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To the Rev. John H. and Rachel (Weinhold) Mourer have been born nine children, all of whom are living, as follow: Abner A. is a printer in Logansport; Mary is the wife of B. B. O'Neal, of Argos, Indiana; George lives at home, as do also Harry. Charles, Ethel, Russell. Grace and Ray- mond. The mother of these children was born in Franklin county, Penn- sylvania, October 9, 1858.
In the spring of 1885, Mr. Mourer removed from Illinois to Goodland, Benton county, Indiana, and purchased a farm there. He lived upon the farm until the spring of 1903, when he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Adams township, Carroll county, Indiana. The Reverend Mr. Mourer makes a specialty of raising high-grade live stock.
Although identified with the Republican party politically, Mr. Mourer has never been a candidate for office and has never aspired to political pre-
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ferment. Both he and his wife are members of the Brethren church and during the past fifteen years Mr. Mourer has been engaged in the active ministry of the gospel in this church.
ALFRED BARTLETT LYON.
Few residents of Carroll county, Indiana, are quite as well and favor- ably known as Alfred Bartlett Lyon, for sixteen years designer for the H. Lieber Company, of Indianapolis, and for many years an instructor in interior decorations at the John Herron Art Institute of Indianapolis, but who is now and has been since 1913 the proprietor of the Pyrmont Mills Company.
Alfred Bartlett Lyon is a native of Boston, Massachusetts, having been born on December 15, 1866, the son of Michael and Ann (Willoughby) Lyon. The father was a native of the United States but of English descent while the mother was born in Ireland. She came to America with her parents when six years old and settled with them in Boston, Massachu- setts. Mr. Lyon's parents were married in Boston, Massachusetts, and had eight children, six of whom are still living. The living children are all residents of the East except the subject of this sketch. Mr. Lyon's father was a saddler by occupation and at one time owned and operated two saddleries in Boston, Massachusetts. He died in middle life. His wife, the mother of Mr. Lyon, is still living in Boston, Massachusetts.
Reared and educated in the public schools of Boston, Massachusetts, Alfred Bartlett Lyon attended the Boston evening school and studied art in the Bird school. He also studied under Rafelio Raneri in New York, and made great progress in sculpturing, wood carving and designing. He was the first American who took the course in the Swedish Sloyd System under Professor Larson, of Boston, Massachusetts, and the first American who first taught this system.
Mr. Lyon studied physical culture under Professor Dudley, a sergeant in the Young Men's Christian Union. He became superintendent of the Young Men's Christian Union in Boston and taught in the gymnasium for a number of years. He also taught in the gymnasium of Cambridge. While he was living in the East, Mr. Lyon was very prominent in gymnas- ium athletics but his daily vocation was wood-carving, modeling and design- ing for interior decorations. During that period he was employed by many
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of the leading firms from Portland. Maine, to Baltimore. During the five years preceding his coming to Indianapolis, he was employed by F. J. New- comb Manufacturing Company as an interior decorator. The latter is one of the leading picture frame manufacturing concerns in the United States. Shortly before coming west, Mr. Lyon was employed as an interior deco- rator in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City.
In November, 1899, Alfred Bartlett Lyon accepted a position with the H. Lieber Company, at No. 24 West Washington street, Indianapolis, Indi- ana, as decorator and designer of picture frames, mirror frames and mould- ings. For the next sixteen years he was connected with the H. Lieber Company as their principal designer and is at the present time their con- sulting designer.
In 1913 Mr. Lyon purchased the Pyrmont mills and is now operating the mills. One year after purchasing the Pyrmont mills, the family moved to Pyrmont. Having been engaged in the designing and decorating busi- ness for thirty-six years, Mr. Lyon wanted a change and has found this change in his present commercial venture.
On September 3, 1903, Alfred Bartlett Lyon was married to Mary C. Krebs, of Madison, Indiana, who has borne him three sons, Alfred Krebs, Philip Barker and Ralph Willoughby.
Fraternally, Alfred Bartlett Lyon is a member of all of the branches of the Masonic fraternity from the blue lodge to the Shrine and has held many offices in the various branches of Masonry. He is an honorary mem- ber of many societies in this state, among which is the Indianapolis Musik- verein.
JAMES C. LOVE.
