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Mr. Reeder one of the prominent and successful citizens of Carroll county, have also won the unqualified esteem of his fellow citizens, as the various positions of trust and responsibility conferred upon him well prove. His career has been one of well-directed energy, unfailing determination of pur- pose and honorable methods.
James J. Reeder, clerk of the circuit court of Carroll county, is a native of Howard county, Indiana, born on July 29, 1856. His father, Walter S. Reeder, was a native of Ohio and of Pennsylvania Quaker stock, while his mother, Martha Melvina Rader, was a native of Tennessee. Walter S. Reeder, who was a farmer and saw-mill operator, was a soldier of the Civil War, having enlisted in 1862 in the Seventy-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving in Company C. In the campaigns of General Sherman, he received a severe gunshot wound. The paternal grandfather, Jonathan Reeder, mar- ried Cynthia Hancock, a cousin of Gen. W. S. Hancock. The maternal grandfather, Samuel Rader, was also of Quaker stock.
Walter S. Reeder came with his parents to Madison county, Indiana, when a mere lad. He later removed to Howard county, where he lived until a few years before his death, when he removed to Tipton county, dying in March, 1911. Jonathan Reeder built the first warehouse and the first store at Kokomo, Indiana. Mrs. Walter S. Reeder is still living. She bore her husband eleven children, of whom five, Taylor, Frank, John, Mattie and Hattie, are deceased. The living children are, James J., the subject of this sketch : Thomas B., an attorney at Duncan, Oklahoma; Josephine, the wife of William H. Hobbs, of near Russiaville, Indiana; Lulu, the widow of Will- iam Orr, of Kempton. Indiana; W. S., a hardware merchant of Atlanta, Illinois; Roxie, the wife of Lacey Catron, of Russiaville, Indiana.
James J. Reeder, the eldest child of his parents, lived on the farm prac- tically all his life, or until 1909. Born and reared on the farm, he came to Carroll county in 1872, and settled in Washington township. Three years later he removed to Carrollton township and until 1900, when he was elected trustee of Carrollton township on the Democratic ticket, was engaged in farming. He served for four years and in the fall of 1909 removed to Camden. During the fall and winter of that year, he was engaged in the automobile business. In June, 1910, Mr. Reeder was the cashier of the Farmers State Bank in Camden and served until January 1, 1911, when he took the management of the farmers Grain and Supply Company. He held this position until his election as county clerk, in November, 1912. He took office in the same month, having been elected on the Democratic ticket.
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Mr. Reeder was married, on January 13, 1885, to Lillie C. Cornell, the daughter of John C. and Louisa C. (Been) Cornell. Mr. and Mrs. Reeder have had three children, one of whom, Fay, the second born, died at the age of fifteen years. Floyd C., who lives on the old home farm in Carrollton township, married Lydia Cripe, and they have two children, Meredith and Thomas. Walton John, who is twelve years old, lives at home with his parents.
James J. Reeder has for a number of years been prominent in Masonic circles. He is a member of all of the Masonic branches except the thirty- third degree, having advanced to the thirty-second degree in Scottish-rite Masonry, previous to which he took the degrees of the York Rite. He is also a Shriner. Mr. Reeder has been an Odd Fellow since he was twenty- one years old, and is a member of all the branches of Odd Fellowship except the canton. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias at Camden. Since February, 1879, or rather from 1879 until 1892, he was a member of the Camden Presbyterian church. In 1892 he joined the Lutheran church and is now an elder in the church at Camden. James J. Reeder is a well- read, well-informed, honorable and upright man and citizen, who has met squarely and fairly all of the responsibilities of life.
JOHN L. HANNA.
When a man has so impressed his personality on his fellow citizens as to win their confidence and attains the front rank of his profession, he becomes a conspicuous figure. Such a man is John L. Hanna, the senior member of the firm of Hanna & Hall, well-known lawyers of Delphi, Indi- ana. Mr. Hanna is a self-made man, having earned the money with which he was enabled to attend school. He read law at night and, since his entrance into the profession has supplemented his education and training by wide and practical reading. Like many of the successful men now living in Delphi, he was born and reared in the country and came to the county seat after attaining maturity.
Mr. Hanna is a native of Deer Creek township, born on February 15, 1871. His parents, Joseph W. and Amelia D. (Moore) Hanna, were born in Carroll county and lived there all their lives. They own one hundred and twenty acres of land in Deer Creek township, where they lived until ten or twelve years ago, when they removed to Delphi and retired. Joseph W.
