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In 1832 John Wear erected a water mill near the inter-section of Third street and Mill Creek, at Mt. Vernon, which he, a few years afterwards, removed to the present site of the city wharf in that town, when it was run by steam power. The first tannery in Posey County was erected by Adam Albright in 1810, on the farm known as the "Old Jourdan Place," five miles Northwest of Mt. Vernon. He was the father of Adam, William and John, who was the father of Columbus, a teacher in the County schools
We give below a complete list of the officers of the County in every department, the Judges of the Supreme Court and the Gov- ernors of the State, which ends the historical part of this volume.
DELEGATES, SENATORS, REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHER COUNTY OFFICERS.
We earnestly hoped that we might give. the list of the representa- tives of Posey County in the State Legislature in the order of their election, but we have been unable to do so because of the absence of all means by which that end could be attained. The gentleman who represented the County as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention
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which convened at Corydon, June 10, 1816, was Daniel Lynn, his election to that position having occurred on May 13th of that year. When the Convention had completed its labors, and adopted a Constitution for the State Government, he returned home, and when the first State and County election occurred, he was elected the first Representative, Daniel Grass, of Warrick, representing Posey in the Senate.
"James Lockhart was Senatorial, and Robert Dale Owen and Al- vin P. Hovey were Representative delegates to the Convention in 1850, that framed our present Constitution."
SENATORS.
Thomas Givens, William Casey, Charles I. Battell, Joseph Lane, John Pitcher, William H. Stockwell, Enoch R. James, William Great- house, Cyrus K. Drew, Magnus T. Carnahan, Thomas C. Jaquess, Thomas J. Hargrave, Jasper Davidson, G. V. Menzies, incumbent.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Dann Lynn, William Casey, Jessie R. Craig, Jessie Y. Welborn, Richard Daniel, George S. Green, Robert D. Owen, Charles I. Battell, Azra Lee, Samuel Annable, W. B. Southard, Ebon D. Edson, James C. Endicott, John Hall, Magnus T. Carnahan, George W. Thomas, Adam Lichtenberger, Felix Mills, Horatio C. Cooper, Silas Cox, Hamilton S. Casselberry, Joel Hume, Urbin Harris, William P. Edson, William Carroll Pitts, Hazel Nelson, Joseph P. Edson, Edward T. Sullivan, Elijah M. Spencer, George Wolfin, Wolfgang Hynes, Jas. W. Whitworth, Jos. F. Welborn, Russel Blockley, John Walz, incumbent.
Several of the above Legislators served a number of terms, among whom were Felix Mills, Robert Dale Owen and Magnus T. Carnahan.
COUNTY CLERKS IN THE ORDER OF ELECTION.
William E. Stewart, from January 16, 1815, to June 1817; David Love, from June, 1817, to May, 1819; James P. Drake, from May, 1819, to August, 1829; Wm. E. Stewart, from August, 1829, to May, 1839; Turner Nelson, from May, 1839, to May, 1861; Wm. P. Ed- son, from May, 1861, to May, 1865 ; Turner Nelson, from May, 1865, to August 12, 1867; Wm. Nelson, from August, 1867, to November 1, 1875 ; George W. Curtis, from November 1, 1875, incumbent.
SHERIFFS OF THE COUNTY IN THE ORDER OF ELECTION.
John Carson, from January 16, 1815, to 1817; Wm. Boyle, one
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year ; James Robb, one year ; Aaron Bacon, four years ; John Carson, four years; Felix Mills, four years; Wm. James, four years; Felix Mills, four years; Thomas Duckworth, two years; John Cox, two years ; Felix Mills, four years; Aaron C. Moore, two years ; John Pat- terson, two years; Joseph Showers, two years; Felix Mills, six years; Joseph Showers, two years ; Aaron Lichtenberger, six years ; John M. Duckworth, two years; Aaron Lichtenberger, two years; Alexander Crunk, four years; John L. Wheeler, four years; Alexander Crunk, incumbent.
RECORDERS IN THE ORDER OF ELECTION.
