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C. K. Baxter is a native of Wayne County, Ohio, born Nov. 30, 1838, a son of John and Sarah (Kelley) Baxter, natives of
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Pennsylvania, the former of Washington County, and the latter of Huntingdon County. In 1841 his parents moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on section 25, Smithfield Township, on a tract of heavily-timbered land. The father died in Sep- tember, 1859, and the mother in 1879. They were among the prominent pioneers of the county, and contributed largely toward its development. C. K. Baxter was reared on a farm, but when sixteen years of age entered the Messenger office at Auburn and learned the printer's trade. When twenty-one years of age he bought an interest in the Press office at Water- loo, but in 1861 sold his interest to his partner, T. Y. Dickin- son, and enlisted in the Nineteenth Indiana Infantry, Company G, as a private, but was promoted to First Lieutenant. He participated in the second battle of Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness and Petersburg. He was discharged Sept. 8, 1864, after a service of three years. After his return home he again embarked in the newspaper business, editing the Press till 1884, when he sold out, and is now living a retired life. Mr. Baxter was married Nov. 10, 1863, to Mary A. Dickinson, a native of Portage County, Ohio, daughter of T. R. Dickinson. Mrs. Baxter died Feb. 26, 1866, leaving two children-William S. and Maurice. Oct. 7, 1869, Mr. Baxter married Harriet, daughter of David Landis, of De Kalb County. But one of their three children is living-Mary. Mr. Baxter is a member of Waterloo Lodge, No. 221, I. O. O. F., and Waterloo Post, No. 52, G. A. R.
Jacob Beck, baker and confectioner, Waterloo, Ind., was born in Wittemburg, Germany, Dec. 24, 1824. When he was fifteen years old he was apprenticed to a baker and served two years, receiving his board, but was required to pay $20 for learning. He was married in 1848 to Louisa Fousel, and in 1854 emigrated with his family to the United States. He located in Buffalo, N. Y., and worked at his trade a short time, but subsequently moved to Toledo, Ohio, and was employed by M. C. Wortz several years. In the spring of 1863 he moved to Waterloo, Ind., and began business on the corner of Wayne and Van Vlick streets, but afterward bought the store where he is now located. Mr. Beck was in moderate circumstances when he came to Waterloo, but being a thorough master of his trade he has built up a good business, and is now one of the most suc- cessful men of the city. To Mr. and Mrs. Beck have been born
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nine children, but five of whom are living-Augustus, Louisa, Emma, Henry, and Ada.
Samuel Beck, one of the most enterprising and successful business men of Waterloo, was born in Crawford County, Ohio, Feb. 18, 1836, a son of Adam and Sarah (Gloyd) Beck, natives of Pennsylvania, but early settlers of Crawford County, where they were married in 1834. Four of their seven children are living. The father died in 1870 and the mother in June, 1882, both at the age of sixty-two years. Our subject received but a limited education, his father being a poor man and he being the eldest son, was early obliged to assist in the maintenance of the family. He came to Waterloo in 1861, and the following year became established in the general mercantile and produce busi- ness. He now has the largest trade in butter, eggs and poultry in Northern Indiana. Mr. Beck was married in 1863 to Lillie Staers, a native of Maryland, but a resident of De Kalb County since her childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Beck have three daughters -Dora, Mary and Alta. Mr. Beck is a member of Waterloo City Lodge, No. 307, F. & A. M. He was drafted in the war of the Rebellion, but paid $700 to a substitute.
John Beidler, the second son of Henry and Nancy (Ocherman) Beidler, was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., May 15, 1818. When he was two years of age his parents moved to Ohio and settled in Holmes County where they lived the remainder of their lives. In that county he grew to manhood, and was mar- ried when twenty-two years of age to Miss Elizabeth Fresher, a native of Holmes County. In the spring of 1847 they left Ohio and moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on a tract of wild, timber land in Union Township, which had been entered by his father. At that time the county was mostly inhabited by wild animals and Indians. Now a part of the city of Waterloo is located on his land. He has two good residence houses on his farm, and his other buildings are large and con- venient. Although in meager circumstances when he com- menced lite, he has now a competency for his old age. He has a family of seven children-Frank M., Solomon, Catherine, wife of J. B. Taylor, of Waterloo; Henry, Hiram W., John C., and William S. He and his wife are members of the United Breth- ren church, of which he has served several years as Class-leader. Politically he is a Republican.
