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Isaac Heiny was educated in the common schools of Jefferson town- ship and lived at home with his parents until November 28, 1869, when he was married to Mahala Gates, a daughter of Roderick and Sarah Gates, both of whom were devout members of the Brethren church. Mr. Gates was a Democrat in politics.
As the fruit of their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Heiny have had two chil- dren, Thyrza and Fannie Leam. Thyrza attended school at Angola, Indi- ana; she is a stenographer, and lives at home. Fannie Leam is the wife of Carl Metz and has borne him one daughter, Mary Isabelle.
: Isaac Heiny is a self-made man. On his farm of one hundred and sixty-six acres, he has erected a magnificent brick house and barn. In 1903
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he retired from active farming, but continued to live on the farm. He has a host of friends in Jefferson township, but is quite well known throughout Carroll county.
CHARLES JOHNSON.
Charles Johnson, a retired farmer of Jefferson township, Carroll county, where he owns one hundred and thirty acres of land, is a native of Tippe- canoe county.
Charles Johnson was born on July 23, 1860, and is the son of Gust and Martha (Wolf) Johnson, the former of whom was born in Sweden and who came to America in 1854, settling in Tippecanoe county, where he works at the construction of the Wabash railroad. He later bought a farm and now owns four hundred acres of well-improved land. Martha (Wolf) Johnson emigrated from Scotland to America with her parents. They set- tled in Tippecanoe county, where they resided to the end of their lives.
Gust and Martha (Wolf) Johnson were married in Tippecanoe county and have had four children, of whom two died in infancy and two are living. William, who was born in 1858, lives in Jasper county, Indiana, and Charles, the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Martha (Wolf) Johnson died in 1868 and Mr. Johnson was subsequently married to Anna Martha Johnson in 1878. To Mr. and Mrs. Anna Martha (Johnson) Johnson have been born two chil- dren, namely: Emma, who is the wife of William Washburn, of Battle- ground, and Ella, who is the wife of Thomas Wolf, of Tippecanoe county. Mr. Johnson's father and stepmother are still living. The father is eighty years old and the stepmother is eighty-one years old. Both are members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Johnson's mother, the first wife of his father, was a member of the Christian church.
Charles Johnson received a common-school education and lived at home with his father until September, 1881, when he was married to Cora Emrick, the daughter of William and Mary (Munpeck) Emrick, who emigrated from Ohio to Indiana. They now live at Americus, Indiana. Mrs. John- son's father is ninety-six years old and her mother eighty-six years old.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson have had seven children, six of whom are living. Ada is the wife of George Brown, of Indianapolis, where he is a conductor on the Belt railroad; they have three children, Charles, Mabel and Vivian. Gust died at the age of sixteen. June is the wife of Odis Piper, of Fowler, Indiana; they have one son, Richard. Gilbert is a gradu-
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ate of the Monticello high school; he married Mable Runkle and has one son, Walter. Golda is a graduate of the Monticello high school and lives at home with her parents. Jasper married Lula Runkel, and they live in Jefferson township. Silva lives at home with her father and mother.
Mr. Johnson owns one hundred and thirty acres of well-improved land in this township. He started in life without any means whatever and for eighteen years rented land before he purchased. He has always raised a high grade of live stock and has been very successful in this business. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Patton. He votes the Democratic ticket. The Johnsons are now living retired on the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are well known to the people of Jefferson township and they enjoy the good will of all the people of the township and surrounding neighborhood.
JOHN B. ELLIS.
In placing the late John B. Ellis, a successful farmer and business man, in the front ranks of the citizens of Carroll county, during his day and generation, justice is rendered to a very old and worthy family. Although a quiet and unassuming man. he contributed largely to the material, civic, political and moral advancement of his community. Possessed of admirable qualities of head and heart, the upright course of his daily life won for him the esteem and confidence of the circles in which he mingled.
