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MARTHA A. COCHRAN.
JAMES G. GALLOWAY. THOMAS I. GALLOWAY.
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Million, a sister of his first wife, who died on August 2, 1894, leaving three children, Fay, who is married and living in Jefferson township. Carroll county ; Francis, who is married and lives near Delphi, and Geneva, who is married and lives in the state of Illinois.
John E. Galloway, the son of Thomas I. and Sarah ( Million) Gallo- way, was born on June 16, 1875. in Carroll county, Indiana. He received his education in the public schools of Jefferson township and on October 2, 1902, was married to Pearl Coble, a daughter of Daniel H. and Louise ( Peterson ) Coble, both of whom were born in Carroll county. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Galloway have had two children, Sarah Louise, born on October 5, 1903, and Silva Ann, born in August, 1906. Mr. Galloway owns eighty acres of land, which he purchased in 1906. Both he and his wife are members of the Christian church of Hickory Grove and Mr. Galloway votes the Prohibition ticket.
Thomas I. Galloway, who has been an extensive farmer and a stock- raiser and dealer, is well known in Jefferson township, where he is now living retired. He has specialized in Poland China hogs. He is a Demo- crat in politics and a member of the Christian church.
MILTON WILSON.
With ambitions beyond those of the average man at the beginning of his career, Milton Wilson, whose history is here recorded, made up his mind to accomplish something more than a mere existence on a farm, the result of which is his splendid stock farm and his one hundred and six acres of fine farm land, located at Camden, Indiana.
Milton Wilson, farmer and stockman, Camden, Carroll county, was born on January 12, 1875, on a farm near Georgetown, in Cass county, Indiana, and is a son of George and Eleanor (Fisher) Wilson. He was educated at the public schools and remained at home until he was married. after which he followed farming on a rented place in White county, which he later bought, and afterward sold out, coming to Jackson township, this county, in 1906, where he has since lived, and where he is a breeder of fine stock of various kinds, and of which he sells a large number each year. Politically. Mr. Wilson believes in the policies of the Republican party, and in religion, he belongs to the Baptist church.
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George Wilson, father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Cass county, Indiana. His wife, Eleanor (Fisher) Wilson, was born in Cass county, Indiana, and was a daughter of John Fisher. They lived for a time on a rented place, which they later bought, to which he added eighty acres more, living there until Milton was fourteen years old, when they moved to a farm of four hundred and thirty-six acres, located south of Monticello, White county, Indiana. The children born to this union were Milton and Joseph, the latter of whom was united in marriage with Bertha Cullum, by whom he had three children, Homer, Mildred and Harold.
John Fisher, the paternal grandfather, was of Dutch lineage, his ancestors coming from Pennsylvania.
Milton Wilson was united in marriage on October 19, 1898, with Alice Hornbeck, daughter of Samuel and Mary Hornbeck. She was born on August 14, 1875, in White county, Indiana, where she received a public school education. To Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have been born two children, Harry, who is in his second year at high school, and assists his father on the farm, and Mabel, who is in the fifth grade at school.
Samuel Hornbeck, father of Mrs. Milton Wilson, was born in Carroll county, and his wife, Mary, was born in White county, where they settled. They are both now deceased. They were the parents of six children, five of whom are living in 1915: Bert, who lives at Monticello; Charles M., of White county; Mrs. Alice Wilson; Mrs. Maude Redding, who lives at Cam- den, Indiana; Edith, deceased, and Levilla, who became the wife of Charles Wolf, and lives in Monroe township, this county.
Mr. Wilson is essentially a man of affairs in his community, where he has won and retains the confidence and respect of all who have the pleasure of knowing him.
EDWARD G. PRESTON.
Mr. Edward G. Preston, who owns the old Preston homestead of eighty acres located in section 26, Tippecanoe township, Carroll county, is a pros- perous and enterprising farmer.
Edward G. Preston was born on May 7, 1863, in Tippecanoe township. Carroll county, and is the son of Andrew H. and Mary Preston, the former of whom was born in New York and who came to Carroll county, entering land from the government in Tippecanoe township, which has been held by the family ever since. He was the first man to operate a threshing machine
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in Carroll county and owned one hundred and twenty acres which at one time had been covered with heavy timber and which before his death he cleared. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary J. Mitts, was at the time of their marriage the widow of James Archibald, by whom she had two children, Julia, deceased, and Joseph, of near Lafayette. Andrew H. and Mary Preston were married in Carroll county, and had four children, all of whom are living, namely: William is a resident of Lafayette; Edward G. is the subject of this sketch; Albert resides in California, and Charles B. is a farmer of Deer Creek township.