It is not always easy to discover and define the hidden forces which move a man to a career of unceasing activity. Little more can be done than to note the manifestation of these forces. James C. Love, a pros- perous farmer, of Adams township, Carroll county, Indiana, the proprietor of "Cedar Lawn Farm" of one hundred and forty-five acres, located in section 13, is a self-made man. He has labored long and earnestly for the large measure of success that has attended his efforts. Not only has he been successful in a material way, but he has won what is far greater than material success, the confidence and esteem of his fellows.
Mr. Love is a native of Carroll county, born on July 11, 1848, in
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Adams township. He is the son of William and Deborah (Cochran) Love, the former of whom was born in Lincoln county, Missouri, on June 8, 1819, and the latter in Buncombe county, North Carolina, February 22, 1822. William Love was the son of John Love, a native of South Carolina, born on December 29, 1786, who emigrated first to Tennessee, and then to Mis- souri, where he remained a few years, after which he moved to Portland Mills, Indiana, where he lived for about one year. Moving from Portland to Carroll county, Indiana, he settled in Adams township, where he home- steaded one hundred and sixty acres of land, and there he lived the remainder of his life. John Love served in the War of 1812, being captain of a com- pany of regular troops. His death occurred on April 5, 1867. He married Sarah Galloway, whose death occurred on September 5, 1857. To them were born the following children: William, deceased, who was born on June 8, 1819; Isabelle, deceased, November 29, 1820; Phoebe, deceased, May 8, 1822; Margaret, August 28, 1823; James A., February 2, 1825; Hugh, July 3, 1826; Joseph A., February 2, 1828, died on March 30, 1829; John, October 5, 1829, died on January 3, 1830; Sarah E., May 19, 1832; John II, January 12, 1834, was a member of Company C, Forty-sixth Regi- ment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and died about the year 1863.
William Love accompanied his parents from Missouri to Indiana, in 1829, and in the spring of 1830 they removed to Carroll county, at a time when there was not a single house on the north side of the Wabash river in Carroll county between Logansport and Pittsburg. Here William Love grew to manhood, receiving a limited education in the pioneer schools of the county. Mrs. William Love, who, before her marriage, was Deborah Cochran, accompanied her parents from Buncombe county, North Carolina, to Tippecanoe township, Carroll county, Indiana, in the spring of 1836. In 1839 they settled on a farm in Adams township, where she grew to woman- hood. She was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Ensley) Cochran, the former of whom died on October 3, 1867, aged seventy-four years, and the latter on August 7, 1848, at the age of fifty-three years.
Mr. and Mrs. William Love were married in Carroll county, Indiana, on March 15, 1842, and to this union were born seven children, of whom John M., born on December 5, 1843, died on May 30, 1912; James C. is the immediate subject of this sketch; Sarah A., born on October 26, 1851, is the wife of William Gilkey, of Kansas; Mary I., born on June 15, 1855, is the wife of B. F. Stuart, and they reside on the old John Love homestead; Phoebe Jane, born on August 26, 1857, died on January 17, 1873; Martha Elizabeth, born on February 6, 1861, is the wife of Frank S. Girard, of
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Adams township, and they are the owners and make their home on the old William Love farm; William Morton, born on October 25, 1863, died on August 2, 1864.
The late William Love was a prominent man in Republican politics in Carroll county. He cast his first vote for William Henry Harrison for President and until 1856, when the Republican party was formed, was iden- tified with the Whig party. He never failed to exercise the prerogative of suffrage. He was captain of the "home guards" in 1840. When Mr. and Mrs. William Love celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1892 they had forty living descendants. Mr. Love represented Carroll county on the board of county commissioners for a term of three years, and, at the time of his death, January 12, 1902, was the owner of a farm of two hun- dred acres of well-improved land. His wife died on July 29, 1903. Both were members of the Associate Presbyterian church.
James C. Love grew up on his father's farm in Adams township and remained at home until his marriage, May 24, 1882, to Charlotte Marvin, a daughter of Stephen and Maria (Childs) Marvin, both of whom were natives of Jennings county, Indiana, where they were married.
