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ADELMA LUPTON -was elected justice of the peace in the year 1870, which office he still retains. Seven years previous to that thue he was chosen school trustee of the Camdeu corporation. He is a self-made man, and one of great determination. He began blacksmithing at the age of fifteen, under his father's instructions. He is the manufacturer of the celebrated Lupton plow and wagon. His unceasing labor and close attention to business hasopened for him the way to fortune. He is a strong advocate of the temperance cause, and fond of education. His father started the first blacksmith shop in Jay county, his business being making edge-tools and bells, also general black- smithing. Mr. Lupton's maternal grandfather was a revolutionary soldier, serving until his death, which occurred at the siege of Yorktown. In the year 1857, ou July 5, in Blackford county, Mr. Lupton was married to Eliza, dangh- ter of William J. and Sarah (Burley) Howard, deceased. She was boru in Marshall county, West Virginia, in the year 1838. She is the mother of Elleu S., born March 10, 1858; Lenora, May 12, 1861; Ambrose Grant, June 1, 1868, All reside at Camden. A. Lupton was born in Champaign county. Ohio, in the year 1831. He settled in Jay county on April 17, 1838; is a resident of Penn township, with address at Pennville. His business is that of a trader.
THOMAS E. LEWIS-son of Ensley and Amy Lewis, wbo, in 1838, removed to Jay county, resides in Penn township, and is engaged in sawing lumber. He was born in that townsbip iu the year 1841; his address is Penn- ville, Jay county, Indiana. His wife Emma L. (Brooks) Lewis, M. D., is a daughter of Lincoln and Emeline L. (Putuan) Brooks, of Wallpole, New Hampshire. Previous to Mrs. Lewis beginning the study of medicine she was engaged as private nurse, in which capacity she served twelve years in Lodi. Kane county, Illinois, Aurora, Chicago, and Adrian, Michigan. Seeing the great need of female physicians, she decided, notwithstanding tbe prejudice of the pubbc, to devote her time and ability to the study of medicine, for which privilege she is extremely grateful to Professor Joseph S. Longshore, M. D., of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as it was through his influence the charter for the woman's college was obtained. She is firm in the belief that
female physicians are as successful and as highly appreciated as those of the opposite sex. She has practiced in Pennville, Jay county, Indiana, for the past six years, having a wide patronage.
ELIAS J. MARSH-was born November 9, 1846, in Blue River town- ship, Hancock county, Indiana. At the age of sixteen he went to Greenfield, the county-seat, to learn the printing business. Two years later he went to Indianapolis, where he remained until 1870. On the eighth day of May, 1870, he was married to Miss Annie B. Peck, of Sedgwick county, Kansas. The license was the first issued in the county after its organization. The ceremony was performed by 'Squire Steele, near the residence of the bride's parents, in the shade of a large elm tree, on the banks of the beautiful Little Arkansas river, in the presence of a large circle of relatives and friends. He engaged in the publication or the WINCHESTER JOURNAL, as a junior member of the firm of Beeson & Marsh, in the month of June, 1870. On the 14th of December, 1871, he commenced the publication of the PORTLAND COMMERCIAL, having purchased the office of Joseph H. Jones. Portland, at this time, was quite a small town. The Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad, just being completed, new impetus was given the town. He, being of an enterprising spirit, soon invested iu real estate, and did all within his power to aid in building up the town and developing its commercial interests. Under his management, the COMMERCIAL has constantly grown in favor with the citizens of the county, as its increasing circulation attests. The office has kept pace with the improve- ments of the town -- a power press and engiue baving been added to its facili- ties during the year 1880. During the time he was engaged in learning the trade, although his wages were small, he helped support a widowed mother. Since becoming a citizen of Jay county he has contributed liberally toward the support of those institutions designed for the promotion of the moral and relig- ious education of the people.
ADAM QUILLEN-and N. A. Richards were married on September -, 1848, in Tuscarawas county, Ohio. Their children are Robert M., born October 16, 1850, resides with his parents; Emina, April 1, 1852, resides at Dunkirk: Jane B., May 25, 1850, is a resident of Portland ; Mary L., May 6, 1861; Arthur L., June 29, 1867; the two last mentioned reside with their parents. Mrs. Quillen is a daughter of Amos and Sarah (Lama) Richards. She was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, September 29, 1819. Adam Quillen was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, July 8, 1815. He removed to Jay county in the year 1852. He is a farmer, whose address is Pennville. His parents are Elihu and Jane (Baker) Quillen. His father served in the war of 1812. His grandfather Quillen was a revolutionary warrior.