The late John B. Ellis, who was a native of Tippecanoe county, was born on March 24, 1832. He was the son of Nordecai and Sarah Ann (Brockus) Ellis, the former of whom was born in Ohio, November 14, 1799. Sarah Ann Brockus was a native of Tennessee, born on September 12, 1812. She was married to Nordecai N. Ellis on April 17, 1828, and to them were born twelve children, eight of whom grew to maturity, John B. being the eldest. Of the other children, Sophia D. was the wife of Robert P. Scott, of Jefferson township; Phoebe M. was the wife of Nicholas Coble, who lives in Adams township; Charity C. is the widow of Lanta T. Armstrong and resides in Jefferson township; Alice J. is the wife of William H. Wilson, of Los Angeles, California; Frances M. is the widow of Irvin Greer and lives in Chicago; Harriet S. is the wife of William J. Keever, of Monticello, Indiana, and Hiram N. is a resident of Jefferson township.
The parents of John B. Ellis came to Tippecanoe county early in life
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and were married there. In 1836 they moved to Carroll county, where they lived for a short time and then returned to Tippecanoe county. In 1840 they returned to Carroll county and settled in Jefferson township, on section 18. Here they built a house, which is still in use; it was the first frame house erected north of the Wabash river in this part of the country, and in this house the parents lived until their death. The father died on March 15, 1867, and the mother on February 21, 1887. They were members of the Friends church.
John B. Ellis was educated in the pioneer schools of Jefferson town- ship, but the advantages afforded by the public schools of his day were limited and he supplemented the training received in the public schools by home study and was known in this community as a great reader.
Mr. Ellis's wife, who was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Crowel, was born in Miami county, Ohio, November 4, 1837. Abraham Crowel was a native of Ohio, having been born in Montgomery county. May 22, 1814. On May 13, 1835, Abraham Crowel married Catherine Million, of Miami county, Ohio, and to them were born eight children, among whom were Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Ellen, Jane and Martha. Mrs. Catherine ( Million) Crowel died on March 28, 1848, and on December 3, 1850, Abraham Crowel was married to Ann Newman, and to them were born seven children, five sons and two daughters, as follow: Joseph N., J. Henry, Abraham, Daniel, Richard, Catherine and Amanda. The family settled in Carroll county in 1843, locating on a farm in Jefferson township. Abraham Crowel died on January 14, 1898, and his second wife on January 22, 1887. They were both members of the Church of God.
John B. Ellis was married on March 15, 1857, in Jefferson township, Carroll county, to a daughter of Abraham Crowel. To them were born five children, one of whom died in infancy. Four are still living, James H. S., born on February 12, 1858, who lives in Rensselaer, Indiana, where he owns the opera house and other property; Sarah, April 19, 1860, who lives on the old homestead; Elmer, August 18, 1866, lives on the old homestead; Martha. November 23, 1870, who married Arthur H. Hopkins and lives in Rensselaer, and Charles, who died in infancy.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis began housekeeping on the farm now occupied by their daughter and son. He made many improve- ments upon the farm and, at the time of his death, owned three hundred and four acres of well-improved land. In 1872 he moved to Kokomo and was engaged in the baking business for some years. Later, he operated a grocery store for a short time and, while there, served as a member of the
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city council elected on the Republican ticket. He was a man who was always active in politics. In the spring of 1886 he returned to his farm and shortly afterward erected a splendid residence and a very substantial barn. The late John B. Ellis was a member of the Masonic fraternity and a prom- inent York Rite Mason, having reached the rank of Knight Templar. He was a public-spirited citizen and always stood for all public improvements, including roads and drains. Both John B. Ellis and his wife were members of the Friends church. Mr. Ellis died on March 14, 1914. and his wife on July 24, 1875.
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Elmer R. and Sarah Ellis operate the home farm and have had charge of it since their father's death. Mr. Ellis raises thoroughbred Poland China hogs and a high grade of cattle. Sarah Ellis is a member of the. Friends church. Elmer R. Ellis is identified with the Republican party in politics.
CHARLES A. METZ.
Charles A. Metz, a prosperous farmer of Jefferson township, where he owns fifty-nine acres of well-improved land, is a native of the township where he resides, having been born on December 26, 1861. He is the son of Samuel and Mary A. (Schock) Metz.
Samuel Metz was born in Pennsylvania and came to Carroll county, when a small boy. He settled on the Wabash river upon his arrival in this state. Mary A. (Schock) Metz was also born in Pennsylvania and came to Indiana with her parents. Her father settled in Jefferson township, where he and his wife lived to the end of their lives.
