Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and biographical, Part 73

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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gomery, Ala., during the most of which time he acted as Sergeant Major. After the battle at Montgomery, he was commissioned Adjutant, and on November 18, 1865, he received an honorable discharge. He went to Madison, Ind., purchased a drug store, and remained there for three years, removing thence to Terre Haute. After a short time he went to Greencastle, where he started a weekly newspaper, the Greencastle Star, which he conducted successfully until in 1875, when he sold out and came to Bloomington, where, in October, he started the Bloomington Courier, which at present is the only Democratic paper in Monroe County, and is in a flourishing condition. In 1880, Mr. Feltus was elected Councilman of the Third Ward, and was the first Democrat ever elected to the Council in Bloomington. He is, and has been for three, terms, a member of the Monroe County Democratic Central Committee. In 1879, he was commissioned, by the Governor, as Captain of the "Monroe Guards," Indiana State Militia. On February 14, 1873, he was united in marriage to Miss Ella Baird, daughter of A. A. Baird, a citizen of Terre Haute, Ind. By this union there are four children. Mr. Feltus is Sachem of the I. O. R. M., Adjutant of the G. A. R. and is an active member of the Episcopal Church. He takes an active though unselfish interest in all political affairs, laboring earnestly for the success of his party, and has the contidence and esteem of all with whom he has been associated.

ROBERT C. FOSTER was born August 8, 1831, in Philadelphia, Penn. He is the eldest in a family of five children born to Nathaniel C. and Sarah C. (Cavanaugh) Foster, natives of New Jersey. Robert was reared by his uncle, in Monroe County. He had received a common English education in the public schools of Philadelphia, and on coming to Indiana, entered the State University at Bloomington, Monroe County, in 1844, where he graduated six years later. In the fall of 1850, he went to Philadelphia, and studied law for two years; then returned to Indiana, where he was at once elected Deputy Auditor under William Tarkington, and served until October, 1855, when he was elected Auditor of Monroe County; in 1859, he was re-elected. In 1863, he went into the dry goods business, remaining for three years, and was then elected County Clerk. After serving for four years, he practiced law for some time. He was elected Cashier of Bloomington First National Bank shortly after its organization, and served until the spring of 1880, since which time he has continued in the practice of his profession. In April, 1883, he was appointed Deputy Auditor and is at present in the discharge of his duties. He served as Secretary of the Indiana State University for twenty-five years. In 1876, he was elected to the Legislature from Monroe County, and served for one year. He was City School Trustee for about eight years. Mr. Foster is highly respected as a citizen. He is an eminent practitioner, and efficient as an officer a man of true worth and merit. He was married, in 1855, to Agnes E. McCalla, daughter of Samuel McCalla, a pioneer of Monroe County. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and politically he is a Republican.

HARMON H. FRIEDLEY is the second son and fourth child in a family of twelve children born to Jacob and Lydia A. (Evans) Friedley. He was born September 18, 1850, in Harrison County, Ind., and was reared and educated there. When eighteen years of age, he began teach- ing school in Floyd County, continuing for seven years in various places in Indiana. In 1869, he entered the Central Academy at Muncie, Ind.,

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remaining for two years, and in 1872 he entered the State University at Bloomington, Ind., continuing for three years. He then purchased the Lawrence Gazette at Bedford, which he ran more than a year, increasing its circulation from 250 to 1,000 subscribers. In Bedford he also en- tered the law office of the Hon. George W. Friedley, as a student. In March, 1879, he came back to Bloomington and became junior partner in the law firm of Friedley, Pearson & Friedley. He is at present in regu- lar practice and is very successful. He has been Local Attorney for the L., N. A. & C. R. R. since his return to Bloomington, and in May, 1881, was elected City Attorney, and re-elected in 1883. He is attorney of the Building Association, also for the Citizens' Loan Fund & Saving Asso- ciation of Bloomington. He was married, June 22, 1881, to Sibyl Hinds, daughter of Jesse and Joanna Hinds, prominent citizens of Bloomington. Mr. Friedley is a member of the I. O. O. F., and member of Chapter and Council of the A., F. & A. M. He is an active member of the Methodist Church, and is politically a Republican.

