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A. H. IRELAN was born in Carroll County, Ind., in 1837, and was one of nine children born to William and Lucinda (Hannah) Irelan, uatives respectively of Kentucky and Ohio. In 1834, William Irelan came from Greene County, Ohio, and settled in Carroll County, this State; lived there fourteen years; then came to this township and im-
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proved eighty acres of land, on a part of which was subsequently laid the original plat of Burnettsville ; four years later, he moved to the south of Idaville, where he bought and improved 100 acres of land ; later, he returned to Burnettsville, where he kept hotel two years, and then removed to Carroll County, where he died September 8, 1855. His widow resides in Idaville, at an advanced age. A. H. Irelan was reared a farmer, and at the age of fifteen began work on his own account. In 1863, he moved to Idaville, thence to Minnesota, and a year later came back to Burnetts- ville. In October, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged July 17, 1865. On his return, he engaged in farming, and in May, 1880, began merchandising. He was married September 13, 1857, to Miss Nancy Heiny, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Lantz) Heiny, of Carroll County, Ind. Six children were born to this marriage, of whom two are now living-Claudius D. and Singer B.
HENRY JOHNSONBAUGH was born in Pennsylvania January 14, 1810, and is the fourth of the six children of Frederick and Eva (Shafer) Johnsonbaugh, of German descent. He was reared on a farm until he was fifteen, when he was apprenticed to a shoe-maker, whom he served three years, and then opened a shop of his own. In 1831, he came to Wayne County, Ind .; located near Germantown ; worked awhile at his trade, and then, for six years, worked in a still-house, earning sufficient money to purchase fifty-four acres of land at $11 per acre; this land he sold in the fall of 1856 for $48 per acre, and then came to this township and purchased 100 acres of his present farm. He was married Novem- ber 30, 1836, to Miss Christina, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Shafer) Condo, and born in Pennsylvania December 13, 1816. To this union were born eleven children, seven now living-Elizabeth, Matilda, Ira, John, Sanford, Susan E. and Emma E. Mr. Johnsonbaugh has served as Township Trustee five years, and has filled several minor offices. He has been called upon to act as Administrator for several estates, and has given thorough satisfaction in every instance. He joined the Lutheran Church when but twenty years of age, and is still a member ; his wife is a member of the Baptist Church.
DR. A. B. JONES was born in North Carolina October 27, 1825, where he attended school and learned the carpenter's trade and cabinet- making ; at these trades he worked until 1857. He was of a roving dis- position, and traveled through many States during his early manhood. His first business venture was near Georgetown, Ky., where he purchased a set of artesian well tools, with which he worked one year. He resided afterward in Southern Indiana, then in Missouri, where he began the study of medicine with his brother in 1857, continuing until 1860, when
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he joined his parents near Greenville, Tenn. In 1861, he moved to Georgetown, Ind., where he entered into practice. He was married, June 30, 1864, to Maggie R., daughter of James Gordon, of Cass County. In 1863, he came to Burnettsville, this township, and in September, 1865, moved to Francesville, Pulaski County, where his wife died in February, 1866. Soon after this event, the Doctor sold out and, in July, 1866, located in Idaville, where he remained one year ; then moved to Lincoln- ville, Wabash County. In 1868, he came to Burnettsville, where he now has a large practice. December 1, 1871, he married Mrs. Loretta (McClure) Hawkins, of Wabash, Ind., whose great-grandfather's school the Doctor had attended two terms. In 1879-80, the Doctor improved his studies by attending lectures at the Indiana Medical College, and also attended a special course at the Central College of Physicians and Sur- geons in 1882-83.
J. M. LOVE, of the firm of J. M. Love & Bro., was born in Carroll County, Ind., December 5, 1845, and is the eldest of the seven children born to William and Deborah (Cochran) Love, natives respectively of Missouri and South Carolina. J. M. Love was reared a farmer, and attended school until nineteen, when he began teaching. In 1869, he formed a copartnership with J. W. Wimer in mercantile trade. Febru- ary 15, 1881, Mr. Wimer withdrew, and Mr. Love continued alone, and is now doing a business of from $15,000 to $20,000 per annum, handling general merchandise and buying all kinds of grain. He is also one of the firm of D. L. Fisher & Co., agricultural implement dealers at Bur- nettsville. He was married, November 24, 1868, to Miss Catherine Barnes, of Carroll County, and the daughter of W. A. and Nancy (Karr) Barnes, both natives of Ohio. To this marriage have been born three children-Cora, Jennie and a son now deceased. Mr. Love is a Republican, and has filled the office of School Board Treasurer for the past six years.
