, and is a reputable citizen.
WILLIAM Y. PRATT was born in Henry County, Va., June 3, 1834. His parents, James A. and Leanna (Lake) Pratt, natives of Virginia, and of Irish and German descent respectively, were married in Henry County in 1832, where the father followed his trade as blacksmith until 1836, when he came to Indiana, and located in Morgan County. He worked at his trade a number of years and then began farming, which he continued until January, 1879, when he died. The mother died in March, 1850. William Pratt is the eldest child in a family of six children, and was reared in Jackson Township, Morgan County, where he obtained the ru- diments of a good education. When twenty-two years of age, he began learning the carpenter's trade with E. Hilton, and worked with him for four years. He then moved to Martinsville and formed a partnership with Alfred Carver, and carried on the carpentering business with him for three years. In 1876, he was elected Justice of the Peace of Washington Township for four years, at the expiration of which time he was re-elected, and at present is in the discharge of the duties of that office. In April, 1857, he was married in Johnson County, Ind., to Lydia C. Winchester, daughter of Jordon Winchester, a citizen of Johnson County. By this union there were four children-Melinda J., George N., James (deceased), and Joe. Mr. Pratt is a member of the K. of P. Lodge, No. 89, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Church. In politics, he is a Re- publican.
JOHN F. RAY, Justice of the Peace, is a native of Wayne County, Ky., was born January 26, 1830, and is a son of James and Polly Ray, who in that year removed to Bloomington, Ind., and in 1831 to Washing- ton Township. James Ray was a carpenter, and for many years labored as such, and died in March, 1875; Mrs. Polly Ray is still living. John F. Ray learned the trade of a carpenter under his father, and followed the same for a long time. He served as Deputy Clerk of this county from 1852 to 1856, in which year he went to Kentucky, and on May 29 mar- ried Miss Angeline Bogle. He remained there until 1863, when he came again to Martinsville. Mr. and Mrs. Ray are parents of five children, namely, James D., Delia V., Jennie, John B. and Eddie. In 1872, Mr. Ray was appointed Deputy Auditor, as which he served about two years. He is politically a Democrat, and was elected in 1880 a Justice of the Peace for a four years' term.
FELIX A. REINHART, Justice of the Peace, is a native of Lincoln County, N. C .; was born August 17, 1815, and is a son of John C. and
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Elizabeth L. Reinhart. Felix was reared in that county, with the ordinary advantages for education, and there married, October 1, 1835, Miss Mary Havner, after which he engaged in farming, and in 1838 emigrated to Morgan County, Ind., where he also engaged in farming, and continued the same since, except 1854-55, during which years he acted as hotel- keeper. He is a member of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Indiana. He is politically a Republican; was appointed to fill a vacancy as Justice of the Peace, and was afterward elected to the position; he has also served as Deputy Sheriff of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Reinhart have had born to them a family of seven children, of which number four are yet living-Lewis A., John C., George W. and Felix A. He and wife are members of the Christian Church.
CAPT. FLETCHER D. RUNDELL, born January 5, 1839, in Rich- land County, Ohio, is the fifth son and seventh child of Hiram R. and Mercy (Wyatt) Rundell, natives of New York, and of English and French descent. His parents were married in New York, whence they moved to a farm in Richland County, Ohio, and lived until 1842, when they came to Indiana. They entered eighty acres of land in Green Township, Mor- gan County, which they continued to improve for several years. In 1850, they removed to a farm near Morgantown, where, in November of the same year, the father's death occurred. The mother still lives in Morgan County. Capt. Rundell was reared at home until after his father's death, and he was then employed to help on a farm in the immediate neighbor- hood. He kept this situation until in 1860, when he began learning the carpenter's trade in Morgantown, continuing until 1861. He enlisted in April, 1861, in Company K, Seventh Indiana Volunteers, under Capt. J. K. Scott, and on September 12, 1861, he enlisted in the three years' service in Company G, Twenty-seventh Indiana Volunteers, under Capt. J. R. Fessler. He served nearly four years, and took part in the follow- ing engagements: Philippi, Laurel Hill, Carrick's Ford, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Atlanta, and a large number of smaller engagements. After the battle of Antietam, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant. April 5, 1863, he was promoted to First Lieutenant for meritorious conduct, and soon after to the rank of Captain. He received an honorable discharge November 4, 1864, and returning to Morgantown was soon afterward married to America A. Holman, daughter of William P. Holman, of Morgan County. By this union there was one child, Chester Q. His wife died August 12, 1867. On June 17, 1870, he mar- ried Mary A. Moran, daughter of John Moran, an old citizen of Martins- ville. They have one child, Eunice May. In 1867, the Captain came to Martinsville, and has since resided there, engaged in carpentering. He is a Past Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, and is politically a Re- publican; and he and wife are members of the Methodist Church.
