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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY.
this article, to Indiana, settling at Fort Harrison, Vigo County, where, in 1818, he was elected Judge of the County; thence, in 1828, he moved to Adams Township, in this (Carroll) county, at a point about twelve miles above Delphi, where the grandfather of our subject laid out the town of Lockport, which, was at the time named Barnesville. After the construction of the Wabash & Erie Canal, owing -to the location of locks at that point, the name of the village was changed to Lockport. Here James H. Barnes, father of our subject, spent many years in the mercantile business, freighting goods with ox teams from Cincinnati over wretched roads of that primitive day, requiring many days, some- times weeks, to make the passage. He was a quiet, amiable man, enjoying the fullest. confidence and esteem of the community. He was a inan of nnobtrusive disposition, a singularly conscientious and God-fearing man, holding the reins of family government with a tenacity that savored of Puritanie firmness for which all his children are grateful now, as the evil fruits of the modern lax system are so painfully appareut all over our land at the present day. In 1833, he was married to Margaret Mountz, by whom he raised a large family, of whom James H. is the second.
James H. Barnes was born in the small village of Lock- port. March 20, 1836. As he grew into manhood. he worked for his father on the farm and attended school during the winter months. After the completion of the canal, his father and an uncle built a large warehouse, and, under the firm name of W. A. & J. H. Barnes, conducted a general merchandise and produce business. In 1854. at the death of his father, James, then eight- een years of age, quit the farm and assisted his uncle in the store. He remained with him five years, when, at the age of twenty-three, he was elected Recorder of the county. He entered upon the duties of the office in 1859, When the war broke out, following the patriotic precedents of his ancestry, he quickly de- termined to enter the service of his country. He accordingly appointed the late Henry M. Graham Deputy Recorder. and on- listed. July 15, 1862, in Company A, Seventy-second Regiment Indiana Volunteers, as a private soldier. It is proper to say that at the expiration of his official service he was honored, though absent, with a nomination for a second term. His regi- ment was ordered into service in Kentucky, and placed on duty at Louisville: thence ordered to Lebanon. where Company A was detached and sent to Muldrangh's Hill toguard the railway tun- nel. After a short service at that point. the company rejoined the regiment, and participated in a series of marches and coun- termarches through Kentucky and Tennessee, the monotony of which was broken occasionally by slight skirmishes with the eu- omy. The march from Frankfort to Gallatin was rendered mem- orable by its severity. The command reached Murfreesboro just ,after the terrible fight at Stone River, and, Jannary 3. went into : rially enlarged.
winter quarters, and remained in camp until June 24. So far, the regiment belonged to the infantry arın of the service, but, during the encampment, it was re-organized, mounted, and armed with the celebrated Spencer rifles. ; It was then assigned to duty on the command which has passed into history as " Wilder's Lightning Brigade." Prior to the re-organization, the regiment was employed in the construction of breastworks: afterward, in foraging, raiding and hunting for bushwhackers. Company A. led the advance on Hoover's Gap, and, by reason of the rapid firing rendered possible by the Spencer rifles, dislodged the, en- emy from his stronghold and rendered, a Union victory more easy in achievement than had been expected, . Thence the command moved to Tullahoma, was armed with mountain howitzers, and
ordered to ent the railway at Deckerd's Station. On the Cum- berland Mountains, the enemy was encountered, and the howit- zers were left on the field. The movements of the command in detail will be found in the history of the regiment on another page of this work. Its movements were rapid and continuous. and afforded, in its successive skirmishlng, ample opportunity to test the courage and daring of the true soklier to the ntmost. At the skirmishing at Chickamauga Bridge, Company A led the column. and three times repulsed the enemy. During the second charge, the officer in command of the company retired, and Mr. Barnes, then a Sergeant. assumed command. After this mem- orable battle, the command fell back to Chattanooga and started on the " Wheeler Raid," a series, of rapid marches and interest- ing skirmishes, which culminated in the fierce engagement at Farmington. The regiment then went into winter quarters near Huntsville, Ala .. and Mr. Barnes was sent home on recruiting service. In May, 1864. he rejoined his counnand at Columbia. Temi .. and, remaining with it, participated in the fighting at Dalton, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain and Rottenwood Creek. In the latter fight. his horse was shot and killed. After reaching Atlanta, the regiment was ordered back to Louisville, where it was re-organized and re-mounted. While at Louisville, after au arduons and honorable service as private. Corporal and Sergeant. Mr. Barnes was commissioned Second Lieutenant of his com- pany, December 11, 1864. Sixteen days later, ho was commis- sioned First Lieutenant. From Louisville, the regiment moved to Gravelly Springs. Tenn., and went into winter quarters. In the spring, the regiment was assigned to duty in Wilson's Cav- alry Corps, and participated in all the marches and skirmishes which have made Wilson's cavalry famous in history. Lient. Barnes commanded the advance in the skirmishing which led to the engagement at Ebenezer Church, and also participated in the fight at Selma, Ala. He participated in the capture of Macon, Ga., and then was sent with a detachment to guard supplies at Oglethorpe, and theuce through Andersonville to Americus, near which place occurred. during his stay, the capture of " Jeff" Davis. In the latter part of May, the regiment was ordered baek to Nashville, where it went into camp preparatory to being mns- tered out: thence to Indianapolis, where it was mustered out and paid, July 6, 1865.
