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EDWARD F. SUHRE. M. D.
The name of Dr. Edward F. Suhre certainly needs no introduction by the biographer to the people of Forest township and Clinton county, where he has proven himself to be a leading citizen in every respect as well as one of the successful and trustworthy physicians of this section of the Hosier state. Considering the excellent family from which he sprang and the earnest methodical methods which he has ever followed in his chief life work neither
Dr. Snhre was born on February 23, 1869, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Ile is a son of Henry C. and Margaret ( Menden) Subre. The father was born in Germany in the year 1848, but the major part of his life has been spent in the United States, whither he was brought by his parents when eight years old. The family located in Indianapolis and there he grew to manhood and received his education. They first settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, later moving
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to Hendricks county, this state, and finally to Indianapolis, where their per- manent home was established and where Henry C. Subre is still residing. He received a farily good education, partly in German. He learned the car- penter's trade when a boy and this has continued to be his life work, or, more properly, contracting. for during the past forty years he has been engaged successfully in buikling, being now in partnership with his son, Frank 11. Hc is regarded as a very skilled and honorable workman and a far-sighted busi- ness man of honorable principles.
The doctor's mother was also a native of Germany and was brought to America by her parents when three years old. Her parents died when she was four years old. She is still living, having proved to be a faithful mother and helpmeet.
Of the union of Henry C. Suhre and wife eight children were born : Dr. Edward W., our subject: Frank 11., Gertrude, Anna, Edith, Arthur ; Walter (deceased), and one who died in infancy.
Dr. Subre grew to manhood in Indianapolis and there received a good literary education in the common and high schools. Early in life he decided upon a medical carcer and with this end in view he attended the Indiana Medical College, in his native city for a period of four years, later attending the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he made an excellent record and from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1897. Seeking a location he, later in the year of his graduation, came to Forest township, Clinton county, where he has since remained successfully engaged in the general practice, having built up a lucrative and ever growing patronage. He has been very successful and has kept fully abreast of the times in every rsepect, being always a student, notwithstanding the fact that he is a very busy man.
Dr. Suhre was married in April, 1896, to Gertrude Isaacs, who was born in Indianapolis in the year 1869, where she grew to womanhood and received her education. She was a daughter of Alfred and Sarah (Webb) Isaacs, the father a native of Kentucky.
The death of Dr. Suhre's wife occurred on January 18, 1901. She was a lady of many estimable characteristics and a favorite with a wide circle of friends. The union of the doctor and wife was without issue.
Politically, Dr. Suhre votes independently. Fraternally, he belongs to the Masonic Order at Forest and the Commandery at Frankfort: also to the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men.
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BERT STRONG.
The subject of this review has spent practically all of his life in Clinton county, and has ever commanded the esteem and confidence of the people with whom he has been associated. Ilis name has been prominently identified with the agricultural interests, as well as with divers other enterprises which he has been interested in and played a conspicuous part. Mr. Strong is just in the prime of life, and the accomplishments of the past are but a promise for larger and better ones in the future.
Bert Strong came into this world on October 26, 1871, in Benton county, Iowa, and was brought by his parents to Clinton county, this state, when he was one year old. He was the son of William and Margaret ( Schooley) Strong. William Strong was born January 15, 1832, in Boone county, In- diana, moved to lowa after his marriage, lived there about three years, then moved to Prairie Center, Clinton county, locating on a farm, where he lived until his death, on March 4, 1876. He was a farmer and a Democrat. The mother was born June 8, 1829, in the state of Delaware, and came to Boone county when she was twelve years old. She is still living. Both parents had a good common school education. Eight children were born to them, namely : James W., Mary A., Tirzah (deceased ) ; John K., Allen, Lewis, Libbie Gold and Bert.
Bert Strong received his early education in Perry township, graduating from the eighth grade. Since then he has farmed practically all the time, with the exception of three years, when he lived in Frankfort and ran a livery and feed barn in partnership with his brother. In 1895 he moved to the farm. In March, 1909, our subject sold the farm, which consisted of ninety- one acres. He then purchased an estate comprising fifty-two acres, all tillable, well tiled, fenced and with the latest improvements, which he sold in October, 1913. Mr. Strong is at present carrying on general farming, also raises Jer- sey cows, Poland China hogs and Shire horses.