Andrew H. Preston died at the age of sixty-three years and his wife, who was a devout member of the Christian church, lived to be eighty-two.
Edward G. Preston was educated in the common schools of Carroll county. He grew up on the farm and learned well the methods of suc- cessful farming from his father. He is well known to the people of Tippe- canoe township and has a host of friends not only in Tippecanoe township but in adjoining townships as well. He is a Republican in politics, but has taken no especial part in the campaigns of his party or in the organization preliminary to campaign.
ALBA G. ALLEN.
Success is the natural result of well-applied energy, unflagging deter- mination and perseverance in a course of action, which is well thought out and well planned. Among those whose efforts have been crowned with success, is Alba G. Allen, a prosperous and industrious young farmer of Deer Creek township, who cultivates eighty-five acres of land in section 3.
Alba G. Allen was born in Madison township, Carroll county, February 3, 1890, and is the son of Joseph and Ellen (Gillam) Allen, the former of whom was born in Ohio and came to Carroll county with his parents, when only two years old. The latter was born near Indianapolis, and was mar- ried to Joseph Allen in Clinton county, her home at the time of their mar- riage. They began housekeeping in Madison township, Carroll county, and, for a time lived on land purchased by the grandfather. They have had seven children, six of whom are living, one dying in infancy. The living children are, Roy, who lives in Deer Creek township on a farm; Clara, who lives at home; Charles, who lives at Whitestown, Indiana; Alba G., the sub- ject of this sketch; Ruth, who is the wife of Floyd White and lives in Mad- ison township in one of the houses on her grandfather's farm, and Mabel,
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who is at home. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Allen are both living on the old homestead.
Alba G. Allen received his education in the district schools of Carroll county, from which he was graduated. Later, he attended the Beechwood Academy near Fairland, Indiana, for three years. Mr. Allen followed farm- ing at home until November 30, 1911, when he was married to Geneva May Duff, a daughter of Asa C. and Mattie ( Hare) Duff, the former of whom was born in Monroe township, Carroll county, March 22, 1857, and the lat- ter, the daughter of Lambert and Elizabeth (Grossaun) Hare. Asa C. Duff is the son of John B. and Clara (Tanner) Duff, the former of whom was born in Franklin county, Ohio, February 9. 1817, and the latter born in Ohio, June 29, 1818. John D. Duff came to Carroll county when a young man, driving a four-horse team to Madison township, where he set- tled on a farm. He was one of the earliest settlers of the township. Clara Tanner came with her parents when a small girl to Madison township near what is now known as Radner. John B. Duff worked by the month for a number of years for William Stranahan, but later purchased a farm in Mon- roe township and farmed for a number of years. After selling out, he pur- chased a farm of one hundred and forty acres in Deer Creek township, in 1863, and died there on August 15, 1894. His wife died on October 23, 1908. They were both members of the Methodist church. John B. Duff was a stanch Republican. By his marriage to Clara Tanner, there were born ten children, two of whom died in infancy. Five are now living, Arenda Jane, born on October 20, 1844, the widow of Jacob Moore, who died in 1913, and she now lives in Monroe township; Amanda Ruth, August 17, 1846, who married Charles Dock, of Deer Creek township, and died on March 21, 1904; John P., December 9, 1849, who was a farmer and who died on May 5, 1904; Eliza Etta, September 20, 1852, who is the wife of Thomas Burns, of Muncie, Indiana; George Oliver, May 19, 1854, and died on March 6, 1915; Asa C., the father of Mrs. Allen; Reuben A., April 21, 1862, who lives in Madison township, and Dora M .. August 14, 1864, who is the wife of M. F. Hildebrand, of near Lake Cicott, Cass county.
