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D. D. DALE was born in Jackson Township, this county, May 13, 1836, and is the son of William R. and Prudence (Harlan) Dale, who were natives of Ohio, and of English and Irish descent. William R. Dale was married in Ohio in 1834, and in 1835 he and wife and his father and family located in Jackson Township, this county. There William R. and Prudence died in 1844 and 1862. William R. was the first candidate in the county for the office of Clerk on the Democratic ticket, but was defeated by William Sill, Whig. A remarkable circum- stance, however, was that which occurred in 1867, when his son, D. D
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Dale, defeated Mr. Sill's son, M. M. Sill, for the same office. July 22, 1861, Daniel D. Dale enlisted as private in Company K, Twentieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, but on the organization of the company was elected Second Lieutenant. He served until August, 1862, when he resigned, because of injuries received in the seven days' fight before Richmond. On his return home, he entered the County Clerk's office as Deputy ; was then for a time in partnership with J. H. McCollum in the dry goods trade, and in 1867 was elected County Clerk, and re-elected, his last term expiring in 1875 ; he then for a time was engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods, but for the past few years has confined his attention to the practice of law. He was married, in June, 1864, to Miss Ophelia Reynolds, daughter of Isaac Reynolds, and to this union have been born four children-Charles H., George R., Bertha M. and Ida M. Mr. Dale is a Mason and a Democrat, and his wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church. His grandfather, Daniel Dale, who was very prominent in the affairs of this county, died in 1874, at the age of eighty- four.
DR. M. T. DIDLAKE, Treasurer of White County, is a native of Clark County, Ky .; was born March 29, 1844, and is the son of Ed- mund H. and Mildred G. (Woodford) Didlake. The father was born in Clark County April 27, 1798, and died in Bloomington, Ill., August 28, 1875; the mother was born July 19, 1807, and died February 12, 1864. The family moved to Bloomington about the year 1851, and there our subject was reared. He finished his literary education with two years at the Wesleyan University, and at the age of twenty began the study of medicine with Dr. C. R. Parke, and the winter of 1865-66 attended the Chicago Medical College, and the next winter graduated. His first practice was in Augusta, Ark., but at the end of eighteen months he removed to Stanford, Ill., where he practiced three years. In 1871, he located at Wolcott, this county. In October, 1880, he was elected Treasurer of the county, taking possession of the office in Sep- tember, 1881, and in the fall of 1882 he was re-elected. He was mar- ried in December, 1880, to Miss Litta H. Johnson, of Bloomington, Ill., who has borne him one child, Roy P. The Doctor is a Democrat, and a Sir Knight of St. John Commandery, No. 24, at Logansport.
PETER R. FAILING was born in Wayne County, N. Y., Novem- ber 19, 1825, and is the eldest of three children born to Peter and Re- becca (Bullard) Failing, natives respectively of New York and Vermont, and of German and Scotch descent. At the age of seventeen, Peter Failing enlisted and served through the war of 1812 under Gen. Scott. He was a farmer, but from 1843 to 1847 was employed as track-master on the New York Central Railroad between Lyons and Syracuse. and
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from 1847 to 1850 was track-master on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern road between Hillsdale and Monroe, Mich. In 1847, he took possession of a farm in Hillsdale County, Mich., he had purchased in 1837, and there died in September, 1850, from injuries received on the railroad. Peter R. Failing worked on the home farm until eighteen years old, and was then employed alternately on the Lake Shore & Mich- igan Southern road and the farm for several years. . In 1851 and 1852, he graded the railroad between Elkhart and Goshen, Ind. In 1852, he moved to Michigan City, and the same year changed to La Fayette, being employed at both points by the N. A. & S. R. R. In 1853, he came to White County, and acted as general superintendent of the grading of the T., L. & B. R. R., between Logansport and Reynolds. In the spring of 1854, he was employed at Nauvoo, Ill., by the W. & R. Railroad Company, and in 1856 he returned to Monticello and engaged in the dry goods trade with his father-in-law, Roland Hughes. In the winter of 1859, he opened a general store on his own account, and in 1866 he opened a hotel and livery stable. During the interval between 1859 and 1866, however, he graded the T., L. & B. R. R., between Monticello and Burnettsville. In 1869, he went to St. Louis, where he was employed as foreman on the I. M. & St. L. road, and in December, 1875, came back to Monticello, and was employed on the I., B. & W. and the I., D. & C. Railways until 1880, when he again opened his hotel. February 22, 1854, he married Mary Hughes, who has borne him six children, of whom four are still living. Mr. Failing is a Freemason and a Dem- ocrat.
