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JAMES W. MoKINNEY, farmer, P. O. Shelburn, was born in Fay. ette County, Ky., March 30, 1811, the first of five children born to James and Esther Mckinney, both natives of Kentucky. The year he was born, our subject removed with his parents to Washington County, Ind. He was reared a farmer and assisted his parents till of age, when by his mother he was left fifty-one and a third acres of land in Orange County, which he improved and remained upon six years. In 1839, came to Sul- livan County, and settled on his present place in the spring of 1840, his farm comprising 158 acres of excellent land. He has taken an active interest in political matters, having served as Inspector of Elections. He has been twice married, first in Washington County, Ind., August 29, 1888, to Jane White, born in Kentucky in 1812, and dying in 1862; by that union he had eleven children born to him, six of whom are living- Mary E., Esther A. E., Sarah J., Margaret E., Hannah A. and Harriet C. A .; those dead are: James E., Louisa M., Martha C. and two infants un- named. His second marriage was to Mrs. Mildred J. Riley, born in Spencer County, Ky., October 15, 1829, and by this union he has three children-Asa W., David O. and Cora M. Mr. Mckinney is one of the pioneers of Sullivan and is a highly respected and honorable gentleman. He is a Republican.
ISAAC H. MCKINNEY, farmer, P. O. Shelburn, was born in Wash - ington County, Ind., January 14, 1823, son of James and Eunice (Orchard) MoKinney, natives of Kentucky. Subject, at the age of ten years, removed with his parents to Sullivan County and settled in Tur- man Township, and remained with his father till 1842, when the father died. He then followed farming and teaching school, and in 1847, rented his late father's farm and remained there two years, teaching school also, for some years till 1853; he leased a farm in Section 29, Curry Township, which he cultivated three years. In 1854, he settled on his present place, 120 acres; in 1872 he moved to Shelburn and built a house and improved two and a half acres, and in 1876, returned to his farm, where he has since resided. During his residence in Shelburn he served as Town Trustee. He was married in 1847 to Nancy A. Pillman, who died in 1849, leaving 48
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one daughter, Eunice E. On March 24, 1853, he married Margaret A. Johnson, born in Sullivan County, May 10, 1822, and by this union there has been one child-Mary E. In 1865, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry; was stationed at Decatur, Ala, and was discharged at Nashville, Tenn., in September, 1865. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Politic- ally, Mr. Mckinney is a Republican, but voted with the Whigs until Fremont ran in 1856.
JAMES MILLS, miner, P. O. Curryville, son of Joseph and Keziah (Stone) Mills, both natives of England. Subject was born in Derbyshire, England, January 1, 1830, and at the age of eight years he entered the Marley Park Coal Mines in Derbyshire, where he was engaged until he was twenty-two years of age. In 1852, he came to America and was en- gaged mining at several points in Pennsylvania and Kentucky and Salmi, Ill. ; then to Kentucky and again 'to Pennsylvania and Virginia; then in Obio, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Missouri. In all these States he worked at different points for a shorter or longer time, till November, 1868, he settled in Curryville and has remained there ever since engaged in min- ing. He has, also, property consisting of fifteen improved lots, and twenty acres of excellent land, having been very successful in mining. He bas been married three times-first, to Ann Willis; second, to Mrs. Ann Watson, and third to Mary Cocker. He is a Democrat. Mr. Mills has had a varied experience in mining in different sections of the county, having been tossed about in half a dozen different States, but has finally pulled up at Curryville, where he is comfortably situated and with quite a competency.
EDWARD MORGAN, farmer, P. O. Shelburn, son of Lewis and Sarah A. (Wright) Morgan; he was born near Bainbridge, Mass., May 16, 1790, and dying in Sullivan County, Ind., October 29, 1882, having come from Hamilton County, Ohio, to Sullivan in 1852, and followed farming for thirty years; his wife was born on the Eastern shore of Maryland, October 4, 1804, and died June 29, 1883. Our subject was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, August 27, 1837, and came with his parents to Sullivan in 1852. In 1859, he went to California and mined in Sacra- mento County four years; then went to Nevada and mined two and a half years; then through Oregon and finally to Colorado, locating at Austin, where he owned interest in several rich mines. In 1867, he sold his in- terest in mines, making over $400,000, but at other times sank large sums. The Morgan-Muncy Mine at one time was considered to be worth over $500,000, as that sum was refused from William H. Vanderbilt for the same, but the mine was afterward sold for $60,000. Mr. Morgan owned a one-fourth interest in these mines. In 1867, he sailed from San Francisco for New York, occupying twenty-two days via Panama. He then located on his present place, eighty acres, which is finely improved. He was married in Sullivan County, March 4, 1874, to Miss Maggie McCoskey, born in Vigo County, Ind., January 2, 1855, daughter of Levi M. and Cornelia (Day) McCoskey, both natives of Indiana, and by this union Mr. Morgan has three children-Estella, Mirtie and Katie. He is an A., F. & A. M., Blue Lodge and Chapter, and a Republican.
