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David L. Musselman received a liberal education in the common schools of Jackson township. He also attended the Camden high school for two terms and, when he was seventeen years old, began life on his own responsi- bility. On October 28. 1883, Mr. Musselman was married to Mary A. Wickard, a daughter of Andrew Jackson and Jane (Carnall) Wickard, the former of whom was born in Ohio and the latter in Tennessee. They set- tled in Carroll county in very early times, rearing a family of five children, Emma, who lives in Deer Creek township; John F., who resides in Flora; Mary A., the wife of Mr. Musselman; Andrew J., who lives on the old homestead farm in Carrollton township; and Cynthia, the wife of Harris Tinkle, of Flora, Indiana. Mrs. Musselman's father died on the farm in Carroll county and her mother in Flora.
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Musselman are the parents of seven children, all of whom are living, Roscoe J., Lottie F., Otho V., Harry M., Edith L .. Andrew Jackson and Beryl S. Roscoe J. was born on August 9, 1884, and married Mary G. Wagoner. They have two children, Moyne and Maxine. Lottie F., who was born on September 2, 1885, in Carrollton township, mar- ried Ross B. Hinkle, of Rock Creek township, and has three children, Forest W., Susie M. and Mary Elizabeth. Otho V., who was born on April 21, 1887, lives in Portland, Maine, where he is connected with the coast artillery. Harry M., who was born on November 6, 1888, lives at home. Edith L., born on October 31, 1891, married Jesse M. Retherford, of Swayzee, Indi- ana, and has two children, Lavaune and David Benton. Andrew Jackson, born on March 14, 1893, lives at home, and is a school teacher and local representative of the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company. Beryl S., born on November 26, 1895, is at home.
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After his marriage, Mr. Musselman lived for two years in Camden, where he was engaged in the grocery business. Subsequently, however, he sold out and operated a hotel and livery barn until 1890, when he moved to a farm in Carrollton township. He has owned land in different townships in Carroll county, where his present farm was purchased in 1913. David L.
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Musselman is an expert farmer and also an expert judge of live stock. He keeps only the very best grades on his farm and has made a very great suc- cess in this department of farming.
Fraternally, David L. Musselman is a member of Helmet Lodge, No. 346, Knights of Pythias at Young America. He is a Republican in politics and at one time was the Republican candidate for sheriff. The Musselman family are members of the Presbyterian church at Delphi, and Mr. Mussel- man is superintendent of the Sunday school.
ELI S. MILLER.
Eli S. Miller, a well-to-do farmer living on rural route No. I, out of Sedalia, Indiana, in Democrat township, was born in Clinton county, Indi- ana, on February 10, 1860.
Mr. Miller is the son of Elijah and Jemimah (Logan) Miller, the former of whom was born in Ohio and the latter in Clinton county, Indiana. Elijah Miller came to the Hoosier state when a young man and located in Clinton county, where he was married. He began life as a poor young man but at his death had accumulated a substantial competence and an attractive little home. He died at the age of sixty-two years. His wife died in 1910. They had seven children, five of whom are living, as follow: Delilah is the wife of Jacob Stettler; Thomas is a ranchman in Oregon; Eli S. is the sub- ject of this sketch; Ella is the wife of Lewis Myer; John L. is located in the West ; Mary E. and Alice V. are deceased.
Eli S. Miller was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools, having remained at home until after he was twenty-five years old. Mr. Miller was married to Nevada T. Leslie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Leslie. September 4, 1887, by whom he has had three children, namely : Philip R., born on July 14. 1888, is a graduate of the Cutler high school, and married Mable Avers; Russell M., born on October 29, 1891, is a gradu- ate of the Flora high school and married Ruth Flora; Esther V., born on July 26. 1896, is a graduate of the Cutler high school and at present is a student at Indiana University.
Mr. and Mrs. Eli S. Miller are members of the Presbyterian church at Cutler. Mr. Miller is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Ross- ville. He is a Democrat in politics. Mr. Miller keeps a high grade of live stock and is an enterprising and successful farmer.
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JOHN M. ALLEN.
John M. Allen, a former trustee of Democrat township, who is remem- bered well for the capable administration of public affairs which he gave while the incumbent of that office, owns a farm of one hundred and twenty acres located four miles from Ockley on the Bringhurst, Radner and Cutler pike.
