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AMOS GRAHAM.
Amos Graham was born in Washington county, Indiana, January 21, 1828, and, with his father's family, came to Delphi in the fall of 1828. His father was a native of Virginia. His mother died in 1838. His father died prior to the death of the mother. His brothers, Henry and Levi, became prominent lawyers of this county. His brother, Hugh, was a cabinet maker and his brother, Milton, was for many years the publisher of the Delphi Times. Samuel was the youngest, and was a printer. Harvey Gra- ham moved to Michigan. The subject of this sketch was a carpenter. He was one of the oldest members of the Delphi Baptist church. He went to California in 1849, and was there two years. Later he was married to Mary Roblyer, near Battle Creek, Michigan. He died on December 9, 1903, leaving his wife, one son and daughter surviving.
SAMUEL G. GREENUP.
Samuel G. Greenup was born in Scott county, Kentucky, August 30, 1818. He was the youngest of eleven children, and with his father, John Greenup, came to Delphi, and lived in a small brick house, owned by Vine Holt, on the corner of Market and Main streets. His father settled on the
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farm now owned by this county and occupied as a county asylum. In 1835 his father, Christopher, John W. and. Samuel G. Greenup bought a half section of land, situated in Tippecanoe township, being a part of the Bur- nett Reservation. This farm is one of the most noted farms in Carroll county. Greenup Brothers were universally respected all over the county. They constructed flatboats and shipped corn to New Orleans. Samuel Greenup served as county commissioner in 1870. His brother, Christopher, died on October 20, 1875, and John W. died on April 15, 1886. Mr. Greenup was a member of the Masonic fraternity .. He disposed of his large estate by a will. He never married. He died on October 16, 1897.
ELIZABETH GREGG.
Elizabeth Gregg was born in Warren county, Ohio, June 20, 1805. She was married to Aaron Gregg, in Warren county, Ohio, December 31, 1826, and, with her husband, came to Carroll county, Indiana, in October, 1830. Her maiden name was Millard, and she was raised a Quaker. Her ancestors were members of the William Penn colony. Her husband died on August 16, 1870. Mrs. Gregg died on November 5, 1887, leaving her son, George M. Gregg, the last member of the family surviving.
AARON GREGG.
Aaron Gregg was born in Warren county, Ohio, January 23, 1803. His father was a Scotchman and his mother was a Protestant Irish woman. He was married to Elizabeth Millard. in Warren county, Ohio, December 31, 1826. He came to Carroll county, Indiana, in October, 1930, and settled on a farm about four miles east of Delphi, where he lived until his death. His children were seven in number, namely: Angeline, born on February 4. 1828, died on September 17, 1828; Jeremiah, March 19, 1829, died on September 17, 1829; Charles, May 20, 1830, died on February 2, 1911 ; John C., March 6, 1838, died on July 1, 1903; Emeline, December 13, 1840, who became the wife of J. H. Barnes, died on March 17. 1868; Elmira, May 8, 1845, died in 1850: George M. Gregg, April 26, 1847, resides in South Delphi.
The wife of Aaron Gregg was a Quaker, whose ancestors were mem- bers of the William Penn colony. Mr. Gregg' was a progressive. man, a theoretical and practical farmer, and introduced the first blooded stock in
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this county. He served three years as county commissioner from 1851 to 1854. He died on August 16, 1870, leaving his wife and his children above named, except Angeline, Jeremiah, Emeline and Elmira, surviving. . .
JAMES GRIFFITH.
James Griffith was born in Carroll county May 26, 1834. He was a son of Isaac Griffith, Sr., who came to this county in 1826. He was raised on a farm. He was associated with William Gassaway, in Delphi, in the grocery trade. He was married to Elizabeth Lyons, and to this union were born two daughters, Laura and Jessie. He was a veteran of the Civil War. He was a member of the Delphi Lodge No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He died on June 29, 1900, survived by his wife and two daughters.
. ISAAC GRIFFITH.
Isaac Griffith was born in Carroll county, Indiana, June 20, 1827. He was married to Frances Brough in 1857, and to this union was born one daughter. He was engaged in the livery business a number of years. He died on June 10, 1895, survived by his wife and daughter. Eva Griffith.
SAMUEL GRIMES, M. D.