RICHARD A. FULK, fourth son and sixth child of Adam and Eliza- beth (Carmichael) Fulk, natives of North Carolina, was born August 11, 1831, in Indian Creek Township, Monroe County, Ind. His parents were married in 1819, and lived in North Carolina until 1828. They then came to Indian Creek Township, remaining until 1832. They then went to Greene County and settled on a farm in Center Township, where the mother died in 1834. The father then remained there until 1847, and afterward removed to Jasper County, Mo., locating on a farm, where he died in September, 1851. The subject of this sketch was reared in Greene and Monroe Counties until 1847, when he went with his father to Missouri. By his own persistent efforts and a little assistance in the subscription schools, he obtained the rudiments of a good English edu- cation. In 1850, he returned to Monroe County and farmed in Indian Creek Township for two years. He then began learning the carpenter's trade in Harrodsburg, and followed it until 1870, when he was elected Sheriff of Monroe County and served for two years. At the expiration of his term of office, he entered the Law Department of the State Univer- sity at Bloomington, whence he graduated in March, 1873, and at once entered the regular practice of his profession. In 1879, he went into office as Auditor of Monroe County, and served for four years. He then re-entered the regular practice of law, and is at present so engaged. In 1868, he was elected Real Estate Appraiser, and served for two years. He also served as Justice of the Peace for some time. On January 23, 1855, he was married to Mary Helton, a daughter of John Helton, a pioneer of Lawrence County, Ind. They had six children, three of whom are living-Homer L., Lulie B. and William L. Mr. Fulk is a member of the I. O. O. F., Cecelia Lodge, No. 166, and of the K. of H. He is also a member of the Christian Church. Politically, he is a Dem- ocrat and a prominent member of that party.

WILLIAM A. GABE, editor and publisher of the Republican Prog- ress at Bloomington, was born in Bedford, Penn., January 3, 1835, and the following year was taken by his parents to Ohio, where he was educated. His journalistic life began with the publication of the Bed- ford (Ind.) Independent, which he managed for two years. May 7, 1867, he issued the first number of the Republican Progress, having purchased the office of the Bloomington Republican from Whitaker & Walker. During the seventeen years of the existence of the Progress, it has been

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steadily growing in circulation and influence, and is now one of the best newspapers published in Southern Indiana.

ROBERT GILMORE was born January 7, 1840, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is the eldest child of James and Elicia (McLain) Gilmore, natives of Ireland. His parents were married in Cincinnati in 1839, where, for twenty-one years, the father followed weaving as a trade. Removing to Monroe County, Ind., he farmed until his death, which oc- curred in September. 1879. His widow at present resides in Blooming- ton. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in his native place. When eighteen years of age, he began learning the blacksmith's trade with William Taylor, and remained with him for about four years. In September, 1862, he enlisted in Bard's cavalry, and after three months' service, he began working at his trade, by order of Legislature. In 1867, he came to Monroe County and farmed for some time in Salt Creek Township, afterward removing to Bloomington, where he pur- chased a blacksmith shop, which he ran for two years. In 1878, he was elected as County Recorder on the Democratic ticket, which office he creditably filled for four years. He then opened an insurance office, which he is now engaged in, and also in the real estate business. In 1870, he was married to Jeannette A. Ramsey, a daughter of James Ramsay, a citizen of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Gilmore is Vice Dictator of the K. of H., Golden Star Lodge, No. 2066; also a member of the Methodist Church. Politically, he is a Democrat.

JOHN GRAHAM was born November 22, 1844, in Bloomington, Monroe Co., Ind. His parents, John and Isabella P. (Everett) Graham, were born in Scotland and Tennessee respectively. They were married at Kingsport, Tenn., in 1820, and six years later removed to a farm in Perry Township, this county. Soon after the father removed to Bloom- ington and followed his trade of carpenter until in 1866. He at present resides there at the advanced age of eighty-five years. Mrs. Isabella Graham died in 1874. The subject of this sketch is the third son and sixth child, and was reared in Bloomington, where he was educated in the private schools there. He then entered the State University at Bloomington, whence he graduated from the law department. In 1870, he was elected Librarian of the Supreme Court at Indianapolis, and af- ter serving faithfully for two years, he returned to Bloomington, where he soon after entered the regular practice of his profession. In Novem- ber, 1882, he was elected Representative of the district comprising Mon- roe and Brown Counties. He is now extensively engaged in real estate and in the insurance business, and also engaged in the practice of his profession. Mr. Graham is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and is highly respected as a citizen.

