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A native of Burlington township, Carroll county, Indiana, James L. Johnson was born on July 4, 1849, and is the son of Robert and Emily (Gwinn) Johnson. The former was the son of William and Emily (Tay- lor) Johnson. William Johnson was born in Virginia and lived in that state until his death. Robert Johnson was reared to manhood in the Old Dominion state and, after emigrating to Indiana, in 1839, settled on Wild Cat creek in Burlington township, three miles west of Burlington, where he spent the remainder of his life. Among the best citizens of the community, he stood six feet, two and one-half inches tall and was proportionately strong for his height. He was a man whose integrity and honor were never questioned, a devout member of the Methodist church and strictly temperate in all of his habits. Robert Johnson, by his first marriage, had eleven chil- dren, and by his second marriage, four, and by his third, one.
Born and reared on the banks of Wild Cat creek, James L. Johnson received his education in the public schools of Burlington township. After- ward he taught for many years in the common schools of Carroll county. In 1869, when he was twenty years old, he entered Asbury (now DePauw) University, at Greencastle, Indiana, where he pursued a classical course, but was compelled to leave college, having been elected as a member of the lower house of the Indiana General Assembly. Mr. Johnson served in the Indiana General Assembly during the sessions of 1875, 1877 and 1891. Prior to the last session of the Legislature in which he served, he had served as superintendent of the Carroll county schools. He was first elected in 1884, and in 1888 was re-elected, serving altogether two terms, a total of six years.
For more than a quarter of a century James L. Johnson has been well known in the ninth congressional district as one of the foremost orators and campaigners of the Democratic party. Active in politics all of his life, he has been decidedly liberal in local affairs and he has borne his share of the burdens of party organizations and party management, and to him has been due a large share of the credit for the successes of the Democratic party in this county and district. For a great many years he has served as president of the tri-county old settlers' association.
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When still a young man, Mr. Johnson was married to Kate Keller, a native of Union county, Indiana, and to them have been born two children, B. C. and Nettie B., both of whom are graduates of the common schools. The former is now a resident of Frankfort, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Johnson are members of the Methodist church and both are active in the work of the church and the Sunday school.
SYLVESTER GUCKIEN.
To the Emerald Isle much credit is due for its share in contributing to the good citizenship of America, and upon whole loyalty we could depend in emergencies. Our adopted citizens from that country have always been ready and willing to serve when the public demanded. To no country is due more praise for the able manner in which they have adapted themselves to new conditions in a strange land.
Sylvester Guckien, farmer at Camden, Indiana, was born on May 7, 1859, on the farm where he now lives, in Washington township, Carroll county. He is a son of Sylvester and Catherine (McGreevy) Guckien. He grew to young manhood on his father's farm, and obtained his education at the public schools. He attended school during the winters and helped his father with the farm work in the summer months, until he was seventeen years of age, after which he continued to follow farming. He has been very suc- cessful at this occupation, having acquired a tract of two hundred acres of fine farm land. Politically, Mr. Guckien has always given his stanch sup- port to the Democratic party, in which he has been an active worker, and has shown a progressive spirit and a deep interest in those things which stood for the advancement of the welfare of his township, especially on the subject of good roads. His personal interest on the farm has been directed to the breeding of registered Hereford cattle.
Sylvester and Catherine (McGreevy) Guckien, his parents, were born in Ireland, the former coming to the United States at the age of fourteen years, and the latter at a much younger age. Both settled in Butler county, Ohic, where they were married, and came to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1850, remaining in Washington township until their death. Mr. Guckien was industrious, thrifty and energetic, and was the owner of four hundred acres of good farm land at his demise. He was a Democrat, and was always
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prominent in local politics, showing a progressive interest in his township. Mr. and Mrs. Guckien were the parents of ten children, eight of whom were living in 1915 -- William, Michael, Sylvester, Cornelius, Winifred, Catherine, Mary and Ellen.
