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Solomon Albaugh, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Preble county, Ohio, and was the son of John Albaugh. His wife was Eliza Salsbury. They lived on the home place all their lives, Solomon Albaugh dying on February 8. 1903, and his wife, Eliza, died on October 16, 1913. They were the parents of nine children: Margaret E., John H., Amos,
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James R., Lilcoln, Emma, Solomon F., D. E. and Ida J. Margaret E. became the wife of David A. Spittler, and lives at Chattanooga, Tennessee; John H. makes his home at Spokane, Washington; James R. lives at Bring- hurst, Indiana; Lincoln lives at Delphi, Indiana; Emma J. was married to William Booth; Solomon F. is at Flora; D. E. also lives at Flora, and Ida is the wife of Andrew Replogle, and lives in Wisconsin.
John Albaugh, the paternal grandfather, came to Ohio from Juniata county, Pennsylvania, and was a son of Stephen Albaugh. He and two of his brothers settled at an early date in Preble county, Ohio, near Eaton. Mr. Albaugh came to Indiana in 1836, when his son Solomon was two years of age, and entered eighty acres of land in Carroll county, where he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. Politically, he was a strong believer in the policies of the Republican party, and in religion, his sympa- thies were with the Lutheran church, taking an active interest in church work nearly all his life. John Albaugh was united in marriage with Rebecca Ridenower, daughter of Samuel Ridenower, of Preble county, Ohio, whose ancestors were Lutherans as far back as can be traced. To John and Rebecca Albaugh were born four sons and four daughters, of whom Solo- mon was the fifth child, and who remained on the eighty acres and farmed it until his death.
The immigrant ancestor of the Albaugh family in America and the first of whom there is any record, was John Albaugh, who came to this country in 1734 with his four sons, John Wilhelm, Zachariah, the great- grandfather of the subject of this sketch; John Geehart and John Peter.
James and Elizabeth Salsbury, the maternal grandparents, came from Preble county, Ohio, at an early date.
Samuel Ridenower, the paternal great-grandfather, was a native of Preble county, Ohio, as was also his wife.
Amos Albaugh was united in marriage on May 13, 1882, with Mary M. Cline, daughter of Henry C. and Sarah E. (Cheve) Cline. She was born on March 4. 1860, in Jackson township, this county, and attended the dis- trict schools. This union has been blessed with three children, Everett W., a graduate of the high school, lives on the home place; Mary Ruth, also a high school graduate and later a student at Valparaiso University, is teach- ing school in Jackson township; Orpha Marie is in her third year at high school.
Mr. Albaugh is a gentleman of genial and unassuming manner and his every influence is freely extended for the moral advance of the community where he resides.
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WILLIAM M. MCCARTY.
What a wonderful heritage a man gives to his children when, passing from this world, he leaves behind the knowledge of an active life well spent and evidence of the good he has accomplished for his age and community. To have been considered a representative citizen in his day and generation, as was the late John W. McCarty, does not fall to the lot of many men. Only those who are truly great in heart and mind and possessed of untiring energy and unfailing optimism, are capable of establishing for themselves the confidence of the community. This cheering knowledge is possessed by the children of the late John W. McCarty, among whom is William M. McCarty, the subject of this sketch.
William M. McCarty, the proprietor of the "Hurricane Branch Stock Farm," comprising one hundred and twenty acres of land. situated one mile south and two miles west of Burlington, is a native of Burlington township, born on the farm where he now lives on August 22. 1863. Mr. McCarty's parents were John W. and Martha J. (Johnson) McCarty, the former of whom was born on August 5. 1822, in Union county. Indiana, and who came to Carroll county with his mother when he was a young man. Here he grew up and was married to Martha J. Johnson, who was a native of the Old Dominion state and the daughter of Robert Johnson, who came with his family in a wagon to Indiana and after arriving in Indiana settled near Burlington. Here he entered a quarter section of land and spent the remain- der of his life. Robert Johnson had seven children by one marriage and four children by another. The children born by the first marriage were John F., Villa. William T., Martha J., Amanda, Andrew and Madison. The children born to the second marriage were Flora, Susie, Frank and Vince.
To the late John W. and Martha J. (Johnson) McCarty were born three sons, of whom Frank C. married Eliza Smith. He is now deceased. A. J. married Mary Smith, and now lives in San Francisco. William M. is the subject of this sketch.