Mr. Barnes then returned to Delphi and formed a partnership with R. J. Barnett in the stove and tinware business. After about two years in this service. he took charge of the dry goods store of the late Henry Bolles. A few months later, he went into business for himself. in the room occupied by Mr. Bolles, and has been eminently successful. Under the firm name of J. H. Barnes & Bro., the business has been-conducted since 1878, and mate-
Mr. Barnes has been thrice married. His first marriage oc- onurred October 3, 1862, to Miss Emeline Gregg, who died March 20, 1868. July 21. 1869, he was married to Miss Rachel Stan- sel. By the hand of death he was deprived of her companion- ship January 10, 1875. He was again married, February 7, 1877, to Miss Mary E. Barker. of Fall River, Mass.
Mr. Barnes was reared in the religions faith of the Associate Presbyterian, or, more commonly, the Seceder Church. In 1862. however, he united with what was, then styled the New School Presbyterian Church, and has since been an earnest worker there- in. His wife is also affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Barnes has been successful in his life-work, and enjoys the esteem ever accorded to a valued citizen.
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DEER CREEK TOWNSHIP.
E. M. BARNES.
The subject of this sketch was born in Lockport. Adams Township, Carroll Co .. Ind., March 11, 1838. He is the lineal deseendant of an honorable and patriotic ancestry. briefly sketched in the biography of his brother, James H. Barnes, on the pre- ceding page. While yet a lad, his father moved on a farm, where Edward. as he grew up, found active employment. spend- ing his winters, however, in school. The death of his father. in 1854, devolved greater responsibilities upon him. but he bravely met them, and was highly successful in his conduct of the farm. At the age of twenty years, he left the farm and entered school in the city of Delphi, where he pursued his studies with vigor for some time, and then entered the academy at Waveland. Ho spent abont two years ut the Waveland school. passing his vuca- tions in the Auditor's office of Carroll County. When the war broke ont, he promptly enlisted in Company A. Ninth Indiana Infantry, in response to the first call for volunteers. Ho partici- pated in the marches and battles of the regiment in the Western Virginia campaign, and took an active part in the sharp engage- ments at Philippi, Laurel Hill and Carrick's Ford. After the expiration of his Virginia campaign. he returned to Delphi, and promptly re-enlisted in Company A. Second Indiana Cavalry September 18, 1861, which, by the way, was the first complete regiment of cavalry raised in Indiana. Mr. Barnes was appointed First Sergeant of the company. The regiment entered the sorv- ice the latter part of December. 1861. In February. 1862, it marched with Buell's army toward Nashville, whence it moved to the Tennessee River, reaching the field of Shiloh aud participat. ing in the second day's fight. On the 9thof April. it had a skir- mish with the enemy on the road to Corinth. and on the loth participated in the sharp engagement at Poa Ridge. About this time. Mr. Barnes was taken sick. and, during his sickness, ro- ceived the appointment of First Lieutenant of his company, which he rejoined just in time to participate in the occupation of Cor- inth. Thence he participated in the movements of Buell's army into Northern Alabama, and in the battle of Tuscumbia, and afterward in the Tennessee campaign, resulting in the battles of McMinnville and Gallatin. At the latter place. a lot of the regiment. including Company A. was surrounded by the onemy, and only escaped capture by a heroic charge. In this engage. ment. his horse was shot under him. Afterward, the command participated in the Bragg and Buell campaign in Kentucky, en- gaging the enemy at Vinegar Hill and Perryville. It then re- sumed observations in Tennessee and Georgia, participating in the engagements at Trinne and Chickamanga, where ho com- manded his company. The command was then ordered to East Tennessee to relieve Knoxville from the threatened attack of Gen. Longstreet. On the 13th of March. 1864. Mr. Barnes was made a prisoner of war, and sent to Salisbury. On the 29th of May. while en route to a rebel prison in Georgia. he. with three other officers. succeeded in escaping from the train by sawing out the iron bars and escaping through the car window while the train was moving up a heavy grade near Chesterville, Ga. After wearying marches by night, under the guidance of plantation Degroes, they crossed the mountains in North Carolina and ar rived safe within the Union lines at. Knoxville on the 30th of Jine. After accepting a furlongh to. recuperate his health. he rejoined his regiment at Cartersville, Ga., and continned with it, in command of the company, through the remainder of its serv- ice, participating in the Wheeler raid through Tennessee. Re-
turning from this raid. he was honorably mustered ont, with bis regiment, at Indianapolis, July 22, 1865. Mr. Barnes returned to Delphi, and, after a short time spent in teaching, opened a news and book store, a business he has successfully conducted to the present time.