Thomas B. Holt, May 1, 1851, to October 2, 1855; George R. Latham, October 3, 1855, to November 12, 1855; John D. Hinch, November 12, 1855, to November, 1863; George W. Thomas, Novem- ber, 1863, to November, 1867; Field A. Pentecost, November, 1867, to November 1, 1875; Philo A. Hutcheson, November, 1875, incumbent.
AUDITORS IN THE ORDER OF ELECTION.
Thomas F. Prosser, 1844 to 1863; John B. Gardiner, 1863 to 1871; F. D. Bolton, November 18, 1871, to November, 1875; Alfred Dale Owen, from November, 1875, incumbent.
TREASURERS IN THE ORDER OF ELECTION.
Samuel Jones, from 1817 to 1822; John Schnee, from 1822 to 1826; James W. Swift, from 1826 to 1829; William E. Stewart, from January, 1819, to September, 1829; James Robb, from 1829 to 1830; Felix Mills, from 1830 to 1832 ; James Robb, from 1832 to 1833; George S. Green, from 1833 to 1837; Ebon D. Edson, from 1837 to 1839; John Pitcher, from 1839 to 1840; William J. Lowry, from 1840 to 1844; John Cox, from 1844 to 1847; John M. Sanders, from 1847 to 1853; Felix Mills, from 1853 to 1857; John M. Sanders, from 1857 to 1859; John B Gardiner, from 1859 to 1861; Joseph F. Welborn, from 1861 to 1863; William B. Smith, from 1863 to 1867; Thomas Stevens, from 1867 to 1869; Joseph Showers, from 1869 to 1873; John G. Young, from 1873 to 1875; George Naas, from 1875 to 1879; Nicholas Joest, from 1879, incumbent.
PRESENT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
William Williams, of Robb; James J. Bailey, of Lynn, and Eber- hard P. Schenk, of Black Townships.
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SURVEYORS OF THE COUNTY.
Matthew Williams, Ebenezer Phillips, William F. Phillips, J. W. Whitworth, Aaron Baker, Moses Johnson and T. J. Johnson, incum- bent.
SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.
Robert McCann, from June, 1861, to June, 1865; M. W. Pearse, from June, 1865, to June, 1868 ; James B. Campbell, from June, 1868, to June, 1875; Harrison O'Bannon, from June, 1875, to November, 1875; James B. Campbell, from November, 1875, to June, 1877; James W. French, from June, 1877, to June, 1881 ; James Kilroy, from June, 1881, incumbent.
CORONERS.
Jacob Fisher, from August, 1851, to Aug. 1855; Joseph Spaulding, from August, 1859, to October 30, 1861 ; John Conyngton, from Oct. 30, 1861, to November 2, 1863; Adam Lichtenberger, from Nov. 2, 1863, to November. 2, 1865; Marcus S. Blunt, from November 2, 1865, to November 1, 1867; S. H. Pearse, from November 1, 1867, to Oct. 25, 1870 ; Jesse Kuykendall, from October 25, 1870, to October 25, 1872; Adolph Matzdorff, from November 12, 1872, to July 20, 1873 ; Cyrus O. Thomas, from August 22, 1873, to October 9, 1873 ; Wm. Hendricks, from October 12, 18.73, incumbent.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (COMMON PLEAS COURT.)
Henry Kaiger, from 1852, to 1854; Joseph P. Edson, from 1854 to 1856; E. M. Spencer, from 1856 to 1858; Wm. P. Edson, from 1858 to 1860; E. M. Spencer, from 1860 to 1862; Ellis Lewis, from 1862 to 1864; Chas. G. Bennett, from 1864 to 1868 ; Wm. M. Hoggatt, from 1868 to 1870. After 1880 the State causes in the Common Pleas Court were transferred to the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court Prosecu- tor and the office ceased to exist.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS, (CIRCUIT COURT .;
Ebon D. Edson, James Blythe, Thomas B. Holt, Richard Clements, H. G. Barkwell, A. L. Robinson, Nat. Usher, James M. Shanklin, Blythe Hynes, Lewis C. Stinson, Wm. P Hargrave, Wm. Henning, John Brownlee, Wm. H. Gudgel, incumbent.
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JUDGES POSEY CIRCUIT COURT.