Dr. Samuel Grimes was born in Maryland and came to Delphi in the year 1835. He married Almira Milroy, the second daughter of Gen. Samuel Milroy, who died in 1850. He was the state agent for a number of years, when a fire destroyed his office and the records. He owned considerable land adjacent to Delphi, and laid out additions to the town, known as "Grimes first and second additions." He practiced medicine many years, and was associated with Dr. E. W. H. Beck. He was a highly-educated man, a great student and writer. He had great confidence in the future of his town and was progressive and energetic in building up the town. One building remains of his work. erected in 1837 or 1838, which was first built near where the Monon passenger depot now is. When the frame work was up a severe wind storm demolished it; he then moved it over to the north side of town, on an eminence, above high water, and completed it. It was designed for a tavern, as he expected a side-cut taken from the canal would pass not far from his place. A side-cut was taken out, but it went no farther than the Spears, Case & Dugan warehouse. The edifice was never used for a
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tavern, and for years stood uninhabited, save only in part. The building has borne for many years the euphonious name, "Grimes' Folly."
Doctor Grimes died in Baltimore, Maryland, about 1870, and left no children; but left a will, which was probated in the Carroll circuit court, in February, 1871. The will was contested and finally set aside. There was a peculiar clause in the will, which was a legal puzzle. It provided, after making certain bequests to the heirs of Dr. E. W. H. Beck, that a certain amount of his estate be used by the "Orthodox clergymen of Delphi for the benefit of colored children." Delphi, not having such a clerical body, the court held that the will was indefinite, uncertain and incapable of execution. The colored children did not get anything, and the legatees did not get near all the estate.
CHRISTIAN GROS, JR.
Few men during their lifetime meet with the numerous circumstances experienced by the late Christian Gros, and live to the age of seventy-five years. The history of Mr. Gros' life reads like a romance, and a brief review of it is most interesting.
Mr. Gros was born in Germany, December 23, 1827. In 1836, in com- pany with his parents, two brothers, Fred and Charles, and a sister, he started for America. The voyage was a stormy one and the ship was on the sea for several weeks. The mother became dangerously ill and the daughter died and was buried at sea. The mother was so ill that she did not know of the daughter's death and burial until after she recovered.
They located in Danville, New York. Frederick died in New York City about six months after the family arrived in this country.
In 1837 the family came to Delphi. In 1849, when the California gold fields were discovered, a party of about one hundred and sixty men left Delphi for the golden West. There were no railroads across the country at that time, and the trip was made in wagons. The history of that journey has never been told completely, but it was full of tragedies from start to finish. The hardships endured could scarcely be believed in this day. Some of the party could not withstand the ordeal and died before the end of the journey. Most of the suffering occurred while crossing the great plains.
In 1855 Mr. Gros returned from California, having succeeded fairly well in the gold fields. The next year he went back, taking with him his brother, George, then seventeen years of age, who is still a resident of California.
It was on this trip that Mr. Gros met with one of the worst experi-
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ences of his eventful life, and which came near ending disastrously for him and his brother. Instead of crossing the plains they started to make the journey by way of the Isthmus of Panama, taking a boat at New York for Panama and crossing to the Pacific side on a train and thence to California by boat. When the party reached Panama there were about five hundred passengers. After they had landed, a drunken sailor got into a fight with a native of whom he had bought a watermelon for ten cents and refused to pay for it. The sailor stabbed and killed the native, and this so infuriated the hot-headed residents of the town that the whole party was attacked. They took refuge-men, women and children-in the small railroad station. Some of the men of the party were armed and made the best defense possi- ble, but the natives had the advantage, and all day long, from ten o'clock in the morning until dark, the natives kept up a constant fire on the station. More than half of the party were killed, but Mr. Gros and his brother escaped. They succeeded the next day in advancing on their journey. They reached California in safety.
In 1860 Mr. Gros married, in California, a widow named Martin. Three years later, with his wife, he started for Delphi, this time making the jour- ney by boat the entire distance from San Francisco to New York. When within sight of Atlantic City, New Jersey, their boat was wrecked and Mrs. Gros was drowned.
Mr. Gros was married, secondly, to Addie Hurlburt, May 26, 1872. who died in California in August, 1915. Mr. Gros died October 5, 1902, leaving a wife and two sons.
PHILEPENA GROS.
Philepena Gros was born in Germany, December 26, 1805. She was married to Christian Gros, in Germany, and with him came to the city of New York in 1836, and came to Delphi in July, 1838. Nine children were born to this union, seven sons and two daughters. She died on October 27, 1885, leaving surviving, her husband and five sons, namely: Christian, Charles, Lewis, William and George.