Stephen Marvin and wife were the parents of eleven children, as fol- low: Sarah Jane, born on February 19, 1844, died on July 19, 1854; Delaney H., December 4, 1845, lives at Idaville; Nancy Ann, March 19, 1847, is the wife of John Johnsonbaugh, of Idaville; John G., May 1, 1849, lives at Marion; W. T., December 4, 1851, died on May 8, 1884; Charlotte, November 29, 1853, the wife of Mr. Love; Emma E., March 26, 1856. the wife of Will Wiley, who resides near Lake Cicott; Francis M., March 17, 1858, lives at Zion City, Illinois; Charles, January 9, 1860, lives in Chicago; George F., February 14, 1862, is an attorney at Monticello, Indiana, and Oscar O., November 2, 1867, lives at Noblesville, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Marvin moved to White county, Indiana, and spent most of their lives there on a farm. Some time before Mrs. Marvin's death, they retired to Burnettsville. She died on October 11, 1889, and her husband on April I, 1907. Both had been members of the Methodist church, but in later years they became members of the Seventh-Day Adventist church.
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Love have had four children, Maggie May, Charles F., Nellie D. and Grace M. Maggie May, born on July 1, 1883. is the widow of Charles H. Finks, to whom she was married on December 23, 1902. He died on February 28, 1908, leaving three children, of whom Thelma Love was born on September 22, 1903; Doris May, March 12, 1905, and Charles Curtis, November 25, 1907. Charles F., the second born,
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died in infancy. He was born on July 7, 1886, and died on January 22, 1887. Nellie D., born on November 2, 1888, is the wife of Wallace Crain, of White county. They have one child, Raymond Huston, born on Octo- ber 10, 1915. The youngest child, Grace M., was born on July 24, 1894, and is the wife of Guy Williams, of Burnettsville. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have twin daughters, Juanita and Muriel, born on March 28, 1915.
Mr. Love owns one hundred and forty-five. acres of well-improved farming land, where he has a beautiful country home, which is known as "Cedar Lawn Farm." Mr. Love has served as a member of the township advisory board, having been elected to this position as a Republican. He is a member of the Burnettsville Horsethief Detective Association. Mrs. Love is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
DAVID W. BROWN.
David W. Brown, who was a successful farmer of Carrollton town- ship, Carroll county, was born on November 19, 1847, in Democrat town- ship, and was a son of David M. and Catherine (Shaffer) Brown. He grew up in Democrat township, attending the district schools during the winters and helping his father with the farm work in the summer seasons, until he was eighteen years of age. He was ambitious, and a great deal of his education was obtained by studying at home. He was married at the age of twenty-one, and owned absolutely nothing with which to begin his financial career, but as he possessed the proper spirit, and was filled with an unusual amount of ambition and energy, it was not long before he was on the road to prosperity, and at the time of his death he was the owner of three hundred and ten acres of as good agricultural land as will be found in Carroll county, all of which he acquired through his own efforts and industry.
Mr. Brown improved his farm with good buildings of all kinds, giving an air of a well-cared-for place. Politically, he was an ardent supporter of the policies of the Democratic party, and was active in local politics for twenty years, serving as justice of the peace in Carrollton township. Fraternally, he was a member of Flora Lodge No. 526, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, passed all the chairs, and was a member of the grand lodge. Mr. Brown died on June 29, 1915.
David M. Brown, father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of
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Pennsylvania, and his wife, Catherine Shaffer, was born in Monroe county, Indiana, each coming to Carroll county, where they were married, and where they spent the remainder of their lives. Mr. Brown followed farm- ing for a livelihood, and was the father of six children. Politically, he was a stanch Democrat, taking an active part in local and county politics. He died in 1856, and his wife died in 1897.
David W. Brown was united in marriage on October 4, 1870, with Rebecca Jordan, daughter of Henry and Martha (Hudson) Jordan. She was born on August 12, 1848, in Democrat township, where her education was obtained in the district schools. Mrs. Brown is a member of the Pro- gressive Dunkard church. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were the parents of three children : Lettie, who was married to Jefferson Cline, and is now living in Tippecanoe county, Indiana; Verna, a graduate of the Flora high school, was married to Hettie Crunes, and lives in Carrollton township; Webster graduated from the public school, married Lizzie Michaels and they live on the home farm.
Henry and Martha (Hudson) Jordan, parents of Mrs. David W. Brown, were natives of North Carolina, and were united in marriage in Carrollton township, Carroll county.
Mrs. Brown has nine grandchildren, of whom she is duly proud, and who are frequent visitors to "Overlook Farm," which is located four and one-half miles southeast of Flora, Indiana, where Mrs. Brown still lives.
ARCHIBALD GARDINER.