Asa C. Duff received a good common school education and remained with his parents until about 1892, in which year he was married on March 30, to Mattie Hare, whose father, Lambert Hare, was born in Stuttgart. Germany, October 17, 1835, and who was married on February 4, 1862, to Elizabeth Grossaun, who was born on January 4, 1842, in Meisler, Witten- berg, Germany. They were the parents of two daughters, Mattie, the wife of Mr. Duff, and Nora, who lives in Chicago. Two other children died in
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infancy. Lambert Hare was a wagon-maker and blacksmith by trade, which occupations he followed in Delphi for a number of years, but about seven years after the death of his wife, he moved to Chicago, where he is now living retired. Mrs. Hare died on April 29, 1890, in Delphi. Mr. and Mrs. Asa C. Duff were the parents of two children, Geneva May, born on July 4, 1893, who is the wife of Mr. Allen, the subject of this sketch, and Raymond, born on July 10, 1897, who is a graduate of the Deer Creek township schools. Mr. Duff owns a well-improved farm with many sub- stantial improvements, which he himself has made. He has built two barns and remodeled the house and cleared a great deal of the land, and is a gen- eral farmer and stockman. In politics he is a Republican. Mrs. Duff is a member of the Presbyterian church.
Mr. and Mrs. Alba G. Allen have two children, Ruby Lucille, born on July 17, 1912, and Reed McCormick, April 15, 1914.
Mrs. Allen is a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Allen votes the Republican ticket, but so far has not taken any considerable interest in politics.
CHARLES STANLEY.
Charles Stanley, a well-known farmer and stock raiser of Carroll county, lives on his farm of forty-five acres on rural route No. I, Burrows, Indiana. His farm is in section 32, range I east, Washington township. Mr. Stanley was born in this township on December 30, 1871, and is the son of Moses, Jr., and Salina ( Pangborn ) Stanley.
Moses Stanley, Jr .. was a native of Bourbon county, Kentucky, where he lived with his parents until he was three years of age and then came with them to Delphi, this county. His father, Moses, Sr., lived close to the Delphi home of his son for a short time and then moved to Washington township, where he and his wife spent the rest of their lives. They were the parents of the following children: John J., is a resident of Indian- apolis; Mary J. is the wife of D. B. Sterritt, of Washington township; Carrie has remained at home; Thaddeus W. lives in San Francisco; Ella is the wife of Sylvester Watson, of Logansport; Alfred Bruce resides in Washington township; Charles is the subject of this sketch. Salina Pang- born was a daughter of Thaddeus and Mary (Hunter ) Pangborn, and is a native of Tippecanoe county, Indiana, having been born there in 1832. Her father was born in Vermont, where he grew to manhood and then moved
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to Pennsylvania, where he met and married Mary Hunter. In 1828 they moved to Lafayette, Indiana, from Ohio, traveling by way of the Ohio and Wabash rivers. There they lived until 1835 when they came to Carrollton township, this county. They spent the remainder of their lives here.
In 1853 Moses Stanley, Jr., and Salina Pangborn were married. They settled on the farm of two hundred and forty acres, later buying eighty acres, which gave them possession of three hundred and twenty acres of land. Mrs. Stanley was a member of the Universalist church. Mr. Stanley was a Republican, and although offered several offices he never served. He and his wife were both prominent in the community. Moses Stanley, Jr., died on June 10, 1889.
In matters of religion and politics, Charles Stanley followed the pre- cedent set by his worthy father. Although devoting most of his time to his vocation, Mr. Stanley has been keenly interested in public affairs, with which he has kept in touch.
JOHN P. MCCLOSKEY.
John P. McCloskey, farmer, Deer Creek, Washington township, Car- roll county, was born on May 21, 1860, in Hamilton county, Ohio, and is a son of Daniel and Mary ( Boyer) McCloskey. He grew to young manhood on his father's farm, receiving his education at the district schools. After his marriage, Mr. McCloskey moved on his present farm of sixty-six and one-half acres, situated half a mile east of the Michigan road, in Washing- ton township, which has always been his home. Politically, he has always voted the Democratic ticket, but has never taken an active interest in poli- tics, although thoroughly interested in the advancement of his township. Mr. McCloskey and all his family are members of the Cumberland Presby- terian church.
Daniel McCloskey, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Ohio, and was a son of John McCloskey. He spent his youth on his father's farm, and was united in marriage, in Hamilton county, Ohio, with Mary Boyer, and lived there until 1866, when they came to the McCloskey home- stead, where they bought eighty acres, and remained here until his death, which occurred on September 18, 1900. Mr. McCloskey always believed in making every move count, and the only result that could return from such a basis, placed him in a class with the most successful farmers of his time. His widow still survives him and is living on the old home place.
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They were the parents of seven children, Sarah E .; John P .; James Andrew,. deceased; Charley W. lives in Cass county, Indiana; Margaret, died at the age of one year; Judge David lives in Cass county, and Lewis H., who resides on the old home place with his mother.
