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ALVA O. FULKERSON.
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He has achieved a signal success in the educational field and has earned splendid words of commendation from those who are competent to form a proper estimate of the man and his accomplishments.
Alva Otis Fulkerson, county superintendent of schools, of Washington, Indiana, was born in Van Buren township, Daviess county, Indiana, on March 18, 1868, the son of Isaac and Margaret L. (Allen) Fulkerson, natives of Indiana. He is one of nine children, born to his parents, namely : Eldon, of Hoquiam, Washington; Alice C., the wife of D. H. Courtney, of Elnora, Indiana; Alva Otis, the subject of this sketch; Arthur L., of Lawrence, Massachusetts; Clarence D., of Salem, Oregon; Oliver H .; Effie L., of Washington, Indiana; Allen B., of Indianapolis; Z. Roy, of Montreal, Can- ada; and Edgar L., who died from the effect of being scalded when about four years old. Edgar L. and Clarence D. were twins.
Isaac Fulkerson, the father of Alva Otis Fulkerson, was born and reared in Daviess county, Indiana, and was always a farmer. At the time of his death he owned a farm of seventy acres in Van Buren township. This farm he had improved and there he reared his family. He died in July, 1911, at the age of over seventy-three years. His wife survives him and resides in Washington. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Isaac Fulkerson was a soldier in the Civil War, serving as a private in the Four- teenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry at first, and later as a member of the Forty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry; serving in all about three years. He received a fall on Cheat Mountain and for disability suffered by reason of this injury received a pension. His service during the war was mostly performed in Virginia and Tennessee. He always took a prominent part in politics, and was identified with the Democratic party, but never held office, except that of constable.
Alva Otis Fulkerson's paternal grandfather was James Fulkerson, who married Pantha Ann Evans. James Fulkerson and his wife were early settlers in Daviess county and were farmers. The former died in middle age and the latter after reaching the age of seventy-eight. They had a large family of children, among whom were Isaac, Marion, Michael, Ziba, Jacob, Henry, William and Irene E. A. O. Fulkerson's maternal grandfather was Cyrus Allen, who married Lodusky H. Compton. Cyrus Allen came to Indi- ana from North Carolina when about seven years old. His wife was a native of Indiana. They resided in Daviess county the greater part of their lives and were farmers. Cyrus Allen was past fifty when he died, but his wife lived to be eighty-three. They had a large family of children, as follow :
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Oriena, Margaret L., Katherine, Clementine, Kezia, Theresa, Logan, Oliver P., Banner B., Willard Robert and Ellsworth.
Alva Otis Fulkerson was reared on his father's farm and attended the district schools and the Odon high school. He spent one term at the South- ern Indiana Normal College at Mitchell; one year at DePauw University, and was graduated from the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute, in 1893, further pursuing his studies he was graduated from Indiana Uni- versity in 1897 and in 1910 did some post-graduate work at Chicago Uni- versity.
Alva Otis Fulkerson began teaching in 1889, and in 1899 went to Wash -. ington, this county, as principal of the Southside school, after he had taught in the district schools and served as principal of the schools at Raglesville, Staunton, and Elnora, Indiana. For five years he served as principal of the Southside school, and after that served for five and one-half years as teacher of history in the Washington high school. In January, 1911, he was elected by the county board of education, as county superintendent of schools to fill out a vacancy. He was re-elected in June, 1911, by the unanimous vote of the trustees, for a full term of four years. During this incumbency the Legislature extended the term of county superintendents two years, so that Superintendent Fulkerson's present term will not expire until 1917.
