History of Franklin County, Indiana : her people, industries and institutions, Part 113

Author: Reifel, August J
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen
Number of Pages: 1648

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days after his arrival were spent in clearing the land of heavy timber. He had entered one hundred and sixty acres near Peppertown, which he soon had ready for cultivation, and eventually developed into a splendid farm. On November 8, 1858, he married Catherine Wulber, a daughter of Henry and Mary Wulber, natives of Holland and Germany, respectively. She was born in Highland township, this county. To the union of Henry Hannebaum and wife were born the following children: John ; Mary, who married Lee Sherwood; Frederick, who married Minnie Reiffel; Elizabeth, who married Lewis Brinkman; Henry, who married Matilda Pepper; Anna, and Charles, who married Clara Reiffel. Henry Hannebaum and family were members of the German Lutheran church. He was an ardent and active Democrat in politics and popular with his fellow men. He died August 11, 1875.

John H. Hannebaum was educated in the public schools of Salt Creek township, in Franklin county, Indiana. He lived in Salt Creek township until about 1903. In 1901 he purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Metamora township, to which he moved in 1903. He has improved this place extensively, having erected all the buildings except the house. He erected a splendid barn in 1906. He devotes his land to general farming and cultivates tobacco successfully. One of the distinctive features of his farm is the stock raising feature, of which more is told below.

John Hannebaum has been twice married. His first wife was Mary J. Gloshen, to whom he was married in 1883. She was a daughter of Nicholas Gloshen and Jensie (Jones) Gloshen. To this marriage were born the fol- lowing children: Clarence, who married Verisa Jones, to whom was born two children, of whom one died in infancy, and the other, a boy, is named. Lary M .; Addison, who married Nettie Bunyard, and has one child named Ruth; Oscar, who lives at home; Hermann, who married Miss Edna Jones, and has one son named Norman. Mr. Hannebaum's first wife was taken away by death in 1896. In 1899 he was again married, this time to Flora N. Jones. a daughter of William Jones and Dorcas (Gates) Jones. She was born and reared in Metamora township. To this marriage were born the following children: Marshall A., who died in infancy; Flora May ; William, who died aged nine; Elmer, Lester and Harold.

Oscar Hannebaum, son of John Hannebaum, who lives at home, became engaged in the breeding and raising of large type Poland China hogs in 1912. He started with three registered hogs, securing two of these in Illi- nois and one in Ohio. In 1913 he made a trip to Iowa and there purchased some of the best of this stock to be found in the west. His ambition is to excel in the production of choice breed Poland Chinas. There is a big

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demand for his stock throughout the state, for which he receives fancy prices. Among his herd is Orange B., the heaviest hog of his age in the world, weighing nine hundred and thirty-five pounds at the age of twenty-two months and nineteen days.

John Hannebaum and family are strict members of the German Luth- eran church. In politics, he is a stanch Democrat and has served on the township advisory board for two terms. Mr. Hannebaum and family are of the sturdy German type, full of ambition, energy and native thrift. His family is a charming circle and much beloved by their many friends.

ALBERT C. MORIN.

The Morin family have been residents of Kentucky for several genera- tions, immigrating from Virginia to that state shortly after the Revolu- tionary War. Bert C. Morin, who has been a resident of Brookville since 1902, was born and reared in Campbell county, Kentucky. Since coming to this city Mr. Morin has been engaged in the automobile and garage business.

Bert C. Morin, the son of Edward H. and Clara (Cline) Morin, was born at Newport, Kentucky, September 2, 1875. His father was born at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, December 16, 1836, and died in Jacksonville, Florida, December 12, 1908. His mother was born in Franklin county, Indiana, in 1843, and died in 1890. Edward H. Morin and wife were the parents of four children: John C., who has been the assessor of Franklin county for many years; George E., a dealer in dry goods and notions in Jacksonville, Florida; Anna M., the wife of F. J. Johnson, of Jacksonville, Florida ; and Bert C., of Brookville.

