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George W. Gloshen, the son of Nicholas and Jennie (Jones) Gloshen, was born in Salt Creek township, Franklin county, Indiana, January 23, 1873. His father was born at Lakewood, New Jersey, in 1827, the son of Nicholas and Mary Gloshen. Nicholas Gloshen, Sr., was born in New Jersey and his
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wife in South Carolina, the latter being of Scotch-Irish descent. Nicholas Gloshen farmed in New Jersey for a few years after his marriage and about 1825 went west and located in Mercer county, Missouri. He remained there until 1856, when he returned east and finally located in Franklin county, Indiana, where he spent the remainder of his life.
The maternal grandparents of George W. Gloshen were Isaac and Mary Jones, natives of Virginia and North Carolina, respectively. They lived in Virginia until after their marriage and in 1835 came to Indiana and located in Franklin county, where Mr. Jones died at the age of eighty-two, his wife being sixty-five years old at the time of her death. Jennie Jones, the wife of Nicholas Gloshen, Jr., was born in this county March 31, 1835, and died February 7, 1909.
Nicholas Gloshen, the father of George W., born January 23, 1827, was eighteen years of age when he left his home in Mercer county, Missouri, and came to this county. He grew to maturity here and received such education as was afforded in the schools of his boyhood days. In 1849 he went to California with thousands of others to seek gold, driving through with oxen. He remained there in that state one year and then returned to Indiana. A short time afterwards he helped drive twenty thousand head of sheep from Indiana to California for Henderson Ouawis, the long overland trip con- suming six months. He then returned to Franklin county and engaged in general farming and stock raising until his death. He would buy land, clear off the timber and sell the farm. He continued doing this for many years, buying farms in order to get the timber from it. In addition to his farming he also worked at the cooper's trade. In politics he was a lifelong Democrat and a man of influence in his community.
Nicholas Gloshen and wife were the parents of eight children : Frederick, deceased : Sarah, of Rushville, Indiana, who married George White; Obadiah, who died at the age of fifteen ; Monroe, a farmer of Rush county, Indiana; Mollie, deceased, who was the wife of John Hannebaum; Nicholas G., a stock buyer of this county ; Catherine, the wife of John Fey. of Greensburg, Indi- ana, and George W., of Brookville.
The boyhood days of George W. Gloshen were spent on his father's farm in this county. He remained at home until his marriage, at which time his father gave him two hundred and sixty acres. He became interested in the dairy business and kept a large number of dairy cattle on the farm, shipping the cream to Brookville and other markets. He remained on this farm until March, 1914, when he was appointed superintendent of the Frank- lin county infirmary, a position which he will occupy for the next four years.
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Mr. Gloshen was married June 9, 1895, to Ida Wolf, who was born February II, 1870, in Metamora township, the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Hose) Wolf, the latter of whom is still living. Mr. Gloshen and his wife have three children: Nellie, born May 22, 1896; Georgia, born July 25, 1902, died September 12, 1904, and Leona, born February 25, 1906.
Mr. Gloshen always has been a Democrat as was his father before him. He has taken an active part in local politics and before assuming his present position served for one term as assessor of Salt Creek township. He is a member of the Improved Order of Redmen, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and of the Knights of Pythias lodges at Brookville. Mr. Gloshen is a man of energy and ability, a fact which was recognized by the county commission- ers in appointing him to his present position. The success which has fol- lowed his own individual efforts indicates that he will manage the county infirmary in a way that will bring credit upon himself and give satisfaction to the citizens of the county.
FRANK KUNTZ.
The Kuntz family located in Franklin county the same year in which Frank Kuntz was born. His parents were born in Germany and after a short stay in New Orleans, located in Franklin county in 1858, ever since which time the family has been prominently connected with the history of the county. Frank Kuntz has engaged in general farming and stock raising and is, rightly classed among the progressive tillers of the soil of Brookville town- ship, where he resides.
Frank Kuntz, the son of Matthias and Catherine ( Ring) Kuntz, was born in Brookville, Indiana, January 17, 1858. His parents reared a family of five children: Michael, Frank, Peter, George and Lizzie.