ROBERT C. GREEVES. a native of Bloomington, Ind., was born January 26, 1842. He is the eldest son of John J. and Mahala (Carter) Greeves, natives of Maryland and Virginia respectively. His parents were married November 2, 1841, in Bloomington, and located there, the father following the carpenter's trade until 1867. He then began merchandising, which he continued until 1883. He at present re- sides in Bloomington, sixty-seven years of age; the mother is six- ty five years of age. The subject of this sketch was reared in Bloomington until twenty-one years of age, when he went to Bloom- field, Ind., and formed a partnership with C. P. Tuley in the dry goods business, which they carried on successfully for two and a half

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years, at which time he entered the office of Dr. J. G. McPheeters, of Bloomington, and began the study of medicine. After remaining with him for three years (during which time he took a course of lectures at Ann Arbor, Mich.), he entered the Medical Department of the State Uni- versity of New York, from whence he graduated in March, 1871, re- turning thence to Bloomington. On account of ill health he was obliged to give up the practice of his profession, and soon after he bought an interest in the grocery business with his father. He continued in this business until January, 1883, when he sold his interest and was elected City Clerk. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and also of the I. O. O. F. He was married, October 23, 1872, to Anna J. Eveleigh, daughter of Joseph Eveleigh, of Bloomfield. They had one child-Edward E. (de- ceased). Mr. Greeves is a member of the Methodist Church, and politi- cally is a Republican.

JOHN L. GRIFFITH (deceased) was born in Shelby County, Ky., on November 2, 1810, and was a son of John and Deborah (Lewis) Griffith. John, the father, a native of Wales, came to Jackson County, Ind., in 1817, and in 1819 to Monroe County, where he built one of the first combined grist and saw mils in the county, on what is known as Griffith Creek. The lumber for the first frame building of Bloomington was sawed at this mill. He was an honest and industrious citizen, a friend to the poor, and a consistent member of the Baptist Church. He died in 1865. Our subject came to Monroe County in 1819. On March 7, 1833, he married Hetty K. Wampler, a native of Wythe County, Va., and born July 18, 1811. Her father, Joseph Wampler, was a native of Germany, born in 1774. His wife, Esther Kenser, was born in 1783. They came to Monroe County in 1822, the father dying in 1846, the mother in 1833. In 1838, our subject moved to the farm of 320 acres, where his widow now resides. He improved this farm, and lived on it until his death, which occurred in 1872. He was an industrious farmer, a kind and devoted father, and a loving husband. His widow, who sur- vives him, is a highly esteemed lady, and a useful family physician in the locality where she lives. Twelve children were born to them, viz. : Deborah L. (Gray), Esther (Cox), Melinda C. (Cox, deceased), Tillman H. (deceased), Mary E. (Gray), Theresa A. (Cox), Lucinda J., Louis C., Lucretia E. (deceased), Margaret A. (deceased) and two dying in infancy.

MAJ. SILAS GRIMES was born November 25, 1839, in Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, Ind., and is the youngest of thirteen children born to James and Nancy (Woodward) Grimes. His parents were natives of Virginia and Kentucky respectively; came to Indiana in 1815, and located in Washington County, and in the following year re- moved to Monroe County. His father entered a farm of 160 acres in Clear Creek Township, where he lived until his death, which occurred November 23, 1853. His mother still resides in Bloomington, at the ad- vanced age of eighty-nine years. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native township, where he received a good education, and in April, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Fourteenth Indiana Volunteers, under Capt. James Kelly, in the three months' service. In August of the same year, he enlisted in Company G, Thirty-first Indiana Infantry, under Capt. Henry L. McCalla, in the three years' service. He took part in the following engagements: Fort Donelson, Shiloh, the siege of Corinth, Perryville, Atlanta campaign, Chickamauga, Murfreesboro, Resaca, Frank- lin and Nashville. In July, 1865, he was sent to Texas, and stationed

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at Victoria on post guard duty, where he remained until January of the following year. He then returned to Monroe County and engaged in farming on the homestead. In 1880, he was elected Sheriff of the county on the Republican ticket. Two years later, he was re-elected, and is at present in the faithful discharge of his duties. On March 12, 1868, he was married to Susan Gaither, daughter of Perry Gaither, a citizen of Monroe County. They had eight children, seven of whom are living-Marion L., Perry T., John M., Mary E., Nancy E., Irvin L. and Silas T. Mr. Grimes is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and he and his wife are members of the M. P. Church.

