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Joseph C. Danks received his elementary education in various schools, later on attending Asbury College at Greencastle, now Del'anw University. After leaving college, and up to 1879. he was engaged in the mercantile business in Patoka with his brother-in-law, S. A. Stewart. He later gave his attention to agricultural pursuits and saw-mill business. In 1908 he came to Princeton to reside, where he has since given his attention to the real estate and insurance business under the firm name of Tichenor & Danks, although Mr. Tichenor is not active in the business.
On April 13. 1881, Mr. Danks was united in marriage to Florence Stewart, who died on July 24. 1889. To them were born three children.
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John, Estelle and Sue. In October, 1891, Mr. Danks was again married, his bride being Nellie Alvis, of Patoka, by whom he has had five children, Fannie, Ann, Delano, T. Charles and Clara. He still owns a commodious residence at Patoka.
Mr. Danks is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Modern Woodmen of America. Politically, he gives his sup- port to the Republican party. He leads a busy life, his business demanding much attention to detail. Quiet and unassuming in his relations with his fellow men, his sterling qualities have won for him an enviable reputation among those with whom he comes in contact.
DR. V. W. S. TRIPPETT.
It is an axiom demonstrated by all human experience that industry is the key to prosperity. Success comes not to him who idly waits for fortune's favors, but to the faithful toiler who, with cheerful celerity and sleepless vigilance, takes advantage of every circumstance calculated to promote his interests. Such a man is the gentleman whose name forms the caption of this biographical review, a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Princeton, Gibson county, Indiana, who has, within a comparatively brief period of time, advanced from an humble station in life to a proud position among the lead- ing professional men in a community long noted for the high order of its professional talent. Faithfulness to duty and a strict adherence to a fixed purpose, which always do more to advance a man's interests than wealth or advantageous position, have been dominating factors in his life, which has been replete with honor and success worthily attained. He is known as a man of strictly honest business principles, industrious, pleasant and agreeable.
Dr. V. W. S. Trippett was born in Gibson county, Indiana, April 30, 1867, the son of Alex and Betsy A. ( Phillips) Trippett. The father of the subject was born in Gibson county, as was also his wife. He was a farmer and died in 1867, the year Doctor Trippett was born, the wife surviving him until 1905. To the subject's parents were born ten children, of whom four are living.
The elementary education of Doctor Trippett was acquired in the com- mon schools, this being supplemented by a course in a business university at Lexington, Kentucky, after which he taught school for one year and then
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entered the Louisville College of Dentistry to prepare for his subsequent pro- fessional career. Graduating from the dental college in 1892, after a two- years course, the Doctor returned to Princeton, hung out his shingle and has since been engaged in the practice of dentistry, in which he has been rewarded by a large patronage, his clientele being composed of the very best citizens of the community.
Doctor Trippett is the owner of three hundred acres of fine farm land located in Washington, Center and Patoka townships, Gibson county, all of the land being rented. In addition to his holdings of farm land, the subject is the owner of the Trippett block, an office building in which the Doctor's offices are located, the remainder of the building being rented for offices and store rooms. This building was originally erected by the subject in 1893, but was destroyed by fire, the Doctor, however, immediately rebuilding.
In 1894 Doctor Trippett was united in marriage to Annie E. Cox, daugh- ter of Lewis W. Cox, a farmer living near New Harmony in Posey county, Indiana. This union has been blessed by the birth of four children : Marjorie is sixteen years old; Leland is thirteen; Roderick is twelve and Charles is nine.
The offices maintained by the subject are most complete and are equipped with every known approved appliance and apparatus used in the practice of modern dentistry. The Doctor is a well read man, not alone in the works pertaining to his profession, but in general literature, and is particularly well informed on current topics of the day. He takes an active interest in every movement for the advancement and betterment of the community in which he lives and is numbered among the best and representative citizens of his. locality. He is an appreciative member of the Masonic fraternity.
LANDON KELL.
Throughout an active and interesting career duty has ever been the motive of action of Landon Kell, one of the progressive citizens of Princeton, Gibson county, and usefulness to his fellow men has not been by any means a secondary consideration. He has performed well his part in life, and it is a compliment worthily bestowed to say that this locality is honored in his citizenship, for he has achieved definite success through his own efforts and is thoroughly deserving of the proud American title of self-made man. the .
