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Mr. Maggart was born in Burlington township, Carroll county. Indiana, January 3. 1857. He is the son of Reuben and Sarah (Bell) Maggart. the former of whom emigrated from Ohio with his father. Reu- ben Maggart, Sr., when nine years old. Reuben Maggart. Sr., entered a large tract of land on his first visit to Carroll county and then returned to Ohio for the family. Reuben Maggart, Sr., spent the remainder of his life on the land which he had entered on coming to Carroll county. The land. however, was located on the Clinton-Carroll county line. He died at the age of sixty-five years and, at the time of his death, was a fairly well-to-do man. Reuben Maggart lived partly in Clinton and partly in Carroll county. By his marriage to Sarah Bell there were born seven children, six of whom grew to maturity. An infant child died at birth. The living children are Simeon, who lives in Sedalia, Clinton county; James' R., the subject of this sketch: D. B., who lives in Burlington township; Elias, who lives in Clinton county: Reuben; who left home some years ago, and Matilda, the wife of Joseph Thompson, of Burlington township.
James R. Maggart remained at home with his father and mother until twenty-two years old. He was married on April 23. 1879. to Cynthia Ticen,
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the daughter of Perin Ticen, of Clinton county. Mrs. Maggart died on March 15. 1910. She was the mother of nine children, six of whom are now living : Nora, the wife of Ross Fellows: Eunice E., the wife of Tunie Spear, of Frankfort; Elga Opal. the wife of Ross Barnard, of Kokomo; James Orton, Dorothy and Veva, all of whom live at home.
Mr. Maggart is identified with the Democratic party in local, state and national politics. With little assistance from family or influential friends. Mr. Maggart has made a splendid success of his life. He has accumulated a large competence, but, not only that. he has won what is far more price- less, the esteem and confidence of his neighbors and fellow citizens.
DANIEL B. MAGART.
Prominent in the agricultural, civic and political life of Burlington township, Carroll county, Indiana, Daniel B. Magart is a large landowner of Burlington township. He owns altogether two hundred thirty-nine and one-half acres, seventy-nine and one-half acres on the home farm and one hundred and sixty acres located one-half mile south and east in section No. 18. His parents were prominent in this section of the state, his father having entered a large tract of land in this section of the state nearly three- quarters of a century ago.
Daniel B. Magart was born in Burlington township, Carroll county. Indiana, near where he now lives on October 31, 1858. He is the son of Reuben and Sarah Ann ( Bell) Magart, the former of whom was a native of Darke county. Ohio, who came with his parents when fourteen years old to Clinton county, Indiana. Reuben Magart was the son of Reuben Magart, Sr., and spent the rest of his life on the Clinton county farm. The family entered three hundred and twenty acres in 1843. Reuben Magart was at one time a wealthy man and assisted his children in getting a good start in life. When Reuben Magart, Jr., was married, he was assisted by his father to buy a farm in Carroll county, the farm where Daniel B. now lives. He first purchased eighty acres and lived on the farm for forty-eight years, passing his last days here. He erected all the buildings and made practically all the improvements on the farm. He was a great worker in the Methodist Protestant church and a leader in the Sunday school. He was also a minister in the church and was known in this community as one of the most widely-informed Bible students of the time.
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Reuben, Jr., and Sarah Ann ( Bell) Magart had seven children, six of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. Simon lives in Sedalia; James R. is a resident of Burlington township; Daniel B. is the subject of this sketch; Elias lives in Clinton county; Matilda is the wife of James Thompson, of Burlington township, and Reuben.
Daniel B. Magart, the subject of this sketch, received a common-school education and lived at home with his parents until his marriage on Novem- ber 1, 1885, having previously settled on a farm which he owned. In 1885 Mr. Magart was married to Annie Brim, the daughter of Monroe Brim, a native of Virginia, who was killed in the Civil War. Annie (Brim) Magart came to Indiana with her grandparents.
The late Reuben Magart died in 1906. After his death Daniel B. pur- chased the home place from the heirs and moved to the farm in 1912. Mr. and Mrs. Magart have had two children, namely: Marva is the wife of William F. Ticen and lives on Mr. Magart's farm; Carl lives at home with his parents. To Mr. and Mrs. Marva F. Ticen have been born one child, Doan D.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Magart are members of the Methodist Protes- tant church. Mr. Magart is a Democrat in politics, but has devoted his energies and talents to farming rather than to politics.