On October 10, 1893, Sylvester Guckien was united in marriage to Mary E. Hayes, who was born at Hamilton, Ohio, May 12, 1869, daughter of William and Anna Hayes, and who was educated in the schools of that city and at St. Mary's Academy. Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Guckien settled on the farm where they now reside and where they are very pleasantly and comfortably situated. They have six children, Adrienne, Hayes, Will- iam, Daniel. Charles and Eleanor. Their eldest daughter, Adrienne, is unusually bright, having attended Indiana University, after which she was engaged as a teacher in the Deer Creek high school and enjoys the dis- tinguished honor of being the youngest high school teacher in the state of Indiana. She is regarded as a teacher of much ability and is prominent in state-wide educational affairs. Hayes Guckien, the eldest son, is also a very promising student and attends the Deer Creek high school. William and Daniel Guckien also are students in the high school, while the younger chil- dren, Charles and Eleanor, are still pupils of the grade schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Guckien occupy a warm place in the hearts of the people of the community in which they reside and their interesting family is a credit and an honor to them, as well as to their home township.
JOHN G. LOHRMAN.
John G. Lohrman, a well-to-do farmer of Democrat township, Carroll county, Indiana, who left Indianapolis, Indiana, at the age of eighteen years without a cent and who, by prolonged industry and careful management. has accumulated two hundred and thirty acres of land in Carroll and Clin- ton counties, Indiana, is a self-made man from any point of view. He takes a deep and abiding interest in everything which pertains to the material advancement of the community where he lives, and is rated as one of its progressive citizens. Mr. Lohrman commands the high respect of his neighbors and fellow citizens, and this respect is a compliment to his intelli- gence, to his broadmindedness and his generous, charitable view of life.
John G. Lohrman, who lives on route No. I, out of Cutler, Indiana, is
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a native of Moline, Illinois, born on May 31, 1859, the son of Paul and Minnie (Rigger) Lohrman. Paul Lohrman was a native of Germany, who came to America when a young man and located in Moline, Illinois, where he grew up and where he was married to Minnie Rigger. She was born in Germany and came to America when a young woman, locating in Moline, Illinois. Her husband was a harness-maker and, after their marriage in 1859, moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he followed his trade for many years. He was first employed by a firm on East Washington street and had an interest in the business, but sold out and later established a store of his own on West Washington street, three squares west of the state house. He lived in Indianapolis until his death, becoming well-to-do. By his mar- riage to Minnie Rigger there were born eight children, five of whom, Paul. William, Minnie, Caroline and John G., are now living. After the death of his first wife, Paul Rigger was married to Louise Eckart, by whom he had eight more children. Mrs. Louise (Eckart) Lohrman is still living in Indianapolis. Of. their children, Lena, Walter, Ernest, Carl and Robert, are living.
Reared principally in Indianapolis, Indiana, John G. Lohrman lived with his father and mother until eighteen years old and received the rudi- ments of an education in the German-English school on Maryland street. When he was eighteen years old he began working at the upholstering trade on North Delaware street in Indianapolis, but, on account of his health, moved to Hamilton county, Indiana, and worked on various farms for dif- ferent people. He was twenty-one years old when he moved to Clay town- ship, Carroll county, Indiana.
On February 16, 1888, when Mr. Lohrman was twenty-nine years old. he was married to Amanda Unger, and to them have been born four chil- dren, John L., who married Julia Mossburg; Bessie, Vernon and Floyd, all of whom are unmarried and live at home with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lohrman also reared three children born to Mr. Lohrman's deceased sister.
It must be admitted that John G. Lohrman has enjoyed a most suc- cessful career, having begun at the age of eighteen years without a cent and now owns two hundred and thirty acres of land, one hundred and sixty- two acres of which is situated in Carroll county and the balance of which, sixty-eight acres, is located in Clinton county, Indiana.
Fraternally, Mr. Lohrman is a member of Cutler Lodge No. 571, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he is a past noble grand and a member of the grand lodge of Indiana. A Democrat in politics, he has served as supervisor in his home district.
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JOSEPH REINHART.
The history outlined in the following pages is that of a self-made man, who has surmounted the obstacles that have arisen from time to time through his agricultural career, and today stands forth as a substantial and weli-to-do farmer of Washington township. He is a creditable descendant of pioneer German stock, carrying out their reputation for thrift and indus- try. Mr. Reinhart has carried his agricultural prusuits beyond the anxious point. so nearly akin to worry, and is enjoying the fruits of his efforts on his farm at Clymers, Indiana.