Isaac Blackford, from 1815 to March 18, 1816; David Raymond, (appointed by Gov. Thomas Posey,) from March 18, 1816, to August 16, 1816; Wm. Prince, from August 16, 1816, to March 17, 1817; David Hart, from February 16, 1818, to March 8, 1819; Richard Daniel, from March 8, 1819, to March 3, 1820; James R. E. Good- lett, from March 20, 1820, to February, 1832; Samuel Hall, from February, 1832, to September 13, 1835; Charles I. Battell, from September 13, 1835, to 1836; Elisha Embree, from 1836, to March, 1846; James Lockhart, from March, 1846, to September 21, 1851; Alvin P. Hovey, (appointed by Gov. Joseph A. Wright,) from Septem- ber 21, 1851, to April, 1854-(appointed to fill a vacancy on the Su- preme Bench, May 8, 1854; ) Wm. E. Niblack, from April, 1854, to March 29, 1858; Ballard Smith, (appointed to fill vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Wm. E. Niblack,) from March 29, 1858, to April, 1859 ; Michael F. Burke, from April, 1859, to September, 1859; Wm. F. Parrett, (appointed to fill vacancy caused by the death of M. F. Burke,) from September, 1859, to March, 1869; James G. Jones, from March, 1869, to November, 1870; David T. Laird, from Novem- ber, 1870, to March 7, 1873, (when a change in the Judicial District by an act of the Legislature deposed him;) Wm. F. Parrett, (ap- pointed by Gov. Thomas A. Hendricks, to fill the vacancy caused by an act of the Legislature deposing D. T. Laird,) from March 7, 1873, incumbent.
JUDGES COMMON PLEAS COURT OF POSEY COUNTY.
John Pitcher, from October, 1852, to November 5, 1866; Andrew L. Robinson, from November 5, 1866, to November 4, 1867; Morris S. Johnson, from November 4, 1867, to July 11, 1871, Wm. P. Ed- son, from November 6, 1871, to July 13, 1872, J. B. Handy, from November 4, 1872, to March 12, 1873.
Posey County has had the honor of sending a Representative to Congress, and has also been represented at a South American Court.
In 1840 Robert Dale Owen was elected to fill the position of a Congressional Representative, while General Alvin P. Hovey was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Government of Peru, South America, August 12, 1865, which he resigned in 1870.
JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIANA.
James Scott, from 1816 to 1831 ; John Johnston, from 1816 to 1817;
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Jesse L. Holman, from 1816 to 1831; Isaac Blackford, from 1817 to 1853; Stephen C. Stevens, from 1831 to 1836: John T. Mckinney, from 1831 to 1837; Charles Dewey, from 1836 to 1847; Jeremiah Sullivan, from 1837 to 1846; Addison L. Roche, from 1853 to 1854; Samuel E. Perkins, from 1846 to 1865; Thomas L. Smith, from 1847 to 1853; Andrew Davison, from 1853 to 1865; William Z. Stuart, from. 1853 to 1858; Sam'l B. Gookins, from 1854 to 1857; Alvin P. Hovey (appointed to fill vacancy occasioned by resignation of A. L. Roache), from May, 1854, to November, 1854; James M. Hanna (appointed to fill vacancy of S. B. Gookins), from 1857 to 1865; James L. Worden, from 1858 to 1865; Charles A. Ray, from 1865 to 1871; John T. Elliott, 1865 to 1871; James S. Frazer, 1865 to 1871; Robert C. Gregory, 1865 to 1871; John Petit, from 1871 to 1876; Alexander C. Downey, from 1871 to 1876; James L. Worden, from 1871, incum- bent; Samuel H. Buskirk, from 1871 to 1877; Andrew L. Osborn, from 1873 to 1874; Horace P. Biddle, from 1874 to 1881 ; Samuel E. Perkins, from 1877 to 1879; William E. Niblack, from 1877, incum- bent; George V. Howk, from 1877, incumbent; John T. Scott (ap- pointed to fill vacancy occasioned by the death of Samuel E. Perkins), from 1879, incumbent; William A. Woods, from 1881, incumbent; Byron K. Elliott, from 1881, incumbent. Judges were elected by the people after October 12, 1852.