Mr. Allen was born six miles east of Flora, in Carrollton township, Carroll county, Indiana, August 23, 1858, and is the son of John and Mary Elizabeth ( Pogue) Allen, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and who came with his parents to Ohio and two years later to Indiana. They settled on the old Goselle farm. John Allen, who was born in 1816, was a young man at the time. He died in 1880 on the old farm. John Allen's father had died when he was a young man. After John was married, he began farming on land which he purchased shortly after his marriage. He sold out during the Civil War and moved to Monroe township, where he bought land and where he spent the remainder of his life. He and his wife were the parents of fifteen children, twelve of whom lived to manhood and womanhood.
The names of the Allen children are as follow: Ellen, the widow of John Widiner, of Bringhurst; Katherine, the wife of Sam Hewitt, of New- port, Arkansas; Elizabeth, the wife of William Young, of Attica, Indiana; Henry and William, both of whom died early in life; Joseph, who lives in Monroe township; Nancy, deceased, who was the wife of Harvey Ball; Simeon and Phoebe, twins, the former, who is deceased, married Amanda Tritle, and the latter is the widow of Frank Williams, of Newport, Arkansas; Miles T., who lives on the home farm; John M., who is the subject of this sketch; Maranda, deceased, who was the wife of Dr. Henry Carter; C. H., who lives in Bringhurst; George M., of Deer Creek township, and Alice, who died at the age of three years. The parents of these children are both deceased. The former was a well-known Democrat in politics.
John M. Allen, the subject of this sketch, lived at home until twenty- four years old, having received, in the meantime, a good common-school education. On December 27, 1882, Mr. Allen was married to Sarah Eliza- beth Elliott, the daughter of George and Mary Ann ( McManee) Elliott, the former a soldier of the Civil War, and a prominent Republican in this county.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Allen moved to the farm where they now live. In the meantime, however, they lived for one year on eighty acres of land nearby. At the time Mr. Allen purchased the farm, there were
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fifteen acres cleared and it was mostly covered with swamps. Not only has Mr. Allen ditched and cleared the land, but he has erected a magnificent brick house and put other substantial improvements on the place.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Allen have been the parents of ten children, namely : Ira H., who lives in New Mexico on a farm; Grace May, the wife of George Porter, of Madison township; Dot, the wife of Harry Shaffer, of Madison township; Vern, the wife of Elmer Huntley, of Democrat town- ship; Joe, who lives at home; Ell Dee, who lives in Monroe township; Arthur, who died at the age of eight months; Katherine and Vada, both at home, and the youngest of the ten who died when an infant.
From 1908 until 1915, Mr. Allen was trustee of Democrat township, having been elected to the position as a Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Allen attend the Mt. Olive Methodist Episcopal church. Fraternally, Mr. Allen is a member of Bringhurst Lodge No. 558, Free and Accepted Masons.
ANDREW D. WOOD.
A glance at the life history of those men in any given locality who have a financial competency will indicate that such has been gained in the majority of cases by hard, grinding toil and concentration upon their tasks. Their good fortune has not been handed down by wealthy ancestors, nor has it been presented as a gift. It has been earned. When these men have been farmers, their accumulation of wealth has been the result of "mixing brain with soil." It has not been the result of accident. Andred D. Wood belongs to this type of men and is a well-known farmer and stock raiser of Carrollton township. He is known as a breeder of the "big type" Poland China hogs, doing an extensive business. He is owner of one hundred and fourteen acres of good land about one mile southeast of Wheeling on rural route No. 2, out of Flora. Born in Carrollton township, Carroll county, Indiana, July 11, 1855, he is a native Hoosier and represents a family of three generations of farmers.
Andrew D. Wood is the son of Lewis and Rachel (Dunkin) Wood, the former of whom was born in Clarke county, Kentucky, April 20, 1829, and was the son of Joseph K. Wood. He came to this county with his parents when only two years of age and they settled in Jackson township. Here Joseph spent the rest of his life, becoming a well-known and highly respected citizen of Carroll county.