Matthias Kuntz came, with his family, from Germany to America in 1858 and landed first at New Orleans. Shortly, afterwards he came up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and located in Franklin county, Indiana. He farmed in this county until his death, in 1870, his wife dying a few years later. He was a member of the Catholic church, all the members of his family being devoted adherents of the same faith.
Frank Kuntz was educated in the public schools of his home neighbor- hood. He was reared on the farm and by the time he had reached his ma- jority was thoroughly acquainted with all the details of successful agricul-
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ture. After his marriage, in 1884, he settled down to the life of a farmer in Brookville township and there he has lived and worked for the past thirty years.
Frank Kuntz was married in 1884 to Rose Fellinger, who was born in Metamora township, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Kuhn) Fellin- ger. ยท Mrs. Kuntz's parents were natives of Germany and early settlers in Franklin county. Her father died about 1902 on the farm where his widow is now living. To Mr. and Mrs. Kuntz have been born six children: Flora, George, Minnie, William, Anna and Adam, all of whom are living. The mother of these children died May 16, 1896.
Mr. Kuntz and his family are members of the Catholic church of Brookville. In politics, Mr. Kuntz gives his hearty support to the Demo- cratic party but has confined his activity along political lines to the casting of his ballot for the candidates of his party, not having been attracted to the active side of local politics. The personal relations of Mr. Kuntz with his fellowmen always have been mutually pleasant and agreeable and he is highly esteemed by all who know him.
H. FRANK MCCLURE.
One of the leading farmers of Franklin county, Indiana, is H. Frank McClure, who lives in Brookville township. Mr. McClure is descended from a well-known line of Celtic stock and his family has been one of the influen- tial factors in Franklin county for many years.
H. Frank McClure was born in Brookville township, October 9, 1867. the son of James and Anna (McCaw) McClure, the former of whom was born in County Sligo, Ireland, April 2, 1818, and the latter born in Franklin county, Indiana, in 1827.
The paternal grandfather of Mr. McClure was James McClure, who was born in County Sligo, Ireland, May 8, 1779, and who married Catherine Likely, December 25. 1812, also a native of County Sligo, Ireland. Their children were as follows: Richard, born June 25, 1814; William B., born March 10, 1816; James, the father of H. Frank, born April 2, 1818: John, born November 4, 1822; Henry, born December 25, 1824. James McClure, Sr., came to the United States June 15, 1819, settling in Franklin county, in section 16, of Brookville township. He was the owner of one hundred and thirty-one acres of land, which he cultivated quite successfully. His death
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occurred October 24, 1869, and his widow survived him many years, her death occurring January 13, 1882.
James McClure, Jr., the father of H. Frank McClure, was married Feb- ruary 26, 1852, to Anna McCaw, who was born August 7, 1827, in Franklin county, the daughter of David McCaw, a pioneer of this county. James McClure, Jr., was educated in the public schools, and followed agricultural pursuits all his life. He was the owner of three hundred and eighty-seven acres of land in this county, and other land elsewhere. Politically, he was identified with the Republican party, and religiously, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died July 1, 1908, his wife having pre- ceded him in death on July 7, 1893.
H. Frank McClure was educated in the public schools, completing his education in the Brookville high school, and was reared on the farm near Brookville. He now owns six hundred acres of land, upon which he has made many valuable improvements. He is a general farmer and stock raiser, and has achieved a degree of success commensurate with the energy and enterprise he constantly has displayed in the cultivation of his broad acres, being now very comfortably situated with respect to this world's goods.
Mr. McClure was married in 1900 to Ora Masters, of this county, a daughter of Samuel Masters. No children have been born to this union.
Mr. McClure is actively identified with the Republican party, in the cam- paigns of which he always has taken a good citizen's part. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are actively concerned in the various local beneficences of that organization. They are popular so- cially in Brookville and are well known throughout Franklin county, being held in universal esteem by all to whom have been extended the pleasure of their acquaintance.
ALBERT N. LOGAN.