Mrs. Gros was a member of the Lutheran church in Germany. Since 1842 she has been a member of the Presbyterian church of Delphi.
CHRISTIAN GROS, SR.
Christian Gros, Sr., was born in Wiebels Kirchin, western Russia, January 1. 1804, and came to America in 1836 and located in Delphi, Car-
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roll county, Indiana, in 1838. He was a tailor by trade. His wife, who was born in Germany in 1805, died in Delphi, October 27, 1885. Seven children were born to this union. Mr. Gros was a member of the German Lutheran church. He died on August 31, 1889.
CHARLES GROS.
Charles Gros was born in Germany, July 7, 1829, and came with his father's family in 1838 to Delphi. He was married to Vienna Connelly, a daughter of A. G. Connelly, April 21, 1857, and to this union were born four children, three boys and one girl. Mr. Gros went to the Pacific gold fields in 1849, and after several years' absence returned and engaged in farming two miles south of Delphi. He was killed by a train on the Monon railroad, east of Delphi, May 29, 1901, leaving surviving, his wife, three sons and one daughter, and three brothers. He was a member of Delphi Lodge No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
WILLIAM GUTHERIE.
William Gutherie was born in Ross county, Ohio, April 30, 1829, and, with his father's family, came to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1840. He was married to Emily Wilson, a daughter of Dr. Robert I. Wilson, in 1871. He was county surveyor in 1857 and 1871 and served two terms. He died on September 5, 1891, leaving his wife and four children surviving.
JOHN T. GWINN.
John T. Gwinn was born in Kentucky in 1808, and with his parents moved to Virginia, where, in 1829, he married Margaret Williams, and from there moved to a farm near Lafayette, Indiana, and from there he moved to Burlington township, this county, in 1834. His wife died in 1892. To this union were born five sons and two daughters. Mr. Gwinn repre- sented this county in the Legislature in 1854. He died on June 18. 1899.
VINE HOLT.
Vine Holt was born in Gallatin county, Kentucky, October 13, 1813, and with his father's family came to Carroll county, Indiana, in the fall of 1825. He was a son of Col. Ziba Holt, who resided about five miles east of Delphi.
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Mr. Holt, when a young man, helped to build the state Michigan road. He engaged in the mercantile business in Delphi with Noah B. Dewey in 1840, and afterwards with Lewis Martin. Later he was associated with his son-in-law, B. T. Strawbridge in the dry-goods business on the south side of the public square and subsequently with Mathew Sterling and Howard Sherffey. Mr. Holt was associated with John Brooksbank in a tannery, also a saddle shop and shoe shop. Mr. Holt owned several farms situated on the Delphi and Flora road.
Mr. Holt was a stockholder in the Toledo, Wabash & St. Louis Rail- road Company. He was one of the organizers of the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago Railroad Company. He was a stockholder in this company in the sum of five thousand dollars. He was full of energy, hopeful and optimistic.
Vine Holt was twice married. He was married to Edith Phelps, March 9, 1843, who died on April 22, 1873. He was married, secondly, to Mrs. Martha Applegate, August 6, 1891, who died on April 30, 1894. He was · survived by one brother, Robert K. Holt, and two grandchildren, Mrs. Dunn and George Strawbridge. Mr. Holt died on September 10, 1899.
ZIBA HOLT.
Col. Ziba Holt was born on August 25, 1769, in the town of Hampton, Windham county, Connecticut. He learned the blacksmith's trade and at the age of twenty-five went to New York City and worked there at his trade a year. He also lived a short time in Morris county, New Jersey. In the year 1800 he went to the state of Kentucky, bought land and followed his trade.
Ziba Holt was married in the year 1805 to Penelope King, who lived six years, leaving three children. He afterwards married Lucinda Wood, who died on March 15, 1825, leaving eight children. In August, 1828, he came to Carroll county and purchased land five miles southeast of Delphi. He opened up a large farm in a dense wilderness.
Mr. Holt departed this life at the residence of his son, Vine Holt, in Delphi, May 6, 1860.
Among the many interesting biographies of old settlers none is so full of interest as the subject of this sketch. His was an eventful career. He was born before the Revolutionary War. He knew General Putnam and attended his burial: he saw the Revolutionary soldiers in line of duty. He was in the battle of New Orleans and fought under Jackson. He was appointed colonel of a Kentucky militia. He was a man of great energy,
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pronounced convictions of right, and upright and honest in his dealings. At the time of his death he was ninety years old.