Mr. McCarty has spent his entire life in Burlington township. He received an elementary education in the public schools of the township and, ·like most country boys, attended school in the winter and worked on the farm during the summer months. In this way his life was spent until he was nineteen years old.
When Mr. McCarty was twenty-six years old, on June 24. 1889, he was married to Dora Marquess, a native of Carroll county, and the daughter of Alexander Marquess. They have had three children, Harry, Laurel and
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Kemp. Harry and Laurel are unmarried and live at home. Kemp grad- uated from the common schools of Carroll county, with the class of 1915.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. McCarty rented the farm upon which they now live. Later they purchased the farm by buying out the interests of the other heirs. Mr. McCarty has become a well-known breeder of Shorthorn cattle, his herd being headed by White Cloud No. 355280. He also breeds good Belgian horses and a high grade of hogs. In fact, he is known as one of the most practical and successful breeders and stockmen of Burlington township.
Fraternally, William M. McCarty is a member of Burlington Lodge No. III, Free and Accepted Masons. He belongs to Burlington Lodge No. 179. Knights of Pythias, and although nominally a Democrat, has never held office nor has ever aspired to office. He is a most successful farmer and honorable citizen. popular in the township where he lives and possesses the confidence of his neighbors and his fellow citizens.
ERASMUS S. JAMES.
It is by no means easy to describe adequately the work of a man who has led an eminent, active and busy life in a community. Yet it may be said in justice to the career of Erasmus S. James, a well-known farmer of Burlington township, that he has been successful in his life vocation, and that he enjoys the confidence and esteem of his neighbors. He owns and occupies a farm of ninety-one acres in Burlington township, which he has bought and paid for by his own efforts and is well known as a specialist in breeding a high grade of draft and harness horses.
Erasmus S. James, who resides on route No. I out of Sedalia, is a native of Franklin county, Indiana, born on April 18, 1848. He is the son of Abel and Hannah ( Bell) James. Abel James was born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1820 and was the son of Enos James, who emigrated from Penn- sylvania to Ohio. Hannah ( Bell) James was also born in Butler county, Ohio, and was there married. Afterwards, Abel and Hannah (Bell) James emigrated to Franklin county, Indiana, and located near College Corner, where they lived until the latter part of their lives. His wife died in Col- lege Corner. Afterwards, he was married to Mary E. Notts and by this marriage had one child, Dora. By his third marriage, to Emma Chambers, there were no children born. At one time Abel James had owned two hun-
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dred and eighty acres of land but, at the time of his death, he divided one hundred and twenty acres of this land among his five children.
To Able and Hannah (Bell) James were born six children, of whom one died in infancy. John M. is a farmer in Burlington township; Erasmus S. is the subject of this sketch; James H. is a retired farmer of Cottage Grove, Indiana; Florence E. is the widow of Nelson D. Hetrick, of Frank- lin county, Indiana; Minnie C. and John Davis are both deceased.
Erasmus S. James was reared on his father's farm in Franklin county, Indiana, and educated in the public schools of the county. He was first married to Maggie C. Beard, who died a year later, and subsequently he was married to Alice E. Beard, a sister of his first wife. By this marriage there were born three children, two of whom are now living. Ralph B., who was born in 1895, is unmarried and lives at home; Hildred M. is also unmarried and lives at home. Mr. James's second wife died in 1903.
On March 4. 1882. Mr. James came to Carroll county, and by well- applied industry has accumulated a farm of ninety-one acres in Burlington township. He is a most pleasant and affable man and one who has a host of friends in Burlington township. He is one of the trustees of the Koro Methodist Protestant church and is therefore active in church work. Politi- cally. Mr. James is a Democrat.
WILLIAM E. HINKLE.
William E. Hinkle, a prosperous farmer of Democrat township, Car- roll county, Indiana, where he owns eighty acres of land, is a native of Juniata county, Pennsylvania, born on February 2, 1852. He is the son of Joseph and Nancy J. (Cook) Hinkle, both of whom were natives of the Keystone state.