On September 5, 1900, Mr. Fulkerson was united in marriage to Minnie Ellen Casey, who was born in this county, a daughter of Thomas Walker and Delilah (Keiser) Casey. Thomas W. Casey came to Indiana, from Tennessee, when he was about eight years old. He became a successful merchant and was a veteran of the Civil War. He took part in some of the most important battles of the war, among which were Antietam and Gettys- burg, being wounded during the second day of the latter bloody battle. He was mustered out as a first lieutenant. Mrs. Fulkerson's mother was a native of Ohio, but she came to Indiana when young. Mr. Casey was married twice. Clara, Albert R., Minnie E., Homer F., and Louella were the children by the first marriage and Effie, Fred E., Millie and Herschel D. were the chil- dren by the second marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. Fulkerson are members of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Washington. Mr. Fulkerson is a member of the official board of this church; superintendent of the Sunday school and president of the Epworth League. He was president of the district Epworth League for two terms and has twice represented his church as lay delegate at the annual con- ference. Mr. Fulkerson belongs to Charity Lodge No. 30, Free and Accepted Masons, and is also a member of the Royal Arcanum. In politics he is
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identified with the Democratic party, and during one campaign served as county chairman of his party. Mr. Fulkerson is a director in the State Bank of Washington, and a director in the Union Savings and Loan Association of the same city. He is prominent, not only in the educational life of Daviess county, but in the social, financial and commercial life as well.
DANIEL W. HAYES.
Among the men of sterling worth and strength of character in Daviess county who have made an impression upon the life of the locality in which they live, none has achieved a larger meed of popular respect and regard than Daniel W. Hayes, the president of the Odon Realty Company. His life-long residence in Daviess county has given the people an opportunity to know him thoroughly, and that he has been true to life in its every phase is manifested by the confidence and regard in which he is held by those who know him. In a business way, Mr. Hayes is a man of unusual attain- ment and has achieved a splendid success in life.
Daniel W. Hayes was born in Van Buren township, Daviess county, Indiana, April 25, 1866, the son of John and Rosanna D. (Snyder) Hayes, the former of whom was born in Wurttemberg, Germany, and the latter at Strausburg, in Tuscarawas county, Ohio. The paternal grandparents of Daniel W. Hayes never came to America. His maternal grandparents were Frederick and Sevilla Snyder, natives of Wurttemberg, Germany, who came to America before their marriage and who, after their marriage, resided in Ohio, where they were farmers.
John Hayes was educated in Germany and there learned the bleacher's trade. He came to America at the age of eighteen years and located in Ohio. He lived in that state until 1865, in which year he came to this county, and purchased land in Van Buren township. He farmed there until 1893, when he moved to the village of Odon, where his death occurred about one year later. He was a member of the United Brethren church, to which faith his family adhere, though while living in Ohio he was identified with the Lutheran church. To John and Rosanna D. (Snyder) Hayes were born the following children: Mrs. Sarah Evans, who lives near Raglesville, this county; Fred G., who lives at Nevada, Iowa; Mrs. Julia Dyal, of Raglesville; Mrs. Mary Rasler, deceased, who lived at Raglesville; Gideon, who lives at Cody, Wyoming; Mrs. Dolly Ward, of St. Louis, Michigan;
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Charles, of St. Louis, Missouri; Mrs. Viola Ward, of Odon; and Daniel W., the subject of this sketch.
Daniel W. Hayes was educated in the public schools of Daviess county and in the Southern Indiana Normal School, now extinct, at Mitchell, Indi- ana. He also attended the normal school at Odon and later- a business col- lege at New Albany, Indiana. Mr. Hayes taught school in Daviess county for four years, after which he entered the mercantile business at Odon, having served one year's business apprenticeship at Washington, with Cable & Coffman, previous to going to Odon. Mr. Hayes operated a general store at Odon for seventeen years, and in 1907 he went into the realty business, having been elected to the office of president of the Odon Realty Company, which office he still holds.
In 1891 Daniel W. Hayes was married to Cora B. Ward, daughter of Philip S. and Margaret Ward. To this union seven children have been born, Beatrice, Dow, Dwight, Harold, John, Robert and Margaret. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes are members of the United Brethren church, active in both the work of the church and the Sunday school, and their children have been reared in that faith. Fraternally, Mr. Hayes is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Tribe of Ben Hur. In his capacity as president of the Odon Realty Company, he has done much toward promoting the material growth and prosperity of this community. He is honored and respected by his fellow townsmen and is entitled to rank as a representative citizen and business man of Daviess county.
GEORGE W. CORRELL.
It is interesting to note from the beginning the growth and develop- ment of a community ; to note the lines along which progress has been made and to take cognizance of those whose industry and leadership in the work of advancement have rendered possible the present prosperity of the locality under consideration. George W. Correll, of this review, is one of the strong, sturdy individuals who has contributed largely to the material welfare of Daviess county, and particularly to the welfare of the vicinity of Odon, where he resides. He is an up-to-date business man, public-spirited as a citizen, and progressive in all that the term implies.