ERASTUS W. HUBBARD.
Erastus W. Hubbard was born in Chenango county, New York, in the year 1819, and came to Delphi in the year 1833. For many years he was engaged in the manufacture of lime. He organized the bank known as the Citizens Bank, and was its president for eight years. He died at his son's residence in Indianapolis, W. W. Hubbard, January 28, 1902, leaving sur- viving two sons and one daughter.
JOSEPH R. HORSELY.
Joseph R. Horsely published the Western Republican three years prior to 1848. The Delphi Times succeeded this paper in 1849 and was published by Mr. Horsely until 1857, when Frank Burns was its publisher until November. 1857, when Milton R. Graham became its publisher.
Mr. Horsely, before the Civil War, moved to California. He resided at Waterford. On January 7, 1901, he wrote a letter, from which is made the following extract: "I am at the age of eighty-five years, when men live in the past. They know that the future has little for them, and they are inclined to live their lives over again. Delphi has always had a warm place in my memory. There is where I lived the happiest days of my life. There is where I wooed and won one of the best wives, and there is where four of my living sons were born.". He died in 1914.
Mr. Horsely became a well-known poet, and one of his poems, addressed to a young comrade, entitled "To My Chum Billy," is here set out :
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TO MY CHUM BILLY. A Reminiscent Screed.
Our hearts were full of the joy of life, And in all our plays there was no strife, With pranks and mime our time was rife; In the old days, when we were young, My Chum Billy. In an old log house we went to school, And sometimes we sat upon a stool. With a paper cap, marked "Here's a fool ;" In the old days, when we were young,
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We often sought the meadow brook, Where we caught fish with a baited hook. Do you mind the shiners there we took ! In the old days, when we were young, My. Chum Billy.
No bird ever flew beneath the sky, That could ever build its nest so high, That we couldn't find it. if we would try ; In the old days, when we were young, My Chum Billy.
The "ole swimmin' hole" I've not forgot, On Deer Creek banks, when it was hot, It was our loved and favorite spot ; In the old days, when we were young, My Chum Billy.
In Wilson's grove we had our sport, We played at war and stormed the fort, With other games of every sort : In the old days, when we were young, My Chum Billy.
When we played marbles you'd slap your knee. And cry as loud as loud could be. "Knuckle down tight if you shoot at me !" In the old days, when we were young, My Chum Billy.
Far up the creek, where grew the vine Of berry and grape and eglantine. We spent the day in bright sunshine; In the old days, when we were young, My Chum Billy.
In the shady grove. above the mill. When night came on, and all was still. We heard the cry of the whippoorwill; In the old days, when we were young, My Chum Billy.
You "crossed the divide" long years ago- For me life's way has been long and slow- And time is near when I, too. must go; I feel that I am no longer young, My Chum Billy.
DAVID T. HILDERBRAND.
David T. Hilderbrand was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, August 3, 1831, and came to Carroll county, Indiana, at the age of fifteen years. He was married to Matilda Byers, August 19, 1852, and to this union ten children were born. He was a successful farmer. He met his death, together with a young son, when crossing the track of the Wabash railroad, just east of Delphi. They were struck by a freight train, and both were killed, December 22, 1877.
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JAMES HANNA, SR.
James Hanna. Sr., was born in Greene county, Ohio, June 18, 1823, and in 1833, with his father's family, moved to White county, Indiana, and later moved to Adams township, Carroll county. and resided on a farm. He was married to Emily Gibson. April 9, 1847. To this union four children were born. He was a member of the Church of God, and was a minister of that denomination for forty-five years. He was elected county commissioner in 1879. He died on August 5, 1907, leaving a widow and three sons surviving.
SAMUEL HEILDERBRAND.
Samuel Heilderbrand died at his home in Rock Creek township, this county, July 10, 1902. He was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, August 23, 1823, and came to Carroll county in 1838. He was twice married; the first marriage was to Martha . McDonald, who died in 1856; the second marriage to Rosanna Deal in 1860, who, with three sons, survived him.
CATHARINE HAYNES.
Catharine Haynes was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, January 14, 1811, and, with her father, George Cline, came to Ohio in 1822, and the family moved to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1830, settling in Monroe township. Mrs. Haynes was married to William Haynes in May, 1838. Mr. Haynes died about twenty-five years ago. Mrs. Haynes died on Octo- ber 6, 1903.
