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Lawrence and Margaret Hayes, parents of Mrs. Michael Guckien, were both born on Irish soil. The Hayes family were among the first settlers in Washington township, this county, the family walking from Butler county, Ohio, in 1836.
Mr. Guckien is a gentleman of modest and retiring manner, and is a citizen who justly ranks with the substantial business men in the community in which he resides and where his upright character gives him a position of honor.
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FRANK S. GIRARD.
That life is most useful and desirable which results in the greatest good to the greatest number. Although all do not reach the heights to which they aspire, yet in some measure some can reach success and make life a blessing to their neighbors. It is not necessary for one to occupy eminent public position to do so, for in every walk of life there is much good to be accom- plished and many opportunities to influence the lives of those with whom we come into contact, making them better and brighter. Among Carroll county's successful farmers and prominent citizens is Frank S. Girard, one of the leading Republicans of Adams township, a former trustee of the township and a man who served on the first advisory board. Aside from his farm of two hundred acres located in section 2, 26, range 2 west, he also owns elevator and bank stock.
Frank S. Girard was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, on October 25, 1860, and is the son of William and Amanda (Statler) Girard, the former of whom was born on the present site of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1832. He came to Ohio when a young man, renting a farm for several years, and after his marriage emigrated to Indiana about 1860 and settled near Attica, Indiana. Here he purchased land, which he farmed, afterward making several moves and taking up different lines of endeavor, eventually buying land in Adams township, Carroll county. He died on March 29, 1906, at Burnettsville, Indiana.
By Mr. Girard's marriage, in 1857, to Amanda Statler, who was born in January, 1839, near Pickaway, Ohio, there were born eight children, of whom Frank S. was next to the eldest. Mrs. Amanda (Statler) Girard is still living in Burnettsville.
Frank S. Girard received a common-school education and afterwards attended Franklin College, at Franklin, Indiana, for one year. He then began life for himself when twenty-two years old. He had worked for his father previous to this period, but when twenty-two years old he took a trip to the Northwest and worked his way through the country. Upon his return to Adams township, Mr. Girard was married and then rented his present farm. Later he purchased the farm and now owns two hundred acres.
Frank S. Girard was married, February 6, 1884, to Lizzie Love, the daughter of William and Deborah (Cochran) Love. Mr. and Mrs. Girard have had six children, of whom one, Chelsea, the first born, died at the age
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of seventeen; Edna married Glen Good and they live at Lake Cicott, Indi- ana; Paul was married to Ethel Million early in June, 1915, and lives on his father's farm; William, Joseph and Philip live at home with their parents.
Mr. Girard is a general farmer and stockman, who has taken a worthy interest in all public enterprises and all commendable public movements. He is a Republican in politics and has been elected to various positions of trust. Mrs. Girard is an active member of the Associate Presbyterian church.
ALBERT GUSHWA.
Albert Gushwa, a prosperous farmer of Deer Creek township, Carroll county, is a native of Tippecanoe county.
Mr. Gushwa was born in Washington township, Tippecanoe county, Indiana, on September 15, 1866, and is the son of Henry and Susan (Isley) Gushwa, both of whom are natives of Tippecanoe county. Henry Gushwa was the son of Peter Gushwa, a native of Pennsylvania.
Albert Gushwa's parents were married in Tippecanoe county, Indiana. They had eight children, two of whom died in infancy. The six living children are: Mary, the wife of George Rohrabaugh, of Madison township, Carroll county; Edward, of Perry township, Tippecanoe county; Albert, the subject of this sketch; Della, who is unmarried and who lives in Camden; Clara, who is unmarried and who also lives in Camden; and John, of Deer Creek township.
The late Henry Gushwa was a farmer by occupation who moved to Carroll county in March, 1868. At that time he purchased a farm in Madi- son township and spent the remainder of his life on the farm. Both he and his wife are deceased. They were members of the Lutheran church and he was a stanch Democrat. At the time of his death he owned seventy-two acres of land.
Albert Gushwa received a good common-school education in the public schools of Carroll county, and for a time was a student of the various nor- mal schools of the state. He taught school in Carroll county for five years and was very successful in educational work.