He was married, November 10. 1864. to Miss Mary E. Martin. daughter of the late Lewis Martin, Esq. one of the pioneer busi. noss inen of Delphi. After its organization. he became a mem- ber of Boothroyd Post. G. A. R .. of Delphi. He and his wife have for many years been active members of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Barnes is a valued citizen and a very successful business man.
JOHN J. BRAGNNIER.
Abraham and Elizabeth Bragunier. the parents of onr sub- ject. were natives of Franklin County. Poon. The husband was of French extraction, and the wife of German linwage. In 1836. the family moved to this county. landing in Delphi in April. Mr. Bragunier at onee purchased the farin east of this city yot owned by J. J. Bragunier. On this farm. in an old house yet standing, John was boru July 3. 1536. He received such an odn cation as the common schools of his day afforded. and worked . with his father on the farm. January 4, 1859. his father died. and his mother was called to her long bome April 16. 1867. John remained on the farm until the civil war broke ont. when he promptly enlisted. September IS. 1861. in Company A. Forty first Regiment Indiana Volunteers (Second Cavalry). The regi mment. as soon as properly equipped, was ordered into service in Kentucky, where it did excellent and constant work in the varied duties devolved apon the cavalry arm of the service. Its first engagement was on the bloody field of Shiloh. April 6 and 7, 1.562, and it was present at the evaluation of Corinth. From the latter place the regiment was ordered back to Reynolds' Station. whence it served guarding wagon trains through to Athens, Ala. Afterward, the regiment started in pursuit of the rebel Cion. John Morgan. The command found him at Gallatin. Tonn .. and. as Mr. Bragunier says, got soundly thrashed. Thence the regi mont was ordered in front of Murfreesboro, where the armies on both sides were concentrating preparatory to one of the decisive and most disastrous battles of the war. Mr. Bragunier was not permitted to participate in the final struggle at Stone River by reason of a serious mistake, which sent him to the hospital. Ou the night of September 8, 1562, his company was ordered ont on a reconnoitering expedition. When returning, about midnight, the company was carelessly fired into by the Union pickets, and Be received a riffe-shot wound in the wrist of his right arm. He was taken to Hospital No. S, at. Nashville. Ten .. where he re. mained for five months, and, during this period of suffering, on several occasions his tenure on life was exceedingly frail. By reason of his wound, which left his arm comparatively useless. he was honorably discharged from the service February 5. 1563. when he returned home. In the spring of ES6t. he engaged in the hat business in this city. but pursued it about a year only when he sold out and engaged in the dry goods business with M. Snopson. under the firm name of Simpson & Brugnuier. This line of busi- ness he pursued less than a your. when he disposed of his interest and returned to the farm. He continued farming nutil in July. 1881, when he returned to Delphi and engaged in the undertak. ing business. forming a partnership with Clayton E. Cox. This copartnership is still existing.