Edward H. Morin, the father of Bert C., was reared in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and graduated from Wesleyan College, Cincinnati, Ohio. He then taught school until the opening of the Civil War, when he became first lieutenant of Troop C, Third Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry. He was elected captain first, but surrendered this rank to an older man whom he thought more competent to fill the place. After the close of the Civil War, Mr. Morin taught school until 1878, when he moved to Franklin county, Indiana, and located on one of his father-in-law's farms. He continued to teach school for a few years after coming to this county. He then engaged in farming until 1904, when he moved to Florida, where he lived but four years, his death occurring in 1908. His wife was an invalid for many years

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before her death. Edward H. Morin was an active worker in the Demo- cratic party and served two terms in the Kentucky Legislature from 1873 to 1875. While living in Newport, Kentucky, previous to coming to Franklin county, Indiana, he was secretary of the Clay Fire and Marine Insurance Company, resigning that position when he moved to Franklin county, in 1878.

The paternal grandparents of Bert C. Morin were George and Elizabeth (Caldwell) Morin, the former of whom was born in Campbell county, Ken- tucky, and owned six hundred and forty acres where Fort Thomas is now situated. He was a surveyer of Campbell county, Kentucky, for many years and surveyed the city of Newport. During the Civil War the Union soldiers ruined his fine place and took his house for a hospital and the heirs tried to get damages from the government but failed in their efforts. The Morins were one of the first families to settle in Kentucky, and George Morin, the grandfather of Bert C., became a very wealthy man, being regarded as one of the most influential men in that section.

The maternal grandparents of Bert C. Morin were John and Nancy (Gregg) Cline, both of whom were born in or near Cincinnati, Ohio. John Cline owned the first steel-rolling mill and boiler shop in Cincinnati. Later the Cline family settled in Franklin county, Indiana, where John Cline owned a large amount of land. Later he moved to Newport, Kentucky, where he died. John Cline was a man of great industry and enterprise and made a large amount of money during the Civil War. Just prior to war he bought a large amount of timber near Cincinnati. The government confis- cated this, but later gave him a large sum of money for it. He owned a planing mill in Cincinnati in addition to his rolling mill. He also owned forty or fifty houses in Newport, Kentucky, and twelve thousand acres of land in Florida, which he bought from the government. He was a man weighing about two hundred and fifty pounds, tall of stature and of great physical strength. He was born in 1819 and died in 1903.

Bert C. Morin moved with his parents to Franklin county from Ken- tucky when he was a small boy and later lived with his grandfather and grandmother Cline until he was eleven years of age. After his marriage he lived at Whitcomb, Indiana, where he was engaged in the grocery business for a few years. In 1902 he moved to Brookville and bought the old Al Crist place. He is now the agent for the Hupmobile and Studebaker auto- mobiles and in connection has opened a repair shop. His shop is equipped with all of the machinery and tools necessary for quick automobile repairing,

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and he has built up a large business in Brookville and the surrounding . country.

Mr. Morin was married October 30, 1900, to Ada H. Myers, who was born at Whitcomb, Indiana, a daughter of William M. and Elizabeth ( Stout) Myers. Her father, who is now deceased, was a pioneer farmer of Franklin county and one of the leaders in the development of that part of the county in which he lived.

It is interesting to note that four of Mr. Morin's uncles on his father's side were commissioner officers in the Union army during the Civil War. Mr. Morin also has several aunts on his father's side, most of whom died young. Two of them, however, are still living: Mary, the wife of Frank Bates, of Los Angeles, California, and Sallie, the wife of Edward Stillwell, of Kansas.

Mr. Morin is a Democrat in politics, but has not taken an active part in political life. He is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The family in all generations here ent- merated have been loyal members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

JOHN RIPBERGER.

Many of the most successful farmers of Highland township, Franklin county, Indiana, are descendants of substantial German parents who came to America during the last century. The descendants of these liberty-loving German immigrants have added very much to the stability of our institutions and the morale of our citizenship. Wherever they have gone they have established in the community their habits of industry, thrift and frugality. One of the successful farmers of Highland township, Franklin county, de- scended from German stock, is John Ripberger.

John Ripberger was born in St. Peters, October 23, 1850, the son of John Adam and Rosa (Winter) Ripberger, both natives of Germany, he of Bavaria and she of Baden.

John Ripberger was educated at St. Peters and began farming on the old home place. He lived there until two or three years after his mother's death, when he bought eighty acres in Highland township, where he now lives. This land was purchased in 1876 and has been well improved by the erection of excellent buildings and fences. Between the years 1868 and 1874 Mr. Ripberger was a mail carrier, conveying the mail over the route from St. Peters to Brookville.