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Lewis W. Wood, the father of Andrew, grew up on his father's farm and after he had reached maturity, married his first wife on February 10, 1853, she being Rachel Dunkin. After living for a few years on rented property they bought a farm in Carrollton township where they lived when the Civil War broke out. On September 5, 1861, Mr. Wood enlisted in Company K, Ninth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, as first corporal. On account of good service and bravery he was commissioned as second lieutenant on December 14, 1864. On May 23. 1865, he resigned. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic post at Rockfield, and at the time of his death. January 22, 1907, was acting chaplain of this post. His wife passed away on June 3, 1887, leaving four children. The first born was a girl: Andrew was the first son; Richard B. lives in Clifton, Kansas, and Benjamin was killed while employed on a railroad in Utah. Lewis W. Wood was again married, his second wife being Jennie M. Edg- ing, who died leaving him no children. At the close of the war Lewis W. Wood returned to his farm and family, living in Carrollton township until he moved to Kansas. After residing there for a few years he returned to Rockfield and died some years later. It was during his residence in Kansas that his first wife died.
Andrew D. Wood lived with his parents, attending the common schools and working on the farm until the spring of 1878. He then went to Kansas, remained there a little over a year, and acquired one hundred and ninety-six acres of land there which he still owns. Returning to his native state in 1879, he was married on August 7, of the following year, his bride Arminda Black. Her parents are Robert and Martha (Love) Black, the former of whom moved from Pennsylvania to Fairfield county, Ohio, where he met and married Martha Love, a native of that county. In 1850, they settled in Carroll county. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Wood set up house- keeping on their farm where they have lived ever since, and where Mr. Wood has achieved marked success as a hog-raiser and breeder of high-class, big type, purebred Poland China hogs. He disposes of many of these at sales which have become known throughout the county. Mr. and Mrs. Wood are the parents of a son, Ellis I .. , who lives with them and who was graduated from the Wheeling high school. Their first born was a daughter. Clauda May, who died at the age of three years.
Mr. Wood is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge No. 243, at Young America, and is a Democrat in politics. His wife is an active church worker belonging to the Baptist church at Sharon.
If it is true that the organizer of a great business which gives employ-
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ment to many men or women is a useful citizen, may it not be said with equal truth that he who makes a farm productive is also a benefactor? It is gratifying that Mr. Wood, who has been an industrious worker, is reaping the results of his toil. His useful life is a striking example of what energy and perseverance will do.
JOSHUA M. HENDRIX.
Joshua M. Hendrix, the well-known real estate and insurance dealer of Flora, has won what the world is pleased to call prosperity and the following is a brief biographical sketch. Mr. Hendrix, who lives on his farm consist- ing of eighty acres, was born here on March 14, 1847. He also owns eighty acres in Texas.
The parents of Mr. Hendrix, George B. and Nancy (Russell) Hendrix, were among the best-known pioneers of Carroll county. George Hendrix was born on a boat on the Ohio river, while his parents were on their way from New York to Ohio. He was the son of Zadoc Hendrix, who with his wife settled in Butler county, near Oxford, Ohio, where Zadoc spent the remainder of his life. It was on that farm that George B. grew up and when he reached maturity was married in Union county, Indiana, to Nancy Russell, daughter of Samuel and Amy Russell. Samuel Russell was a sol- dier in the War of 1812. The Russells after living a short time in New York went to Union county, Indiana, where Samuel died and was buried at Liberty, Indiana. Amy lived for many years with her children and grand- children in Carroll and Hancock counties. At the age of ninety-six she died and was buried at Philadelphia, Indiana. After their marriage, George B. Hendrix and his wife moved to Carroll county in 1846. Here he farmed eighty acres of land which he bought and for which he paid six hundred dollars, and here he died in 1860. His widow married Joseph Billiard and lived until 1882. To George B. Hendrix and his wife were born eight chil- dren, seven of whom grew to maturity, and of these six are now living. The eldest, Zadoc, died in infancy when his parents lived in Ohio; Amy is the widow of Taylor Bard, of Flora; Joshua is the subject of this sketch. Phoebe J. is the widow of John Mayhill; Michael T. lives in Nebraska; John is deceased: Mary married James Kirkpatrick, of Carrollton township; James J. is a resident of Boone county, Indiana.
Joshua M. Hendrix lived at home, and after the death of his parents bought out the heirs. He was married on October 10, 1872, to Mary J.