There is no person whose services are more valuable to a community than the public school teacher, for it is he who molds the youth and prepares them for the duties of life. One of the most successful teachers of Franklin county is Albert N. Logan, who was a teacher in the schools of this county for thirty years. His last term of service in this connection was in the Brookville high school, where he had charge of the department of agricul- ture, resigning his position in order to take the office of county assessor, to which he was elected in the fall of 1914.
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Albert N. Logan was born in Clinton county, Indiana, near Rossville, December 20, 1866. He was reared by his paternal grandparents, David D. and Elizabeth (Morgan) Logan. His grandfather Logan was born in Franklin county, Indiana, in 1807, and his grandmother Logan was born in Kentucky. David D. Logan was a son of John Logan, a native of South Carolina, and a pioneer settler of Franklin county, Indiana, coming here in 1806, and locating on the Whitewater river midway between Brookville and Fairfield. John Logan had a brother, William, who settled at Fairfield, Indi- ana. John was a small boy during the American Revolution. The maraud- ing Britishers attacked the family home and John was left in the house for dead. However, he survived and grew to maturity and came to Franklin county, as has been mentioned, in 1806, several years before the organization of this county.
David D. Logan, the grandfather of Albert N. Logan, removed from Franklin county to Clinton county, Indiana, in 1842. He continued to farm in the latter county until 1872, in which year he sold out and returned to Franklin county, locating in Fairfield. He was a lifelong Democrat and always took an intelligent interest in political affairs. He could neither read nor write, but was a well-informed man despite this handicap.
Until his marriage, Albert N. Logan made his home with his grandpar- ents, David Logan and wife. He attended the district schools of Fairfield township, in Franklin county, and when sixteen years of age, entered the high school at Brookville. In 1885, while in his junior year, there was a dearth of teachers in the county and the county superintendent, learning that young Logan was a strong student, suggested that he leave the high school and start teaching. The temptation was too great to resist and the youth, then nineteen years of age, began to teach, and from that time until the fall of 1914 he spent the winters in the school room, most all of his teaching being done in Brookville township. In 1906 he became connected with the Brookville public schools and when the department of agriculture was created by an act of the Legislature in 1913, Mr. Logan was given the position as instructor of agriculture in the high school at Brookville, and continued his connection with the city schools until he took the office of county assessor, to which he was elected in the fall of 1914, assuming the duties of his office, January 1, 1915.
Mr. Logan was married November 27, 1895, to Rose S. Masters, the daughter of Jacob H. Masters, the history of whose career is given elsewhere in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Logan are the parents of two daughters, Mary,
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born in 1896, a graduate of the Brookville high school and now a teacher in the schools of this county, and Helen, who was born in 1901.
Mr. Logan is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows. The family are all active workers in the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Logan has been a member of the board of stewards of that church for many years. Mr. Logan is a man of strong personality, and during the many years he was in the school room his in- fluence always was cast on the right side of every good movement. The hundreds of pupils who have come under the influence of his instructions have been benefited thereby, and as one of the oldest teachers of the county he is well deserving of special commendation, together with proper mention in this volume.
ROBERT L. HANNA, D. V. S.
For more than a century the Hanna family has been active in every phase of the life of Franklin county. In fact, the first members of this county located in what is now Franklin county twelve years before Indiana was admitted to the union. Various members of the family have been prominent in the life of the county, the state and the nation, and have filled practically every office in the commonwealth up to and including that of United States senator.
Robert L. Hanna, a son of John P. and Jennie (Burke) Hanna, was born in Sullivan county, Indiana, March 11, 1867. John P. Hanna was a son of David G. and Mary (Mckinney) Hanna, both of them were born in South Carolina.
Doctor Hanna is one of ten children born of his parents, the others being : Montana, Henry C., William G., Arthur B., James B., Bessie, Joseph A., Ethel and one who died in infancy. John P. Hanna grew up on the old Hanna farm in Fairfield township, and at his father's death inherited part of the family homestead and made it his home until his death in 1902.
The maternal grandparents of Doctor Hanna were Hunter and Margaret (Kennedy) Burke, the former of whom was a native of Ireland and the latter of Pennsylvania. They were married in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and lived there a few years. The Burke family located in Franklin county, Indiana, early in its history, and Hunter Burke owned one hundred eighty acres of valuable land in Fairfield township. On this farm Hunter Burke and his wife lived the remainder of their days. Both were loyal members of the Presbyterian church.