JOHN W. McALLISTER was born in Jefferson County, Ind., July 9, 1840, and is one of the nine children of Alexander and Eliza (Raw- lings) McAllister, natives respectively of Kentucky and Louisiana. Mr. McA. was reared a farmer and lived at home until the fall of 1861, when he enlisted in Company B, Twelfth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, for one year. August 11, 1862, he enlisted in Company K, Eighty-second In- diana Volunteer Infantry, for three years, or during the war, and was honorably discharged in June, 1865. At Atlanta, in 1864, he was com- missioned First Lieutenant, and was placed in command of a company in the Twenty-third regiment from Missouri, but in the same brigade. During all his time of service, he was on active duty, and was never once injured or called for hospital relief. On his return, he engaged in the
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drug business for three years at Dupont, and was then occupied with other pursuits until 1874, when he came to this township and re-engaged in the drug trade at Idaville, where he has been doing a prosperous busi- ness ever since. He has given the study of medicine some attention, and during the term of 1879-80, attended a course of lectures at the Indiana Medical College. Mr. McA. was married in 1875 to Miss Hattie Gib- son, born in Idaville January 1; 1852, and daughter of Cyrus and Mattie S. (Droke) Gibson, natives of Tennessee. Mr. McA. is a Republican, an Odd Fellow, and Treasurer of the Building Committee that has charge of Odd Fellows' Hall, now in process of erection at Idaville. Mrs. McA. is a member of the United Presbyterian Church. Alexander McAllister became a resident of Jefferson County, Ind., in 1812, was there mar- ried, and there died at the age of seventy-four.
DAVID MCCONAHAY was born in Bourbon County, Ky., Janu- ary 5, 1817, and moved with his father to Rush County in 1829, then to this county in the fall of 1833, but after a short sojourn returned to Rush County, where David remained until 1835, when he came back to this county, locating in Big Creek Township. He taught the first school in what is now known as Liberty Township for eight terms. October 15, 1840, he married Miss Sarah, daughter of James and Rebecca (Boyd) Crose, born in this State August 15, 1825. He had born to him seven children, of whom three are now living-Rebecca J., Mary L. and Sarah M. In August, 1848, Mr. McC. moved to this township and entered eighty acres of land, on which he resided twenty-seven years. He started in life a poor man, but by industry has acquired a competence, owning 124 acres of land and village lots valued at upward of $2,000. He now lives in retirement. At the age of fifteen, he joined the Metho- dist Church, but in 1850 changed to the Christian Church, of which his wife is also a member. He was soon licensed to preach, and in 1853 was ordained. He performed his clerical duties faithfully over twenty years, when failing health compelled him to withdraw. He is a Democrat in politics, and was elected County Assessor in 1849-50, and has since served as Township Trustee two terms and Assessor one term. He is an Odd Fellow and charter member of Lodge No. 556. His parents were James and Lovina Mcconahay, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Mary- land, and of Scotch-Irish and German extraction.
WILLIAM McCORKLE was born in Schuylkill County, Penn., February 19, 1844, and is the youngest of the six children of William and Elizabeth (Froltz) McCorkle, natives of Ireland and Pennsylvania. William McCorkle, when a mere child, was taken by his widowed mother to Lebanon County, where he attended school at intervals until fifteen, when he entered an apprenticeship of two years at blacksmithing. Sep-
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tember 5, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Fourth Pennsylvania Volun- teer Cavalry, for three years, and was placed under Gen. Sheridan in the army of the Potomac, and his first fight was at Kelly's Ford ; he was met at Richmond in the seven day's fight. . On the seventh day, at Malvern Hill, Mr. McC. was sunstruck, and for four weeks was not fit for duty ; at the battle of Antietam, he was wounded slightly by a small piece of shell ; later, he was placed under Gen. Burnside, and was at the fights of Fred- ericksburg and Chancellorsville ; then at Gettysburg and then at Peters- burg. He was veteranized January 1, 1864, at Bristow Station, Va., re- enlisting for three years, or during the war, and received his second discharge July 1, 1865, at Lynchburg. Va., and was mustered out at Pittsburgh, Penn. On his return home, he entered the shop which he had left in 1861, then went with his employer for a short time to Martins- burg, Va., and October 18. 1865, came to Monticello, where, for awhile, he worked at his trade and afterward engaged in the saloon business for a short time. November 15, 1866, he married Miss Margaret D. Howie. a native of Scotland and born in 1845. To this union, there has been born one child -- Jennie. Mr. McC. disposed of his saloon and absented himself from the county for several years. In the fall of 1872, he re- turned and engaged in various occupations until the spring of 1882, when he entered into partnership with Robert Jones, and they are now running the only blacksmith shop in town. Mr. McC. is a Republican, and has served as School Trustee ; he is an Odd Fellow and a member of the G. A. R., and he and wife are members of the Church of God.