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Landes, daughter of John Landes, a pioneer of this township. Mrs. Hendrix passed away on December 9, 1878, leaving a son Rolla, who lives in Frankfort. Two children by this marriage died in infancy. Joshua M. Hendrix was married, secondly, to Sarah J. Dunham, daughter of Enoch and Esther L. (Saylor) Dunham, the marriage having taken place on February 29, 1880. Enoch Dunham came from New Jersey before this part of the country was settled, and his wife, Esther. came with her parents to Indiana from New York. They were the parents of two children, Joseph and Sarah J., who became the wife of Joshua M. Hendrix.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hendrix were born two children, both of whom are graduates of the Wheeling high school. Bertha L. is a graduate of the Dan- ville Normal School and has taught several years. She is the wife of War- ren Knapp, of Flora. Her sister, Eva Fern, lives at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Hendrix adhere to the Baptist faith and are members of that denomination in Sharon. Mr. Hendrix has been the church treasurer for the past sixteen years. Politically, he is a Republican and has been justice of the peace for twenty years and is now a notary public.
Mr. Hendrix is a man of pleasing personality, genial nature and possesses a character that at once appeals to the stranger as having the "ring of true metal." He dislikes sham and hypocrisy, and it has been his life- long effort to make his conduct square with his highest conception of right. It is needless to say that he and his estimable wife have many friends in the business, social and religious circles near Flora, which is their home.
JOHN A. PETERSON.
The careers of self-made men invariably prove that indefatigable indus- try and good management constitute the basis of success. There are other elements, it is true, that enter into and conserve a man's personal advance- ment, such qualities, for instance, as perseverance, foresight and frugality. But the foundation of all achievement is earnest and persistent labor. John A. Peterson, who is one of the most extensive farmers and landowners of Adams township, Carroll county, has accumulated five hundred and twenty acres of land during his entire life and has received by inheritance only one thousand dollars. He had never sought any royal road to wealth and afflu- ence, but has worked earnestly and diligently in order to advance himself. Today he is numbered among the influential citizens and business men of
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Carroll county. Mr. Peterson is a veteran of the Civil War and he also served nearly ten years as trustee of the township.
John A. Peterson is a native of Sweden, born on December 20, 1842. He is the son of John and Christina (Hendrix) Peterson, who came to America with their family and settled at Lafayette in Tippecanoe county in 1853. After living at Lafayette until 1858, the family rented land in Adams township, Carroll county, and one year later John Peterson purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land where he lived until his death, in 1873. His wife had passed away twenty years previously, during the summer of 1853. John and Christina (Hendrix) Peterson had five children, namely : Claus, the eldest, served throughout the Civil War, or until he was killed in the battle of Kenesaw Mountain; John A. is the subject of this sketch; Ann was the wife of Edward Condon, both of whom are now deceased; Harriet married Nelson Coble and they have one living child, Elma Coble, who mar- ried William J. Comber, an attorney of Little Rock, Arkansas; Louisa mar- ried Dan Coble, and they live in Adams township. Two children of Mr. and Mrs. Peterson died in infancy. John and Christina (Hendrix) Peterson were members of the Lutheran church in Sweden, but, after coming to America, affiliated with the United Brethren church.
John A. Peterson received his early education in the public schools of his native land, but completed his education in the district schools of Tippe- canoe county, after coming to America. He also attended school for a time in Clay township. Mr. Peterson served about eight months in Com- pany E, One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, having enlisted from Delphi. His term of enlistment was only six months, although he served eight. He received an honorable dis- charge on March 1, 1864, and in the meantime had taken part in several skirmishes and in the battle at Walker's ford.
Mr. Peterson was first married in 1857 to Phoebe Hawkins, who bore him one son, Charles Peterson, now a resident of Adams township, where he owns a farm of one hundred and seventy acres of well-improved land. Mrs. Peterson died shortly after their marriage and Mr. Peterson married Mrs. Jane Timmons, who bore him one son, Arthur Peterson, who died at the age of twenty-four years. Mrs. Jane (Timmons) Peterson died in 1876 and Mr. Peterson married Catherine Fry on February 20, 1879. To this third marriage there have been born twelve children, all of whom are living: Theodosia lives at home with her parents; William F. lives near Delphi; Harriet is attending school at Bloomington; Tecumseh lives in Adams town-
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ship; Closs lives in Montpelier, Blackford county, Indiana, where he is an attorney; Mary is in training to become a nurse and is now a student at the Indianapolis city hospital; Wesley lives in Adams township; George is at home; Clara is attending school at Muncie; Serilda is at home; James and Jonah are also at home. Four of Mr. Peterson's daughters are school teachers and one son is an attorney-at-law. The other sons are farmers.