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Doctor Hanna was educated in the district schools of Fairfield township and after leaving school assisted with the work on the home farm until four years before his marriage. In 1902 he moved to Brookville and engaged in the livery business for a time. He then attended the Indiana Veterinary College at Indianapolis, and was graduated with the class of 1906. Im- mediately after his graduation he began to practice his profession in Brook- ville, and has built up a large and lucrative practice throughout the county.
Doctor Hanna was married September 6, 1899 to Eva R. Jones, who was born in Metamora township, a daughter of Joel and Olive (Cupp) Jones, who are now residing on a farm in Brookville township. Doctor Hanna and his wife are the parents of three children: Raymond, born February 16, 1901; Hilda V., born January 15, 1906, and Ruth Sell. who was born in 1909 and died three days later.
The Democratic party receives the voting support of Doctor Hanna, although he has never been a candidate for a public office. His fraternal affiliations are with the Masons, Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men. The family residence is on East Eleventh street, and is located on the site of the old county fair grounds. Since acquiring this home Doctor Hanna has remodeled the house and now has a comfortable and attractive home situated in the midst of very pleasant surroundings.
HARRY E. CRIST.
Among the enterprising business men of Brookville, Indiana, is Harry E. Crist, who has been operating a livery and feed stable in the county seat of Franklin county since 1912. Previous to that time he had spent several years in the employ of the Brookville Carriage Company, and had risen to the position of foreman of the company. He and his brother-in-law are now in business under the name of Crist & Seal, and in addition to conducting a general livery and feed stable, also sell hay and feed of all kinds. The Crist family is one of the pioneer families of Franklin county, the father of Mr. Crist being born in this county seventy years ago.
Harry E. Crist, the son of James M. and Martha (Hockenberry) Crist, was born in Union county, Indiana, June 5, 1879. His father was born in Brookville township, Franklin county, in 1845, and died in May, 1901. His mother, who is still living, also was a native of this county, her birth having
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occurred in 1848. These parents reared a family of five children, Albert and Harry E., of Brookville; Leslie, a farmer living near Oxford, Ohio; Anna, the wife of Ellsworth Miller, of Brookville; Ethel, the wife of Burhl Stout, a farmer of Brookville township.
The paternal grandparents of Harry E. Crist were Henry Crist and wife, both of whom were born in eastern Pennsylvania, and were among the early settlers in Franklin county, Indiana. Henry Crist entered a tract of seven hundred acres in Brookville township, part of which is still owned by the members of the family. Henry Crist and wife both were loyal members of the Methodist Episcopal church. The maternal grandparents of Harry E. Crist also were natives of Pennsylvania and early settlers in Brookville township. Lot A. Hockenberry, his grandfather, having been one of the most influential men of his period in this section of the state.
James M. Crist was reared on his father's farm in Brookville township, and remained at home until after his marriage. He then removed to Union county, immediately north of Franklin county, where he bought a farm on which he lived for a few years. He then disposed of his farm in Union county and moved to Fairfield, Indiana, where he lived a short time, after which he returned to the old home farm in Franklin county, which he had inherited, after the death of his parents, whose only child he was. He spent the remainder of his life on the old homestead, and became an influential man in his community. He was a Democrat in politics, but never cared to partici- pate in the more active phases of political life.
Although Harry E. Crist was born in Union county, Indiana, he re- moved when a small child with his parents to the old Crist homestead in Franklin county. He received a good common-school education in the dis- trict schools, and when twenty-one years of age came to Brookville and started to work for the Brookville Carriage Company. He worked for this company for fourteen years, the last seven of which he was the foreman of the factory. In 1912 he bought the Jesse Redmond livery barn in Brook- ville, and in the following year took in his brother-in-law, William Seal, as a partner in the business, the firm being known as Crist & Seal. They conduct a hay and feed barn in connection with their transfer business and have built up a large and lucrative trade in Brookville and the surrounding com- munity.
