Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and biographical, Part 40

Author: Blanchard, Charles, fl. 1882-1900, ed. cn
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago, F. A. Battey & co.
Number of Pages: 814

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was married, September 11, 1853, to Martha Donaldson, a native of Jeffer- son County, Ky. Seven children blessed their union, six of whom, five sons and one daughter. are yet living. Mr. Littell and wife are mem- bers of the Christian Church. In politics, he is independent, but is an earnest advocate of the temperance cause.

W. H. H. McCLOUD, farmer, is a native of Hendricks County, Ind., was born February 14, 1841, and is the fourth of the ten children born to George W. and Eunice (Bray) McCloud, natives respectively of Virginia and North Carolina. Our subject was reared a farmer's boy, with but slender opportunities for education, and was thrown on his own efforts at the age of sixteen, whereupon he worked as an engineer, and also drove cattle for several years. In 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Thirty-third Indiana Volunteers, which formed for a time part of the Army of the Ohio, and was afterward transferred to the Army of the Cumberland. His first experience as a soldier was at the battle of Wild Cat, then at Richmond (when he was detailed in the artillery), Thompson's Station, Resaca, Marietta, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, and was discharged September, 1864. March 9, 1865, he married Miss Mary Appleby, a union by which they became parents of eight children, three daughters and five sons. After marriage, Mr. McCloud engaged in farming, and continued until March, 1879, when he moved to this county, where he has since resided. Mr. McCloud was one of the first to use the thresher, and has continued the same for sixteen years; he has also a portable saw-mill, and his whole machine outfit is valued at $2,000. He is a Republican, and a member of the G. A. R.

JOHN W. MAHORNEY, M. D., was born in Hendricks County, Ind., January 13, 1857, and is the only living child born to Morgan D. and Julia A. S. (Reese) Mahorney, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Hendricks County, Ind., and both of Irish descent. Mor- gan D. Mahorney received his early education in his native State, but when a lad of thirteen summers removed with his parents to Hendricks County, Ind. At the age of fifteen, he left home and was employed as a laborer on a railway for some three years, after which he worked on a farm for some three years longer. At the age of twenty-one, he was mar- ried, after which he farmed on shares until 1859, when he bought a farm in Franklin Township, Hendricks Co., Ind., upon which he still re- sides. John W. Mahorney, the subject of our sketch, received a good common school education. His mother died when he was only five years old, after which he made his home with an uncle for four years, when his father was again married and he returned home, remain- ing until he was twenty-one years old. In the spring of 1878, he com- menced the study of medicine with Dr. J. N. Green, of Stilesville, Hen- dricks Co., Ind., and graduated from the Medical College of Indiana, at Indianapolis, in March, 1883. In the following April, he located at Little Point, Morgan Co., Ind., where he now resides, and is rapidly building up a lucrative practice, and is regarded as one the rising young physicians of the county. He was married, October 24, 1883, to Miss Mary E. Smith, a native of Morgan County, Ind. Dr. Mahorney and wife are members of the church-he of the Regular Baptist and she of the Christian. In politics, the Doctor is a liberal Republican.

JOHN R. MANNAN, general merchant, was born in Owen County, Ind., January 16, 1859, and is a son of William C. and Margaret E. (Carter) Mannan, the former a native of Morgan and the latter of Owen

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County, Ind. Both were of English, Irish and German descent. William C. Mannan received a good education at the common schools of his na- tive county, and also attended Asbury University, of Greencastle, Ind., for a time. At the age of nineteen, he left home; followed various pur- suits for some seven years. He was married in 1856, and soon after bought wild land in Ashland Township, Morgan Co., Ind., where he improved the farm upon which he still resides. He is a member of the Baptist Church and of the Patrons of Husbandry. John R. Mannan, the subject of our sketch, received a good common school education, and was employed on his father's farm until he was twenty one years old. He then taught school during the fall and winter in his native county for three years, being employed on a farm during the summer season. He clerked in a general store at Eminence for one year. In March, 1883, he bought this store in company with Mrs. H. H. Nicholas. Mr. Man- nan was married, September 7, 1880, to Laura M. Nicholas, a native of Clay County, Ind. Two sons have blessed their union. Mr. Mannan is a member of Eminence Lodge, No. 317, I. O. O. F., of which lodge he is at present V. G. In politics, he is a Democrat.