Mr. Strong has been married twice ; the first time on October 25, 1895, to Anna Boyer, who was born in Tipton county. Indiana, in 1874. and died November 20, 1906. She was the daughter of Jacob Boyer. Three children were born to this first union, namely : Almeda, William Floyd and Helen G.
Mr. Strong's second marriage was to Artie E. Rude on April 17. 1908. She was born in Clinton county August 1, 1887, and was the daughter of Richard and Mary A. Rude, natives of this state, and both now being de-
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ceased. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Strong -- Beulah A., born January 15, 1911.
Fraternally, Mr. Strong is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men at Michigantown, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles at Frankfort. Re- ligiously, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church near Cyclone. Politically, he is a Democrat. He was a member of the advisory board of Michigan township, and was overscer of the new school house for about six months.
JONATHAN C. GOFF.
Perhaps in no profession in the world is prosperity and success so uni- versal as in agriculture. A poor farmer is a rarity, especially in Clinton county, and if one is found who obtains a substantial living with difficulty it does not mean that he is a failure in life. Upon investigation it will be found that many times has he put his shoulder to a friend's wheel and aided others. whereby he hurt himself. Those are the unnumbered heroes. However, that does not fit the case of our subject, for he is known as one of the most well- to-do men of the county and state, at the same time retaining all the qualities which make a popular man, which qualities in other men have often been dulled and stunted by the acquisition of wealth.
Jonathan Goff was born April 10, 1852, in Johnson township. Clinton county, and was the son of Charles W. and Hester (Kerry) Goff. Charles Goff as a native of Indiana, having lived in both Clinton and Ilamilton coun- ties. He followed farming all of his life, and in politics was a Democrat. Ile died in 1864. The mother was also a native of Hamilton county. Twelve children were bron to this union, five of whom, as follows, are living: Becky E. Kemp. Perry, Jonathan, Charles and Mary Bowman.
Jonathan Goff has been twice married. His first wife was Lucinda Jane Rector, daughter of Moses and Rachel (Gibson ) Rector, both natives of Indiana. She was born October 22, 1852, in Sugar Creek township. Clinton county. The wife died January 12, 1911, leaving fourteen children, as fol- lows: Charles Victor, born October 17. 1872, and married to Amanda Rob- inson ; Mrs. Mary Bartels, born May 18, 1876; Mrs. Dora Williams, born December 17. 1877: Mrs. Arzona Tuder, born September 12. 1880: Mrs. Sylvia Kent, born November 7. 1881: Mrs. Daisy Myers, born June 25. 1883; Maggie E .. born March 26, 1885, died January 20, 1907: Amos S., born
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March 29, 1882, died April 12, 1903; Western E., born September 7, 1889, married Madge Keys; Melvin M., born February 13, 1897: Belvie Pearl, born September 13, 1897. The others were not named. The second wife, whom Mr. Goff married on April 30, 1913, was Mrs. Luly Thompson, nee Patrick.
Our subject has been a farmer all his life, and it has meant prosperity and success to him from the beginning. In the year 1885 Mr. Goff moved to the state of Nebraska and farmed there until November, 1897, when he re- turned to Indiana. . He is now living retired from the active duties of his farm, but sees to its proper management. Mr. Goff owns eight hundred and forty acres of land where he lives and two hundred more in Kirklin town- ship, near Cyclone. Of the farm here all is tillable except forty acres, which is in good pasture and timber land. The land is equipped with the latest im- provements, added by Mr. Goff himself. He has also dealt in live stock a little, at one time taking an interest in the breeding of Belgian horses.
Fraternally, Mr. Goff is a Woodman at Hillsburg, and politically is a Democrat.
Mr. Goff's second wife was previously married, twice, her first husband being James Cahoon and her second William Thompson. By her first mar- riage there were three children, Blanche, Oris and John, the latter deceased. She was a daughter of John and Christy Ann (Diehl) Patrick, natives of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, who came to Clinton county, Indiana, in an early day.
OLIVER M. STROUP.
Prominent mention is given in this volume to other members of the Stroup family, which family is among the best and most representative of the county of Clinton. Oliver M. Stroup has upheld his end of the family repu- tation in a most commendable manner, and he well deserves mention in a work the extent of this volume. Agriculture has been his domain, and he is yet a young man, great prospects are ahead for him in the cultivation of the soil, to say nothing of social and business successes.