JESSE MARTIN.
Being descended from a family of farmers for generations back, the gentleman of whom specific mention is here made, has the instincts of a good farmer so well imbedded in his make-up that one could scarcely imagine him as accomplishing anything short of a highly successful agricul- tural business. Jesse Martin had the advantage of a good education, which is one of the most valuable aids in the achievement of things that count.
Jesse Martin, a farmer near Camden, Indiana, was born on February I. 1864, on a farm 'in Jackson township, two and one-half miles east of Camden, and is a son of Andrew J. and Jane A. (Mabbitt) Martin. Andrew J. Martin was the son of James Martin, who was a native of Maine and came with his parents to Butler county, Ohio, where he was married. He came with his family to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1832, and settled in Jackson township, where he lived the remainder of his life.
Andrew J. Martin was born in Butler county, Ohio, and his wife, (43)
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Jane A. (Mabbitt) Martin, was born in Carroll county, Indiana. He came to Carroll county with his father and was a resident of the old farm until his death, in 1906. Mr. Martin was a member of the Baptist church, in which he always took an active part, and his fraternal membership was with the Masonic order. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Martin, five of whom were living in 1915, Monroe, Mary E .; Charles, Jesse and Mrs. Belle Stambaugh.
JOHN L. QUINN.
A worthy example of the self-made man is shown in the life of john L. Quinn, farmer and stockman of Flora, Carrollton township, Carroll county, Indiana. He is the owner of one hundred and twenty acres of well-improved land, located five and one half miles directly east of Flora, Indiana, all of which he has accumulated entirely through his own consist- ent, well-directed efforts. The raising and breeding of full-blood Hereford cattle is a specialty on this farm, which has been the home of John L. Quinn since 1894.
John L. Quinn was born on November 24, 1864, and is the son of William and Mary E. (Dunkin) Quinn, both natives of Ireland but who immigrated to America, with their parents, when they were children of a tender age. William Quinn was born in Belfast, Ireland, and with his father, William Quinn, Sr., came to America when six years of age. Mary E. (Dunkin) Quinn was the daughter of Isaiah Dunkin and, with her par- ents, came to America when fourteen years of age. Both families settled in Union county, Ohio, and it was here that William Quinn and Mary Dunkin grew to maturity, and the romance, which culminated in their mar- riage, was begun. The old home place, purchased by William Quinn, Sr., is now owned by C. W. Quinn and has never been owned by anyone but a Quinn, since the original purchase. William Quinn. Sr., and his wife lived and died on this farm. He was a Republican in politics and a very good man, being a member and elder of the Presbyterian church.
William Quinn, Jr., when twenty-two years of age left the old home and, with his three brothers, James, Ed, and Josiah, came West, William, James and Ed purchasing farms of one hundred and sixty acres, in Carroll county, Indiana, while the other brother, Josiah, purchased land in Iowa. These four brothers are now dead. William Quinn and Mary (Dunkin) Quinn were the parents of fourteen children, eleven of these grew to
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maturity and six are now living, whose names are: Sallie, wife of Alex- ander Burk and now residing in Chicago; Julia Ann, wife of Thomas F. Lanmore, of Burlington, Indiana; David M., a farmer located on the Mich- igan road; W. J., of Carrollton township, Indiana; John L., also of Car- rollton township, and C. W., a farmer of Carroll county, Indiana.
John L. Quinn was educated in the district schools and remained at home until seven years after his marriage, when he removed to his present location. He was married to Ritta A. Ham, daughter of Lewis and Angelina Ham of Bringhurst, Indiana, on April 30, 1887, and they are the parents of six children: Charles M., a graduate of the schools at Flora and Wheeling, Indiana, and was a student at the universities of Valparaiso and Bloomington, Indiana; Emery, a high school graduate; Edith, also a graduate of high school; Gladys, a high school graduate, and Kenneth and Ralph who are now in school.
John L. Quinn is a member of the Flora Lodge No. 280, Knights of Pythias and an earnest, active member of the Presbyterian church at Wheel- ing, Indiana, in which church he has been a trustee for ten years. In poli- tics, he is a stanch Republican and his good judgment and opinions are held as authority on many questions, pertaining to party matters.
MAYHILL BROTHERS.