DR. S. D. OSBURN, physician, Shelburn, son of Thomas and Martha (Pinkston) Osburn, who were natives respectively, of Kentucky and Indi - ana, he being one of the pioneers of Hamilton Township. Subject was born in Hamilton Township, Sullivan County, October 12, 1857, where he
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was reared, his early education being received in the neighborhood schools, entering in 1873, the Sullivan Graded School, where he remained three years, when he entered the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso, graduating in 1878. He then read medicine in Sullivan under Dr. R. H. Crowder till the fall of 1878, when he entered the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, and after a two years' course, graduated from that institution in the spring of 1880. In April, 1880, he opened an office at Shelburn, where, although the Doctor is young, he has built up a fine practice, and at present fills the position of Health Officer of Shelburn. He was married in Sullivan County, September 21, 1881, to Miss Ettie Odell, daughter of Abram and Mary (Wibel) Odoll, and born February 11, 1868. This union has been blessed with one child, Imo. The Doctor is an I. O. O. F., Lodge No. 420, and a Republican.
MILTON PATTEN, farmer, P. O. Farmersburg, was born in Fair- banks Township, Sullivan County, January 15, 1843, son of Miles and Elizaebth (Bunday) Patten, early settlers of Sullivan County, he being a farmer of Fairbanks Township. Subject was reared on his father's farm and received his education in the neighborhood schools. In the spring of 1866, he purchased twenty acres of land, remained three years, then sold and bought forty-six acres near by, where he remained ten years, but this he also sold, and bought 160 acres where he now lives. He was married in Fairbanks Township, to Miss Annie Dilley, born November 9, 1847, who died in March, 1879, leaving four children-Luther, Dilley J., Ora E. and Annie; she was the daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Johnson) Dilley., His present wife wus Mrs. Lucy M. (Clark) Hopewell, daughter of Hamilton and Nancy (All) Clark, natives of Kentucky. Mrs Patten, by her first husband, Sedley M. Hopewell, had two children-Nancy M. and Arthur. Mr. Hopewell was born in Sullivan County, and was a farmer. He died in May 1880. Mrs. Patten was born September 16, 1848. They are members of the Christian Church and he is a Democrat.
GEORGE C. RICHARDS, proprietor of the Curryville Coal Com- pany, established in 1866, and located on the Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad near Shelburn. The company has forty-two acres of surface and 120 acres of mineral land, the shaft being situated in the center, value, $25,000. The depth of shaft to first vein is 185 feet, which vein has been worked extensively; it is about four feet thick. From this vein to lower vein it is about forty-six feet, which is six feet in thickness, good quality coal. Employ about sixty meu working the lower vein, producing 100 tons per day. Ventilation is by a large steam fan. Since the new company have been operating, they have sunk a new shaft for ventilation. The company has all the modern appliances for mining, hoisting and shipping their product, which is of excellent quality, and supplies the markets at Vincennes, Mt. Vernou, Terre Haute, Paris, Ill., and Chicago. Mr. Richards was born in England, in the town of Ashby, January 31, 1842. He followed mining about twenty-eight years in his native country, and at the age of twenty took the position of & Superin- tendent of mines, afterward becoming the Chief Superintendent. In 1872, Parliament passed a law making it obligatory for all mine Super- intendents to pass an Examining Board of engineers and mining experts, which examination Mr. Richards passed honorably and creditably. In 1879, he landed in New York, but soon after located at Shelburn, where he has remained and is now, as stated conducting his business. The mine is owned by Richards & Woolly. Our subject was married in Eng-
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land to Miss Sarah Street, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Row- botham) Street, and from their union have been born nine children- Edith E., George H., Frank W., Bernard J., Francis A., Clement J. and Vilot, living; and Francis M. and Harry S., deceased.