ALFRED W. SCOTT is a native of Fayette County, Ind., having been born on the 8th of November, 1856. He was reared on a farm near Connersville, in this State, and attended the common schools of his county, an academy at Spiceland, and later the State University at Bloomington, from which he graduated, after a four years' course, in 1881. Previous to his collegiate course, he had studied law at Indian- apolis. In 1881,he came to Martinsville and engaged in the practice of the legal profession. Recently, he formed a partnership with Mr. Phelps, and is now Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for this judicial district. In politics, he is an earnest and active Republican; he is also a member of the I. O. O. F.
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ISAAC D. SHEPPARD was born October 30, 1811, in Cumberland County, N. J. His parents, Harvey and Amelia (Davis) Shep- pard, natives of New Jersey, came to Indiana in 1818, and located near Madison, removing thence, in 1834, to Martinsville, Morgan County, Ind., where, in 1852, the father died. The mother died in 1880, in Franklin, Ind. Isaac D. Sheppard is the eldest in a family of five children, and was reared on a farm near Madison, Ind. He received his education in the district schools in the neighborhood, and when fifteen years of age began to learn harness-making in Madison. After five and a half years of serv- ice, he worked in various places until 1834, when he came to Martins- ville. He here opened a harness shop, and at the present time is doing a successful business. Mr. Sheppard is a member of the Republican party. He was married, in September, 1836, to Thurza Tull, of Martins- ville, and he and wife are identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are active workers in its cause. By their union they have three chil- dren-William, James and Letitia.
JAMES S. SHEPPARD is the second son and child of Isaac D. and Thurza (Hess) Sheppard, natives of New Jersey and Kentucky respect- ively. He was born November 11, 1839, in Martinsville, Morgan County, Ind. James Sheppard was reared in Martinsville, where he ob- tained a good English education. When thirteen years of age, he en- tered his father's harness shop and began learning the trade, at which he worked until June 16, 1862, when he enlisted in Company C, Six- teenth Indiana Volunteers, under Capt. Paul J. Beachbard. He
served more than three years, participating in the battles at Richmond, Ky., Arkansas Post, siege of Vicksburg (Red River campaign), Black River, Sabine Cross Roads, and some few others. After the close of the war, he returned to his home, where he resumed his trade, which, in 1875, he gave up, becoming a partner of N. T. Cunningham, of Mar- tinsville, in the general merchandise business. He continued in the business for five years, when, his health failing, he sold his interest and retired from business for one year. In January, 1881, he became agent for pianos and organs in Martinsville, and at present is so engaged very successfully. On September 19, 1867, he was married to Lydia S. Me- ginnis, a daughter of the Rev. William Meginnis, one of the oldest Methodist ministers in the Indiana conference. By this union there are two children-Harry A. and Lulie A. Mr. Sheppard is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge, No. 274, and also of the G. A. R. Politically, he is a Republican.