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Hanna was a valiant soldier in the Civil War, but served only a short time, being mustered out on account of sickness. Joseph W. and Amelia D. (Moore) Hanna are members of the Christian church. They have had seven children, of whom two, Earl and Lillian, are deceased, the former dying at the age of three years and the latter at the age of six. Eva M. is the wife of Dr. Henry E. Tisch, of Wheatland, Wyoming. John L. lives in Delphi and is the subject of this sketch. Lola B. is unmarried. Pearl lives at home. Josephine M. is the wife of George S. Margowski, of Detroit, Michigan.
Mr. Hanna's paternal grandfather was a member of the Indiana Legis- lature and an officer in the state militia. He was a farmer by occupation and reared a family of five children, John, James, Joseph, Albert and Rachel. The maternal grandfather, Alexander S. Moore, was an early settler in Car- roll county. He was a carpenter and farmer and built nearly all of the old grain elevators in this part of the county. At one time he operated a pot- tery at Delphi. He died at the age of eighty-three years and his wife some years younger. They had six children, Emeline, Amelia D., Penelope, Lillie B., Jessie and Cyrus.
Reared on a farm, John L. Hanna remained at home with his parents . until he was grown. In the meantime he had received a good common- school education in the public schools of Deer Creek township. Later he attended the Normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana, and still later was a student at Purdue University. He taught school for four years and, on May 26, 1897, was graduated from the Indiana Law School at Indianapolis. Having been admitted to the Carroll county bar and to practice law in the state and federal courts, Mr. Hanna began practicing in Delphi on June 5, 1897. Previously, he had read law for one year under N. J. Howe and one year under M. A. Ryan, now of Indianapolis, Indiana. For eighteen months Mr. Hanna practiced law alone and then formed a partnership with Gus A. Hall, the style of the firm being Hanna & Hall.
On June 29, 1898, John L. Hanna was married to Elizabeth E. Whistler, the daughter of William T. and Melvina H. (Harner) Whistler, who was born in Deer Creek township, Carroll county, Indiana, east of the city of Delphi, April 2, 1875. Mrs. Hanna's father died in 1898 but her mother is still living. The father was a farmer and a stock dealer. He and his wife had five children, Lucy, Florence, Elizabeth E., Fannie and Georgia. Mrs. Hanna's father had first married a Miss Wolf, by whom he had one child, Ora F. To Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hanna have been born five children, three of whom are living, Roger J., Ralph E. and Robert L.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hanna and the two elder children are members of the Christian church. Mr. Hanna is a member of Delphi Lodge No. 48, Free and Accepted Masons and of Delphi Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He also belongs to Delphi Lodge No. 80, Knights of Pythias, and to Lafayette Lodge No. 143, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. A Democrat in politics, Mr. Hanna was deputy prosecuting attorney for two years and was also master commissioner for three years. He is at present the county attorney of Carroll county, having been appointed by the board of county commis- sioners.
JOSEPH WASHINGTON HANNA.
Joseph Washington Hanna, a retired farmer of Delphi, Indiana, is the scion of an old family in America and comes from patriotic stock. The family in Carroll county is descended from Robert Hanna, Sr., who was a brigadier-general in the American Revolution and his son, Robert Hanna, Jr .. who was a brigadier-general in the War of 1812. Joseph Washington Hanna himself is a veteran of the great Civil War, having enlisted in 1864, in Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Company C, of this regiment, received the personal thanks of President Lincoln for valiant and meritorious service. Mr. Hanna was dis- charged by power of attorney during the latter part of 1864 on account of sickness. Mr. Hanna's father was a member of the Indiana Legislature for three terms, serving the first term in 1831 and the last when the new Con- stitution was adopted. He was also a colonel in the militia and held various offices, among which were those of county assessor and land appraiser.
Joseph W. Hanna was born in Deer Creek township, Carroll county, Indiana, in a log cabin six miles south of Delphi, December 9, 1841. His parents, Albert G. and Mary (Stoops) Hanna, were natives of North Caro- lina. The former came to Indiana about 1825 and located in Carroll county, entering land in Madison township. There he cleared and improved the farm but. subsequently, moved into Deer Creek township, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he also cleared and improved and where he reared his family. Finally, he moved to Jasper county, Illinois, where he died. His wife died in 1855 at the age of fifty-two years. They were the parents of eight children, John Thomas, deceased; Rachel Clarissa, deceased, who married Hiram Coan; James M., deceased, who died in Wash- ington, D. C., and was buried in the Arlington cemetery, having been a
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soldier in the Civil War; Adelina B., deceased, who was the wife of Daniel Julian; Joseph W., the subject of this sketch; Albert G., Jr., who lives near Effingham, Illinois, and two who died early in life.
