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Marion O. Fisher, Principal of the Middlebury graded school, was born in Ontario county, N. Y., June 21, 1850; his parents are Oscar N. and Elizabethi J. (Case) Fisher, also natives of New York, and of English ancestry. Mr. F. received his preliminary educa- tion in the common schools, and subsequently attended the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, N. Y .; since that time he has made teaching school a profession; after coming to Indiana in the fall of 1872, had charge of several schools in various places in Elkhart county, and also in Michigan; he is now principal of the Middle- bury high school, and is considered an accomplished and successful teacher. Mr. Fisher was married in 1876 to Miss A. Pease.
Clinton E. Foster .- To trace the genealogy of the Foster family to the present time from 1776, the days of the Revolution, when some of their ancestors, originally from England. were engaged in opposing the landing of the British at Guilford, in connection with the Connecticut militia, we begin as follows:
Orin Foster, son of Aaron, was born March 18, 1776; he married Rachel Cranipton, who was born Oct. 8, 1777. David Foster was their son, who was born in North Madison tp., New Haven Co., Conn., April 11, 1802. April 4, 1825, he married Charlotte R. Redfield, who was born Aug. 8, 1798, in Killingworth tp., New Haven Co., Conn .; 5 children were born to them, viz .: Polly J., born March 9, 1826; Oliver W ., June 5, 1827; Clinton E., Nov. 3, 1828; Wealthy A., Mav 15, 1831; Sarah J., April 15, 1840-all of whom are now living except Sarah J., who died May 5, 1843, and Wealthy A., who died Oct. 8, 1877. David L. Foster came to Indiana from New Haven, Conn., in 1836, and bought in Middlebury tp., Elkhart county, 720 acres of land. The next year he came on with his family, where he remained until his death, Jan. 17, 1853. His wife, Charlotte, survived him three years.
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Clinton E. Foster, the second son, still holds the old homestead. He married Clarissa C. Martin Oct. 28, 1852. One child, a daughter, Mary A., was born April 8, 1854. Clarissa C., his wife, died Dec. 21, 1856. Oct. 14, 1858, he married Lydia A. Bartholo- mew. To them were born Anna M., Oct. 9, 1859; Ella H., born Dec. 9, 1860; Emma C., born April 4, 1868; Wilma J., born June 17, 1874; George Redfield, born March 15, 1876; James Clinton, born May 3, 1879. Two of these are dead, viz .: Anna M., who died Sept. 2, 1860, and George R., who died AAng. 14, 1877.
James Frederick was born in Pennsylvania Sept. 11, 1818, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Miller) Frederick,also natives of that State, and of German descent. The family moved to Stark county, Ohio, about 1833, where James completed his education and learned the cooper's trade, which business he prosecuted extensively for a number of years. In 1833, in Ohio, he married Susannah Carper, and their 6 children are: Wilson S., born June 28. 1856; Geo. W., Feb. 19, 1858; Robert Franklin, April 5, 1861; Mary E., July 27, 1863; James N., Nov. 23, 1865, and Newton, April 23, 1868. Mr. F. moved from Ohio to this tp. in March, 1856, settling on sec. 35, where he still remains, the prosperous owner of fine property. He is a Republi- can, but not a member of any Church. Mrs. F. is a German Bap- tist.
Jacob Geisinger, deceased, was a native of Lowell county, To- ronto, Canada; he was in his 12th year when he accompanied his parents to Medina county, Ohio, where, after attaining to man's estate, he became a teacher in the district schools. In 1838 he was married to Miss Martha Warren, danghter of John and Eva War- ren, and S children blessed this union, viz .: John (a resident of Chicago), Henry (who resides on the homestead), Samnel (at Goshen), Mary J. (who married J. B. Selder, of Michigan), Ben- jamin J. (who resides in Illinois), Martha (in Ohio), David (in this tp.) and Jos. N. (in Colorado). Mr. Geisinger departed this life July 20, 1876, leaving a valnable farm property of 200 acres. Jno. W. Geisinger enlisted in the war for the Union, in the 100th Ind. Vol .. as a private, and was promoted Captain for meritorious conduet; Samuel enlisted as a private in the 74th Ind. Vol., was honorably discharged, Unt re-entered the service in the 100th.