Mr. Hinkle's mother was the daughter of Hugh Cook, who immigrated from Ireland to America, settling in Pennsylvania, where he was married to Hannah Aiken. They settled in Carroll county, Indiana, in pioneer times, but later moved to Clinton county, Indiana. Joseph Hinkle's parents died when he was a mere lad and he was bound out to a man by the name of Mouck, where he learned the shoemaker's trade, at which he worked in Pennsylvania before he came west. In the fall of 1856, during the presi- dential campaign in which Buchanan was elected, Joseph Hinkle came with his wife and four children to Indiana. At that time William E. Hinkle, the
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subject of this sketch, was nearly five years old. They landed in Delphi and from there proceeded to the home of Hugh Cook, now a part of the G. W. Shanklin farm, where they spent the winter. Later they moved to a. farm near Burlington, owned by Harrison Gwinn. Joseph Hinkle followed shoemaking and farming. After having cultivated the Gwinn farm for some time he moved to the Rinker farm of one hundred and sixty acres and then kept a hotel in Burlington. Still later he was in business in Rossville and then moved to Cutler, where he spent his last days.
Joseph and Nancy J. (Cook ) Hinkle were the parents of twelve chil- dren, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. Of these children three are deceased, Joseph M., of Logansport; Anderson B., who died at Walkerton, and Effie, who died at the age of twenty years. The living children are: J. W., of South Bend: William E., the subject of this sketch; Anna, who lives with her brother, William E .; J. C., of Davenport, Iowa; Tillie, the wife of John Draper: Ida May. the wife of Dr. W. A. Trobaugh; Wilson B., of Davenport, Iowa; Elizabeth, the wife of William McCarty, of Frankfort, and Sadie, the wife of Fletcher McDaniels, of Indianapolis.
William E. Hinkle received a common-school education, but his advantages were limited, since he was compelled to work most of the time on the farm. He remained at home until he had reached his majority and then worked for George Mullinix, of Clinton county. He next worked for W. H. Weaver for thirteen years, receiving one-third of the profits for his work.
On October 29, 1885. William E. Hinkle was married to Barbara Ellen Long, the daughter of William and Mary Ann (Smith) Long, of Democrat township, this county. She was born on April 19, 1859, in Demo- crat township. William Long was born in Butler county, Ohio, and his wife in Indiana. He came with his parents when a boy to Indiana. They cleared the farm where William. E. Hinkle now lives, but, subsequently. they moved to Flora. Although his wife has been dead for many years, William Long is now living in Flora. Barbara Ellen Long received a com- mon-school education. Her mother died when she was ten years of age. On September 29. 1880. she was married to Robert Mann, of Licking county, Ohio. He died on November 25, 1882. at the age of thirty-two years, leav- ing one child, Charles N. Mann, who operates the John Jarvis farm in Democrat township.
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Hinkle have had one child, Claude, who married Nellie Tinkle, the daughter of Hiram Tinkle.
William F. Hinkle is a member of the Wildcat Lodge No. 311, Free
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and Accepted Masons. Mr. and Mrs. Hinkle are members of the Presby- terian church and he is a deacon in the church. Politically, Mr. Hinkle is identified with the Democratic party.
ANDREW J. KELLER.
To be associated with the residents of one county for upwards of a century and to retain, through all those years, the respect and admiration of its citizens, requires not only the best traits of character but the charm of personality and well-directed effort as well. The Keller family, beginning with Conrad, who emigrated to America from Germany about 1800, have in all respects held the true regard of their fellow men through past and present generations. Upon his arrival in America, Conrad Keller settled in Virginia, where his children grew to maturity.
John Keller, Sr., son of Conrad Keller, with his family, moved to Union county. Ohio, about 1822 and resided there for many years. Later he removed to Madison county, Indiana, where he remained for one year, returning to Union county at that time, but again removed to Madison county and from there to Carroll county. Indiana, in 1856. where he died about his eighty-third year.
John Keller, Jr .. was born in Monroe county, Virginia, where he grew to maturity, finally moving to Carroll county. Indiana, where he lived for twenty-five years. John Keller, Jr., and his wife. Catherine (Hyens) Kel- ler, were the parents of eight children: Henry, living in Clay township, Indiana; Andrew J., of Burlington township, Indiana; two daughters died in Union county and a third daughter, Martha, who married Thomas Fergu- son, is deceased: William, deceased; David, deceased, and twins, George Washington and his sister, died in infancy. After remaining in Carroll county, Indiana. for twenty-five years. John Keller, Jr .. moved to the state of Nebraska, where he lived until his death.