HENRY G. REICHARD - a Union soldier, was a member of Company A, 40th Regiment, I. V. I. He served eight months in the army of the Cum berland; was a participant in the battle of Franklin, Tennessee. His brother. Isreal G. Reichard, died in the service at New Orleans, Louisiana. Mr. Reichard's paternal family removed to the United States from Germany. His father. Michael Reichard, was born iu Center conuty, Pennsylvania, July 80, 1805. His mother, Fanny (Goss) Reichard, was also born in that state; both died in Jay county. Henry Reichard held the office of constable two years in Madison township, of which he is a resident. He is engaged in farming, and may be addressed at Jordau, Jay county, Indiana. He was married in Noble towuship Jay county, on the 5th day of March, 1868, to Elizabeth Theurer, who was born in Marion county, Ohio, February 8, 1849, Their children are Emma Caroline, born December 21, 1868; James Jacob, February 13, 1870; Jobn Frederick, September 4, 1871; Noalı Wilsou, November 8, 1877. Mrs. Reichard's father, John Frederick Theurer, was born iu Germany on the 7th day of February, 1810. Her mother, Elizabethi (Jacoby) Theurer, was born in Pennsylvania, on the 29th of January, 1823. They reside in Noble town ship, having removed to Jay county in 1853. Mrs. Reichard's brother, Daniel Theurer, served a year in the late war, being a member of the 39th Regiment, I. V. I. Jobn Joseph Reichard, an uncle of Henry G., was a soldier in the war of 1812.
EDWARD B. WOTEN -settled in Jay county while it was yet a wil- derness, and endured all the privations connected to a pioneer life. He was a soldier of the late war, being a member of Company E., 53d Regimeut, I. V. I. His children by a former marriage are: George W., born March 80, 1850; Elizabeth H., October 21, 1851; Samuel V., June 29, 1858; Robert H., August 14, 1855; Sarab J., October 5, 1857; Isaao G., March 23, 1800. The birth of
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PERSONAL HISTORIES-Continued.
Edward Woten took place in Jackson county, Ohio, September 21, 1823. He resides in Madison township; is engaged in farming, receiving mail at Sal- amonia. He removed with huis parents to Jay county in the year 1886. His parents, Samuel and Hethander (Hnse) Woten, died in Jay county, the former born in Virginia, December 21, 1793; the latter horn in Kentucky. Edward Woten was married July 26, 1863, in Portland, Indiana, to Mary M. Hunter, who was born March 7, 1832, in Vermillion county, Illinois. Their children are: Edward F. H., born October 21, 1864, died November 13, 187]; John
Wesley, October 14, 1866; Nathan B., April 29, 1866: James Harlin, January 6, 1873; Flora Bell, August 31, 1875. Mrs. Woten was formerly the wife of J. W. Shepherd. His children are: William H., born September 13, 1851; Elisha C., May 16, 1853; Levi D., September 26, 1855; Rosanna M., May 15, 1858; Mary A., October 13, 1866. Mrs. Woten's parents were Elisha H. and Rosanna (Houser) Himter, the former born September 25, 1793, in Natchez, Mississippi, and died in Jay county; the latter, born in Maryland, died also in Jay county.
U. S. CENSUS OF 1880.
A NATION OF FIFTY MILLIONS.