Joseph Reinhart, farmer, Clymers, Washington township, Indiana, was born on February 13, 1865, in Marshall county, Illinois. His early youth was spent on a farm and attending the district schools. When he was twenty-one years of age he rented a portion of his father's farm, and was married at the age of twenty-four years. When he started out on his own responsibility he was very poor, but by honest industry and fortified with a connendable ambition, he soon saved enough to buy a farm of one hundred and sixty-seven acres, situated near Logansport, Indiana, where he lived for five years and then sold out, coming on September 6, 1906, to the farm where he now lives, and on which he has put extensive improvements. This place consists of eighty acres, and is situated one mile south of Cly- mers, Indiana, on route No. 33. Mr. Reinhart is a son of Lewis and Mary (Isenminger ) Reinhart. Politically, he has always voted the Democratic ticket, but has never been active in local politics, although taking a deep interest in the advancement of his township. In religion, both Mr. Rein- hart and his wife are members of the Catholic church at Logansport, Indiana.
I.ewis Reinhart, father of our subject, was born in France, and at the age of nine years came with his parents to the United States, locating at Peoria, Illinois, where he spent his early youth and lived until he was married. He was an excellent farm manager, and there made enough, entirely through his own efforts, to buy a tract of two hundred and forty acres, and was considered an eminently successful farmer. His wife was Mary (Isenminger) Reinhart, who died in January, 1875. He died May 18, 1915. They were the parents of seven children-Kate, George, Ed., Lewis, Tillie, Joseph and Peter. Kate Reinhart became the wife of Richard Scott: George Reinhart, who lives in Paulding county. Illinois; Ed Reinhart,
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of Hayes, Illinois; Lewis, our subject; Tillie Reinhart was married to James Roe, of Hayes, Illinois. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Reinhart was again married, to which union five children were born-John, Fred, Clara, Emma and Agnes.
Joseph Reinhart was united in marriage in January, 1889, with Mar- garet Yager. She was born in Indiana, where she was reared. Mr. and Mrs. Reinhart have two children living-Adaline, who graduated from the Catholic school at Logansport. Indiana. and Caroline. a graduate from the same school, and has considerable talent as a vocal artist.
Mr. and Mrs. Reinhart are quiet, but energetic people, and their beauti- ful and well-improved farm is the admiration of the community in which they reside.
REED PLANK.
Among the descendants of some of the very old pioneer families in Indiana is to be found the name of Reed Plank, an energetic and able agri- culturist. located on a comfortable farm in Carroll county, where he has carved out a good livelihood for himself and family, and where he has con- tributed towards the substantial building of good citizenship. He has for many years been regarded by all who have had the pleasure of his acquaint- ance as a man of sound business judgment.
Reed Plank, farmer, Camden, Carroll county, was born on February 6. 1866. in Washington township. Carroll county, and is a son of William and Martha ( Reed ) Plank. He was reared on a farm and received a good public school education, all of which has had its part in the success achieved by him, giving him a nice, productive farm consisting of eighty acres of land. Politically, he has always been an enthusiastic advocate of the policies of the Republican party, while his religious membership is with the Luth- eran church. Fraternally, Mr. Plank belongs to the Masonic lodge at Young America, Indiana.
William Plank, father of Reed, was born in Adams county, Pennsyl- vania, and his wife. Martha ( Reed) Plank, was born in Madison township. Carroll county. Indiana. Mr. Plank came from Pennsylvania to Carroll county, with his parents, who were natives of Germany. They returned to Pennsylvania and died there. Mr. Plank was a carpenter by trade, and through thrift and industry, was enabled to purchase a quarter section of
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land near Deer Creek, where he located and spent the remainder of his life. He was an excellent farmer, and made a great deal of money out of stock, in which he dealt extensively. In politics, Mr. Plank was a Republican, and his religious belief was with the Lutheran church, and was an elder in the church at Rock Creek, of which he was a charter member, and both he and his wife were prominent in the promotion of the church which was built at Deer Creek. They were the parents of eight children, only two of whom were living in 1015, Reed and Jennie, who became the wife of Leroy Landes, of Washington township.
Reed Plank was united in marriage in 1904, with Mamie Powers. She was born in Jeffersonville, Indiana, where she received a good education.
Mr. Plank is descended from a fine old pioneer family, and has always done his part in carrying out the reputation of his ancestors.
HUNTER F. ALTARE.
Hunter F. Altare, a well-to-do and skillful farmer of Burlington township, living on route No. 2, out of Cutler, Indiana, is a native of Sum- mers county, West Virginia, born on May 3, 1881.