Adam Griner, livery-stable proprietor and City Marshal, was born July 3, 1853, the son of Philip and Saloma (Mathnensmith) Griner, natives of Pennsylvania; was liberally cdncated in the com- mon school and Middlebury graded school; followed farming; in 1870 he married Loretta Hani, formerly a school-teacher in La- grange county, and they have 5 children: William F., born Sept. 9, 1871; Nina P., July 30, 1873; Ilda I., March 3, 1876; Jessie R., Dec. 28, 1878, and Eva L., May 17, 1880. After marriage Mr. Griner commenced farming on his own account, but failing health caused him to dispose of his farm, and move to Middlebury; with some hope of benefitting his shattered constitution he made an extended tour through the Northwest. In 1877 he commenced
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the livery business in Middlebury, which he still conducts, with success. Every spring he also does a great deal of grafting, which is a prominent industry in this community. Mr. G. has been Mar- shal two terms, and is a Democrat.
Phillip Griner, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 37; P. O., Middle- bury. There are but few citizens of this tp. more widely known or more universally esteemed for their kindly disposition and excel- lent traits of character than the above named gentleman. He is a native of Pennsylvania, born near the city of Harrisburg in the year 1813, and is a son of Philip and Margaret Griner, also of Pennsylvania. During the spring of 1836 Philip accompanied his parents to Wayne county, Ohio, where he was married in 1837, to Miss Fannie Cochnoure, and their 3 children are: Barbara, Mary, and Simon. Mrs. G. departed this life, in the county above men- tioned, June 20, 1846, and Mr. G. was married April 2, 18+S, to Miss Siloma Smith. Some years after the decease of his second wife, Mr. Griner was married to Sarah Jacobi, of Stark county, Ohio, in 1853. Mr. Griner ranks among the more successful farmers, now owning 120 acres of fertile farm land and a beauti- ful residence. He is a member of the Lutheran Church.
Alfred Haines was born Aug. 25, 1846, in Pennsylvania, and is the son of Samuel and Mary (Wireman) Haines, natives of the same State and of German descent. They removed to Ohio about 1852, where Alfred attended the common schools, and also acquired a knowledge of the carpenter's trade; when about 18 he learned the cabinet-making business in Indiana, where the family had re- moved to about 1867. He continued to work at the carpenter business. and as contractor and builder erected some of the finest residences in Middlebury tp. In December, 1871, he married Anna Nusbaum, a native of Ohio, and they have 3 children whose names and ages are as follows: Melvin, born June 6, 1875; Orlando, born Oct. 18, 1876; Della E .. born Dec. 28, 1878. Mr. H. has followed carpentering and building until within a short time, having recently entered into partnership with Mr. Nusbaum in the furniture and undertaking business, in which they are having quite an extensive trade, being the only firm of any magnitude in that line in Middlebury. Mr. H. is an enterprising business man and has met with a fair share of success; himself and Mrs. H. are members of the German Baptist Church.