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term being one that, in its better sense, cannot but appeal to tl.a 'oyal admira- tion of all who are appreciative of our national institution: an .he privileges afforded for individual accomplishment. It is a courage to face the battle of life with a strong heart and steady hand and to win the stern conflict by bringing to bear only those forces with which nature has equipped him,-self- reliance, self-respect and integrity.
Landon Kell, who for many years was numbered among the public school teachers of Gibson county and is now practically retired from active life, was born on February 17, 1851, in Gibson county, Indiana, about two and one-half miles south of Oakland City. He is the son of James and Parthenia (Clifford) Kell. The father, who was born in Warrick county, Indiana, in 1825, was the son of Mathew and Mary (Bates ) Kell, the former of whom was a native of the Chester district of South Carolina, and the mother was born in Tennessee. They came to Indiana in wagons in 1821, locating in Warrick county, near Boonville, and in 1827 came to Gibson county, where they located a tract of government land, about two and one- half miles south of Oakland City, which the father cleared and developed into a splendid home. His death occurred in 1861, at the age of seventy- seven years. His wife died in 1865, aged eighty-three. He was a wheel- wright by trade, a very substantial and worthy citizen of the community and a member of the United Presbyterian church, being an elder in the Summer- ville Society many years. He was well known and respected throughout the locality. At the time of his death his son James was but a child. He was educated in the old log schools of that period, where, by close attention to his studies and much home reading, he became a well-informed man. He spent his life on the old home place, to which he added until he became the owner of about four hundred sixty acres. In addition to the cultivation of the farm he became an extensive stock raiser and dealer, in which he met with pronounced success. His life record was marked by industry of the most strenuous character. He took a deep interest in politics, and was a staunch supporter of the Republican party. Religiously, he was a member of the United Presbyterian church In 1871 he moved to a farm east of Princeton, and in 1880 went to Madisonville, Kentucky, where his death occurred on March 31, 1801. He was an active member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and also belonged to the Masonic order at Princeton. He was widely known and highly respected. His wife, Parthenia Clifford. was born about one mile from the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky, and by her union with Mr. Kell she became the mother of eight children, namely: Westerfield C.,
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who formerly lived east of Princeton, but finally moved to Madisonville, Kentucky, where he died in 1910. Ile had married Sarah Brownfield, who is still living in Madisonville. They were the parents of four children, namely : James, Mary, Parthenia and Westerfield C. Luvicey became the wife of Robert Broomfield, who died in 1909, while her death occurred in 1890. They had two children, Smith and Clara. Landon, the immediate subject of this sketch. William F., a successful physician at Madisonville, Kentucky, was educated in the St. Louis Medical College. He married Martha De- Arman and to them were born five children, Robert, Carrie, Luvina, Maude and Boneviri. Nora is the wife of Luther Ligier, near Francisco, this county. Madison F. was drowned in 1870. Clara died in 1866. Cornelius S. is an engineer and lives in South McAllister, Oklahoma.