Oliver Stroup was born August 23, 1870, in Johnson township, Clinton county, and was the son of Jacob and Margaret ( DeFord) Stroup. The father was born January 9, 1839, in Madison county, Ohio, and was the son of Jacob and Naomia (Debington) Stroup. He followed the trade of the
KOSCIUSKO JARRELL, DECEASED
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farmer all of his life and today lives happily in retirement in Kempton, In- diana. The mother was a native of Indiana, but her parents, Edward and Julia (Rancipher ) DeFord, were from Ohio. Twelve children were born to the union, and they are mentioned in the sketch of Jacob Stroup.
Our subject received a good education in the schools of Johnson town- ship, and immediately embarked upon the vocation which is his life work -- agriculture. General farming is his forte, although he raises Jersey Red hogs and a good breed of cattle on the side, also a Percheron and mixed variety of horses. Mr. Stroup owns one hundred and sixty-three acres of excellent land in this township. The acres are well tiled and fenced, and are extremely tillable and protable to the owner. Mr. Stroup built his own at- tractive home therein.
Mr. Stroup was married to Mary A. Cunningham on September 21, 1892. She was born in Johnson township on November 15, 1875, and was the daughter of Harvey and Harriet (Manes) Cunningham. Mrs. Stroup received a common school education. Eight children have been born to the union : Lavon, born April 9, 1894; Gladys, born June 8, 1896, died March 3, 1900; Dewitt, born July 6, 1898, died March 8, 1900; Blanche, born June 21, 1900; Maude, born May 12, 1902; Keith, born January 27, 1905; Dol- phin, born February 24, 1907; and Clifford, born September 27, 1909.
Fraternally, Mr. Stroup belongs to the Masonic Order at Scircleville, and the Improved Order of Red Men at the same place. Politically, he is a Republican, but has never been a candidate for office.
KOSCIUSKO JARRELL.
The truth that life unfolds is that the most useful and desirable exist- ence is one that results in the greatest good to the greatest number of people, and though everyone does not reach the height of such a life, yet in a great measure each can win the success that commands the admiration of his fel- lows. High office and wealth is not essential to the higher life; it is really the men in humbler walks of life that accomplish the little deeds that work for im- . mortality. The subject of this sketch is no longer on this carth, but his kindly acts, his clean, wholesome, virtuous life burns as a torch to light the memories of those after him, and to encourage the imitation of his faultless life. "It is the little, unremembered acts of kindness and of love" that per- petuate the remembrance of one of Clinton county's noblest citizens, Kos- ciusko Jarrell.
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Mr. Jarrell was born in Boone county, Indiana, March 29, 1854, being the son of William and Anna ( Bennett) Jarrell. Both of his parents were natives of Indiana. The parents were educated in the common schools of Thorntown, in Boone county. William Jarrell followed the blacksmithing trade during his life and held a wide acquaintance among the farmers of the county. Seven children completed his family, one of whom, Lillian, is now living.
After a period of attendance in the common schools, Kosciusko Jarrell began his life devoted to the pursuit of agriculture. When twenty-six years of age on May 5, 1880, he married Jennie Kersey, who was born in Boone county, June 7, 1861, the daughter of Albert and Elizabeth (Woods) Kersey. The wife's father was born in Kentucky, and died January 24, 1890; tlie mother also was a Kentuckian by birth. She passed from this life January 24, 1873. Albert Kersey was a Republican and a farmer throughout his life. A large family of nine children graced his home, and six of them are still liv- ing. They are Thomas, Mary, Jennie, Margaret, Marina and Emma.
To Kosciusko Jarrell and wife there were born nine children, all of whom are living. They are: Ray, born February 24, 1882, married to Jessie Barnett; Walter, born April 3, 1884; Ralph, born August 13, 1885, married to Lillian Burk; Charles, born May 14, 1887; Olive, born August 29, 1890; Carrie, born August 16, 1892; Robert, born July 27, 1894; David, July 20, 1898, and Lena, born November 7, 1900.
Until his death, May 24, 1909, Kosciusko Jarrell remained a farmer. He moved to Jackson township, Clinton county, in 1890, and settled tipon two hundred acres of the very best land in the county, part of which is still cov- ered by valuable timber. Mr. Jarrell placed the land in a fine state of culti- vation, and has every square foot well tiled. His home was built by his own hand and is a worthy monument to its departed owner.