Samuel Haines, farmer and stock-raiser, is the eldest son of Frederick and Susannah (Shultz) Haines, natives of Pennsylvania, and was born in that State Sept. 6, 1820; he received the ordi- nary common-school education of his period, and followed farming. The death of his father, which took place when Samuel was abont eighteen, rendered it necessary that he should take charge of the farm, which he conducted for his mother and the younger members of the family until his marriage, about 1841, to Mary Wireman. Mr. and Mrs. Haines have 5 children, as follows: Henry W., born Oct. 3, 1842; Harrison H., July 1, 1843; Alfred, Aug. 25
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1846; William, Jan. 30, 1850; Howard L., Oct. 6, 1854. Mr. H. after his marriage remained some 13 years in Pennsylvania, ac- tively engaged in farming; he then removed to Wayne county, Ohio, and after a residence there of about six years, he removed to Mid- dlebury tp. in the spring of 1859; here he is pleasantly situated, enjoying the fruits of an industrious and well-spent life. He and Mrs. Haines are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Wm. P. Ham, M. D., is a creditable member of the medical fraternity. He was born in Ohio in 1843. His father, Nicholas Ham, was a native of Switzerland, and his mother of Pennsylvania. The Doctor received his preliminary education in the common schools of Ohio: worked upon the farm, and when sufficiently ad- vanced became a teacher. In his 18th year he began the reading of medicine; at 20 he entered the medical department of the Uni- .versity of Michigan at Ann Arbor, taking a course of practical medical lectures; he then entered the medical department of the State University of Iowa, at which institution he had the degree of M. D. conferred upon him. In May, 1864, at the age of 21, after graduating, he established himself as a physician in the town of Dundee, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. He passed a very creditable examination before the State Medical Board. He was appointed, previous to this, a medical officer in the volunteer service, by John Brough, then Governor of the State; he received his appointment and commission as Assistant Surgeon in the 175th Ohio Inf .; after nine months' service he resigned his commission, owing to failing health; he remained at home until he regained his health, when, at the urgent request of Surgeon-General Barr, he was recommended as Assistant Surgeon of the 33d Ohio Vol. Inf., with which regi- ment he remained until mustered ont of the service and honorably discharged. After his retirement from the active scenes of war, the Doctor associated himself in the medical profession with his former preceptor; he remained in practice here until the spring of 1866. when he settled at Middlebury, Ind., where he soon gained an ex- tensive practice. He possesses a fine medical library. Through life he has been nnusually successful, and to his credit be it said, is literally a self-made man.
The late Dr. W. G. Harper was born in Lancaster, O., in 1803; came to Indiana about 1835, and died in 1880. He was married at White Pigeon, Mich., Oct. 17. 1838, to Miss Emily Sargeant, a native of Lee. Berkshire Co .. Mass., the danghter of Dr. Erastus Sargeant, of that town. Of this marriage were born, William. Ang. 23. 1840; Charles A., May 2, 1843; Jeannette S., May 12, 1845. now Mrs. Josiah Adams, of Jackson, Mich .; Sarah, Oct. 21, 1847; Alexander, Feb. 21, 1851; John, Sept. 4, 155; and Mary Keeler, May 13, 1862. Mrs. Harper was a devout member of the M. E. Church, and an educated and estimable woman. She de- parted this life Feb. 25, 1875.
Joel P. Heatwole. editor and proprietor of the Middlebury Record. Had that grand old patriarch of ancient times, the lamb-
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like Job, lived in this age of 19th-century progress, and under- taken to conduet an eight-columu newspaper through an exeiting political campaign, or catered nimbly to the moods of a newspaper- reading publie. he would in short meter have been shorn of his pro- verbial patience, while the wailing winds of heaven. eatching at his idiotic form. would have driven the now celebrated divine to the . obsenrity of an nntimely and unknown grave. In the little village of Middlebury, unnsnally progressive. however. for an inland town of $00 inhabitants, in Mar. 1878. Mr. Heatwole, began the publi- cation of an eight-column sheet known as the Middlebury Record. He brought to his aid little save the capital of education, practical knowledge and literary ability above the average, and as week after week fled by, the subscription list loomed up in the hundreds and the ringing editorials were favorably commented upon. and the spiey locals read with pleasure and profit, until at last it became a fixture in the homes of the more intelligent people of Middlebury and surrounding country.
Mr. Heatwole was born Aug. 22. 1856. in this county. son of Dr. and Barbara Heatwole (nee Culp), of Goshen. In common with many of the vonth of Elkhart county, young Joel first attended the common schools, afterward receiving an academie education; taught school, on leaving the farm, and was elected principal of the Middlebury schools on attaining his 18th year: his posi- tion was a difficult and trying one, but he filled it so satisfactorily that he gained a warm place in the affections of the public. In Angust, 1876. he began the publication of the Middlebury Enterprise. which he continued until May, 1878, the date previously allnded to as the birth of the Record. During the spring of isso Mr. H. was elected Secretary of the Northern Indiana Editorial Association. He has always taken an active interest in politics. and presumably will always be found promulgating the doctrines of Republicanism.
