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Hezekiah Robison was united in marriage on February 18, 1875, with Mary Martin, daughter of William P. and Martha (Stevens) Martin. She
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was born on March 5, 1854, in Carroll county, Indiana, where she attended the public schools, and where their first housekeeping operations were com- menced. This union has been blest with two children, Nora, who became the wife of John E. Dixon, and who died, leaving one child, who is now the wife of James L. Sharp, of Alberta, Canada, and Maud, who was married to Earl Stewart, and is the mother of four children, Hazel, Everett, Mary and Helen.
Mr. Robison is the proprietor of "The Maples Farm," consisting of one hundred and forty acres, situated a quarter of a mile east of Burrows, where he enjoys the friendship of, not only the immediate township. but of the entire county. He takes a personal pride in the management of his own farm.
WILLIAM F. WAGONER.
Among the strong and influential citizens of Carroll county, Indiana, the record of whose lives has become an essential part of the history of this section, William F. Wagoner occupies a prominent place. For many years he has exerted a beneficial influence on the locality where he resides. His chief characteristics are keenness of perception, a tireless energy, honesty of purpose and motive and everyday common sense. These qualities have enabled him not only to advance his own interests but also largely to con- tribute to the moral and material welfare of the community. Mr. Wagoner is now living retired.
William F. Wagoner, who was born in Carrollton township, Carroll county, Indiana, on April 16, 1851, is the son of Martin and Rosanna (Martin) Wagoner. The father was born in Lancaster county, Pennsyl- vania, in 1799 and was a mill-wright by trade. He emigrated from the Keystone state to Ohio, where he met Rosanna Martin, who was born in 1811. After their marriage in Ohio, they moved to Lafayette, Indiana, and later moved from Lafayette to Jackson township, Carroll county. The journey was made with an ox team about 1832. Here Martin Wagoner entered one hundred and sixty acres of land in section 5, of Carrollton township and, after clearing away a spot, built a log cabin and later a frame dwelling, where he lived until his death. In later years, he added another eighty acres and had in all at the time of his death two hundred and forty acres. He lived to see the farm well cleared and improved, passing away . on the old homestead on September 20, 1868. His wife died in July, 1881.
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Not only was he a valuable citizen from the standpoint of having acquired by his own personal efforts all the property he had at the time of his death, but also as a mill-wright he was a valuable man in the community, and did a great deal of repair work. He was an elder in the Cumberland Presby- terian church and a liberal supporter. Politically, he was a Democrat.
Martin and Rosanna (Martin) Wagoner had twelve children, of whom five are now living, as follow: Isaac N., a retired farmer of Carrollton township, married Catherine Bone and they have two children; Henry mar- ried Rebecca Kirkpatrick and they live in Flora, Indiana; George Wagoner is a retired farmer of Flora; David M., a farmer of Carrollton township, married Susan Kirkpatrick; William F. is the subject of this sketch. Among the deceased children are Mary, who was the wife of Joseph Trent and who died in July, 1914; Nancy died in infancy; Elizabeth was the wife of Adam Bone; Margaret married Samuel Wickard; Matilda married Andy Thomas; Clementine died at the age of five years; John married Adaline Bryant and is deceased.
William F. Wagoner was reared on the farm and when old enough attended the district schools of the neighborhood, attending school in the winter and working on the farm in the summer, until he was twenty-one years old. Mr. Wagoner began life without a cent, first renting the home farm until he was twenty-five years old.
On January 27, 1876, William F. Wagoner was married to Mary E. Niccum, who was born in Clinton county, Indiana, on November 15, 1853, the daughter of Thomas and Mariah (Kingery) Niccum. Mrs. Wagoner was reared on the farm and educated in the district schools.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner rented land for three years more. Mr. Wagoner then bought sixty acres in Carrollton township in 1879, paying twenty-five dollars per acre for the land. He sold the farm . in 1908 for one hundred and twenty dollars per acre. At the present time he owns one hundred and twenty-eight acres in Carroll county, and one hun- dred and eighty acres in Davies county, Indiana, besides eighteen acres at the edge of the corporation of Flora. Here he built a substantial dwelling and outbuildings and shortly afterward moved to the new home in 1910. Mr. Wagoner spends most of his time now in looking after his farms.