Landon Kell received his education in the home schools and also in the Owensville and Oakland City high schools. He was reared to the life of a farmer and remained on the old homestead until he was twenty-three years of age, when he removed to Oakland City and established his home. He engaged in teaching school, following this vocation for twenty-one years, first in Columbia township and later in Patoka and Center townships and Francisco. A man of broad and accurate information and with special qualifications as a teacher, he was for many years considered one of the lead- ing educators of his county, his services being in demand wherever a high standard of educational qualifications was desired. In 1896 Mr. Kell moved to Princeton, having ceased teaching in 1890, and since that time has done considerable carpenter work and painting, though not now as active in these lines as formerly. About 1874 Mr. Kell was married to Maria T. Watkins, a native of Patoka township, Gibson county, Indiana, the daughter of Parnell and Sarah ( Taylor) Watkins. Parnell Watkins was born in O'Brien county, Tennessee, and came to Gibson county in 1826, settling east of Princeton where he acquired a considerable tract of wild land, to the clearing and im- provement of which he devoted himself, and lived there until many years later, when he moved to another tract east of Princeton, where he spent the rest of his life. His wife, who was a native of London, England, died on the old place on which they first located after coming here, and his death occurred later, about five miles east of Princeton. To Mr. and Mrs. Kell have been born the following children: James .\., who is engaged in the newspaper business at Little Rock, Arkansas, married Florence B. Radcliff. Purcell W. was killed on the Southern Railroad at Walnut Hills, Illinois, in November, 1909. He married Julia McClure and they had four children,
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Lester, Edna, Martha and George. Edna B. became the wife of George Bryant, who is with the Campbell Paint Company at St. Louis, Missouri, and they have two children, Joseph B. and Mary Maria. A son died in infancy. Ralph, who is unmarried and lives at home, is a mail carrier in the city of Princeton. -
Politically a Republican, Mr. Kell has for many years taken an active part in politics, and has been an influential factor in the success of his party in this county, though never ambitious for a public office on his own account. Religiously, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, while his fraternal relations are with the Masonic order at Princeton. Mr. Kell takes a good citizen's interest in public affairs, and casts his ballot in accordance with the dictates of his conscience, his support being always given to all worthy causes. In every relation in life he has been always true to his conscience and he enjoys the good will of all who know him.
ANDREW McGREGOR.
Among the strong and influential citizens of Gibson county, the record of whose lives has become an essential part of the history of this section, the gentleman whose name appears above occupies a prominent place and for years he has exerted a beneficial influence in the locality where he resides. Andrew McGregor is one of the few remaining figures of the early pioneer days of Gibson county and has many interesting things to tell regarding those early times. In his boyhood wild game was plentiful around here and the present city of Princeton was then but a struggling village.
Andrew McGregor was born March 5, 1831, in Gibson county, Indiana. the son of George and Margaret (Gordon) McGregor, he a native of Vir- ginia and she of South Carolina. George McGregor, when a young man, came westward into Ohio, where he remained for a short time, then came on to Gibson county about 1825. He obtained possession of wild land near Sommerville, Gibson county, and here he made a home and there passed the remaining years of his life. He was among the foremost farmers and stock raisers of his day, a man well known and respected in the county. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, namely: David Riley, born in 1827, who acquired a farm near Sommerville on which he lived and died; Mary Ann, born in 1829, married Riley Harper and both are now dead; the third child was Andrew, immediate subject of this sketch; Martha Jane. the
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widow of Joseph McGarrah, who resides in Princeton; Hamilton, who many years ago went to Missouri and has never since been heard from; James, a soldier of the Civil war, who was killed in the battle of Stone's River, while a member of Company F, Forty-second Regiment Indiana Volunteer In- fantry, and the youngest daughter, Lizzie, now deceased, who married Will- iam Sprowl.
Andrew McGregor had very little opportunity for schooling in early days. He remained at home until he was twenty-four years of age, when he located east of Princeton where Mackey Station now is, on the Southern railroad. He obtained a tract of wild land there which he cleared and made a home, clearing the very ground on which the station now stands. Later he also obtained a tract of one hundred and twenty-three acres of land near Sommerville. This was also virgin ground, which he put in shape for cultivation.
In 1855 Andrew McGregor was joined in wedlock to Harriet Burton, daughter of Amos and Polly Burton, natives of Virginia, who were among the pioneer settlers of Gibson county, where they lived and died. They also were farming people. To Andrew McGregor and wife were born seven children: Samuel, who died August 29, 1913. He worked in a mill and was a bottler of soft drinks in Princeton for a number of years before his death. His wife was Ida Brownlee. They have three children, Edward, William and Maude. The next child was Cyrus, who is a farmer and brick mason in Patoka township, Gibson county. He married Emily Connors and they have one son, Everett, Margaret J. married Jacob Leuthold, of Spring- field, Missouri. John is deceased. Alice married James Osborn and both are now dead. Kate, wife of Wallace Howland, both of whom are now dead. The youngest child, Bessie, became the wife of George Nicholson and both are now dead. They had one daughter, Genevieve, who married Walter Grace of Princeton, an upholsterer for the Southern railroad at Princeton. They have one daughter, Olive. Mr. and Mrs. Grace have always made their home with her grandfather.