On March 22, 1891, Mr. Gushwa was married to Effie C. Rohrabaugh, a daughter of Philip and Mary (Schnepp) Rohrabaugh. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gushwa have had three children, all of whom are living, as follow: (28)
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Edith, a graduate of the Delphi high school, taught school for one term and is now a student at the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute; Merle, who lives at home with her parents, is attending high school, and Reed also lives at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Gushwa own eighty acres of land in the farm where they live and which they have very greatly improved by the erection of substan- tial barns and outbuildings. The Gushwa farm is located in section 9 of Deer Creek township. Mrs. Gushwa owns eighty-eight acres in Madison 'township, all of which is under cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Gushwa are members of the Lutheran church of Colburn and take an active part in religious work.
ROBERT S. TRAWIN.
Robert S. Trawin, a prosperous farmer of Deer Creek township, Car- roll county, was born in Deer Creek township, April 20, 1851, and is the son of Samuel H. and Cassandra (Lewis) Trawin.
Mr. Trawin received his education in the district schools of Carroll county and in the high school at Delphi, which he attended for two years. He taught school for two years after leaving high school and then engaged in farming. After renting land for a few years, he purchased forty acres of land and has added to that tract until he now owns one hundred and twenty acres of well-improved land with thoroughly modern improvements, including a splendid barn and a comfortable house. Sixty acres of the farm were covered with. timber when Mr. Trawin purchased it.
On September 23, 1876, Robert S. Trawin was married to Mary J. Rohrabaugh, a daughter of Eli and Lucinda (Riffey) Rohrabaugh, natives of Virginia and Ohio, respectively. Mrs. Trawin's father came with his parents, when a young man, and settled with them north of Delphi. Mrs. Trawin's mother came with her brother to Carroll county. She bore her husband four children, James A., who lives in Madison township; Frank V., of Marshall county ; E. E., of Illinois; and Mary J., the wife of Mr. Trawin. Mrs. Trawin's father, who was a farmer by occupation, died in Carroll county in 1898.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Trawin have been the parents of three children, Mary Etta, who graduated from the Delphi high school and is the wife of L. G. Stevenson, of near Augusta, Wisconsin; Harry, who is a graduate of the Delphi high school and resides in Chicago; Larry, who is also a
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graduate of the Delphi high school ard who married Grace Sager. He operates the home farm in partnership with his father.
Mr. Trawin is engaged in general farming and has been very success- ful. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Delphi. A Democrat in politics, he was appointed deputy assessor of Deer Creek township, a position which he capably filled for a period of two years. Mr. Trawin is well known to the people of this township and neighborhood, where he has resided for a long period.
ROBERT P. JOHNSON.
Among the long-time residents and highly-respected farmers of Tippe- canoe township, Carroll county, who are now living retired, is Robert P. Johnson, who is a native of Tippecanoe township, born on October 16, 1850.
Mr. Johnson is the son of James H. and Nancy (Davidson) Johnson, the former of whom was born in Tennessee on December 31, 1825, and who was the son of James and Mary Johnson, both of whom were natives of Tennessee. They came to Carroll county, about 1831, and settled in Tippe- canoe township, entering a tract of land from the government. There they spent the remainder of their lives, the grandfather dying in middle life and the grandmother in very old age.
Mr. Johnson's mother was born near Xenia, Ohio, and came with her father, Robert Davidson to Carroll county, settling in Jefferson township. James H. and Nancy (Davidson) Johnson were married in Jefferson town- ship. They were the parents of the following children: Mary A. lives in Washington, Iowa: Robert P. is the subject of this sketch; James died in Los Angeles California; Joseph M. lives in Vincennes, Indiana; Hamilton lives in Brool- diana; Margaret is deceased; Russell lives in Omaha, Nebraska; Jen ยท . 1 in St. Joe, Missouri. The late James H. Johnson was a farmer by occupation and, after the Monon railroad was built, he operated an elevator and general store at Sleeth, until his death in 1907. His wife had died previously in 1888. Both were members of the Associate Presbyterian church. James H. Johnson was a Republican in politics.
Robert P. Johnson received a good common-school education and lived at home with his father and mother until his marriage on January 8. 1877, to Sarah J. Love. the :laughter of James A. and Harriett (Gibson) Love, natives of North Carolina and Ohio respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson
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have had two children, one of whom, Zora E., born on December 20, 1877, died in February, 1888. The other child, Erskin Edwin who was born on August 19, 1889, married Inez Hildebrand and is now engaged in operating his father's farm in this township. Mrs. Johnson died on February 9, 1902. She was a native of Carroll county and a devout member of the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Johnson married on November 3, 1914, Helda L. Davis, the widow of George P. Davis, deceased. Mrs. Johnson is the daughter of William McKee, and is a native of Indiana. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Johnson is a member of the same church. He votes the Republican ticket.
