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JETHRO W. BASS was born in Vigo County, Ind., December 30, 1836, the son of Nelson and Nancy (Smith) Bass, the father being a native of Raleigh County, N. C., and the mother of Sullivan County, Ind. The parents were prominent farmers of Vigo County, owning 200 acres of land five miles west of Terre Haute. Subject received his first schooling at Terre Haute, and completed his studies at Lancaster .Hill, Jefferson County, Ind., in the spring of 1859. He then returned home, and soon commenced working at the barber trade in Terre Haute, but in 1860 bought a half interest in a shop for $9, and removed to Sullivan, where he has since resided. He began with nothing, and now has a handsome property, consisting of residence, business houses and town lots. He is universally respected for his honesty, intelligence and up- right conduct. October 1, 1861, he married Miss Hannah, daughter of John and Nancy (Caloway) Jackson. This lady was born in Vincennes, September 20, 1840, and has borne her husband the following children: Charley F., John W., Louisa A., George A., Cora and Murray M. (liv- ing), and James F., Harry F., Flora and Eureah J. (deceased). Mr. Bass is a Republican, and a member of the F. and A. M., and himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church. They had committed to their care two children-Stella and Wayman Black, niece and nephew of Mra. Bass; also an infant, which soon died. The mother of these children died in February, 1880.
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URIAH COULSON, editor of the Sullivan Union, was born in Beaver County, Penn., May 23, 1837. At the age of twelve, he left his native State, and went to live with an uncle in Columbiana County, Ohio, where he remained about three years, studying diligently at the schools of Sa. lem. He then went to Hardin County, Ohio, and in 1856 came to Sulli. van and began reading law in the office of his brother. He was admitted to the bar, and for about twenty years practiced his profession. In April. 1861, he was one of the first three to volunteer in Company I, Seven- teenth Regiment, the first organization for the war in Sullivan County, the enlistment of which was begun on the day Gov. Morton issued his first call for troops. Mr. Coulson was elected First Lieutenant, but re- signed the following spring and returned home, owing to the unfairness in the distribution of commissions. During this campaign he was in the engagement at Greenbrier. He again engaged in the practice of law, but was identified with nearly all the subsequent movements to raise men in the county for the war. He served as Enrolling Officer three success. ive times, and was often in danger of personal violence, encountering the bitterest opposition. He was also Assistant Revenue Collector. After the war, he continued the practice of law, and in 1871 bought the office of the Sullivan Union, which he edited nearly two years and hen sold out and engaged in practicing law and in farming. In March, $1883, he again bought the Union office, and is at present editor of the paper. He is also Postmaster of the town of Sullivan, an Odd Fellow and a stanch Republican. His marriage with Margaret A. Kerr occurred at Mechan- icsville, Ohio, March 23, 1863. This lady bore him one child-Kerr --- and January 6, 1865, died. September 24, 1867, he married Mrs. Jane (Carr) Maxwell, and to this union three children-Effie. Libbie and Mag- gie have been born. Mrs. Coulson is a member of the Methodist Episco- pal Church.
SEWELL COULSON is a son of Uriah and Ann (Winder) Coulson, the father being a native of Fayette County, Penn., and the mother of Loudoun County, Va. His father's parents were Jehu and Jane (Fraim) Coulson, whose ancestors were iron manufacturers of Wales. The progeni- tor of the family in this country, Thomas Coulson, who embraced the Quaker faith, came to America with William Penn, settling in what is now Pennsylvania. William Winder, Sewell's grandfather, became a slaveholder in Virginia, but his views of religion and slavery conflicting, he moved to Ohio in 1802, and liberated his slaves. Sewell Coulson is a native of Beaver County, Penn., his birth occurring September 18, 1825, and was the fifth in a family of ten children. His early years were passed without event, and without anght but meager educational advantages; but from 1841 to 1845, he taught and attended school al .. ternately, receiving the greatest benefit at the Friends' Boarding School at Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson Co., Ohio. In December, 1845, he commenced the study of law in the office of Clement L. Vallandigham, of New Lisbon, teaching in the winter and pursuing his studies of the law during the re- mainder of the time, and continuing thus until the 3d of April, 1848, when he was examined by Edwin M. Stanton, Anson L. Brewer aud - Hoffman as to his legal qualifications, and on the following day, at a session of the Supreme Court, admitted to practice in all the courts of the State. He remained at New Lisbon until July 4, 1849, and then started for Kenton, Hardin Co., Ohio, where he arrived on the 17th. Soon afterward, he formed a copartnership in the practice of the