On August 14, 1862, Andrew McGregor enlisted in Company F. Forty- second Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, at Princeton. He was instrit- mental in securing fifteen volunteers for this regiment. He was sent to Indianapolis to be fitted out, was then ordered to Bardstown and Louisville, Kentucky, and on to Lebanon and Nashville, Tennessee. He was in the battle of Murfreesboro, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and was with the Army of the Cumberland. He received an honorable dis-
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charge June 25, 1865, when he returned home and took up his occupation of farming. He also operated a threshing machine and has operated saw mills in various parts of the county, but has now been retired from active duties for several years.
Mr. McGregor's religious sympathies are with the Presbyterian church, to which he gives generously of his time and substance. He is an earnest advocate of total abstinence and an enthusiastic worker in the cause of tem- perance. It naturally follows that he is a consistent member of the Prohi- bition party.
Mr. McGregor is wonderfully preserved for a man of his years, a splen- did personality and because of his industrious habits and persistent energy he has attained definite success and enjoys the respect and high esteem of the community in which he has resided all of his long and busy life.
ANDERSON E. CROWE.
The true measure of individual success is determined by what one has accomplished. An enumeration of those men who have succeeded in their special vocations in Gibson county, and at the same time are impressing their personalities on the community, men who are conferring honor on the locality in which they reside, would be incomplete were there failure to make specific mention of the gentleman whose name initiates this paragraph, for he is an important factor in the business life of his community. The splendid success which has come to him has been the direct result of the salient points in his character, for, with a mind capable of laying judicious plans and a will strong enough to carry them into execution, his energy, foresight and perseverance have carried him forward to a position in the front rank of the successful men of his community. He has carried forward to successful completion whatever he has undertaken, and his business methods have ever been in strict conformity with the standard ethics of commercial life. He has taken an intelligent interest in the civic life of the community and has earned the high regard in which he is held by all who know him.
Anderson E. Crowe, retired merchant tailor of Princeton, Indiana, is a native of Gibson county, born October 2, 1828, the son of William and Eliza- beth (Stephens) Crowe. They had early come to Gibson county from Flem- ing county, Kentucky. The father was a native of Ireland, who had emi- grated to America and settled in Kentucky, where he met and married Miss
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Stephens, who was born and raised in Fleming county. Together they came to Gibson county and settled on land six miles east of Princeton. Later he secured a farm in Patoka township, where he lived the remainder of his life, which was only a short time, as his death occurred in 1832. In early life he was a stone cutter by trade. William Crowe and wife were the parents of seven children, namely: Mary, deceased, who married William Foster; John and Alvin S., deceased; Louisa, wife of William Rainey, residing in Salem, Illinois; Anderson E., the immediate subject of this sketch, and Nelson K. and Algernon S., both dead. The family was reared in the faith of the Covenanter church.
Anderson E. Crowe had only limited opportunities for schooling when a boy, and at the tender age of twelve years was placed in the tailor shop of Robert Duncan in Princeton, to learn the trade. He served with Mr. Duncan about eight years, when he opened a shop of his own in partnership with B. F. Brownlee. This partnership continued for a short time only, when he continued the business alone. He later opened a clothing store on the south side of the square in Princeton, which he operated for a time, when he took into partnership William G. Foster and they opened a more pretentious cloth- ing store on the north side of the square. This business was closed'out and he moved to Xenia, Ohio, where he worked at his trade. It was here he met the lady who became his wife. She was Mary McFarland, of Cedarville, Ohio, daughter of Jacob McFarland. They were married May 29, 1856, and she died May 21, 1887. To their union were born six children, namely : William M., who died in 1885; Carrie L., deceased; Mary Louisa, residing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the wife of James H. Craig. Another daugh- ter is Eva, wife of G. B. Ayres, of Anderson, Indiana. Anna Belle and Rose Alma remain at home, the latter being a reporter on the Princeton Clarion News. After his marriage, the subject was in the clothing business in Xenia, Ohio, and later went to Cedarville, where he worked at his trade until the outbreak of the Civil war. On September 13, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Forty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was with the Army of the Cumberland. He became ill at Mount Vernon, Kentucky, and was sent to Camp Dennison, where he remained sick for a year and was on a furlough. He was transferred to the veteran corps in Chicago and later was sent to Springfield, Illinois, where he received his discharge AAugust 12, 1865. After leaving the army, he returned to Cedarville, Ohio, where he again opened up a tailor shop and was also for a time engaged in the saw-mill business with Joshia Mitchell. Later he returned to his old home in Prince-
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ton and, together with David Archer, bought out Robert Duncan. This busi- ness was continued for about eighteen years, Mr. Crowe working some at the tailor trade, until his retirement.