It is a well-recognized fact that the most powerful influence in shaping and controlling public life in the press. It reaches a greater number of people than any other agency, and as it has always been, and in hands of persons competent to direct it, always will remain the most important factor in molding public opinion and shaping the destiny of the nation.
The Mayhill Brothers, Noah E. and Bert B. Mayhill, proprietors of the Delphi Journal, of Delphi, Indiana, are prominently connected with jour- nalism of Carroll county and to some extent have been identified with news- papers practically all of their lives. The Delphi Journel is a weekly news- paper of wide circulation in Carroll county and a paper of large influence in the political and civic life of the county.
The publishers of the Delphi Journal, the official Republican organ of Carroll county, Noah E. and Bert B. Mayhill, are sons of John and Phoebe (Hendrix) Mayhill, natives of Ohio and Indiana, who were among the early settlers of Flora, Indiana. Previously they had lived at Bringhurst, Car-
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roll county, where John Mayhill operated a general store. They afterwards moved to Flora, where he was engaged in teaming. He died on June 10, 1882, at the age of forty-four years, four months and sixteen days. His wife survives and is sixty-six years old. She is a member of the Baptist church. John and Phoebe (Hendrix) Mayhill had six children, three of whom survive, as follow: Newton, of Flora, Indiana; Noah E. and Bert B., both of Delphi; the other three, Myrtle M., Andy Oliver and Charles Oscar, having passed to the Great Beyond.
The paternal grandparents were well advanced in years at the time of their death. They had a large family of children, James, Daniel, William, John, Jeff, Andrew, Mary, Jane and Alice, all deceased. The maternal grandparents also lived to advanced ages. Their children were Phoebe, Amy, Mary, Michael, Joshua, James and John.
Noah E. and Bert B. Mayhill were born and reared in Monroe town- ship, Carroll county, Indiana, and grew to manhood in Flora, where they attended the public schools. Both are Republicans, and believe in protection and prosperity. Noah E. Mayhill, who was born on September 26, 1876, had charge of a restaurant for two or three years and then learned the printer's trade, after which he purchased the Flora Hoosier Democrat. He was connected with the paper for about ten years, most of the time with his brother, Bert B. Mayhill.
On November 26, 1899, Noah E. Mayhill was married to Minnie DeMar, the daughter of Marshall and Eliza (Lane) DeMar, who was born in Carroll county, Indiana, on April 22, 1879. Mrs. Noah E. Mayhill was educated in the public schools of Flora, where her parents are still living. They have five children, Henry, William, Charles, Minnie and Mary. Mrs. Mayhills' paternal grandfather was Peter DeMar. He and his wife had six children, Dennis, Marshall, Peter, Mary, Matilda, Lizzie. Mrs. Mayhill's father was a native of Montreal, Canada, and her mother of Carroll county, Indiana. The maternal grandparents. John and Elizabeth (Lynch) Lane, were natives of Tennessee and Ohio, and they had five children, Richard, Henry, Isaac, Eliza and Charity. Mr. and Mrs. Noah E. Mayhill have two daughters, Mildred and Alma.
Bert B. Mayhill, after leaving school, began work in a department store owned by F. C. Horner, in Flora. After working there for some time, he purchased a half interest in the Hoosier Democrat. After he and his brother had sold that paper, in 1909, Mr. Mayhill went to Pasedena, California, where he spent one year. In 1910 he returned to Carroll county
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and at that time he and his brother, Noah E., purchased the Delphi Journal, which they have published ever since.
On July 16, 1904, Bert B. Mayhill was married to Dora L. Thomas, the daughter of George S. and Elizabeth (Wold) Thomas, who was born in Ogle county, Illinois, near Mount Morris, on February 22, 1884. Mrs. Bert B. Mayhill's parents are natives of Illinois, her father of Ogle county and her mother of Carroll county. . The paternal grandparents were Abram Thomas and wife, the latter of whom, before her marriage, was Miss Shouts. They had a large family, namely: William, James, Henrietta, Belle, Charlotte, George and Howard. Mrs. Bert B. Mayhill's maternal grandfather was Samuel Wolf, who married Louise Wallace. They were natives of Maryland and had a large family, Ella, Sarah, Elizabeth, Eulalie, Nettie, Catherine and Emery. Mrs. Bert B. Mayhill's parents lived in Ogle county, Illinois, until 1897, when they removed to Glendora, California, where they lived on a ranch. Mrs. Mayhill graduated from the high school and lived with her parents until her marriage. They now live at Pasadena, California. Mr. and Mrs. Mayhill have one son, George Roger.