Archibald Gardiner, a prosperous farmer of Adams township, this county, where he owns two hundred and seventy-five acres of land, is a native of Canada. He is a plain, honest man of affairs, who has made his influence felt in the township where he has lived for many years. Mr. Gar- diner would be the last man to lay any claim to greatness. Nevertheless his life presents much that is interesting and which may be studied with profit by the rising generations. He is one of those men whose integrity and strength of character receive admirable notice from their fellow citizens, a notice which their modesty never speaks.
Archibald Gardiner was born on September 2, 1848, in Ontario, Can- ada, and is the son of Archibald and Margaret (Morrison) Gardiner, the former of whom, a native of Scotland, settled in Canada in pioneer times
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and in 1863 emigrated to White county, Indiana, where he spent the remain- der of his life. He died four years later but his wife lived to be seventy years of age. They had ten children, of whom seven are living.
Archibald Gardiner, Jr., received a common-school education and lived at home with his parents until the death of his father. Afterward he was engaged in various work until November 30, 1884, when he was married to Mrs. Mary Etta (Bernethy) Longbrake, the widow of Isaac Longbrake, by whom she had three children, John, Lee and one who died in infancy. To Mrs. Gardiner's second marriage, there have been born four children, Murray, Inez, Walker and one, the eldest who died in infancy. Murray married Belle Marsh, of Burnettsville, and has one child, Murray Star. He operates the home farm. Inez is the wife of Richard Scully, of Boston, Massachusetts. Walker, who is a graduate of the Idaville high school, will graduate from Purdue University with the class of 1916.
Mr. Gardiner owns two hundred and seventy-five acres of well-im- proved land in Adams township. His farm is located in sections 4 and 9, of Adams township. He started out in life with absolutely no assistance, and by hard work, careful and systematic saving has accumulated little by little his present property in Carroll county. He raises a very high grade of live stock and has found this department of farming very profitable.
Until the organization of the Progressive party in 1912, Mr. Gardiner was identified with the Republican party, but since 1912 has been identified with the Progressive party and supported its candidates. Mrs. Gardiner is a member of the Methodist church.
FRANKLIN K. BEARD.
The career of Franklin K. Beard, a well-known farmer of Clay town- ship, this county, is a conspicuous example of one who has lived to good purpose and attained a most satisfactory measure of success in farming, the special sphere to which his talents and energies have been devoted.
Mr. Beard was born on November 4, 1859, in Clay township, Carroll county, Indiana. His parents were John M. and Rachel (Smith) Beard, the former of whom was born in Darke county, Ohio, and who emigrated to Carroll county with his parents when a lad of thirteen years. They settled on Wild Cat creek near Pyrmont, Indiana. John M. Beard was the son of John Beard. After their marriage in Carroll county, John M. and Rachel
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(Smith) Beard settled on a farm. Rachel Smith was born in Romney, Indiana, and came with her parents to Clay township when a mere child. She was the daughter of Richard Smith, who died in Clay township.
John M. Beard first married Lydia Brackney by whom he had four children, all of whom are deceased; these children died in infancy and child- hood. He was married, secondly, to Rachel Smith, by whom he had four children, three of whom are living : Franklin K .; Charles; Zora V., deceased; and Jesse. Franklin K. is the subject of this sketch and the first born. Charles lives in Clay township. Zora V. married Charles Clauser and bore him one son, Guy Clauser. Charles Clauser, who was born on October 18, 1858, was drowned on June 9, 1909. His wife had died many years pre- viously, November 22, 1885. The son, Guy Clauser, is a resident of Clay township. Jesse Beard lives in Clay township.
The late John M. Beard was a farmer by occupation and owned one hundred and eighty acres of well-improved land at the time of his death, on March 30, 1904. He was a Democrat in politics and served at one time as trustee of the township. His wife, who was a member of the Baptist church, died on May 19, 1906. Both are buried in the Beard cemetery. The father was eighty years old and the mother seventy-six years old at the time of their deaths.