JOHN P. HANCE.
John P. Hance was born in Jackson township, Carroll county, Indiana, June 30, 1830, and was raised on a farm. He was married to Lucinda Viney, March 3, 1851, and to this union eight children were born.
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Mr. Hance served two terms as county treasurer, in 1876 and 1878. He was a member of the Masonic order. He was one of the substantial citizens of the county, esteemed and highly respected. He died at his resi- dence in Camden, July 15. 1902.
WILLIAM HUGHES.
William Hughes was born in Winchester, Virginia, April 28, 1790, and, with his father's family, moved to Clark county, Ohio, from there to Ken-
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tucky, and then back to Ohio. He was a soldier of the War of 1812. He moved to Indiana territory in 1820, to Henry county. He came to Carroll county, Indiana, in January, 1827. Mr. Hughes was a rugged, athletic man, a noted hunter, without any education, but possessed of a strong sense of right, a man of large experience and observation. He died on August 10. 1884, in his ninety-ninth year.
WILLIAM W. HOLMES.
William W. Holmes was born in Wood county, Virginia, December 15, 1816, and, with his father's family, moved from Virginia, in the year 1818, to Montgomery county, Ohio, and in 1832 removed to Carroll county, Indiana, and resided on a farm four miles east of. Delphi. His mother died in 1828, and his father in 1858. In 1874 the subject of this sketch moved to Delphi, retiring from farming business.
William W. Holmes was married, January 4. 1842, to Mary A. Martin and to this union were born nine children. He died on February 23, 1905.
ELEANOR JACKSON.
Eleanor Jackson, the youngest daughter of James Odell, Sr., was born in Wayne county, Indiana, December 28, 1816, and with her father's family came to Carroll county, Indiana, in the spring of 1825. She was married to Isaac Jackson, September 23, 1841. She died on July 31, 1894, and was the last member of her father's family. She was survived by three sons, William, James and Isaac.
ISAAC JACKSON.
Isaac Jackson was born in Giles county, Virginia, April 19, 1815, and died at his residence three miles south of Delphi on May 27, 1888. With his father's family he moved to Union county, Indiana, in the year 1823, and removed to Carroll county in November, 1827, and settled on a farm now owned by the Bowen heirs, three miles south of Delphi. His father, Joseph Jackson, lived on the farm until his death.
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Isaac Jackson was married on September 23. 1841. to Eleanor Odell, who, with four children, survived him. He was well known throughout the county. He was a close student of books and nature, and was a fluent writer and speaker. Mr. Jackson opened up a good farm, and possessed mechanical genius. He was a pronounced spiritualist, and was identified with the growth of the county and favored all good enterprises.
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JOHN W. JACKSON.
John W. Jackson died in the state of Washington, January 10, 1910. He was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, July 28, 1823. His father, William Jackson, was born in London, England, in the year 1801, and emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1803. The subject of this sketch came to Delphi, Indiana, May 27, 1847. He was married to Virginia Reynolds, and to this union were born two daughters. He shipped grain on the Wabash and Erie canal for Speares, Case & Company to Toledo for several years. He was a number of times a member of the city council. He was elected county sheriff in 1866 and 1868. In 1861 he entered the service of the regi- mental band of the Ninth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry.
Several years before his death he went to his son-in-law, Thomas Wellock, in Washington state, and when he died his remains were brought here and interred in the Odd Fellows' cemetery, under the auspices of Lodge No. 28. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he was one of the oldest members.
JAMES L. JOHNSON.
James L. Johnson was born in Burlington township, Carroll county, Indiana, July 4, 1849. He was married to Kate Keller, and to this union two children were born, one son and one daughter. He represented Carroll county in the General Assembly two terms-1874-1876 and 1890. He held the office of county superintendent of schools two years. He was a member ·of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Johnson was well educated and was a natural orator and recognized as one of the leading men of the county. He died on August 3, 1915. leaving his wife, one son and one daughter, and two brothers. He was a son of Robert Johnson, an early settler of Burlington township.
DR. LEWIS JORDAN.
Dr. Lewis Jordan was born in Juniata county, Pennsylvania, Septem- ber 22, 1818, and came to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1849, by way of the Wabash and Erie canal. He practiced dentistry. He served as county sur- veyor a short time and was postmaster for many years. He was from early life a member of the Presbyterian church. He died on September 2, 1906, leaving surviving one brother and a half-sister ..
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