Mr. Altare's parents were M. M. and Mary ( Hill) Altare, both of whom were natives of West Virginia. They grew up in the same neigh- borhood in West Virginia and were educated in the common schools. After their marriage, they engaged in farming, rearing a family of ten children, nine of whom are now living. G. C. Altare is a resident of Kansas City; J. A. Altare is a farmer of West Virginia; Lulu is the wife of Marion B. Thomas, of Burlington township: Anna is the wife of James Keller, of Frankfort, Indiana; T. L. Altare is a resident of Monroe, Virginia; Mattie is the wife of Opal Altie, of Cyclone, Indiana: Rose is the wife of G. H. Hoover, of West Virginia: Hunter F. is the subject of this sketch.
Reared on a farm in West Virginia and educated in the public schools of that state, which he attended only during the winter months, working on the farm until sixteen years of age, Hunter F. Altare accepted a position with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad: first as a brakeman and later as a fire- man. He continued in the employ of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad for sixteen years. In 1914 Mr. Altare located in Burlington township, Carroll county, Indiana, on the farm of ninety acres two and one-half miles west and one-half mile north of Burlington. The farm is the result not only of Mr.
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Altare's industry, but also of his careful and systematic saving. He has had no assistance from family or powerful friends, but has built his com- petence in life unaided.
In 1905 Mr. Altare was married to Ida M. Holloway, a native of West Virginia and the widow of James Holloway, by whom she had two chil- dren, Mabel. cleven years old, and Willie, thirteen years old. By her second marriage, Mrs. Altare has borne three children, Kellen, Mason and Thelma.
Mr. and Mrs. Altare are well-known citizens of Burlington township. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge of Burlington. Politically. Mr. Altare is identified with the Democratic party:
ROSCOE A. CAMPBELL.
Roscoe .A. Campbell, who is a well-known farmer of Clay township and a man who is prominent in Masonic circles and Republican politics in Clay township, is a native of the township in which he lives, having been born on January 16, 1879.
Mr. Campbell is the son of Albert M. and Mary J. (Smith) Campbell, the former of whom was born on September 14. 1837, in Clay township. He was the son of Moses and Rebecca ( Mooney ) Campbell, both of whom died in Clay township, the former at the age of sixty-three and the latter at the age of about fifty-five. Both were members of the Christian church. Mary J. ( Smith ) Campbell was a native of Romney, Indiana, born in 1843. She was the daughter of Richard Smith, a native of New Jersey, and who settled at Romney, Indiana, in pioneer times. He had five children. Lewis, who was killed at Haines Bluff during the Civil War; Rachel, who married John M. Beard; Mary J., who was first married to Joseph: Garst and later to Albert M. Campbell; Louisa, who married Thomas Gwinn, and John M., of Joplin, Missouri.
The late Albert M. Campbell, who died on December 7. 1914, was first married to Rebecca Shelley, by whom he had one daughter. the wife of John Hufford. After the death of Rebecca (Shelley) Campbell, he was married. the second time, to Mary J. (Smith) Garst, the widow of Joseph Garst. who herself died in 1901. She bore her husband three children : Addie, who died in infancy; Elizabeth. who married William Fetterhoff, of Clay township; and Debbie, the wife of Matthew A. Clark, of Pratt. Kan- sas. She bore her second husband, Albert M. Campbell, three children,
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George, who died at the age of eight years; William M., a prosperous farmer of Clay township, and Roscoe A., the subject of this sketch.
Roscoe A. Campbell was educated in the district schools of Clay town- ship and lived at home with his parents until his marriage, on October 11, 1899, to Maud M. Gard, a daughter of Joshua and Lue ( Manion) Gard, the former of whom was born in Clay township and the latter near Lafay- ette. They were married in Carroll county, Indiana, and had twelve chil- dren, two of whom died in infancy. The other children were as follow : Lell is the wife of Edward Espy; Julia married Frank Smith, of Dayton; James lives at Rossville; Jennie is the wife of William Foster, of Ross- ville; Lula is the wife of L. D. Gray, of Clay township; Madeline is the wife of Thomas Ilooper, of Minot, North Dakota; Maud is the wife of Roscoe .1. Campbell; Elizabeth died at the age of fourteen; Josephine lives at Rossville, Indiana; William lives with Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe A. Camp- bell. Mrs. Campbell's father was a farmer and lived in Clay township until his death, in 1903. Mrs. Campbell's mother lives with L. D. Gray.