Franklin K. Beard received a good education in the common schools of Clay township and lived at home with his parents until November 21, 1888, when he was married to Fairy Armstrong, a daughter of James T. and Mary Louisa (Vice) Armstrong, the former of whom was born in Carroll county, Indiana. They were married in Clinton county and had two children, Fairy and Judson. Fairy Armstrong was born on July 17, 1867. Judson Armstrong lives at Attica, Warren county, Indiana. Mrs. Beard's mother died in Tippecanoe county on April 15, 1880, and her father at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Beard on February 7, 1909. He was a corporal in Company B, Eighty-sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. He enlisted on April 4, 1863, and served until he received an honorary discharge on June 8, 1865.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin K. Beard have had three children, all of whom are living, Elga M., Ward James and Rachel Fern. Elga M., born on September 4, 1889, is the wife of Claude Cripe, of Clay township. They have one son, Maurice, born on May 21, 1914. Ward James, born on Octo- ber II, 1891, is a graduate of the Rossville high school and at present is employed by the Marshall Field Company, of Chicago. Rachel Fern, born on May 1, 1895, lives at home with her parents.
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Mr. Beard owns ninety-nine and seventy-five hundredths acres of land in section 1I, of Clay township, against which there is not a cent of incum- brance. Mr. and Mrs. Beard are both members of the Baptist church, and Mr. Beard has been a deacon in the church for the last fourteen years. All of his children except Ward, who is a member of the Methodist church, are members of the Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Beard's eldest daughter was the organist until her marriage, since which time her place has been taken by a younger sister. Not only are the Beards well known in Clay township, but the family is popular socially and they have a host of friends in Carroll county.
WILLIAM L. HASSELBRING.
William L. Hasselbring, a prosperous farmer and self-made man of Jefferson township, is a native of Germany, having been born there on March 12, 1872.
Mr. Hasselbring's parents were August and Sophia (Sarszy) Hassel- bring, both of whom are natives of Germany. After coming to America in 1882, they settled at Monticello, White county, Indiana. Subsequently, they purchased a farm of eighty acres in Honey Creek township, White county, where they farmed for a number of years and where William L. grew to manhood. He received his education in the district school of the township. Not long ago Mr. Hasselbring's parents retired and removed to Reynolds, where they now reside. Both are members of the Lutheran church at Rey- nolds. They have had six children, one of whom died in infancy. Five are living, as follow: William L., the subject of this sketch, is the eldest; Charles, the second born, is deceased; Henry lives in Michigan; Herman . lives at Chalmers, Indiana; Paul lives on a farm in Honey Creek township, near Reynolds; and Edward is a resident of South Dakota.
On April 12, 1899, William L. Hasselbring was married to Lena Ditt- mann, who was born at Monticello, Indiana, June 29, 1876, a daughter of William and Sophia (Brant) Dittman, natives of Germany, who came to America about 1875 and settled in Monticello. They were farmers by occupation. Mr. and Mrs. William Dittman were the parents of six chil- dren as follow: Lena, now Mrs. Hasselbring; William, Henry, Fred and Mrs. Minnie Jennings, all of whom live in White county, this state, and Emma, who died in 1880. William Dittmann died about June, 1908. His widow is still living and makes her home with her children.
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Mr. and Mrs. William L. Hasselbring have had three children, namely : Fred, born on January 24, 1900; Hilda, June 10, 1903, and Bertha, May 1, 1906. All of the children live at home with their parents.
For about eleven years Mr. Hasselbring rented land in various parts of this county and then purchased one hundred and sixty acres of well-improved land in section No. 14, of Jefferson township, in 1906. He raises pure- bred Shire horses and Shorthorn cattle and has been very successful in the stock business.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hasselbring are members of the Lutheran church at Reynolds. Mr. Hasselbring is identified with the Democratic party but has taken no especial interest in politics.
THOMAS W. ARMSTRONG.
The best history of a community is that which deals more particularly with the lives of its people, especially those who occupy a prominent place in public life. Such a man is Thomas W. Armstrong, the principal of the Yeoman schools for the past six years. He is a man who, in the educational fields, has outstripped the less active plodders and has won for himself a most enviable position in the educational life of Carroll county. Among his many interests he is also engaged in farming and, at present, has charge of the management of the old Armstrong homestead in Jefferson township.
Thomas W. Armstrong was born on February 6, 1875, in Jefferson township, Carroll county, Indiana. He is the son of Lanty T. and Charity C. (Ellis) Armstrong, the former of whom was born near Madison, Indiana, in 1829, and who died in Jefferson township, June 30, 1887, and the latter was born in Jefferson township on the old homestead on September 26, 1842, and is still living with her children at the age of seventy-three years. She is the daughter of Mordecai N. and Sarah Ann (Brockis) Ellis. Mor- decai N. Ellis was one of the pioneer setttlers of Jefferson township.
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