George W. Correll was born at Mt. Helsia, Ohio, on September 24, 1848, the son of Clement and Nancy (Shroy) Correll, the former a native
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of Ohio and the latter a native of Maryland, born in 1816. Clement Correll was a son of Jacob and Eleanor ( Poter) Correll, both natives of New York state, who moved to Ohio after their marriage, and located at Cherryville. Jacob Correll was a tailor by trade. Mrs. Nancy Correll was a daughter of John and Rachel (Glass) Shroy, both natives of Germany, who settled in Indiana, near Sharpsburg. Late in life, about the year 1817, they removed to Ohio, settling near Strausburg with the first colony that landed west of the Tuscarawas river. They entered land in that vicinity and died there. John Shroy served in the War of 1812.
Clement Correll learned the tailor's trade from his father, and was engaged in working at this trade and in the mercantile business all his life. He made many uniforms during the Civil War. In 1859 he removed to Odon and from that time until his death he was in business in that village, being engaged in tailoring until about 1863, after which he engaged in the general mercantile business. He also was an auctioneer and a justice of the peace. Clement Correll was drafted by the authorities for service in the Union army during the Civil War, but was rejected on account of his weight. He and his family were members of the United Brethren church. Clement and Nancy (Shroy) Correll were the parents of four children, Harvey, Charles, George W. and John. Harvey Correll served three years in the Union army during the Civil War. Charles Correll, also a soldier, died in a hospital following the battle of Chattanooga.
George W. Correll was educated at Odon, and began learning the stone- cutter's trade in 1865. He started working at Odon, but subsequently moved to Bedford, and worked there and at other places. In 1872 he estab- lished a business for himself at Odon and in 1880 moved the business to Loogootee. In 1891 'he returned to Odon and established his present busi- ness, in partnership with J. A. Burrell, under the firm name of Correll & Burrell. This firm deals in Bedford rock in a wholesale way, and has busi- ness dealings all over the country. It also is engaged in an extensive retail trade in monuments. This firm erected the memorial bridge at Atlanta, Georgia, in honor of Archibald Butt, President Taft's aide-de-camp, who went down with the ill-fated Titanic.
In 1872 George W. Correll was married to Rachel Wallick, of Odon, daughter of Michael Wallick, and to this union six children have been born : Ira, Richard, Beldwin, Walter, Roberta and Mary, of whom Walter and Mary are deceased.
Mr. Correll was assessor of Van Buren township while living upon the
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farm. Formerly he was a member of the Knights of Pythias. He and his family are connected with the Methodist Episcopal church. In a busi- ness way George W. Correll is well known, and in a personal way he is much liked and highly respected by his neighbors, and by all the people with whom he has had either social or business dealings.
ALFRED E. JOHNSON.
A respect which should always be accorded the brave sons of the North who left their homes and the peaceful pursuits of civil life to give their serv- ices and their lives, if need be, to preserve the integrity of the American Union, is certainly due Alfred E. Johnson, a well-known retired farmer and a member of a very old family at Washington, this county. Mr. Johnson proved his love and loyalty to the government on the long and tiresome marches, on the lonely picket lines, on the tented fields and amid the flames and smoke of battle, and then, returning to civil life, manfully took up the struggle of agricultural life, in which he was rewarded with a degree of success commensurate with his efforts. The great secret of his success has been his devotion to duty, whether that duty pertained to his own private affairs or matters affecting the public welfare. In war and in peace, his record has been signalized by honesty of purpose and integrity of thought and action ; so that he has fully deserved the exalted position which has been accorded him by the people with whom he has lived so long.
Alfred E. Johnson was born on a farm four miles south of the city of Washington, in Daviess county, on March 27, 1840; the son of Elijah and Mildred, (Horrall) Johnson, the former a native of Indiana, born in Vincennes in 1796, and the latter a native of South Carolina, born in 1808, who were the parents of nine children, namely: Anson .B., who died at the age of ninety-two; Hulda, who died in July, 1914, at the age of nearly ninety-two, was the wife of William Singleton; Malina, who died at the age of eighty-six years, was the wife of William R. Thomas; Ezra, who died in 1853, at the age of twenty-four; Matilda, who died at the age of sixty-two, was the wife of J. B. Houts; Nelson, who died at the age of seventy-four; Norvan, who died at the age of seventy-four; Alfred E., the subject of this sketch, and Lenson, who died in California in 1913, at the age of sixty-nine years and six months.