WILLIAM GUTHRIE was born in Hamilton, Ohio, January 20, . 1852. Dr. William Guthrie, his father, was a regular graduate of the Ohio Medical College, and was twice married, his last wife, Elizabeth Traber, being the mother of the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Guthrie died in 1854, and Dr. Guthrie, with the remainder of the family, moved to Indiana in 1860, and settled at Rockfield, Carroll County. He next removed to what is now Idaville, White County, on the 10th of January, 1861, and was the first physician of that place. He remained there in active practice until he came to Monticello on the 7th of April, 1870 ; but September 16, 1872, he returned to Idaville. In 1882, he went to Indianapolis, where he now resides, retired from active business. Will- iam Guthrie lived with his father until he attained his majority, attend- ing the district schools in his earlier years, subsequently entering the high school at Idaville, where he paid his tuition by his services as jani- tor. After this, he attended school one year at Monticello and one year at Logansport. The winter of 1870, he began his career as a school teacher, and altogether has taught a total of eleven terms, two years of
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his time serving as Principal of the Idaville Schools. He commenced the study of medicine at one time, but after reading a year and a half with his father, his dislike for the profession induced him to substitute law in its stead, and, in 1870, he entered the law office of Judge J. H. Matlock. He steadily pursued his studies a year and a half, subsequent- ly at intervals until August, 1880, when he formed a partnership with W. S. Bushnell, a graduate of Asbury University, under the firm name of Guthrie & Bushnell, and this has continued to the present. Mr. Guthrie is among the wide-awake men of Monticello, is liberal in his views on all subjects, and, in June, 1881, he was elected Superintendent of the schools of White County, in which capacity he is now serving.
R. L. HARVEY, County Recorder, is a native of Orange County, Vt., and was born December 14, 1824. His father, whom he was named after, was also a native of Vermont, and was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married Mrs. Sarah (Farr) Corlis, a widow with one child, and to his marriage were born ten children, of whom four are yet living. In 1847, the family removed to Logan County, Ohio, and thence to Warren County, in about 1848, where the mother died in 1849. Several years later the father married Mrs. Chloe Thompson, who is still living. Mr. Harvey died in Preble County, Ohio, in January, 1876. R. L. Harvey, the subject of this sketch, was reared in his native State, secured a fair education at the common schools, and when about fourteen years of age shipped before the mast, on the Atlantic Ocean, remaining about eight months. He afterward entered the United States Navy, but, being young, was discharged on application of his father. In 1845, he followed his parents to Whitehall, N. Y., and in 1846, preceded them to Ohio, and in the winter of that year taught his first school in Clark County. He was principally engaged in teaching until 1860, when he came to this county. July 17, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company K, Twentieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. On the organization of the company, he was chosen Sergeant and was immediately sent to the front. Ile took part in a number of skirmishes and engagements, including the seven days' fight in front of Richmond. His health failing, he was dis- charged December 5, 1862, but, recovering somewhat, he again enlisted, April 13, 1863, and was enrolled as a private in Company G, Sixty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was on detached duty one year in the Provost Marshal's office at Indianapolis, and in the spring of 1864, while on his way to rejoin his regiment at Bull's Gap, Tenn., was seized with typhoid pneumonia. He was a week with his regiment, when he was transferred to the hospital at Knoxville, where, after his recovery, he served on detached duty until his final discharge, May 15, 1865. On his return home in June, 1865, he entered the office of the County Clerk,
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with whom he remained four years. In 1869, he passed nine months in Iowa. For five years succeeding the spring of 1870, he was employed as Deputy County Auditor ; he was elected by the Republicans, in 1874, to the office of County Recorder, entered upon his duties in July, 1875, and after serving four years was re-elected and is yet filling the office. He was married, in 1847, to Miss Harriet E. Jackson, and to this union have been born four children-Melvina J. (deceased), William R., Vic- toria C., and Theodore H. (deceased). Mr. Harvey is a member of the I. O. O. F., the O. F. Encampment, the K. of P. and also of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. He is a Republican and a temperance man, and has assisted in the interests of the last-named cause in organizing in Monticello the body known as the "Sovereigns of the Red Star."