Mr. Crist was married October 2, 1901, to Ethel Seal, who was born in Brookville township, a daughter of Ira S. and Mary Seal. Her father is a teamster in Brookville.
Mr. Crist is a Democrat in politics, as was his father before him. He
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is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Crist has only been in business for himself a short time, but he has already demonstrated that he has the necessary qualifications eventually to insure success. He has a genial and unassuming manner, kindly in disposition and has a large circle of friends and acquaintances who wish him well in his new venture.
HARRY B. SMITH.
The largest dry goods merchant in Brookville, Indiana, is Harry B. Smith, who came to this city in 1896 with his father and has been engaged in the dry goods business here since that year. During these twenty years he has built up a large trade and now has one of the finest dry goods stores in the state located in a city of this size. Mr. Smith was born in New York city and was reared there and at Cincinnati, Ohio. His father before him was a merchant and Mr. Smith has inherited those qualities which go to make the successful man of affairs.
Harry B. Smith, the son of Henry P. and Lottie E. (Hamilton) Smith, was born in New York city, August 7, 1872. His father died in 1903 at the age of fifty-eight and his mother is still living in Norwood, Ohio, at the age of sixty-two.
Henry P. Smith was born and reared in New York city and early in life entered the mercantile business with the A. T. Stewart Company of New York. He soon became the lace buyer for the firm and was considered an expert in this line. About 1876 he came to Cincinnati, Ohio, and for the next twenty years was identified with the John Shilitto Company, a large dry goods firm of that city. In 1893 he and his son, Harry B., formed the firm of H. P. Smith & Son and went into the dry goods business at Norwood, a suburb of Cincinnati. A few years later the firm came to Brookville, Indi- ana, and bought the dry goods store of S. & E. Werst, which at that time was located on the corner of Sixth and Main streets. In 1899 the firm moved to its present location on Main street, Henry P. Smith continuing in active business until his death in 1903.
Harry B. Smith was the only child of his parents and was educated in the public schools of Cincinnati. When he was a youth of fourteen he began to work in his father's store and continued there until he was twenty years of age. He then became a traveling salesman for a dry goods firm and for three years remained on the road. In 1893. as has been mentioned, he and
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his father formed a partnership in the dry goods business under the firm name of H. P. Smith & Son. Upon the death of his father the name was changed to Harry B. Smith Company, the store at the same time being remodeled and enlarged, in order to accommodate the constantly increasing business of the company. Mr. Smith is intimately acquainted with every detail of the busi- ness to which he has devoted his whole active career, and has met with un- usual success since locating in Brookville.
Mr. Smith was married January 31, 1899, to Cora M. Davis, who was born at Harrison, Ohio, but was reared at Brookville: She is a daughter of Joseph and Caroline (Frultz) Davis, both of whom are deceased. Her father was one of the pioneer merchants of Brookville.
Mr. Smith is a stanch Republican, but owing to his extensive business interests has never taken an active part in political affairs. He and his wife are loyal members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Brookville and con- tribute generously of their means to its support. Fraternally, he is a mem- ber of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a director of the Brookville Commercial Club and every nieasure which he feels will benefit his home city receives his hearty and enthusiastic support. In 1911 he remodeled his residence north of the Carnegie library, and now has one of the finest homes in the city.
WILLIAM A. FRIES.
Since the year 1837 the Fries family have been residents of Franklin county, Indiana. They were among the many German families who lo- cated in this county during the thirties and have contributed their share to the development of the county along various lines. Mr. Fries has lived in Brookville all his life and has been engaged in business for himself since he was twenty-four years of age. He is now the owner and manager of the National Theater on Main street, while at the same time he conducts a fire insurance business.
William A. Fries, the son of Michael and Mary (Geis) Fries, was born January 9, 1874, in Brookville, Indiana. His father was born in Germany in 1827 and died December 8, 1904. His mother was born in Pennsylvania or New Jersey in 1836 and died in Brookville in 1882. The paternal grand- parents of Mr. Fries were Michael Fries and wife, natives of Germany and early settlers in the United States. They came to this country in 1837 and
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