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Elijah Johnson was a farmer and a great hunter, his prowess as a deer- slayer having been widely recognized throughout this section. He came to Daviess county in 1816, and was married in 1820. He died in 1848, being crushed to death by a falling tree. His wife died in 1855. Both were devout Methodists, and all their children were members of the same church. All were old line Whigs and later Republicans, the husbands of the girls being members of the same party. The eldest son, Anson B., who lacked a few days of being ninety-two years old, voted for every Republican Presi- dent from Harrison to Taft, except that, up to 1860, the presidential candi- dates were Whigs. Elijah belonged to the old territorial militia.
Alfred E. Johnson's paternal grandparents were James and Polly (Lindsey) Johnson, natives of Pennsylvania who came to Indiana in 1785 and settled in the then small village of Vincennes. James Johnson was a lieutenant-colonel in the Revolutionary army, attached to a Maryland bri- gade. Both he and his wife were buried at St. Francisville, Illinois; he at the age of eighty-three and she at a somewhat younger age. They were the parents of fourteen children: John L., William, Friend, Joshua, James, Elijah, Reuben, Abner, George, Rebecca, Maria, Polly, Sally, and one whose name is lost to the present generation.
Mr. Johnson's maternal grandparents were John M. and Polly (Hor- rall) Horrall, first cousins and natives of North Carolina, the former of whom was born in 1780. He and his wife came to Daviess county in 1812, four years before Indiana became a state, and settled on the farm now owned by the Shanks heirs, three miles south of Washington, where he died. His widow went to Illinois with a son-in-law, and died in that state. They were the parents of six children: Jason, Mildred, William, Nancy, Elvira, and one who died in infancy.
Alfred E. Johnson was born and reared on his father's farm in Wash- ington township. He attended the old-fashioned subscription school, which had a big writing desk, made from a board, extending entirely across the side of the room. Later he attended the county public schools.
At the age of twenty-one Mr. Johnson enlisted as a Union soldier in the Civil War, and served three and one-half years. He enlisted as a mem- ber of Company E, Fifty-eighth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and later was attached to Companies D and C, Twenty-fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He participated in many battles, and was wounded slightly at the battle of Champion's Hill, Mississippi.
After the war Mr. Johnson farmed until 1897, when he retired and
moved to Wastingon He bought a nice home at det West Main street. where be sell resides.
On October 13 1870, Alfred E. Trumson was married to Frances E. Bachelor. Comgater of Ioim T. and Indiama ( Porcell)\ Batchelor, both of whom belonged to pioneer families of this county, and to this union five Children were born, Hugh CEston. Lema. Ehra Myrtle, Edith Lierrelira and Gram: C. Hach Cembe carried the mail for eighteen years and is now a piano toner. He married Mand L. Winterbottom and they have two chil- dren. Maintim and Nomma. Lena died at the age of two and one-half Tears. Elva Myrtle married E. R. Wright, a conductor in the service of the Baltimore & Ob50 Railroad Company, Giving at East St. Louis, Illinois .. Bath L. is bookkeeper for the Vose Plano Company in Chicago, Illinois. and receives a splendid salary. Grant has a fine position with the Burroughs Adding Machine Company and travels out of Chicago.
Mrs. Johnson was bom in Daviess county, Indiana, on Anges: 10. 18:2 Her father was born in Ohio and her mother in Indiana. They died in Daviess commer, be at the age of sixty-alne, and she at the age of seventy- Ere. They were the parents of eight children, Sarah J., Minerva, Martha ... Enoch John. Mary, Laura and Frances. Mrs. Johnson's paternal grand- parents were William and Catherine (Biber) Batchelor. natives of Ohio. wid were among the pioneer semlers of this county. Subsequently they moved to Iowa. where they died. They were the parents of eight children, John. George, Catherine, Rachel, William Abel, Julia and Sarah. Mrs. Johnson's macermal grandfather was Jesse Purcel, a native of North Caro- Tina and a pioneer in Daviess communty, who lived to be ninety-two years of age. He and his wife were the parents of eight children, Indiana, Rachel, Benjamin William, Charlotte, Prudence. James and Hiram.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. and for more than forty consecutive years Mr. Johnson was an oficer in the church He has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for fifty years. He is a Republican, and was a school director for ten con- secutive years; also serving one term of three years as a member of the Board of education in Washington. He was elected to one term of four rears in the city council of Washington. No man in Daviess county is more highly respected or merits more bomor than Alfred E. Johnson, a man who bas lived a consistent life and who has taken a worthy interest in important public matters.