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John Ripberger was married June 14, 1874, to Barbara Busald, who was born in Lawrenceville, the daughter of Frank A. Busald, a merchant at Lawrenceville. She died about 1887 and Mr. Ripberger married, secondly, February 10, 1891, Charlotte Weldishofer, who was born in Dearborn county, near Dover, the daughter of Florin and Mary (Frey) Weldishofer, the former born in Bavaria and the latter in Switzerland. Mrs. Ripberger's grandparents were Florin and Mary Ann (Miller) Weldishofer, of Bavaria, Germany, who came to America and in 1854 located near Dover, where they bought eighty acres of land and there Florin Weldishofer died. After his death his widow spent the rest of her days with her daughter, Mrs. Genoveva Berbrich. The father of Mary Ann Miller was Anthony Von Miller, a turner of Bavaria, who died in that country. Mrs. Ripberger's maternal grandparents were Benedict and Mary (Hoffmeyer) Frey, of Switzerland, who came to America in 1861 and located near Lawrenceville. Several years later they went to Cedar Grove to live with their son, Joseph, where they died. . Benedict Frey was a cooper in Germany, but in America he lived a retired life. Mrs. Ripberger's father came to America with his parents. He was a skilled turner in metal, bone and wood and had worked in the large cities of Germany before coming to America. In America he remained with his parents and assisted them on the farm until he finally bought land in Butler township, Franklin county, which he improved and where he spent the remainder of his life. His widow still lives and makes her home with her son, Joseph, near St. Leon.

Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Ripberger, Dorothy Rosa, Cecelia Magdeline, Ethel Rosa, Adam John, Joseph William, Kath- erine Meria, Francis Martin, Amos Joseph and two who died in infancy.

Mr. Ripberger's paternal grandparents, Ignatz and Regina Ripberger, natives of Bavaria, came to America October 16, 1835, and took up land near St. Peters, which is now owned by Henry Rouch, Sr. It was all woods when he entered it and he cleared it and put up log buildings. He was a blacksmith by trade and also a horse doctor. He and his wife lived here the rest of their lives, his death occurring about three years after coming to this country. He was the first person buried in St. Peter's cemetery. His wife now lies there by his side. Ignatz Ripberger helped to organize the St. Peters church and helped to erect the log building at St. Peters.

The maternal grandparents of John Ripberger, Frank Winter and wife, came to America from Baden, Germany, and located at Yorkville, Indiana, where he conducted a farm until his death.

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Mr. Ripberger's father came to America with his parents and was the eldest child, remaining on the homestead all of his life. His wife also died there and both are buried at St. Peters. At the time of his death he owned a farm of ninety acres.

John Ripberger and his family are members of St. Peters Catholic church. Politically, Mr. Ripberger is a life-long Democrat. There are no more highly respected citizens in Highland township than Mr. Ripberger and family. They hold the esteem of everybody and are profoundly re- spected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

DIEDRICH H. SCHRADER.

In examining the records of self-made men it appears that indefatigable industry constitutes the principal basis of success. There are other elements, it is true, which enter into and advance personal interests-perseverance, determination and the mastering of expedients, but the foundation of all achievement is earnest, persistent labor. No man recognizes this truth more than Diedrich H. Schrader, a general merchant of Huntersville, Franklin county, Indiana, who also deals in feed and flour. Mr. Schrader has built up a prosperous business, and one of which he can be truly proud. He is progressive, warm-hearted, genial and influential in everything that pertains to the welfare of the community where he lives.

Diedrich H. Schrader was born November 25, 1864, in Ripley county, Indiana, the son of Albert C. and Margaretta (Lang) Schrader, the former born in 1832 and the latter in 1830. Albert C. Schrader died in 1887, while his widow survived him until 1908. She was a daughter of Herman Lang.

Albert C. Schrader came to America when a young man, settling in Delaware township, Ripley county, Indiana, where he lived with his parents. He had received his education in the schools of his native land, and after coming to Ripley county he worked as a stave maker. He bought one hun- dred and sixty acres of land in Lockery township, Ripley county, which he cleared and developed, and on which he spent the remainder of his life, devoting his attention to general farming and stock raising. He and his wife were the parents of six children: John, who married Anna Lampe; Died- rich, the immediate subject of this review: Albert, who married Emma Behlmer, and lives on the old home farm in Ripley county: Margaret, who died at the age of eighteen; Adeline and Anna, both of whom died while

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young. Albert Schrader's family were members of the Lutheran church, and politically, Mr. Schrader was a Democrat.