GOVERNORS OF INDIANA TERRITORY.
Arthur St. Clair, Governor Northwest Territory ; Wm. H. Harri- son, from 1800 to 1812; Thos. Posey, from 1812 to 1816.
GOVERNORS OF INDIANA.
Jonathan Jennings, from 1816 to 1822; Wm. Hendricks, from 1822 to 1825 ; James B. Ray, from 1825 to 1831; Noah Noble, from 1831 to 1836; David Wallace, from 1837 to 1840 ; Samuel Bigger, from 1840 to 1843 ; James Whitcomb, from 1843 to 1848; Paris C. Dun- ning, (acting) from 1848 to 1849; Joseph A. Wright, from 1849 to 1857; Ashbel P. Willard, from 1857 to 1860; Abram A. Hammond, (acting,) from 1860 to 1861; Henry S. Lane (a few days in 1860;) Oliver P. Morton, from 1860 to 1867; Conrad Baker, from 1867 to 1873; Thomas A. Hendricks, from 1873 to 1877; James D .. Williams, from 1877 to 1881; Albert G. Porter, from 1881, incumbent.
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BIOGRAPHICAL.
MRS. M. ALEXANDER
Was born in Posey County, June 14, 1842. Her parents, George and Martha Greathouse, were of German descent, her father being a native of Kentucky, while her mother was a Virginian by birth. Her father died when Mrs. Alexander had but reached the tender age of seven months. After a few years her mother was again married, an event that was unfortunate for the children of the widow, as the step-father proved to be a man of an exacting and domineering disposition and bitterly opposed to the education of the children at the district school. Although the parents were in moderate circumstances and able to give the children the advantages of a common school education, they were denied them by the father and compelled to remain at home. For- tunately, the mother was a woman of culture and desired to instruct and prepare the children for positions in the affairs of the world by which they could attain distinction in social and business relations above the common level of mankind. It was while she was under the careful tutorage of her mother that Mrs. Alexander acquired a taste for study, and it was at that time when her ambition to excel in in- tellectual attainments received its first nourishment; and from that time onward she has assiduously cultivated her intellect, and has been frequently encouraged by seeing the fruits of her labors in the columns of papers of high reputation. Her advantages at school have been limited, one year at the Catholic academy of St. Vincent, near Mor- ganfield, Ky., comprising the whole of her school training. This was in 1860. When she returned home she opened and taught a country school six months, assisting in the work of the household at the same time. When the Civil War began her brother, F. M .. Greathouse, enlisted as a soldier in the First Cavalry, Indiana Volunteers, and his absence made it necessary for Mrs. Alexander to devote her whole time to the work of the farm for the support of the family. In 1863 she was married to Andrew Lynne Alexander, a man of sterling worth and intellectual ability, by which union, in 1864, her only daughter, Rosemonde, was born. In 1866 her husband died, leaving her with the cares and responsibility of a mother and the manager of the estate. For six years after the demise of her husband she attended the farm and conducted the business with eminent success and ability, devoting all her leisure time to literary work, reading books of standard authors
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and occasionally contributing to the local press. That she might give her daughter the advantages of the schools, she removed, in 1872, to Mt Vernon, where she pursued her literary work with renewed energy. During the period that has intervened Mrs. Alexander has published two books, Here and Hereafter and Going West; has contributed to several papers, and now has several books ready for the press, among which is Worth Wins, a novel possessing merit; also a number of poems unpublished, a drama in five acts, the scenes representing the life and assassination of President Lincoln, entitled From the Hovel to the Hall. Mrs. Alexander is special correspondent of the Indianapolis Times. She is a zealous advocate of temperance and Christianity, is opposed to woman's suffrage and is a self-made woman in all that the term implies.