John McCloskey, the paternal grandfather, was of Irish lineage, and his wife was of German descent. They lived and died in Hamilton county, Ohio.
John P. McCloskey was united in marriage on March 10, 1887, with Ella Blue, daughter of Uriah Blue, of Cass county, this state. She was born on September 20, 1862, in Cass county, and was educated in the district schools. She died on February 9, 1901. To Mr. and Mrs. McCloskey were born three children, Elsie, who became the wife of Rollie Campbell; Daniel Ellis, who is married and living on a farm in Jackson township; and Elda, a student at school.
Mr. McCloskey is a man well liked and highly appreciated for his progressive citizenship and his congenial fellowship.
WILLIAM R. DAVIDSON.
William R. Davidson is a prosperous farmer of Deer Creek township, Carroll county, where he owns one hundred and nineteen acres of well- improved land, and where he is one of the leading farmers and stockmen. He is a native of Kentucky, born on October 13, 1855.
The parents of William R. Davidson were Capt. Roy D. and Elizabeth (Stephenson) Davidson, the former of whom was born in Ohio and the latter in Kentucky. They were married in the Blue Grass state and were the parents of four children, one of whom died in infancy; N. N., who died at the age of eighteen; Mary F., who also died at the age of about eighteen, and William R., who is the only surviving child.
In 1861 Mr. Davidson's parents came to Boone county, Indiana, and settled on a farm, where they remained until 1872, when they moved to White county, Indiana. The father died about 1890 and the mother in 1903 in White county. They were both members of the Christian church.
At the breaking out of the Civil War, Roy D. Davidson organized Com- pany I, Twenty-fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. He served as cap- tain of Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and also of Company I, of the Kentucky regiment. He was
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wounded in the battle of Shiloh and, at the end of the war, received an honorable discharge.
William R. Davidson was educated in the common schools of the Hoosier state. He remained at home with his parents until his marriage in 1889 to Minnie Onken, a daughter of John Onken, who immigrated from Germany to the United States and settled in Jasper county, Indiana, where he and his life lived for some time. They are now living on a farm in Pulaski county, Indiana.
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Davidson have been the parents of three daughters, all of whom are living, Ida E., the wife of Samuel Hewitt, of White county, Indiana; Nellie H., and Geneva, both of whom live at home.
From 1872 until 1912, Mr. Davidson owned a farm of one hundred and thirty-nine acres, but in 1912 sold out and purchased one hundred and nineteen acres in section 9, of Deer Creek township. This land comprises a thoroughly well-improved farm. Mr. Davidson has made a specialty of raising the very highest grade of live stock. His influence upon the live stock business of Deer Creek township especially has been incalculable.
The Davidsons are members of the Presbyterian church of Meadow Lake, Indiana. Mr. Davidson is a member of Walcott Lodge, No. 158, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Both he and his wife are members of the Daughters of Rebekah, at Delphi.
JOHN H. NEFF.
The career of John H. Neff, a well-to-do, retired farmer of Deer Creek township, Carroll county, where he owns one hundred and sixty acres of land, purchased by his father twenty-nine years ago, contains no exciting chapter, but is filled with well-defined purposes, which Mr. Neff has car- ried to a successful issue. He enjoys an influential place in the civic and agricultural circles of Carroll county. He has not only won the confidence of his neighbors but, in all of his long life, has so lived as to retain this confidence to the present time.
John H. Neff is a native of Jefferson township, Carroll county, born on February 25, 1847. He is the son of Finley and Elizabeth (Speece) Neff, the former of whom was born on October 13, 1820, near Dayton, in Montgomery county, Ohio, and the latter born on September 20, 1826, also near Dayton.
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Finley Neff came with his parents, Daniel and Lydia Neff, to Jefferson township, Carroll county, in 1830, and settled with them on the Indian reserve, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Daniel Neff died in middle life, but his wife lived to be sixty-seven years old. Elizabeth Speece came with her parents, John and Mary Speece. to Carroll county, when she was a little girl of five years old. They settled on Connors' reserve in Jeffer- son township, and there spent the remainder of their lives. John Speece lived to be eighty-one years old and his wife died at the age of about sixty. John H. Neff's paternal great-great-grandmother Neff lived to be one hun- dred and ten years old, passing away in Jefferson township, Carroll county. Her remains are interred in the Speece cemetery in Adams township. Mr. Neff's great-grandparents, on both sides of the house, were born in Mary- land and emigrated to Montgomery county, Ohio, in pioneer times. His parents were married in Carroll county in 1846. They had three children, of whom John H., the subject of this sketch, was the eldest. The other two were: Lydia, who married Elias Harner and spent most of her life in Delphi, her husband dying about 1912; Lewis, the other child, died at the age of fifteen.