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Mr. and Mrs. William F. Wagoner have had five children, as follow : Emerson F., a graduate of the common schools, is a farmer and owns his own farm; Loren C. is a graduate of Valparaiso University and an instruc- tor in the manual training high school of Jersey City, New Jersey; Man- ford A. is a farmer in Carroll county; Lillie May, who was a student at
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Valparaiso University and a student and teacher of music, is the wife of Taylor Fouts; Earl B., a graduate of the Flora high school, who spent two years in Purdue University, is a civil engineer in the employ of the Osborne Company of Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Wagoner is one of the deacons of the church. He is a Democrat in politics.
JOHN WILLIAM POLLARD.
About three-quarters of a century ago, the grandmother of John Will- iam Pollard, a successful farmer of Tippecanoe township, came from Ohio to White county, Indiana, and from there came with her eldest son and settled in Carroll county, Indiana, after the death of her husband.
John William Pollard is a native of Tippecanoe township, Carroll county, born on August 26, 1854. He is the son of John Blackburn and Abbie (Ross) Pollard, the former of whom was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, near Circleville, and the latter, born near Circleville, in Pickaway county. They were married in that county and in 1849 came to White county, Indiana, remaining there until 1852, when they emigrated to Car- roll county and settled in Tippecanoe township. Here John Blackburn Pol- lard owned three hundred and fifty-four acres of well-improved land and followed farming and stockraising until his death, in 1890. His widow survived him nearly a quarter of a century, passing away in 1914. She was a member of the Methodist church. Abbie (Ross) Pollard was the daughter of Moses L. and Mary (Frazee) Ross, who were both natives of New Jersey and who emigrated early in life to Pickaway county, Ohio, and there spent the rest of their lives. The widow of Moses L. Ross, how- ever, died in Illinois. John Blackburn Pollard's father died in Ohio and after his death his widow, Rachel Pollard, came West with her son and settled in White county, Indiana. It was there that Rachel Pollard died. She bore her husband four children, namely: Silas, who died in Pickaway county ; William Ford, who died in Carroll county; Eveline, who died in White county, and John Blackburn, father of John William, of this sketch. Of the three children born to John Blackburn and Abbie (Ross) Pollard, only two are living, John William and Allie E. Mary died at the age of three years.
Mr. Pollard and his sister, Allie E., live retired on the old home-
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stead. They have made many substantial improvements on the home farm, which comprises one hundred and sixty acres and which is located in sec- tion 13. Aside from this old home farm, they own several hundred acres of land in Carroll county. Miss Allie E. Pollard is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, although her father was a member of the United Brethren church. Mr. Pollard is a member of the Horse-Thief Detective Association of Carroll county, and is a Democrat in politics.
JOSEPH W. BEEN.
Descended from an early pioneer family of Carroll county, and with the combination of high ambition and a good start in life, Joseph W. Been has improved a good bargain, until he is now the prosperous owner of a large tract of land, consisting of one thousand acres, all located in Carroll county, all acquired from a nucleus of one hundred and sixty acres.
Joseph W. Been, farmer, Burrows, Indiana, was born on August 5, 1847, on the farm which he now owns, and is the son of Benjamin B. and Catherine (Wharton) Been. His youthful days were spent under his father's roof, and his education was obtained at the public schools of the district. After finishing his studies, he started out for himself, and one by one he bought out the interests of the heirs to his father's estate, giving him at present one thousand acres of fine farm land, located in Carroll county. Politically. Mr. Been gives his support to the Democratic party, although he has never been an office seeker. He is an earnest and attentive mem- ber of the Presbyterian church, serving as one of the trustees, and giving liberally towards the support of the church. He is vice-president of the A. T. Bowen banks, located at Logansport and Delphi, Indiana, and a branch at No. 11 Broadway, New York City, and owns considerable stock in the Farmers and Merchants Bank at Logansport, Indiana.
Benjamin B. Been, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Pennsylvania, where he was united in marriage with Catherine Wharton. after which they removed to Ohio, where they followed farming for fifteen years, and then sold out and came to Carroll county, purchasing a farm consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, to which Mr. Been continued to add, until he owned eight hundred acres, all earned through his own efforts and the assistance of his immediate family. Mr. and Mrs. Been were active
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members of the Presbyterian church, and were the parents of seven children, five of whom are living in 1915: Jacob, a retired farmer of Logansport, Indiana; Louise, the widow of John Cornell, lives at Camden, Indiana; Nancy is the widow of Pomeroy Beals, and lives at Logansport; Martha was married to William Gibson, who is deceased, and makes her home at Logans- port, and Joseph W.