MICHAEL E. MILLER, proprietor of Eureka Flouring Mills, was born in Botetourt County, Va., February 10, 1824, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Vinyard) Miller, both natives of the "Old Dominion," and of German descent. John Miller was educated and married in his native State, where in early life he learned the tanner's trade, and fol lowed the same for several years. In 1830, he came with his wife and family to Morgan County, Ind., and opened a tannery near where the village of Brooklyn is now situate, and remained some ten years. He then removed to Hendricks County, Ind., and started a tannery near Belleville, where he resided until his death, which occurred in February, 1876. Both himself and wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a soldier during the war of 1812. In 1822, he came to Indianapolis, then only a small village, on a prospecting tour. The State was then almost an unbroken wilderness; there being no roads, they were obliged to make their way by the blazed lines of the Government surveys. Both the grandfathers of our subject were veterans of the Revolutionary war. Michael E. Miller, our subject, received such an education as could be obtained in the schools of the Indiana frontier. He learned the tanner's trade with his father, and followed the same in Hendricks County, Ind., for more than twenty years. In 1872, he en- · gaged in the saw and planing mill business at Eminence, Morgan Co., Ind., which he followed until the fall of 1883, when he bought a half- interest in the Eureka Flouring Mills at same place. He still owns, however, the saw and planing mill. He was married, August 25, 1849, to Jane Cox, a native of Hendricks County, Ind. Six children were born to them, five of whom-two sons and three daughters-are yet liv- ing. Mr. Miller was for many years a member of the Methodist Episco- pal Church, but at present belongs to no church. Mrs. Miller and daugh- ters are members of the Christian Church. In politics, Mr. Miller is a Democrat, and has been for many years an earnest advocate of the tem- perance cause.

JOHN T. MILES, blacksmith, was born in Orange County, N. C., August 13, 1849; is a son of James W. and Nancy N. (Squires) Miles, both born in North Carolina, and were of German and Irish descent. James W. Miles was educated and married in his native State; he, in

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early life, learned the wagon-maker's trade, also followed agricultural pursuits and undertaker's business in connection with the same for many years. In the fall of 1868, he came with his family to Monroe Town- ship, Morgan Co., Ind., where he remained for one year; then moved to Orange County, Ind., and remained some four or five years, after which he returned to Gregg Township, Morgan Co., Ind., residing there until his death, which occurred in the fall of 1879, in his sixty-seventh year. John T. Miles, our subject, received a fair common school education. At the age of seventeen, he came to Hendricks County, Ind., and com- menced to learn the blacksmith's trade, following the same in Missouri and Indiana ever since. In 1873, he removed to Hall, and in December, 1881, came to Eminence, Morgan Co., Ind., where he now resides. Mr. Miles was married, February 11, 1877, to Martha A. Mannan, a native of Owen County, Ind. Four children bless their union, three of whom, one son and two daughters, are yet living. Mrs. Miles is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Miles is a member of Eminence Lodge, No. 440, A., F. & A. M., having been a member of that order for the past fourteen years. In politics, he is a Democrat.

THOMAS MILLS, farmer, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, Arril 8, 1838, and is the sixth in a family of seven children born to William and Catherine (Strawn) Mills, natives of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and of Scotch-English and German descent respectively. William Mills was educated and married in his native county. Soon after his marriage, he removed to Carroll County, Ohio, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits for several years. In 1841, he removed to Putman County, Ohio, where he bought 120 acres of wild land, which he improved and lived upon until his death in April, 1846. Mrs. Catherine Mills departed this life in March, 1856. She was a member of the Christian Church. Thomas Mills, the subject of our sketch, received a fair common school education, and was employed on the old homestead in Ohio until he was fourteen years old, when the family removed to Gilboa, Putnam County, Ohio. In 1856, he removed to Cataract Falls, Owen County, Ind., where he was employed in a flouring mill for some four years. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Ninety-seventh Indiana Volunteer In- fantry, and was mustered out with the same at Washington, D. C., in June, 1865. He participated in the battles at Vicksburg and Jackson, campaigns in Mississippi, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Kenesaw Mount- ain, and on return march of Sherman's famous raid to the sea. He was three times wounded-first at Jackson, Miss., severely by a cannon ball in the right side; second, June 15, 1864, at Kenesaw Mountain, slightly in the right hand; third, June 27, 1864, at Kenesaw Mountain, severely in the left thigh. From the first and third he has not and never will fully recover. After his return from the army he bought a small farm in Adams Township, Morgan County, Ind., where he remained about one year; then removed to Putnam County, Ind., where he resided another year. In the spring of 1868, he returned to Adams Township, Morgan County, Ind., and bought a partially improved farm of some 200 acres, upon which he still resides. He was married, October 23, 1860, to Miss Amanda E. Williams, a native of Green Township, Mor- gan County, Ind., and a daughter of Louis and Mary (Cultion) Williams, who were among the early pioneers of Morgan County. To Mr. and Mrs. Mills have been left six children, two sons and four daughters. Mr. Mills is a member of Eminence Lodge, No. 440, A., F. & A. M. In politics, he is a stanch Republican.