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law with Hon. Edward Stillings, which, in December of the same year was dissolved. He served as Deputy Auditor of Hardin County from January, 1850, to October, 1853, a portion of which time he served as Clerk pro tempore of the Common Pleas Court. He served for two years as Prosecuting Attorney, beginning in 1853, and during this period was in legal partnership with W. L. Walker. In March, 1855, Mr. Coulson was admitted to practice in the courts of the United States for the North- ern District of Ohio. In 1856, he came to Sullivan, Ind., and entered partnership with Israel W. Booth, and the following year was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the State, and in 1860 to the United States Courts for the District of Indiana. He has practiced his profes. sion at Sullivan since that early day; has been counsel in more than fifteen murder trials; in the false imprisonment cases growing out of the celebrated treason trials of the late war; and in many other important cases involving life and happiness and large amounts of property. He is a profound student of the law; and as a reader of general literature is not surpassed by any other resident of the county. His politics of Re- publicanism only in a county whose Democratic majority has run as high as 1,400, has kept him from prominent and honorary official position; and undoubtedly from the bench. He married Miss Mary A. Louthan, De- cember 13, 1849, at Kenton, Ohio, which act caused his bachelor partner to dissolve their legal connection. Mr. Coulson has a law and miscella. neous library of about four thousand volumes. When rebellion was threatening to overthrow the Government, he assisted in raising the Thirteenth Battery, Indiana Light Artillery, of which he was made Captain, December 31,, 1861. He resigned his commission April 5, 1862.
DR. S. S. COFFMAN was born in Floyd County, Ind., March 12, 1828, and is the son of Abram and Jane (Spear) Coffman, natives of Pennsylvania, who settled in Jackson County, Ind., about the year 1820. Subject was reared on a farm, with limited educational advantages, fin- ishing at Greenville Seminary, standing first in his classes. At the age of twenty two, in accordance with his desire, he began the study of med- icine under Dr. Gardner, of Greenville, continuing two years, and in 1851-52 took a course of lectures at the Kentucky School of Medicine, Louisville. In March, 1852, he entered the Medical Department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., and graduated the following July with the degree M. D. He located for practice at Orleans, Ind., remaining there until 1859, when he located in Sullivan, where he has since resided. While at Orleans, he occupied high official position, and secured a large practice, which he afterward obtained at Sullivan. Dr. Coffman has served ten years as Chairman of the Democratic Central Com- mittee; has officiated as one of the Town Board, and in 1872 and in 1876 represented the county in the Legislature. He has accumulated a hand- some property, and owns fine horses and cattle. In August, 1852, he married Miss Philena, daughter of Walker B. and Lucinda (Norris) Rod- man, and by her has four children-Lou Ida, Mary F., Ella and Edward. The Doctor is an Odd Fellow and a Mason, and is a substantial citizen of the county.
JOHN F. CURRY was born near Terre Haute, Ind., February 28, 1824, son of James and Isabella (Hogg) Curry, natives of Kentucky, who came to Indiana among the earliest settlers near Vincennes, and engaged in farming, dying in Knox County. Our subject, at the age of fourteen years, served as apprentice in the tailor shop of Peter Hawk, at Carlisle,
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where he remained five years, when he started in business for himself. In 1846, he quit the tailoring business. and began clerking for J. M. Parvin at Carlisle in the dry goods, staying with bim until 1863, wben he went to Illinois. remaining six years, and in 1869 returned to Carlisle. In 1872, he was elected Sheriff of Sullivan County, and moved to Sulli- van. In 1875, he went into the grocery business, being still engaged in the same. Mr. Curry belongs to one of the oldest families of the county. He was married. February 18, 1847, to Miss Isabell Colshear, who bore him three children-Samuel and Jaines (deceased), and Laura, wife of Thomas W. Anderson, who resides at Fort Worth, Texas. Mrs. Curry died May 28, 1851, and October 8, 1853, Mr. Curry was married to Mary McClanahan, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (McCrary) McClanahan, natives of Kentucky. and to this union were born two children-Hosea Coleman. and John Rush (deceased). He and family are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he is an Odd Fellow. Sullivan Lodge, No. 147. Politically, Mr. Curry is a Republican, and is the only Sheriff elected by that party.
