History of Fayette County, Indiana : her people, industries and institutions, Part 108

Author: Barrows, Frederic Irving, 1873-1949
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen
Number of Pages: 1326

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To Jonathan and Louisa (Frazier) Hussey ten children were born, namely : Elias, deceased, who was married and had a family; Henry, a farmer living near Milton; John, who died when about two years of age; Jesse, who died when about twenty-one years of age; Eunice, who lived to be sixty-four years of age; Lindley, who is living on a farm south of the old home place; Rachel, widow of Joseph Evans; Elwood, the subject of this biographical sketch; Mary Jane, wife of Elwood Moore, and Sarah Olive, wife of George W. Baker. The mother of these children died on September 23, 1880.

Elwood Hussey was reared on the farm on which he was born and

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where he is now living and has lived there all his life. He received his education in the local schools and from the days of his boyhood was an able assistant to his father in the labors of improving and developing the place. Shortly after his marriage in 1884 his father retired from the farm and he since has occupied the old home, owner of ninety-six acres of the tract for- merly owned by his father, and is doing very well in his farming operations and he and his family are very pleasantly and comfortably situated.

- In 1884 Elwood Hussey was united in marriage to Mrs. Anna (Ohmit) · Males, widow of Benjamin Males and daughter of Emanuel and Sarah (Filby) Ohmit. She was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and was but five years of age when her parents came to Indiana and located at Cam- bridge City. Emanuel Ohmit was a carpenter and followed his vocation at Cambridge City until his death on October 20, 1900. On January 30, 1865, he enlisted in Company H. One Hundred and Forty-seventh Indiana Infantry, in which he was promoted to corporal and served to the close of the war. After his death his widow moved to Milton and still later made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Hussey, at whose home she died on Christmas day, 1912. Emanuel Ohmit and wife were the parents of eight children, of whom Mrs. Hussey was the second in order of birth, the others being as follow : William, of Milton; Carson, of Cambridge City; John, also of Cambridge City; Walter, who died leaving a widow, but no children; Cora, who died in in- fancy ; Sarah, who died when eleven years of age, and Frank, a well-known merchant at Cambridge City, where he is engaged in the grocery, furniture and hardware business. Anna Ohmit was married in 1871 at Cambridge City to Benjamin Males, who was a painter by trade and who made his home at Milton until his death on June 15, 1881, he then being thirty-one years of age. To that union four children were born, namely : Lillie, who married Edward Wasson and lived in Indianapolis until in December, 1916, when they took up their residence with the Husseys, where Mr. Wasson died on February 13, 1917, leaving his widow and one child, a son, Everett ; Evelyn, born in 1874, who died when two years of age; Charles William Males, born in 1876, who married Stacey - and is now living at Omaha, Nebraska, and Frank Benjamin, born in 1879, who died when about a year old.

To Elwood and Anna (Ohmit) Hussey five children have been born, namely : John L., who is living at home. a valued assistant to his father in the management of the farm; Ernest E., who married Cecile Johnson and lives on a farm near Bentonville; Anna Florence, at home; Sarah Olive, at home, and Ina May, who married Arthur T. Manlove, a farmer living near Ben-

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tonville, and has one child, a son, Russell Elwood. The Husseys have a very pleasant home and take a proper interest in the general social activities of the community in which they live and of which Mr. Hussey has been a resident all his life, ever helpful in promoting movements having, to do with the advancement of the common welfare in that part of the county and throughout the county at large.

FREDERIC I. BARROWS.

Frederic I. Barrows was born in Nelson township, Portage county, Ohio, October 7, 1873. His ancestry is mentioned in the account of his father, Alvin E. Barrows, found elsewhere in this work. When about seven years old his parents brought him to Connersville, Indiana, and though he had attended school for two years in Ohio, he went entirely through the Con- nersville schools, being graduated in 1890. He taught public schools in Fay- ette county in 1891 to 1894 and 1897 to 1900. He was graduated from DePauw University, with the degree of Ph. B., in 1897, and from George- town University Law School, with the degree of LL. B., in 1901. He was admitted to the bar of Fayette county in 1899, and to the bar of the supreme court of Indiana in 1902. From 1902 to 1907 he was a member of the law firm of Elliott & Barrows, during which time he also served as captain of Company L, First Indiana National Guard, and county chairman of the Fayette county Republican central committee. He was elected mayor in 1905, serving until January, 1910. He became cashier of the Central State Bank, March 9, 1907, and continued until elected vice-president, in 1913. He was also the organizer and a vice-president of the Falmouth Bank until 1916,. when he sold his interest. In 1912 he became the secretary and treasurer of the Lexington Motor Car Company, representing the committee of credit- ors engaged in winding up the affairs of that concern, and was the secretary and treasurer of the Central Car Company and, later, of The Lexington- Howard Company, which position he still occupies.