The paternal grandparents of Joseph W. Hanna were Joseph W. and Sarah (Adair) Hanna, natives of North Carolina and among the early pioneers of Carroll county. They settled first on White Water, but soon afterward moved to Burlington township, where he cleared a small patch of ground and built a log cabin. He died on this farm, but his widow sur- vived him several years and passed away at the home of her son, Albert G. Both Joseph W. Hanna and his father, Robert Hanna, Jr., were soldiers in the War of 1812. Joseph W. and Sarah (Adair) Hanna were the parents of a large family of children, among whom were Harper, John M., Hannah, Lake, Albert G., Jane Abernathy, Oliver P., Joseph W. and George. Gen- eral Robert Hanna, Sr., not only was a general in the Revolutionary army but also furnished substantial means for the support of the Revolutionary cause.
After the death of his first wife, Albert G. Hanna, the father of Joseph W. Hanna, was married, secondly, to Mrs. Charlotte White, a widow, and to them were born several children, among them being, Frank, Edward, Charity Hiatt and Lillie Cushman.
Joseph W. Hanna has lived in Carroll county all of his life with the exception of the year he spent as a soldier in the Civil War. He grew up on his father's farm and attended the district school. After the war, he was married and returned to farming, working by the month. Later he rented land and then bought forty acres in Deer Creek township, to which he added eighty acres and which he still owns. Mr. Hanna lived on the farm until 1899, when he moved to Delphi. Four years later he built his present home at the east end of Franklin street, where he owns about two acres of ground, comprising a magnificent country home.
On March 23, 1865, Joseph W. Hanna was married to Amelia D. Moore, the daughter of Alexander and Angeline (McFarland) Moore and who was born in Jackson township, Carroll county, Indiana. Mrs. Hanna's father was born in Butler county, Ohio, and lived to be eighty-three years old. He and his wife had six children, Emeline, Amelia D., Penelope, Lillie, Jessie and Cyrus. The last named child died in infancy. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Hanna was Jesse Moore, a native of Georgia and a pioneer in Jackson township, Carroll county, where he died of old age. Among his children were, Jonathan, Alexander and Nathan. The maternal
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grandparents of Mrs. Hanna were early settlers in Carroll county and among their children were, Perry, John, Delilah and Loretta.
Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hanna, Eva M., John L., Lola B., Pearl, Josephine, and two who died in early child- hood. Eva M. married Dr. H. E. Tisch, of Wheatland, Wyoming. John I .. , a lawyer in Delphi, married Elizabeth E. Whistler and has three sons, Roger J., Ralph E. and Robert L. Lola B. and Pearl are at home. Jose- phine married George Margowski, of Detroit, Michigan, and have had two children, one of whom is now living, John L.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hanna are members of the Christian church. Fraternally, Mr. Hanna belongs to Boothroyd Post No. 31, Grand Army of the Republic. He is a Democrat in politics.
PHILIP BERNARD HEMMIG.
Although a man still in the prime of life, Philip Bernard Hemmig, county superintendent of the Carroll county schools, has a record of rare consecration to educational work and well merits a place of honor in the history of Carroll county. His character has been one of. signal exaltation and purity of purpose. His mind is well disciplined and under his adminis- tration, during the past twelve years, the schools of Carroll county have enjoyed a remarkable period of growth and development. He is a man who thoroughly understands the needs of the rural schools, who has labored unceasingly in behalf of the most liberal educational advantages for the country boy and girl. Not only is he a leader in the educational work of the county, but during the past twelve years has forged to the front as a leader in all worthy enterprises and movements.
Philip Bernard Hemmig is a native of Carroll county, Indiana, born in Madison township, January 4, 1873. He is the son of James and Mary (Daily) Hemmig, natives, respectively, of Pennsylvania and Indiana. James Hemmig was two years old when brought to Carroll county, Indiana, by his parents. They settled one mile west of Radnor in Madison township, where James grew to manhood. He now resides with his son, Philip. His beloved wife is still living. For twenty years James Hemmig was road supervisor. James and Mary (Daily) Hemmig had only two children, Philip B., of Ock- ley and the subject of this sketch and Frank. of the same place.