Tbe publishers, appreciating the importance of embodying in their book the United States census of 1880, have delayed its publication for some time, in order that they might give their subscribers this valuable information. The totals of the States and Territories are as follows :
Alabama,
1,262,794
Mississippi,
1.131,592
Arkansas,
802,564
Missouri,
2,168,804
California,
864,686
Nebraska,
452,433
Colorado,
194,649
Nevada,
62,265
Connecticut,
622,683
New Hampshire,
346,984
Delaware,
146,654
New Jersey,
1,130,983
Florida,
267,351
New York,
5,083,810
Georgia,
1,539,048
Nortlı Carolina,
1,400,047
Illinois,
3,078,769
Ohio,
3,198,239
Indiana,
1,978,362
174,767
Iowa,
1,624,620
Pennsylvania,
. 4,282,786
Kansas,
995,966
Rbode Island,
276,528
Kentucky,
1,648,708
South Carolina,
995,622
Louisiana,
910,103
Tennessee,
1,542,463
Maine,
648,945
Texas,
1,592,574
Maryland,
934,632
Vermont,
332,286
Massachusetts, Michigan,
1,636,331
West Viginia,
618,443
Minnesota,
780,806
Wisconsin,
1,315,480
Total of States,
49,369,595
Arizona,
40,441
New Mexico,
118,430
Dakota,
135,180
Utah,
143,906
Idaho,
32,611
Wasbington,
75,120
Montana,
39,157
Wyoming,
20,788
Total of Territories,
605,633
Grand Total of the United States,
50,152,866
CITIES IN INDIANA WITH A POPULATION OF 3,000 AND UPWARD.
Anderson, .
4,126
LaFayette,
18,162
Aurora, .
4,700
Laporte,
Bloomington,
3,000
Lawrenceburgh,
4,500
Brazil,
3,530
Logansport,
. 11,181
Columbus,
6,000
Marion,
3,200
Crawfordsville,
· 5,000
Mount Vernon,
3,778
Elkhart,
6,939
New Albany,
. 17,500
Fort Wayne, .
26,048
Richmond,
. 15,000
Franklin,
3,166
Shelbyville,
3,776
Greencastle,
3,611
Terre Haute,
26,522
Greensburgh,
3,606
Valparaiso,
5,500
Huntington,
3,882
Vincennes, .
7,683
Indianapolis,
. 75,265
Wabash,
4,000
Jeffersonville,
9,000
Washington,
4,350
Kokomo, .
4,054
Warsaw,
3,119
Columbia City,
4,827
Madison,
9,009
Connersville,
3,226
Michigan City,
7,500
Delphi,
3,127
Muncie, .
5,221
Evansville .
. 29,350
Peru,
6,000
Frankfort, .
3,166
Seymour,
4,260
Goshen,
4,000
South Bend,
13,350
1,783,012
Virginia,
. 1,512,806
The District of Columbia,
177,638
6,189
Oregon,
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PERSONAL HISTORIES-Continued.
GENERAL J. P. C. SHANKS
Was born in Martinshurg, county-seat of Berkley County, now West Virginia, June 17, 1826. His father, Michael Shanks, was a native of Hampshire county, Virginia, and was of Irish descent, his parents having emigrated from County Down, Ireland, to Pennsylvania about the year 1765, and from that Stato to Virginia, after the Revolutionary war.
Joseph Shanks, the General's grandfather, entered the Continental army from Pennsylvania immediately after the hattle of Lexington, and remained in the service until the close of the war, taking part in the battles of Quebec, Brandywine, Germantown, Trenton, Stonypoint and Yorktown, Virginia.
In religious creed, he was a Scotch Presbyterian. Tbougb severely wounded wbile fighting in the service of his adopted country, he died at the ripe age of eighty-seven, in the year 1834.
General Shanks' father, Michael Shanks, was, by profession, a millwright, and prosecuted the business extensively in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsyl- vania. In the year -1816, he invented, constructed, and put in working operation tbe first machines that threshed grain with teeth, either in cylinder or concave, his invention having teeth in both. The original model of this valuable inven- tion was selected by the Commissioner of Patents, and placed by him amoug other models of inventions deemed of general importance and large practical utility, at the Centennial Exposition of 1870.
The General's father was married at the town of Martinsburg, Virginia, Sep- tember 20, 1821, to Martha B. Cleaver, a member of Friends' Society. They had eight children, four sons and four daughters, the General being the third child. The eldest son, Joseph, served and lost bis life in the war with Mexico, and a younger hrother, Stephen, as also the General, served their country during the late Rebellion, their father having volunteered in defense of Baltimore and Wasbington City in the war of 1812.