Charles A. Metz's parents, Samuel and Mary A. (Schock) Metz, were married in Carroll county by the Rev. Mr. Lilly. They had six children, of whom three, Elizabeth, Hezekiah and Samuel, are deceased. The living children include Jacob, who resides near Hammond; Charles A., the subject of this sketch, and Margaret, the wife of Frank Roysdon, of Seattle, Wash- ington. Samuel Metz, the father of these children, is deceased. His widow is still living at the age of seventy-nine and makes her home with her son, Charles A. The Metz family are members of the Christian church. The late Samuel Metz was a stanch Democrat.
Charles A. Metz received his education in the public schools of Jeffer- son township and lived at home with his parents until October, 1888, when he was married to Mary Graham, a daughter of Clarke and Lettie (John-
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son ) Graham, who are deceased. Mrs. Metz's father died in middle life, as did also her mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Metz have had five children, all of whom are living. Carl married Leam Heiny, and they have one child, Mary Isabelle; Ruby, Opal and Emerald are at home; Pearl is the wife of James Keefer, of Jefferson township, and has one son, Paul.
Mr. Metz owns fifty-nine acres of well-improved land on the farm which he now occupies. Fraternally, he is a member of Monticello Lodge No. 107, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a Democrat in poli- tics, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Yeoman.
WILLIAM J. LANDES.
The success which has attended the efforts of William J. Landes, an enterprising farmer of Carrollton township, and the present trustee of the township, is the direct result of well-applied industry, careful management and the sincere interest which he takes in all matters which have to do with the public welfare. Naturally his election to the important office of town- ship trustee is a striking evidence of the high regard in which he is held by the people of Carrollton township, this county.
William J. Landes, the proprietor of a beautiful farm of one hundred and sixty acres situated seven miles northeast of Flora, is a native of Carroll- ton township, born on May 22, 1852. He is the son of John and Julia A. (Dumkin) Landes, the former of whom was born near Zanesville, Ohio, and who was the son of Frederick Landes, who, with his father, came to Indi- ana and located in Carroll county. Frederick Landes lived in Carrollton township until his death. His wife died on the same farm as her husband. They were members of the Dunkard church. John Landes was a young man when his parents emigrated to Carroll county. He received a good common-school education and by his marriage to Julia A. Dumkin became the father of six children, three sons and three daughters. The daughters are all deceased. Mary J. was the wife of J. M. Hendrix; Miranda died when a year old, and the youngest daughter died in infancy. The living children, the sons, are William J., the subject of this sketch; Dr. B. F. Landes, of Black Mountain, North Carolina, and Oscar L., a stock dealer of Flora.
Having been born on the old home farm in Carrollton township, Will-
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iam J. Landes spent his early years on a farm and at the proper age entered the district school in his neighborhood. He attended school during the winter months until he was eighteen years old and then became a student at the Battle Ground Institute. Subsequently he attended the National Nor- mal School at Lebanon, Ohio, and Valparaiso University, at Valparaiso. For twenty-seven years he was a teacher in the schools of Carroll county, and in all this time missed only one year of continuous service.
On September 27, 1879, William J. Landes was married to Susan M. McCain, a native of Carrollton township, the daughter of David McCain. Mrs. Landes was also a teacher in the district schools. She has borne her husband one child, Jessie E., who was graduated from the common schools, Flora high school and Franklin College. Jessie E. Landes is a teacher and has taught in the high schools at Young America and Wheeling, where she was instructor in Latin and botany.
Aside from the one hundred and sixty acre farm which Mr. Landes owns, Mrs. Landes also owns a farm of forty acres.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Landes were capable and successful school teachers. Mr. Landes has a record of being an enterprising and prosperous farmer. More than that he is an able and popular trustee of Carrollton township. The Landes family are members of the Baptist church. Mr. Landes is a deacon and trustee of the church. He is identified with the Republican party.
ELLIS LOGAN.
One of the well-known farmers and business men of Carroll county, Indiana, is Ellis Logan, the owner of "Darwin Stock Farm," a tract of two hundred and eighty acres of land situated in section 23, of Burlington town- ship. By his enterprise and progressive methods he has contributed in a substantial measure to the agricultural advancements of Burlington town- ship. He enjoys the distinct prestige of rank as a representative citizen of Burlington township. Besides "Darwin Stock Farm," he owns forty-six acres of additional land in Burlington township, six lots in Lafayette, Indi- ana, and property in Royal Center. Cass county, Indiana, and also properties in Burlington. Moreover, he is one of the directors of the Burlington Tele- phone Company and a heavy stockholder in the Burlington State Bank.