Mr. Hemmig's paternal grandparents were Philip and Leanda (Fisher)
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Hemmig, natives of Reading and Berks county, Pennsylvania. Reading is the principal city of Berks county. Philip Hemmig was a carpenter by occupation. He and his wife came to Carroll county in 1852, locating in Madison township. He died here in the prime of life and his wife died on May 9, 1903, at an advanced age. Of their children, only one, James, the father of Philip Bernard, is now living.
The maternal grandparents of Philip B. Hemmig were Frank and Bridget (Sales) Daily. Frank Daily was born in Sharker, County Cavan, Ireland, in 1804, and came to America when twelve years old. He died in Delphi in 1869. The rest of his family remained in the old country. Frank Daily lived for a while in Lafayette, but later removed to Carroll county. His first wife was Matilda Wilson, and to this union were born five chil- dren, Judge Barney, Jane, Margaret, Bridget and John. Frank Daily was married, secondly, to Bridget Sales, who was born in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland, January 2, 1832, and came to America in 1844, joining her father at Lafayette, her father having come to America in 1833. Mr. and Mrs. Daily were married at Lafayette and later moved to Delphi.
Frank and Bridget (Sales) Daily were the parents of nine children, Katie, Mary, Tillie, Frank, Thomas, Frank, Patrick, Frank and Edward. All the boys, except Thomas and the last Frank, died in infancy. Thomas, Frank and Mary live in Delphi; Mrs. Katie Donnan and Mrs. Tillie Nizer live at Toledo, Ohio. In 1870 Mrs. Bridget Daily was married to William Toole, a veteran of the Civil War. To this union three boys were born, John, Robert and Bernard. John and Bernard are deceased. Mrs. Toole is still living. Mary Daily was born on December 17, 1854, at Delphi. She was married to James Hemmig in 1872.
Philip Bernard Hemmig was reared on his father's farm and attended the country schools. He then entered the Central Normal College at Dan- ville, where he was a student for three years. He was graduated from the law department in 1896. He began teaching in 1891 and continued in the educational work until 1903, when he was elected superintendent of the Car- roll county public schools, a position which he now holds. 1
Some years ago Philip B. Hemmig was married to Nora Loy, the daugh- ter of Empson L. and Fidella (Clawson) Loy, and a native of Michigan. Mrs. Hemmig's mother was born in Iowa. Both of her parents are now living at Ockley. Her father was a soldier in the Civil War. He and his wife had four children, Charles L., Zelda, Audra and Nora. Fidella Claw- son is a daughter of George and Nancy Elizabeth (Ball) Clawson. Her father was killed on Sugar creek when a threshing engine exploded. Mr.
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and Mrs. George Clawson were the parents of seven children: Ella, deceased; Rebecca, deceased; Fidella, Peter, Mary, John, and Thomas, deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hemmig are the parents of five children, Eva, Floyd, Melvin, Dorothea Dora and Arline.
Philip B. Hemmig is a member of Mt. Olive Lodge No. 48, Free and Accepted Masons; Delphi Chapter No. 21, Royal Arch Masons; Delphi Com- mandery No. 40, Knights Templar; and is also a member of Murat Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Hemmig expects to be a member of the Scottish Rite, at Indianapolis. He belongs to Delphi Lodge No. 80, Knights of Pythias, and to the uniform rank; also to Carroll Lodge No. 174, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and to the Delphi encampment. He is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men. Professor Hemmig is identi- fied with the Democratic party.
W. F. APPENZELLAR.
To retire on the proceeds of twenty-six years of labor, on a forty-acre farm, requires ability of no mean caliber, and the man who can thus demon- strate his worth to a community deserves the highest praise. Most agricul- turists think forty acres not more than enough for a bare living and if any more is attempted, their competency must be endangered by mortgaging the farm, but W. F. Appenzellar of Burlington township, Carroll county, Indiana, has proven that honest and well-directed effort will bring the desired result from forty acres as well as from one hundred and sixty acres, or more.