The late Finley Neff was engaged in farming in Jefferson township until 1871, when he retired and moved to Delphi, where he lived for a number of years. Subsequently, however, he moved to Adams township and, after living in that township for two years, returned to Delphi. He died in 1894 and his wife, the mother of Mr. Neff, is still living in Delphi, at the advanced age of eighty-nine years. She is a member of the United Brethren church, as was also her husband. He was a stanch Republican, but never cared to hold office.
John H. Neff received a common-school education in the public schools of Carroll county and lived at home with his parents until February 24, 1871, when he was married to Catherine Sidenbender, the daughter of Joseph Sidenbender. Mrs. Neff died in March, 1872, and on January 1, 1874. Mr. Neff was married to Sarah A. West, and to them was born one son. Charles E., who lives in the state of Washington. Mrs. Sarah Neff. died in September, 1876, and Mr. Neff was married, on June 2, 1878, to Mary M. Rothengatter, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and the daughter of Philip Jacob and Mary M. (Scheese) Rothengatter, both of whom were born in Germany. They came to America in 1847 and lived in New York state for one year, after which they moved to St. Louis and lived for three years. They then returned to New York state and, after living there for a short time, removetl to Peoria, Illinois, where they lived for four years.
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They then moved to El Paso, Illinois, and lived there for two years and then moved to Lockport, Carroll county, where they spent the balance of their lives. Philip J. Rothengatter served three years and three months in the Ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was hon- orably discharged at the end of his term of enlistment. He died at Lock- port and his wife, the mother of Mrs. Neff, died in Tippecanoe township, at her daughter's home. They were the parents of two daughters, Mrs. Neff and Louise Caroline, the wife of William Feathers, of Delphi.
To Mr. Neff's third marriage there have been born four children, one of whom died in infancy. The living children are: Walter F., born on February 27, 1882, who lives in Rock Creek township, Carroll county, is married and has two sons, Herman Samuel and Roger Finley; Addie, who is the wife of Benjamin B. Jackson, of Chicago, and has one daughter, Regina Thelma; and Hazel C., who married Reed Jackson and lives on the old homestead farm. They are the parents of one daughter, Lorine Mar- garet.
John H. Neff owns one hundred and sixty acres of land in Deer Creek township but is now living retired. Fraternally, he is a member of Carroll Lodge No. 174, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Delphi. He is a stanch Republican. Both he and his wife are members of the United Breth- ren church.
SAMUEL N. SNODDY.
It is the progressive, wide-awake man of affairs who makes the real history of a community. His influence as a potential factor in the body politic is difficult to estimate. The example which he furnishes of patient purpose and steadfast integrity illustrates what every man may accomplish. There is always satisfaction in referring, even in a casual way, to his achievements. A man of this type is Samuel N. Snoddy, a retired farmer of Deer Creek township, Carroll county. Not only does he own a fine farm in Deer Creek township but also a large tract of land in Wisconsin.
Mr. Snoddy was born on September 14, 1840, near Dayton, in Tippe- canoe county, Indiana. He is the son of William J. and Mary (Shrader) Snoddy, the former of whom was born in Cumberland, Pennsylvania. in 1793, and who died on March 10, 1865. The latter was born in West- moreland county, Pennsylvania, in December, 1801, and died in April, 1889, at the age of eighty-eight years. They were married in Butler county, Ohio,
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in 1827, and had six children, three of whom are living. The children, in the order of their birth, are Amanda, Matthew, William, Alfred Nevin, Luellewellyn Olive and Samuel N. Amanda, who died in Remington, Jas- per county, Indiana, in 1886, was the wife of George Major, who died in 1902, and by whom she had eight children. Matthew died in 1846. William passed away at West Lafayette on May 29, 1912, in his eightieth year. Alfred Nevin, born on April 21, 1834, lives on the old homestead in Tippe- canoe county. The land has been in the Snoddy family ever since it was entered from the government, in 1827. Luellewellyn Olive, who was born in August, 1836, and who served four years in the army, having been appointed a captain of a colored company shortly after his enlistment, lives in Kansas. Samuel N. is the subject of this sketch.
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