Diedrich H. Schrader received his education in the public schools of Lockery township, Ripley county, Indiana, and as a young man worked as a cabinet maker in a factory. He followed this occupation four years, after which he worked on a farm in Montgomery county, Indiana, for two years. After his father's death he remained at home, and farmed for five years. About 1892 he bought sixty-six acres of land in Delaware township, Ripley county, remaining on this farm until 1900, when he disposed of this land and rented the property in Huntersville, Franklin county, where he now lives. He bought the place in 1905, and here he conducts a general mer- chandise business, making a specialty of feed and flour.

Mr. Schrader was married April 20, 1893, to Sophia A. Kastens, the daughter of Frederick and Catherine (Peters) Kastens, who was born September 22, 1874. Mrs. Schrader died December 19, 1914. She was the mother of three children, all of whom are still at home: Wilbur, born Feb- ruary 22, 1894; Matilda. born November 30, 1895, and Cora, born March I, IgII.

Mr. Schrader is a man of splendid physique and of great physical and mental energy. He is public spirited in the larger sense, and is undoubtedly one of the most representative citizens of Ray township. He and his family are members of the German Evangelical Lutheran church, while politically, Mr. Schrader is independent, reserving to himself the right to vote for the best men in local campaigns, regardless of their political affiliations. He and his family are held in high regard in the neighborhood in which they reside and do well their part in all the good works of the community.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WINANS.

The whole career of Benjamin Franklin Winans has been spent in Brookville, Indiana, and since he was fifteen years of age he has been a printer. For seventeen years he worked in the office of the Brookville American, but since 1891 has been running a job-printing shop of his own.

Benjamin Franklin Winans, the son of King Darius and Eliza Mar- garet (Delaney) Winans, was born in Brookville, Indiana, February 20, 1859. His father was born in Pendleton county, Kentucky, November 23, 1809, and died in Brookville, Indiana, February 27, 1891. His mother was

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born in Grant county, Kentucky, May 24, 1816, and died in Brookville December 20, 1882. His father was reared in Pendleton county, Kentucky, and when he learned the carpenter's trade at first received only twenty-five cents a day for his services. In 1850 King D. Winans, with his family, moved to Brookville, Indiana, where he followed his trade as a carpenter until his death. He and his wife were both loyal members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

King D. Winans was the son of James S. Winans, who was born Feb- ruary 14, 1770, and died January 1, 1841. The wife of James S. Winans was Elizabeth Clutter, whose birth occurred December 23, 1781, and who died October 3, 1871. The paternal grandparents, James S. and Elizabeth Winans, were born, reared and married in Virginia and later located in Pendleton county, Kentucky. James S. Winans was a great hunter and trapper and one of the early pioneers of Kentucky, where he spent the re- mainder of his life. The maternal grandparents of Benjamin F. Winans were William Delaney and wife, natives also of Virginia, and early settlers in Grant county, Kentucky. Later the Delaney family moved to Pendleton county, that state, where they lived the remainder of their lives. They were also members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Of the twelve children born to King D. Winans and wife the following four are living : Adolphus, a soldier of the Civil War, a carpenter by trade and now a resident of Pittsburg, Kansas: Anna, the widow of William R. Knox, and a resident of Delphos, Ohio; William C., who operates a confec- tionery store and restaurant in Oxford, Ohio, and Benjamin F., the young- est of the twelve.

The education of Benjamin F. Winans was received in the old Brook- ville Seminary, which was supplemented by one year in the college at Brookville. When but fifteen years of age he left school and began to work in the office of the Brookville American. He rose successively from a "printer's devil" to a compositor and finally became the foreman of the shop. He remained with the American for seventeen years and in December, 1891, started a job-printing shop of his own in the city. For nearly a quarter of a century he has now been conducting this in connection with a stationery store. He has built up a very good business and has become one of the sub- stantial business men of Brookville.

Mr. Winans was married May 28, 1902, to Mrs. Lillie C. (Kaiser) Lindsay, who was born at Mount Carmel, Illinois, a daughter of Albert H. Kaiser, for many years the leading dry goods merchant of Brookville. Mrs.

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Winans had one son by her first marriage, Albert Lindsay, who is now a student in the chemical engineering department of Purdue University.