Mr. Johnson owns one hundred and eighty-six acres of well-improved land. He is retired from active farming, but still lives on the farm in Tippecanoe township.
MORGAN S. DASHER.
Morgan S. Dasher, a prosperous farmer of Deer Creek township, own- ing one hundred and twenty acres of splendid land in section 3, is a native of Jackson county, Missouri, having been born on March 23, 1860.
Mr. Dasher is the son of Jacob and Sarah (Dyer) Dasher, the former of whom was born in West Virginia, and the latter in Virginia, and were married in Carroll county. Mrs. Sarah (Dyer) Dasher came with her par- ents first to White county and later to Carroll county. Sarah (Dyer) Dasher was the daughter of Zebulon and Eliza Dyer, who were natives of Virginia and who settled in Carroll county, in pioneer times.
The late Jacob Dasher came on horseback from Virginia to Deer Creek township, Carroll county, and, after remaining a short time, returned to Vir- ginia and from Virginia emigrated to California. After crossing the Isthmus, he lived in California for a short time and then returned to the East. He was born on November 28, 1819, and was married in 1859. Four children were born to Jacob and Sarah (Dyer) Dasher, namely: Morgan S. was born in Jackson county, Missouri, on March 23, 1860; Margaret E., born in Carroll county, on November 13, 1861, is the wife of John Mount, of Delphi; Susie V. was born in Carroll county, on November 22, 1864, and now lives in Delphi; Sarah C. was born on October 13, 1867, and is the wife of Z. A. Redding, of Brookston, Indiana.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Dasher settled in Jackson
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county, Missouri, where they engaged in farming for one year. They returned to Carroll county in 1861 and settled in Jefferson township, where they lived until Mrs. Dasher died, after which Jacob lived with his children until his death. Mrs. Jacob Dasher was a devout member of the Meth- odist church.
Morgan S. Dasher began life on his own responsibility at the age of sixteen. He received a common-school education and after finishing his education, he farmed for himself until April 27, 1887, when he was married to Sarah Adah Wallace, a daughter of William and Mary (Adamson) Wal- lace, of White county, Indiana, both of whom were born in Ross county, Ohio; the former on February 11, 1823, and the latter on February 28, 1828. They were married in Ross county, Ohio, but subsequently emi- grated to White county, Indiana. William Wallace died in October, 1902, and his wife in September, 1910. They had seven children, of whom three are living. The children were Clara F., John, Samuel, Edward F., Maranda, George F., Sarah Adah and William, Jr. Clara F., born on March 12, 1845, married Ezekiel Mathews, and they now live at Lafayette, Indiana. Mr. Mathews served four years as a soldier in the Civil War, having enlisted in the service from White county. John Wallace, born in January, 1847, died in July, 1892, at Monticello. He served six months in the Civil War. Samuel Wallace, born on August 9, 1849, died in November, 1911. Edward F., born on September 23, 1851, died in 1885. Maranda, born on April 16, 1854, died in June, 1884. George F., born on September 27, 1856, is a resident of Chicago, Illinois. Sarah Adah, the wife of Mr. Dasher, was born on March 8, 1859, in White county, Indiana; William, Jr., was born on December 16, 1861, and was living in the West at the time he was last heard from.
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan S. Dasher have had two children, of whom, one, Irving W., born on June 28, 1889. died on July 4, 1889. Ruth M., born on February 4. 1892, is the wife of Lloyd Thomas, and they have one daugh- ter, Marion Ruth. They live in Deer Creek township.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan S. Dasher lived in Jeffer- son township for six years and were engaged in farming. After selling out the Jefferson township farm, Mr. Dasher purchased eighty acres of land in Deer Creek township, and lived upon it for fifteen years. After selling this farm, he purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land in section 3, where he now lives.
Mr. and Mrs. Dasher and daughter are members of the Presbyterian church at Delphi. Mr. Dasher is a member of Delphi Lodge No. 28, Inde-
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pendent Order of Odd Fellows and of Delphi Lodge No. 80, Knights of Pythias. He also belongs to the uniform rank of Knights of Pythias. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dasher are members of the Pythian Sisters.