Ephraim Berry was born in Champaign County, Ohio,
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March 19, 1823, a son of David and Catherine Berry. He was reared in his native county, receiving a good education. From boyhood he was handy with tools and early began to work with machinery, although he never learned a trade. In Octo- ber, 1848, he came to Indiana and worked two years in Solomon Pence's saw-mill in Butler Township, De Kalb County, and in the meantime built a new mill. The next two years he worked in different parts of the State, but in the spring of 1852 per- manently located in Auburn. He worked at the carpenter's trade and mill building five years, and then built an engine and lathe and engaged in repairing machinery and turning broom handles, etc., ten years, when he built an engine and machine for making moldings, to which he soon after added a planing machine, and carried on that business six years, when he sold out and retired from active business. Jan. I, 1845, he was married to Mary Jane Jenkins, of Champaign County, Ohio. He has always taken an interest in the public affairs of the city, and has served as Justice of the Peace and City Trustee several terms.
General L. J. Blair, one of the most prominent attorneys of De Kalb County, is a native of Franklin County, Ohio, and was born Dec. 29, 1829. When he was six years of age his parents moved to De Kalb County, and here he was reared on a farm, and in his early manhood was engaged in rafting. His early education was limited to the country schools, but having an in- satiable thirst for knowledge, he bade defiance to all difficulties, and in his youth determined to make the profession of law his life-work. He devoted his leisure hours to such books as he could procure, and when nineteen years of age was given the use of Reuben J. Dawson's law library. He then became more diligent in his study, and in 1855 was admitted to the bar, and from that time till after the breaking out of the civil war prac- ticed in De Kalb County. In July, 1862, he recruited a com- pany, which was assigned as Company H to the Eighty-eighth Indiana Infantry, and was commissioned its Captain. The regiment was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland under the command of General Thomas and subsequently General Rosecrans. He participated in many of the more important battles; at Chickamauga had command of the regiment. After the battles of Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge, in which battles he was engaged, he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel.
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He participated in all the engagments of the Atlanta cam- paign, and marched with Sherman to the sea. After the battle at Savannah was promoted to Brigadier-General. He was present when General Johnston surrendered, and at the grand review of Sherman's army. After the close of the war he re- turned to De Kalb County, where he has since pursued his profession. He is one of the most eloquent orators and most powerful advocates before the bar in the State of Indiana, hold- ing his audience spellbound from the commencement to the close of his argument. He is purely a self-made man, and has won his place at the head of the fraternity by his indomitable will, which allowed no obstacle to stand between him and success. The General was married March 10, 1853, to Mary, daughter of Manly Bruce, of Geauga County, Ohio. They have two daughters and one son.
James Arnold Blodgett is a native of Wayne County, Ohio, born March 30, 1836, the third son of James and Elizabeth (Howard) Blodgett, natives of Lower Canada, and early set- tlers of Wayne County, Ohio; later moved to Putnam County where the father died about 1838. In 1842 the mother moved with her family to De Kalb County, Ind., and located in Wil- mington Township near the present site of Butler. Six years later she moved to the farm in Union Township, now owned by our subject, where she lived till her death in 1872, aged about seventy-six years. She was the mother of five children, three of whom are living-Azuba, wife of Zopher Johnson ; Perry and James A. Our subject was but six years of age when his mother came to Indiana, and was, therefore, reared and educated in this county. He remained with his mother till manhood and assisted in the cultivation of the farm. He now owns the homestead, which contains eighty acres of fine land, and his improvements are among the best in the county. He is an energetic and enterprising farmer, and is also one of the most successful stock-raisers in the township. He was mar- ried in 1868 to Lillian L., daughter of John and Elizabeth Moser, natives of Maryland and early settlers of De Kalb County. To them have been born two children, but one of whom is living --- James W., born Jan. 4, 1871. S. E. died in infancy. Mr. Blodgett has served as Constable of his township and as Road Supervisor.
Michael Boland, Auburn, Ind., was born in Toledo, Ohio, De-
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cember, 1853, a son of Patrick and Bridget (Owens) Boland. By an accident he lost his left arm when an infant, by falling asleep on the track of the M. S. & N. Ind. Railroad Company. He was given a good education, attending the Toledo public schools, and later the Toledo Commercial College, from which he graduated when sixteen years of age. In September, 1871, he entered the office of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad at Archibald, Ohio, to learn telegraphy. In 1872 the company gave him the charge of their office at Corunna, De Kalb Co., Ind. He filled the position till the fall of 1876, when he was elected on the Democratic ticket, Recorder of De Kalb County, a position he held by re-election eight years. In the fall of 1883 he became a stockholder in the First National Bank, Auburn, and in January, 1884, was elected one of its Directors. He was married Oct. 31, 1875, to Lottie, daughter of George W. McMiller, of Corunna. They have two children-Jessie B. and George C. Mr. Boland is entitled to much credit for his official and business career in De Kalb County. By his in- tegrity and strict attention to business he has gained an excel- lent reputation, and his genial and pleasant intercourse with his fellowmen has made him many friends throughout the county.