The farm belonging to W. F. Applezellar is located two and one-half miles north of Burlington, Indiana, on the Michigan road. He was born in Darwin, Carrollton township, Carroll county, Indiana, on February 20, 1867, and is the son of Henry C. and Sarah A. (Dunkin) Appenzellar. Henry C. Appenzellar was born in Pennsylvania, migrating to Indiana at an early date, with his parents. They settled in Darwin, Indiana, but removed from there to Burlington, Indiana, where they opened a hotel: This hotel was operated by them for some years, when they returned to their farm in Burlington township. Henry C. Appenzellar remained on the home place, where he followed farming and plastering until his marriage to Sarah A. Dunkin, who was born in Carrollton township, near the home of Ed
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Ayres. After his marriage, Henry C. Appenzellar removed to Darwin, but later purchased property, near Burlington, which his son, W. F. Appen- zellar now owns. Henry C. Appenzellar and his wife were the parents of eight children, two of whom are now living: Barbara Luella, wife of J. B. Gillum, living in Howard county, Indiana, and W. F. Appenzellar, who remained at home and took full charge of the place after his father's death, which occurred when W. F. Appenzellar was twenty-one years of age.
W. F. Appenzellar, at the time he assumed charge of the farm, decided to make the improvements that were needed, and himself erected the barn and other outbuildings on the place. His mother resided with her son until two years before her death. W. F. Appenzellar was educated in the district and common schools of Carroll county, Indiana, and during these years the responsibilities incumbent upon him developed a strength of character which has piloted him to success and made him the subject of the highest respect and esteem by his fellow citizens.
W. F. Appenzellar is a member of Burlington Lodge No. 77, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is also an earnest and ardent worker in the Baptist church at Sharon, Indiana. In politics, he is a stanch Republican and is to be depended upon whenever needed. His intense interest in everything pertaining to questions of agriculture has made him an authority in his chosen line of endeavor, and his advice is much sought after by others who are striving for success in that field. He has now retired from active work on his farm, but still manages and controls it. He has set a high standard and reached the goal for which he has striven.
JACOB H. NACE.
Among the magnificent farms situated near Delphi, in Deer Creek town- ship, Carroll county, Indiana, are fifty-two and three-fourths acres of fine land belonging to Jacob H. Nace, the land being situated at the north edge of Delphi.
Jacob H. Nace is a native of Guernsey county, Ohio, born on December 21, 1850. He is the son of Eli and Temperance (Chidister) Nace, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and the latter, born in Ohio. They were married in Guernsey county, Ohio, and had six children, of whom only two are living. The children are, Thomas, William F., Martha, Ann, Edward, and Jacob H., the subject of this sketch. Thomas, who was born
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on December 21, 1840, was a member of Company F, Forty-sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry and was killed in the Civil War. His twin brother, William F., was also in Company F, and was wounded in the same battle in which his brother was killed, that of Champion's Hill. William F. Nace served three years and two months and after the war returned to Delphi, where he married Sarah F. Tabler, on February 15, 1876. He was engaged in farming and lived in this county until his death, in 1907. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic post at Delphi. Mrs. William F. Nace, who survived her husband, is living at Brookston, White county. Of the other children, Martha married J. S. Clyne and died in March, 1914, at Patton, Indiana; Edward, who served during the Civil War in an Indiana regiment, died in January, 1913; Ann is the widow of John Bailey, and lives at Patton; Jacob H. is the subject of this sketch.
Eli and Temperance (Chidister) Nace removed from Guernsey county, Ohio, to Marion, Indiana, in 1851. Eli Nace there engaged in farming, in butchering and in the operation of a canal boat, which he ran for six years from Lafayette to Lagro. He was also engaged in the hotel business at Lagro.
Jacob H. Nace was reared in Carroll county, Indiana, having come here when a lad of six or seven years with his parents. His father farmed for about one year after selling his canal boat and passed away in 1858. Mr. Nace's mother died in December. 1876. She was a member of the New Light church. Jacob H. Nace received a common-school education and, on March 18, 1875, was married to Margaret A. Tabler, a daughter of Peter H. and Belinda (Daily) Tabler, the former of whom was born in Harrison county, Indiana, and spent his early days in that county, while the latter also was born in Harrison county. They had six children, five of whom are living. The children are, Priscilla Jane, Martha, Margaret A., Sarah, John and Laura. Priscilla Jane is the widow of Doctor Sampson, who lived at Brookston until his death, in 1913. Mrs. Sampson is still living at Brooks- ton. Martha was the wife of John Shaffer. They lived at Corydon, Indi- ana, but both are now deceased. Margaret is the wife of Mr. Nace. Sarah is the widow of Frank Nace. John died at the age of two. Laura is the wife of Jacob Metz, of Evanston, Illinois.
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