On October 5, 1915. Mr. Barrows was united in marriage with Miss Ruth M. Hull, of Connersville, whose ancestry is mentioned in the article referring to her. father, Charles C. Hull, and found elsewhere in this book.

frederic & Barrows.

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FRED BLAKE PERKINS.

Fred Blake Perkins, a well-known farmer and landowner of Columbia township and a veteran of the Spanish-American War, was born in the town- ship in which he is living and, with the exception of three years spent in Connersville, has lived there all his life. He was born on January 10, 1880, son of Oran and Agnes (Blake) Perkins, both of whom also were born in Fayette county and who spent all their lives here, useful and influential resi- dents of Columbia township.

Oran Perkins was born in Columbia township, this county, December 28, 1845, son of William and Mary A. (Klum) Perkins, both members of pioneer families in this county. William Perkins was born in New England and came to Indiana with his parents in the days of his youth, the family settling in this county in pioneer days, becoming substantial residents of Columbia township. His mother, before her marriage, was Susanna Rogers. William Perkins became a large landowner and was a man of considerable local influence in his community. He married Mary A. Khun, a member of the well-known Klum family, which came from New York state to Indiana and settled on Garrison creek, in Columbia township, this county. Oran H. Perkins farmed all his life in Columbia township and was the owner of a farm of one hundred and seven acres, which he bought there in 1870. On May 3. 1868, he married Agnes E. Blake, also a native of Fayette county. who for a time lived at Bentonville. She was born on June 11, 1847, and from her early childhood lived on the Michener farm. She attended Brook- ville Academy and for three years before her marriage was engaged in teach- ing school. The Blake family came from Gloucester county, Virginia, Lewis Blake coming here in 1832 and locating in the northern part of this county, later moving to Columbia township. Oran H. Perkins and wife were active members of the Methodist church and the former was a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge. He died on February 24, 1907, at the age of sixty-one years, and his widow survived him a little more than two years, her death occurring on March 29, 1909, she also being sixty-one years of age at the time of her death. They were the parents of eleven children, two of whom grew to maturity and seven of whom are still living, those besides the subject of this sketch being William, Lewis, Frank, Glen, Mrs. Kate Elliott and Mrs. Elizabeth Murray.

Fred B. Perkins grew up on the home farm in Columbia township, receiving his schooling in the local schools, and on August 9, 1899, enlisted in

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the regular army for service in the Philippines and was attached to Company G, Thirty-fifth Regiment, United States Volunteer Infantry. This company was organized at Vancouver Barracks, Washington, August 16, 1899, and sailed from Portland, Oregon, on October 4 following, disembarking at Manila on the following November 9. Mr. Perkins served about eighteen months, serving under General Lawton until the latter was killed and then serving under Gen. Fred Grant. During that period of service Mr. Perkins partici- pated in the following engagements: Skirmish at San Miguel on December II, 1899; skirmish at Barrio Holang, June 24, 1900; Engagement at Culod- nag Canayan, December 20, 1900; engagement at Banagdan, January 10, 1901 ; engagement at Camananan, February 1, 1901, and a skirmish at Bindos Binagdan, February 23, 1901. He was mustered out of service at the Presidio, San Francisco, California, May 2, 1901. Mr. Perkins is a member of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias and of the Improved Order of Red Men.

On June 30, 1903, Fred B. Perkins married Florence Wines, who also was born in Columbia township, this county, daughter and only child of John J. and Julia (Custer) Wines, both also natives of Indiana and the former of whom is still living, making his home with Mr. and Mrs. Perkins.