HENRY BRINKMAN,
Manufacturer of Mt. Vernon, was born in the Duchy of Leppe-Det- mold, now a part of Prussia, June 16, 1825. Until the age of fourteen years he attended school, obtaining a fair education, and then worked for six years in a brickyard, learning the business. He then acquired the trade of wagon-making, at which he was employed for about five years. In 1850 he emigrated to America, and upon landing went directly to Ev- ansville, Indiana, where he remained two months, when he went Mt. Vernon, being obliged to walk the whole distance, as he had no money to pay his fare. He secured steady employment at wagon-making, and at the end of the year formed a partnership with his employer, Gotlieb Koerner, in the manufacture of wagons. This connection lasted two years, when the partnership was mutually dissolved, and for a period of seven or eight years afterwards he engaged in the manu- facture of agricultural implements and wagons alone. He then be- came associated with John H. Barter, in the same business, the firm em- ploying from fifteen to twenty men, the partnership continuing until 1861. In this year he again embarked in business on his own respon- sibility in a small shop, when he began the manufacture of the "Brink- man Wagon," having but a single apprentice to assist him in the prose- cution of his labors. He found a ready sale for his products, and as they gave excellent satisfaction, his trade increased so that he was soon obliged to enlarge his facilities. Gradually his business improved, and he now employs from twelve to fifteen hands during the entire year in the manufacture of wagons and buggies, which have acquired a high reputation for their excellence and durability. He has recently begun the manufacture of a new style of plow, invented by himself, called the " Posey Clipper," and is also engaged in the manufacture of drain- tile, which gives employment to thirty-five men. In 1869 he estab-
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lished a brickyard and was largely engaged as a brick manufacturer until 1875. In 1877 he formed a copartnership with William Burtis, and opened a depot at Mt. Vernon for the sale of all kinds of agricul- tural implements. This copartnership existed until the Fall of 1881, when Mr. Burtis retired from the firm. Immediately after this occur- red Mr. Brinkman's sons, Henry A. and Charles F. W., were associ- ated with him, and the firm is now known as Henry Brinkman & Sons. The sales of the firm in this department alone aggregate the handsome sum of $40,000 per annum. They contemplate adding a stock of heavy hardware, a feature that must greatly augment their yearly sales. For five years Mr. Brinkman was President of the Manufacturers' Aid Society, of Mt. Vernon, of which he was also a director until its organization ceased. In 1869 he was elected a mem- ber of the City Council, holding the office two years, and was elected to the same office in 1878 and was re-elected in 1880 for the same length of time.
He has been a Republican since the first election of Abraham Lin- coln. He was married in October, 1852, at Mt. Vernon, to Miss Margaret Hahn. They have had ten children, four sons and six daughters, all of whom are living. They also have five grand children. Mr. Brink- man is emphatically a self-made man. Having begun life with no capital but his hands and brains, he has built up by industry and energy a large and thriving manufacturing establishment, and has by his upright and honorable dealings won the respect and esteem of the community in which he resides. He is largely endowed with a spirit of public improvement and is untiring in his efforts to promote the interests of the city and County, whose welfare he has at heart. Mr. Brinkman was the nominee of the Republican County Convention for Commissioner of the First District in 1876, but was defeated at the regular election, because of the great difference in strength of the representative parties.