CHARLES B. PRESTON.
For more than three-quarters of a century the Preston family has been prominent in the agricultural, civic and political history of Carroll county. Charles B. Preston, a representative of the generation in the county, is a native of Tippecanoe township born on December 10, 1867.
Mr. Preston is the son of Andrew H. and Mary Archibald Preston, the former of whom was a native of 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 in Carroll county and owned one hundred and twenty acres of land, which at one time had been covered with heavy timber, but 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 had two children, Julia, deceased, and Mary, of near Lafayette. Andrew H. and Mary Preston were married in Carroll county, and have had four children, all of whom are living. William is a resident of Lafayette; Edward lives on the old homestead in Tippecanoe township; Albert resides in California, and Charles B. is the subject of this sketch,
Andrew H. Preston, who was a Republican in politics and a member of the Christian church died in 1874 and his wife, who was a member of the Christian church, died in 1905.
Charles B. Preston received a good common-school education in the district schools and lived at home with his mother until December 4, 1895, when he was married to Effie Blanche Pixler, the daughter of Lafayette and Eliza (Sinks) Pixler. The former was born in Ohio and the latter in Indiana. They were married in Carroll county and had three children, two of whom are living. Effie Blanche is the wife of Mr. Preston; George W. died at the age of four years in 1879, and Frank R. lives in Indianapolis. Lafayette Pixler was a farmer by occupation and spent most of his life in Tippecanoe township but died in Deer Creek township in 1902. His widow is still living in Indianapolis. Her parents were among the pioneer settlers of Adams township, where they spent most of their lives and where they
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died. Lafayette Pixler was a Republican in politics and a member of the Delphi Lodge, No. 174, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist church.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Preston have had two children, both of whom are living, Faye Marie and Ralph Gilbert. Faye Marie, born on April 13, 1898, graduated from the district township school in 1914 and is now a student in the Delphi high school; Ralph Gilbert Preston, born on April 9, 1901, also graduated from the Deer Creek township school, one year later than his sister.
Mr. Preston purchased his present farm of one hundred and twenty acres in March, 1896, and sometime ago sold forty acres but still retains eighty. He himself has put nearly all of the modern improvements on the farm, including most of the outbuildings, fences and drainage. He is a good farmer and a good citizen and a man who enjoys the confidence of a host of friends in Deer Creek township. He is a member of Delphi Lodge No. 28, Order of Odd Fellows. At the age of eighteen, he took over the management of his mother's farm, and now has the home free of all indebted- ness. During the panic of 1896, he was compelled to sell corn at sixteen cents a bushel, wheat at fifty cents a bushel, while hogs realized only three dollars thirty cents per hundred.
OSCAR LEATHERMAN.
Oscar Leatherman, a prosperous young farmer of Deer Creek town- ship, is a native of White county, having been born near Walcott, July 6, 1885.
Mr. Leatherman is the son of Simon P. and Lavina (Pettit) Leather- man, the former of whom was born in Virginia and who moved to White county, Indiana, with his parents when one year old. They settled on a farm in White county. Simon Leatherman was the son of James and Anna (Hollenback) Leatherman, who were natives of Virginia. The family moved from White county to Jasper county, Indiana, and later to Rensselaer, where they both died at advanced ages. James and Anna (Hollenback) Leatherman were the parents of the following children: Isaac, John, Mar- garet, Mary, David, James and A. J., all of whom are living except A. J., who died in 1891.
Mr. Leatherman's mother, who before her marriage was Lavina Pettit,
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was born in White county, the daughter of Reuben R. and Anna ( Pettit) Pettit. They spent a great portion of their lives in White county. To them were born five children, Anna, Catherine, David, Ella and Lavina, all of whom are living.
To Simon P. and Lavina (Pettit) Leatherman were born seven chil- dren, two of whom died in infancy. The five living children are, Edith, the wife of Guy Clary, of White county; Nellie, the wife of Moss Clark, of Mulberry, Missouri; Herman, who lives in Barton county, Missouri; Oscar, the subject of this sketch; Blanche, the wife of Joseph Baugh, of Barton county, Missouri. Mr. Leatherman's father moved to Barton county, Mis- souri, in 1902, and purchased land and farmed for a time. His mother, who was a member of the Christian church, died in August, 1894. Simon P. Leatherman was a member of the Masonic lodge at Walcott.