John Jackson Wines is a native Hoosier, born in Decatur county, this state, December 24, 1847, a son of David and Sarah Jane (Pavey) Wines, the former of whom was also a native of Indiana, born in Switzerland county, and the latter, of Hawkins county, Tennessee. David Wines was a son of Capt. John Wines, who was commissioned by Governor Noble to lead a company during the War of 1812, serving in the army of General Jackson and participating in the battle of New Orleans. Captain Wines died at the age of sixty-four years and is buried in Shelby county, this state. Sarah Jane (Pavey) Wines was a daughter of the Rev. John Pavey, a minister of the Baptist church, who moved from Switzerland county, this state, to Decatur county and in the latter county spent his last days. When John J. Wines was about one year of age his parents moved from Decatur county to Shelby county, where his father bought a farm and where the family remained until 1864, when they moved to Tipton county, where David Wines and his wife spent their last days. In 1870 John J. Wines was married in Tipton county and he remained there until February 8, 1876, when he came to Fayette coun- ty, where he ever since has made his home. For about twenty years, in con- nection with his general farming, Mr. Wines gave special attention to the breeding of Shropshire sheep and had a fine lot of pedigreed stock. On Sep- tember 8, 1901, his home was destroyed by fire, the contents of the house,

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even to the family apparel, going up in the flames. Included in this loss was the pedigree book of Mr. Wine's flock and since then he has given up the raising of pedigreed stock, and has raised sheep simply for purposes of util- ity. Mr. Wines is the owner of a well-improved farm of one hundred and eighty acres in Columbia township and his son-in-law, Mr. Perkins, and wife own a farm of seventy-eight acres nearby, Mr. Wines making his home with them.

Mr. Wines has been twice married. In 1870, while living in Tipton county, he married Alice Kitchen, who was born in Hancock county, this state, a daughter of Rev. Andrew and Jeannette (White) Kitchen, natives of Indiana. The Rev. Andrew Kitchen, a minister of the Methodist church, was reared in Rush county. To that marriage one child was born, a daughter, Zella, born on August 11, 1872, who died on April 21, 1890. Mrs. Alice Wines died in November, 1878, and in February, 1880, Mr. Wines married Julia Custer, who was born in Columbia township, this county, a daughter of Hiram and Polly (Limpus) Custer, the former of whom came to this county with his parents from Bourbon county, Kentucky, in the days of his youth and here spent the remainder of his life. From the time she was three years of age until her death, on July 19, 1912, Mrs. Julia Custer Wines lived on the farm on which Mr. Wines is now living. Mrs. Perkins is the only child of this second marriage. Mr. Wines is a member of the Methodist church and, fraternally, is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias.

EDWIN M. STONE.

Edwin M. Stone, one of Fayette county's best known and most sub- stantial farmers, a former member of the Connersville city council, former county assessor, an honored veteran of the Civil War and the proprietor of a fine farm in Harrison township, is a native son of Fayette county and has lived here all his life. He was born on a pioneer farm a short distance east of the village of Harrisburg, at a point where the Christian church in that neighborhood now stands, March 18, 1845, son of the Hon. Charles M. and Lovisa (Carver) Stone, the former of whom was born in this county, a member of one of the pioneer families, and the latter in the state of New York, who were for many years accounted among the most influential resi- dents of the Harrisburg neighborhood.

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Charles M. Stone was born on a pioneer farm a short distance west of the village of Alpine, in this county, in 1821, his father, a native of Rhode Island and a soldier in the patriot army during the Revolutionary War, having settled there at an early day in the settlement of this county. When Charles M. Stone was twelve years of age his father was killed by a log rolling on him while working in the timber. His mother married again and he remained on the home farm until his marriage, when he took over the management of the farm of his wife's father, the old Carver farm just east of Harrisburg, and there he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. In 1861 Charles M. Stone built the substantial brick residence on that place, now owned and occupied by Charles Bell, and which house still stands as one of the best houses in that part of the county. Charles M. Stone was an active Republican, for years looked upon as one of the leaders of his party in this county, and for two terms represented this district in the Indiana state Legislature. He died at his home in Harrison township on May 9, 1889, and his widow survived him many years, her death occurring in 1907. She was born, Lovisa Carver, at Cayuga Lake, New York, a daughter of Elijah Carver and wife, who came here in pioneer days and settled on the farm above referred to just east of Harrisburg, the farm on which the sub- ject of this sketch was born. Elijah Carver was a descendant of Gov. Jonathan Carver, who came over in the "Mayflower," and was for years one of the influential residents of Harrison township, his death occurring there many years ago. Charles M. Stone and wife had three children who grew to maturity and who are still living, namely: Edwin M., the subject of this biographical sketch; Mrs. Eliza A. Florea, of Texas, and Mrs. Kath- erine Florea Broaddus.