WILLIAM N. HALL, a native of Monroe County, Ind., was born March 20, 1853, four miles north of Bloomington. His parents, Bain- bridge and Elizabeth C. (Houston) Hall, natives of Monroe County, Ind., after their marriage located on a farm in Richland Township, remaining for thirty-four years. His mother died January 29, 1875, and his father at present resides in Bloomington. William is the second son and child in a family of five children. He was reared and received a good educa- tion in his native county. At the age of eighteen years, he entered the graded schools in Ellettsville, where he remained for about two years. In 1873, he was appointed Deputy Postmaster there, and after serving for a short time entered the employ of Smith & McDonald, harness- makers of Newark, Greene County, continuing one year. In the fall of 1874, he returned to the farm in Monroe County, and five years later he was again appointed to his former position of Deputy Postmaster at Ellettsville, serving for more than two years. He was afterward elected by the Republican party Recorder of Monroe County, and is at present actively engaged in the discharge of his official duties. He is a member of the I. O. R. M., Arizona Tribe, No. 52. On July 17, 1874, he was precipitated from a grade on the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Rail- road, at Evansville, dislocating his right hip, which incapacitated him for manual labor. He is a noble principled man, esteemed as a citizen, and efficient as an officer.

JOSEPH HALL is the third son and child in a family of five chil- dren, and was born February 11, 1855, in Richland Township, Monroe County, Ind. His parents, Bainbridge and Elizabeth C. (Houston) Hall, were born in Monroe County. . Joseph was reared in Richland Town- ship until he attained his majority, receiving meanwhile a good education in the district schools. In 1876, he entered the employ of a farmer in Bloomington Township, and remained with him for two years, when he was engaged to work for another farmer. He then went to Montgomery, Ind., where he stayed for two years, returning thence to the old home farm. About two years later, he rented a farm of 187 acres of good land in Bean Blossom Township, Monroe County, and engaged in agricultural pursuits for more than two years. He was appointed Deputy Recorder (to his brother, William N. Hall) of Monroe County, and is at present in the faithful discharge of the duties devolving upon him. Mr. Hall is a member of the I. O. R. M., Arizona Tribe, No. 52. He is a Repub- lican, a liberal citizen, and highly esteemed by all who know him.

DR. JOHN E. HARRIS, ninth son of A. W. R. and Mary J. D. (Johnson) Harris, natives of Kentucky and Virginia, respectively, was born January 1, 1847, in Louisville, Ky. His parents were married in Louisville, where the father came in 1819. For a number of years, he was book-keeper for Lithee & Wallace. In 1856, he was elected City

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Assessor of Louisville, serving until 1873. His death occurred August 13, 1880. The mother died in 1849. Dr. Harris was reared and edu- cated in Louisville. In 1863, he entered the laboratory of Prof. Thomas E. Jenkins, remaining one year. He clerked in a drug store until 1865, when he formed a partnership with his brother in that business, and two years later he sold out, soon afterward opening a store of his own. Meanwhile he had been studying medicine, and in October, 1868, grad- uated from the University Dispensary, and school of practical medicine and surgery. He then entered practice there, afterward attending the University Medical College of Louisville, from which he graduated Feb- ruary 27, 1870. He practiced in Louisville until October 12, 1876, when he removed to Bloomington, where he has worked his practice up. On April 24, 1866, he was married to Alice C. Lawes, daughter of Joseph and Jane Lawes, citizens of Louisville. They have three children- Ella, John G. and Charles E. Dr. Harris is a member of the K. of H., and of the K. of P. He is also a member of the Methodist Church, and in politics is a Republican.

B. HEADLEY was born in Randolph County, Va., February 14, 1822, and is the son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Wilson) Headley, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia. Isaac was a millwright and farmer. About 1836, he went to Noble County, Ohio, there farmed for a time, and then came to Brown County, Ind., and died there at the age of eighty years. B. remained on the farm, going to school until his twentieth year. He then learned the shoe-maker's trade, and also worked some at black- smithing. During the war, he served in the One Hundred and Sixty-first Ohio Infantry; took part in a skirmish at Stony Gap, Va., and was hon- orably discharged. In 1866, Mr. Headley came to Monroe County, Ind., and settled on a farm two and one-half miles east of Bloomington, and which consisted of 226 acres, earned by himself. In about 1842, Mr. Headley married Eunice Morse, of Washington County. They have had nine children-James M., Isaac W., Hilary D., Marcellus J., Hamlin S., Mary, Charley E., Hattie V. and Benjamin T. Isaac and James served in the Union army in the late war. Mr. and Mrs. Headley are Method- ists, and he is a Republican politically.