Mr. H.'s portrait is given in this work.
Joseph H. Hertwole, M. D., is a son of Henry and Barbara (Culp) Heatwole, natives of Pennsylvania. and of German descent; they located in Elkhart county in 1853, where Joseph subsequently tanght school; in 1873 he entered Mount Union College, Ohio, re- maining two years, and in the spring of 1575 began the study of medicine; in 1876 he attended Miami Medical College, pursuing a course of lectures, entering the Ohio Medical College in the fall of 1877. at which institute he graduated in the spring of 1878; he then located at Middlebury, where he has succeeded in building up a large and lucrative practice. March 2, 1879, he was married to Miss Ella L. Lemon, a daughter of Rev. O. V. Lemon, of Win- chester. Indiana. a well-known clergyman.
Solomon L. Hizon is a native of Union connty, Penn., where he was born Dec. 13. 1805: his father, John Hixon, was of Eng- lish origin, his mother, Mary, nee Landes, of German: both were natives of Pennsylvania. Solomon was educated in the common schools of that early period of national existence in which his boy- hood was passed. Scholars of Union county. Pa .. at that time
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were instructed in the most common rudiments of German and English studies, and the boy of more than average intelligence was looked upon with the same degree of awe that surrounds the college professor of to-day. His school days were limited in num- ber, as he was needed at home, and early became instructed in the rudiments of hard work npon the Western homestead, but little im- proved. In his 24th year occurred the death of his father, and he then moved to Ohio Sept. 11, 1829, partly on foot and partly by stage, then in nniversal use. A faithful dog was his only compau- ion. Many amusing incidents occurred on the trip. He located in what was then Portage connty, and purchased property near what is now the city of Akron, Ohio. A carpenter by trade, he found the pay of a mechanic more than the emoluments of farming at that stage of the country's career, and after remaining four years and hearing glowing accounts of the "St. Jo. country," he made a pros- pecting tour of the Hoosier State in 1833, and was especially pleased with the productive farming land now comprised within the limits of Elkhart tp.
Two years previous to the date we have mentioned Mr. HI. was married to Miss Nancy Ann Remile, a native of Portage county. The parents of this lady were from Middelbury, Vermont, and among the first settlers of this tp., and gave it its present namne, after his native town in the Green Mountain State. Five children blessed the nnion of Mr. and Mrs. Hixon, 2 of whom are living, viz .: Henry, a prominent citizen of Middlebury, born March 22, 1832; Elizabeth, deceased; Stephen and Charles R., who died in infancy; Livonia, wife of Charles S. Mather, a leading merchant of Middlebury. Mrs. Hixon, who had shared equally with her hus- band the trials incident to pioneer life, passed from this earth to a home not made with hands in 1864. Christmas eve of 1865 Mr. H. was ngain united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Mrs. Susan R. Bailey, of Michigan, who is still living.
In 1834 Mr. Hixon became a permanent resident of this tp., lo- cating on sec. 10, remaining one year, when he moved south and took up his residence in a log cabin which he purchased, and farm property, amounting in all to some 200 acres of land, very little. if any, improved. Ile resided here, accumulating an abundance of this world's goods, through industry, when he concluded to settle in the prosperous town of Middlebury,-prosperous through the indefatigable efforts of himself and kindred spirits, whose muscular and mental labors carved the way to a more prosperous era. In 1837 this worthy couple became identified with the Baptist Church. Never an office-seeker, Mr. H. was, however, at one time, County and School Commissioner, etc .. and has always shown himself to be a warm friend of education and advanced ideas. Thus we have seen he stands to-day a representative of that class who are worthily crowned with the title of self-made men, and when the last chapter shall have been written in his daily career, the ledger of life will have been found equally balanced. Has a portrait in this work.