Mr. Jarrell was always a member of the Christian church at Salem, in Boone county. He was faithful to the Republican party during his life, pre- ferring to support other capable candidates for office rather than to step into publicity himself.
DAVID ROBERTSON.
A careful, industrious farmer of Clinton county is David Robertson, one of the younger generation of agriculturists who are npholding the reputation of their fathers as tillers of the soil. Mr. Robertson learned many things of
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the vocation while he was youth, and as youthful impressions are the strong- est and are the guides to future life, and as his father's teaching was perfect in class and technique, he has had no trouble ranking among the most suc- cessful and scientific of this county's farmers. His ancestors were good Hoosier people who early in the century broke the forests of Indiana in order that a home might be erected.
Mr. Robertson was born on February 12, 1880, in Howard county, In- diana, and was the son of Bryant and Mary Jane (Gullion) Robertson. The father was born April 8, 1845, in Rush county, and is still living in Forest. The mother was born in 1849 in Howard county, and survives. Both parents received a common school education and the father followed farming all his life. He was a Democrat. Eight children were born to the union': Minnie, Loren, David, Daniel, Martha, Pearl, Homer and Ernest.
David Robertson received the usual common school training in Howard county, and then took up active farming. He moved in 1897 from Howard county to Forest township and then jumped to Johnson township, where he now lives. He has continued to farm ever since, and raises Jersey milch cows and Jersey hogs on the side. He has one hundred and ninety-six acres of land where he lives and which belongs to his wife's father. It is all tillable with the exception of twenty acres, which is in timber. On the estate is a fine home, which is a model for a country residence.
Mr. Robertson was married on December 24, 1902, to Jennie Davis, who was born in this township on May 23, 1882, the daughter of William H. and Molly (Pruitt) Davis, farmers who now reside in Forest township. Three children have been born of this union: Lillie, January 10, 1903 ; William, July 18, 1906, and Mable Iretha, August 23, 1913.
Religiously, Mr. Robertson is a member of the Methodist Protestant church, and politically a Democrat.
JOHN LINCOLN SCHOOLEY.
Under a popular government, like that of the United States, where the democratic idea of equality is as fully developed as the present imperfect condition of mankind will permit, we expect as its legitimate result the triumph of individual worth and energy over all the competition that wealth and class may array against them. Here the avenues of wealth and distinc-
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tion are fully opened to all, which fact enhances rather than detracts from the merits of those whose energy and integrity have triumphed over all ob- stacles intervening between an humble position and the attainment of these laudable ends. Mr. Schooley, of whom we speak in this sketch, has won a place at the top of the ladder for himself, and he holds marked prestige among the self-made men of his county and who by the exercise of those talents and qualities which have been cultivated from his youth, has reached an honorable position in the public service and earned the respect and high esteem of his fellow citizens.
John Lincoln Schooley was born in Marion county, Indiana, on Novem- ber 26, 1861, and was the son of James WV. and Agnes (Cones) Schooley. James W. Schooley was the son of James W., Sr., and Ruth (Greenwood) Schooley, and was born in Maryland on April 1, 1827. James W. Schooley, Sr., was born in the state of Delaware in April, 1806. and was a son of Thomas Schooley. The information concerning the life of Thomas Schooley is very limited, consisting of the facts that he was born in Ireland and came to America prior to the American Revolution, following the farmer's life during his career.
James W. Schooley, Sr., was a typical man of the sturdy pioneer class, and spent his useful life in farming. In the later years of his life he came to Marion county, Indiana, settling where North Indianapolis now lies. He died in 1848. Ruth Greenwood, his wife, was born in 1804 in the state of Delaware, and died in Kingman, Kansas, at the age of ninety-three years.
James W. Schooley, Jr., received his early training on the farm, and up until the time he was fifteen years of age he followed that occupation. He has now retired from active life, and is living quietly in Seattle, Washing- ton. During his life Mr. Schooley was at different times a Whig, a Demo- crat, and a Republican. He was once elected by the Republicans in Caney township, Montgomery county, Kansas, as a trustee, and he served faith- fully as same for eight successive terms. Religiously, he was a member of the Christian church, and also held membership with the Grangers. He married Agnes Cones in 1848, a girl who was born in Marion county, this state, in 1828, and died in Boone county, Indiana, in 1871.