STEPHEN MARVIN was born in Jennings County, Ind., June 26, 1826, and is one of the twelve children of Delancey and Lydia (Albert) Marvin, both natives of New York State. Delancey Marvin came to the southern part of this State in 1817, remained a short time and then moved to Kentucky, where he lived eighteen years and then returned to Jennings County, where he and wife are yet living, aged respectively eighty-eight and eighty-five years. Stephen Marvin learned shoemaking of his father, and when but thirteen years old made two pairs of shoes in a day. He became an expert, and has made his own pegs and completed five pairs of shoes between sun and sun. In 1843. he married Maria J. Childs, who was born in Jennings County, Ind., in 1826, and is the daughter of John and Nancy (Baker) Childs, both natives of Kentucky. To this union have been born eleven children-Sarah J. (deceased), Henry D., Nancy A., John G., William T., Lottie, Emma E., Frances M., Charles, George F. and Oscar O. In 1862, Mr. Marvin came to this township and settled on part of the land entered by his father in 1833, and here has superintended his farm and worked at his trade ever since. Mr. Marvin, with his son. William T., is the inventor of a draft equalizer,
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and has now an application in for a patent for a boot with only one seam (cut to save crimping), and also for a shoe back without seam and cut to fit the ankle.
DANIEL A. MERTZ was born in Mifflin County, Penn., July 31, 1836, and is the son of Philip and Lydia (Showers) Mertz, natives of Pennsylvania. Philip Mertz. a resident now of this State, is upward of seventy-seven years of age ; his wife died April 18, 1882, aged sixty-nine years. Daniel A. Mertz was reared on a farm until eighteen years old, and then was apprenticed to a carriage and wagon-maker, whom he served nearly three years, and afterward ran a shop of his own for twelve years. He was married, December 24, 1863, to Miss Sarah, one of the thirteen children born to John and Mary (Sansman) Sieber, and born in Juniata County Penn., December 24, 1835. To this union were born five chil- dren-Edward S., John P. (deceased), David F., William M. and Charles Milton. In 1864, Mr. Mertz came to this township, and located the farm on which he now lives ; but during the first three years followed his trade in Burnettsville, meanwhile overseeing his farm. He has now 120 acres, well improved, with good buildings, which are worth upward of $3,000. The father of Mrs. Mertz died in January, 1867; her mother is still liv- ing, at the age of eighty-one, on the old homestead in Juniata County, Penn. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mertz are members of the German Baptist Church.
FRANK M. MILLION was born in this township, on Section 24, June 19, 1841, and is the son of Ephraim and Martha (Ellmore) Million, who came to this township in the fall of 1839. The father was killed by a runaway team in 1847 ; the mother still survives, at the age of seventy- two. Frank M. was reared a farmer, and hired a portion of the old farm, which he tilled until 1865, when he purchased forty acres of wild land. A few years later he exchanged this land for 104 acres in the southwest quarter of Section 13, on which he now lives. This property he subse- quently exchanged for goods, and for a year engaged in merchandising in Burnettsville, and then re-exchanged, increased the farm, sold 120 acres, and still retains 120 acres. In 1860, Mr. M. engaged in the pump, and afterward in the tubular well business; he is also selling the wind engine manufactured by B. S. Williams & Co., of Kalamazoo, and the Stover engine. He was married, October 4, 1860, to Miss Katie E. Hoagland, born in Onondaga County, N. Y., April 7, 1842, and daughter of Abraham and Cornelia Hoagland, natives of the same State. To this union there have been born six children-Charlie, Leona, Floyd, Randolph, Marilla and Frank. The two last-named are dead. Mr. Mill- ion is a Democrat in politics, and has served as Township Assessor four terms, and was also elected County Land Appraiser, but the office was
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abolished before the time arrived for his incumbency. He and wife are members of the Church of God.