SPENCER RUSSELL, farmer, P. O. Farmersburg, son of James and Mary (Mckinley) Russell, both natives of Kentucky, who settled in Sullivan County at an early day, farming being his ocou- pation; he died in 1862, and she in 1856. Our subject was born in Spencer County, Ky., January 11, 1826, and at the age of four years, was brought by his parents to Sullivan County, where he was educated and reared to a life of farming, assisting his father until 1858, when he settled on his present place, eighty acres, which he has improved and where he has remained ever since. He was married in Sullivan County, Curry Township, January 15, 1858, to Miss Elizabeth Gaskins, born April 15, 1838, daughter of Elijah and Elizabeth (Copple) Gaskins, and their union has been blessed with eight children-Sarah M., Nancy A., Serena E., Elijah E., Amanda J. and Joseph W .; and James M., deceased. Mr. Russell and family are members of the Christian Church at Liberty, and he is a Democrat.
. THOMPSON SHERWOOD (deceased) was born in Guilford County, N. C., December 7, 1808, son of Daniel and Mary Thompson, he born 1779, and she the same year. When subject was three years old his parents moved to the Territory of Indiana; of course the country was then very wild, and the usual hardships of the pioneers were gone through with. Educational facilities were extremely limited. At fifteen years of age, young Thompson Sherwood became powerfully convicted and joined the Methodist Church. On the 15th of September, 1831, he was mar- ried to Elizabeth Smith, a lady of many excellent qualities. In 1834, our subject was made class leader, an office he filled for sixteen years. On the 22d day of August, 1848, his beloved wife died, and he was left with a family of small children. Her death was mourned by her hus- band as only a loving husband can, and the two alternatives of putting the children out with strangers or of marrying presented themselves, 80 he wisely chose the latter, taking to wife in the following November Jane Thomerson. On July 28, 1850, his father died, after a long life of usefulness. Then, on the 12th of December, 1859, the Creator called our subjet to his home in heaven, he peacefully passing away in the full hope of grace that only the Christian religion can give.
HUGH L. SHERWOOD, son of Thompson and Elizabeth (Smith) Sherwood, respectively of North Carolina and Indiana Subject was born in Washington County, Ind., March 27, 1837. Was reared and educated in his native county. In 1857, came to Sullivan County and purchased a farm in Curry Township, where he followed farming until 1879, when he sold farm and located at Curryville, this county, and embarked in mercantile pursuits until August 1, 1881, when his store was burned, losing all stock hut $300. The loss aggregated $3, 200. In the follow- ing November he located at Shelburn and opened his present store, car- rying a stock of $4,000, doing a business of $10,000 or $12,000 per year. August 15, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Eighty-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, as private; participated in the following engagements: Resaca, Dallas Woods, Burnt Hickory, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, capture of Atlanta, and Sherman's march to the sea, having made the trip on foot. Mustered out at Washington City, and dis-
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charged at Indianapolis. Married in Sullivan County, Ind., December 25, 1860, to Miss Sarah E. Manwarring. She was born in Sullivan County, Ind., February 3, 1842. To this union they have three chil- dren living-Luella E., Annie B. and Mary. The deceased is Argettie. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, I. O. O. F. and a Republican.
ROBERT STEWART, proprietor Stewart House, Shelburn, son of James and Jean (Grindley) Stewart, natives of Scotland, and born in Kilsyth. They were married in their native country, and in 1856 came to America, locating in Evansville, and engaging in the hotel business for four years. They then went to Petersburg, Pike County, and from there in 1862, they went to .Jackson Township. this county, remaining till he died in 1877. He was a miner. Robert, the subject of this sketch, was born in Kilsyth, Scotland, March 6, 1828, his early life being spent in mining, and his education, consequently, being quite limited. At the age of seventeen, he came to America and was en. gaged in mining at Pittsburgh about six years, when he went to Kentucky, from where he crowved to Evansville, and then, in 1854, began the sinking of the first coal abaft in Southern Indiana. He operated for a mining com- pany till 1857, when he went to California and worked in a quick silver mine near San Jose; then went to the Frazier River country in 1858. From there he sailed for Mexico, and thence to New Orleans; thence to Pittsburg, and thence to Carrolton, Mo., where he engaged in mining till 1861, when he enlisted in Company K, Twenty. third Regiment Mis- souri Volunteer Infantry, and acted as Duty Sergeant. He was in the engagemente at Shiloh, Atlanta and Sherman's march to the sea, and was discharged at Savannah, Ga., in January, 1865. He then located in Jackson Township, Sullivan County, till 1872; thence to Pimento, Vigo County, in mining two years; then back to his farm in Jackson Town. ship; sold his farm after one year, and entered hotel business at Farm- ersburg; conducted the business two years; then sold out and located at his present hotel, the Stewart House. April 20, 1854, he was married at Pittsburgh, Penn., to Miss Anna Otterson, born in Ireland May 2, 1834. who came to America with her parents when eighteen months old. They have six children-Nancy K., Mary, Janet, Jean G., Anna B. and James E. They have three deceased-Jean, Lenora and Robert J. Mr. Stewart is an A. F. & A. M., and a Republican. He was originally a Democrat, but cast his last vote for that party for its nominee, James Buchanan.