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RINGGOLD SCOTT MITCHELL, M. D.
No other profession has accomplished, during the last half century, the progress and development that has been made by the medical profession. The man of original thought and action, whose text-book forms but the basis of future work, has ever moved forward, taking advantage of and utilizing new discoveries in the science of medicine and looking always for better methods and surer means to the desired end. Such a man is Dr .. Ringgold Scott Mitchell, a physician and surgeon of Washington, Indiana. In considering the career and character of this eminent member of the medi- cal fraternity, the impartial observer will not only be disposed to rank him among the leading members of his profession in Daviess county, but also- as one of those men of broad culture and mental ken who have honored mankind in general. Through a long and busy life, replete with honor and success, he has been actuated by the highest motives and in the practice of his profession, he has brought rare skill and resource, his quick perception and almost intuitive judgment enabling him to make a correct diagnosis in. practically every case. He has always been a close student of medical sci- ence, keeping in close touch with the latest progress and has been uniformly successful in practice. Because of his high attainments and exalted per- sonal character, he is eminently entitled to representation in a work of this. character.
Ringgold Scott Mitchell was born at Corydon, Indiana; on August 8, 1851, son of John S. and Martha A. (Elliott) Mitchell, natives of New York and Indiana, respectively, who were the parents of eight children, Charles S., of Flora, Illinois; Dr. Ringgold S., of Washington, Indiana ; Emma A., who died at the age of ten years; Laura, the wife of S. C. Allen, of Jasonville, Indiana; Leonidas S., deceased; Edwin S., deceased; Indiana, wife of J. C. Chandler, of Washington; and Belle, who died at the age of seventeen.
John S. Mitchell was reared in New York state and when a young man, came to Indiana, settling in Floyd county, where he studied medicine. He began practicing in Harrison county and moved to Haysville, Dubois county, in 1853. Two years later he came to this county, locating at Hud- sonville, where he practiced for twelve years, at the end of which time he moved two miles north and laid out the town of Glendale. A few years later he sold out to Doctor Clark and located at Mitchell, Indiana. In 1888 he returned to Daviess county and settled at Alfordsville, where he died in
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1890, at the age of sixty-two years, his widow dying three months later, at the age of fifty-eight. Both were active members of the Methodist church. Dr. John S. Mitchell had given his services to the Union army as assistant surgeon of the Sixty-fifth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. He was one of the leaders in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in this state, having served as district deputy. Doctor Mitchell was a son of Solomon and Mehitable Mitchell, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Scotland, who were the parents of three children, Ambrose, John S. and Emily. Solomon Mitchell died in middle life and his widow married, secondly, George I. Wolf, to which latter union no children were born. Both George I. Wolf and his wife died at the age of seventy-five years and from the same cause, a fracture of the hip, their deaths occurring six weeks apart. Dr. R. S. Mitchell's maternal grandfather, Elliott, died when a comparatively young man, leaving a wife and two children, Martin A. and John. His widow married, secondly, a Mr. Moulden, but to this latter union no children were born.
Ringgold Scott Mitchell was reared in the village of Glendale, Daviess county, and attended the common schools. When a young man, he began studying medicine under his father, and in 1888 was graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine, at Louisville. He had practiced, however, twelve years before his graduation. He was practicing in Garden City, Kansas, when the hot winds of 1888 burned up the crops in three days' time and he moved to New Albany, Indiana, where he practiced for a short time, when he was called home, to Alfordsville, on account of the sickness of his father. He remained there until after the death of his father and mother and then located at Flora, Illinois. He practiced there for six years, or until 1904, at the end of which time he returned to this county, locating at Washington, where he has practiced since that time.
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