Oscar Leatherman received a good common-school education in the district schools of White county. He attended high school at Walcott and worked on the farm until his marriage on October 20, 1909, to Beryl Trawin, a daughter of John Henry and Catherine (Schnepp) Trawin, the former of whom was born in Deer Creek township, Carroll county, March 3, 1849, and who was married to Catherine Schnepp on March 2, 1887. She is the daughter of David and Susan (Hughes) Schnepp, who were natives of Ohio, but lived in Tippecanoe county at the time of their deaths.
Mrs. Leatherman's father was the son of Samuel Henry and Cassandra (Lewis) Trawin, the former of whom was born in 1824 in Calcutta. India, the son of Henry and Mary (Weber) Trawin, who were sent as mission- aries to India by the English government. Henry Trawin died in young manhood in India and, after his death, his widow and two children came to the United States and located in Virginia, where they lived for a short time. Mrs. Henry Trawin conducted a seminary for girls in the Old Dominion state. Samuel Trawin was about four years old when he was brought by his mother from India to the United States. Subsequently. the family moved from Virginia to a farm south of Delphi, where she died. Cassandra (Lewis) Trawin was a native of Ohio, born in 1830. She came, when a child, with her parents to Deer Creek township. They were mar- ried in Carroll county in 1848 and were the parents of nine children, six of whom are living, John H .; Robert; Jane, the widow of Philip Steinbaugh, of Deer Creek township; Clarinda, deceased; George, who lives in Deer Creek township; William, deceased; Charles, who lives in Idaho; and Grace, the wife of Morton Heffner, who lives east of Delphi in Deer Creek town- ship.
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After his marriage, John Henry Trawin settled on his mother's farm in Deer Creek township. His mother is still living on the old homestead at the advanced age of eighty-five years. She is a member of the Baptist church, as was also her husband. Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Trawin had one daughter, Beryl, the wife of Mr. Leatherman. Mr. Trawin owns one hundred and twenty acres of land, which is well improved. He is a Demo- crat in politics and his wife is a member of the Lutheran church.
Mr. Leatherman is identified with the Republican party and is prominent in its councils in this township. He is a successful young farmer and one who enjoys the confidence of all of his neighbors.
DAVID L. MUSSELMAN.
Among the pretty farms to be found in Deer Creek township, Carroll county, is a tract of one hundred and forty-eight acres owned by David L. Musselman, who is not only an enterprising farmer, but who is one of the most successful breeders of Hereford cattle in this section of the state.
Mr. Musselman is a native of Carroll county, having been born in Jack- son township, near Camden on January 30, 1862. He is the son of Daniel T. and Susanna ( Replogle) Musselman, the former of whom was born on September 2, 1827, in the Keystone state, and who came with his parents, John and Susanna Musselman, to Indiana, when a lad of six years. They settled in Jackson township and here spent the remainder of their lives. John Musselman died in middle life, but his wife lived to be an old woman, passing away at the age of seventy-seven years. They were the parents of several children, among whom were John, Jacob, Esther, Elizabeth, Susanna, Catherine. David, Christian and Daniel T.
On his maternal side, Mr. Musselman's grandparents were David and Susanna Replogle, whose children were John, Jacob, Aaron, Elizabeth, Cath- erine, Sarah and Susanna. David and Susanna Replogle settled near Cam- den in Carroll county in pioneer times, where they spent the remainder of their lives.
Mr. Musselman's parents were married in Carroll county, and were the parents of nine children, three of whom died in infancy. Five are still liv- ing, William H., who resides near Camden in Jackson township; Sarah A., the wife of Elias F. Eikenberry, of Elwood, Indiana ; David L ... the subject of this sketch: Harvey M., who died at the age of forty years in 1909:
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Ulysses M., who lives in North Dakota; Elmer E., who lives in White county near Burnetts creek.
The late Daniel T. Musselman was a farmer in Jackson township and owned four hundred and ten acres of land. He was a stanch Republican and very popular among the citizens of Jackson township, where he died in 1879. His widow is still living at Flora, Indiana, and is seventy-six years old. She is a member of the old order of the Dunkard church, as was her husband also.
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