William M. Boughan, Justice of the Peace of Auburn, De Kalb Co., Ind., moved to Auburn, De Kalb County, in Decem- ber, 1868, and became associated with Charles Klotz in the dry goods and clothing business ; remained in that business until the fall of 1871, when he was appointed station and ticket agent at Auburn Junction for the Eel River Railroad, now called the Wabash; remained in that office until 1873, when he became associated with V. A. Beard in the grocery business, under the firm name of Beard & Co. In 1875 he retired from the firm and the same fall was appointed ticket agent for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Auburn; remained in that office until the fall of 1876, when, upon the death of his wife, he resigned his office and went to St. Louis, Mo .; returned to Auburn in No- vember and married a second wife. He was in no particular business until the summer of 1880, when he was appointed target man at Auburn Junction for the Baltimore & Ohio, Lake Shore & Michigan Southern and Wabash railroads, which office he retained until the fall of 1883. Being elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, he resigned his position with the
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railroads to attend to the duties of his office, in which he is still engaged. Mr. Boughan was born in Ross County, Ohio, Nov. 12, 1815. When four years old, he with his parents, moved to Union County, Ohio, where, Nov. 29, 1835, he was married to Nancy Dixon, from Loudon County, Va. There, on the same farm, he remained for forty years, having held several impor- tant offices of trust ; served as Constable, Sheriff, Trustee, School Director, and nine years as Justice of the Peace. He was Captain of an Independent Rifle Company for fourteen years, during which time the war between Mexico and the United States came on, and he as Captain, with 100 men, fully armed and equipped, volunteered to go to Mexico, but the Governor would not let them go. He remained in Union County, Ohio, till March, 1860, when he moved to Richland County, in Southern Illinois, and carried on farming. Dec. I, 1861, he volunteered in the service of the United States and raised a company of 100 men, of which he was made Captain. Dec. 10, 1861, he received a commission from Governor Yates as Captain of Company C, Sixty-third Illinois Infantry, and served in that capacity during the war ; was offered promotion quite a number of times, which he refused, choosing rather to stay with the men he had enlisted. He participated in twenty-six battles, the names of which are all engraved on the sheath of his saber, which he still retains. He was mustered out of the ser- vice at Goldsboro, N. C., April 9, 1865, after going the entire route with Sherman through the interior of Georgia and other States to the sea. After going to Washington City and set- tling up with the Government, he returned to his home in Illi- nois. He was wounded three times, but none were very serious. He came to Auburn, as before stated, in 1868, and in 1876 his wife died. They had ten children, five of whom, two sons and three daughters, are living. In the winter of the same year he married Isabel F. Lanum. In 1880 she died, and he married Jane L. Goldey, with whom he is now living.
John W. Boyle, Sheriff of De Kalb County, Ind., came to In- diana in 1848, and settled in Concord Township, De Kalb County, where he followed farming till 1868, when he moved to Butler Township and resided there till his election to the office of Sheriff, when he moved to Auburn. He was re-elected for a second term in 1884. Mr. Boyle was born near Mount Gilead, Morrow Co., Ohio, July 24, 1831. He was reared a
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farmer, remaining with his parents, John and Nancy Boyle, till manhood. In March, 1852, he was married to Miss Elinor Lawhead, of De Kalb County. To them have been born six children; but three are living-James B., William D. and Jef- ferson N. Benjamin F. died in October, 1862, aged two years; Lilian Samantha died in December, 1873, aged ten years; Sarah Adella died in June, 1872, aged one year. Mr. Boyle is politically a Democrat. He is a Master and Royal Arch Ma- son, and has filled all the stations in his lodge.