DAVID STUTSMAN, farmer, P. O. Farmersburg, was born in Clark County, Ind., March 23, 1836. son of Joseph and Rachael M. (Crist) Stuteman, natives of Clark County; he was born August 2, 1804, and dying in August, 1876; she was born January 7, 1812, and dying October 30, 1872. When subject was three years of age, be was taken by his parents to Clay County, Ind., where they remained four years, and in 1840 came to Sullivan, where David remained with his parents till of age, when he settled on eighty acres of land in Curry Township, which .he partially improved, until 1864, when he removed to his present place, of 100 acres. February 24, 1859, he married Miss Sarah Gaskins, born in Clark County, April 14, 1836, daughter of Elijah and Elizabeth (Coppie) Gaskins, and the union has resulted in six children-Charley F., Oda A., Elijah B. and Elizabeth B., living; and Joseph B. and Cora E., dead. The family are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Stuts- man, has served two years as School Director. Politically, he is a Dem- ocrat.
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JOHN WENCE, farmer, P. O. Shelburn, was born in Greene County, Ohio, March 4, 1838, son of Abraham and Sarah (Permain) Wence, re- spectively of Pennsylvania and Virginia; the former was born September 12, 1803, and in 1844 came to Sullivan County, where he followed farm- ing until 1872, when he died. His wife was born in Rockbridge County, Va., April 20, 1807, and died in Sullivan County November 4, 1882. Subject, when six years of age, removed with his parents to Jack- son Township, Sullivan County, where he was reared and educated. After coming of age he worked as a farm hand for two years, and then rented a farm which he cultivated about five years. In 1867, he came to Curry Township and settled on his present place, which consists of sixty acres of highly improved land. October 5, 1879, he lost his dwelling by fire, but built another soon afterward. He has served as Supervisor four years. He was married in Sullivan, April 4, 1861, to Miss Louvicia A. McBride, born in Sullivan County April 25, 1842, daughter of William C. and Malinda (McIntosh) McBride, and by this union there have been born four children -- William K., Ira S. and Ona May, living, and one dead-Henry O. He and wife are members of the Christian Church, and all the family are Good Templars. He is a strong Democrat and takes an active interest in all elections. He cast his first vote for Stephen A. Douglas. Mr. Wence started life in a humble way, but is now quite comfortably situated.
ISAAC WOOLLEY, miner, Shelburn, was born in Nottinghamshire, Eng., July 4, 1842, son of Abraham and Sarah (Haywood) Woolley. Our subject early learned the art of mining, having begun at the age of twelve years, continuing the same till he was twenty-two, when he entered the office of Barber, Walker & Co., mining engineers at Eastwood, Notting- hamshire, Eng., where he remained eighteen months; then embarked tor America, obtaining employment in Allegheny City in the Surveyor's office. In the fall of 1865, he returned to England and became Superintendent of the Victory Mines, at the city of Wakefield, remaining there three years; then three years as Superintendent of Kingswood Mines, near Bristol; then in same capacity at Stockport, till 1879, when he again crossed the Atlantic and located at Brazil, Ind., where he surveyed several mines, when he became a partner of George C. Richards, in the Currysville Coal Company. These mines, by the way, in addition to rich viens of coal, have a vein of carbonate of iron. Mr. Woolley was married in the city of Derby, Eng., to Sarah A. Richards, daughter of Matthew and May (Walker) Richards, and three children have been born to them- Mary S., Herbert I. and Samuel R. He is an A. F. & A. M.
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WILLIAM ARNETT was born in Haddon Township, Sullivan County, Ind., October 4, 1823, son of Leven and Nancy (Roberts) Arnett. Subject commenced life as a farmer, and is still engaged in that occupa- tion. Mr. Arnett commenced life with but very little of this world's goods. He rented a tract of land, upon which he lived one year, and then moved to New Lebanon, where he commenced hauling, but in 1848
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went to farming, at which he has met with good success. December 16, 1845, he married Mary Burnett. Mr. Arnett is a Democrat, having cast his first vote for James K. Polk. He has traveled considerably on the Mississippi River, and on one occasion, whilst in Louisiana, witnessed a duel between a Mr. Robbins and a Mr. Jones. He was elected County Commissioner in 1882.