WILLIAM HENSLEY CROWDER, was born in Pleasant Garden, Putnam Co., Ind., son of Dr. William Milton and Hannah (Cox) Crowder, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of Ohio, both com- ing to Ohio with their parents, where they were married. They had seven sons and one daughter, subject being the oldest. He commenced clerking at the age of fifteen, and in 1863 began business for him- self, opening a hardware store. In 1881, he sold out his interest in the store. In 1875, Mr. Crowder began the banking business, being President of the bank since its organization. He was united in marriage to Miss Sarah R., daughter of Isaac and Mary (Murphy) Stewart, and nine chil- dren have been born to them, all of whom are living-Edgar S., Mary, Willie H., Hirell, Kittie, Benjamin, Harvey, Jessie and Dorothy. He and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of Sullivan Lodge, No. 147, I. O. O. F. In 1861, Mr. Crowder enlisted as a musician in the Twenty first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served two years, when he returned home and resumed business. He has always been successful in his business pursuits, having accumulated a considerable amount of property. He has about 800 acres of land, well improved, with good buildings thereupon. His property in Sullivan is also very valuable.
ROBERT H. CROWDER, M. D., was born in Putnam County, Ind., March 25, 1840; son of William M. and Hannah C. (Cox) Crowder. After the ordinary education, subject, in 1861, attended Rush Medical College, Chicago, Laving previously prepared himself in the office of Drs. Thomp- son & Murphy at Sullivan. He located at Graysville and practiced with Dr. Greene for a time, and then formed a partnership with Dr. A. N. Weir, which lasted one year, or until Dr. Weir went into the service. Dr. Crowder also entered the service, as Captain, and remained till the spring of 1865, when he was commissioned as Surgeon of the Eleventh, and so continued till he was mustered out in September, 1865, at which time he again entered Rush Medical College, and graduated from that institution in 1866; returned to Sullivan and resumed the practice of his profession, where be has remained ever since. The Doctor has se- cured a lucrative practice and has also been engaged largely in real estate, having erected a number of buildings on the five acres platted by himself and Mr. Eaton. He was married July 18, 1861, to Miss Juliet
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M. Reid, daughter of James S. and Elizabeth (Hinkle) Reid, and six children have been born to them-Claude, Neville, Mattie, Tom R., Joe and Grace. Mrs. Crowder is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is an I. O. O. F., Sullivan Lodge, No. 147; is a Repub- lican in politics, and a member of the Town Council.
JOHN H. CROWDER was born in Greencastle, Putnam County, Ind., April 7, 1845, son of William Milton and Hannah Catharine (Cox) Crowder. Subject remained with his parents till October, 1862, when he enlisted in Company I, Seventeenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war, having been engaged in some of the hottest battles of the great struggle. After being discharged, he returned to Sullivan, where he remained a short time, and then removed to Beards- town, Ill., and engaged in the sewing machine business, remaining in Cass County eleven years, when he returned to Sullivan and opened in the harness and saddle business, being one of the present firm of Crowder Bros. He was married June 20, 1869, to Miss Anna M. Cire, daughter of John L. and Catherine Cire, natives of Germany, and four children have blessed the union -- Guy (deceased), Harry, Maud and Roy. Mrs. Crowder is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is an I. O. O. F., Lodge 481, Arenzville, Ill., and a Republican.
WILLIAM T. CRAWFORD was born in Jay County, Ind., January 25, 1838, son of Samuel and Gracy (George) Crawford, natives of Colum- biana County, Ohio, who moved to Indiana in 1836, remained two years, and then returned to Ohio, where they now reside. They reared nine children, William T. being the sixth. Subject worked on the farm till he was twenty-two years of age, when he entered the New Lisbon High School, remaining three years, and then taught school till 1860, when he removed to Farmersburg and there erected Ascension Seminary, which he conducted as a Normal School until 1872, when, the new school building at Sullivan being erected, he transferred Ascension Seminary to that place, and conducted it four years. In 1878, he retired from teaching and went into the real estate business, at the same time buying timber for a firm at Hoopston, Ill. In August, 1862, he organized Company H, Eighty-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was elected Captain, with which company he served three years, although he was offered the Colonelcy of another regiment. He had promised to stay with the boys of his company, and he would not leave them. He was in the battles of Resaca, Burnt Hickory, Dallas Woods, siege of Atlanta, Savannah, Golds: boro, Averysboro, and others. He was discharged in 1865, holding at the time the commission as Major. September 26, 1860 he was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie Conkle, of Columbiana County, Ohio, daughter of Daniel and Barbara (Paur) Conkle, natives of Ohio, who moved to Sullivan in 1872, and where the latter died February 21, 1879, at the age of seventy-two. To their marriage, seven children have been born- Ida E., Mary E., Myrtle, Bertha, William Webster, Harry (deceased) and Rush. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he is an A. F. & A. M., Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery, and a Republican. DAVID CRAWLEY, Auditor of Sullivan County, is'a native of Clark County, Ill., his birth occurring October 20, 1831. His parents, Ander- son and Sarah (Whitlock) Crawley, were natives of Virginia, and from that State emigrated to Indiana in about 1840, settling in Fairbanks Township, Sullivan County, where Mr. Crawley worked at carpentering and farming. David Crawley remained with his parents until attaining