Fraternally, Bert B. Mayhill is a member of Flora Lodge No. 280, Knights of Pythias. Noah E. Mayhill is a member of Flora Lodge No. 605, Free and Accepted Masons, Delphi Chapter No. 21, Royal Arch Masons, Delphi Commandery No. 40, Knights Templar, and Murat Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a past chancellor of Flora Lodge No. 280, Knights of Pythias, and also Tippecanoe Tribe No. 505, Improved Order of Red Men. Mr. and Mrs. Mayhill are members of the Christian church. Noah E. Mayhill is an elder in the church. The family is prominent in religious work in Delphi.
Z. G. STEPHEN.
It would seem to the careful observer that those persons fortunate enough to come of a lineage of stanch old pioneers have in their own per- sonality the characteristics which make for success. This is exemplified in the life of Z. T. Stephen, a prominent farmer and stock raiser, who is a native of this county, having been born on the farm where Link, Stephen now lives on November 24, 1848. His present home is located on his. farm of eighty acres, seven miles south of Logansport on rural route No. 2. It is called "Coon Hunter Stock Farm." His parents are Samuel and Malinda
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(Smith) Stephen. Samuel Stephen was born in Bedford county Pennsyl- vania, growing up on a farm there. Inspired by the example of some of his friends he came West and located in Butler county, Ohio, where he met his wife. Here they were married and lived for a short time, traveling to Car- rollville, Indiana, in 1837. The young farmer then settled on what is now called Buzzard place on the county line in Washington township, entering one hundred and sixty acres of land. After living here for some time, he entered into some trade whereby he and his wife became possessors of the old Stephen homestead, where they lived the rest of their lives. They were parents of a good pioneer family of ten children, seven of whom are living. John, the eldest son, went West in 1875; Ezra lives on the Michigan road in Washington township; Matilda, who married Austin Winegardner, lived in Washington township until her death; Samuel lived in the same township; Malinda became the wife of Perry Johnson of Decatur, Indiana; Z. G. Stephen, the subject of this sketch, was the fifth born. His younger brother, Lincoln, lives in Washington township. The father of this family was prominent in politics as a Republican. He established during his life- time a reputation as a speaker and debater.
Z. G. Stephen was educated in the local district schools and lived with his parents until his marriage in November, 1875. Mrs. Stephen was before her marriage, Rachel Downham, a daughter of John and Maria Downham. She passed away on October 23, 1891, leaving six children, all of whom are grown. The eldest daughter is Mrs. Charles Kerns, of Cass county; Lettie is the wife of Billy Caldwell, of Washington township; Ida is Mrs. Ollie Quider ; Frances is Mrs. Knight and lives on the home place; Sarah, who is the wife of Lon Pruitten, lives in Washington township; Myrtle mar- ried Frank Williams, of Martinsville, Indiana. Mr. Stephen has continued to live in this township since the death of his wife and has never married again. He has given his time to general farming and stock raising, and is considered by his associates an expert in his line.
Mr. Stephen from early boyhood has been ambitious and enterprising and has made his destiny out of the material at hand, which a less ambi- tious youth would have considered insufficient as a basis for his life work. The success which Mr. Stephen has attained is eloquent testimony to the fact that he did not overrate his ability. Where other youths fell by the wayside, he kept up his courage and continued the journey, overcoming all obstacles.
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HEZEKIAH ASHBA.
Hezekiah Ashba, a pioneer citizen and farmer of Democrat township, Carroll county, Indiana, who received his education in the old-fashioned log school, containing the old-fashioned fireplace with the mud chimney, where the seats consisted of wooden slabs laid on pins driven in the wall, remem- bers distinctly of the times when deer were plentiful in the Carroll county woods, when there were no roads anywhere and only the faintest trail through the wilderness. In fact, it was in this environment that he grew to manhood more than three-quarters of a century ago. He now owns one hundred and twenty acres of land three-quarters of a mile southwest of Cutler.