JOTHAM BRAGDON is a native of Clermont County, Ohio, born December 11. 1827, being the oldest of four children born to Benjamin and Rebecca (Wood) Bragdon. In 1864, Mr. Bragdon came to his pres- ent place, which he has since made his home, and engaged in the occu- pation of farming, being very successful, now owning 2082 acres of ex- cellent land, all under a high state of cultivation. October 20, 1853, he was married to Miss Asenath M. Fairfield, daughter of Josiah and So- phia (Thompson) Fairfield, and to this union have been born six children, five of whom are now living-Emma B., wife of Dr. G. W. Finley; Re- becca S., Jotham J., Vorhees and Clara A. In his political affilia- tions, Mr. Bragdon is a Democrat.
JOHN BUFF was born in North Carolina December 12, 1809, be. ing the only child born to John and Theresa (Jones) Buff, and while yet an infant was brought to Ohio, and reared in Brown and Clermont Coun. ties, where his father died at the age of thirty years. In the winter of 1862, subject came to his present abode. January 5, 1830, he married Jane C. (Pigman) Page, daughter of Levi and Jennie Pigman, and elev. en children have been born, seven of whom are living-Harrison, Na- thaniel G., Mary E., Benjamin, George W., Elizabeth and Josephine. February 28, 1875, Mr. Buff lost his wife by death, and May 25, 1876, he was married to Maria (Edwards) French. The occupation of Mr. Buff has always been farming, and in that pursuit has been successful, owning at the present time 240 acres of land. He has been a member of the Christian Church for the past twenty-five years, and politically is a Democrat. Mr. Buff is the father of Judge G. W. Buff, of this judi- cial district.
JOHN W. BURNETT was born in Sullivan County, Gill Township, February 16, 1841, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Allen) Burnett. Sub- jeot received his education in the Whipple Academy, Jacksonville, gradu- ating in 1870. March 16, 1871, he was married to Harriet J. Orndorff, and two children have been born to them-Edgar L., born January 18, 1872; and Catharine, February 23, 1877 (deceased). In 1877, Mrs. Bur- nett died, and on the 26th of September, 1878, he was married to Mary E. Hunt, who has borne him two children-Gertie B., born November 21, 1881, and Jessie B., October 31, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Burnett are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a Republican; also an A. F. & A. M. On the 6th of July, 1861, he was mustered into the service at Indianapolis, in Company D, Twenty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Capt. James Garrett. He was in Virginia in the army of Gen. Butler, and afterward in the South and Southwest. Was at Newport News, Fort Jackson, Port Phillip, Baton Rouge, and finally was furloughed on account of sickness. He was discharged January 10, 1866, having served his country four years and six months. In 1881, be was commissioned Mail Messenger, and is also agent for the Indiana, Illinois & Southern Railroad.
WILLIAM COOPER was born December 31, 1855, near the place where he now resides, being the second of five children born to Charles
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W. and Ellen (Creager) Cooper. Subject remained with his father, assisting on the farm until he attained his twentieth year, when he emi- grated to Wilson County, Kan., where he engaged in stock-trading. After the expiration of one year, he returned to Sullivan County and en- gaged in farming and stock-raising for two years, when his father died. Mr. Cooper, in conjunction with his mother, purchased the respective shares of his father's estate, and he is now engaged in farming the same. He has also shipped large quantities of stock. There are few young men who succeed so early in life as Mr. Cooper, as he now owns 467 acres of land, and is one of the heaviest producers in the country. He also owns the Merom Ferry. November 28, 1883, he married Anna E. Ellis, daughter of John and Cynthia (Burnett) Ellis. He is & Repub- lican.
THOMAS J. CUSHMAN, a descendant of Robert Cushman, one of the pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock from the Mayflower, is a native of Sullivan County, being born February 27, 1849, the seventh of nine children born to Carpenter and Catharine (Huff) Cushman. the former being a native of New York State; three only of the nine chil- dren are living-Seth (the oldest of the family), Lydia Brambly and our subject. Mr. Cushman has always been a resident of Gill Township, and his occupation is that of a miller, he running his mill under the Hungarian system, the capacity of which is 125 barrels of flour per day. Mr. Cushman served his country gallantly during the late struggle, and is a Republican; also is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having filled the position of Worshipful Master for four years.
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