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Joseph W. Been was united in marriage with Amelia Martin. This union was blest with two children, one of whom is living in 1915, Josie, who was well educated, and is the widow of Lewis Porter. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Been was married to Alice Kinnamon, in 1889, by whom he has had four children: Jason. a graduate of the University of Michigan, and the present cashier of the A. T. Bowen Bank, at Logansport, of which he is a stockholder; Jane. a graduate of the high school, is at home; Ward was married to Mrs. Emma Emrich, and lives on the home farm; Benjamin, a graduate of the Delphi high school. is attending the Normal school at Danville, Indiana.
Mr. Been has occupied a prominent place in the citizenship of the town- ship where he has long resided, and where he has become an important factor, entitling him to the undivided respect and esteem of all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance.
LEWIS S. MYER.
This veteran of the Civil War is to be counted among the progressive and influential farmers and business men of Carroll county, where he has lived for seventy years. He has figured as one of the builders of the com- munity and is especially worthy of consideration in this volume. By his industry, good management and foresight, he has been able to acquire a large competency for old age. Not only has he advanced his personal for- tunes, but he has materially assisted in promoting the welfare of the com- munity, having in many ways lent his valuable time and influence in behalf of worthy public movements.
Lewis S. Myer, the proprietor of "Bachelor Run Stock Farm" of one hundred and thirty acres, situated northwest of Flora, adjoining the corpora- tion on the Delphi and Flora gravel road, was born in Carroll county, April 3. 1845. He is the son of John Myer, Jr., who married Lavina Shideler. John Myer, Jr., was a native of Union county, Indiana, born on March 26,
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1814, and died on May 24, 1873, at Salem, Oregon. His wife, who was born on July 8, 1821. died on February 11, 1891. She also was a native of Union county, Indiana.
John Myer, Jr., and his wife grew up in Union county, Indiana, and were married in that county. After their marriage they came to Carroll county, Indiana, and settled on land which John Myer, Sr., had entered from the government. This tract of land was located in section 24, of Monroe township. There they built a cabin and passed through all of the pioneer experiences common to the day and generation. John Myer, Jr., owned a farm of one hundred and sixty acres near the present site of the town of Flora.
The paternal grandparents of Lewis S. Myer were John, Sr., and Eliza- beth Myer, the former of whom was born on January 2, 1785, and the lat- ter on October 17, 1784. Their children were Samuel, born on June 29, 1806; Mary, August 9, 1808; Sarah, August 17, 1810; Barbara, September 3, 1812, and John, Jr., March 26, 1814. John, Sr., and Elizabeth (Sloffel) Myer were married in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, September 13, 1802, and immigrated to Indiana in the fall of 1806. On September 17, 1882, Samuel Myer, the eldest son of John, Sr., and Elizabeth Myer, was mar- ried to Susan Kingery.
John, Jr., and Lavina (Shideler) Myer were the parents of nine chil- dren, four of whom are now living, namely: Lewis S., the subject of this sketch; Elizabeth, the wife of Albert Holmes, of Camden, Indiana; David, a farmer near Flora, and Amanda, the wife of Elias Shiveley, of Bring- hurst, Indiana. Ellis T., another son, was a member of Company H, Third Indiana Cavalry, and died in the army fighting in the defense of his country at Munfordville, Kentucky, in January, 1862.
Reared on a farm in Monroe township and educated in the district schools of the township, Lewis S. Myer was twenty years old when he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in 1865. After the war Mr. Myer came home and was married to Mrs. Margaret (Hunt) Bright, on January 23, 1868. She is a daughter of Edward Hunt, and had married Peachy Bright, a soldier in the Civil War, who was drowned on the steamer "Sultana," leaving one daughter, Estaline, the widow of D. S. Trent.