W. J. HUFF, Postmaster and one of the editors of the Monticello Herald, was born August 5, 1849, in La Fayette, Ind. Judge Samuel A. Huff, his father, was born in Greenville District, S. C., October 16, 1811. Judge Huff came to Indiana with his parents, Julius and Huldah (Mosely) Huff, in 1826, and at the age of fifteen years he was appren- ticed to James B. Gardner, of Xenia, Ohio, to learn the " art preserva- tive." After remaining with Mr. Gardner two years, he worked one year at his trade in the office of the Indiana Agriculturist, and in 1830 went to Indianapolis, where he found employment in the office of the State Printer and in the office of the Indiana Democrat. In 1832, he removed to La Fayette, worked at his trade three years, and the succeeding two years read law, having access to the libraries of Judge Pettit and Rufus A. Lockwood. In 1837, he embarked in the practice of his chosen pro- fession, and since that time has made his home in La Fayette, and has carried on the active prosecution of law in Tippecanoe and neighboring counties. Judge Huff was at first a Whig, but in 1848 he became a Free- Soiler, and was a member of the National Free-Soil Convention that met in Buffalo. In 1852, he was elected Judge of the Common Pleas Court, then comprising the counties of Tippecanoe and White, but at the end of one year and a half resigned. In 1854, he became a member of the People's party, and two years later a Republican. In 1860, he was chosen as a Republican Elector from Indiana, and cast his ballot in the Electoral College for Abraham Lincoln. Judge Huff has been three times married ; first in 1837, to Mariam Farmer, who died in 1846, leaving three children, one yet surviving. In 1847, he married a sister of his former wife, Massie Farmer, who died in 1866, leaving one son. His last wife, Theodocia Beaman, to whom he was married in 1867, is yet living. William J. Huff is the only son of his father's second marriage. He was reared in the city of La Fayette, acquiring a good substantial education. He learned the printer's profession in his native town, where for one year
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and a half he published the Liliputian. While traveling for a wholesale grocery house in La Fayette, he came to Monticello, where, in 1370, he purchased a half interest in the Monticello Herald, and six months later became sole owner. In 1874, J. B. Van Buskirk became a partner, and besides the duties devolving on Mr. Huff in connection with the paper, he has the duties of Postmaster to look after, having been ap- pointed to this position in 1871. He was married April 1, 1874, to Miss Alice Wright, and to their marriage four children have been born-Edgar and Florence, living ; and Samuel A., and an infant without a name, de- ceased.
CHARLES W. KENDALL, deceased, was one of the early settlers of Monticello, who materially assisted in the growth and welfare of the place. This gentleman was descended from English and German ances- tors; his parents were John and Sarah (Miller) Kendall, and he was born February 15, 1815, in Reading, Penn. When twelve years old, he went to Philadelphia to live with an uncle, and during his residence there at- tended the public schools of the city and assisted in his uncle's store, afterward returning to his old home at Reading, where he remained until twenty-two years of age. In 1837, he emigrated to Indiana, located at Delphi, where for three years he was employed as clerk in a brother's store, but in 1840 he came to what was then a very small village, but is now the county seat of White County. He purchased a general store from William Sill, the first settler of the place, and for seven years re- mained in Monticello, merchandising. From 1847 to 1856, he and two brothers, Francis G. and Robert C., were in partnership at Norway, in carrying on a general store and operating a flouring and saw mill, but in 1856, he sold out and returned to Monticello, where he afterward re-em- barked in merchandising. During the war, he was Postmaster at Monti- cello, being the first Republican appointed to that office. For about two years succeeding his resignation as Postmaster, he served as Deputy Rev- enue Collector for White County. He died in the faith of the Presby- terian religion, August 29, 1875. He was twice married, first on the 29th of September, 1841, to Maria M. Spencer, who was born in Perry County, Ohio, August 24, 1822. This lady died January 1, 1843, leav- ing one son, George S., now a resident of Covington, Ky. May 1, 1845, Mr. Kendall married Mary Eliza Spencer, who is yet living in Monticello, To their union were born six children-Walter R., Howard C., Maria (Mrs. Hull) Sallie (Mrs. A. W. Loughry), Charles and May. The mother was born in Perry County. Ohio, August 2, 1824, and came with her parents to White County in 1830.
WALTER R. KENDALL was born in Monticello March 1, 1846. His schooling was completed with a two years' course at Wabash College,
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since when he has been engaged in clerking and merchandising on his own responsibility, and at present is doing a good business in the dry goods and clothing line in Monticello. He is a Republican and a mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church. April 28, 1870, he married Miss Mat- tie E. McConnell. They are the parents of three children-Schuyler C., Frederick C. and Pearl Dean.