Ellis Logan is a native of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, born on October II, 1855. His parents were Samuel A. and Abigail (Railman) Logan, the
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former of whom was born in New Jersey and reared in that state. After reaching manhood, Samuel A. Logan emigrated to Illinois where he located on a farm and where he remained for one year, when he settled in Warren county, Indiana. Still later the family removed to Cass county, Indiana, and there Samuel A. Logan died several years later. His wife died in 1875, after bearing her husband six children, five of whom are living. William H. is a resident of White county, Indiana; Spencer is a resident of Cass county; George is a resident of Carroll county; Elizabeth is the wife of Moses Sifeld, of Carroll county; Ellis is the subject of this sketch.
Ellis Logan was ten years old, when his parents settled in Warren county. He attended the district schools for a short time, but his educa- tional advantages and opportunities were somewhat limited not only by the educational facilities of his neighborhood but by the fact that he attended school only for a short time. When he was old enough, he worked by the month on his father's farm and on neighboring farms.
Upon reaching his majority, Ellis Logan was married, October 19, 1876, to Nancy E. Thompson, the daughter of William A. and Sarah J. (Thompson) Thompson, who were natives of Delaware. They came to Indiana when children, grew up in the Hoosier state, were married here and here spent the remainder of their lives. Mrs. Logan was reared on the farm and received a common-school education.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Logan rented a farm for three years and then purchased land in White county, Indiana, upon which they lived from 1879 to 1891, when they removed to a farm of one hundred and forty acres west of Burlington, and moved to Burlington in 1898. Subsequently. they sold this farm and purchased a tract of two hundred and eighty acres, in Burlington township, this county, where the son now lives.
Mr. and Mrs. Logan have had only one son, William E., who was born on May 19, 1879. He is a graduate of the common schools of Carroll county and spent one term in the high school. He married Nona M. Gard- ner, who has borne him one son, Robert E., born on May 28, 1903.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Logan are members of the Methodist church at Burlington and Mrs. Logan has always been active in church work. Fra- ternally, Mr. Logan is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men and is a charter member of the Burlington lodge. Although he is nominally iden- tified with the Democratic party, he has never taken any active part in poli- tics.
As one of the directors of the Burlington Telephone Company, he has
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had much to do with improving the means of communication in Burlington township. He is well known in the township where he lives and he enjoys the confidence and respect of his neighbors and fellow townsmen.
WILSON APPLETON.
Stock raising has become one of the scientific arts of the day, the inter- est having become so widely spread that societies are rapidly being formed all over the country, in order that farmers and stockmen may be instructed in the most approved methods of breeding, feeding and caring for all kinds of stock, as well as in the best system of placing animals upon the market.
Wilson Appleton, farmer and stock raiser, Camden, Indiana, was born on January 29, 1847, in Lebanon county, Ohio, and is a son of John and Lettie (Brown) Appleton. His youth was spent on his father's farm, where he remained until he was nineteen years old, when he bought forty acres of land at a cost of five hundred dollars, which he farmed for about two years, and then sold out, buying an interest in eighty acres. He again sold out and came to Carroll county, buying one hundred and sixty acres, eighty acres of which he sold to his brother, Joseph, and forty acres to Michael Ryan, all at a good profit, and now owns a splendid tract of land, consisting of three hundred acres, where he raises fine stock of every kind, which he disposes of by the carload each year. Politically, Mr. Appleton has given his vote to the Republican party ever since attaining his majority.
John Appleton, father of the subject of this sketch, was born near Trenton, New Jersey, of which state his father was also a native. John grew up on a farm and remained in his native state until he was twenty- one years of age, when he migrated to Ohio, where he engaged in farming, as he worked by the day, until he was twenty-five years of age, when he was united in marriage with Lettie Brown, daughter of John Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Appleton lived for a time at Lebanon, Ohio, where they were engaged in the grocery business, and in 1852 they moved to Cass county, Indiana, by canal, landing at Logansport. They afterward moved to Rock Creek, Washington township, Carroll county, where Mr. Appleton bought a saw-mill and forty acres of land, operating the mill about ten years, and liv- ing on the place until he died. He went to the Civil War in Company K, One Hundred Twenty-eighth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in 1864. serving until he was taken sick and sent home, after which he followed
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agriculture. John and Lettie (Brown) Appleton were the parents of six children.