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CYRUS E. NICHOLAS (deceased), was born in Hendricks County, Ind., March 5, 1836, and was the third child in a family of eight chil- dren born to John. and Parmelia (Huff) Nicholas, the former of whom was a native of Kentucky, and the latter of New York. They were of Scotch-Irish and French descent respectively. When a lad of some sev- en or eight summers, the parents of John Nicholas removed to Owen County, Ind. Here his father's death soon afterward occurred, in about 1815. His early education was extremely limited. Afterward, however, by his own exertions and the assistance of his wife, he acquired a fair practical education. From Owen County, while yet a single man, he came to Monroe Township, Morgan County, Ind., where he entered land and improved a farm. From thence he removed to Hendricks County, and afterward to Pulaski County, Ind. In the spring of 1868, he re- turned to Morgan County, Ind., settling at Eminence, where he was en- gaged in the general mercantile trade until his death, which occurred in March, 1870, in his sixty-third year. Himself and wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which church he was for some forty years a local preacher. Mrs. Parmelia is yet living, and resides at Emi- nence, being now in her eighty-first year. Our subject, Cyrus E. Nich- olas, received a fair common school education, and was employed on the home farm until he was twenty-one years old. He then learned the brick-mason's trade, which he followed for a number of years. In 1866, he engaged in the general mercantile trade at Eminence, Ind., and con- tinued the same until his death, which occurred June 7, 1882. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of the I. O. O. F. Feb- ruary 6, 1859, he was united in marriage with Hester H. Rhea, a native of Washington County, Va., and a daughter of George G. and Dorcas (Lowrey) Rhea (a sketch of whom will be found in this volume). Hes- ter. H. received a good common school education. She is and ha sbeen through life an extensive and careful reader, being well informed on all the current topics of the time, the current literature of the day as well as ancient and modern history. Since her husband's death, she has con- tinued his business, that of general merchandising, at Eminence, being now in partnership with her son-in-law, Mr. John R. Mannan. She is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been blessed with a family of three children, two of whom, both daughters, are yet living.

LEVI OGLES, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Adams Town ship, Morgan County, Ind., June 17, 1843, and is the youngest of the ten children born to James and Hannah (Salliers) Ogles, the former of whom was a native of Tennessee, and the latter of the Old Dominion. They were of German and English descent respectively. James Ogles was educated and first married in his native State, removing from thence to Washington County, Va., where he lost his wife, and was again mar- ried to the mother of our subject. In 1829, he came to Adams Township, Morgan County, Ind., entered eighty acres of land and improved the farm upon which he resided until his death, which occurred in February, 1865, in his seventy-fifth year. To his first purchase he added until he was the owner of some 280 acres. In politics, he was a Whig, until 1856, after which he was identified with the Republican party. Mrs." Hannah Ogles is yet living, and resides with her son Ira, in Adams Township, being now in her eighty-fourth year. Levi Ogles, the sub- ject of our sketch, received only a limited common school education, and

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was employed on the home farm until he attained his majority, when his father deeded him a farm of eighty acres, near the old homestead, to which he has added another eighty, and upon which he still resides. In addition to farming, Mr. Ogles is also quite extensively engaged in stock- raising, and gives special attention to the breeding of Norman horses. He was married, May 4, 1865, to Miss Margaret E. Summers, a native of Jefferson County, Ky. Five sons have blessed their union, viz .: George W., James G., John L., Orlando E. and Orie D. In politics, Mr. Ogles is a Democrat.