Captain J. C. Brand is a native of Ashland County, Ohio, born Jan. 8, 1844, a son of William and Matilda (Cline) Brand, his father a native of New Jersey and his mother of Pennsyl- vania. His parents were married in Ohio, and in 1849 moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and here he was reared and edu- cated. Occ. 1, 1862, he enlisted in the Second Indiana Cavalry ; was in camp at Indianapolis about six weeks, and then started for the South ; participated in the battles of Resaca, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Buzzard's Roost, Chattanooga, At- lanta, march to the sea, and West Point, where he fired his last shot at the rebels. The command was ordered to Macon, Ga., but before reaching there heard of Johnston's surrender. He was on the raid to Tallahassie, Fla .; from there marched to Nashville, where he was mustered out July 22, and was dis- charged July 28, 1865. He was in the service nearly three years, and was always a brave, intrepid soldier, never shrink- ing from any duty imposed on him. His most trying experi- ence was while with General McCook on Stoneman's raid. He, with five others, was sent to tear up a railroad, and while crossing the Tallahatchie River he lost his horse and was cut off by the raid. They took to the woods, and were eleven days before they joined their command. The first five days they did not have a thing to eat. On the morning of the fifth day they got some corn bread and meat at a negro's shanty, and from that time till they joined the command had very little to eat. They were completely used up and nearly starved to death. After the close of the war he returned to De Kalb County, and has since been identified with her interests. He is a Republican in politics, and for two years was Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff Leas. He was married July 3, 1866, to Ann Amstutz, a native of Wayne County, Ohio. They have three children-Onie E., Gertrude M. and Frank D. He is
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Captain of Company A, Waterloo Rifles, Indiana Legion; is a member of Waterloo City Lodge, No. 307, F. & A. M., and Post No. 52, G. A. R., of which he is Junior Vice-Commander.
Isaac B. Brandon, farmer, was born near Canton, Stark Co., Ohio, May 12, 1836, a son of John and Mary (Beard) Brandon. In June, 1849, his parents moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on what is now the Brandon farm, joining Auburn on the west. With the exception of about six months that he was clerking in Auburn he lived with his parents till 1862, assist- ing his father in the work on the farm. After his marriage he moved to a farm he owned in Richland Township, and lived there till the fall of 1873, when he moved to the old homestead. In the fall of 1874 he and his brother, Silas J., went to Ne- braska with the intention of buying land and locating, but in their absence the father was taken sick, and upon his return he settled permanently on the old homestead. Mr. Brandon is a good manager, a practical farmer and a successful business man. He has never aspired to official honors, preferring a quiet business life. While in Richland Township he was elected Justice of the Peace, but did not qualify. He was married March 20, 1862, to Barbara A. Kutzner, a native of Canton, Ohio, daughter of Isaac Kutzner. They have seven children-Alva, a farmer of Union Township; Ira, Orin, Asa, Ulla, Myron and Artie, at home.
Moses Brandon is a native of Stark County, Ohio, born Oct. 25, 1824, the youngest of ten children of James and Sarah (Campbell) Brandon, natives of Virginia. His father died in Stark County, and the mother afterward moved with her fam- ily to Columbiana County, where she died. Moses Brandon was engaged in contracting and manufacturing brick in Ohio. In 1840 he bought 130 acres of land in De Kalb County, and in 1856 came to the county and began clearing the timber and cultivating it. He has erected good buildings and cleared ninety acres. For many years he and his brother Alexander lived together and kept bachelor's hall, but since the death of his brother, in the summer of 1875, he has hired a family to keep house for him. He has been a successful' farmer, and has accumulated a good property. In addition to his farm he owns 202 acres of land in Stark County, Ohio.
Silas J. Brandon, Treasurer of De Kalb County, Ind., was born in Plain Township, Stark Co., Ohio, Dec. 29, 1840, a son
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of John and Mary Brandon. In 1849 he came with his parents to Indiana and settled on a farm near Auburn, De Kalb County, where he lived till manhood. In 1864 he was married to Miss Maria Garver, of Auburn. He then carried on his father's farm till 1869, when he purchased a tract of wild land which he improved, and it is now his fine farm in Jackson Township. In 1878 he was elected Trustee of his township; was re-elected in 1880, serving four years. In the fall of 1884 he was elected on the Democratic ticket, Treasurer of De Kalb County, a post- tion he is filling with efficiency. Mr. and Mrs. Brandon have had five children; but four are living-Clement V., Clyde, Bertha G. and John. Nora G. died July 2, 1876, aged nine months.
Henry E. Braun, proprietor of Braun's meat market, Water- loo, Ind., was born in Saxony, Germany, Feb. 28, 1831. He was reared and educated in his native country, and when eigh- teen years of age entered the German army and served two years and seven months. In August, 1852, he came to the United States ; landed in New York, and thence proceeded to Licking County, Ohio. He soon after settled in Fort Wayne, Ind., where he remained till 1870, when he removed to Water- loo. He has been engaged in his present line of business since coming to this country, and has met with a successful patron- age. He was married in Fort Wayne to Margaret Heath. They have had four children; but three are living-Katie, William and George. Mr. Braun is a member of the Knights of Honor. In politics he has affiliated with the Democratic party till the campaign of 1884, when he voted for St. John, the Prohibition candidate for President. His sons are also strong advocates of temperance and prohibition. Mr. and Mrs. Braun are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mrs. Delia Butt, wife of John Butt, of Anburn, De Kalb Co., Ind., was born Nov. 4, 1816, in County of Sussex, Eng- land. She was married to John Butt Nov. 16, 1840, and emi- grated to the United States in September, 1841, and settled with her husband in De Kalb County the following November; shared in the hardships and privations of frontier life without. repining, and now in the decline of life, contemplates with pleas- ing reflections, the vast improvements made in this country of her adoption. She has witnessed its development from a vast forest to its present splendid improvement in agriculture, com-
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merce and wealth; where the wild deer, bear and wolf roamed, now the iron horse of the railroads rushes through the county, with its steam shriek and rumbling thunder.