JOSEPH V. KENTON, son of William, and grandson of Simon Kenton, the latter a renowned Indian fighter, was born in Logan County, Ohio, September 2, 1833, and is the eldest of a family of ten children- four yet living. The mother was Mary A., daughter of Solomon McCol- loch, one of White County's pioneers. William Kenton, when young, received an appointment as cadet to the Military Academy at West Point, and there received an excellent practical education. He was married in Logan County, Ohio, in 1832, and in the following fall came to this county and settled in Big Creek Township, about three miles from where Monticello now stands. In 1851, he moved to Honey Creek Township, where he died April 30, 1869, his widow following July 3, 1881. Joseph V. Kenton was reared to manhood in this county, receiving a good com- mon school education. In 1856, he went to California, via New York and Panama, and for four years engaged in mining there and in Arizona. He returned in 1860, and in August, 1861, enlisted in Company F, Twenty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He took part in the fights at Ball's Bluff, Winchester, South Mountain, Antietam, Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, second Bull Run and Gettysburg. At Antietam, he was slightly wounded, and at Gettysburg was struck by a minie ball, just below the left knee, which wound caused his confinement in hospital six months, and the removal of three inches of bone. December 3, 1863. he received his discharge as Second Sergeant, when he came home and engaged in farming. April 4, 1865, he married Mrs. Sophia E. (Bunnell) Hutchinson, widow of John Hutchinson, and daughter of Nathaniel and Susan (Runyan) Bunnell, who came to White County about 1833. To this marriage of Mr. Kenton and Mrs. Hutchinson have been born four children-Simon, Lydia, Joseph, and an infant that died unnamed. Mr. K. is a Mason, a member of the G. A. R., and a Republican, and his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His residence is on Section 30, in this township, and his farm comprises about 1,000 acres, extending into Honey Creek Township.
LOUGHRY FAMILY .- Among those who have become very actively engaged in the manufacturing interests of Monticello during the past few years, are members of the family whose name forms the subject of this sketch. N. B. Loughry, father of of the brothers who so success- fully operate the Monticello Mills, is a native of Indiana County, Penn.,
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as were also his parents, Joseph and Sarah N. (Howard) Loughry; but his grandfather, William Loughry, was born in Northern Ire- land, and, in about 1780, emigrated to the United States and settled in Indiana County, Penn., then a part of Westmoreland County. Joseph Loughry made farming and merchandising his principal occu- pation through life, but by an election on the Anti-Masonic ticket to the office of County Sheriff in his native county, served in that capacity three years. N. B. Loughry was born February 13, 1815, and is the only issue of his parents' marriage. At the age of twelve years, he moved with his parents to Blairsville, where he received the greater part of his education, and at the age of fourteen years was sent alone to Phil- adelphia to purchase a stock of goods, which he did, displaying rare business qualities in one so young. November 13, 1838, he married Miss Rachel Wright, who was born in what is now Juniata County, Penn., July 21, 1816, and to them have been born a family of six children -- Sarah L. (deceased), Joseph E., Clara, Mrs. Rev. Edwards, Albert W., Amy and Cloid. Succeeding his marriage for a number of years, Mr. Loughry was engaged in merchandising, at the same time taking an active part in all public matters, especially politics. He cast his first vote with the Whig party in 1836, but on the organization of the Repub- lican party joined its ranks, and has since been identified as one of its members. While a resident of Blairsville, he was elected to the office of County Prothonotary, and served in that position three years. In 1855, he and family emigrated to La Fayette, Ind .. and from there moved to White County four years later. The family resided in Monon Township un- til 1872, engaged in different pursuits, then removed to Monticello and en- gaged in milling, having traded their farm as part payment on the Monticello Mills. The mill at that time only had a capacity of about seventy-five barrels per day, and needed many improvements to make it first class. Being strangers in the place, without credit. and with a heavy debt over- shadowing their efforts, the Longhrys began work under adverse circum - stances. By their united efforts, the father managing the financial part, together with the practical experience of J. E. Loughry as a miller, and the invaluable assistance of the other two sons, A. W. and Cloid, they have produced a wonderful change. The mill is a three-story and base- ment frame structure, 40x60 fect, is operated by water-power, runs both night and day, and gives employment to thirteen hands, including three experienced millers, and is what is known as a " mixed mill," operating both stone and rolls. It is one of the best equipped mills in Northern Indiana, possessing all the latest and best improvements known to the business, and has a capacity of 150 barrels per day. They convert into flour about 125,000 bushels of wheat per annum, and, besides supplying