Roscoe A. Campbell has been a very successful farmer and now owns one hundred and seventy-four acres of well-improved land in Clay town- ship He is engaged in general farming and stock raising. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe A. Campbell have had four children, all of whom are living, as fol- low: Mary Helen. Glenn O., Russell A. and Josephine Elizabeth.
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Fraternally, Mr. Campbell is a member of Masonic Lodge No. 318, at Rossville. He is a stanch Republican. Both Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are members of the Baptist church, and Mr. Campbell's parents were also all members of the same church.
ELIJAH C. RICE.
Occupying a position of trust, Elijah C. Rice, whose history briefly sets forth the most important events of his life, is allied with one of the leading interests of Camden, Indiana, where he has long been a resident, and where his business dealings have always borne the searchlight of criticism or investigation. He is a man who ranks among the leading citizens, and whose influence for the advancement of his home town has been most helpful.
Elijah C. Rice, cashier, the Camden Bank, Camden, Indiana, was born in March, 1843, in Adams county, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Peter and
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Eliza ( Plank ) Rice. His early youth was spent on a farm in his native state, where he attended the district schools until he was sixteen years of age, when he started out in life for himself. His first employment was as clerk in a dry-goods store. He came to Camden, Indiana, in 1864, engag- ing his services as clerk for a time. and then entered the public schools at Indianapolis, Indiana, after which he taught school in Jackson township, which vocation he discontinued in order that he might give his entire atten- tion to the lumber business, in which he had a half interest, and in which he became very successful. Politically, Mr. Rice was originally a Demo- crat. but changed his views in accordance with the Republican principles during the Civil War. Fraternally, he belongs to the Mt. Zion Lodge No. 211, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a past master, and is the oldest member in the lodge.
In 1870 Thomas & Rice started a private bank and were also partners in the grain and lumber business for about nine years. In 1876 Mr. Rice formed a partnership with Philip Ray, and has been with him in the lumber business ever since. In 1895 the Camden Bank was organized, with a capital stock of ten thousand dollars, a surplus of four thousand dollars, and deposits amounting to fourteen thousand five hundred and twenty-one dollars and seventy-nine cents, and with the following officers: Philip Ray. president; E. C. Rice, cashier. and Miss Mabel Mayer, as assistant cashier.
l'eter Rice, the father of Elijah C., was born in Adams county, Penn- sylvania, where he became a prosperous farmer, owning one hundred and sixty acres. He was originally a member of the Dutch . Reformed church, but afterward became allied with the Lutheran church. His wife was Eliza- beth ( Plank) Rice, by whom he had eight children, only four of whom were living in 1915, William and David, retired farmers. living in Pennsyl- vania; Mildred, who became the wife of Peter Baker, of Camden, Indiana; and Elijah C. Rice. Peter Rice spent his entire life in Adams county, Pennsylvania, where he died and was buried. In early days there were a number of Rices in eastern Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, including five brothers, one of whom was the grandfather of Elijah C. He died and was buried in Pennsylvania.
Elijah C. Rice was united in marriage in September. 1876. to Hen- rietta Weiner. She was reared in Perry county. Ohio, coming to Carroll county. Indiana, after her marriage. No children have come to bless this union but Mr. and Mrs. Rice have an adopted daughter. who became the wife of Charles Harm, and is now living at Norfolk, Virginia.
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Mr and Mrs. Rice are both members of the Lutheran church, in which the former is an active worker, contributing liberally of his worldly goods, and is a man who merits the high esteem in which he is held, both in the business and the social world.
JAMES R. MAGGART.
James R. Maggart, a well-to-do farmer of Burlington township, Car- roll county, Indiana, is well known as one of the alert, progressive and suc- cessful farmers of this great county. In his labors as a farmer, he has not permitted himself to follow obsolete methods, but has experimented for improved processes, and to his initiative, enterprise and investigative spirit, perhaps, is due a very large degree of his success. He commands the con- fidence and regard of the people of Burlington township and is a man of honorable business methods. He not only owns two hundred and five acres in Burlington township, but owns eighty acres in Democrat township. He lives on the home farm in Burlington township, which is situated a mile from the Clinton county line and a half mile from the Democrat-Burling- ton township line.
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