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John Butt, Recorder of De Kalb County, Ind., was born in London, England, Sept. 22, 1816, a son of John and Elizabeth (Tranter) Butt. He was reared and educated in his native country, and in November, 1840, was married to Delia Buss, also of London. In 1841 they came to the United States and settled immediately in Jackson Township, De Kalb County, Ind., where he found employment as teacher in the public schools. In 1842 they moved to Auburn, and he was appointed Deputy by Recorder Samuel W. Sprott. While acting in this capacity he also wrote in the Steuben County office, for Re- corder Dr. James McConnell. In 1844 he engaged in mer- chandising in Auburn, a business he followed till 1856, when he became proprietor of the Weaver Hotel that stood on the pres- ent site of the Swineford House. In 1865 he moved to Water- loo and was employed as bookkeeper for Jacob Kahn till 1868, when he entered the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad as freight clerk at Waterloo, serving in this capacity till 1870. He then purchased the Butt's Hotel, Wa- terloo, and again engaged in the hotel business till 1882, when he was elected Recorder of De Kalb County on the Demo- cratic ticket. Mr. Butt is the father of Freemasonry in De Kalb County, and is also a prominent Odd Fellow. He has held all the important offices in his lodge, chapter and com- mandery, and also in the subordinate lodge and encampment of Odd Fellowship.
Jacob B. Casebeer, M. D., was born in Holmes County, Ohio, April 11, 1839 ; is the seventh child of thirteen children born to David and Rebecca (Kenestrick) Casebeer, natives of Penn- sylvania and Maryland, respectively, and of German descent. The parents of David, John and Nancy (Best) Casebeer, settled in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, when he was a child, in which the greater portion of his after life was passed. He was married Oct. 26, 1826, to the above-mentioned lady. Nine of the thirteen children born to them are living, viz .: Susana, Enos L., David W., Rebecca M., Elizabeth N., Margaret C., Eliza E., Howard M. and Jacob B. Sarah A., Martha J., John and Joshua are deceased. Mr. Casebeer possessed an exemplary character, in which were harmoniously blended those admirable traits which
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so grandly embellish the life and career of the honorable and just. He was soundly converted at the age of six years, and ever after every deed and act of his life was animated by a pure Christian spirit. He lived nearly eighty years after his conversion, during which time he was an active and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His death oc- curred February 25, 1885, aged eighty-five years and four days. Mrs. Casebeer was a daughter of John and Sarah (Hivner) Kenestrick, and a most estimable woman, who possessed those sterling qualities of mind and heart, which alone give grace and beauty to the highest types of true womanhood. As a wife and mother, no praise can commensurate what the deeds and acts of her life justly merit. Christianity was the illumin- ation which lighted her along life's pathway, and what she professed in the Methodist Episcopal church of which she was a useful member, she practiced in the daily walks of life. Her death occurred at Fredericksburgh, Ohio, July 18, 1873, aged sixty-four years, one month and seventeen days. The early life of the subject of this sketch was passed in a manner common with farmers' sons. He attended a district school during the winter seasons, in which, by close application to study, he had mastered the rudimentary branches when only thirteen years of age. He then attended the Middleton High School, two and a half miles from home ;- to and from which he walked night and morning during a few terms. He was successful in passing a rigid examination by the County Board of Examin- ers, and the ensuing winter taught a country school ; subse- quently he attended the Fredericksburgh seminary for several seasons, which was alternated by teaching winter schools, and was eminently successful, having won by the faithful perform- ance of duty, the confidence and esteem of both patrons and pupils. At the age of twenty he went to Kentucky and en- gaged in teaching, first in a district school and afterward in a select school at Stephensburg, where he won an enviable repu- tation as an instructor. During the latter period of his term of school at the above place, the " war feeling " began to per- vade the minds and hearts of the " fire eating " Kentuckians, who never lost an opportunity to personally annoy the "school- teaching Yank " (a term derisively used by the unenlightened, and at that time unterrified ones), and numerous written im- perative commands did he receive, ordering his prompt depart-
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