Mr. Winans has long been interested in the welfare of the Republican party. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His fraternal relations are with the Free and Accepted Masons and the Improved Order of Red Men. He has belonged to the Masonic fraternity for more than thirty years, and is regarded as one of the best posted members of Har- mony Lodge in the ritualistic work of the order. He was also an active worker in the Scotus Gaul Picti, a local organization which was formed to boost Brookville and in other ways has endeavored to do his part in the general upbuilding of the city in which he has lived all his life and in whose welfare he takes such an active interest.

JOHN GOLDEN.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE S. GOLDEN.

John Golden was married in 1831 to Nancy Reading and in the fall of 1832, they, with their child, Isaac, emigrated from the state of New Jersey, near Hopewell church, in a two-horse, covered wagon. They came to Ohio, Hamilton county, Colerain township and in 1834 came to Indiana, Franklin county, Whitewater township, four miles southeast of Mt. Carmel and settled on a farm of eighty acres of which only thirty acres were cleared. He cleared thirty acres more and reared a family of seven children, six boys and one daughter, one dying in infancy. He bought more woodland joining the eighty, paying eighteen dollars an acre, making one hundred and twenty acres. In 1849 he bought ninety-four acres joining the first farm on the east. In 1854 he made and burnt brick, and built a large brick house and moved there in 1856 and lived there until death came. The mother died in 1876 and the father in 1880. They were laid to rest at Wesley Chapel, Methodist Episcopal church cemetery, near by. The father left a will say- ing his property should be sold within a year, all debts paid and then divide equally with seven heirs, appointing his son, George S. executor.

Father and mother made a trip to New Jersey in 1840 in a two-horse rig to visit friends. A leaf from father's diary shows a laboring man's wages in 1840 and 1841 : Ordinary work, 50 cents a day ; harvesting work, 75 cents a day ; ditching work, 75 cents a day ; cutting wood, 30 cents a cord ; selling dressed beef, 3 cents a pound; dressed veal, 5 cents a pound ; pickled

RESIDENCE OF GEORGE S. GOLDEN.

GEORGE S. GOLDEN AND FAMILY.

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pork, 5 cents to 7 cents a pound ; chickens, 10 cents apiece ; potatoes, 18 cents a bushel ; butter, 121/2 cents a pound ; vinegar, 12 cents a gallon ; eggs, 3 cents a dozen : house rent to laboring men, one dollar a month, twelve dollars a year. In 1861 paid a man by the month, fourteen dollars; house rent, two dollars a month.

Father had to muster or drill in the forties. They used a flintlock horse pistol. I have one of them yet. In those days they used an ox team a good deal to help with farming and clearing. Father gave his boys when twenty- one years old, one hundred dollars and said they could try for themselves. Isaac Golden remained at home. He was married in 1856 to Elizabeth Hamlin and in the fall of 1862 moved to Johnson county, Indiana. They had a family of eleven children, three of whom died in infancy. In 1864 they moved to Marion county, near Acton, where he lived until death, which came in 1909. Asher R. Golden, when twenty-one years old, went to Iowa, where he married and reared a family of five boys. Twelve years ago he moved to Colorado where he is now living. James Golden was married to Sarah Garner and moved to Monroe county. Indiana, in 1874, living there until his death in the summer of 1880. They had three children. Charles M. Golden, when twenty-one years old, went to Iowa and was married there. He was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion from 1861 to 1865, serving in an Iowa regiment. They had five children. He died in 1911. John K. Golden, when twenty-one years old, went to Iowa and was married there. He had one daughter. Later he moved to Peublo, Colorado, and lived there until death came in 1909. Mary J. Golden was married to Henry Hancock and lived in this county. They had five children, one dying in infancy. The mother and four children moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1892. On February 4, 1881, the homestead was offered at public sale, a statement of which transaction follows :

Farm No. I, IIO acres, brought $68.50 per acre. $7,561.03 Farm No. 2, 104 acres, brought $80.00 per acre 8,340.80 One house and eleven acres 897.00 Marion county farm 8,987.21

Cash and personal property 6,580.92

Total amount chargeable 1

$34,520.13

Debts and expenses paid 2,154.77

Total for distribution

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History of Franklin County, Indiana : her people, industries and institutions, Part 113

Author: Reifel, August J Publication date: 1915 Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen Number of Pages: 1648

Author: Reifel, August J
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen
Number of Pages: 1648