Wilson Appleton was united in marriage on August 31, 1871, with Melinda C. Yerkes, daughter of Henry and Mary (Woodward) Yerkes. She died on July 31, 1910. This union has been blest with three children : Charles A., who lives on the home place; Burton F., in business at Deer Creek, and Stella A. who became the wife of S. W. Smith.
Mr. Appleton boasts of Dutch and Irish ancestry. His fine stock has attracted the attention of a great many large dealers, his reputation having reached far and wide.
JOHN A. LOWERY.
John A. Lowery is a successful farmer of Democrat township, Carroll county, and the proprietor of "Lawn View Farm," a tract of forty acres situated one mile and three-quarters east and two miles north of Sedalia, this county.
Mr. Lowery was born in Burlington township, Carroll county, Indiana, on December 26, 1867, and is the son of William H. and Sarah M. (Ander- son) Lowery. William H. Lowery was born in Tennessee and his wife in Adams county, Ohio. She was the daughter of Benjamin Anderson, who was born at Belfast, Ireland, and who died in 1880, at the age of eighty-nine years. The late William H. Lowery, who died in 1904, was a farmer of Carroll county, who removed to this county from Clinton county, Indiana, in the spring of 1867 and who, after renting land for three years, purchased eighty acres of land in Democrat township, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a member of the Methodist Protestant church and was at one time very active in church work. His wife died in 1901. They had four children, of whom John A. is the subject of this sketch; H. B. is a farmer in Democrat township; Catherine I. is the wife of Charles Thomas. of Democrat township; William H. is an undertaker of Forest Hill, Indiana.
John A. Lowery, who was only three years old when the Lowery family removed to Democrat township was educated in district school No. 9, of Democrat township. He attended school in the winter time and worked at home on the farm during the summer. District school No. 9, which he attended when a boy, was situated on a corner of the Lowery farm. After working some twelve years by the month, he had saved enough to begin farming on his own responsibility and for some time rented land.
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On December 31, 1912, John A. Lowery was married to Mary I. Stephenson, the widow of John Stephenson. By her first marriage, Mrs. Lowery had two children, Ralph R. and George H. Stephenson. The former was born on July 18, 1903, and the latter on October 9, 1904. By her mar- riage to Mr. Lowery, there has been born one son, William Todd, who was born on September 1, 1913.
Mr. Lowery is a man who bears an excellent reputation, of Democrat township. He is a Democrat in politics and is a member of the township advisory board. As a farmer he has made a specialty of raising a very good breed of live stock and has been very successful.
THOMAS I. GALLOWAY.
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Thomas . I. Galloway, a prosperous and retired farmer of Jefferson township, Carroll county, was born in Adams township on November 24, 1839. His father was a native of Missouri, who came from that state to Carroll county and entered a half section of land in partnership with his brother. After farming this land for a number of years, he turned it over to his wife's parents and went to New Orleans with a party on Nailer's flatboat. After spending some time in the South, he came back, was mar- ried, and died in Jasper county, Indiana, in 1850. His wife, who was a native of Ohio, came with her parents to Indiana, where they owned land and were engaged in farming. Thomas I. Galloway is one of four children born to his parents. The others were, William, who died in infancy; Martha, who is the wife of William Cochran, of Nebraska, and the mother of eight children, and James, who also lives in Nebraska.
Thomas I. Galloway received a common-school education and, when about twenty-one years old began working on neighborhoring farms, which he continued for three or four years. He accumulated altogether one hun- dred and twenty acres and to this there were added eighty acres which his wife had inherited.
On August 24, 1865, Mr. Galloway was married to Sarah Million, the daughter of Robert Million. She died on April 8, 1881, having borne her husband eight children, five of whom are living: Marietta is married and living in Ohio; Lydia is married and lives in Indianapolis; Martha is mar- ried and lives in Logansport; John operates the home farm; Leota is mar- ried and living in Ohio. Mr. Galloway was married, secondly to Lydia
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