Mr. Bragnnier has been an active member of the Independ-
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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY.
ent Order of Odd . Fellows since February 27, 1868, when he united with Carroll Lodge, No. 174. He was elected Noble Grand October 7, 1869, and. March 31, 1870, was elected Repre- sentative to the Grand Lodge. He united with Delphi Lodge, No. 28, January 27, 1873, by card, and represented that lodge in the Grand Lodge in the May sessions of 1878 and 1880. Joined Carroll Encampment in 1868, and was a charter member of Adina Lodge, No. 79, D. of R. He has repeatedly represented his Encampment in the State Grand Body. He was married, April 18, 1865, to Sarah A. Halsey. The family ties were broken by her death November 9, 1879. Mr. Bragnnier is regarded as one of our best citizens.
ENOCH COX. SR.
The subject of this brief sketch was born in the State of New Jersey August 28, 1784. Five years later, his parents moved to Mason County, Ky .. where they located and continued to reside for thirty-six years. " In 1825. he removed to Montgomery County, Ohio, where he remained until April 2, 1829. when he started for Delphi. He reached his journey's end on the 17th day of April, 1829, and stopped temporarily with the family of John Robbins. After a few days, he moved to Delphi and occu- pied a log house which stood on Main street, just opposite the Carroll Lodge Hall I. O. O. F. In the February following, he moved into the edge of Tippecanoe County, and lived on a farm known in later years as the " Walters place." In the latter part of December, 1830, he returned to Delphi and moved into a house he had erected on the lot just west of Dunkle & Kilgore's agri- cultural store. In this building, which will doubtless be romem- bered by a few of the surviving pioneers, he kept a boarding- house. At the expiration of three years, he moved on a farm. which he had purchased, located two miles southwest of Delphi. Assisted by his son. he at once entered upon the severe labor in- cident to developing a farm from the native forest. There were at the time roving bauds of Indians passing to and fro. but they were quite friendly, and gave no annoyance. Upon this farm he spent the remainder of his days, and died March 3. 1867.
. Mr. Cox was married, August 28, 1810, to Miss Isabella Lo- gan, in Mason County, Ky. One son-Joseph -- and two daugh- ters-Elizabeth (Mrs. Nathaniel Wilson) and Ann (Mrs. John L. Lyon)-were the fruits of the union. Of the family, Mrs. Lyous is the only member now living.
JOSEPH COX.
Joseph Cox, the only son of Enoch Cox. Sr., was born in Mason County, Ky., December 25. ISIS: died on the old home- stead, near Delphi. December 31. 1868. He was about ten years of age when he came with his father to Carroll County. His education was that of a farmer's boy, and he pursued the voca- tion of a farmer through life. April 23. 1840, he was married to Miss Elizabeth E. Jackson. who was born in Gfiles County. Va., May 24, 1818. and who is still living. After his marriage. he moved into Madison Township and resided there six or seven years, when he returned to the old homestead and passed the re- mainder of his days thereon. Two sons-Enoch and Joseph A. -are yet living in this city.
Mr. Cox was an enthusiastic member of the Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows for many years. He united with Delphi Lodge, No. 28, December 8, 1851. He represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge of Indiana, and was a member of the Encamp-
ment. In all the relations of life, Joseph Cox proved an honora- ble man and a good citizen.
JOHN A. CARTWRIGHT.
The brithplace of the subject of this review was the little town of Jackson, Mahoning Co., Ohio, and, on the 17th day of Novem- ber, 1881, he passed the milestone that marked the fifty-first year of his age. In 1851, while in attendance at a seminary in Jackson, his parents, John C. and Margaret ( McCorkle) Cart- wright, the former a native of Virginia and the latter born in Philadelphia, moved into Indiana and located in Wells County. Early in the subsequent year. John A. followed his parents into this State, and, in the winter of 1852, engaged for the first time ! in the occupation of teaching school. The torm was for there mouths, and he received for his service the sum of $15 and his board -the latter furnished by the patrons of the school. Lim ited heretofore to the district school, with a season at the semi- nary, he now entered the State University at Bloomington. Ind .. and was graduated from there in the class of 1855. His current college expenses were met with money obtained from teaching school from time to time during the continuance of the course. After gradaation. he was invited to take control of and for fonr years was Principal of a then flourishing institute at Sugar Grove. Tippecanoe County. In the intervals between school years, ho read an entire course of law. in the office of Ward & Taylor, of La Fayette, never, however, engaging in the practice. In 1859. he removed to Carroll County, and in Delphi contiuned in his favorite vocation, having control of the public schools for three years.