Mr. Ashba was born in Ross township, Clinton county, Indiana, on the Carroll county line, June 8, 1838. He is the son of William and Martha (Bowen) Ashba, the former of whom was born in Hampshire county, Vir- ginia, and who immigrated to Ohio with his parents and there grew to manhood: He later accompanied his parents to Indiana and settled with them in Clinton county, still later going with them to Carroll county. The father of William Ashba was Benjamin Ashba, who also immigrated with the family from Virginia to Ohio and later to Indiana. Martha Bowen was a native of Ohio, who accompanied her parents to Indiana when a small girl. They settled near Rossville in Clinton county and it was near Ross- ville that William Ashba and Martha Bowen were married. Being renters, this young couple moved from place to place, but later in life, purchased land in Carroll county and died on the farm they owned. William and Martha (Bowen) Ashba were the parents of eight children, three of whom died in infancy. Hezekiah, the subject of this sketch; Margaret, the wife of Jonas Clark, of Kansas ;; Benjamin, who died during his service in the Union army ;. Shedrick. who lives in Kansas; Ephraim, who resides near Marion in Grant county, Indiana.
Having lived at home with his parents until twenty-six years old, Hezekiah Ashba was married in 1864 to Nancy Jane Black, the daughter of Samuel Black, one of the early residents of Carroll county. After Mr. and Mrs. Ashba were married, they lived with her parents for about one year and then moved to the farm which the husband had bought previously in 1860, a tract of sixty acres covered with timber. During the early years of their married life, they lived in a log house but Mr. Ashba now occupies a commodious brick house. He has lived on this farm since his marriage and is now one of the oldest residents of Democrat township.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ashba were the parents of four children, one of whom died in infancy, Mary, the wife of John Lowery, of Democrat township; Ella, the wife of Albert Akens, who lives one mile west of her father, and Joseph, who operates the home farm of eighty acres.
At one time, Mr. Ashba was a member of the Grange. He is a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church at Cutler and a Prohibitionist and Democrat in politics. Mr. Ashba cast his first vote for James Buchanan for President.
Not only does Mr. Ashba own a good farm of one hundred and twenty acres, but the farm is well improved and he has on it substantial buildings, including a good barn and house and attractive outbuildings. He is one of the best known and also one of the most highly-respected citizens of Demo- crat township.
DAVID M. WAGONER.
When a man chisels his fortune out of what other men would call an unfavorable environment. he gives evidence of a strength of character which merits recognition and praise. He to whom the reader's attention is now directed, was not the child of favored fortune, for he had neither inherited wealth nor the assistance of powerful friends, but by determination, industry and economy, he has attained a competency, and has made his influence for good felt in the commonwealth which has been his home. David M. Wagoner was born on the farm on which he now lives on April 29, 1849, and is a retired farmer well known in this locality. His present farm of one hundred and twenty acres is located four and one-half miles east of Flora on the Flora road and is the old Wagoner homestead where his par- ents Martin and Rose Ann ( Martin ) Wagoner lived.
Martin Wagoner was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. and being ambitious, crossed the country to seek his fortune in Indiana. when he was a young man. He first worked as a millwright in Lafayette. being employed at various mills along Deer Creek. After a few years, he bought two hundred and forty acres just following his father's death and con- tinued to cultivate the soil. He was a Democrat. Rose Ann Martin his wife was born in Lafayette and where they were married. They were the parents of twelve children five of whom are living. J. John. a farmer citizen of Carrollton township is dead. Isaac N. lives at Wheeling, Henry and George live in Flora. David lives near Flora and William lives in
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Flora. The following are also deceased: Mary Elizabeth, who married Adam Watlin; Nancy Ann, who died in infancy; Margaret, the wife of Samuel Wickard; Matilda, who was the wife of Andrew Thomas, and Amanda C., who also passed away while young.
David M. attended school and worked on the farm during his boyhood and youth. He was married in 1881 to Margaret M. Debold, who died in March, 1882, leaving two children, Gertrude, who became the wife of Justus Mussulman and Lester who died in infancy. Mr. Wagoner was again married in 1888, his wife being Susan Kirkpatrick, daughter of Elliott Kirkpatrick. To them were born the following children, Warren and Lloyd, who died in infancy; Opal, who graduated from the high school and is now attending school in Indianapolis; Mabel and Clara who live at home; Foster and Lawrence who live at home.
Mr. Wagoner and his family are well-known members of the Presby- terian church at Wheeling. He has departed from the two old political parties and has cast his lot with the Prohibitionists. Mr. Wagoner and his family have been important factors in this community, although it has not always been their home. He is generous in his support of all enter- prises which he feels will in any way enhance the life of his neighbors and fellow citizens.
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