Andrew J. Keller, son of John Keller, Jr., assisted his father with the work at home until he was twenty-one years of age, receiving his education in the district schools. Equipped with only the rudiments of an education, he has yet obtained from the soil a competency worthy of more than ordin- ary mention. For three years he worked by the day or month, and on December 25. 1859. he was united in marriage to Mary Silva Gregory,
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daughter of Edward Gregory, who came from Virginia and settled in 'How- ard county, Indiana.
In 1860 Mr. Keller began active operations for himself by purchasing an unimproved farm of eighty acres, which he cleared rapidly. They moved into buildings, hastily erected, and within a short time had everything in working order. Later this farm was sold and the present one purchased, consisting of one hundred and twenty-six acres. This purchase was effected on April 14. 1888, twenty-eight years after his first venture for himself. His residence on this place has been continuous since 1888.
Andrew J. Keller and his wife. Mary Silva (Gregory) Keller, were the parents of one child, Nancy Ann, widow of Josiah Ferguson, who met a tragic death. Nancy Ann ( Keller) Ferguson was the mother of two chil- dren : Vern Alfred and Roxa Amis. both residents of Burlington township, Carroll county.
Andrew J. Keller has for many years been of valuable service to How- ard and Carroll counties. for his location on the line of these counties gives him a considerable advantage over other farmers. His affiliation with the Democratic party makes his influence much sought after. His location just one-half mile east of the town of Burlington gives him both the luxuries of the farm and the advantages of the town.
In all matters pertaining to the good of the community, Andrew J. Keller displays great interest, and his life of hard work and honest, con- scientious effort have gained for him the good will of his fellow men, and now. in the evening of his life, the reflections of past achievements bring him the repose to which he is entitled.
FREDERICK LANDES.
Some men belong to no exclusive class in life and apparently insur- mountable obstacles have in many instances awakened their dormant faculties and served as a stimulus to carry them upward on the ladder of success. The venerable Frederick Landes, who, largely unaided, accumulated during his life time a farm of three hundred and sixty acres, which he has divided among his children, has lived to good purpose and has achieved a splendid success. He made his way to a respectable position in the world and today enjoys the hearty admiration of the people of Carrollton township.
Frederick Landes, retired farmer, who lives on Route No. 2 out of
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Flora, Indiana, is a native of Carrollton township, Carroll county, born on December 31, 1844. Mr. Landes is the son of Felix and Eleanor (Quinn) Landes, the former of whom was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, and the latter of whom also was born in Ohio. They came separately to Car- roll county, and were married in Carrollton township. Afterwards, Felix Landes purchased one hundred and twenty-seven acres of land which he subsequently cleared and improved. Both he and his wife died on the old home farm. He was an active adherent to the principles of Abraham Lin- coln and was a devout member of the Presbyterian church. Of the nine children born to Felix and Eleanor (Quinn) Landes, three are now living; Frederick, the subject of this sketch; Henry, a farmer of Carrollton town- ship, and John E., also a farmer of this township.
Frederick Landes was reared in Carrollton township and attended the public schools of the township until seventeen years old, when he enlisted in Company A, Seventy-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry in August, 1862. He was attached to the Army of the Cumberland and in 1864 was captured at Okolona, Mississippi. He was confined thereafter in the prison of Andersonville, Georgia, until April 29, 1864. He then came back to Car- roll county. Mr. Landes was under twenty-one years of age when the war closed.
In August, 1866, Frederick Landes was married to Nancy F. Ewing, who was born in 1845 and who died in 1901. She bore her husband four children, three of whom are now living. Isaac N., a graduate of the com- mon schools, is a farmer in Carrollton township; W. S. is a resident of Car- rollton township; Ella A. is the wife of Charles Flora of Carrollton town- ship; Felix E. died at the age of eleven.
Mr. Landes' father died on April 28. 1889. Seven years after the death of Mr. Landes' first wife, he was married the second time to Mrs. Cecil M. Crummet, the widow of Alvin Crummet.
.Although Frederick Landes formerly owned three hundred and sixty acres of land in this township, he divided one hundred and sixty-four acres among his children and retains now only one hundred and ninety-six acres. He owns a threshing outfit and a corn shredder, which he has operated in this community.
A Republican in politics, the venerable Frederick Landes served four years, as trustee .of Carrollton township. He has been active in local, county and state politics all his life, and at one time was a nominee of the Republican party for sheriff of the county. Fraternally, he is a member of Samuel Stewart Post No. 44, Grand Army of the Republic.