Edwin M. Stone was reared on the farm on which he was born, receiv- ing his schooling in the neighboring school, and remained there until his marriage, in the spring of 1870, when he located in Connersville, where he engaged in the livery business and later engaged in the retail meat business, remaining there until the spring of 1881, when he moved to his present home, a farm three and one-half miles northwest of Connersville, where he has since lived and where he and his family are very pleasantly and very comfortably situated. In addition to his general farming, Mr. Stone has given much attention to the raising of pure-bred cattle and a picture of a bunch of his fine stock is presented on another page in this volume, as an example of the fine quality of cattle raised in Fayette county. Mr. Stone is a Republican and has ever given his earnest attention to local political

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affairs. During his residence in Connersville he served for some time as a member of the city council from his ward and after moving to his farm was elected county assessor, being the first man elected to that office in Fayette county after the enactment of the law creating the office in the early nineties. Mr. Stone is an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic and takes an earnest interest in the affairs of the local post. When about eighteen years of age, November 9, 1863, he enlisted as a private in Company A. One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. and was mustered out with that command on August 31, 1865, after having participated in much active service under the command of Gen. George H. Thomas in the Army of the Cumberland.

Mr. Stone has been twice married. On May 5, 1870, he was united in marriage to Indiana White, who was born on a farm near Bunker Hill, west of Connersville, in this county, a daughter of Hamilton White, who was reared in this county and who had moved onto that farm after a sometime residence in Connersville, where he had been engaged as a painter. To that union eight children were born, two of whom died in infancy and six of whom are still living, namely: Lillie, who married Wilfred Frazee, of Hen- dricks county, this state, and has one child, a daughter, Mary; Charles, who lives on a farm one mile north of his father's place, and who married Mary Powell and has two children, Josephine and Helen; Homer P., who married Ella Johnson and is now ranching in Texas; Minnie I., who married Amos Kerr, by which marriage she has a son, Ralph Kerr, and after whose death she married Webb Ensminger and is now living on a farm in the western part of Harrison township; Clinton Stone, of Connersville, who married Lillie Frazier and has one child, a son, Edwin M., and Evaline, who married Scott Caldwell and has two children, Joseph and Helen Louise. Mrs. Indiana Stone died on February 20, 1895, and on March 2, 1897, Mr. Stone married Mrs. Frances E. Shera ( Fattig) Ridge, who was born near Oxford, Ohio, a daughter of John and Mary (Duke) Fattig, the former of whom was born in Virginia and who came to Indiana with his parents, Jacob and Frances Fattig, when he was a child, the family settling in Henry county. When he was about eighteen years of age John Fattig located at Conners- ville, where he presently married Mary Duke, who was born near Oxford, Ohio, daughter of John and Eliza (Shera) Duke, natives of Ireland, who had come to this country and had located on a farm in the vicinity of Oxford, in Butler county, Ohio. John Fattig was a carpenter and he and his wife spent their last days in Connersville, where their daughter, Frances, grew to

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womanhood and where she married Horace Ridge, a native of Ripley county, this state, a well-known school teacher of this county, who had also taught school in Union county, and who died in 1892, leaving one child, a son, Albert Ridge, who died in childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Stone have . very pleasant farm house and take a warm interest in the general social activities of the community in which they live, ever helpful in promoting all a ncies having to do with the advancement of the common welfare thereabout.

WILLIAM H. THOMPSON.

William H. Thompson, a well-known and substantial farmer of Posey township, this county, for many years assessor of that township, former postmaster of Bentonville, where for years he was engaged in the mercantile business and before that time a blacksmith in that village, is a native son of Fayette county and has lived here all his life. He was born in the village of Harrisburg on June 7, 1848, son of Charles and Mary (Caldwell) Thomp- son, the former of whom was born in Marion county, this state, and the latter in this county.