The succeeding fifteen years, from 1863 to 187S, were mainly ocenpied by Mr. Cartwright in the capacity of a public servant. His first official position was that of County Examiner. in which he served two years -from 1863 to 1865. From 1867 to IS68, ho was Mayor of the city of Delphi. At the expiration of the may. oralty, he was chosen a School Trustee of Delphi. a position which, two years later, he resigned, to make the race as a candi. date of the Democratic party for the Auditorship of Carroll County. Sueressful, in 1870. in the latter race, and efficiently and cour te usly discharging his duties as Auditor for four years, he was re-elected to the same office in [574 .. It is due to Mr. Cartwright to say that. while in all his political contests, he has had the strongest partisan opposition. yet never has a word been uttered against his fitness or ability. nor the slightest breath of suspicion raised against his integrity or trustworthiness. His record as an - officer has been satisfactory to both parties.
Though occupied in public service. he has also found time to devote to mercantile pursuits. From 1867 to the present date. he has more or less actively engaged in the lime business, a por tion of the time with his brother, and, since 1873. associated with the Delphi Line Company, the last three years acting as its See. retary and Treasurer. Since 1878. also, he has been a partner with his brother in the retail grocery trade. He has the reputa- tion of being a shrewd. yet careful business man, with a good ca. pacity for detail, and the fact that he holds the responsible posi. tion in the Delphi Lime Company referred to above sufficiently attests the confidence reposed in him by his mercantile associates,
On the 25th day of December, 1860. Mr. Cartwright was inar. ried to Miss Susannah Hyatt, at Sugar Grove, Tippecanoe County. The result of this is five children-Jessie B., John H., George O., Mary A. and Josephine L. The eldest daughter. Miss Jes.
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REED CASE, SR., DECEASED.
The subject of this sketch was born in Nelson County, Ky., January 29, 1808, and died in Delphi, October 23, 1871. William Case, his father, moved to Indiana in the summer of 1808, and settled in the northeast part of what is now Orange County. In the spring of 1809, owing to the presence of some hostile Indians, he returned to Kentucky, and located in Shelby County. In 1810, he again determined to cast his lot in In- diana, and moved to Harrison County ; thence to Washington County, in 1811 ; thence again to Orange County, where he settled permanently. When Reed Case attained to the age of sixteen, desiring to begin business for himself, and having become skilled as a brickmason, he moved to Danville, Hendricks Co., and took a contract of building the court house, the first one erected in the county. He was there during a period of three years. In 1832, he took a contract on the National road through the counties of Hendricks and Putnam. In 1836, he went to Miami County, and took a contract on the Wabash & Erie Canal then under construc- tion. Afterward, he took a contract on the same public work below this city, at what is known as the Falling Spring Bluffs, located in the edges of Carroll and Tippecanoe Counties. In 1838, he formed a partnership with the late James Spears, under the firm name of Spears & Case; and purchased an unfinished canal contract of Valerius Armitage, now deceased. In 1839, the firm built the steamboat canal and locks on the Wabash, opposite Pittsburg. During 1842, the firm also built the paper- mill race, and the side cut leading from the canal to the warehouse at the foot of Main street, Delphi. In the year 1843, the firm built a warehouse and a packing house, and conducted the general produce and pork trade on an extensive scale. In 1845, the company was enlarged, and the general business increased by the admission to the firm of James P. Dugan, under the name and style of Spears, Case & Co. During the year 1863, the firm erected the large packing establishment just east of Delphi,
and, in addition to the grain and general banking business, carried on an immense business in packing pork and beef, until the death of Mr. Case, in 1871. His educational advantages were, as a matter of course, limited, as is always the case in pioneer life ; but an abundance of pluck and energy more than compensated for this deficiency. He was possessed of unusual executive ability, and at the immature age of sixteen he began his business career as a contractor. In his business ventures he was generally highly successful, and he died possessed of a large estate. It too often occurs that accumulated wealth serves to chill the heart of its possessor, and freeze out the kindly sentiments and impulses of even a naturally generous heart ; but such was not the case with the subject of this sketch. He was generous to a fault, and the name of Reed Case was a household word, and a joy in the homes of the poor who enjoyed his acquaintance and esteem. He was initiated into Delphi Lodge, No. 28, I. O. O. F., March 30, 1846, and likewise held a worthy membership in Carroll Encampment, No. 22, of the Patriarchal branch of the order.
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