The General's father was self-educated-a man of strictly moral hahits, char- itable to a fault ; a good historian and mathematician ; studious and philn. sophical, well read in the Scriptures and a firm believer in them ; a kind hus- band and father, a good neighbor and an honest man ; and heing opposed to human slavery and oppression, with his family he left the State of Virginia, the place of his birth, in the year 1839, on account of the existence of slavery. He justly considered slavery as debasing the character of labor wherever it existed, and that the lahorer, whether white or black, could not rise above the character of his employment. He removed to tbe free State of Indiana, having fled from slavery as from a pestilence. He said, "I can not abolish slavery in Virginia, or prevent its haneful influence on those who remain ; but I can take my family to a free State, in which they may prosper and be happy, if they will be virtuous, and I will discharge that duty to them." He removed from Virginia to Jay county, Indiana, in a wagon, there being at the time no rail- roads west of Point of Rocks, in Maryland. Having stopped for a brief time in Richmond, Indiana, he located, on the 8th of April, 1840, in the woods, then wbolly unimproved, and cleared the farm on which he died, in"what was then a vast, wet, dense and sparsely settled forest, perbaps one among the grandest on the continent.
On the day in June, 1839, on which he left his old home in Virginia for the West, he was walking with the subject of this sketch, then a lad of thirteen years, near where poorly clad slave women were working in a field, while a well dressed white man, with wbip in hand, was directing their labors, and he called his son's attention to the scene. The women "spoken of, the General says, were of that class of stout, rohust slave women, who were, in those days, selected and kept by the slaveholders in the more northern and healthy slave states from wbom to raise slaves for the southern slave trade, as farmers in the free states from good brood animals raise stock for sale in the market. The General's father, addressing him, said : "My son, do you see. those slave women toiling in yonder field for a heartless master, and without reward? They are kept for the product of their bodies, like cattle, and made to labor for the support of themselves and their unhappy children that they are caused to raise for the market, their persons and those of their offspring being subject to sale on the auction block, as you have often seen, or secretly sold to the soul driver, as you know, for gain to their assumed owner. The relations of husband and wife, parent and child, brother and sister, are thus broken for money to the holders of their bodies, and the other untold crimes that enter into the general degradation "consequent upon buman slavery, curse this people and country, and drive us from the state of our nativity; and all this in a land of bibles, of churches, and among professed christians, who construct tho altars of worship with the price of the bodies and souls of their neighbors and fellow church-members, in this civilized age, and under the teachings and privileges of a free government. My son, I believe, and I desire you should believe, in the justice of God as taught iu the holy scriptures. I am now fleeing, with my family, from this moral Sodom before it is too late. You will live to see these fields drenched in human blood over tbis great crime, It may not come in my day, and yet it may."
And it did come in his day. Twenty-two years from that time, July 21, 1861, at the first battle of Bull Run, in which General Sbanks was engaged, there fell, on the rebel side, many of the schoolmates from whom he parted in June, 1839. The General says that the words of his father, uttered when leav- ing their early home on account of slavery, to go among strangers, burned into bis hrain and have heen ever present with him since, controlling bim to an abborrence of slavery and oppression, and have made him the friend of the negro, the Indian, and of the poor and oppressed of all lands and all races.
It may here he added, as characteristic of the subject of this sketch, that while a mere hoy, and hefore leaving Virginia, he not unfrequently aided in secreting fugitive slaves in their attempted escape, and often assisted them in their flight to a land of freedom. At this time there was no organized under-
ground railroad, such as a more developed civilization rendered necessary, and the General, in his early youth, seemed to have anticipated the yet undevel- oped appliances for manifesting a bigher and better humanity. He was, then, one of the first conductors, and worked without pay.
Michael Shanks died at his Jay county home, April 21, 1867, aged eighty-five years. His last words were: " My God, protect my family-Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." He died without an enemy. and few men ever practiced more faithfully, or lived more closely in accordance with the teachings of his life.
Martha B. Shanks, the mother of the subject of this notice, was a member of the Society of Friends, as already stated, and was of mixed German and French descent, and was born December 22, 1800. Though she was well edu- cated, and was fond of reading, the cares of married life and her solicitude for the comfort of her children, for whom sbe ever manifested the tenderest anxi- ety, interfered greatly with her attention to studies, yet her personal instruc- tions of her children were never intermitted, and her interest in this regard ended only with her life. She died, greatly respected, February, 1879, aged seventy-nine years. To her example and precepts are largely due the tenacity of purpose, self-reliance, the irrepressible energy and determined will that characterize the General, and have so materially contributed to whatever suc- cess in a checkered life has attended him.
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