To take up the details in the life of our immediate subject we may say first of all that his early education was of the best that Hoosier schools afforded. After completing the common schools he attended DePanw Uni- versity for one year. Leaving the Greencastle school he traveled to Kansas and spent seven years there in the real estate and insurance business, making a complete success of that work. To prove that he was a man of esteem
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and reputation in Caney, we have hut to point to the fact that he was elected police judge for three years and mayor of the city one term. Mr. Schooley next came to Indianapolis and entered the coal business. He worked for .1. Thayer for thre years, and then for two years conducted the same business for himself. The call of the farm was strong in Mr. Schooley, and conse- . quently he followed his impulses., He settled on a farm in Clinton county, renting the land. So quickly did success follow his efforts that he now owns his own farm of ninety-six acres in Kirklin township, this county. In I910 he was elected county assessor and is now filling admirably the respon- sibilities of that office. at the same time managing his farm.
Politically, Mr. Schooley is a Republican, and has always been an active worker in the ranks. He places his religious faith in the Presbyterian church and is a ruling elder at Prairie Center Presbytery, as well as clerk of sessions.
Our subject was united in marriage on December 3, 1887, to Emma Carrick, who was born in Clinton county August 13, 1867, and died in In- dianapolis in 1898. Mr. Schooley married the second time on August 23, 1900, to Rena J. Major, who was born in Clinton county February 16, 1868. One child has been born of this latter union, Margaret, who is now in the public schools.
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ARCHIE R. DAVIS.
Among the younger generation of Johnson township, Clinton county, who have begun to make a reputation for business integrity, personal charm and industry is the subject of this sketch, the prominent young banker of Hillisburg, whose accomplishments to date have been many and worthy, and it is no idle prediction to say in this sketch that ere he has reached the three score and ten he will rank with the representative men of whatever commun- ity he may be associated with.
Archie R. Davis was born May 9, 1885, in Forest township, this county, and was the son of S. M. and Hannah B. (Clark) Davis. S. M. Davis is also a native of this locality, being born here and died here on April 20, 1889. He had a good education and utilized this in the vocation of teaching for a num- ber of years. However, his main occupation was farming, and he voted the Democratic ticket. The mother was born in Clinton county on December 9, 1860, and is still living at the home of our subject. The father was married twice, his first wife being Isabelle Blair, who died after giving birth to one
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child which also died. By his second wife one child was born, Archie R., our subject.
Archie Davis received a very creditable education in the common and high schools of his native township, and began business life afterward on the farm. Ile stayed there until the year 1912, when the Hillisburg Bank was or- ganized. W. A. Thomas was chosen to be president and John Dunn, vice- president ; our subject was made cashier, with Joseph Foreman acting as as- sistant cashier. The bank began business August 5, 1912, with a capital stock of twenty thousand dollars, operating as a private bank. Our subject owns about three hundred and sixty acres of fine farm land in Johnson and Forest townships and it is all well tiled, drained and fenced. His mother owns part of this estate. Mr. Davis is building, at this writing, a commodious and up- to-date bungalow in Hillisburg.
Mr. Davis was married on September 18, 1907, to Regina Stotter, who was born September 18, 1890, in Forest township, the daughter of Marion F. and Margaret (Johnson) Stotter, who were natives of Clinton county. The wife received a common school education at the place of her birth. Two children have been born of this union: Samuel S., October 31, 1908, and Mona M., May 26, 1912.
Fraternally, Mr. Davis is a member of the Masonic Order, and politi- cally, a Democrat. He is an ardent member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
SAMUEL C. COHEE.
The rewards of industry and patient application to a single task are the same, no matter what the occupation, whether it is laboring among a crowd of ill-paid foreigners or occupying the highest chair in the land. Perse- verance, integrity, ambition, and sociability are qualites that go to make the Amercan man par excellence, and the subject of this sketch is the fortunate possessor of these qualities. Engaged in a business in which opportunities are afforded to cultivate friends, Samuel C. Cohee has never failed to add every day to his list. His affability and his genial attitude toward the af- fairs of life make everyone associated with him more optimistic, and in this day and age such an influence is profoundly needed.
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