MRS. PLUMEA (PERRY) PALMER was born in Stanstead, Can- adla, November 18. 1822, and is the daughter of Luke and Irena (Patrick) Perry, both natives of Vermont, and of English and English-Irish ex- traction. The parents moved to Canada about the year 1800, where they reared a family of eleven ehildren, and where the father died in 1850. The mother subsequently joined her children in this county, and here died about 1860, aged seventy-three. Mrs. Plumea Palmer began school teaching at home in 1840, and next taught at Waterford, N. Y .; next at Meadville, Crawford Co., Penn., for seven years. At the last-named place, she was married, in 1847, to Rev. Truman Palmer, who was then a student. The fall of the same year, he united with the Indiana M. E. Conference ; was located in Allen County, later in Steuben County, and then in La Grange County, where he died January 14, 1851. Soon after this event, Mrs. Palmer moved to South Bend, where she first taught a private school, and then for a year in the graded school. In the fall of 1852, she moved with her little family to Burnettsville, where she continued in her profession. It is more than likely that she has taught more terms than any other teacher in White County, having taught in the old court house at Monticello, a number of select schools there, and in Lockport, Carroll County, and the graded school at Bur- nettsville, her last term ending in the summer of July, 1879. Mrs. Palmer is the mother of two children-Truman F., an attorney at Mon- ticello, and Emma A., a teacher in the high school at the same place.
URIAH PATTON was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, August 1, 1823, and is one of the ten children born to Thomas and Mary (Horine) Patton, natives of Maryland, and born respectively January 17, 1789, and March 4, 1791. The parents settled in Montgomery County in 1816, and moved thence to Carroll County, Ind., in 1835, where the father died in 1855, aged sixty-six, and the mother in 1838, aged forty- seven. Uriah Patton was reared as a farmer in Carroll County, and there attended the pioneer school at intervals until twenty-one, when he en- tered 120 acres of his present farm in this township. He was married. January 3, 1847, to Miss Susan, daughter of John and Catharine (Han- nawalt) Nearhoof, and born in Huntingdon County, Penn., September 25, 1825. To this union were born nine children, six now living- Isaac, Jerusha, Lovina, Perry, Levi and Margaret A. Those deceased are William (aged twenty-three years), Monroe (aged thirteen months), and an infant unnamed. Mr. Patton is the owner of a farm of 280 acres, under a good state of cultivation. He lost his dwelling by fire April 18, 1880, and on the 23d of June following moved into his present
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house, which cost him $1,200. Mr. and Mrs. Patton joined the Church of God in 1850, and in the spring of 1855 Mr. P. was chosen a minister, and has since been preaching regularly-the first few years riding a cir- cuit of fifty miles-and has never received a dollar for his services. He is a Republican, and has filled the office of Township Trustee.
WILLIAM H. PRICE was born in this township May 17, 1847, and is the son of Aaron and Mary (Hancock) Price, natives of Ohio. The parents came to this township in 1845, and settled two and a half miles northeast of Idaville, where they lived thirty years, and then moved to Idaville, where the father died January 30, 1882. The mother survives at the age of sixty-six. William H. Price was reared a farmer, and was married, January 1, 1867, to Miss Mahala C. Shull, born in this township October 5, 1848, and daughter of Louis and Clementine (York) Shull, natives of Ohio. To this union were born seven children, of whom five are living-Burley G., Aaron, Alonzo . W., Harlan H. and Gracie L. After marriage, Mr. Price farmed on rented land for six years, and then purchased eighty acres on Section 10, which he has redeemed and improved with substantial buildings. Mr. Price is a Democrat in politics, and he and wife are members of the Church of God.
J. T. REIFF was born in Chester County, Penn., September 18, 1832, and is the third of the ten children born to Christian and Eliza- beth (Titelow) Reiff, both natives of Pennsylvania. Christian Reiff is the inventor of a clover huller, which for years has held a leading position, and he is also the patentee of a combined grain thresher and clover huller. For many years he was at the head of the C. H. Reiff Manufacturing Company, Union County, Penn., which closed operations in 1878. He now resides in Carroll County, Ind., aged seventy-nine years. J. T. Reiff assisted his father at farming and manufacturing until 1861; then ran a tannery at McVeytown, Penn., for eighteen months; then returned to his father's factory near Hartleton, Penn., and kept the accounts until 1868 : then ran a tannery at Hartleton until 1870, when he sold and accompanied his father to Tennessee, and two years later came to this county, and the following spring bought his present farm of 200 acres, on which he has erected new buildings and a wind engine, and a bank barn 40x80 feet, containing fifty windows, being the second largest in the county. His real estate is worth about $12,000 and his personal property about $2,000. He was married, May 3, 1859, to Miss Eliza- beth, the daughter of David and Esther Kleckner, and born in Pennsyl- vania October 18, 1834, and by this union became the father of six children, of whom three are still living-Milton K., Lillie J. (wife of Frank Fisher), and Mary Emma (wife of Philip Amick). Mr. Reiff is
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a Republican, and he and wife are members of the Conservative Branch of the German Baptist Church, of which he was chosen Deacon in 1874.