Not only does Mr. Peterson own five hundred and twenty acres of land in Adams township, but the land is all well improved. There are three good barns and houses on the farms.
. For many years Mr. Peterson was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, but gave up the lodge work because it was difficult for him to attend the meetings. He is a stanch Republican, having served nine years and three months as trustee of Adams township, it being the longest record of any trustee who has served the township. Mr. Peterson also served as supervisor for a number of years. Mrs. Peterson is a member of the Church of God, the other members of the Peterson family being mem- bers of the Christian church. At one of the recent old settlers' reunions in this county, Mr. Peterson received a prize for having present the largest family represented at the reunion. The Petersons are well known, not only in Adams township where they live, but also in Carroll county.
JAMES B. CORNELL.
The gentleman to whom this sketch is dedicated, is one of the eminently prosperous agriculturists residing near Camden, Indiana. The trail along his unusually successful business career, is one along which no farmer could possibly err in following. In carrying out the principles of concentrated effort and a generous attitude toward his fellow men, Mr. Cornell has achieved both moral and financial success.
James B. Cornell, retired farmer, Camden, Indiana, was born on March 13, 1838, in Carrollton township, this county, and is a son of John G. and Mary (Brown) Cornell. His youth was spent in assisting his father to a successful accumulation of wealth in agricultural pursuits, remaining with him until his death. He was then married, and bought the farm which is his present home. Politically, he has always been a stanch Democrat, but has never taken an active interest in politics. In religion, Mr. Cornell is an ardent member of the Presbyterian church. His splendid tract of. two hun- dred acres, located half a mile east of the Michigan road, in the northern
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part of Carrollton township, has been devoted to general farming and stock- raising.
John G. Cornell, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in North Carolina, where he lived until he grew to young manhood, and then moved with his parents to Knox county, Tennessee, where he was married and became a farmer. His wife, Mary (Brown) Cornell, was born in Knox county, Tennessee, and lived on a farm until her marriage, which took place at Knoxville, of that state, where three of their children were born, after which Mr. Cornell brought his wife and children to Jackson township, in 1831, traveling overland by horse and wagon. At that time Mr. Cornell was very poor, and worked by the day at anything he could get to do, saving enough in five years to buy eighty acres of land, situated east of Camden, where he spent the remainder of his life. Through industry and hard work, Mr. Cornell became very prosperous, and, at the time of his death, owned one thousand acres of land, which was divided between his children. The children born to this union were seven in number-Bennett, deceased; Lera, who became the wife of George Brown, and is now deceased; Jane, deceased, was married to Jackson Widard; Thomas lives in Washington township; Gultrom died when six years of age; James B., and John, deceased. Politic- ally, Mr. Cornell was a strong believer in Democratic principles, but was never an office seeker. In religion, he was an earnest member of the Cum- berland Presbyterian church, in the work of which he was greatly interested.
James B. Cornell was united in marriage on May 31, 1861, with Mary Moss, daughter of Elias and Mary (Sandam) Moss. She was educated at the public schools of the district. To this union were born five children : Charles Cornell was married to Catherine Seward, and lives on a farm in Cass county : Burnett is single, and lives in Carrollton township; Ella, deceased, was the wife of N. A. Beck: Allen lives on his father's farm and John died in infancy.
Elias Moss, father of Mrs. James B. Cornell, was born in Pennsyl- vania, and came to Ohio with his mother, his father having died in Pennsyl- vania. His wife, Mary (Sandam) Moss, by whom he had two children, Mary. and Charles, deceased, died in a short time, and Mr. Moss was again married, and settled in Carroll county, Indiana, on the John Odell place. To the second union five children were born: Dennis, deceased; Phoebe, who died single: John, Allen and William, the last three of whom reside in Cass county. Indiana.
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