Mr. Crowe's life has been a busy one, full of effort and achievement, and in all his affairs he has been known as an honest and upright man. He is a member of Archer Post No. 28, Grand Army of the Republic, and also a consistent member of the United Presbyterian church in Princeton, to whose support he contributes of his substance. Mr. Crowe is a finely pre- served man for his years, retains an excellent memory and is widely known throughout Gibson county, as a great number of friends attest.
JOHN F. HUDELSON.
Among the citizens of Gibson county, Indiana, who built up comfort- able homes and surrounded themselves with valuable personal property, dur- ing a past generation, few attained a greater degree of success than the late John F. Hudelson, one of the earliest residents and most public-spirited citizens of this county. With few opportunities except what his own efforts were capable of mastering and with many discouragements to overcome, he achieved an exceptional success in life and in his old age had the gratification of knowing that the community had been benefited by his presence and his counsel. He was regarded as a good business man, an excellent manager, a man who possessed sound judgment and keen foresight, and who believed in pressing forward, keeping the wheels of the car of civilization ever moving up the steeps. He ever enjoyed the respect and esteem of those who knew him for his friendly manner, business ability, his interest in public affairs and up- right living and he was regarded by all as one of the substantial and worthy citizens of Gibson county, in whose advancement and growth he took a conspicuous part.
John F. Hudelson was born near the city of Princeton, Gibson county, Indiana, on the 10th day of August, 1835, and his death occurred at his home in Princeton on October II, 1895. He was the son of Samuel and Katie (Flemming) Hudelson, the former of whom was a native of South Carolina, but who came to Gibson county, Indiana, in a very early day. Here he ac- quired a tract of land, which he developed into a good farm and in the early life of this community he was a prominent figure. His son, John F., was reared on the old homestead and secured his education in the district schools,
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which at that early day lacked in many of what are today considered essential requirements to a good common school education. Nevertheless, he was a man of strong mentality and, by much reading and habits of close observa- tion, he became a man of more than ordinary attainments, being well in- formed on a wide variety of subjects. Upon attaining mature years he con- tinued agricultural pursuits on his own account and, through persevering in- dustry and sound business methods, he was prospered through the years, so that, in April, 1882, when he retired from active farming operations, he owned nearly a thousand acres of splendid farm land, nearly all of which was in cultivation. In the year mentioned Mr. Hudelson bought a town resi- dence at No. 503 South Hart street, Princeton, which was completely re- modeled into a beautiful and attractive home by Mrs. Hudelson after her husband's death. He still maintained general supervision over his farm lands. which, since his death, have been successfully managed by Mrs. Hudelson. who possesses marked business ability and mature judgment in matters re- quiring discernment and sagacity. Mr. Hudelson became a large stock- holder in the Farmers National Bank of Princeton and was a member of its board of directors, his counsel and advice being valued highly by his associ- ates. Mr. Hudelson was a busy and industrious man, and he attained to a place of importance in his locality in which he was a constant quantity. One of the kind that make up the front rank. the kind that can be relied on, a good workman in the world's affairs, he was a splendid specimen of the many that do the real hard work of the world in places of passing importance, and do it well. It was a kind of life that does not attract attention for its unusual brilliance or any picturesque qualities, but the kind out of which the warp and woof of the substance that goes to make up the continnous achievement of humanity is made. His death removed from Gibson county one of her most substantial and highly esteemed citizens and the many beautiful tributes to his high standing as a man and citizen attested to the abiding place he had in the hearts and affections of those who knew him. All in all, he was a splendid example of the virile, progressive, self-made man who believed in doing well whatever was worth doing at all, a man of keen discernment and sound judgment, broad minded and fair and just in all his dealings with his fellow men. Thus he enjoyed to an eminent degree the confidence and good will of all who knew him.
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