EDWARD BROWN
Was born at Litchfield, Lincoln County, Me., October 18, 1824. He was the second son of James and Lavina Brown, who were of English- French parentage, their grand parents emigrating to America as early as 1722 and who served in the war of the Revolution. Until he was 20 years of age Mr. Brown worked on his father's farm, when he went to Boston, where he began life by peddling stamps for marking cloth- ing, a pursuit he soon tired of and then began work at the carpenter's trade, at $3.75 per month. He worked four months and then went to sea as a common sailor, aboard a whaling bark. During the voyage the vessel cruised along the coast of Africa, touched at the Azores
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Islands and went as far South as the 42d parallel of latitude. The master dying of consumption, he was buried at Pernambuco, Brazil, from whence the vessel was ordered home, having been gone nearly nine months. He then worked at the trade of carpenter at Roxbury, Mass., from April to December, 1846, when he again went to sea, shipping as carpenter. This voyage occupied ten months, during which he was at Mobile Bay, Liverpool, Eng., and Newport, Wales, from thence the vessel returned to Portland, Me., with a cargo of rail- road iron. He then went to Bath, Me., where he again engaged at the trade of carpenter, and where he remained two years. On Decem- ber 30th, 1850, he started West via Baltimore & Ohio R. R., going as far as Cumberland, Md., thence he walked to Brownsville, Pa., where he boarded a steamer and went to Evansville, reaching that city January 15, 1851, which he left and went to New Harmony afoot the following day. He remained at New Harmony until April 26th, when he went to Mt. Vernon, where he worked at the trade of carpenter, under Messrs. Hancock and Hen- dricks, the leading contractors then. For many years Mr. Brown has been the most prominent contractor of Mt. Vernon, and he has done more actual work in improving the town than any other man who has lived in it. Among the many buildings constructed by him are the Presbyterian and M. E. Churches, the high school buildings, the residences of Dr. E. V. Spencer, Judge W. P. Edson, General A. P. Hovey and A. C. McCallister, and the business block fronting on Main, between Second and Third Streets. During the war Mr. Brown tendered his services as a private, but on account of disability he was rejected. He was Captain of the first Company organized for the First Indiana Legion. He also served four months on a transport in the year 1864, when he aided Gen. Banks' army out of Red River. Mr. Brown married Miss E. C. Berg, of Bethlehem, Pa., in 1857, who died a few years afterward, by whom he has two children living, Thomas and Mary. In 1868 he married Miss Margaret Brown, a na- tive of Scotland, but a resident of America nearly all her life, by whom he has one child, Fannie. Mr. Brown's father died in 1862 and his mother in 1870, the former being 69 and the latter 72 years of age. Several of his ancestors were centenarians. No one stands higher for integrity, for generosity and for general worth than Edward Brown.
ALEXANDER CRUNK.
In Marrs Township, near the site of the town of Blackford, the first seat of justice of Posey County, on the 7th of October, 1836, the subject of this sketch first opened his eyes and beheld the light of day.
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John Crunk, his grandfather, was a native of Tennessee, emigrating from that State and locating in Posey County about the year 1808. He was the father of Timothy D., who was born after his removal to the County and who was the father of Alex. Timothy D. Crunk married Miss Ruth Barton in 1832, and by this union four children were born, three boys and one girl. The parents of Alex. died when he was but thirteen years of age, when he was placed under the care of his uncle, Lewis Barton, for whom he labored on the farm three years, for his board and clothes. He then engaged himself to another uncle, for whom he worked one year, receiving $80 and his board as compensation. Being of an independent disposition and wishing to depend upon his own energies for a living, he began life as a wood- chopper, receiving fifty cents per day for his work, at which, together with farm work, he was employed three years. Reaching manhood's estate he made a proposal of marriage to Miss Louisa Dixon, who ac- cepted, and the wedding was consummated September 17, 1857, by which union nine children were born, five of whom are now living. From that time until 1869 he followed the pursuit of farming with flattering success, and then removed to Mt. Vernon, where he held the position of jailor eighteen months. In the same year he was the nominee of the Democratic party for Sheriff and was elected by a full majority of the party, defeating Herman Munchhoff. In 1872 he was
again elected to the office of Sheriff, defeating Jonathan H. Burlison, the most popular candidate on the Republican ticket. He served in this capacity until 1875, when he returned to his farm, which he man- aged with peculiar ability until 1878, when he again went before the convention as a candidate for Sheriff, receiving the nomination over sixteen aspirants. His opponent at the election was James N. Johnson, the regular nominee of the Republican convention. In 1880 he was again nominated by his party and defeated Braddock McGregor, an independent but very popular candidate. In all his years of public life he has observed the principles which emanate from a spirit of fair- ness, and by his straightforward, impartial conduct in the management of his office he has won a confidence of the people that is decidedly praiseworthy. No one, either in public or private life, stands higher in the esteem of the people than Alex. Crunk, and to this fact his offspring of generations far removed to the future can advert with feel- ings of pride. His career from early boyhood to man's estate and from that period to the present is without a blemish. Few men there are living or have lived who have fought the battle of life and en- countered as many obstacles as he have succeeded in maintaining such sterling traits of character. Alex. has always been a Democrat of the pronounced type and no one has labored more earnestly and sin- cerely to perpetuate the institutions of Democracy. If he has been re- warded he has deserved his pay.
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