MARTIN PARKER, merchant, was born in Adams Township, Mor- gan County, Ind., October 3, 1834; is the eldest of ten children born to William H. and Barthenia P. (Dobbs) Parker, the former a native of East Tennessee, and the latter of Kentucky. They were of English and Scotch-Irish descent respectively. William H. Parker emigrated with his parents from Tennessee to Putnam County, Ind., when only fourteen years old, in 1827. From thence they came, after about one year, to what is now Adams Township, Morgan County, Ind. Here the father of William H. entered eighty acres of wild land, and with the help of his son and only heir improved a farm. This place William H. inher- ited at his father's death, and to it he added until he was the owner of a well-improved farm of some 400 acres. In this county he was also married. In 1846 or 1847, he engaged in the general mercantile trade, in connection with farming, and continued the same at Mount Washing- ton and Eminence for some twenty-five or twenty-six years. He was one of the Township Trustees, under the old constitution, for several terms, and was also Postmaster. He was one of the men who helped to grub the right of way of the old National Plank Road, through the present vil- lage of Stilesville. Himself and wife were members of the Baptist Church. His death occurred in September, 1875, and that of Mrs. Parker in Sep- tember of the previous year. Martin Parker, the subject, received an education in the subscription schools of the Indiana frontier. He re- mained on the home farm until he was twenty years old. He then took a lease of twenty acres, which he cleared and upon which he remained one year. After this he moved onto a partially improved farm of forty acres belonging to his wife, where he remained another year. He then farmed the home place on shares for one year. After this he farmed on shares in Putnam County for four years. In the spring of 1861, he moved onto 113 acres of wild land in Adams Township, Morgan County, Ind. Here he improved a farm, which he still owns, and here he resided until the fall of 1878, when he rented the farm and came to Eminence, where he owns valuable residence property, and also owns the best two- story brick business building in the place, in which he intends opening a general store in the spring of 1884. Mr. Parker was married, May 21, 1854, to Margaret E. Meek, a native of Morgan County, Ind. Ten chil- dren blessed their union, of whom only two sons are now living. Mr. Parker is a member of Eminence Lodge, No. 440, A., F. & A. M. In politics, he is a member of the Greenback or National party, and is one of the earliest pioneers of the township and county.

NOAH N. PATRICK, farmer and stock-dealer, was born in Putnam County, Ind., October 25, 1835, and is the sixth child in a family of eleven children born to Gabriel and Keziah (Williams) Patrick, a sketch of whom will be found in this volume. Our subject received only a very limited education, but by his own exertions, since he became a man, has

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acquired a fair business education. He was employed on his father's farm until he was twenty years old, after which he farmed a part of the home place on shares for some seven years. In September, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Fifty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served with that regiment until the close of the war, being mustered out at Washington, D. C., in June, 1865. He participated with his regiment in the battles of Corinth, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, the Atlanta cam- paign and Sherman's march to the sea, and many other lesser engage- ments. After his return from the army, he was employed in agricultural pursuits and the stock trade in Morgan County for several years. He was then employed as a salesman in a general store at Eminence for some two years, after which he returned to his farm in Adams Township, same county, remaining until the spring of 1884, when he sold the farm and came to Eminence, where he now lives. He has been for the past five or six years Assessor of Adams Township. He was married, Decem- ber 6, 1855, to Pheba A. Allee, a native of what is now Mill Creek Town- ship, Putnam Co., Ind. Three children, two sons and one daughter, were the fruit of this union. Mr. Patrick and wife are members of the Baptist Church. He is also a member of Eminence Lodge, No. 440, A., F. & A. M., in which lodge he has filled every station and is a Past Master. He is also a member of Gosport Chapter, R. A. M. In politics, he is a Democrat.