ALEXANDER ROGERS was born in Juniata County, Penn., No- vember 25, 1812, and is one of the nine children born to Matthew and Mary (Kennedy) Rogers, natives of the same State. He was reared a farmer, joined the Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1835, and in the fall of that year started West, locating at Logansport, where, for ten years, he worked at carpentering. He then bought an interest in the house of A. Rogers & Co., merchants, and continued therein until 1854. In 1836 he returned to Pennsylvania and married Miss Susanna Thomp- son, daughter of Peter and Mary Thompson. Mrs. Rogers died Novem- ber 30, 1852, leaving five children-Theophilus P., Alpheus K., Margaret E., Alphonso T. and Alfred A. Three of these brothers served in the late war, and all four are now engaged in business at Topeka, Kan., under the firm name of Rogers Bros. Alexander Rogers was married Septem- ber 29, 1853, to Miss Isabella Erskin, of Washington County, Penn., who died in October, 1856, leaving two children-David F. and Isabella V. Mr. Rogers married his present wife January 31, 1857; this lady was Miss Elizabeth Johnson, of Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Mr. R. then engaged in mercantile trade in Logansport until 1859, when he came to Idaville and occupied the first dwelling in the town, which he has occu- pied ever since. In conjunction with his merchandising, he holds the agency of the railroad company ; he was the first Postmaster of the town, is a Republican and a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church ; his wife is a Baptist.
SAMUEL ROYER was born in Centre County, Penn., September 23, 1829, and is the eldest of the eight children born to Jonathan and Anna (Shaffer) Royer, both natives of Pennsylvania. The father died about 1848, and Samuel was left to his own resources. He had been reared a farmer, but now apprenticed himself for one year to a black- smith, and then opened a shop for himself near Etna Hall, which he con- ducted until 1865, when, having accumulated $4,000, he came with his family to this county and purchased his present farm of 155 acres for $4.200. For the first two years, he was unfortunate, sinking over $2,- 000 through failure of crops, but he has long since regained his loss and added forty acres to his farm, having now 195 acres. He was married, in 1853, to Miss Hannah Shaffer, who was born in Centre County, Penn., July 1, 1830, and is the youngest of the twelve children born to John and Sarah (Kern) Shaffer, both natives of Pennsylvania. To this union there have been born eight children-Jonathan F., Sarah A., John S., Samuel A., Mary C., Ida M., Emma P. (deceased) and Ellis S. In poli- tics, Mr. Royer is a Democrat, and he and wife are members of the Church of God.
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JOHN D. SCROGGS was born in Blount County, Tenn., October 10, 1820, and is the eldest of the six children of David and Margaret (Delzell) Scroggs, natives respectively of North Carolina and Tennessee. The family came to Putnam County, this State, in 1831, moved to Car- roll County in 1832, and thence moved to this county in 1836, and lo- cated on land which the father had previously entered. The elder Mr. Scroggs was, in his days here, the only blacksmith between Burnettsville and Monticello ; he died here in December, 1874, preceded by his wife in about 1848. John D. Scroggs was reared a farmer, and at the age of twenty began life by cutting wood, splitting rails and getting out square timber. This he continued until March, 1847, when he purchased the farm where he now lives. He was married, March 27, 1851, to Maria, daughter of John Gibson, and born in Ohio. In February, 1852, Mrs. Gibson died, and December 6, 1856, Mr. Scroggs married Eliza C. Car- son, who died in April, 1860. November 19, 1860, Mr. Scroggs married Mrs. Margaret (Duncan) Delzell, and she died in April, 1875, leaving a family of four children-David, Susan A., Margaret E. (deceased) and Joseph A. Mr. Scroggs is a Democrat and and a member of the United Presbyterian Church. He owns eighty acres of good land, well cultivated and earned through his own industry and energy.
GIDEON E. SCROGGS was born in Putnam County, Ind., August 15, 1832, and is the youngest of the six children born to David and Margaret (Delzell) Scroggs, natives of North Carolina and Tennessee. The family came to this county about the year 1836, and here Gideon E. was reared to farming and educated at the subscription schools. In 1856, he married Miss Margaret Beard, who was born in Greene County, Ohio, January 20, 1832, the daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Currie) Beard, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia. Mr. Beard came to Cass County, this State, in 1836, and thence to this township in 1840, locating on the farm where Mr. Scroggs now lives, and here died September 24, 1853 ; his widow yet survives him at the age of eighty-four years, March 17, 1883. From his marriage until the fall of 1861, Mr. Scroggs resided in Union Township; he then moved to the farm on which he now lives. He and wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church at Idaville.
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