JOHN SHEERER is a native of Morgan County, Ind., was born November 15, 1838, and is the son of Joseph and Phebe Sheerer, both natives of Ireland, who were brought to America when very young. They were married in Washington County, Md., April 30, 1837, and the same year moved to Morgan County, Ind., and settled near Mar- tinsville, where Mr. Sheerer was killed by the limb of a tree falling upon him March 29, 1842. Mrs. Sheerer subsequently married a Mr. Thomas McClure, with whom she moved to Martinsville for a time, and then re- turned to her present abode; Mr. McClure died January 11, 1867. Mrs. McClure is the mother of eight children, two by her former husband, John, and Robert (deceased), and six by her latter husband-Nancy A. (deceased), Lida, Isabel W., Francis, Martha A. and Thomas. John Sheerer, our subject, was married in this county, May 17, 1872, to Maria J. Morbley, and afterward settled on the old homestead, which is still
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his home. This wife died October 15, 1872, and March 16, 1879, Mr. Sheerer wedded Sarah Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. Sheerer have no family, but have a good home of 180 acres of excellent land.
ABEL P. SHIELDS was born in Bartholomew County, Ind., October 8, 1842. His parents, Samuel and Elizabeth (Roberts) Shields, natives of North Corolina and Indiana respectively, were married in Indiana in 1838, and located on a farm near Columbus, Ind., where they lived until their deaths-the mother's occurring in 1859, the father's in 1875. Abel P. is the second son and child in a family of five children, and was reared in Bartholomew County until twenty years of age, when he enlisted in Company D, Sixty-seventh Indiana Volunteers, under Capt. Abbott. He served for two years, and took part at Munfordville (where he was captured, and soon after paroled, then discharged), Yazoo Swamps (near Vicksburg), Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, the battle between Alexandria and Brashear City (where he with his regiment was captured; after remaining in prison for thirteen days he escaped, and finally reached his own line), Cross Roads, Plainfield and the entire Red River campaign. In July, 1864, he received an honorable discharge at Baton Rouge, La., and re- turned to his home, where he commenced work on his father's farm, re- maining about two years. On February 25, 1865, he was married to Margaret Davis, daughter of Enoch Davis, a citizen of Brown County. They have one child-Elizabeth Luella. After his marriage, he farmed for eight years, and then went to Edinburg, Ind., where he acted for two years as agent for the Singer Sewing Machine Company. He soon after- ward came to Martinsville and acted in the same capacity until February, 1882, when he purchased the Red Cloud Saloon, which he is now running. He is a Democrat.
MAXVILLE SHIREMAN is a son of Michael and Elizabeth (Shuf- ford) Shireman, and was born in Lincoln County, N. C., November 2, 1821. In 1835, his parents removed to Morgan County, Ind., where Max- ville grew to manhood. March 6, 1846, he married Miss Sarah, daughter of Archibald and Margaret Cramer. After his marriage, he settled on the farm which is now his home, and which he has improved to be a good property, embracing a territory of 317 acres of superior land. Mr. Shireman is an honorable and esteemed citizen, and the parent of thirteen children-Emeline, Henry, Archibald, Mahala, Lewis, Andrew, James, Margaret, Robert, Edward, Dayton, Harry and one unnamed.
HENRY SHIREMAN, SR., is a native of Lincoln County, N. C., was born December 18, 1823, and is a son of Michael and Elizabeth (Shufford) Shireman, both natives of North Carolina-the former born in 1783, the latter in 1789. They were married in Lincoln County, and in 1835 emigrated to Morgan County, Ind., where they made a local habi- tation. Mrs. Shireman died March 31, 1846, after which Mr. Shireman married Catherine Clodfelter, and died in Washington Township, the father of the following family: Polly, Anna, Barbara, Daniel, Elizabeth, Rhoda, Maxville, Catherine, Michael, Susan, John S. and Henry. Our subject, Henry Shireman, on the 13th of April, 1854, married Miss Maria, a daughter of Isaac and Lydia Deturk. After his marriage, Mr. Shire- man purchased and located on the farm he yet holds. He is now owner of more than 500 acres of land, and is comfortably and independently situated. Mr. and Mrs. Shireman have been the parents of ten children -Mary E., Louisa A., William A., Ellen A., Isaac (deceased), Charles E., Harriet C., Maxville, Flora B. and Eugene C.
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