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his majority, but at the age of fifteen years he was apprenticed to W. D. Weir, at Fairbanks, to learn the cabinet trade, serving with him three years. He then embarked in business at Fairbanks on his own responsi. bility, but in 1865, moved to Sullivan, where he has ever since sustained the cabinet trade. While a resident of Fairbanks Township, Mr. Craw- ley was elected, under the old system, Township Clerk and Treasurer. and was also elected to the latter office when the old law was repealed and the new and present one of having only one Trustee to a township was substituted, holding the office five years. In 1870. he was the suc- cessful nominee of his party for the Treasurership of the county, and in 1872 he was re-nominated and re elected to this position, serving in all four years. In 1878, he was elected to his present position, and in 1582 re-elected. Politically, Mr. Crawley is a warm and steadfast Democrat, and throughout his official career his reputation for diligence and integ. rity is without a cloud. In all landable enterprises his influence and support are not wanting. His marriage, on the 23d of December, 1852, to Miss Mary A., daughter of Henry und Agnes (Ernest) Drake, who were natives of Indiana, has been fruitful in the birth of six children named Charles E., Willie E., Murray, Terressa, Emina and Bertie.
JOHN O. CHANEY, attorney at law, was born in Clarkson, Colum- biana Co., Obio, February 1, 1853, and was educated principally at Fort Wayne, but afterward attended the Ascension Seminary of Sul- livan County, where he graduated with the honors of his class. He then accepted a position as Principal of the Farmersburg Graded School, which he held for two and a half years with high credit, when he re- signed to accept a situation as Principal of the Worthington High School, where he remained two and a half years. In the meantime, dur- ing his career as teacher. be had diligently pursued the study of law, and now entered the law office of John T. Gunn, where he continued the study until October 13, 1881, when he passed upon examination into the Senior Class of the Cincinnati Law School, whence he graduated May 31, 1882, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Law. He returned to Sullivan and became associated in the practice with John T. Gunn, con- tinuing until December, 1883, when he purchased the library and busi- ness of the office, and is thus engaged at preseut. He married Miss Ella M., daughter of Barnett and Jeanette (Clugage) Saucerman, De- cember 25, 1876, and has one child-Erskine D. Himself and wife are meinbers of the Presbyterian Church, and he is an Odd Fellow and & Republican.
JOHN DAVIS was born in Knox County, Ind., September 30, 1811, son of Jesse and Mary Ann (Palmer) Davis, who were natives of South Carolina, who came to this section at an early day. settled on a farm in Knox County, and moved to Sullivan County in 1819, where they died, he in 1837, and she in 1850. Subject remained with his parents. assist- ing in clearing the farm till he was twenty-one years of age. He after- ward drove the stage from Merom to Terre Haute, continuing the same till 1843, when he went to farming on the old homestead, which he pur- chased. In 1875, he moved to Sullivan, and went into the hardware business with his sons, where he is still engaged. He married, March 9, 1843, Miss Lydia Riggs, daughter of Hezekiah and Lydia (Engle) Riggs, he of Virginia, and she of Kentucky, early settlers of this county. Seven children were born to this union-Hezekiah (deceased), Charles L., Ben- jamin, Mary Ellen (wife of John Scott), Martha J., Emily (wife of
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Joseph S. Reed), Julia Isabel (wife of Samuel C. Coulson). He and his family are members of the Christian Church, and he is a Democrat. CHARLES L. DAVIS was born in Sullivan County, Ind., November 30, 1849, a son of Jobn and Lydia (Riggs) Davis, natives of Indiana, be being originally a farmer, but came to Sullivan in 1875, and went into the hardware business. Subject came to Sullivan in 1869, and began the hardware business with his brother. Hezekiah dying, a brother, Benja- min, took an interest. The firm afterward became John Davis & Sons, and so remained till 1882, when it was changed to Davis, Engle & Davis. Subject was elected Treasurer of Sullivan County in November, 1882, by the Democratic party. He was married, October 8, 1872, to Miss Mary E. Sherman, daughter of Thomas K. and Sarah E. (Jewell) Sherman, and one child was born to them, which died in infancy. He is a member of Sullivan Lodge, No. 263, A. F. & A. M .; is one of the best business men of his county, having been very successful.