MICHAEL W. HELTON (deceased) was born May 24, 1829, in Law- rence County, Ind., and was the eldest son of Andrew and Hannah (Woolery) Helton. He was reared in his native county until eighteen years of age, and there received the rudiments of an education, remov- ing thence to Bloomington, where he entered the State University. A few years later his parents moved to Bloomington, remaining until their deaths, which occurred-the father's on April 5, 1874; the mother's April 29, 1870. He was for some time engaged in the dry goods busi- ness in Bloomington. He built the Bloomington City Mills, which he ran for some time; then opened a title abstract and real estate office; at the same time he was in the insurance business, which he continued to carry on until his death, which occurred January 18, 1873, at his resi- dence in Bloomington, aged forty-three years seven months and twenty- four days. He had served as Trustee of the State University for many years. He was married, January 29, 1868, by Prof. Ballentine, to Mrs. T. L. Carter, in Bloomington, daughter of Isaiah W. and Lucretia Cron, respected citizens of Bloomington. They had two children- Lewis C. and A. K. He is one of the most active workers in the Pres- byterian Church, and was well known and respected by the entire com-

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munity. Though he was much afflicted, yet he was never known to murmur at his afflictions, and was active and industrious up to the last two days of his life, it being part of his religion to be always employed in doing good. He sought the comfort of others more than his own. He made a profession of religion in the Second Presbyterian Church of Bloomington, and was an earnest, faithful follower of Christ.

MAJ. HENRY HENLEY, a native of Orange County, Ind., was born October 25, 1826. His parents, Joseph and Sarah (Lindley) Henley, natives of North Carolina, were married January 11, 1826, in Orange County, and settled on a farm there, where the father died in July, 1848; the mother died September 23, 1872. The father was a cabinet-maker, and lived for many years near Paoli. The subject of this sketch is the eldest in family, and was reared at home until twenty years of age, where he attended school, and received a good education. He then entered Earlham College at Richmond, Ind., and remained there for one year. When his father died, he left him in charge of the farm and a saw and grist mill, which he ran for ten years, when he went to Shoals, Ind., formed a partnership with Z. W. Coffin and W. Chenoweth, and con- tinued until 1871. August 14, 1862, he was appointed Captain of Com- pany A, Seventeenth Indiana Volunteers, and served for two and a half years. He was then commissioned Major at Louisville November 17, 1864, and resigned one month later. He took part in the following en- gagements: Munfordville (in which the company was captured and paroled, re-entering in about fifty days), Hoover's Gap, Tenn., Peach Tree, Chick- amauga, Mission Ridge, Shelbyville and Farmington, Tenn .; Kenesaw Mountain, Marietta, Flat Rock and Selma, Ala. In 1871, he came from Shoals to Bloomington to educate his children, and in the fall of 1872 he was elected County Surveyor, which position he filled for four years. After the expiration of his term of office, he engaged in civil engineering and patent rights, and is at present so engaged. In 1873, he purchased the mill at Gosport, and ran it about five years. On May 11, 1852, he was married to Lydia M. Patton, daughter of Alexander and Fannie Pat- ton, residents of Orange County. They have three children-Laura, Joseph and George W. Mr. Henley is a member of the A. F. & A. M., is a Republican, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Church.

J. E. HENLEY, eldest son and second child in a family of three children, was born April 21, 1856, in Orange County, Ind. His parents, Henry and Lydia M. (Patton) Henley, were natives of Indiana and North Carolina respectively. The subject of this sketch was reared and edu- cated in his native place until fifteen years of age, when he came to Bloomington with his parents. In July, 1875, he graduated from the State University with high honors. In the following fall, he took the chair of Greek in Smith's Grove College, Ky., which be filled for one year. He then was elected City Superintendent of the public schools of Shoals, Ind., serving for two years. In the spring of 1879, he was elected City Clerk of Bloomington, and served for two years, during which time he studied law, and in 1880 he entered the regular practice here. He formed a partnership with William P. Rogers, and is now successfully engaged as a practitioner. In November, 1882, he was elected Prose- cuting Attorney for the Tenth Judicial Circuit, comprising Monroe, Law- rence, Orange and Martin Counties, and is serving at the present writing. August 8, 1883, he was married to Ida M. Howe, daughter of Joseph Howe, a resident of Washington Territory. Mr. Henley is a member of

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Counties of Morgan, Monroe, and Brown, Indiana. Historical and biographical, Part 73

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