Mr. and Mrs. Myer were the parents of five children, namely: Laura, who married John M. Koonsman, died on August 9, 1894; Virgil, born on December 25, 1870, who was graduated from the Flora schools and for a time was a teacher, but is now a merchant in Flora and a member of the
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school board, married Jennie Snobarger, September 30, 1896; Dora B., born on September 23, 1872, who is a graduate of the high school and an undertaker and furniture dealer, is unmarried and lives at home; Lena L., born on June 8, 1875, who is the widow of Elmer J. Todd and a graduate of the Flora high school, is now a teacher of music in the Flora schools; Dr. W. L., a graduate of the Flora high school and formerly a teacher in the Flora schools, is a dentist at Rensselaer and manages a farm of two hundred acres.
Lewis S. Myer was one of the organizers of the Bright National Bank and was a large stockholder. He also helped to organize the Carroll County Loan, Trust and Savings Company and is one of the large stockholders of the company. He has been active in farmers' institutes and has served as secretary of the Carroll County Farmers' Institute. He keeps a very high grade of stock on the farm where he lives and has been very successful in agriculture.
Mrs. Myer is an active worker in the Baptist church. Mr. Myer attends church regularly and is a liberal supporter of religious enterprises. He is a member of Samuel Stewart Post No. 557, Grand Army of the Republic. He is a past commander of the post and is the present quartermaster. He is also a member of Fountain City Lodge No. 280, Knights of Pythias, of which he is a past chancellor. He is also a member of the grand lodge of Indiana. Politically, Lewis S. Myer is identified with the Republican party.
MRS. ELIZABETH F. GUTHRIE.
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Guthrie, widow of Thaddeus Guthrie, Rock Creek township, Carroll county, was born on March 13, 1857, in Adams township, this county. and is a daughter of Dr. Robert I. Wilson and Jane ( Howell) Wilson. She grew to young womanhood at Lockport, Indiana, and at the proper age was sent to the public schools, after which she attended the school at Delphi, and later entered the State Normal School at Terre Haute. After finishing her education, Mrs. Guthrie became a teacher, in which capacity she was engaged for three years prior to her marriage. Mrs. Guthrie is one of the landowners in Rock Creek township, her farms total- ing about three hundred acres. The home farm is one of the best farms in the county, the management of which is entirely under her own supervision. Mrs. Guthrie is an attendant of the Presbyterian church at Burrows.
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Dr. Robert I. Wilson, father of Mrs. Guthrie, was born on December 15, 1815, in Ross county, Ohio, and was a son of John and Lucy (Taylor) Wilson. His wife was Jane ( Howell) Wilson, by whom he had eight children, namely: John WV., deceased; Mary B., the wife of Lafayette McReynolds; Emily J., who was married to William Guthrie; Lucy C., who became the wife of Adam Gibson; Louise was united in marriage with Alfred Guthrie; Elizabeth Frances, the widow of Thaddeus Guthrie; James A. H., who was married to Dr. Mary Brown, and Clara M., who died in infancy. After the death of his wife, Dr. Robert L. Wilson was married, secondly, to Helen Parker, to which union were born two children, Minnie and Winnie, twins.
John Wilson, the paternal grandfather, was a son of William H. Wil- son, and his wife was Lucy (Taylor) Wilson. They had eleven children.
The Wilsons in America, from whom the subject of this sketch is descended, came from the North of Ireland to the United States, during very early times, the emigrant ancestor being John Wilson, who had five sons, James, the third son, was the father of nine children, of whom John was the fifth child: and the father of eleven children.
Elizabeth Frances Wilson was united in marriage on August 31, 1879, with Thaddeus Guthrie, son of John and Barbara (Foy) Guthrie. He was born on December 5, 1831, in Ross county, Ohio, and came to Carroll county in 1840. His education was obtained in the public schools of the district. To this union six children were born, Louise F., Winifred B., Lahre A., Mary W., Annie S. and Jane H. Louise F. was graduated from the public schools, and afterward became the wife of Christian Blankinship, and is teaching school in North Dakota; Winifred B. is a graduate of the Holy Angels Academy of Logansport, Indiana, and is now the wife of Adolph Erdman; Lahre A. was graduated from the public school, was united in marriage with Pearl Stuart, and they live in Rock Creek township; Mary W. was graduated from the public schools, after which she attended the Holy Angels Academy and the South Dakota Normal School, and is now a teacher in Washington; Annie S. is also a graduate of the public schools, the Holy Angels Academy, the South Dakota Normal School, and is a student at Indiana State University; Jane H. is a graduate from the Delphi high school, and is also a student at Indiana State University.