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Abraham Hoover, a prosperous farmer and popular citizen of this tp .. was born in York county. Pa .. March 9. 1822, and is the 2d son of Abraham and Christina (Martin) Hoover, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German extraction. They removed to Warne county, Ohio, in 1532. where Abraham, Jr., chiefly obtained a toler- ably fair education, and was engaged upon his father's farm until his marriage to Martha Garber in 1845: Mrs. H. is a native of Lancaster county. Pa., and with her husband is a prominent mem- ber of the Mennonite Church. They are the parents of 11 children. 10 of whom are living. and several of them are well-known residents of Elkhart county. Mr. Hoover remained in Ohio one year after his marriage. and in the spring of 1847 settled on sec. 35, where he has prospered, being the owner of a large farm with fine improve- ments in the immediate vicinity of Sugar Grove school-house, a handsome structure erected in 1867. chiefly through the efforts of Mr. Hoover. He is a genial, friendly gentleman and esteemed by all who know him.
William Hoover. farmer and stock-raiser: P. O .. Middlebury: was born in Lancaster county, Pa., in 1831, and is the youngest son of John and Elizabeth Hoover, with whom he moved to Rich- land county in an early day, where he passed his boyhood and vonth: he received a liberal education, and early turned his atten- tion to railroading. being first employed as a brakeman. His superior judgment soon brought him into notice with the officers of the P .. F. W. & C. R. R. Co .. and he was accordingly tendered the more lucrative and responsible position of a freight conductor; ultimately he officiated as a passenger conductor. continuing in this capacity for a period of 20 years; and it is entirely safe to assume that no railroad emplove ever ran a train on the above road whose popularity was greater among employes, officials and passengers than the courteous gentleman here mentioned. Mr. H. was mar- ried in Stark county. Ohio, to Miss Elizabeth Ruff. by whom he has 3 children : Sonora A., Carrie E. and Eddie. The present farm, comprising 50 acres of well-improved land. was purchased during the present year.
A. H. Hopkins was born in Genesee county, N. Y .. Feb. 23, 1535. His father. James M., was a native of New York, and his mother. Sally, nee Chivington, was born in Ohio, and they were both of English descent. They settled in Clinton tp., this county, in 183>, where the subject of this sketch was a pupil at the common schools: was occupied on his father's farm summers and tanght school winters, and by economy and industry was enabled to pur- chase a farm in Benton tp .. and soon afterward, accompanied by a brother and sister. entered the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in which institution he remained two years. Close confine- ment compelled a withdrawal from literary pursuits for a time. but he was again soon engaged in teaching, and was Principal of the Middlebury graded-school one year, and also in other places in this county. Mr. H. was married in 1861 to Emily J. Hongh, who
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was born in Wayne county. Ind. Mr. II. is an active Republican, and has been moderately successful.
T. W. Hutchinson, carpenter and builder. Middlebury. was born in Clarke county, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1832, and is the son of Mahlon and Eliza (Griffin) Hutchinson, the former a native of Massachusetts; the latter was born in Vernou county, Ind., in 1813. and is still living. a vigorous and intelligent old lady. Herself and husband settled in Lagrange county. Ind., about 1840, where T. W. acquired a fair common-school education, and was occupied at working upon his father's farm until he was about 20 years of age, when he learned the carpenter and joiner's trade; followed that occupation about two years in Lagrange county. when he removed to Middlebury, where he has been actively engaged in building operations, having erected many fine residences and nearly all of the school structures in the tp. He was married about 1853 to Frances Keasey, and they have 3 children, viz .: Lafayette, about 25 years of age. now a resident of Missouri; Frank, about 23, and Frederick. about 21. Mr. H. is a popular and successful citizen, and in politics is a Republican.