MICHAEL FORD is the eldest of seven children born to David O. and Catharine (Borders) Ford, natives of Kentucky. He was born in Clarke County, Ind., February 9, 1830, and was there reared until nineteen years of age, when he came to Sullivan County, raised two crops, then went to Johnson County, where he farmed about four years. In the fall of 1855, he located on his present farm-then forty acres of nnimproved land, but since increased to 139 acres. His wife, to whom he was married in Sullivan County, October 29, 1850, was Miss Mary A., daughter of Isaac and Mary (Parker) Voorhees, natives of Kentucky. Her birth occurred in Sullivan County, August 31, 1831. Mr. and Mrs. Ford have this family: John H., Walter and Daniel W. V., living; and Mary C., William, Isaac D. and Arrena. Mr. Ford started in life with nothing, but has now a comfortable home. He is a Democrat, and a prominent citizen
JOHN W. FORDYCE, a native of Lawrence County, Ind., was born near Tunnelton, April 5, 1841. His parents Lewis and Elizabeth (Caes Fordyce, were also natives of the Hoosier State, removing from Lawrence to Sullivan County in March, 1859, settling in Fairbanks Township, where they engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Fordyce was also quite an expert mechanic, and for years was employed by his neighbors in making cradles, wood stocks for plows, etc. He was highly esteemed for his many virtues, and his death, on the 28th of February, 1874, was universally regretted. His wife died in March, 1872, and both are laid to rest in the village cemetery of Fairbanks. John N. Fordyce is the' eldest of four living children, in a family of seven. At sixteen years of age, he -began teaching, following this profession until the spring of 1869, when he accepted the Deputy Recordership of the county, under James L. Griffin. Until 1874, he retained this position, giving sufficient satisfaction to the voters of the county that insured his election as prin- cipal to the office, and after serving one term, was re-elected, serving in all eight years. In 1871, he began the task of writing a complete ab- stract of the lands in Sullivan County, and at this he has ever since con- tinned. Together with his partner, Mr. J. W. Billman, be is doing an extensive business, and, although beginning life a poor boy, he has ac- quired valuable property and a comfortable home. July 2, 1872, he was united in marriage with Miss Phebe L., daughter of Dr. John L. and Elizabeth Higbee, and the following-named of their five children are yet living: . Edna, Joie and Homer. Mrs. Fordyce is a member of the
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Christian Church. Mr. Fordyce is a Democrat in politics, and an es- teemed citizen of Sullivan.
JOHN GILES was born in Franklin County, Ohio, December 18, 1825, son of Hugh H. and Mary (Bizer) Giles -the former a native of New Jersey, the latter of Ohio-who came to Indiana in 1830, and settled on a farm Dear Merom, where they remained till their death. Subject worked on the farm till of age, when he went to Meroin, and clerked until 1850, when he engaged in flatboating grain to New Orleans. He then engaged in merchandising in Merom, continuing till 1856, when he moved his store to New Lebanon, and in 1862, he was elected Treasurer of Sullivan County, removing at that time to Sullivan. After serving two terms, he returned to his farm, and went into stock-raising, handling none but the best of stock, such as Durhams, Short-horns, etc. In Sep- tember, 1877, he was elected President of the Farmers' National Bauk, said bank being now changed to the Farmers' State Bank. He married Mrs. Ann (Wakefield) Brown, and to this union were born five children -- Mary and James (deceased), John, Wakefield and Mabel (living). He owns about 1,000 acres of land, well improved. Mrs. Giles is a mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church.
JOHN GILKISON, son of Robert A. and Annie (Hunt) Gilkison, natives of Kentucky, was born in Fleming County, of that State. July 22, 1815. The parents came to Sullivan County in 1816, and located on the Prairie near Carlisle, where they remained, hard at work, for about fifteen years. They then purchased a farm a mile and a half west of Sullivan, where they lived until their deaths. They lie at rest in the old Timmons Graveyard. John remained with his parents until his majority, and then began farming for himself. In 1837, he purchased 160 acres of land within a mile and a half of Sullivan, and, during the long suc- Weeding years, cleared it, fenced it, and made it one of the best in the county. His first cabin was of logs, with puncheon floor and stick-and- clay chimney, but in later years his economy, industry and prudence en- abled him to erect a fine two-story frame structure. In 1878, well ad- vanced in years, he retired from active labor, and moved to Sullivan, where he now resides. In March, 1839, he married Mary H. Canary, who bore bim three children-Robert A., Lydia Jane and Christian C. Rob- ert alone is now living. Mrs. Gilkison died, August 29, 1879, and Mr. Gilkison married Mrs. Sarah Ann (Cox) Freeman, widow of Fletcher Freeman, January 8, 1882. He is a Republican, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Church.
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