The prosperous and valuable farm on which Mrs. Guthrie resides and which she manages is known as "Brookside Farm," and is situated ten miles east of Delphi, Indiana, on rural route No. I. Rockfield, where she has many warm and congenial friends and acquaintances.
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SAMUEL A. WASSON.
Unquestioned integrity and indefatigable industry have resulted in the well-improved farm owned by Samuel A. Wasson, the gentleman whose brief history follows. The major portion, if not the entire business life of Mr. Wasson has been devoted to the occupation of farming, which line his ancestors, who were honored pioneer citizens of Orange county, Indiana, always followed.
Samuel A. Wasson, farmer, Burrows, Indiana, was born on September 27, 1861, on the farm, a part of which he now owns, and is a son of Thomas L. and Mary (Johnson) Wasson. He grew to young manhood under his father's roof, attending the district schools during the winters and performed his share of the farm work during the summers, until he was nineteen years of age, when his father died, and he was called upon to take over the management of the farm. Mr. Wasson has always been a wide-awake man, having associated with men of progressive and up-to-date methods, and his name is well known as a man of advanced ideas in the various interests which he represents in and about Burrows. Politically, he is a stanch Republican, but has never been ambitious in the direction of office-holding. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian church at Burrows, of which he is one of the trustees. Mr. Wasson was originally the manager of the Burrows Telephone Company, and now holds the office of treasurer. He is a large stockholder and one of the directors of the Farmers State Bank of Burrows.
Thomas L. Wasson, father of the subject of this sketch, was born on March 4, 1822, in Orange county, Indiana, and was a son of John Wasson. His wife, Mary (Johnson) Wasson, was born in Virginia, and came to Car- roll county, Indiana, where they were united in marriage, and where they lived until their death, Mr. Wasson dying on April 4, 1880, and his wife, in May, 1894. They were both members of the Presbyterian church at Rock Creek, where Mr. Wasson took an active part in church work. They were the parents of four children, all of whom are living in 1915: Samuel A .; Susan, who is the wife of I .. Lesh, lives on the old home farm; Laura became the wife of John E. Dixon, and lives at Burrows, Indiana; Margaret Wasson is unmarried.
John Wasson, the paternal grandfather, came from North Carolina, and settled in Orange county, Indiana, at an early date.
Samuel A. Wasson was united in marriage on August 25, 1889, with
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Minnie Groniger. Mrs. Wasson died in August, 1895. Mr. Wasson was married, secondly, to Susie Girton, in May, 1901. She was born in Cass county, Indiana, receiving her education at the public schools. This union has been blest with one child. Robert L., born on April 14, 1911.
Mr. Wasson is a gentleman of quiet and unassuming manners, and is ยท duly deserving of being placed on record in this volume as a representative citizen of Rock Creek township.
HENRY WAGONER.
Physical infirmities in a large measure mar the usefulness of a man in a community, but a stroke of paralysis which the venerable Henry Wagoner, of Flora, Indiana, suffered in 1904, has hardly affected his buoyancy or enthusiasm, even though he is totally disabled. Altogether he served six years and one month as commissioner of Carroll county and gave to the people of this county most efficient and honorable service in the administra- tion of his duties.
Born in Carrollton township, this county, on April 28, 1844, Henry Wagoner is a son of Martin and Rosanna ( Martin) Wagoner, and was the seventh in order of birth in a family of twelve. When old enough Henry Wagoner attended the district schools of his home township during the winter seasons, working on his father's farm during the summers. At the age of eighteen years he left school, and two years later was drafted for service in the Union army, but hired a substitute, and immediately there- after, in company with his brother, George, took the job of clearing twenty acres of land for his father, for which the sons were to receive the first four crops for their work. This was a prosperous venture and having turned out well, they took another twenty acres, and in this way were able to pay for eighty acres of land. Henry sold his share of the eighty acres to his brother, receiving in return George Wagoner's share in the old home farm. which consisted of two hundred and forty acres. Henry Wagoner now owns one hundred and twenty acres of this land.
On August 2, 1873, Henry Wagoner was married to Rebecca Kirk- patrick, who is a native of Carroll county, receiving her education in the public schools of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner are the parents of four children: William H., a graduate of the local high school, afterward took the medical course in the college at Cincinnati, Ohio, and is now prac-
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