Solomon Kauffman, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 28; P. O., Middlebury; was born in Holmes county. Ohio. in September, 1837, the 5th son of Moses and Lydia Kauffman, who moved to this county from Pennsylvania at 16 years of age. Young Solomon became a resident of Elkhart county in 1866. He was united in marriage with Miss Kate Spiker, of Ohio, by whom he has 5 chil- dren: Charles. Edna, Cora, Frank and Emma. Mr. K. bought his present farm, consisting of 123 acres of valuable land, in 1874. He is a farmer of intelligence and good standing, and a member of the Lutheran Church of this tp.
Andrew Keim, farmer, sec. 19; P. O., Middlebury; was born in Holmes county, Ohio, in 1847, and is the 4th son of Emanuel and Magdalena Keim, of Pennsylvania. who settled in Ohio at an early day, locating at Lagrange, Ind., in 1851. in 1564 removing to this county. Andrew was married in Holmes county to Miss Fred- erika Darr. a daughter of Jacob Darr, of Germany, by whom he has 1 child. Eddie, a promising boy, who will make his mark as a scholar. Mr. K. owns 65 acres of land. He is a member of the Dunkard Church.
Emanuel N. Keim was born Dec. 21. 1816, in Somerset county. Pa. Ifis parents were Nicholas and Fanny (Hocksetler) Keim. natives of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. Mr. Keim received an ordinary common-school education, and when 16 years of age learned the cabinet-maker's trade, and gradually acquired a knowledge of the carpenter and building business, which was the first occupation that he was engaged in for himself, and which business he conducted with marked success while he remained in Pennsylvania, and subsequently some 14 years in Ohio. He was married in 1836 to Magdalena Garber, who was born in Pennsylva- nia in 1814. Mr. and Mrs. K. are the parents of 11 children; 9 of
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whom are living, and some of them are well known residents of this connir. Mr. Keim removed to Ohio abont 1537, and came to Indiana in 1951. Weating in Lagrange connty, where he purchased several hundred acres of land and commenced the life of a farmer. which property he disposed of in 1sot and immediately removed to Middlebury, settling on the site of his present home, on which he has made many improvements. He still. owns 160 acres of land. Mr. Keim is a warm friend of popular ednestion: has held several offices in Ohio, and himself and family are members of the Amish Church.
Jach H. Kiadig, a native of Pennsylvania, was born Oct. 4. 1852. His parents were Zachariah and Mary (Flory) Kindig. of Pennsylvanian birth and German descent. They removed to Goshen, Ind .. in 1855, where Jacob acquired a fair education, and when 15 years of age he went to learn the trade of wagon-maker. which he mastered after several years of apprenticeship. He com- menced the business for himself in Middlebury in 1573, where he is doing a prosperous and increasing trade. He was married in 1573 to Elva M. Elliott, and they are the parents of 1 child: Fannie L., born July 4. 1579. Financially. Mr. K. has been quite success- ful. and is an active Republican.
Squier Les, farmer, is a native of Essex county. N. Y., where he was born Dec. 4. 1507. His father. John, was born in Vermont; his mother. Rnth Ann Squiers, in New York State. They were of English ancestry. The subject of this sketch received an ordinary common-school education, and at the age of 1i learned the carpen- ter's trade, which business he followed to the time of his marriage. which took place in 1829. Mrs. Lee was, before her marriage. Miss Clarissa Lee. They are the parents of 6 children, all deceased but 2. viz .: Bertha Ann, born Ang. 29, 1535, and Squier John. born Sept. 30, 1-37. the latter now residing in Jefferson tp. Mr. Lee moved to Ohio in 1834. remained there five years. and in 1-39 came to Middlebury tp., and located on the site of his present home. Carpenters at that time were searee in Middlebury, and his services were in active demand. He assisted in erecting many of the first frame buildings in the 'tp .. ineinding the M. E. Church in Bristol. Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Lee are members of the M. E. Church in Middlebury, of which Mr. L. is Class-leader. Steward and Trustee. Is foremost in aiding all charitable objects, and is financially suc- cessful, owning a moderate-sized and very fert'le farm near Middle- burr.
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