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home demand with their product, which is not excelled in quality by any mill in the State, they ship large quantities to Great Britain. Their head miller, Frank P. Berkey, began work shortly after they obtained possession, and by honesty and a faithful performance of his duties has advanced step by step to his present position, which he fills with entire satisfaction. In addition to their milling interests, the Loughrys own and operate a furniture factory directly opposite their mill, and also a furniture store up town. For the past ten years, these gentlemen have done far the largest business of any firm in either White or Pulaski County, and to their enterprise and sagacity the town of Monticello is largely indebted for the greater part of her manufacturing interests. N. B. Loughry and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. J. E. Loughry, the eldest son, was born in Saltsburg, Indiana Co., Penn., September 4, 1842, and has always resided in the same locality with his parents. He received a good practical education in youth, and while re- siding in La Fayette attended the high school of that city. August 11, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Twelfth Indiana Volunteers, but in- stead of going with the regiment to the front, was detailed on recruiting duty. He thus happily escaped being made prisoner, which disaster overtook his company at the battle of Richmond, Ky., In November, 1862, after the parole and exchange of the prisoners, Mr. Loughry and the company of which he was a member, were sent to Memphis, Tenn .; it remained there that winter, doing guard duty, etc., and in June, 1863, it was ordered to assist the troops under Gen. Grant in the immediate vicinity of Vicksburg. On the evening of July 4. after the city was surrendered, the troops made a forced march to Jackson, and after the reduction of that city returned and wintered near Vicksburg. Mr. Loughry participated in the battle of Mission Ridge next, and here he was wounded in the right leg, but not sufficiently severe to keep him from active duty. After this engagement, they were ordered to Burnside's relief at Knoxville, followed by Mr. Loughry's participation in the At- lanta campaign, including every important battle. At the battle of At- lanta, he was a member of the body of troops which repelled the charge in which gallant McPherson was killed. The memorable march to the sea was the succeeding movement, and the Twelfth Regiment was the first to enter Columbia, S. C. From Columbia they went to Richmond via Raleigh, and from there to Washington, D. C., where the Twelfth Indiana Volunteers headed the grand review of the Army of the West. Mr. Loughry was discharged June 9, 1865, and from the time of his enlistment to his discharge never lost a day from service, never missed a campaign or battle in which his regiment was engaged. After the war, he took a thorough course in Bryant & Stratton's Business College at In-
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dianapolis, after which he was engaged in milling in Monon and Attica until he came to Monticello. He is a Mason and Republican. In 1873, he married Miss Nancy Turner, and a family of three children has been born to their union-Louisa T., Mabel and William N. A. W. Longhry was born in Indiana County, Penn., June 9, 1847; came with his parents to Indiana ; received the ordinary education in his earlier years, and, by his intimate connection with the mill, is among its best workers. May 3, 1881, he married Miss Sally Kendall, daughter of Charles W. Kendall, deccased, and their union is blessed with one son -- Howard. A. W. Loughry is a Republican and a member of both Masonic and K. of P. fraternities, and Mrs. Loughry is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
JAMES M. McBETHI, Deputy County Auditor and Trustee of Union Township, is a native of Clark County, Ohio, where his birth oc- curred July 31, 1842. His father, William McBeth, was a Pennsylva- nian of Scotch descent, a farmer, and was twice married. His first wife, Amelia Goudy, died in Ohio in 1820, an infant daughter surviving her only a short time. In about 1824, he married Anna Steele, mother of the subject of this sketch, and to this union seven children were born, three only of whom are living. The parents moved to Cass Township, this' county, in December, 1847, where Mr. McBeth died in 1854. His widow remarried, and is yet living in White County, aged seventy-eight years. James M. McBeth has passed the greater part of his life in White County, and is one of its soldier boys, having enlisted on the 5th of November, 1861, in Company E, Fifty-sixth Indiana Volunteers, and having been discharged September 5, 1865. He was engaged in the battles of Fort Gibson, Raymond, Champion Hills, Vicksburg, Carrion Crow Bayon, Pleasant Hill, Opelousas and Sabine Cross Roads. At the last-named engagement, Mr. McBeth was captured and conveyed to Camp Ford in Texas, and afterward to Camp Grose. At the last-named place he was paroled, and in February, 1865, was exchanged. After the war, he returned home, and commenced better educating himself, and since has taught school a total of twenty-one terms, and for the past eight years has served as Deputy Auditor. Mr. McBeth is a warm Re- publican, has served in various positions of local honor and trust, and is the present Trustee of Union Township. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., A. O. U. I., the G. A. R., and father of four children-William E., Walter, Bertha and Birdella. The mother was Miss Sarah C. Turner, of Dayton, Ohio, and was married to Mr. McBeth November 25, 1872, and both parents are members of the Presbyterian Church. The follow- ing are the names of the children born to Mr. McBeth's parents : John S. (died in Andersonville Prison), William W. (a resident of Tippecanoe
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