Charles Thompson was born in 1828 in Marion county, Indiana, where his parents had settled upon coming to this state from Kentucky, and in his youth came to this county and at Harrisburg learned the blacksmith trade in the shop of Stephen Thomas, where he worked until about 1854, when he moved to Bentonville and there started a blacksmith shop of his own, which he continued to operate, off and on, for fifty years; in the meantime buying a small farm in that vicinity, farming when not actively engaged in blacksmithing, and spent the rest of his life at or near Bentonville, dying there on October 13, 1901. His wife, Mary Caldwell, was born in Harrison township, this county, November 12, 1825, and died on May 23, 1895, and was a daughter of Judge Train Caldwell (born February 17, 1778), and his wife, Elizabeth Dehaven (born August 31, 1781), the latter of whom was a Dehaven. Judge Train Caldwell was the first circuit judge in Fayette county and he had a son, James Caldwell, who for some time served as clerk of the court. Charles and Mary (Caldwell) Thompson were the parents of five children, two of whom died in infancy and the others of whom are still living, the subject of this sketch having a brother, George Thompson, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Rea, widow of Benjamin F. Rea.

William H. Thompson has spent most of his life in Posey township.

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About 1872, shortly after his marriage, he began working at the blacksmith trade with his father at Bentonville and later became a partner of his father in that business and still later a partner, in the same line, with Edward Barker, continuing thus engaged at blacksmithing for about fifteen years, at the end of which time, in the fall of 1887, he embarked in the mercantile business at Bentonville and was shortly afterward made postmaster of that village, continuing as merchant and postmaster there until the spring of 1897, when he moved to the farm on which he is now living, in the northern part of Posey township, and has lived there ever since, quite successfully engaged in farming and stock raising. Mr. Thompson is a lifelong Demo- crat and has ever taken a warm interest in local political affairs. In 1900 he was elected assessor of Posey township and by successive elections has held that office ever since, a period of nearly eighteen years. He is a mem- ber of the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Falmouth, Indiana, and has for years taken a warm interest in the affairs of that popular organization.

Mr. Thompson has been twice married. On September 14, 1870, he was united in marriage to Lucinda Hatfield, who was born near the city of Ft. Wayne, in Allen county, this state, a daughter of Owen Hatfield and wife, and who died on March 29, 1876, leaving two children, Charles and Oscar. Another son, Harry, born to that union died when about one year of age. Charles Thompson, who lives on his farm one mile north of Ben- tonville, married Clara Kemmer and has one child, a son, Russell. Oscar Thompson, who owns a farm about three miles north of Richmond, in the neighboring county of Wayne, where he makes his home, married Sadie Hicks. On September 5, 1877, Mr. Thompson married, secondly, Anna E. Lamberson, who was born on a farm in the northwest part of Posey town- ship, this county, a daughter of Samuel and Demaris (Overturf) Lamberson, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Ohio, who were pioneers in this county. The Lambersons and the Overturfs were originally from Maryland and came into this state from Kentucky. To this second union three children have been born, namely: Walter, now living at Falmouth, who married Emma Bowles and has two children, Lorraine and Wayne; Mamie L., who married John Mallory, a farmer living near the village of Dublin, and has two daughters, Effie and Georgia, and Samuel, living near Germantown, who married Catherine Mueller and has one child, a daughter, Margaret Helene. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have a pleasant home and are very comfortably situated. They have ever given proper attention to the good works of the community in which they live and are helpful in promot- ing all worthy local causes.

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EDWARD P. HAWKINS.

Edward P. Hawkins was born November 10, 1881, in Connersville, Indiana, and up to the present time (1917) he has spent his life in his native city. His parents were Edward V. and Margaret (Pratt) Hawkins. His mother was born in the state of New York, but the father, like the son, is a native Indianian, and a sketch of his life appears elsewhere in this history.

The junior Hawkins received his common and high school education in the Connersville public schools. After he was graduated from the high school in 1898, he, at once, went to work in his father's factory. For nine- teen years he has devoted his energies to the upbuilding and the extension of the business which his father had established in 1882, under the name of the Connersville Furniture Company. In 1901 he was made secretary of the company, and in 1910 he became assistant general manager. At the present time, he holds both positions and accomplishes the work of each with characteristic promptness and industry.

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History of Fayette County, Indiana : her people, industries and institutions, Part 108

Author: Barrows, Frederic Irving, 1873-1949 Publication date: 1917 Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen Number of Pages: 1326

Author: Barrows, Frederic Irving, 1873-1949
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen
Number of Pages: 1326