ENOCH A. PATRICK, carpenter, was born in Putnam County, Ind., August 14, 1837, and is the seventh child in a family of eleven children born to Gabriel and Keziah (Williams) Patrick, the former of whom was a native of Virginia, and the latter of Bath County, Ky. They were of English and Irish descent, respectively. Gabriel Patrick received a good common school and academic education in Bath County, Ky., where he married, and soon afterward, in 1826, removed to Putnam County, Ind., where he had the year before entered forty acres of wild land near Greencastle, erected a rude log cabin, and improved a farm. To this he afterward added forty acres, and erected one of the first brick dwellings in Putnam County. In 1837, he sold this farm and bought another of 160 acres, in the southeast part of the same county, where he resided until 1847. He then came to Adams Township, Morgan Co., Ind., and bought a farm of 211 acres, upon which he resided until his death, which occurred in May, 1864, in his sixtieth year. Mr. Patrick was also a veteran teacher, having taught for more than twenty consecutive winters. He and wife were members of the Baptist Church. Enoch A. Patrick, the subject, received a limited common school education. At the age of eighteen, he went to learn the carpenter's trade, which, after serving an apprenticeship of one year, he followed for another year. He then en- gaged in agricultural pursuits for about six years, when he resumed the carpenter's trade. In 1873, he was employed as a salesman in a general store at Eminence. After about one year, he bought an interest in the store, continuing therein until in January, 1881, when he sold out, and was engaged in the saw mill business for two years. He then resumed the carpenter's trade, and is still so employed. In March, 1876, he lost both his store and dwelling house by fire, sustaining a loss of $3,000. In 1878, he erected a two story brick store building at Eminence, which he still owns. He was married, January 8, 1857, to Elizabeth A. Leonard, a native of Putnam County, Ind. Eleven children have been born to them, only five of whom, three sons and two daughters, are now living.

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Mr. Patrick and wife are members of the Baptist Church. He is also a member of Eminence Lodge, No. 440, A., F. & A. M., in which lodge he was the first man raised, and of which lodge he is a Past Master. He is also a member of Gosport Chapter, R. A. M. In politics, he is a Dem- ocrat, and is one of the old and representative citizens of the township and county.

WILLIAM A. POTTORFF, M. D., druggist, was born in Jefferson County, Ky., August 20, 1839, and is a son of Simeon and Eliza A. (McKewen) Pottorff, both natives of Jefferson County, Ky. The former was of German and the latter of Irish descent. Simeon Pottorff was educated and married in his native State, where in early life he was employed at the carding business in a woolen factory, at Jefferson, Ky .; afterward he engaged in agricultural pursuits, and continued the same until the spring of 1877, when he came to Eminence, Morgan County Ind., and made his home with his son, our subject, until his death, which occurred March 23, 1878, in his eightieth year. Both him- self and wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he hav- ing been a member for more than seventy years. William A. Pottorff, the subject, received a good common school education in his native State, and was employed on his father's farm until he was twenty-one years old. He then went to Southern Kentucky, where he was engaged in teaching for two years, and afterward, for a short time, was employed as salesman in a general store. In the spring of 1864, he commenced the study of medicine, in Jefferson, Ky., with Dr. M. L. Cooper, and gradu- ated from the Medical Department of the Louisville University in the spring of 1867. He then commenced the practice of his profession in his native county, where he remained some three years. In January, 1871, he came to Eminence, Morgan County, Ind., where he has since practiced his profession with excellent success. In June, 1883, he bought a drug store at Eminence, and is now conducting that business in connection with his profession. The Doctor was married, February 15, 1870, to Mary E. Butler, a native of Louisville, Ky. Four children, two sons and two daughters, have blessed this union, all of whom are yet living. Both himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Doctor is also a member of Eminence Lodge, No. 440, A., F. & A. M. In politics, he is a Democrat, and is one of the leading and prominent citizens of the township and county.

DANIEL PRUITT, farmer, brick-maker and brick-layer, was born in Oldham County, Ky., December 3, 1823, and is the third child in a family of eleven children born to Eli and Nancy (Williams) Pruitt, the former of whom was a native of North Carolina and the latter of Wash- ington County, Ky. They were of German and English decent respect- ively. When but a lad of some four summers, in 1795, Eli Pruitt emi- grated with his parents from North Carolina to Kentucky, which was then almost an unbroken wilderness. They settled near the present site of Lexington, where his father, Bright Pruitt, bought some 600 acres of military lands, which he lost in consequence of a defective title. Afterward he entered 400 acres in what is now Oldham County, Ky., where still later he built and operated a distillery until 1830, when he came to Gregg Township, Morgan Co., Ind., where he resided until his death. Young Eli received a very fair education at the rude log school- houses of the Kentucky frontier, and learned the cooper's trade with his father, which he followed for a number of years. At the age of twenty-

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Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and biographical, Part 40

Author: Blanchard, Charles, fl. 1882-1900, ed. cn Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Chicago, F. A. Battey & co. Number of Pages: 814

Author: Blanchard, Charles, fl. 1882-1900, ed. cn
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago, F. A. Battey & co.
Number of Pages: 814