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JACOB C. McMANUS.
Jacob C. McManus, a successful farmer of Adams township, where he owns one hundred and thirty-eight acres of land and operates three hundred and ten acres, is a native of the township where he lives, having been born on December 31, 1866. He is a son of Bernard and Isabelle (Crowel) McManus, the former of whom was born on May 15, 1824, in County Cavan, Ireland, and the latter, born on May 4, 1830, in Montgomery county, Ohio. John Crowel, the father of Isabelle (Crowel ) McManus and the grandfather of Jacob C. McManus, married Jane Jeffries. He was county commissioner of Carroll county at the time the present court house was erected. His daughter, Isabelle (Crowell) McManus, when a little girl, saw the Indians at the time they were moved to a reservation west of the Mis- sissippi river.
The late Bernard McManus came with his parents to America and settled with them at Rochester, New York. Subsequently, however, he left home and for a number of years was a sailor. He returned, however, to his old home and worked by the month on the farm until 1860, when he was married to Mrs. Isabelle (Crowell) Timmons, the widow of Parry S. Timmons, who had died in 1859, leaving five children; two of whom are now living: Malissa died in childhood: W. F. is a resident of Rock Creek township and has served as assessor of Adams township. having been elected on the Democratic ticket: Jane married John A. Peterson and is deceased; Sarah married William J. Wakeland and lives in Adams township; Perry died in 1915. Three children were born to Bernard and Isabelle McManus, namely : Alice is the wife of Oliver Armstrong. of Delphi: John H. was the second born; Jacob C. is the subject of this sketch. After his marriage the late Bernard McManus settled in Adams township, where he farmed until his death, on October 17, 1895. His wife died on April 8, 1906. Bernard McManus was a Democrat in politics. His wife was a member of the Christian church at Hickory Grove.
Jacob C. McManus was educated in the common schools of Adams township and at the Central Normal College at Danville, Indiana. On November 28, 1897, Mr. McManus was married to Florence Beard, the daughter of Eli and Mary Jane ( Hughes) Beard, the former of whom was born in Darke county. Ohio, on June 7, 1835, the son of John and Sophia (Moore) Beard. To Mr. McManus's first marriage there were born three children : John J. was born on August 26, 1898, and lives at home; William
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E. was born on August 9, 1901, and Irene, July 18, 1904. Mrs. McManus died on March 20, 1905, and on September 12, 1907, Mr. McManus was married to Blanche Armstrong, a prominent member and active worker in the Hickory Grove Christian church.
As heretofore stated, Mr. McManus owns one hundred and thirty-eight acres in Adams township, but operates a farm of three hundred and ten acres, all of which is well improved land. The farm is located in section 15. A short time ago he built a magnificent barn and a new house, which is a modern home in every respect. Mr. McManus is well known to the people of Adams township, enjoys their absolute confidence and has a host of friends.
RICHARD M. FENNELL.
Richard M. Fennell, a prosperous farmer of Burlington township and the proprietor of the old Fennell farm of one hundred and twenty acres, located on route No. I out of Sedalia and situated one mile west and two miles south of Burlington, is a plain, honest man of affairs, who has had his share of ups and downs, but who has never yielded to misfortune. As a consequence of his determination, thrift and management, he now owns two hundred acres of fine land in Carroll county, two hundred and fifty- three acres in Cass county and ten acres and three lots in Frankfort, Clinton county, Indiana. He has accumulated all of this land, except eight acres, by his own efforts. Aside from his large interests in farm real estate, he is also a heavy stockholder in the Farmers State Bank at Burlington. No bet- ter evidence of Mr. Fennell's cordial, agreeable disposition could be cited than his experience with two men who have worked for him. One worked for him nineteen years and in all of that time, there was never one word of disagreement ; another worked twenty years and there were no disagree- ments in this case.
Richard M. Fennell is a native of Burlington township, born on the farm where he now lives, September 8, 1842. He is the son of James and Catherine (Hanger) Fennell. Both of Mr. Fennell's parents were born in the Old Dominion state and were married there. They first immigrated to Ohio, where they remained only a short time until their removal to Tippe- canoe county, Indiana. After living in Tippecanoe county for a short time, they finally settled in Carroll county. The trip from Ohio to Indiana was (31)
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